pianist from the sea

Chapter 83 Day One, Group Two, Place Three

Warsaw, Poland.

September 27.

There wasn't any sunlight entering the house, and even with the curtains open, the whole house still felt foggy.

Fu Tiao's biological clock made him get up from the bed before eight o'clock, looking out the window with a slightly serious expression.

He put on the cheap suit and trousers that he had prepared before, walked to the floor-to-ceiling mirror in the room, and tidied up a little.

Although these clothes were bought at a very cheap price when they were in China, they didn't look cheap on Fu Tiao's body.

On the contrary, the clothes just set off Fu Tiao's cleanliness and refreshingness.

Fu Tiao buttoned the two small buttons on his cuffs, opened the door with a very calm expression, and walked downstairs.

Although the sky in Warsaw is still extremely gloomy, and the whole city seems to be submerged in thick fog, the city has already become active. Countless people shuttle in the city, busy with their day's work.

Fu Tiao bought the cheapest cup of coffee for two zlotys at the newsstand by the road, drank it down, and walked towards the concert hall.

Today is the first meeting before the Chopin International Piano Competition.

All contestants of the Chopin International Piano Competition need to come to the concert hall and wait for the staff to decide the order of the competition for them.

In addition, they also need to accept the invitation of the Organizing Committee of the Chopin International Piano Competition to record a short question and answer on why they participated in the Chopin International Piano Competition.

The question and answer was a little longer than the NHK question and answer, about three to five minutes, which can be regarded as a showcase of each contestant's personal style.

Compared with NHK's selective entry, the answer you give at the Organizing Committee of the Chopin International Piano Competition will put you in it in a more formal way.

They will enter your information on the official website of the Chopin International Piano Competition, and save your information from the preliminaries, to the first interview, to the first round, the second round, the third round, and even the final round. Everything plays.

Even the scores of their competitions will be published, and each judge's score for each contestant will be clearly displayed.

If you have doubts about the results of the competition, you can report the judges' scores through their reporting system, and the organizing committee will even re-examine based on your report.

Although there must still be loopholes in some places, but... this is already the ultimate transparency and fairness that they can achieve so far.

Fu Tiao walked towards the concert hall very calmly. Many people around looked at Fu Tiao's direction and clothes, and their eyes could not help showing a trace of surprise and curiosity.

Many people even looked at Fu Tiao with expressions of envy and admiration.

Once every five years, the age limit is 18-28, and almost all the strongest Chopin pianists of the younger generation gather here.

These people, who challenge and climb the highest peak of Chopin, are the idols of all Chopin players.

When they saw Fu Tiao, they just restrained the emotional fluctuations in their eyes, after all they knew...

Fu Diao and the others entered the concert hall to make final adjustments and prepare for the competition starting on October [-]st.

No matter how excited you are at this time, you can't disturb these players.

Besides... it's only the first round of the top 80, and they haven't really entered the final round yet.

Fu Tiao passed through the sight of everyone and walked into the concert hall. At this moment, the concert hall was already crowded with countless people.

There are not only ordinary players in the concert hall, but also many staff members of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

For example, photographers, reporters, field staff and other staff, as well as teachers and friends of some contestants, they also gathered in this concert hall.

Some people noticed Fu Tiao's arrival and didn't care, just glanced at it briefly.

Now they are not completely opponents, their real opponents are the players who followed them on the same day, more precisely, the people before and after them.

And not these people who have just entered the market.

Fu Tiao didn't care about everyone's ignorance, he went to the front and said hello to the staff who were counting the list of players over there. After confirming his arrival, he stood aside, looked at the people in the room with his arms around, and said Not sent.

At this moment, everyone in the house is actually divided.

For example, players from the same country will choose to stand together.

There are many different countries, but the same teacher will choose to be together.

Even some players from different countries and different teachers, but they have communicated and competed together before, will also choose to chat together.

For example, the two Kobayashi Aimi and Tian Kyohei I saw at the airport before, they did not choose to stand with other Japanese pianists, but chatted with the players from the University of Canada.

While Fu Tiao was silently observing the crowd, someone tapped him on the shoulder suddenly, and a familiar voice came from his ear.

"Hey! Fu Tiao!"

Yu Tianyou also appeared in front of him wearing a suit. The button of his shirt on his chest was not fully buttoned, but loosened a lot, revealing his pectoral muscles with obvious signs of exercise.

The whole person is incomparably relaxed and exaggerated, and he doesn't seem to put this game in front of his eyes at all.

Yu Tianyou seemed to have noticed that Fu Tiao's eyes were moving towards his chest, and immediately clicked his tongue twice, jumped to the side, and raised his eyebrows at Fu Tiao.

"How is it? Are my pectoral muscles big? Shall I lend you a hand? How did you sing that song? Heh heh heh heh, if you still want to rely on my pectoral muscles, you're so daring. "

Fu Tiao looked at Yu Tianyou with an expression that immediately became weird. He looked around at the other people around him, then at Yu Tianyou, and couldn't help stepping back twice: "You..."

