My wife is in my arms

Chapter 1222 Level Exam Two

There came another familiar voice.

The woman stopped in her tracks, instinctively turning her head. She then saw Zhang You, holding two children's hands on either side of him. She smiled and greeted him, saying, "Zhang You... you should be called Boss Zhang now, right?"

"Then I'll have to call you Master Tan."

Zhang You made a joke.

What a coincidence!

As Tan Yao spoke, she glanced at Zhang You's young apprentice and daughter. Without a doubt, she knew that Zhang You had brought his daughter and young apprentice to take the exam.

"That's quite a coincidence! What level did your child take?"

Zhang You replied, and then asked a question.

Level 8

Tan Yao spoke with a heavy tone and a hint of pride. Although piano grades one through ten are only amateur levels, even passing grade ten doesn't mean anything. A true pianist... like Zhang You, who didn't even pass grade one and probably can't even produce a certificate proving his piano skills, yet no one questions his status as a piano master.

But this is Zhang You. For ordinary people, taking exams is still a necessary process. Her daughter is so young, yet she is already at level seven, which is better than many children in extracurricular classes. If she passes level eight today, she will probably reach level ten in two years at most.

At less than fifteen years old, she's already at the tenth level of piano proficiency, which is quite impressive.

"Great"

Zhang You immediately gave Ma Yuhan a thumbs up.

Ma Yuhan was quite happy to hear Uncle Zhang praise her.

"What level are Xiao Zishan and Li Ran taking?!"

Tan Yao asked.

"Take the Level 1 exam first."

Zhang You replied with a smile, "Let's talk about it after the exam."

Hearing a staff member call him, Tan Yao immediately responded, then left with his daughter, congratulating Zhang You as they walked, "I haven't congratulated you on your several nominations yet! Congratulations! Don't forget to treat me to dinner after you win the award!"

The moment he entered the examination room, Tan Yao couldn't help but glance at Li Ran again.

This girl not only became Zhang You's apprentice, but he also took the initiative to accept her.

As for her daughter... he could set the price however he wanted, and the teaching time was up to him. Everything was dictated by him, so he was unwilling to take her in.

Every time Tan Yao thinks about this, she feels a strong sense of frustration and helplessness. Only when Zhang You says that it's not because her daughter Ma Yuhan is not talented that she doesn't accept the student, but because she doesn't want to accept any more, does she feel a little better.

But Tan Yao knew in her heart that it was her daughter's talent that hadn't impressed Zhang You. In the past, besides wanting her daughter to learn piano from Zhang You, she genuinely believed in his potential.

In this way, regardless of whether his daughter becomes a pure musician or enters the entertainment industry, going out with the title of Zhang You's apprentice will save a lot of development time.

And just as she predicted, Zhang You's development was so rapid that it was impossible to keep up.

It hasn't been long, and he's already a capital tycoon, which means he not only controls resources in the music industry but also in film and television.

In the past, Zhang You was merely a focus of the music scene, the kind of music creator that many singers had to flatter and fawn over. Now, he is the kind of person that everyone in the entertainment industry, whether actor or director, has to treat with respect.

The two films have grossed a combined total of nearly six billion yuan. This is a rare achievement in the film industry in recent years.

As she entered the examination room, many teachers were already waiting. After her daughter sat down in the chair in front of the piano, a sound indicating that the recognition was complete was heard, followed by a countdown.

"Please begin playing."

Tan Yao sat below, his hands clasped tightly together.

Over the years, she has rarely been nervous. Even when she is on stage, she doesn't feel too nervous. The most nervous thing for her was taking her driving test more than ten years ago.

I don't know why, but she wasn't nervous when she took the college entrance exam, but she was so nervous that she was sweating all over when she took the driving test. And she wasn't the only one like that.

For adults, the driving test is like going through a tribulation.

Just like a woman she met when she was taking her driving test said, she had never been this nervous in her wedding night. Now, looking at her daughter sitting in the chair playing music, Tan Yao became extremely nervous.

The piece is finished.

Then came another song.

Noticing some of the proctors nodding around her, Tan Yao's nervousness lessened slightly. After about twenty minutes, her daughter finished the etudes, polyphonic pieces, and large-scale works.

After the exam, her daughter stood up and thanked the examiner.

As for the results, it will take about a month to find out. After walking out of the examination room with her daughter, Tan Yao was about to leave with her daughter when she thought for a moment and pulled a staff member aside to ask about Zhang You's two daughters and Li Ran.

"After passing Level 1, I went to take the exam to skip to the next level."

Tan Yao was taken aback when he heard the staff member's answer.

It is true that you can skip grades in piano exams, but you need to take an extra test on a very difficult piece before skipping a grade. Only after passing the test can you skip a grade. And you can't skip more than three grades. You can't skip grades between eight and ten. There are exceptions, but Tan Yao didn't know the specifics of those who skipped three grades to take the exam.

Following the staff's instructions, Tan Yao led her daughter forward a short distance, turned into a classroom, and soon saw Zhang Zishan sitting in a chair playing the piano.

After listening to Zhang Zishan play the piece, Tan Yao knew that this girl had skipped several grades. Next was Li Ran, who must have passed the exam for skipping grades.

About ten minutes later, Li Ran also passed the test.

The proctors whispered among themselves for a while, one of them said a few words to Zhang You, and then continued the exam. Judging from the difficulty, it should be the same level as her daughter's exam.

Zhang Zishan played very well.

When it was Li Ran's turn, the difficulty of the piece increased again. Tan Yao pursed her lips and her gaze became unusually complicated. If she hadn't guessed, Zhang You had directly let Li Ran skip a grade from level one... and it was a series of big jumps. This time, she should have been tested at level ten.

Even though there are many restrictions on skipping grades in piano exams, it's not a big deal for Zhang You. Like many things, restrictions and rules are for ordinary people; truly wealthy and powerful people are never bound by them.

Watching the young girl sitting upright in her chair, her fingers gliding smoothly across the piano keys, Tan Yao saw confidence and composure. The moment her fingers touched the keys, the examination room was filled with a sense of urgency.

This is the atmosphere created by Li Ran playing this difficult piece.

Even with the atmosphere reaching such a high level, Li Ran remained calm and unhurried. When playing a certain short passage, she played it with one hand while flipping through the sheet music in front of her with the other.

Tan Yao's left fingernails were digging into the flesh of the back of her right hand, but she was completely unaware of it.

(End of this chapter)