There is no doubt about the difficulty of "Ballade No. 1 in G minor", which Wei Chenglin can barely control, but the most difficult thing is that it is majestic and contains a surging heroic spirit, which is very difficult to grasp. Wei Chenglin knew that he still had flaws in his playing, but he was very involved and infected himself.

At the end of the song, it was difficult for him to withdraw from the song, and he slowed down on the piano bench for a while before bowing to the audience. To his surprise, several of the judges were talking to each other, whispering, and what seemed to be a discussion.

Or maybe it...... They didn't listen at all?

Wei Chenglin thought they had something to say, but it turned out that the female teacher with glasses said "Thank you, please go out and wait" and sent him away.

Wei Chenglin was up and down in his heart, but he didn't want to ask anything, so he walked out obediently.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, all the competitions were finished, and the host invited all the contestants, relatives and friends to enter the stadium to prepare to announce the results. The high school students who came from other places were accompanied by relatives and friends, and only Wei Chenglin was alone. Although he is a little disappointed, Wei Chenglin is very strong and will not be depressed because of this little thing.

The ranking is from back to front, and the total number of winners is 10, with 4 first encouragement awards, then 3 third prizes, 2 second prizes, and 1 first prize. After sending the third prize, Wei Chenglin's heart rose to his throat, he was not completely sure that he could get the first prize, if he couldn't win the second prize, it was very likely that Sun Shan would lose his name.

But Wei Chenglin didn't believe that he would return empty-handed, after all, he had been listening outside for so long, and he had heard everything that others played.

The second prize winners are announced below, from Hong Kong ...... Chen Xue, a student from Gangshan Middle School......"

Wei Chenglin was excited for a while, but it turned out to be empty, he fell weakly on the chair and applauded mechanically.

The final first prize was read out by the head of the jury of this competition, that is, the female teacher with glasses, she did not rush to announce the ranking, but took the microphone very calmly and said: "Before awarding the award, I have a few questions that I would like to ask the No. 10 contestant. ”

Wei Chenglin was suddenly named, and he stood up straight.

"Why do you play the piano?"

Wei Chenglin's mind flashed a lot of textbook-like answers, but he still chose the most simple answer: "I like the piano." ”

The teacher asked solemnly, "Why did you choose Chopin?"

"Of all the pieces I've played, Chopin has the most feelings, and when I play his pieces, I feel like I can transcend time and space and talk to him. ”

The audience erupted in an exclamation of "wow", and scattered applause. The female teacher's eyes were sharp, staring at Wei Chenglin and asking, "You are indeed an art student in an ordinary high school?"

“...... yes, yes......"

"But your approach, and your understanding of music, don't look like a high school student at all. ”

Wei Chenglin was taken aback, could it be that the subtext of this teacher was doubting his identity? He cried out and explained: "Gangcheng No. 2 Middle School is an ordinary high school, and I am an art student studying composition. But my piano teacher is a university professor who teaches me half an hour every Wednesday and I practice the rest of the time. ”

The audience was in an uproar, and no one could believe that a class that lasted only half an hour a week could pop up at such a level? Who are you fooling? Is it to establish the image of a genius, or is it to paralyze your opponents?

The female teacher apparently didn't believe it either: "You only have half an hour of class a week?"

"Yes, because I don't have the money to pay for tuition, the teacher taught me for free. She's usually very busy, and I'm too embarrassed to bother her when I'm old, so ......"

Everyone chuckled in their hearts and looked at the boy again. Indeed, compared with other children, his clothes are indeed shabby, and his figure is also very thin, I don't know if it is because of malnutrition.

The unsmiling female teacher didn't expect such a reason, she smiled apologetically at Wei Chenglin, then picked up a card, and said, "I think, there is no suspense about the first prize in this competition, right? ”

Wei Chenglin's palms were sweaty, and he wiped them on his casual suit. This new set of clothes was bought for him by his mother for a few hundred dollars to participate in the piano competition, even if he can't wear a suit and leather shoes, but it always has to be more formal and have a little sense of ceremony.

The female teacher said, "I'm sorry I accidentally asked about your privacy just now. However, several of our judges agreed that you did not learn this technique at all in an ordinary piano shop, and that your understanding of the music is not like that of an ordinary high school student, so we all suspect that you are hiding your identity to participate. After listening to your explanation just now, my doubts were dispelled. Wei Chenglin, congratulations!

The host announced the reward that Wei Chenglin received, the original so-called 5,000 yuan, which was a bonus of 3,000 yuan and a voucher of 2,000 yuan for the brand piano. Although there is a feeling of being fooled, Wei Chenglin's strength has been greatly affirmed, and he doesn't care so much about bonuses.

