Entertainment: Is this how you play music?!

Chapter 460 There is only one god of the piano.

"That netizen is so mean, how could they say that about you? Don't be angry, the milk tea is delicious."

Li Can's words of comfort only made Chen Gang feel a surge of anger and frustration.

"I have to go buy it myself?!"

"I'll buy it, I'll buy it, Brother Gang, you can rest."

Li Can immediately ran away.

Chen Gang curled his lip.

I took out my phone and opened the band's group chat.

The progress in Moscow is relatively slow; Chen Gang has only just played in the semifinals, and Winnie is still in the knockout stage.

Looking at Italy, Han Jiayin and Lin Feng's competitions have already ended, and Zhao Ze has already started the awards ceremony.

There are also quite a few oddballs in vocal music and violin.

Even greater pressure.

Compared to Chen Gang, who had direct guidance from Li Can, these three relied purely on their individual abilities to achieve their miracles.

Two silver coins and one gold coin.

Zhao Ze and Lin Feng were just one step away from the championship.

But it wasn't a complete defeat.

After all, Milan is a true haven for bel canto singers and violinists, and the fact that the two of them achieved this result has caused a sensation in Milan's news scene, with the locals' astonishment evident everywhere on the screen.

Even more explosive was Han Jiayin.

I've gone up there! I've unleashed my ultimate move! I've wiped out all my opponents!

The most low-key person ever did the most ruthless thing.

"this."

Chen Gang became serious.

Looking back on everything that happened during the competition.

A cold sweat, like a sudden, sharp pain, welled up inside me.

If I hadn't been in that good state beforehand, with all I could think about was the thrill of battle...
I'm actually quite prone to making mistakes with Varian.

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The joy of defeating Varian faded considerably, replaced by a strong sense of crisis.

"I absolutely cannot afford to crash here."

They defeated Varian, but failed to win the championship.

Chen Gang will face real criticism and questioning.

The unpredictable Blade becomes stronger when facing a strong opponent, unleashing a burst of power to crush its biggest championship contender, Varian, before betting on betting and losing to someone else.

This kind of script is purely for actors.
"I can't do it anymore, I need to practice."

When Li Can returned to the venue with milk tea, she learned that Chen Gang had already left.

Looking at the room-temperature milk tea in her hand, Li Can, worried that the cold milk tea would upset Ah Gang's stomach, chose to drink it herself and savor the pleasure of carbohydrates.

Before today's matches are completely over.

After completing the remaining formalities, Mikhail took Varian to find Li Can.

He booked three masterclasses with Li Can, exclusively for his apprentice, to hone his skills.

Li Can had no reason to refuse Mikhail's request.

It wasn't that they gave a lot, but rather that they could cultivate a good "opponent" for Gangzi, which made Li Can very happy.

Who doesn't like cricket fighting?
During the time Chen Gang was practicing hard, Varian, who had finished the competition, had plenty of time, so Li Can gave Varian a rigorous test in piano skills.

Due to differences in style and school, Varian could only learn from Li Can by drawing on his experiences.

But if it's just about honing skills, then it's fine.

The whole world knows that in the field of piano technique, there are two kinds of people: humans and Li Can.

Although Varian's skills are already excellent in the music industry, no one would refuse to improve further.

When they enjoy the same treatment as Chen Gang.

Varian finally understood just how monstrous Li Can truly was.

Similar to Chen Gang, Varian was originally very happy because of his maturity, progress and breakthroughs, but since he started learning from Li Can, the joy of progress has disappeared.

Instead, there is a sense of powerlessness, as if standing on the edge of an abyss.

Time passed slowly.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

After finishing three masterclasses, Varian became even more silent.

When Mikhail saw his apprentice's expression, he simply smiled.

"So? Do you know his true strength now?"

"I understand, teacher."

Varian nodded, pondered for a moment, and then spoke.

"But I think I may not have seen it all. Compared to the previous period of communication, Li seems to have become more unfathomable. Back then, those anti-human unique skills were already outrageous, but in the past few days I have found that he has become even more outrageous in refining these skills."

"What's unusual is that while his skills are indeed improving, compared to the inhuman feeling he had during the communication period, his skills now seem to have become much more human. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I can sense that they're more natural and effortless, which is terrifying."

