Married to the Demon King

Underwriting plane wine tours to Europe is like participating in a wedding that doesn't cost any money.

Lou Xiaochuan hugged Yu Jiu and did not let go: "You tomorrow! You must compete! Only if you enter the finals, we can play for two more days!"

Yu Jiu kicked him.

When Yu Man didn't come, Lou Xiaochuan said with a smile that he stayed in Tongcheng to watch the scene.

Yu Jiu is curious about Lou Xiaochuan's career line, but now is obviously not the time to talk about it.

After greeting everyone, Lin Cong'an, who was walking at the back, stepped forward, Yu Jiu took his hand and just turned around, when Su Xiyan whistled behind him: "Little handsome guy, do you want to leave a contact information?" ?”

This was said to Lou Xiaochuan, and he looked confused: "What bird language are you talking about? I don't understand! Love, Dongte, no."

Su Xiyan: "You don't know your number? Are you mentally retarded?"

Yu Jiu didn't understand her curse words, Lin Cong'an blocked his sight, and said coldly to Su Xiyan, "Please show some respect."

Watching Yu Jiu and his party leave, it took Su Xiyan a long time to recover.

"How dare he scold me?!"

Su Xiyan unilaterally established hatred towards Yu Jiu, and when she saw Yu Jiu backstage the next day, she turned her head and snorted.

Yu Jiu was puzzled, but because he didn't like her, he simply ignored her.

Su Xiyan and he appeared one after another, and they were sitting in the background together at this time.

Yu Jiu wore headphones and closed his eyes to rest his mind. Su Xiyan was wearing a strapless dress and propped his chin with one hand in a daze.

"Hey."

"..."

"Hey!"

Yu Jiu was knocked off his shoulder and took off his earphones: "?"

"Mazurka, what number did you choose?" Suziyan asked.

Yu Jiu plugged the earphones back again.

Su Xiyan: "..."

She came to the stage angrily, pointed at Yu Jiu and said harshly: "Don't talk about being defeated! You will definitely not be able to enter the finals! I hate Chinese people!"

This is the last day of the third round.After one game, the list of ten finalists will be released.

Four or ten minutes later, a staff member came to the backstage to remind Yu Jiu to go up and wait.

Yu Jiu stood up, straightened his clothes, and looked at himself in the mirror.

The eyes are firm and the dress is straight.Anxiety and stage fright have disappeared, and what remains is maturity and self-confidence.

Coming to the side of the stage, the sound of the piano poured into Yu Jiu's ears like flowing water.Su Xiyan has played the final mazurka part.

Work No. [-], three Mazurkas, played repeatedly.

I chose the exact same track as him.

Mazurka is a dance music originated from Polish folk dance, mostly in three beats.

The Mazurka created by Chopin combines the characteristics of three types of dances: fast Mazurka with variable stress positions, smooth and slow Kuyawiak with stress in two or three beats, and light and fast Mazurka with more stress in Obelek at the end of every two bars.

Mazurka is an art combining simplicity and poetry.

Su Xiyan played very fast, and she was always flamboyant, wearing a red dress like a fiery rose.

However, her shortcomings are also very obvious. She was born as a street piano, and she always has a kind of impatience when she treats music.

As a kind of dance music, Mazurka requires more patience and sense of rhythm.

Fast and slow does not mean that you can play casually. Finding the rhythm in this kind of see-saw is the key to whether dance music can "dance".

Su Xiyan's Mazurka is like a dance of one person, but Yu Jiu knows how to make it a harmony of two people.

He still remembers how he danced this dance music with Lin Cong'an after the guests had finished at the banquet dressed as medieval European nobles in the manor of the Lin family's old house.

There was thunderous applause.

Su Xiyan got up, stepped off the stage, and passed Yu Jiu on the steps.

The black suit dress interlaced with the red dress, and the camera captured this scene, including the brief meeting of the eyes of the two.

Yu Jiu was always smiling, showing no seriousness or nervousness, but Su Xiyan stopped after taking a few steps and looked back at him.

The staff indicated that she could go down to rest first, but Su Xiyan said impatiently that she would just listen here for a while.

