Ji Zeyu felt pressured by Zhou Cheng's expectations. He didn't think he could play the piano well.
After the training, Zhou Cheng turned around and left the training room. Ji Zeyu caught up with him and called out to him: "Teacher Zhou Cheng, I have something to say to you."
"What's wrong?" Zhou Cheng stopped and turned to look at him.
"I think you think too highly of me." Ji Zeyu scratched his head and said with some embarrassment, "I may not be able to complete the task of playing the piano. You also said that you are not allowed to try on your stage..."
Zhou Cheng looked straight at him with his narrow, cold eyes, and waited patiently for him to finish speaking, then suddenly said: "I know."
Ji Zeyu was stunned and quickly said: "If you knew, then you should refuse the program team's request, or give this task to someone else to try..."
"Where is your current ranking?" Zhou Cheng answered the question incorrectly. Under his gold-rimmed glasses, his eyes were as calm as a pool of water. "I remember the last time the rankings were announced, you were fifth."
Ji Zeyu was surprised—Zhou Cheng also watched the program "Stars Shine"
Surprised, he still answered honestly: "Third."
"The top two are probably Lu Nanyun and Wei Yichen. I have heard of their names, but it seems they have never been out of the top two." Zhou Cheng said calmly.
Ji Zeyu didn't know what Zhou Cheng wanted to say for a moment and looked at him in confusion.
Zhou Cheng stretched out his hand, pushed the frame with his slender fingers, and said to Ji Zeyu, "Do you want to surpass them and become the number one?"
Ji Zeyu was stunned when he heard this.
Do you want to be the first
Of course he wants to, now his goal is to be at the top, but it may be a bit difficult to achieve, after all, the top two are the protagonists in the original work.
"...Think." Ji Zeyu replied firmly after a moment of silence. Even though it was difficult, he wanted to give it a try.
"The opportunity has come." Zhou Cheng raised the corners of his lips slightly, with a sharp look in his eyes, "The piano on the stage is your weapon. There may be risks, but in this kind of competition, no one can win once and for all. Ambition has the last laugh.”
Zhou Cheng's smile was extremely shallow, so shallow that it was almost invisible and fleeting.
Ji Zeyu's eyes widened instantly, feeling like he was enlightened.
"Continue to surprise the audience, and you will have more chips in your hands." Zhou Cheng said meaningfully.
Zhou Cheng is more like an elder brother than a teacher.
The teacher will teach you skills, but the elder brother will also teach you to realize your ambitions in addition to skills.
"Thank you, Teacher Zhou Cheng." Ji Zeyu immediately felt grateful and said to Zhou Cheng sincerely, "I will practice hard and won't embarrass you."
"Really?" Zhou Cheng looked at Ji Zeyu, with emotions in his eyes that others couldn't understand.
Ji Zeyu nodded vigorously.
Zhou Cheng suddenly asked: "Classmate Ji, do you trust me so much? What if I lie to you?"
Ji Zeyu was slightly startled: "What do you mean?"
"Have you ever thought about a possibility," Zhou Cheng said expressionlessly, "I just want to see you make a fool of yourself."
Ji Zeyu's eyes widened and he looked at Zhou Cheng in surprise, speechless for a moment. Why would he have such an idea? It’s too bad!
Seeing Ji Zeyu's surprised expression, Zhou Cheng lowered his eyes slightly and suddenly sneered. The voice was very soft, but it also made Ji Zeyu feel the embarrassment of being ridiculed.
Afterwards, Zhou Cheng raised his eyes to look at Ji Zeyu and said, "I'm just kidding."
Ji Zeyu scratched his head and said unnaturally: "I didn't take it seriously..."
But Zhou Cheng obviously didn't believe him.
After a while, Zhou Cheng looked at Ji Zeyu and said calmly: "Your fans are right in their evaluation of you. Those three words really suit you." After saying that, he turned and left without waiting for Ji Zeyu to react.
Ji Zeyu froze in place for a long time, wondering what those three words were.
After a while, he slapped his head and frowned: "Damn, he didn't mean 'silly, sweet'?!"
Ji Zeyu suddenly felt very embarrassed and thought to himself who cut that silly sweet video. Was it a black fan? I must ask the company to do some PR someday.
Zhou Cheng had high hopes for Ji Zeyu, and Gu Rui was very dissatisfied with this. However, due to the majesty of the cold-faced devil, he could only hide his dissatisfaction secretly in his heart.
The only thing Gu Rui prays for now is that Ji Zeyu had better not be able to learn to play the piano and make a fool of himself on the Sangong stage, so that he can be accused of being incompetent and daring to take the lead.
Ji Zeyu didn't know what Gu Rui was thinking, and he began the arduous road to rehabilitation. He only learned the basics of piano in his previous life and hasn't played it for a long time.
