Producer System: My Girlfriend is a Cellist-Chapter 172 - 141 Sight Reading Exam

The subject of the first exam is——sight-reading.

In this exam, the primary assessment is on candidates’ ability to read music, their pitch accuracy, rhythm and speed control, as well as their musical expressiveness.

The content of the test is straightforward. All candidates enter the examination room in order, draw a random piece of music, and then perform live after a brief preparation.

Compared to instrumental subjects that can be prepared in advance, due to its wholly random nature and on-the-spot performance capability.

As such, sight-reading is often the most stressful and nerve-wracking segment for music students.

...

As Lin Tian was about to enter the examination room.

He was unaware that just moments ago, a significant event had occurred.

At this moment,

All the candidates preparing were pervaded by an unusually desperate emotion...

Every individual was on pins and needles, feeling as if time was dragging.

Just moments ago.

One after another, candidates who had just finished their exams walked out of the classroom.

Showing disheartened and crestfallen expressions.

Among them, even the top horses from well-known training institutions were not spared.

Each sigh dealt a significant blow to all the candidates waiting.

As more people gathered.

Many began to realize... something was amiss!

"How was it, how was it... was the question difficult?"

One of the candidates, just walking out of the classroom, was quickly surrounded by friends.

Soon, this candidate, with a gloomy face, began to voice their grievances:

"I don’t know about the other questions... the piece I drew... it was impossible to play! It was a piece that was entirely incomprehensible!"

"The intensity is so high this year?!"

The friend was quickly dumbfounded.

The random content in sight-reading, even if it’s off, usually falls within an acceptable level of difficulty.

Could it be... this year’s unified exam changed the mechanism?

"You’ll know once you go in..."

The candidate gave a strained smile of ’good luck,’ then walked away along the corridor.

Muttering as he walked,

"One piece of music, destroyed my university dreams..."

The most hellish scenario had indeed occurred.

Soon, the surrounding candidates began to panic.

"Holy shit, it’s different from what we usually practice??"

"So how difficult is this year’s music library?!"

"What the hell, what the hell? Can someone explain what’s going on?!"

"..."

If it were just one person saying their drawn question was difficult, it might be attributed to bad luck.

But as more and more bad news spread.

In various WeChat and QQ groups among art exam candidates, it caused a huge uproar.

Everyone who had finished the exam was furiously venting and cursing.

Those who hadn’t yet taken the exam were trembling!

The word was spreading.

This year’s sight-reading pieces were not playable by art exam candidates!

And as a video of a candidate running out of the sight-reading exam room in tears was posted to social media,

Everyone’s emotions were pushed to their peak!

"..."

At this time.

That boy, who had attracted quite a bit of attention before the exam started, stood up and walked towards the classroom...

Many people then shifted their focus to him.

"Wow... it’s his turn now..."

"The next unlucky one is actually him?"

"No matter how many times I see him, he looks so handsome..."

"Cut it out! This is a unified exam; being handsome won’t help you eat, I’m already looking forward to the expression on his face when he walks out..."

"..."

Under a myriad of either fervent or sympathetic gazes.

Lin Tian entered the classroom.

Closing the door, a quiet settled around him.

Lin Tian straightened his clothes and sat down in front of the piano.

The teacher in charge of recording was a young woman wearing round glasses, exuding a literary aura.

As she lifted her head and saw the young man before her, a look of surprise quickly crossed her face.

This year’s music students... are there still ones of such quality?

The female teacher was slightly taken aback.

Very handsome indeed.

However, according to the usual pattern over the years, those who are good-looking often don’t have ideal results.

Especially when facing this year’s exam questions.

The few students who had broken down in the exam room just now had wobbly legs as they walked out.

Thinking about how this fair-skinned young man in front of her might also succumb to the pressure in the same way.

The female teacher, who had only graduated from her master’s a few years ago, still carrying a trace of a student’s aura... rather felt some sympathy for this young man.

"..."

The recording officially started.

Lin Tian received the exam materials.

Just now at the door, he had overheard fragmented discussions that this year’s questions seemed quite different from previous years.

Thus, Lin Tian was fully prepared mentally.

And when Lin Tian unfolded the paper and saw a piece of music composed of an 8-bar melody.

He recognized at a glance that this style must be...

Classical music.

A work by Alvin.

Music.

Lin Tian couldn’t help but laugh.

"..."

"What... why is he laughing?"

Seeing Lin Tian suddenly smiling before he even began playing,

At this moment, through the gap in the classroom curtains, a group of candidates peeking inside immediately showed displeased expressions.

"Has he gone mad with fright!"

"Did he see the exam question and lose his mind completely?"

"Damn, he’s really got some nerve; I’m so nervous it’s like I’m shitting bricks, and he can still laugh?!"

The female teacher in charge of recording also had a big question mark floating in her mind...

The other candidates, when they got the exam papers, all furrowed their brows deeper and deeper, almost having nervousness and sadness written all over their faces...

Why was this boy... laughing?

Could it be that he is already mentally prepared to repeat the year?

However, the teacher could understand.

This year’s exam questions were indeed quite exaggerated; even she, one of the proctors and a recent graduate from Shanghai Music University, thought so after seeing the questions.

While recent exam topics in various provinces were slowly transitioning to modern music...

The exam in Qingjiang Province chose obscure, difficult traditional classical music!

This classical music, even for herself, a graduate of Shanghai Music University, might be very challenging to grasp fully.

Not to mention these high school seniors who had just finished their training camp.

"♫~"

As the piano’s sound suddenly started.

The female teacher was taken aback, quickly lifting her head.

Lin Tian’s fingers had already started dancing on the piano keys.

Fluid music resonated within the exam hall.

Natural, comfortable, like flowing water, pouring out from the movements.

Is this... sight-reading?!

Too smooth!

The female teacher looked on with utterly astonished eyes.

Almost without any contemplation, the young man in front of her glanced at the sheet music and began playing intently as if he were performing on stage!

"....."

Lin Tian played absorbedly, his fingers pressing on the keys again and again.

Too familiar...

Traditional classical music and the like.

He didn’t know how many nights, in collaboration with Gan Yanyu, he had already played it until he was sick of it!