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The fire in June is shrouded in Gulang Island under the scorching sun. Although there is a sea breeze, it still cannot stop the summer heat.

However, at this moment, the warm atmosphere in Gulangyu Concert Hall seemed to be hotter than the hot weather. Although the central air conditioner in the hall adjusted the room temperature very comfortably, more than a thousand music fans and contestants in the hall made the place look extremely hot. Everyone's face was filled with excitement and expectation. Because, after the qualifiers, preliminaries, and rematch, the final of the China International Piano Competition, which lasted nearly a month, finally kicked off!

As the highest-standard piano competition in mainland China hosted by the Ministry of Culture, this China International Piano Competition has attracted the attention of many domestic and foreign music fans and professional piano contestants. Compared with the first four years ago, this competition is much higher in terms of scale and level of contestants. The intensity and excitement of the rematch are even rare. All of this fully mobilized the excitement of music fans and music media, making them full of expectations for this showdown of truly strong players!

Although after the rematch, some media once questioned the fairness of the competition, because among all the six players entering the finals, Chinese players accounted for half. However, such remarks immediately attracted refutation from some media, especially Chinese music media. The strength of the players who entered the finals was obvious to the public. Such remarks that were obviously picky in the eggs naturally could not cause any big storm.

Compared with the first two games, there are more people paying attention to the finals. In addition to the original music fans and music entertainment media, many scouts from record companies around the world came to the finals. Because it was rumored before the competition that this China International Piano Competition was "handsome guys playing the piano". Whether it was Lu Wei, Li Yundi or Sun Yingdi, in addition to the amazing piano skills, they all had a "handsome guy face". This also excited the female music fans, and some record companies had their own ideas and came to see if there was any.

It is possible to sign contracts with these contestants. You should know that local pop music production is also diversified. These record companies are also seeking new developments in the face of weak traditional record sales. Packaging pop pianos is undoubtedly a very good path. They have huge music fans as sales targets and cater to the demands of urban white-collar workers, and have bright prospects. Therefore, not only those small entertainment companies, but also large record companies like Rolling Stone and EDA, have sent scouts to find suitable candidates.

At 8:30 in the morning, the contestants and audiences and the media began to enter the venue.

Because there were only six people participating in the final this time, the organizer specially set up a separate small room behind the stage to serve as the players' lounge. This move was very agreed by the contestants, because these days, they were also a little annoyed by these clingy reporters. Before the competition, everyone wanted to have a quiet rest environment. The organizer did this and immediately won the favor of the contestants.

Half an hour before the start of the competition, the contestants who had nothing to do began to chat casually.

The three Chinese players naturally sat together. The ages made them seem very casual. Although they knew that in the next competition, everyone would inevitably become competitors, neither Lu Wei nor Li Yundi nor Sun Yingdi took him seriously. Lu Wei had already adjusted his mentality during the rematch, and these two people were veterans in the competition, and they were very old to grasp the mentality before the competition. The topics the three people talked about together were more interesting stories in the piano world that had nothing to do with the competition.

As they chatted, the other two naturally led the topic to Lu Wei.

"Lu Wei, I really didn't expect that you performed so well in the preliminary round. If Mr. Grafman hadn't told you about you personally, I wouldn't have believed that you had only been learning piano for a year. It would have been too bad for people," Sun Yingdi said with a smile.

"Actually, it's nothing. This statement is not completely correct. Before that, I learned a piece of piano, but it's not systematic and very amateur." Lu Wei said with a smile. In fact, he said that, it's just that his "before" was just a previous life.

"I said, it makes people feel a little better if you say that." Sun Yingdi said with a smile.

"By the way, Lu Wei, I heard that Clayderman and Senevil looked for you yesterday? And they are also preparing to cooperate with your Ailing Entertainment? Is that true?" Li Yundi asked curiously.

"Haha, it spreads so quickly, it's good, it's true." Lu Wei didn't mean to hide it. Anyway, the contract was signed.

Lu Wei's answer made the two sigh again. They were both at the same age. When it comes to piano level, they were still a little confident in front of Lu Wei. However, when it comes to career development, Lu Wei's ability to blossom in a multi-faceted way can't catch up.

The three of them were chatting lively, but Li Yundi's brows frowned slightly, and a look of extreme disgust appeared on her face.

"Hmph, arrogant!" Li Yundi whispered.

Neither of them knew what had happened, and they looked at Li Yundi with inquiring eyes.

"That Japanese man, whose name is Shunichi Nakamura, just told his assistant that he is bound to win this championship. The level of us is just a pediatrician, not worth mentioning. Hum, I really don't understand what the qualification is for a player who only ranks sixth in the grade. It's so ridiculous." Li Yundi said ridiculous, but his expression on his face was very bad.

The Japanese contestant was making a big spell, but he never expected that among the three Chinese contestants, one of them knew Japanese, was still chatting with his assistant with a relaxed look on his face.

"What are you doing with him? You have the ability to speak with your skills." Sun Yingdi smiled indifferently.

"But maybe he really has any hidden strength. After all, Shunichi Nakamura is already a famous pianist." Lu Wei said cautiously.

"What hidden strength? If you want me to see, you're just bluffing there. What's wrong with the pianist? It's just that he's a little famous in their country. If he really has a good level, he'll have been famous internationally." Li Yundi said, with his expression on his face quite disdainful.

Several people were chatting when a ceremonial lady wearing a red cheongsam came in outside the room and said with a smile: "Please come with me, the competition is about to begin." After that, he repeated it fluently in English.

Six people followed the etiquette lady and walked onto the stage.

In the center of the stage, the Stanway piano was still lying there quietly. Looking at it, a flash of hot light flashed in the eyes of the contestants. After a while, they will start the final competition on this piano!

In the center of the stage, Zhou Tao, wearing a red evening dress, was radiant. After seeing the contestants and judges in place, he faced the camera and explained with a smile.

"Dear leaders and guests, good morning everyone!"

He smiled and nodded, and after the applause was calmer, Zhou Tao continued: "This is the final of the second China International Piano Competition organized by the Ministry of Culture. I am the host Zhou Tao! After nearly a month of fierce competition and layered selection, we had a total of six contestants, who stood out from nearly 100 contestants and entered today's final. They are:

Chinese player Li Yundi!

Russian player Tatlin Anton!

Italian player Pompa Antonio!

Chinese player Lu Wei!

Chinese player Sun Yingdi!

Japanese player Shunichi Nakamura!

Let us once again give warm applause to congratulate them on their finals!

As soon as Zhou Tao's infectious voice fell, warm applause and cheers immediately sounded from the audience.

When facing this moment, the eyes of several players became eager, and their hearts were filled with strong desire for the championship!

After introducing several contestants, as usual, an official from the Ministry of Culture came on stage to say some pre-desires wishing the competition a complete success and the contestants achieved good results. Then, with the announcement of the host Zhou Tao, the championship battle for the six contestants officially kicked off!

With Zhou Tao's words, the equipment in the hands of more than 100 reporters in the audience also began to operate at the same time. The major media spared no effort to send out the strongest lineup of journalists!

With the three channels of CCTV broadcasting at the same time, the final scene was also transmitted to music fans around the world in real time, including Cotis in the United States, the French National Conservatory of Music, Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in Russia, the Central Conservatory of Music in China... The eyes of many students and professors from the world's top conservatory of music were also gathered in front of the TV and paid attention to the competition.

The competition begins.
Chapter completed!