pianist from the sea

Chapter 88 Officially Begins

There are still quarrels on Huaguo.com, but it's normal. If one thing is all in the same voice, and everyone gets along in harmony and no one quarrels, then it is a particularly strange thing.

But all of this has nothing to do with all the players in Warsaw, Poland. They have already begun to cut off their contact with the outside world very early, and put all their attention on the music, waiting for the start of the game.

In addition to everyone's test pianos, the Chopin International Piano Competition organized a party for all contestants on the eve of the competition, that is, on the night of October [-], and several top pianists as judges came to the scene to give all People play some compositions.

This concert is not serious, everyone is very relaxed and happy.

After all, everyone knows that this is the last relaxation before the game. After the concert is over, they will enter the final state of tension until the end of the game.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and finally came to October [-]rd, the first day of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

The morning in Warsaw is still so dim, and there is hardly any sunlight, which makes people feel disgusted when they look at it.

As Brotz said, if the Green Party can make the weather in Warsaw more comfortable, then he will definitely vote for the Green Party.

It's a pity...the status of the Green Party in Warsaw is not high. Even if it is just a position in the city hall, they are not fully sure that they can get it. They can only wait helplessly for the big party above to leave them with a little bit of residue. Then rest assured to eat a vegetarian meal.

After all, they have no power, and it's understandable that they can't get things done.

Fu Diao stood in front of the window, holding a cup of capsule coffee brewed by the capsule machine in the house, and drank it in one gulp.

The taste of coffee is not mellow, but has a touch of bitterness. This bitterness lingers on the tip of Fu Tiao's tongue, making him more concentrated.

dong dong...

The door was knocked, Fu Tiao put the cup with coffee foam on the small table beside the bed, stepped over the piano stool to open the door, and Yu Tianyou's figure appeared behind the door.

This time his clothes were not as raunchy as before, perhaps because he was reprimanded by the staff in the concert hall, he was dressed in a very serious manner.

"Let's go, the time is almost up, and the game will start in one hour."

"Okay, let's go."

Fu Tiao nodded, turned around and returned to the piano, put away the score on the piano, and went back to the door to pick up his plain suit from the hanger beside him, and put it on his body.

"Go and see how the contestants performed in the first half, and see... today's judges."

"Ah."

Fu Tiao lifted the door and followed Yu Tianyou and the two towards the concert hall.

Today's Warsaw is still extremely cold, but the crowd around the concert hall has become much more crowded than before.

Today is the first day of the main competition of the Chopin International Piano Competition. All previous activities are not open to the public. Whether it is the announcement of the list or the preparation for piano practice, it will not be disclosed to outside spectators.

But it is different now. Now that the competition has officially started, everyone can buy it at the gate of the Chopin International Piano Competition and enter the Chopin Concert Hall in Warsaw to watch the competition.

Even if you don't watch the game, it's good to stand at the entrance of the concert hall and watch the players who are about to enter it for the game.

After all, apart from the Chopin International Piano Competition, is there any other international competition that is so open, without any security work for all contestants before the competition starts?Can you watch those contestants enter the arena at the entrance of the concert hall?

However, it was obvious that most of the contestants entered the arena mixed in with the crowd, and ordinary Warsaw citizens were relatively blind to faces from other countries, so it was impossible to recognize all the contestants.

Except...the players from Poland.

Before Fu Tiao and Yu Tianyou walked near the concert hall, there was a burst of cheers from around.

"Death! Victory! Death! Victory! Death! Victory!"

"Oh oh oh! Must die!"

"..."

Fu Tiao and Yu Tianyou couldn't help but pause. Looking at the group of people who shouted "must die", they couldn't figure out why these people shouted "must die".

However, when they looked at Bies in a casual suit, waving his hands and smiling, walking towards the concert hall, they knew what these people were shouting about.

Bies, was the first contestant officially selected when the list of first-round players was announced.

Not only the first place today, but also the first place in the Chopin International Piano Competition.

There was no fear of the first performance on his face, and there seemed to be a hint of expectation on his face.

It's obviously a very disadvantaged position, but it doesn't seem to care at all.

"It turns out that this is the one who must die. I thought I was cursing people from other countries, saying that we must die in this game."

Yu Tianyou touched his chest, looked at the swarming crowd, heaved a long sigh of relief, then shrugged helplessly.

"But they are also contestants in the Chopin International Piano Competition. Why is he so popular, and we people don't pay attention to us at all? Obviously we are also contestants?"

"Who knows."

Fu Diao stood in the distance and watched the melon-eating crowd rush Bies into the concert hall. Looking at their excited appearance, he also sighed softly.

If it weren't for the Poles, if it wasn't for the popularity of the game, then they definitely wouldn't have many players who would be noticed by ordinary people.

Even the strength and reputation are not very good. Bies, who have never heard of it before the competition, can be liked by so many people, but they are just standing on the periphery of the concert hall, and no one cares about them.

Yu Tianyou looked at Fu Tiao, took a deep breath, and spread his hands helplessly.

"Well, no matter what, let's go in first and talk about it first. You can't just admit defeat and surrender when you see his popularity."