"So, this is what I wanted to tell you: no one stays in the same place forever, at least not Li, and not Chen either."

Mikhail nodded deeply.

For many pianists in the industry.

Li Can is like a star in the distant universe.

Everyone is chasing stars, even though stars seem to be stationary.

But everyone thinks that the star may still be moving away at an absurd speed.

With a sigh, Mikhail patted Varian on the shoulder, speaking earnestly.

"For pianists, this is a brilliant era as well as a dark one. Whether they can break free from this era and etch their names in the annals of history depends on whether they can keep moving forward."

Forward.

Varian raised his head, his gaze resolute.

Mikhail's education was never repressive.

Rather, it's because geniuses like Varian don't lack encouragement and recognition; what they need is a tangible goal to pursue.

Mikhail believed that no true genius would be defeated by a terrifying gap and start to give up, at least not for Varian.

A genius who cannot find his goal will ultimately stagnate, regress, or even fall into oblivion.

Mikhail looked at Varian.

"Go practice Mazepa, feel the heroism of Li Can, run, fall, get up and run again, never stop."

"Perhaps one day when you look back, you will be surprised to find that you can already be called the King of Piano."

Mikhail paused.

He suddenly burst out laughing.

"Actually, in my heart, you are already the King of Piano. However, I want to see you go further, to a place I can never imagine."

A warm feeling welled up in Varian's heart, and he nodded solemnly.

In fact, both the master and the apprentice knew one thing in their hearts.

There can be many kings, but there can only be one god.

Mikhail wanted Varian to see reality clearly and identify his goals, but he didn't want to discourage Varian.

Varian also wanted to reciprocate this sentiment.

at this time.

Varian's heart was filled with immense excitement.

Perhaps I cannot keep up with God's pace.

But it doesn't matter.

Just as the teacher said.

As long as you keep running, you can go further and further.

Two more days have passed.

The final round of the piano competition has begun.

As the most important event in the Moscow tournament, the final should have generated a lot of buzz, but it only seemed to be slightly more popular than the semi-final between Chen Gang and Varian.

For media outlets that love generating buzz, the finals were already over, and the outcome of today's match was hardly in doubt.

Only a few people take this game more seriously.

Not just their old rivals, Varian and his apprentice.

Zhao Ze, Lin Feng, and Han Jiayin, who had finished their matches, also returned from Milan and arrived in Moscow.

Winnie, who had just finished the round of 32 to 8 and reached the quarterfinals in the guitar category, also took time out to watch. For musicians...

This match is actually more important.

Just as one can only truly appreciate the other person's tenderness through the details afterward, a musician's state of mind can only be revealed through their performance after a breakthrough.

Is Chen Gang truly a madman? Is he driven by lust or by emotion?

This competition is actually quite crucial.

"I never expected Gangzi to have reached this point. Is he even an undergraduate?"

Lin Feng smacked his lips, feeling a bit sour.

This is the obsession of a silver medalist with a gold medal.

"Hahahaha!"

Li Can laughed gleefully, and seeing Lin Feng's sour face, he didn't hold back and immediately started making sarcastic remarks.

"Undergraduates and graduate students are just so-so, so don't try to act superior just because you're a cricket master's student."

"You?"

"Hahahaha!"

Everyone was very happy.

Not far away, media reporters looked at Li Can and his group with some excitement.

I never expected that DP, a band that has been winning awards everywhere, would gather here.

Thinking of some colleagues who said, "The competition is over, and there won't be any more buzz," I couldn't help but smile smugly.

The champagne was opened too early.

"I'm coming!"

soon.

The final match then officially began.

At this moment, Chen Gang was in a state of being both very clear-headed and very intoxicated.

This is the magical feeling of truly stepping into the realm of masters.

I can feel the incredibly stable ground, the piano keys under my hands seem to be responding to information, the piano itself seems to be filled with music, and in the duet with the piano, I am leading the piano to play a movement that I am intoxicated with.

This feeling of harmony between man and instrument is not uncommon in the history of the Xia Dynasty.

Huan Tan of the Han Dynasty described the shape and construction of the guqin.

[Looking up to the heavens, learning from the earth, drawing inspiration from one's own body, and from all things, one began to carve the paulownia wood into a zither and string it with silk threads, so as to communicate with the virtues of the divine and harmonize with the harmony of heaven and earth.]

