Jiang Chao's biggest opponent is a girl from an island country. Jiang Chao watched the girl's performance in the audience.

The girl's name is Kondo, and she can't be said to be beautiful, but she has a lot of temperament...... Temperament is a mysterious and mysterious thing, just like the lipstick of a girl in the eyes of a straight man. The girl has it on her lips, and she can't find it if she doesn't pay attention to it, but when the girl doesn't, it will make the straight man feel that something is missing.

Kondo Yumi is small, with short hair and a calm look. But when she started playing, her small size had great strength. She chose a turbulent song, like a waterfall, and when she played it, it was hard to imagine how her thin arms burst out with such great power that it actually warmed up the whole competition scene.

Jiang Chao has been observing Yumi Kondo.

In terms of the degree of completion of the song, Kondo Yumi is not so perfect. At least Jiang Chao heard her play three wrong notes, and of course the judges could hear it, because each contestant was evaluated under a magnifying glass.

So, in terms of completion, Kondo's beautiful performance is flawed, although it is not big and not fatal, but it does have it.

But on an emotional level, there is nothing to fault with Kondo's beautiful playing. Whether it's a free rhythm or a light or heavy tone, it's all great.

It's the taste of Chopin.

The last criterion is the subjective aspect of the judges. Some judges like this style of playing, and her score in this area will be higher, and some judges will not like it, maybe it will be lower. But it doesn't matter, this part won't be worth a lot of points – and the judges' tastes won't vary greatly.

In the first round, Jiang Chao's performance was stable, and if you want to quantify it with numerical values, he has roughly copied the perfect version in his mind by 18%. And Kondo's beautiful performance, according to Jiang Chao's standards, is about 14%.

Naturally, Jiang advanced with a first-place finish, while Yumi Kondo advanced to the next round with a second-place finish.

After the first round, Yumi Kondo found Jiang Chao.

"Hello. Kondo's voice is also very small, but it is clear.

Looking at Kondo Yumi up close, Jiang Chao felt that this girl should be a gentle person. She may be one meter six, or she may only be one meter five, but it doesn't matter, anyway, the difference of a few centimeters will not change the reality that she has to look up at Jiang Chao.

From this angle, Jiang Chao could just see the whirlpool on Kondo's graceful head. Her hair was cleanly washed and no dandruff was visible.

And if Kondo Yumi is a little lower, you can see Jiang Chao's nostrils - nose hair, Jiang Chao will trim it.

"Hello. Jiang Chao also responded politely.

"You're doing a great job, so I took the liberty of stopping by to say hello to you. Kondo smiled, revealing a tiger tooth.

When Jiang Chao saw Huya, he remembered Su Yan. Shaking his head and smiling, "You're great too." ”

Then, Kondo Yumi sat down next to Jiang Chao.

Although the results of the rankings are already known, it will be a little longer before the official announcement of the list of those who will advance to the next round. Taking advantage of this gap, Kondo Yumi took the initiative to chat with Jiang Chao.

"What's your favorite musician?"

"Hmm...... Liszt's bar. ”

"Oh, I like Lang Lang. ”

Then, Kondo Yuyumi talked to herself about why she liked Lang Lang, and she said that Lang Lang's performance had a unique magic that made her immerse herself in the notes.

Jiang Chao responded nonchalantly. It can be seen that Kondo Yumi wants to make friends with him, but Jiang Chao has always been Buddhist in making friends. In the eyes of outsiders, Jiang Chao's attitude is called coldness.

And Kondo Yumi obviously did not retreat because of Jiang Chao's coldness. When the list of those who entered the next round was announced, Kondo Yumi naturally asked Jiang Chao for the Penguin.

Jiang Chao thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "Who taught you Chinese?"

Kondo was stunned, "I've been in China since I was nine years old. ”

"Oh. Jiang Chao asked this question because he felt that Kondo's beautiful personality was not like a girl from an island country, and it was said that girls from an island country would not be so proactive, and he didn't know if it was true.

In the end, Jiang Chao still added Kondo's beautiful penguin, and he glanced at Kondo's beautiful information, 23 years old.

......

The second round was three days later, which meant Jiang Chao had to wait another three days.

Jiang Chao planned to find a piano to practice and maintain his feel. After telling Ding Xuan his thoughts, Ding Xuan thought for a while: "I'll help you find a way." ”

In this way, Jiang Chao only needs to wait for news.

Ding Xuan is worthy of being a local, and he got a piano that Jiang Chao could practice that afternoon. It's in their school's piano room.

"But you'll have to go over and practice it yourself...... I won't let you move out. Ding Xuan was a little embarrassed, in his opinion, he had to move the piano to Jiang Chao to "get it".

The two came to school on motorcycles.

Ding Xuan's high school hardware is not as good as Jiang Chao's. As soon as you enter the school gate, construction is going on everywhere.

"Alas, the school is going to be restructured, there are a lot of people investing, a lot of new buildings are going to be built, and a lot of new teachers are coming, but the regulations have also become a lot more, I don't know if it's good or bad. Ding Xuan spread his hands, but he is about to graduate, so he doesn't have to worry about whether the industrialization of education is good or bad.

Jiang Chao followed Ding Xuan to the piano room.

There are people in the piano room, and a female teacher is taking a few students.

The female teacher is chubby, likes to laugh, and seems to have a good personality.

Ding Xuan went in to greet the teacher: "Teacher, my friend is here." ”

Not only the female teacher, but also several students of the female teacher looked at Jiang Chao.

The students were preparing to take the art exam, and the teacher was the teacher who was tutoring the art exam, and they all heard that Jiang Chao was participating in the Texas International Piano Competition.

The cruelty of the Texas International Piano Competition is known to piano art candidates. Jiang Chao entered the second round, and he was still in first place, and in their eyes, he was a god-like existence.

After Jiang Chao came in, everyone quieted down, and several girls secretly looked at Jiang Chao.

"Is it okay now?" Ding Xuan asked.

The female teacher smiled and said, "Yes, yes." We just got out of class. ”

Jiang Chao noticed that several students were packing their things. But Jiang Chao's arrival made them all stop.

After a moment's hesitation, a girl boldly asked, "Can you listen to it next to you?"

Immediately, a girl added: "We promise not to make a sound!"

Ding Xuan looked at Jiang Chao.

"Absolutely. Jiang Chao smiled.

The female teacher heard the students say this, and although she did not say anything, her actions already showed that she also wanted to stay and enjoy the first place in the first round - she stood up and stood next to the piano.

In this way, Jiang Chao began to practice under the watchful eyes of several spectators.

The Texas International Piano Competition is also a piano competition with the original intention of commemorating Chopin, so the prescribed repertoire is Chopin's music.

Jiang Chao's choice for the second round was Sonata 35.

Jiang Chao pondered for a while, and everyone quieted down, looking at Jiang Chao intently.

Quiescence.