In the third classroom on the second floor of the college's teaching building, a female teacher wearing black-rimmed glasses was sitting on the corner of the podium, holding a cup of coffee and flipping through the book in her hand.
The sunlight shines through the glass window on her long pale golden hair, giving people a pleasing feeling.
It's just that there are not many people in the slightly quiet classroom admiring this corner.
There were less than a dozen students sitting under the huge podium.
There were two Asians among them, one was a black man who looked to be in his thirties, and most of the others looked like Frank and Irene.
They whispered to each other, or sat alone in a corner scrolling through their phones.
At 14:59, the female teacher put down the book in her hand, stood up, walked to the podium, and opened the handouts on the table.
"We talked about Handel's laziness in creation in the last class. Today we will continue the following content."
Before the female teacher finished speaking, Qin Jian came to the door of the classroom.
So he naturally heard these words that were somewhat disrespectful to Handel. This was the second time today that he heard Handel being hacked.
This led him to guess that Handel was not popular in Vienna. Judging from the hair color and facial features of the female teacher, he must be a Nordic talent.
Maybe the Nordics don't like Handel either, he said in his heart, and then walked into the classroom with all kinds of eyes on him, except for the white guy who was playing with his mobile phone with his head down.
The old woman kept looking at Qin Jian with a look that could barely be considered kind, until Qin Jian sat on the chair in the first row.
Then she looked back and continued, "Handel did not ask for perfection when composing music. This is where he is different from Sebastian Bach."
Qin Jian sent a message to Duan Ran, and then entered the lecture state within a second.
"Handel believed that as long as the musicians and singers understand the melody, further refinement is just a waste of time and meaningless."
Then the female teacher said in an admiring tone, "But we really can't simply call him lazy.
"This is a very pragmatic expression."
There were several laughs from the audience.
Then the female teacher told many examples of Handel’s spiritual embodiment.
For example, when Handel was composing the last coronation hymn, he hired a student to write it, and in the end he defaulted on the royalties promised to the student.
Qin Jian felt that this was very possible, because he knew that Handel was extremely stingy.
It's just that although the female teacher's lectures were lively and interesting, he was here for the harmony class.
Seeing that half of the class is almost over, the class topic is still surrounding Handel's private life.
When get out of class was about to end, the female teacher turned on the courseware on the blackboard projector.
I spoke a few sentences briefly to the music score in the courseware.
Just two sentences.
Fortunately, Qin Jian spent some time studying harmony with an old bartender when he was in Bergen. Otherwise, just the harmony marks on the courseware scores would give him a headache.
After all, the harmonic notations used at home and abroad are different.
After class, the female teacher assigned homework.
The amount of homework is not large, and this may only apply to Qin Jian personally. If he were a Chinese international student whose usual language problem has not been solved, this homework may be extremely painful to do.
There was the teacher's email address at the end of the courseware, and Qin Jian wrote it down.
After class, Qin Jian took the initiative to walk up to the podium and asked when his homework would be handed in. The female teacher thought that maybe Qin Jian was just joking with her.
However, she still smiled and pointed to the mailbox on the projector behind her, "It's best before the next class."
"Thank you. Goodbye Professor Serling."
After Qin Jian left, he was the first student to walk out of the classroom.
After he left, the other students in the classroom stopped looking and packed up their things. They were still curious about why Qin Jian suddenly appeared in their classroom.
This goes against some of their perceptions.
They wanted to see what Qin Jian would come to the classroom without hesitation, and what he would say to their beautiful teacher when he walked up to the podium after class.
Just asking when the homework is due? This is really surprising.
Including Serin, she also feels this way.
Qin Jian's arrival made her think that this must be an accident.
In her opinion, Qin Jian is a person who is absolutely qualified to stand on the podium and teach.
And she doesn’t think her curriculum is enough to attract the attention of a famous composer, or is it that the famous star has so much time?
She knew that the school had admitted some star students who were quite famous at the time, but those students never participated in the courses offered by the school.
"Maybe he won't be seen next week."
Thinking secretly, Serin also left the classroom.
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Qin Jian returned to the apartment and interrupted Duan Ran who was practicing. Duan Ran asked him how his afternoon class went.
"well enough."
He put on his slippers, sat down next to Duan Ran, and explained the content of the class, "Not many people came to the class."
Duan Ran: "Aren't you all surprised that you went to class?"
Qin Jian smiled: "What's the surprise? We are all just classmates."
Duan Ran was dissatisfied and said: "That's not true. In their eyes, you should probably be the person on the podium."
Qin Jian: "It's not important. Anyway, I didn't pay attention to everyone's reaction when I entered. The teacher had already started teaching, and then I came back directly after class."
Duan Ran: "I saw the message you sent, and I wanted to ask you why you were late."
Qin Jian: "I didn't pay attention to the time while chatting with Langton."
Duan Ranxiao: "You like discussing problems with him very much."
Qin Jian sighed. He did not deny this, but talking to Langton always made him fall into some strange thoughts.
Then he related the process of today's argument with Langton to Duan Ran.
Duan Ran listened and thought for a while: "Maybe Professor Langton is just discussing a musician's fame from the perspective of the academic circle. You have to consider that classical music stars have always been on the edge of popular stars."
"Actually, the group that really discusses them are people in the classical music industry and related enthusiasts."
"So from this perspective, there is nothing wrong with Professor Langton's words."
"Fame in the circle we live in is almost a business card of strength."
"I don't know what you think specifically, but at least in my opinion, it is impossible for an adult piano lover to become a performer. This is determined by the period of professional education, even if he has extraordinary talent.
, because he missed the best time to study."
"However, a child who has received orthodox piano education since childhood and has a musical talent that is envied by ordinary people works very hard. So will it be easier for him to become a performer?"
"No, I think it's still an extremely difficult thing."
"Maybe he can finally get a performer diploma from the Conservatory of Music after more than ten years of hard work."
"And then became a professional piano teacher."
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Qin Jian couldn't deny this, and he could hear it.
Regarding the topic of performers surrounding "fame and strength", Duan Ran seems to have a different point of view than both Langton and himself.
"It's not bad to become a piano teacher, at least you can train the next generation."