Lu Wei sat in front of the grand piano on the stage, prepared for a little while, and played "Canon"

A clear sound permeated the auditorium, and thousands of people were silent, listening carefully to the music that seemed to come from the depths of their hearts.

On the stage, two spotlights shone on Lu Wei's body, and the hands that were playing gracefully on the keys seemed to be covered with a layer of dreamy brilliance.

Whether those who know the piano or those who don’t know the piano, they all fell in love with this popular piano piece "Canon". The music flowing in the air was like a dancing elf, instantly fascinating the listener.

At the end of the song, Lu Wei stood up gracefully, held the piano and finished the curtain down the stage. A quiet moment ago, there was suddenly a warm applause from the audience.

After Lu Wei finished the performance, he greeted Kong Xiangdong, then walked off the stage and walked towards his seat.

"Okay, thank you for your wonderful performance. Next, we invite the famous pianist, Mr. Kong Xiangdong, who is also the judge of this piano competition, to play the piano concerto "Yellow River" for us. Everyone welcomes us with applause!" As soon as the beautiful host finished speaking, the audience burst into more enthusiastic applause. The students who were studying piano were even more excited, and applauded loudly while applauding.

Kong Xiangdong walked to the piano, adjusted the position and signaled that he could start. The sound engineer immediately played the accompaniment music.

Kong Xiangdong actually didn't plan to play this song because this concerto should have been collaborated with the orchestra, but Nanshi did not have a professional symphony orchestra. However, the school repeatedly expressed its hope that Kong Xiangdong could play this song, so Kong Xiangdong had to use the accompaniment belt.

As the speaker pressed the play button of the accompaniment, a short and solemn introduction of the brass music was heard from the speaker. The prelude to "Defend the Yellow River" sounded uncontrollably like surging waves. Kong Xiangdong sat on the piano bench, listening with a focused expression.

Lu Wei is very much looking forward to Kong Xiangdong's performance. The Piano Concerto of the Yellow River is his favorite Chinese piano piece. This piano concerto, created by famous composers such as Yin Chengzong, Chu Wanghua, and Liu Zhuang over more than a year, is large in scale and magnificent, and can give the listeners a kind of inspiring power. Lu Wei believes that the artistic achievements of this piano concerto are even higher than that of "Yellow River Chorus".

After a brief introduction, Kong Xiangdong's hands quickly lifted up and landed forcefully on the piano. The octave of his hands made a thick tone, and walked from slow to fast from the bass to the treble area, and finally a bright and powerful chord sounded. Then, the double back returned to the bass area, which was still in the octave range, but changed the previous slowness, and quickly ran to the treble area in a rapid alternating form, and another brighter and more powerful chord sounded, followed by a fast piano magnificent phrase. After that, the melody theme of "Defending the Yellow River" sounded vigorously after a short piece of string music. This is a marche of high fighting spirit, expressing the Chinese nation's heroic and unyielding dedication.

Kong Xiangdong's double rears jumped vigorously on the keys, and the majestic chords perfectly expressed the connotation of the music. The music seemed to have a force that hit the hearts of the people. The expression on each listener's face became firmer with the horn-like music.

Subsequently, the theme of the music continued to develop, weak, strong, and changing tone, as if the heroic scenes of the War of Resistance Against Japan were unfolding. The war horses were galloping, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the war. The anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians bravely fought against the enemy. The musical emotions rose and fell one after another. Finally, when the theme of "Oriental Red" appeared, the entire music reached its climax. Many old teachers felt their hearts fluctuated and their eyes couldn't help but feel a little wet.

Kong Xiangdong played himself in front of the piano, feeling excited. Every time he played this song, his soul would be baptized, and the unyielding spirit of the Chinese nation conveyed from the music made his soul tremble.

As the last chord that seemed to be played with the power of his whole body sounded, Kong Xiangdong ended his performance, and then sat in front of the piano for a few seconds, calmed down his excitement, then stood up with a smile, faced the audience, held the piano and bowed to the signal.

The audience burst into applause like tsunamis, and the classmates and teachers stood up to applause. The applause not only included gratitude to Kong Xiangdong's wonderful performance, but also the joy that came from the heart moved by the music.

Lu Wei and Kang Xiaoling also stood up and expressed their respect for the great pianist with applause.

The performance was over, and many students were reluctant to leave in the auditorium and refused to leave. Many students surrounded Kong Xiangdong, holding pens and notebooks in their hands to ask him for signatures. At this moment, Kong Xiangdong showed his excellent cultivation as a pianist. He smiled and signed each student without getting tired of it. After more than half an hour, Kong Xiangdong said a little apologetically: "Sorry, we have to rush back to Beijing tonight, so we cannot meet the students' requirements for signatures one by one. Everyone thinks this is good, how about we take a photo together?"

Kong Xiangdong's proposal was immediately approved by everyone. The students consciously divided into several groups to take photos with Kong Xiangdong one by one, and then most of them left with satisfaction.

Principal Chen walked up and said to Kong Xiangdong with a smile: "Teacher Kong, I'm so embarrassed, I'm so tired."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. I'm very happy that the students welcome me so much." Kong Xiangdong said to Principal Chen with a smile.

"Let's leave after dinner tonight, we have already made arrangements." Principal Chen continued.

"You're welcome, we really have to rush back right away," explained Kong Xiangdong.

"Okay, since that's the case, I won't keep all the teachers. I hope you can come here often to guide our piano teaching work if you have time in the future!" Principal Chen said with anticipation.

"Okay, I will definitely come here if I have time. Then that's it, Principal Chen, goodbye." Kong Xiangdong said as he stretched out his hand to Principal Chen.

"Goodbye, I wish you a good journey, haha." Principal Chen held Kong Xiangdong's hand vigorously and said to Kong Xiangdong and other judges.

After saying goodbye to Principal Chen, Kong Xiang walked towards Lu Wei and first said to Li Deqian beside Lu Wei: "It's Teacher Li, I'm so sorry. I accepted Lu Wei as my student without saying hello to you. Don't mind."

"How can it be? Lu Wei is so lucky to have your guidance. I also hope that Teacher Kong and several teachers will have time to come to our Master Chang to guide our music education work more." Li Deqian said happily.

"Okay, I will go when I have time. Teacher Li, don't worry, Lu Wei only studied a class with me on Saturday, which will not affect his normal study. By the way, I want to take him to my place to get familiar with the environment first, so he can't go back to school tonight. Can you see?" Kong Xiangdong said.

"It's okay, these two days are originally holidays." Li Deqian said with a smile.

"Okay, Lu Wei, I'll take it away. Goodbye, Teacher Li."

"Goodbye", Li Deqian shook hands with Kong Xiangdong, and then said to Lu Wei beside him: "You guy is so lucky, you can get guidance from Teacher Kong! You must study hard with Teacher Kong, do you know?"

"Don't worry, Teacher Li, I will definitely try to squeeze all the artistic cells on Teacher Kong in the shortest time!" Lu Wei popped up a funny sketch line.

"How do you say this kid?" Li Deqian said Lu Wei with a smile, and Kong Xiangdong laughed aside.

After saying goodbye to Li Deqian, Lu Wei, Kang Xiaoling, Kong Xiangdong and others got into the car and left the Southern Division.

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Chapter completed!