After the piano prince Li Yundi became famous, he once had a love affair that ended without illness, and this love made him hurt and closed the door of his feelings. In the lonely years, a sunny and happy girl bumped into him, her color embellished his gray sky, her laughter warmed his sleeping heart, he finally understood that love, in fact, is divided into AB side, sometimes you listen to the song of side A is not good, but side B may have unexpected melodies... Recently, the special reporter of this magazine approached Li Yundi and listened to him tell about this wonderful love on the B side...
On January 12, 2012, Li Yundi accepted the invitation to perform at the Columbia University Annual Meeting. On the day of the performance, his piano piece will be the last appearance of the annual meeting finale program. Who expected that at the end of the annual meeting, when he was ready to play, many students were tired of playing and had to get dressed and leave...
Li Yundi sat calmly in front of the piano, ten fingers gently caressing the keyboard, looking ahead, a Chopin's "Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor" like a gushing spring flowing from the fingertips. At that moment, everything in the world seemed to exist, and he was only immersed in the sorrows and joys of his own years. Since he became famous at the age of 18 with this concerto and won the "Chopin International Piano Competition" that had been vacant for 15 years, he has no self. Although countless flowers, honors, and applause have enchanted him, the endless lines of commercial performances, the frozen life, and the love that cannot reach the end have made him deeply tired...
Perhaps, Li Yundi brought this emotion into the music, and the originally noisy crowd under the stage suddenly fell silent, and everyone watched him, immersed in the sound of the piano like a cry, until the last note disappeared into the evening wind, and the whole audience erupted into thunderous applause.
Li Yundi got up, closed the curtain, and was about to step off the stage, when suddenly, a group of female students frantically ran up to the stage to ask for his autograph, and one of the Chinese girls wearing a butterfly shirt was squeezed and almost fell. Li Yundi instinctively helped her, and the girl held up the autograph book, tilted her head and asked: "When you played the piano, did you remember your girlfriend?" Li Yundi was shocked and couldn't help but look at the girl. He is not a person who likes to tell people his heart, more often, he likes to hide his heart in the sound of the piano, he never thought that this young girl could understand his sadness. Seeing more and more people pouring in to sign autographs and take photos, he decisively said to the girl with his Chinese: "It's too busy at this time, you are waiting for me at the door, I will give you a good signature." ”
When everything was calm, Li Yundi walked out of the hall and saw the girl again at the door. Li Yundi remembered that he had promised to sign her autograph, and felt out his pen just to write, but the girl continued to ask unforgivingly: "You haven't answered me yet, when you played that song just now, did you think of your girlfriend?" "Does it matter?" "There is a relationship, a person who plays the piano, you can't put too much emotion in your heart, if you can't walk out, your piano sound is no longer pure." 」 This is the first acquaintance who talked to Li Yundi about the piano in so many years, many people did not understand it after listening to it, and the people who understood the piano talked about music theory with him, and no one, like this girl, talked to him about the love in the piano.
Li Yundi invited the girl to the school café for coffee. During the conversation, he learned that the girl's name was Tian Fei, born in Tianjin in 1988, and immigrated to the United States with her parents in June 2003, where she lived for 10 years. Fei Tian spent high school in Los Angeles and was later admitted to Columbia University to study financial mathematics. To Li Yundi's surprise, she had only played the piano when she was very young, almost a layman, but she understood his thoughts.
Perhaps because of living in the United States for many years, Tian Fei's personality is free, bold, and unrestrained, which is in stark contrast to Li Yundi's silence and introversion. In front of this fast-talking girl, Li Yundi admitted that the lost love hurt him so much that he has not completely come out until now. Tian Fei smiled and took out a record: "This is the record I made for our annual meeting, there are A sides and B sides, you may only like one side, but you can't deny that it is a good record." Li Yundi was stunned and began to think.
The next day, the last day of Li Yundi's performance, Tian Fei arrived on time again. When Li Yundi finished playing the song and stepped down from the stage, Tian Fei greeted him and said affirmatively: "I feel that you have been a good student in the eyes of teachers since you were a child, a good example in the minds of your classmates, never late for school, never sleep in class, right?" Li Yundi smiled. Needless to say, he is really such a person, but who knows, he has been walking with the label of this good student, very tired and tired.
