Chapter 521 Unexpected

  July, summer vacation is coming.

   There is still more than half a month left before the day when Gu Qingning and Lan Juncheng's cousins ​​will participate in the International Piano Competition.

   Taking advantage of the time to practice the piano, the two of them have stayed behind closed doors for the past few days, only practicing hard.

  At their level of piano performance, even the piano teacher can't help and guide them.

   Fortunately, Xiaobai has connections, so he invited a piano master for a short-term guidance for his daughter.

   During the two days when the piano master came, Junjun also came to take lessons thanks to his cousin.

  Lan Juncheng's talent in playing the piano was once again affirmed by the piano master.

   And when Gu Qingning heard what the piano master said, she also had a clear understanding of her own abilities.

  It seems that in this international piano competition, there is a high probability that I will not be able to compare with my cousin.

  So her goal has moved away from the first place in the junior group, and she is bound to win the second place!

  …

   Half a month later, Lan Shu and Xiao Bai flew abroad with their daughter, son, and nephew Lan Juncheng.

  It was not the first time for Gu Qingning and Lan Juncheng to participate in an international piano competition. This time, Lan Dazhuang had something to do and couldn't leave, and Tang Chu was also very relieved that his son was going out with his sister-in-law's family, so the husband and wife didn't come.

   Fortunately, Junjun is almost an adult, so he really doesn't need his parents to follow him.

  The plane flew for more than ten hours before arriving at the destination. The five stayed in the hotel arranged by the organizer, and then waited for the competition to start.

   This time Lanshu's family came to Seine City, Mark did not miss the reception.

  Mark is forty-three this year. Apart from being the middle-level leader of the machine company, he has also worked part-time with Lanshu in recent years as a consultant for the export business of the garment department of Langu Group.

   This job doesn't need to take much time for Mark. He mainly plays a supervisory role. Lan Shu handed over this matter to Mark, and she was very relieved.

  Mark, who has two jobs, has also made a leap in financial resources, so Mark married a foreign white female star as his wife last year, and now lives happily.

  Mark brought his wife with him when he came to see Lan Shu's family this time.

   Lan Shu doesn't know much about foreign female stars, but she also thinks that Mark's wife is really beautiful.

  The two families were having dinner at a high-end restaurant. Jun Jun originally wanted to stay alone in the hotel, but was pulled over by Lan Shu and Gu Qingning to have dinner together.

  The next day, the International Piano Competition was held as scheduled.

  Mark is not busy with work this time, and he brought his wife to watch the game.

  Although the two are not family members of the contestants, it is not difficult to get two tickets for the competition with Mark's ability.

   It's just that the two of them sit relatively far behind.

  The competition started. Gu Qingning and Lan Juncheng were the contestants who were expected to be champions in the junior group. The two appeared relatively late in order, and they were the finale.

   Just as the two of them thought before they came, although there are many contestants with good piano skills in the junior group, they are still not as good as the two.

  Especially Lan Juncheng, the songs played by talented contestants can impress the audience, and this level can even compete with the youth group contestants who are even higher!

   And Gu Qingning is not bad, she is quite diligent on the road of learning the piano.

  So after the two performed on stage, before the intermission of the result of the competition, Gu Qingning and Lan Juncheng had already received an invitation from a famous foreign music academy, saying that they could enter the academy for advanced studies in advance.

  Gu Qingning is seventeen years old this year and is in his third year of high school, while Lan Juncheng is not yet seventeen and is only a sophomore at the beginning of school.

   Now that there is an opportunity for them to skip the college entrance examination and directly enter the university, everyone will inevitably think about it.

  Lan Juncheng really likes playing the piano, and he even thought about taking the road of music in the future.

  Although Gu Qingning also likes to play the piano, her clear goal is to be a successful woman like her mother.

  No matter how much she likes to play the piano, she will not only play the piano in the future.

   Piano is a hobby for her, but not her future.

  So after a little thought, the two of them had already made a decision.

  Lan Juncheng wants to enter a foreign music academy for advanced studies, but he has to go back and ask his parents for permission.

  Lanshu and Xiaobai heard Junjun's thoughts, and helped Junjun leave contact information with the music academy, and waited for the results of the Lan's discussion before deciding whether Junjun would go abroad in advance.

  In the afternoon, all the contestants in the children's group, junior group and youth group of the International Piano Competition finished their performances, and the top three rankings of the final three groups were also announced.

   Unexpectedly, Lan Juncheng won the second place in the junior group, and Gu Qingning won the first place!

   According to the judges, the level of piano performance of the two is comparable, but Gu Qingning's expressive power is stronger, and the typhoon is more stable.

   Indeed, Lan Juncheng was a little nervous when he first took the stage.

  Gu Qingning, on the other hand, was extremely calm, as if this stage was the back garden of her home, confident and calm.

   Regarding this result, Gu Qingning did not expect it.

  But she was happy from the bottom of her heart that she could take the first place.

   And she knew that this gold medal was probably her last gold medal in an international piano competition.

  Because of the youth group competition, Junjun will definitely surpass her.

  By that time, more of her thoughts would not be on playing the piano.

   It’s fine as it is now, when she was still able to work hard for her hobby, a gold award can be regarded as a perfect end to her efforts.

   At the moment when Gu Qingning took the stage to accept the award, Xiaobai still took the camera and took pictures of his daughter as souvenirs.

  …

  This summer vacation, when Gu Qingning and Lan Juncheng went abroad to compete and won awards.

  In Kyoto, Meng Dabao's work in the factory had to come to an end.

  Back then Meng Dabao was able to work in the factory because Meng Heng found a relationship and sent his son there.

  Now that factory is not profitable, the leader of the factory plans to lay off workers. Meng Dabao, a recognized fool in the factory, is undoubtedly on the list of layoffs.

   In this situation, even if Meng Heng seeks a relationship, it is useless.

  The contact person he was looking for at the beginning has reached the age of retirement in the factory now, and he can't say much in front of the factory leaders.

  So after Meng Dabao finished working this month, he will directly enter the unemployment group next month.

   Meng Dabao never thought about this happening.

  From the time he entered the factory to work, he felt that he would go up to retirement like this for the rest of his life, but who knew that there would be layoffs in the middle!

  Meng Dabao is just a small worker in the factory, even if he doesn't want to leave the factory, there is no way to turn the situation around.

  So after finishing this month's work and receiving the current month's salary, Meng Dabao lost his job—

   After Gu Qingning and Lan Juncheng returned from a foreign competition and played abroad for a few days, they wanted to tell their friends that they won the first and second prizes in the competition, but they learned that Meng Dabao lost his job.

   Thanks to the running mushroom for rewarding 1666 reading coins.

  

  

  (end of this chapter)