Second Piano Concerto

The plane taxied slowly on the runway.Outside the porthole, the green countryside and hills stretch from the edge of the airport, visually alleviating the burning sensation brought by the midsummer sun.This airport was put into operation at the end of last year. It occupies a small area, but it has become the airport closest to Longjin Town, sharing most of the passenger flow to Longjin and surrounding areas.Although you can take a taxi and a direct bus to Longjin at the airport, Xiao Cong has no need to choose public transportation.Because of his arrival, Qin Haiou not only specially arranged a car, but also asked Yu Doudou to pick him up at the airport.

Xiao Cong didn't come alone, he was accompanied by his manager Tang Jun.They had just finished a performance, and there was another important concert waiting in a few days.Tang Jun didn't want Xiao Cong to take this trip in such a short gap, and Xiao Cong didn't feel the same about it. When he got off the plane, the unfamiliar scenery and the scorching sun made him feel very uncomfortable—if he didn't For this hasty trip, he should be practicing or resting in a cool air-conditioned room at this moment.But he finally decided to do this, because he could no longer bear to ask for news about Qin Haiou from others.

The two of them packed lightly and walked out without any luggage after getting off the plane.As soon as she walked outside the exit, she saw Yu Doudou standing there wearing a simple shirt dress and four-inch spiked high heels. She was tall enough to disdain most of the people around her, including the two of them.She took off her sunglasses and raised her chin as a greeting to them.

The airport parking lot is not too far from the airport pick-up gate. There are only a small number of private cars parked inside. Most of the vehicles come from nearby scenic spots. small bus.Because it is the peak season, many black car drivers stand on both sides of the entrance, trying to get business from tourists who don't know the situation.Among these miscellaneous local vehicles, an off-road vehicle with a foreign license plate is very eye-catching.Xiao Cong and Tang Jun were no strangers to this car. They got into the car and sat in the back seat, while Yu Doudou sat in the co-pilot. After the greetings were over, the car became quiet.

Yu Doudou never talked much in front of these two people, if Qin Haiou hadn't asked her to pick him up personally for the first time, she would never have appeared here at all.Xiao Cong and Tang Jun also knew her style very well, knowing that this formidable woman was arrogant and wary of them, so they only treated her politely and didn't talk to her too much.

After Qin Haiou left last year, Tang Jun secretly spread some unfavorable news about Qin Haiou, trying to take advantage of the opportunity to step on it, but failed.Since then, he has been worried that Yu Doudou would know the source of the news. He observed it carefully when we met just now, but he still couldn't tell from her attitude whether she knew the news, so he could only speculate silently.But Xiao Cong was in a much better mood than him.According to past experience, Yu Doudou would not take the initiative to pick them up at the airport, she must have done so because Qin Haiou opened her mouth.It can be seen from this that Qin Haiou still respects and values ​​him as a senior brother. They haven't seen each other for more than a year. Now that they know that he is coming, they diligently arranged everything for him.No matter what Yu Doudou thinks, she is Qin Haiou's manager after all, and in this case, she can only come to the airport to receive him politely.Xiao Cong could not get in touch with Qin Haiou himself before, and once suspected that it was because Qin Haiou knew about Tang Jun's manipulations last year, but the appearance of Yu Doudou proved that Qin Haiou's attitude towards him was still as good as ever.Even if Qin Haiou heard about it from other people, he definitely didn't believe it, because he is not a person who can do superficial tricks. If he really believed it, today's pick-up would not happen. At least, Yu Doudou Never coming in person.

Xiao Cong was satisfied with this arrangement and the message it conveyed, which gave his plan a good start and made him look forward to the upcoming meeting.But at this moment, the driver saw that the three of them didn't talk much, fearing that they would be bored, so he turned on the car stereo.There was already a piano CD of Qin Haiou stuffed in it, which Yu Doudou listened to on the way here.The driver is a local and knows nothing. He only knows that customers like to listen to music, so he plays it with good intentions.However, Xiao Cong's short-lived good mood disappeared with the sound of the piano.

Xiao Cong didn't want to hear Qin Haiou's piano sound, but it was inconvenient to stop him in front of Yu Doudou, so he felt very depressed.He really couldn't understand why Qin Haiou always made him unhappy, it was like this in the past, and it is still like this today.He remembered that before they participated in the piano competition, there was a time when he really loved this junior.At that time, he was still in school, and Qin Haiou was still young. Facing Qin Haiou's extraordinary talent, he believed that hard work can make up for one's weakness, and as long as he practiced hard, he could make up for the talent gap between himself and Qin Haiou.However, as Qin Haiou grew up day by day, Xiao Cong realized that he was wrong.He forgot that Qin Haiou also grew up under Wang Yifu's strict requirements, and Qin Haiou put in as much sweat on the piano as he did.As Qin Haiou grows older, his technical ability becomes more and more outstanding, and his talent and talent become more and more shining after being refined.

