Chapter 54: The Protégé

Qin Fangge called Professor Zhou Xiuying first to confirm when her old man was free.

Zhou Xiuying also cared about whether he had lunch, saying that she was at home in the afternoon, and it was best to go over now.

Qin Fangge first went to the printing shop near the Conservatory of Music and printed out all the scores, good guy! There are more than 300 pages, and it took a lot of time to print alone.

Then he rushed over non-stop, and he didn't even have time to put the erhu back to his residence.

Zhou Xiuying's residence is not particularly far from the Conservatory, Qin Fangge checked the location last night, but it was inconvenient for the bus to transfer in the past, and it was at least half an hour to walk, he was lucky enough to stop a taxi.

The environment of the community where she lives is good, and the doorman in her fifties is also very responsible, and when she saw a maverick and strange face like Qin Fangge, she asked him what he was here for. After Qin Fangge explained the situation, he also asked him to take out his ID card to make a registration, and then let him in, and then kindly told him the building where Mr. Zhou was.

After Qin Fangge thanked him, he went directly, and after going up to the third floor, he gently knocked on the door of 302.

The man who opened the door for him was an old man in his sixties, with a very kind face and a kind smile.

Qin Fangge politely reported to the house, saying that Mr. Zhou called him over.

The old man smiled at him and asked him to change his shoes and go in, Qin Fangge hurriedly thanked him, and guessed in his heart that this might be Mr. Zhou's son.

After Qin Fangge entered, he found that there were already guests in the living room, and the old man said that Mr. Zhou was taking a lunch break and asked him to wait for a while.

He was not overwhelmed, and nodded his head not to disturb her old man's rest.

The old man also helped him introduce the man in his fifties who was waiting in the living room, Zhao Yuhui, a famous baritone singer in China, who was Mr. Zhou's protégé and now works in the General Political Song and Dance Troupe.

Qin Fangge hurriedly expressed his admiration for a long time, and heard his songs such as "Snow in the North" and "Asolan".

Zhao Yuhui smiled at him and asked Qin Fangge not to be polite. He is obviously a frequent visitor here, and he is quite familiar with the old man, and introduced to Qin Fangge, this old man is Professor Fang Jianguo, the son of Mr. Zhou, who teaches Chinese literature at the university, and Qin Fangge respects him again.

Zhao Yuhui doesn't have any shelves, and he may also know that the student who can be called to Zhou Xiuying's house may be her next disciple to enter the house.

Looking at Qin Fang's singer holding a large stack of music scores, he also carried a musical instrument on his shoulder, and the shape should be an instrument such as erhu. He asked Qin Fangge if these were songs he had written himself.

Qin Fangge nodded, handed it over, and said that he would let Teacher Zhao help guide him.

Zhao Yuhui smiled and said that he couldn't write so many songs himself, indeed, just printing out this thick stack is particularly scary.

When Qin Fangge was printing, he had already sorted out each song separately, and then nailed it together with a stapler, no way, there were too many of them, and if they were not bound, it would be easy to get confused.

Fang Jianguo was interested in the erhu that Qin Fangge was carrying, and asked him if he was learning erhu.

Qin Fangge replied, "I only started learning today, it's a little late. ”

Fang Jianguo said, "It's not too late, just learn it with your heart, erhu is also an important part of our country's traditional culture, which is worth inheriting and carrying forward." Nowadays, many young people have forgotten that there is such a thing as traditional culture, which is not a good phenomenon. ”

Qin Fangge nodded hurriedly, and then echoed a few words, in terms of traditional culture, don't look at him as a human being in two lives, but his level is far from being comparable to Fang Jianguo, a professor of language and literature, so he can only choose to hide clumsy.

Fang Jianguo's spirit is good, pulling Qin Fangge to talk endlessly, making him tired of coping, he still remains humble, listens more and talks less, anyway, it's right to nod all the time.

Zhao Yuhui couldn't interject, it seemed that he didn't want to interject, and he was happy to watch the score brought by Qin Fangge with peace of mind. He still admired Qin Fangge's creative ability, and he quickly turned to his favorite songs.

While he was talking, someone knocked on the door again, Qin Fangge wanted to help open the door, but Fang Jianguo just asked him to sit, and he went to open the door himself.

This is a pair of sisters, two women of about the same age, both in their forties, dressed in simple colors, but definitely not simple.

Qin Fangge also hurriedly got up, here he is the youngest, and it is not easy for anyone to enter Mr. Zhou's door.

