Chapter 123, seeing Yu Xue
Warsaw, Poland, the five-year Chopin International Piano Competition has entered the finals, after the first three rounds of the competition, a total of five players entered the finals, and this time the Chopin International Piano Competition will be broadcast live around the world by satellite, because the five contestants participating in the competition are different from previous competitions, and the five contestants who advanced to the finals are of different nationalities.
And they are all representative countries, namely Wei Dongkui from China, Thomson from the United States, Lee Jung-hyun from South Korea, as well as Avtieva from Russia and FranΓ§ois from France.
Except for Wei Dongkui, who has just graduated from high school, everyone else is recognized as a piano genius in their country, and they are all disciples of world-renowned pianists, and everyone is at the top of their level, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they were born for music.
Wei Dongkui's promotion is unimaginable, many people think that he should be the most inconspicuous one among the contestants, and may even be eliminated in the first round, but no one expected that Wei Dongkui survived to the third round, but he was the least favored in the third round, because from the previous rounds of elimination, his level has a significant gap with several others.
As we all know, the Chopin International Piano Competition is the world's top music competition, but also a stage for young people to show themselves, known as the Olympic competition in the piano, many famous pianists are famous here, so as to enjoy the world's fame, and so far, only six people in China have entered the top five of the competition, one won the gold medal.
Wei Dongkui's entry into the final means that he will become the seventh Chinese to enter the Chopin International Piano Competition, although he is not expected by the jury to break into the top three, but he is also a blockbuster.
However, the major mainstream media in China have already put the news of Wei Dongkui's promotion to the final on the front page, with the eye-catching headline "Will he be the second Chinese to win the gold award?" "Speculation.
So many people who didn't know Wei Dongkui suddenly knew him, and Wei Dongkui quickly became the focus of attention in an instant, but the most unexpected thing is that I don't know who made the post, which suddenly became popular in a well-known domestic forum, Wei Dongkui is a student in the pilot class of education reform.
For a while, the media rushed to excavate, and they almost dug out the eighteenth generation of Wei Dongkui's ancestors, and the capable media even went directly to Warsaw to interview, and all Wei Dongkui's exercises were stopped, but he refused to accept any interviews.
As a result, there are various comments in the domestic media, some say that Wei Dongkui is arrogant, and some say that Wei Dongkui is practicing in retreat, but the most interesting one is one of the comments: "As a student in the pilot class, you should get the first place and win glory for the country." β
But no one knew that Wei Dongkui had been overwhelmed by these invisible mountains.
In the hotel in Warsaw, Wei Dongkui was upset, and even the most basic song would make a lot of mistakes, Yu Xue, who was standing on the side, looked very uncomfortable, and kept comforting him: "Don't worry, whether you win the award or not, I don't blame you, let's rest for a while, and strive to show the best state in tomorrow's game!" β
"But," Wei Dongkui suddenly looked at Yu Xue, "I never thought that there would be so much pressure on a student who graduated from the pilot class. β
"You don't have to care about that, you're not here to get honor! It's not about winning glory for the country, whether you can get the first place or not, it's a kind of training for you, and it will make you go further on the road of music. Yu Xue patted him on the shoulder and said.
"Teacher Yu, I know what you mean, but if I can't get the first place, they will have an excuse to scold us, if I can't get the first place, they will scold Teacher Cang, our fame is too great, the big one has been regarded as omnipotent, fortunately I am not an athlete trained by the state, otherwise if I lose, they will have to say that I am the food of the Lang Fei country." Wei Dongkui lowered his head and looked at the keys very helplessly.
Yu Xue suddenly didn't know how to comfort her students, the pressure on Wei Dongkui from the players in the competition was already great enough, and as soon as the domestic media stirred up, Wei Dongkui's heart was completely messed up, and at this time, Yu Xue was even worried that if Wei Dongkui made a mistake in the live broadcast tomorrow, I don't know how the domestic media would scold him.
People often only want to see brilliant success, and don't want to see undignified failure.
"If only he were here!" Yu Xue suddenly thought of someone, but she touched her forehead, but she didn't want Canglong to see her like this.
And at this moment, the doorbell was rang again, Wei Dongkui's body trembled, glanced at the door, and then lowered his head again, Yu Xue's calm face also showed anger, she walked over angrily, opened the door fiercely and was about to scold, but when she saw the person standing at the door, she was stunned.
"Surprised?" Canglong looked at Yu Xue with a smile, holding a bouquet of roses in his hand.
Seeing Yu Xue staying at the door, Canglong took a step forward and was about to kneel down on one knee to give it to Yu Xue and take out the things he had prepared, but Yu Xue didn't know why, slammed the door shut directly, and then Canglong screamed, the flowers fell to the ground, and the bridge of his nose was also knocked crooked by the door.
