Chapter 546: Professor Jin's Criticism (1/2 Monthly Ticket)
"Candidate No. 08, your vocal test has ended. You can go back to your seat to prepare for the next sight-singing and ear-training test. The next one..."
"Xiao Liu, wait a moment."
The assistant teacher in charge of order was reading his words according to the procedure. The examiner next to him, who had a very low presence in the front and seemed to be the oldest, suddenly asked her to stop.
What went wrong?
The examiners all looked over with concern.
"Dean Yu, nothing else, I have a question to ask this classmate."
The old examiner smiled at him, then turned to look at Ouyang Xiaoqing.
"Candidate No. 08, you said that this song is an unreleased work by your teacher. Did you study drama or musicals abroad before?"
The old examiner's question made Ouyang Xiaoqing a little confused at first.
"Teacher, I have never studied abroad."
Ouyang Xiaoqing first answered his opening question honestly, and then suddenly she had a flash of inspiration and figured out why the other party asked this question.
"Oh, teacher, you may have misunderstood. The song "Someone like you" was not written by a foreigner. My teacher is Chinese."
Ouyang Xiaoqing explained quickly.
Chinese?
Not only the old examiner was surprised by her information, but everyone else opened their mouths in unison.
How could such a highly completed English song be written by a Chinese?
When everyone heard Ouyang Xiaoqing sing before, they all thought her teacher should be a foreigner. Even if she didn't know her while studying abroad, she was still a foreign teacher.
It’s not that Chinese people can’t write such fluent English lyrics. There are still many musicians with very high English proficiency among Chinese people.
But after all, domestic musicians are influenced by traditional culture, and their emotional expressions will be more subtle.
The emotional expression of this song is obviously very direct, and can even be said to be a bit bold and avant-garde!
It describes the heartbroken, sad and unforgettable feelings of a girl who heard that her ex-boyfriend got married.
Everyone can understand this kind of emotion, but few people "say it" directly. Even in the entire Chinese cultural atmosphere, it is very easy to express one's unwillingness to let go in the face of a "married man".
Others are disgusted or even opposed!
Fortunately, it was in an English context, and the teachers who had understood it before didn’t think there was anything wrong with it.
But now Ouyang Xiaoqing said that the person who wrote this song was a Chinese, and the teachers were a little confused.
"Chinese? Who is this candidate's teacher?"
Several examiners all had this question in their minds.
But no one asked directly.
Because directly asking someone's name is against the order of the examination room, if Ouyang Xiaoqing answered, she would be reported by others as having colluded with the examiner, and she was suspected of cheating!
"It turns out that you have never studied abroad! You still need to improve your English learning in the future. There is a big problem with English pronunciation."
The old examiner nodded gently, with an expression of "No wonder it is so."
But he did not ask further questions. Instead, when Ouyang Xiaoqing was confused, he raised his hand to indicate that she could go back to prepare for the next sight-singing and ear-training exam.
Ouyang Xiaoqing felt a little uneasy, but she went relatively smoothly in the subsequent exams. Sight-singing and ear training couldn't be easier for her.
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"Xiaoqing, you are so strong!"
After coming out, Ouyang Xiaoqing and Cheng Ruixue met again at the storage area where they collected mobile phones and other personal belongings. Cheng Ruixue couldn't help but sigh to her.
"How can you be so strong? You know, I'm still worried!"
Ouyang Xiaoqing lamented to her.
Of course, this is somewhat exaggerated.
"Are you still hanging on? You sing so well! Didn't you see that Professor Jin opened the mouth for you?"
Cheng Ruixue grabbed her shoulders and shook her excitedly.
"Professor Kim?"
Ouyang Xiaoqing didn't know who Cheng Ruixue was talking about.
"Professor Jin Furong Jin! You don't know him, right? He's the old man who called you out after you finished singing!"
Cheng Ruixue pulled her out of the examination room before muttering.
"I really don't know him. Is he very powerful? It seems that Dean Yu is very polite to him."
Ouyang Xiaoqing only reacted belatedly at this time.
"It must be amazing! Jin Furong, he is a leading figure in domestic musicals, and Zheng Changga is his student! Moreover, he has acted in and created many super classic musicals!"
Cheng Ruixue felt that it was outrageous that she was studying musical theater without knowing Jin Furong.
Ouyang Xiaoqing really didn't know Jin Furong. She didn't originally want to learn musicals. She only started to get involved in musicals in the past six months and learned to sing some musical numbers under the guidance of a training teacher.
It can be said that she is now a "failure" work cultivated by the exam-oriented education model!
"I've heard about Zheng Changjia. He seems to be not only in musicals, but also acted in some TV series and sang songs. He is quite famous."
Ouyang Xiaoqing does know Zheng Changjia. After all, Zheng Changjia is very popular now and is already an entertainment star in many fields, not just a musical actor.
"Jin Furong is his teacher, and in the last century, we became famous before we were even born. We are also famous all over the country in China. You think we are awesome or not!"
Cheng Ruixue shook her head.
"Awesome! But I didn't understand what he said to me. He said my English pronunciation was not good. Was it because of my singing fault?"
Ouyang Xiaoqing asked worriedly.
She is very aware of her shortcomings. Although her voice talent and singing ability are very strong, she is a poor student in English, and she is not sure she can sing the song "Someone like you" well.
It would be uncomfortable if you were deducted points because of poor pronunciation and then failed to pass the final exam!
"How come, you sing so beautifully! I think you should be the best in our group in today's test! Professor Jin told you to learn English well. That's not to criticize you. Didn't you hear it? That's because he values you.
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Cheng Ruixue said that she was a little jealous.
I’ve never seen Professor Jin “criticize” himself!
Professor Jin was the only one who favored Ouyang Xiaoqing in the audience. The rest of the time, he was silently scoring points!
"Really?"
In fact, Ouyang Xiaoqing is just a fan of the authorities.
"By the way, is your teacher really Chinese? Why is she so good? The songs she writes are so good! And she is so good that she even sings songs for you that she has not released yet!"
Cheng Ruixue and Ouyang Xiaoqing added WeChat, and then asked this question that she had been curious about for a long time.
Ouyang Xiaoqing couldn't help laughing after hearing her question.
"why are you laughing?"
Cheng Ruixue was a little confused.
"Actually, you know my teacher too! Didn't you sing his song just now?"