Chapter 1181: Street Piano
Anyway, the five of them set off together.
"When you think of Milan, most people seem to think of Milan Fashion Week, and indeed, the city is not only the fashion and art capital of Europe but also the world," Tao Zhiyao, like a competent director, introduced Liu Yan and Li Xiaoru as he walked.
The hotel for the five people was located in the center of Milan, and they walked slowly along the main road in front of the hotel, and soon came to a square, Tao Zhiyao said, this is the Duomo Square, and on one side of the square is a magnificent white marble building, which is the Milan Cathedral, the landmark of Milan.
When it gets dark, the church is closed to outsiders, but that doesn't stop countless tourists from all over the world from coming here to enjoy the night view. In addition to tourists, there are also many locals dressed stylishly. The streets are full of art and bustle, and the other buildings outside the church also look quite old, and the architectural style is very different from the skyscrapers that Liu Yan has seen in New York before.
Liu Yan's eyes widened, looking left and right to observe these fresh scenery and people of different shapes, "Is Europe like this?" she asked Tao Zhiyao.
"It's the same, the houses look gorgeous, they all have churches, palaces, and fortresses, and if you see too much, you will get tired of aesthetics," Tao Zhiyao didn't understand architecture, and only summarized with his own senses, "The Milan Cathedral is estimated to be a Rococo building." โ
Tang Tu, who was walking behind them, couldn't help but correct her, "It's Gothic......"
Tao Zhiyao glanced back at him, "Haven't you ever been to Italy?"
Tang Tu smiled calmly, "I read a lot of books, this is basic common sense, I don't want you to mislead Liu Yan, she often opens live broadcasts on TV, in case she says something wrong in front of the audience, she will recruit black!"
Tao Zhiyao's lips moved, he didn't make a sound, it was probably a fragrant mouth, Li Xiaoru and Bai Yuhan snickered beside him, although Tao Zhiyao no longer admitted that he and Tang Tu were lovers, but they felt that the mode of getting along between them was the lover mode!
Passing through the most crowded Cathedral Square, and continuing a little further, there is a commercial street, at the end of which there is a small fountain, which is still crowded with people, and there are many more entertainers, and there are different music and singing voices everywhere.
The five of them sat down on the steps in front of the fountain to rest for a while, blowing the cool breeze and watching the performers perform. Almost all of the people here are high-nosed and sunken-eyed people, no one pays special attention to a few of them Chinese, even if they see it, they will not think of Internet celebrities or celebrities, Liu Yan has not become popular enough to show her face on the streets of Europe casually, you can be watched by onlookers - unless it is a star of the grade of Jason or Alan.
Li Xiaoru supported her chin with one hand, and her eyes kept looking at a little white boy playing the piano in front of her, who was about seven or eight years old, with white skin and brown hair. He plays the street piano that can be found everywhere abroad โ there is a free piano near the sights and famous shopping streets, with the words "play me, I'm Yours".
Pedestrians coming and going, no matter who it is, can sit down and play a few simple times, whether they want to show off their talents, whether they can't try unfamiliarly, or even foolishly, as long as they don't break it, it doesn't matter, the focus is on participation.
However, most of them play at a mediocre level โ they can't be full of musicians. Just like this little boy who plays the piano, he is playing the very famous piano piece "Exodus", his posture and demeanor are very serious, but the melody and rhythm are pitted, intermittent, very unskilled, it is estimated that he has not been learning the piano for a long time.
"Beginners dare to challenge "Exodus" silently, or play it in a place where so many people play, I didn't have such courage when I was a child," Li Xiaoru admired the little boy, "Not to mention that when I was a child, when I first went to college, I played solo in a concert hall with only a few audiences, and I was worried in my heart." โ
When everyone heard Li Xiaoru's words, they also went to see the little boy playing the piano, except for the little boy's parents, no one else around stopped to watch the little boy's piano sound, at most glanced.
The little boy insisted on playing a song to finish, his parents applauded, Liu Yan and the five people also applauded, hearing their applause, the little boy and his parents both looked at them and smiled at them kindly, and the little boy said "thank you" very politely. Then his parents took him out of here.
The piano was also vacant, and Li Xiaoru stood up, "I'll try it." โ
During this time, she practiced the piano for more than 16 hours a day, and she did not touch the piano during the three days when she returned to China to meet Jiang Chengfeng's parents. Carefully calculated that from China to Italy, she had not played the piano for a day, and when she saw the little boy playing the piano, she actually felt itchy hands.
Is this addictive?!
"Go ahead, we'll be your audience, applaud you," Liu Yan thought that no matter who played the piano, the pedestrians here would not be movedโjust now Tao Zhiyao introduced Milan as the capital of art, and Liu Yan estimated that everyone here can play the piano? In China, tens of thousands of pianos have become rotten street musical instruments here? Otherwise, the location of the piano competition would not have been chosen in Italy?
Of course, Liu Yan thought too much.
Li Xiaoru first played a few keys casually, tried the sound, street piano, wind and rain, the tone is not accurate, but it can be improvised, and then her hands are in a skillful position, her fingers jump smartly, and the prelude of "Exodus" pours out from her fingertips. Hearing the sound of the piano, the little boy who had not gone far turned around and looked at her in surprise.
Those tourists who only care about taking pictures, office workers in a hurry, local fashionable young people who have nothing to do, and even the performers are attracted by the sound of her piano, stop or what they are doing, and look at it.
"Exodus" is a very magnificent song, and it can be seen from its name that this song is related to the general righteousness of the country and the rise and fall of the nation. In a traditional tourist attraction where people come and go, it is very difficult to create this sense of history and picture with a slightly lower street piano, and Li Xiaoru can't do it, but her piano sound is delicate and mournful, solemn and deep, so that these foreigners have a feeling of involuntary solemnity and silence when listening to the national anthem of their respective countries.
This kind of piano sound is also a strange fit with the surrounding buildings that have survived hundreds of years of wind and rain, and after all, Italy is also a country with a long history, and those tourists are inexplicably excited when they visit the buildings as if they have background music.
More and more people gathered around Li Xiaoru, some listened quietly and thoughtfully, some took out their mobile phones to take pictures, and some said to their fellow travelers, "just unbelievable!"