Chapter 424: Chapter 205: The Most Gifted Senior? Let Me Show You What Real Talent Is_2

Song Siming: "Come on, Brother Chen, I’m truly hoping you two get together. If Tang Xia were with someone else, I’d definitely be upset. But with you, I’m totally convinced."

Yang Chen was about to say something when the performance started inside.

From the first note, the high-difficulty piece was captivating.

Before Yang Chen, no one had been able to play this piece solo, naturally impressing everyone from the start.

The judges sat up straight, watching Tang Xia and the others play, serious and focused.

Outside, Li Qingning’s face changed dramatically. As the most talented student at Hai City Music Academy in the past decade, she could clearly hear how well Tang Xia and the others were playing.

Other students gradually quieted down, showing expressions of shock and confusion.

What is this piece?

It sounds familiar, but I can’t recall where I’ve heard it before.

But the difficulty of this piece is truly high; playing it solo might not be possible.

Yang Chen focused entirely on watching Tang Xia; as long as she didn’t make a mistake, the others wouldn’t go off rhythm.

Tang Xia was determined. Why should Li Qingning’s reputation mean they were looked down upon, trying to strip them of their qualification to compete? This time, she must defeat Li Qingning.

When the piece reached its climax, all the judges left their seats and went over to Tang Xia and the others, to see firsthand how they were striking the keys.

Seeing the judges react this way, outside Li Qingning’s mood grew extremely tense.

As Tang Xia struck the last key, the solo piece "enduring.movement" played by no one but Yang Chen, finally concluded.

The judges were astounded, unable to speak.

It was Sun Ze Ping who first came to his senses, clapping and laughing: "Haha... I knew they’d surprise us."

Only then did the judges recover from their shock.

"I thought Li Qingning’s group was the peak, but I didn’t expect there to be students better than them."

"Haha... I didn’t expect Hai City Academy to have so many outstanding students. If I’d known, we should have held more of these competitions to discover more excellent students."

"If I’m not mistaken, this piece is from the movie ’The Legend of 1900’, the one the protagonist plays that no one can perform solo, right?"

"I heard your initial piece was ’Für Elise’, how did you suddenly switch to this ultra-difficult one?"

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Facing the inquiries from the teachers, Tang Xia didn’t respond directly; instead, she joyfully ran out and grabbed Yang Chen’s hand, insisting on pulling him inside.

Yang Chen didn’t want to be in the limelight, quickly saying, "No, no, no, I won’t go in. Did you guys win?"

Tang Xia: "Don’t know yet; the teachers haven’t announced the results."

Sun Ze Ping walked over, chuckling: "Brother Yang, come on in. Everyone wants to meet you. Folks, this is the rideshare driver I told you about. Tang Xia’s group was taught by him; now you believe me, right?"

Being able to teach Tang Xia’s group to ensemble this most difficult piece in one week shows Yang Chen’s piano skills are indeed top-notch.

Piano Department Director Liu Yi came over smiling, shook hands, and greeted Yang Chen.

"Young brother, nice to meet you. I’m Liu Yi, the Piano Department Director. I heard about you from Teacher Sun before. At the time, we thought there couldn’t be such a piano genius. Seems like we underestimated the possibilities, it’s truly humbling."

Yang Chen replied with a smile: "Director Liu is joking, I’m just a rideshare driver, not any kind of genius."

Liu Yi: "No need to be modest, young brother. To have trained Tang Xia’s group to this level within such a short time, your own skill is beyond our imagination."

Tang Xia: "Of course, Brother Chen can solo ’enduring.movement’. Doesn’t that prove he’s amazing?"

Most of those present were students and teachers from the Piano Department, and they knew how difficult this piece is.

Hearing Tang Xia’s words, everyone expressed skepticism.

"Impossible! No one can play this piece solo!"

"I don’t believe it either. So many piano masters cannot perform it solo, how could he? If he were a piano master, I might believe it. But Teacher Sun said he’s just a rideshare driver. If a rideshare driver can play this piece solo, haven’t we all wasted hundreds of thousands learning piano?"

"I agree; this piece has already been proven to require two pianos and post-production effects to present this effect. For Tang Xia’s group to play it this well is impressive, but claiming he can solo it, I wouldn’t believe it even if you killed me."

"Haha... If he can solo it, I’ll eat this piano."

"Haha..."

Tang Xia, who never backed down, immediately said: "You don’t believe because you haven’t seen it. Just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist; isn’t that a simple principle?"

Li Qingmang, who always found Tang Xia disagreeable, sneered: "Why say so much? Let him solo it for us, and we’ll see. If he can, our group will automatically withdraw. Is that okay?"

Yang Chen was about to decline when Sun Ze Ping pulled him aside to a corner of the classroom, whispering: "Li Qingning, that’s Li Qingmang’s sister, just mentioned inviting leaders from Hai City Opera House and the orchestra for on-site selection. That’s quite an enticing offer. You know, we teachers value student employment rates and their future achievements the most. I can tell you clearly, Tang Xia’s group’s performance was perfect and according to true ability, they should be victorious. But if other teachers consider Li Qingning’s connections, it’s hard to say which group will advance. You’ve trained them hard for a week; you wouldn’t want them to lose not because their skills are lacking, right? Just now Li Qingmang boldly declared, if you can play it solo, Tang Xia’s group wins. Why not let everyone see, ensure their win, and validate your hard work these days. What do you think?"