Brush Up Your Proficiency

According to Peter's arrangement, Wang Hao took the erhu and walked alone into the room with the huge glass window in front. As the door closed, the silence inside startled Wang Hao, who had just entered.

Although he had lived in the countryside since he was a child, there would always be sounds of some kind in the surrounding environment, such as the chirping of cicadas, the singing of birds, and the croaking of frogs; everything had its sound.

And in recent years, it has been even more so in the city. Even soundproof windows can't block out the noise. Some people call it noise pollution, but no matter what, the existence of sound made him feel the realness of the world.

But now, with the sudden silence, he felt as if he had stepped into an unreal world, which he found quite novel. He thought that if he had time in the future, he could rent a room like this specifically to practice his erhu skills, so he wouldn't have to worry about being watched or disturbing people.

Turning back, through the huge glass window, Wang Hao saw Peter, Cheng Yufei, and Li Nan talking about something. Wang Hao walked to the microphone in the center of the room and sat down, waiting for them to finish talking. He also took out the erhu from the case and lightly tuned it.

After a while, after the few had finished communicating, Peter gestured to Wang Hao to pick up the headset on the shelf.

After Wang Hao put on the headset, he heard the sound coming from it, and only then did he feel that the two spaces were connected at this moment.

"Wang Hao, the sheet music for each piece will be projected on the right. If you forget a passage in the middle, or feel that your memory is not very strong, you can take a look," Peter said, pointing to the white screen on the side, and then continued:

"This time, we will be recording for a total of three hours, with a total of twelve pieces. Because the time is tight and there are many pieces, we don't require too much detail. You just need to play it like it's supposed to be, without requiring perfection. I can fix it all later. Is that OK?" He said, giving a thumbs-up.

Peter said to Wang Hao in a confident tone, but his eyes subconsciously looked at Cheng Yufei and Li Nan. According to his past experience, his statement would definitely attract the attention and a little admiration of the two women, and then be attracted by his professional skills, thus naturally leading to some wonderful stories.

However, the two women's reaction disappointed him a little. The two beauties seemed not to have heard his confident performance just now. They were whispering to each other from time to time, and staring at Wang Hao with shining eyes, as if he was not even in the room.

This made Peter feel a little frustrated. He secretly compared himself to the kid in the recording studio, and found that he was not much worse than the other in appearance. Why was it that his previously infallible words and actions failed to attract the attention of the two women, while this Wang Hao could! Could it be that the other party is a rich second generation? Peter guessed in his heart.

Although the story Peter imagined did not happen, the work still had to proceed normally. He gestured to Wang Hao to start playing according to his gestures.

Wang Hao also quickly prepared his posture after hearing this. In that short while, he had already adjusted the pitch of the erhu and, feeling that there was no problem, gave Peter an "OK" gesture through the window.

"Okay, first piece, 'Birds Singing in the Empty Mountain,' go!" As Peter shouted, Cheng Yufei and the two women also focused all their attention on Wang Hao.

Looking at Wang Hao's posture of being one with the instrument, completely natural, the eyes of the two women couldn't help but light up. They hadn't eaten pork, but they had seen pigs walk. The two women still had the eyesight to see that this posture didn't look like Wang Hao was an amateur!

At this time, Wang Hao's appearance had been completely concealed by this temperament. Even if Wang Hao's pre-transformation appearance were used to show this posture, it would not be out of place!

After pushing up the recording button on the console, Peter saw Wang Hao's posture and was so surprised by his operation that his eyes widened.

"This kid is pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger! He made me think you were just an amateur erhu enthusiast, and then he showed off your professional skills, slapping me in the face, right? Okay, okay, I admit you got me!" Peter's mood was a bit complicated. On the one hand, he felt that Wang Hao had embarrassed him by saying those words just now. On the other hand, he felt that since he was a professional, his work this time would naturally be much easier!

Unaware of the shocked expressions of the three people outside the window, Wang Hao, with his eyes slightly closed, was immersed in his own world.

Playing in such a quiet environment for the first time, and this silence seemed to amplify each of his plucks several times. Under the dual blessing of mental power and advanced erhu skills, he could more deeply feel the artistic conception of the piece and enter the world of the piece more quickly.

And this feeling that made him feel that he could easily enter the profound state was something that many people couldn't even ask for. If those well-known musicians knew about it, they would probably be jealous to the point of madness.

However, Wang Hao's current state was different from his previous enlightenment in the back mountain. This time, he could clearly feel this mysterious state, instead of the hazy feeling.

Wang Hao couldn't help but suddenly realize that the increase in mental power had greatly enhanced his perception of this spiritual level, allowing him to switch back and forth more smoothly, instead of feeling like he was no longer in charge of his own home when he entered and exited!

Through this experience, he was confident that, with the improvement of his reading skills and the increase in his mental power, he would be able to enter this state at will in the future.

This discovery gave Wang Hao a sense of enlightenment. It seemed that skills were complementary to each other, rather than independent. As long as the changes caused by a skill affected him, those changes would promote the other skills he possessed. This made him more confident in upgrading the skills he would acquire in the future.

“Congratulations, Erhu Advanced Proficiency +5, current proficiency: Erhu Advanced 15/10000.”