"Well, let's go."

Fu Tiao nodded, and the two of them continued to walk towards the concert hall.

But before reaching the door, a tentative cry came out of my ear.

"Fu Diao? Yu Tianyou? Huh? Are you Fu Diao and Yu Tianyou? Fu Diao and Yu Tianyou from Huaguo?"

A Chinese girl dressed in very German, that is to say, her whole body is basically pure black or brown, without any trace of fashion atmosphere, stood in the crowd. She looked at Fu Diao and couldn't help being a little curious. Seeing After the two turned their heads, their eyes lit up instantly, and they immediately waved their hands and shouted loudly.

"Wow! It's Fu Diao! Fu Diao! Come on! You can do it! You can enter the second round! Come on!"

The two couldn't help but stop when they heard the voice, Yu Tianyou immediately poked Fu Tiao with his elbow, and said teasingly: "Look, your fans, come here to cheer for you today, she's still a girl, aren't you happy?"

After that, he waved to the girl.

"Hey! Hey! Look at this!" Seeing the man's eyes turn, he immediately said with a joke and smile: "No! I said, you should cheer for Fu Tiao, obviously I am also a contestant in the Chopin International Piano Competition, Why don't you cheer me on?"

"Huh?" The girl was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "But... you are not in today's game? You are not in today's game, why should I cheer for you? Shouldn't I wait until you are in the game to cheer for you?"

"That's right, I'm not in today's game..." Yu Tianyou's body froze immediately, and he stretched out his hand to pinch his brow in embarrassment: "Okay, that's fine, I'll wait for your support."

"Yeah! When you compete, I will cheer for you!"

Fu Tiao looked at the two of them, couldn't help laughing, looked at the unknown girl who probably came from Germany to cheer them up, nodded slightly, and said very seriously.

"Okay, I see, I will work hard."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and continued walking towards the concert hall. Yu Tianyou also followed behind him and entered the concert hall.

Yu Tianyou looked back at the girl behind him three times a step, and couldn't help but smile.

"That girl should have come from a music academy in Germany. Does this count as a blitz in Poland?"

Fu Tiao didn't look back: "Why Germany?"

"Because the people from Germany are very obvious. They are either in solid colors or wearing jackets without any design, just like old people in the countryside. They are very easy to distinguish among the European crowd. Look at the crowd Whoever wears the worst, ugliest and most boring clothes is likely to come from Germany, and even if he didn’t come from Germany, he must have lived in Germany.”

"That's it... I kind of want to see the players from Germany when I look back."

"It's a pity that I don't know if it's because of the feud. This year, not a single German player made it to the first round."

Yu Tianyou chatted casually with Fu Diao, and walked into the concert hall. A group of people without tickets were blocked outside, and the two of them took out their participation certificates to enter.

The concert hall was much empty compared to the outside, but there were still many people.

The people here are spectators who have already bought tickets. They take off their clothes to the service office in the hall, wear simple jackets or shirts, and chat casually with some drinks.

They looked at the players entering and smiled and nodded, not as crazy as those outside.

Fu Diao and Yu Tianyou looked around and didn't hesitate too long, so they also put their coats on the service desk, took a voucher, and walked into the concert hall.

They are player tickets. Although they are pass tickets, they have no seats.

Only those players who bought today's tickets but have no time to come because of certain things can sit in the vacant seats.

So the two went directly to the second floor, found a very remote corner, and looked at the stage and this concert hall.

This concert hall is square and square, divided into upper and lower floors.

The lower level is the main audience area, while the upper level is the specific audience area.

The position of the judges is at the front of the specific audience area on the upper floor, that is, the position facing the guardrail of the stage, and they are divided into two factions.

That place is obviously completely different from other places. There is a red carpet on the ground, and there is even a guardrail behind it to prevent other people from entering it.

Some judges were already sitting in the judges' seats, holding a notebook in their hands and communicating with other judges in a low voice.

Many of them are acquaintances, even friends, but they don't see each other often.

The Chopin International Piano Competition is not only an opportunity for the contestants to reach the sky, but also for the judges on the stage, it is also an opportunity for everyone to meet each other, chat and discuss.

After all, everyone is busy. When Fu Tiao met Argerich before, she told Fu Tiao that she had dozens of concerts to attend this year. Every day, she was either on the way to the concert or on the way to practice the piano. There is simply no time to chat with friends and have fun.

Oh no, she still has time to entertain.

After all, her favorite thing is to amuse her daughter. She takes her daughter on a train tour throughout Europe, and when the train stops, she picks up a cigarette case and smokes two.

When the train was leaving, she deliberately didn't show up, so that her daughter thought she was addicted to smoking and fell under the train and was about to cry. Then she came out from outside, teased her daughter with a smile, and told her mother that she didn't run away.

As for whether this matter will make her daughter get used to it, thinking that it is absolutely impossible for her to catch up with the car...

It can only be said that she smoked and drank outside the train and couldn't catch up with the train. It is also common for her to leave her daughter alone on the train and wander around looking for a place to transfer.

