The world's number one pianist

Mo Bai, also known as Nakamura Bai, had a very indifferent expression.

However, his entire mood and aura were extremely high.

Standing there, no one could ignore his presence.

What was contained in his eyes was not the desire for Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting, but... the passion to confront them head-on.

When he looked at the two of them, his whole temperament suddenly improved a lot, and his aura was almost suppressed so that the other players around him did not dare to speak.

Nakamura Bai faced Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting and said slowly: "Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting, meet each other for the first time!"

"I know your reputation, and I also know the reputation of your teacher. I have listened to many, many piano works by He Shen..."

"I admit, he plays very well now, but I can't reach his level now."

"but……"

Nakamura Shiro smiled slightly at the two of them, and opened his hands as if embracing the world, full of pride.

"But that's just because I'm too young now. He won't stand still, and I won't stand still. I hope that when I'm the same age as him, I can surpass his achievements!"

"Zhao Zitong, Ji Mengting, I hope you two can show your strength and don't restrain yourself too much!"

"Let me see what kind of strength you have as He Shen's students!"

"No, let me down!"

The originally dull expressions of Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting also changed slightly. They looked at each other and then at Shiro Nakamura in front of them.

Originally, he felt that he should be considered a relatively decent person, but for some reason, after Shiro Nakamura came here, from his words, the two of them seemed a little bit like villains?

And this so-called Haku Nakamura is the gentleman who charges towards the villain with a big sword!

But……

Zhao Zitong looked at Shiro Nakamura, who had an extremely powerful aura in front of him, with a strange look on his face. He always felt like something was wrong?

Although this guy is called Nakamura Shiro or Mo Bai, his words are very passionate.

However, I always feel that it shouldn’t be used at this time? But where else should it be used?

And his teacher is not a big villain, right? But just an ordinary pianist.

Apart from your recent fame, it doesn’t seem to have much influence? Didn’t it influence other musicians? Why is this person so passionate about his teacher?

It feels like I just need to shout, "Hey, I can take my place." That's how a man should be!

Looking at Shiro Nakamura in front of him, who has the unique Japanese Chuunibyou disease, Zhao Zitong also wanted to shout a few Chuunibyou words like him, but she felt a little ashamed.

Therefore, she just cleared her throat and said casually: "Ahem, ah, um, okay, we'll do our best."

Nakamura's eyes lit up, he couldn't help but smile, and said loudly: "Okay! I hope to see all your charm in the competition, and see all your charm as a student of a top pianist! "

"Although I am not yet capable of advancing towards He Shen, nor am I qualified to challenge He Shen..."

"However, I will not give up, and I will also show all my strength in front of you!"

"Here it is, here it is, show it to He Shen! Look at my strength!"

"I hope that as He Shen's students, you two will not disappoint me too much, otherwise... I will feel that He Shen is nothing but mediocre!"

"This is my challenge! The challenge that has not yet been completed!"

After saying that, Mo Bai quickly walked to a corner and sat down, feeling extremely relaxed.

After he sat down, his aura showed no signs of restraint. He leaned directly on the back of the sofa and closed his eyes to rest.

Waiting for his turn.

The staff came in at this time and walked into the room. Looking at the depressing atmosphere in the room, they couldn't help but have questions.

Although he didn't know why something like this happened, or whether the group of piano players would fight, he still tentatively spoke to the people in the room.

"Hello, Contestant No. 1 is getting ready to go on stage, Contestant No. 2 is getting ready backstage, and Contestant No. 3 is getting ready in the separate lounge!"

"Okay! Come here!"

"I'm coming, I'm coming!"

Before the words could even be finished, two passers-by stood up and ran forward without any hesitation.

It was obvious that they had no intention of continuing to stay in this lounge.

Who else wants to stay in the lounge right now? There are three great gods sitting over there!

Nakamura Shiro, who came from Japan, came in and didn't even speak a word of Japanese. He was muttering some unknown language, which seemed to be the language of China.

Sounds like it's still going well?

Then there are the two Chinese people next to them. Although they don't have much aura, they look gentle and elegant, but...