Xiao Cong began to feel the pressure. He had tried his best to catch up with Qin Haiou, but the gap between them not only did not narrow, but became wider and wider.This made Xiao Cong finally realize the cruelty of reality. He began to worry, he was not reconciled, he was eager to prove himself and get the recognition of the world.For this reason, he took the initiative to ask Wang Yifu to participate in the international piano competition.Wang Yifu did not object, but he did not raise specific expectations for him. He just tried his best to help him prepare for the competition, and told him repeatedly that the competition in international competitions is unimaginably fierce. Playing experience on the international stage, trophies and rankings are not important.

During that time, the time Wang Yifu spent on Qin Haiou was significantly reduced, and everything was arranged with Xiao Cong's game as the priority.This made Xiao Cong feel that the teacher valued him, and he also naively believed that the reason why Wang Yifu did not mention the trophy and ranking was to avoid excessive pressure on him.After all, who wouldn't want their students to win prizes at competitions?

But the facts proved that Xiao Cong was wrong again.Although he was shortlisted for the finals in this competition, he neither won an award nor achieved a satisfactory ranking.However, those who can enter the finals of such an international competition are already very good performers, so Xiao Cong also attracted a certain degree of attention through this competition. After the competition, a foreign music academy offered him an olive branch , expressed willingness to provide him with the opportunity to study abroad.

Xiao Cong fell into a deep entanglement.On the one hand, the unsatisfactory result of the competition made him frustrated and helpless, but his skills were not as good as others, so he had nothing to say about it, so he could only practice harder; Going abroad is tantamount to giving up the degree of the current school, and compared with his current environment and Wang Yifu's personal teaching, the conditions provided by this foreign school are not favorable.Xiao Cong weighed the two, and Wang Yifu also advised him. In the end, the foreign school agreed to wait for him to go abroad for further study after graduating from a domestic school.

After the matter of studying abroad was settled, Xiao Cong's mood finally improved.Wang Yifu always encouraged him and never expressed disappointment with his performance.This made Xiao Cong cheer up, and he told himself that as long as he continued to work hard, he would get enough rewards one day.He always believed in this, until more than a year later, Wang Yifu decided to let Qin Haiou also sign up for the International Piano Competition, and that year, Qin Haiou was only 16 years old.

There are many kinds of international piano competitions.What Wang Yifu asked Qin Haiou to participate in is one of the most famous piano competitions in the world with the highest standard, the most difficult performance, and the strictest review. No matter from any aspect, the competition Xiao Cong participated in back then cannot be compared with it.Only then did Xiao Cong realize that Wang Yifu had completely different expectations of him and Qin Haiou.Wang Yifu never expected that he would win the prize in the international competition at the beginning, but for Qin Haiou, the competition Wang Yifu chose for him showed his high hopes for this student.

This sudden change made Xiao Cong anxious again.Before that, he always felt that Qin Haiou had to wait two or three years before he could make his debut, but deep down in his heart, he actually knew very well how strong Qin Haiou was.He is aware of this, but he is unwilling to face it, and always comforts himself that he still has time, but now, he can no longer deceive himself and others.Although Wang Yifu never talked about the pros and cons of the two students in front of others, and he did his best to both of them, but in private, when he watched Qin Haiou play the piano, the appreciation, expectation and love in his eyes were hard to hide.This time Wang Yifu took the initiative to let Qin Haiou participate in the competition, which shows that he has great confidence in Qin Haiou's performance. If there is no accident, Qin Haiou is likely to be a blockbuster in this competition.This made Xiao Cong feel extremely anxious and desperate. He desperately needed a chance, a chance to become famous. Before Qin Haiou participated in the competition, he had to take the lead for himself no matter what.

The opportunity that Xiao Cong wanted came soon.Just as he was secretly anxious about the next year's piano competition, Sun Chen, an assistant teacher in the composition department of the same school, composed a piano concerto for the next year's composition competition.The competition requires contestants to submit the recording of the work. Sun Chen approached Xiao Cong for this reason, hoping that he could perform this work and help him complete the recording. The public premiere of a work.

When Xiao Cong got this promise, he was excited for a while at first, but when he tried out Sun Chen's work, his excitement immediately turned into disappointment.

After all, Xiao Cong is a student carefully trained by Wang Yifu. Although he is not as good as his junior in every aspect, his starting point is still higher than that of ordinary people. Accurate judgment.He quickly saw from Sun Chen's works that this person's level of piano composition is average, and he does not have any eye-catching talents. If Sun Chen takes this work to participate, unless the overall level of the contestants in this composition competition Otherwise, it will be difficult to hope to win an award. Even if it wins, it will be difficult for this work to become a classic work that is often performed in the future.

After Xiao Cong came to this conclusion, he lost confidence in Sun Chen and his works, but he was unwilling to give up this precious opportunity.Sun Chen's promise made him realize that the composition competition is a good opportunity. Since he can't compete with Qin Haiou in performance, why doesn't he take advantage of an excellent work to let people notice him?

There is a solution, but it is not easy to find excellent new works, let alone meet the time of the composition competition.Xiao Cong couldn't see a way out, and was very anxious. Sun Chen's self-satisfaction and blind self-confidence made him even more disappointed.However, at this moment, Tan Shuo brought Xiao Cong part of the draft of the third movement of "Xinghai", which finally gave hope to Xiao Cong who was in despair.