Please, come home and practice the piano

Lin Yan didn't urge Li An on the phone. He just went to his father-in-law's house for dinner yesterday and heard his father-in-law talk about Li An opening a school.

The old man was impatient. Seeing that a month had passed, and there was no other movement from Li An's side except for a few procedures, he was very anxious.

So Lin Yan took advantage of Li An's free time at noon today to give Li An a vaccination. The old man would bring Guo Guo to class in the afternoon, and he would inevitably have to talk about this issue.

On the other hand, Lin Yan also wanted to know where Li An's progress was.

This is the current situation on Li An's side. Let's see what Xu Li says tomorrow. Anyway, he has figured it out. Considering his own situation, the remaining two alternative positions are also very different. If Xu Li's side Without further explanation, he could sign the rental contract within a week.

After hanging up Lin Yan's call, Li An also took a rest.

At 2:15, the teacher and student set off on electric bicycles to a nearby print shop.

Li An printed the music scores that will be used for the book class next week, and the cart printed three handwritten newspaper templates.

After returning home and starting to write handwritten newspapers in the car, Li An packed up the piano room and Hu Kai came with Hu Dabao after a while.

Muzi asked for leave on the 11th, and only Hu Dabao and Lin Guoguo were in class this afternoon.

In the new semester, Dabao has already entered the kindergarten class. Compared with the previous situation where he could not sit still, it has improved significantly, but Hu Kai still listens more carefully than his son.

After Dabao finished class, Hu Kai asked Li An what to do if his palms always collapsed.

Obviously, this question is not Dabao's question, and Hu Kai is not asking it for his son.

In view of the problem of palm collapse among adult piano enthusiasts, Ang Lee’s advice is to play on the piano cover or other flat and hard objects.

"You can practice it anywhere, on your desk or on the windowsill. When you have time, you can set up the handstand and move your fingers. If you insist on it for half a month, you will see the effect."

"Okay, okay, Teacher Li, Dabao, goodbye teacher."

"goodbye teacher."

"See you Dabao next week."

Farewell to Hu Kai and his son at the door of the living room, Li An took a look at the car.

He originally thought that the car was almost finished, but it turned out that one of the templates for the car had been scrapped.

It is said that one line of words is written crookedly.

Looking at the child's seriousness, Li An felt happy.

"This attitude is very worthy of recognition."

Dong-dong-dong, three knocks on the door came.

"Come on and write well. Master is here. I'll ask you to come out later."

"Ah."

After closing the door of the cabin, Li An went to the living room and opened the door. Outside the door, Lin Guoguo and Little Rocket rushed towards Li An.

"teacher!"

"teacher."

One big and one small, two teachers sounded at the same time.

As soon as Lao Wei entered the door, he saw a pair of children's shoes at the door and asked in a low voice: "get out of class is not over yet?"

"It's gone." Li An took the lollipop handed to him by Lin Guoguo, "Thank you Guoguo, don't look for 80,000 yuan yet, go to the study quickly."

Lin Guoguo didn't see the kitten and went to the study obediently.

"I asked Che Lin to move in with me."

When Old Wei heard this, he pondered for a moment, "That's fine."

While talking, the teacher and the student also walked into the study room. When Lin Guoguo saw the teacher coming, she opened the piano cover and handed in her homework.

He played the barcarolle on the keyboard in a decent manner.

The rhythm is clear, the keys are solid, and the style is expressive. Before he finished listening to the song, Li An began to think in his heart that Lin Guoguo must have suffered a lot during the National Day holiday.

It was not a little bit better than last week, but more importantly, Lin Guoguo played with a little more verve.

"I'm enlightened." Ang Lee's description of this situation is not an exaggeration.

Old Wei grinned: "You are the teacher, you have the final say."

Li An smiled and waited until Lin Guoguo finished playing the song, "Very good, pay attention to this sentence."

Bending down, Li An gave a demonstration to Lin Guoguo, "As we said last time, the barcarolle should have a leisurely feeling, and its ups and downs and alternations should be reflected through strong and weak beats."

Lin Guoguo nodded after listening: "It's like a boat swaying gently on the water."

Ang Lee: "This metaphor is used very well."

Lin Guoguo: "My grandpa said it."

Li An: "Since grandpa said it, why don't you do it here?"

Lin Guoguo responded confidently: "Grandpa told me to listen to the teacher."

