Chapter 17: Chesam Music Middle School
When Richard brought Wang Zixuan to his house, it was already night, Richard's lover had been dead for three years, and his daughter often took George to visit him, sometimes for a day or two, so Richard's life was okay.
Richard's home is a small villa, two floors with an attic, the first floor is the living room, kitchen, reception room, bathroom, the second floor has two bedrooms, one Richard lives, one Kate and George live, so Wang Zixuan has to live in the attic, but the attic also has a benefit, because there are all kinds of musical instruments here, what violin, cello, organ, piano, guitar, bagpipe and other musical instruments are all available, it is completely a musical instrument storage room, which makes Wang Zixuan a little happy.
Because Wang Zixuan is a foreigner, Kate did not talk to him much, sometimes just polite greetings, George did not talk to him much, the only one who spoke to him was Richard, which made Wang Zixuan a little uncomfortable, it seems that everyone is still a little resistant to Wang Zixuan, a Chinese, Richard is estimated to help him in Li Bifu's face, if he cannot pass the music skills exam of Chesam Music Middle School, he will definitely be sent back by Richard, and his trip to England is officially over, drawing an unsatisfactory end.
βziβ¦β¦ xuanβ¦β¦ Oh, Chinese names are a bit difficult to call, I think you should take an English name, tomorrow I will take you to Chesham to take the music skills test, and then it depends on your own performance, although music has no borders, but you must at least use your music to conquer the ears of Chesam music teachers. Richard said as he ate dinner.
"Okay, then I'll call Robert in the future, as for tomorrow's exam, I'm confident of passing, I want to ask you, what are the items in the music skills exam?" Wang Zixuan cut a little steak and put it into his mouth.
Richard picked up the white handkerchief and wiped his mouth, and said: "It's good to have confidence, musical skills include music listening training, music theory, notation, sight-singing and sight-reading, harmony, orchestration and composition analysis, etc., as the items of the exam, you must involve these items, if you can achieve proficiency in one or two aspects, you can enter Chesham College." β
Wang Zixuan nodded and said, "Well, I understand, I am a little lacking in harmony and orchestration, and I don't know too much, and the others are okay." β
Richard nodded, got up and prepared to walk to his room, halfway up the stairs, they suddenly stopped, turned their heads and said to Wang Zixuan: "Tomorrow, you play hard, although I don't know why Li tried his best to recommend you over, but I think you are too young now, maybe you should be able to come to Chesam after a few years, you are too young, only nine years old, I am just a child playing with mud at your age, oh, maybe I said the wrong thing, But I don't want a kid who doesn't know anything to go to Chesam, and tomorrow if you don't play well, I'll take you to England for a few days and then send you back to China, that's where you stay. β
After saying that, Richard quickly went upstairs, Wang Zixuan looked at Richard's figure stunned, I don't know what to say, he doesn't believe in himself too much, too, not to say that he is a Chinese, is a British child good, the age of nine is indeed questionable.
Kate cleaned up the dishes and comforted: "I'm sorry, Richard loves music and Chesam, that's why he said that, but I think you really should study for a few more years and then go to England for further study, okay, if you're done eating, you can sleep, I've cleaned up in the attic, the sheets and quilts are new, and I bought a British children's bib slacks and a little blue shirt, I hope you'll like it." β
Wang Zixuan put down the knife and fork, wiped his mouth, stood up, and said: "Okay, thank you, I think I'll think about it, but, Aunt Kate, look at it, tomorrow I will come back with Chesam's school badge, I hope you will bless me then, good night Aunt Kate, and little George." β
"Okay, good night, Robert, if you become a student of Chesham tomorrow, I'll make a good pizza to celebrate, I'm sure you'll love the pizza I made." Kate said with a wave of her hand.
Looking at Kate's casual appearance, Wang Zixuan shook his head helplessly, went up to the attic, and when he arrived in the room, he saw at a glance the suspender slacks and blue undershirt on the bed, the style was not bad, full of British style, the size was just right, he liked it very much.
took off the clothes on his body, Wang Zixuan lay on the bed, turned off the headlights, turned on the European-style lamp at the head of the bed, and then took out a notebook to record all what he saw and heard today, when he first arrived in the UK, the completely different architecture and environment made him feel so fresh, he tried to integrate into the country, this is the first step of his dream, tomorrow he must conquer the mentors of Chesham and become an actor of Chesam.
After writing the note, Wang Zixuan turned off the lamp and covered the quilt, and soon fell asleep.
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"Ding-dong......"
In the early morning, a pleasant violin note slipped past his ears, Wang Zixuan couldn't help but feel from the dream, the sun at this time had shone on him through the attic window, perhaps because of the jet lag, which made him a little uncomfortable, and he woke up at dawn.
