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Chapter 240 Perfection, and...Farewell to Chopin
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Hearing the sound of the heavy door being opened, Argerich couldn't help turning his head, and glanced slightly behind.

But she didn't expect that she saw He Shen.

She looked at He Shen, frowned slightly, her expression was a little excited, just about to say something, but in the end she just opened her mouth and sighed.

She nodded slightly to He Shen, and said very plainly.

"You're here, Shen He!"

"Marta... Argerich?"

He Shen was about to walk towards the cross in front of him, but he couldn't help but stop, looking at Argerich who was sitting in the first row, he couldn't help but also stunned.

It never occurred to him that Argerich was here.

And Argerich also did not expect that He Shen would come.

If she had known that He Shen would come earlier, she would not have come to this place.

Argerich looked at He Shen with a complicated expression, but in the end he couldn't help but smiled slightly, pointed to the seat next to her, nodded to He Shen, and said casually.

"Come on, don't be nervous, sit next to me."

"Um……"

He Shen walked to Argerich's side, sat down, and looked at Argerich, not knowing what she was thinking.

When he walked towards Argerich, he clearly saw the change in Argerich's expression.

Surprised at the beginning, then a headache, and finally returned to calm.

He didn't know why Argerich's expression was so rich.

In the next second, he instantly understood what Argerich meant.

Argerich looked at the main stage of the church in front of him, and said slowly to He Shen.

"You shouldn't be here..."

"Or, you shouldn't be here now!"

"Shouldn't come to this place at a time when only the two of us are alone!"

"Unfortunately, you finally came..."

Argerich sighed, reached out and patted He Shen's shoulder, and put his gaze on the cross in front of him.

In this place, it is not facing Chopin's heart.

Chopin's heart was placed on the side of the church, on the other side of a pillar.

On the other side of the pillar, there is a tombstone of Chopin's own head, with Chopin's name written on it, and some records.

Other than that, there is nothing special about it.

If it's not for the flowers at the door, there are some Chopin's items around.

He Shen really couldn't feel the feeling that Chopin used to be in this place.

However, when Argerich sat in this place, looking at the cross in front of him.

That feeling of involuntary calm surged up in an instant.

He Shen looked at Argerich, and the restlessness in his heart gradually calmed down.

He is no longer in a hurry to find the truth of music, but to find Chopin's thinking about music in Chopin's works.

Although He Shen probably guessed what Argerich was thinking, after hesitating for a while, he finally asked slowly.

"Why, I can't come..."

Argerich replied without any hesitation: "Because the judges and contestants cannot meet each other. If I meet with you, then I will lose the qualification to give marks."

"but me……"

Argerich looked at He Shen, couldn't help smiling gently, and shook his head slowly.

"And I still hope to give you a score in the finals, but it's a pity..."

Argerich turned her head back, and she didn't say anything about what happened afterwards.

He Shen probably also knew why Argerich said it was a pity.

She didn't want to meet He Shen alone under such circumstances.

Because meeting alone under such circumstances can easily lead to misunderstandings by others, who feel that He Shen colluded with other judges and deliberately gave a high score in the finals.

It is precisely because of this that when Argerich saw He Shen, she was surprised at first, then in pain, and finally she let her emotions gradually dissipate and turned into a dull one.

Since God's will is like this, it is better to obey God's will.

Argerich looked at the cross in front of him, and asked He Shen in an extremely flat tone.

"So, can you tell me why you're here?"

He Shen also looked at the cross in front of him, looked at that cross, watched the afterglow of the setting sun shine through the glass into this small church, and shine on the cross.

Seeing all this and the peace brought by Argerich beside him, he couldn't help relaxing his body, let himself lean on the backrest, and spoke to Argerich.

"I came here to find the final feeling, to find that one, the feeling of integrating my work!

My current work has reached a bottleneck. I feel that there is still a way ahead of me and I can improve, but I don't know how to improve...

I feel that I seem to be trapped in a certain realm, and that feeling of breakthrough is all around me, seducing me!
but……"

He Shen sighed, his eyes were extremely deep.

"However, I can't find a way, I can't find any way to break through this barrier and find that feeling!
That kind of feeling that belongs exclusively to Chopin's First Piano Concerto!

Finally, the feeling of being able to achieve the most perfect state! "

He Shen closed his mouth, he didn't know why, and suddenly talked so much after Argerich.

It was like sitting next to Argerich, and the whole person let down his vigilance, especially relaxed.

He didn't want to think about anything, and even heard Argerich's inquiry, he still wanted to talk to Argerich.

After Argerich heard it, she didn't pay attention at first, but in the next second, she suddenly realized that something was wrong.

The breakthrough He Shen just told her about is definitely not an ordinary breakthrough.

If she guessed correctly, He Shen's last concerto probably reached the top level.

That is to say, the playing level of a master.

For He Shen, this was definitely not a breakthrough.

So what is a breakthrough?

A word slowly emerged in Argerich's mind.

perfect!

Truly reaching perfection is considered a breakthrough!

