When Zhang Yao followed Ai Xiaoqi's family back to the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, President Ding had already called him several times, for which he had to apologize to Ai Xiaoqi's grandparents and said: "Grandparents, I'm really embarrassed, our people pay more attention to this competition, and they may be afraid that I will be sluggish, so I urge it a little tighter." ”

"Who isn't." Old Brown was equally understanding.

went to the door to say hello to President Ding and said goodbye to Ai Xiaoqi's family, Ai Xiaoqi grabbed him and said, "Do you really want to dress like this to compete on stage?" ”

"President Ding didn't object, and the organizers didn't stipulate what clothes to wear."

Zhang Yao doesn't care at all, there is indeed no hard and fast rule when it comes to wearing a dress on the piano, but it has already been conventional, Ai Xiaoqi thought about it and said: "Forget it, if you really wear a dress, I look at it as an eyesore." ”

After saying goodbye, following in the footsteps of President Ding, Zhang Yao said, "President Ding, let's go." ”

"Zhang Yao, I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to go to meet your parents, I thought you were just accompanying Ai Xiaoqi to play, if I knew that you were going to meet his parents, I would definitely not urge you again and again."

President Ding smiled apologetically and said, "It's me who is too worried, with Ai Xiaoqi's grandparents here, how can you not work hard." ”

Did President Ding misunderstand something? Although literally it is not wrong to meet the parents, but the meaning is different, Zhang Yao rolled his eyes and didn't bother to explain, when will the explanation be passed?

For the finals, the organizers do not have many requirements, and it is one that must be memorized to perform, which means that there is no score to see when playing. If you can't even remember the score. Tragedy is certain.

In addition, the name and duration of the repertoire must be reported in advance. In order to facilitate the arrangement of the entire competition, the length reported by Zhang Yao was 19 minutes and 58 seconds, and he originally wanted to say 20 minutes directly, but the organizer's requirements for the duration were very precise and calculated in seconds.

"It's only two seconds, it's gone in the blink of an eye, and people can still control the seconds."

Zhang Yao pursed his lips, and President Ding said suspiciously, "Zhang Yao." This duration doesn't seem to match the time of the Moonlight Song, isn't this the song you want to perform? ”

"No, President Ding, don't worry, I won't pit you here."

President Ding almost didn't have any requirements for Zhang Yao, as long as he could get the ranking, so Zhang Yao had no objection to anything, but Zhang Yao was a little worried when he did this.

Zhang Yao continued: "President Ding, didn't you just say for sure that I would behave well in front of Ai Xiaoqi's grandparents. So I'm not going to drop the chain, just wait and see the surprise. ”

Now it's a foregone conclusion. It's impossible to change it after reporting, so you can only wait and see.

At the beginning of the competition, pianists from all over Shijie took turns on stage, and one after another Miaoman's music echoed in the concert hall, and each contestant showed the highest level.

Zhang Yao paid special attention to it, and there was no one among the contestants who knocked down the girl who looked like an elf, it seems that he should be like Ai Xiaoqi, just to join in the fun.

After a full three hours, it was his turn to play, and at this time, the whole game was only two-thirds of the way out, and after hearing the host call his name, Zhang Yao walked in like this.

The men and women who had previously competed in the competition wore gowns and tidied up their bow ties before going on stage, and he walked out in such a way that countless spectators were surprised, and for the first time there was noise in the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall.

"That's how this guy came out." In a corner, the girl who was bumped into by Zhang Yao couldn't help but hold her forehead, this feeling of incompatibility also made Ai Xiaoqi in the front row feel unbearable to look at directly, her mother and grandparents looked interested.

"Yao.zhang is going to play a piece of music that he has worked on himself, called Piano Sonata Pathetique."

In this competition, Zhang Yao is the only one who plays the original tune, and every musician has tried to write his own tune, but the quality is high and low, and few people are confident that they can compare with Shijie's famous songs, so they will not be used to show ugliness in such a competition.

One said that it was original, and the audience was also interested, since it was able to enter the finals of the competition, the level would definitely not be bad, and it was really maverick, if it was just to grandstand, it would definitely not be able to pass the preliminaries.

Zhang Yao bowed and sat down and began to play, this piece is translated as the Pathos Sonata, also known as the Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, which is one of the top ten piano shijie songs in the original time and space.

This piece is also the difficulty of amateur level 8, which is already very difficult for most people, but Chen Lei can still play it after he is proficient, let alone Zhang Yao himself.

Among the contestants who participated in the previous competition, there are more skills than him haode, and there are a lot of high tunes, and Zhang Yao is not confident that he can perform them perfectly, and it would be a fool to spell jishu.

