Gu Yun tells the story of the past.
It turns out that when Murong Qin was young, he went abroad to make his living. In his time, China was not so rich and powerful, so he was not so respected abroad. Although most foreigners were friendly, there were many exceptions.
Among them, when performing in the United States, there was a rather famous Piano Master, who made rude remarks to Murong Qin in public, looking down on Chinese people and Ancient Zither. Murong Qin made a strong refute to that man, and gained the support of the audience through his skillful Ancient Zither Playing. Later, the Piano Master was scolded for lack of quality, and his popularity plummeted. Therefore, the Piano Master hated Murong Qin even more.
After many years, the Piano Master unexpectedly became the President of a famous music company, and even came to China. He wanted to hire Qin Lai and sign him to his company by poaching Qin Lai from Murong Qin. He despised Ancient Zither but wanted to poach an Ancient Zither Master. Qin Lai, knowing that Murong Qin had a past with him and that he looked down upon Chinese people, could not bear the temptation of money and joined the company.
Because of that incident, Murong Qin and Qin Lai turned against each other. They never spoke to each other again, but they did not expect that Qin Lai would appear on Murong Qin’s 80th birthday and played a song intentionally as if declaring a fight.
“Qin Lai, since the day you betrayed your teacher, you have not deserved this Teana, let alone any zither skill, all of your zither skills are taught by the teacher and if it wasn’t for him than you wouldn’t have come this far.” Gu Yue said coldly.
“I’m not here to quarrel with you. After so many years, why are you so angry when we meet. I’m still saying that it doesn’t matter if it is Ancient Zither or Piano, it is just a means to make money. It is the most important thing. In order to repay the teacher’s kindness, I also said that I would send money back every year, but the teacher wouldn’t accept it. “Qin Lai said lightly.
“It would have been all right if you joined another American music company, but you know who you joined, it was a person who looked down on us Chinese. And he looks down on our teachers.” Gu Yue said angrily.
“So what, I respect the contract very much, and after signing the contract, they will pay well.” Qin Lai shrugged indifferently.
“It seems that after so many years, you still haven’t changed. What is the purpose of your visit today? If you still have a little conscience, you should not be in the 80th birthday of the teacher. Did you come here to disrupt the situation.” Gu Yue said.
“I am just here on the boss’s request. He should be coming here to join the show.” Qin Lai smiled, and at this moment, a loud voice sounded at the entrance of the stairs. Speaking in pure English, “Dear friends, good evening, my name is Hanson. As for this Qin Lai. I don’t think I need to introduce him. He was originally a third-rate Ancient Zither player. Because he came to the United States and began studying under us, he has now become a first-class music master and he is well-known in the world and he is rich. Unfortunately, he has learned such a shattered thing as Chinese Ancient Zither since his childhood and his talent is limited.
A tall, elderly Caucasian man strode over, followed by a few young men and women. Even if someone doesn’t understand English, listening to his tone and looking at his expression, they would know that he is not here for any good reason. The people who understand English began to translate to the people who don’t, including Su Jing, Zhu Jianhua, Xie Lao, Liu Hong, Liu Qing, Shi Qing, Liu Rin, Murong Xian’er, and others. Anger was revealed on their faces and even some American friends present frowned.
“What’s the matter with that man? He is a disgrace to us Americans.”
“That is, to degrade others to elevate oneself. He will only appear to be a low-class person.”
“The guy who doesn’t understand the Ancient Zither at all, stop bossing around here, your face is really thick.” Murong Xian’er stepped out and said in a clear voice. Murong Qin, on the other hand, was extremely calm at this moment and he didn’t speak. He believed that with Gu Yue, his granddaughter, and Su Jing here, he doesn’t need to say anything as these people will not let them go.
“Just because I don’t bother to learn Ancient Zither doesn’t mean I don’t understand it. Qin Lai just played a song that he learned from our country, isn’t that the best proof? But to tell you the truth, instruments like Ancient Zither were so rudimentary that they couldn’t compete with Piano. Murong Qin, you’d better not make mistakes and let the younger generation learn Piano.” Hanson stood next to Qin Lai and patted him on the shoulder and said in an extremely harsh tone.
“Hanson, after years of not seeing you, you still so aggressive, You are so old now, aren’t you afraid that being too angry will lead to an early grave? ” Ancient Zither and Piano are two different Musical Instruments. There is a large difference between them. As a musician, if you don’t even know this, aren’t you afraid of being laughed at by musicians all over the world? ” Murong Qin said lightly.
“Yes, conceited fellow.” Murong Xian ‘er said.
“What’s the use of getting angry with this kind of people, since they look down on Ancient Zither, then use ancient zither to compete with them.” At this time, Su Jing came out and said, his face looked calm as if he was a harmless person. But Zhu Jianhua and Shi Qing, who are familiar with Su Jing, know that Su Jing is too lazy to be angry, and the other party is in danger.
“How can we compete, even if we play better, they won’t recognize it, and they don’t understand it.” Murong Xian’er said with a wrinkled nose. Of course, she thought about using Ancient Zither to speak, the problem is that zither song is a kind of thing that’s level can’t be seen directly. No matter how well you play, the other party can also deny it, or even say nothing about you.
“Yeah, I don’t want to talk nonsense with them, just ask security to chase them away.” “Gu Yue said.
“Leave it to me, they won’t be able to deny it.” Su Jing made a soothing motion at Murong Xian’er, he took the Ancient Zither Moon Whisper and sat down opposite to Qin Lai and Hanson, and said, “I know you are aiming at Mr. Murong, but I don’t care what you are going to do next, I just want to ask, since you look down on Ancient Zither, would you dare to listen to a single tune, let’s say what you think after that.”
Hanson couldn’t understand Su Jing’s words, but there was a translator beside him, which quickly translated Su Jing’s words into English. After Hanson listened, he glanced at Su Jing and sneered, “I don’t have time to play around with you.” Of course, he came to Murong Qin, but he didn’t want to spend too much time on this Murong Qin’s disciple.
“You probably wouldn’t dare, because if I played it, the song you made would look like crap.” Su Jing sneers.
“Don’t talk too much. I’ll let you play one song for another. It’s just tormenting my ears for some time.” Hanson’s face was angry.
“You are?” Qin Lai gave Su Jing a glance, revealing doubt. Because even if Murong Qin didn’t take any action, there were still Murong Xian’er and Gu Yue, how could this guy get out?
“He is my student, Su Jing,” Gu Yue introduced with pride.
“So it is, but your Zither skills are not as good as mine. Is it appropriate for your students to come out?” Qin Lai smiled.
“Whether it fits or not, you’ll see.” “Gu Yue said.
“Cut the crap and get started,” Hanson said impatiently.
“As you wish.” Su Jing put his hands on the top of the string of Zither, he put them down suddenly and his fingers moved rapidly. A sharp sound of Zither started. All the people’s hearts and minds were stimulated in an instant, and their pores were all up. (To be continued ~ ^ ~)
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