pianist from the sea

Chapter 2 Non-aggression Treaty
"Wait, what did you just say? Are you here to participate in the Chopin International Piano Competition? The Chopin International Piano Competition I know?"

Mr. Brotz dropped his spoon, slammed the table, leaned forward, stared at Fu Tiao, his eyes almost fell out of surprise, and he was no longer calm as before.

"The Chopin International Piano Competition, which is held every five years and where the world's strongest pianists will come?"

"Well, if there's no other match that's exactly like it, it should be?"

Fu Tiao didn't expect Brotz to be so excited, so he nodded honestly and said casually: "I seem to have won a championship in other competitions before, and I don't need to submit a letter of recommendation when I apply for the Chopin International Piano Competition. Just come and sign up."

At least that's how I remember it.

Fu Tiao added in his heart.

"Ah, ah this, ah..."

Brotz sat back in his seat, rubbing his clothes nervously with his hands, not knowing where to put them.

He really didn't expect that he would be able to attract such people to live in a particularly remote and cheap homestay.

It's like you have a rental house in Tongxian County that costs more than ten yuan a night. Usually there is no one person, but during the Olympic Games in Beijing, an Olympic athlete moved in?

That's pretty much what it feels like.

The popularity of the Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw is almost similar to this. Every time a Chopin Competition is held, the entire city will be redecorated to look like the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Street stations, bus stops, and roadside advertisements will all be replaced with Xiao Sai’s information, and even if you sit on a chair by the roadside, the chair will automatically make a piano sound.

The only difference between the two is that the Olympic Games organizing committee will arrange accommodation for them at any rate, but the Chopin International Piano Competition will not specially arrange accommodation.

Unless you reach the second round, at this time you will get the accommodation and piano room arranged by the organizing committee until you are eliminated.

etc?Piano room?
Brotz suddenly remembered that when he brought Fu Tiao into the room, he was obviously very interested in the old piano in the house, and he couldn't help feeling a little dry for a while.

"That... I, is my piano okay? Are you satisfied?"

"It's okay, it seems to be able to play." Fu Tiao smiled, stirred the Russell soup in his hand with a spoon, tore a piece of bread from the side, and took a sip of the soup: "It's because I was frozen, and I was lying in bed with a cold and a fever. For a long time, everything else is fine."

"Is that so..." Brotz froze for a moment, lowered his head slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

The room gradually became quiet, and Fu Tiao didn't tell him what he was thinking, until the two of them finished their dinner, there was no further conversation.

After Fu Diao stuffed the last mouthful of Russell soup into his mouth with the bread on the side, he nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile.

"Mr. Brotz, how much is this dinner..."

Fu Tiao touched his pocket, his smile gradually became stiff.

He forgot that the original owner seemed to be a bit stingy. When he came from China, he directly calculated the minimum consumption, and there seemed to be only one hundred zlotys left on him for emergency.

The round-trip air tickets were booked in advance, and the homestay room where I could play the piano was purchased a month in advance. Even on the first day in Warsaw, I bought a lot of bread and stuffed it in the house to prevent myself from starving to death.

White bread with a little old godfather brought over from China, apart from lack of nutrition, it tastes delicious!
The consequence of being too stingy is that Fu Tiao really doesn't have much money to give to Broz. Even if today's dinner only costs 20 zlotys, he still doesn't dare to make a move.

A one hundred zloty contingency is already very bold, but eighty zloty, or even a sixty zloty contingency?
Isn't this just waiting to die?
Brotz didn't seem to notice Fu Tiao's embarrassment, he looked up at him, shook his head indifferently, and smiled: "No, it's okay, I treat you to this meal, I haven't eaten with others for a long time , I didn’t expect to have dinner with the players of the Chopin International Piano Competition for the first time in such a long time, this is my honor!”

"Aha..." Fu Tiao blinked and said hesitantly, "Thank you?"

"Nie Ma za co" Brotz waved his hand, got up and put away the tableware. After a while, he suddenly turned his back to Fu Tiao and said, "By the way, if you're okay, you can always eat with me from now on. Anyway, I It's boring to be alone, and you burn too much, which is a waste, and there is no need for you alone."

After all, he seemed to know Fu Tiao's concerns, tilted his head slightly, squinted his eyes and smiled: "You don't have to worry about money, you don't need money to eat with me, if you are really grateful, then there is Play the piano for me more in your free time?"

"It just so happens that the qualifiers for the Chopin International Piano Competition are just three days away. Old man, I don't have any other hobbies. I just like listening to classical music. You can just play whatever you like."

He seemed afraid that Fu Tiao would not agree, so he immediately continued.

"Also, how about we make a bet?"

"bet?"

Fu Tiao was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Mr. Brotz to say that, so he couldn't help being a little curious: "What bet?"

"If you can pass the qualifiers, I will refund you all your rent, how about it? Not only will you be refunded, but I will also give you a whole sum of 3000 zloty (about 6000rmb) directly for you! How about it?" ?”

Fu Tiao was stunned for a moment, then hesitated and said, "So... what if I don't pass? Do I need to pay anything?"

"If you don't pass, you don't pass. It doesn't matter, it's just that you can't get the 3000 zloty."

After cleaning all the tableware and throwing them into the dishwasher, Brotz turned around and leaned against the stove, and said to Fu Tiao: "After all, my first guest here is a contestant of the Chopin International Piano Competition! I dare Said that apart from me, there will never be a second homestay that can have this kind of opportunity!!"

"Also, if you can achieve higher results, such as winning the championship, my homestay can even be called a champion homestay in the future! I can earn more than this 3000 zlotys!"

"How? Think about it?."

"I……"

Fu Diao was stunned, not knowing what to say for a while, and a little hesitant for a while.

But soon, his fingers touched his empty pocket, and he nodded immediately.

"Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome! Everyone takes what they need."

Brotz turned around and continued to tidy up the kitchen. Fu Tiao hesitated for a moment and wanted to help, but Brotz rushed him upstairs to let him have a good rest.

In the evening, Brotz took a huge electric oven to the house, plugged it in, and lay on the recliner in the house, beckoning Fu Diao to play the piano.

Fu Diao hasn't practiced the piano for a long time, and he is a bit unfamiliar with hands, so he started to practice from the most basic basic skills and played until late at night.

I don’t practice Chopin’s works, I just play according to my own temperament, from time to time I look at Brotz on the side, thinking about his thoughts, and then cooperate with the piano to interpret his thoughts with music .

But Broz just stayed quietly and listened, and when the tune stopped, he got up and left immediately.

Intentionally or not, he forgot the electric oven in the house.

It was like this for several days.

……

A few days later, while Fu Diao was playing the piano, his mobile phone rang suddenly, and an email was sent to his mobile phone through the wireless network in the house.

"Dear Mr. Fu Tiao, hello, your rounds of the qualifiers for the Chopin International Piano Competition are: the third day, the first half, the second place, the time is 10:30, please be no later than 9:30 Sign in separately, the opening time of the indoor piano room is 7:30 in the morning, and the upper limit of practice time is 2 hours, Chopin International Piano Competition Organizing Committee."

　Well, although this worldview is in 2015, magic changes have been carried out in many places. Don’t read it as a chronological text, and don’t read it as a rebirth text (should no one want to read the rebirth in 2015, right? This time It’s too early!), just treat it as an ordinary, slightly vague time, all in all, newcomers and new books, please bear with me!

　　
　
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