Please, come home and practice the piano

At [-]:[-] noon, the train arrived at Xiang Station.

As a large wave of passengers arrived at the station, another wave of new passengers set off.

Four 10 minutes ago, the children had lunch and went into lunch break.

Originally, the children discussed playing poker after dinner, but they felt a little sleepy after eating, so they climbed into bed and never mentioned the poker game again.

During the children's lunch break, the three adults discussed what to give the children for dinner.

Although the food on the train was not expensive and expensive, the children had not eaten a proper meal all day.

In the end, the three decided to take the children to a food truck for a meal in the evening.

Regarding the issue of meal expenses, Xu Li suggested that each child should pay for it.

Li An: "No, no, I'll treat everyone to the first meal."

As the person in charge of the children's expenses for this trip, Xu Li directly objected, "It's unreasonable."

Ji Yang: "Ah."
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Before departure, each parent deposited 1000 yuan with Xu Li as additional expenses for the children's trip.

In recent days, he has received calls from Xiaobei's father and Lao Che, as well as private messages from Ma Ke's mother. They wanted to put money in Li An's place for their children to use during their journey.

When children go out to play, they inevitably want to eat and buy things, but as parents, they are not around and are beyond their capabilities, and they are not comfortable letting their children take charge of large amounts of disposable funds. Li An can understand this.

But Li An also had Li An's own worries. He was worried that he would be traveling between Chen Xuan's place and the summer camp, and would not be able to stay with his children all the time.

Then he thought of giving Xu Li a hard time.

Putting another parent in charge of the money may not necessarily convince the public, but after all, Xu Li is the only parent leading the trip, and she was busy running around helping the children make arrangements for their dresses. Regarding the quality and price of the dresses, many parents are also concerned about the quality and price of the dresses. See it in your eyes.

Therefore, Li An felt that if Xu Li was allowed to manage the money, other parents would be happy.

So Li An told Xu Li about the situation, and Xu Li readily agreed.

Xu Li not only agreed, but after collecting the money, she also drew up a receipt certificate in the parent group, as well as an expense statement for the children's summer camp.

Simply summarized in two points.

1. Before departure, each child can only leave [-] yuan for personal use, which must be verified by the parents of each household.

2. During the trip, she is responsible for the child's expenses. She will decide the expenses within [-] yuan by herself. If the expenses exceed [-] yuan, she will contact the parents first and let the parents make the decision. She is responsible for presenting detailed bills and making a final settlement at the end of the summer camp. , more refunds and less supplements.

Xu Li's strict attitude has been recognized by parents.

Marco's mother just generously asked Xu Li to take full responsibility for Marco's expenses without having to bother to contact her. She also proposed to transfer [-] yuan directly to Xu Li and everything was done.

Xu Li can understand what Marco's mother thinks, but since she is responsible for this matter, she has to listen to her.

Xu Li in the group tactfully emphasized the instructions and amount of "money" to Ma Ke's mother again.

Liu Fengrui's father, who had not yet participated in the discussion in the group, transferred 1000 yuan in the group without saying anything when he saw the conversation in the group.

Of course Li An noticed this, and besides, he initially had the idea to let Xu Li take charge of this matter, which was based on his complete trust in the other party.

But if you bring the children out, it’s okay for him to treat them to the first meal.

Xu Li understands Li An and his thoughts better, but this time is different from the last dress purchase. The cost of this meal must be shared equally by each child.

Xu Li didn't explain too much, but Li An could more or less understand what the other party was thinking, and happily said, "Yes, let's listen to the finance department."

Regarding finance, Li Anyan didn't mean anything, but he got it right.

Seeing Li An nodding in agreement, Xu Li smiled. If her second boss could listen to her advice in time like Li An, he would not go bankrupt in the end.

"Aunt Xu," Xiao Ji has always been curious about one thing, "what do you do?"

According to Ji Yang's observation, Xu Li looks very much like a white-collar worker from a big company, no matter how she dresses or behaves, but the other person seems to have extra time to spend with Wang Xiaohu.

Let alone Xiao Ji, Li An still doesn’t know what Xu Li does.

"I am a housewife who currently loves baking."

Even with the added rhyme, Xiao Ji laughed: "I understand, I understand."

That is, Wang Xiaohu’s father is very powerful. He makes money alone and supports the whole family.

Li An's thoughts were similar to Xiao Ji's, so he asked, "Sister Xu, what does your lover do?"

He said that being a father is too busy. It has been almost half a year, and Li An has never seen a person like Lao Wang.

The child and his wife are traveling far away and there is no time to come to the train station to see her off.

Occasionally, for a moment, Li An felt as if Wang Xiaohu didn't have a father.

Of course, that's what he thought. If Wang Xiaohu didn't have a father, given Wang Xiaohu's former flamboyant character, not everyone would have known about it.

"Busy." Xu Li smiled casually, then looked at Ji Yang, "Aren't you going to get some sleep? There are still four and ten minutes."

Ji Yang was really sleepy, "Then I'll go for a while."

Ten minutes passed by in a flash, during which Li An and Xu Li chatted about life and work.

Xu Li asked Li An if he had any new career plans for the future.

