I became a poor little sophora japonica in the courtyard

Now that so many days have passed, the Jia family no longer mentions Huaihua's name. The more hope there is, the greater the disappointment! After delivering seven or eight letters and making three or four phone calls, the fight finally died down.

Banggeng has been married for more than half a year. Seeing that he has not fulfilled any of the promises he made before marriage, his wife Tang Yanling quarrels with him at home every day.

In the first month of their marriage, she was already nagging Banggeng to buy a TV. What money did Banggeng have? His monthly salary was not enough for him to spend. He could only exploit his mother Qin Huairu!

Qin Huairu kept a close eye on Shazhu and kept nagging him all day. Shazhu had no choice but to work as a temporary worker before dawn, making steamed buns for a breakfast shop. He also went to take on wedding and funeral banquets. After working for five months, he finally brought home a 12-inch black-and-white TV.

Tang Yanling was quiet for a few days, and then she asked Banggeng for a tape recorder again. Qin Huairu used the same trick again to bother Shazhu, and this time Shazhu was completely furious! He ignored Qin Huairu again.

During the past six months, Sha Zhu would go to Dongdan whenever he had nothing to do, because he always remembered that Lou Xiao'e once said that they came to Sijiucheng to take back the big villa.

That afternoon, he wandered back to the Lou family's former villa. Through the hollow iron fence, he saw that the residents inside were beginning to move out.

His daughter is finally coming back! Sha Zhu was so excited that he jumped three feet high. He had been looking forward to this moment for a long time!

At this moment, Tan Yali and her daughter were supervising the construction of the main building of Kyoto International Hotel on Chaoyangmennei Street.

When the Hong Kong investors overturned the original plan and prepared to jointly build a five-star hotel, this attracted the attention of senior leaders.

As the capital of a country, the city of Taipei still does not have a standard five-star hotel. The plan was scrapped and replanned. The land at Jianguomen was too small, so the site was reselected at Chaoyangmennei Street.

The leaders above waved their hands and allocated a large piece of land, along with the dilapidated Prince Fu's Mansion next door, to the Kyoto International Hotel.

Tan Yali invited a famous Hong Kong architect to design the layout of the five-star hotel. She decided to retain the original style of the Fuwang Mansion and build a garden-style five-star hotel.

The main building of the hotel is 18 stories high, which is a perfect combination of Chinese and Western styles with the Prince Fu's Mansion next door. Now, while the main building of the hotel is being built, skilled craftsmen are being recruited to renovate the Prince Fu's Mansion.

After returning the Lou Mansion in Dongdan, they didn't have time to clean it up, so they decided to leave it there for the time being and wait for Jingyi to decorate it herself.

This year, CCTV decided to broadcast the first Spring Festival Gala in 1983. Although there are still four or five months to go before the Spring Festival, the director team of the Spring Festival Gala has already decided on the program.

Director Huang took the program list of the Spring Festival Gala to the director of the TV station for review. The director felt that since the Spring Festival Gala was aimed at the Chinese and overseas Chinese, it was obviously inappropriate that the program list was full of local programs.

But if we invite singers from Hong Kong and Macau, it doesn't fit the current situation. Here, there are only popular singing, bel canto singing, and folk singing. There is no such thing as pop songs. Pop songs are all decadent music.

"Director! I heard that there is a famous piano master in Hong Kong. We can invite her to play the piano, so we don't have to sing." Director Huang suddenly remembered something and quickly reported it to the director.

Although Lou Jingyi's two piano albums were not released here, there were always people who were well-informed who found a way to get them here. Now her two piano albums are all the rage in major music colleges. Those music professors even use them to explain in class.

"Okay! Piano is the most elegant art. Then you can call Hong Kong to make some contact." The director made the final decision.

Jingyi received a call from the Music Association, and CCTV invited her to participate in the Spring Festival Gala next year and play the piano on stage. She was a little confused at the time!

She remembered that no one from outside the country was invited to the first Spring Festival Gala in 1983. It was not until the Spring Festival Gala in 1984 that Zhang Mingmin was invited to sing "My Chinese Heart".

