Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 309 10. Lost?

Li Fu took out his phone, found the number and dialed it directly, and the dinner table fell silent.

Play three beeps outside the hands-free, the call is connected, but there is a bit of confusion inside the speaker.

"Hey."

Then a young voice came out, "Brother Li."

Li Fu: "Hey, Mr. Guan, I'm too busy right now."

Teacher Guan: "I'm eating, tell me it's okay."

Li Fu paused, "I discussed it with the child's mother in the morning, and we decided to wait and see."

Teacher Guan: "Wait a minute."

After a while, the environment on the other end of the phone was no longer noisy, "I didn't hear clearly just now, Brother Li, what are you talking about."

Last night, Li Fu called Mr. Guan to pay New Year's greetings, and the other party asked him to hurry up and change instruments for Li Zheng.

"That instrument, we plan to wait."

"Brother Li, I told you the situation very clearly. Li Zheng's current instrument is no longer suitable for him, and the later he changes it, the more time he will waste."

The voice on the phone couldn't help but rise, "Change him early and get used to it sooner, we're going to give him the music for the art test soon, the instrument in his hand is not in tune, this problem took him to the master class last time Lei The professor said it too."

"Brother Li has to think clearly, Li Zheng's time can't be wasted."

Li Fu hesitated for a moment, "Isn't business doing well in the past two years?"

Tsk tsk, with this helpless expression, this powerless tone, Li Anxin smiled and should give third brother Huo the best actor of Lijiacun.

Last night, Xiao Dae said that Huo Ya just changed to a BMW last November.

Following the repeated sighs on the other end of the phone, Li An took out his phone and started editing.

Teacher Guan: "There is another musical instrument that he can also consider. Recently, Selma has released a new model. The price of this model is [-], which is enough for him to take the art test. It's just that he chose this model. Maybe he'll have to switch again when he's in college."

Li Fu felt that it was almost done: "Hey, what are we talking about now, the main thing is that I can't grasp the direction, and I don't know where to let him take the exam."

Teacher Guan raised his voice: "First of all, he has to change his instrument for every exam, and secondly, didn't we all say that we will send him to Professor Lei after the Chinese New Year. According to his situation, Professor Lei will make arrangements for him. Just set the goal at Yenching Conservatory of Music."

Hearing this sentence, Li An quickly edited another line on the phone.

Li Fu: "Professor Lei's side"

Teacher Guan: "Oh, Brother Li, don't think too much about it. Last year, the child in the next county was run by Professor Lei. Didn't you meet that child in the master class last time?"

Li Fu was a little overwhelmed by this meal, and forgot what he was going to ask, and he felt a lot more relieved after hearing what Teacher Guan said.

At this moment, he saw Li An holding up the phone screen, and then his eyes fell on a line written by the other's finger.

"Uh, yes, yes, we must be assured of Professor Lei. If he is not worried, can he not worry about you? Don't worry about that kid. We heard it all at the time, and he is really good at boasting. The problem is that Li Zheng has only studied kung fu for a year. , I am afraid that the requirements will not be met by then.”

After a pause, he read word by word according to the information edited by Li An: "If Li Zheng's major does not meet the requirements of Yanjing Conservatory of Music, will he arrange another school?"

When I read the parentheses, I stopped, '(how much are the fees of other schools)', and immediately grasped the crux of the problem.

Teacher Guan: "Well, when you get it, it depends on the child's major. If the child is really reluctant, he does not rule out choosing other schools."

Li Fu then asked: "If you choose another school, what about the specific cost?"

There was a moment of silence on the phone, "It's hard to say now, we'll see what Professor Lei has to say when we get it."

Chen Fengxia rolled her eyes when she heard this sentence, and started to stir up trouble again.

"In short, we tried our best to think of ways to attack Yanjing Academy. Li Zheng was the first child I brought up after returning to China who started to learn saxophone from the first year of high school. I have taken him for such a long time, and I have long regarded him as a nephew. Really. I hope he can be admitted to a conservatory."

Ang Lee: I have to applaud the shamelessness of this colleague.

Answering the questions avoids the most important ones, and pushes all the key questions to Professor Lei, and then he can still play such a shameful emotional card.

That's it, he pointed to the first message he edited on the screen.

Li Fu nodded and replied, "Thank you, Mr. Guan, then let's work together to get him admitted to the Yanjing Conservatory of Music. Hey, last time you told me whether he wanted to take the performance or theory test?"

