pianist from the sea

Chapter 98
Li Diyun walked into the room and took the last seat reserved for him. He sat in the center of the table and looked at the people around him. After counting, he couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

"Wait a minute, what is that Julian's name, uh...Jia Zhichao? Yes, that's the name, isn't Jia Zhichao here?"

"Jia Zhichao?"

After everyone glanced at each other, they shook their heads slightly.

No one knows this person named Jia Zhichao, but everyone knows that there is such a person.

After all, there are only so many contestants in the Chopin International Piano Competition. Everyone knows who is left after the six they have.

Seeing that no one had Jia Zhichao's contact information, Li Diyun couldn't help but sighed.

"Okay, it's fine if you don't want to come, that's it."

After finishing speaking, he raised his chopsticks and poked at the fish in the middle of the table, smiling at everyone.

"Okay, don't talk about this, eat it quickly, it won't taste good when it's cold, and I'll talk about other things after eating."

"Because there have been some people who are as good as they come out, some people are overwhelmed, thinking that it is necessary to change the selection criteria? It is not based on yourself, but should be more biased towards the ultimate Wang Chao? Tell Xiaojia to focus on Wang Chao is the first?"

Zhao Chengzhen looked at the small piece of squirrel mandarin fish left behind, put down the chopsticks reluctantly, looked at the crowd, and said helplessly.

After all, Xiaojia is a relatively special player, and everything will be fine if he can retire to the finals. As for winning the championship?

I hope Jo Sung Jin can't give us some advice or something.

And He Shen doesn't have much experience as a competition mentor.

"Actually, he was the first player to retire to the seventh round this year. Your organizing committee struggled with this for a long time, and finally found out who voted for him and voted him down because his score was 17.38 points. So he was just at the top of this year, and his next player's score...was 18.64 points, which was a whole point lower than him."

That is not why Zhao Chengzhen said that Fu Tiao has no chance, and the gap between me and the next few players is not small.

Although it sounds like self-promotion, being able to be like Zhao Chengzhen back then is not an extraordinary compliment. After all, to be honest, who can achieve Zhao Chengzhen's achievements back then?

My volume gradually decreased, and seeing the first piece of fish recede out of He Shen's stomach, Wen Tianying sighed, and could only continue: "Forget it, that's it, you come here and inform them without any complications situation, tell them how they stand in the game."

Everyone's scores were revealed one by one, and finally stayed on Xu Zi's side.

With my level of strength, there are no players present, and almost no one is willing to meet Jia Zhichao head-on.

Because I'm too young, I can't participate in very few games that are suitable for me. I can only be an assistant to some players to help us adjust the game.

When it was time to eat, everyone put down their chopsticks and looked at Zhao Chengzhen, waiting for the reason why I invited everyone to eat today.

My feeling made Wen Tianying not sit still for a while, she had to scratch her head: "Xie just used it, he worked so hard, it would be a failure to qualify for the final of Wentian International Piano Competition."

Although it sounds pretentious, to Zhao Chengzhen, that is indeed a very unproven thing.

"It's broken, it means that there is so little, but it is actually useful to say so little, Xiaojia, let's take it as you complain, playing the piano badly is the first."

"Find out your own direction and work hard in one direction. You can't adjust some subtle changes, but you absolutely can't change the small direction, or he will offend everyone on both sides."

"It's just a pity that very few judges don't think so..."

Zhao Chengzhen looked at whether everyone responded, and then continued to speak.

"Hammerlin."

Jia Zhichao is the kind of person who can restrain his body even if his arms shake when he is sick, allowing him to play a very perfect interpretation.

Although there are not many Chinese people to help out, it is indeed one of the few people who sold my tickets the slowest.

It is beyond the level of our very inexperienced Jia Zhichao.

Although very disappointed that Yu Tianyou was able to recognize the reality, Zhao Chengzhen always felt too comfortable when Yu Tianyou said that.

"So, they can stand there, which proves that they are one of the most powerful people in Huaguo in those few years, just like you were back then."

Just like Yu Tianyou now.

"Chopin, his score is..."

Wen Tianying didn't notice He Shen's thoughts, I just looked back at the people in the room and smiled at Xiaojia.

"Fu Tiao, with a score of 23.41, he ranks eighth among all the people. The gap from the bottom eight is not small, and the gap from the top Jia Zhichao is only 0.5 points! That gap he still can't make up for in the front , He has absolutely no chance to charge towards the champion! Very powerful! Very powerful! Congratulations to Fu Tiao!"

"Well, you will fight for it!"

"The other group thinks that we want to hear more about the contestants themselves. What we want to select is a pianist in the true sense, not the seventh Wang Chao."

As long as we have heard Jia Zhichao's performance on the first day, we can understand how terrifying Jia Zhichao is.

For me, I thought I should be in seventh place, but I thought I was ranked eighth.

"Tell me, what did he call you to that place for?"

At the very beginning, Zhao Chengzhen looked at Fu Diao and smiled with satisfaction.

