Chapter 301: "The Last Lesson"
"Director Su, why do you suddenly want to resign and quit? Is there something going on at home? Li Wanke, director of the personnel department of the West China Conservatory of Music, looked at a letter of resignation on his desk with a surprised expression on his face.
Sultan is an old teacher at the West China Conservatory of Music, and he has been a colleague of Li Wanke for many years. Li Vanke has the impression that although the Sultan is usually a bit arrogant, his business quality is still very good. Over the years, he has led the piano department of the West China Conservatory of Music, and has won many awards at home and abroad, which can be regarded as a pillar of the Huayin piano department.
And now, without warning, the Sultan is actually going to resign, which makes him, who works early in the morning, feel as if he is celebrating April Fool's Day, if it weren't for the fact that it is July, I am afraid that he really thinks that the Sultan is playing an April Fool's joke with him.
"No, it's for some of my personal reasons. Section Chief Li, I have thought it very clearly, and I hope you will approve my application. The Sultan said lightly.
The moment he walked out of the VIP room of the Datang Hotel, the Sultan's whole mood was complicated. On the one hand, she couldn't accept the fact that she lost to a young man, let alone the fate of her stable life being changed, but on the other hand, Chu Yang's superb piano skills also gave her a great shock. After staying in West China Academy for so many years, her unchanged teaching career has almost worn out the passion she had when she graduated, and even if she played her favorite Chopin works, it was difficult to find the original passion. But Chu Yang's song "Fantasy Improvisation" made her long-standing heart restless again!
Especially the sentence that Chu Yang said to her, "Practice hard, and you can still practice." It made her heart even hotter!
Thought about it for a night. The Sultan finally figured it out.
Leaving Huayin and joining Huayin Pavilion may seem like losing a stable and decent job on the surface, but who dares to say that this is not a new opportunity? She is only thirty-eight years old, and her life is in the golden age, if she is in Huayin, she, the head of the piano department, is the highest apex of her life, at most she will bring some piano students to earn some tuition. But in Huayin Pavilion......
Thinking of Chu Yang's superb piano level. The Sultan's heart was on fire again.
"Director Su. You better think about it again, after all, after so many years, it's not easy to get to this position. Seeing that the Sultan looked determined to do so, Section Chief Li held on with some pity. If it's a different teacher. He would never have said that. The faculty at the university though is relatively stable. But there are many people who quit their jobs and don't do it. But the Sultan is different, she is one of the elders here, and she just left. It's definitely a loss to the school, and even from his personal emotional standpoint, it's a pity to see such a colleague who entered the school almost the same year just leave.
"Xie Lu, thank you, Section Chief Li, I've already thought about it, you don't have to say anything more, the principal is there, I'll talk to him alone. However, the school can rest assured that I am not changing jobs to become a teacher in another college, but I just want to change the way of working, and I am a little tired after teaching for so many years. The Sultan said, turning and leaving the Personnel Section.
"Feeling tired?" Section Chief Li pondered the Sultan's words and thought thoughtfully.
The Sultan left the administration building and looked at his watch, there were still five minutes before the class, and five minutes later, there was a big lesson of hers. Although she had already decided to leave Huaxi Academy, she still decided to finish this class before leaving. On the one hand, it is to experience the class here at the end of the day, and on the other hand, it is also to give the students an explanation.
There are more than 200 students sitting in the large lecture hall of West China Academy, which is not a lot compared to this classroom that can accommodate 400 people. However, when you think that the students of the piano department of West China Academy are only more than 300 people together, you can imagine how high the attendance rate of this big class is.
In the West China Conservatory of Music, the Sultan's popularity and prestige among students is still very high, after all, so many years of teaching experience and level are placed there.
The bell rang, and the Sultan stepped into the classroom.
The students below stopped talking the moment she walked into the classroom, and the whole classroom became quiet.
"Hello students, the main content of our class today is to discuss the background and artistic achievements of Chopin's "Fantasy Improvisation". The Sultan stood on the podium, paused, and slowly spoke out the content of today's lecture.
When university professors give big lectures, they are generally prepared in advance, and everything they talk about has a fixed content. However, the lesson that the Sultan is teaching today is clearly improvised.
Hearing Teacher Su talk about this song, Chu Menghan in the audience suddenly showed an extremely strange look on his face.
The scene in the hotel yesterday is still vivid in her mind. The former waste cousin has actually turned into a piano master, and even the first master of Huayin like Mr. Su was defeated by him, such a huge contrast, so that she can't react now.
