pianist from the sea

Chapter 89 The Ultimate Chopin

Everyone's eyes were looking towards the edge of the concert hall, and the camera was already aimed at the position behind the stage.

It's just that when they looked at that place, they found something very wrong.

Zhao Chengzhen, with a trace of snot running through his nose, was wiping it off with a handkerchief.

It looks like just ordinary snot, but if you look carefully, you can see that Zhao Chengzhen's body is trembling slightly.

This trembling was not a trembling of fear, but a trembling of cold.

He pinched the warm baby tightly in his hand, trying to squeeze out the last remaining warmth, but this warmth couldn't relieve his trembling.

Even though he kept disguising himself in front of the camera, his body still showed his fragility to everyone.

Fu Tiao looked at Zhao Chengzhen in front of the camera, couldn't help frowning, and whispered to Yu Tianyou beside him.

"Not right."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Zhao Chengzhen's state is not right. He is not in his strongest state now. He seems to have a bit of a cold. If he guessed correctly, he may still have a little headache now."

Fu Tiao pointed to the small screen beside the stage, and said to Yu Tianyou.

"Look at the warm baby in his hand, sticking it to his head from time to time, as if he wants to wake himself up, and there is a little bit of clear water running from his nose, he probably didn't sleep last night Well, the whole person caught a cold."

Yu Tianyou looked at Zhao Chengzhen, and found that Zhao Chengzhen's physical condition was not particularly good as Fu Tiao said, so he couldn't help but nodded slightly.

"Don't tell me that I haven't discovered it yet... so what should I do now? This strongest and most competitive player was destroyed by his own body before the competition? It shouldn't end like this, right?"

"It's true that it won't end like this, but I don't know how Zhao Chengzhen can perform."

Fu Tiao shook his head slightly, staring at Zhao Chengzhen all the time.

Everyone said that Cho Sung-jin is the favorite to win the championship this year. As a representative of the French school of music, Cho Sung-jin is not only the glory of South Korea, but also the glory of France.

At this moment, there were not many people who saw that Zhao Chengzhen was not in good condition. The vast majority of people just felt that Zhao Chengzhen's subtle movements were a little more than others, that's all.

And those people in the jury seats don't care about these things even more.

They just need to hear what they want to hear, no matter what's wrong with their body.

You have a health problem and you are the first person in charge. Could it be that you suddenly gave up playing because of your poor health?The audience will support you because you are not in good health?

Everyone is an adult, and everyone should be responsible for their own lives, instead of being like a child who doesn't care about their bodies at all.

Therefore, if the judges could ask about Zhao Chengzhen's body later, that would be regarded as a good relationship.

If the relationship is not good, then it is very likely that Zhao Chengzhen will not even know the most basic greetings, and he will be carried away directly because of his poor health, without giving him any chance to enter the second round.

"Pity……"

Fu Tiao couldn't help shaking his head, a little helpless: "Now I can only hear his performance when he is not in good health, and there is no way to hear him play when he is in good health. It's a pity."

"Indeed." Yu Tianyou nodded in agreement: "Everyone is saying that Zhao Chengzhen's piano performance is good. Basically, there is no problem in entering the finals this year. There are even many people who listened to Zhao Chengzhen's music and cried. I came here this morning. In order to listen to Zhao Chengzhen's performance, you told me in this place... that he is not in good health? Isn't this too uncomfortable? If he had told me earlier that he was not in good health, I would not have come to listen. I'll just come and listen to Fu Tiao's game later on, so why am I working so hard to come here?"

Fu Tiao smiled, but didn't answer, just shrugged slightly.

……

Compared with the group of people in the concert hall, what they saw was not particularly clear, but those who watched the live broadcast could see it very clearly.

As long as his emotional intelligence is a little higher, he can tell that Zhao Chengzhen's state is not right.

"Huh? What happened to Zhao Chengzhen? Is he sick?"

"Zhao Chengzhen is sick? Hahahaha! Good! Now we have one less opponent!"

"Not sure, let's see."

"What the hell, I watched the first half of the game just for Zhao Chengzhen. There was no one I wanted to watch except for Zhao Chengzhen in the first half. Then you told me that he was sick?"

"Absolutely, fast forward to Zhao Chengzhen being eliminated, okay?"

"If you can really eliminate this most powerful opponent, I think it will be a blessing for other contestants. I am afraid that those judges will think that Zhao Chengzhen is very good. If he is not in good health, he will be retained for one round and then eliminated in the second round. At that time, his body recovered and he directly crushed the opponent."

"The judges will not do this. Most of the judges are European and American. There are only a few people who are not European and American, such as Deng Taishan from Vietnam, Ebi Akiko from Japan, and Li Diyun from Huaguo. Others will not give Zhao Chengzhen special treatment."

"Okay! Eliminate Zhao Chengzhen quickly! I like to see this kind of situation where the big devil can't beat the first round and is eliminated directly. It's the same as being eliminated in the Major qualifiers after G2 won the championship!"

"Come on, I really want to hear Zhao Chengzhen's performance."

"..."

