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After making an appointment to go to Germany with Grafman, Lu Wei called his family and told them to go back a few days later. His mother didn't say anything, but just told him not to go out and be careful not to play for too long, and to be back before the New Year, etc.

Then, a burst of noise came from the other end of the microphone, and then Xiaoling's voice sounded.

"Lu Wei, come back early." A simple word revealed too much thoughts. Lu Wei felt sour in his heart. He wanted to return to her side immediately and take a good look at the face he had been thinking about day and night.

"Xiaoling, do you miss me?" Lu Wei said gently.

The microphone was silent for a while, and then a gentle "happiness" came to Lu Wei's ears. Although it was very light, it seemed to sink to Lu Wei's heart.

"Wait for me, I'll be back soon." Lu Wei seemed to say to Xiaoling, and also to himself.

"Yeah", it was still the soft answer, feeling the tenderness that was thousands of miles apart, Lu Wei only felt that a sour thing gradually filled his whole body in a corner of his heart. Lu Wei thought, maybe it was love.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Wei's mood improved a lot, and yesterday's worries seemed to be a little lighter. Thinking that he would soon see the former residence of the musician he admired the most, Lu Wei's eyes still showed an expression of expectation.

"Let's go, Lu Wei, don't bring any luggage. The administrator over there is Clin, a classmate of mine when I was studying at Curtis. That's a passionate guy." Grafman said, with a faint smile on his face, as if he was recalling the wonderful time he was in school.

Hearing Grafman say this, Lu Wei showed a curious look. He only knew that Grafman was very famous in the piano education industry, but he was not familiar with his situation before. When he heard Grafman was actually studying at Curtis, Lu Wei couldn't help but say curiously: "I really didn't expect that teacher, you are also studying here, and I don't know which piano master your teacher is..."

"Oh. I used to study violin field. Later I transferred to the piano. I studied here when I was 17 years old. It turned out that I was learning piano and composition with Teacher Levin. That was such a good teacher. Unfortunately, I passed away a few years ago..." Grafman said this and his expression was sighing.

It seemed that Lu Weidi's question was aroused. Grafman began to talk to Lu Wei about his experience in piano learning. He talked about his teachers and classmates. Lu Wei discovered that this dean, who has always been known for his strictness, actually had a innocent side. When talking about the interesting things he had when he was in school, Grafman often smiled like a child on his face.

"What? Teacher, you studied with Horowitz when you graduated?" Lu Wei asked in surprise when he heard Grafman say the name casually.

It is no wonder that Lu Wei is so surprised. Although there are many local pianists active in the world's piano music scene in modern times, they lack real piano masters. Even many authoritative local music critics helplessly admit that this is an "absence of classic locals". For example, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Lister, Tchaikovsky and other earth masters as untouchable as stars in the sky. It seems that they have never appeared again in the past century.

Horowitz is the leading piano master of this century. With his distinctive musical personality, unique and unparalleled musical charm, he became the greatest piano master of the 20th century. When he heard that Grafman was once a student of Horowitz, Lu Wei was surprised and seemed to understand why Grafman's level was so high.

Who would have thought that Grafman's next words made Lu Wei even more surprised.

"Oh, don't be surprised, Horowitz did give me a lot of playing guidance, but by then I had my own musical insights and he did not have much impact on my playing style."

Seeing Lu Wei's puzzled look, Grafman smiled and said, "Are you wondering why I was guided by such a music master but had to draw the line between myself and him so clearly?"

Lu Wei nodded subconsciously, but then realized something was wrong. When he wanted to say something, Grafman laughed.

"Haha, nothing is surprising, because I am me. Although Horowitz is great, his greatness belongs to him and has nothing to do with me. I, Grafman, plays music that belongs to me!" At this point, Grafman's entire tone changed, and he showed extremely strong confidence.

After hearing Grafman's words, Lu Wei's expression on his face was a little dim. Grafman's words just now hit his sore spot.

"Okay, Lu Wei, let's set off quickly. If it's too late, I won't be able to catch up with the plane." Grafman didn't know about Lu Wei's situation, so he called Lu Wei for a moment, and then walked out first.

Lu Wei was stunned for two seconds, chewed Grafman's words just now, shook his head like a self-deprecatingly, and followed him out.

The two booked a direct flight ticket to Cologne, Germany. On the bus, Lu Wei saw Grafman handing it to him.

When I suddenly realized a problem when I had a plane ticket.

