Busy people start busy early in the morning.

September 29, Warsaw time, 09:26 a.m.

Place.

The venue for the press conference of the competition on the left side of the first floor of the Chopin Institute.

About half a month ago, Branhano held a pre-press conference here about the match, and at that time he answered a lot of questions from journalists from various countries.

It is this venue that will once again be entrusted with a sacred mission today.

Forty minutes later, it will be here that the members of the organizing committee will draw lots to determine the order of the 77 players in the first round of the main competition of this year's Chopin Competition.

As of 8 o'clock last night, the organizing committee of the competition has collected a total of 79 valid information about the contestants in four days, and 3 people have not entered the information.

It's no surprise that players who didn't report in time were abstained by Severn by default, as it's a common occurrence in every edition.

At 9:40 a.m., the person in charge of the venue instructed the people below to inform the reporters in the hall.

"Go tell them to come in and pick the location of the camera. So said the person in charge.

Soon, the first wave of journalists from all over the world who entered the venue quickly took up some good angles, followed by the second wave and the third wave.

Soon, the hall was filled with cameras and reporters.

They would pick up the camera around their necks and take a few shots first, or exchange a few words with a smile with their colleagues from other countries.

The atmosphere in the venue quickly became noisy with human voices and 'clicks'

Just as reporters were waiting for the nearly 90 empty seats in the center of the hall to be filled, the big white screen at the front of the venue suddenly lit up.

Then the big screen flashed, and a picture appeared.

The inscription 'The17thInternataionFRYDERYKCHOPINPianoCompetiton' stands out against a white background.

Journalists know their work is about to begin.

Below the title is an introduction to the organizers.

Next down are the logos of the partners, co-organizers, and media partners.

Colorful logos are intertwined, making the big screen look like a colorful oil painting.

'Click. ’

'Click. ’

'Click. ’

The clicking sound in the venue became more and more dense.

It wasn't until the entrance of the venue that a young man with short blond hair walked in, and it was already nine fifty-seven at this time.

Dressed in jeans and a plain black shirt, he walked into the room and looked left and right, then took a random seat in the middle of the hall and sat down.

He was the first contestant to sit down, and apparently he came alone.

The attention of the reporters was focused on the gate of the venue.

Then one by one, and groups of young people came in groups of three or five.

Each young person walks in with a different expression, some people will notice the big screen when they come in, others will smile at the camera and wave their hands, and the naughty contestants will make faces.

However, most of the contestants walked through the door in a bit of silence and chose a position they wanted to sit.

After a while, the seats in the center of the hall were filled.

At this moment, reporters are no longer satisfied with the static photos of their cameras, and their cameras are pushed up to their shoulders.

The first thing they want to record is the first appearance of their national players.

The team of reporters from the China National Network pointed the camera at several young people in China at the beginning, and the every move or expression of these young people in the camera was clearly recorded by them.

Tang Feng is a special correspondent for this team and a piano fan of Chopin.

He had previously volunteered to take charge of the international affairs of his trip to Warsaw, in order to have the opportunity to get close to these dynamic young pianists while working.

Among these six young people, he especially liked the Chopin played by Qin Jian and Fang Zongyao, so the camera in his hand at this time was somewhat biased towards these two.

In the camera, I saw that the two of them were quite gentlemanly and let several ladies sit down first, and waited for everyone else to sit down, and finally the two sat down one after another.

In the end, his shot also showed the two figures sitting on the outermost side

They turned their faces to each other as if they were whispering something.

Tang Feng gradually zoomed in on the camera.

The two side faces are full of different pleasing eyes, but their eyes are full of the same calmness and confidence.

Tang Feng's heart moved, he felt that the cover of the first report had been caught by him.

'Click. ’

....

The freeze frame of the picture is a moment.

"It's up to the final draw, but I'm bound to be in a group with the madman. ”

Fang Zongyao said with a smile.

Qin Jian also shook his head helplessly, "Yes, but I have to say that this kind of lottery method is the fairest." ”

Fang Zongyao: "There seems to be some trouble around you, you and Qi Feng may be in a group." ”

Qin Jian sighed in his mouth: "This is also something that there is no way to do. Saying that, he couldn't help but think of Duan Ran's question again, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on the long-haired golden figure in the middle of the second row.

At this moment, the venue suddenly fell silent.

Fang Zongyao: "It's going to start." ”

The eyes of the two followed the crowd to the front of the venue.

Branhano and a curly-haired head have made their way to the big screen.

Everyone present knew that Curly Head was definitely not as ordinary as it seemed, and that the name of Packenro had long been familiar to them in the manual.

Every contestant knows that their personal data is in the hands of this curly hair, and it ends up in the major books.

Paconro.

Vice-President of the Chopin Academy, the next Dean.

He is also the executor of this lottery ceremony.

Branhano stepped aside after accompanying Pacenro on stage, handing over the hosting of the scene to the other party for the time being.

Under the watchful eye of everyone, Paken Luo first greeted all the players and reporters on the scene in English.

"Good morning, everyone, I'm Pacenro," he said, glancing around the crowd and smiling, "I hope you've read the manual in the file carefully." ”

The audience chuckled a few times.

"In that case, let's get started".

As he turned, the images on the big screen switched instantly.

The original colorful promotional posters were replaced by an exceptionally clear form.

A vertical list of names appeared in everyone's sight.

In vertical columns from 1 to 77, each number is followed by a name + nationality abbreviation.

Packen Loc looked at the big screen with the crowd and continued: "The numbers are sorted according to the initials of each person from A to Z, which is a tradition of the Chopin Competition, and you should know that. “

"Unfortunately, at the deadline for reporting, three players voluntarily gave up their places, so there are only 77 serial numbers in this competition. ”

When he was done, Pacenrow stopped.

He knew he needed to set aside some time for the players to find their place.

But the scene was not quiet.

Gradually, there was a lot of talking, and occasionally there was an exaggerated exclamation.

Even if the contestants want to find their names first, they will inevitably start with the serial number '1' at first glance.

‘，JPN。 ’