Compared with the gloating in other countries, the people in South Korea are much more uncomfortable.

"(Translated) I heard that Mr.cho has a cold, can someone give him medicine? Please help cho~"

"Ah! Cho, he won't be eliminated for such a trivial matter, don't TT"

"I wish I could be sick instead of Cho, woo woo woo..."

"..."

Some news on the Internet just stayed on the Internet, and no one could affect the reality. Zhao Chengzhen stood trembling behind the stage, and he never expected anyone to come to rescue him.

The staff on the side asked Zhao Chengzhen worriedly: "Cho, you will need to perform on stage later, are you...really okay?"

"No...cough cough!" Zhao Chengzhen coughed hard a few times, then pursed her mouth, her body trembled twice, letting the cough suffocate her chest, and said in a slightly rough voice.

"No, it's fine, I can play."

"Okay, after the host above has finished reporting, you can go on stage."

"Okay, thank you, cough..."

Seeing that Zhao Chengzhen was about to cough again, she immediately clenched her left hand and put it in front of her chest, and hammered it hard twice to dissipate the gloom.

He showed an extremely peaceful and pure smile to all the staff around him, and spoke gently.

"Thank you for your concern, then I will go up!"

The seventh contestant on the stage came down from the stage. That person glanced at Zhao Chengzhen, forced a smile, nodded to him, and left quickly.

But Zhao Chengzhen didn't care, and waited for the host's last word to come out, then stepped lightly and walked towards the stage.

Whoa!
applause.

Zhao Chengzhen, who was not considered tall, showed a smile in front of everyone, sat down directly after bowing slightly, picked up the handkerchief in his hand and wiped it on the piano. Wipe off the sweat from the palm of your hand and throw it on the piano.

He didn't start playing right away, but just closed his eyes and took a deep breath in front of everyone.

The camera was immediately placed on his hands, and everyone could clearly see his hands trembling. Just when everyone was surprised, he immediately pressed his hands firmly on his thighs to stop his movements. continue.

At this moment, everyone who knew about Zhao Chengzhen's condition already knew about it, and they looked at Zhao Chengzhen with great worry.

Those who don't know Zhao Chengzhen's state are even more at a loss, not knowing what kind of situation he is in now.

Fu Tiao was sitting in the corner of the concert hall, looking at Zhao Chengzhen with a serious expression, waiting for his performance.

The concert hall became even more silent, everyone became extremely silent, and a huge pressure shrouded Zhao Chengzhen's head.

Even Fu Tiao, even other contestants, they could feel the pressure just by watching all of this.

And Zhao Chengzhen didn't seem to feel it at all, and continued to breathe.

After that, he slowly raised his hand, placed it on the piano very softly, and pressed down gently with the help of the gravity of his own arm.

hum... when...

Chopin's Nocturne sounded, ethereal, silent, with a trace of sadness and melancholy.

Just at the beginning of the first measure, the feeling that belongs exclusively to Chopin bursts out of the piano in an instant.

Obviously it was only a very gentle performance, but in his performance, the ultimate Chopin, the ultimate purity and purity can no longer be concealed.

Yu Tianyou's eyes widened suddenly, and he stared fixedly at Zhao Chengzhen with disbelief on his face.

He looked at Fu Tiao hesitantly, wanting to say something, but dared not say anything.

Now, even if you make the slightest sound, it seems like a crime.

Yu Tianyou swallowed involuntarily, his mind was in a state of confusion, and his body could only press against the back of the seat behind him, not daring to say a word.

Horrible, so scary.

The sense of transparency in Zhao Chengzhen's music directly runs through the entire concert hall.

Every sound has a surprise.

That is, you clearly know that the next note should be a softer feeling, but when Zhao Chengzhen actually plays it, you will still be shocked that he played it so beautifully.

Reasonable, unexpected.

His performance was directly in a state of complete crushing, crushing all the seven players who played in front of him, without leaving any gaps for them.

The first ear you hear him play, you know it.

This, not to mention this year's champion, is definitely a player in the fourth round of this year, a master who can definitely enter the finals of the Chopin International Piano Competition!

South Korea, Cho Sung-jin.

Representative of the French School of Music.

The first round of the real... big devil!

Fu Tiao was also listening to Zhao Chengzhen's performance very seriously at this moment, and he couldn't help but clenched his fingers tightly.

Zhao Chengzhen's music is different from his.

Fu Diao didn't like the kind of performance where he completely regarded himself as Chopin, but Zhao Chengzhen in front of him completely transformed himself into Chopin.

There is nothing of himself in his music.

No, it's not that he doesn't have his own existence, but... his music is completely integrated with Chopin's music.

His music is a particularly delicate feeling. He will thoroughly study all the details in the music and deeply understand Chopin's thoughts, so that he can maintain a trace of reason and control the music while becoming Chopin. .

If you even just listen to this kind of music, you will know that he is very powerful, so powerful that it is unbelievable.

And there's a little more...

Zhao Chengzhen is sick.

