Chapter 35. Trip to the United States (5)
Coming to the study on the second floor, Smith walked to the piano, turned to Lee Jung-hyun and said, "Come and try, I want to know how far you have come, so that I know what I need to teach you."
Li Zhengxian nodded seriously, sat down in front of the piano, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and calmed his impetuous heart, in his previous life, Li Zhengxian had heard Smith say that musical instruments have souls, and how much emotional investment you give it, how much of your feelings will be released.
The first time Lee Jung-hyun heard about it, it was incredible, but as he slowly deepened his understanding, the more he discovered the mystery of music, the instrument, it is the shell of your soul, and what it releases is what you want to express in your heart.
The piano is even more so, you are gentle, it will be as gentle as the spring rain, moisten people's hearts, admonishment, endlessly.
If you are tough, it will be as unrestrained as the sea, as strong as the battlefield, surging your passion, and inspiring feelings that you cannot release.
Lee Jung-hyun has deeply understood, so he is so relaxed and takes a deep breath to relieve his emotions.
"The Mark of the Rain" is a soft tune full of longing, without any emotional fluctuations, it can be played to the fullest, otherwise, it is just in vain, it cannot resonate with the listener, and can only fail.
Seeing Lee Jung-hyun in a quiet state of adjustment, closing his eyes and caressing the piano, as if he was treating his lover with pity, Smith nodded with satisfaction, and for this alone, Smith admired Lee Jung-hyun's attitude towards music.
How many musicians, music lecturers, professors, including music writers, the king of music in the world, how many people have truly respected music, and how many people can understand and cherish music? It's nothing more than just a random feeling and selling off his skills, and Smith doesn't like this type of person very much.
The tinkling soft tune, accompanied by the unique rhythm of the piano, reverberates, Lee Jung-hyun has completely devoted himself to the infinite ocean of music, as if he is in the vast sea, his body follows the waves, one after another, the floating soul, wantonly squandering boundless thoughts, like shouting, like whispering, like a warbler crying, like a low moan, like crying, like choking.
Lee Jung-hyun seems to have lost his sense of where he is, and his mind is full of immersion in the sea of boundless thoughts, including those of the past life and the present life, accompanied by the timbre of the piano, which is nakedly imprinted in his mind and appears in front of him.
Smith also closed his eyes at this time, and with the piano emitting a deep longing, he was self-absorbed as if he was in it, unable to extricate himself.
After finishing the performance, Lee Jung-hyun opened his eyes and calmed his emotions, but turned around to see that Smith was still with his eyes closed, as if he was enjoying it, and Lee Jung-hyun was not easy to disturb and waited quietly.
After a while, Smith also opened his eyes, looked at the student he had just accepted, and smiled very appreciatively: "Prince, you are more talented than Charried, and your achievements in the future will be greater than him, accept you as a student, I will make a lot of money."
Li Zhengxian stood up with a smile and bowed: "Teacher, thank you for your attention, I will try my best and not regret letting you accept me as a student."
Smith smiled, smiled very happily, was very proud, patted Li Zhengxian on the shoulder and said: "Let's not be humble to each other, your skills are still very good, and your proficiency is also very high, there is nothing to teach you for the time being, go back and practice like this, there will be new breakthroughs soon, let's go down!" Your wife is probably going to complain."
Li Zhengxian shrugged with a wry smile and said, "Okay! Teacher, let's go down."
After having lunch at Smith's house, Lee Jung-hyun took his leave! Mainly because I made an appointment with Pete in the afternoon to discuss the release of the CD.
The director's office on the sixth floor of Universal Music.
"Prince, I've talked to the company's distribution department about the release of this CD, and there are basically no problems, but the main thing is that I can't figure it out, why don't you want to divide it at all? Others are famous for money, you are good, you don't want money directly, is it so important to be famous"? Pete tried hard to persuade Lee Jung-hyun again, so he said so.
Li Zhengxian shook his head disappreciatively and said: "Pete, to be honest, I don't value money very much, to say something you don't like to hear, money is just a bunch of numbers for me, but this is my dream, I don't want to change it for any amount of money, so, Pete, thank you for your kindness."
Pete felt that he couldn't reverse Lee Jung-hyun's decision, so he smiled helplessly and said: "Prince, I respect your decision, the CD is already in production, and it is currently rationed to one million copies, do you know why the first version was released so much"?
Li Zhengxian also shook his head curiously and asked, "What's the matter?" Didn't you say 200,000? Why do you suddenly add so many versions"?
Pete smiled very proudly, and said slowly: "Thanks to your teacher, Professor Smith, the three schools where he is located have ordered 100,000 tickets each, and there are many of his students, who have purchased 100,000 tickets in private groups, right?"
