Chapter 136: The Eldest Princess's Discrimination
"Pietro, from Leonardo da Vinci's hometown, was also a painter."
The Italian man introduced himself with his left hand in the shape of a chicken paw.
Hall replied with a polite smile, "I've been to Florence, and I'll never forget the city's artistic scene. ”
It was an evening when he was walking on the streets of Florence to avoid a pool of urine on the ground when he accidentally stepped on an oil painting placed in the dark corner of the street. Suddenly, several men dressed as street artists burst out from all directions of the street, shouting for compensation.
He later learned that the painters on the streets of Florence were like the singers selling CDs in Manhattan's Times Square, and that the art of pit tourists was their art.
"Florence, which means city of flowers in Italian, is the land of the Renaissance and a paradise for street artists. But I think the most memorable thing for you is the food, haha, you're British, right? ”
Pietro thought he was very funny and humorous, raised his wine glass and took a sip, then looked at Li Fuzhen and said, "It is said that the most famous food in your country is barbecue?" ”
Li Fuzhen's expression became more and more impatient, because the mistake of roasting the dove of peace on the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony made Europeans and Americans know that Korean-style barbecue is really a hellish joke and a humiliation for Koreans.
Hall was unimpressed, and the British recipe sounded as black as American history.
And it's from the mouth of an Italian, which is even less lethal.
Italians are more romantic and sweet than the French, so sometimes it is inevitable that they will not be able to handle the proportions. The mouth is sweet and cheap, and it will coax people to respond to impoliteness, and make some incomprehensible brain-dead offensive acts.
"You just played it great, I noticed. Now I'm going to play the piano, do you guys have any tunes you'd like to hear? ”
Feeling the cold and perfunctory attitude of the two young men in front of him, Petro did not continue to entangle and chose to end the conversation.
Hall raised his glass and replied, "Thank you, lady first." ”
"Thank you, Bach, I like Bach." Li Fuzhen gave the answer.
Petro shook his head: "You're me, frankly I don't like Bach, but I can try, for you." After speaking, he raised his glass and turned to leave.
Compared with Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin and other great gods, Bach is the most special existence of classical music.
For example, in the Bruce Lee and martial arts movie, people don't need to look with their eyes to just listen to the signature cry of "ah hit" to know that it is Bruce Lee.
The same is true of Bach, whose style of work is known to be him as soon as you hear it.
Because it is polyphonic music, there are often large sections of repetition in the work, and ordinary people feel that it is stinky and long when they listen to it. Few classical music lovers, and even professionals, like to listen to it unless necessary.
The audience is extremely niche, suitable for pretending to be unsuitable for daily listening and appreciation, and Hall has performed in front of Helena before, and then disliked.
"Rationality, order, balance, harmony."
Li Fuzhen described it in a series of four words: "So I like Bach, it makes me feel quiet." ”
"Quiet or safe?" Hall asked rhetorically.
Li Fuzhen was stunned, and said with a smile: "The latter." ”
While the two were talking, Pietro sat down at the piano, tried the notes and began to play.
I have to say that the piano of this great painter is of excellent quality, and Bach, who described Li Fuzhen as rational, played a passionate and surging performance, and the ten fingers struck the keys vigorously to perform absolutely dazzling note control.
Hall reasonably suspects that this guy is venting his anger, and he originally wanted to flirt with his little sister from South Korea.
At the end of the song, the guests cheered and applauded, Pietro stood up and saluted, stretched out his arm and pointed to Li Fuzhen: "Excerpts from Bach's keyboard etudes belong only to you." ”
The cheers were louder, and Li Fuzhen's face became even more embarrassed.
"Do you want a song? The stars holding the moon is the best compliment for women. Pietro beckoned.
Hall couldn't tell for a while whether this great painter had high EQ or low EQ, but no matter what, he couldn't be coaxed, who was not a decent person!
He was invited to the piano, and Pietro walked back in this direction, and the two of them staggered past each other, and the guests watched the excitement and screamed.
For the sake of love, he personically challenged his rival at the party, and such a drama was a joy to see.
"Excerpts from Bach's Keyboard Etudes."
Hall first signaled to Cheryl and the caring ladies beside her, swept the audience one by one, and finally bowed slightly to Li Fuzhen.
"The fact that he can play well proves that the fundamentals are good, that he has the ability to perform better, why is it so ...... Mediocre? I don't know how to describe it, it's like a machine with no personality, and it feels like you're practicing your score step by step in the practice room. ”
Listening to the notes, Petro listened attentively, unconsciously frowning and giving an evaluation.
Li Fuzhen glanced at him, exhaled deeply and asked, "Are you from a middle-class family, or an ordinary family?" ”
"Exactly, my father was a sea captain, and he spent more than half of the year in Genoa, an ancient city, ...... the navigator Columbus"
"You've put a lot of effort into learning piano?" Li Fuzhen interrupted.
Pietro laughed: "Well, this is worth talking about, the pursuit of art is a waste of money, in order not to disappoint my parents, I am practicing and learning to paint when other children are playing football, and I am practicing and learning to draw when other children are resting......"
"So you can only play the piano, not listen." Li Fuzhen interrupted again.
Pietro's smile froze, his eyes widening for unknown reasons.
Li Fuzhen explained: "Don't like to listen and don't understand are two different things, you don't have the ability to appreciate, you don't know Bach, so you think there is something wrong with him playing." ”
"Middle-class families always like to raise their children to achieve success in seemingly noble fields such as art, literature, sports, etc., in an almost masochistic way, hoping to cross the class."
She paused, looked her eyes up and down at Petro:
"Masochistic practice gives you the excellent playing skills of an industrial assembly line, just a robot that plays the piano. I think if music connoisseurs had a higher social status than painters and pianists, you would definitely listen to music and not play an instrument. ”
Pietro instinctively opened his mouth to refute, but could not make a sound.
"Me and him, Hugo, the piano is just our childhood toy, we don't treat it as art, it is not utilitarian. It's like the kids you call playing football, they may be bad at playing football, but they really know how to appreciate football, and they never talk about "sports" and use it as a special talent to exaggerate their skills. ”
Li Fuzhen shook his head and said in a contemptuous tone: "There are many people like you among my classmates, art can't help you take shortcuts across classes, it will only make you look like monkeys imitating humans." ”
"Hey! You are so rude! Petro finally spoke.
"I never discriminated against people, before others discriminated against me. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, you should not insult my country to your face. What qualifications do you have to discriminate against me, da Vinci and Columbus gave you the capital of arrogance? My family has a billion dollars in wealth, even if it is Hugo... You can't discriminate against me for no reason! ”
Li Fuzhen sneered and sarcastically as he saw that Hall was walking back after playing the tune, speeding up his speech and lowering his voice to say the last half of the sentence.
There is a hundred pietros between her and Hall, and she really has no confidence......