After the meal, outside the restaurant.

"Teacher Shen, won't you stay for two more days?"

Qin Jian didn't know that Shen Qingci was going back to Yanjing today.

"No, it's already school, and there's still a lot going on at school. Shen Qingci said, "I'll be relieved to see you two, and I can play normally when the time comes." ”

Shen Qingci looked at Qin Jian, "Remember what I told you last time." ”

Qin Jian nodded his head vigorously twice, his teeth bared, "OK ~ Brother Shen ~"

Shen Qingci was amused by Qin Jian's words, "Okay, I'm leaving, you two pay attention to safety." He got into a taxi.

As for the others, Shen Qingci felt that he didn't need to tell anything anymore, and both of them were also players with experience in international competitions.

The two watched the car leave, "What did the teacher tell you to remember?" Duan Ran became curious.

Qin Jian: "That's really a lot. ”

Duan Ran: "The secret that can't be said?"

Qin Jian: "I can't say that. ”

Duan Ran shrugged, "Okay, then I won't ask." ”

Qin Jian put his arm around Duan Ran's shoulders and walked in the opposite direction of the car, "The teacher said-'The preliminary round is very important, even more important than the first stage of the main competition. ’”

Duan Ran: "That's it?"

Qin Jian: "This sentence is the most important. ”

...

At 15:30 p.m. the next day, Qin Jian and the two rushed here again, firstly, in the schedule manual issued by the organizing committee, Duan Ran's trial time was this afternoon, Qin Jian had to ask Duan Ran to try again, after all, most of the time yesterday morning was when he was trying, and secondly, the two of them wanted to submit the selected piano model.

Today's lobby in the Warsaw Concert Hall is much more lively than yesterday, and as soon as the two enter the door, they chatter in a hodgepodge of languages, whether white-skinned blonde or dark-skinned bald, each with a contestant card around their necks.

They also have another common trait, they are well-dressed.

The two of them each wore a hat and a work uniform, and they looked very unsociable among the players, as well as their height.

"Why do we have to wear hats?" Qin Jian asked in a low voice as he looked at the crowd around him.

"Because I didn't wash my hair. Duan Ran was neat and tidy like a cool guy.

"What about me?" Qin Jian felt aggrieved. "I even took a shower before I went out!"

"Oh, you don't understand!" Duan Ran smiled and obediently touched the back of Qin Jian's head, "Shun Shun Mao." ”

“？”

This Qin Jian didn't understand it anymore.

At 13:35, it was time for Duan Ran to try the piano, "Wait for me." Saying that, Duan Ran pressed the brim of his hat and walked into the venue where he auditioned yesterday, and the music inside could still hear the sound of some other players, which made Qin Jian a little itchy.

Qin Jian learned from Duan Ran to show his player card, and was about to walk in generously.

But the staff politely stretched out his hand and smiled and blocked him out of the door.

"Okay. Qin Jian squeezed out a very embarrassed smile.

Ten minutes is not too long, but not too short.

Qin Jian returned to the lobby and strolled around, observing his opponents by the way.

Just when he felt a little bored, the appearance of two figures outside the lobby door attracted his attention, not only him, but also other players.

Not only the male players, but also many female players also looked out the door carefully.

Everyone's eyes moved with the movement of the two figures.

"It's her. ”

Qin Jian immediately confirmed the identity of the other party, because this pair of purple pupils was too special.

He didn't expect that the other party would have such a face after taking off the mask, although Qin Jian admitted that he admired the temperament of an oriental woman more, but this face was indeed a little easy to distract.

He thinks that this woman looks like Matilda in "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", although she does not have short hair like Matilda.

Qin Jian hid under the brim of his hat and boldly watched the woman walk past in front of him.

The woman walked to the passage of the audition, but Qin Jian didn't chase her gaze, and she couldn't go in to listen, so everything was meaningless.

But he really discovered the benefits of wearing a hat.

After about five minutes, Duan Ran walked out of the passage, "Okay, it's 274s." ”

Qin Jian: "Did you record it?"

Duan Ran pursed his lips, "No recording is allowed inside." ”

"Oh," Duan Ran said, and Qin Jian immediately reacted, "Then let's go and submit the results." "I read books

Ten minutes later, the two walked out of the gates of the Warsaw Concert Hall.

"Let's go straight back to the hotel. Duan Ran said.

"What's the matter?" Qin Jian asked, "Let's have a meal and then go back." ”

Duan Ran: "I want to eat rice noodles again." ”

Qin Jian: "Didn't you just finish eating last night? There are only three packets left." ”

Duan Ran smiled: "Do you still want to eat~"

"Okay~Okay~" Qin Jian raised the brim of his hat, and he decided to send three boxes of rice noodles to Duan Ran as soon as he returned to Yanjing.

As soon as the two of them reached the side of the street, a taxi pulled up in front of them.

The red rear door was pushed open, and Fang Zongyao stepped out of the car.

As soon as Fang Zongyao raised his face, he didn't know that two old acquaintances wearing hats were looking at him in a daze.

His face froze, and he was petrified in an instant.

Qin Jian: "Didn't you say in the group that you would come to try the piano tomorrow morning?"

Just then, a small head came out of the car door.

A look up.

"Ah, Duan, you're so cool today!"

...

...

In the next paragraph, Qin Jian and the two, who vaguely lived as a small couple, basically stopped going out every day because someone delivered food.

However, the piano in the room has basically never been idle anymore, and it rings non-stop from morning to night.

The repertoire is so huge that it's no exaggeration to say that every day in the room feels like a concert.

If tickets are sold for this concert, it is estimated that many people will be willing to pay for it.

In the process, the two people listen to each other, point out suspected problems to each other, and sometimes argue from the piano to the bed because of disagreements.

But without exception, the person who won in the end was Duan Ran.

Qin Jian didn't feel that he had really lost, so he didn't sell himself honestly after taking advantage?

This small day of not envying mandarin ducks and immortals seems to have just opened the curtain of the life of the two of them preparing for the competition in Warsaw.

Wake up with the morning sun every day and spend dinner with the sunset.

In this warm hotel room, even the official opening of the 17th Chopin Competition seems to have become a little less flavorful.

However, they can't be blamed for this, firstly, there is no opening ceremony in the qualifiers, and secondly, they can't listen to the performances of other players.

The organizing committee arranged the preliminary competition time from two times a day, the first is from 10 am to 14 pm every day, and the second is from 17 pm to 20 pm every day.

The seven-hour race will last for 10 days until all 160 competitors from all over the world have completed their work.

The appearance numbers of the primaries were random, and both men were ranked in the last three days.

So the two simply stayed at home to the end.

It's also an excellent way to recharge your energy.

Compared to the world outside the room, the most lively thing is not Warsaw, but the world's major music media and the Internet.

The music press taunted the lavish jury and 160-member roster of the Chopin Competition.

On the Internet, a bold analysis and prediction of 'who will make the cut' on the public list of 160 people has begun, which can be regarded as a way for classical music lovers and netizens to participate.

"Look at this, I'm laughing to death. ”

Qin Jian was lying on the dinner table translating literature, and Duan Ran ran over with his mobile phone.

"What do you think of Qin Jian's actual performance?"

"This-" Qin Jian didn't expect his name to be on a certain point.

Duan Ran smiled, "Click in to see it, it's very exciting~"

Three minutes later.

"Isn't that?!"

I bet most of the people who answered this question had never played the piano. ”

March 16th.

The sixth day of the preliminary round has ended.