1990: Starting from Baojia Street

After coming out of the concert hall, Zhou Yan and his friends actually went to the piano room building for a look around.

He went to the Musical Instruments Department and asked if there was any vacant practice room, and Director Fu of the Musical Instruments Department gave him a key.

At this time on Monday afternoon, piano room resources are not that tight.

However, the piano in the piano room that Zhou Yan and his team got was really not very good.

The pianos in the practice room are used too frequently, and it is impossible for the teachers of the instrument department to tune the pianos frequently, so there are problems with the pitch of many pianos.

In fact, intonation is a minor problem. After all, the deviation is not too much and it is tolerable. Even if it is someone's own piano, it is impossible to guarantee that it is completely accurate.

The key point is that there are many pianos in the piano room, and the tone performance is very poor. Because they are too old, it is not easy to repair them.

Needless to say, many guitars have no feel at all.

For example, the piano room that Zhou Yan and his friends are using today, even Joey Wong can feel that the feel and tone are poor.

"I thought the pianos in your school would be very good."

It is normal for Joey Wong to have such an illusion. After all, the Central Conservatory of Music is the best music school in the country, and the conditions should not be bad.

In fact, compared to most schools, the practice room at the Central Conservatory of Music is not bad.

Many music schools have even fewer practice room resources and worse musical instruments. Not to mention the music majors in some non-music schools, the teaching and practice environments are appalling.

In comparison, the equipment at Shanghai Conservatory of Music is much better. The good development of Shanghai Conservatory of Music in recent years is also related to the high level of their equipment.

Zhou Yan played a piece of music and said with a smile, "There are hundreds of pianos in the school. If we want to keep them all up to standard, it will cost a lot of money. Apart from other things, the tuning of these hundreds of pianos every year takes up a lot of energy of the teachers of the instrument department. If we tune one piano every day, 365 days a year, we still can't finish the tuning in one round."

Wang Zuxian tilted her head, thought for a moment, and said, "How about I donate some pianos to your school?"

"It seems that Sun Dong and his friends' pity is useful. It even made you want to donate the piano."

"Actually it's not because of them. It's mainly because this piano is such a bummer. And I'm happy to do something for your school."

Zhou Yan pondered and said, "How about this, I'll give some money and donate it in your name."

Wang Zuxian immediately shook her head, "I'll donate if I want, why do I need you to pay for it?"

"Isn't my money your money?"

Joey Wong still disagreed, "It's not like I don't have money. I'll pay for the piano donation myself this time."

Seeing her insistence, Zhou Yan didn't say anything else, "Okay, go ahead, but if someone asks you why you donated the piano, what will you say?"

Wang Zuxian raised her chin, with a proud look on her face, "I am happy to donate, what right do they have to interfere? I will contact your school tomorrow and discuss the matter of donating the piano with them."

"There's no need to be so anxious..."

……

Li Xuhua from the Musical Instruments Department had just arrived at work in the morning and was about to go around the teaching building when the phone in the office rang.

He stood up and answered the phone, "Hello."

"Is this the musical instrument department of the Central Conservatory of Music?" A girl's voice came from the other side.

"Yes, who are you looking for?"

"I would like to donate a few pianos to your school. What procedures should I follow?"

When Li Xuhua heard that the other party wanted to donate a piano, his eyes lit up.

Donations of musical instruments to their school happen frequently, but this is the first time someone has called the musical instrument office directly.

Normally, those who can donate musical instruments are alumni who have connections with the school. If you want to donate musical instruments, you can just contact them through acquaintances.

If you are an enthusiastic member of the public, you usually won't get the phone number of the musical instrument department, but will directly call the admissions office, school office, etc.

Li Xuhua smiled and said, "Our musical instrument department accepts donations. You can contact us directly. How many pianos are you going to donate to our school? What kind of pianos are they?"

"Twenty, Heizmann brand."

Twenty... Li Xuhua couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He didn't expect that this enthusiastic citizen was so powerful that he wanted to donate twenty Heizmann brand pianos right away.

"What model is it, second-hand or new?"

"Of course it's new. I forgot the model, but the price should be over 11,000 yuan."

Li Xuhua was impressed again, saying that this was a really strong donation, more than 200,000 yuan, which was a very large donation for their school.

"Excuse me, are you an alumnus of this school?"

