Second Piano Concerto

When Qin Haiou came to this conclusion, his mind suddenly became blank.

But after a moment of confusion, a strong sense of resistance surged in his heart. He refused to admit this conclusion, and almost instinctively wanted to deny his own thoughts.

How could Tan Shuo plagiarize other people's works?Qin Haiou didn't want to believe that what he saw with his own eyes was true.

He turned the two scores back to the first page and read them carefully several times from beginning to end.He hoped that he was wrong, and hoped to find evidence to prove that it was imitation rather than plagiarism, but no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't persuade himself to change his mind.

The similarity between the two works is too high.They are surprisingly consistent in macroscopic structure, and this kind of plagiarism in structure is to copy the most important foundation supporting a musical work.For such a large-scale musical work, structure is a very important element. The author will conceive the overall structure of the work in advance, and then start writing.Although the plagiarism of the structure is not easy to be recognized at a glance, it can still be found if you compare it carefully.In addition, the two works are highly consistent in all key nodes, such as the cadenza part of the piano solo, the arrangement of the modulation, the writing method of the connecting part, etc., and every passage with important functions has been copied without exception. come over.Not only that, but the themes of the two works are also very similar. The melody of "Star Sea" is only slightly modified on the basis of "Song of the Long Night", and the skeleton and style of the melody remain unchanged.In addition, there are many details, such as the orchestration at the beginning of each movement is the same, and even many fragments in the expansion part have been copied intact, not even a single note has been changed.

This is an extremely crude and thorough copying of a piano concerto - the orchestration is copied, the harmony is copied, and the melody is slightly modified to serve as a superficial cover.Qin Haiou flipped through the two scores repeatedly, wanting to excuse Tan Shuo, but the more he read it, the more he felt that Tan Shuo's plagiarism was an irrefutable fact.Anyone with basic common sense about music creation would come to the same conclusion.

Qin Haiou recalled Tan Shuo's attitude and words when he mentioned the manuscript the first two times.He finally understood the reasons for Tan Shuo's previous reactions.At that time, Tan Shuo told him that this work was written when he was in school, and because it was not well written, he did not want to show it to others.Later, he peeked at a small part of the manuscript, and afterwards felt that Tan Shuo was lying.Now it seems that Tan Shuo did not tell the truth.Tan Shuo apparently refused to let him see the plagiarized work because he was accidentally discovered and guilty of guilt.

Tan Shuo not only copied "Song of the Long Night" perfectly, but also covered it up and changed the title, signing his own name.This has violated the basic morality of music creation, which is disgusting and disgusting to the music industry.

Tan Shuo did such a thing, Qin Haiou was shocked, but felt indescribably uncomfortable.He has always been very disgusted and disgusted by this kind of behavior, but when he thought that the other party was Tan Shuo, his mood became very complicated.

Qin Haiou had to think, did Tan Shuo throw away the manuscript to cover up the matter?Did Tan Shuo realize that it was wrong to do so?Did he just copy this one work?Among his large baskets of manuscripts, are there any other works copied from him?

Qin Haiou even had a terrible thought: I asked Lu Liqiu and Chen Xu to help Tan Shuo record earlier, is there something wrong with that recording? !

However, this idea was erased by him almost as soon as it was formed, because he really didn't want to think about it in depth.

This kind of thing happens to any composer, once discovered, it will cause serious damage to the reputation, and it will become an indelible stain on his creative career.Qin Haiou thought again, the reason why Tan Shuo switched to selling rice noodles was because this plagiarized work caused a storm, which made him unable to gain a foothold in the music industry, so he had to quit that circle and find another way out?After all, this kind of damage to reputation is extremely difficult to recover. Even if more works, even good works, will be written in the future, people will judge with a bad impression of plagiarists.

That night, Qin Haiou didn't even go downstairs to eat dinner, and locked himself in the room, feeling extremely depressed.

"Xinghai" plagiarized "Song of the Long Night", a work he loved so much, which already made him feel sad.But the person who did this was Tan Shuo, a person he trusted so much and was full of expectations, which made him feel overwhelmed and confused.

It was difficult for Qin Haiou to regard Tan Shuo, who plagiarized other people's works, as the same person as the Tan Shuo he knew.In his view, the two are fundamentally contradictory, two realities that cannot exist at the same time.Recalling his experience in Longjin Town in the past few months, when he was drunk, it was Tan Shuo who carried him back to the inn; He came out in despair; and after learning his true identity, Tan Shuo gave him a lot of help in music, allowing him to regain the joy of playing the piano. Only in front of Tan Shuo can he completely Play it relaxed.

Ever since Qin Haiou quit the music scene, Tan Shuo was the first and only person who could really let him off the burden and help him rekindle his tiny hope.

Such a person has never had any negative influence on Qin Haiou.On the contrary, he is always so optimistic and humorous. Although he looks unruly and doesn't care about many things, he is actually careful and sensitive, and he always takes care of his friends in his own way.

More importantly, although Qin Haiou already knew that Tan Shuo also had some secrets hidden in him, this man always gave him a sense of integrity.Even after he discovered that the other party was lying, even now, facing the undeniable facts, this feeling has not completely disappeared because of the appearance of plagiarized manuscripts.

While Qin Haiou questioned Tan Shuo, he wanted to continue to believe him.The two contradictory feelings strangely co-exist in the heart, repelling each other and not giving in to each other, neither willing to let go.

Did he really misread Tan Shuo?Could it be that in the relationship these days, what he saw was all illusions?

