Second Piano Concerto

After 11 years, when Xiao Cong remembered the name "Tan Shuo" again, he found that the face it corresponded to had become somewhat blurred in his memory.But to this day, he still remembers the feeling of shock and excitement when he tried to play Tan Shuo's work for the first time.

"Xinghai" is much better than Sun Chen's works.In fact, long before Sun Chen came to Xiao Cong, Tan Shuo had already asked Xiao Cong to play the first movement of "Xinghai". At that time, Xiao Cong liked it very much and encouraged him to continue writing.Since then, Tan Shuo has been busy studying and creating, and has not appeared for a long time, causing Xiao Cong to almost forget that there is such a savior in his desperation.

Seeing that "Xinghai" was about to be completed, Xiao Cong was overjoyed. While urging Tan Shuo to write it quickly, he persuaded him to use this work to sign up for the composition competition, and actively recommended himself to be the premiere of the work.Tan Shuo was not very interested in this matter, but he agreed after Xiao Cong's repeated persuasion.Xiao Cong feels that the god of luck is finally on his side. Now he has the works of Tan Shuo and Sun Chen in his hands. No matter which work wins, he can be the piano soloist in the premiere concert.Although he had no hope for Sun Chen's works, Tan Shuo's works were good enough, which made Xiao Cong full of expectations, wishing that the composition competition would come sooner.

However, what Xiao Cong did not expect was that, less than 3 months before the composition competition, Tan Shuo suddenly changed his mind and decided to give up participating in the competition and continue to revise his works.At this time, the deadline for the registration of the competition was imminent. Xiao Cong tried to persuade him repeatedly, but Tan Shuo was unmoved. This made Xiao Cong fall into extreme anxiety again.At that time, Sun Chen's work had just completed the final modification, and it was about to be recorded. Xiao Cong had no choice but to continue practicing Sun Chen's work to prepare for the recording.But the more he played this work, the more irritable he became, and he couldn't help but take out "Xinghai" to play.Compared with the aura of "Star Sea", Sun Chen's works are really boring.The more Xiao Cong played, the more depressed he became, and the more he played, the more unwilling he became—why wasn't Tan Shuo the contestant, and why wasn't Sun Chen writing "Xinghai"!

In such torment, Xiao Cong lived like a year, until the eve of the recording, Sun Chen heard Xiao Cong's "Xinghai" fragment in the piano room. After being shocked, he immediately became vigilant and asked Xiao Cong who the author of this work was. , Do you also want to participate in the composition competition?Xiao Cong originally just played "Xinghai" casually to relieve boredom, but when he asked about it, he became even more depressed, so he told him about Tan Shuo's situation.At this time, Xiao Cong was already very disgusted with Sun Chen's complacency, knowing that the other party had no hope of winning the prize, and his plan would come to naught, so he simply took out the sheet music of "Xing Hai" and played all the wonderful passages in it, in order to hit Sun Chen. Chen's arrogance.Sun Chen was dumbfounded after hearing this, and was speechless for a while.Tan Shuo was able to write such an outstanding large-scale work before he graduated, but what about himself?As a teacher who stayed at the school after graduating from the composition department, he spent more than two years racking his brains to compose, but in the end he was not as good as his students!

Sun Chen realized that Tan Shuo's work is fully capable of winning the championship. Once Tan Shuo enters the competition, even if he does not win the gold medal, he has no possibility of surpassing him in ranking.Not to mention myself, even looking at the students and young teachers of the entire composition department, there may not be anyone who can write better works than this.Sun Chen looked at the music score on the music stand and calculated quickly in his mind. Hearing Xiao Cong said that Tan Shuo would not participate in the competition, he immediately asked him if he could lend him Tan Shuo's music score.

