The world's number one pianist

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Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is a city with Chopin as its city symbol.

In this city, you can see traces of Chopard in every corner.

For example, subway stations, bus stops, roadside benches, street sculptures...

The entire city can basically be regarded as a Chopin city.

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Just like Mozart in Salzburg.

Let Chopard become a business card for this city’s external publicity! One of the most important publicity directions.

Among them, the Chopin International Piano Competition has attracted the attention of classical music lovers all over the world, making all classical music lovers think of Warsaw whenever they mention Chopin.

They even called their airport Chopin International Airport so frantically!

And this airport has become the largest airport in Eastern and Central Europe, handling tens of millions of people.

With the popularity of the Chopin International Piano Competition around the world, musicians from all over the world.

Regardless of whether they are competing or not, they are all gathered here, looking forward to this piano event!

This is, in the true sense, the highest award in the piano competition!

As this group of musicians flocked to Warsaw, the whole of Warsaw seemed to come alive. On the streets of Warsaw, you could meet various pianists by chance.

If you are lucky enough, you may even encounter some particularly experienced pianists.

For example, Zimmerman, Argerich and others...

These previous winners of the Chopin International Piano Competition will all come to this place to wait for the Chopin International Piano Competition in a few days.

As a judge!

Only those who have actually won the Chopin International Piano Competition, or those who have won other top international music competitions, are qualified to serve as judges.

He Shen was actually not interested in this. Even if he met these people, he would not be able to talk to them to gain more points for himself.

He slept like this on the plane until Warsaw, and followed everyone out of Warsaw Chopin International Airport.

Although the Warsaw Chopin International Airport is said to be very large in Europe, in fact, compared with domestic airports in China, especially the airport in Zhongzhou and the airport in Haicheng, they are also the largest airports in the country.

This Warsaw Chopin International Airport is so small and pitiful...

If nothing else, when He Shen was walking around this airport, he almost thought that this airport was just a slightly larger, medium-sized flight airport!

However, big airports have the benefits of big airports, and small airports have the benefits of small airports.

It didn't take long for everyone to find the customs exit and quickly handed their personal information to the customs staff there.

The signing information on He Shen's side includes the information that he will participate in the Chopin International Piano Competition, and He Shen also has an invitation letter from the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Therefore, He Shen entered the customs directly with great ease.

After all, Warsaw is currently preparing for the Chopin International Piano Competition, so there is no need to embarrass a player who comes to participate in the competition.

Especially when he is extremely well prepared!

In comparison, others are a little slower and they need to ask questions and answers from the customs staff there.

If they say something bad or react inappropriately, they may even be deported directly.

Fortunately, everyone's reaction was normal, and there was no special situation like wanting to stay in Europe.

Soon, everyone came out of customs and headed to the exit to leave the airport.

When He Shen and the others officially entered Poland, He Shen looked at the unfamiliar city in front of him with a hint of familiarity. He couldn't help but take a deep breath and felt his mind clear up.

The air here seems to be more comfortable than before at home, giving people a warm feeling.

It’s not that the moon abroad is rounder or something...

But He Shen had a psychological effect that came from nowhere, making He Shen feel that the entire air in Warsaw was particularly gentle...

He Shen even felt that when he was in Warsaw, it was like returning to his hometown.

But He Shen knew very clearly that this place should not give him a feeling of home at all.

This extremely contradictory feeling made He Shen frown, not knowing the condition of his body.

"Phew, I finally passed. The customs officer who asked me a lot of things just now didn't let me in until I said I was here to accompany you..."

Zhou San walked unsteadily behind He Shen, touched his bald head, and spoke to He Shen.

"Really, I really don't know what these customs are checking all day long. It's not like they have incomplete information. Why don't they let me in?"

"Speaking of which, you..."

Zhou San looked at He Shen in front of him and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

He Shen did not wait at the door, but went directly to the counter in front of Chopin International Airport, which was probably an automatic ticket vending machine. After a few quick clicks, three tickets came out.

He Shen took back three tickets and handed them to Wednesday, and handed one to Dan Yi who just came out, and said.

"Monthly pass."

"?"

But Yi accepted it directly, while Zhou San looked at the ticket in his hand, couldn't help but blinked, and didn't react for a while.

After waiting for a while, he spoke to He Shen with a strange expression on his face.

"Why are you so skilled?" Have you...been out before? "

"No……"

"Then how did you..."

Zhou San looked at He Shen's situation with confusion on his face.

According to common sense, He Shen should be following him all the time now, trying his best to communicate with outsiders in untrained English.