She didn't even remember how she got out of the hotel, but when she got to school, she called home and told her mom about the day. On the phone, my mother also looked surprised and disbelieving, and even said that she didn't know about such a thing, and said that she would be wrong and see others as that waste cousin!
And today, Teacher Sultan actually wants to talk about "Fantasy Improvisation" in class, has she forgotten that it is this song that made her suffer a lot of humiliation yesterday?
Faintly, Chu Menghan had an ominous premonition in his heart.
"Teacher Su shouldn't be really~~~ that." Chu Menghan thought in his heart.
"We all know that Chopin wrote many works in his lifetime, but there were only four improvisations, and the most popular of them is this "Fantasy Improvisation". This piece is extremely difficult to perform, and the content is profound and full of fantasy, so it is called a fantasy improvisation. ”
The Sultan didn't look at the lesson plan, but just stood there and talked casually, from the background of the composition, to the analysis of the composition, to the characteristics of each section, it was obvious that his understanding of the piece was extremely deep. And under her explanation, these things that were originally boring have become quite vivid and interesting, and many students are fascinated by it, as if it is the first time that they have discovered that this song has so many stories.
"Okay, let's enjoy this song together." As he spoke, the Sultan pulled out a small USB stick, connected it to the interface of the classroom computer, and copied the next WAV file from it.
The file size is huge, more than fifty megabytes, and it's that lossless format. After copying it to his computer's hard drive, Sultan pressed play. A moment later, a heavy, powerful, slightly sad accent echoed through the loudspeakers of the classroom!
"This is the version played by ~~~ that waste~~ that Chu Yang?" Listening to this "Fantasy Improvisation", Chu Menghan's face suddenly showed surprise! The light and smooth fine brilliance sounded in her ears, and the delicate and enthusiastic performance made her hear it at once, this is Chu Yang's performance yesterday, and there will be absolutely no mistake!
How so? Teacher Su, how could she play his performance in class?
Listening to this beautiful melody, Chu Menghan's mind was in chaos.
After listening to the song, more than 200 students all showed intoxicated expressions. This piece is already very famous, almost every piano student knows it, and many have even played it, but because the piece is so difficult, few people can play it at the speed required by the original song.
Under the Sultan's explanation in advance, they understood this piece more deeply, and the more they sounded at this moment, the more they felt that the beauty was really amazing!
"Teacher, this version of the performance is really fantastic, is it Li Yundi's version? But it doesn't seem like it, I've heard him play online. One student couldn't help but raise his hand and asked. He was a Chopin fan and was excited when he talked about Chopin's work.
"This is not Li Yundi's version, but I personally think that this version is better than Li Yundi's version." Sultan said.
The student at the bottom nodded repeatedly, seemingly agreeing with Sultan's words, and at the same time handed over his USB flash drive and asked Sultan to make a copy of it for him.
There are those who take the lead, there are those who follow the trend, and at that moment there are more than a dozen students who want to take out the USB flash drive and ask the Sultan to help them copy it, seeing that the scene is a bit chaotic, the Sultan immediately asked them to stop, and at the same time promised them to put the documents in the public mailbox of the piano department, which can be regarded as calming the turmoil.
Then, as usual, the Sultan played it himself, and then called a few more students who had practiced on stage, corrected a few of their tricks, and there were only a few minutes left before the end of the class.
Then the Sultan stood on the podium and announced a shocking news to the students in the audience.
"Dear students, today is the last time I will stand here and give you a lesson. After today, I will resign from my position here and go to Huayin Pavilion to work as a piano teacher. Of course, I still welcome everyone to come to my class, by the way, I will reveal a little secret to you, the "Fantasy Improvisation" that I played in class just now, is played by Chu Yang, the piano teacher of Huayin Pavilion, if you are interested in Chopin's works, welcome to Huayin Pavilion to study and exchange. Okay, that's all for today's class, after class. ”
After saying these words, the Sultan turned and left the classroom, and behind her, the classroom had already exploded because of her words!
"Professor Su actually resigned? Going to work as a piano teacher at a private art school? ”
"What's the origin of Huayin Pavilion? How powerful is it? ”
"Who is Chu Yang? I haven't heard of it, but that "Fantasy Improvisation" is amazing! ”
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The classroom was a mess. Chu Menghan looked at the back of Teacher Sultan leaving, but a look of extreme shock flashed on his face!
Professor Su really resigned!
She felt that this world was really crazy!
"I'm also going to Huayin Pavilion and learn the piano with Chu Yang." Ma Tie, who had been sitting next to her silently, suddenly said firmly.
Chu Menghan felt like he was really going crazy! (To be continued......)