649. It is said that stories have always been like this
Everyone noticed the name of this Japanese player.
"As expected, Natsuki ranks first."
Duan Ran said to himself, and couldn't help but look down the second column of the table.
Soon her eyes stopped at serial number 13.
‘13. Ms Ran Duan,.’
Gotta say she likes the serial number.
Then she looked down for Qin Jian's serial number. When her eyes swept to the position of serial number 57, she saw 'Jian Qin,.'
However, she was definitely not the only player looking at area 57 at the same time.
These include Adams in the first row, Rachel in the second row, and a pair of dark brown pupils in the corner of the seventh row.
After Qin Jian's eyes swept across 57, he returned to the area of '13'.
‘12. Ms Rachel.Dora,USA‘
His eyes kept wandering back and forth between 13 and 12.
Although he had expected this before, he still couldn't help but sigh at this time.
Duan Ran's first round doesn't seem to be too easy at this point.
then.
Each player has found his or her own group.
‘22. Mr Zi-Yan Feng,’
‘24. Mr Zong-Yao Fang,’
...
37. Mr Xian-Long Li,SG’
‘42. Mr Muwaffaq Edo,SY’
...
‘55. Mr Feng Qi,’
...
‘66. Mr Adams Yedda,AT’
‘73. Ms YI-Nuo Zhao,’
...
...
After confirming their own information, each player will pay attention to the serial number position of his teammates or the popular players before the game.
Everyone is making their own calculations, and everyone is thinking about their own problems or situations.
This is a problem they have to face, even though the draw has not yet started.
The first round of competition was divided into 10 groups over 5 days.
After the draw is over, each player can determine which opponents will compete in the same group as him based on the draw.
Although the organizer does not clearly stipulate the promotion quota for each game, in principle, after the first round of competition is completed, the jury will summarize the results of all players who participated in the ten games, and finally sort and select the next round of promotion.
player.
But every player sitting here knows very well——
'When there are too many popular players in a certain group, the relatively weak players in this group will face great competitive pressure.'
Suppose Chengdu divides the 10 groups into three groups ABC according to the concentration of popular players, and A is the group with the highest concentration of popular players.
Then, the players will be divided into three levels, ABC, based on their performance in the preliminary round, with A being the best.
It is not ruled out that some players will deliberately use some unconventional playing patterns to hide themselves in the preliminary rounds, such as player Qin Jian from China, such as player Frei from Germany.
None of them showed their real stuff.
certainly.
The actual situation is not just one-sided.
There are also some players who performed extremely well in the preliminary round. They were lucky enough to be noticed by the judges, but in fact they may not be as good as they were in the preliminary round.
But no matter what, they advanced to a new round.
So here we will deal with it based on an average situation - players are divided into three levels of ABC based on their preliminary rounds.
So the following theoretical scenes will appear.
When an A-level player appears in the BC-level group, his or her chances of advancement will inevitably increase.
When a B-level player appears in an A-level group, the pressure he or she faces will be infinitely magnified.
When a C-level player appears in the A-level group, he or she can only fight to the death in the first round.
Maybe some people don't aspire to win Warsaw, but no one wants to be eliminated in the first round.
And in this process, it is impossible for the judges' ears to be objective - they clearly remembered the details of each player's performance during the five days and ten groups of thousands of minutes of listening.
Therefore, this makes it impossible for the final first round scoring to be completely fair.
This is music competition, which is more cruel than sports competition.
Will your own performance be affected just because of your last name?
Yes.
This sounds a bit like destiny, as if the hard work of some players for more than ten years has been wiped out before the main game begins?
Yes.
This is the Chopin Competition.
But there is a saying that there is room for reversal in everything.
For example, at this time, two staff members were pushing a cart with transparent glass jars in front of Pakenro.
This scene touched the hearts of many people.
The audience focused on the 26 small white envelopes scattered inside the glass jar.
Pakenlo picked up the microphone again: "Now it's up to me to shuffle them again."
After saying that, he put down the microphone and put his hands into the glass jar in front of the world's cameras.
At this time, the picture on the big screen is also a glass tube.
Pakenko closed his eyes, devoutly like a believer, and began to stir with his hands.
As he stirred, the position of the white envelope was disrupted over and over again.
20 seconds later.
He stopped, stretched out his hands, turned to look at Branjano behind him, and then stepped aside.
Branjano, the chairman of the jury for this Chopin Competition, stepped forward in his place.
He stopped in front of the glass jar, and the entire hall was silent.
I saw him then put his hand into the glass jar, and then gently grabbed an envelope from the middle with a relaxed expression.
The lottery ceremony has reached the penultimate part.
The staff pushed the trolley to the left side of the stage, and two staff members of the International Music Event Arbitration Committee took over the glass tube.
Every step is carried out in an orderly manner.
So far.
The final result is in the envelope in Branjano's hand.
The 77 people sitting at the table all looked at the envelope with different eyes or postures.
Someone made the sign of the cross on their chest.
Some people put their hands together and put their elbows on their legs.
Someone was leaning against the chair and quilt with his head raised.
Someone was waving their fingers calmly.
Someone looked to the side with a smile.
Someone is playing with the tattoo on their hand.
Branjano has also been in the audience and experienced all this, so he understands the mental state of the players at this time.
He didn't intend to make everyone suffer any more.
moment.
"Good luck to everyone."
As he spoke, he opened the envelope and took out a white piece of paper.
Qin Jian bet that this scene touched the hearts of many people, because he heard two rapid breaths behind him.
Branjano's eyes jumped when he saw the letters on the piece of paper.
Then he held the piece of paper with the writing on it high to the crowd.
On the big screen.
A capital "F" appears.
"F."
Branjano finally said to the audience.
Instantaneous time.
"F, F!"
"Oh, god."
"wo qu~"
The sound of cameras and human voices are once again densely intermingled!
The draw is over and the first player to appear in this competition has been determined.
“21. Mr Ashley Fripp ,UK.”
Going clockwise, the second player to appear will be player No. 22, until the last player to appear is No. 20
According to this order, starting from player No. 21, every nine players will be divided into a group.
Branjano nodded slightly to the audience and handed the microphone back to Pacanro.
Pakenluo walked to the stage, paused, looked at the audience and smiled.
"Then let's invite the contestants whose last name starts with F to come out!"
Suddenly, the contestants' table became lively.
One figure after another stood up, Feng Ziyan and Fang Zongyao were among the group of people.
The picture on the big screen also switched again at this time.
A short-haired male player with thick hair became the focus of the draw.
His expression looked like he had won a lottery, but it was not a happy one.
Standing up in front of everyone's attention, he gently spread his hands.