Even if the two of them don't speak, they still give people a strong sense of oppression, making people look at them without daring to say anything remotely close!

Even if they are both beautiful, it is of no use?

The strength of the two of them, as well as their teachers, are too terrifying. Who would have nothing to do to get close to these two people? Don't want to die?

Therefore, the first and second players quickly walked out the door without any hesitation.

And leaving is the last bit of dignity they have to maintain their image.

If they run away, they may appear too obscene and too scared, thereby losing the dignity of a musician!

Nakamura Shiro opened his eyes and glanced at the two people who were a little panicked. He shook his head and did not speak. He just continued to close his eyes and immersed himself in his own music world.

He was thinking about the interpretation of his music.

Zhao Zitong looked at Shiro Nakamura who was either too pretentious or too middle-class. She didn't know what to say for a moment. In the end, she sighed, turned to look at Ji Mengting beside her, and smiled. He spoke.

"Then I'll go first. Since that guy named Shiro Nakamura said he wanted to challenge our teacher, we have to do something. Otherwise, we will look too mediocre, right?"

"So, I will try my best to suppress the players behind me. Don't hold back. Release whatever you want and use all your strength!"

"After all, He Shen called you to participate in the Chopin International Piano Competition, not me. I am the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, so..."

"come on!"

Zhao Zitong smiled and patted Ji Mengting's shoulder, then glanced at Shiro Nakamura with his eyes closed beside him, snorted, and walked directly out of the lounge without any expression, preparing to go to the game preparation room.

Just when she was about to leave, Ji Mengting glanced at Nakamura Bai hesitantly and said hesitantly: "That, Zitong, that one named Nakamura Bai, he seems to be able to understand Chinese..."

When Nakamura Shiro heard this, he suddenly spoke and said with a smile:

"It's okay, you can talk casually. The harder you target me, the happier I am, because classical music does not develop by myself or He Shen alone, but by the efforts of everyone to continue to move forward!"

"If you two can defeat me by targeting me, then it proves that I am not qualified to face He Shen!"

"So, please show all your strength freely!"

Hearing Nakamura Shiro's voice, Zhao Zitong's body froze, and then he immediately walked outside without looking back.

She had just been accidentally affected by Shiro Nakamura's chuunibyou, and she also had a little bit of a chuunibyou feeling when she spoke.

No, no, I must not be affected by this stinky chuunibyou!

Cunning Japanese!

Zhao Zitong left quickly. Ji Mengting and Nakamura Shiro looked at each other, but neither of them spoke.

Ji Mengting just glanced at Nakamura Bai and then lowered her head again.

Nakamura Shiro also squinted at Ji Mengting, with a faint smile on his lips, and his whole body was full of confidence.

Confidence is not arrogance, it is just pure confidence!

His strong strength gave him confidence in his own musical interpretation!

…

At this moment, Zhao Zitong had already walked to the lounge to make final adjustments.

She sat in the lounge room, took a few deep breaths, and let herself fall into a wave of emotions.

An emotion somewhere between passion and stability.

An emotion that can make one's heart excited, but one's own body extremely calm.

Everything around seems to have solidified, and the sound-absorbing panels with special sound insulation treatment have well isolated the surrounding noise.

Zhao Zitong was the only one in the entire lounge, breathing music by herself.

In her mind, she was thinking about music.

The music, as she breathed, kept moving forward.

finally……

The staff member walked to the door of Zhao Zitong's lounge, gently knocked on the door, and spoke in English.

"Contestant No. 3 and Contestant No. 2 have already appeared. You can come over and prepare first."

"good!"

At this moment, Zhao Zitong's breathing had completely stabilized. She looked at the staff in front of her with a serious expression, and walked to the door of the lounge without any hesitation.

Following the steps of the staff, we arrived at the backstage of the stage.

The backstage of this place is different from the stage location of the previous Chopin International Piano Competition.

The back door of this stage, like the back doors of many other places, opens at the edge of the stage.

Only the Chopin International Piano Competition stage was a little bit strange.

Open the back door below the stage.