As if he understood Li Yundi's thoughts, Tian Fei smiled: "Follow me, today we will turn over the A side and listen to the B side." Li Yundi was stunned by Tian Fei and pushed into the car, driving towards Bar Street on Fifth Avenue. As soon as he entered the bar, Li Yundi was suddenly blinded, and the deafening Dishiko, the men and women who danced freely, were the lives he had never imagined in his quiet years. He was passively led into the dance floor by Tian Fei and danced wildly with her, and after two hours, Li Yundi collapsed on the sofa, and Tian Fei smiled and brought a bottle of soda: "What, is it that all the troubles are gone?" Isn't the B side also good? Much better than you playing the piano to vent, right? ”
Looking at the girl in front of her, Li Yundi was in a dream, who was she? angel? devil? How could she subvert his 30-year outlook on life in a matter of hours. Let him understand that everyone's life, in fact, has an A side and a B side, tired of listening to the A side, you can change the B side, A plus B, in order to form a perfect record. Looking into her big watery eyes, his intuition told him to run away quickly, but the emotion made him unable to open his legs. That day, they played late. Li Yundi very gentlemanly sent Tian Fei home and said goodbye: "Tomorrow, we will listen to side A." ”
The next day, Li Yundi called Tian Fei at 5 o'clock: "Wear a sportswear and go out." Tian Fei dressed up and went out to see, Li Yundi is also dressed in sports, leaning in front of the car waiting for her: "Today we use the way of running to vent." He took the lead in rushing out, running behind Tian Fei, running breathlessly, more and more physically weak, Li Yundi turned back to adjust her posture, and taught her breathing method, and sure enough, Tian Fei ran more and more easily.
Looking at Li Yundi's back, Tian Fei was also a little confused. Over the years, when she was unhappy, she would meet three or five friends, sing and dance in the bar, and when she was drunk until dawn, she never got up early or went to bed early, so she never knew that the morning air in New York was so sweet and the rising sunrise was so beautiful. She is not a problem girl, but she is often lost in her own emotions, until Li Yundi appears, and the life of one plate and one glance is novel in her eyes, just like Li Yundi looks at her life.
A week later, Li Yundi was going to perform in Germany. He came to bid farewell to Tian Fei, who attached himself to Li Yundi's ear and giggled: "Do you know how Chinese use language to reduce stress?" "I don't know." "China's national curse is relieved and self-deprecating." Li Yundi looked at Tian Fei, who was grimacing at him, and really didn't know how many strange ways this little girl had to reduce stress.
Soon, Li Yundi's performance in Germany really encountered trouble, the performance contract negotiated in advance had a problem, the performer asked for two more temporary performances, and Li Yundi's time arrangement was full, agreeing to add the show was equivalent to breaking the contract with other contracts. The assistant negotiated several times, the other party did not agree, and in the middle of the glue, Li Yundi suddenly remembered tian Fei's words taught him at the airport, coincidentally, the other party was also negotiating with Chinese, he plucked up the courage to go up and said loudly: "You temporarily added to the scene, it is not us who default, it is you, if you do not give in, we will clarify this matter through the media, our tolerance is limited." The polite Li Yundi suddenly became angry, the other party was frightened, promised to deal with it properly, and in the end, Li Yundi successfully completed the performance. endprint
After returning to the United States, the first thing Li Yundi did was to go to Columbia university to find Tian Fei. It was early in the morning, when his car stopped on the campus of Columbia University, he saw Tian Fei running over with a snow-white scarf around his neck and sweating, and when he saw Li Yundi, she was stunned, blinked her eyes hard, and seemed to have tears coming out. Li Yundi's heart was also pounding, he couldn't say anything, just opened his arms and watched Tian Fei run into his arms like a fawn. For a long time, Li Yundi said: "I want to tell you that I used your B-side to avoid the loss of a commercial performance." Tian Fei shed tears happily in Li Yundi's arms: "I also want to tell you that I use your A-side, get up early every day to run, not sleep late, drink less coffee... "So can we synthesize this AB into a record?" Looking at Li Yundi looking at himself inquiringly, Tian Fei nodded happily.
