pianist from the sea

Chapter 109 No suspense, and unexpected
"Everyone, please be quiet, we now know the list of the third round finalists."

The host stood in front of the microphone, looked at the densely packed pianists, contestants, and media workers under the steps, and spoke slowly.

"As of the evening of October 10th, the second round of the Chopin International Piano Competition has been completed. During the four days, we can see 12 pianists from 4 countries complete all performances. Their performances are extremely Perfect, thanks to all of them for bringing us such a wonderful performance, even if they can't make it to the third round, please believe that they are the best young pianists in the world, and their artistic stage is definitely not limited to Chopin They are worthy of a wider world in the way of international piano competitions."

The host did not announce the list immediately, but first comforted everyone and gave them blessings.

In fact, none of the 160 contestants who made it to the third round were ordinary people. Even if they did not participate in the Chopin International Piano Competition, they were extremely powerful in their own country.

Many are even the strongest young pianists in their country!
For example, those places where only one player from a country can participate.

Although this is very much like a polite word, a consolation prize, it is still not easy to get in this polite word.

Yu Tianyou's body couldn't help shaking. Even though he had obtained a lecturer position in a conservatory in China, his heart still trembled when he was praised by these hosts. He always felt that he was mixed into a pack of wolves. husky.

Others also had the same feeling. Many people glanced at each other, and the meaning in the eyes was difficult to understand.

The host looked around the stage, and the people who were a little bit agitated returned to calm again. He weighed the documents in his hand and spoke again to the people.

"According to the rules and regulations of the competition, the jury led by Prof. Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń gave us a list of 20 candidates for the third round, and we can see that the nationalities of the list are as follows: 3 from Poland , 3 from South Korea, 3 from Beautiful Country, 2 from Russia, 2 from Canada, Huaguo, and 1 from Croatia, Ukraine, Japan, Czech Republic, and Latvia."

Yu Tianyou, He Shen, Zhang Cheng, Wang Chao and the others couldn't help but intertwine their gazes, and then put them on He Shen who was standing aside.

The contestants in the third round unexpectedly entered two Chinese nationals?
Apart from Fu Diao who can fight against Zhao Chengzhen, who else would it be?
Everyone glanced at each other, finally turned their attention to Xu Zi, and then looked at the host again, still full of anticipation.

Although it is said that Fu Tiao is almost decided by default, everyone still doesn't know who the second place is, and anyone of us is possible.

Maybe?Maybe just like Yu Tianyou, he was hand-picked by a certain teacher in the first round and entered the second round?

They look forward to their names.

Without any hesitation, the host directly read out the name of the first contestant.

"Galina, Kistyakova!"

"what!"

A girl standing in the far corner with a slightly downcast expression suddenly lit up her eyes and jumped up.

"I got in? I got in? I got in?"

She was a player who played before Zhao Chengzhen and Fu Tiao. She was under a lot of pressure at the time. After all, Zhao Chengzhen was behind her, so she didn't think much about it at the time. She felt that she probably didn't have many chances to advance, so she just let go. play.

In the end, she didn't expect that this letting go of the performance actually gave her a chance to enter the third round!
Then in this case...

Galina's eyes brightened, and she wondered if she could open up a little more.

After all, in the third round, she will be the first contestant to play.

She quickly lowered her voice, walked to the side of the concert hall, and looked at the other people cheerfully, especially their nervous expressions, her face was full of joy.

This feeling of being the first to know life and death, and watching the situation with a smile, is really good.

As for the top three players in the first round...

The faces of the three of them were slightly pale. It was not known whether it was the unique whiteness of white people's skin, or the uncomfortable whiteness.

However, what they were more united in was to congratulate Galina, the first player, and congratulate her on qualifying for the third round.

Galina accepted their congratulations with a smile, her expression more joyful.

The host's voice did not stop, and continued to read: "Chengzhen Zhao, South Korea!"