Qin Haiou let out a long breath, leaned back on the chair and stared at the score in a daze.

The world is impermanent and people's hearts are unpredictable. He has heard these truths, but he has never experienced them himself.Plagiarism incidents have always occurred in the music industry, but such incidents have always been far away from him, and have never happened to people close to him.But he knows plagiarism is plagiarism, black and white cannot be confused, and right and wrong cannot be reversed.His rationality told him that this incident was enough to overthrow his view of Tan Shuo and to disintegrate his trust in Tan Shuo, but he couldn't accept it emotionally. He refused to regard Tan Shuo as such a miserable person from the bottom of his heart. people.

He was deeply immersed in this complicated emotion, and looked at the music score over and over again, and his eyes were dazzled by the dense and small notes.He got up and paced back and forth in the room until he finally felt tired and lay down on the bed, but couldn't fall asleep.

He didn't know when he fell asleep, but he felt that his sleep was very light, and he opened his eyes after a while, only to see that the sky was already dark.He didn't want to go to Liu'an to practice the piano, and he didn't even want to go downstairs, because he felt at a loss when he thought of meeting Tan Shuo downstairs.

Now that he knew about it, how should he face Tan Shuo?

Qin Haiou really wanted to question Tan Shuo right now. He also wanted to know whether Tan Shuo had realized his mistake and whether he had sincerely repented now.

But he resisted the urge.

Qin Haiou wasn't sure if Tan Shuo left the music industry and switched to selling rice noodles because of the plagiarism.If this is the case, this incident has already affected Tan Shuo's life for the next ten years. If he confesses to Tan Shuo now, it will definitely put both parties in an embarrassing situation, especially Tan Shuo.Besides, Tan Shuo has refused to give him the manuscript twice. This time, he bought it from Cao Nan by chance. He didn't know how Tan Shuo would react if he found out that he had found the manuscript. Next, whether the two of them can continue the conversation calmly.

Qin Haiou thought about it, felt bored, and didn't know what to do. In the end, he stayed in the room and didn't go anywhere.

Qin Haiou didn't go downstairs all morning, and he didn't even see a person. After dawn, Zhuzhu saw that the guys finished their breakfast and the guests in the inn all went out to play one after another. After all, he was worried, so he went to the second floor to knock The door of Qin Haiou's room rang.

Qin Haiou also knew that he had made Zhuzhu worry, so he got up and opened the door, and lied that he had a heat stroke yesterday afternoon and was not feeling well, so he had been sleeping all the time.

He really didn't look very good, with a tired face, some bloodshot eyes, and he was obviously in a bad mood.Zhuzhu didn't doubt it, and blamed him for not telling him earlier, she inquired, and seeing that he didn't seem to be in any serious trouble, she went downstairs to get him something to eat.

Qin Haiou put away the scores on the table.He didn't want Zhuzhu to see it, and after a night of hard thinking, he felt very tired at the moment, and he didn't want to look at the score at all.

Zhuzhu came back soon, carrying soy milk and steamed buns, with a page of paper between her fingers.She put the food on the table first, and then passed the paper in her hand to Qin Haiou: "Cao Nan came to you last night and said that you bought something from him, and he left a page, so he sent it to you. You have been If you don't go downstairs, I'll take it for you first."

Qin Haiou took the paper and thanked him, but didn't read it.Zhuzhu gave some more instructions and left.Qin Haiou closed the door, turned around, pinched the paper in his hand, and crumpled it into a ball with his fingers.

Just now when Zhuzhu mentioned Cao Nan, he suddenly felt very regretful—why did he find that manuscript in the first place?Had he known the truth of the matter, and known that he would be so troubled today, he would rather never know the truth.Why did he go to Tan Shuo's cabinet at that time?Why can't he resist peeking?Why did he buy the manuscript from Cao Nan? !

He threw the crumpled paper on the floor, walked back to the table and sat down.However, he still has no appetite for the things Zhuzhu brought, and just sits in a daze.

After sitting like this for some time, Qin Haiou heard some familiar movements in the yard.He stood up slowly, went to the window and looked down, and at a glance he saw that Tan Shuo had also gotten up, probably came to have dinner, and was playing with the dog in the yard.

This scene made Qin Haiou feel very dazzling.If it was the past, he would definitely run downstairs to play with Tan Shuo, but now he just wants to avoid this person.

Qin Haiou retreated from the window, all the way to the bed, sat down blankly, and looked at the floor in front of him.His mind turned very slowly, and his thinking was almost stagnant. On the one hand, it was because of fatigue, and on the other hand, because once he thought about it, he would be torn apart by different emotions and could not get a moment of rest.

He looked at the floor in front of him, where the crumpled paper remained.He stared absentmindedly for a while, until the downstairs also became quiet, and a clear consciousness gradually came back to his mind.

Qin Haiou looked at the ball of paper, and then he realized that it was not a sheet of music with five lines neatly arranged on it, but a piece of white paper with some words written on it.

With a move in his heart, he went to pick it up and flatten it.It was indeed a piece of white paper, one side was completely blank, and the lower part of the other side was written with a pen. Due to the long time, the ink was very old, but Qin Haiou immediately recognized that it was Tan Shuo's handwriting.

Tan Shuo wrote on this piece of paper:

First Piano Concerto

——Write to the sea of ​​stars under the sky, the singing voice on the grassland

In the lower right corner of this sentence, Tan Shuo left two dates and signed his name again.