Zhao Chengzhen in this state at this moment is not a perfect enough Zhao Chengzhen. Most people have seen Zhao Chengzhen's state before the competition, and many people can clearly feel Zhao Chengzhen's trembling behind the stage, and the stage. Trembling when building emotions.

His body is not strong, and he is sick.

He's even a little vulnerable right now.

If no other player is infected, the strength he can display now may be the weakest one among all the players.

but……

This weakest strength is not matched with the weakest performance.

On the contrary, this weakest strength doesn't seem to have any influence on his performance. He forcibly restrains his body, preventing himself from destroying the emotion and power in the music due to his illness.

With as much restraint as possible, he was able to play the music as much as he could before.

This level of strength can no longer be interpreted by ordinary terror. You can even explain this level of strength as constant.

Zhao Chengzhen is not a player like Li Diyun who pays special attention to his condition. If he is not in good condition, he is likely to overturn, and even if he is in a bad mood, he may overturn.

What he is more about is the kind of complete stability, no matter how bad the state is, he can play an interpretation of extremely strong stability and almost perfect state.

It's fine if it's just stability, although he has a much smaller chance of performing that kind of super god scene than Li Diyun, but...

A 5% burst rate is also a burst rate!

Although it is not as good as Li Diyun's 50% crit rate, 1000% crit damage, and 200 attack power. Players are more stable.

After all, Li Diyun only has 2000 damage even with a critical strike, and only 200 damage without a critical strike, and he basically has a guaranteed strength of 1000 at the worst.

In comparison, more people would be willing to choose Zhao Chengzhen if they didn’t really want to hear the supernatural scene, but just wanted to hear a more complete performance.

After all, his playing is too steady.

On the stage, Zhao Chengzhen performed extremely steadily, giving others some surprises from time to time. The interpretation of every detail of Chopin was extremely precise, just like a scalpel.

The judges in the judges' seat looked at Zhao Chengzhen and couldn't help nodding.

And not just one person nodded, but many judges nodded together and whispered to each other. They recognized Zhao Chengzhen very much.

Regardless of whether he is sick or not, as far as his current performance is concerned, he has completely crushed everyone present who has played.

Whether it's the first Bies, or those who are the third and fourth, no one can match him.

And there is no problem of partiality in his performance, no matter the softer parts or the parts that express emotions intensely.

Dragging his obviously tired and painful body, he played the perfect tone on the piano.

Every sound seems to be able to hit everyone's heart, so that everyone's emotions can't help but move forward with him.

Many contestants in the back watched Zhao Chengzhen's performance on the stage, and couldn't help but feel happy and sad for a while.

Fortunately, I don't have to follow Zhao Chengzhen's group to confront him head-on and accept his pressure.

The sad thing is... with Zhao Chengzhen's performance, the dream of some of them to win the championship was obviously punctured directly and turned into a phantom in the air.

For a moment, everyone didn't know what kind of expression they should put on Zhao Chengzhen.

As for those who really had the strength to charge towards the champion, all of them had extremely serious expressions, staring fixedly at Zhao Chengzhen in front of them, guessing that his state had returned to full strength.

He was sick on the first day of the first round, and there were at least a few days for him to rest.

In the future, his illness will definitely recover, and the strength he displayed will become even more terrifying.

Can't see it, can't see it at all.

It is impossible to see how Zhao Chengzhen, such a small person, with a slightly young face and a sickly body, burst into such an extremely strong and powerful state.

Until the end of Zhao Chengzhen's performance, he stood up and bowed, and stepped off the stage with trembling footsteps. After the judges and audience also left the concert hall, Fu Diao remained in his seat without moving.

Zhao Chengzhen's level of strength gave him a lot of shock.

Compared with when he was in the qualifiers, his level and strength have improved a lot, especially the feeling for Chopin, which is obviously much clearer.

Facing Zhao Chengzhen like this, Fu Tiao didn't know how to fight him.

Pure Chopin is not what he is good at at all, what he is best at is his own music.

Originally, he was relatively confident in his music, but when he heard Zhao Chengzhen, he began to hesitate a little.

Can I really beat him?

However, just as Fu Tiao was deep in thought, a figure walked over from the side and patted Fu Tiao on the shoulder three times.

"Fu Diao."

Fu Tiao raised his head and found that He Shen had walked over from the beautiful country's camp at some point and came to his side.

"Teacher He? You..."

"Let's go, there will be your competition tonight, let's go to have a meal first, just take this opportunity to chat with you, after eating, you just go to the concert hall to prepare."

He Shen pulled Fu Tiao's shoulders to pull him up, then looked at Yu Tianyou who was looking eagerly at the side, and hesitated for a while.

"Your name is Yu Tianyou?"

"That's right! Teacher He Shen is me!" Yu Tianyou immediately nodded frantically: "Mr. He, can I go with you? I am a lecturer at the Xingzhou Conservatory of Music. I have admired you for a long time, and I have never had the opportunity to go with you Teacher He, meet you."

He Shen thought for a while, and there was nothing worth concealing. In addition, Yu Tianyou was also a contestant born and bred in Huaguo, so he nodded slightly.

"Okay, then you come with me."

(End of this chapter)