"Dior Fu, Huaguo"

Two contestants without any doubts appeared in front of the crowd. Fu Tiao exchanged glances with Zhao Chengzhen who was in the distance, and couldn't help but smile.

Their quota is very normal, if they can't get the quota, that is called abnormal, so neither of them take this matter seriously.

What they care more about, and what the team behind them cares more about, is what level the opponent can produce in the third round.

Can Zhao Chengzhen make the music he made in the second round more perfect?

And can Fu Tiao make a breakthrough in the third round and crush Zhao Chengzhen?
This is what people want to see.

After their eyes collided with each other, they quickly looked away and continued to listen to the host's speech.

"Chi Ho Han, South Korea!"

"Aljoa Jurini, Croatia!"

"Su Yeon Kim! South Korea!"

At this point, all three players from South Korea appeared, and the expressions of other South Korean players became extremely complicated.

They turned and bowed hard to those who made it to the third round, then congratulated them.

Especially the older contestants at the beginning, they had acted superior in front of younger people like Zhao Chengzhen, but after hearing that they were defeated and Zhao Chengzhen and others entered the third round, their expressions were even more uncomfortable.

Their South Korean side attaches great importance to the young and inferior, so they want to show their advantages of being older.

But in the face of the third round of promotions, their strength has no way to make them honorable. They can only bow their heads to these people with great aggrievedness. Congratulations to these "brothers" who have successfully entered the third round.

South Korea has rolled to the extreme, even if they don't have to take the college entrance examination, they don't have to kneel at the school gate every year to kowtow to those who take the college entrance examination, longing for the glory of Wenqu stars to come to them, but they are still South Korean players after all, this kind of dignity has already etched into their bones.

If it wasn't for the large number of people in this place, they might also need to directly kowtow to the three people who have successfully advanced, wishing them prosperity.

They congratulate the three contestants in this place now, at least looking at it now, it's not bad.

Looking at the situation in South Korea, Fu Tiao and others couldn't help but smile at each other, and didn't say much.

Every country has its own situation, nothing funny.

Then came the rest of the people.

Kobayashi Aishi won the third round just as everyone expected, and Kong Qi did not exceed everyone's expectations and was directly eliminated.

The eight people in Huaguo immediately reduced by one.

However, the promotion list did not stop here. Behind Kobayashi Aishi, there are two Polish players, ukasz Krupiński and Krzysztof Ksiek.

The two looked at each other in disbelief, not believing that they could advance, and then they were even more pleasantly surprised.

And behind these two people are Deng Taishan's students.

Kate Liu, and Eric Lu.

Unsurprisingly, the level and strength of the two of them are the top group of people in this year's Chopin International Piano Competition. It is very normal to be able to get the list of the third round.

Or……

It is not normal for Deng Taishan's four-person group of students not to be able to get a place in the third round.

Yang Yike looked at the two of them and couldn't help but smile.

"Congratulations! You two landed first, and we will be behind for a while. Zhou and I are at the end."

"It's okay, come on! Tony (Yang Yike) you are the most powerful among all of us! Annie Zhou is the same! I think both of you are better than both of us. should be no problem!"

Eric Yang comforted them, while Kate Liu looked at them with a smile and did not speak.

Yang Yike looked at Annie Zhou beside him, and also smiled.

"Come on."

"Ok!"

"..."

The list goes on and on.

Szymon Nehring from Poland was called out, and everyone cheered.

It is obvious that most passers-by like this Szymon Nehring from Poland.

It's a pity that Fu Tiao didn't have much impression of him, and he had never had any direct contact with him, so he just glanced at him and then looked away again.

What was more surprising was the Latvian player Georgijs Osokins. Her appearance made Yu Tianyou's eyes light up. He felt that he might be like this Latvian player.

Not only Yu Tianyou, but also other players, especially Hua Guo's players who are ranked lower.

They are longing for places in their hearts, and hope that they can also successfully enter the third round of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

The first contestant from Canada was not beyond everyone's expectations. The pianist Hamelin, who followed Fu Tiao and Zhao Chengzhen, successfully won the third round of admission.