Hurriedly put on the new clothes that Kate bought for him, and walked down the attic, at this time the smell of barbecue was already wafting from the kitchen, Kate was cooking, and in the grass outside the villa, Richard was playing his violin affectionately with his eyes closed.
Wang Zixuan couldn't help but lean against the gate of the villa and listened carefully, this is a famous violin piece, called the aria on the G string (Aironthegstring), also known as the song of the G string, from the German composer Bach's orchestral suite Suiteno.3Indmajor, the second movement of BWV1068 Air, arranged by the German violinist Wilhelm Mi.
Soon, this poetic melodic violin piece gradually ended, but Wang Zixuan was still intoxicated by it, savoring its flawless charm.
Richard took back the violin, saw Wang Zixuan standing at the door and recalled the violin music just now, nodded with satisfaction, although he was not optimistic about Wang Zixuan, but being able to listen carefully and taste the music is a kind of respect for the quality and performance of music, and he did a good job in this regard.
When Wang Zixuan came back from deep thought, he found that Richard was looking at him, and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, maybe it's because of the jet lag, I got up late in the morning, and I couldn't help but be intoxicated when I heard your G string song, your performance is really good." β
Richard glanced at Wang Zixuan in surprise and said: "Little Robert, you know this piece, it seems that your musical skills are not bad, let's go, eat, and then go to Chesam, I have a little interest in you, if you pass the test, I can teach you to play the violin." β
"Oh, thank God, I will work hard......" Wang Zixuan said excitedly, sure enough, those who work hard will never be eliminated by time, they follow Li Bifu to study music knowledge hard, all the efforts are not in vain, time will prove everything, isn't it now?
After breakfast, Richard took Wang Zixuan to Chesham Music School, the largest music school in the UK, located in the heart of Manchester in the northwest of England, in front of the Victoria train station.
After entering the Chesam School, Wang Zixuan found that most of the students were fourteen or fifteen years old or above, and there was no one like him whose age there was no one, and the youngest student was eleven or twelve years old, and he was the only one in this school at the age of nine.
"Teacher Richard is so ......"
Where Richard passed, all the people and students politely called the teacher, but they paid the most attention to Wang Zixuan behind Richard.
"Oh God, I saw an Oriental kid......"
"Yes, it's the Oriental, black eyes, black hair, yellow skin, God, how did he get to England......"
"Oh, Mr. Richard took that Oriental boy into the office building, it seems to be going to the principal's office......"
"God, is this Oriental kid going to join our school, oh my God, no, how old is he, and Oriental people really know how to understand music theory, oh, maybe Mr. Richard didn't wake up and picked up an Oriental kid......"
Everyone discussed one by one, and the originally peaceful campus became noisy, Richard ignored the noise of the students, and took Wang Zixuan to the principal's office.
"Knock Knock ......"
"Please come in ......"
Wang Zixuan followed Richard into the principal's room, the principal was a balding white-haired old man, but his eyes were bright and clear, giving people a calm and soft feeling, full of kindness.
"Come, Richard, look at a piano piece I just arranged this morning, there are some flaws in the first piece, you can help take a look......" The bald old man waved his hand at Richard and said, ignoring Wang Zixuan behind Richard.
"Oh, God, Mach, I'm not very good at the piano, you need to find Noldod to solve the problem, I am here today to introduce a musical child from the East, he is a disciple of my Oriental friend, he has studied music for three years, this time I came to England, I want to study at Chesam, I think he should be given a chance......" Richard stepped forward and interrupted the bald old man.
"No, I'm sorry, I can't agree, first of all, Chesam's admission requirements are children over eleven years old, and secondly, I don't think he has any musical talent, children of his age, let alone Orientals, even children of our British Empire will not know real music......" Mach shook his head and said stubbornly.
Wang Zixuan looked at this, he couldn't take the initiative to attack, smiled and said in fluent standard British English: "Excuse me, what you are holding in your hand should be the piano sheet of "Dream Wedding", this piece was co-produced by French composer and music producer Paul Senneville and Oliviertoussaint, it is a very beautiful piece and a touching story......
Wang Zixuan understood very well that Maher's remarks just now were completely shirking, he didn't modify any piano music, but casually took out a piano sheet to block Richard's mouth, Mach was lying, Wang Zixuan saw this very clearly, so he stood up, ostensibly talking about piano scores, but actually saying "Mach old boy, you are lying"!
ps: In the future, the English name of the protagonist will be Robert Wang, and the plot characters must not be completely substituted for reality, a little different, the building of the Chesham Music Middle School in the United Kingdom is very old and beautiful, you can travel to visit it when you have time, there are a lot of beautiful women, it will definitely make you drool, Chesham Middle School is a co-educational school, most of the co-educational branches in the UK, it is a little special.;