【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

The next afternoon, the two went to class together as usual. When Lin Pin'er arrived at Professor Yue's house, the door connecting the living room and the garden was slightly open, and the male classmate from last time was also there.

She walked in quietly and closed the door, then sat on the shoe bench and slowly changed her shoes. The boy was very tactful and quickly packed up his violin case, then sat down on the sofa again.

Lin Pin'er walked in carrying her guqin bag, stood beside the guqin stool, then slowly took out her guqin and placed it in place.

The boy suddenly came over and talked to Lin Pin'er:

"Hello, my name is Park Min. I am also Professor Yue's student. I have been studying piano with Professor Yue for more than a year, so I should be considered your senior."

Lin Pin'er didn't expect him to come over and introduce himself. When she saw him in the yard yesterday, she thought he was quite shy. She immediately learned how to greet people in this world and said:

"Hello, my name is Lin Pin'er. I am also Professor Yue's student."

Park Min immediately said familiarly, "This is a great piano. It was made by the famous piano player Ma Lao, and it was sold for nearly a million this year."

Lin Pin'er was shocked. How could this zither be so expensive? She could tell it was a good zither, but she didn't expect that Li Shuirong would buy such an expensive zither for her at that time. After all, they had never met at that time.

Park Min stroked the strings of the guitar, a hint of envy flashing in his eyes.

"The sound is far away because it is high up, not because of the autumn wind. This zither must sound very nice when played." He gently plucked the strings, producing a crisp sound.

Lin Pin'er smiled and nodded, "Indeed, the tone of this piano is beautiful."

Park Min seemed to be very interested in the guqin and kept asking about it. Lin Pin'er also patiently answered his questions, and the two chatted very happily.

As we were chatting, we heard footsteps and Professor Yue came out from the inner room holding a tray.

Park Min immediately returned to the sofa and lowered his head as if looking for something.

"Professor Yue, good afternoon!" Lin Pin'er greeted politely.

"Good afternoon, I guessed you'd be here soon. I left the door open for you." Professor Yue had just brought the tray to the living room when her cell phone rang. She had no choice but to go to another room to answer the call.

"Junior sister, if you have time, can you teach me how to recognize gongche notation?" Park Min suddenly said.

Lin Pin'er was a little surprised: "How do you know I know Gongche notation?"

Park Min immediately replied, "Yesterday I saw you gave your master the gongche notation, and I was so envious. Can you show it to me?"

Lin Pin'er hesitated for a moment, but when she thought that he was also Professor Yue's student, she gradually dispelled her concerns.

She showed her music score to Park Min, who read it and praised her for her good handwriting and asked a few questions.

Park Min pointed to one of the passages and asked, "Why is it written like this?" Lin Pin'er took a look and explained, "The overtone technique is used here, so the fingering will be different." Park Min listened very carefully and nodded continuously.

At this time, Professor Yue came out from the inner room after answering the phone. Pu Min quickly returned the score to Lin Pin'er and stood up.

Professor Yue looked at him and said with a smile: "Park Min, do you have anything else to say?"

Park Min shook his head, "It's okay, teacher."

Professor Yue went on to say, "Then you go back first and practice the piano more." Park Min responded, said goodbye to Professor Yue, and left.

After Pu Min left, Professor Yue said to Lin Pin'er, "Pin'er, there will be a guqin competition next month. I would like to recommend you to participate."

Lin Pin'er was a little surprised, "Can I do it?"

Professor Yue patted her shoulder encouragingly and said, "Go and gain some experience. I believe you can do it. You need to prepare well during this period of time."

Lin Pin'er looked at Professor Yue gratefully, and secretly made up her mind to practice hard and live up to her expectations.

"Because this is a performance competition, there are requirements for pitch, fingering, rhythm, and the musicians' posture. So let's correct it when we practice today."

After hearing this, Lin Pin'er nodded immediately, her back straightened out more than usual, and her hands' movements became more standard.

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After Park Min left Professor Yue's house, he did not walk far. He sat down on the steps where he sat that day. He was very smart since he was a child and had a photographic memory.

At this time, he took out his music score book, found the back of a sheet of music score, and immediately wrote down the score he had just seen. He studied the gongche score all night last night, and now he can understand Lin Pin'er's score. He secretly exclaimed as he wrote it down. Gongche score is written in vertical format, from right to left like ancient books. It has detailed annotations of the beat, mode, and rhythm. This is a great help to Park Min, who is used to the simplified score. And if you only look at the reduced score, you can't get the essence of it. First of all, the speed is hard to imitate. Now everything he wants is marked in detail.

If there were some parts he didn't remember, he would go back to Professor Yue's yard, listen again and again under the window, then complete the score and go home satisfied.

After returning home, Park Min went straight to his room, which was the attic of the building. Although it was small, the light was good. He opened the window and immediately set up the guqin. He did not even bother to switch to the simplified notation that he was familiar with, and started practicing according to the gongche notation.

At first he was stuttering and his playing wasn't like the original at all. He played from dawn till dusk and finally it resembled the original.

Park Min thought to himself: Who would want to drive a BYD if they have driven a Bentley? Of course, Park Min's favorite is still Ferrari.

He thought he was a very smart person, and he had made rapid progress in piano learning over the past year. However, when God opened a window for him, he would close another window.

Professor Yue has been training his composition skills recently and is planning to have him participate in a composition competition. If he wins a prize in this competition, he may be admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music in the future. This alone is a fatal temptation for him, as he wants to win the competition too much.

Who knew that he had been holding it in for several days, revising it again and again, but it just didn't meet Professor Yue's expectations. Yesterday, after listening to the song composed by Lin Pin'er, I realized that the gap between people is really huge.

That's why he envied Lin Pin'er, envied her for playing the piano well, and envied her for composing music. He really wanted to see how her brain worked, and why she could compose such beautiful music.

Suddenly, an evil idea popped into his mind, but he quickly dismissed it.

"Park Min, it's time for dinner."

When his aunt called him, he immediately put the sheet music into a wooden box on the desk, intending not to touch it again.

"I'm coming." Park Min agreed and went downstairs to wash his hands. His life story was also very pitiful. His parents died early, and his aunt adopted him. He was not well received in this family. Only his aunt treated him well, so he wanted to stand out even more.