Compared to the calmness of Fu Diao and Zhao Chengzhen, he was much more excited, jumped up, clenched his fists hard, and stood in front of everyone.

Although he didn't say a word, the excitement in his heart was already very obvious.

Yang Yike and Annie Zhou looked at each other, and couldn't help but thump in their hearts.

When the host read everyone's names before, he said that Jiama University only entered two contestants, just like Huaguo.

Now Canada's first player has appeared, Hamelin, one of the top three.

So who will be the one remaining?
Neither of them knew.

But there will definitely be one of them.

Kate Liu and Eric Lu also had bad expressions.

Everyone is a student of Deng Taishan. I thought everyone had a chance to enter the finals. After all, Deng Taishan, who was the judge, said that they had a great chance. Could they still fail?

It turns out that the second round is over now, and you are about to lose your first accomplice?
From the group of four, only three remain?

The faces of the four of them changed very strangely. Yang Yike and Annie Zhou looked at each other, and then looked away involuntarily.

Even their footsteps could not help but scatter a lot.

For this kind of opponent who wants to snatch his qualification for the third round, no one will like it.

There was a slight gap between them, but the list didn't stop.

The host continued to read.

"Dmitry Shishkin, Russia!"

"Alexei Tartakovsky, beautiful country!"

All the contestants on the third day have come to an end, and now 18 names have been read out, leaving only the last two.

It also means that among the contestants on the fourth day, there will be a contestant from Huaguo and a contestant from Canada.

Huaguo players choose one of four players, Wang Chao, Xu Zi, Yu Tianyou and Zhang Zhang.

The Canadian University of Mathematics players choose one of the two, Yang Yike and Annie Zhou.

When the Polish player on the fourth day heard all the Polish players appear, his expression was completely broken, and his expression did not fluctuate.

Everyone's eyes, especially Hua Guo and Deng Taishan's student group of four were all focused on the host, waiting for her to read the final name.

Who will be the last Chinese player?

Under everyone's gaze, the host spoke vigorously to everyone in completely substandard Chinese.

"Now, we only have the last two contestants left, a Huaguo contestant, and a Kama University contestant!"

"A contestant from Hua, his name is...Zi, Xu! Congratulations!"

Whoa!
Xu Zi was stunned. Hearing his name, he couldn't help confirming twice, confirming that he was the last player in Huaguo to enter the third round of the main match.

"it is good!"

The other Huaguo players around looked at Xu Zi, although they felt a little unwilling and felt that they had a chance to enter the third round, but they still came over and hugged Xu Zi.

Wang Chao gave him a hug and patted his back: "Xu Zi! Come on!"

"Thank you!"

Yu Tianyou was extremely conflicted, but he still walked over and went up to him: "Made...Xu Zi is awesome, you are really awesome! Take us down together!"

Xu Zi: "...Don't be so secondary, be normal, I'm afraid."

Zhang Zhang didn't hug, but just reached out: "Come on!"

Xu Zi nodded lightly: "Yes."

After the three of them congratulated Xu Zi one by one, they let go and stood aside, with helpless expressions and a trace of loss in their hearts.

Although there is a glimmer of expectation, not many people can bear the desolation when they really fail.

And Xu Zi's expression was very weird, like holding shit.

He really wanted to release himself forcefully, yelled a few times, and told everyone that he had entered the third round.

However, except for Fu Tiao, there are all failed music students around him, so he always feels that he might be beaten.

Therefore, his expression of wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh became extremely distorted.

And when they congratulated each other, the last contestant in the third round of the Chopin International Piano Competition was also read out.

"The last contestant, Jia Ma Da, Yi Ke (Tony) Yang! Congratulations!"

"At this point, the full list of the third round of the Chopin International Piano Competition has been released. It will be logged on the official website later today. All contestants can log on to the news page of the official website of the Chopin International Piano Competition to view the promotion list for tonight. Whether you have successfully advanced!"

