On Monday morning, after Yang Jingxing sat down in Hongxin Studio, he received another call from Li Yingzhen: "Come to school right away!"

Yang Jingxing boldly said: "I really have something going on today, I can't do it..."

Li Yingzhen still has the same style as before: "I won't say it a second time."

Yang Jingxing had to return to school. In Li Yingzhen's office, there were Lu Kaiping, Zhang Chujia, and An Xin.

Lu Kaiping, who was holding the piano score in his hand, was the happiest: "I want to praise you this time, big praise!"

Li Yingzhen was not so happy: "You go over first, I have something to tell him."

Director Lu was very obedient: "Okay, let's go over there and wait."

Zhang Chujia patted Yang Jingxing on the shoulder as he passed by: "Is everything okay?"

Yang Jingxing smiled and said, "Professor, what did I do wrong again?"

After confirming that no one was around, Li Yingzhen yelled at Yang Jingxing: "What does Qi Qingnuo want to do!?"

Yang Jingxing looked innocent: "I knew this was the case. Who did you listen to?"

Li Yingzhen didn't answer: "Have you come here to play with sex? Are your wings stiff?"

Yang Jingxing begged: "Don't say that, calm down, you must have misunderstood..."

Of course Li Yingzhen was angry. It had happened for so long, but she still heard other teachers ask about it after she came to school this morning. Even An Xin didn't take the initiative to report it. She was scolded for it. No wonder she looked wrong just now.

Yang Jingxing is a fair person: "What does this have to do with her? Don't blame her."

Li Yingzhen, who is about to retire, still has the gossip mentality and asks questions.

Yang Jingxing wanted to answer simply: "...You know what's wrong with me. Qi Qingnuo has been angry about this kind of thing not once or twice. You can't blame her. It's really my problem."

Li Yingzhen denied it and asked: "What's your problem?"

Yang Jingxing was a little embarrassed to say it: "It's just that... as a boyfriend, he is not peaceful enough and not responsible enough."

Obviously, this is a serious problem. Li Yingzhen was stunned for a moment and seemed unable to deny it or argue with it. Then she could only muddle through: "...Oh, I thought about it well and cleverly, but also thought that the horse wouldn't eat breakfast. How could it be so?

A good thing?"

Yang Jingxing smiled: "If you had a daughter, you wouldn't say that. Don't worry about this..."

Li Yingzhen asked again: "Why didn't you tell Xinting yourself?"

Yang Jingxing was embarrassed: "How can I be embarrassed? It's not an honorable thing."

Li Yingzhen asked again: "Have I called you?"

"Xinting?" Yang Jingxing shook his head: "No, I don't want to comfort you. She sent me a text message and said she would continue to work hard."

Li Yingzhen glanced sideways at Yang Jingxing with a look of disdain: "Are you asking for help in a low voice?"

Yang Jingxing: "Please, it's useless."

Li Yingzhen asked: "Do you still feel you owe her something?"

Yang Jingxing said: "It's my fault...she is also very unhappy."

Li Yingzhen was very lenient: "Have you told your family..."

Inside and outside the small conference room of the Piano Department, a large group of people waited for less than half an hour before Li Yingzhen and Yang Jingxing finally appeared. It seemed that all the teachers from the Piano Department were here, and teachers from other majors in the office building also came to support them. Yang Jingxing did not even know that

No time to say hello.

The teachers blocking the door made way and were smiling at Yang Jingxing, but Li Yingzhen's expression was obviously serious, so everyone was more artistic.

Teacher Hou, who works in the same office as Zhang Chujia, praised Yang Jingxing: "A new work has been released again. You see so many people paying attention to it."

Yang Jingxing: "I'm so nervous."

The teachers offered words of comfort one after another.

The conference room was quite crowded. Lu Kaiping, who leads the major with the most professorships in the school, took the seat and reminded everyone: "Let Professor Li come in..."

Li Yingzhen's seat is reserved for everyone, and those who have seats are mostly professors, and Gong Xiaoling is the guest. There is only one sheet of music at the moment, and Professor Feng is holding it to read, while Professor Hu can only tilt his head to glance at it.

Li Yingzhen sat down, Yang Jingxing stood next to An Xin, and Lu Kaiping became happy: "As I said just now, classmate Yang Jingxing has completed another piano work. I believe he has lived up to the care and expectations of so many teachers... Qin

The score hasn't been printed yet, and we were notified at short notice, so it's a bit hasty, but it doesn't matter, Yang Jingxing is willing to accept the test of all the teachers... right?"

Yang Jingxing nodded: "I'm willing...but it's a lot of pressure."

Lu Kaiping chuckled: "Pressure is motivation... Let's ask Professor Li to say a few words."

Li Yingzhen shook her head, saying she had nothing to say, and instructed Yang Jingxing: "Play it again."

The upright domestic piano in the conference room was moved there a long time ago when the teachers were testing him and his C-sharp minor sonata. It usually had no chance to play even if it was covered with a cover, but today it was exposed to the light again.

Yang Jingxing went to sit down in front of the piano and said he didn't need music scores.