Ji Zeyu was afraid that his piano playing would be too unpleasant and disturb others, so he chose an empty training room late at night.
There happened to be a piano in the training room. Ji Zeyu put on his peaked cap and held the sheet music. After confirming that there was no one inside, he walked to the piano and sat down. He got familiar with the keys and started playing the piano with some hesitation.
What is certain is that Ji Zeyu in the original work does not know how to play the piano, so his fingers appear very stiff and cannot adapt to the keys. In addition, Ji Zeyu himself had not practiced for a long time, so his fingers could not keep up with his brain when playing.
Ji Zeyu sighed, stretched out his hand to lower the brim of his hat, and tried to review various basic chords.
Holding the peaked cap very low is a sign of Ji Zeyu's insecurity. The last time he did this was before the first show.
Now, the insecurity in Ji Zeyu's heart is stronger than it was then.
Outside the training room.
Lu Nanyun was always the last person to practice, but left the training room midway and went outside to use the toilet.
When he came back, he suddenly heard the sound of piano playing coming from the training room, which made him confused.
Lu Nanyun stood at the door of the training room, thinking to himself, there was no piano part in his group performance, why would someone play the piano in the training room? Moreover, all his teammates were clearly gone just now...
It was already very late now. Anyone else would have been frightened by the "midnight sound of the piano" in front of them.
Fortunately, Lu Nanyun is more courageous, and more importantly...
Judging from Lu Nanyun's more than ten years of piano playing experience, this person's piano playing is terrible.
It would be a funny scene in a horror movie.
Lu Nanyun grabbed the door handle and pushed the door open a crack with an expressionless face, but his hand suddenly stopped.
He originally wanted to go in and take away his backpack without disturbing the piano player, but at this moment, the scene in front of him attracted all his attention.
The young man wore a peaked cap with the brim of the hat pulled down very low. He sat carelessly in front of the piano, showing no grace at all, and tried hard and hard to finish a piece of music that was not too difficult.
Although he was wearing a hat, Lu Nanyun still recognized it was Ji Zeyu at a glance.
During this period, Ji Zeyu was still hiding from Lu Nanyun, and Lu Nanyun did not expect to meet Ji Zeyu in this situation.
The brim of the hat cast a shadow on Ji Zeyu's face, and Lu Nanyun could see his exposed chin and his cheeks that were slightly bulging out of displeasure.
Although Lu Nanyun couldn't see clearly Ji Zeyu's expression at the moment, he could definitely imagine his frowning and distressed look, which was very similar to his angry look when he didn't want to practice piano when he was a child.
Ji Zeyu didn't notice the person at the door and continued playing the piano. As he and Zhou Cheng said, it is indeed the Three-Legged Cat Kung Fu.
Lu Nanyun has listened to countless musicals, watched numerous performances by famous artists, and even won a gold medal in a piano competition.
However, at this moment, he was fascinated by a small three-legged cat. The corners of his lips could not help but curl up slightly, and there was a hint of smile in his eyes.
The young man's fingers played the music intermittently. Although he was poor at playing, he still tried persistently. His fair and slender fingers pressed unskilledly on the keys, often getting stuck for a long time when changing chords.
It was obviously an inferior skill, but it looked extremely cute in Lu Nanyun's eyes. At this moment, he wanted to take off the boy's hat and look into his angry amber eyes.
Ji Zeyu was really irritable during practice.
It was a simple chord inversion, but he always made mistakes. It was much more difficult than imagined, causing great frustration.
After practicing countless times, Ji Zeyu took a deep breath, frowned and closed his eyes, and suddenly couldn't help but press all ten fingers on the keys, making a dull and sudden sound.
Although Ji Zeyu had tried his best to control his temper, the sound he made still startled Lu Nanyun.
Lu Nanyun, who was immersed in the appearance of the little three-legged cat playing the piano, felt excited all over. His hand shook suddenly and he accidentally pushed the door open.
Ji Zeyu was also startled and quickly turned to look at the door.
Their eyes met, and the air between the two seemed to freeze.
Lu Nanyun's reaction was very quick. He adjusted his expression within a second, walked into the corner of the training room indifferently, picked up the black backpack placed there, and acted as if nothing had happened.
Ji Zeyu's Adam's apple rolled, and feelings of embarrassment and embarrassment welled up in his heart. After a moment of silence, he asked slowly: "You... shouldn't you be practicing in this training room?" Could it be that Lu Nanyun heard everything he played
"Yeah." Lu Nanyun responded in a low voice with no expression on his face.
Ji Zeyu was stunned for a moment and said with some embarrassment, "Then did I disturb you?"
Lu Nanyun shook his head and said coldly: "No."
