So is the heart of the cloud

Not long after the new year, registration for the China regional qualifiers of the International Youth Piano Competition began. The registration and the qualifiers were held in City J. Lin Juan and Ran Yunxiu arrived in City J one day earlier. The main house of the Fang family.

This competition is divided into youth group and juvenile group, limited to 16 years old.Although Ran Yunxiu's strength is much higher than that of ordinary peers, but at that age, even if he wants to participate in the youth group competition, he will not be allowed.

Because it is an international competition, the requirements for applicants are very strict. In addition to requiring a letter of introduction from a pianist, it is also required to have participated in a well-known piano competition and achieved good results.Therefore, there are only 160 five people who are fully qualified to pass the registration review in the entire Chinese competition area, including 90 people in the youth group and 75 people in the youth group.And there are only six people who can go to France to participate in the finals, including three in the youth group and three in the junior group.

Therefore, this will be a very cruel trial.

The day of the preliminaries was Saturday, at [-]:[-] am, Ran Yunxiu and Lin Juan appeared on time in the concert hall in the center of City J.As soon as I entered the door, I saw that there were already many people sitting in the concert hall that could accommodate thousands of people, and some of them were music reporters carrying cameras.

"Axiu, here!"

Ran Yunxiu followed the voice and saw that Fu Ziche, who was sitting in the front row, was waving to him.He smiled back, took his mother's hand and walked over.

When they sat down, Fu Ziche greeted Lin Juan politely. In front of this gentle and beautiful aunt, he has always been very obedient.

Lin Juan stroked his head tenderly. As one of her son's few friends, she also had a good feeling for Fu Ziche, a beautiful and caring child.

After everyone said hello, the young man sitting next to Fu Ziche smiled and greeted Ran Yunxiu: "Long time no see!"

Ran Yunxiu took a look: "Chu Yi, it's you! You're here too!" The person in front of him was Chu Yi, the owner of the Steinway he used when he filmed the MV for "The First" for his second sister.

Chu Yidao: "I accompanied Zi Che to participate in the competition. I haven't seen you for three years. I am looking forward to hearing your piano sound again."

Ran Yunxiu smiled: "Thank you, I will work hard!"

"By the way!" He suddenly remembered something, and turned to Fu Ziche: "Why did you come here today? I don't remember your name being listed in the first group!"

After the registration was confirmed, the contestants were divided into groups, and the preliminary information of other members of the same group was also obtained.Ran Yunxiu was in the first group.

"I'm in the third group." Fu Ziche replied, "Today I came to watch your match."

Ran Yunxiu said "Oh" to show that he knew.

Because it was the first match, there was an opening ceremony before the official start, so he didn't have to sit on the player bench right now.

At 08:30, two hosts, a man and a woman, stepped onto the stage and announced the official start of the opening ceremony.

Looking at the two glamorous hosts, Lin Juan was a little surprised: "These two are quite famous hosts! I didn't expect to invite them to host this piano competition!"

Chu Yi replied: "After all, it is an international competition. Although it is only a qualifier now, it has enough weight to attract the attention of the leaders in the station."

Fu Ziche curled his lips: "Although it bears an international name, it may be more realistic in terms of the level of the youth group under the age of 16. Those adults are already qualified to participate in more authoritative international competitions, and those with a higher level may disdain I am not interested in participating in this kind of youth competition, so winning the championship in this kind of award cannot prove that I am really the strongest."

Ran Yunxiu disagreed with his point of view: "What you said is indeed reasonable, but every competition has its meaning. For those of us who cannot participate in higher-level competitions, what we need now is to improve our playing skills. More mature. Winning the championship of this competition does not mean that you are the strongest, but can you guarantee that the person who wins the championship of high-level competitions like Chopin, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, etc. is the strongest?"

Fu Ziche had no confidence in his rebuttal, but he still refused to accept it: "But you can't deny that the rule of restricting age in those high-level competitions is not smart. Let alone me, at your level, even if you participate in those competitions, it is absolutely impossible. You have the strength to win the championship, but because your age has not reached the minimum standard, you can only participate in these competitions that do not meet your level."

Ran Yunxiu laughed. Although he knew his strength very well, he hadn't officially competed before. You can never be sure that you will be better than other contestants.Who can guarantee that among the contestants this time, there are no piano geniuses who are also unable to shine in other high-level competitions due to age restrictions?

Just as he was about to say this, a cold snort sounded first.

"You brat who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth!"

Several people were taken aback at the same time, looking behind themselves.

The person who spoke was a young man in his 20s, wearing a brown jacket and cotton padded jacket, with thick short black hair.He looks average, but his eyebrows are very flamboyant and stylish. At this time, his eyes are full of anger and disdain, which contrasts with his chic look of looking forward to flying!

