Producer System: My Girlfriend is a Cellist-Chapter 60 - 59: Evaluation, Am I Worthy?

Upon hearing this, the three students immediately perked up.

Already greatly concerned about this matter, they naturally wouldn’t miss this opportunity.

They quickly put down their textbooks or bags and gathered around.

The bespectacled male student stared fixedly at Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu, who were tuning their instruments in front of him.

It wasn’t that his heart was narrow-minded.

Rather, he couldn’t accept it by any means.

These two high school students could actually be compared to his teacher!

Especially when he saw Mr. Gao speaking to Lin Tian with a respectful tone only elders would use.

His confusion and jealousy reached their peak!

"..."

"Teacher, are you letting us stay to watch so we can learn?"

The female student among them also asked somewhat displeased.

Students who voluntarily stayed after class to seek one-on-one instruction from Mr. Gao were among the more-driven and uncompromising music students.

Now being suddenly told by Mr. Gao to observe a live teaching session of two high school students...

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It was clearly a judgment of their abilities!

"How could that be possible!"

Gao Zhenyang smiled and was surprised by his students’ foolish question,

"How could you possibly learn it?"

Thinking that watching a musician’s performance means telling you to learn well, is it realistic?

Completely, they are not on the same level.

"..."

The three students were left speechless.

Soon—

Lin Tian’s fingers began dancing on the piano.

The melodious sounds of the piano began to resonate in the classroom.

After a while, the girl also pulled her bow across the strings.

A light melody flowed down according to the musical score.

...

Hearing this familiar melody, the three university students were all taken aback simultaneously.

The two were performing the currently popular on Douyin "Kangkang Dance Music."

As music students, almost none had not heard it recently.

This piece was said to be difficult, not particularly difficult.

But, it certainly was not simple either.

Especially the speed changes during the climax part are very gripping. If it’s a solo performance, it might still be okay, but if it’s a duet with two different instruments...

It’s a real test of the basic skills and rapport between the two!

If handled poorly, it is very easy for one to be off pitch and the other to fail to keep up.

Quickly, the piece moved into the main section.

As the cello and the piano accompaniments intertwined...

The two began to accelerate!

Lin Tian’s fingers moved faster and faster, the girl’s cello also reached its climax.

"♫~"

Perfect sense of rhythm!

The students were stunned.

The climax had barely emerged.

The gap was heard immediately!

The zero mistakes of the piece were just basic!

This terrifying stability and coordination...

And regarding the emotions that the piece should convey, they both seemed to have a full grasp, knowing how to handle it!

During the climax, how the cello and the piano as two instruments master the complex melody parts, how to combine, how to coordinate, and how to cleverly use the deep tones of the cello and the bold sounds of the piano to complete such a work...

These were challenges.

And the two’s handling was clearly textbook level!

The students, having studied music for many years and having a deep understanding of music.

Thus,

The more they felt a chill down their spines at this moment.

"This... This piece has only been out for about four or five days, right?"

The girl couldn’t help but whisper,

"They have already interpreted the piece to such a level, even the original composers Moonlight and Cat might not be able to achieve this..."

"Are these freaking high school students?!" another boy couldn’t help but curse loudly.

"...."

The bespectacled boy was so shocked that he couldn’t utter a single word.

Among the three, he had the best grades.

He entered the school with excellent grades, and typically, labels like "talented" and "promising future" were often attached to him.

But after seeing the performance of the two...

An indescribable shock and sense of helplessness swept through his whole body.

Especially when seeing the girl who played the cello.

Her cello sound could truly achieve flawless accuracy on the sheet music, and her control over timbre and dynamics, sense of rhythm, and stability were all impeccably faultless...

One might even believe it’s scripted if said so.

This was entirely on the level of professional musicians!

Beyond this point, the bespectacled boy could no longer discern.

Because this was the extent of his expertise; he knew their performance was good, but limited by his own level, he could point out what was good, but couldn’t elaborate further.

If he could analyze entirely why they were so impressive,

Would he still be here at university?!

"....."

Observing the three dazed students, Gao Zhenyang felt quite emotional.

Sometimes, young people need to be hit with reality like this!

The first time he saw Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu perform "Ode to Love" on Douyin, he felt this same way.

There are always higher mountains beyond the one you know.

Thinking oneself a genius, but in front of true geniuses, one is nothing but an ant standing beside.

All those who pride themselves on their unique talents will eventually have to come to terms with themselves.

Sometimes, reaching this reconciliation sooner is not a bad thing.

....

The first piece ended.

Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu ceased their playing and looked towards Gao Zhenyang.

"Mr. Gao, how was it?"

Gao Zhenyang didn’t rush to answer their question, instead shifting his gaze to his three students.

Knowing the character of his student, he meaningfully asked:

"Gao Li, what do you think?"

The bespectacled boy was suddenly choked up.

Just having been stricken by the performance, and now being asked by Gao Zhenyang, felt like a knife to his heart.

"Very impressive, both teachers’ performances were really, really spectacular..."

Gao Li gritted his teeth and said sincerely.

In truth, what he wanted to say was.

"A review? Am I qualified?"

It’s like being performed to by musicians and then being asked how the performance was...

No wonder he is respectfully addressed as "Teacher" by Mr. Gao!

Seeing Gao Li’s now honest expression, Gao Zhenyang finally let him off.

He turned around and said to Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu:

"Good, the piece has no issues, most impressive is how well both of your emotions were in sync. If you can maintain this state, there won’t be any issues with next week’s performance."

Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu looked at each other and quickly showed a relieved expression.

"But... don’t get too happy too soon."

Gao Zhenyang said, "I only listened to this one piece; perhaps you two spent a lot of time practicing this piece secretly, but I don’t know the standard of the other pieces. It doesn’t fully prove that you both have reached the requirements."

"And moreover, live performances are completely different from now, you will have to play 3-6 pieces in one go, which is a huge challenge for your stamina, concentration, and stress resistance. I’ve had many students who played well in practice but failed on stage..."

After laying down so much,

Gao Zhenyang was just trying to lead into the following statement—

"I have some sheet music here; these pieces are not very difficult, for you two, taking a couple of minutes to glance through and sight-reading directly shouldn’t be a problem..."

Saying this, Gao Zhenyang took out a stack of sheet music from his bag.

Seeing this, Lin Tian mentally calculated and immediately felt invigorated.

A total of seven pieces!

Even the parts for the cello and piano were already separately written out.

Clearly, this was a special surprise prepared by Gao Zhenyang for them today.

"Give it a try, play through in one go; if you can’t keep up, you can stop."