The world's number one pianist

For contestants from Japan, the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition is the closest top competition to them.

For other contestants, such as pianists from China and South Korea, this is also the most cost-effective competition.

The reason is simple, because it is close!

For example, the air ticket from Haicheng, China to Hamamatsu with a little carry-on luggage is about a thousand yuan.

If it is a round trip, it is about two thousand yuan!

Maybe it will be cheaper to fly from South Korea?

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In addition to China and South Korea, there are contestants from other small places.

For example, like Deng Songshan, contestants from small places around China, their first choice is to come to Hamamatsu to participate in the top competitions in this place.

This is the cheapest and easiest competition in Asia, and it can even be said that it is the highest-level competition!

You can completely say that the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition is not called the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, but this competition can be called... the Asian International Piano Competition!

Because, in this competition, the most participants are Asian players!

After all, the competition is held in Hamamatsu, Japan, so many players from other places, such as those from Europe and the United States, simply cannot run so far to compete in Japan.

And Asia, as a continent of involution, is known to countless people!

Originally, there were nearly eight places available for everyone to compete in the finals of the competition, but now it seems...

It seems that there are only the last two or three places for everyone to compete in the finals!

A lot of players who are obviously capable of finding connections and entering higher-level competitions from other places did not choose to compete directly in higher-level music competitions, but chose to have a temporary contest in this Hamamatsu International Piano Competition.

This point directly plunged countless people into the abyss.

If those ordinary people can enter the finals of this competition, they can take a break for a while and use this as their own resume for everyone to see.

It means that their level of strength is there.

After all, everyone knows their own level of strength, and no one thinks that their level of strength has really reached a particularly high level.

They can charge towards the world's top competition.

Therefore, many people just set their goals on entering the finals. It would be better if they can get a higher ranking, but it doesn't matter if they can't.

As the outpost of the Chopin International Piano Competition, this competition must have a lot of top bosses heading towards the peak of this competition!

However, there can be such top bosses, but there should definitely not be so many!

There are too many top bosses now, right?

There are so many that the people below don't have any room to stand out!

This situation is a bit too frustrating now.

The performance under normal circumstances is actually okay. The top bosses take the top few positions, and the remaining positions are left for those ordinary pianists to compete for.

You charge towards a higher level, and I mix grades at a lower level.

As a result, you don't even let me get a mixed score now, isn't this a bit too much?

And...

Everyone has the deepest resentment towards He Shen.

Everyone brings one person to participate in the competition, why do you bring two people to participate in the competition? Weaken our chances of advancing?

Why don't you just bring eight students to take the top eight finals?

Therefore, everyone who originally had a little bit of goodwill towards Zhao Zitong, Ji Mengting and me, after seeing He Shen bring them into the competition, thinking about their own future, suddenly lost much goodwill.

Oh, by the way...except for those who originally had no intention of charging into the finals, they originally entered as many places as they could, and did not think about other things at all, let alone how many places He Shen brought his students to enter.

He Shen, Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting did not care about the discussions of other people around them. For them, these people's discussions did not have any effect at all.

The only effect was to make He Shen even more lazy to go out with this name, and to force Ji Mengting and Zhao Zitong to practice crazily.

What He Shen wanted was to let Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting get the first and second place in the competition!

In this way, one of them should be able to get the first place directly through the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition.

A place in the Chopin International Piano Competition!

Then the other person can take this opportunity to improve their self-confidence and move towards a higher level!

Everything is moving forward slowly in He Shen's arrangement.

He Shen asked the two to move forward at the fastest speed towards a performance closer to the direction of the concert!

Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting also followed He Shen's steps, without any hesitation, and quickly adjusted the details of the performance!

These details can be adjusted!

In music, these are all trivial things.

The most important thing in music is the understanding of music, and what the performer has to show is also the understanding of music!

The understanding of music is the most important!

When practicing, they are also thinking about their understanding of music.

When playing, what they play is not based on their own habits, nor is it completely based on memory.

More importantly, it is the understanding and interpretation of music.

If the understanding and interpretation are done, many subsequent details can be easily corrected.

And He Shen's requirements for Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting's practice are basically asking them to work harder on music.

Now that they have done a lot of work on music, what is left is the work on some special processing!

As He Shen kept pursuing the details of the two's performance, the two soon met He Shen's requirements and came to the feeling that He Shen wanted.

That kind of feeling that can fit in with the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition!

Standing in the room, looking at the interpretations of Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting, He couldn't help but touch his chin and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting lowered their heads, waiting for He Shen's evaluation.

Zhao Zitong saw He Shen didn't speak for a long time. After struggling for a moment, she carefully raised her head and looked at He Shen and said tentatively: "Teacher, we do this... Is it okay?"

He Shen raised his head at this time, glanced at Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting, and nodded slowly: "It's okay. Although there are still a few problems with playing like this, the problem is not big. We can make adjustments during the subsequent performance!"

After that, He Shen stood up, picked up his clothes, put them on, walked to the door, and said to Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting: "Let's go, let's go directly to the competition site now."

"Today is your preliminary round."

"Huh??? Today is our preliminary round? Today???" Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting's eyes suddenly widened. They didn't have any idea at all.

He Shen had told them before that they didn't need to worry about anything except practicing the piano.

Therefore, the two of them really didn't care about anything, but just practiced the piano seriously and thought about how the music should be expressed.

But they really didn't expect that He Shen didn't even tell them when to start playing!

