The Healing Life of a Music Genius - Chapter 55



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55 What is so great about this?

* * *

“Student number 10 is amazing.”

“It’s been a long time since we have a student who is a musician. “Chopin was especially great.”

“But wasn’t that interpretation a bit excessive?”

“But the last phrase provided enough relief. “It was definitely unique, but it was plausible.”

“You certainly seem like a student who learned under a good teacher.”

“I think it’s almost a 10,000-point performance.”

“But I guess number 5 is better?”

Various stories exchanged among the judges. Although there were some who had some doubts about the performance of No. 10, no one criticized it harshly.

but.

Only one out of 10 judges.

Taehyuk Son, a teacher at Seolwha Arts Middle School, gave him 4.9 points.

Yang Woo-ju, who was watching this situation, was surprised and had no choice but to ask Teacher Son a question.

“4.9 points??? “That great performance…”

“The performance just now was just showing off. Do you think that just because it’s another student, you can’t play like that? Even though everyone knows, they suppress themselves and prepare for the entrance exam. “But you’re arrogant and giving that kind of interpretation?”

“Still, it was an attractive enough interpretation.”

“For your information, a test is not a performance. I cannot give more points to an interpretation that goes beyond universality. Still, we ended up like this because we looked at fairness.”

“······.”

In fact, Son Tae-hyuk gave almost 0 points to the ‘interpretation part’ among the evaluation items.

Teacher Ma, who was quietly listening to him, slightly raised his voice.

“Teacher Son is trying to kill the Korean classical music industry. Do you want to see only standardized musicians being trained? Are you giving me that score after listening to this performance? So, aren’t all of Korea’s talented people going abroad?”

“But Mr. Ma, do you really know what uniformity means?”

“··· yes?”

“Uniformization means laying the foundation for all students to play in a variety of ways in the future. However, since some students can receive a separate ‘interpretation’ of this level from a good ‘professor’, they should naturally get good grades? Does that make sense?”

“What do you mean by that?”

“If this is an interpretation, there must have been someone else’s intervention. “That is not a student’s ability.”

“under. This is sophistry. So do other students think that their ‘teacher’ won’t interpret for them?”

“no. Probably everyone does. That’s why there is something called goodness in this world. Most students stick to the appropriate line, but are you the only one who is special? Want to get extra points for your interpretation? That’s presumptuous. That’s why points were deducted.”

“Isn’t that too subjective? “Do you think that’s what a folktale teacher should say?”

“Evaluation is inherently subjective. That’s why I’m evaluating it with so many people. “If you have any complaints, Teacher Ma will give you a high grade.”

“······.”

After a little scuffle, the two teachers glared at each other. But it didn’t last long because there wasn’t enough time.

Finally, all of the judges’ evaluations were collected.

You need to take the average by subtracting the lowest and highest scores.

The person who gave number 10 the lowest score was teacher Taehyuk Son.

4.9 points.

The person who gave number 10 the highest score was Teacher Ma.

9.8 points.

After excluding the two scores, the sum was quickly accomplished.

The supervisor, who was skillfully tapping away at his calculator, immediately announced the final score.

“It’s 9.32 points. “I am student number 10.”

“and.”

Yang Woo-joo let out an exclamation without realizing it. The score was higher than student number 5’s 9.07, which he thought was the highest score of the day.

In fact, even just over 9 points could be considered an extremely high score. Usually, if you score over 7 points, you can easily enter Seolhwa Yejung.

So, usually, if you get a score in the 9-point range or in the upper 8-point range, you become the valedictorian of the year.

Of course, we could not be 100% sure because several items such as academic grades, attendance, and extracurricular activity scores, including competition awards, had to be added together.

However, due to the nature of the entrance exam to middle school, practical exams have the highest proportion, so students usually go to the final exam.

“Tsk.”

“Heh.”

Teachers Son and Ma had mixed reactions after hearing the results.

Meanwhile, Yang Woo-ju internally sighed in relief.

‘Still, it’s right for a student like this to get high scores. Regardless of interpretation, traces of effort were visible.’

Basically, the 10th performance was clean.

Considering that not a single missed touch was allowed, it must have been an exhausting practice.

Yang Woo-joo recognized this right away and a smile appeared on his face.

* * *

Lee Ha-eun had her eyes closed.

Originally, I was going to meditate lightly while thinking about the score, but various thoughts began to come and go in my head.

‘If you don’t like the piano, try something else. Because you are such a bright child. There’s no need to hang on so hard.’

In the past, what a tutor said to me when I was in a slump.

