Miller looked at the back of his seat, his gaze frozen.

Although the seats on this side of the Ruhr Piano Festival are not arranged according to the status of the speaker, those who sit in the back do not have the right to vote or the weight of the vote is reduced.

But there is always some difference between the person who sits at the front and the person who sits at the back.

The most important thing is the credibility of the discourse and the length of time it has been in the Ruhr Piano Festival.

And the man, if Miller remembers correctly, seems to have been a music critic who had just been invited to join the Ruhr Piano Festival in recent years, and he was a gentleman from England.

The man also perfectly matched everyone's imagination of an English gentleman, he got up with a smile, raised his left hand to everyone, stopped the front Benchois from continuing to speak, and spoke to everyone.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Bingshuwa, I'm very sorry I interrupted you, I'm really sorry, but everyone, please allow me, as a music critic, a critic of English magazine, Gramophone magazine, to give you a little bit of my personal opinion, I have a lot of ideas to say, and listening to Mr. Bingshuwa below, I am a little unhappy."

Binshuwa looked at the person behind him, his eyebrows raised slightly, he seemed to think of something but didn't directly press him with his identity, just nodded slightly, and after sitting down again, he stretched out his hand to him and said casually: "Okay, please!" Please give us your thoughts. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Binshuwa!"

The man bowed again to Binshuva in thanks, then took two steps forward and spoke to the crowd.

"Ladies and gentlemen, although what Mr. Bingchois said just now is very good, and even I am a little moved, I must make one point that I wonder if you remember the purpose of our Ruhr Piano Festival...... What is it? ”

He didn't continue to stand in his seat, but walked into the aisle behind the crowd and spoke slowly to the crowd.

"It's a newcomer, it's a new generation, ladies and gentlemen, the purpose of our Ruhr Piano Festival is the new generation, I wonder if you still remember what our great director said at the opening ceremony?"

He looked at Mr. President, who was sitting at the front, stretched out his right hand to him, nodded his forehead with two fingers, made a gesture like taking off his hat, showed his respect, and continued to the crowd.

"Mr. President, he said that we insist on the Ruhr Festival, and as long as we persevere, we will have the ability to build a sustainable music education program that can win numerous awards, Mr. President, am I right?"

The director or chairman sitting at the top just smiled at the man and nodded slightly, without denying or acknowledging.

The man didn't care what the chairman thought, he just continued to speak to the crowd.

"Friends, I must remind you that this world is not ours, and the classical orchestra is not owned by us, the classical music scene is actually for those audiences, and their main criterion for judging music is whether it is good or not, and their criterion for us old people is whether we can continue to play, can you know what it means?

We are already behind the times, this world must belong to young people, they will create a more perfect world, their understanding of music will also carry the vitality and charm of the new era, if we continue to be dusty, continue to judge according to our old standards, continue to use those old friends, our acquaintances to judge whether a person can win awards, and turn our great classical music scene into an old, rancid cobweb of interpersonal relationships, Then our classical music scene will be completely useless!

Ladies and gentlemen, please think about it, think about it, think about it carefully, abandon all stubborn thoughts, and think about it with real logical thinking, everyone, this world belongs to young people? Or does it belong to us?

If it were us, then all of you here, I would like to ask you, how long can we listen to classical music, how much contribution can we make to the current classical music scene, to the piano industry, and how many people can we bring to listen to our music together? Can there still be tens of thousands? In the face of the 8 billion people on the earth, how many people can we really drive? I want to ask you, if it really continues to be so trile, how long will classical music live? ”

He stared at everyone with very powerful eyes, and his gaze was extremely solemn, as if he was questioning.

The crowd looked at him and didn't say anything, just let him continue to state his opinion.

It may seem like he didn't impress anyone, but in reality, the absence of any speech was the best thing to impress.

Just as when Binshuwa was explaining before, he just said a few words, and he stood up and interrupted Binshuwa.

No one interrupted him now, proving that everyone was listening to him, and that they were really thinking about the meaning of what he had just said.

Even Binchois, who groped his chin and listened to the man's speech.

Seeing everyone like this, the man couldn't help but let out a long breath, shook his head slightly at everyone, and said softly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if we continue to be so old, then it is obvious that our classical music will follow our corpses into the cemetery without any accidents, the world is so cruel, so we cannot continue to be old, we should have the courage to accept more new blood, just like the Dior Fu we heard today!

We can't speak for any young man, but he can, everybody, he can! He's only about 20 years old, and he's just reached the age of 20 or so when he plays in such a perfect state of concert live, who else can play like this last time? Everyone, there is no one! He's a genius, you know? Genius is not for questioning, genius is for appreciation! Dior, he's a genius! He is a genius who represents young people!