She has never been optimistic about Yu Jiu, even though she has heard him live, she dislikes him for being too serious and rigid, just like many boring Chinese people, playing mechanically without passion.

How can playing without passion go for a long time?Like him, and that Jin Chengyan... Su Xiyan looked down on them all, and couldn't get used to them.

But why, now her heart is pounding?What is she nervous about?

Su Xiyan bit her lower lip subconsciously.

Yu Jiu started his performance.

Sonatas, Preludes, Ballads... He put all the repertoires he is best at in the third round, and each song is so perfect.

Su Xiyan had been standing for more than half an hour, and her heels were numb from the pressure of her high heels.

Why?Why is there no error at all?This is already the third round!How long has he practiced?

After another song was over, Yu Jiu had played continuously for 35 minutes.He was breathing heavily, and there was a slight sweat on his forehead.

The last 10 minutes are left - Opus [-], Mazurka.

When the first section sounded, Su Xiyan felt a little bit in her heart.

Yu Jiu actually chose the same Mazurka as himself!

Work No. 56 includes Mazurka No. 30 No. [-].This song is recognized as the most difficult mazurka, but it is not the most beautiful one.

Originally, from the audience's point of view, they may not be able to feel the beauty of it well. When Su Xiyan selected the songs, she was mentally prepared, but she still chose the difficulty.

But Yu Jiu's Mazurka has a little more affection than her.

In the countryside of Poland, a pianist in a good mood played the dilapidated piano outside the church on a windy summer night.

The girl he loves circles around him, the skirts of plain colors are raised, and a flock of birds return to their nests.

The girl smiled at the pianist and talked to him, obviously talking about trivial things, but together they seem to be saying... love.

That is the sound of love.

Su Xiyan stood under the stage in a daze, her face gradually pale.

Yujiu is perfect.But does perfection mean machinery?No.

The one who doesn't understand feelings is clearly herself.

That night, the moment came to decide the fate of 20 people. The list was read one by one, and finally came to the end.

Y.

Su Xiyan watched Master Clark's mouth shape, skipped the open a, and closed his mouth directly——

"Yu Jiu, from China."

……

Yu Jiu represented Hua Guo in the finals of the Chopin International Piano Competition!

Once upon a time, people didn't pay much attention to these competitions. They often waited until the finals were over and found that the Hua people didn't win the prize, and then sighed: Alas, we just can't compare with Wai Guoren in this respect.

As for Western musical instruments, of course Westerners are good at it. Can you ask them if they can come and play the erhu or guzheng?

But the world has already become one, and music knows no borders.Just as there are also foreigners who start to learn oriental instruments, there are no excuses in international competitions.

Self-deprecating "incomparable" is always a cover for losers. When there is competition, no one is willing to hand over the award to others.

And because of the development of technology, more and more spectators can participate in the whole process of the game, and people realize the cruelty of the game and the hard work of the players, and no one will blame them for playing badly or not working hard.

In addition to Yu Jiu, the affairs of Lu Yang and Fatiano also attracted considerable attention.

Although Fatiano finished the game, he was unable to perform due to a hand injury.The judges did not give sympathy points as some netizens begged, and he was eliminated.

And then, Lu Yang didn't even finish the game, and said sorry to the judges and audience halfway. On that day, the whole network was asking: What's wrong with him?

Before Lu Yang made a formal explanation, there was everything on the Internet.Those who are under too much pressure, those who are mentally fragile, those who forgot to score the song before they finished practicing, those who are frightened...

Because he missed playing once, many people questioned that he was not good at learning the art and did not memorize the score well, and some even questioned the gold content of another world award he once won.

These people are righteous: "Look at Fatiano, he persisted in the game with a hand injury, and the competition is over. Even if he loses the election, it is an honor to lose!"

It wasn't until the day when the list of finalists was announced that Lu Yang's defeat became an established fact that he made a public statement on Twitter and Weibo.

Only then did the netizens know that Lu Yang's miss was also due to injury.

Surprised and absurd—no one saw it.

