At the end of August, the 56th World Youth Piano Competition officially opened.
As the only Chinese participant in this tournament, Lin He felt a lot of pressure.
But fortunately, she had Song Ci in her hand to write a brand new piano piece for her.
At this moment, she was sitting in the area waiting for the competition, surrounded by other people of various skin colors.
There are only 64 players in the world who can get tickets to participate in the 56th competition.
Lin Hejing is equivalent to 1/64 of all the outstanding young pianists in the world.
At this time, some foreign reporters somehow got authorization from the organizer of the competition and came in with cameras and microphones to conduct interviews.
A blond female reporter came to Lin He and asked with a smile: "Ms. Lin He, as the only representative of China, do you have anything to say? If you stop in the first round, So, how do you think you will explain it to the people of China when you go back?"
Lin He looked at the reporter and said calmly: "I have something to explain. Are you here to cause trouble?"
The reporter choked at Lin He's words and his face became a little ugly, so he had to walk towards the others angrily.
However, the surrounding European and American contestants all looked at Lin He with a hint of contempt.
In the eyes of many people, Lin He was here just for fun. The reason why she was able to get the ticket was just because the organizer gave the Chinese people a face. She would definitely make it to the first round.
The competition started soon, and Lin He was the 23rd to perform on stage.
When an unfamiliar and extremely pleasant note suddenly resounded throughout the venue, everyone was stunned.
Lin He actually chose to use a brand new piece of music in such an important piano competition.
And she performed this piece of music very beautifully.
Her piano skills seem to be completely integrated into this piece.
In the 64-to-32 piano competition that night, Lin He passed the test smoothly.
The news quickly spread back to China, and some portals also reported it.
But after all, this kind of competition is considered a niche in China, so it didn't actually cause any waves.
After Song Ci finished a day of filming, she received a message from Lin He, and then she learned that Lin He had successfully entered the World Piano Competition with the piano song "To Lin He" he wrote for her. The top 32.
Song Ci immediately replied with congratulations and went back.
Lin He just sent a long series of voice messages, and he seemed very excited both inside and outside of his words.
In the end, Lin He even made a phone call directly and said to Song Ci: "Song Ci doesn't know that when I played "To Lin He", those foreigners' faces looked shocked! I was so heartbroken Feel comfortable! Many people don’t believe that I can reach the top 32, but now I even think that I can take a step forward, but if so, hey, I need your help."
Song Ci probably understood the underlying meaning of Lin He's words: "In this competition, you play one piece of music in each round, right?"
"Yes, yes, and the music played in each round is different. Now that I have reached the top 32, I may need more difficult piano music, Song Ci... No, I have to call you teacher, Song Ci..." Teacher, do you understand what I mean? I hope you can write another piece for me, and it should be more difficult. My next competition is in a week, so I don’t know if I can make it in time?"
Lin He has now completely placed himself in a lower level than Song Ci.
After being silent for a few seconds, Song Ci said: "I must have the music in stock. So, I'll give you one tomorrow."
Lin He on the other end of the phone screamed excitedly, causing Song Ci to complain: "Calm down, you are an excellent pianist, so be careful to control your emotions."
Lin He said with a smile: "Thank you first. Now I know why Song Hongdou has never forgotten you. Your talent is almost overflowing."
Day 2.
Song Ci wrote a piano piece "Flight of the Bumblebee" and sent the score to Lin He.
At this time, Lin He was in the hotel. After receiving the music, he couldn't wait to try to play it again.
"Teacher Song Ci, if the difficulty of this piece of music is scored out of 10, it would be about 7 points! It's not the top level of difficulty, I have to tell you the truth! But this piece of music will be very beautiful to play, because it is really It’s so dazzling, I like this song very much, I hope I can reach the top 16 with this song you gave me.”
Song Ci was having breakfast at this time: "Okay, as long as you like it."
The nearly 300,000 words of Song poetry in Volume 1 of "Two Song Dynasties" have been basically completed.
After finishing writing, Song Ci himself was quite excited, so he gave the manuscript to Lu Song and asked him to help with the writing.
So while Lu Song was directing the play, he carefully helped Song Ci read the electronic version of this book.
He had finished reading it today. At noon, when everyone was resting, Lu Song took Song Ci and said seriously: "I have finished reading... I still have something to say. I am especially looking forward to the subsequent development. What is the relationship between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom?" Will there be another fight?"
