Chapter 17: Scores
On the second floor of the residence, Virginia's bedroom.
Even with his own brother, Evan rarely comes here. This is a forbidden place for young girls, sacrosanct.
Despite his reluctance, Evan took on the task of tutoring his sister in math.
Although it was a bit embarrassing, Virginia had to admit that her brother was indeed smarter than herself. is two grades lower than himself, but not only has he already studied the following courses by himself, but he can also give lectures to himself, and the effect of lectures is even better than that of school teachers.
"Okay, that's all for trigonometric functions, now you try to make these problems first......"
Today is about trigonometry, and Evan, who is a teacher, assigns tasks to Virginia with a straight face, and doesn't treat her as a sister at all. Virginia looked at Evan's question and gritted her teeth, with a loveless expression.
Evan on the side snickered, picked up a manuscript from the table, and read it leisurely. This was one of Virginia's previous studies, and it was a condition that he agreed to tutor Virginia.
On the day of the Governor's and his wife's wedding, Virginia produced what she considered to be the best, but it was well received by the first readers. It was a short and medium-length romance novel, and the text was fine, but among her readers, Mr. Governor was a law student, and Evan was a science and engineering specialist, both of which required good logic, so they both questioned the logic of certain plots. Nina likes her story a lot, but she also doesn't show mercy and finds a lot of common sense faults. Robert Dora Dorothy and the three siblings were still young, so they didn't express any opinions.
Therefore, although Virginia's original intention was to drag the governor and his wife at home so that their siblings' "surprise" could go smoothly that night, she was still a little lost and even depressed, and almost wondered if she was not suitable to be a writer. Thankfully, Virginia was determined, returned to normal after a few days of depression, and did not forget to revise the manuscript according to the suggestions of the "editors" during the preparation for the SAT exam.
Now Evan has a revised manuscript in his hands.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Two knocks on the door interrupted their busy siblings.
"You do yours!" Evan put down the manuscript, said a word to Virginia, and got up to open the door.
As soon as he heard this particular knock on the door, Evan knew that it was his twin sister behind the door.
Evan opens the door and sees Dora and Dorothy holding hands. The two of them held one with their left hand and the other with their right, and it was clear that if Evan had been a little late, they would have to punch the door again.
As soon as the door opened, the two sisters immediately put away their fists and shouted in unison, "Evan!"
Evan didn't answer, looking at Nina, who was standing behind the sisters. Nina holds the music box that was used as a porcelain wedding gift.
"Is there anything wrong, Nina, looking for me, or Virginia?"
"Looking for you!" Nina smiled as she saw Virginia fighting through the cracks. She opened the music box, and the beautiful melody sounded, "I haven't heard this music before, they want to learn it, the music box is your idea, you must know the name of the song, you help find the score." ”
As she spoke, Nina patted Dora on the head. The sisters tilted their heads and looked at Evan expectantly.
"Well, ......it's easy," Evan smiled, and was about to continue, when Virginia interjected, "Nina, Dora, Dorothy, don't worry, this piece was written by Evan, and the title is on the box." ”
"Really?" Nina first glanced at her son suspiciously, and then looked at the music box in her hand.
Belch...... Wait, is this it?
NINA STRETCHED OUT HER INDEX FINGER, POINTED TO ONE OF THE LINES OF TEXT, AND ASKED EVAN UNCERTAINLY, "THE SONG IS CALLED MYHEARTWILLGOON?"
Evan was about to nod when the voice behind him took a step ahead of him: "Yes, Nina!"
Evan turned around and yelled, "Virginia, do your test." ”
Virginia shrunk her neck, sticking out her tongue and frowning, resigned herself to her fate.
Evan suddenly yelled, Dora and Dorothy were startled, they looked at Evan cautiously, and then at Virginia, who was immersed in the question, looked at each other, bumped their heads and muttered, "Evan is so fierce, like the teacher!"
"Hmm!"
"Sister Virginia is a little pitiful!"
"Hmm!"
After reprimanding Virginia, Evan turned around, the twins were still whispering, his face darkened after listening, and his big hand covered Dora, who was talking a lot, "What are you talking about, do you still want the score?"
Dora immediately covered her little mouth with both hands.
Nina turned off the music box and asked again, "Evan, you really wrote this piece?"
Evan didn't dare to be cheeky, but replied vaguely: "I'll go upstairs and bring you the score." ”
ALTHOUGH JAMES HORNER, THE REAL COMPOSER OF "MY HEART WILL GO ON", WAS BORN IN 1953, IT IS NOT CERTAIN WHETHER HE CAN BE BORN IN THIS WORLD, EVAN TOOK OUT THE MUSIC AT THIS TIME, AND NO ONE KNOWS THAT HE IS NOT THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR, BUT EVAN STILL DOES NOT HAVE THE CHEEKINESS TO PUT GOLD ON HIMSELF.
In this regard, some people want to say that there is something wrong with Evan, copying tunes is copying, copying inventions such as instant noodles and suitcases is not copying?
However, in Evan's view, there is a difference between a song and a physical invention.
The art represented by the song is the product of the original author's inspiration, emotions and experiences, with strong personal characteristics, if plagiarized, Evan always feels like hugging someone else's child, not only to win the love of others, but also to be awkward.
As for physical inventions, although they are also the product of inspiration, they have almost no personal characteristics, and are essentially the full application of natural things according to the laws of nature. If the original creator of an invention does not invent it, someone will always make it, and it cannot be said to be unique. Therefore, Evan can naturally claim that instant noodles and trolley suitcases are his own inventions, although he is also a little uncomfortable, but Evan can face his heart calmly.
If it is God who causes the situation, he treats these inventions as a gift from God, and if it is just a small accident between multiple worlds, he treats them as a gift from another world to this world.
As for the songs, novels, and film and television dramas in his mind, Evan thinks it's better to let their "parents" "give birth" to themselves.
Unless, their "parents" are gone.
Or, when Evan is thick-skinned enough to take over the title of "Copyist", maybe Evan will be able to put the hats of well-known composers, writers, etc. on his head without any scruples.