And she didn't do it when her daughter was older, but when her daughter was five or six years old.

Fu Tiao followed Yu Tianyou and looked at the judges' bench boredly, waiting for the start of the competition.

The first game at ten o'clock in the morning, it's only one past eight o'clock, and Bies came to the concert hall at exactly eight o'clock just now, and now he should be practicing in the piano room.

There are only two or three judges on the jury table, there are no bright spots at all, they are all very old faces.

Just as Fu Tiao was staring at the judges in a daze, wondering whether he should apply for two hours of practice now to use up today's practice time, there was a sudden noise at the entrance of the concert hall.

The sound of countless cameras taking pictures sounded, and a very young man with shiny hair combed like a star walked in from the door.

A white suit looked very eye-catching among the countless black clothes around him.

Yu Tianyou couldn't help looking there, and then he yelled in surprise.

"Fuck? Li Diyun? He came so early?"

"Li Diyun?"

Fu Tiao also looked at the young man with his eyes, and couldn't help being a little curious.

Li Diyun is extremely young, because he has been well maintained, and because he has an Asian face, he is not much different from the players who are about to compete.

You can even say that those players who participated in the competition, especially some European players, are relatively old. If you compare the two of them together, you will think that Li Diyun is younger than those players.

But this is also normal. After all, Li Diyun can be regarded as the youngest judge in the history of the Chopin International Piano Competition. No other judges can get the qualification of Xiao Sai judge at his age.

He has broken history.

Li Diyun, who was in the Chopin International Piano Competition, was not a celebrity in China, and he didn't do stupid things like looking down on other judges after he came here.

He was very honest and refused all the media's photos first, then stood in front of all the judges who had arrived, bowed slightly, and extended his hand with a smile to say hello.

All the judges present, although their ticket sales may not be as good as Li Diyun's, and their marketing is not as good as him, but almost all of them surpass him in terms of music strength.

Especially Li Diyun is still a state player.

When Li Diyun is in good condition and has a strong explosion, they are not inferior to Li Diyun.

No matter how he thinks about it, Li Diyun will not look down on those judges just because he has a high degree of marketization.

And those judges didn't have any particularly big opinions on Li Diyun. When they saw Li Diyun stretched out his hand and bowed, they also got up and shook hands with him.

Some people even chatted with Li Diyun with a smile.

Yu Tianyou took out his mobile phone to check the time, and then glanced at Li Diyun who had just sat down and sat in the corner. He couldn't help but feel a little funny, and pointed at Li Diyun and said to Fu Tiao.

"Sure enough, Li Diyun came earlier than most of the judges. After all, he was the youngest, but...he didn't seem to expect that there were judges who came earlier than him, did he? I saw him come in and see Those judges who had already arrived were stunned for a moment, as if they didn't react at all."

"Indeed..." Fu Tiao nodded slightly, and continued to focus on Li Diyun and the other judges around him.

Although those judges didn't have any opinion on Li Diyun, they even kept encouraging Li Diyun.

But from Fu Tiao's point of view, no matter how much they encouraged Li Diyun, their attitude towards Li Diyun was relatively isolated.

Occasionally, I will smile and bring Li Diyun a few words, but there is no way to make it fit into it.

In fact, this is also very normal. You think, everyone is an old man in his 70s and 30s, and suddenly a young man in his [-]s comes.

Everyone is chatting about how their grandkids are doing, or talking about recent retirements.

No matter how experienced your young man in his 30s is, he cannot pick up these topics.

What's more, Li Diyun didn't even look for a partner, and has always maintained a single personality. He doesn't even have a son or daughter, let alone grandchildren.

That's why when the group of people were chatting, Li Diyun could only laugh awkwardly and couldn't get in his mouth.

Time passed by, one after another judges walked in from the door, and Li Diyun still came in, and everyone greeted them, very well-behaved.

And in the last few minutes, Argerich's arrival reached the peak of this moment.

Everyone looked at Argerich and the others with various emotions in their eyes.

Excitement, excitement, admiration, respect...

Argerich smiled and waved to everyone, and sat in his seat under the gaze of everyone, with a calm expression.

None of the others who came later had Argerich's current formation.

Not long after Argerich arrived, He Shen followed the beautiful country team and entered the second floor. He quickly noticed Fu Tiao sitting in the corner, and immediately raised his hand to say hello.

And Fu Tiao also waved.

when!
The time came to [-]:[-], the concert hall was already full of people, Fu Tiao and Yu Tianyou's seats were also taken by people who bought tickets, and the two stood on the steps in the corner, waiting for the start of the competition .

First day, first game, first place.

All this symbolizes the official start of the game.

Therefore, there was no room for them to sit in the concert hall. They could only stand in the corner and watch the game.

click...

The door on the stage opened, and the originally slightly noisy concert hall was instantly quiet.

Incomparably elegant, the host in a European-style classic dress walked up to the crowd, smiled and looked at the crowd below the stage, and waited until the sound in the concert hall completely disappeared, then picked up the microphone and spoke to the crowd.

"The No.17 Chopin International Piano Competition... Now officially begins!"

(End of this chapter)