Second Piano Concerto

Qin Haiou thought for a while, separated his hands, and touched the keys lightly with his fingertips.This is an extremely simple and pure piano piece, which can be played by children who have learned the piano for two or three years, but when Qin Haiou's fingers touch the keys, the notes seem to come from outside the sky, like small whirling Small ice crystals collide and fuse with each other, and finally condense into full raindrops, falling into the spring soil.Xiao Cong originally thought that Qin Haiou would play an alternative repertoire for the concert, or at least an etude, but he didn't expect it to be such a simple piece. At first he thought he was joking with himself.However, as the music unfolded, Qin Haiou's fingers endowed the song with a sense of vast space and exquisite details, which made Xiao Cong realize that an extremely simple piece of music showed Qin Haiou's extraordinary sense of music, which is absolutely amazing. The performance effect that can not be achieved by technology alone, if it is me, I am afraid it will be difficult to do so well.

Xiao Cong was displeased, but he didn't care too much. After all, understanding of music can't be improved only by hard work. Qin Haiou has been better than him in this aspect since he was a child. He has fully realized this fact. At this moment, he is more It's another aspect to care about.He joked: "Is this the piece you find difficult? Don't scare me!"

Qin Haiou didn't stop playing, and looked back at him while playing: "Brother, do you think it's too simple? How about listening to this again?"

Before he finished speaking, the sound of the piano changed suddenly, from this extremely simple piece to another extremely difficult piece.This transformation was completed in an instant, and before Xiao Cong had time to react, Qin Haiou's fingers were already flying over the keys. It was a dazzling skill and dizzying speed, both aurally and visually captivating.Just standing next to the piano, Xiao Cong felt out of breath, and his heart beat wildly, not because of joy and excitement, but because of deep shock and despair.

After bidding farewell to the stage for more than a year, Qin Haiou's skills have not regressed, but surpassed his past peak.What frightened Xiao Cong the most was that the technical difficulty of the piece Qin Haiou was playing had already surpassed his limit. From what he saw with his own eyes, no matter how hard he practiced, he was not sure that he would be able to complete it smoothly. performance of this piece of music.However, in the face of such a difficult passage, Qin Haiou was able to play it so freely and wonderfully - this is the gap, a real gap that is right in front of us.Watching Qin Haiou's performance, Xiao Cong once again realized that the gap between himself and Qin Haiou could never be caught up. It was so in the past, it is so now, and it will be so in the future.

After Qin Haiou played this passage, he stopped neatly.But Xiao Cong's hand trembled slightly by his side uncontrollably.Qin Haiou's overwhelming technical superiority, as well as his arrogance when playing this difficult passage, made Xiao Cong unable to restrain the sense of collapse in his heart.He could almost imagine the scene of Qin Haiou's comeback. If the audience and music critics saw such a Qin Haiou, they would be crazy about it. Who would pay attention to themselves? !

Xiao Cong wanted to personally confirm Qin Haiou's status, but the result of the confirmation made him mad with jealousy.It's not that he didn't think that Qin Haiou could return to the peak state before he left the music scene, but he didn't think that Qin Haiou could surpass himself and go further, which Xiao Cong couldn't accept.Looking at Qin Haiou sitting in front of the piano at this moment, this huge psychological gap made him even more bitter.

"Brother, what do you think?" Qin Haiou put his hands on his lap with a relaxed posture, and looked at Xiao Cong calmly, without a smile on his face.Xiao Cong looked at those familiar eyes, and the sharp scrutiny made him startled. He suddenly realized that for the first time in his life, he couldn't guess what Qin Haiou was thinking.The former Qin Haiou who always smiled and called him "Brother" no longer exists.Qin Haiou's attitude towards him had changed irreversibly before he knew it, and he didn't realize it until now, did he become dull, or did Qin Haiou learn to pretend? !

"Very good...you've improved again." Xiao Cong forced a smile, and used the piano to cover his trembling hands.He knew the reason for the change—he should have thought of it long ago, he shouldn't have suspected it from the beginning!

It must be because of Tan Shuo.Tan Shuo must have told Qin Haiou about that, and Qin Haiou believed him, so Qin Haiou's attitude changed so much.But how did Tan Shuo convince Qin Haiou to believe him?Just relying on the manuscript of "Xinghai" and a mouth?If confronted face to face, Sun Chen would be able to produce as much evidence as Tan Shuo could, not to mention that he himself could testify for Sun Chen.Although Qin Haiou is innocent, he is not stupid. What's more, this matter is related to the composition competition back then. If Tan Shuo just took a manuscript to explain the truth to Qin Haiou, Qin Haiou could not just listen to his side of the story without verifying it. Just make a judgment.However, the result of the matter was that Qin Haiou believed in Tan Shuo and no longer trusted himself as a senior brother.It seems that it is no coincidence that Tan Shuo is here today.What is Qin Haiou thinking?How did Tan Shuo do it?Under what circumstances did this incident happen, so that Qin Haiou believed in Tan Shuo so deeply? !

Xiao Cong couldn't figure it out. On the one hand, he was eager to know the answer, but on the other hand, he was afraid that Qin Haiou would bring it up.When I was anxious, I heard Qin Haiou say again: "The two pieces I played just now were written by a friend of mine. He composed a piano concerto for me, and I will play it at the comeback concert."