After formally establishing the relationship, Tian Fei decided to let her parents meet Li Yundi. Tian Fei's father is the boss of a software company in New York, and any major events in his daughter on weekdays are controlled by this father. Regarding Li Yundi, Father Tian had already heard about it, and when he saw it this time, he found that this young man was elegant in conversation, not only modest, but also talented. After Li Yundi left, Father Tian sighed, and Tian Fei nervously asked his father: "Is he not good enough?" You told me I asked him to change. Father Tian squinted at his daughter: "I am worried that a good young man has fallen into the hands of a little witch, it is not him who has changed, I see that you have to change a lot." In a word, Tian Fei was sweet and proud.
Li Yundi and Tian Fei's emotions are heating up rapidly, seeing that his girlfriend usually only likes to eat food such as hamburger salad, Li Yundi knows that eating Western diet for a long time is easy to make people age, so he entrusts people to bring some spices from China, and when he does not perform, he begins to study a variety of soups and let Tian Fei drink at his residence. Tian Fei was so surprised that he quickly dropped his chin, and took Li Yundi's hand to look left and right: "Is this a human hand?" He can play the piano and make soup. Li Yundi smiled and chased after her. Laughing and laughing, the two men drank a pot of soup.
However, Tian Fei grew up in the United States after all, and she couldn't stand the soup when she drank too much. Once, Li Yundi made pork liver soup, and Tian Fei did not eat pork liver, so he had to take advantage of his inattention to secretly dump it, and then pretend to be full of wine and rice. Looking at Li Yundi's proud eyes, Tian Fei was even more proud in his heart: "I have been a bad child since I was a child, is it not easy to deceive a good child?" hum! However, more often, Tian Fei was still very happy to take a video of Li Yundi's dishes and post them on the Internet, welcoming many friends to watch and ask Tian Fei who made it. Tian Fei said triumphantly: "How about the Chinese chef I invited, decent?" ”
Under the promotion of Tian Fei, many of her classmates gradually understood that her Chinese chef was actually her boyfriend, and strongly demanded sharing. Tian Fei felt that after spending so long with Li Yundi, it was time to take him out to meet his friends, so he was excited to invite guests to show off. Li Yundi thought about it and said, "Otherwise, I will make a table of dishes, and if you let them come, I will not come forward." Tian Fei was a little unhappy in his heart, but considering that Li Yundi might have difficulties, he pouted and agreed. However, after such a few times, Tian Fei's face was a little hanging. When another classmate invited a party, Li Yundi was just about to leave, and Tian Fei broke out: "Why do others hold hands in love, and I have to sneak around with you?" We are not an underground party! ”
Li Yundi was silent, he did not blame his girlfriend, Tian Fei grew up in the United States, simple thinking, did not know much about the entertainment industry, but Li Yundi was deeply trapped in this circle, knowing that a little careless, privacy was exposed, not to mention, even the normal life of relatives around him will be "monitored" and evaluated.
Over the years, Li Yundi has been cautious, still not immune to criticism, lying shot is a common thing, he can't imagine a girlfriend who is happy like a butterfly, once he is chased by the media with sharp teeth, asking East and West, will he panic. At that time, the quiet life of the two people will be completely broken, he has been doing his best to protect this love from being hurt by outsiders, but he did not expect his own approach, but first hurt Tian Fei, perhaps, this is the difference in thinking between the East and the West.
In June 2012, in order to make his girlfriend happy, Li Yundi took her to Hong Kong to shop, but despite his caution and caution, he was discovered by the Paparazzi in Hong Kong. Suddenly, the news that Li Yundi had a girlfriend was put on the front page, and Yuji began to launch a "human flesh search", which forced Tian Fei to turn out from Columbia University, and her resume, including the names of her parents, was accurately reported, and she also turned out her previous habit of loving nightclubs, as well as her intimate photos with many friends. Looking at the online reports, Tian Fei was frightened, this was the first time she had experienced the power of entertainment reporters at close range, at this time, she understood that she had been hidden by Li Yundi all along, all because of love. At the time when the media hype was the most intense, Li Yundi calmly stood up and clarified: "I don't have a girlfriend, please don't frighten other girls." ”
Li Yundi's honest face blocked the gun for Tian Fei. After returning to the United States, she fell on the shoulder of her lover and said in horror: "Scared me to death, I will never be willful again, what you say is what you say." Li Yundi smiled and said, "It's not that serious, in the future, I will attend the gathering of some of your friends who are particularly familiar and trusted, and I believe that they will not betray us." ”
August 22, 2013, is Tian Fei's birthday, Li Yundi has been thinking about how to celebrate Tian Fei's birthday. Tian Fei had previously adopted a stray dog, Bai Bai. When Bai Bai later fell ill and died, she cried very sadly, so Li Yundi decided to send another puppy to her. Soon after, he fostered a puppy at a friend's house, trained it as soon as he had time, and even taught the puppy to play simple sheet music and would stand up for a while.
