"How should I put this? A flawless performance would be enough to get you through the arts entrance exam, Teacher Lin."
"But I imagine your ambitions don't stop there, do they?"
Gao Zhenyang said.
"..."
That was true.
Lin Tian had always pursued perfection in his studies.
Throughout his three years of high school, his academic grades had consistently ranked at the top.
In the eyes of every teacher and classmate, he was the embodiment of both talent and hard work—the perfect student.
Someone as competitive as Lin Tian...
Since he had chosen the path of art, he had to be the best at it too!
How could a man who dominated academic subjects possibly settle for being an average student in art?
"What should I do?"
"Like I said earlier, your current ability is only enough to pass the arts entrance exam. But the top performers in the annual unified exam usually need a little spark—a little something that can move the teachers."
Gao Zhenyang shifted into arts-exam-teacher mode and changed the way he addressed him, seriously explaining to Lin Tian,
"Teacher Lin, what you lack right now is precisely that—something that can make the arts exam teachers' eyes light up."
Lin Tian's current performance, to put it simply—
was too neat and proper.
Perhaps, as a professional-level piano accompanist responsible for working with a cello, being able to do that was already quite impressive.
But when Lin Tian, as an arts exam candidate, humbly performed a piece on his own...
His current results were merely passable.
"Teacher Lin, I can tell that although your piano skills are outstanding, you still don't know enough about the arts entrance exam."
"The arts exam is far from as simple as it looks. Qingjiang is considered a major province for arts exams.