Of course, she was very willing to participate in the first CCTV Spring Festival Gala. Even if she just played the piano on stage, it would be an appearance in front of the national audience.

Anyway, there is nothing to do now! She packed her luggage and took her assistant to Luohu Port. After the two of them applied for their hometown return permits, they took a bus to Yangcheng. Then they took a domestic flight directly to Sijiucheng.

Before leaving, she had already contacted Lou Xiao'e. Her mother was too busy to pick her up at the airport, so she asked her to go to the Kyoto Hotel and get a room.

The two checked into a room at the Kyoto Hotel, took a short break, called a car, and headed straight to the CCTV on Fuxing Road in Haidian District.

Director Huang, who was sitting in his office, received a call from the security office, saying that a guest performer from Hong Kong was looking for him. He was not able to react for a while, as he did not expect the guest invited from Hong Kong to come so quickly! He was only contacted by phone yesterday.

He came out of the office building to welcome the guest performers from Hong Kong. But he didn't expect that there were two young girls standing at the entrance of the TV station. They were in their early twenties and their clothes showed that they were from overseas.

He stepped forward and asked tentatively: "Who among you is Lou Jingyi?"

Jingyi immediately raised her hand and said, "Yes, I am Lou Jingyi."

Director Huang was also a little confused! Shouldn't a famous pianist be in his forties? This girl hasn't even graduated from college yet?

Jingyi knew that he was wondering about her age, so she quickly took out her university diploma, doctorate, a large stack of award certificates, and the work certificate of the president of the Hong Kong Piano Association from her backpack to prove her identity. These were all kept in her warehouse at the post station and could be taken out anytime and anywhere.

"Oh, I'm sorry! Forgive my ignorance, but it turns out that Lou Jingyi is a piano genius. She has an immeasurable future at such a young age! Please come in."

Director Huang quickly invited the two in. Even so, he still felt uneasy. This first Spring Festival Gala couldn't be sloppy! If a fake one got in, how would he explain it to the people of the country?

CCTV also has several recording studios with all kinds of musical instruments. He had to find a way to let this little girl show off her skills!

While thinking about this, he took the two girls to the recording studio.

"Comrade Lou Jingyi, this Spring Festival Gala is for audiences from all over the world, so we need to conduct an assessment. Please sit down and rest first. I will go find some teachers and come over right away."

His appreciation of piano is also very limited. He only knows two types: good and bad. As for Lou Jingyi's piano level, he can only find an expert to audition.

"How could this happen? You have no manners at all! Jingyi, you are a superstar, a world-class pianist. And this is how you are treated when you get here?"

Assistant Tingting complained indignantly. Of course, she spoke in Cantonese. No one inside understood!

"It's nothing! This place has just been opened. My piano albums have never been released here, and my overseas competitions have never been reported here. Of course, they don't know my piano level." Jingyi also answered her in Cantonese.

The two little girls chattered away to themselves, leaving everyone confused! No one knew what they were talking about.

After a while, Director Huang came over with a few middle-aged and elderly people. They were all senior music producers of the TV station.

There is an upright piano in this recording studio. Jingyi tested the sound quality with her hands and found that she could play it passably.

"Then I'll play the Canon in D Major and see if you can pass it." She pulled a stool over and sat down, then turned around and said to them.

Jingyi went up and played a song. At that time, Western musical instruments such as the piano had not yet become popular among the general public. They were considered high-end instruments and not many people could play them.

This expert can tell whether there is one or not just by stretching out his hand. Hearing these people nodding their heads frequently! When the song ended, they began to praise it highly.

When they heard that the person in front of them was Lou Jingyi, they opened their mouths in surprise. Only those of them who were engaged in music knew how amazing this girl was.

"It's settled then! There are still more than four months until the Spring Festival! We'll just ask you to come over for a few rehearsals when the time comes." Director Huang finally felt relieved.

"I have been staying at the Kyoto Hotel and will not be back until after the Spring Festival. If you have any questions, you can call me!"

Jingyi came here so early because she wanted to spend more time with her grandma and mom. They had only met twice in the past six months. If she didn't come to accompany them again, they would forget her sooner or later.