Zhao Liang was stunned.

In fact, before Zhou Yan came, Zhao Liang often heard his father mention him.

In his father's mouth, Zhou Yan is a calm, not arrogant, and talented young man, before that, Zhao Yan had never heard his father praise a young man with so many praises.

How old is Zhou Yancai? is three years older than him, and both of them can be regarded as peers.

But the number of times his father praised him, the fingers of both hands could be counted.

Therefore, before they met, Zhao Ling was a little unconvinced by Zhou Yan.

After Zhou Yan finished playing "Dongfeng Etude" just now, Zhao Yan thought to himself, isn't he talented, and the level of piano playing is only like this, so he is not as good as me, a middle school student.

But Zhou Yan's song just now amazed him.

After all, Zhao Liang grew up in a music family, and the cultivation of music aesthetics since he was a child has not been left behind, although the song form of "Always Together" is very simple, but he knows that this is a good song.

Whether a piece of music is good or not depends not on the form of the song, the key is whether it can resonate with people, and the music still has to be listened to in the end.

Like his father Zhao Jiping's soundtracks for those films, many of them are simple but full of emotion.

Obviously, "Always Together" does just that, and it's the same as a movie soundtrack, a tune that makes people feel like they hear it.

"Brother Zhou Yan."

The previous "Brother Zhou Yan" from Zhao Liang may have been out of politeness, but this voice was definitely sincere.

"Huh?"

"Is this the music you composed during the exam?"

Zhou Yan smiled: "That's not it, this song was written by me recently." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Liang breathed a sigh of relief, he still needs this level of music to pass the exam of the Central Music Composition Department, if this is the case, then he will be hanging. He didn't have the confidence to make a piece of music of this caliber on the spot.

Zhou Yan noticed the change in Zhao Liang's expression and tone, and knew that this kid was a knowledgeable person.

"Forever Together" is the ending song of the cartoon "Spirited Away", Zhou Yan plays the adapted piano solo version, compared with the singing version, the piano solo has less neon folk music flavor, and the tune is more light and playful.

At this time, Zhao Liang rubbed his hands a little embarrassedly, "Brother Zhou Yan, can you give me a copy of the score of this song?" ”

"I'll talk about it later, I'll take a look at your usual composition homework first."

Since Sun Ling and the others want Zhao Liang to apply for the composition department, they will definitely let him train in composition at ordinary times, in fact, in such a family, there is no need to deliberately train, Zhao Ling himself should usually ponder these things.

Sure enough, Zhao Liang took out several composition books from the drawer.

Zhou Yan was also surprised to see so many composition books, but after reading them, he realized that many of them were notes made by Zhao Cheng himself, and there were not many complete arrangement assignments.

Zhou Yan asked Zhao Liang to find a few songs that he was more satisfied with, and Zhao Liang did so, and found three of them.

After listening to Zhao Liang play three tunes, Zhou Yan smiled.

When he was outside just now, he looked at Sun Ling's expression so worried, and thought that Zhao Ling's schoolwork was not good, but now it seems that Sun Ling is completely concerned about it.

Zhao Liang's level is very high, not to mention the piano, and the piano will definitely get a high score when the time comes to the exam.

As for the composition, Zhao Liang's sketches are very well written and very aura. Moreover, Zhao Liang's basic skills in music theory are solid, and the music he composes is much more mature than his peers.

The only thing that is uncertain is how good Zhao Liang's test-taking ability is.

Usually composing music is completely different from the exam, first of all, the time is different, usually composing most of the time is free, writing when inspiration comes, stopping when inspiration goes, but not for exams, you have to finish writing within the specified time; There are also different themes of the songs, you can write whatever you want to write by yourself, and the exam must be based on the given topic, not according to the topic, no matter how good the writing is, there will be no points.

Composition is like composition, many people usually write talents, and they may not be able to hold back 800 words in an hour during the exam.

Zhou Yan was like this when he was just in high school, he usually wrote novels and essays, and he wrote novels and essays, breaking 10,000 words a day, and the novels he wrote were still circulated among his classmates, which was quite popular.

But when it came time for the exam, the writing essay was like having prostatitis.

Later, there was no way, in order to take the exam, I could only train a lot according to the template, and then I put the essay up.

"Do you have any of these songs that you wrote in a given time limit for a given topic?" Zhou Yan asked.

Zhao Liang scratched his head and found two songs from them, "This is what my mother tested me some time ago." ”

Zhou Yan nodded, and played the two songs with the score.

The music that came out of the exam must be much worse than the proud work that Zhao Cheng played before, but it is not very bad, which proves that Zhao Liang still has the ability to take the test, as long as he trains again, there is no problem.

"Brother, I really don't understand, why do you have to take the exam? A really good song should be a natural piece of the article, and it should be a clever hand. Writing a tune according to a given topic can't be a good work. If we make music every day for exams, then our creativity will dry up. ”

Zhou Yan smiled and looked at Zhao Ling, he was not surprised by Zhao Ling's words at all, many students had such confusion, thinking that taking the test would wear out their creativity.

Is there any truth to this idea? Zhou Yan believes that there is a certain truth, and there are indeed some students who have fixed thinking in the process of constantly taking exams.

But according to Zhou Yan's experience, the situation is not as serious as they thought.

"Don't think about it." Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, "Creativity is not so easy to dry up, taking the test to compose, in addition to training basic skills, it is also a last resort, there must be a standard for assessment and selection, as long as there is a standard, then there is an exam." ”

"Well, I see, brother."

Now he doesn't even bring the word Zhou Yan, and calls him brother directly.

