He hoped that when he went back today, he could continue to tell Ido, 'The situation has changed and we will have to wait a little longer before we can go home.'
He was shouting No. 42... No. 42... No. 42 in his heart.
He thought that there should be room for No. 42 among the 11 promotion places.
The old bartender looked at him with an almost crazy expression and didn't know what to say.
"Contestant No. 57 Qin Jian is from China."
...
The applause erupted again.
The old bartender's first reaction when he heard the result was not to applaud, his attention was entirely on old Assad.
But old Assad didn't have any overreaction after hearing this result, he just sighed.
Then he applauded Qin Jian.
The old bartender wanted to say something again, but he still didn't know what to say.
He also clapped.
"Contestant No. 66 Adams Joda, from Austria."
"Contestant No. 70 Fred Zmelman, from Germany."
With Branjano's final announcement, the list of all 11 finalists was released.
"Thank you to the 21 players for the wonderful performances you gave us in the third round. The Chopin spirit is with you.
“Wow————————————————”
The loudest applause sounded at the scene, which was the farewell applause.
Under the applause, the crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed.
Under the camera, contestants who failed to advance one after another waved and left, or took a final photo with fans with a smile on their faces, or sat lonely in a corner of the lobby.
Looking at the scenes around him amidst the noise, Qin Jian thought he was used to it.
But in fact, when the emotions surged from the bottom of his heart, he found that he had no other choice but to passively accept it all.
At this moment, a question couldn't help but arise in his mind - 'Are music competitions anti-music?'
But then he laughed in his heart and cursed himself for being sick.
But sentimentality is a good trait for a musician.
Just as he was about to go to the lottery site, a family of three black Moroccan brothers appeared in front of him and Duan Ran.
The Moroccan boy was holding a copy of Mozart's K491 sheet music, hoping to get Qin Jian to sign it.
The guy speaks English.
Duan Ran was the translator.
"He likes your performance of Mozart very much. He said he listens to your album on his mobile phone every day."
In an instant, Qin Jian understood everything, and thought to himself, no wonder the other party laughed when he saw him at the piano test site, and after that, he laughed every time they met.
I see.
With a sigh and a smile, he took a pen and wrote his name on top of the music score.
When he put away the pen, his heart moved, and he asked Duan Ran to leave the other party's email address.
The black guy happily told Duan Ran the prize email, and Duan Ran recorded it on his phone.
With the last parting handshake, the family of three left.
Qin Jian and Duan Ran rushed to the drawing site.
"Why do you want someone else's email address?"
"I will give him a Mozart CD later."
"Humph, I haven't even~"
"It's okay. Next time you see Paul and ask him for it, he will definitely have a way to get it."
...
The lobby quickly became quiet, leaving only the final list on the big screen.
Of the 77 players, only 11 names are still visible.
This list is basically in line with the expectations of the mass media.
The most popular players such as No. 12, No. 15, No. 57, No. 66, and No. 70 all advanced without any surprise.
Even Ivanov's promotion is far from an upset.
If I have to say something, it would be No. 42.
The Syrian young man on stage on crutches could no longer be seen in the finals.
There is no way.
Except for the popular players, No. 1, No. 3, No. 13, No. 24, no one performed worse than No. 42 in the third round.
The public had nothing to say about the outcome.
Some people may wonder why No. 9 can advance but No. 42 cannot.
Maybe no one cares who is wearing whose coat.
This is also the Chopin Competition.
The game will continue.
Four days later.
Only one person's information will be left on this big screen.
And then enter the history of modern music.
But before that, they need to draw lots again.
This time the draw will determine who will fire the first shot of the final battle.
At the same time, they must also submit their final pieces on site.
...
...
The lottery scene.
Same venue, same recipe.
The same reporters were filming the same scene.
There are only 11 of today’s protagonists left.
They were still seated among the rows of seats in the center of the venue.
The old notary accompanied Camparo and Branjano to the large table placed in front of the venue again.
The huge glass jar still stood on the table, containing the remaining 25 envelopes.
‘F’ is no longer there.
The old notary reaches into the glass jar and scrambles the envelope in front of all cameras.
The scene was so quiet that you could hear the scraping of paper.
Then Kemparo stepped forward, turned his back, put his hand into the glass tube, and casually pulled out a piece from the middle.
He handed the envelope he pulled out to Branjano.
quiet.
nervous.
The order of appearance for the finals has been finalized.
It's in the envelope in Branjano's hand.
‘Click.’
‘Click.’
‘Click.’
Branjano opened the envelope as everyone watched.
He took out the note inside.
"Z."
He held up the note and announced to the whole world the order of entry in the finals of this Chopin Competition.
After a brief silence, Contestant No. 70 Fred stood up and walked towards the front of the venue.
He is still grateful for his surname 'Zmailman'.
As a devout Christian, he thanked God for everything he had arranged for him.
He was the first contestant to submit the final piece, and he left the venue after the submission was completed.
Then Natsuki stood up...
Next Bayliss...
Ivanov...
Rachel...
They completed the final registration according to the serial number, received tomorrow's rehearsal schedule, and then left the venue.
Duan Ran got the form and glanced at Qin Jian before leaving.
Then it was Edmundo's turn. Edmundo walked up to the front desk. Before submitting his music, he seemed to have consciously avoided the teacher standing beside him.
After quickly writing down the track, he took the form and left.
Branjano noticed Edmundo's abnormality, and when he saw the repertoire Edmundo filled in, he took a deep breath!
This scene was completely captured by Qin Jian, who had been paying attention to every detail on the stage.
After Li Xianlong finished filling in the application form, Qin Jian came on stage.
He wasn't sure if Branjano had temporarily changed the song just now, but it had nothing to do with him.
He has firmly established Xiao Yi.
In the final battle, he still has to challenge everyone head-on.
If you don't accept it, let's fight Xiao Yi.
As the second to last person to appear, he couldn't help feeling that fate was really fucked up when he was in the audience.
In the finals in Vienna, he was the second to last player, and the player behind him was Adams.