Both women were very welcoming and familiar with the place.

Fang Jianguo also helped to make an introduction, both of them are Mr. Zhou's protégés, the one in gray clothes is called Wei Lingling, a famous flowery soprano singer, and is currently working in **********.

The green coat is Guo Yan, who is also a flowery soprano singer in the Kongzheng Art Troupe, and several of them are national first-class actors. Several of them graduated from the Huaxia Conservatory of Music, and they are quite familiar with each other, and they are all successful and high-spirited.

Guo Yan and Wei Lingling were very enthusiastic about him, because they both knew that he might become their junior brother, and they also inquired about his various situations.

Although Qin Fangge is a small shrimp, he hasn't even entered the door of the Huaxia Conservatory of Music until now. But they didn't despise him, it was not a simple role to be invited to Mr. Zhou's house, Mr. Zhou taught so many students at the Huaxia Conservatory of Music, it is estimated that there are only such opportunities in a hundred.

Therefore, even if he was just a candidate who came to Yanjing to take the exam, they were not surprised, just looking at the large pile of music scores on the table in front of Zhao Yuhui, they could guess the genius of this young man who was less than twenty years old.

Qin Fangge is also very polite and respectful to them, calling them teachers, these are real big names, but their fame in China is far less than that abroad, and even many ordinary people have never heard of them at all. The reason is also very simple, they sing more operas, not many Chinese songs, not to mention any representative songs, all of which are songs of other people. They don't want to have their own classic tracks, the kind of song that will bring their name to them. Just like in another world, when everyone hears "Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water", they will think of Yang Hongji, and "My Motherland" will think of Guo Lanying.

He also told the truth about his own situation.

Although Qin Fangge was not very good at dealing with such a scene, he still reluctantly coped with it, anyway, they could answer whatever they asked in as concise language as possible.

While Wei Lingling and the others chatted with him, they also started to flip through the scores he wrote, because they were all curious and wanted to see what kind of genius this was.

Not to mention anything else, just at his age, being able to write so many songs is already talented enough.

Like themselves, they can barely sing, but if they want to write songs, it is even more difficult than killing them. It's not easy to find someone to write songs for them, especially if you have to write high-quality songs, and you will definitely spend a lot of money and write them well.

But in the current situation, not to mention that the younger generation has no hope of making a living by writing songs, and they can't create any good songs, even those older generation of lyricists and composers who have written classic songs are no longer doing this thankless thing, and their copyrights can't be maintained.

When she was talking and reading the score, Zhou Xiuying came out of her room, don't look at her in her eighties, but her spirit is several times stronger than ordinary old people, and even many young people can't compare to her.

The old lady had a very strong aura, as soon as she appeared, everyone got up to salute her, Wei Lingling and Guo Yan hurriedly put down the music sheet in their hands, and Mr. Zhou called Mr. Zhou very affectionately, and wanted to go over to help her.

Zhou Xiuying waved her hand to stop them, and asked everyone not to stand, just sit and talk.

But Wei Lingling and Guo Yan didn't want to listen to her, so they still leaned over to talk to her, even if she didn't accept old age and didn't need to be taken care of.

Qin Fangge and a few people also waited for them to help Zhou Xiuying sit down, and then sat down.

Zhou Xiuying also had a few of them, "You all know each other!"

Everyone nodded, and Wei Lingling said with a smile, "Mr. Zhou's eyes are like torches, he cultivated us at the beginning, and now he has taken a fancy to a young genius like Qin Fangge. ”

Qin Fangge was frightened, but he didn't speak.

Zhou Xiuying replied with a smile, "You guys are still so powerful, don't look at his young age and bully him!"

Wei Lingling exclaimed, "What's the matter, didn't I praise him?"

Qin Fangge also hurriedly said that they were very good to him.

Zhou Xiuying didn't care about these subsections, and asked Qin Fangge, "I heard that you have written a lot of piano music, go play it and listen to it, in addition to singing teaching, I am also very interested in piano." ”

There is an upright piano in her living room, and Qin Fangge doesn't dare to pretend to be modest, saying something like not daring to lose face in front of everyone.

He didn't dare to refuse Zhou Xiuying's kindness, but he still had a humble attitude, he nodded and agreed, and said, "If you don't play well, the teachers will pat it lightly, I'm afraid that my face will be swollen." ”

Everyone laughed, Wei Lingling also said that Qin Fangge was a talent, it was a pity not to go to the army, and asked Qin Fangge if he was willing to go to their maritime politics.

