Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Strongman Is Difficult
I saw Professor Li Yishan unhurriedly picked up the celadon cup and gently took a few sips of fragrant tea, without looking at Lin Yi or making a sound, as if he hadn't heard Lin Yi speak. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
As soon as Lin Yi saw Professor Li's move, he knew that Professor Li was still dissatisfied with himself in his heart.
Come to think of it, a sixty or seventy-year-old professor, a world-class musician, and a special professor hired by the school as a baby, that identity is extraordinary. In this way, a master with a high status, under the watchful eyes of hundreds of students in the entire auditorium, valued his intention to teach the arts, but he was rejected by himself in public, and it is estimated that he will not have a good face if he is changed, and now Professor Li is just silent instead of driving himself out, which is actually better than Lin Yi expected in advance.
Seeing that the atmosphere was at an impasse, Gu Jie really wanted to help Lin Yi, so she hurriedly came forward to start a round and greeted everyone: "Come on, let's taste the tea made by my grandfather and his old man, just by smelling the fragrance, you know that the taste should be very good." ”
When several people drank a round of fragrant tea and the atmosphere eased up, Gu Jie got up and went to Professor Li's side, and helped Lin Yi to intercede with Professor Li.
"Grandpa, Lin Yi really likes that guitar, I see that there are two other beautiful guitars in your collection room, so I will sell this one to Lin Yibei. Gu Jie said softly to Professor Li.
"Hmph, this commemorative guitar isn't cheap, not affordable for everyone. Professor Li put the teacup back on top of the tray.
When Lin Yi heard this, he hurriedly said: "I can buy this guitar at double the price, I really like this guitar very much." "As long as you can buy the original guitar, a little money is not a big problem for Lin Yi.
"What kind of money, do I seem to be a person who cares about money?" Who knew that Professor Li heard Lin Yi's words, and his expression suddenly changed, and his face did not look good.
Professor Li actually didn't want to sell guitars for money at all, because money really didn't mean much to him, he was a retired professor, and the title of special professor had a retirement salary of tens of thousands of dollars per month, plus he was now specially appointed as an honorary professor by Tianhai University, which was enough to eat and use, and he didn't have to worry about money.
On the contrary, it is the musical instruments he collects, each of which is a treasure that he has patiently purchased, carefully collected, and carefully maintained over the years, and cherished and cared for like his children. These instruments are much more important than money in Professor Li's mind, and they cannot be measured by money.
"Grandpa, don't be angry, this guitar is in Lin Yi's hands, and it can play a great role in his music creation, and the songs he writes are really good. Gu Jie remembered that Lin Yi sold the song to herself without saying a word, and he didn't have the idea of raising the price, so she thought that Lin Yi was good, so she helped him say a few more good words.
Who knew that after listening to Gu Jie's words, Professor Li's eyes rolled a few times, and he really said to Lin Yi: "It's not impossible to want this Yamaha commemorative guitar of mine, but there has to be a small condition." ”
As soon as Lin Yi heard Professor Li's words, he knew that the real test was coming.
In fact, Lin Yi had already expected that Professor Li would have a condition to make things difficult for him. In Lin Yi's plan, he came to visit with expensive gifts, and with Professor Li's granddaughter on the side to help intercede, Professor Li's reputation that has always been spread by others will not be small-hearted, and he will not directly turn him away.
So if Professor Li doesn't want to sell the guitar to himself, he will definitely deliberately put forward a condition so that he can retreat from the difficulty, so that he can not refute the face of his granddaughter Gu Jie, but also veto his own intention.
"What kind of conditions do you say? As long as I can do it, I will not refuse. Lin Yi said sincerely to Professor Li.
I saw Professor Li put his hands crossed in front of his chest, and said: "My conditions are not difficult, you can play an original song for everyone on the spot, as long as you can get my basic satisfaction, this guitar will belong to you." ”
Lin Yi was overjoyed, he didn't expect it to be just such a request. Although I want to get a good evaluation from Professor Li, I have so many guitar and folk songs behind me, and I am not afraid that Professor Li will not approve of them.
Lin Yi immediately promised: "You can try, but you have to borrow Professor Li's guitar." ”
Unexpectedly, Professor Li said without raising his eyes: "Who said that you play the guitar? I asked you to play this!" Stretching out his hand, he pointed to the violin case placed not far from the coffee table!
"What?!" Not only Gu Jie beside Professor Li was shocked, but everyone in the living room was also shocked.
You must know that the guitar and the violin, although they are both stringed instruments, can be said to be two completely different playing instruments.
In terms of the way of playing, the violin must use the bow to rub against the strings to produce a sound to play, while the guitar usually uses finger playing, at most a pick to assist the playing.
In terms of the construction of musical instruments, the violin is generally a four-string structure, while the guitar has six strings. Moreover, the strings of the guitar are parallel to the strings, and the six strings are a flat surface, but the four strings of the violin are arranged in a trapezoidal shape to facilitate the play of the bow.
It is not easy for the young Lin Yi to have a high level of playing on the guitar, which is much stronger than his peers, so that Professor Li feels that Lin Yi is very talented, and he has the idea of accepting an apprentice on the spot.
However, it is almost unrealistic to want to have a high level of performance on both guitar and violin at the age of 20 in your early twenties.
Now Professor Li wants to study that Lin Yi also has a satisfactory performance level on the violin, which is completely difficult for Professor Li in the eyes of Gu Jie and others, and it is a difficult requirement for a strong man.
"How about it? Do you want to try it, just pass, I don't want you to pay for this guitar, I'll give it to you for free!" Professor Li took the violin case close to his side, and said with a few gentle pats.
"Grandpa! Lin Yi, how can he be proficient in all musical instruments at such a young age? Your request is unreasonable!" Gu Jie immediately became anxious for Lin Yi and argued with reason. "It took you a long time to practice hard to reach the tenth level of violin, where did Lin Yi have so much time and energy to practice both guitar and violin at the same time?"
Wang Feng on the side was also wide-eyed, in his opinion, Professor Li's request for such a strong man was tantamount to directly rejecting Lin Yi, and he also wanted Lin Yi to take his own humiliation and leave, which hit Lin Yi's spirit.
"Don't say so much, I have the right to call the shots about my things. Professor Li's eyes were full of inexplicable meaning, and he looked at Lin Yi who lowered his head and pondered, "How about it, young man, do you have the guts to try it?"
How could he know that Lin Yi lowered his head and wasn't thinking about whether to try it at all, but thinking about what violin song he should take in order to pretend to be slapped in the face!