pianist from the sea

Chapter 93 Heading towards the first place
The last note fell, and there was an incomparable silence in the concert hall, and no one wanted to break this silence.

So far, for Fu Tiao, the first round of the Chopin International Piano Competition has come to an end here.

If he can pass the first round, he can continue to prepare for the second round, third round, and even the final.

if not……

He slowly took his hand from the piano and turned to look at the people off the stage.

The lights were dim, covering his surroundings, and he still couldn't see everything around him so clearly.

I could only roughly see the black shadow at the position of the judging committee, and it seemed that there was no movement at all.

As for the audience under the stage, everyone was a little bit excited.

There is no if, his performance is perfect enough, at least for himself, if such a performance cannot impress all the judges, then for Fu Tiao, the Chopin International Piano Competition is nothing more than that.

After all, he and this match are still at odds.

Fu Tiao got up, walked to the side of the piano, stretched out his hand to support the edge of the piano, and bowed slightly to everyone.

Whoa!
The silent air was instantly broken, and countless warm applause rang out, almost everyone was applauding for Fu Tiao.

This is not a habitual applause like a ceremony, but they really applaud for Fu Tiao from the bottom of their hearts, releasing their excitement from hearing Fu Tiao's performance just now.

Not only that, some of them were yelling "Bravo!" loudly, shaking Fu Tiao's performance.

Obviously it's only the first round and hasn't reached the finals yet, but some people have already started calling Bravo, which has already proved a point.

Fu Diao is already capable and able to compete with other top players on the same stage.

This is the real meaning, walking on the same starting line.

After Fu Tiao bowed again to the crowd, he turned and walked down the stage.

The next player is already standing there, he is an Italian, Saskia·Giorigini
Sasikia looked at Fu Tiao helplessly, and sighed.

"Thank you for giving me such a good stage, thank you very much..."

"Come on!" Fu Tiao patted the man on the shoulder and walked past him with a smile.

Feeling the warmth from Fu Tiao's palm, the man could only sigh.

"Then I would like to thank you."

After all, the voice of the host's announcement has already sounded, no matter how much the contestant refuses, he can only walk on the stage and take over the stage after Fu Tiao.

No one is willing to play in this position. At this time, unless your strength is comparable to that of the previous player, then you can only be judged according to the standard.

But when your level of strength is very different from that of the previous player, you will feel very clearly... what despair is.

A very simple example, when the results of the college entrance examination came out, you Jiangzhou got more than 300 points in the exam and you were admitted to one. If you were an ordinary family, you should be very excited and very happy, after all, the admission rate for one is not high.

But the problem is... your twin brother, who is in the same exam room as you, got the No.1 exam in the whole province. At this time, do you still think that your exam results are very good?

I'm afraid it won't be regarded as a failure of the exam.

This is how the player behind Fu Tiao felt at this moment.

Compared with his peers, his level of strength is actually very good. After all, those with poor level of strength can't even get into the first round.

But the problem is... the player in front of him is Fu Tiao, especially after Fu Tiao played such a terrifying scene, he was going to meet Fu Tiao.

Now as long as his level is not up to Fu Tiao's level, or even just a little bit worse, the judges will feel that he is a little bit worse than usual, so they will give him a lower score.

It may only be about one point less, but you have to know that the Chopin International Piano Competition has a total of fifteen points, and every point is very important. If you lose one point, you may even fall directly from the middle to the bottom.

This is scary.

The contestant behind Fu Tiao stood at the back of the stage with a little resistance. He really didn't want to appear on the stage, but unfortunately, he had no choice but to follow the instructions of the staff and walk onto the stage.

But when he saw the audience off the stage, he felt a little relieved.

Being only behind Fu Diao is like being in the middle of Fu Diao and Zhao Chengzhen, right?

After being in Fu Diao, it can barely be regarded as a difficult start. If you turn around and be in the middle of Fu Diao and Zhao Chengzhen, it may be a direct devil's start.

Well...you are a demon, and standing next to you is a demon hunter with bare arms full of muscles, doom, and at that time...he just happened to be out of bullets.

Fu Tiao watched the next contestant walking towards the stage, especially seeing that person's somewhat desperate expression, he didn't know what to say for a while.

He is not good at consoling, but the Chopin International Piano Competition is so cruel, if you don't have the ability to win the first place, then you can only count on your luck if you want to advance, and see if you can get to a safe zone for running drugs, and don't follow anyone Meet the top leaders.

But... there is a problem.

That's different from chicken games. If you stick around the whole time, you might be able to see the bosses beating them to death, and then you can steal a butt.

But here, no matter how hard you try, it is very difficult for those big guys to collide with each other and cause both of them to be eliminated. Only those who happen to play near the big guys will be affected, causing other people not to like their performance. Very satisfied and thus eliminated.

It might be even better to be eliminated now.

Fu Tiao looked at the camera and the host who were shooting at his face in front of him, and nodded slightly.

"Hello."