Qin Fangge was honestly frightened, and hurriedly replied, "Teacher Wei is joking, I know that my current level is still very superficial, and I want to enter the conservatory and study hard under Mr. Zhou." ”

Zhou Xiuying also laughed at her for digging the foot of the wall in front of her, and was also very satisfied with Qin Fangge's answer, he could still think about learning, and he didn't lose himself because of this, and he didn't even know the height of the sky, she had seen a lot of geniuses, and the eyes on the top of his head didn't mix very well in the end.

Wei Lingling is happy, Guo Yan is not far behind, and wants to poach him to the air politics, if those who study music can enter these places, it will basically be regarded as the highest achievement.

"Mr. Zhou, you see that Mr. Guo is also here to laugh at me!" said Qin Fangge, who had already sat in front of the piano.

So, everyone laughed even more happily, and Zhou Xiuying also warned them not to help the seedlings, and let Qin Fangge play the piano for them first.

Qin Fangge played "Canon" first, this song is really suitable for all ages, beautiful and beautiful, and it will not make people feel superficial.

When he plays the piano, everyone quiets down and enjoys it quietly, which is a respect for music.

Qin Fangge played very emotionally, and the piano level was also quite high, and several of the people present were all music masters, so they could naturally hear the true flavor of it.

After a song, Zhao Yuhui was the first to break the tranquility, applauded loudly and exclaimed, "Mr. Zhou is really right, Qin Fangge is a real genius, not only can write songs, but also can write classical piano music, this piano level, I feel better than Zhou Jia and Su Yunfei, not only in terms of technology, but also in the expression of emotions, I think Qin Fangge is better." ”

"Zhou Jia, Su Yunfei, they don't have the aura they used to have!" Professor Fang Jianguo also commented, "I still feel too impetuous and too commercial!"

"They are so busy performing that they don't have much time to practice, let alone calm down and understand the music seriously, which is how they become famous at a young age. Guo Yan also sighed.

When Wei Lingling said something, Zhou Xiuying said loudly, "Actually, I don't like to use the word genius to describe a person, there are so many so-called genius prodigies in this world, but in the end, there are a few who are really successful." In my opinion, they are at most a bit of an innate talent, but if they can't find the right direction and don't want to make unremitting efforts for a long time, they will waste their talent in vain. Qin Fangge, your talent is very good, and your talent is also good, but we don't want you to be as impetuous as them, you must have your own ideals and pursuits, and put in the most effort for them. ”

Qin Fangge nodded hurriedly and said, "Thank you Mr. Zhou for your teachings, I will always remember it in my heart." I also know that my talent is far from those great musicians, and they do not give up their ideals in a harsh environment, on the contrary, they have to pay more hard work and sweat to produce those masterpieces. I think I am much luckier than them, the current environmental conditions are much better, and there are good teachers like Mr. Zhou, and good role models like Mr. Zhao, there is no reason not to stick to my ideals, I will only work harder to study and create ......"

"When I was in the exam room, I admired your attitude and wanted to stick with it and always be humble and in awe of music. Zhou Xiuying was very satisfied with his attitude, and ordered a song, "Sing the "Pursuit" you sang during the exam! Zhao Yuhui, Wei Lingling, Guo Yan, you all listen carefully! My words are not just for him. ”

Several of her proud protégés all nodded straightly, and there was a little more meaning in their eyes when they looked at Qin Fangge. I feel that this little guy is not young, his ambitions are ambitious, and he is quite mature in life.

So, after Qin Fangge brewed his emotions for a while, he played the piano accompaniment, played and sang "Pursuit" by himself, and re-tracked a song of pursuit. Give birth. The songs of the Avenue of Doctrine are interpreted as songs in pursuit of musical ideals.

At this time, he had a deeper understanding of his ideals and path, and when he sang this song, he became more and more emotionally involved. The kind of uncomplaining, majestic, and indomitable spirit is vividly expressed.

Although the other few can be regarded as big names in the industry, they are more experienced than emotional accumulation, and they are still incomparable with Qin Fangge, who has a bizarre experience.

When he plays the piano, it brings them beautiful happiness and enjoyment, and they can appreciate his talent and move the warmth and warmth in it.

But when he really opened his mouth to sing, what he brought them was the kind of shock that came from the deepest part of his heart.

