Time flies and it would be the initial audition of Xiangcheng Piano Competition the next day.
Zheng Yun, organizer of the competition, called Song Yan and told him that the competition was divided into five stages. As Ma Jingchu, president of Xiangcheng Piano Association, was the wife of the vice president of Xiangcheng City, the Xiangcheng TV would broadcast the competition.
The first stage was the initial audition; the second was the preliminary contest; the third was one-to-one competition; the fourth was original piece competition; the last was the final competition and the top ten would compete with each other.
Xiangcheng TV would only broadcast the highlight of the initial audition. But the second to the last stages would be transmitted live.
Song Yan was glad to hear that. After all, more audiences meant more Fame points. 10,000 Fame points were needed to do the next lucky draw. He had thought it would take a long time, but now it would be easy for him to get them as long as he entered the finals.
It was not a weekend day tomorrow, so he had to ask for leave. He came to Han Sha, the head teacher of Class 9, and told her his intention.
"What are you going to do?" she asked, staring at him in confusion.
"I'm going to attend the initial audition of Xiangcheng Piano Competition tomorrow." Song Yan explained with a smile. They had a much closer relationship after going through the hard time together.
"You play piano?" She couldn't believe her ears.
"A little," he answered modestly.
"Really? I didn't expect you to be a versatile person." She teased and offered, "Well, you can take a day off and attend the competition. But you have to promise me that you will be the top ten."
"No problem," he answered without wavering for even a second. It would be a piece of cake for him to win the competition.
"You must be bragging!" She widened her eyes, surprised that he was so confident.
"Come on! You should trust me."
"No, I don't believe you, unless you show me."
"Well, just wait and see."
"I don't want to wait. Come with me. We are going to the piano room now." She gave him a cunning smile.
He had no other choice but to follow her.
The arts building stood next to the teaching building. There were three stories in total.
Han Sha brought Song Yan to a teacher's office and spoke to a young teacher with glasses, "Good morning, Mr. Huang, could you please give me the key of the piano room on the third floor?"
"Good morning, Miss Han. You are practicing piano?" Huang Quan asked in curiosity. Han Sha was beautiful and soft. Most importantly, she was single. Many male teachers were interested in her; he was no exception.
"No, I'm not. A student of mine is going to attend the Xiangcheng Piano Competition tomorrow. I'd like to how good he is at piano," she explained with a friendly smile.
Huang Quan cast a glance at Song Yan and said, "What a coincidence! I also signed up for the competition. I'm free now. Let me take you to the room. I'd like to watch you playing."
"Thank you, Mr. Huang," Song Yan answered politely.
"It's my pleasure." Huang Quan gave a flattering smile to Han Sha.
He seldom had chance to get close to her. As a result, he didn't want to miss the opportunity to fawn on her. He thought little of Song Yan's piano skills.
On the way to the piano room, he tried his best to make small talk with her, but she was not in the mood to chat with him.