"Well, Eastman School of Music." He Shen nodded at Fu Diao, and immediately added: "But I personally suggest that you don't promise him now, after all, if you promise him now, you won't be able to receive invitations from other conservatories later, you must know that if you win the championship of the Chopin International Piano Competition, not only the invitation of this Eastman Conservatory, but also other conservatories will hand you an invitation to study, inviting you to study with the masters in their school, if you promise him now, it will be difficult to get it later, after all, you have to know, You're a pretty good bait for everyone. ”

He Shen shrugged his shoulders at Fu Diao, then squeezed between Fu Diao and Chris, shook Chris's hand, and said with a smile: "Don't say so much, you list your conditions for us first, and then we will discuss whether to join your conservatory to study." ”

"Hey, hey, please, anyway, I, Eastman, can be regarded as one of the top music schools in the United States, although there are not so many top piano masters in it, but there are still a lot, and you just rejected me directly? Give me some hope, okay? ”

"Nonsense, who wouldn't be a white wolf with empty gloves, I can too, can you also give me some hope? Let Fu join my conservatory and become my student? ”

He Shen gently poked Chris's waist with his elbow, and when he poked, he directly punched back twice, pretending to be in a particularly painful appearance, and reached out to say something.

As a result, before he could speak, He Shen directly opened his mouth to block his mouth

"Don't pretend, I'll invite you to dinner when you're full, don't expect me to help you say that your school is good, I haven't even asked Fu to be transferred to Manhattan to give you face, it's useless for you to pretend to be pitiful, I can be more miserable and pitiful than you."

"Okay, okay......"

Chris looked at He Shen like this, and probably knew that he might be out of play, so he could only get up.

He patted his clothes, rearranged his clothes, and then asked He Shen: "But He, it's not easy for you to have a treat, what are we going to eat at noon today?"

"What to eat? What else can you eat if you eat Turkish meat buns? If you want to eat a few eat a few, I please! He Shen's tone was extremely heroic.

Fu Diao looked at He Shen, his expression did not have the slightest surprise, He Shen can always find the cheapest food in various places, and he will not feel tired of eating it for two or three months.

Turkish meat bun can be regarded as one of the cheapest foods in Europe, almost equivalent to the Chinese roadside pancake fruit, and the biggest difference with the pancake fruit is probably that there is meat inside, many local cuisines lack street food will appear in large quantities of this Turkish meat bun, such as Germany, this thing has almost become Germany's national snack.

The only exception is Italy, where the spaghetti on the street and the Italian pizza are also cheap and can compete with the Turkish meat buns.

After all, this thing is two or three euros a piece, and the price is slightly cheaper in Poland, but it also costs seven zlotys, and the spaghetti out of Italy, the cheapest one costs nearly 20 zlotys.

Chris looked at He Shen, his eyes couldn't help but widen, especially when he followed He Shen to a street corner and there was no one queuing, with a huge sign of "Turkish Meat Sandwich Bun, Opening Special, 5 Zlotys/piece" hanging on the top of his head, the whole person was a little confused, and after standing in place and tangled for a long time, he stretched out his hand to stop He Shen, who was about to take Fu Diao Yu Tianyou and the others in, and said helplessly.

"Okay, forget it, I don't need you to invite me today, I'll invite you."

"Really? Then you're welcome! ”

He Shen looked at Chris with a straight smile and followed behind Chris happily, and everyone turned around the streets of Warsaw and turned into an Italian restaurant with few families.

After ordering a spaghetti with ketchup for all of them, Chris leaned back in his chair and smiled kindly at Fu Tuo.

"Fu, are you really no longer considering considering coming to our Eastman School of Music? Let's not say that our Eastman School of Music is in a beautiful country, our top professors over there, there are professors who have swiped awards all over the world, although I'm not sure if he will take students now, but are you really not coming? ”

"What's coming? You type out your conditions first, let's see, and then we can talk about it. Although He Shen was eating Chris's meal, he still didn't have any soft-mouthed meaning in it, but said angrily: "It's still the same sentence, it's just a simple invitation, any other school can do it, we don't need to choose your Eastman School of Music, I can also have an invitation from the Manhattan School of Music, with the same conditions as you, our Manhattan is not without top masters." ”

"This ......"

Chris's expression suddenly became a little hesitant, and after thinking for a moment, he slowly spoke: "I can help you apply for a full scholarship, it seems that the competition for scholarships this year should not be fierce, but I can't be sure, so ......"

"If you're not sure, don't say it."

He Shen sighed, and said to Fu Diao while the spaghetti had not yet come.

"Fu Tune, now there are fewer people, I will briefly tell you about your current situation, now there are many teachers from the Conservatory of Music at the Chopin International Piano Competition, and they should invite you to study at their conservatory after listening to your performance, for your current situation, if it is my Manhattan School of Music, I should send you an invitation for a doctorate, and invite you to come to our school for a doctorate degree assessment."