When Xiao Cong heard "Friends" and "Piano Concerto", his heart exploded and his scalp went numb.His intuition told him that the "friend" Qin Haiou referred to was Tan Shuo.But no matter whether Qin Haiou planned to tell him or not, he dared not take the initiative to ask.

But Qin Haiou seemed to see through his mind, and then asked: "This allegro is part of the third movement of the concerto, brother, guess who wrote this piece?"

Xiao Cong's heart hung in his throat for an instant.He didn't want to answer this question, and he couldn't answer this question. He could only pretend to be stupid and wait for Qin Haiou to continue. It was entirely up to Qin Haiou to say that name or not to say that name.If Qin Haiou really pierced the window paper, how should he respond?Can he still pretend to be ignorant like he was 11 years ago?Or put all the responsibility on Sun Chen?What should he do so that he doesn't show his flaws!

In just a few seconds, Xiao Cong was on his back like a light, suffering extremely, the cold sweat dried up and broke out again, and his back was wet even without wiping it off on his forehead.But Qin Haiou seemed to insist on asking him to guess, and just looked at him calmly, even with some expectation in his eyes.Xiao Cong couldn't figure it out, so he could only laugh and said, "This, how can I guess this!"

Qin Haiou stared at him for a while, then smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes: "I also want my brother to know earlier, but I promised my friend to keep it a secret for him before the concert."

These words made Xiao Cong secretly heave a long sigh, but he immediately realized that Qin Haiou was just playing with him.Because of Tan Shuo's appearance, Qin Haiou took the absolute initiative in this conversation from the very beginning. Even if he didn't tell the truth, he still had a way to make himself feel frightened.

Xiao Cong suddenly understood, the aggrieved and annoyed in his heart could not be added, and he wanted to turn against Qin Haiou in person.But the remaining reason told him that he couldn't do this.Back then, Tan Shuo was just a student, with no background, no relationship, and nothing. Even if his works were copied, nothing could be done to them.But Qin Haiou is different.Once the influence and connections between Tan Shuo and Qin Haiou are connected, this matter will no longer be resolved as simply as it was back then.What's more, if Wang Yifu found out about this, if he also sided with Qin Haiou and Tan Shuo, it would definitely cause irreparable damage to his career.In addition, Qin Haiou chose to trust Tan Shuo, and developed strong aversion and hostility towards himself. This change also surprised and puzzled Xiao Cong.How could Tan Shuo be able to do what he couldn't do back then?He didn't have sufficient evidence, and it was impossible to prove and convince Qin Haiou in a normal way.It seems that he must have used cunning and vicious means to deceive Qin Haiou, provoke the relationship between his seniors and brothers, and use Qin Haiou's hand to take revenge on himself.However, even if Xiao Cong could prove to Qin Haiou that Tan Shuo was slandering and that the so-called "plagiarism" did not exist at all, as long as Qin Haiou did not mention it, he would not be able to take the initiative to "clarify" the matter to Qin Haiou, because there is no doubt that It is a stupid act of not having 300 taels of silver here.

Xiao Cong could only force himself to swallow this breath.If the two of them turned their faces at this time, although it would not be beneficial to anyone, it would definitely be even more detrimental to themselves.If Qin Haiou was still in retirement, then he might still have a chance.But now that Qin Haiou is about to come back, he not only came prepared, but also got to know Tan Shuo.How much did Qin Haiou know about what happened back then, how did Tan Shuo cheat Qin Haiou's trust, what kind of work was the piano concerto that Tan Shuo wrote for Qin Haiou, and Qin Haiou's comeback with this work will arouse the interest of the audience again. Just thinking about the shock of the world, Xiao Cong was in a state of confusion just thinking about these problems, let alone thinking about countermeasures.His only hope at this moment was that Qin Haiou was unwilling to openly turn against him due to other concerns, so that they could at least maintain a superficial calm and prevent him from being too passive.

Xiao Cong felt guilty and afraid, he didn't dare to look at Qin Haiou, his eyes only moved on the piano.At this moment, he suddenly discovered that the scores on the music stand were not ordinary printed scores, but copies of several pages of manuscripts.He stared at those pages of music, trying to identify whether it was Tan Shuo's handwriting, but before he could see the notes clearly, Qin Haiou took these pages away under his nose.

"Sorry, I can't show you this." Qin Haiou smiled, and neatly squeezed a few pages of music scores in his hands, "Brother, don't blame me. My friend said that whoever wants to read his music scores must go through him." I just agree."

Xiao Cong froze for a moment, then laughed dryly, not daring to answer.Now he is completely sure that this work was created by Tan Shuo.But why did Qin Haiou say these words?Could it be that Tan Shuo already knew how he gave "Xinghai" to Sun Chen back then, and told Qin Haiou the details? !How is this possible, it is absolutely impossible!

Just as he was thinking about it, Qin Haiou finally stood up from the piano bench.The movement of him getting up was not sudden, but Xiao Cong was so preoccupied and out of his mind that when he suddenly stood up, he was so scared that he took half a step back.

Qin Haiou looked at him, the sarcasm flashed in his eyes, but his tone was very friendly when he spoke: "Brother, do you still remember the concert where you premiered "Song of the Long Night" back then?"

Xiao Cong was shocked, his face was pale, as if he was facing an enemy.

"I have never played "Song of the Long Night" in public in order to protect you these years. Now that I am coming back, I would like to ask my brother to let me do it again," Qin Haiou said, flicking the score in his hand Ye, looking directly at Xiao Cong, "Please don't perform this work I commissioned publicly in the future, okay?"