Zheng Wang

Chapter 59 Rumors

After autumn, the weather cools down very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it will be the beginning of winter again in mid-November.

This year, Central Music has adjusted the end-of-period time, which has been advanced by more than one month as a whole, allowing enough preparation time for the folk orchestra that will perform in Vienna at the beginning of the next year.Of course, it is impossible for students who do not have performance assignments to take vacation early. This is the case in the Conservatory of Music, where there is always professional practice outside of study.

Combined with the final exam and professional grades, the results of the group application will come out in the first week after the exam.

Although it was stated at the beginning that freshmen are also eligible to apply, after all, the school still has sophomores and juniors who have more time and better performance skills, so the freshmen still know that this kind of arrangement is a bit of a formality. To put it bluntly, it is to stimulate you to work hard, but in the end, you still have to reserve the spot for a more suitable candidate.

Guan Zan had known for a long time that he would be selected. On the day of the announcement, he did not go to the campus to check online. He continued to do self-study and memorize vocabulary step by step.However, other students are different. Even if they know they will be rejected, they must see the list with their own eyes.So it was no surprise that after noticing that Guzheng had actually recruited a new student, the name "Guan Zan" became popular in the class groups of folk music majors.

Any student who can enter a well-known domestic conservatory such as Yangyin will not be mediocre. Apart from his outstanding piano skills, he must also be a famous teacher.

Playing musical instruments depends on personal effort and talent, so although the probability is very small, it is not impossible for freshmen to stand out among the seniors.However, if there is recognition, there will inevitably be doubts. Among them, the most guessed voice is about Guan Zan's teacher, because when the student is unknown, the teacher is his biggest relationship and appearance.

A famous teacher is a bonus aura, which is worth showing off, and it is also one of the most frequently discussed topics among students.

But Guan Zan never said it, not even his dormmates revealed anything.

So after asking around, the identity of the selected freshman teacher was unknown, and the voice of doubt inevitably became louder.

At the end of December, besides training with the regiment, there was a fourth-level exam. Guan Zan didn't want to continue next year, so he planned to seize this opportunity and try to pass it once, and he had better get a good score.The suspicion in the group has spread to reality. His classmates have looked at him differently these days. However, Guan Zan is kind and gentle to everyone. In addition, his grades and professional level are outstanding. He is less malicious and more curious.

Tang Yizhen is no exception.

Among the five guzhengs of Yangyin this year, the one who can produce a Chinese folk orchestra is actually glorious for the entire profession.But it is impossible not to envy them. They are freshmen, and it is a rare opportunity to go to Vienna with the orchestra to perform. It means that they are likely to become famous, and thus save a few years or even ten years of hard work and suffering.

Tang Yizhen envied Guan Zan very much, and couldn't help but distract himself to look at him during self-study. The more he looked at him, the more he felt that Guan Zan was fair and handsome, wearing a halo, but he was calm and calm.At this time, Guan Zan happened to finish a cloze essay, glanced out of the corner of the eye, and the two looked at each other. Guan Zan smiled and asked, "What are you looking at?"

After the exams, the class tutors rarely came to supervise the study room. Tang Yizhen hesitated for a moment, and simply moved to the empty seat in the middle next to Guan Zan, and brought the real test papers along the way.Guan Zan thought there was something wrong with him, so he took advantage of the opportunity to read the paper, but Tang Yizhen whispered, "When will you report to the orchestra?"

Guan Zan understood in an instant, he didn't mind, and he was not in a hurry to answer the answer. He lay down to rest, looked sideways at Tang Yizhen, and replied: "The exam arrangements are different for each grade. We finish early, so the orchestra side It’s set for this weekend so everyone has time.”

Tang Yizhen supported her chin with one hand, lowered her eyes to look into Guan Zan's eyes, remained silent for a long time, finally couldn't hold back, and asked in a lower voice: "Have you heard all the discussions in school?"

Guan Zan not only heard about it, but also received a call from Ke Jinxi.Professor Ke personally conveyed the reporting time, and finally told him not to take gossip and gossip to heart, and the serious thing is to prepare the repertoire.Guan Zan grew up surrounded by cynicism and sarcasm since he was a child, and he has already developed a heart that is invulnerable to all poisons, so he naturally doesn't care, and it's over after listening.

"Hmm." He rolled his eyes with a smile, and said calmly, "Yi Zhen also thinks that way?"

"I haven't." Tang Yizhen said frankly, "But I'm really curious about who your teacher is."

Guan Zan was silent for a moment, then asked, "Want to know?"

Tang Yizhen nodded, and stared at Guan Zan with a good look.