After saying those words, the teacher quickly left.

The person who first announced that he would stop taking classes.

The teacher was here in Seolhwa now.

Lee Ha-eun has been working hard to be recognized by the teacher again.

If someone sees this situation, they might make fun of me for being childish or childish.

But right now, Lee Ha-eun’s number one goal was to be recognized by that teacher again.

I wanted to apologize for saying that the choice I made at that time was a mistake.

I wanted to be praised for having grown so much since then.

The thoughts continued one after another.

For some reason, my hands were shaking slightly.

Even though I definitely wouldn’t be able to see the teacher’s face today, I suddenly felt tense.

‘There was nothing wrong just a little while ago…’

now···.

Lee Ha-eun glanced at the empty seat next to her.

These days, I have received a lot of help from Seojin. As we talked about music and gave each other feedback without adding or subtracting, our skills improved significantly.

But along with that.

‘I feel a little sad because I’m not next to you…’

It was fun to be with Seojin. In the past, he was just blunt and seemed like he had a screw missing, but these days, just talking to him makes me laugh.

What a weird kid.

Different species.

Since I was with such a strange kid just a little while ago, I guess I had no time to be nervous.

‘Let’s not be nervous. Don’t be nervous. ‘Let’s not be nervous.’

Lee Ha-eun repeated the same words in her mind. But that didn’t seem to be very effective.

I held my trembling hands together and just closed my eyes in silence.

When some time has passed like that.

Suddenly, someone pressed both of Lee Ha-eun’s hands.

I was startled and opened my eyes to see a strange child looking into my eyes.

“Why did you suddenly fall like this? “Are you nervous?”

“Oh, no! But… what about your test? “Did you see it well?”

“I don’t really know. “I had fun watching it.”

“······ what?”

“But it looked like there was a mosquito in the auditorium. “If you’re unlucky, you might get interrupted.”

“······?”

Like a strange kid, he says strange things.

“But why are your hands so cold? Were you shivering because you were cold? “Is there anything like a hot pack?”

“Uh…probably not…”

“If your hands freeze, you won’t be able to play well. “Then just wait a moment.”

Lee Ha-eun was a little embarrassed and couldn’t even give a proper answer.

However, Han Seo-jin rummaged through his pocket and handed Lee Ha-eun a handkerchief.

“For now, wrap this around. You are number 19, right? “You can warm up your hands by then.”

“······.”

“What are you doing? I’m playing number 11 right now, so my number 4 will come soon. “I need to concentrate.”

“Ah Okay.”

Lee Ha-eun obediently followed Han Seo-jin’s instructions. A dazed feeling. Sometimes, I get dragged around by Han Seo-jin like this. Even though Seojin is usually unable to move from what I say.

“If you have finished your exam, please leave immediately without disturbing me. “If you continue to stay here, your points will be deducted.”

At that time, the supervisor’s voice rang out in the hallway. Han Seo-jin glanced in that direction and then looked at Lee Ha-eun again.

“I have to go out. For your information, I’ve listened to a few other players’ performances, but none of them played as well as Lee Ha-eun did. So don’t be nervous and just do what you’re doing. Understand?”

“······ uh. okay.”

“You can just think of it as playing at a piano academy. I was like that too. “The grand piano here is better than I expected.”

“······.”

“I’m really going. Fighting?”

“······.”

Han Seo-jin, who was watching the supervisor, suddenly held out his hand. Lee Ha-eun chuckled and lightly patted the hand.

Han Seo-jin quickly disappeared from the hallway.

‘But you’re doing the same thing I did a little while ago.’

Lee Ha-eun was fiddling with the handkerchief that Han Seo-jin had given her. As a result, the thought of ‘teacher’ suddenly disappeared from my mind.

“Please come here and wait for numbers 16 to 20.”

.

.

.

“Please enter number 18.”

“Please enter number 19.”

Lee Ha-eun’s turn came quickly.

When we got on stage, there was a nice grand piano just like Seojin said.

I adjusted the height of the piano chair and put the handkerchief I was holding in my pocket.

My hands, which were once cold, became warm in the meantime.

Lee Ha-eun thought of Han Seo-jin and laughed.

‘I said I wasn’t playing well… but I was playing for fun. There’s nothing I can’t do too.’

The performance started immediately.

Not the stiff performance of the frozen past,

The performance at this moment has become a little warmer,

It was echoing beyond the blackout curtains.

* * *

“Thank you all for your hard work.”

Time when all practical exams are over.

