In the afternoon, everyone gathered at the Grand Theater in the center of Tamagawa City.

When they arrived at the theater, it was just the time for the audience to enter.

In comparison, there are indeed not many spectators watching the instrumental competition, and it is no wonder that the instrumental competition can be arranged in this large theater.

Moreover, among the audience who came specifically to watch this part of the game, few seemed to be wearing casual clothes; their attire was rather formal.

This group of people basically discovered this.

But there's nothing strange about it.

There are established etiquettes for attending concerts or recitals, and one of them is not to wear casual clothes.

Although this is just a competition, most people who want to listen to the performance will basically take the initiative to abide by this rule.

Lu Wantang and his group entered through another passage and went straight to the backstage.

Most of the contestants in the instrument group were in the lounge. Their team leaders were very busy at this time, either asking the piano players to change their clothes quickly or helping the violin players find shoes.

Yuan Wei walked around inside and then came out.

"There are too many people in the instrument group, and the lounge is a bit small. I'm afraid it won't work for us to stay in the lounge."

"Let's go, I'll go ask the staff and see if we can find a place to watch the game."

Before she finished her words, she had already walked away in a hurry.

Just as Lu Wantang was about to leave with her companions, she was stopped by two senior schoolmates with whom she had worked together in the previous exhibition match.

"Sister Tang, why are you here?!"

"I'll go over there for a bit. When you find the place, send me a message."

Lu Wantang gave Fang Shuyao a warning and turned back to look at the two seniors:

"Senior, the exhibition match is over, why are you still calling me like that? Just call me by my name."

The two of them walked to both sides of Lu Wantang tacitly, and then put their arms around her.

"The master is the one who is more accomplished. Our teacher said that your attainments in playing the pipa are higher than ours. So what if we call you sister? Right?"

"Right! That's what I mean!"

The two of them sang in unison and brought Lu Wantang into the lounge.

Just as Yuan Wei said, the teacher in charge was very busy. Many contestants who were closer to him would lend a hand, while the others were doing nothing.

Moreover, the lounge is not big, and there are nearly a hundred contestants in the instrument group alone, and those present are obviously not all of them.

No wonder there are no seats or boxes arranged for the contestants to watch the competition. If all the people from both the composition and vocal tracks came, the venue in the Grand Theatre would definitely not be enough.

"Come on, come on, who can give a seat to our composer this time?"

The two seniors are familiar with most people.

As soon as they pulled Lu Wantang in, they attracted everyone's attention. Some people who had paid close attention to the other two contestants or had watched the exhibition match basically recognized her.

Their attitude was still very enthusiastic. As soon as the two senior students asked to give up their seats, several people stood up immediately.

"Come sit here. I've just been sitting for too long. I need to stand for a while."

"Your seat is too far inside. You should sit here with me."

"Please sit here. I need to go to the bathroom. Please make way for me."

Lu Wantang didn't act coy and sat on the nearest sofa. However, she also looked back at the seniors on both sides and said, "Then you seniors—"

"Well, we don't need it."

"You are now a very popular player in our instrument group."

The two of them gave her a thumbs-up in unison.

Lu Wantang tilted his head in confusion: "Why?"

"Of course it's because everyone is impressed by your talent!"

"The song 'Ambush from All Sides' from the previous performance is a masterpiece of traditional music. I heard from my teacher that the music associations of Sanzhou are very optimistic about this song and are considering including it in some music textbooks."

"We have all heard this piece of classical music that will be performed on stage soon. It is super nice and everyone thinks so. The teachers also give it high praise."

The two of them continued to sing the same tune and quickly explained the whole story to Lu Wantang.

The reason they brought Lu Wantang in was to introduce her to other people.

Just after a few people were talking in low voices for a while, several groups of people came over to say hello.

Without the two senior students saying anything, Lu Wantang knew why these people were so enthusiastic.

After all, an outstanding performer may not necessarily be able to compose his own music.

All of these students who specialize in musical instruments want to become performers.

But if they want to become famous and surpass their predecessors, they have to perform completely new songs instead of just making fancy improvements on classic pieces.

Therefore, in their eyes, Lu Wantang is no less than mountains of gold and silver.

But these people were very sensible. At most they would exchange contact information with her and come over to say hello, but they would not keep talking to her.

After a while, a staff member knocked on the door outside the lounge to remind us, "The game is about to start, get ready!"

Lu Wantang looked at the people on both sides who had already put on their makeup, "Don't the seniors have a competition today? Why aren't you getting ready?"

"Our competition this time ended in the morning."

"Yes, in the morning there is a competition for plucked instruments, and in the afternoon there is a competition for stringed instruments."

Lu Wantang nodded. She knew that the musical instrument competition was divided into four major categories, namely string instruments, plucked instruments, wind instruments, and percussion instruments.

Under each category of musical instruments, there are competitions for some commonly used instruments.

The types of musical instruments on Blue Star are similar to those in the other world, with more than two thousand types, and many types can be classified as commonly used instruments.

As far as she knew, there were at least twenty types of musical instruments accepted by Linhai University.

Both senior students learned the pipa, so they were naturally classified into the same plucked string instrument category as the guzheng, guitar, etc.

In the afternoon, there was a competition for stringed instruments, among which the instruments with the largest number of participants were violin, cello, and erhu.

Speaking of this, the two mentioned the previous game again.

“I originally thought that the North Continent musical instrument competition would also surpass us, but I didn’t expect that the levels of the three continents are actually pretty much the same.”

"This is normal. Everyone has passed a certain level. If they want to widen the gap further, it all depends on their talent."

"But we have you here, Wan Tang. We can say that we have the advantage."

Lu Wantang raised his eyebrows: "How about playing this piece with the pipa and guzheng?"

“The audience felt it was quite cheerful and festive.”

"It would be nice if there were several instruments combined. The solo performance is really lacking."

"It's mainly because the host picked a terrible keyword! 'Opening Ceremony' or something like that is not suitable for a solo at all! Isn't this embarrassing?"

Their views are similar to Lu Wantang's.

However, "it should feel good to play the violin."

Lu Wantang thought so and said so.

The two nodded, not surprised.

Afterwards, Lu Wantang glanced at the message sent by Fang Shuyao and left the lounge.

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