I Don’t Want To Be Popular

Among the ten most difficult piano pieces in the world, Liszt owns five.

This song "Norma's Memories" ranked eighth.

This piece of music is technically difficult, grand in length, brilliant in tone, and majestic in emotion. Not only does the player have to be technically competent, but the emotion in it is also very rich.

This is a masterpiece of technical excellence.

It doesn't sound good at first, or even a little unpleasant, but the members of the piano club are all experts, so they naturally know what this piece of music represents.

Needless to say, amateur level 10 and professional level 10 players may not necessarily play well.

Even if it can be played, it can't play the grand and deep emotions!

Crazy octaves, tricky arpeggios, scales, difficult double notes... require a high degree of coordination between the left and right hands!

The song is 15 minutes long. Chen Chuan starts from the middle, without any foreshadowing, and goes straight into it, which catches people off guard and deeply hurts their hearts.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Chen Chuan's wild waves

Madness is an attitude

The waves are rising and falling

wild waves wild waves

wild waves wild waves

After the 4-minute first part was played, Chen Chuan placed his hands on the keys and closed his eyes.

The afternoon sun shone on his face, making him look as holy as a virgin.

In the piano room, dozens of pairs of eyes looked at him.

Someone's eyes fell on the Bentley Flying Spur keys on top of his piano.

Someone looked at his MM dissolving shoes.

Someone looked at his PP Nautilus watch.

Someone looked at his side face which is 30% more handsome than Daniel Wu and Eddie Peng combined.

Some people's eyes have lost focus and they don't know what they are looking at.

"Is he... the boy who chatted with me that day?" In the dance troupe,

The beauty with long flowing hair looked at Chen Chuan sideways in surprise. She was Qin Xiang!

Qindao University, the No. 3 character in the [Fengliuzhai] dance troupe, the eldest is Han Chunchen, the second is Xiaomei, and the third is Qin Xiangxiang.

Snap!

Chen Chuan took out the Golden Years of Yellow Crane Tower, lit one, and took a puff. The smoke was dense and rising in the afternoon sun.

No one dared to stop him by saying that smoking was not allowed in the piano room.

Chen Chuan slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, turned his back to everyone, and asked: "Who is the president?"

No one answered.

Because no one dared to answer, no one could speak under the aftertaste of Liszt's "Memories of Norma". When they opened their mouths and found that no sound came out, they were shocked to realize that they were speechless and choked.

"genius!"

"Cool beep!"

"Sexy, unparalleled showiness!"

"The strongest man!"

"President Kazuo challenges Yukio!"

The members of the piano club were filled with turmoil.

Chen Chuan stood up, turned around slowly, and asked, "Who is the president?"

Everyone took a step back.

The girl who stopped her at the door opened her mouth and managed to say: "President Lin, he went to the competition."

"What game?"

"Steel, steel..."

"Steel what?"

"Piano competition, Haiqin City Youth Piano Competition." The girl answered questions and answers.

Chen Chuan narrowed his eyes and looked at the club members in the piano room: "If I win the championship, will I be the president?"

"No, but being the president requires..." someone hesitated.

Chen Chuan raised his hand and interrupted: "In addition, I promise to raise 200,000 yuan in sponsorship fees for the club every year, and I will personally pay 10,000 yuan every week as a reward for outstanding club members. That's enough. Not enough to be a president?”

"I think the president cannot look at money and material things. Sponsorships and bonuses are tempting, but character and morality are equally important." said a female member with curly hair.

"You object?"

"I'm not against it, it's just that you're not even a member, and you just say you want to be the president. Although your strength is not bad, President Lin is not bad either..." the curly-haired woman said.

"Okay, if I become president in the future, the rewards will be none of your business. What will your name be?"

"Hao Jiazhi." The curly-haired woman said.

"Okay, who else objects?" Chen Chuan asked.

"The Qin Club has its own rules. Not everyone can..." A girl with short hair.

"Okay, you won't have anything to do with rewards in the future. By December this year, I will reward you with a piano worth 200,000 yuan. I, Chen Chuan, keep my word. Who else objects?" Chen Chuan looked at everyone.

"Smoking is not allowed here..." a girl said softly.

Chen Chuan's eyes narrowed and he looked at the crowd following the sound.

"Qin, Qin Xiang?" Chen Chuan saw Qin Xiang wearing a black slim-fitting dress, black suede high boots, and wavy black curly hair.

This woman... She had straight hair a few days ago, but now it's curly and wavy. Does she like to toss her hair so much?

This look makes her already slim legs look straighter and longer.

Her wavy hair hung over her shoulders, making her even more attractive.

A slim-fitting belt style is added to the middle of the tube top black dress, which makes the waist appear very slender and makes the whole person more charming.

"Wearing such clothes on campus..." Chen Chuan was speechless and couldn't help but take another look.

Chen Chuan looked at her and said, "Are you against me too?"