After finishing speaking, Lu Nanyun left the training room with his bag on his back. There was no trace of emotion on his back.
Ji Zeyu thought to himself that the iceberg was indeed an iceberg. Judging from how much Lu Nanyun hates male co-stars, he would probably chase them away if he heard him playing the piano, so he probably didn't hear it, right
Ji Zeyu breathed a sigh of relief and decided never to come to this training room again.
Looking at the piano that was torturing him, Ji Zeyu sighed bitterly, how long will he have to practice this
Lu Nanyun left the training room with his front foot, and the next second he couldn't control the raised corners of his lips. He didn't expect that the little three-legged cat would go crazy and do something he often did when he was a child.
I didn't expect that I would be so frightened.
Ahem, it can't be said that he was scared. After all, he wasn't even afraid of the sound of the piano in the middle of the night. How could he be afraid of a kitten going crazy
It was just a bit of a surprise.
However, according to the current progress of the little three-legged cat, it is estimated that he will have to endure a lot of torture. Lu Nanyun thought this way and decided to help him.
But he soon thought of Ji Zeyu's avoidance of him, and a trace of depression flashed in his eyes.
Now Lu Nanyun can't even improve the relationship between the two, so how can he help
The next morning, Lu Nanyun found Wan Long during his break, pulled him to a deserted place, and said to him, "I have something to ask you."
Wan Long was stunned, not because of Lu Nanyun's slightly melancholy eyes, but because of his choice of words.
"Asking for advice?" Wan Long asked in surprise, "Have you ever asked for advice from me?"
"Stop being such a mouthful." Lu Nanyun looked at Wan Long and said slowly, "Let me ask you, this is... I have a friend. My friend once had someone he hated, but now, my friend wants to improve the relationship with that person. Should he? How to do it?"
"Which friend, why don't I know?" Wan Long looked confused.
"Ahem, you don't know me." Lu Nanyun said unnaturally.
Wan Taki didn't think much about it. After thinking for a while, he replied: "I think just tell me directly, otherwise what will you do?"
Lu Nanyun resisted the urge to roll his eyes: "I just asked you what to do because I couldn't tell you directly. Ji... uh, that person has been avoiding my friend and has no chance... "
"That's probably not possible." Wan Long shook his head, "Let your friend give up."
Lu Nanyun opened his eyes wide: "Why are you like this?"
"You have the nerve to accuse me." Wan Long glared at him, "Last time I asked you not to give me even a pack of shrimp crackers."
Lu Nanyun's fingers clenched and unclenched. He found a packet of toffee from his bag and handed it to Wan Long: "I don't have any shrimp crackers, can I have toffee?"
"... That's okay." After all, toffee is more expensive than shrimp crackers, so Wan Long reluctantly accepted.
Later, Wan Long said to Lu Nanyun while eating sweets: "Actually, it's not impossible. This kind of thing still depends on your sincerity."
"What sincerity?" Lu Nanyun looked at him.
"think it yourself."
Lu Nanyun stretched out his hand to snatch the toffee back.
Wan Taki hurriedly protected Toffee and said: "Hey, hey, don't be like this, I say what I say. Sincerity, of course, is to pay silently, moistening things silently like spring rain, so that he can feel your sincerity when he suddenly looks back. .”
After finishing speaking, Wan Long took the toffee and left with satisfaction. Lu Nanyun frowned and said to himself: "Pay silently..."
He suddenly felt that what Wan Taki said made sense.
After Lu Nanyun thought for a moment, an idea flashed in his mind. He immediately returned to the dormitory. There was no one in the dormitory, so he closed the door, took out a piece of paper and a pen, and began to write and draw on the paper.
Lu Nanyun sat at his desk, trying to recall the sound of the piano he heard last night.
Although Lu Nanyun's attention was focused on someone at the time, he was a student at a prestigious school after all and had a super memory. It didn't take long for him to recall the entire song.
Lu Nanyun split the music score into chords, drew them on paper, marked the fingerings, and also wrote down the techniques for chord inversion and how to memorize the music score.
Lu Nanyun was not so patient when he was learning the piano himself. When he was in school, he was always regarded as a genius. He could get full marks on the test even if he didn't attend classes, and he never took notes.
Lu Nanyun didn't expect that the first time he took notes, he would actually do it for someone else.
After drawing the entire piece of paper, Lu Nanyun glanced at Ji Zeyu's bedside table. Then, he folded the paper in half and pressed it under the glass. He originally wanted to sign his name, but thinking of Ji Zeyu's evasion of him, he finally gave up.
More than this, he was more concerned about whether Ji Zeyu could master this piece of music early to avoid accidents during the performance.
Although Ji Zeyu looked cute last night when he looked distressed, Lu Nanyun still felt a little distressed when he thought about it.