On her birthday, Tian Fei cautiously invited more than a dozen friends, and Li Yundi played a song "To Alice" in one of her friends. After the sound of the piano, the door was suddenly opened, and a Schnauzer puppy ran in and walked over to Tian Fei, looking at Tian Fei with bright eyes.
Tian Fei shouted in surprise, "Oh, whose puppy ran in?" Only to hear Li Yundi's voice: "Salute in vain." The white puppy immediately raised its front paws in a salute. Immediately after, Li Yundi hugged Bai Bai to the piano plate and said, "Come, Bai Bai, play a song for everyone." The puppy put his paws on the keyboard and pressed the keyboard in order. The piano sounded rhythmically, the friends all laughed, Tian Fei was stunned, she really hadn't seen a puppy play the piano!
After bai bai's performance, Li Yundi picked up the dog and said: "Fei Fei, this is my gift to you, I know that you are very sad to lose Bai Bai, these days, it is you who taught me to pity the people in front of me, now, it is my turn to teach you, the old does not go, the new does not come!" ”
Tian Fei took over Bai Bai and shed tears of happiness. Before, she was also in love, but it was pure American, each person had their own independent space, american life was not romantic, even a meal together, it was AA system. She grew up so big, her parents worked hard for life, each busy, no one took her birthday seriously, in the past birthday, she at most went to the bar to sing a song, boring and monotonous. But now, a man will do so much for himself, so that she not only has a puppy that salutes and plays the piano, but also has spiritual warmth! Tian Fei couldn't help but run forward and kiss Li Yundi with tears, and a group of friends screamed and shouted: "Li, kiss back!" Li Yundi shyly lowered his head and kissed his girlfriend back. Suddenly, cheers and screams were everywhere, and the scene was boiling! Both of them were filled with tears, like relatives who had been reunited in this life after meeting in the previous life.
On November 25, 2013, when Li Yundi returned from a performance, Tian Fei went to the airport to pick her up, and suddenly found that there were Chinese faces among the people who came out with Li Yundi, and she quickly pulled down her hat and turned her back. Far from seeing the girlfriend's subconscious actions, Li Yundi is very distressed, at that time, he was because he did not want to disclose his love, only to lose that love, now, his love has turned to the B side, that is a new life, new emotions, they have learned to appreciate each other in the grind of the years, tolerate each other, but also slowly adapt to each other's living habits, it should be time to open love. He didn't want his beloved woman to be careful in everything he did. That night, he and his friend Wang Lihong talked on the phone. Wang Lihong said: "I will announce my girlfriend in two days, I have wronged her for so long, I have settled the dust, and now it is time to laugh and gossip." Li Yundi listened and said: "That's just right, I also announced it together, saving myself the fear of being photographed by reporters all day." After saying that, the two laughed!
On November 27, Wang Lihong announced his girlfriend Li Lianglei on Weibo, and for a time, it reached nearly one million retweets. After Li Yundi returned home, he saw Tian Fei browsing Wang Lihong's Weibo on the Internet, with a look of envy, he smiled lightly, did not squeak, but quietly sneaked into another room to prepare his "declaration of love". More than ten hours later, Li Yundi also posted a sentence on Weibo: "Today is very happy, everyone must really love, to be loved!" My one is Tian Fei, 25 years old, graduated from Columbia Finance Mathematics, met last year, very kind! I hope to accompany you on my future musical dream road! When Li Yundi posted weibo, Tian Fei was sleeping, looking at his girlfriend's smiling face, Li Yundi knew that she must be dreaming something beautiful, and when she woke up, she would find that all the dreams had come true.