Married to the Demon King

Chapter 82

The final exam passed quickly, and Yu Jiu, an older undergraduate student, got all A's.

Although it was not difficult for him, he had to prepare for both the exam and Xiao Sai's repertoire, and he was really busy for a while.

The Chopin International Piano Competition is held every five years.

Contestants began to sign up in November of last year, submitted several rounds of competition selections, recorded audition discs according to the rules, and sent them to the organizing committee.

After the selection round of listening to discs, the qualified contestants will come to Warsaw, the capital of Poland, in April of the competition year for the preliminary round.

The qualifiers will leave [-] to [-] young pianists from all over the world to enter the official round in October of the same year.

Layers of strict screening made Xiao Sai worthy of the world-renowned official piano competition.

Yu Jiu just got the news that his audition disc has passed.

Jin Yan specially called him over, gave him some advice, and informed him that after the Chinese New Year, the Music Association will organize a meeting for all the contestants who passed the country and help them complete all subsequent matters.

Yu Jiu nodded obediently.

"I checked the selection of the song for you, but in this arena, my name, teacher, is still not loud enough."

Jin Yan sighed and said again: "If you listened to me and went to the master class, then in this competition, you are the disciple of Master Clark..."

"Teacher Jin." Yu Jiu smiled and said, "Only you teach me the most."

Even if you go to the master class, omitting the language study and other schedules of the master, the time you can really follow to learn the piano will definitely not exceed half a year until Xiao Sai is held.Even if he can bear the name of a master's disciple, it just sounds nice.

Jin Yan was a little moved, she was silent for a while, and said relievedly: "Anyway, go to the world to show yourself."

This year's New Year, Yu Jiu and Lin Cong'an spent their time at the old house of Lin's family.

Since Lin Cong'an has completely become the master of the Lin family, this manor is not as scary as before.

A large area here is private territory. On New Year's Eve, Lin Cong'an prepared huge fireworks and set them off for an hour.Because of the high terrain, most of the autumn city can see the fireworks, and I even made a little guess on the Internet about what organization set them off.

Yu Jiu's cold was completely cured after winter.There was no snow in Autumn City, but the temperature was very low. The other relatives of the Lin family dispersed after the lively New Year's Eve dinner, and they were the only ones watching the fireworks wrapped in thick down jackets on the roof of the main house.

"The fireworks at Lou Xiaochuan's house look better, or this one?"

Yu Jiu laughed out loud: "Do you have to compare with him?"

"Ah."

It was rare for Lin Cong'an to ask such a naive question, Yu Jiu thought about it carefully while being amused.

The white steam exhaled from the mouth formed clouds that dissipated immediately, and there was no one around, and it was quiet.

In the hustle and bustle of the market, although the fireworks are ordinary, they have a new year flavor.And the fireworks blooming in this uninhabited land, although no one is cheering, are gorgeous and enthusiastic by themselves.

Which is better?Yu Jiu couldn't tell, so he smiled: "With you by the side, any fireworks are beautiful."

After that, he felt his neck heat up, Lin Cong'an hugged him from behind, and bit his earlobe.

"Happy New Year." Lin Cong'an said.

"Happy New Year." Yu Jiu smiled, his eyes filled with light.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, there was an endless stream of visitors to the Lin family's old house.In addition to the distant relatives who came to make connections, most of them are business partners.

Yu Jiu hid in his room practicing the piano most of the time, and when Lin Cong'an was receiving guests downstairs, he could always hear the crisp and beautiful sound of the piano.

Every guest would praise from the bottom of their hearts: "Mr. Yu plays really well." Hearing this sentence, Lin Cong'an would smile and speak better than usual.As if you can't get tired of hearing it.

In the evening, Yu Jiu was called down by the housekeeper to eat snacks and drink tea, and accidentally saw a visitor he knew.

"Yang Bingyan?" He asked in surprise.

The woman sitting opposite Lin Cong'an, with curly curly hair and bright lipstick, looked as arrogant as before.She deserves to be the female warrior who did not look like Lin Cong'an in the jewelry store.

Yu Jiu thought, if I remember correctly, is she pregnant with a child?No...it should have been born a long time ago!

Seeing Yu Jiu's surprise, Lin Cong'an took the initiative to say: "No one from the Yang family came this year, only her. Her son was born almost half a year ago, and she didn't bring it with her."

"Hello." Yu Jiu said politely.

Yang Bingyan nodded.

"Your family is really capable of building." She said casually: "Sometimes it will be split up and then it will be merged. This year, the business of Yang's family has been affected a lot. During the Chinese New Year, my grandfather overturned the dining table after reading the bill, twisted his waist too hard, and was hospitalized. gone."

"..."

"In the new year, starting from the hospital, my family is scrambling like crazy to go to the hospital to take care of my grandpa. What are you doing? Even if the ward is as big as a basketball court, it can't hold so many people. It's like wishing the old man could hurry up As if dead, the old man's waist is fine, but his head is almost so angry that he has a cerebral hemorrhage."

"..." Yu Jiu was speechless.

Yu Jiu felt that Miss Yang had changed a little bit.

Recalling the scene when she confidently told Lin Cong'an that she would have two children together and keep one for each, it seemed like it was still yesterday.Although Lin Cong'an is not here now, she has her own child. Has the life she imagined come true?

"It's okay." Yang Bingyan replied: "The child has a nanny at night, and I play with him during the day, and I'm not very tired."

