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Chapter 908 168. The First Four Piano Competition? Horrifying Rules!

"Ha ha ha ha."

"What are you laughing at! Don't laugh!"

Wang Xiaohu’s laughter “angered” Senior Sister Xiao Ji.

Of course, Senior Sister Xiao Ji was not really angry, and she called out to Wang Xiaohu just to liven up the atmosphere.

However, she still felt a little unhappy about "making a fool of herself" in front of Wang Xiaohu, mainly because Wang Xiaohu's song request was too excessive.

Just now, Wang Xiaohu was asked to play Chopin. After playing something incomprehensible, Wang Xiaohu had a lot of fun. Then he played a combination of Czerny and Zuo Hui's Castle in the Sky and played a big trick on him.

Wang Xiaohu acted recklessly on the one hand to make Che Lin happy, and on the other hand he just thought it was very interesting.

However, his skills were too poor and he couldn't play out some interesting ideas.

It didn’t matter that he couldn’t play it, so he encouraged Senior Sister Xiao Ji, saying that he had finished playing and it was Senior Sister Xiao Ji’s turn.

Senior Sister Xiao Ji's original intention was to let Xiao Che play the piano to relax his nerves. Since Wang Xiaohu asked him to take over, she thought that after she finished playing, it would be time for Linlin to go on stage, so she went on stage.

There happened to be a stage with a grand piano, and she wanted to play the song for the final exam, but Wang Xiaohu asked for a song.

"I play the songs you choose, and I want to choose the songs you choose!"

These are Wang Xiaohu’s original words.

Sister Xiao Ji thought to herself, "Then just go ahead and click it." But Wang Xiaohu asked her to use the left hand of Moonlight III to accompany the right hand of Two Tigers.

This posed a big problem for Senior Sister Xiao Ji.

It seems very simple at first glance. Sister Xiao Ji can play the piano backwards with Yue Guansan’s left hand, and can even play the two tigers in her right hand with her nose.

But to combine the two into one, one is so fast and the other is so slow, and how to bring out the melody, Senior Sister Xiao Ji has no idea how to do it.

There was no other way. She was his senior sister, and they were the ones who gave Wang Xiaohu the difficult problems first. He had to just go ahead and do it. Even if it was embarrassing, he could just consider it as doing it to make Linlin happy.

Recalling the scene when her teacher and Teacher Chen had a piano-playing duel at Xinoton Manor, Sister Xiao Ji played the piano so well that she even laughed at the end.

Finally, she finished playing and threw the baton in front of the car.

"Come on, classmate Arlene,"

Wang Xiaohu, who put away his smile, also pointed his finger at the car, "We have all played, it's your turn."

Just then, "Whose turn is it?" Teacher Haitao's voice came from the stairs.

The three children looked at the same time, and then greeted the teachers.

Seeing that all the teachers had arrived, Wang Xiaohu stopped making a fuss and just smiled.

Li An came up and first glanced at the piano on the stage, then looked at Ji Yang, then glanced at Xiao Che, who was still holding a rag in his hand, and finally his eyes fell on Wang Xiaohu: "Teacher Zheng is asking you a question, but you're just grinning."

Senior Sister Xiao Ji took over the conversation, "Teacher, this is what happened. We basically finished our work, so we just played for a while."

Lao Tang: "What are you playing?"

Wang Xiaohu: "We have to go on stage one by one to perform, but we can't play the songs we are familiar with. We have to improvise according to the songs requested by others."

Mu Xin: "Wow, you guys are so awesome."

Senior Sister Xiao Ji said ashamedly: "I was just playing around. It has nothing to do with the teacher. Wang Xiaohu and I have already finished playing."

Lao Tang observed the situation on the field and saw that Xiaoche was still holding a rag in his hand. He quickly analyzed that Xiaoji and Wang Xiaohu wanted to help Xiaoche calm down, but Xiaoche might not want to participate.

He could understand, but perhaps playing the piano would help Xiaoche calm down. Thinking of this, Lao Tang made a decision.

"I also want to participate in such an interesting thing. Take me with you?" Lao Tang bared his teeth.

Wang Xiaohu was stunned when Old Tang finished speaking, and Ji Yang quickly said, "Okay, Teacher Tang!"

As he spoke, he led the applause! Xiao Ji clapped, followed by Wang Xiaohu and Mu Xin, then Xiaoche put down the rag and also clapped, and finally Haitao and Li An.

Ang Lee laughed loudly when he applauded, while Haitao smiled bitterly.

Haitao felt miserable. With what Lao Tang did to him, he had no way of escaping.

Looking around, there were Li An, Mu Xin, and Lao Tang. He couldn't possibly go with Wang Xiaohu. Forget it. It would be embarrassing sooner or later. It would be better to do it today. He could just consider it as going to accompany Xiao Linzi.

Thinking of this, Haitao decided to go for it. Since they were going to have fun, they might as well liven up the atmosphere.

"Etc., etc."

