On the sofa, the woman put down her phone again and looked at the silent man on the chair, "Jingjing's call still can't be reached."
After a moment, she continued: "Qin Gang, let's book the tickets quickly. I'll ask Lao Liu for leave tomorrow. My vacation this year has been useless, and your school is also on vacation."
On the TV, China Television’s three channels have begun to rebroadcast the ‘Spring Festival – The Road Home Series’
"Don't call me yet, I'll call you soon," the man said. "You ask for leave tomorrow, and then I'll go buy the tickets. If it's convenient, we'll leave tomorrow."
"It seems like we haven't gone out alone for a long time."
"Humph, you still know." The woman said angrily, but there was no blame in her tone.
But the man, like a shy big boy, scratched the top of his sparse head, with a bit of guilt on his face, "Then let's play for two more days on this trip."
"I'm going to pack my luggage now." The woman was about to get up when she suddenly said, "Hey, what do you want to bring for the two children?"
The man thought for a while and sighed softly, "Forget it, I guess they will have a lot of things to do in the past two days, so let's not add to the trouble."
'Buzz buzz----'
At this moment, the mobile phone on the table rang.
The woman quickly picked it up.
Click on hands-free.
"Aunt Fang, have you seen it?"
On the phone, He Jing's tone was full of joy.
.....
With that, the semi-finals of the piano group came to an end.
All third round competitions of the Huayun Youth Music Skills Competition have ended.
The finals of the seven categories of individual musical instruments will be held on January 15th and 16th.
The piano group competition is officially scheduled as the finale event of this series of competitions during the prime time at 7pm on the 16th.
With the strong support of the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Education, and the planning and publicity of the most authoritative organizing committee in China.
On the day and night of the semi-finals, the popularity of the Huayun Competition reached a new level throughout the Internet.
A video called "Youth and Classics" suddenly appeared in major online media.
In less than twenty-four hours, the total number of hits has exceeded one million.
As a promotional video for a classical music event, such a number of clicks cannot be found anywhere in the world.
Moreover, the video that the Huayun Competition Organizing Committee officially produced overnight to prepare for the finals is full of highlights.
This video, which is less than 13 minutes long, uses part of the slow second movement of Beethoven's "Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major" in the first half of the background music, and the second half uses Bach's "Violin Concerto in A minor".
The third movement.
The video screen is divided into two parts.
At the beginning of the video, under the soothing strings and the sound of plucked bass strings, the picture appeared.
In a distant scene, a girl carrying a cello is walking towards the entrance of the National Center for the Performing Arts from a distance.
Her steps were slow and her expression could not be seen clearly, but judging from the contrast between her thin figure and the huge instrument on her back, she might be struggling a little.
As the music changes, the soft woodwinds blend in with the string section.
A set of subtitles appeared on the screen, 'Selected by the Su Province Musicians Association, Cello, Yuan Chunxiao'
Then the screen changed.
Cut to a lounge, where a young man wearing glasses was focusing on adjusting the reed on the mouthpiece. As if he was not satisfied with the thickness of the new reed, the young man frowned again.
‘Recommended by Yun Province Musicians Association, Clarinet, Luo Yanxi’
Under the theme of soft and tranquil orchestral interpretation.
Scene after scene, energetic smiling faces were recorded in every scene during the entire competition.
There are close-ups and distant views, and every recorded moment is unintentional.
Following a photo of a staff member backstage at the Wind Band semi-finals holding a lunch box and smiling at the camera.
‘Backstage Manager of Taoyuan Concert Hall, Li Xuedong’
At this time, the gentle piano quietly appeared with the musical theme under the cross harmony.
The picture changed again.
On the stage of the Peony Hall of Zhongshan Concert Hall, the girl holding a ball with the number 2 written on it had a bitter look on her face.
‘Recommended by Qin Provincial Musicians Association, piano, Li Zhirun’
A fat man in a tight-fitting white tuxedo was sitting in the player's seat, turning his head to face the girl in black dress beside him, laughing and joking.
But the girl frowned tightly.
‘Recommended by Yanjing Musicians Association, Feng Ziyan’ ‘Recommended by Haishi Musicians Association, Zhao Yinuo’
.....
After the feeling of harmony and tranquility, the piano entered the second theme, with an intoxicating reverie.
Behind every name there seems to be an unknown story.
....
After the theme of the entire string section appeared for the last time, snowflakes gradually appeared in the picture.
Soft strings and exquisite piano.
Under the warm light, a young man with a violin standing in the center of the stage was playing a bow.
But despite his passionate movements, there was no sound.
The picture is getting blurry.
At this time, a little delicate violin sound suddenly emerged under the soft piano.
Then, the sound of the strings gradually became louder.
It's Bach's "Violin Concerto in A minor".
Two completely different types of music pieces began the symphony.
Before the last five seconds of the snowflake-like scene, in slow motion, the first string of the violin in the young man's hand suddenly broke. The broken string hit the side of his face at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving a bloodstain.
He just blinked and continued playing on the other three strings.
‘Recommended by Xinjiang Provincial Musicians Association, Violin, Xier Aili’
The next second.
Snowflakes flashed.
There are only passionate violins and noisy scenes left in the music.
In the picture, in a piano room in the background,
"After you get on stage, you can't see anything clearly below the stage. Remember, just focus on one point."
"Come on, Xiaowen"
A young teacher smiled and patted the boy next to him on the shoulder.
‘Recommended by the Hu Province Musicians Association, Marimba, Li Wenxin, instructor, Zheng Zi’
....
Scene after scene, static or dynamic images of contestants and staff appeared one after another, and the arena in front of and behind the podium was interpreted in another state.
The music clips of various musical instrument competitions are not obtrusive against the background music.
.....
The video has reached 12 minutes.
In close-up view.
The piano keyboard came forward, and a white left hand with a severely bent little finger was playing quickly, and the screen gradually moved to the side of the girl's face.
Under the light, the girl's distant facial features were a little bit holy.
‘Duan Ran’
The camera continues to move.
It's like a montage-style docking.
On the same stage, when the camera moves to the center of the stage.
A young man in a black tuxedo bowed with his tail flying under the logo of the Huayun Youth Music Competition.
When he raised his head, his calm eyes were full of confidence.
The exciting third movement has come to an end.
The camera is still moving, as if it has traveled through time and space.
After a flash.
The color of the screen changed to black and white, inside an ordinary piano room.
A young man in a white shirt is sitting in front of an ordinary piano.
His arms were running back and forth, and the background music gradually stopped.
Only the piano sound under the young man's hands remained, just an ordinary two-hand scale in C major.
The scene gradually freezes on the boy's bandaged left hand.
‘Recommended by Quan Province Musicians Association, piano, Qin key’
...
Five seconds later, the screen went dark.
"Well, you did a good job."
In a coffee shop, under the soft light, a young man sitting in the corner put his mobile phone aside.
After a while.
After taking a sip of cold Americano.
He rubbed his temples to feel refreshed.
Then he picked up the worn back book again.
‘Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini’
I found the folded corner and opened it.
"...The 6th variation has the same tempo, the piano plays the theme variation with cadenza technique, and the English horn beautifully adds two theme fragments..."
He continued to read music.
On the screen of the mobile phone nearby, a line of words appeared again on the dimmed screen.