"No."

"Would you mind telling me your name?"

“I am Joey Wong.”

"Oh." Li Xuhua has already started to take notes, "The three horizontal and one vertical Wang, is it the ancestor Zu or..."

"The ancestor is Zu, and the virtuous is Xian."

"Oh, Zu of Zuxian, Xian of Xianliang."

While repeating Wang Zuxian's words, Li Xuhua wrote the three words "Wang Zuxian" on a piece of paper. After writing down the three words, he was suddenly stunned.

Wang Zuxian?
Originally, Li Xuhua didn’t think the other person’s voice was familiar, but when he saw the three words "Wang Zuxian", he suddenly felt it was familiar.

After a few seconds of silence, Li Xuhua spoke again, "Excuse me, are you the actress Joey Wong?"

"Yes, it's me. Any problem?"

"No, no, I need to report this matter to my leader."

"No problem, I'll give you a number and you can contact me when you have the result."

"Okay, you say."

……

After hanging up the phone with Joey Wong, Li Xuhua hurried to the office of Director Fu Haiqing.

Because he was in such a hurry, he didn't even knock on the door.

"director--"

Fu Haiqing was writing something at his desk. When he heard Li Xuhua's voice, he looked up at him and said, "What's wrong, Xiao Li? What's the emergency?"

"Just now a female comrade called and said she would like to donate 20 Heizmann pianos to us. Each piano costs more than 11,000 yuan."

Fu Haiqing frowned, "Could it be a prank?"

It’s no wonder that Fu Haiqing thought it was a prank, because similar things have happened before.

Because there were not enough practice rooms and the school's musical instruments were old, many students were very dissatisfied. Some students called their musical instrument department, falsely claiming that relevant leaders were coming to inspect, and ordered their musical instrument department to quickly upgrade the school's musical instruments in order to prepare for the inspection.

Maybe this time the students were just trying to make them happy, after all, some of them were just too idle.

"The other party even claimed to be Joey Wong."

“Isn’t that even more ridiculous?” If there is only a 10% chance that someone donates 20 Heizmann aircraft, then the chance that the other person is Joey Wong is only a 1/1000 chance.

"But when I listened to her voice, it really sounded like Joey Wong."

After hearing what Li Xuhua said, Fu Haiqing couldn't make up his mind.

The telephone is inherently distorted, so if someone tries to imitate Joey Wong's accent, it would sound normal.

However, this kind of thing cannot be based on blind guessing, it still needs to be verified.

"How did you respond to her?"

"I said I wanted to report to my leader, and she also left me her contact information." Li Xuhua handed the paper with the contact information to Fu Haiqing.

After taking the note, Fu Haiqing picked up the phone on the desk and dialed it.

The phone was quickly picked up, "Hello."

"Hello, is this Ms. Wang Zuxian?"

"Yes, you are from the Central Conservatory of Musical Instruments, right?"

"Yes, yes, I'm Fu Haiqing, the director of the Musical Instruments Department."

"Hello, Director Fu. Has your colleague informed you about my piano donation?"

"Yes, Mr. Li has already explained your situation to me. I called you to ask where you are now and whether it would be convenient for you to sign the letter of intent for donation."

“Do I still need to sign a donation letter of intent?”

"Of course, if you don't have time to sign, that's fine too. May I ask in what form and when will these pianos be delivered to our school?"

Wang Zuxian suddenly laughed, "Are you worried?"

"No, no, this is just a normal donation process. After your donation is confirmed, the school will also issue you a certificate. You can choose to have us mail it to you, or come to the school in person to receive it. If you come to the school in person, there will be a presentation ceremony."

"Forget about the award ceremony. I'm afraid I don't have time to sign the letter of intent. You can ask Director Zhou about this. I've told him about it."

"Is it Director Zhou Yanzhou?"

"Yeah, that's him."

When Fu Haiqing heard Wang Zuxian mention Zhou Yan, she felt relieved. Since the other party allowed her to verify it with Zhou Yan, it meant there would be no problem.

And this matter is related to Zhou Yan, which is also very reasonable.

He did not hesitate at this time and directly expressed his gratitude, "Ms. Wang Zuxian, thank you so much for your support to our school. These 20 pianos are a timely rain for our school. I will report the matter to the leadership, and I will issue you a donation certificate later, and I will also publicize your good deeds in the media."