The story of Volume 1 of Song Ci ends with the signing of the Chanyuan Alliance between Liao and Song.
Song Ci smiled and asked: "Well, there are no bugs in the process, or do you have any opinions?"
Lu Song waved his hands repeatedly and said: "I have a stupid opinion. My only opinion is that you publish it as soon as possible, and then give me two more physical books."
Song Ci and Lu Song both laughed.
In the afternoon, Song Ci directly sent the electronic version of Fengyun of the Two Song Dynasties to the editor in charge of the matter at Xidu Publishing House.
The editor's surname is Huang and he is in his 30s.
After receiving the electronic version of Song Ci, he carefully reviewed it.
At present, as long as it is a physical publication, the content will be carefully screened to ensure that there will be some content that is not suitable for publication.
In the office, several heads of Xidu Publishing House sat together for a meeting.
"According to the agreement we made with Song Ci, we need to publish at least 100,000 copies this time. How many do you think we should print in the first batch?"
"I don't think there's any need to worry about it. Song Ci is still popular now. His fans, I think, should be able to digest tens of thousands of copies, so we will just print 100,000 copies. We will definitely have no worries about selling them. You can rest assured about this." .”
"I have the same opinion. I've finished reading this book, and it's pretty well written. There's really nothing to say about the writing style of Song Ci."
Then, after two more rounds of discussions within Xidu Publishing House, the physical book of Two Song Dynasties was officially ready for publication.
A total of 100,000 copies were printed in the first batch.
Song Ci has negotiated with Xidu Publishing House, and he will autograph 3,000 copies of it.
Then these 3,000 volumes will be given to Xidu Publishing House for publicity and promotion.
So after finishing the filming mission in the past few days, Sikou Xue, Gong Yusheng and others returned to the hotel and discovered a magical scene.
That is, Song Ci's room is filled with physical books of the two Song Dynasties, and Song Ci is holding a pen and frantically writing his signature.
Si Kouxue folded her hands in front of her chest and looked at Song Ci with a smile: "I'm so envious. If I could publish a book, I wish I could write my own signature on each one."
Song Ci raised his head and glanced at Si Kou Xue, and shook his fingers that were a little stiff when writing. Next to him were two damaged signature pens: "You really don't have back pain when you stand and talk, and your hands are hurt." It hurts me to write, you know.”
Gong Yusheng said from the side: "Isn't this the worry of happiness for you? If you don't want to, you can just give it to me."
Si Kou Xue said: "Yes, if that doesn't work, you can just sign it as "Liang Song Fengyun" and I wrote it. I'm happy with it.
Song Ci smiled and said, "Come on, you two."
Si Kouxue and Gong Yusheng waved their hands and walked out of Song Ci's room silently. The smile on Gong Yusheng's face suddenly disappeared.
He felt a little envious and jealous now.
As an artist who is more popular and taller than Song Ci, he even thinks that he is better-looking than Song Ci.
But now that Song Ci has been published in physical form, he is completely one step ahead, and he feels a little unhappy.
Song Ci took a promotional photo of himself working hard to write a signed book in a hotel and posted it on Weibo with the following text:
"The physical book of Two Song Dynasties will be released soon. Please stay tuned. The first batch of 100,000 copies has been printed, 3,000 of which will be signed by me. Please always pay attention to the activities related to Xidu Publishing House. Chance to get my autographed book."
Master Song's current Weibo fans have exceeded 6 million, and the fact that Song Ci wrote "Liang Song Fengyun" has already whetted the appetite of fans.
After all, before this book, he had already told the story of Lu You and Liu Yong and Wen Tianxiang and others, so many fans of Song Ci have great expectations for this story.
"Wow, wow, wow, I've finally waited for you! There was news before that the reason why you didn't update online was because you were preparing to publish a physical book. Now it's finally confirmed!"
"Wow, it actually has a physical form. I love it so much that I have to buy a copy and keep it in my collection!"
"Physical book! There is actually a physical book, and it's even autographed. Teacher Song Ci, don't love us too much!"
Xidu Publishing House took advantage of the popularity of Song Ci's posts on Weibo and quickly posted a few promotional activities on Weibo, which instantly caused quite a shock among fans of Song Ci.
Three days later, the physical book of Two Song Dynasties was officially put on the shelves at Xidu Publishing House’s physical store and online store.