Wei Chenglin took the award certificate and trophy in a daze, and the photographer asked him to look at the camera, and he looked over blankly. So in the photo, he looked a little sluggish.

The host asked him to say a few words of acceptance speech, but Wei Chenglin's mind was blank. Standing on the stage, with the lights shining overhead, and all eyes focused on him alone, Wei Chenglin finally realized why those stars couldn't help crying when they won awards, thank you for this and thank you, he wanted to be ingenious, but he couldn't avoid vulgarity.

His mind fluctuated so much that he couldn't speak, and the host took the lead in applauding and encouraged: "It doesn't matter, are there any teachers or parents sitting in the audience?"

Wei Chenglin shook his head, but when he looked at the audience, he was suddenly stunned.

I don't know when, Sun Ruiyang came, and he was sitting in the middle and waving at him. In addition to him, there are several graduates of Gangcheng No. 2 Middle School, all of whom are in college in Beijing, and they were called by Sun Ruiyang to cheer for Wei Chenglin, a junior from Gangcheng No. 2 Middle School.

Wei Chenglin was even more incoherent, at a loss on stage, the seniors of the second middle school shouted his name, cheers came one after another, at this moment, they were Wei Chenglin's strongest backing.

Wei Chenglin originally wanted to be cool, but at this moment, he finally couldn't help crying. Everyone waited for his acceptance speech very tolerantly, and he calmed down his emotions for a while, and finally said: "Actually, just a year ago, I was a bad teenager......"

There was another uproar below, but Wei Chenglin said with a smile: "Yes, it's the kind of bad boy in everyone's impression, who never studies, lives in an Internet café every day, gets a lot of tattoos, smokes and drinks, and doesn't fall the same." I can't get used to those nerds who only care about studying, and the most annoying teacher's discipline...... It wasn't until he almost caused a catastrophe that he repented and found his dream again. ”

"I come from a single-parent family, my father died young, and I was dependent on my mother and grandmother. I fell for a few years, and my family was completely destroyed. I want to re-study music, but my family doesn't have the money. For a child like me, am I still qualified to talk about dreams?"

Everyone was silent, waiting for Wei Chenglin to continue: "Fortunately, I have a group of good friends and met a group of good teachers. I will never forget their kindness, and a 'thank you' can't express my gratitude to them. From now on, I will definitely be a good person, practice well, and never let them down again!"

The people in the audience still wanted to hear the story, but Wei Chenglin stopped abruptly, bowed deeply, and jumped off the stage. He ran straight to the center of the audience and hugged Sun Ruiyang.

Sun Ruiyang was so happy that he didn't know what to do, and patted him on the shoulder: "Good boy, he finally didn't disappoint us!"

"Why are you back again? Don't you still have an exam?"

"Hey, you finally came to the capital to participate in a competition, what is my exam? Besides, when did I lose the exam?"

At this time, a girl next to her said: "During lunch, Sun Ruiyang sent a message in our experimental class group, calling on classmates in the capital to come and cheer you on. We still remember the time when the English guests came, you played the piano in the auditorium, and everyone sang the school song together, and after it was over, we also discussed you for a long time! When the results were announced just now, our hearts were still hanging, but fortunately, you won the grand prize and won glory for our Gangcheng No. 2 Middle School!

Wei Chenglin was not very familiar with this group of people, so he could only laugh innocently. Sun Ruiyang pointed to the two classmates and said: "One of them is a big man, and the other is a university of political science and law, and they both study law. If you go to court, maybe they'll be able to help!"

Wei Chenglin's heart sank, and the shadow of plagiarism in the song hit again, but with so many people as his backing, he no longer felt afraid.

The female teacher seemed to have something to say to him, and beckoned him to pass. She pulled Wei Chenglin into the corner and asked straight to the point, "Why did you come to participate in this kind of competition?"

"Teacher, do you still doubt my identity?"

"No, I mean...... This competition has no gold content, you should participate in a higher level competition at your level!"

Wei Chenglin hesitated, and the female teacher asked again: "Do you know the Chopin International Youth Piano Competition? It is also divided into professional and amateur groups, why don't you participate in that competition?"

"I ...... My teacher told me, but I didn't have the confidence...... I've seen the video of their game, and the amateur group is also very good. ”

The female teacher said: "If what you just said is true, and you can practice to your current level after only studying for 30 minutes a week, then you are really a genius." If there is a better teacher to ensure it, it is not a problem to participate in Chopin!"

"But ......"

"The middle school attached to our conservatory of music has a special recruitment every year, you think about it and give me an answer!" After that, the female teacher gave Wei Chenglin a business card: "Chopin's competition is about to be registered, don't hesitate for too long!"