"Don't talk to us about that! Oh shit, you don't know how much blood those damn guys sucked us! If I could vote, I'd love to vote!"

Jiang Chao listened to the taxi driver complaining in a daze.

Before he arrived in Texas, Jiang Chao really didn't have the opportunity to learn about these things that foreigners didn't know about the beautiful country.

Texas is arguably the most maverick state in the beautiful country. It's unique in many ways — for example, it's the state with the most guns, for example, NBA stars play here and pay the least amount of taxes, for example, the unique accent and the girls speak extra sexy......

Texans identify with Texas more than they identify with a beautiful country. It depended on the fact that Texas joined the Union as an independent republic, and if there were saboteurs who tried to divide the beautiful country, Texas would be the easiest to get in on the people's side. Just now, Jiang Chao talked to the driver about the relationship between other states and Texas, and the driver was very angry, he thought that people from other states had sucked the blood of Texas.

The taxi driver laughed: "You don't know, in our state, the state flag is higher than the national flag." Our state's economy is second in the entire Union, and all states except California are sucking our blood!"

Without interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, Jiang Chao had no choice but to smile.

"By the way, our state is different from other states, our girls love sports, and the number of obese people is the lowest in the whole federation, you look at the sexy and hot girls on the street! Look, how many girls like to wear hot pants and short skirts! In addition, we have the world-famous barbecue, and our rocket ......" Speaking of Texas, the driver has undisguised pride in his eyes, gushing.

Jiang Chao couldn't say a word, so he had to laugh all the way and listen to the driver's bragging.

Finally, the driver drove the car to the door of a luxurious hotel at his destination. "Man, you've arrived at your destination! It's been such a pleasure to talk to you, you're such a talkative guy!"

Jiang Chao got out of the car, heard the driver's "talkative guy", was silent, involuntarily fell into deep thought, and then sighed.

In Texas, Jiang Chao expected to stay for a short time, and his driver's license was unusable, so he did not choose to rent a car.

Jiang Chao glanced up at the hotel signboard, and Jiang Chao stepped in.

……

The organizing committee of the competition gave the best treatment to the finalists. The hotel is a five-star luxury hotel and is equipped with a special practice piano. As soon as he entered the hotel, there were etiquette staff who came up to greet Jiang Chao warmly, and the waitress respectfully brought him disposable clean towels and slippers.

But thinking about the fee paid to enter the final of the German Prize, Jiang Chao sighed, and felt that it was nothing. The Derby Prize is charged once per round and is expensive. If you don't have a good family, it's hard to participate.

In Texas, Jiang Chao didn't wander around anymore. Not because of security. In fact, gun awareness is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people here, except for a very small number of crazy people and neurotics who will break the law with guns, the vast majority of people and criminals with a little sense will weigh it when they want to rob. The security here is not bad.

The reason that prompted Jiang Chao to stay in the hotel honestly was that he felt that his ability to reproduce that natural sound had a faint sense of breakthrough. So before the competition, Jiang Chao was practicing the piano when he had time.

However, the final is a concerto, with the addition of the orchestra, it may not be possible to improve alone, Jiang Chao is also very helpless, after all, it is impossible for him to find an orchestra to spar when practicing, right?

Time passed quickly, and two days later it was the day of the race.

Before the game, Jiang Chao had a video call with his parents, and it could be seen that although both of them agreed that Jiang Chao would fly freely, they were still very concerned in their hearts. Most of the time when chatting, Jiang Chao is talking. Jiang Chao shared with them what he had seen and heard in the beautiful country, and heard Milan and Jiang Jin laughing on the other end of the video, and chatted for two or three hours unconsciously, Jiang Chao noticed that his mother's eyelids were already fighting, and suddenly realized that it was the middle of the night in China, and he was a little ashamed, he should have taken the initiative to call his parents in the middle of the night! So, Jiang Chao reluctantly said good night to his parents and hung up the video call.

At this time, it was noon and the sun was shining. Jiang Chao looked at the warm sun through the window, and his heart was also warm.

……

It's the day of the competition.

The final is different from the previous two rounds, both in terms of attention and otherwise.

When Jiang Chao entered the concert hall from the special passage in the car arranged by the organizing committee, he caught a glimpse of many luxurious cars in the open-air parking lot in front of the concert hall. There is even no shortage of luxury brands like Rolls-Royce.

Most of the listeners who got off the famous cars were relatively old, and they rarely saw young people. This is just the opposite of Huaguo, which is biased towards concert listeners. Jiang Chao thought about it. In fact, the reason is also very easy to analyze, no matter what country, the people who listen to classical concerts are probably people with extremely high artistic taste and wealthy families - the ticket price of the concert is not cheap. In Western countries, those who are wealthy and have a good taste in art tend to be older and powerful who control the resources of society. In China, the older ones may be wealthy, but they may not be able to understand classical music.

Watching many celebrities hug, kiss and say hello to each other. Jiang Chao couldn't help but get a little excited. Fu Cong, Lang Lang, Li Yundi, Wang Yujia These predecessors have conquered these Western middle-class and above people, so today, I want to inherit their mantle, but also let the name of the Chinese people resound on the stage of the German Prize!

Since the inception of the German Prize, not to mention the Chinese, even the whole of Asia, no one has won the gold medal.

Jiang Chao looked out the car window, and Maitherine next to him said with a smile: "Among the major piano competitions, the German Prize can be said to be the most expensive competition. Not only the venue facilities, but also because the Derby Prize is the most popular music festival for the elite. Because the organizer of the German Prize, the Huaye family is a big family with a deep heritage, and their family has close contacts with many upper-class figures, so there are many celebrities in the German Prize every five years. ”

Jiang Chao couldn't help but glance at Mercelyn in surprise, these things were not something he could know.

After entering the concert hall, Jiang Chao didn't expect to meet an acquaintance again.

Just sat down in the contestant's seat, suddenly someone behind him gently shouted in Chinese: "Jiang Chao——"

Jiang Chao turned around suspiciously, saw the person who called his name, and was stunned for half a second before laughing: "Kondo Yuki, why are you here?"

It was the opponent Jiang Chao met in the Huaguo Division, Yumi Kondo.

Kondo Yumi was as quiet as ever, and she smiled politely: "I asked an elder in the family to find a ticket for me." ”

"Your elder?"

Kondo nodded: "He is the conductor of the orchestra this time." ”