"It's just that sometimes I wonder, if I had been more cautious at the beginning, could someone share the joy of raising children now." She laughed at herself: "No matter how many Moments you post, no one will be as happy as me."

Pass some cooperation cases to Lin Cong'an by category, and Yang Bingyan's task of coming for the Yang family is completed.

Before leaving, she glanced at Lin Cong'an and Yu Jiu, with a flash of envy in her eyes: "You guys are doing well."

After that, she wrapped her expensive fur coat tightly, stepped on high heels, and the luxury car drove her away from Lin's house.

Yu Jiu looked at Lin Cong'an: "What are you thinking?"

"diamond."

"?" Yu Jiu didn't understand: "What?"

Lin Cong'an came back to his senses: "When I bought that blue diamond as a hair band, I met her in the store by chance. When I saw her, I thought of that diamond. It's a pity."

Yu Jiu couldn't laugh or cry: "Is her sense of existence with you so weak?"

"No." Lin Congan: "I just remembered that I owe you a wedding."

Yu Jiu blushed, pursed his lips and thought for a while, grabbed Lin Cong'an's hand and said, "Wait until I finish the competition. No matter how many places we win, we will have a wedding."

Lin Cong'an tightened his hands: "Okay." He then said: "It's too early to prepare now, planning and making appointments take time."

"Listen to you." Yu Jiu kissed him: "Just don't be too extravagant."

That is to say, who is Mr. Lin, his not extravagant and Yu Jiu's not extravagant are not the same concept at all!

So just after the new year, taking advantage of Yu Jiu's going to the music association meeting, he decisively found a top planning company to discuss his wedding plan.

After being sent to the point by Lin Cong'an, as soon as he turned around, he saw Yu Jiu who was riding Juechen in that car: "...?"

What are you in a hurry to do?Didn't you have to watch him go for a while before?

Yu Jiu was puzzled, and didn't focus on this meeting until he entered the meeting room.

The conference room is huge, but even so, it is still full.

Yu Jiu made a rough count, and there were at least 40 people.

He came late, and everyone found someone they knew to sit together, discussing something in a low voice, and there were not many familiar faces.So he found a corner and sat down.

10 minutes later, the person in charge with the sign came in, first sent everyone a thick stack of documents and forms with a smile on his face, and then used countless exaggerated words to praise everyone's excellent skills and high level... ...

"Ahem." Someone reminded me, and the person in charge at the front stopped talking: "In short, you are all outstanding talents in Huaguo, and our goal is to win glory for the country!"

Players: "..."

The artists couldn't understand this kind of passionate speech of athletes. After three seconds of silence, Yu Jiu took the lead in applauding!

Crackling applause sounded one after another, alleviating the embarrassment in the meeting room.

Next, let’s get to the point. The person in charge mainly talked about the board and lodging issues, visa issues, and other details that have nothing to do with the competition.

"The Chopin International Piano Competition is rated as a category A international competition. If you get the ranking, in addition to the prize money of the competition itself, the country will also get a prize money." The person in charge said with a smile: "This represents the importance our country attaches to art projects... ..."

After another long speech, the main point was finally brought up——

In addition to the board and lodging provided by the organizing committee during the official competition, the state will not provide financial subsidies for the preliminary round in April.

There were several contestants present who clearly showed disappointed expressions.

Traveling abroad is not cheap.Round-trip air tickets, meals and hotels all need money.

Those who really have no money have already been brushed on the threshold of the competition, and most of the players who can enter this conference room are already good players with good skills and conditions.Even so, there are still hopes for some relief.

However, you can only get bonuses if you get good grades.If you can't get it, you will lose your fame and wealth. For some people, it is indeed a gamble.

The one with the lowest education in the meeting room is Yu Jiu, and he is also the most famous one with money. Many people secretly looked at him.

Yu Jiu looked back without knowing why.

The person in charge clapped his hands: "Pianists, in order to enhance our friendship, let's get to know each other?"

Then, Yu Jiu heard all kinds of resumes that sounded awesome...

Graduates from famous conservatories have low-level academic qualifications, and some of them have studied abroad. Not only have they studied abroad, but they have also learned from international masters, and international masters are also judges at Xiao Sai.

In addition to these, everyone has more or less won various international awards. As a bumpkin who only participated in domestic comprehensive music competitions, some Yu Jiu has never even heard of it...

When it was Yu Jiu's turn, he stood up blankly: "Well, everyone, I'm Yu Jiu. I'm an undergraduate student at the Qiucheng Conservatory of Music. I have won many awards, including the champion of the Qingyin Competition."

The eyes focused on his face, with kindness and disdain, but more of indifference.

Yu Jiu thought with some frustration, so there are so many great piano players, and these people don't even bother to participate in the Qingyin Competition, they think that domestic competitions will make them lose their qualifications.

Most of these people's dreams are close to Yang Shu's, to become a pianist, tour, release discs, and become famous internationally.

And his previous wish was just to be a piano teacher.

Be looked down upon, of course.

But after being so intuitively hit, Yu Jiu no longer had the previous anxiety. He found that he was an ordinary and insignificant person.The popularity of Weibo does not mean that he must be the best, and he doesn't need to carry such a heavy burden.

He is no longer short of money, and his goal is not prize money or fame. Even if he really loses, he can still show everyone the level of the truly intense top competition.

No need to make excuses or be afraid of embarrassment, there are so many people who are better than him.

And these are only Hua Guo's players.How many amazing young pianists will there be in Asia and even in the world?

He was faintly excited.