In the "Encounter with Chopin" concert, Zhuo Yang and Maurizio Pollini will divide the playing time equally, which is an opportunity that the team behind Zhuo Yang has fought so hard for.

Maestro Pollini and Zhuo Yang are not in charge of the specific affairs of the concert, they are only responsible for playing the piano well, and the distribution of all commercial and image interests behind it is negotiated by their team. From the calm and relaxed Zhuo Qiu, to the red-faced Marzny, to the argumentative Marc Venster, in the end, Zhuo Yang's team made huge concessions in the distribution of commercial interests, but in exchange for the opportunity to compete with Maestro Pollini at the concert.

There were a total of 22 pieces in the concert, two of which were performed by two ensembles, and ten more pieces were performed solo. It will begin with a two-piano concerto with orchestra from the Milan Conservatory, performed by Zhuo Yang and Pollini. Next, the master played three songs, Zhuo Yang two, the master five more, Zhuo Yang also five, the master two, Zhuo Yang three, and finally a duet concerto, finishing the handiwork.

In this way, Zhuo Yang and Pollini are almost inseparable in the concert, which is exactly what his team wants to achieve. For Zhuo Yang, the most important thing at this stage is to seek fame, business interests are not important, he is not short of money, he has to rush everywhere to complete the business contract during the winter vacation, Zhuo Yang's way to get money is much more wild than the master.

In terms of repertoire arrangement, it is basically Mark Venster who is helping him with ideas. Zhuo Yang liked Chopin, but he had no special preference for Chopin's pieces, he played everything the same, and he didn't have time to grope with Pollini for who would play them. But it is precisely because Mark is familiar with Zhuo Yang's performance style and technical characteristics, and Mark is very concerned about this matter, that the repertoire finally selected is what he thinks is suitable for Zhuo Yang to perform. Zhuo Yang tried a rehearsal, well, it felt good.

During this time, Zhuo Yang spent almost all his time practicing the piano, forgetting to sleep and eat. Even at Christmas, he spent it on the piano keys.

It's a lonely Christmas, and on this starry night and snowless day, Zhuo Yang is accompanied only by a red piano, and he opens his heart with the sound of the piano.

Christmas Eve is coming, the lively "Meet Chopin" organizing committee suddenly scattered, everyone has to rush home to 'celebrate the New Year', leaving Zhuo Yang who has nowhere to go. Originally, Marc Venster wanted to accompany him to stay in Milan, but he refused; Originally, the second brother Montolivo invited him to go to Atlanta, but he also refused; Robit Baggio asked him to come to Vicenza, and Kenny Dunbar invited him to go to Foggia, both of which he refused.

It's not entirely to be considerate of others and unwilling to interfere with the family reunion of his friends, but Zhuo Yang encountered a little problem in the rehearsal of the previous performance, and he has always been serious and wants to take the opportunity of Christmas when no one interferes to ponder.

The twelve pieces that need to be played by Zhuo Yang have been repeatedly practiced in the past few months, and there are almost no problems, and they can be pulled up to the stage at any time to show. But everything else is okay, when he came to Milan to practice "Waltz in C sharp minor" again, Zhuo Yang suddenly found that he could not fully interpret all the connotations of the movement, and there was a feeling that he knew what else was there, but he could not express it.

No matter how much he explored deeply, he also felt that he lacked a little sense of touch, Zhuo Yang consulted Maurizio Pollini on this issue, and after listening to him play it in its entirety, he gave full affirmation, thinking that Zhuo Yang had completely stepped into Chopin's door, and the emotions that should have been expressed in the music had already been expressed, and the rest was just to rely on the accumulation of musical experience to deepen it, but it would take time, just like the experience on the football field.

Zhuo Yang wasn't sure if the master was right, because it seemed a bit plausible to explain his feelings with Pollini's answer, and he couldn't completely agree.

In the following days, Zhuo Yang spent a lot of effort to test the "Waltz in C sharp minor", trying to figure out what he lacked, but it was completely counterproductive, and the hazy feeling that could not be touched became clearer and clearer, but he also obviously felt farther and farther away from full expression.

Zhuo Yang is a serious person, and his father Zhuo Tongtong taught him since he was a child: people only need to do one thing well in their lives!

Which thing?

- This is being done!

Therefore, no matter what Zhuo Yang does, he will be distracted and very focused. In order to figure out why there was a sense of inadequacy in the interpretation of Waltz in C sharp minor, he left everything in the world behind and only himself and the piano.

The Armani Hotel is really a caring place, knowing that Zhuo Yang will stay in the hotel for Christmas, and knowing that he needs a piano to comfort the bells, he moved the Stanway Triangle in the hotel lobby to a small conference room, which is on the same floor as Zhuo Yang's suite, and handed it over to Zhuo Yang.

All this is the initiative and free service of the Armani hotel management, you know, this kind of Steinway piano moving is a big project, it needs professionals to do it, and the cost is at least thousands of euros.

No one disturbed him in the four places, Zhuo Yang specialized in "Waltz in C sharp minor", who knew that the more this was the case, the more obvious the feeling of not being able to touch it, and it had even affected the smoothness of the movement. This is a bit nonsense, in case the effect of the concert is delayed, a basket pops up and pops up, and the ones who came that day are all expert golden ears, which is a bit of a smashing signboard.

Zhuo Yang was so frightened that he hurriedly left the piano, relaxed first, listened to songs on the Internet, and flirted on Facebook.

Zhuo Yang has two accounts on Facebook, one is naturally his celebrity public account, and his real verified name faces thousands of fans. It's just that there is a lot of lively news on that account all day long, but almost none of them are sent by him himself, and they are all operated by Zhuo Yang's brokerage team in his name. The other is his private account, nicknamed 'Man Like the Wind', which is unbearable. This account is known only to his friends, and everyone often jokes about it.

It's the afternoon of December 24th, and Christmas Eve is still a few hours away. Out of boredom, Zhuo Yang sent a message, full of anger.

I have a pot of wine, please take your story with you, who will accompany me in this lonely, lonely, empty and cold Christmas heart?

At this time, everyone was busy, and no one paid attention to him on the Internet, chatting about a few replies in a mess.

- Slut, let you come, you don't come!

- Go out and turn left is a nightclub!

- Brother, I'll see you in Milan in two days.

Alas, this gang is indiscriminate! It's just that Midel feels sorry for me, I haven't seen the little cutie for a while, maybe my son has grown a lot taller.

There were not many messages, but two phone calls came in soon, the content was similar, and it was two women.

- Zhuo Yang, I'm going to spend Christmas with you!