This is the state of "harmony between man and nature" that Eastern music has always pursued.

It is a hazy, intoxicating sense of being, yet also an extremely clear and intuitive sense of life.

At this moment, Chen Gang's mind was filled with the words Li Can had once used to describe the state of playing the piano.

"Is this the strange feeling that Brother Can was talking about, the kind that only master pianists can have? Indeed, passion gives birth to a realm, and a realm makes passion even more passionate."

Chen Gang let out a deep breath.

Li Can first spoke of this feeling on the eve of his exchange program with England.

It was only then that Chen Gang suddenly realized that Li Can had already reached such a level back then.

Guided by the staff.

Chen Gang stepped onto the stage to meet his opponent.

After shaking hands, the opponent began to play.

Chen Gang simply sat there, but Lin Feng clicked his tongue in amazement.

At this moment, Chen Gang was incredibly calm and composed, and the sheer strength of his aura made Lin Feng feel somewhat unfamiliar with him.

"Is this still the female streamer who gets free tickets?"

Such questions did not persist for long.

Soon, it was Chen Gang's turn.

With a light touch of the fingers on the keyboard, one can feel the breath of the keys, which do not actually exist, as if touching the true soul of the piano.

The performance begins.

The Dream of Love

This piece, which elevates Chen Gang to the level of a master, was performed by Chen Gang himself, who had solidified his own artistic level.

That was a completely different version from Li Can's expression.

But Li Can felt that he could give Chen Gang at least a score of 90.

He's on a completely different level from Chen Gang, who barely scored in the seventies back then.

Clear and dreamlike.

The main melody is highlighted very clearly, while the other notes are just right as accompaniments.

Compared to Li Can's incredibly passionate and intense expression.

Chen Gang was more like a dream.

Li Can emphasizes "love," while Chen Gang portrays "dreams."

Just as Li Can had told Chen Gang back then.

A pianist needs to integrate their own understanding and conceptual knowledge into the expression of musical works.

For Li Can, it was a very hardcore and intense love, characterized by daily playful fights, drinking contests, and wrestling matches.

For Chen Gang, it was naturally the ideal love, the dream constructed from it.

The master's level is being reached at its fullest.

Chen Gang has already firmly established himself at the top of the piano pyramid.

Varian was the most captivated among the audience.

Varian was overjoyed to lose to such an opponent.

Even the opponents in this final match couldn't help but be captivated by it.

"What a beautiful dream."

The thought flashed through a reporter's mind.

It is precisely the feeling that Chen Gang wanted to express that he concentrated in every note.

As the song ended, applause erupted.

Zhao Ze spoke for everyone.

"Gangzi truly deserved the championship this time; he has completely transformed."

Lin Feng nodded repeatedly.

"Yeah, I don't even recognize those who look respectable anymore."

"Indeed, who would have thought that the essence of Love's Dream was checking up on female anchors?"

"It's over, all the artistic conception of such an excellent performance is gone."

The guys and I often joke around.

But it was just a joke.

After this battle, everyone knew that from then on, Chen Gang had shaken off the shadow of Li Can.

No one would think that Chen Gang is second only to Li Can in terms of expression.

The style of the same piece can be so different that they are like two completely different pieces of music.

After a long wait, the scores were finally released.

Chen Gang's opponent performed much better under pressure than in the semi-finals.

The highest score was around 84 points.

The final average score improved by a little over one point compared to the semi-finals, reaching 81.36.

But Chen Gang's score was on a completely different level.

The highest score was removed, but the high score of 91.97 is still amazing.

The average score was 88.26, which completely exceeded the average score of the previous round!
Everyone could tell.

Chen Gang not only perfectly expressed his own style and condensed his own ideas, but also reconstructed the music in a second way. At the same time, he did not make any major changes or subversions to the music.

Both the moderates and the radicals found it very interesting and unanimously gave it a very high minimum score.

"Chen, congratulations! You deserve this championship!"

The chairman stopped being humorous and appeared quite agitated.

Amidst thunderous applause, countless eyes turned to Chen Gang.

After Chen Gang stepped off the stage.

Their gaze then shifted to Li Can, burning as if it wanted to scald him.

This monstrous Chen Gang was trained by Li Can.

How much internal energy would it take to heal someone so they can take off!
(End of this chapter)