Haitao suddenly spoke up, signaling everyone to be quiet.

Everyone looked over:?
"Ahem." Hai Tao looked around and said provocatively, "Come on, Brother Tang, this round it's just you and me, let's battle."

In an instant, screams rang out from the entire second floor!
Senior sisters Mu Xin and Xiao Ji instantly turned into two little fangirls, and together with Wang Xiaohu, the three of them have become the strongest fan club.

Xiao Che's eyes couldn't help but flicker with anticipation; the showdown between the two teachers would surely be exciting.

Old Tang understood Haitao's thoughts and continued to fan the flames, arrogantly saying, "Let me put it this way. Today, no matter if you are a junior fellow student or a senior fellow student from Rongyuan, just come at me."

"what!!!!"

Mu Xin was going crazy! After playing classical piano for more than 20 years, this was the first time she had experienced such a scene!

It's obvious that Lao Tang wants to take on two people at once, how exciting!
"Okay, okay, let's play like this, right?"

As the senior from Rongcheng spoke, the atmosphere at the scene changed again.

Facing everyone's gaze, Li An paused and said, "Then let's just start the battle and come to Ji Yang."

Xiao Ji trotted over: "Teacher."

Li An: "Don't say that we in Rongyuan are bullying. I, Haitao, and Jiyang, are all from the piano department of Rongyuan. We three will pick on all the rest of you."

Lao Tang snapped his fingers and said, "Come on, Xin!"

Mu Xin: "Hahaha, is this necessary? It seems like we are bullying others."

The next second the scene completely exploded!
Li Anxin smiled and thought that Mu Xin was not a "easy person to deal with". He was very good and cheerful.

In the distance, Ms. Xu, a spectator, was sitting on a recliner picking at an orange, looking at the stage leisurely. What New Year's Eve party or New Year's performance was there? What could be a more interesting stage than this one?

Mu Xin said harsh words and walked directly behind Lao Tang. He then looked at Che Lin the first time and said, "Linlinzi, come here quickly!"

Everyone looked at Che Lin.

After a while, the car came to Mu Xin's side.

Everyone was relieved, and then there was another round of noise!
"Report!" Seeing Che Lin's smile, Wang Xiaohu finally felt relieved. Then an idea popped up, "I want to be the referee!"

referee?

Ignoring everyone's reaction, Wang Xiaohu jumped onto the stage, looked around and said, "I, the referee, announce that the first Piano Classroom No. 3 3v Piano Competition will begin in twenty minutes."

There was silence. "Um, what I mean is—"

Before Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, Lao Tang spoke directly: "Applause, please welcome referee Xiaohu to announce the rules!"

"Wow————" followed by a round of applause.

Seeing that the teacher was also smiling, Wang Xiaohu felt like he had obtained an imperial sword, and his courage grew again in an instant.

My mind raced, "This competition is divided into five rounds."

"In the first round, the composer will be chosen by drawing lots."

Xiao Ji: "Specify the composer?"

Wang Xiaohu walked around on the stage and explained in a serious tone, "The designated composer, as the name suggests, will be drawn by a notary public in a moment, um, how should I put it."

Li Anle: You can’t organize your language now?
Lao Tang: "Five points will be deducted for offending the referee!"

Everyone laughed!

Wang Xiaohu: "Ahem, forget it for the first time. Um, Rongyuan players, please respect this referee."

Xu Li held her forehead with her hand. Everyone: "Hahahahahaha!"

Mu Xin was about to laugh and cry. What kind of child was this? What kind of place was this?
She must be very tired after sitting on the train all day and working all afternoon, but now she is so excited that she seems to have just woken up!
Xiao Che couldn't help it either. Wang Xiaohu's timid yet stubborn tone was just too funny.

"Stop laughing!"

Everyone immediately showed respect.

"To put it simply, the first competition is to play the music of the composer you draw. The music is optional and is decided by both parties. Do you understand?"

Everyone: "I understand."

Hai Tao: "You are both a judge and a notary?"

Wang Xiaohu: "Of course not. Well, Officer Xu, please prepare a cardboard box."

Everyone turned around, Xu Li stood up, smiled helplessly, made an OK gesture from a distance and went downstairs.

"Second round of competition content: performance of designated works."

"I will designate the piece of music, and each team will send a player to play it in turns. Wait, players who played in the first round cannot play in the second round."

"ok?"

Everyone: “OK!”

Wang Xiaohu returned to the center of the stage: "Round three, improvisation competition."

"Improvisational arrangement," Wang Xiaohu said as he was thinking about how to set up this link and how to make this work the most random and fair.

Suddenly, "Teacher Mu."

Mu Xin: "Yes, referee, you say."

Wang Xiaohu was a little embarrassed by being addressed as "you", but he couldn't show his shyness because he was the referee of this match. "Mr. Mu, do you have an APP for listening to music on your phone?"

Mu Xin: “There are three.”

Wang Xiaohu: "Okay, tell me a player now."

