After the game, He Xiao returned to the hotel.

The next semi-final, the semi-finals, will be held in two days, and after this semi-final, there will be no time to rest and prepare, and will go straight to the finals in the afternoon.

It can be said that the Isabella Cup has entered its final climax.

It's like an approaching hurricane, hovering over the clouds, ready to go.

All kinds of media have seized this last opportunity to frantically write manuscripts and reports to compete for traffic.

The discussion on the Internet is just as hot, whether it is foreign or domestic, the Isabella Cup has become a hot topic in the last two days.

At the end of the quarterfinals, He Xiao went to the dinner invited by Field with Yin Miaoyi.

To his surprise, the dinner party in Field Land turned out to be a family banquet, or Chinese.

Field said that after he was old, he liked the culture of China very much, and longed for this ancient oriental country that has existed for the longest time in the world, and he has also traveled to Chang'an, Jinling, Yanjing, Hangzhou and other places for long-term stays.

During this period, she was familiar with the history books of China and learned Chinese culture, and Yin Miaozhi was met when she was traveling in Hangzhou, China.

And today's family banquet is a beef dumpling cooked by Field himself.

He Xiao looked at the old back of the chopping vegetables and stuffing in a daze, it turned out that after this piano master left the stage, he was as plain as this living being, not an eternal and brilliant god.

She was mortal, but it was the love of the world that made her shine.

Fading from the light, she is the same as you and me.

After coming back to his senses, He Xiao, as a junior, naturally couldn't let Field, who was already eighty years old, cook for him, so he hurriedly followed along with the bread dumplings.

But Field was unwilling to be idle, and was still busy with a rolling pin, not like an old lady.

In the end, He Xiao was helpless, so he had to use the ingredients from Field's house to make another side dish.

There are pork belly and noodles mailed from China, He Xiao thought about it, and made a famous Northeast dish "pork stewed vermicelli" for this respected master.

As the saying goes, "pork stewed vermicelli, hungry to death wolves howl".

As soon as this dish came out of the pot, Field, who had never set foot in the Northeast region, straightened his eyes and called it really fragrant.

As pianists, it is inevitable that the two sides will talk about piano topics during the dinner.

He Xiao's piano skills are all learned from the videos in the black phone, and it is inevitable that there are inconsiderate places.

In real life, there has never been a professional famous teacher who has taught him, and the piano class teachers who reported when he went to school were all from small places, and he didn't have too great skills.

Therefore, the conversation with a master like Field has benefited He Xiao a lot, and he has a new understanding of the art of piano.

After all, even in the last century when pianists such as Jiang Zhiqing, Field's prestige and technique were among the best, and he was once worshiped as a goddess by the European high society at that time.

Such a person is a living myth, and all that is left of his body is skills, and a little bit of it is enough for ordinary people to benefit for a lifetime.

He Xiao chatted with Field for nearly three hours, exchanging experiences with each other, and gained a lot during the process.

And Yin Miaozhi, the little witch who came to the banquet together, also learned a lot of skills about playing the piano at the dinner table, and listened to the lecture with a serious look on her delicate little face.

Perhaps it was because he was bought by pork stewed vermicelli, or because he didn't want to leave regrets when he was older, Field did not hide his personal interests and expressed his views in the field of piano all his life.

If outsiders knew that He Xiao could be so favored by Field, he would inevitably be envious and couldn't sleep.

After all, Field is the only living piano master of the last century, and her influence in the piano world is simply unparalleled.

Until He Xiao came out of Field's house, he was still recalling the knowledge about the piano in his mind, which was unheard of and unseen before.

That's the difference between a high-level pianist and an average virtuoso.

He needed to digest this knowledge and turn it into practical skills, so he went directly to the piano shop with Yin Miaozhi that night, and didn't go back to the hotel at all, staying up all night to practice the piano to confirm some of the ideas in his heart.

Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years.

He Xiao felt this way at this time.

No matter which industry you are in, when there is an experienced master to lead the way, the growth of newcomers will be twice the result with half the effort.

Although He Xiao is not a newcomer, he is equivalent to a newcomer in front of Field.

After discussing with Field, for a while, He Xiao's piano skills improved by leaps and bounds again.

The two days of preparation time spent extremely quickly in the practice.

When the day of the game comes.

He Xiao felt more confident than before.

Field came too timingly, and this teaching made He Xiao like a tiger before the final.

……

Morning.

Inside the hotel.

In He Xiao's small team, almost everyone didn't sleep well.

There will be a semi-final this morning and a grand final in the afternoon, so in this case, it would be too big to be able to fall asleep.

An invisible pressure and anticipation of the unknown permeates everyone's shoulders.

The outside world doesn't know the true face of the red face, but can the people in the small team not know?

The red face is not a European and American god, but a Chinese!

A Chinese who grew up in China!

In the 100-year history of the Isabella Cup, no Chinese player has ever entered the semi-finals, and the best result is only the quarterfinals.

But today, an unprecedented Chinese player is preparing to sprint to the semifinals and reach the finals!

Even winning the championship is still unknown.

"That Isabella Cup has been lonely for too long, and it is waiting for a master worthy of it!"

In front of the hotel, He Xiao, who was ready to go, wore sunglasses, and the palm in the bag gently frosted the red-faced mask, and thought secretly in his heart.

He Xiao is ambitious.

At first, he just set his sights on the top 16 of the Isabella Cup, thinking that it would be good to be able to return home with a layer of gold, but now that he has reached the semi-finals and all the honors are close at hand, his thoughts have changed again.

Not only did he want to win the championship, but he also had to take off the trophy that hung in the sanctuary of Isabella Academy!

The arrogant Isabella judging panel judges the awards based on the actual performance of the contestants, and if they believe that no one is qualified enough to win an award, there will be a vacancy, and there will be no replacement.

This led to the event's highest honor, the Isabella Award, which was the highest honor in the tournament, and which was unclaimed for a hundred years.

For a century, it didn't wait for a player to take it away.

So winning the championship is nothing.

To be able to take away this trophy and break the century-old historical record, that is really a worthwhile trip!