Chapter 981: Graffman's Teachings
"Huh? How did he end up here? Chu Yang saw the figure that flashed at the elevator entrance, and muttered a little strangely.
"Who?" Hearing Chu Yang's words, Wan'er hurriedly asked.
"Chen Hao, I heard that this guy is your suitor, and he is also the craziest one among the suitors? What do you think of him as a person? Chu Yang saw that the person had disappeared at the elevator entrance, so he didn't pay much attention to it, and chatted with Wan'er with a smile.
"Chen Hao? Is that guy? You read that right, how did he end up here? Isn't he already disqualified from the tryouts? Hearing Chu Yang's words, Wan'er asked a little strangely.
"I don't know, maybe it looks like it." Chu Yang touched his nose with a smile and said with some indifference.
"I'll take a look!" Wan'er was not as careless as Chu Yang, and quickly walked towards the room where the registration office was located.
This hotel is the hotel designated by the Liszt Masters Cup players, and at the same time, all the information about the competition can be found here, and the office in charge of the competition is located here, which is room 8012.
Chu Yang didn't care much about whether this contestant was Chen Hao or not, but when he saw Wan'er walking over, he also followed, anyway, as a contestant, he also needed to register here.
When the two of them came to the floor where room 8012 was located, they found that there were many people in the hallway, some of them strange and some of them familiar, but all of them were well-known names in the piano world.
Chu Yang also saw Lang Lang here, who was chatting warmly with another foreigner at a small coffee table at the corner of the corridor.
Seeing Chu Yang walking over, Lang Lang immediately spotted him with sharp eyes, and after beckoning to him, the whole person stood up.
"Hey. Chu Yang, here! Lang Lang stood up and said a word of Chinese to Chu Yang, with a thick northeast accent.
"Lang Lang, I haven't seen you for a few years, you are still so energetic!" Chu Yang walked over. They shook his hand, and the latter gave him a warm hug.
"You too, haven't changed at all. When I heard the news of your entry into politics, I felt sorry for you, thinking that you had said goodbye to the piano in your life, but I didn't expect you to come back. Lang Lang said with a smile.
"I'm here to make your bet, and I'm sorry to keep you waiting for two more years." Chu Yang said with a smile.
Two years ago, during the chat after the Spring Festival Gala, the two made a bet. It can only be that Chu Yang did not compete with Lang Lang on the same stage at that international piano competition. And now, this regret finally has a chance to make amends.
"It doesn't matter, it's more appropriate to use this stage as the ring for our decisive battle, it's bigger and more authoritative here! Chu Yang, I'm going to beat you here! Lang Lang looked at Chu Yang and said with a confident smile on his face.
"Good. Don't forget your promises. If I win, you're going to join my company! Chu Yang reminded with a smile.
"No problem. I'm a man of words, and when the time comes, you can let me be a cow and a horse, anything! Lang Lang didn't take Chu Yang's words seriously at all, and said half-jokingly. After more than two years of training, his piano skills have become more proficient and his vision has also been higher. That little shadow two years ago. In his heart, there is no longer zĂ i. In his opinion, this guy who is younger than himself may be very good at the piano, but in this field, he is already a well-deserved king, and he is not afraid of any challenge!
In fact. With his reputation in the piano world today, he no longer needs to compete in such competitions to prove himself. But Liszt has always been a pianist he particularly likes, and as a famous pianist in the world, even though he has won many piano competition awards, but missing the championship of the Liszt Master Cup, which is known as the "Olympics" in the piano world, he always feels that something is missing. So, after more than two years, he stepped onto the field again!
For him, competitions and performances have long been commonplace, and he can't be more familiar. Nervousness, stage fright and the like are not for him, all he has to do is to show himself here and enjoy the music!
"Okay, that's a deal. If you can beat me, you can ask me one thing as well, we play fairly. Chu Yang said with a gentle smile. At this moment, he didn't show any aggression at all, but the domineering spirit of giving up who else was unabashedly released outward!
Like Lang Lang, Chu Yang is just as determined to win this Masters Cup match!
"Chu Yang, let me introduce to you, this is my teacher, Mr. Graffman, the dean of the Curtis School of Music in the United States, and he is also my recommender to participate in this competition. But don't worry, my teacher is a very fair and just person, and he won't be biased just because I'm his student. Lang Lang half-jokingly introduced the two people. He then introduced Chu Yang fluently in English to the tall man with white hair.
"Hello, Chu Yang. Lang Lang admires you very much, I can feel that you are as good as him, I wish you good results in the competition! Graffman nodded at Chu Yang, and then spoke to him in English.
Lang Lang wanted to translate for Chu Yang, but a beautiful girl standing next to Chu Yang had already completed this task for him. Her voice was beautiful, like a string of silver bells, and it sounded like a treat for the ears. Her person is also very beautiful, Lang Lang performs outside all the year round, and he has seen a lot of handsome guys and beauties, but this is the first time he has seen such a beautiful and temperamental girl.
"Your English is so good, you're his girlfriend?" Lang Lang waited for the beautiful girl to finish translating, and Chu Yang nodded to Graffman again to express his gratitude, and then asked seemingly casually.
"Yes, nice to meet you, Lang Lang, I wish you good results!" Wan'er nodded generously in acknowledgement, and then shook hands with Lang Lang.
"You're so beautiful!" Lang Lang shook hands with Wan'er and said sincerely.
"Thank you!" Wan'er thanked her, and then withdrew her hand.