Even after getting the contract, Ang Lee has no plans to open new routes for the time being, saying that he still wants to build his own studio.

It's just that the mentality is different from the previous discussions with Lin Yan on this issue. Before, Ang Lee didn't have the confidence to take the advanced route, but the situation is different now.

How to use his new identity to promote his studio is also one of the questions he wants to ask Boss X for advice on this trip to Yanjing.

When talking to Xu Li about the prospects of the art education and training industry in Chengdu at this stage, Li An said that the last dividend period for the industry has long passed.

But policies are changing too.

He predicted that the double reduction is the last wave of reshuffle, which will probably last for one to two years, and the institutions that can finally survive may usher in a new era in the future.

Xu Li: "Market integration."

Ang Lee: "Yes."

Xu Li: "I'm a little moved by what you said."

Li An: "Sister Xu is joking, how can such a small business catch your eyes?"

Xu Lixiao: “The education industry has always been a popular field.”

Ang Lee: “If you want to put it this way, it’s true that every year there are people entering the art education and training industry with capital, but there are also people leaving the industry with losses every year.” “Many investors just focus on the cash flow of this industry and think they can recruit a few teachers. , there is a venue that can be opened for business with a little publicity, but in the end, the organization didn’t figure out why it was so dirty.”

Xu Li nodded and didn't answer any more.

The cases shared by Ang Lee can be said to be spread across various industries. Therefore, when investing, you need to find the right people and things, as well as the opportunity. All three are indispensable.

Xu Li made a hypothesis in her mind, if she invested in Li An to open a piano training institution.

How feasible is this thing?
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As the children wake up and get out of bed, the afternoon class schedule begins.

As usual in the morning, Li An and Ji Yang sat in the left berth, and the four children sat in the right berth.

Before the course started, Ang Lee asked the children to recall the little melody they had memorized at noon.

"Are you ready?"

The children looked at each other, no one dared to say they were ready.

"In this way, I will give you a demonstration first."

Li An said and opened the piano simulation APP on his mobile phone.

"when-"

A crisp electronic piano sound sounded.

- Since there is no keyboard at hand, Li An can only use the APP instead.

Using one-finger Zen method, he played a temporarily written minor melody in 4/4 time, with a total of four beats and sixteen beats.

After playing it with great difficulty, he looked up and found that the children's expressions were very serious.

"Teacher, did you write this?" Ji Yang didn't ask this intentionally. She thought this melody sounded very nice.

There is a mood of bleak autumn wind.

Ang Lee: "Yes."

Children: "Wow."

The teacher is amazing!
Li An: "Don't worry."

Ang Lee played it again, "Two questions, no rush answers."

"Marco, is this a major key or a minor key?"

Marco: "In a minor key."

Li An: "Wang Xiaohu, is Marco right?"

Wang Xiaohu: "Yes."

Ang Lee: "Che Lin, four-two shots or four-four shots?"

Car: "Four-four shots."

Li An: "Ji Yang, is Che Lin right?"

Four beats and two beats are very similar and difficult to distinguish.

Xiao Ji thought for a moment: "It should be four-four beats. The rhythm and rhythm of four-two should be tighter. The melody you wrote, teacher, is more soothing, although I only listened to four bars."

Wang Xiaohu nodded after listening to Senior Sister Ji Yang's explanation. I see, he didn't know whether it was four-two or four-four just now. He had always been a little confused about the big difference between the two rhythms. He just felt that four-two was Go a little faster, now he's feeling something.

Li An: "Listen again."

It's still the same melody, still beat in quarter notes. This time Ang Lee divides the sixteen beats into eight measures to play. The feeling of playing two beats in each measure is completely different from before.

He didn't ask any more questions after playing it, because he believed the children could hear it.

"The same melody, different beats will give the music a different feel."

The children nodded and couldn't help but wonder what kind of rhythm should be more suitable for their little melody.

But it's not over yet.

Li An: "Listen again."

This time, Ang Lee did not play in the key of A minor, but switched to the key of C minor.

He kept playing, but because the phone screen was too small and the black keys were involved, he pressed two wrong notes.

"sweat."

Forced to stop, "Do it again, you guys listen carefully."

Ang Lee did not make another mistake in the same place, but in another place, he made a mistake again.

"Hey - the screen of the mobile phone is too small." Li An complained and was about to play for the third time. At this time, Xiaoche raised his hand and said, "Teacher, I have a big screen."

Ang Lee: "What?"

Xiaoche stood up quickly and took out a brand new tablet from the schoolbag on her bedside under the watchful eyes of her friends.

Li An's eyes lit up, "Is there any piano software?"

Car: "Yes!"

For ordinary children, nine out of ten times when they get a new tablet, they will first study some games or something. After getting the car, the first software they download is a piano simulator.

Li An took it and saw that he needed to enter a password. He raised his head and was about to ask, but Xiao Che didn't know how his little mind came up with an idea, "Teacher, guess what."

How do you guess this? You can't guess out of thin air, right?Li An touched his chin and said, "Here are some tips."

The car showed two little tiger teeth: "A piece of music in a minor key."

Minor music?

Li An frowned, and then he did.

He entered a string of numbers confidently.

next second.

Under the surprised eyes of the children, the screen actually lit up.