Chapter 174: Amsterdam

The Amsterdam Concertgebouw is one of the top five concert halls in the world, where the 3rd First Emperor and Four Emperors Piano Competition was held.

Unlike the 80,000-person venue where the China Grand Final was held in the Stadium, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw was built with only 2,037 seats, 44 meters long, 28 meters wide and 17 meters high.

Expertly designed to provide world-class sound insulation.

In the hall, the response time when there is no audience is 2.8 seconds.

2.2 seconds with an audience.

In order to take care of the absolute hearing of the audience, there is no sound equipment in the venue, and all the scales are directly emitted by the piano strings.

Because it is extremely closed, in the hall, even if a person is a little heavier, the audience can hear it clearly.

And if you fart, it's a thunderstorm......

The piano recital is an elegant art, but no matter how elegant, in the face of a world-class event such as the One Emperor and Four Emperors Piano Competition, the Amsterdam Music Association does not dare to slack off, although the audience in the infield hall is only more than 2,000 seats, but in the outfield, an OLED screen was erected early, and the world-class sound was used, although the timbre is slightly different from the infield, but it does not prevent the audience in the outfield from watching.

Therefore, music lovers from all over the world, anyone who has time, gather here on the day of the finals.

Although there are still two days before the start of the finals, the lawn, riverside and road outside the concert hall are already densely packed with tourists and media reporters.

Everyone is excited to take pictures and visit the Dutch capital.

When Liao Yuan and the others got off the plane, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, and there were already official staff members in the airport hall receiving them.

After some exchanges, everyone settled into a local hotel.

The contestants all had a week to reverse jet lag and practice their piano skills, but Liao Yuan was able to arrive two days before the finals.

Therefore, under the strong thunder request of Fu Xiaoci and others, Liao Yuan finally extinguished the idea of visiting the location and returned to the hotel for a full rest.

But the next day, Liao Yuan let go of himself, and jet lag did not exist.

He secretly left the hotel early in the morning, only letting Xing Tao stay by his side, and letting another bodyguard, Wang Yue, stay in the hotel, and contact him at any time if he has a situation.

Liao Yuan actually didn't want to take Xing Tao with him.

In addition to being a little unfree, the most important thing is Xing Tao, who has some tendons in his head.

He is not as calm and calm as Wang Yue, in the very beginning, once someone threatens Liao Yuan with words or eyes, Xing Tao will always stand up, move lightly with his huge physique, and then clench his fists, like a fat punch to the other party.

Even if the other party is a petite and pitiful girl, Xing Tao will seriously ask Liao Yuan for permission to fight.

Liao Yuan couldn't cry or laugh for a while.

Fortunately, Xing Tao's way of thinking is relatively simple, and he only listens to himself for any orders.

And after two months of training, Xing Tao has barely learned to observe words and feelings, and he is no longer the same as he was at the beginning, so Liao Yuan sincerely kept him by his side.

Amst's buildings are very different from those in China, with double-folded roofs, or tower-shaped roofs, and many dormer windows along the side walls along the street, each high and long, allowing for full ventilation and light.

And because it is home to the famous Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the musical atmosphere here is extremely strong.

In the streets and alleys, there are many performers playing on the streets, such as saxophone, thumb, tuba, violin, and many other instruments.

However, because the finals of the Four Emperors Competition have also brought a huge flow of people to Amsterdam, piano performance has become the best choice for outsiders to visit in recent days.

Therefore, the public pianos on many streets are almost full of spectators.

Liao Yuan bought two cups of coffee at a roadside café, handed one to Xing Tao, and the two walked the streets of Amsterdam one after the other.

Xing Tao seemed to have a deep fear of coffee, but he had to drink the coffee given by the boss.

Every time, he drank the bitter coffee as if he were drinking Chinese medicine.

Here, he had just finished drinking with his head up, and when he turned around, he found that the boss was gone.

He was startled and hurriedly searched around, but fortunately he quickly found the target.

In front of the subway platform not far away, Liao Yuan was standing there, clasping his hands, drinking coffee while looking at the public piano placed in front of the subway entrance.

At this time, the crowd was already gathering in front of the public piano.

As far as everyone could see, they saw a young man wearing a baseball cap, sitting there playing piano music happily.

The young man's face under the brim of his hat was not handsome, but it was not ugly, he was an Asian, and he looked very elegant, but when he played the piano, he seemed to have smoked a sheep's madness, and his hands not only flew wildly on the keys.

Not only that, but even the head and waist are twisted around, which creates a great attraction for passers-by.

The people around felt fresh, and from time to time someone took out their cameras to take pictures.

Xing Tao walked over, and after listening to it for a while, he was suddenly bored.

He stood in place and waited for a while, took the boss's coffee paper cup, and threw it into the trash can together, and when he came back, looking at Liao Yuan's contemplative appearance, Xing Tao suddenly said: "Boss, I need to beat ......"

"No, you don't. Liao Yuan hurriedly interrupted Xing Tao to continue.

Xing Tao immediately closed his mouth.

Liao Yuan took out his mobile phone from his body and searched for the words "Shunichi Minamino" on the search website, and soon, all the public information about the name appeared in front of him.

Looking at the photos displayed on the information, Liao Yuan smiled: "Sure enough, it's him." ”

Shunichi Minamino, the champion of the Japan and South Korea Division of the One Emperor and Four Emperors Piano Competition.

Liao Yuan had read his information before he came, so he had a deep impression of Shunichi Minamino.

In Osaka City, Neon Island, Shunichi Minamino has the title of a little piano prodigy, and he is the creator of many anime divine comedies on Neon Island, and has a high popularity among the people.

In addition, his elder brother, Shuichi Minamino, is the winner of the 2nd One Emperor Four Emperors Piano Competition.

It can be said that this guy is one of the two opponents who deserves Liao Yuan's attention the most in this event.

Liao Yuan watched the performance video of Shuichi Minamino on the Internet, and his style was more inclined to the grand pianist Lang Lang in his previous life.

When playing music, the range of movements and expressions are exaggerated, coupled with the extremely high piano playing talent, which also makes his performance style mixed with a sense of shock that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve.

This is fundamentally different from his older brother Shuichi Minamino.

The two brothers are almost a representative of a static and motionless body.

After more than ten minutes, someone at the scene finally recognized the identity of Shunichi Minamino, but Amsterdam is after all comparable to the existence of Viana, the capital of music, and the quality of the people is extremely high, no one on the scene came forward to disturb Shunichi Minamino's performance, and even the sound of walking around was much quieter.

After listening to it for a while, Liao Yuan couldn't help but feel a little itchy.

Because the current Shunichi Minamino is playing the same "Wild Bee Flying" that he played in the Chinese finals.

After the finals in China, this piano piece spread rapidly on the Internet at almost the speed of light, causing a lot of discussion in the piano circles around the world.