The moment she withdrew her hand, Lang Lang's face showed a little disappointment. Even he, a world-class pianist with eyes above the top, can't help but lose his mind a little in front of such a beauty. He has some impression that this girl is an actor who performed on the same stage with him during the Spring Festival Gala two years ago. At that time, she played a bamboo flute that left a deep impression on Lang Lang. It's just that he couldn't think of it, and he didn't see him for two years. She has actually become Chu Yang's girlfriend! is also a man, and he can't help but feel a sense of loss in his heart. This is a very natural reaction, even if he doesn't have that kind of idea for Wan'er, but there will always be a sense of disappointment when he sees that beautiful things already belong to him.
After a few more simple greetings, Chu Yang and Wan'er said goodbye. He turned and walked towards the check-in room.
Graffman looked at his student a little distracted, smiled and said to him, "Lang Lang, you seem to like this girl very much?" â
Lang Lang's eyes were still following Wan'er's back, and he came back to his senses when he heard the teacher's words, and hurriedly defended: "No, no, teacher, I just think she's beautiful, that's all." I'm still young and don't want to think about finding a girlfriend too soon. And she already has a boyfriend, this Chu Yang. â
Hearing Lang Lang's words, Graffman smiled. Looking at the most proud student, he patted the other party's shoulder and said, "Okay, Lang Lang, don't lie to yourself." You are attracted to this girl, I can feel it. If you like something, you have to be bold and pursue. Even if you can't succeed, at least let the other party know. So many years. You've been successful in your career, but you're a blank slate emotionally, and that's not good. Trust me, a love can make you more mature, and it can also make your music more mature. You need it! Graffman reminded.
Graffman has trained countless outstanding pianists throughout his life, and he is one of the world's top piano educators, and he knows the piano and piano players as well as himself. Lang Lang is one of his proudest oriental students, and now he has shown his dazzling edge in the international piano world. But this is not enough, he hopes that this very perceptive student can become a contemporary master! This used to be his dream for a while, but his right hand was injured when he was young, which made him lose this opportunity forever, and now, he wants to fulfill his dream in Lang Lang's body.
Lang Lang's achievements are already high, but in his opinion, they are not enough. Lang Lang has the ability to become a true master, a master like Horowitz, Liszt, Chopin, Beethoven! If he can do this, then he, as his teacher, has also reached the peak of his dreams!
This is an era of lack of masters, looking at the modern piano world, there have been nearly 100 generations, and there has been no real master. As a piano educator, Graffman mourns his time!
Chu Yang, under the leadership of Wan'er, came to room 8102. There are English signs everywhere, and he is glad that he brought Wan'er here, otherwise it would be inconvenient everywhere.
The door to the room was opened, and standing inside was a tall white woman. A long golden hair coiled behind her head, a silver striped uniform, made her figure even better, and a faint, vague smell of perfume, accompanied by the moment the door opened, drilled into Chu Yang's nose.
"Hello, do you need any help?" Katie stood in the doorway and politely greeted the two young men with oriental faces.
She is a native of the United States, but now teaches piano at the Royal Academy of Music in The Hague. She is also a member of the organizing team of the Liszt Maestro Cup International Piano Competition, responsible for the registration and registration of contestants.
"Hello, is this Ms. Katie? We are from China, and we are here to participate in the Liszt Maestro Cup International Piano Competition. Wan'er spoke fluent English and communicated with Katie.
"Oh, hello, please come in." Katie nodded to the two men with a friendly look and let them in.
This is a large sunny room, full of Nordic style decoration, making it very luxurious and comfortable. As a top international piano competition, the Liszt Master Cup has very high standards for the living environment of the players.
followed Katie to the temporary office in her room, and with Wan'er's help, Chu Yang quickly completed the registration procedures, but then he saw that after Wan'er and Katie exchanged a few words, her face immediately showed an unhappy expression.
"What's wrong?" After receiving the room card, Chu Yang and Wan'er asked after coming out of Katie's room.
"You read that right, that Chen Hao really came to participate in the competition." Wan'er said hatefully.
"This untrustworthy guy, I'm going to ask him!" After Wan'er finished saying this, she was about to turn around and go to Chen Hao's room.
"Alas, Wan'er, don't worry about it first, let's figure out what's going on first." Chu Yang said, took out his mobile phone and made a call out.
He was also very strange in his heart. In the tryouts, Chen Hao lost to himself, and according to the agreement between the two people, he should now be in his own Huayin Entertainment. If so, he came to the competition, and he had no reason not to know.
Of course, if he really has other channels and qualifies as a contestant, then even if he comes to participate in the competition, it is nothing, after all, Chu Yang wants to absorb him into the Leshenmen in the future, and it is also a good thing that his own people are more famous.
"Hello? Sister Na, what are you busy with? Chu Yang dialed Na Ying's phone and said hello to her with a smile.
Now his own entertainment empire, Chu Suo has completely thrown it to Na Ying. I have to say that this is a very capable woman, not only singing well, but also a good hand at running entertainment companies. After no administrative pressure and constraints, she let go of her hands and feet, and developed her entertainment company like a snowball, and now it is like a first-class entertainment company in China!
"It's okay, I just had a meeting with the leaders of the Central X Department and Radio and Television to prepare for the Spring Festival Gala, how are you in the Netherlands now? Stayed? I heard that CCTV also attaches great importance to this competition, and has sent reporters to you, I also wanted to cheer for you, but there are too many things at hand, I can't pull away, you come on, come on! Na Ying said half-jokingly on the other end of the phone.
"That...... The title of the door owner, it's better not to say it on the phone now, if it is inappropriate for people to hear it. Chu Yang said with some embarrassment.
"What are you afraid of, anyway, you said it would be made public after a while." Na Ying said with a big grin.
"Uh...... Okay, Sister Na, in fact, I called you to ask you, has there been a person named Chen Hao who has been learning piano recently to report to our entertainment company? I remember saying hello to you before. â
"I know about it, but he never came." Na Ying reacted quickly.
Didn't come?
Chu Yang put down the phone with a puzzled look on his face. (To be continued......)