Utrecht, a city in central the Netherlands, is the capital of the province of Utrecht and an important port along the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. Water transport center, railway hub.

Utrecht is a small town, but it's a beautiful city, and it's also a city with a lot of art. Every year, hundreds of thousands of tourists come here from all over the world. Utrecht is famous for its Episcopal Tower, the tallest clock tower in the Netherlands, the ultra-modern Central Station and the shopping centre of Hoog Catharijne. In April, however, the main attraction is the Herman Hertzbergers Vredenburg Music Center.

It is a building with a strong Gothic style, or rather, it is more appropriate to describe it as a "building complex". The Herman Hertzbergers Vredenburg Music Centre is built in the heart of the entire city of Utrecht, with tens of thousands of square meters of buildings nestled among tall plane trees, red brick walls and cyan spires, exuding an old-fashioned and artistic flavor.

The buildings are scattered irregularly, but they have a quiet and natural beauty, there is a small fountain in the small square in front of the music center, and on a pedestal about three meters high in the center, there is a bronze statue of the pianist Liszt, which seems to tell people about the legendary life of the music master.

Liszt was a great pianist, styler, and romantic master of the 19th century, known as the "King of the Piano". He composed many piano works during his lifetime, the most famous of which include thirteen preludes such as "Tasso", "Hungary", "Prelude", "Majepa", "Prometheus", nineteen Hungarian rhapsodies, twelve advanced etudes, etc. These are all known as the pearls in the treasure trove of piano art. At the same time, these pieces are also known for their difficulty, and it is those pianists who refer to Liszt's pieces. It is also "daunting".

It is precisely for this reason that the Liszt Cup International Piano Competition, held here every four years, is also known as one of the highest piano competitions in the world. It is as famous as Poland's "Chopin Cup" and Moscow's "Tchaikovsky Cup", and even because of its strict selection criteria, its fame has faintly ranked first among the three major piano competitions.

April is the season for the Liszt Cup International Piano Competition.

A huge Airbus roared down at the airport in Utrecht. The cabin door slowly opened, and the passengers inside stepped off the plane one after another.

Liu Yufan and Wang Yujia got off the plane, retrieved their respective luggage in the waiting room, and dragged all the way to the outside of the airport. This is the second time Liu Yufan has come to a foreign country. Unlike the last time I visited Moscow, the climate here is very pleasant. Liu Yufan looked up at the sky above his head, and it was so thorough. in the country. He'd never seen such a clean sky. Taking a breath of the air here also gave him a very clean feeling. Before coming here. He did some homework and knew that this city was a famous tourist city in the Netherlands, and the environment was very good, but only when he saw it in person, he knew how good it was. Looking around, those buildings are not necessarily very luxurious, and even compared with Beijing, there are many fewer high-rise buildings, but they give people a neat, quiet, comfortable beauty, a little less boring, more calm, it is indeed a good city.

"Yufan, it's beautiful here." Wang Yujia dragged the box and chatted with Liu Yufan with a smile while looking around. She wore a black style today, with long black hair fluttering, a pair of wide brown sunglasses, covering half of her delicate melon seed face, looking very stary, and at the same time with the unique charm of oriental women. There were even some bold and enthusiastic people who came up to talk to them, but most of them were kind and not very annoying. "Well, it's good, although it's not big, but it looks like a small jasper, and the pace here looks very slow, it should be a very suitable place to live." Liu Yufan said with a smile and Chen Siying.

"Of course, this is one of the fifty most livable cities in the world, I have long wanted to come here to play, this time to come to the competition, I must take this opportunity to visit here, Yu Fan, can you accompany me to visit." Wang Yujia said with a smile, there was some coquettishness in that tone.

"Hehe, that, senior sister, I think it's better to wait until the game is over." Hearing the word shopping, Liu Yufan felt a tingling on his scalp, and couldn't help but think of the situation when he accompanied Chen Siying to go shopping, it was called a horror, Liu Yufan felt that he had good physical strength, but he had accompanied Chen Siying to go shopping a few times, and when he returned home, he felt that the foot was not his own.

"Well, too, hey Yufan, do you think that one is here to pick us up?" Wang Yujia suddenly pointed to the front and said.

