The crowd quieted down.

After the Elizabeth Piano Competition, Liao Yuan, as the champion, flew to the White House to play for the first time, and President Kennedy's praise made Liao Yuan's name famous in the United States, which made Sean feel a little uncomfortable.

Although he was also favored by Kennedy, he was only privately entertained by Mr. President, but he was not eligible to participate in a state banquet of this level.

Well, if it was himself, he had won Elizabeth's Gold Award before......

Maybe one day in the future, I will attend such a feast?

This hypothesis is very possible, so Sean feels that it is necessary for him to have a head-to-head battle with Liao Yuan again.

This time in "The Pianist at Sea", after hearing that there was a rivalry with Liao Yuan, he had this plan early.

However, for Liao Yuan's skills, he witnessed it with his own eyes and admired it, so he naturally didn't dare to take it lightly.

For Sean, he originally lost to Liao Yuan in the regular event, so this private battle, it is not a big deal to lose, if he wins, it is worth saying.

Liao Yuan raised his eyebrows, looked at Sean who seemed to be smiling, and said directly without thinking about it: "As you wish." ”

The set suddenly boiled.

Liao Yuan explained that the photographer started the camera to shoot, and then said to Sean, "You come first?"

Sean took a deep breath, suppressed the battle intent in his heart, and said very gentlemanly: "Okay then, I follow your advice." ”

According to the plot set by the script, he put a cigarette on the piano stand, and then sat down very gentlemanly, and began to play it in the eyes of everyone on the set.

His playing is not fast, but it is full of rhythm, like the sparkling lines of the lake, which is refreshing, and the dark fingers beat briskly on the keys.

This is the original music that he was inspired to prepare after returning from the competition, which he named "Light and Shadow".

It was a piece that he was very satisfied with, and he thought that even if it was comparable to the great composers in history, it was not far behind.

In fact, "Light and Shadow" does have such quality, even compared with historical masterpieces, it is not inferior in the slightest.

In the decade after 2020, there is no doubt that a group of young pianists such as Liao Yuan, Sean, and Lin Weiyin have become the mainstay of the music scene of this era.

There are many lovers of classical music creation at the scene, and it is precisely because they are well versed in this way that many people are secretly frightened by Sean's "Light and Shadow".

Such an outstanding pianist was defeated in the hands of Liao Yuan, so how powerful is Liao Yuan, as the champion?

Sean's performance became better and better, and the sound of the piano began to become high from the original soothing, and gradually became like a storm, showing super high playing skills, but even so, the cigarette on the piano stand still did not move at all, which especially tested the player's rhythmic grasp.

Soon, the song ended, and the audience erupted in applause.

Sean stood up and picked up the cigarette, his face beaming.

Obviously, he was very satisfied with the performance, and he was equally satisfied with his latest composition.

Liao Yuan didn't know what to say.

Sean's performance is absolutely perfect, and this piece is absolutely excellent, but in terms of personal skills and emotional interpretation, he seems to be a little behind, perhaps because his personal experience is too simple, so that it exposes too many blanks in his personal inner world.

The Elizabeth contest didn't help him in the slightest, so this time, Liao Yuan definitely taught him a lesson.

Sitting in front of the piano, the scene was completely quiet, Liao Yuan raised his hands and recalled the music that suddenly flashed in his mind - "Phantom Day".

This piece of music is a piece composed by the composer Shirley in her previous life, which has won many international awards and has swept major social platforms around the world.

There is no technical comparison between this piece and "Light and Shadow", if you take it seriously, "Phantom Day" is even lagging behind in terms of technique, but the power of "Phantom Day" to impact the inner emotions of human beings is exactly what "Light and Shadow" lacks.

Therefore, when the prelude to "Phantom Day" just sounded, Sean, who was still smiling, instantly stiffened his face.

"Hmm, what's the song?"

"Did the director win, or did he lose?"

"Sounds good, but looking at the way the director plays, it doesn't seem to be as good as that black man?"

"It's really simple in terms of technique, but I seem to like this piece played by Mr. Liao more?"

"I really think Mr. Liao plays well, but Mr. Liao's fingering looks too simple......

"Auditory, I think Director Liao is very good, but visually, that Sean is really awesome......"

Someone at the scene whispered, but only the person concerned, Sean, stood in place in a daze, the cigarette that had just been lit in his hand was always in a static state, and the burning ash gradually turned into a strip.

As the saying goes, insiders look at the doorway, and laymen look at the liveliness.

Sean knew that Liao Yuan was educating himself in his unique way.

At this moment, for the first time, he felt a sense of shame that his skills were not as good as others.

The strip of soot in his hand finally broke off and fell on his shoes, spilling full of loss.

At this time, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, there was a commotion at the scene, many people exclaimed, Sean came back to his senses, and suddenly looked back, and saw Liao Yuan, who was playing the piano, suddenly collapsed.

......

Liao Yuan felt that his head hurt.

When playing the music "Phantom Day", his mind floated, and a clip appeared in his brain when he watched the score of "Phantom Day" in his previous life, which was the picture of the agent holding his mobile phone in the lounge of the set and swiping Douyin, and at a certain moment, the music of "Phantom Day" appeared in Liao Yuan's ears like this, which made him feel a little amazing.

Out of interest, Liao Yuan asked his agent to summon the tune of the piece "Phantom Day", and after a brief look at the score, he knew all the melodies by heart.

Just now, as he recalled these notes, the tadpoles on the score, suddenly like locusts transiting, buzzed into his mind one by one, and then touched his nerve endings, giving him the greatest sense of realism and feeding back to his fingertips.

He was very satisfied, immersed in the performance, but suddenly, he felt a little difficult to breathe, the rapid operation of his brain before, made him a little dizzy, and even had a feeling of nausea in his heart like riding a roller coaster and wanted to vomit.

Then, he felt that the tip of his nose was salty and itchy.

Subconsciously looked down, and saw a drop of bright red liquid just spilled on the back of his hand and on the keys.

"Holy, here again?"

The next moment, in the midst of an exclamation, his eyes went black, and he fell down with a pop.

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Thank you Shan Qingying and Brother Shu for the reward of cultivating life

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