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The afternoon matches on the first day of the French Open ended in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Under the watchful eyes of Zhang Jin, Qiu Ya and the remaining thousands of spectators, Ma Dongmei lost two sets first and let the two chase three for the entire five sets, and in each set the two sides reached a long set tiebreaker.

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In the four-and-a-half-hour game, Ma Dongmei and Elena jointly contributed more than fifty rounds. The two played until they were almost exhausted and had to rest for twenty minutes in the middle.

Although the technical movements of both players were somewhat deformed at the end of the game, they still received warm applause from the audience!

After the game, Zhang Jin and Qiu Ya accompanied Ma Dongmei back to the hotel to wash up and change clothes, and then the three of them went to a famous nearby Chinese restaurant to have dinner together.

This is what they agreed on before.

Unless you have special requirements in foreign Chinese restaurants, you will not be able to eat authentic Chinese food, but you can only eat so-called Chinese food that has been improved to suit local tastes.

Zhang Jin, who came prepared, would naturally not make such a mistake. Of course, he came to a Chinese restaurant to eat authentic Chinese food. If he wanted to have a local-style dinner, why not go to a French restaurant!

Not long after, a table of authentic Chinese food was served, and the three of them chatted while eating.

Zhang Jin, Qiu Ya and Ma Dongmei first talked about her training and life abroad in the past two years, as well as some major and interesting things that happened in China, then talked about each other's careers and lives, and finally recalled the immature version of themselves in high school.

When it comes to high school, Charlotte naturally cannot be avoided. Qiu Ya's gossip and Ma Dongmei's curiosity finally turned to this topic.

Ma Dongmei was curious about Charlotte's current situation in the country, while Qiu Ya was gossiping about when she would officially pursue Charlotte.

The two women chatted happily about Charlotte's problem, as if they had returned to the days when they were roommates in their senior year of high school!

When talking about Charlotte, we naturally have to talk about the song "Little Dimple" that Charlotte sang to cause trouble at this year's Golden Melody Awards.

"Dongmei, don't mind. I'm helpless when Charlotte comes out of the blue." Qiu Ya said with a bitter smile.

She hesitated about this matter for a long time, but decided to tell it to avoid any misunderstanding if Ma Dongmei found out about it in the future.

Ma Dongmei waved her hands and said in a accustomed tone: "Thank you for telling me this. In fact, it's not a big deal. I've been used to it for a long time. It's not just a day or two for Charlotte to like you and pursue you, and I

I know he actually has me in his heart, otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to protect me from those gangsters like Chen Kai.”

"It's good that you can figure it out. I'm worried that you misunderstood. By the way, when do you plan to return to China? Now Charlotte is becoming more and more popular in China. If you don't go and watch him, I'm afraid that he will be in the entertainment industry

I was fascinated by Luan Hong. If you are deceived by some vixen, it will be too late for you to go back!" Qiu Ya said.

But Ma Dongmei laughed and said disapprovingly: "Qiu Ya, you don't have to worry about this. From what I know about Charlotte, he will not be tempted by other women until he completely gives up on you."

"Ah?!" Qiu Ya was slightly surprised. She didn't expect Ma Dongmei to use herself as a shield to protect her husband.

Ma Dongmei suddenly asked: "By the way, Qiu Ya, you have developed to this point, when do you plan to get married?"

Qiu Ya was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Zhang Jin who was just eating and drinking next to her: "It depends on what he means."

Seeing the two women looking at him, Zhang Jin swallowed the potatoes and beef in his mouth and said, "What I mean? What I mean is that you can get married directly after graduation. What do you think?"

Qiu Ya and Ma Dongmei both looked at him in surprise, and then looked at each other.

One person is extremely envious, while the other person is shy and slightly sweet.

"It's so fast. Congratulations. You must inform me in advance so that I can prepare." Ma Dongmei said with a smile.

Qiu Ya had a smile on her face, but she didn't let go: "Let's talk about it then, I haven't agreed yet whether to marry him or not!"

"If you don't agree to my proposal, then I will find another woman." Zhang Jin said.

"How dare you!?" Qiu Ya stared at him, and the chopsticks in her hands directly exploded the marinated quail eggs in the bowl.

Ma Dongmei exclaimed: "Qiu Ya, your hands are very strong. I've tried it too, but I can't hold the chopsticks with one hand without breaking them."

Qiu Ya tried her best to maintain an elegant smile: "Maybe it's because my quail eggs are soft."