With the appearance of the cheat notification, the perfect performance of "Birds Singing in the Empty Mountains" came to an end. Only a song blessed with enlightenment like this could earn 5 points of Erhu Advanced skill proficiency, equivalent to 50 points of Erhu Intermediate skill proficiency. It was clear that the difficulty of acquiring proficiency in Advanced Erhu skills had indeed increased significantly.

But fortunately, Wang Hao couldn't enter this state of enlightenment 100% of the time, but he could still manage it about 60% of the time.

Regaining his composure, Wang Hao happily gave a thumbs-up to the outside of the window, indicating that he had finished. Then, he picked up the headset on the stand, wanting to see if Peter had any other coordination needs.

But after waiting for a while, he didn't hear any sound from the headset. Looking at the three people staring blankly behind the glass window, Wang Hao subconsciously shouted, "Hello? Can you hear me?"

The sound of this inquiry instantly pulled the three back to reality. Peter quickly pulled down the recording key, then took a deep breath, looking at Wang Hao with an incredulous expression.

“Where did you guys find this master? This is too amazing!” Peter turned to the two women behind him, who also looked surprised, and exclaimed.

Then, he turned on the communicator and said with a sigh, "Master, I'm sorry, I wasn't humble enough just now. Please don't take it to heart, really, I didn't recognize Mount Tai!"

Coming back to their senses, the two women looked at Wang Hao's innocent appearance, and couldn't help but find it amusing. The contrast between his masterly demeanor just now and his current confused look made them find Wang Hao even more attractive.

“Don't mind him, just continue recording. By the way, Teacher Peter, do you have any guidance?” Cheng Yufei asked with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.

“How dare I? It sounds perfect to me. One take, definitely. If everyone was at Brother Hao's level, I would be out of a job!” Peter said with a look of trepidation, even changing his address for Wang Hao to “Brother Hao”.

Peter's statement of "one take" was completely within Wang Hao's expectations, so he wasn't too surprised to hear it. After all, Advanced Erhu skills weren't just for show.

The improvement in his physical fitness allowed him to control the strength in his hands more easily. Wang Hao said that he felt no pressure for the next dozen or so songs. Compared to the stumbles when he first got the Erhu skill and played "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", he was now truly playing music!

And so, in Peter's shouts of "one take, one take", all twelve songs were recorded in less than an hour.

This was twice as efficient as Cheng Yufei's original plan of three hours. Although Cheng Yufei had already thought highly of Wang Hao before coming, the current result was still so unexpected.

Each of the twelve songs brought them different feelings. In just one short hour, they seemed to have traveled through twelve different places. After the journey, their moods were as if they had been massaged, comfortable and exceptionally refreshed.

Especially Peter, who understood the industry, was shocked to the level of an earthquake.

During the recording of the twelve songs, he simply acted as a loyal audience, without expressing any opinions!

His hands seemed to be useless, only able to simply turn things on and off. Those sound editing skills in his mind, which could have allowed him to show off in front of beautiful women, couldn't be used at all.

“The performance is so perfect, he doesn't give me any chance to edit the sound. Although I earned money easily today, why do I feel like I've been insulted!” Peter couldn't help but feel a pang of bitterness in his heart.

Stealing a glance at the two beauties next to him, Peter was extremely disappointed.

“Brother Hao, Brother Hao, this is the original lossless source that we've burned, and this version is the weakened version.” Just a dozen minutes after the recording was completed, Cheng Yufei and Li Nan were still praising Wang Hao as if it didn't cost them anything. Wang Hao had gone from being embarrassed at first to almost being immune to it.

At this time, Peter handed two USB drives to Wang Hao, his words no longer carrying the arrogance he had before, but instead filled with a flattering feeling, which made Wang Hao very helpless. He still preferred equal conversations.

After receiving the USB drives, Wang Hao handed them to Cheng Yufei. His task for today could be considered complete, and his Erhu skill proficiency had also improved significantly, reaching 60/10000. Moreover, he had made new discoveries. Overall, he was very satisfied with the gains from this hour or so.

Just as Wang Hao and the other two were saying goodbye to Peter, the young woman at the front desk quietly walked over. Her footsteps were light, for fear of making noise and disturbing the recording inside.

But seeing that the few of them had already finished recording, she was a little surprised, but didn't ask much. After working for so long, she had seen many strange situations.

The young woman nodded slightly to the three of them, then directly asked Peter, "Brother Ma, the boss asked if that lady's song from yesterday has been fixed yet. She's urging us!"

“Urging what? Doesn't she have any self-awareness about her own singing? It would be a blessing if I could fix it in three days. If she was at Brother Hao's level, I would have given it to her on the spot, she really has no idea!” Peter said angrily, not forgetting to praise Wang Hao in his words.

But Cheng Yufei discovered the key point in their conversation.

She said to Peter with a grateful expression, "Mr. Peter, thank you so much. May I ask your surname?"

Hearing Cheng Yufei's question, Peter's previously angry expression was immediately replaced by embarrassment. He looked at Wang Hao, who was also looking at him, and hesitated, as if he was extremely unwilling to say, "My surname is Ma."

Then, his face seemed like he couldn't lift it up, staring at the ground.

“Oh, Ma Peter...” Wang Hao and the others began to have strange expressions on their faces as they realized the situation!