And he, Zhou San, as the dean of Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music, his English level is much better than others. After all, he may often go out for meetings, so it is normal to learn more English.

Therefore, he will serve as the most important communication position of the entire team, communicating with foreigners.

After taking it, just when he was about to show off his foreign language, he suddenly realized that He Shen seemed to be directly integrated into the environment, and could understand everything around him.

Even before they came to remember to react, they bought the tickets directly?

The corner of Zhou San's mouth couldn't help but twitch a few times, he pointed at the sign on the side in front, and asked He Shen.

"Then you know what that means?"

He Shen glanced at the mark in the distance.

Although it was slightly different from the Polish he remembered, he could still understand the general meaning just by looking at it.

Just like the one in front of me...

He Shen took one look and spoke directly.

"Exit, bus line 175, passing by Chopin Warsaw Concert Hall, Warsaw University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Palace of Science and Culture..."

"The railway line N32 also passes through the Chopard Warsaw Concert Hall..."

"Stop, stop, stop, if you keep translating like this, I almost thought I was back in China! Your translator is too down-to-earth, right?"

Zhou San has completely given up on using his proud English to communicate with passers-by to find the route.

How can He Shen use English when there is such a thing in front of him, which is almost the same as a living dictionary translator?

Wouldn't it be nice to just eat and wait to die?

Therefore, Zhou San changed the luggage in his hand, relaxed the weight on his hand, and followed He Shen honestly.

Dan Yi just looked at He Shen and Zhou San with a smile, without saying anything, just following He Shen with his hands behind his back, and followed him towards the No. 175 bus stop.

Everyone quickly got on the bus, and instead of handing their tickets to others, they directly found a seat in the back and sat down.

Everyone followed the car, swaying along the main road, towards the Chopin Philharmonic Concert Hall in Warsaw.

The scenery on the roadside is very European, there are no particularly tall buildings, they are all normal, several-story small buildings, which have an exotic feel.

It's a pity that He Shen and others didn't pay attention to this at all. Now is not the time to pay attention to these things.

Everyone got off the bus at the station and walked inside along a narrow branch road. After walking about two to three hundred meters, they quickly found the Warsaw Chopin Philharmonic Concert Hall.

The Chopin Philharmonic Concert Hall in Warsaw is not eye-catching, it is just a very, very ordinary, pure white building.

Even if you don’t say that this place is the venue of the Chopin International Piano Competition, the most famous concert hall in Warsaw, the Warsaw Chopin Philharmonic Concert Hall.

You can't tell at all that this place is where the game will be played next.

It wasn't until He Shen and others reached the main entrance that they could barely see a hint of the museum's atmosphere.

This place can't be regarded as a concert hall. Just looking at it this way, you can mistake this place for a city hall or a museum.

He Shen glanced at Dan Yi and Zhou San, feeling a little unsure for a moment.

"So, is this the place?"

"Yes, go in. It's right here. The sign-in place is at the very back of the first floor. You can just follow the road and play in."

Danyi smiled and patted He Shen on the shoulder, with his hands behind his back, he walked slowly towards the main entrance.

He Shen looked at the concert hall, which was no different from a museum. Although he hesitated a little, he still followed Dan Yi's footsteps and walked inside.

When everyone entered the concert hall, they found that the atmosphere inside instantly changed...

The feeling inside is obviously majestic, which is in stark contrast to the pure white walls outside with very few decorations!

Just before entering the concert hall, there is a staircase about one floor high, divided into two sections. Up the stairs, there is a very long storage counter.

A whole row, from one end of the concert hall to the other.

This place is also a place for concerts and clothing storage.

And right in front of everyone, on the two steps of the concert hall, many, many people gathered.

People from all places and all looks gathered in this place. Everyone formed their own small group and chatted quietly with the people in their group.

These people are not just idlers who came to visit the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Almost all of them are...

Official participants of the Chopin International Piano Competition, and their support teams!

He Shen looked at these people and couldn't help but squint his eyes.

If you just look at the temperament of these people, you can actually see nothing at all...

After all, everyone was wearing similar clothes, which were relatively casual clothes, and they did not change into competition clothes immediately.

But if you look at their details...

The details of their standing, the details of their fingers, the details of their wrists, the details of their arms...

It can be seen that those who stood on the steps, especially those who dominated the crowd, were basically all piano masters!

Very, very powerful piano masters!

So powerful that He Shen could clearly feel the strength of their performance.

Not to say that they were particularly strong, at least, the strength of these people would definitely not be weak!