"Fu Diao, we meet again!" This time, it was still Wang Kai who was in charge of interviewing Fu Diao.

All the players from China, and even some European and American players with Asian faces, many of them were interviewed by Wang Kai.

It is said that this can make the players more relaxed and calm, after all, everyone is a fellow.

Wang Kai glanced at the surrounding environment, pointed to the wall next to him and said to Fu Tiao.

"Contestant Fu Tiao, let's come to this wall to shoot. We'll finish shooting early so you can rest earlier. Maybe some HNK reporter will come to you and ask you about something to shoot."

Speaking of NHK, Wang Kai was a little happy, and immediately added: "Oh, by the way, NHK and I are not in the same group of reporters. Our side is more about storage and live rebroadcasting. For outsiders The influence is actually not that big, but NHK is different. Compared with us, the documentary they made of the Chopin International Piano Competition is more popular with others. If you want to develop your reputation in classical music in the future , the interview with NHK is actually very good.”

"Okay, I see, thank you."

Fu Tiao nodded with a smile, and followed Wang Kai to the background wall near the backstage.

Although it is said to be the background wall, it is actually a traditional European-style palace concert hall style, with a red velvet wall filled with goose feathers, which feels a bit old-fashioned.

After all, the Chopin Concert Hall in Warsaw has been open for some time. Although there are some small decoration improvements, such as a lot of surveillance cameras in the backstage, you can see the performance of the last player on stage from multiple angles.

But many basic things have not changed, such as the background wall where Fu Tiao is standing now.

Wang Kai picked up the microphone in his hand, looked at the information in his hand, and nodded slightly to Fu Tiao.

"Okay, this is a very simple question after the game. I want to ask you, how do you feel about the first round of the game? Or, for you personally, what impresses you the most , or how you feel about your performance in this game, you can choose a topic to talk about, you only need to focus on this game, and it is best to talk a little more.”

"First round?"

Fu Tiao thought for a while, then spoke slowly.

"Actually, it's nothing. Personally, Zhao Chengzhen was the one who impressed me the most in the first round of the Chopin International Piano Competition. As far as I have seen Zhao Chengzhen's performance so far, his music has given me a very deep impression, even a deep impression. Even before the game, I was thinking about Cho Sung-jin's performance."

Fu Tiao looked at Wang Kai and couldn't help asking: "Do you know that Zhao Chengzhen is sick?"

"Well, our interview team also knew about it after the game."

"So..." Fu Tiao sighed, looked at Wang Kai's expression and said helplessly: "Even if Zhao Chengzhen is sick, his performance level is so strong. If he is not sick, then what kind of performance can he play?" What kind of works will come out? It’s hard for me to imagine a Zhao Chengzhen who is not sick at all. In his music, the part belonging to Chopin is really terrifying, making people feel like he is Chopin.”

Wang Kai also said the same thing: "Indeed, if we are simply discussing the contestants, our judges probably only have this opinion on this contest. Zhao Chengzhen's performance has amazed countless people, including many judges. I went to interview some judges in the middle, and many judges told us that Zhao Chengzhen’s performance also gave them a very deep impression, and even felt that Zhao should be able to win this year’s competition, which is beyond everyone’s imagination. Achievements, even No.1!"

After all, Wang Kai immediately added: "This is not an official decision, this is the personal guess of the judges. After all, the Chopin International Piano Competition has just started not long ago, and Europe likes that kind of bold guess, so it is a good idea to say that Zhao Chengzhen is the champion." It's a relatively normal thing."

"Oh." Fu Tiao nodded without thinking too much.

Seeing that Fu Tiao didn't say much, Wang Kai breathed a sigh of relief and asked Fu Tiao again.

"Okay, then player Fu Diao, can I trouble you to make an assessment of your own first round, and guess what kind of ranking you should be able to achieve?"

"My first round?" Fu Tiao thought for a while, and after struggling for a long time, he smiled in relief, without any evasion or modesty, and said directly: "My first round is actually nothing to say, I think the one I played Very good, met my expectations.”

"If you play well, you are good. If you play badly, you are not good. There is nothing to say. As for what kind of ranking I can achieve... I think I can fight for the No.1 position, right?"

"So confident?"

"If you can fight for it, go for it, otherwise...why come to the Chopin International Piano Competition?"

Fu Diao spread his hands helplessly and smiled at Wang Kai.

This is actually the ruthless part of the piano competition. Although there are not many ruthless words in music learning, it is still necessary to fight for the first place.

After all... If you don't even dare to say that you are going to be number one, why do other people think that you can sprint towards number one?Just because you're humble enough?
Wang Kai obviously didn't expect that there are people in Hua who don't like modesty. After all, normally speaking, most of the people he interviewed were "dare not dare", "average" and "ordinary". There is nothing left to say about these words.

Then when I finally got the award, I smiled and said that I was relatively good, and I got this award by virtue of luck.

The main thing is a humility.