Zhang Jin couldn't help laughing as he watched from the side. He really wanted to clap his hands and laugh. Ma Dongmei's understanding of Qiu Ya was still superficial.

Although Qiu Ya looks like a quiet female artist, in fact, in daily life, she is no different from ordinary girls. She often gets confused and shows off her independent and independent side when she doesn't want to trouble others.

Because of regular fitness yoga, although she looks slim and has long limbs, she is also much stronger than ordinary girls in terms of strength.

Qiu Ya glanced at Zhang Jin, kicked him lightly under the table as a warning, and then changed the topic.

After dinner, the three of them said goodbye outside the restaurant and returned to their hotels, meeting to continue watching the game and cheering on in a few days.

In the next few days, Zhang Jin and Qiu Ya not only went to the recording studio to record the album's songs, but also participated in Steinway's Young Artist Evaluation.

Generally speaking, Steinway evaluates young artists based on their performance in concerts this year. However, for various reasons, people like Qiu Ya did not hold solo concerts or perform with groups.

Piano players who know how to play will also get an opportunity to be evaluated.

Qiu Ya has high expectations for this evaluation. Firstly, she wants to see whether her performance can conquer the judges. Secondly, she wants to listen to the performances of other players who are also on the watch list and learn from them.

experience.

A total of thirty-six young piano players on the observation list were invited for this evaluation, but only twenty-seven were actually present. The evaluation lasted for two days, and the time schedule was not urgent, allowing the young players to have more opportunities.

More communication time.

In two days, Qiu Ya communicated and discussed with twenty-seven piano players from different countries, and gained a lot of insights, including understanding of the music, control of the performance atmosphere, tips on using portamento, etc.

Although Qiu Ya still failed to gain unanimous recognition from the judges in this evaluation, at least she knew that she was making progress and that her efforts this year had not been in vain.

None of the twenty-seven performers received this honor.

Zhang Jin could learn from their conversation that so far last year, only three people had won the Young Steinway Artist honor, and they were all among the top group of young performers who had won numerous awards in competitions.

It is said that the judges revealed that this year there is also a young performer in China who has just turned 18 years old and is very likely to win the Young Steinway Artist Award.

That is the young performer Li Yundi who won the gold medal in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition, ending fifteen years of silence and vacancy, and became the first Chinese to win first place.

At the same time, he also won the Best Performance Award for Polonaise.

This amazed both Qiu Ya and Zhang Jin!

Both of them are familiar with the name Li Yundi.

Qiu Ya came to know about Qiu Ya because her mother often talked about the champions of domestic piano competitions, among which Yundi Li and Lang Lang were both familiar to her. Zhang Jin knew about it because of Liu Qian's "Looking for Lee Hom" incident during the 2013 Spring Festival Gala magic show.

Li Yundi.

Yundi Li belongs to the classical piano music school, so she naturally participates in more competitions. The more competitions she participates in and the more awards she wins, the more famous she becomes.

Qiu Ya, on the other hand, prefers popular piano music, and her proficiency in classical piano music is naturally not as good as that of someone who has practiced this field since childhood, and she cannot seriously participate in competitions in this area. If people like her want to improve their reputation, they can only through

Perform solo recitals, or work with a large orchestra to become the lead pianist.

Although Qiu Ya failed to pass this evaluation, it was not without gain. Her performance of "Do You" was highly praised by the judges and other performers!

Even after knowing that this piece was the main piano piece of her upcoming debut album, many people said on the spot that they would buy one of her albums to collect and listen to. Not only would they buy it for themselves, but they would also recommend it to those who like piano music.

relatives and friends.

What was originally a good evaluation meeting ended up being a first album recommendation meeting. This was an unexpected surprise that neither Qiu Ya nor Zhang Jin expected.

After the Steinway Young Artist Evaluation, the next day happened to be the day of Ma Dongmei’s second round of competition.

On June 9th, the weather was sunny and windy.

At Roland Garros, Ma Dongmei plays against Spanish tennis player Conchita Martinez.

Spain and South America are rich places for clay court experts. Players here often have no advantage when competing on hard courts, but they can often achieve results on clay courts. They grew up on clay courts and have a special set of clay court routines. Everyone has a special clay court routine.

His skills are very good and he is also good at running.

Ma Dongmei met such an opponent. His skills were a little better than hers, and his physical fitness was no worse than hers. She felt as if she was fighting an enhanced version of herself.

