CHAPTER 223: 221, BEAUTIFUL AND KIND-HEARTED! THIS IS DUANMU YUNJI!

Beautiful and kind-hearted! That’s Duanmu Yunji!

[Ding! Donation Mission Card activated!]

[Upon completion of task: Reward: Piano skill level, to be raised to at least performance level, which is equivalent to Grade 5 piano! Required Attribute Points will be provided by the System!]

When Luofeng activated the Donation Mission Card, he was also surprised.

Straight to piano level 5? A direct upgrade to performance level? One should know that the higher the level, the more Attribute Points it requires. The key is that other Attributes need to have been upgraded once before they can be upgraded again. So, to go directly from amateur peak to performance level? That would require a lot of Attribute Points. This is like buying skills with money! The System is really powerful. Luofeng had just earned over a billion, so donating a few pianos for school practice was absolutely not a problem. Plus, gaining two levels in piano skill was very cost-effective. It would be great if things like this happened more often.

Duanmu Yunji answered on behalf of her teacher, "Probably a third of them have issues!"

Luofeng had sought out Duanmu Yunji several times before.

No wonder so many piano rooms are empty. Nobody uses them. Luofeng had even thought they were exclusive piano rooms for certain teachers. Not available for students? Is this the reason? That’s terrible! How many students are in the piano department of the Official Music University? With such a high malfunction rate, there surely aren’t enough pianos for everyone’s practice, right? If there were enough, why would Duanmu Yunji even come here?

Lin Hui stood up, went to the door, and from there looked at Luofeng. "Student Luofeng, I hope you can be more understanding of your girlfriend, okay?"

"No problem, I’ll certainly get to know her much better!" Luofeng replied.

"I mean ’be understanding’!" Lin Hui corrected.

"Oh, oh, oh, ’be understanding’!" Luofeng said, then thought, He really had misheard. ’Get to know her better,’ huh? Perhaps a deep dive into exploring that?

After Teacher Lin left, Luofeng looked at the Beauty, "Yunji, why didn’t you say anything? And here I was, planning to take you out everywhere."

Duanmu Yunji hmphed, "Isn’t it because I wanted to spend more time with you?"

Luofeng smiled.

"You’re still smiling?" Duanmu Yunji pounced on Luofeng, expressing her dissatisfaction.

But the result was, naturally, an An Lushan-style suppression!

After frolicking for a moment, Luofeng took the initiative to ask, "How many students are in the piano department? About twenty functional piano rooms? Is that enough?"

"That’s definitely not enough. Our school enrolls over 300 new students every year, and the piano department is a major one! The piano department alone has over eighty students!"

Duanmu Yunji continued, "Currently, if we include graduate students, the piano department has between three to four hundred students. Do you think that number of piano rooms is enough?"

"So the school hasn’t dealt with this issue?" Luofeng made complaints.

"Of course, they’re dealing with it. Otherwise, not a single piano room would be usable. They fix one, and then another issue arises. This endless cycle of repairs has resulted in a one-third malfunction rate."

"Why not just replace them all? Wouldn’t it be better to retire those old pianos?" Luofeng made complaints again.

"..."

Duanmu Yunji looked at Luofeng, somewhat speechlessly.

"Isn’t that the case? They’re so old and still in use?" Luofeng questioned.

Duanmu Yunji explained, "The pianos used in the school are different from ordinary pianos. They are used with high intensity every day here—after all, from morning till night, for almost twelve hours, they never stop! Some freshmen start as early as six in the morning and only leave when the piano rooms close at ten at night. With such high-intensity use, even if the pianos were truly made of steel, they would still break, wouldn’t they?

"Of course, there’s another reason: these are the school’s pianos. Those with a conscience use them carefully. Those without, who cares? Sometimes, when emotions flare, they even take it out on the pianos. You know, it’s like in high school. Many places have very old equipment. It’s not because they don’t replace them, but because new ones wouldn’t withstand such abuse either!"

Luofeng made complaints, "Doesn’t anyone manage this?"

"If caught, students are banned from the piano rooms for a month and required to pay compensation. However, culprits are rarely caught. Unless it’s deliberate destruction, can the school really afford to pick fights with some of its students?" Duanmu Yunji said with resignation.

"Also, the school leadership discussed replacing the pianos the year before last! They discussed it last year and this year too. It’s just that replacing 30 pianos all at once would cost at least a few million. The school’s leadership has yet to make a decision!

"Besides, there are pay-to-use piano rooms outside the school. If they haven’t made a reservation, many students go to those external pay-to-use rooms!"

"I usually go to the ones outside too," Duanmu Yunji said. "But since you wanted to see me today, I didn’t want to waste money. I was afraid I’d make a reservation and then you’d whisk me away."

"If we were to replace the pianos in the practice rooms, which model do you think would be most suitable?" Luofeng ventured.

"What are you planning?" Duanmu Yunji looked at Luofeng.

"Of course, to give you more time to practice piano," Luofeng said playfully. "Teacher Lin already said I should give you more time for piano practice! If the piano in this practice room were good, then Teacher Lin would have nothing to say, right? It wouldn’t be a case of her waking up late and thus failing to reserve a good piano room, after all."

"Besides, didn’t Teacher Lin just say? The official TV station’s violin and piano competition wants newlyweds to perform? And they are selecting from your school?" Luofeng questioned.

"So, you’re thinking of donating pianos to our school to help me secure a spot?" Duanmu Yunji rolled her eyes at Luofeng. "You dummy, that performance spot is selected by the official TV station."

Duanmu Yunji meant that even if Luofeng donated, it would be useless.

Luofeng smiled slyly. "The official TV station has its ways of solving things, and the school has its own. If we address both sides at once, won’t everything be settled? These are minor issues."

Duanmu Yunji took a deep breath and looked seriously at Luofeng. "Luofeng, I really hope you don’t get involved in this. I want to compete for it myself, whether I succeed or fail. I want to try it on my own!"

"Luofeng, seriously, if you help me behind the scenes, not only would I be unhappy, I would even be angry. Do you understand?" Duanmu Yunji looked earnestly at Luofeng. "Lin Meiyu, Wang Ran, and I have all been working really hard. Indeed, Lin Meiyu and I are neck and neck. Wang Ran is slightly better, but only marginally. The actual outcome depends on our on-site performance."

"So, I do have a chance to win, as does Lin Meiyu; everyone does. That’s why I want to compete. If I were to win through underhanded means, I would feel guilty, and it would be too unfair to them. They have really put in the effort!" Duanmu Yunji shared her thoughts.

Luofeng sighed and held Duanmu Yunji in his arms.

Truly, she was the girl he liked. Duanmu Yunji’s choice made Luofeng like her even more. Of course, since this donation couldn’t help Duanmu Yunji secure the spot, and she was unwilling anyway, Luofeng decided to cancel the Donation Mission Card. He would wait for a better time to use it. After all, Luofeng felt this wasn’t quite the right moment. The Task Prop Card could be canceled, after all.