Yu Xue turned her back and panicked, Wei Dongkui saw him like this and asked, "Teacher Yu, what's wrong?" β
"There's an acquaintance here." Yu Xue leaned her back against the door, as if she hadn't recovered from the surprise just now, worried that the door would be pushed open.
"Who?" Wei Dongkui was strange.
"You come and open the door, I don't want to see him, let him go quickly!" After Yu Xue finished speaking, she hurriedly ran to her room.
Wei Dongkui touched his head, he didn't understand the meaning, they didn't know much in Europe, but he still walked over and opened the door, when he looked at Canglong, who was holding a hand of flowers that were damaged by the door, and really touched the bridge of his nose and shouted pain, he was also stunned, and said for a long time: "Teacher Cangcang, why are you here, what's wrong with your nose?" No matter how you buy flowers, you can't buy good ones. β
Canglong looked aggrieved, touched the bridge of his nose and walked in angrily, and said coldly: "Yu Xue!" β
Wei Dongkui was taken aback by Canglong's posture, closed the door, pointed to one of the rooms, and whispered: "Inside, she said she didn't want to see you, let you go." β
"Oh." Canglong nodded but did not leave, but walked inside and sat on the sofa with a tissue to wipe his nosebleed, and then looked at Wei Dongkui, and said with a solemn face, "Do you have something on your mind?" β
"No, no." Wei Dongkui shook his head, poured a glass of water for Canglong, and asked, "Why did you come to Poland?" β
"Don't ask me why I'm here, first tell me what you have to do, it's almost written on your face, and you say you have nothing to worry about." Canglong said coldly, "You thought you could hide it from me if you didn't see me for a few months?" β
Hearing this, Wei Dongkui lowered his head and entered the finals of the piano competition here, and the domestic media said all the renderings, and then stopped speaking with a heavy face.
After listening to this, Canglong asked, "What is the purpose of your insistence on playing the piano?" What keeps you going until now? What are you here for? β
Wei Dongkui raised his head, thought for a while, and said, "For my mother, it is her memory that has kept me going until now, and the purpose of coming here is just to prove it to my father." β
"Oh." Canglong touched the bridge of his nose and nodded, "Then you're out of play!" Now hurry up and pack your things and go back to China, lest you make a fool of yourself tomorrow! β
Wei Dongkui looked at Canglong incredulously, he couldn't believe that he actually said such a frustrating thing, and immediately he was unconvinced: "Why am I not playing?" Even if I go up, I won't make a fool of myself, even if I can't get the first place, I have also proved myself, how can you directly conclude that I am out of play? β
Hearing this, Canglong smiled: "Isn't this over, as long as you remember what you just said when you are in the game, you are not for them to win the first, you don't need to get the first, you do this, it has nothing to do with them, the requirements they give you are just their wishful thinking to press on you, even if you can't win the first, it can't prove that you can't be capable, the purpose of your coming is just to prove yourself." β
Hearing this, the heaviness on Wei Dongkui's face suddenly disappeared, and he said, "Yes, I'm for myself, I'm just here to prove myself!" β
As he spoke, Wei Dongkui walked to the piano and practiced again the repertoire that needed to be compared tomorrow, without making mistakes. Immediately, the room was filled with the sound of a piano.
Canglong looked at his back and nodded with satisfaction, then walked to the door of the room and knocked on the door quietly, but found that no one responded.
Canglong thought about it, and didn't know where he got a small wire and inserted it into the crack of the lock, and after a few clicks, the lock opened immediately, he slowly opened the door and walked in, only to see Yu Xue sitting on the bed with a dull pestle, Canglong whispered: "Are you going to see me for the rest of your life?" β
Yu Xue was obviously frightened, looked at Canglong in a panic, and quickly lowered her head, as if she didn't want Canglong to see anything, and said, "You go, I don't want to see you!" β
Canglong ignored her, walked over and sat beside her, hugged her with one hand, held her chin with the other hand, raised her lowered head, Yu Xue's struggle, but found that he couldn't break away from Canglong's arm, Canglong looked at the gunshot wound on Yu Xue's forehead and the scar from the knife, and kissed it without hesitation: "Really? β
At that moment, Yu Xue stopped struggling, feeling the temperature on her forehead, tears fell involuntarily, and she hugged Canglong tightly: "I'm sorry, I just don't want you to see me like this, I'm sorry I don't want to see you!" β
"Fool, no matter what you become, the Yu Xue in my heart will always be there." Canglong looked at her squarely and carefully wiped the tears from her face.
"Really?" Yu Xue looked at Canglong blankly and asked.
"The heart is beautiful, more beautiful than anything else." Canglong held her face with both hands and kissed her lips without hesitation