"Of course, although it is said to be an assessment, it is actually a simple cutscene, everyone gets to know each other, especially when you meet with your future teacher, to see if the habits between the two of you can not be integrated, if your artistic concepts are particularly incompatible, then it can only be a pity to fail, there is no way to do this, our school is like this, and the Eastman School of Music should be like this."

After that, he poked Chris and asked, "Is your school also an invitation to Fu for a doctorate?" ”

"Huh? That's right. Chris listened to the two communicate in Mandarin, listened to it for a long time and didn't understand, and now when he heard the familiar language, he immediately added: "But the assessment is just a simple assessment of your professional level, for Fu, there should be no problem, just go through the motions, mainly to see the compatibility with the professor." ”

"That's ......" Fu nodded to show his understanding.

He didn't expect that he seemed to be a sophomore in his undergraduate year and hadn't yet gone to school, so he might jump directly from undergraduate to doctorate.

However, Fu Diao also had a little doubt, looked at He Shen, and asked, "Is it necessary to go to this school?" ”

"Of course not." He Shen shook his head, "You can not do it, there is no problem with this, but you must know that your doctorate mainly depends on who the professor you are with, so to speak, if you study for a doctorate, then the professors you follow may be those top professors in the world, and when they were young, they were also top professors who won various music competitions and occupied the forefront of the world, but because their physical functions were a little unable to keep up, they spent their time teaching instead of continuing to play." ”

"Their level of performance may not be as good as that of some of our young professors, but their experience in music is much more than ours, and those are all their lifetime experience, if not, it is a loss, and you don't actually have anything to do, your main job is to practice and deepen your understanding of music, and at the same time, the school will give you a lot of resources, and your social circle in music will be greatly expanded, taking you into the circle of classical artists."

"After all, you have to know that classical music pianists attach great importance to birth and mentorship, because mentorship is ...... It represents a lot of things, and sometimes it can even be represented by status, I knew a person from China before, his teacher's teacher, Debussy, a single line passed to him, it was very scary. ”

"That's it." Fu Tiao nodded, indicating that he understood.

However, He Shen looked at Fu Diao like this, thought about it, and finally added.

"Although the Eastman School of Music has invited them to you, I still have to tell you that when you choose a doctoral supervisor in the future, you must pay attention to the following points."

"The music genres in the world are mainly divided into four schools, the first is the German-Austrian school of pure rationality, they pay attention to the ultimate rationality of music, as you said before, you feel the direction of the harmony between music, and their requirements for music are the same, to fully understand music as much as possible, to feel the logic of music itself, not to let your brain be controlled by your own emotions, resulting in problems in musical expression."

"The second is the French school that is absolutely pure, pure and soft, that is, the school played by Zhao Chengzhen, although this is also one of the four schools in the world, but I don't recommend you to study with the French school, because the current leader of the French school is Zhao Chengzhen's teacher, even if they submit an invitation to you, I personally recommend not agreeing."

Hearing the name of the French music school, Fu Tuo nodded very approvingly, as far as his current performance appreciation of Zhao Chengzhen is concerned, he really has no feeling for the French music school, he has no way to accept that he will completely disappear into the music, and play the composer himself as purely as possible.

He Shen continued to Fu Tune: "Next is the Russian music school, or the Soviet music school, this music school is the music school that we have been learning in China, almost all of our old teachers are from the Soviet music school, so the Soviet music school does not need me to say that you should be more clear, what they care about most is technology, skills, basic skills, it can be regarded as a school of showing off skills, if you like it, it is not impossible to choose, after all, it is in the same line." ”

"And the last music school is the beautiful Chinese music school, this is said in the current situation that the pianists of the beautiful country are gradually rising, in fact, let me really say, I really don't think the beautiful country can be called a music school, they can be regarded as a great fusion at most."

Speaking of this place, He Shen's expression was very helpless: "As I told you, there is nothing particularly about themselves in their music, after all, you have to know that they are immigrant countries, and the most awesome group of people in their music are all pianists who have immigrated from various places, so the teaching methods of their music are almost all teaching concepts cobbled together from various places, I personally don't like it very much, maybe you will like this style of mixing and matching?" ”

He Shen looked at Fu Diao, Fu Diao shook his head slightly and did not give an answer, looking at Fu Diao like this, He Shen could only shrug his shoulders and continue.

"However, on the side of the beautiful Chinese music school, they have a very obvious difference from other places, that is, their music teaching is not the same as other places, looking for your personal limits, constantly training you, they are more concerned about playing the best possible music when you can, they will not ask you to keep improving, and will even encourage you, saying that you play very well, no matter who it is, and pay great attention to happy education, so ......"

He Shen couldn't comment on whether this was good or bad, so he could only tell Fu Diao about the situation in these four places and let Fu Diao make his own decision.

As soon as everyone spoke, the pasta was already up.

Fu Diao, He Shen, and Yu Tianyou took a bite and their faces turned green.