"If you don't want to enter the third round, or if you have your own affairs in the third round, you can also contact us. We will keep you in the third round list, but it is the competition and will be cancelled. Your eligibility for the competition."

"The gap between the second round and the third round of this competition is still only one day. We will start our third round at ten o'clock in the morning on October 14th, Warsaw time. .”

"Between this competition, all contestants are requested to cooperate with our Chopin International Piano Competition and contact our media. We will shoot a special interview video for you. If there is no filming, we will use your previous The video is included in the interview."

"Attention all contestants, the third round of the competition will become more serious, the organizing committee will make adjustments, and more judges will enter the formal selection process. This competition will still be audio and video-recorded, please contestants Guarantee your words and deeds in front of the camera, if your words and deeds go out of line, the clips will be deleted.”

"In the third round of this competition, the world's top music academies will be invited, the world's top classical music record companies will be invited, and top musician brokerage companies will be invited to watch the competition. Use all your strength!"

"So far, the second round of the Chopin International Piano Competition has come to an end. I wish all young pianists a bright future!"

After finishing speaking, the host bowed slightly, and the audience applauded.

Amid countless applause, the host put away the documents in his hand and walked up the steps.

The people under the steps also gradually dispersed.

Annie Zhou squatted in place, unable to see any expression, but her body was constantly curling up, and her mood was extremely depressed.

Deng Taishan's other three students stood aside, watching her so helpless, but there was nothing they could do.

Annie Zhou was originally favored by Deng Taishan, and she was even the first contestant who was said to be able to enter the finals. Her music is very biased towards Fu Tiao's direction, and her music processing is also extremely good.

But she never expected that she, who was originally the most favored player, would be the first to be eliminated.

It would be fine if other people were eliminated along with her, but now she is the first to be eliminated, this situation makes her extremely uncomfortable.

Maybe it's because we don't suffer from scarcity but from inequality?

She really wanted to tell the three people that she was fine, but she couldn't straighten up no matter what, and even her eyes were sore.

I have worked hard for so long, and I just fell down at this place...

Really, very unwilling.

She raised her head and looked at the ceiling above her head, keeping her tears from shedding.

It wasn't just her. The hall of the concert hall, which was originally a little happy, was sad after the excitement of those advanced contestants.

Deng Taishan's group of four has already been considered good, and many brothers from the same sect were forced to separate here, and even failed the ranking at the same time.

Even many countries have been wiped out.

Some who are as fragile as Annie Zhou have begun to wipe away tears.

And the one who was a little bit stronger also squatted in the corner silently.

Only players like Yu Tianyou, who were lucky in the second round, could barely guarantee to be normal.

But they... are just reluctant, not really careless.

Fu Tiao looked at these people in the room and couldn't help shaking his head slightly.

He didn't like this atmosphere very much, and he didn't know how to comfort others, so he planned to say hello to He Shen and leave first.

But unexpectedly, just as he was about to leave, Wang Kai came to him.

He didn't bring the camera brother with him, but came alone.

He looked at Fu Tiao with a smile, took out a piece of paper from his pocket, and put it in front of Fu Tiao.

"Fu Diao, congratulations. Now that you have won the third round, then...you should do what we agreed before, right? The time is up to you, the location is up to you, just decide early, after all tomorrow You are not the only one I want to receive~"

"There is my phone number on it, remember to contact me! Good night!"

　Life is so comfortable~
　　I slept until one o'clock in the afternoon, then made a cup of coffee, bread, swiped my phone and went to exercise at three o'clock.

　　260kg inverted squat 10*4
　　100kg squat 8*4
　　12kg dumbbell lunge squat 4 sets

　　Finally, there is a calf with a weight of 40kg+.

　　My legs started shaking after doing it.

　　Why don't you reward yourself for being so tired?Go straight to eat hot pot!Two or three goji berries + jujubes in clear soup and white water, served with a large plate of beef and mutton rolls and prawns.

　　Woohoo, that's so cool!It's so comfortable!I love to show off!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)