"No, I'm from the dance club, not the piano club. I just want to remind you that smoking is not allowed here." Qin Xiang said.

Looking at Qin Xiang's appearance, Chen Chuan felt that this person was born to be an Internet celebrity.

In 2017, Douyin was just about to become popular.

And she, according to the deduction cards in the real world, did later become a short video internet celebrity and gained millions of fans.

Chen Chuan added Qin Xiang to his "Ten Billions of Dollars" plan.

In reality, Qin Xiang went abroad for further study, and he and she hadn't seen each other for a long time. Seeing her now seemed like a reunion after a long absence.

But today is not a good day to interact with her, but to win the position of president of the piano club first.

He put out his cigarette, put away his arrogant attitude, and said to the club members: "To play the piano, you need a good teacher. I am willing to be your teacher and teach you my best. When it comes to piano attainments, I must be the best in the country. Even No. 1 in the world. If there are members of the Elder Council in the club, you can discuss and vote internally. Let me go and win the youth competition championship first."

After saying that, Chen Chuan walked out of the piano room.

"Handsome, handsome guy... you forgot the keys to your Bentley." A girl reminded him.

Chen Chuan walked back backwards, took the car keys, and walked out again.

…

Haiqin International Youth Piano Competition.

Youth group: 16-25 years old

The judges are composed of ten piano professors from the provincial Quancheng Art College and the municipal Haiqin Art College, as well as four foreign pianists.

Registration is April 1-2.

The first round of selection and master’s open class will be held on the 3rd and 4th.

From the 5th to the 6th, the second round of prize competition and awards concert will be held.

Registration fee: 580 yuan.

For Chen Chuan, the first place he signed up for was to get the first one. Among the ten universities in the university town and a professional art college, whether he was the president of the piano club or an individual, none of them could compare with his Liszt heritage. There is no comparison.

After signing up, Chen Chuan took out a day's quota and went to the mall to buy a Sony A9.

The A9 is the most expensive camera in 2017. It is Sony’s flagship mirrorless camera. There is no more expensive camera on the market. It is priced at 119,999 yuan with a set of large three-element lenses.

On the day of the competition on the 3rd, Chen Chuan handed his A9 mirrorless camera to a girl who was participating in the competition together, gave her a tip of 300 yuan, and asked her to take videos of her entire competition performance from multiple angles.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Chen Chuan took the stage.

When Chen Chuan's Liszt "Will-o'-the-Wisp" played, the whole place fell silent.

Professor Liang Xinyan from the Piano Department of the Qinshi Conservatory of Music stood up with trembling lips and said: "This will-o-the-wisp! This will-o'-the-wisp... In 2005, the 20-year-old piano talent Shen Wenyu won the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition in Los Angeles. The song I played when I won the championship was this Will-O-Wisp. Now, this classmate has actually shown more advanced skills, fuller emotions, and more dexterity and fun than Shen Wenyu! What is his name?"

"Professor Liang, this player's name is Chen Chuan, a sophomore at Qinqin University." said the person next to him.

"I must accept him as my disciple." Liang Xinyan looked at Chen Chuan with piercing eyes, "If not, I will let him accept me as his disciple."

"Professor Liang's words are serious, but judging from this will-o'-the-wisp, this student must be number one." Another professor named Dong Chengang said.

"Classmate Chen is more professional than the piano majors at the Conservatory of Music, or he may not be able to use his major... I'm afraid we haven't judged his qualifications yet. Come on, he will be the first."

…

On the afternoon of April 6th.

Chen Chuan received the championship trophy and took a photo with a group of piano professors.

The person standing and applauding in the audience was a young man who seemed to have a gentle temperament. He was Lin Shijin, the president of Qinda Piano Club. He advanced to the bottom in the first round, but was eliminated in the first round of the second round.

"Classmate Chen, my name is Liang Xinyan, and I am a professor in the Piano Department of Haiqin Conservatory of Music."

"Hello Chen Chuan, my name is Dong Chengang, a professor in the Piano Department of Quancheng Art College."

"Classmate Chen, let's have dinner together tonight. Those of us who are engaged in music are inevitably very excited when we see such a dazzling piece of gold." A female professor with a gentle smile looked at Chen Chuan kindly, "I am Qin Da Tao Xia from the Music Department, as a teacher at Qinqin University, I am very proud to see students like you."

Several well-established piano professors in the province greeted Chen Chuan one after another.

Chen Chuan was a little embarrassed by the sincere attitude of several respected professors.

Professor Tao Xia said: "The last time I was so proud was when Qin Xiang from our school won the first place in the city guzheng competition. That was last year."

Chen Chuan said: "Qin Xiang, okay, let's have dinner together tonight. Professor Tao, can you call that Qin Xiang? I want to get to know him."

Several professors looked at each other.

Tao Xia smiled gently and said, "Okay, then give me Qin Xiang a call. Let you young talents get to know each other."