In 1997, the song "Heart Too Soft" was sung everywhere in the streets and alleys. Backstreet Boys and Spice Girls officially introduced European and American music to China. Anyone who could carry a Walkman recorder with him, preferably with Sony headphones, was extremely fashionable.
At that time, there would always be a group of dancers wearing red or white gloves, black suits and straight black ties, dancing the crotch-grabbing dance at the art performances of major universities, which would ignite the whole audience.
As soon as the fifth generation of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was released by Koei Tecmo, countless people picked up their mice and sat in front of their computers day and night to enter the game world where heroes fought on the battlefield.
The girls in the class seemed to have grown up all of a sudden. The songs they liked to listen to and the clothes they wore gradually became brighter. Some of them even got their ears pierced. There was a small park on the main road between No. 1 High School and the Conservatory of Music. There was a small square deep in the park. Initially, students from the Conservatory of Music came here to practice piano and singing because the piano and rehearsal rooms were not enough.
Some people think that there is everything in a music college, with practice rooms and equipment, so why would they go out to practice piano? In fact, this is just an appearance. In order to get a good practice room or rehearsal room, many people have to get up early every day to grab a room, and once there are exams or tests, the place is even more overcrowded.
Moreover, the Conservatory of Music holds a music festival almost every week, and they often start preparing for the next rehearsal on Monday. Rehearsals also require a venue, and the school had not yet expanded at that time and it was not very large. The administration would not allow you to sing and play instruments in the open air and affect the order in the classroom, so some people came up with a solution: they took their equipment and practiced in the small park next to it.
The music conservatory itself is a closed management system and students are generally not allowed to go out. However, there is no way as there are too many students with such demands, and most of them pretend to be sick and ask for leave to go out. Over time, as long as the practice rooms and classrooms are crowded, the school will turn a blind eye to students leaving the school to rehearse in this way.
Later, due to this promotion, this small park had musicians gathering here almost every day. Over time, it became a small music sanctuary in Shanhai City. People could be seen everywhere holding guitars, trumpets, violins or various orchestral instruments. Some people even brought speakers and keyboards to communicate with the park management office and connect some wires for performances.
Some popular songs are still the most performed here.
Most of the students in the first high school who are preparing to take the music specialty exam or who have started a band in school have come to this park to learn from others and practice and exchange ideas.
This influence also affected No. 1 High School. From the end of the afternoon until before evening self-study, some students who had finished their meals would go to the small park to watch these musicians singing and playing. At that time, many of them had long hair and a guitar. They didn't have to be too handsome, as long as they sang well, they could naturally charm a lot of girls.
Of course, what the students of No. 1 High School talk about most are the performances of certain bands from the Conservatory of Music or certain influential figures.
The predecessor of Xichuan Conservatory of Music was the "Xichuan Provincial Drama Education Experimental School" founded in 1939. It is a professional art training institution with a long history. It is one of the only nine professional higher music colleges in China and one of the first institutions to grant a master's degree in art approved by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee. The school's headquarters is in Chengdu, and Shanhai City is the first branch.
Whether it is the current or future music circles, when mentioning this college, there is no doubt that it is a famous music sanctuary in the southwest. Many famous domestic musicians have graduated from or studied at this college.
Of course, as the Shanhai Branch Campus of Sichuan Conservatory of Music, a lot of teaching resources have been allocated here. At least several very famous professors have come here to teach, and the results are quite good. Some people such as Zhang Xiaojiao and Wang An, who are now quite famous in China, graduated from the Shanhai Branch of Sichuan Conservatory of Music.
With such a leading and radiating effect, no one knows which outstanding student in this college may be the next rising star.
Nowadays, many people are fans of celebrities. They listen to their favorite stars’ songs and put up their posters at home.
However, with a music college so close by, and being able to often hear performances by famous bands and celebrities at the university, only the students at No. 1 High School who are influenced by these things can truly feel the charm of the singing and performances of the older brothers and sisters.
Therefore, many girls actually felt that their horizons were broadened, especially many of them who went to see the performance because of activities held at the nearby music college.
After coming back, they excitedly talked about how good this band was, and how so-and-so sang really well, as if they had been nurtured and baptized by music. Then, looking back at these high school students, seeing some boys still fighting and playing during class breaks, Yao Beibei would often look down on them, "You are so childish!... I don't want to play with you anymore!"