Guan Zan sat up again as if nothing had happened, took a red pen, and dug out the answer to the question seriously.After a few seconds of silence, he said softly, "It's Ke Su."

Tang Yizhen moved her lips, but didn't say a word for a long time.Guan Zan was a little worried, and added a sentence at the end: "My teacher is getting old, and he rarely asks about folk music circles. It doesn't matter if others talk about me. I don't want his old man to be talked about by others all day long. Now tell you Now, promise me not to tell anyone, okay?"

Tang Yizhen let out a "huh" sound, which seemed to be a little absent-minded.Guan Zan looked at him sideways, feeling something was wrong, and asked tentatively, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just found it very surprising." Tang Yizhen smiled, looking at Guan Zan with a different look than before, "That's Ke Su! When I was young, I often heard the teacher mention it. Ke’s teaching video is Mr. Ke’s, but I’ve never seen his solo concert, it’s a pity.” After speaking, he moved closer and asked curiously: “How is he? Is he particularly good? I heard that It was 20 years ago that Mr. Ke took in a student, but something happened later, and he never took in anyone else."

Guan Zan heard the clue, and asked without answering, "What's the matter?"

"I don't know either." Tang Yizhen said, "But haven't you checked your teacher? The list of direct students published on the Internet is missing someone, and the last one was erased, and no one mentioned it. It's probably not a good thing. .”

Guan Zan was stunned for a moment, then said softly thoughtfully: "Is that so... I always thought that the teacher dotes on that little apprentice very much, and has always been proud of him..."

But if you think about it carefully, Mr. Ke's other students have become leaders in the industry, and each one is more famous than the other. If the little apprentice is really so good, how could it be possible that he didn't even leave a name?

The weather in December is cold, and it is said that there will be cold air passing through in the past few days, and it may snow.Winters in Beijing have been dry in recent years, with little rain or snow. Guan Zan is looking forward to the first snow this year, but also hopes that it will come later, preferably after Ke Jinrui returns.

He has a regular schedule, the piano room in the morning and the self-study room in the afternoon, and he usually leaves the classroom at [-] o'clock in the evening. He answers Ke Jinrui's phone call on the road, talks all the way downstairs to the apartment, and returns to the dormitory after saying "good night".

Guan Zan is very adaptable and has an independent personality. When he is together, he will get tired of it, but if he needs to be alone, he can quickly adjust to it.On the first night when we were separated, he couldn't think well, but he was fine when he woke up, and he could do whatever he had to do the next day.On the contrary, Mr. Ke, who called back immediately after landing, couldn't accept it because he didn't hear the excitement of their little baby.

The weather forecast was very accurate recently. Guan Zan came out of the teaching building and felt that the air was humid and his face was cool. When he saw the street lights, it was snowing.

The little snowflakes fell sporadically for a few days, and it didn't break out until early Saturday morning.

As a result, the Beijing Traffic Management Center and the southerners who came to school in the first year went crazy.

Before dawn, Guan Zan was awakened by three other people in the dormitory. The roommates were fully armed, and Tang Yizhen stood on the stairs to go to bed and excitedly announced that they planned to go out for a snowball fight.Guan Zan looked at his watch, it was not yet seven o'clock, and he didn't want to go crazy with the southerners, so he had to cover his head under the quilt and continue to sleep.

At eight o'clock, Guan Zan got up to wash up, and he could hear the commotion outside from the dormitory. He stood on the balcony with instant soy milk and looked out.A snowball flew over with a "swoosh" and hit the glass in front of him.

Guan Zan couldn't help laughing, put down his glass, put on his coat and went out.

Several roommates haven't stopped playing until now. Seeing Guan Zan come out, Tang Yizhen ran over holding a snowball and asked him, "When will today's report end? Do you want to wait for you for lunch?"

Guan Zan is not afraid of the cold, and he doesn't wear too thick clothes when it snows. When he stands on the snow, he looks thin, gentle and elegant.He wore a beige scarf, and his exposed cheeks were not red from the cold, but looked fairer than usual.

"I don't know, I have to listen to the arrangement." Guan Zan said, "Don't wait for me. If I haven't returned to the dormitory at 01:30, you can go directly to the study room. past."

"That's okay, the snow is slippery, be careful on the road." After speaking, Tang Yizhen shook the snowball in his hand, and threw it at another roommate with his backhand.

The heavy snow has not stopped, and there will be fewer people on the road after staying away from the apartment.

The place where the Chinese Orchestra will report is the auditorium on the second floor of the gymnasium. Existing members will be seated directly, and new students who join the group will have to sign in, and then sit with those who share the same instrument.

