Perhaps at this time, Robert, like many contestants, was happily drinking carbonated drinks and eating popcorn, waiting for the surprise result in the cinema for a while.

He felt that his performance was okay in the first round, and one of his teachers was on the phone last night to discuss with him about playing for the next round.

With some encouragement from his teacher, he was determined to put in a better performance in the next round, and he admitted that the No. 57 behind him was a formidable opponent, but he was undaunted.

He's hoping to go head-to-head with his opponent in the next round.

At this point, Robert was a Polish man with a real temperament.

Like the one of his many Polish teachers who called him, Gerry Alto.

...

Gliotto's mood at this time was more than frustrated.

He sat in the corner of the conference table with his head bowed and his hands clasped.

He didn't want to deal with any of his colleagues around him.

His proudest student was no longer in the next round, and he was a little sad about it.

As Robert's piano teacher, he was reluctant to accept the result of 7 votes.

He even thinks that Robert's ranking in the 40th place is an unreal thing in itself.

But even so, he did not point the fierce ideological spearhead at any of the judges of his own nationality or other countries who did not vote for Robert, nor did he hold a grudge against the Russian judges who voted for 'his own people'.

The dust has settled, the voting is over, Robert is out in 41st place, and that's it.

There was nothing he could do to change anything.

After collecting the information of all 40 finalists, the old notary sealed the data and left with his assistant.

The review was over, which was not too long.

The judges left their seats one after another.

The Russian judges left together, and several of the neutral judges also left in a group.

The rest of the Polish judges nodded in the direction of Branhano and Andrzej before leaving, and they also looked like they were in a group.

The judges will also have a rare time to relax for half a day.

Tomorrow the game will continue, and although their workload has been cut in half, they will have to work harder.

As president of the jury, Branhano deserves to be left last.

And Andrzema, who was beside him, didn't raise his buttocks, and the old man just raised his hand with a few judges who greeted him before leaving.

Andrzey's gaze kept falling on Alto, who was silent in the corner of the conference table.

After everyone had left, Branhano looked beside him, then at Alto, and sighed inwardly.

Although he wanted to talk to Andrzej about Robert's grading, he still chose to save the teacher's time to his junior brother, not to mention that he couldn't say anything in front of Alto.

In 1990, he and Alto were admitted to the Warsaw Conservatory in the same autumn, and at the same time were admitted to Andrzej to study piano.

More than twenty years later, Branhano knows what Alto was like.

On stage, the other party may be a steady pianist, but in private he is definitely a competitive and fragile child, and sometimes he is cautious.

The two quarreled more than once during their college years over who took whose sheet music, and almost every time Alto provoked the dispute first.

Later, after graduating from college, the two also had unpleasant encounters in several public concerts.

By the beginning of 98, the feud between the two had almost developed to the point of incompatibility.

It wasn't until Branhano won the 14th championship that the relationship between the two gradually eased, and the reason for this is unknown.

But détente is only détente.

Branhano and Andrzene looked at each other, and Andrzee gave him a 'Rest assured' look.

Then Branhano thlattered away.

As he passed Alto's side, he slowed down and patted his hair on the shoulder.

After leaving the conference room, Branhano went straight back to his office, where he had to prepare for the six o'clock results presentation, and by the way, he needed a quiet space to think about some questions.

...

At this time, the slightly empty conference room was only Andrzej and Alto.

Andrzej got up and slowly walked over to Alto and sat down.

Alto turned his face to look at Andrzey, the old man's kind face soothing his discomfort to a certain extent.

In his eyes, Andrzey is as kind as his father.

"Teacher. Alto shouted.

Andrzej smiled: "Robert is an excellent Polish pianist, and we can see that. ”

Otto felt uncomfortable again, he wanted to say yes to be a teacher, but he had no chance to prove himself.

Andrzej understood Alto's state of mind at this time, and he went on to express his opinion: "His piano career has just begun, and his future piano road is still very long, and this is just a competition. ”

Alto nodded, he thought of himself, of his defeat in the Chopin Competition 15 years ago, but now that he looked at it, he was also sitting in the position of a judge of the Chopin Competition, a pianist with a reputation in the country.

Andrze: "You have to do a good job of psychological counseling for him, which is also your job as a teacher, understand?"

Thinking of his other duty, Alto sighed, and indeed as the teacher said.

Seeing that Alto's face was gradually getting better, Andrzea grinned dryly, and the corners of his wrinkled eyes looked even more crowded.

Moment.

He sighed soothingly.

"A game is a game, and even the great Chopin has no way to favor our players," Andrzej's tone seemed to accentuate the words 'our players', "but don't hold a grudge against the Russians, and do the rest of the work seriously." ”

Alto seemed to think of something from these words, and he was still thinking about it, when Andrzee stood up with his shoulders on his shoulder.

"Go Alto, you can find time to go out to dinner with Lina and the kids tonight. ”

"Take a break. ”

"The game has just begun. ”

After the kind old man sent his middle-aged disciple away, he closed the door and returned to his seat.

He is more accustomed to sitting in Brancano's position and watching the projector, which is an angle that makes his neck more comfortable.

At this time, the information of the top 40 players on the projector has all been disclosed, except for the average score.

There are still 5 Polish players left in the 40 players, and each Polish player's 'yes' is shown in red when they get a 'number'.

After a few moments, his phone vibrate.

A number without remarks.

...

...

Branhano, who returned to the office, called his assistant first, and he asked him to drive the car to the entrance of the Chopin Institute at 17:30 and wait for him.

Then he sat down to do his work, took out a pen and paper, and began to write.

As the chairman of the jury of this year's Chopin Competition, he had an obligation to clarify some questions.

What caught his attention more than the result of the reballot was the shape of the reballot.

Robert got 9 votes on stage, but only 7 votes in the conference room, which in itself is unreasonable.

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