Chapter 1 No. 43 Baojia Street
1990, late June.
In the afternoon of early summer, a gust of wind blew from afar. As soon as it arrived at No. 43 Baojia Street, the wind became lazy. It lazily waded through the alley and passed the "Central Conservatory of Music" on the door. "A few words finally blew into the yard, stirring up the already restless poplar leaves.
Under the shade of a tree, Zhou Yan was lying on his back on a bare stone, listening to the restless afternoon music. In the corridor on the left, several young and beautiful female students were practicing their vocals. , occasionally humming some popular songs such as "Sweet Honey".
Bach and Beethoven occasionally floated out of the piano room in the distance, floating in the air, looming, and disappeared before Zhou Yan could catch them.
Unable to catch Bach and Beethoven, Zhou Yan could only honestly catch the "Sweet Honey" played by his female classmates.
Just when he was immersed in this "extreme sound", a loud cry sounded in his ears, "Zhou Yan, Zhou Yan!"
Zhou Yan turned sideways and faced the sound. The direction narrowed his eyes, and a man in his mid-twenties and wearing a white shirt walked quickly toward him.
The man's two shouts seemed to have special power. They not only drove away Bach and Beethoven, but also "Sweet Honey" and the lazy wind hovering on the branches.
“Brother Guoping.”
Zhou Yan turned over and sat up helplessly and responded.
The man's name is Jia Guoxun, and he is Zhou Yan's roommate. They are both grade 87 students of the Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, but there is a seven-year age difference between them.
Jia Guoping worked in a workplace before, and went to the Jinxi Drama School to study for a few years, and then was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music. Therefore, he is quite old, and most of the classmates in the class would call him brother.
Zhou Yan’s name of Guoping brother was a bit awkward, because half a month ago he was a Chinese teacher in a key middle school living in 2023, almost no longer confused, and living a peaceful life. That night, he was correcting students' compositions. He just took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes before arriving at the Central Conservatory of Music in 1990 and becoming Zhou Yan, a third-year composition student.
The Zhou Yan of this world had a serious illness in April and missed a lot of classes, so he took a leave of absence from school.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yan's illness was cured just after the formalities for suspension of school were completed. Teachers and classmates all said that Zhou Yan's illness came and went away inexplicably.
Jia Guoping walked over and grabbed Zhou Yan's arm: "Come with me quickly. Director Shi is looking for you. I didn't see you in the dormitory, so I knew you must be here."
Looking at Zhou Yan's dazed look, Jia Guoping also sighed secretly. Since half a month ago, Zhou Yan has become very strange. He will run to the south whenever he has something to do, either sleeping in the shade of a tree or staring at a pile of stones. Many people believe that Zhou Yan's illness has affected his brain and has sequelae, and he has not recovered yet.
Zhou Yan didn't move his buttocks, raised his head and asked, "Why are you looking for me?"
"Of course there is something wrong."
Jia Guoxun's arms were thick and powerful, and he couldn't help but pull up Zhou Yan who was sitting on the stone. "We won't know what happened until we get there." Resist more and just go with him honestly.
At that time, Zhou Yan had just traveled to Yangyin and was shocked when he saw Jia Guoxun.
As a middle school Chinese teacher, he didn’t know much about the music industry, but he happened to know Jia Guoxun, because one of his only few concert experiences was composed by Jia Guoxun. "Ripples in Time and Space". Zhou Yan didn't understand much of that concert, but he was greatly shocked and got a rough idea of Jia Guoxun. Jia Guoxun had many names, one of which was the teacher of the Composition Department of Yangyin.
Unexpectedly, after traveling through time, he and I became classmates.
The Director Shi mentioned by Jia Guoxun is Shi Wanchun, the director of their Composition Department at Yangyin University.
Director Shi is well-known in the music industry, especially in the field of movie soundtracks. The soundtrack for the movie "The Founding Ceremony" which was just released last year was composed by him.
Jia Guoxun grabbed Zhou Yan's arm and brought him to the door of Shi Wanchun's office. He raised his hand and knocked on the door, "Director Shi, I brought it to you."
After that, Jia Guoxun Opening the door, he pushed Zhou Yan directly in. This set of combos looks like escorting a prisoner.
Zhou Yan stumbled and almost fell over. When he stood up and turned around to say a few words, Jia Guoxuan had already closed the door and ran away.
Shi Wanchun is over fifty, and his long hair is half white. He has a rather serious face. Even when he smiles, he is not friendly at all, but looks more serious.
Seeing Zhou Yan, Shi Wanchun put down the book in his hand and said, "Here we come."
Zhou Yan complained to Jia Guoping in his heart, and when he looked up, he changed his smile: "Director , you have something to do with me?”
“Can’t you find me if you have nothing to do?”
Shi Wanchun glanced at Zhou Yan, casually took a cigarette from the cigarette box and put it to his mouth, then took out a match, but unfortunately, the only match in the matchbox was not lit.
Seeing this, Zhou Yan leaned over with a smile, took out a lighter from his pocket and lit Shi Wanchun's cigarette.
Shi Wanchun took a puff of the cigarette and looked at the lighter in Zhou Yan's hand, "Why do you still carry this thing with you?"
Zhou Yan smiled, put the lighter on the table, and took it from his pocket He took out a pack of Hongtashan and put it on the table, "On a whim two days ago, I wanted to try out what it was like to smoke, so I bought a pack. The result was an average experience. I don't need these cigarettes or lighters. I'm sorry for you." ”
He was a smoker before he came through time travel. After he came here, he habitually wanted to smoke, so he bought cigarettes and a lighter. Who knew that he choked himself as soon as he lit the cigarette? In this case, he simply wanted to smoke. Just quit.
Looking at the lighter and the cigarette, Shi Wanchun looked surprised, as if he no longer recognized Zhou Yan. Zhou Yan would never do such a thing or say such a thing before.
Shi Wanchun’s favorite student in the class of 1987 is Zhou Yan, not only because Zhou Yan does well in his studies, but also because Zhou Yan is simple-minded and has no distractions, and is a good candidate for music studies.
Some time ago, Zhou Yan fell ill and took a leave of absence from school. Shi Wanchun was also quite sorry, fearing that this would affect Zhou Yan.
But now it seems that his worries are not unreasonable. After a serious illness, Zhou Yan has changed a lot.
Sighing secretly, Shi Wanchun said, "The procedures for suspending school have been completed. If you want to cancel, you can't do it right away. Once the process is completed, the semester will be over. You have two choices now, The first one is to take a leave of absence until April next year and join the next class of students, which is equivalent to repeating the grade. The second one is to wait until the next semester to take the make-up exam and remain in this class.”
Newcomers, new books, please bear with me
(End of this chapter)