Song Hua was a judge for the Beijing Musicians Association's assessment. He had just come out to collect the forms when he saw Shi Qian standing outside.
Song Hua recognized Shi Qian. Yan Zhengming had given him several sheet music pieces before, saying they could be used in this year's music competition. Song Hua looked at the signature; it was someone he didn't know named Fire.
Song Hua had seen the piece and found it very inspired and quite difficult. He wanted to adapt the score for ensemble performance and sought Yan Zhengming's opinion.
Yan Zhengming directly gave him Shi Qian's contact information, saying that this was the person who wrote the music.
Song Hua was surprised to learn that Fire was Yan Zhengming's new student and a top-level member of the Music Association, since Yan Zhengming had not taken on any students for twenty years.
Song Hua instantly felt a deep respect for Fire. The status of a top-level member of the Music Association was second only to the president and vice president, and the number of such members was extremely limited.
Song Hua contacted Shi Qian about the piece of music, shared her thoughts, and politely invited Shi Qian to come and provide guidance. Shi Qian took a day to come to the Music Association.
This was the first time Song Hua had seen Shi Qian, and she was surprised to find that Shi Qian was so young and still a student.
Song Hua shared his ideas with several members of the performance team, and Shi Qian revised the entire piece based on everyone's instruments, making it suitable for ensemble performance.
After the revisions, the piece became absolutely stunning; it was breathtaking whether played solo or in ensemble.
As expected of someone the president has chosen, he is indeed a genius. The group admired Shi Qian immensely.
As soon as Song Hua came out, he saw Shi Qian standing in the waiting area with his zither on his back. He was stunned and quickly went up to greet him.
"Teacher Shi, what brings you here?"
"Do you want to come and see this year's music association's new talent assessment?"
"I was just passing by and found a practice room, but the staff brought me here."
Song Hua immediately understood. It was probably because the staff saw that Shi Qian was young and mistakenly thought he was a newcomer participating in the assessment.
Song Hua knew that Shi Qian would also participate in the music competition at the end of the month. She never expected that even a genius had to practice the piano.
"Go to the music room on the third floor. There are fewer people on the third floor. There's an assessment on the second floor today, so the staff are patrolling more frequently."
"I forgot my ID card. Do you have a temporary card?"
The practice rooms on the third floor all require a card to enter. Shi Qian didn't bring one today, so we could only come to the second floor.
Song Hua took out his card directly from his pocket and handed it to Shi Qian.
"You can use mine first, just leave it at the front desk when you leave."
Shi Qian nodded, said "thank you," and took Song Hua's card.
The judges inside noticed that Song Hua had been collecting forms for a long time but hadn't come back in, so they came out to check. They found Song Hua chatting animatedly with someone.
Four of the six judges had met Shi Qian before, and they all gathered around to greet him as soon as they saw him.
"Teacher Shi!"
"The president is still away on a business trip and hasn't come back yet."
"Would you like to come and take a look at our new recruit assessment this year, and maybe we can find some promising talents?"
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Several judges who knew Shi Qian were very excited and wanted to invite her to watch the newcomer's assessment, but Shi Qian was busy practicing and declined.
The remaining two did not recognize Shi Qian, but seeing everyone's respectful attitude, they also politely greeted Shi Qian.
Song Hua introduced Shi Qian to the other two, saying that he was the president's student. The others were somewhat surprised, and when they heard that Shi Qian was a special-level member, they were all impressed.
Those who are inside the organization know best how difficult it is to become a top-tier member. Most people stop at the senior member level, and top-tier members are the cream of the crop.
After exchanging pleasantries, Song Hua, worried about delaying Shi Qian's practice, pulled away the few people who were still adding Shi Qian's contact information and told Shi Qian to go upstairs quickly.
Shi Qianchao nodded to them before leaving with his zither case on his back.
After seeing Shi Qian off, Song Hua turned around and put away the forms. The newlyweds standing behind him were all secretly curious about who Shi Qian was.
They vaguely heard the words "president's student," "special member," and "genius," and their gazes toward Shi Qian changed.
This person was about the same age as them, but they were surprised to find that he was already a special member and the president's student. Most people knew that the president did not easily accept students, so they could only feel envy.
Li Chuan naturally heard it too. He knew that Shi Qian was a member of the Music Association when he was in Yan City. He thought Shi Qian was from the Yan City branch of the Music Association. He didn't expect that Shi Qian was actually a student of Chairman Yan of the Beijing Music Association.
No wonder he was invited to be a special judge for the Yancheng Music Association's new talent assessment, and no wonder the president of the Yancheng Music Association had a special attitude towards Shi Qian back then.
Shi Qian is a member of the Beijing Music Association, and even a top-level member. Li Chuan was only slightly surprised but quickly accepted it, since he already knew about Shi Qian's relationship with the Music Association back in Yan City.
It's just that the Yancheng Music Association has been changed to the Beijing Music Association.
Liang Bixian was completely unaware beforehand. When he heard how the judges addressed Shi Qian and their attitude towards him, he was so surprised that he forgot to close his jaw.
Isn't that Shi Yan's cousin? Didn't he say he didn't know anything about musical instruments? How did he suddenly become a member of the Music Association? A top-level member at that? Or the president's student?
If that's the case, then what about all those threats I made in the bathroom?
The others were just there to practice their instruments; they weren't there to deal with Shi Yan at all!
Even the judges who assessed them treated Shi Qian with respect. If Shi Yan's cousin really wanted to deal with Shi Yan, it would only take a word, without any need for any underhanded tactics!
Even if we take a step back and say that Shi Yan's cousin is already a member of the Beijing Music Association, would he really do something to Shi Yan out of jealousy?
Those are top-tier members! Liang Bixian didn't even dare to dream of it; these members were geniuses among geniuses.
Liang Bixian watched Shi Qian leave, swallowed hard, and was glad that he hadn't hit him, otherwise he probably wouldn't have been able to participate in this newcomer assessment.
He looked at Shi Yan with a mixture of doubt and resentment, expressing his skepticism about what Shi Yan had told him earlier.
The others who came with Shi Yan were also somewhat shocked. They hadn't expected Shi Qian's cousin to be so capable. Recalling Shi Yan's previous complaints to them, their expressions became rather strange.
If there's anything else they don't understand, they're afraid that what Shi Yan told them before was all lies. With his status, why would he scheme against someone who hasn't even passed the newcomer assessment?
Even if these people pass the newcomer assessment and work their way up, they can only be senior members at most, and they don't dare to dream of the special-grade status.
Moreover, Shi Yan's cousin is also Chairman Yan's student, and he is very likely to become the chairman of the Beijing Music Association in the future. Thinking of this, the group took two steps back and moved away from Shi Yan.
Fortunately, they weren't as impulsive as Liang Bixian. If they had offended Shi Yan's cousin, even if they had passed the newcomer assessment, their days in the music association would have been difficult.
Liang Bixian seemed to have thought of this as well, and looked at Shi Yan with accusation in his eyes, thinking that Shi Yan was deliberately framing him and making him offend the future president of the Music Association.
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