Li Zhengxian smiled bitterly and said: "It turns out that it is still the face of the teacher, and it seems that it is destined to be inseparable from his figure."
Pete was puzzled and asked, "Prince, why do you say that?" Do you know how many people would love Professor Smith? You're not happy? I really don't understand what you're thinking"?
How could Li Zhengxian tell Pete that he was crossing and didn't need anyone's reputation, and he could be absolutely sure that he would become famous in the world, it was just a matter of time, but Li Zhengxian could only say helplessly at this time: "Oh, it's okay, the teacher can help me, I must be happy!" I'm just worried that I'll be branded as a teacher everywhere."
Pete laughed, shook his head and explained to Lee Jung-hyun: "Prince, your worries are unnecessary, you will develop on the song album in the future, and it has nothing to do with your teacher, you can rest assured, I can guarantee this."
Lee Jung-hyun was embarrassed and embarrassed, he seemed to have gone too far, he wanted to get ahead, but he took care of too much else, he was really ignorant and thorough.
Seeing Li Zhengxian's embarrassed expression, Pete felt even more funny, forced to suppress his smile, and said lightly: "Prince, just your performance just now is in line with your age, you are too mature and steady, and the pressure on people is indeed a bit big, and now you look like a young man!" Haha" Pete finally couldn't hold back and laughed.
Lee Jung-hyun froze his expression, and looked at Pete who was laughing stupidly, very puzzled, is he so funny?
Seeing Li Zhengxian's expression, Pete also knew that he was a little excessive, so he suppressed his laughter and said apologetically: "Prince, I'm sorry, I haven't laughed so happily for a long time, let's talk about business, in addition to the customized CD, others, prepare to put 400,000 copies in Asia, 100,000 in the United States, 100,000 in the United Kingdom, and a total of 100,000 in other European countries, do you think it's okay?"
Li Zhengxian thought for a while, but shook his head and said: "Pete, I really don't understand these very well, you look at it, I still believe in my friends, I think I will use the English name prince in the future, and you can decide for yourself the rest."
Pee nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, I will spend a lot of your thirty percent of your income on your publicity."
Lee Jung-hyun gratefully shook Pete's hand and said, "Pete, I'm really grateful to your God for letting me know you and being a good friend, thank you."
Pete smiled very proudly: "Come less, I want to thank you, next time there are good works to take care of me, you know"?
Lee Jung-hyun nodded and agreed: "Guarantee, including if I have a good work that I am not suitable for, I will consider the singers of your company first."
Getting Li Zhengxian's affirmation, Pete said very happily: "Okay, a word is a certainty, I remember what you said today, don't cheat"?
"Haha Pete, why are you so naïve"? Seeing Pete's appearance just now, Lee Jung-hyun couldn't help laughing.
Pete was stunned for a moment, but immediately reacted and explained in disguise: "What do you know? I'm testing your acting skills, do you think I'm acting realistically? I guess I'm going to act, and the Oscar for Best Actor is mine", and turned around and left.
Li Zhengxian was stunned for a moment, and muttered in a low voice: "Is this okay?" That's shameless, isn't it? It's really unseemly 02, and the sea is incomprehensible! The world is invincible", Lee Jung-hyun muttered as he walked away from Universal Records.
Back at the hotel, Lee Jung-hyun lay on the bed, thinking about what had happened in the past few days, Lee Jung-hyun was very emotional, his experience was like a movie, first met Universal Music's Pete, the latter world-renowned musician Smith accepted himself as a student, and then signed a contract with Google to become the largest shareholder.
Li Zhengxian said in his heart that he was unhappy, it was impossible, but he was not overexcited, he wanted to dominate in a certain field, interpersonal relations are very important, but it is not the most important, the most important thing is his own ability.
In this life, Lee Jung-hyun put it bluntly, he doesn't have a friend who can say it, although Song Hye Kyo is one, but after something like that, Song Hye Kyo has been avoiding and refusing to face it, what can he do?
Han Chaeyoung is a friend, but he is not a friend who can say anything, not to mention Won Bin, he really wants to be a buddy with him, but he respects himself too much, so he can't make a move at all.
If you want to talk about friends, there are only a few, and there may be no intersection anymore, and Li Zhengxian can only lament his powerlessness!
Why doesn't Lee Jung-hyun want to make friends all over the world? But I am busy every day, how much time do I have to socialize and make friends?
"Forget it, let's wait a while! After you're done with the TV series and your first movie, give yourself a little more time! Now I still focus on my career, friends, I have time in the future." Lee Jung-hyun thought to himself