On Li Diyun's left are Kong Qi, Xu Zi, Wang Chao and Zhang Zhang.

"Xu Zi, his score is 21.56 points. That score is very wrong. He ranks eleventh in the first round. You can't think he can retreat to the eighth round."

"He..."

The second is He Shen, the performer who is at the bottom of Hua Wang's super ranking list. My understanding of Wen Tian can't be regarded as the seventh among the crowd.

"So... who is the seventh?"

In fact, the reason is very complicated, and it is not because Fu Tuo is so weak and the score is so low.

It is still better to think that too little will be bad, so that it will be more comfortable when you are eliminated.

The performance of that level of strength really made people's hearts tremble. We even believed that it was not Jia Zhichao who was off the stage, but the real Wang Chao came to that stage.

I am not thankful for being able to retreat to the seventh round. Usually, when I was between Xu Zi and Yang Yike, I saw that my level and strength were obviously inferior to the two of them. The whole person is going to cry.

When Wen Tianying said except herself, she couldn't help but scratched her head with a smile.

If Fu Tiao's level is number one, but I can stop the number one and leave a deep impression in everyone's mind.

Did Chopin go on to say more, but what I mean is not very clear yet.

Yu Tianyou, I'm not in a very nervous state now, I can retreat to the seventh round and play as much as possible, anyway, the eighth round is counting on it, if you don't stay in Wentian Hotel for one night, you can save a penny from the organizing committee. is earned.

"You... don't you only have No.8?"

"It's okay, you're not ready to go back to your country, you even bought all the tickets for the previous rounds, just waiting for you to be eliminated."

In this way, even if I am the first, the distance from the first is still far away.

Zhao Chengzhen smiled when he said that.

Not such a terrifying player, a player we dare to contend with, Fu Tiao was able to withstand the pressure of this person and continue to retreat, and even played a performance that was inferior to mine.

"First of all, Yu Tianyou is the worst." Zhao Chengzhen looked at Yu Tianyou, whether there was any sloppiness, and said bluntly: "He should feel that his level and strength are the worst?"

Yu Tianyou didn't even think about that possibility. I know my own strength, and I still expect to pass the seventh round and retreat into the eighth round?

"That's a very unusual thing. Except for Dongying South Korea who can last a little longer, there is no one in our country who can retreat to the eighth round with a small percentage... Oh, maybe there is not even a Poland. "

"Well, that's it, something happened."

"That point of view was recognized by very few people very slowly, and fewer and fewer judges stopped paying attention to the warm sky, thinking that Wang Chao, who is the most extreme, should be the real winner of the Wang Chao International Piano Competition. The music that should be displayed, and it has been indifferent since 2005, and this year, it is the lowest peak."

After all, among the players in front of me, are there really any who can't match my style, let alone the tour tickets in Europe are very slow to buy.

That's not why this group of people revered Fu Tiao to the eighth place.

"Are they just hungry? Xiaojia will be ruined after eating a bad meal. Why are you so serious?"

"What's the matter, Wujing...Come and chat with you guys about the Wentian International Piano Competition...Ah!"

Yu Tianyou was stunned for a moment, and then asked a question: "Well... Will it tell others that they have not manipulated the game when the results are announced?"

Fu Tiao shook his head, not as happy as usual, but not a little disappointed.

Fu Tiao raised his head and thought for a while, and soon remembered who Hamelin was.

"Well, yes, so you haven't given up struggling in the seventh round, you should retreat in the eighth round." Yu Tianyou said cheerfully, not caring at all.

I must remember correctly, a player I saw a few days later left a deep impression on me.

Zhao Chengzhen sighed: "Although I really want to deny it, you are not ignorant at all. You are generally inclined to the ultimate Wang Chao. Generally, these players are not even grasped by Wen Tian, ​​so we will stop thinking about it." To express yourself, that is too much nonsense, but you still think that the ultimate self is another realm before you are the ultimate Wang Chao."

I just rubbed my palm, without any urge to go back to practice piano now.

The treatment of others is more unusual, everyone has nothing that is lower than you.

What?Retreat to the eighth round through the seventh round?

Those present, except for Fu Diao, who had no chance at all, the chances of others would appear very slim.

"The seventh round is still like this, and the eighth round will be even more cruel. By the time of the eighth round, you feel that there may only be one or two people present who can continue to stand there to eat with you, and the rest It is very unlikely that all the people who come up will go home.”

Extremely pure, extremely warm, is there anything left in it.

Fu Tiao sighed heavily and didn't say what he said to anyone.

After all, everyone looked at each other and started at the same time.

Everyone just ate food in silence, except that He Shen and Wen Tianying didn't chat at all.

Wen Tian, ​​who was sitting on the side, immediately said: "Mr. Li, if it's just for eating, you can't eat it before at all. Is eating during the short break of the game for..."

Now that I have finally retreated into the seventh round, it is obviously bad luck. Naturally, I will go to the eighth round without any extravagant hopes.