The result was obvious. Ma Dongmei's French Open journey ended in the second round. The two sides still played a long game, but the number of games was ten fewer than in the first round.

Ma Dongmei was so suppressed by this enhanced version of herself throughout the whole process that she had almost no power to fight back.

Even though the opponent's physical strength was severely exhausted, his batting skills still didn't change much. On the other hand, he made many mistakes and ruined several key games with his own hands.

At the end of the game, the audience gave warm applause!

Qiu Yaman clapped and sighed: "What a pity, Dongmei still lost after trying so hard, her opponent must be too strong!"

"Let's go and comfort Ma Dongmei." Zhang Jin stood up and said.

The two quickly found Ma Dongmei and went to the Chinese restaurant yesterday together.

There were a lot of people in the Chinese restaurant today, so the three of them started chatting while waiting for their meals.

"Dongmei, although you lost today, don't be too sad. I think you played much better than in the first round!"

"Thank you Qiu Ya. It's really sad to lose the game, but it won't have much impact on me. I'm not that pretentious. What's more, I'm mentally prepared to lose. I played my best.

, but today’s opponent is strong.” Ma Dongmei said after taking a sip of the tea in her cup.

"Do you know this opponent? I checked the ranking, and it's worse than my opponent in the first round, ranked over 500," Zhang Jin said.

"More than five hundred? Why do I think she is better than her opponents in the first round?" Qiu Ya said in surprise.

Ma Dongmei had no choice but to explain to them: "Although Conchita Martinez is only ranked over 500 in the WTA, she is a Spanish player who specializes in clay court competitions. She has won championships in many clay court competitions, but in

Her performance on the hard court was mediocre, so her points ranking was not as good as her first-round opponent Elena.

I probably paid attention to the list of contestants this time, and I think that with Conchita’s strength, winning the championship is not a problem, so I am not surprised to lose to her.”

Zhang Jin has never paid attention to tennis before, but he also knows that in the French Open, a clay-court Grand Slam event, two thousand years later, Spanish players have almost a 95% monopoly on the championship in men's singles.

Even when the king Federer came to this clay court, he only won the championship once, and he could only swallow the bitter pill of failure at other times.

"The game is over so soon, what are your plans next?" Qiu Ya asked.

"I plan to return to the United States to continue training at the IMG Academy, and then participate in the next Wimbledon, Tokyo Tour and US Open." Ma Dongmei answered with her fingers.

Qiu Ya reminded: "Dongmei, don't forget that we agreed to go to a Charlotte Charlotte concert together."

Ma Dongmei nodded and said: "Of course I haven't forgotten when his concert will start. I hope it won't conflict with my competition date."

"The date is easy to remember. July 7th is the first concert in the capital with thousands of people. When is your competition?" Qiu Ya said.

"It's hard to say, Wimbledon is held every June or July. It depends on the organizer's arrangements." Ma Dongmei shook her head.

While they were talking, the waiters began to serve them authentic Chinese food one after another.

The three of them chatted while eating and agreed that if time allowed, Ma Dongmei would fly back to China to watch the concert with them.

After dinner, the three of them said goodbye and went back to the hotel.

Two days later, Ma Dongmei flew back to Florida img College in the United States with her translator.

Zhang Jin and Qiu Ya continued to stay to record their first album. Without Ma Dongmei's French Open event, neither of them paid attention.

As a result, when the French Open final ended, they were surprised to find that the runner-up was the Spanish player who defeated Ma Dongmei in the second round, Conchita Martinez, and the champion was French star Mary Pierce.

Zhang Jin and Qiu Ya have finished recording all the songs for their first album, and the time has come to the end of June.

The whole album has a total of ten songs. The main track is "Missing Through Time and Space", four original piano songs, "do you, may", "be" and "love me". Courage and Loving You Are Not Two or Three Days, etc., and the remaining six are adaptations of popular songs.

piano music.

With the audio master tapes in hand, Zhang Jin and Qiu Ya also boarded the flight back to China.

As soon as he got off the plane and took a taxi back to the villa, Zhang Jin received a call from Mr. Lai. He picked up the phone and put it to his ear: "Hey, it's me, what's the matter?"

"Mr. Zhang, I have a friend here who is filming a TV series. I recommended Miss Qiu to her as a background music performer. Do you think it is suitable? If you think it is not suitable, I will find an excuse to reject her.

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"What's your friend's name?"

"Oh, her name is Chai Zhiping."