For Argerich and the others, He Shen's so-called master level is actually the level of a master when he is playing normally.

For example, if Argerich plays a random piece now, a piece that she understands and is good at, it is at the level of a master.

but!

Even for those works that she doesn't understand, it's just an ordinary audition, she can probably interpret the performance at a professional level.

If she wants to reach the perfect level, then she needs the right time, place and people.

That's why the top performances of those performers are so rare.

Many of them may have reached that state, but their state of mind is not compatible, or their fingers feel a little uncomfortable when playing.

They may even be unable to interpret the most perfect work because of the unsuitable clothes and some factors of the whole venue.

For various reasons, when those masters are performing, they can perform that kind of master's top performance, but there is no way to interpret the perfect level.

but!

It's not that if you reach the master level, you will have a chance to reach the perfect level!
If you want to play the perfect level, you must reach the perfect level, at least you have been exposed to the level of the perfect level.

Being able to know very clearly what kind of interpretation is considered perfect for them.

Only in this way can they move towards the perfect scene, and with a little impromptu performance, can they play at the perfect level.

Now, He Shen said that he felt that he was going to break through, but he couldn't find a way, which made Argerich wake up instantly.

If Argerich's guess is correct, He Shen... is marching towards the perfect level!
Argerich turned his head slowly, looking at the too young young man beside him.

He Shen is only in his 20s now.

For Argerich, this age is too young, so young that she has no way of imagining that such a person will be exposed to a perfect level of performance.

When was the last time she played a perfect class?

Argerich glanced at his hands, feeling that he might be too old, and he had forgotten a little bit...

Her level is very advanced, but she is really too old, and she is so old that she can't move at all.

Even if she practiced the piano every day, her state was still declining.

Even if she can play some simple works to reduce physical exertion, she still has no way to make those simple works perform to a perfect level.

the reason is simple……

too tired!
Not only physically tired, but also mentally tired.

Although it is said that after playing a perfect level of interpretation, the whole person will be very, very happy, and even feel that the god of music is waving to him.

I am gradually approaching the kingdom of the gods.

But soon, all she could feel was emptiness...

Incomparably empty...

The whole person seemed to be hollowed out.

At this time, she felt that she was closer to the kingdom of the gods.

Therefore, when she felt that her body was aging, she no longer pursued those perfect interpretations, but put her energy on other works.

To pursue, the breadth of music.

He Shen didn't understand why Argerich suddenly didn't move, but Argerich was his idol, so he couldn't say anything to Argerich.

Therefore, He Shen just looked at the cross in front of him without saying a word, waiting for her to recover.

The entire church was extremely quiet. As time passed, the entire church gradually became dark.

Before long, it will be completely swallowed by darkness.

And at that time, probably the staff of the family will also come over to chase people away.

It took some time before Argerich came to his senses. She looked at He Shen with an extremely complicated expression.

Such talent at such a young age!
The future... is immeasurable!

Argerich shook his head, got up, walked towards the statue of Chopin behind him, looked at the tombstone that had been touched by countless people, and said slowly without looking at He Shen at all.

"Holy, holy, dedicated to music, full of enthusiasm!"

"There are countless sufferings around, and Chopin is surrounded by countless sufferings. Chopin put these sufferings into music, and then purified this suffering!"

"In music, what you have must be beautiful! It must also be beautiful!"

"Music, after all, is something that brings joy to everyone, not pain to everyone..."

"Music can be complex, can show off skills, can have various other connotations, and can even educate human beings!"

"but!"

"Music must be beautiful, and must be able to make people feel that beauty!"

"Difficulties in the music can be very obvious without causing pain to the listener."

"Pain, you need to keep it for yourself, and let the beauty after being purified by pain be returned to the audience!"

"I am not Chopin, I am Argerich, Marta Argerich!"

"All I need to do is to contribute the purest Chopin to all audiences!"

"The purest, music..."

Argerich turned his head and looked at He Shen with a complicated expression. She didn't know if He Shen understood her words.

However, there is only so much she can say...

She looked at Chopin who was almost invisible in front of her, sighed, turned and walked out the door.

He reached out and pushed open the heavy door, and walked outside the church.

Outside the church, the staff were stopped by Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting, not allowing him to close the door.

The three of them couldn't understand the language, and they kept gesticulating with their hands, and they were about to quarrel.

Argerich stepped forward, walked up to the staff member, and patted him on the shoulder.

"Who! Can't see me..."

The staff was annoyed by the two little kids in front of them, and wanted to drive them away and close the church.

But the moment he turned his head, he was stunned, and then his eyes were full of longing, he bowed slightly to Argerich, and said respectfully.

"High Priest! You are here!"

The high priest does not mean that Argerich is the priest of this church, but Argerich's name in the music industry.

She is revered by all as the Priestess of the Piano.

In Warsaw, where Chopin is honored, the name is naturally known to everyone.

As for the staff member in front of him, he naturally knew Argerich's status in music.

"High Priest, what do you want?"

"Wait for a while, wait for the people in the room to come out and talk about it, don't be so anxious."