"Hi, I know what you want to say." Yu Tianyou immediately stretched out his hand to interrupt Fu Tiao's words, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, and he said cheerfully, "You just think I've changed a bit, don't you? I don't know you anymore? Never thought that I would be so coquettish? Let me ask you, do you remember what I said to you before? I said how many times have I participated in the Chopin International Piano Competition?"

Fu Tiao thought for a while, then hesitated, "Three times?"

"That's right! Three times! Please! I only entered the main round of the Chopin International Piano Competition for the third time! When I received the news, I was about to kneel on the ground and burn incense and worship Buddha to worship my ancestors, okay?" Yu Tianyou's movements were incomparable Exaggerated, his actions seemed to have attracted the attention of some surrounding security staff, and the group of people immediately walked towards him with frowns.

"you……"

"Sorry sorry! I just ran over, I'm a little hot, I'll put it on now, I'm very sorry."

Seeing the security guard, Yu Tianyou immediately retracted his figure, and honestly buttoned up his clothes, and the previous flirtatious appearance disappeared in an instant.

After the group of security guards had left, he sighed and threw his hand at Fu Tiao helplessly.

"Well, I was a little too excited just now, and I didn't expect that I could enter the main competition of the Chopin International Piano Competition, so..."

"understand."

Fu Tiao nodded, his eyes swept to the other contestants in the room, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

The people in this room obviously did not reach 80 people, but seemed to be a little less.

Those people are particularly obvious players, not friends who came with them, or mentors, or staff.

"By the way, must there be 80 contestants in the first round?"

"Did you say the number of contestants?" Yu Tianyou also scanned around and roughly calculated.

It is already past nine o'clock, and the grouping will start at ten o'clock. At this time, there are already more than 60 contestants in the room, and there are still people entering from behind.

Obviously, the players in the first round should not look like the full 80 players.

Yu Tianyou probably understood Fu Tiao's doubts, and explained to Fu Tiao.

"In fact, the number of people in the Chopin International Piano Competition is not completely fixed. For example, 80 people will be admitted. In fact, occasionally there will be a little more people. The most important thing is to see what kind of performance level the judges think can enter the first place. One round, remember what I told you before, that the Chopin International Piano Competition often has no No.80?"

"There is no No.1..." Fu Tiao thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, because No.1 does not meet the minimum requirements for No.1, so no No.1 was given."

"It's the same for the last place. If these people can meet the requirements for the last place, then the organizing committee will think about it and let some people enter the first round, but it's not many, definitely not more than 90 people. "

As they spoke, the door slowly closed, and it was obvious that the last player had also entered the venue.

A staff member stood in front of the crowd, poked the microphone lightly, and a huge boom sounded around the crowd.

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to the front of the concert hall. A staff member with long black hair and a European-style white dress nodded slightly to the crowd and spoke in standard English.

"Welcome all pianists to come to the pre-competition meeting of the Chopin International Piano Competition. Please enter the conference hall, where our competition grouping ceremony will be held."

After the words fell, the door of the conference room beside her opened, and a simple small conference hall appeared in front of everyone.

There is only a simple poster of the Chopin International Piano Competition in this conference hall, and a wine red high table with a bathtub filled with paper.

Facing the poster, there are countless seats.

Obviously, this is for their players.

Without any hesitation, the crowd swarmed into the room and sat down at random.

Fu Tiao and Yu Tianyou sat in the back of the room, a very inconspicuous corner.

The staff on the stage discussed in a low voice, and pulled the microphone to the wine-red high table, and everyone's voices decreased.

The previous staff member stood up again, picked up the card in his hand, and spoke to everyone.

"Next, I invite the Polish Minister of National Cultural Heritage, Prof. Magorzata Omilanowska, to take the stage."

Wow!applause.

A well-dressed, elderly woman with beige high flat-top short hair smiled and walked up from the edge of the stage, took the microphone in the hands of the staff, and spoke with a smile.

"Thank you for coming, all the pianists. I am Magorzata Omilanowska. I am very excited to spend a perfect October with you. I hope Chopin will live with you and play more perfect and complete Chopin works!"

After finishing speaking, she bowed slightly to the crowd, and the applause rang out again.

When the applause gradually subsided, she took a step back and spoke to the crowd.

"Next, I will draw the first letter of this year's Chopin International Piano Competition! This year will start with him, the first performance of the Chopin International Piano Competition!"

After all, she turned her back and randomly shook the pieces of paper in the fish tank a few times, and randomly grabbed one with her eyes closed.

She put that ball in her hand, raised it up, and faced everyone.

At the same time, several middle-aged and elderly men in black formal suits also stepped forward.

"The leader of the inspection team of the Chopin International Piano Competition, Bellos."

"Claudia, the head of the Organizing Committee of the Chopin International Piano Competition."

The two stood beside the minister, staring at her hand, making sure that she would not do anything special.

The minister was not moved by it. After all, this is a world-class competition. She doesn't need or need to cheat.

She opened the sphere in her hand, revealing the letters in the sphere.