That person's playing style is similar to Jia Zhichao's, but my music is less of a feeling of thinking, thinking and reflecting on myself, rather than expressing it.

Fu Tiao was stunned, did he think that he was only No.8.

Seeing Yu Tianyou's attitude, Wen Tianying breathed a sigh of relief and explained.

"The judges' feelings towards Wang Chao are divided into two factions, one of which thinks that Wen Tian must be Wen Tian's feeling, and the feeling that he can be independent, and that faction occupies a relatively small number of judges. .”

"Charter, his score is..."

Everyone looked at each other and possessed it at the same time.

"The game went well!"
"The seventh is Hamelin."

Sure enough, I still want to retreat to a lower level.

Although the competition experience is generally rich, I still have a relatively rich understanding of the players, and I know how to help the players adjust.

And the eighth place is Fu Tiao.

"Thank you, Teacher Zhao Chengzhen!" Xu Zi immediately got up and thanked Zhao Chengzhen.

I can only shake my head slightly, looking at the other person.

After finishing speaking, Zhao Chengzhen raised the cup in his hand and shook it heavily at the crowd.

I don't just look at the performance of the last round of concerto, but look at the whole.

"I know it's up to you to say it. In fact, they can see it this year. The atmosphere of this year's Wang Chao International Piano Competition is not so strange, and there is not even a little bit of confrontation in it..."

"The Ziyou faction headed by Age Weiqi and the Wang Chao faction headed by Deng Taishan are not surrounded by the judging group of the Wang Chao International Piano Competition. Although it is useful to some of them, you are still I want to remind them..."

"The truth is actually very complicated. After knowing it for a long time, you probably started there. The No.1 we selected earlier, there are almost no people who occupy a very low position in that world. Maybe There is not a little bit of class solidification in it, but even less, it may be because of the competition system."

As for others...

Although it was not stated clearly, judging from the atmosphere at the scene, the status of everyone was very obvious.

Fu Tiao thought about it, and originally wanted to convince himself to accept the ranking, but no matter how he thought about it, he felt comfortable enough.

"Yes, he must be worried. The gap between No.8 and the back is not small. Maybe it's just a matter of personal preference of the judges? He is like you, and you hate Fu Tiao's performance very much. I affirm you. If you can't give him a score, you will definitely give him a very low score, at least 24 points to start! It's just a pity that his performance is not in line with the preferences of the few other judges."

"All of your judges who have nothing to do with him have been banned from voting. They will definitely be fine in the future. Let's check the judge who voted for him. I voted him out. He has something to do with you. It is according to his With that result, the possibility of receiving votes in the previous round will not be so small."

"It's bad, don't think about it, Xiaojia can charge towards the further back, after all, for few people, there is only one chance in the Wang Chao International Piano Competition, and that time is definitely not what he can achieve What about the lowest peak? After all, the judging criteria of the Wang Chao International Piano Competition will become more and more stringent."

"So... I wish them the best of luck for the game at the very beginning?"

After all... The selection of the champion of the Wang Chao International Piano Competition has not ended since the first round.

At this moment, there were eight people sitting on this side of the table. He Shen and Li Diyun sat at the main seat and on the right hand side of the main seat. Fu Tiao was next to He Shen, and Yu Tianyou was next to Fu Tiao.

Yes, it's not that there is no one who can touch Wen Tianying.

I played very badly, and my style fit Wang Chao very well, but my basic skills were also weak.

We all dream that we don't have that kind of strength, that we can't show Wen Tian perfect enough to attract the eyes of the judges and tell us about our own strength.

Now we also see Fu Tiao's score, and we can only know a rough look.

"Kong Qi, his score is..."

Li Diyun, as the judge of the Chopin International Piano Competition, and the top pianist in Huaguo, my status is not a bit detached, and I am the lowest among all people.

"When it came to the seventh round, everyone in that round knew that there were almost no one who underestimated your results in that round. The reason was very complicated. Afterwards, Huaguo's players fell behind in the first round and the seventh round. There were too few contestants, and Xiaojia was quite nervous about retiring into the qualifiers and entering the first round, but when he entered the seventh round, that was a hurdle, and almost no one could cross that hurdle and become the seventh round player."

It must be if I get No.7...

"The following winners, such as Hamelin, Zimmerman, Agwaiqi, Deng Taishan, Ashkenazy, Polleni, Uchida Mitsuko, basically take out one, and they are the best in the music world. The existence of force, but waited to the front... There is almost no one who is famous, except you."

He Shen happily picked up the first piece of squirrel mandarin fish in the middle of the plate, and raised his eyebrows at Zhao Chengzhen.

"Although I know where Li Diyun has gone, but... your performance in the Wang Chao International Piano Competition this year was absolutely beyond everyone's expectations. 30 people, after half of the swiping, came to the position of 15 people, that number was actually very wrong, and got the lowest seat in the Wang Chao International Piano Competition."

(End of this chapter)