After Song Ci signed 3,000 books, he kept 100 of them, and gave all the remaining 2,900 books to Xidu Publishing House for activities.
On the first day, the sales volume of "Liang Song Fengyun" was more than 30,000 copies, which were basically contributed by fans of Song Ci. This sales volume is already a very good level.
As for the 100 physical books that Song Ci left behind, he gave one to some actor friends on the crew, and of course Director Lu Song.
Then he specifically asked Song Hongdou, Gu Jinghong, Tang Shi, and Wang Yin their current addresses, and also mailed the book to them.
Of course, my three college roommates also sent them.
Some friends at the theater also sent them.
After all, publishing a physical book is quite serious. As soon as Song Ci’s father got the book, he posted it in his circle of friends to show off.
And he directly put this book in the most conspicuous place in his small restaurant. When someone comes in to eat and order food, he will ask, hey, how did you know that my son has published a physical book?
Zhang Dongsen has been looking forward to this book about Song Ci, so he bought the physical book as soon as it came out. At this moment, he is sitting under the desk lamp and flipping through the pages of Two Song Dynasties.
From Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin wearing a yellow robe, to Song Taizong's candle shadow and the sound of axe, to the war between Song Dynasty and Liao Kingdom, and after many weighings, the Chanyuan Alliance was finally decided to be signed.
He read the whole book with excitement.
So he couldn't help but post a Weibo post, praising: "I finished reading Song Ci's "Two Song Dynasties" for the first time. If I want to give a score, I will give this book 5 stars. I don't know how many people like it. I read history. This book of Song Dynasty completely gives people the feeling...that this is a real history, not an imaginary story. The sense of reality is really overwhelming! Whether it is a prince or a general Prime Minister, or ordinary people, in this short and concise 300,000 words, I was moved and gave me the power of excitement. The only dissatisfaction is the absolute military strength of the Song Dynasty. It’s not that strong, and the end of the story ends with the Chanyuan Alliance signed between the two countries. I’m especially looking forward to Part 2 of The Storm of the Two Song Dynasties. I want to see the day when the Song Dynasty officially rises.”
Many Song Ci fans couldn't hold back after seeing Zhang Dongsen's comment.
"Teacher Zhang, you still said that you are paying attention to Song Ci? Don't you know that Lu You doesn't know Wen Tianxiang's story? The Song Dynasty became more rubbish as it went on! Although the Chanyuan Alliance is here now, we can foresee the future The Liao Kingdom must be getting stronger and stronger, and the Song Dynasty will definitely be the one to take a beating."
"One thing to say... There is really nothing to say about the storyline of Two Song Dynasties, but I don't think it's that good-looking. It looks too boring."
On the Chinese Ancient Poetry website, poetry lovers and ancient prose lovers are also talking about this new book of Song Ci.
"Brothers, the true face of Lushan in the Song Dynasty has finally been revealed. Has everyone seen it? Whether the evaluation is good or bad, can everyone come out and talk about it?"
"It can be seen that Song Ci wants to express a lot in this book. He has great ambitions, and I think his writing style is slow and slow. We can look forward to the following parts."
"The first volume of the book is basically described in terms of politics and the court. Like Song Ci said, the story about Liu Yong is basically mentioned in one stroke. I personally like this way of narration."
"But I also particularly hope that Master Song can write the life stories of Liu Yong, Lu You and others in the book. Write it in more detail, rather than just briefly talking about it in a variety show."
"There is a saying... How did Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty become emperor? Did he kill his brother?"
One week after the official release of "Two Song Dynasties", the first batch of 100,000 copies was sold out, and it also became popular on Douban.
More than 3,000 netizens gave the book Liang Song Fengyun a high score of 9.0.
Because there are not many people who rate it, it can basically be regarded as an act by fans of Song Ci to gain praise for Song Ci. Therefore, some people think that these 3,000 people scored a high score of 9, which is basically untrustworthy.
But the high praise comment is still conclusive.
"I really like the writing style of Song Ci, but I don't like the Song Taizu in the story. He was too hasty when he became the emperor, right? Did he just wear the yellow robe casually? And Song Taizong became the emperor even more hastily. I feel that the whole book , the Song lyrics are relatively sloppy, haha!”
"The story still needs to be improved. I look forward to the following stories. But I don't know when Song Ci will write the second part."
(End of chapter)