[@吕扬: Thank you for your concern.I would like to say sorry to every audience for not being able to finish the game.

I am 30 years old and have played piano for 20 years.For me, the piano occupies most of my life.

Three years ago, I won No.3 in the Longfellow International Piano Competition. Before I could celebrate, my hand injury occurred.I've had two surgeries and seen many doctors, but the conclusions have been disappointing - I can live, but I can no longer practice vigorously.

In this way, I basically bid farewell to the career of a performer.

Last fall, I got an invitation letter from the Xiao Sai organizing committee.This year's Xiao Sai, the age limit was changed to 30 years old, and I happened to be on the tail of the time limit.

Because of my injury, I haven't practiced the piano well for two years. Is it appropriate to participate in the competition?

Maybe you can't get a good name, or you can't even make it to the end, or you may not perform well and be nailed to the pillar of shame.

But under the persuasion of my family, I decided to try again.Even if I can't get the ranking, I still stand on this stage, and I will not lose in my life.

I was lucky enough to make it through the second round, playing so many pieces, despite a few mistakes.

I am very satisfied.

Thank you for your love, thank you my friends Yu Jiu and Zhao Meng, thank you my family, thank you piano.

If my hands get better in the future, I will continue to play.

I wish Yu Jiu the best of luck in the competition. 】

This Weibo is accompanied by a medical and surgical record, which is irrefutable and does not need to be questioned.

So uncomfortable.

Netizens were crying and thinking: What is Fatiano?He just made a cut and screamed, what happened to Lu Yang?

Maybe he's been hurting from the first round every time he hits a key.

Lu Yang's family background is very good, he is also smart, has a legitimate job, is humorous and handsome, and he is not the pride of heaven wherever he goes.The reason why I have endured so much and insisted on playing the piano can only be because of love.

This wave of critical attacks has devastated the netizens. They cried like dogs under Lu Yang's Weibo, and turned their heads to Yu Jiu's place to howl:

@春静夏忌Autumn Withered Hibernation: 9 Treasures! ! !Please don't try too hard! !

@我觉的是爱情: I’m so scared right now!I originally wanted to talk about buying insurance for the little hands of 9, but now I think about what is the use of money?Is Mr. Lin still short of this money?How about 9, let's practice a little less, woo woo woo, don't let your practice fail you!Look at the negative textbook Brother Lu, if you can't play the piano, you can only go home and inherit the family business!

@恢恩No.1: I change my ID, I will change my ID right away.

@土森流少女: Yes, yes, everyone, don't expect it! !Our 9 is just a freshman with a high school education who didn't graduate from a bachelor's degree. It's very good to enter the finals, so don't ask for anything else!

@防权区的天是晴: …… The piano is too hard for 9 Treasures, are you coming to the entertainment industry to play?Let us watch you every day...

@锦鱼之王: I just need to keep playing 9, otherwise I always feel that he will go back to help Mr. Lin sell shampoo.

@我的妈: Is ls a devil!

…………

That's what I said, but how can I say that if I don't expect it, I don't expect it?

Even Fatiano and Su Xiyan were eliminated, and besides Yu Jiu, among the most talked-about contestants in the finals, there was only one Jin Chengyan left. What an honor this is.

If you can get in the top three, you will really win glory for the country, and a news broadcast will definitely be on it!

Before the competition, who would have thought that among Huaguo's so many players with impressive resumes, it was Yu Jiu who made it to this last step?

……

Warsaw, Poland.

The players finally ushered in the rest day.

Today, at their venue, there will be a pre-match concert performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra.

Tomorrow's final will be completed by the contestants and the orchestra. The repertoire is Chopin's two piano concertos - Piano Concerto No. [-] in E minor and Piano Concerto No. [-] in F minor.Choose one.

The ten contestants who entered the final will enter the concert hall with their companions in formal attire today, and enjoy the performance of the orchestra in the front row.

Others from IX and UY can go, of course. The reliable Mr. Lin has already booked all the tickets, and even the formal clothes are ready for everyone.

The next day when Yu Jiu went downstairs to take a look, he burst out laughing out of nowhere.