When he was in the examination room, he sang this song speechlessly for the teacher who embarrassed him, and now he uses this song to show his ambition, and the impact and shock brought to people are better than before.

Zhao Yuhui thinks that he sings very well and is very emotional, but after listening to Qin Fangge's interpretation, he found that his previous achievements were a little sweaty, and it is no wonder that Mr. Zhou wants them to live and learn from all the time, and always maintain a sense of awe for music. As for Qin Fangge, he is not a genius at all, but a monster, I feel that this guy is singing with his soul at all! Otherwise, how could he even be impressed!

Zhou Xiuying, who has already heard his performance, is the most immune, and at this time he did not forget to tell them, "Did you hear it, this is the real singing, singing with the most sincere feelings in the depths of the heart." ”

Zhao Yuhui, who came back to his senses, nodded hurriedly and said, "Let me think of Mr. Zhou's past, the classic scene of the song "The Great Wall" moving thousands of people and singing and crying to all the audiences in the audience. ”

"Yes!" Wei Lingling also hurriedly agreed, "Congratulations to Mr. Zhou's successor, in time, Qin Fangge will definitely be able to achieve Mr. Zhou's original achievements." ”

Qin Fangge hurriedly said that he couldn't afford such a high evaluation, but Zhou Xiuying said that if he couldn't, then the others would be even more useless, and she felt that Qin Fangge could go further than her and achieve greater achievements.

It's not that she favors Qin Fangge, if you want to talk about talent, Qin Fangge is higher than a few people here, and the achievements of others are basically limited, Qin Fangge's prospects are truly immeasurable.

Qin Fangge was honestly afraid, and Zhou Xiuying taught, "I am talking about this to give you a deeper understanding of your own prospects, and to ask you to work harder, so as not to get lost in the flowers and applause on the road." I was also young, confused, and even gave up for a while, but in the end, because of the love of music in my heart, I returned to this path, and I had the opportunity to meet you. You are still young, you have the energy and time, and you don't need to take a detour like ours, if you can't achieve more, we will blame you!"

Qin Fangge nodded hurriedly and thanked for the teaching.

Zhou Xiuying told him about her past again, and Qin Fangge could also deeply feel that Mr. Zhou was not as stubborn as he imagined. She has a real love for music, and she also shows her inner care for potential juniors, and she also sees a longer term of vision.

Zhao Yuhui is the best example, he was just a child from a poor family at the beginning, it was Zhou Xiuying who discovered his talent, took him out of the mountains, taught him, funded him, helped him, and finally had such an achievement.

Qin Fangge was very moved by her feelings, this is really the real greatness of the older generation of artist educators.

"You may be tired of hearing these words before, but I will continue to say it, and I will continue to say it...... I hope you understand. Zhou Xiuying finally said as if summarizing.

Everyone nodded sincerely, saying that they would keep it in mind and stick to it in real life.

Zhou Xiuying was very pleased, and said that it was not the case that Qin Fangge was allowed to sing and play the piano alone, and Zhao Yuhui and the others, who were the first to enter, also had to show their hands, so as not to lose her face. What she wanted them to sing was the song written by Qin Fangge, and let them choose by themselves.

Zhou Xiuying also said that Qin Fangge's ability to create songs and music shocked her the most and was the most incredible. Because she is also engaged in music, she is well-informed, and she knows how difficult it is to create such classic songs, and it is okay for her to teach her students herself, but it is not okay to do it if she wants to do it, it really takes talent, and there is more effort. But she listened to Qin Fang's song, and thought that such a song might really be a swan song, she didn't want this to be just a flash in his pan, and his creation had to continue!

Guo Yan smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, this is to test whether we are lazy! ”

Zhou Xiuying laughed, and asked them not to be compared to Qin Fangge.

Qin Fangge hurriedly said that his achievements were not mentionable in front of them, and he only devoted himself to the piano accompaniment.

Zhao Yuhui also took it upon himself to sing "Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water" written by Qin Fangge, after the adaptation of Qin Fangge, this song, which was originally quite classic, added a few points in difficulty.

But Zhao Yuhui is Zhou Xiuying's protégé in the end, and he can be regarded as one of the top singers in China. Qin Fangge, who was in the limelight, also held his breath in front of him, although the preparation time was very short, but after he performed the song "Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water", he still won a round of applause from everyone, especially Qin Fangge, who slapped the most happily.

Of course, Zhao Yuhui himself also knows, and modestly said that he has not yet grasped this song and needs more practice and experience.