The Pathétique Sonata is also made of three movements, the first movement starts very slowly and then turns into Allegro, the second movement is also Adagio and the third instrument changes back to Allegro.

Just like the name of the song, the song is full of tragic atmosphere, not the love of children, but the anger and unyielding of fate. The elegant adagio music and raindrop-like legato enchanted everyone, including the judges.

"I witnessed the birth of a famous shijie song, which will be passed down forever for future generations."

That's what the zuihou judges said, Zhang Yao perfectly performed the "Pathos Sonata", and at the same time moved all the judges and the audience, at this moment, it doesn't matter what he wears, it doesn't matter if it's suitable or not.

"At the 21st Chopin International Piano Competition, the first prize was won by Yao Zhang from the Celestial Empire." Zhang Yao was still a little unaccustomed to the name being pronounced upside down, and he wouldn't have reacted if it weren't for President Ding's excited reminder.

There were six places in the competition, with the winner of the sixth place being the French, the fifth from Bulgaria, the fourth and second places being Russians, and the third from Austria.

In a round of applause, Zhang Yao took the stage to receive the trophy and certificate, and inevitably said some testimonials, and then the competition ended like this, and outside the stage, reporters from all over Shijie were waiting for them for a long time.

The other two contestants also congratulated Zhang Yao for running for nothing, and President Ding was still excited, and when he looked left and right with the trophy, the reporter had already surrounded them.

"Zhang Yao, congratulations on winning the first place."

The first thing that sounded was Chinese, from the domestic news media, which is not surprising, where there are activities in which the Celestial Empire participates, there is an indispensable presence of the Celestial Empire media, after the opening remarks, the reporter asked unceremoniously: "What do you think now, will this award affect your development in the entertainment industry?" ”

"Of course I'm very happy to be able to win the first place, of course it won't affect my career as a singer, and I will continue to sing in the future."

Zhang Yao didn't take the microphone away after answering the reporter, as if he was waiting for something, President Ding quietly hinted: "Tell your testimonials and tell everyone who needs to be thanked." ”

"Well, thank you to my mother, she was very supportive of me learning piano when I was alive, I wouldn't have been able to achieve this if it weren't for that, I think this is the most haode gift for her."

Zhang Yao had no choice but to continue: "Then I would like to thank my friends and his family for coming from far and wide to support me, as well as President Ding and the Musicians Association, thank them for their strong support. ”

That's okay, Zhang Yao thought like this after speaking, but the microphone still hasn't been taken back, and the reporter has no intention of asking the second question, President Ding said in a low voice: "There are also countries and leaders, thank them for their cultivation." ”

Zhang Yao rolled his eyes directly, turned to reporters from other countries, and answered the questions of those reporters in English, and these foreign reporters asked a variety of questions, such as Weishenme would compose such a song, and many people mentioned the previous "To Alice" and "Moonlight Song".

After finally dealing with these foreign reporters, when he turned back, Tianchao's face seemed to be a little uneasy, and asked: "Zhang Yao, the other contestants are wearing formal clothes, but you Weishenme deliberately walked through the city like this, is it to show your maverick?" ”

The tone was extremely unkind, Zhang Yao could clearly feel that a person from the Celestial Empire won the first place, and the foreign reporters did not make it difficult, but he didn't expect the domestic reporters to be dissatisfied, he simply said: "I have answered this question just now to reporters from other countries, if you want to know, reprint their reports." ”

Foreign reporters asked this question not so sharply, Zhang Yao's answer was that because he was the most comfortable to wear like this, he could show it, and only in this way could he be inspired, of course, it was indispensable to explain that there was no such thing as disrespect.

Cattle people have some quirks, so Zhang Yao's explanation was also accepted by foreign media, and the Celestial Empire reporter asked again: "Zhang Yao, you are obviously wearing like this without regard for the overall situation, aren't you worried about disgrace to the country?" ”

"I think that in order not to touch the dark in our country, I still don't talk to you well, so as not to be laughed at by foreigners."

Zhang Yao left directly after speaking, he was speechless about this reporter, the person who could win the first place, the person who should be thanked the most should actually be Beethoven, and everyone else can ignore it.

Just like a cross talk actor in the original time and space said, he didn't go to work, where is there a leader to thank him, it is irrelevant, weishenme wants to be involved, Zhang Yao feels pain when he thinks about it.

It seems that this reporter is not small, and if he leaves after choking on a sentence like this, it is estimated that it will inevitably cause some rumors again, but what do you like, Zhang Yao will not do this if he cares. (To be continued......)