Perhaps at this time, Robert, like many contestants, was happily drinking carbonated drinks and eating popcorn, waiting for the surprise result in the cinema for a while.
He felt that his performance in the first round was okay, and one of his teachers was on the phone with him last night to discuss his performance in the next round.
With some encouragement from his teacher, he was determined to perform better in the next round. He admitted that the player No. 57 behind him was a formidable opponent, but he had no fear.
He hopes to have another head-to-head confrontation with the opponent in the next round.
In this regard Robert is a Polish man with a true temperament.
Just like the one who called him among his many Polish teachers - Gerry Otto.
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Griotto's mood at this time was more than just depressed.
He sat at the corner of the conference table with his head lowered and his hands clasped.
He didn't want to talk to any of his colleagues around him.
His most proud student would no longer appear in the next round of the competition, and he felt a little melancholy about this.
As Robert's first piano teacher, he was unwilling to accept the result of 7 votes.
He even thinks that Robert's ranking at around 40 is an unreal thing.
But even so, he did not direct his fierce thoughts at any of the fellow judges or judges from other countries who did not vote for Robert. He did not bear any grudge against the Russian judges who voted all for "one of their own".
All was said and done, the voting was over, Robert was out in 41st place, and that was that.
There was nothing he could do to change anything.
After the old notary collected the information of all 40 promoted contestants, he sealed the data in the box and left with his assistant.
A long review process is over.
The judges left the table one after another muttering to themselves.
The Russian judges left together, and the neutral judges also left together.
Before leaving, the other Polish judges nodded in the direction of Branjano and Andrzej. They seemed to be in the same group.
The judges also had a rare half-day to relax.
The game will continue tomorrow. Although their workload has been reduced by half, they must work harder.
As the chairman of the jury, Branjano deserves to stay at the end.
And An Jieyi beside him never raised his buttocks. The old man only raised his hands with a few judges who greeted him before leaving.
Andrzej's eyes kept falling on the silent Alto at the corner of the conference table.
After everyone left, Branjano looked beside him, then at Alto, and sighed inwardly.
Although he wanted to talk to Anjie about Robert's grading issue, he still chose to leave the teacher's time to his junior brother, not to mention that he couldn't say anything in front of Alto.
In 1990, he and Alto were admitted to the Warsaw Conservatory of Music in the same autumn, and at the same time they were accepted by Andrzej to study piano.
More than twenty years have passed, and Branjano knows what kind of person Alto is.
The other person may be a steady pianist on the stage, but privately he is definitely a competitive and fragile child, and sometimes he is also petty.
The two quarreled more than once during their college years over who had taken whose music, and almost every time it was Alto who started the dispute.
Later, after graduating from college, the two also had unpleasant encounters at several public concerts.
By the beginning of 1998, the feud between the two had almost reached the point of incompatibility.
It was not until Branjano won the fourteenth championship that the relationship between the two gradually eased, and no one else knew the reason for this.
But the so-called easing is just easing.
Branjano and Anjie looked at each other, and Anjie gave him a look that said, "Don't worry."
Then Blanchano left with a bang.
When passing by Alto, he slowed down and patted his opponent on the shoulder.
After leaving the conference room, Branjano went directly back to his office. He had to prepare for the results conference at six o'clock. By the way, he also needed a quiet space to think about some issues.
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At this time, only Andrzej and Alto were left in the slightly empty conference room.
Anjie stood up and slowly walked to Alto's side and sat down.
Alto turned to look at Anjieyi. The old man's kind smile relieved his discomfort to a certain extent.
In his eyes, Anjie is as kind as his father.
"Teacher." Otto called.
Andrzej smiled and said: "Robert is an excellent Polish pianist? This is obvious to all of us."
After saying this, Alto felt uncomfortable again. He wanted to say yes, teacher, but he had no chance to prove himself.
Andrzej understood Alto's state of mind at this time, and he went on to express his opinion: "His piano career has just begun, and his future piano road is still long. This is just a competition."
Otto nodded. He thought of himself. He thought of his failure in the Chopin Competition 15 years ago, but now that he is sitting on the jury of the Chopin Competition, he is a pianist with a good reputation in the country.
An Jieyi: "You have to provide him with psychological counseling. This is also one of your jobs as a teacher? Do you understand?"
Thinking of another responsibility of his? Alto sighed, it was indeed what the teacher said.
Seeing that Alto's complexion gradually improved, Anjie grinned dryly, and the wrinkled corners of his eyes became even more crowded.
moment.
He sighed softly.
"A game is a game after all? Even the great Chopin couldn't care for our players?" Andrzej's tone seemed to emphasize the words 'our players', "But don't bear grudges against the Russians, and do your best in the next step."
work."
What did Alto seem to think of from these words? He was still thinking, and just then Anjie stood up holding his shoulders.
"Go ahead, Alto. You can take time to go out for a meal with Lina and the child tonight."
"Have a good time to relax."
"The game has just begun."
After the kind old man sent his middle-aged disciple away, he closed the door and returned to his seat.
He is more accustomed to sitting in Branjano's position to watch the projector. This angle can make his neck more comfortable.
At this time, all the information of the top 40 players on the projector has been disclosed, except for the average score.
There are 5 Polish players left among the 40 players, and the "number" of each Polish player's "yes" is displayed in red letters.
After a while, his phone vibrated.
A number without notes.
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When Branjano returned to the office, he first called his assistant and asked him to drive to the entrance of the Chopin Institute at 17:30 and wait for him.
Then he lay down on his desk and took out some paper and started writing and drawing.
Compared with the results of the re-voting just now, what caught his attention was the shape of the votes in the re-voting.
Robert received 9 votes on the stage, but only 7 votes in the conference room. This in itself is unreasonable.