He is like the newborn sun, he can represent the young generation's understanding of music, the music he plays, not only to satisfy us, he also satisfies countless young people, this is the young people, this is our festival for the young generation of expectations and blessings, we have fulfilled our desire, we have successfully found a pianist who can represent young people, isn't that enough?

Why do we struggle with which of the two is more suitable for the position of Newcomer of the Year between Dior and Arcadei? In fact, there is no place to hesitate in this, who else can we choose except Dior? Newcomer of the Year, everyone, please pay attention to the name of this award, Newcomer of the Year, I would like to ask you, what is a newcomer? Can we still be called newcomers? ”

He looked around at the crowd and saw that they did not refute, so the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he spoke loudly.

"We don't call us newcomers, we are all old people, we are all old people in the music world, and we selected the best newcomer of the year because the performance of the newcomers was too bad, and there was no way to compete with those top pianists, so we chose those old pianists as the best newcomers of the year, and gave them such a title, it seems that the best newcomer of the year is basically equivalent to the best of the year, but in fact, what is the purpose of our creation of such an award, do you remember?

We're here to create the best newcomer of the year! We want to find newcomers who can represent the direction of the classical music scene, who are really powerful, not those old people who come and go on such a sacred stage, and even play music full of holes like Sokolov.

So everyone, although this is just my own personal opinion, it does not represent everyone present, but I still want to say one thing to you, that is, the best of this year, I definitely want to recommend Dior, because he is worthy, he represents the direction of the younger generation, represents the understanding of music by all young people, and our hope for the future!

So, everyone, while casting your precious vote, please think a little more about whether you really understand the original intention of the Ruhr Piano Festival. ”

At the same time as his voice fell, he also returned to his position, took a deep breath, bowed slightly to everyone, and slowly said: "Finally, thank you for listening, my point of view is over, thank you." ”

With that, he sat down again, as if nothing had happened.

His gaze was so relaxed that he looked at Miller, Bingchuwa, and the chairman sitting at the front, without any timidity.

The room gradually became a little noisy as his voice fell.

Everyone was covering their mouths and whispering to the people around them, looking very serious, as if they were discussing whether the statement of the person just now was correct or not.

The breath in the room gradually became scorching.

Fu Tiao and Arcade once again stood on the same starting line, but this time, Fu Tiao took over the righteousness.

He represents the new generation and the original intention of the Ruhr Piano Festival, and as long as that group of people does not change their original intentions, then Fu Tune definitely deserves the title of New Artist of the Year.

Although the purpose of this title is not large, there is no special use, but it is definitely full of gold to say.

After all, the people who have won this title before are basically important figures in the world's classical music scene.

No one is a philistine.

Faced with such a scene, everyone looked at the chairman sitting at the top, wanting to see what he thought.

But I didn't expect that the chairman was still that happy, he didn't agree or refuse, but he nodded to everyone very indifferently and waved his hand.

"Don't look at me, you discuss it yourself, I'm just responsible for the authority of this discussion, determine your final vote, don't care about my opinion, what do you think, then say it, don't care."

Miller also nodded, and immediately added: "Yes, what Mr. Copywriter from English Gramophone magazine said just now is actually very good, and I personally agree that Dior is the best of the year this year, and Dior plays really well." ”

"Yes, yes, I also feel that Dior is very powerful, and I support it."

"That's right, we shouldn't be so dull, we should also support new blood."

"Well, although I'm a little sorry, I also want to support Fu Tune, Fu Tune is really good."

“……”

Dense voices of support sounded, as if the whole scene was biased towards Fu Tuo, and no one noticed that Binshuwa's expression was not particularly good-looking.

Binshuwa wants to support Arcade, although Fu is very strong, and he agrees, but he just wants to support Arcade.

The reason is simple, because they are about the same age.

When everyone seemed to change the direction of the wind in favor of Fu, Binshuwa slapped the table vigorously.

For a while, the voice that was still arguing over there to support Fu Tune couldn't help but dissipate, and the room became extremely quiet again, and everyone looked at Binshuwa who got up, a little dazed.

And Binshuwa didn't look at the people in the room, he just lowered his head and looked very strange.

When the sound in the room completely dissipated, he slowly asked to the crowd.

"You ...... Are they really all in favor of Dior? ”

Everyone looked at Binshuwa, a little puzzled.

"Dio is very good, and it also meets our expectations for the Ruhr Piano Festival, the theme of this piano festival, I think Dior is quite good anyway."