One of the Seolwha Ye Middle School teachers requested to exclude the evaluation of his number 19. And it was accepted right away.

Striving for fairness.

The judges all agreed when he said that he might be a student he taught in the past and that he felt that way in his performance.

Even if one evaluator was missing, there was no significant change in the score. This is because the score is calculated as an average anyway.

“If I were to summarize today’s results…”

Today was a day with a particularly large number of successful entrance exam students. The level was so high that there are numbers that remain in my memory to this day.

Yesterday, the first day of the exam, the student who received the highest score was 8, so the difference was clear.

“First of all, the highest score today is student number 10. 9.32 points. “I don’t know if I’ll be the top student like this.”

“Then number 5 will naturally become the second chair. 9.07 points. However, since the difference in scores is not that much, the game may be decided in other areas.”

“What about third place?”

“Third place is…”

One of the judges flicked through the paper and nodded. Then he answered with a bit of regret.

“It’s number 19. “If there had been no mistakes along the way, I could have gotten a higher score.”

“What was that student’s score?”

“8.92 points. “If there were no deductions, I would be tied with second place.”

“nice. “It’s a shame.”

Chief, second, third place.

Even though there was still one more day left before the exam, this kind of talk continued. That’s why today’s students recorded high scores.

and.

‘It’ll be fun when these kids enroll next year.’

‘Number 10 is the senior? ‘This is absurd.’

‘Teacher Son’s ears are like those of Beethoven!’

The teachers in the story were each lost in thought as they looked at these results.

* * *

A week later.

Lee Ha-eun and I couldn’t go home after school, so we squatted quietly at the playground.

On the sandy beach where your feet sink.

Occasionally, little lower-grade students would wander around, but we didn’t pay any attention to them.

“what time is it?”

“3:58.”

“There are two minutes left.”

“······.”

Back then, I wasn’t nervous when I took the test at Seolhwa, but now I was a little nervous.

“There is now one minute left.”

“Whew. Seojin.”

“huh?”

“Can you check the results for me? “I’ll call you your exam number.”

“Well, that’s as much as you want.”

Ha-eun handed me her smartphone. The Seolwha Yejung homepage was already floating on the screen.

I switched between the two smartphones and pressed refresh several times.

Then suddenly a pop-up window appeared.

Seolwha Yejung entrance exam result search window.

Lee Ha-eun opens her eyes wide.

I quickly went to the page and entered my personal information. Name, date of birth, and examination number. The moment she was about to press the final confirmation button, Lee Ha-eun had her eyes tightly closed.

‘okay. This must be the biggest challenge in his life. ‘How can you not be nervous?’

I pressed the inquiry buttons on both smartphones at the same time.

“What happened? What happened? “What happened?”

“It’s still loading. “I guess there are a lot of people online.”

“······ I see. Do I have to let you know right away when it pops up? Understand? Understand?”

“I said I understood.”

Lee Ha-eun’s continuous urging.

I stared at my smartphone,

After some time has passed.

Finally, the results appeared on the screen. I glanced at Lee Ha-eun. I close my eyes tightly. At that level, I wouldn’t even be able to tell if it was day or night.

I suppressed my laughter and let out a sigh, “Ah,” and Lee Ha-eun immediately opened her eyes, probably because she was anxious.

“why? why! Who fell? it’s me? Could it be me? “Can’t I go to Seolhwa?”

“no···”

“W-what is it! Speak up! word!”

“that is···”

I eventually answered with a grin.

“We both got caught.” “It didn’t exceed my expectations at all, so I thought ‘Ah~’ and gave it a try.”

“······.”

“Isn’t my acting quite believable?”

“······.”

Normally, Lee Ha-eun would have been angry that I played a prank on her.

But this time the reaction was a little different.

“Ji, is it true? Are we both stuck? really?”

“uh. “Take a look for yourself.”

“······.”

“Right?”

and.

“Kyaaaaaa! done. it’s okay! Okay? We are now entering the story! “You can even wear school uniform there!”

“yes?”

“Amazing, Great! It’s awesome! it’s crazy! “It’s a folktale!!!”

“······?”

Lee Ha-eun hugged me and hugged me, and I ended up being thrown into the sand of the playground in my sitting position.

Thanks to this, a little sand came through my clothes. Meanwhile, Lee Ha-eun woke up and was running around alone. They made me stand up and there was an uproar.

I burst out laughing without realizing it.

Lee Ha-eun also smiles brightly along with me.

What a great thing it is to be treated with respect…

A thought suddenly occurred to me: can it really be this much fun?