For the first big gathering after the end of the semester, all the school leaders came, and almost all the professors from the folk music department were there. Besides, Huo Shaoqiu also came.

After signing, Guan Zan planned to find a place to sit down. The members of their zither section had contacted them in advance, so it wasn't that they were completely unfamiliar, but they hadn't seen the photos, and their names and real people didn't match for the time being.Guan Zan knew the location and was about to go up to the stands when he saw a boy waving at him at the entrance.He wasn't sure if the other party was greeting him, he hesitated and pointed at himself, the other party smiled and nodded, Guan Zan breathed a sigh of relief, and walked towards him against the flow of people.

"Hello, I'm Gu Wen." The boy took the initiative to introduce, "Ms. Huo asked me to pick you up."

Gu Wen is the current chief guzheng of the Central Music Orchestra, a senior this year.

Guan Zan has heard about him for a long time, and knows that this senior is Huo Shaoqiu's student, and they are not outsiders. Guan Zan will be closer to him psychologically, and he is excellent, so Guan Zan's attitude will also reflect A bit of respect and admiration.

Gu Fan also knew Guan Zan's identity, unlike those in the regiment who didn't know the truth, he was really polite to Guan Zan, on the one hand because of Huo Shaoqiu, and on the other hand because of Ke Su.

To go up to the stands on the second floor, you can take the stairs in the hall, or you can go around from outside the auditorium.The two wanted to be clean and didn't want to be too crowded, so they walked out together in a tacit understanding.

The time is almost up now, the students basically enter the venue, and there is no one else outside.Gu Yan took Guan Zan upstairs and chatted casually: "I heard that you will accompany me when the concert is held, and I will arrange the performance repertoire for you in two days."

Gu Wen has a handsome appearance, with a very elegant and bookish air in his speech, he is a person without vigor and airs.Guan Zan had a good impression of him, and felt that he was easier to get in touch with than his teacher.

"Thank you." Guan Zan said politely, "Brother's first solo concert, I will definitely work hard."

Gu Wen smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, student-level concerts are very simple, just deal with it normally."

Not long after, the two came to the second-floor stand from the passage.

Now that the old and the new are changing, apart from the normal one song, two pairs and three substitutes, there are three newcomers including Guan Zan in the guzheng part. The number of people is much more than before.The other two new members are sophomores in the folk music department, a man and a woman, and they have heard a lot about Guan Zan.

Compared with peers, they see that Guan Zan will inevitably wear colored glasses, thinking that he is a freshman but he has always taken up a spot in the band, and it is impossible for him to be a related party through the back door.The attitude of the two was not obvious, but they deliberately pretended not to see. Just as Guan Zan was about to sit down, the girl next to him put the satchel over and took the seat.

Guan Zan had no choice but to go to another row alone.

Gu Yan saw that he was alone, so he also sat down and comforted him: "Don't worry, I was treated similarly to you when I first came in. This is how this business is. Only personal ability can get rid of the teacher's influence. Time will prove that you are qualified. .”

After what he said, Guan Zan realized that the teacher was Yang Yin's vice principal, and Gu Fan's life was probably even more difficult than his, so he was relieved after thinking about it.

The distance between the two rows of seats is not large, and the chat content can be easily listened to.

In the evening, the discussion on the school forum was updated. It was rumored that Guan Zan was Huo Shaoqiu's student and Gu Wen's direct junior.In this way, the old story was brought up again, and many people began to criticize a certain school leader for using his relationship to stuff students in the orchestra, and teased him that he wanted to stuff the entire division into it.

Guan Zan dives anonymously, watching his own gossip to relieve boredom, and by the way, watching others pick up Huo Shaoqiu, there will be a lot of curious revelations.Guan Zan didn't know this senior brother well, but he always felt that with so many names, he must be Ke Su's most proud student.

However, it turns out that no matter what his actual achievements are, he can't escape the definition of "garbage" in the mouths of Internet blackmailers, and Huo Shaoqiu's success and fame are still scolded as worthless.Some people even said that his great apprentice was not talented enough to support the appearance of Zheng Wang Kesu, and that he could only rely on his laurels at his age. In today's folk music circle, apart from relying on the old to sell the old, other things are completely incomprehensible. He is not as good as a young fresh meat , at least it is pleasing for people to sit there and play the piano.

Guan Zan was in a complicated mood, and remembered Ke Jinrui's evaluation of the current situation of folk music.

This industry should obviously rely on talent to play for people who understand the piano, but unfortunately this will limit the audience and affect the development of the industry.The development of folk music is not easy, and every attempt is a double-edged sword, either killing the tradition or severing the future.