Therefore, Zhao Zitong can see the scene on the stage through the backstage door that is not completely closed and has no hidden door effect.

At this moment, the previous player on the stage was playing an etude, and the overall style was very strong.

What is expressed in the music is also very powerful.

It's just that... the strength is just a little bit lacking.

The skills on his fingers are still a little bit behind!

What he wanted to express was still a little bit different from what the audience, the contestants, and the judges could hear.

And this strand, as countless strands merge and collide with each other, become an extremely huge flaw!

One flaw is that there is no way to give high scores.

Maybe give a pretty good score, say over 80 points, a mid-level score.

But if you want them to give high scores... it's almost impossible!

None of the judges could possibly give him a high score.

After all, if it’s bad, it’s still bad!

Now it depends on what kind of interpretation the player behind him can give.

If the contestant behind him performs particularly poorly, then this slight difference may allow him to advance to the next round by stacking some scores.

If the contestant behind him performs very well...

Then there is no hope!

However, it is obvious that behind him... is Zhao Zitong!

Zhao Zitong stood at the back of the concert hall and looked at the performers on the stage, with no expression on her face.

The person in charge at the side took out the document in his hand at this time, handed it to her, and said.

"Contestant No. 3, please show your ID, we need to verify your identity at the end!"

"And, the contestant of the work!"

"If your registered work does not match the work you played, it is likely to cause an instability in your performance, so please verify it again!"

"After the verification, please sign at the end, thank you!"

After that, the staff handed the document in his hand to Zhao Zitong with the unique respect of Japan.

Zhao Zitong also took the document in his hand and looked at the content on it.

After confirming it again and again, he handed the document in his hand to the staff at the side.

After the staff confirmed that she had signed, they nodded slightly, quickly returned to the backstage position, and handed the contents back to other staff members in the backstage.

Let other staff members confirm and verify again.

It's very troublesome, but very Japanese.

Soon, the previous contestant finished playing, stood up, and bowed slightly to the people under the stage.

The applause under the stage was roaring, and it sounded very thorough from the backstage position!

At least, you can feel the tremor under your feet slightly.

It looks like this, it should be recognized by many audiences.

The contestant's eyes lit up when he heard the applause under the stage, and he immediately bowed hard to thank everyone.

After thanking three times, he was barely satisfied and turned back to the backstage.

However, the moment he returned to the backstage, his legs couldn't help but go weak.

He saw Zhao Zitong in front of him.

Zhao Zitong didn't have much expression on her face, just glanced at the contestant with the corner of her eyes.

As a result, this corner of her eyes scared the contestant so much that he took two steps back and didn't dare to continue looking at Zhao Zitong.

He originally expected that the contestant behind him might be a little weaker, so that the judges would give the contestants behind him a much lower score.

Even if the ones behind him were the great players, he would not be afraid.

Unexpectedly, behind him was Zhao Zitong!

If you look at it this way, the scores behind him will soar to another level!

Then...

The score that might have passed with 80 points would be immediately raised to 82 or 83?

Those contestants who might be similar to him, if they were behind some ordinary contestants, their scores would be much higher than his!

This is a bit of a mess!

Zhao Zitong did not look at the second contestant who was a little limp on the side. She just waited for a while, and after the staff moved her piano to the stage, she slowly stepped out.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Zhao Zitong.

There was no trace of stage fright on Zhao Zitong's face.

She just walked to the center of the stage very calmly, stood in the center of the stage, and looked at everyone in the concert hall.

Although, she might not be able to find He Shen...

But! She believed that He Shen would definitely look at her!

Therefore, Zhao Zitong raised the corners of her mouth suddenly, bowed hard, and sat on the piano bench of her piano!

At this moment, the voices of the staff on the stage also rang out.

"Contestant No. 3, Huaguo, Zhao Zitong!"

"Piano selection: Yamaha CFX"

"Work selection, Liszt Transcendental Etude, Hunting!"

"Transcendental Etude 8 Wild Hunt"

Under the gaze of everyone, Zhao Zitong's hands pressed down suddenly without any pause.

Boom!