This time, the two of them were directly confused, and even began to get anxious.

Zhao Zitong immediately took a step forward and said anxiously: "He Shen, we are not ready yet, why did the competition suddenly start? Shouldn't we be ready before..."

"Are you really not ready?" He Shen stopped opening the door and looked at Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting behind him, and said very seriously: "I have prepared with you for so long, I said you are all ready, do you think you are not ready yet?"

"This is different! I!" Zhao Zitong always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell.

He Shen's tone did not change at all. He looked at Zhao Zitong and asked very seriously: "What's different?"

"Do you think your performance just now was not good, or do you think... I said you are ready, but it was actually wrong?"

"I..." Zhao Zitong was speechless.

Obviously there should be that kind of tension, the tension before the competition, the kind of tension that is tense all over the body and wants to keep rushing forward.

But for some reason, under He Shen's interruption, the tension on her and Ji Mengting beside her almost disappeared.

Instead, they were confused.

I don't know what kind of emotion I should be in now.

Should I be more nervous? Or act more normal?

If I need to act more normal, what expression should I have now?

The two of them became extremely confused in an instant, and didn't know what they should do now to be the right thing to do!

He Shen looked at the two people behind him, especially at their confused expressions, and couldn't help shaking his head. He walked to the door and gestured to the two of them: "Let's go, go out, and prepare for the competition."

"I have been practicing with you for so long, you should be very familiar with the works you are going to play, and you shouldn't have any hesitation. Your current strength is enough to cope with this competition!"

"So, what are you... afraid of? What kind of problems do you think you might have?"

"Me! Me, I..."

Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting looked at He Shen, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt something was wrong.

But he didn't know where to refute, so he could only follow He Shen in a daze and walk towards the direction of Hamamatsu Concert Hall.

At this moment, many people have gathered near the Hamamatsu Concert Hall, and countless people have gathered near the concert hall, waiting for the start of the competition.

Today is the first day of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition!

The first day of the preliminaries!

A few days ago, it was the time for students to practice and choose pianos.

All contestants reported, selected specific pianos, and determined which piano they needed to choose later!

After all contestants reported successfully and chose their own pianos, it was their turn for the opening ceremony.

At the opening ceremony, some judges and top pianists came to celebrate and perform for this competition.

Let all performers feel the style of those top players!

He Shen was also among them, but He Shen did not let Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting follow him to watch the opening ceremony.

The opening ceremony was a bit too time-consuming for them.

It would be better for them to spend their time on adapting to the concert hall first!

Therefore, there are many people near the Hamamatsu Concert Hall. They look at He Shen who is walking towards the Hamamatsu Concert Hall, and they can't help but reveal a trace of longing in their eyes.

This is He Shen, one of the top pianists now.

Although he has not reached the world's first, he is definitely one of the top pianists!

If he can give them one percent of his piano level, it will be enough for them to brag to the outside world for a long time!

Therefore, when they saw He Shen walking towards them without any arrogance or pretense, just like an ordinary person, their eyes were filled with excitement and joy.

However, they restrained themselves and did not let themselves rush forward without any pretense to ask He Shen for an autograph.

Just when they thought that only He Shen came alone, they suddenly saw Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting behind He Shen.

At this moment, their eyes changed.

It was good that He Shen came to add luster to this competition, but why did he bring his students to compete on the field?

Why did he want to grab their places?

He Shen felt the eyes around him, his expression did not change at all, and his steps did not even pause a little.

What the people around him thought of him and his students had nothing to do with him.

He Shen brought the two to the front of the Hamamatsu Concert Hall, the place for reporting.

After handing his ID to the staff in front of him, he immediately spoke.

"Huaguo Zhao Zitong, selected works, Liszt Etude, Hunting, Mazeppa, and Chopin's First Piano Ballade"

"Huaguo Ji Mengting, selected works, Chopin's Third Piano Ballade, Chopin Nocturne, Chopin Etude Winter Wind, Torrent!"

The staff immediately picked up the data card in his hand, quickly checked and filled it out, and nodded to He Shen with great respect.

"Okay, Mr. He Shen, we have reviewed and confirmed the information of your students. You can bring your students directly to the backstage of the contestants!"

"Do you need a pass? We can let you wait with the contestants backstage!"

He Shen shook his head without any hesitation: "No, just give me a ticket in the corner."

"Okay!"

The staff nodded immediately, and after a quick operation on the workbench in front of him, he handed two passes and a concert ticket to He Shen and said.

"Mr. He Shen, this is your student's pass, and this is your ticket, please keep it! If you lose it, it will be very troublesome, and you need to apply for re-authentication and production, so please try your best to ensure that the two passes in your hand are intact! After your student's competition is over, these two passes can be given to you as souvenirs!"

"But be careful, these two passes must not be lost!"

"Yes." He Shen nodded and took the pass from the staff, turned back to Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting nearby, and handed the pass in his hand to the two.

He Shen looked at the two people's blank expressions and spoke slowly.

"This is your pass, keep it!"

"Don't be too nervous, your strength is enough, just play normally!"

"This is just the preliminary round, the intensity of the competition will not be too high, so relax a little."

After that, He Shen patted Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting on the back, and sent Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting, who had not yet reacted, directly to the concert hall. After watching them disappear from his sight, he slowly moved his eyes away and prepared to enter the audience.

At this time, a familiar voice came from the side.

"Japan, Nakamura Shiro, piano choose Yamaha CFX, performance work, Liszt Will-O'-the-Wisp!"