Ran Yunxiu knew that what Fu Ziche said just now must have offended him.Although a few of them know his strength, others don't!Listening to them talk about the game like this, it is natural to feel that they are bragging.Judging by the young man's appearance, it seems that he is also a contestant, no wonder he is angry!

Thinking of this, he smiled slightly at the young man: "I'm sorry, my companion is just talking casually, and doesn't mean to underestimate this game and the contestants, please don't mind."

The young man is not an unreasonable person. Seeing his sincerity and gentle smile, half of the dissatisfaction just now disappeared.Seeing that both of them are just teenagers, it's normal for them to love bragging, so I shouldn't care too much about it.Thinking of this, the remaining half of the dissatisfaction disappeared.

However, before the young man opened his mouth to make peace, Fu Ziche glared at Ran Yunxiu, and said with a cold snort, "Why are you apologizing! What I said is clearly the truth! Why does he say that I don't know the heights of heaven and earth? The person who should apologize is He is right!"

The anger that the young man had just subsided suddenly resurfaced: "Hmph, I didn't want to open my mouth at first, it's just that someone is bragging too much, I don't want to stop, for fear of dirtying my ears! "

"You..." Fu Ziche was naturally not someone to provoke, and was about to refute again, when Ran Yunxiu and Chu Yi suppressed him from left to right: "Don't say a few words!"

At the same time as they were doing this, the gentle man wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses sitting next to the young man also grabbed one of his arms and scolded: "Say less!"

The same scolding made several people not only want to laugh when they looked at each other.Lin Juan, who had been watching a few people arguing and couldn't get in the way, was finally able to speak at this time: "Okay, everyone, stop arguing. The host is going to invite the judges to come out!"

Naturally, Fu Ziche did not dare to refute Lin Juan, and the young man also kept silent under the persuasion of his companions.Ran Yunxiu and the man with glasses nodded to each other, turned around and sat down.

At this time, the hostess's beautiful voice sounded: "Next, let us welcome the judges and teachers of this competition to enter the arena with warm applause! They are:

Mr. Wei Jun, head of the Chinese Music Association!

Famous piano educator and composer Mr. Liu Haizheng!

Famous piano educator Mr. Yang Shangkun!

The famous pianist Mr. Xiang Nan!

Famous pianist Ms. Ren Xiaofei! "

As the host read the name, warm applause sounded like a wave. After the judges smiled and entered the judges' seats, the applause still did not stop.

For those who learn the piano, everyone here is familiar with the names, and it is not easy to even meet one, let alone appear together.

"Teacher Xiang is actually a judge!" Ran Yunxiu was a little surprised: "Didn't you say that you will go abroad to participate in a concert?"

Although in this life, Xiang Nan can indeed be called Ran Yunxiu's first teacher, but he himself does not think he has taught him anything, and he does not regard himself as a teacher.But Ran Yunxiu always called him "Teacher Xiang" to show respect.

After returning to China, he and Xiang Nan only met once at the wedding of Ran Yunshang and Xiang Shaoqing, and he seemed to be busy attending the concert all the time.Therefore, Ran Yunxiu didn't know about him becoming the judge of this competition.

Lin Juan shook his head, expressing that he didn't know either.

After the applause gradually subsided, the host then invited the person in charge of the China region of the competition to speak on stage.Seeing that the game was about to start, Ran Yunxiu greeted several people and came to the players' bench.

The first thing to start is the young lady's competition.

The staff asked the fifteen contestants in the first group to draw numbers, and Ran Yunxiu got number seven, a good position.Then sit quietly in your seat and wait for it to start.

After another 10 minutes or so, finally, the host announced the official start of the game.

The first to play was a 16-year-old girl named Li Rui from Sichuan.She walked to the podium, bowed to the judges and the audience respectively, and then sat down in front of the piano to prepare to play.

Ran Yunxiu could tell that she was a little nervous.The first person to appear will have more or less pressure, and for the judges, if it is not really too good, in the absence of comparison, the score given to the first player will be relatively conservative .

Li Rui chose "Turkish March".

This song is familiar to many people who don't know how to play the piano, because it is so widely spread.In fact, its original name is not this, but the third movement of Mozart's 11th Piano Sonata K331 in A major, but most people only know its name.

Li Rui's first theme and second theme performed well, but there were some noises when entering the third theme, and when it came to the fourth theme, the sixteenth notes at the beginning felt a little out of shape, and the strength was not uniform enough. The speed is also not up to the mark.

Ran Yunxiu secretly shook her head, it seemed that she was still too nervous.