Li An: "But the teacher's knowledge was all taught by my grandpa."

Lin Guoguo looked at Old Wei with her big eyes, and Old Wei whispered: "Just listen to your teacher."

When Old Wei finished speaking, the three generations of master and disciple all laughed.

"Guoguo, you can practice by yourself."

After saying that, Old Wei pulled Li An back to the living room. Li An wanted him to go to class first, but he was pulled out of the study by Old Wei.

"I've already told her about the money, just let her practice on her own."

Li An nodded and said, "Teacher, please sit down." He made two cups of tea, brought them to the coffee table, and sat down opposite Old Wei.

"The place hasn't been chosen yet?" Old Wei got straight to the point. The main reason he came here today was to ask Li An what was going on.

"The choice has basically been made," Li An truthfully told Lao Wei his current situation, along with the situation on Xu Li's side.

"The location on Tianhu Avenue is good." When the Chengdu Art Museum opened, Lao Wei was invited to attend the opening ceremony and had a very good impression. "She didn't tell you the specific rent?"

"No, she asked me to look at it first," Li An subconsciously took out the cigarette from his pocket, played with it for a moment and then put the cigarette case down.

"This is my analysis. Xu Li and I have known each other for more than a year and have worked together for two months. Based on my understanding of her, if she can tell me this, the relationship between the owner of this house and her must not be the same. Qian, she knew at that time that I had almost reached an agreement with the other two families, and she specifically emphasized that I should wait first, which gave me the feeling that she knew what was going on."

"So I still have some illusions in my heart now. It depends on what she says tomorrow. If I can afford the price, then I won't think about anything and invest."

"If I can't accept the price, then I don't want to do it anymore. I'll just rent a smaller storefront and work on it first."

Old Wei: "Don't be anxious. We'll talk after reading it tomorrow. Don't worry about the money. Didn't your wife tell you last time? Even if we loan it to you, you can just pay it back with interest in the future." , don’t you have any confidence at all?”

Li An: "Teacher, to tell you the truth, I really don't know what I'm doing. It's my first time starting a business. I don't want to put so much pressure on myself. I can do as much work as I can. I'll accept whether I can succeed or not. Anyway, There is no rush to get married and buy a house now.”

"But if I use your and my wife's money to start a business, I won't be able to sleep well at night."

As soon as Old Wei was about to speak, Li An said: "Besides, a big store may not be a good thing. The key depends on how to run it. If I run it well, it doesn't matter if the store is smaller. Once I make money, I have accumulated enough experience." It can be replaced with a better one in the future."

"Hey," Old Wei sighed, "Then you see for yourself. If you have any difficulties, you have to tell me." "Don't worry, teacher," Li An took the tea on the table and offered it to Old Wei, "I'm not looking for you. Who else can I turn to?"

Old Wei: "You."

Li Anle: "Teacher, please try it. This tea is good."

Old Wei took a sip and said, "I'm not used to strong tea now." He put down the teacup and asked, "Have you selected Che Lin's music?"

Ang Lee: "We've basically chosen it, but I can't decide on the last piece. I chose a three-part creative piece for her."

Old Wei frowned: "Can she do it?"

Ang Lee: "I think she's fine."

Lao Wei: "Try to prepare a song again. There is still more than a month before registration, so don't make a decision in a hurry."

Ang Lee: "Prepare another song?"

Lao Wei: "This song is not clever."

moment.

Ang Lee: "I know."

Old Wei: "Look, you can't tell for sure. Your goal is to get her to go to Warsaw?"

Li An: "Well, I met several children in this summer camp, and they were all very good. They basically represent the highest level of children in the current class in China. I won't talk about Tang Zhongfu's granddaughter, but the other children may not be able to compete in half a year. How much better than Che Lin can you be?"

After a while, "If possible, I want her to compete in the international finals."

Lao Wei: "How long can she practice in a day now?"

Li An: "I didn't practice much in September and spent all my time on the way to and from school every day, so I asked her to move here. My next plan is to start with two hours a day."

Lao Wei: "What's her family's attitude?"

Li An: "Follow my arrangements."

Old Wei lowered the volume: "There is not enough time to practice piano."

Li An nodded: "I don't want her to give up her studies now, she hasn't been finalized yet."

Lao Wei: "She's not young anymore."

Ang Lee: "I know."

Another sentence I know, Lao Wei smiled and sighed, "You are her teacher, you have the final say."

