The day after the opening ceremony, Liu Yan accompanied Li Xiaoru to the city of Bolzano, the site of the piano competition, or took the private plane, and the whole journey took less than 30 minutes.

The two got off the plane and went straight to the location designated by the competition committee to report, there were a total of 30 finalists in the finals, Li Xiaoru was the one who came relatively late, and the only player who was not accompanied by a mentor. But her fame is well-known, and not long ago videos of street piano performances are still circulating on the Internet. And last night's red carpet ceremony, how could the staff of the Piano Competition Committee who were also in Italy not know.

What's more, Li Xiaoru was accompanied by the princess of the Han Dynasty, and the young pianists from all over the world who were waiting to listen to the arrangements and prepare for the draw saluted them, including teenage piano geniuses, proud disciples of the world's top pianists, and students of top music schools. In terms of music background, Li Xiaoru, who was born as an Internet celebrity, is probably the worst.

Li Xiaoru didn't feel nervous at all, probably because she walked through the star-studded red carpet, talked to a superstar of Alan's level in the same mirror, and Liu Yan gave her courage by her side.

The final is divided into three rounds, the first round of the competition will be held in the afternoon of the Porzano City Concert Hall, the competition is in the form of a solo, the contestants choose their own songs, the competition committee does not limit the difficulty, but the scoring will be based on the difficulty as appropriate.

Li Xiaoru has already reported her own repertoire in advance Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto No. 3", which is called "the most difficult work in the world to play".

Her idea is very simple, after the first round of competition, 30 people will eliminate 20 people, if she passes, it will be the top 10, not to mention anything else, at least it is safe to stay at Julia to study for a master's degree, and in the next two rounds of competition, she can also respond more calmly.

And the other players don't have such a big psychological burden, they are students of famous schools and famous teachers, no one stipulates that they must enter the top 10 in exchange for any honor, they have time to take their time, Li Xiaoru does not!

No matter how difficult the repertoire is, in the final analysis, it is still about skill, skill and hand speed, Li Xiaoru practiced this piece desperately during this time, playing it at least 10 times a day on average, and even sleeping and dreaming at night, her fingers were still moving. After practicing to this extent, she doesn't believe that she can't get by!

Hard work pays off, plus good luck - Li Xiaoru drew lots to No. 27, as we all know, in art competitions, the later you appear, the higher the score, because at the beginning of the competition, the judges did not know the overall situation of the contestants, and did not dare to score high scores at will, and the contestants who appeared in front were often pressed points.

Therefore, Li Xiaoru successfully passed the first round of the competition, but it was just a narrow pass, and she just ranked 10th.

A total of 12 judges participated in the scoring, each with a score of 10 points, after removing the highest score and the lowest score, and then calculating the average score, Li Xiaoru's score was 9.03, only 0.03 points higher than the latter. Three judges gave Li Xiaoru a very low score, but fortunately, two judges gave her a high score of 9.8 at the same time, pulling her score back.

One of them, Li Xiaoru knows, is the visiting professor at the Juilliard School who once helped her enter the preliminary round without being selected, and the other judge is a pianist from France, Li Xiaoru has heard of her name and has also seen her performance videos on the Internet, perhaps for this reason, when the opening host introduced the judges, she felt that the female judge looked familiar.

The second round of the competition will be three days later, and the repertoire of this round will be decided by the judges, which means that 10 contestants will play the same song, and the song will not be announced until the day of the competition. In this way, the difficulty has directly risen to a level, don't look at everyone taking the same question, just think that they are on the same starting line, on the contrary, this can expose the shortcomings of weaker people, and there is no harm if there is no comparison.

And I don't know the repertoire, I don't know how to train in a targeted manner for three days. Li Xiaoru began to get nervous again, but the domestic news about her was hyped up on the hot search. Because Liu Yan took a video of Li Xiaoru's performance in the first round of the competition with her mobile phone and posted it on Weibo, with the text, "Come on, Xiaoru, you are the best!"

In the video, Li Xiaoru is wearing a backless red evening dress, sitting in front of a black piano, playing the keyboard with full devotion, and her flexible fingers are faster than that of a robot, which is dizzying. Netizens are not professionals, looking at this tall performance occasion, looking at Li Xiaoru's style of being a pianist, they think she is so cheating, and they all think that she must have a proper full score, the first place, and win glory for the country.

As a result, Liu Yan announced the results on Weibo and said that Li Xiaoru was ranked 10th and entered the second round at the end. Netizens were dissatisfied, and left a message at the bottom to ask Liu Yan if there was a shady game, race, ethnicity, disagreement, or something.

A netizen named "NANA" left a message sarcastically saying to these people, "You think too much, Li Xiaoru is a self-proclaimed pianist, do you really regard her as a pianist? There are thousands of people who learn piano in China and the world, and how many pianists can be produced every year? From childhood to adulthood, after repeated examinations and screenings, after repeated competitions, preliminary rounds, and semi-finals, in the piano circle, it is even more difficult to become famous and climb to the top than to ascend to the sky. What pianist who has become famous has not been through a hundred battles and stepped on countless losers. Li Xiaoru was able to sneak into the finals of the Busoni Piano Competition, using disgraceful means, no Liu Yan, no hype, she is not bullshit. Wait and see, she won't make it past the second round. ”

This comment caused the outrage of countless people.

"Upstairs is looking for scolding. ”

"Isn't this a fishing sticker?"

"Li Xiaoru is not bullshit, what are you?"

"If Li Xiaoru passes, do you plan to eat your phone live?"

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The more people scold this comment, the more popular it becomes, and this person really replied to netizens, "Okay, if Li Xiaoru passes the second round, I will give you a live broadcast and eat your mobile phone!"

These two comments were quickly pushed to the top, and Liu Yan also saw it, the familiar screen name, the familiar tone of voice, she always felt that the other party was their former classmate Wang Nina.

After Wang Nina was expelled from school, she almost disappeared, and Liu Yan later heard that she was sent back to her hometown to quit du, and there was no news after that. Now seeing Wang Nina's message that she did not hide her pantothenic jealousy and hatred, Liu Yan had a mixed feeling, the former Wang Nina was even better than Li Xiaoru.