Ji Zeyu was asked by the business team this morning to shoot a commercial for a certain toothpaste. It was said that the advertisement was voted for by fans, and the shooting lasted all morning and was not over yet.
At the same time, Zhou Cheng watched the rehearsal video recorded by everyone in the training room, took out a few pieces of paper, and wrote down areas for improvement for everyone. He writes very succinctly, with only a few words, but they are very useful suggestions.
Only the one written to Ji Zeyu was different. Zhou Cheng felt that Ji Zeyu's performance was perfect enough. But if I wrote it to someone else but not to Ji Zeyu, he might be sad, right
Zhou Cheng thought for a while and wrote a sentence on the paper: "Practice hard. - Zhou Cheng"
Then, he folded the six pieces of paper in half and handed them into the hands of the contestants.
Because Ji Zeyu went to shoot an advertisement, Zhou Cheng handed his picture to Qi Aodong: "Give it to him, just say it's my expectation for him."
Qi Aodong nodded and took two pieces of paper, one was his own and the other was Ji Zeyu's.
After getting the paper, Qi Aodong was afraid of losing the paper, so he walked directly to Ji Zeyu's dormitory and found that the door was open and there was no one inside. So he went straight in and put the paper Zhou Cheng gave Ji Zeyu under the glass on the bedside table.
At this time, Qi Aodong discovered that there was a piece of paper under the cup.
Maybe it was Ji Zeyu's own notes
Qi Aodong didn't open it to read. He pressed Zhou Cheng's piece of paper on top of another piece of paper, put the glass back, and then left the dormitory.
About half an hour later, Ji Zeyu came back from outside. After coming back, he went straight to Qi Aodong's dormitory and asked him to have dinner with him.
"I'm so exhausted. I have to show my teeth all the time for a toothpaste commercial." Ji Zeyu complained while eating, "Does that really look good? I feel like my gums are almost exposed."
"... It's not that exaggerated, right?" Qi Aodong couldn't imagine Ji Zeyu showing his gums.
Ji Zeyu pouted: "I think it's almost the same. Fans will probably regret voting for me after seeing this."
"No." Qi Aodong comforted him softly, "You look good when you smile."
Ji Zeyu was amused by Qi Aodong's words and gave a thumbs up: "You can still speak."
At this time, Qi Aodong suddenly remembered the task assigned to him by Zhou Cheng, so he said to Ji Zeyu: "Teacher Zhou Cheng wrote suggestions for improvement to everyone in the morning. On a piece of white paper, I pressed it under the glass on your bedside table. .”
Ji Zeyu was stunned for a moment and said hurriedly: "Okay, thank you, I'll take a look when I go back."
During the lunch break, Ji Zeyu returned to the dormitory. All the roommates were resting. Lu Nanyun sat at the desk and read a book, acting very calmly. It seemed that the piano incident last night had no impact on him at all.
Ji Zeyu didn't train in the morning, so he wanted to practice more during his lunch break. So he took out the two pieces of paper under the glass and quickly left the dormitory.
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After Ji Zeyu left, Lu Nanyun glanced at his back and thought that he should be able to help, right
After arriving at the practice time, Ji Zeyu looked at the two pieces of paper in his hand, a little confused: Zhou Cheng wrote so many suggestions
Then, Ji Zeyu opened the first piece of paper, and there was only one line written on it: practice piano hard.
Signed: Zhou Cheng.
Is this considered a suggestion
Ji Zeyu looked confused, then opened the second piece of paper. After a few seconds, his expression changed from confused to surprised.
The second piece of paper was densely filled with various words and diagrams of various chord fingerings. Ji Zeyu looked at it carefully and found that it contained various chord transposition techniques, memory methods, and some precautions.
The song above is exactly the prelude to what I want to play.
It can be seen that the person who wrote this note is very patient, but the handwriting seems vigorous and unruly, and it seems different from the previous one
Ji Zeyu didn't think much about it. He regarded this piece of paper as Zhou Cheng's guidance to him. According to the method mentioned above, after practicing for a whole afternoon, he made a lot of progress and was not at all as stumbling as last night.
So, Ji Zeyu solemnly put away this note. After the lunch break, he found Zhou Cheng and said gratefully: "Thank you, teacher, for your guidance. It was so detailed. I gained a lot. Don't worry, I will do it." Remember every word above!”
Zhou Cheng was stunned. He just wrote "Practice the piano hard", how come he got a lot of results
Could it be... this is a way to express gratitude
"Ah, it mainly depends on you." Zhou Cheng said modestly, "No need to thank me. Whether you can master it or not depends on your own efforts."
Ji Zeyu was even more moved: "I will definitely not disappoint your expectations."