Xiao Cong didn't know what kind of psychological changes Sun Chen had experienced in this short period of time. He hesitated for a moment when he heard this question, but it was also at this moment that he suddenly understood Sun Chen's mentality. hint.Two desperate and crazy people coincided with each other for their own interests, and a deal was reached.Sun Chen copied the score overnight, but due to the rush of time, he could only make slight changes to cover it up, but with Xiao Cong's cooperation, he was confident.Then, he invited a piano teacher who was familiar with him from another school, and together with Xiao Cong, he completed the recording of the two-piano version of the work, and formally submitted it to the composition competition together with the score.In this process, Tan Shuo has been kept in the dark.

This time, Xiao Cong finally succeeded. "Song of the Long Night" won the gold medal as expected, Sun Chen naturally gained both fame and fortune, Xiao Cong got the opportunity he had been looking forward to for a long time, and the premiere of this work aroused widespread attention.When he stood on the stage of the competition concert to accept the applause, Xiao Cong felt guilty towards Tan Shuo, but this slight sense of guilt was quickly replaced by the sense of busyness and accomplishment brought by the following tour. Rinse well.As a result, Xiao Cong began to receive more performance invitations. At the same time, he also decided that the present timing is more important than going abroad for further studies.He rejected the invitation to study abroad reserved for him by the foreign school, and immediately started his career as a performer.

Soon, Qin Haiou lived up to expectations and won the laurel of the piano competition.A pair of disciples of Wang Yifu, two young pianists, became the most eye-catching and talked about figures in the music world at that time.Since then, Qin Haiou has been silent for a while because of studying abroad, while Xiao Cong took this opportunity to gain a firm foothold in China, and his development gradually went smoothly. A new generation of pianists with reliable guarantees".

After several years of hard work, Xiao Cong can finally be considered successful.He has his own team, a stable number of performances and records, cooperation opportunities with major orchestras and music festivals, and regular listeners and fans.The flowers and applause made Xiao Cong intoxicated, but he thought he could develop better because he paid more than others.How many days and nights of hard training and sweat, inner struggle and despair, other than himself, no one else can understand.He believes that he deserves everything today, and he should enjoy higher honors and achievements.

However, just as Xiao Cong's career was developing smoothly, Qin Haiou finally finished his studies and returned to China.

The talented young man who surprised everyone at the International Piano Competition has finally returned from his studies.As soon as the news of Qin Haiou's return concert came out, people aroused great interest and attention. Both professionals and music fans were looking forward to his performance.After successfully holding several solo concerts in various places, Qin Haiou has completely conquered the domestic audience. Music critics even called his return tour a "mopping up", and they did not hesitate to give the best words of praise to him. Use it on him.Almost overnight, Qin Haiou became the hottest young pianist in China, and the international awards he won in the past and the experience of studying abroad in these years have laid a good foundation for his development on the international stage.

Qin Haiou's strong return and astonishing development speed made Xiao Cong unable to indulge himself any longer.Opportunities to perform, record releases, media admiration, and music fans' love...everything that Xiao Cong has achieved after several years of hard work, Qin Haiou seems to have obtained everything without any effort.What makes Xiao Cong even more envious is that Qin Haiou has a strong management team serving him since he graduated. He doesn't have to worry about anything, he just needs to concentrate on playing the piano and enjoying success. The superior conditions that performers do not have at the beginning of their playing career.

As Qin Haiou's domestic and international influence grew, Xiao Cong's depression became deeper and deeper.They are all disciples of Wang Yifu, and they are all active young pianists today, so it is inevitable that people will compare them.But no matter how you compare, whether it is performance or fame, Xiao Cong is always inferior to Qin Haiou, and his international influence is far inferior to Qin Haiou.Many advertising endorsements, various commercial and non-commercial activities, always think of Qin Haiou first, and if they can't get it, they will come to Xiao Cong second.But Qin Haiou's manager, Yu Doudou, is very picky about such invitations, and she often dismisses the opportunities that Xiao Cong strives for.This made Xiao Cong resentful and powerless. He was crazily jealous of this junior, but he had to maintain a good relationship with Qin Haiou on the surface, because this was not only the need of interests, but also what the teacher Wang Yifu wanted to see.When Qin Haiou mentioned Xiao Cong in person, he always kindly called him senior brother, and when Xiao Cong mentioned Qin Haiou, he always called him junior brother, in order to reflect his status as a senior and maintain his status as a senior brother. Last dignity.