Zhou Xiuying smiled and said that if he goes back and ponders his experience carefully, he will perform better. She has always spoken straightforwardly, Zhao Yuhui and they are all used to it, at this time, he didn't let Qin Fangge, the original version, sing it again, which is already quite face-saving for them.

After Zhao Yuhui finished singing, Wei Lingling and Guo Yan also sang the songs written by Qin Fangge.

Both of them are also real powerful singers, although the preparation time is very short, they both sing quite well, and in terms of emotional expression, they are also remarkable, although they may not reach the level of Qin Fangge's interpretation in the examination room.

Zhou Xiuying is still the same old saying, let them go back to practice more, and said that she will listen to it again when the time comes.

Several people agreed, and then everyone put forward suggestions for Qin Fangge's future, Zhou Xiuying and they still really hope that Qin Fangge will be on stage, after all, he has such talent and talent, and it would be too wasteful not to show it to the world.

It's a pity that Qin Fangge is still the same old saying, and his expression is also very firm, saying that he knows that his current strength is not enough, and he has to learn more from them, and if he has the right opportunity in the future, it will not be too late to go on the stage again.

Everyone also knows that this is a very assertive person, and besides, this guy has a lot of pursuits, and his ambitions are much more lofty and noble than them, and he is not just satisfied with being a singer and opera.

What Zhou Xiuying and the others are really worried about is his time allocation, after all, no matter how talented he is, his energy is always limited, and if he grabs his eyebrows and mustaches, the final result is very likely to be a failure.

Qin Fangge said that he was willing to put more energy into the creation of music, as long as he created good music, some people would help him interpret it. For example, he cheekily invited Zhao Yuhui to sing his song "Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water", and said that only he could sing the true flavor of it. His other songs, if they want to see it, just take it and sing it, and say that it is the best encouragement for him and can make him go further on the road of music.

Zhou Xiuying knew that he was strong-willed, so he could only agree, and encouraged him to continue to write more and better songs, of course, his vocal training must also be persevered. As for Qin Fangge's reluctance to go on stage for the time being, she can understand this, but she also believes that he has such a talent and will definitely not be buried.

In this regard, as the most authoritative singer and educator, Zhou Xiuying also has her own opinions, she believes that you can't wait for inspiration to come to create, but to find inspiration in continuous creation, take the initiative to work hard to create, and inspiration will come to you.

Qin Fangge nodded to indicate that he was taught, Zhou Xiuying and they are also very aware of the current situation, now the composers and lyrics are living a very hard time, Qin Fangge wants to take this path, he is quite courageous and determined, and he needs their encouragement and support, not only spiritual support, but also material substance.

In fact, Zhou Xiuying called them here because of this meaning, and it can also be said that the two sides are also taking what they need. Zhao Yuhui They need good songs, and Qin Fangge needs backup support for creation.

In the end, Zhao Yuhui chose "Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water" and "Pursuit", he is a person with vision, and he knows that just this song "Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water", as long as he interprets it well, it can make his status in the domestic music industry to a higher level.

"My Motherland" and "Farewell" were given to Guo Yan, she especially likes these two, whether it is the majestic chorus song "My Motherland", or the poetic "Farewell", which can be regarded as a classic among the classics.

"I Love You, China" and "Song of the Yangtze River" were given to Wei Lingling.

They have a successful career now, and the price for Qin to play songs is not bad, 150,000 yuan per song, and they have to find someone else to do the arrangement or something. The price isn't particularly high, but it's not low, and if you ask those famous composers and lyricists to write songs for you, it's about the same price.

In addition, Zhou Xiuying also encouraged him that if he had time, he could also compose some military songs, although he could not be a soldier, he still had to go to the military camp to participate in military training when he entered the Huaxia Conservatory of Music. Moreover, songwriters need more imagination.

Zhao Yuhui is even thinking about taking the song to the theme song of the new version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he is a big name in the singing industry, and he has such capital and confidence. In this way, both his own and Qin Fangge's fame would spread faster.

And with their encouragement and witness, Qin Fangge also officially bowed to the teacher and became another student of Zhou Xiuying. Until now, there are not so many exquisiteness and procedures, but sincerity and honesty are necessary, and Qin Fangge has always performed quite well in this. He took this step to the sky, and he didn't seem to be young and frivolous, still calm and humble, Zhao Yuhui and Wei Lingling both felt that this guy was a wonder that didn't come out in a hundred years.