A man spoke in the distance.

It's just that he didn't expect that Binshuwa actually slapped the table again and said hard at him.

"That's not what I meant!"

Under the gaze of everyone, he finally raised his head and looked at everyone, his eyes were full of confusion and puzzlement.

He asked, holding out a finger and pointing at the table under his hand.

"I ask you, do you really, all support Dior? Don't you have any feelings for Arkady? ”

"Mr. Binchois, is the Ruhr Piano Festival a place to talk about feelings? Shouldn't we choose the people we support based on the theme of the Ruhr Piano Festival? The man who had sat down before got up and questioned Binchois: "Monsieur Binshuwa, do you think that Dior is not qualified?" ”

"No, I'm not saying that Dior is not qualified, I just ...... I feel a little bit sad. ”

After taking a deep breath, Binshuwa said slowly to everyone: "We are all old people, everyone, how many more years can you play?" Think for yourself, if you take me as an example, I can play for less than ten years, and if I go all out, I can play for less than ten years, and everyone here should have less time to play, right? Everyone, you must be feeling the decline in your body function, right? ”

Someone in the crowd was about to refute, but after thinking about it, he was finally silent.

Seeing everyone like this, Binshuwa smiled helplessly, stretched out his hand and lit the table.

"You must have heard Sokolov playing, right? I don't know if you remember that he was the top pianist who won the title of Best Newcomer of the Year before, but what about his current situation? What is his current status?

The answer is...... Every year is not as good as the year, and this year he even has a slight feeling of playing in it, just to finish the concert, and lose a lot of the musicality in the music.

Is it that he has no musicality? No, obviously not, I don't think anyone here can say that he is not musical, right? His level of strength is visible to our naked eyes, but why can't he do it now? The answer is very simple, everyone, because he is old, he is not capable of being in the state of his youth! Do you understand? Everybody! He's old! Sokolov he, already old! ”

Binshuwa poked the table and said angrily: "Arcade, he has no time, this year is his most perfect state, we don't give it to him this year, what about next year?" Can he still play? Can he still play a god-level scene, everyone? If he loses again next year, what about the year after? With his form getting worse and worse, how many chances does he have to win the Rookie of the Year award? ”

He looked around at the crowd and spat out a number.

"Zero, zero percent, guys, there's no chance! He doesn't have any more chances! It's not that I look down on him, it's that he really doesn't have any chances, don't you hear that? At the end of his god-level live concert, he actually didn't feel enough, and he had fallen into a state of ordinary perfection, and even some places couldn't even do ordinary perfection, let alone his encore.

Guys, he's old, he's as old as we are, he really doesn't have the strength to continue playing, guys! You're the same age as him, and if you think about it, you've shown a level that you can do in the past to be the best of the year, and you're good enough to win in any year, and then you miss out on this award because of another person's sudden outburst? ”

He took a deep breath and looked at everyone, with even a hint of pain in his eyes, he spoke slowly.

"He's going to give up, he's going to give up completely, as an old friend who has been performing with us for nearly 20 times, more than 20 years, he's going to give up completely, and he won't choose to perform with us anymore, after all, he doesn't have the energy to continue to compete for the position of Best Newcomer of the Year, guys, are you going to give up our old friends completely? An old friend who has been with us for almost two decades?

Dior is still young, he has more opportunities, we can give him a lot of compensation, for example, next year's opening can be given to him, there are other invisible benefits, all of which can be given to him, but the best newcomer of the year, I hope, is still to Arcade, because this is his last ......"

After taking a deep breath, Binshuwa slowly exhaled, looked at the chairman beside him with a trace of blood, and spoke to him.

"I'm sorry Mr. President, I'm excited, I really hope that my old friend Arcades can get the best newcomer of the year, I'm really sorry......"

"No, it's okay, everybody knows."

The chairman smiled, unimpressed.

He looked at some of the old people in the room who were obviously emotionally driven by Binshuwa, raised an eyebrow slightly, and asked the crowd.

"Okay, so is there anything else you'd like to say? If not, then let's just start voting and decide who the best newcomer this year is, right? Or according to the old rules, show your hand to vote. ”

There was silence in the room, and everyone didn't know what to say.

Fu Tune, who represents the emerging star, and your old friend Arcade, the two are really difficult for everyone to let go, and they don't know which one they should choose.

Therefore, they all fell silent.

Seeing that the voting was about to begin, someone suddenly spoke.

"Or ...... Shall we hear it again? After listening, vote anonymously? ”

(End of chapter)