"B, the opening letter for this year, is B"

She showed the letters in her hand to everyone, and the staff member who was in charge of reporting immediately stepped forward, raised the document in her hand, and said to everyone.

"According to the list of players in the first round, the first player to play is a candidate from Poland, Tymoteusz Bies! Playing time: 10:00am-10:25am."

A man with a traditional European face and beard stood up from the crowd, waved to everyone with a smile on his face, bowed, and sat down.

The expression is very pleasant.

Although he was obviously at a serious disadvantage as the first player to appear, but he didn't seem to care?

The first player is the benchmark for all players, and normally he has the greatest pressure in his heart.

And even if the judges have a rough score target in mind, it is impossible for them to give a particularly high score to the first contestant.

The reason is very simple. If No.1 gives a high score, and the players behind him play better than him, how many points will he give?
Could the scores be so badly out of balance that one player would hit the 25-point mark straight away?

Therefore, as the opening player, the fate of being eliminated in the early game is almost the same.

However, there are also some very confident players who believe that the performance of No.1 is the opportunity to show themselves, which can bring enough pressure to the people behind and make them perform abnormally.

Everything depends on the player's own level, strength and ideas.

Obviously, this Bies is such a player.

Everyone immediately looked at him with different eyes, but the eyes didn't last long. The minister on the stage bowed and left the stage, and the staff in charge of the host continued to read the name of the next contestant.

"Second contestant, Rafa BASZCZYK! Poland! 10:25am-10:50am."

"ukasz Piotr BYRDY! Poland! 10:50am-11:15am."

"Michelle CANDOTTI! Italy! 11:15am-11:40am."

"Luigi CAROCCIA! ITALY! 12:10am-12:35am."

"Galina CHISTIAKOVA! RUSSIA! 12:35am-01:00pm."

"Irina CHISTIAKOVA! RUSSIA! 01:00pm-13:25pm."

The contestants on the first day read the last one. For some reason, Fu Tiao always felt that the sound on the stage seemed to pause a bit.

Everyone's eyes seemed to gather in the same direction.

The staff picked up the list in their hands, paused for a long time, and then spoke slowly.

"Seong-Jin CHO! South Korea! 01:25pm-13:50pm, the first half of the first day, the end!"

In the eyes of everyone, a white, clean, well-behaved man in a white shirt stood up from the crowd. He looked at the people around him shyly, and bowed slightly to everyone around him. Then sit back in your seat.

Without any sound, you can feel the purity of his music even from his actions.

Yu Tianyou on the side looked at Zhao Chengzhen and Seong-Jin CHO, and couldn't help but also took a breath, with a strange expression.

"Sure enough, this Zhao Chengzhen looks very strong. He is indeed a representative of the French school of music. I really don't know what kind of things he can show us in his music... October 10rd, one o'clock in the afternoon 3 points, tsk tsk, this person must go see it!"

Yu Tianyou took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and silently recorded the time he wanted to watch on the notepad.

Fu Tiao just folded his arms and listened to the announcement of the staff on the stage, and soon heard his name.

"Yasuko Furumi! Dongying! 05:25pm-05:50pm."

"Diao Fu! Huaguo! 05:50pm-06:15pm."

Day one, third in the second half...

Fu Tiao let out a breath slowly, with no surprise on his expression.

Fortunately, although I don't know why this Furumi is in front of me, but I am in third place, which can be regarded as a relatively good position.

Although it is not as big as the advantage of the rear position, it is definitely a good position.

Especially with so many people like this.

Yu Tianyou next to him also heard Fu Tiao's ranking, and immediately poked Fu Tiao with his arm, wrote Fu Tiao's name and time in his small notebook, and then held up the small notebook and said cheerfully .

"Fu Diao, don't worry, I will definitely go to listen to your performance on the night of the [-]rd, and I won't let you fight alone! Just don't worry!"

"Um... so, thank you?"

Fu Tiao nodded to Yu Tianyou, and continued to listen to the names of the people behind.

Soon, all the names were announced, and everyone quickly walked outside the concert hall to prepare for the follow-up interview.

The most people gathered around Zhao Chengzhen, and many people were very curious about him, after all, Zhao Chengzhen can be regarded as a strong contender for the champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition today.

His strength in the French school should not be underestimated.

As for Fu Diao...

Not many people pay attention to him. After all, his performance in the qualifiers can only be said to be mediocre. There are some outstanding ones, but more of them are regrets.

Fu Tiao stood at the door, and soon a video camera brought a Chinese man up to Fu Tiao, who spoke to Fu Tiao in correct Chinese.

"Fu Diao, let's go, let's do some pre-match interviews."

[Hint: English, numbers, and punctuation marks are only counted as one character. On the player list, I wrote so many characters. In fact, only a few Chinese country names are counted as characters. I will translate all the words into Chinese for you, such as Luigi Calocchia, Italy, game time: XXXXX]

　In the past few days, I have been writing until 04:30 in the morning... I feel that I can't hold on anymore.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)