The phone was quiet for two seconds, "Brother Li, listen to me, let's not rush to decide on this question, no matter which direction he takes the exam, he has to learn these contents now, and let Teacher Lei observe and observe."

Li Fu looked at Li An, and Li An signaled that it was okay.

"Mr. Xingguan, hurry up, I'm discussing with the child's mother."

Teacher Guan: "Anyway, you guys should hurry up and make a decision. I can order an instrument for him in advance. Imported instruments are very difficult to buy now."

Li Fu: "Okay, okay."

The other side hung up the phone with a snap, and Li Fu also put down the phone.

The whole family focused their attention on Li An, wanting to hear what Li An had to say.

The purpose of their making this call was to follow Li An's suggestion, to ask Mr. Guan to give a definite statement first, but in the end, they still didn't know the bottom line.

Li Fu: "He still doesn't say anything."

Li An hummed, he needs to tidy up a little bit.

He had already guessed the result before Li Fu called, but he still wanted Li Fu to confirm it again. After all, Li Zheng had already studied with this teacher Guan for a long time, and the cost incurred during the period was not low.

However, unlike other people here, it seems to him that Mr. Guan has actually made it very clear, and let Mr. Lei decide.

What does it mean to let Mr. Lei decide? Mr. Lei is a professor of music, can he insert his hand into the orchestra department?

If it is possible, then the decision cannot be done with 20 yuan.

Li Zheng is just a surprise student who has studied for a year, and when put together with Yanjing Conservatory of Music's orchestral performance major, the distance between them can be said to be heaven and earth.

So now Li An can say with certainty, "Li Zheng followed this teacher Lei to the end, and the upper limit is the musicology major of Yanjing Conservatory of Music."

Hearing Li An's tone, Chen Fengxia suddenly became anxious, "Is this music major not very good? Even if we spend money, we can only go to this major in the end?"

Li An shook his head: "It's not the only way, but the best result is to be admitted to the music major of Yan Academy. As for the other results, it depends on Teacher Lei."

"But this result may not be bad for him."

Li An decided to tell everyone about the music art test first, and he also saw that these brothers and sisters-in-law who were parents did not do their homework well for the art test.

Then he analyzed the three majors of musicology, music education, and music performance from the aspects of exam difficulty, cost, university course structure, and employment prospects.

After listening to it, everyone felt that their eyes had opened up a lot.

Li Xing: "I thought acting majors had the best employment prospects."

Li Ang: "That's why I said just now that music studies may not be a good choice, and the difficulty of taking undergraduate courses is relatively much lower than that of performance majors."

"Now go back to the question I asked at the beginning. You have to discuss with your children and decide on a direction, whether to take the performance test or the theory test."

As he said that, he looked at Chen Fengxia, "Even if the purpose is to allow him to pass the music exam for a university, he has to think about the direction of the exam in advance, so that he can further formulate the exam plan. The art exam is the same thing, but every time You have to walk clearly every step of the way.”

"This way you can feel at ease in your heart, right?"

Chen Fengxia nodded vigorously: "That's right, it's just like what you said, we didn't know anything before, we just listened to what that teacher Guan said, sometimes he made us dizzy and didn't even know what to say. Know exactly where to go next.”

"Then Mr. Li, what do you think Li Zheng should do next, and which major is better to take the exam."

At this time, Li Fu's cigarette had already been handed over, and Li An took it and put it on the table, "I'll go and listen to Li Zheng's music first."

Seeing this, the whole family stood up. Li An waved his hand and said with a smile, "I'll go by myself."

After Li An left, Li Hua asked his daughter-in-law to prepare a bowl of noodles for Li An, "I guess I drank again last night, so I couldn't eat anything today."

The whole family noticed that Li An had only moved two chopsticks since he was sitting at the dinner table.
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Li Zheng, who was practicing the tune, was interrupted by a knock on the door, he stopped and went to open the door.

"uncle."

Li An entered the room and found a place to sit down, "You don't have to worry about me when you practice."

Li Zheng readjusted the instrument, put his hands in the shape of his hands to hold the flute head, inhaled and exhaled violently, matching the changes in his fingers, a melody in a minor key came out from the golden pipe, mixed with the sound of FUFU.

Li An listened for a while, then took a short video and sent it to Chen Xuan.

He wanted to see what Teacher Chen had to say later.