After all, their hands were there.

No one's hands were like dry bones, and they looked very beautiful and slender to outsiders.

Their hands were full of strength!

It was the kind of feeling that the joints and muscles on the fingers could be seen completely!

For example, the fingertips in front of their fingers.

Basically, the fingertips of everyone were particularly thick and extremely thick.

Just from the details of these people's fingers, it can be seen how strong these people are!

In other words, if we just look at their hands, any one of them can reach the level of the three leading figures in China.

No, it should be two, except Yue Li!

Yue Li has been exercising his muscles, and his fingers are actually much thicker than those of everyone present.

It can only be said that the hands of Fu Diao and Pei Qi are comparable to those of the people present!

Very strong!

He Shen touched his chin, didn't say much, and walked directly to the front of the concert hall.

The contestants standing on the steps looked at He Shen who had just entered, and didn't say much.

Just looked at He Shen a little more.

The main reason is that the smell of Chopin on He Shen is too strong!

It's the kind that you may even mistake the person in front of you for Chopin without paying attention to He Shen.

It's this kind of temperament!

Therefore, when they looked at He Shen, they couldn't help but nodded silently and put He Shen in their next opponent list for the time being.

After all, this is just the beginning. Only more than 160 people have been selected from more than 500 people around the world.

Among these people present, half of them will be eliminated soon!

Only the last 80 people will be left!

Therefore, it is completely unnecessary to treat He Shen as an imaginary enemy now. You just need to remember He Shen's appearance.

He Shen ignored everyone and walked directly to the front of the concert hall, at the end of the coat check area.

At the end, there was a small table where a staff member was sitting, and I don't know what was written.

He Shen walked forward quickly, handed his name and the invitation letter to the staff, nodded slightly to the staff, and said in Polish.

"Huaguo, Jiangzhou Normal University School of Music, He Shen!"

"Huaguo, He Shen?"

The staff looked at He Shen's form and didn't care much. He just quickly compared it with the list given to him by the organizing committee before, took a quick look, confirmed that it was correct, and nodded to He Shen.

"Polish? Is it okay?"

"Yes!"

He Shen nodded.

After seeing He Shen confirm that there was no problem, the staff member immediately spoke quickly.

"Okay, since I don't have any Polish, then I will confirm with you first. The works you submitted for the preliminary round are the following."

"Chopin Nocturne Op27, No1"

"Chopin Etude Op10, No4"

"Chopin Etude Op25, No10"

"Chopin First Piano Ballade Op23, No1"

"Chopin Mazurka, Mazurka, 30 3"

"Chopin Mazurka, Mazurka, 30 4"

"Any questions? If you have any questions, please ask them quickly."

The staff member looked at He Shen, and He Shen looked at the table above and shook his head slightly.

"No, there is no problem."

"If there is no problem, then it's fine, but please confirm it again. If there are various problems later, there is no way to change it!"

The staff confirmed with He Shen again, and after confirming that it was correct, he slowly nodded.

"Since there is no problem, then the time here is like this."

"On October 5th, the competition will be held at 12 o'clock in the evening."

"This time is normal. Our preliminaries will start at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and last until 3 o'clock in the morning. You don't have to question whether our time arrangement is reasonable. This is to complete the elimination of the preliminaries as soon as possible."

"Those judges are more hardworking than you!"

"Then, the venue of the competition is the Chopin Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw, which is here, on the fourth floor, the top floor, the small concert hall in that place. You just go up the stairs behind me, and someone will receive you on the top floor."

"After you have completed the registration, you can take this ID card to go up and try the piano."

"This year's piano is the same as usual, there is still only one piano, that is, Steinway."

"Take your ID card, you will have more than ten minutes to try it out, you can make your own arrangements."

After that, he took out a pass with He Shen's name and the time of his competition on it, handed it to He Shen, and waved at him.

"Okay, I wish you all the best."

"Well..."

He Shen put away the documents in his hand and was about to leave when he suddenly found that the surrounding environment had become wrong.

Other people around him all became extremely quiet, and their eyes were all looking behind them.

He Shen was stunned and also looked behind him...

A middle-aged woman with long gray hair, with a very strong artistic posture, walked slowly in the corridor on the first floor of the concert hall.

She walked slowly in the middle of the concert hall, and no one dared to say a word.

He Shen did the same...

He looked at the person in front of him and couldn't help but be stunned...

Marta Argerich...

The champion of the 7th Chopin International Piano Competition!

Piano... Priestess!

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