After a moment, "I understand, you are also responsible for the child by considering it this way."

Li An: "Teacher, I really have a feeling now that music and life are connected. For gifted children, they should be allowed to perceive music more from life."

"Why can we only train practicing machines and competition-oriented players now, but not real performers? If you listen to some twenty-year-old kids playing the piano, they have perfect technique, perfect handling, and perfect stage performance, but The music that comes out never fails to impress people.”

"I think that's actually reasonable, because all the technology and processing they have for music was acquired at a high cost."

"They spent a huge amount of time sitting in front of the piano during their childhood, from elementary school to junior high school and then to high school, for twelve years."

"How many twelve years are there in life, and how many things will we experience in these twelve years?"

"In order to acquire skills beyond their years, they limit their most important growth stage to being in front of the piano. Parents and teachers are even afraid of them going outdoors, which leads to mental gaps in their growth."

"I can't say that's the case in all cases, but that's the vast majority of what I see."

"At the age of twenty, apart from playing the piano, most of their lives are blank. Some even have their mothers accompany them when they study abroad. They can't even do things like wash socks by themselves."

"Can such a person really appreciate the determination to confront fate in Beethoven's music?"

"Probably the confrontation with fate that he can experience is far from enough to resonate with the ears of the world."

"Actually, these people are quite pitiful. Their musical journey has just begun, and their lives are still very long. When they realize something one day and want to look for details from the traces of life, they look back and find that behind them It’s a desert, just sitting in front of the piano day after day, repeating one technique after another, repeating the track again and again.”

"Where's the music?"

"Looking for music, discovering music, and interpreting music, I think this is the lifelong lesson of a performer."

"I hope that Che Lin will become a pianist in the future, so I hope that when she looks back one day in the future, she will see a fertile soil instead of a spiritual desert."

After listening to Li An's explanation, there was a feeling in Lao Wei's chest that he was better than his master. He was the one who taught Li An a lesson in the past, and today it was Li An who taught him a lesson.

In terms of how to train a performer, Ang Lee's pattern is above him.

"Well said." Old Wei picked up the tea cup.

"You taught me well." Li An also picked up the tea cup.

"Get out of here." Old Wei cursed with a smile and took another sip. This time he felt that the tea had a special taste.

Li An put down his tea cup and was about to call the car out, but was stopped by Old Wei.

"Don't disturb the child's homework. Sit down. I have to ask you something else."

"Teacher, please tell me."

"Lao Lu came to see me and said that you didn't ask him when you purchased musical instruments last time."

"It's my fault, but the quality of wind instruments produced by Mr. Lu is indeed average."

Lao Wei: "I know, I didn't mean to blame you, and he didn't complain, so he just complained to me. But it's true that he can't open up the market with his current transformation, and he is also anxious."

Li An: "Teacher, actually I have been thinking about this. If you don't come to me today, I will have to ask you in a few days."

"I talked about this issue with the leaders of Lantian last time to see if they could communicate with Teacher Lu. But now the general direction of Lantian's development is to focus on the wind instrument market. Do you know the company that cooperates with Lantian? , the workmanship of the wind instruments has always been good, and the prices given are low enough, so.”

Lao Wei: "I understand. You told me at the time that Lao Lu is a piano maker. I understand."

Li An: "So I have always been reluctant to let this matter go. Mr. Lu personally helped me tune the piano, and also found someone to tune the piano for Che Lin. I have always kept this feeling in my heart."

After a while, "The Municipal Cultural Center will hold a piano competition next month."

Old Wei grinned: "That's it."

Ang Lee: "The organizing committee will meet in advance next week to discuss the issue of pianos for the competition. Jiang Zhigang also asked me what I meant and said that several brands had contacted him one after another, but I was not in a hurry to give it to him. Recommended, let him wait.”

Lao Wei: "I can guarantee Lao Lu's piano. Can you price it?"

Li An: "You don't need to guarantee it, let alone come forward. I'll take care of it for 100,000 yuan."

Old Wei: "Twenty thousand."

Li An: "Teacher Lu's business is your business, and your business is my business. One hundred thousand is too much, but just to be on the safe side."

Old Wei: "Don't be embarrassed."

"Don't worry, I'll give you the confirmation letter next week."

Li An poured tea.
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Twenty minutes later, Xiaoche finally finished the handwritten newspaper.

Long live!