In the past few years, Tang Guo has grown from a pitiful child to a graceful young girl.
Because she is very talented at the piano and works very hard, her piano skills are comparable to those of professional pianists.
What's more, she was taught by Song Qingyou.
After being admitted to university, Tang Guo often performed in various parts of the country.
Not only to continue to hone my skills, but also to make money to support my family.
Song Qingyou is the matchmaker, and occasionally you can see her in TV series, movies or variety shows.
So Tang Guo also has some fans in China.
However, in the eyes of ordinary people, piano is regarded as an elegant art. Most people can only listen to it for fun, and those who are not professionals do not understand it at all.
As Tang Guo’s reputation gradually increased, there were naturally people who were close friends with her in the piano circle.
Not long ago, Tang Guo received tickets for the International Piano Art Festival from insiders.
This day happened to be the weekend, and Tang Guo rushed to City A Concert Hall early in the morning.
There were very few people at the entrance of the concert hall, and no one paid attention to the posters standing on both sides.
When Tang Guo passed by, he took a second look.
On the huge poster, the largest line of text reads: Welcome international piano master Ulysses to come and perform.
Below this line of words, there is a string of names in very small fonts.
There are only two Chinese names among them.
Tang Guo has heard some of the piano music played by these people, but he has never heard it live, so he can't tell what their level is.
It was not the first time that Tang Guo came in City A Concert Hall. After showing his ticket and going through the security check, he found the seat in the middle of the second row with ease.
The concert hall covers a large area and can accommodate nearly 2,000 spectators. It has also held small concerts before.
The last time Tang Guo came here was three years ago.
At that time, Song Qingyou asked her if she wanted to perform, but she chose to refuse.
At that time, Tang Guo just felt that his level was not good enough.
Now, maybe she can ask the teacher if she can help arrange it.
Just as Tang Guo's thoughts were drifting away, other audience members also entered the venue one after another.
There are not many people who like to listen to piano music, but there are so many people in City A that the two thousand seats will not be filled.
Furthermore, there are many media ahead preparing to take photos.
When the time came, the host finished his opening remarks, and then a six or seven-year-old boy played the piano. After a simple song, it was the piano master that Tang Guo was looking forward to.
Since Ulysses’ name is on the poster and takes up so much space, the level must be very high.
Tang Guo is full of expectations.
The same goes for the surrounding audience.
As a result, after the host introduced a long list of honorary titles, the person who appeared was not Ulysses, but his student Wendell.
Wendell didn’t even look at the people in the audience. He only raised his eyebrows at the host, took the microphone and introduced himself.
Moderator: "Excuse me... Where is Mr. Ulysses? Sorry, sir, I am not questioning your piano skills, but we are inviting Mr. Ulysses..."
It can be seen that this is the first time for the host to encounter such a situation.
Wendell clicked his tongue, as if hesitating whether to tell the truth or not. Then he glanced at the people in the audience and laughed contemptuously:
“My teacher said he had changed his mind.”
“He feels that the ‘piano desert’ in China is not worthy of him performing in person, so I will perform in his place.”
Such a straightforward and contemptuous tone made the host on the side blush. Most of the audience understood it, including Tang Guo.
They never imagined that this man would dare to speak out what was on his mind despite his air of superiority!
This made the audience very angry.
At the same time, more and more people are pouring into the live broadcast room opened by the media.
The Internet spreads news extremely quickly.
Just after Wendel finished speaking, the live broadcast room over there was already being shared through various channels.
In less than a day, Wendel’s mocking words about China will spread all over the country.
But Wendell himself looked unconcerned.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have said this.
“Although I am only a disciple of my teacher, I consider myself to be much higher than the so-called outstanding pianists in China.”
The new person who came into the live broadcast room was furious because of such direct mocking words.
[I want to rush up and tear his face off]
[It’s so disgusting, I’ll go, but we don’t have a good pianist yet]
[xx is definitely not going to work. He is very powerful domestically, but internationally, he can only be said to be unknown...]
[That’s too frustrating, right? Just lie down and let yourself be laughed at? ]
[How about someone rush over and slap him a few times? ]
[Put a sack on? ]
[Where is Sister You? Sister You, can you do that? I remember she played the piano in her early years, didn’t she also teach students? ]
[What’s that student’s name...Tang Guo? ]
[right! Tang Guo! Can she do it? ]
[Who knows...]
Whether it was the people in the live broadcast room or the audience, they were all looking forward to someone going up and tearing Wendel apart.
Wendell seemed to be unaware of it, and pointed to the backstage with a wild smile:
“Or do you think you can find better pianists than me in your country to play? Is it the few people waiting behind you? Or do you have a hidden trump card?”
He sneered and mentioned a few names that silenced the entire venue.
Most of the audience here can understand piano music.
Because they can understand, they understand that the gap between pianists and pianists is like an insurmountable gap.
The scene seemed to be at a deadlock.
The organizer was even more angry and anxious. They were already discussing in private whether to let Wendell play directly. Anyway, the "Piano Desert" was ridiculed by foreign media.
The only international pianist who was good at it. Later, he even changed his nationality...
At this moment, the mobile phone in Tang Guo's pocket vibrated several times.
She took it out and looked at it, and found that it was a message from the teacher.
Song Qingyou: [I saw the live broadcast of the Piano Art Festival, were you there? ]
Tang Guo sent an emoticon.
Song Qingyou: [It’s your turn to take the stage. ]
Tang Guo: [Huh? ? ? teacher? Shall I go up? ]
Song Qingyou: [This is a great opportunity for you to become famous overnight. You challenge Ulysses directly. ]
Tang Guo: [Can I? ]
Song Qingyou: [Believe in yourself. ]
Tang Guo has not responded to the news for a long time.
In fact, she also wanted to be on stage.
One is anger.
Angry at outsiders running wild on their own territory.
The second is self-confidence.
What she believes in is not only her hard work over the past ten years, but also her outstanding talents that many people in the industry have praised.
Also believes in Song Qingyou’s ability and level.
She is the teacher who truly hides her secrets.
After Tang Guo replied with a nice word, he heard Wendel questioning wildly:
“In other words, who dares to challenge us?”
This line about Tang Guo was originally going to be inserted into the article.
But I don’t want to write about the heroine going international later.
So emmm let’s make a side story
Just two chapters, not much anyway
In the follow-up chapter, I want to write about Qingyou’s child traveling through the timeline of the main story.
I want to write about them shouting daddy to Zhizhi