Liu Yufan looked in the direction of her finger, and there was a row of signs holding up the airport, one of which was printed with a beautiful treble clef and the words "2000.Liszt" to attract Liu Yufan's attention. Looking at the logo, Liu Yufan immediately affirmed the identity of the other party, because the invitation he received a few days ago also had the same logo on it.

"Hehe, that's right, let's hurry over, I didn't expect the organizer to think quite thoughtfully." Liu Yufan said, hurriedly followed Wang Yujia, and the two of them came to the man together.

Holding a sign is a young man in a red and blue casual suit and a peaked cap. He has a height that is not inferior to Liu Yufan, but he looks much thinner than Liu Yufan.

"excuseme......" Yuja Wang stepped forward, spoke fluent English, and talked to the person holding the sign. After chatting for a few words, Chen Siying took out the invitation letter from the handbag on her shoulder, and at the same time motioned for Liu Yufan to also take out her invitation letter and hand it over.

The foreigner holding the sign saw the invitation letter in the hands of the two people, and the expression on his face immediately became enthusiastic, and he smiled and gave each of them a hug. When Liu Yufan saw that buddy hugging Wang Yujia, it was obvious that it had been a little longer, and he couldn't help but secretly laugh that foreigners would take advantage of beautiful women when they saw them.

Seeing Wang Yujia and the man talking fluently, he only understood a few words after listening hard for a long time, Liu Yufan couldn't help but sigh. Aren't all the male pigs who travel through the heart novels super intelligence, brain development or something? Why is there nothing left when you come to yourself? Hey, if I could speak English so fluently, I wouldn't be blind here.

While pondering there, Wang Yujia had already finished the conversation with that person, turned to look at Liu Yufan and said with a smile: "Yufan, this is the staff arranged by the conference team of the competition to pick up the airport, his name is Kevin, let's go with him, he will take us to the hotel where we stay." ”

"Okay, anyway, I'm here with a black eye, just follow you." Liu Yufan said with a smile.

"Giggles, aren't you afraid I'll sell you?" Wang Yujia looked at Liu Yufan and quipped.

"No problem, the scenery here is so good, if you really sell me here and be a son-in-law or something, I have to thank you." Liu Yufan said half-jokingly.

"Haha, okay, then it's decided, when my sister is free, I'll find you a Dutch beauty, I heard that the women here are very enthusiastic." Wang Yujia seemed to like to make Liu Yufan happy, and said while walking.

Kevin stopped a taxi on the side of the road, said a few words to the driver, and put the two people in the car, but did not get into the car with them, but said goodbye to the two and continued to pick up the airport to pick them up. The contestants will be coming one after another in the next few days, and he is working here, and today is the third day. The car traveled through the center of Utrecht, Liu Yufan looked at the regressing scenery outside the car window, felt the charm of this small city, and unconsciously liked it a little.

The neat streets, the clean and beautiful houses, the shady trees and flowers everywhere, the leisurely crowds, all show the beauty of this place.

After about half an hour's drive, I arrived at a small hotel. The driver sent the two people to the door, Liu Yufan took out his wallet and was about to pay the fare, but the driver shook his hand and spit out a large string of English to him.

"Yufan, he said that the organizing team of the competition will settle with them, and we don't have to pay the fare" Looking at Liu Yufan with a blank face, Wang Yujia explained with a smile.

"Hey, it's really not good to know English, it seems that I have to study hard when I go back this time." Liu Yufan shook his head helplessly and said.

"Hehe, yes, if you become a professional pianist in the future, you will have to run all over the world, and it is very troublesome to not know foreign languages. When I get back, I'll introduce you to a crash course, and that's where I learned, and it worked well. Wang Yujia said with a smile.

"Yes, okay." Liu Yufan nodded, then took out his luggage from the trunk of the car, and walked into the small hotel with Wang Yujia.

When they came to the front desk, the two showed their respective participation cards, and the staff enthusiastically led them to their rooms. The organizers arranged very intimately, and in order to take care of the habits of the contestants, they arranged a single room for each person.

After placing the luggage, Liu Yufan went out, and just wanted to call Wang Yujia to go to the music center to have a look, but he heard a familiar voice.

"Liu Yufan? When did you arrive? ”