"Mr. Grafman, have you booked my air ticket long ago?" Lu Wei asked in confusion.

"Yeah, hehe, I think you must like to go there, so I ordered one for you." Grafman smiled.

"But why is it me...I mean, why are you taking me alone?" In fact, Lu Wei still didn't say a subtext, and Curtis didn't perform well than himself, so why did he call himself?

"Haha, why, don't you like to go there?" Grafman asked without answering a question.

"Of course not, I like it very much, but..."

"That's good." Grafman seemed to know what he was thinking and continued: "There is a saying in the Chinese education industry that is called teaching according to the aptitude. I am 'teaching according to the aptitude', haha." Grafman said with a smile.

At this point, Lu Wei finally understood Grafman's intention and couldn't help but secretly thank Grafman for his arrangement. At the same time, he was also very moved by the saying "teaching according to his aptitude".

"Oh, I have been teaching students according to my aptitude for many years, but how many places can I really teach students according to my aptitude? Looking at the whole country, how many places can I find? The unchanging education model has killed many children's nature and expertise? Just a word of empty words, not to mention anything else, just looking at how unpopular Wei Xiaofan's partial talent is in the alto, and what Lang Lang had before in the alto can tell how big the problem of China's current education system is. Usually, I would like to say that I would teach students according to my aptitude, but if I really had a student who did not follow the will of the school, I would have created an environment for developing my specialties. I'm afraid I would immediately pinch the signs." Inexplicably, Lu Wei expressed his feelings for China's education in his heart.

Grafman's style of doing business is very decisive. From calling Lu Wei to the office in the morning to the two of them boarding the plane, it took less than two hours. Seeing Philadelphia, which was gradually getting smaller under his feet, Lu Wei couldn't help but start to imagine the former residence of Beethoven in his mind.

Looking at Lu Wei sitting beside him, Grafman suddenly asked: "Lu Wei, how did you feel when yesterday's performance?"

Unexpectedly, Grafman remembered to ask this question at this time, and Lu Wei sighed and said, "Oh, it's so bad."

"A good pianist should not be depressed by one or two blows. Lu Wei, you like Beethoven's music so much. Think about Beethoven's spirit. Compared to what he encountered, your little accident yesterday was nothing."

"Yes, compared to Beethoven, what is this setback?" Lu Wei sighed in his heart after hearing Grafman's words. Thinking that Beethoven was deaf in middle-aged life and suffered such a big blow and still insisted on creating, Lu Wei couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of his previous performance.

"Okay, don't think so much. When you arrive in Bonn, you will fall in love with it. I have another surprise for you..." Grafman smiled. When Lu Wei asked him what surprise it was, he bought it and smiled without answering.

The itinerary from Philadelphia to Colon was not long. The plane only took less than four hours to arrive at Colon Airport. The two got off the plane, then took a taxi, and went upstream along the expressway on the Rhine River. In just half an hour, they arrived at Beethoven's hometown, the small German town of Bonn.

Along the way, Lu Wei saw Germany's developed transportation system. The taxi was speeding on the highway, and the speed did not drop by more than 150km/h per hour. However, the wide road and good road conditions did not make the two of them feel how fast the car was driving.

"This is the real highway." Lu Wei thought with emotion. At the same time, he looked at the car driven by the driver. It turned out to be a Mercedes-Benz. He thought that the Mercedes-Benz, which is regarded as a symbol of status and status in China, only acted as a taxi here. Lu Wei once again felt the gap between the domestic economy and these developed countries.

"Two gentlemen, the destination has arrived." The driver stopped the car steadily and said with a smile.

"Okay, thank you." Grafman said, getting out of the car with Lu Wei.

Bonn, a cultural ancient city with a history of two thousand years, is located on a narrow river valley plain in the middle of the Rhine River in western Germany. The clear and green river water passes through the city from south to north. The east and west sides of the city are covered with mountains and ridges, and the forests are undulating. The city is full of green and fuzzy lawns, purple flowers and lush trees, and colorful palaces, churches, theaters, museums and other buildings with different shapes dotted.

The two walked forward on the road and felt the rich cultural atmosphere of Bonn. The commercial atmosphere here was very weak, the city environment was fresh and elegant, without noise or pollution. Lu Wei quickly fell in love with it.

"Lu Wei, look there, our destination has arrived." Grafman pointed to a three-story building in front of him and said with a smile.
Chapter completed!