As far as he is concerned, he has been listening for 2 minutes. Although Li Zheng's voice is not pleasant, but fortunately, his pronunciation is still natural, presumably due to the relaxed mouth shape.

In addition to the sound, the rhythm awareness is not bad.

This should be an eighty-six-beat variation, with a theme and a variation. There is no obvious fluctuation in speed between the theme and the variation, and the timing of the notes can be blown in place. The overall sound is like a performance of a small piece.

He noticed the rhythm of Li Zheng's blowing when he was outside the courtyard yesterday.

There are probably only so many advantages that can be heard. After all, he is just a piano teacher. He is not good at commenting on some details such as playing methods. He can only comment on the beat, pitch and rhythm.

To his ears, there was indeed a big problem with the pitch, the treble sounded obviously low, but he didn't know whether it was because of Li Zheng's performance itself, or because of the quality of the instrument.

Maybe both.

Generally speaking, as a high school student who has only learned saxophone for one year, he thinks that the evaluation he gave yesterday is not a problem, and it is indeed not bad.

But as a trainee preparing for the art test, Li Zheng is too far behind.

After Li Zheng finished blowing this time, Li An asked the other party to wipe off his sweat first, "How long can I practice in a day during the winter vacation?" He said and handed over a piece of toilet paper.

"Thank you uncle."

Li Zheng took it and wiped it on his forehead, "Two hours."

Ang Lee asked again: "Do you like sax?"

Li Zheng said shyly, "I really like it."

Li An got up and nodded: "Okay, you can continue practicing."

Before leaving, he went around to the music stand and took a look. There was no numbered notation on the score.
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Back at the dinner table, Li An told the general situation he had heard.

"The sense of music is still good. It can be seen that I have learned a lot this year. I can read music and have a good sense of rhythm. These two points are very important for a high school trainee."

After hearing Li An's words, the family was very happy.

Chen Fengxia: "With your words, we can rest assured."

Li An smiled: "As for the professional direction, I can only give you a reference, which is what I just said. If you want your child to take the exam easier, choose music. , comprehensively considering employment, music education is also good.”

"As far as schools are concerned, the conservatory is naturally the best, followed by comprehensive art colleges, and finally the music department of comprehensive universities."

"I reckon that as long as Li Zheng can persist in practicing until the art test, he will definitely get a valid certificate in the end."

"Obtaining a valid certificate means that as long as he can pass the culture class next year, he will definitely go to university."

When the words were almost finished, Li An picked up the cigarette on the table, while Li Fu quickly picked up the lighter.

Li An didn't let him go, he raised his hand to protect the fire, and asked Li Fu to light a cigarette for him.

A puff of thick smoke entered his throat, and suddenly a thought entered his mind.

"Of course, different schools, different majors, the cost is still very different."

meal.

"20 to go to Yanjing Conservatory of Music majoring in musicology, I think it's worth it."

Suddenly, Li An's right hand holding the cigarette shook slightly twice.

Even before he picked up the cigarette, he never thought that he would say such words at such a moment.

He didn't know what he was talking about, but he couldn't control what he said, "If you're taking an acting test, at least double it."

Li Xing frowned: "Why is the performance so expensive?"

At this time, Li Hua's wife came to the dining table with a bowl of hot mutton noodles, and warmly brought it to Li An, "Don't bother to say, eat some noodles while it's hot, the more you don't eat, the more uncomfortable you will be, this year has just begun Woolen cloth."

"Thank you sister-in-law."

"Thank you, everyone is a family, eat quickly."

Looking at the hot mutton noodles, Li An tried his best not to let himself think about the two empty bowls of mutton noodles on the stove yesterday.

Then, scenes after returning home followed closely behind, in the white smoke slowly rising in front of his eyes.

Time seems to have passed for a long time, but it is only a breath.

It seems to be defeated this time?

Stuffing out the cigarette in his hand, Li An picked up his chopsticks and smiled lightly: "There are always fewer people in front of the stage than behind the scenes."

Li Fu followed suit with a smile: "So it seems better to major in acting."

Chen Fengxia: "That's not true, let's not talk about the distance, just look at our teacher Li."

Li Hua finally asked the words that had been in his mouth for a long time.

In fact, from the very beginning, he wanted Li Zheng to take a more professional major.

That being the case.

"Anzi, if you want him to be admitted to Rongcheng Conservatory of Music like you, how much would it cost for the performance major you mentioned?"

(End of this chapter)