Argerich smiled and waved her slightly haggard hands, looked at Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting who were standing aside, smiled warmly at them, nodded slightly, then turned and left .

All she could say, she has said.

Whether she can break through to the perfect level of performance in her heart depends purely on He Shen's fate.

If you can, then step up to the sky!
If you can't... you won't just fall, you can only say that time is fate.

Argerich left, and He Shen sat in the church, not knowing what to think.

He knew what Argerich meant, and he also knew what Argerich wanted to express when he told him.

That was Argerich, what she was thinking when she played the most perfect Chopin Piano Concerto No. [-].

Part of Argerich's thinking coincides with He Shen's.

That is, music is beautiful and is meant to bring pleasure, not pain.

But the latter part clearly shows that Argerich's route is different from He Shen's.

Argerich is a school of personal style, and her personal style is actually quite strong.

At that time, when Argerich won the Chopin International Piano Competition, she relied on her song, which shocked almost everyone and made many people feel deviant interpretation.

Fortunately, she finally won the championship.

At that time, she had already determined her route, which was to build the Chopin system with herself as the core.

But He Shen is different. He takes Chopin as the core and constructs Chopin's personal system.

So, these are just a little bit of reference.

In the end, everything depends on yourself, whether you can comprehend all the information left by Chopin in music.

Why did Chopin think of this Chopin Piano Concerto No. [-].

What is the significance of this piece of work in Chopin's life?

He Shen, need to understand these things.

He Shen looked at the gradually darkened church, and walked to Chopin's stone tombstone.

Chopin's heart is firmly engraved in the tombstone and cannot be seen at all.

But He Shen seemed to be able to feel the beating of his heart.

That touch of love for this land.

That trace, the excitement of being sent back to their hometown by everyone after dying in a foreign country.

All of these, emotions, are all hidden in this shiny stone tombstone that is covered by everyone.

He Shen stretched out his hand, slowly placed his hand on the tombstone, and closed his eyes.

Chopin was born in that small town far away.

There was a concert under the huge lime tree.

In the city of Warsaw, I feel the power of Poland.

Under the sword of foreign invaders, he was forced to leave his homeland and wander in Europe.

In wandering, looking for the meaning of music to oneself.

When I saw Paganini, the greatest violinist at that time, he created 24 etudes that were regarded as the standard by almost all music college students.

When I wandered to Paris, with the help of my friends and the support of those nobles, I kept creating one after another, more and more perfect works, which symbolized the maturity of my own thoughts.

Then, send away friends, send away relatives.

Everything has come to an end.

He was also in a country that didn't belong to him at all, and he slowly closed his eyes.

The last wish in his life is to send his heart back to his homeland.

Send back to this land where he grew up and loved all his life.

The image of Chopin himself in the Chopin Piano Concerto No. [-] is becoming more and more perfect.

The whole person is becoming more and more vivid.

From young, to radiant, to old...

Chopin's life flows slowly in this Chopin Piano Concerto No. [-].

And He Shen finally felt that kind of feeling, that kind of Chopin's feeling.

For him, what is Chopin?

To love one's own country, to love one's own country forever, is He Shen's Chopin!
Everything about Chopin expresses his love for the country.

I hope my country can be more prosperous and prosperous!

Willing the world!

It's a pity...he didn't get what he wanted all his life.

In He Shen's status bar, Chopin's First Piano Concerto, at some point, changed from Lv10 to Lv10 (EX)

This Ex is not the final level, but a symbol of perfection.

In the stage of LvEx, He Shen didn't need to let himself go from just entering the state of LvEx, to keep exercising to the peak of LvEx.

Because, this LvEx is rare!

He Shen removed his hand from Chopin's tombstone, looked at the statue of Chopin in front of him, and couldn't help being silent.

He has clearly broken through to the level of Lv.EX, why doesn't he feel any excitement at all, instead he feels a touch of sadness?

Chopin, what was he thinking when he was in Paris?Did he really feel happy among those people?

He Shen didn't know...

He Shen looked at the completely dark church in front of him, pursed his lips, and walked towards the front of the concert hall.

In front of the concert hall, there is a small piano.

A very old piano.

He Shen walked up to the piano and sat down.

This is just an ordinary chair, not the kind of modern piano bench that can be adjusted in height freely.

He Shen put his hand on the piano, found the position of middle C, sighed, raised his hand, and pressed it down slowly.

hum...

Chopin Piano Sonata No. [-], third movement.

Funeral, March.

This whole four-movement piece lacks any connection at all, a very, very mediocre, not a sonata at all.

But it's hard to deny that the funeral area in the third movement is very, very beautiful and perfect.

This "Funeral March" appeared at the funerals of countless leaders, as well as in the works of other musicians.

Even at Chopin's funeral, it was the same.

It even makes people wonder whether this piece of work was written by Chopin a long time ago for himself.

The music is extremely heavy and sad.

This is He Shen's farewell, after letting his work reach Lv10 (Ex) completely.

Farewell, Chopin.

(End of this chapter)