There are players like Fu Tiao who directly say they want to sprint to the first place, but very few.

Wang Kai took a meaningful look at Fu Tiao.

"Okay, I understand. I will ask other questions in the second and third rounds later. Then... I wish you a better result!"

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, remember to watch the recording back, if you can still listen."

Wang Kai waved his hand and let the photographer leave first behind him.

The players in the back are not with him, he doesn't need to interview, and his interviews later are far, far away, so he can take a rest first.

Fu Diao didn't stay too long, and followed the flow of people back to the concert hall.

When he just returned, the previous player had already finished playing.

Just listening to the not particularly warm applause at the scene, and not even hearing a single "Bravo", you can probably know how well this player is playing.

Fu Tiao looked at He Shen who was near the jury in the distance, and originally wanted to go and have a chat with He Shen, but seeing so many people around him, after thinking about it, he returned to Yu Tianyou's side.

Yu Tianyou was extremely excited at this moment. Seeing Fu Tiao come back, he immediately got up and walked to Fu Tiao's side, his voice was as low as possible but he couldn't conceal the excitement in his heart.

"It's awesome! It's so fucking awesome, what the hell, you just played a real blockbuster, do you know? How did you practice? The progress in half a year is so awesome? I knock! You didn't see it just now, the one next to me The old man may be from some place in Germany or the suburbs of Poland. He was so excited at the time that I felt that he might have to go straight! In ancient times, young people fainted at Michael Jackson's pop concert, and now Fu tune Classical music will kill eighty-year-olds, it’s really scary, brother!”

Fu Tiao smiled, pointed to his seat and asked, "Aren't you going back?"

"Go back? Of course go back, but there is nothing to watch later today. If the players behind are from Huaguo, they may have to wait until tomorrow morning, and the players worth watching today... probably have a South Korean player? What is it called Chi Ho Han? Han Chihao? It’s probably the name, I’m not sure.”

Yu Tianyou followed Fu Diao and the two back to their seats, and just looked at it slowly.

Fu Tiao's mood is very different from that before the competition. Before the first round of the competition, he was always a little bit worried, afraid that something would go wrong with his performance, which would lead to some performance in music not in place.

He didn't think too much about elimination.

After his performance was over, he immediately relaxed a lot. At least there is nothing wrong with the work he is playing now, and the musical expression is also in place.

If you are eliminated at this time, then be eliminated, what can you do?After all, he has already done everything he can do, and he was eliminated in this way. It can only be said that he is not good at learning, or his playing style is completely inconsistent with the Chopin International Piano Competition.

It wasn't long before Yu Tianyou sat in his seat, he didn't know what he thought of, and asked Fu Tiao in a low voice with his body crooked.

"Hey, Fu Diao, let me ask you a question."

"Well, you said."

"Do you still remember the few of us eating at that Turkish restaurant before? I'm the one asking you, at that time... What exactly did He Shen tell you?"

"What did He Shen say?"

"That's what He Shen told you. Can you tell me something about your personal style? I have listened to your performance and Zhao Chengzhen's performance. I am completely numb. I feel that if I continue like this, Not to mention whether I can enter the finals, I may not even make it to the second round, can you give me a little hint and teach me?"

"Teach you?" Fu Tiao's expression was weird: "Didn't He Shen tell you that my route may not be suitable for you, and there is another point, how do you have time! Five days are over, even if you are the last day If you're a contestant, you don't have time to change your music within five days, right? Changing it now will only hurt you."

Yu Tianyou was stunned for a moment, then a little depressed: "Oh yes, you are right, I was wrong, I thought it was some secret recipe, oh..."

He sighed, looked at the players who were playing on the stage, and said softly: "Unfortunately, the more I listen to it now, the more I feel that my chances of entering the second round are getting less and less. To be honest, I saw my Being able to enter the main match, I thought that the time was turning, but I didn't expect that nothing changed. After this round, I have a high probability of being eliminated directly, tsk tsk..."

"From entering the qualifiers twice, to entering the first round of the main draw, alas, I feel that I have wasted too much time on Chopin. I really don't know what else I can do in the future. If I can, I really hope that I can enter the finals ah."

After finishing speaking, he patted Fu Tiao on the shoulder and grinned.

"Fu Tiao, come on, I hope you can successfully enter the finals of the Chopin International Piano Competition. When I tell other people later, I can also say, do you know who the No.1 Chopin International Piano Competition was? Let me tell you …He has been sitting next to me all the time, I have taken a fancy to him since the qualifiers, and I think he has a chance to win the championship!"

Yu Tianyou looked at Fu Tiao expectantly, with deep eyes: "Fu Tiao, come on! I think you should be able to get a better ranking, even if the ranking is not good, those big classical music brokerage companies should be able to come to you, turn around Don't forget to leave me a ticket for your concert!"

Fu Diao didn't know why Yu Tianyou seemed to be a little desperate, but he looked at Yu Tianyou's expression, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded slightly.

"okay."

(End of this chapter)