"It's okay to publicize the good deeds, as long as it can help you. If you have any questions, you can contact me at any time through this number."

"Then I won't bother you anymore."

……

On this side, after Wang Zuxian hung up the phone, she looked at Zhou Yan who was sitting on the sofa reading a book, and said with a curled lip, "It seems that my name is not as useful as yours."

"It's because your name is too big that the other party doesn't believe it. It's okay, I can help you with the rest."

"I think he'll call you soon..."

Before Wang Zuxian finished her words, the phone on the coffee table rang.

"Look, here it comes."

Zhou Yan smiled, put the book down, and picked up the phone. "Hello, who is this?"

"Director Zhou, I'm Fu Haiqing from the Musical Instruments Department. I called you to ask if you know about Ms. Wang Zuxian's piano donation?"

"Oh, she mentioned this to me, and I thought she was joking. Why, did she contact you?"

Fu Haiqing said excitedly, "Yes, we just talked on the phone, and she expressed her willingness to donate 20 Heizmann pianos worth 11,000 yuan to our school."

"Isn't this a good thing? I heard that many of the pianos in the music room are no longer usable."

"That's right. Ms. Wang's donation is timely and very useful to us. The twenty pianos can partially upgrade our piano room. Director Zhou, thank you so much."

"Director Fu, you are joking. The piano was donated by Joey Wong. Why are you thanking me?"

"But if it weren't for you, I believe Ms. Wang Zuxian wouldn't have donated to our school."

"Director Fu, please don't be polite. Let's go through the procedures and let the students use the new pianos as soon as possible."

"Okay, then I won't bother you anymore, Director Zhou."

……

When Fu Haiqing spoke to Zhou Yan on the phone, he confirmed that Wang Zuxian's donation was true, so he went directly to report the situation to Vice President Wang Cizhao, who is now in charge of this area.

Wang Cizhao also took it very seriously after hearing this. After all, a donation of more than 200,000 yuan is not a small amount, and the other party is a well-known figure.

For this reason, Wang Ci Zhao made another phone call to Zhou Yan to inquire about the situation.

After confirming the situation, Wang Ci Zhao started to follow the process.

The next day, the school announced that Joey Wong would donate twenty pianos.

After Sun Dong learned the news, he was stunned in the office for a long time.

When others heard that Joey Wong was going to donate a piano to the school, they were surprised and happy, but his emotions were more complicated.

Because the day before yesterday he and Xu Guangjie complained to Zhou Yan about the poor quality of the piano in the school's practice room, and today the school announced that Joey Wong was going to donate a piano.

Sun Dong would never believe that these two things were not related.

At this moment, he was 90% sure that the girl who was next to Zhou Yan that day was Joey Wong.

As for why Joey Wong donated a piano to their school, everyone agreed that it was related to Zhou Yan. After all, the only connection between Joey Wong and CAMC was Zhou Yan.

As for the scandal between Zhou Yan and Joey Wong, it cannot be confirmed yet. Maybe they are just good friends and are just expressing their feelings to each other.

Of course, although the rumor cannot be confirmed, students are still willing to think about it this way privately.

In addition, some people have darker thoughts.

Zhou Yan and Joey Wong’s new movie “Time Traveler” is about to be released, and this is the key period for promotion.

Joey Wong suddenly donated twenty pianos to the school. This might be a form of publicity. When the news reports it later, the new movie will be mentioned at least once, and the popularity of the movie will increase.

This idea actually does not stand up to scrutiny. After all, Joey Wong actually wanted to donate 20 pianos, with a total value of more than 200,000 yuan.

It is unknown how much popularity this money donated to the Central Conservatory of Music can bring to the film. If the more than 200,000 yuan is used seriously in other promotional channels, the effect will definitely be considerable.

But no matter what, Wang Zuxian's donation of the piano did bring popularity to the promotion of the movie.

Because the Central Conservatory of Music was very active in promoting this event, they contacted many media outlets, hoping to publicize Wang Zuxian's good deed through the media.

Of course, the media also cooperated. After all, the news about Joey Wong was hot, and if the news was linked to her scandal with Zhou Yan, it would be even hotter.

Although the new movie promotion did not specifically promote the scandal between Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian, this kind of publicity still actually took place. (End of this chapter)