He acted as if he had reached a different level than you.
In her opinion, what she was listening to were back street stories about hot girls and discussions about how some celebrity's junior fellow students at Sichuan Conservatory of Music were doing. How could she be the same as ordinary people
Days go by like flowing water. Young people always yearn for maturity, like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, struggling and eager to break free from the simple environment and embrace a new life and world. The colorful imagination of the future and the constraints of the old order are in fierce conflict. They hate it all and want to break it all. They even hope that they can take the college entrance examination farther away, farther away from home, so that they don’t have to face their parents’ nagging faces.
The friends who exchanged cigarette butts in the toilet were the best brothers. The figure of the person I glimpsed at that time was the most beautiful color in my once gloomy life. The game I skipped class to play or the ball game I watched was the most exciting entertainment.
Many years later, looking back, it turns out that those days, when they had cursed countless times and wished they could see all the flowers in Chang'an flying in one day, were actually the happiest and most carefree time for them.
The simple and humble courtyard with red walls and brick tiles and the hometown that I had wanted to escape from countless times by taking the green train became the most familiar, comfortable and warm places in my heart when I faced the cold reality in the future.
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In the music classroom of No. 1 High School.
After a half-baked piece of music ended, a group of people gathered around him and asked, "Teacher Qin, did we play it badly..."
"Teacher Qin, I feel like the drummer is holding me back!"
"Bullshit... Why didn't you say anything about the fact that you guys were always playing the piano a beat behind the times?"
"It's okay, it's okay... Let's practice more. The most important thing is to get used to each other."
Qin Xizhen calmed the band down and sat back in the corner, looking a little dazed. To be specific, it was not that the band played badly. To a professional like her, it was like sand being thrown into the tender flesh of a shell, which was torture all the time.
But she must patiently guide, encourage, and teach these students without reservation, just like her teachers did, so that they can feel the beauty of music. Maybe they will not take this path, but at least they will have a pair of ears to discover and distinguish beauty in their future lives.
She hoped that this ear was given to them by her.
The boy's face flashed through Qin Xizhen's mind again. Then she stood up and asked everyone to continue rehearsing. She went straight to the teacher's office and found Tan Qingchuan.
"Teacher Tan... The school's cultural evening next month, the performance band is too busy, I want to ask you for someone."
Tan Qingchuan was slightly surprised, then laughed again, "Teacher Qin, look at what you said. If you want someone to come over to help, just name them directly. Or I can find you a few stronger boys to help you?"
"Just having strength is not important. The main thing is that this student may also need to take care of composing music, so he must have talent in this area..."
Tan Qingchuan was surprised. "Who did you pick? If you picked this student, he must be good in this aspect. Who is it? I will help you assign him..."
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As a result, during the physical education class that afternoon, Tan Qingchuan suddenly came to the classroom and called out a name, "Cheng Ran, Teacher Qin needs people for the band in the art performance. Teacher Qin has called on you to help. Go and see what arrangements Teacher Qin has for you..."
A group of people in the class looked over in surprise.
Even Yang Xia, who was about to go out for rehearsal, turned his head slightly.
Qin Xizhen is a recognized goddess in the high school. A band was formed under the guidance of such a goddess-level teacher. The band's debut performance will be at the upcoming art festival party. There is also discussion among the students, and they even have hidden expectations.
And now, Qin Xizhen actually pointed out that Cheng Ran should join the band.
There was a small-scale commotion in the class for a while.
Some people recalled the legend that the students in the first grade of junior high school talked about Cheng Ran's singing. However, legends are just legends after all. Many people don't take it seriously when they hear some students in the first grade of junior high school tell them about him. They say that he is like a singer. But what's the point? He is just an ordinary student. No matter how good he sings, how good can he be? Is he better than those people in the music school next door
Don't agree.
Cheng Ran thought about it and felt a headache coming on. But he also wanted to see what kind of medicine Qin Xizhen was selling. Even if he wanted her to go over and sing, you're kidding, I can sing if you want me to? If she didn't agree, what else could she do
When Cheng Ran nodded and prepared to go over, he passed by Tan Qingchuan.
The head teacher, Lao Tan, pulled him aside and whispered, "As for Teacher Qin, just fool that girl! You still have to put your mind back on it... You can't fall behind in grades. Your parents and I have high hopes for you..."