Zhou Yan's words, Zhao Yan didn't know how many people had heard similar ones, but at this time, Zhou Yan was particularly convincing when he said it, the reason was very simple, that is, Zhou Yan's talent made Zhao Yan feel convinced.

And it's easier to build bridges of communication between peers.

The power of this song itself may not be so strong, but combined with Zhao Jiping's praise of Zhou Yan before, it has built an image like an example in Zhao Liang's heart.

Young people's hearts are like this, they hate a person very quickly, and they like a person very quickly.

……

Sun Ling has been sitting on the sofa reading a book, but in fact, her mind has always been in the room.

She had heard Zhao Jiping say that Zhou Yan's academic performance in the composition department was also top-notch, so when she knew that Zhou Yan was coming this time, she moved her mind to ask Zhou Yan to tutor Zhao Liang.

It stands to reason that with Zhao Jiping and her tutoring at home, her son's music level must be fine, but they can't be sure of this kind of thing.

Therefore, students like Zhou Yan, who have proven themselves in exams, are very popular with parents.

The same is true for ordinary majors, and students from Tsinghua University and Peking University go out to become tutors, which are more sought-after than many teachers with many years of experience.

After Zhou Yan and the others came out, Sun Ling hurriedly asked, "Xiao Zhou, how is it?" ”

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Teacher Sun, Zhao Liang's performance is still good. He usually does a lot of piano practice, and his level is higher than mine. ”

"Xiao Zhou, you are so modest, but Xiao Liang does play the piano very early, and I stare at him every day."

Zhou Yan nodded, "No wonder, if you compose music, you have the ability and aura, but the skills and mentality of taking the exam are a little worse, so you have to take advantage of this year to do more targeted training." I have already listed the topics of the composition department in previous years, and he will practice more in the future, and he usually pays attention to current affairs, and sometimes the teachers will be affected by current affairs when they write questions. For example, if there is a happy event before the exam, the questions are mostly positive and enthusiastic......"

Listening to Zhou Yan's eloquent talk, Sun Ling blinked her eyes a few times, she felt that she was not facing a student, but a teacher with many years of experience, this demeanor and tone were a bit similar to Zhao Ling's homeroom teacher.

What surprised Sun Ling the most was that she felt that her son's attitude towards Zhou Yan had changed, he had become closer, and there seemed to be a hint of admiration in his eyes.

His son himself knows best, although Zhao Ling looks well-behaved on the surface, he is actually a high-minded and arrogant child, he can convince a person, and that person really has to be really talented and learn.

Sun Ling directly put down the book in her hand and said, "Xiao Zhou, you are okay in the afternoon, don't be in a hurry to leave if you are fine, stay here for dinner." ”

"I ......"

Zhou Yan opened his mouth, and was about to say that he was not troublesome, but Sun Ling had already come out of the kitchen with a knife.

"Teacher Sun, you ......"

Sun Ling's hand holding the knife waved in the air, "Xiao Zhou, sit down, I'll come when I go." ”

Seeing Sun Ling's fiery appearance, Zhou Yan was slightly stunned, the contrast between Mr. Sun and before and after was quite big, and there was a murderous aura when he held a knife.

"What is Mr. Sun doing here?" Zhou Yan turned his head and asked Zhao Ling.

Zhao Liang held his chin and said, "It should be to kill Edward." ”

"Edward?"

"Well, our chickens."

Zhou Yan tugged at the corners of his mouth, and said in his heart that your chicken is quite foreign, called Edward.

"You gave it to you?"

"Hmm."

"You have a good relationship with it?" Zhou Yan asked again, he thought, since he has a name, he should be kept as a pet.

Zhao Ling swallowed his saliva, "I don't like stir-frying, it's best to make gourd chicken." ”

Zhou Yan was speechless for Zhao Ling, and hurriedly went out to find Sun Ling, wanting to stop Sun Ling from killing chickens, he came to eat other people's chickens, which was really bad.

But when Zhou Yan arrived at the scene of the crime, the chicken blood was all gone.

Zhou Yan stood in the cold wind and sighed, "I don't kill Edward, but Edward died because of me." ”

……

Zhou Yan finally ate Sun Ling's specialty dish, which is Chang'an's famous gourd chicken, and he ate one-third of it with great self-blame.

However, this meal is not so delicious, and in the days that followed, he was busy with Zhao Jiping in the studio during the day to score "The Red Lantern Hangs High", and when he got off work at night, he followed Zhao Jiping to his house to tutor Zhao Liang.

Zhou Yan, the score of "Forever Together", also copied a copy to Zhao Ling, this guy likes this song very much, and he plays it every day.

Zhao Jiping learned that this piece was written by Zhou Yan, and he was also full of praise, praising this piece for having a sense of story. He also said that if you come across some movies with a more relaxed style, you can try them out.

Zhou Yan stayed in Chang'an until February 9, and spent a small year at Zhao Jiping's house.

After that, he did not go to Yanjing, but returned to Jinling.

The former mother used to work in the Jinling Opera House Quyi Team, and the unit gave her a small house, and she spent most of her savings - a total of 5,300 yuan to buy this house when the house was reformed in 85 years.

Later, the mother died, and the predecessor also inherited the house.

The house is not big, two bedrooms, one living room and one bathroom, with a usable area of more than 50 square meters, which is considered a medium house, and the largest house in the apartment is a large household of 80 square meters.

As soon as the door opened, Zhou Yan covered his nose.

Because I haven't lived there for a long time, the house is dark and damp, and I can smell a musty smell as soon as I enter the door.