Qin Haiou easily overshadowed Xiao Cong's limelight. It was not until he suddenly announced his departure from the stage that the shadow over Xiao Cong's heart finally dissipated.Xiao Cong was not completely unaware of the real reason for Qin Haiou's departure—Qin Haiou probably terminated the performance due to psychological problems, but Xiao Cong suffered from lack of conclusive evidence, and even Wang Yifu avoided talking about it .Tang Jun was very clear about Xiao Cong's thoughts. After conspiring with Xiao Cong, he tried to make things worse for Qin Haiou. Although he failed in the end, the longer Qin Haiou was away, the fewer topics about him.Xiao Cong gradually regained the good feelings he had in the past. Now that he has finally got rid of this annoying junior, he can go on a more satisfactory path in the future; without Qin Haiou, Wang Yifu is the only one left who is still active in the music scene Among the disciples, even if Wang Yifu accepts another student, he will still be the oldest one. No matter who it is, he must be called Senior Brother.

Xiao Cong never expected that Qin Haiou would reappear in the public eye after a year and a half.When he first heard the news, like Qin Haiou's music fans, he didn't believe it was true.But when the news was confirmed to be true, he jumped into a rage in front of Tang Jun and a small assistant almost on the spot.He hadn't lost control like this for a long time, but this nightmare feeling was even worse than the shock brought by Qin Haiou when he returned to China.In the one month between Qin Haiou's Weibo update and his high-profile announcement of his comeback, more reporters appeared at Xiao Cong's concert, but they didn't come for Xiao Cong's concert, but to learn from him. Qin Haiou's news.Whenever a reporter asked him what he thought of Qin Haiou's comeback, Xiao Cong suppressed his anxiety and expressed his blessings and expectations, but he was extremely annoyed in his heart. Why did Qin Haiou come back? Why couldn't he do it? Just disappear!

Xiao Cong finally couldn't hold back anymore.He couldn't wait another day.Why did Qin Haiou leave, and why did he come back suddenly? What is his plan after his comeback? Will his skills degenerate because he has been away from the stage for too long? Does he still have the strength to overshadow his senior brother as strongly as before? ——All these, Xiao Cong couldn't wait to know the answer.He had to personally confirm Qin Haiou's status, and besides that, he had a more secret purpose.

Having been in the same school for more than ten years, Xiao Cong thought he knew Qin Haiou well enough.This junior has been cared for since he was a child. He has a pure personality, sometimes even a little naive. Such a person is often very fragile psychologically. In addition, he has been away from the stage for more than a year. No matter what reason he left, he will bear huge psychological pressure when he comes back.If he can shake his determination to come back at this time, or at least shake his confidence, his comeback concert will be affected accordingly.At that time, picky music critics will not be merciful, and there will be voices of doubt in the media. Qin Haiou will be overwhelmed by greater pressure, and it will be even more difficult for him to return to his peak state.As for how to achieve this goal, Xiao Cong is very confident in himself.With Qin Haiou's attention and trust to him for so many years, he knew how to speak to make Qin Haiou feel that his brother was thinking of him, and he also knew how to put pressure on Qin Haiou without any trace.He wanted to defeat Qin Haiou psychologically, and let Qin Haiou think and hesitate until his heart was shaken and he retreated.

Xiao Cong is very good at this kind of conversation skills.He had gone over the content of the conversation these days and considered various possibilities.Hearing Qin Haiou's CD playing in the car at this moment, while lamenting the difficulty of his struggle, he recalled carefully the several plans he had prepared in advance.