It's not that this spaghetti sauce is not tasty or anything, but in their taste, this spaghetti ...... Not cooked at all!

Chris was very happy to eat, and happily praised the chef for doing a very good job, he liked the chewy pasta.

But the chewiness in his taste and the chewiness of Huaguo don't seem to be the same concept at all?

Huaguo's chewiness at least your noodles need to be cooked, right? After cooking, the noodles are cooked in cold water to make them tough, and they are cooked anyway.

And this pasta ......

There is a white core in the middle, it is obvious that the noodles are pressed out, and the white core that has not yet been cooked, bite it down, this is no longer a question of whether the teeth are elastic or not, this is already a question of whether the noodles will feel sour when the teeth bite off the noodles, okay?

It seems that this noodle restaurant can only be said to perfectly restore the taste of Italian locals, as for other people who are far away from the region, it is not so friendly.

Fu Diao, He Shen, and Yu Tianyou all put down their forks, and He Shen ordered another lasagna in disbelief, this time it was obvious that there was no addition, but this lasagna cheese seemed to be a little too much, and it felt even more crooked.

The three of them didn't know what to say for a while, so they could only sigh and give up continuing to eat foreign food, planning to wait for Chris to be sent back, and everyone would go to Dayuan Restaurant, that is, the Chinese restaurant that is more in line with the taste of Chinese people.

Otherwise, I really can't eat enough at noon.

The three of them sighed and stirred the noodles with forks, and He Shen said helplessly.

"Well, sure enough, I almost forgot to say it, if you choose, in fact, eating is also a problem, compared to the catering in other places, the beautiful country can be more in line with your Chinese stomach, because there are too many Chinese who have emigrated to the past, and there are a bit of problems in other places, after all, for Chinese people, those places are more than a food desert, even if the French cuisine is highly praised, they can not eat French 7-piece or 3-piece sets every day, but it is normal to use baguettes."

He Shen's expression was painful, as if he had experienced something.

"There are a lot of things you need to consider after the competition, first of all, your preference for each music school, and then whether you can accept the local environment, and the conditions that their various schools offer you......

He Shen squinted at Chris, who was eating happily on the side, and said casually: "Probably just send you an exam invitation, and then promise something that is likely to help you apply for a scholarship, right?" ”

"Huh? Are you talking about me? What? Chris chewed a large ball of pasta, squirming his mouth at He Shen and puzzled: "I see you seem to be looking at me, what are you talking about me?" ”

"No, praise you for being handsome, praise you for being good at school!"

"Really? I don't believe ......"

"Really, really, or I'll translate it for you with a translator?"

He Shen smiled and fooled Chris over, even though Chris seemed to be a little unconvinced, he could only agree with what Fu Tuo said.

After Chris completely ignored this matter, He Shen continued to Fu Tuo.

"All in all, you prepare for the fourth round of the game first, and now the people who come to send you messages are some small schools, even if they want to invite you now, they probably won't act rashly, they should contact their old monsters who don't appear once a year to see if they have time to take you, after all, those old monsters' coffee seats are bigger than you think, don't go back and invite you over, the old monsters in your own family don't have time, so it's not fun."

After that, He Shen watched Chris finish eating his noodles, and then shouted Fu Diao and others to pack their luggage, and after Chris paid the bill, the three of them sent Chris away and went to the Turkish Meat Sandwich Shop to get a meat sandwich bun, and then returned to the concert hall and waited for the afternoon game.

As He Shen said, when Fu Diao came to the concert hall, it was completely different from the previous two rounds of competition, and someone came to greet him as soon as he came in, and gave him a business card, hoping that he would consider the Darmstadt Conservatory, which was the Darmstadt that Yu Tianyou and He Shen said that the red light district was of high quality.

Then there were some small schools in France, some small schools in Italy, some small schools in Russia and Ukraine.

However, many of these schools do not confer doctorates, they only have master's degrees, and they do not expect Fu to transfer to their schools when they come to give Fu a business card, but just hope to make a good relationship, so that they can communicate with each other in the future and improve the quality of teaching on their side.

Among them, the highest quality of the small card in his hand was the invitation of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and they directly said that in addition to the free tuition, they also included all the fees for learning Russian and all the tuition fees for the university, and if you are not willing to learn Russian, you can also directly convert it into other materials of the same level.

That is, due to procedural problems, everything else is fine except that you can't give money directly.

However, Fu Tiao did not immediately agree to the invitation of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, but nodded to them kindly, indicating that he knew their intentions, and then put away his business card.

Now is not the time, wait until the fourth round is over, and then decide which school to go to and which music school to join.

It's not that it's a price to be sold, it's just that there is no school he liked at first sight.

After all, this is almost the same as choosing a school, if you choose, most of them can't be returned, even if you change to another school to teach, what he represents is also the music school he is learning, not the school he teaches.

Fu Tiao's hand had more and more cards, and it was not until the concert began that he barely stopped a little, and the second half of the first day of performance also began.

(End of chapter)