"Lou Xiaochuan, hahahahahaha—"

Early in the morning, when everyone gathered in the hotel lobby, it was the first time Yu Jiu saw Lou Xiaochuan wearing a formal suit. What does it mean to wear a dragon robe and not look like a prince is him.

A good high-end suit, dressed like a bodyguard by him, even selling insurance is more elegant than him.

"Damn!" Lou Xiaochuan pulled his collar: "I don't know how to tie this tie, how did I get it!"

Yu Jiu was about to help him tie it while smiling, but just as he grabbed one end of the tie, his hand was suddenly grabbed by Lin Cong'an.

"I'll come." He said coldly.

As soon as Xu Jiajia and the younger sister turned around, they saw the scene of Lin Cong'an tying Lou Xiaochuan's tie. They were shocked by the thunder, and they were about to ascend to heaven.

awful!Absolutely miserable!Judging by Lou Xiaochuan's expression, is he about to be strangled to death? !

Zheng Xin secretly said to Liu Keqiao: "Brother, let's help each other, and stop asking Yu Jiu for help."

Liu Keqiao: "You are right."

After speaking, he grabbed Grandma Liu who was about to look for Yu Jiu with a silk scarf: "Grandma, we will tie a silk scarf for you!"

Grandma Liu smiled so much that her face was blooming, she obviously liked this emerald green silk scarf, and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay..."

"It's so ugly!" Student Xiaoxiong popped up suddenly: "What aesthetics do you two have? I'll make our grandma look ugly, I'll do it!" He turned his head and smiled: "Grandma, I'll tie it for you, it's prettier than both of them! "

"Hey, good, good..."

Jin Yan and Qiu Shengjing were arguing, and Yu Jiu looked back worriedly: "Should we smooth things over..."

"No need." Lin Cong'an was straightening his bow tie: "The two of them have been arguing since they got on the plane, and Xiaobao's mother is still helping Jin Yan. Have you counted everyone?"

"..." Yu Jiu had no choice but to stretch his head to count people: "One, two, three, four... seems like one is missing?"

"Who's missing?"

"I don't know... ah." His thigh was hugged suddenly, and the crisp child's voice said, "Brother."

"Little treasure!"

Yu Jiu took his little hand, smiled at Lin Cong'an, and led everyone to the concert hall.

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, collaborator in the final.

Not long after Lin Conan and Yu Jiu sat down in the front row, a touch of blue appeared beside them.

"Can I sit here?" The beautiful female contestant wore a royal blue dress and short hair.It's Kim Sung Yeon.Cobo.

Yu Jiu shook hands with her: "Of course. Hello, I'm Yu Jiu."

"Hi, I'm Kim Sung-yeon."

After shaking hands, the two looked away.Yu Jiu leaned against Lin Cong'an.

Compared with players like Su Xiyan and Fatiano, Jin Chengyan has a higher overall strength.Indeed, as Lu Yang said, she has the temperament of an Asian player-study hard, practice hard, and be perfect.

Unfortunately, Yu Jiu felt that the two things might not be bad for him.

Who is not an Asian player?

As for the sense of history and patriotism in Chopin's works, does Huaguo lack this?

Having reached this point, Yu Jiu is really not afraid of facing similar players.

Classical music is always the most shocking scene.

The concert started, and Yu Jiu was intoxicated by the performance at close range.

During the intermission, Jin Chengyan suddenly said to him in English: "Yu Jiu, I admire you very much. But have you worked with an orchestra?"

Yu Jiu smiled politely: "I know you have collaborated many times. But none of them are Warsaw Philharmonic."

Jin Chengyan's eyes deepened, and a smile appeared again.

"You are really great, even if you fail, I will be willing to cooperate with you in the future."

Yu Jiu: "thesametoyou."

After speaking, he was relieved, and his affection for Jin Chengyan deepened... because she spoke English slowly, unlike Su Xiyan who talked to him, he would react in a daze for a while...

After talking beautifully to each other, until the end of the game, the two of them didn't communicate any more.

Goodbye, it's the finals.