Mu Xin: "Cloud Music, I use it the most."

Wang Xiaohu: "Can you give me your phone? I don't want to look at your phone now, it will be useful later."

Mu Xin took out his cell phone and handed it to Wang Xiaohu.

"Thank you," Wang Xiaohu took the phone and put it on the piano beside him, then looked at the Rongyuan team: "Teacher Zheng, please choose a number between five and ten and tell me."

Haitao: "Seven."

Wang Xiaohu: "Okay, the third round of improvisation will be the seventh random play from the first playlist of the cloud music player on Teacher Mu's phone."

Everyone was shocked. It turned out that they had gone around in a circle just to get here. But when you think about it, it is quite creative and fair. Even Mu Xin himself couldn't guess which song would be played after it was randomly played seven times.

Wang Xiaohu: "Is it okay, Mr. Mu?"

Mu Xin: “No problem!”

Wang Xiaohu: "Okay, as usual, contestants who participated in the second round cannot participate in the third round."

Everyone nodded.

Wang Xiaohu clapped his hands, "The fourth round is a doubles match."

Doubles match?
Haitao: "Practicing with four hands?"

Wang Xiaohu: "Yes, each side will send two contestants to play the repertoire of their choice. Wait a moment."

After that, Wang Xiaohu shouted towards the stairs, "Ms. Xu!"

"Ms. Xu!"

No one answered.

Khan, "Mom!"

Xu Li, who had just gone downstairs to buy sticky notes and pens across the street, heard the voice of "Mom". "What's wrong?" Xu Li responded loudly.

"Mom! Bring up the three four-hand legato music books on the far left of the music wall. The ones with black covers. Have you found them?"

"found it!"

When the people upstairs heard that it had been found, their eyes all turned back to Judge Wang.

"You can choose your own repertoire, and there are no requirements for who will perform. It is recommended that older players participate."

Li Anxin smiled. Wasn't it obvious that he and Haitao were going to compete against Lao Tang and Mu Xin? He wanted to watch some fun. It just so happened that he planned to have Lao Tang and Mu Xin perform a four-hand piano duet at his opening concert in mid-month.

Let's see if these two can create some sparks from their first unrehearsed collaboration.

When the competition requirements for this round, which clearly contained the referee's personal opinions, were announced, all four teachers smiled.

In fact, Ang Lee didn't know that Wang Xiaohu did this on purpose. He learned some of the concert's program arrangements from him.

"If there are no problems, I will announce the content of the last competition."

After a pause, "The last round is the sight-reading competition. The music scores for sight-reading will be provided by me later. However, I would like to remind all contestants that this round is very difficult."

Very difficult?
Others may not know, but is Li Ang also not clear? What kind of music score can you, Wang Xiaohu, come up with? Can the music score you can come up with on the spot stump your teachers?
But then again, Wang Xiaohu really has a lot of ideas. Anyway, he can't come up with so many game contents in a short period of time.

"any questions?"

Everyone: "No!"

Wang Xiaohu: "Now let me talk about the scoring algorithm. After each round of competition, the players from both teams will discuss internally and then give the scores of the two teams for that round."

"For example, in the first round, Teacher Zheng and Teacher Tang will compete against each other. After the competition, Teacher Tang will discuss his own results with Teacher Zheng's results and submit them. The same goes for Teacher Zheng. Am I clear?"

Lao Tang: “Very clear.”

Wang Xiaohu: "It's the same for every round. The scores of the last five rounds will be added together. The team with the highest score will win the competition. The winning team will get, get, get a beautiful gift prepared by the principal of Piano Classroom No. 4!"

Ang Lee: "?!"

Everyone burst into laughter again!

"The principal has the final say over this competition. The game will start in ten minutes. The two teams should quickly arrange their formations! Each team will submit a team name to me later."

After a pause, Wang Xiaohu suddenly became serious, "Although this competition was held in a hurry, I hope that all contestants can take it seriously and cherish this rare opportunity. You know, some people who appear to be referees actually want to participate."

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly changed, and these words made the adults feel a little uncomfortable.

Just as Lao Tang was about to speak, Wang Xiaohu bared his teeth and grinned, "There's still the next session, and the session after that. This referee will work really hard!"

Car: Huh
Ang Lee: Bastard
After saying that, Wang Xiaohu jumped off the stage to help Xu Li get her things, and by the way, he also had to do the first round of signing.

Because of what Wang Xiaohu did at the end, the flavor of the game also changed a little.

According to the rules of each round, not all children can participate in this competition.

Furthermore, the four teachers are bound to come into contact with each other inevitably, and the first time will be either today or tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

Come on, we have talked so much just now and we have already got to know each other a little bit.

No sooner said than done, the two teams had already found their own corners and started discussing intensively.

On the other side, Wang Xiaohu also began to fill in the composers' names on the sticky notes, preparing for the first round of the competition.
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"Who's in the first round?"

moment.

"Let me do it."

The four steel wars are about to begin.

(End of this chapter)