The audience was probably in their thirties or forties. The professors and experts who were sitting in rows along the walls of the conference room ranged from the music history teacher to the teacher Ma Zhe. There were also those standing at the door to avoid overcrowding. They were all Pu Yin

Everyone, give the students face and calm down as soon as possible.

Professor Lao Feng said: "Let me interject first. Although the title is Sonata in D major, a single movement, we must pay special attention to the rondo characteristics in the music... Both the content and technique of the work exceed the previous sonata. I

It is recommended not to have too many discussions today."

Everyone had a higher status than him, so Lu Kaiping could only nod his head in agreement and said he wanted to listen first.

Yang Jingxing was too lazy to say anything modest and raised his hand.

From the beginning, one hand beats rapidly in the mid-range, and the obviously intense and beautiful theme changes rapidly, with color changes one after another, until the harmony appears. The harmony is thin at the beginning, and as the theme

The singing nature changes and becomes gradually richer and further intense.

Although the introduction of more than ten bars is long, it is obviously very impatient in temperament. It simply grabs the audience's attention rudely, indicating that this will not be a peaceful song... The surrounding audience members are prepared.

Be prepared and become more energetic.

The general pattern of the song is still the same old one. After the introduction is the presentation part. The main part seems to suddenly become gentle and less exciting, but retains the enthusiasm. The polyphony is relatively restrained, rich and clear.

The main part has more than 40 measures. Overall, it is full of singing enthusiasm and liveliness, and has a very friendly feeling. It makes people feel that the previous introduction seems to be a bluff. The expressions of the teachers standing and sitting have softened a little.

Only a few professors were still prepared.

Next comes the connecting part, where the composer uses a clever and subtle combination of the introduction and the main part's materials to play with the canon, becoming calm, gentle and moving.

However, the transition from the connecting part to the sub-part is rather sudden. The sub-part only has more than thirty measures, but the colors are more intense and diverse, with rich bass harmonies supporting the majestic theme, soft melody and surging music.

The octave shouts are constantly conflicting and contrasting, and there are also strange and dark melodies that appear and disappear...

Yang Jingxing played harder and moved wider, but the audience remained motionless. Everyone was well-informed and had learned all kinds of weird writing techniques.

The following ending can be regarded as the first chapter of the whole song. It gradually transitions from the huge image of thousands of troops at the end of the second part to the thinness of the single part, and then slowly enters a turbulent and magnificent scene, which is also the first time in the whole song.

A place where the performer's hard skills are put to the test.

But everything is orderly, even precise, the double voices seem to come from two pianos, magnificent lyricism, sonorous telling, sharp dialogue...

Yang Jingxing seemed to flood the office building with musical notes. Professor Feng, who had returned from retirement, was old, and his hands on the table were shaking slightly without realizing it.

Professor Hu sat up and looked at the sky, having already put down the music score he had snatched from Professor Feng.

Zhang Chujia stood with her head held high, facing the window and looking out the window.

An Xin clenched her fists, as if gathering strength.

Li Yingzhen's expression was a bit gloomy, as if she was not satisfied with the students' performance...

Next, the insertion and development are the most ingenious creation methods of the whole song. This is what Professor Feng reminded everyone to pay attention to. It should be noted that the composer obviously does not want to give the audience time to taste and think. He allows various music

The colors sloping down like a waterfall, unquestionable, unhesitating, even stubborn and angry, but without losing its coherence.

In the nearly two hundred measures of music, the composer seemed to have no reservations and did his best to enjoy himself. Sometimes he was bold and sometimes he was meticulous, but sometimes he felt vague...

Yang Jingxing didn't look as steady as he usually does when playing the piano, but no one looked at him, and even if they looked at him, they didn't take it in. At this moment, music is the absolute protagonist.

Zhang Chujia was still looking out the window, her posture unchanged like the others.

After more than 430 measures, the music unknowingly enters the fugue writing technique full of romantic characteristics, and begins to introduce the recapitulation.

Generally speaking, the recapitulation is the best and most pleasant passage in the whole song. It is obviously the same material as before, but it has been combined and modified with various ingenious changes by the composer to create another world in the music.

The composer has not lost his mind yet. After bombarding, he tries to bring the audience into a calm and gentle world, even happiness.

If the first four hundred bars of the music are the composer's wild use of technical theory, the recapitulation is when inspiration and talent gradually emerge gently, like a careful transformation, like a re-establishment of the world view. With the main part of the recapitulation,

As the connecting part and the secondary part progress gradually, the composer seems to be constantly challenging the audience's imagination and perception of beauty. It turns out that it can be more beautiful and better...

By the end, it was almost boring, and it almost didn't feel like a serious piece of music.

Fortunately, the composer did not go too far, and the music entered the final section after 530 measures.

The ending is different from the previous one. It is rigorous, plain, and even simple. The more than sixty bars appear calm, until the whole song ends calmly, even a little dull.

Yang Jingxing finished playing a piece of more than 600 measures and just over 20 minutes. He didn't look at the audience, let alone say anything offensive in advance.

The audience was also silent. After a long silence, Lu Kaiping took the lead in applauding: "Okay..."

Everyone applauded, enthusiastically and seriously. Li Yingzhen did not move, only serious.

Yang Jingxing turned his head and cheered as a greeting to the audience.
To be continued...