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In June, the sun is scorching in Beijing. However, the Beijing Concert Hall, located at No. 1 Beixinhua Street, Xicheng District, exudes the power of the Beijing Concert Hall at this moment, is no less than the weather outside.

Beijing Concert Hall is affiliated to the National Symphony Orchestra of China. Its predecessor was the Central Cinema, which was built in 1927. It was rebuilt as a concert hall in 1960. In 1983, under the leadership of the famous conductor Li Delun and Yan Liang, the Beijing Concert Hall broke ground on the original site and became the first professional concert hall in my country designed and built for music. It is located on the south side of West Chang'an Street in Beijing, adjacent to the pleasant Zhongnanhai to the north, facing the bustling Xidan Commercial Street in the west, looking eastward, the magnificent ** Square and the National Grand Theater, which is spectacular.

For nearly half a century, Beijing Concert Hall, as one of the international professional concert halls, is an ideal stage for the music elites to display their talents. Many domestic and foreign music masters have shown their talents here. Menuine, Stern, Seiji Ozawa, Yo-Yo Ma, Skoda, Domingo, Kabaye, Liu Shikun, Yin Chengzong... have all left their moving music here. Tonight, Beijing Concert Hall ushered in another music feast. The primary competition of the second China International Piano Competition China Division will be held here.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Beijing Concert Hall was bright and a crystal-clear glass-shaped exterior wall composed of light gray glass curtain walls, full of modern atmosphere. In the hall of thousands of square meters, a large number of walls and ceilings with dark yellow tones of solid wood decorative materials are made of stars, exuding a strong artistic atmosphere. The entire hall is laid out a bit like the golden hall in Vienna. The concert hall, which adopts a series of modern architectural acoustic measures, ensures that good sound quality, frequency characteristics, moderate reverberation time and uniform sound field distribution can be achieved when playing. It also has the most advanced international contemporary recording equipment, making it a well-deserved top concert hall. The auditorium can accommodate thousands of people to watch at the same time, all with leather seats and a step-like design, so that every audience can watch the performances on the stage very comfortably.

The newly waxed solid wood floor stage emits a soft light under the illumination of the stage spotlights. In the center of the wide stage, there is only a dark Stanway piano emitting charming light under the light, smooth lines, and a very artistic appearance, like a work of art, which makes every piano-loving person fascinated.

Before the audience entered the venue, some media reporters who were allowed had already seized the advantageous terrain first. They pulled out their long guns and short cannons, debugged the angle, and strived to perfectly record every moment in the later game.

While debugging the camera in his hand, Zhang Hui looked at other colleagues not far away. In addition to "Philharmonic", "Piano Art" and "Music Weekly", she actually saw a few new faces. She looked at the signs printed on their microphones and clothes: "Popular Frontline", "Photo Fashion", "Entertainment Pioneer"... Zhang Hui couldn't help but wonder, when did these people start to pay attention to serious music?

"Hey, Lao Chen. It's coming very early." Zhang Hui greeted the middle-aged man who was holding the machine on the side, with a slightly bald head on the top of her head.

"Oh. Lao Zhang, haha, the boss has spoken. I want to give this international piano competition. I can't do it if I don't work harder." Chen Yifeng is a reporter for "Philharmonic" magazine. Zhang Hui, who is also in charge of the piano in "People's Music", is an old friend of more than ten years.

"Publish a special issue? Your editor-in-chief Feng is really working hard, haha, you are a little busy now," Zhang Hui said with a smile.

"That's right, but this international piano competition is only held once every four years. It's a big event in the domestic piano industry. It's normal to publish a special issue." Zhang Yifeng said with a smile.

"Yeah, that's right. Oh, by the way, Lao Chen. Have you noticed the difference between interviewing local reporters today?" Zhang Hui asked.

"What's the difference?" Chen Yifeng raised his head and looked around. Then he saw the group of people not far away. He smiled with a clear smile: "Oh. You talk about them. Haha."

"What? Do you know what's going on? How did the piano competition attract these entertainment media? Are they usually keen on reporting scandals and anecdotes of third-rate celebrities? When did they become interested in serious music?" Zhang Hui asked.

"They are not here for piano competitions, just because of a player."

"A contestant? Because of a contestant, come to interview a game?" Zhang Hui was a little confused.

"Yes. You must know this player." Chen Yifeng said happily.

"Who?" Zhang Hui asked in confusion.

"Lu Wei."

"Lu Wei?" Zhang Hui thought for a while, then said "Oh" and said, "Is it the one who was very popular two days ago, who opened an entertainment company at the age of seventeen?"

"That's right, it's him. All of these people came to him." Zhao Yifeng said with a smile.

"No wonder," Zhang Hui lowered her head and muttered, but then asked again: "Has Lu Wei participated in a piano competition? I don't know how good he is."

"Oh, I heard it's good. He reached the finals last time in Xinghai Cup, but was later eliminated due to his identity."

"Identity issue?" Zhang Hui felt a little puzzled when she heard this explanation.

The two were chatting, and there was a burst of footsteps behind them. They turned their heads and saw that it was already time for the audience to enter.

At this moment, Lu Wei was already wearing a performance costume and was chatting with Kong Xiangdong.

"Teacher Kong, I still remember that last year, you were a judge of the competition in the South China Master's ring competition, but your student Dong Kun participated in the competition. This time, you were a judge again. I didn't expect that as your student, I also participated in the competition. Haha, this is not an ordinary coincidence. Why didn't the Chinese International Piano Competition avoid the principle of the judges' requirements for the judges this time?" Lu Wei said with a smile.

"What do you mean? According to what you said, I should have asked the organizing committee to evade?" Kong Xiangdong glared and said.

"I don't mean that. If you have a teacher as a judge, I will feel at ease." Lu Wei deliberately made a "everyone understands" action, but it made Kong Xiangdong laugh and scold him.

"What are you at ease? Do you hope I will let you go? You guys think beautifully! Let me tell you that when you score a while, I won't be ruthless. Everything depends on your own." Kong Xiangdong said seriously.

"Hey, you are selfless, you can be fair and strict, you are such a teacher, really..."

"You are so big! Get ready for me quickly. The judges are going to enter the venue. You are here by yourself. I don't care about you." Kong Xiangdong stood up and said.

"Go, go, I'm going to practice..." Lu Wei didn't raise his head and waved his hands, but his hands were rising and falling quickly on the coffee table, doing "hot-hand" exercises.

"This kid." Kong Xiangdong smiled and shook his head, turned around and left the contestants' lounge.

"Dear leaders, guests, and audiences in front of the TV, everyone - good evening!", two hosts, one man and one woman, stood on the stage, opening the prelude to the qualifiers of the second China International Piano Competition.

Lu Wei watched it clearly in the audience. These two people are exactly the two famous CCTV speakers: Zhu Jun and Zhou Tao, but they are not that popular on CCTV at this moment.

Zhu Jun was wearing a decent black dress, his short hair was combed backwards and stood very straight, with a warm smile on his face. Zhou Tao next to him was wearing a ground-length red dress. Under the stage lights, he shone with a stream of light like stars, making him look bright and charming. As soon as the two hosts appeared, they immediately aroused warm applause from the audience.

"This is the competition site of the qualifiers of the second China International Piano Competition in China. I am Zhu Jun!"

"I am Zhou Tao!"

"This competition was held exclusively by the Ministry of Culture. So far, nearly a thousand players from 26 countries have registered for the qualifiers in various places. The scale of the competition can be said to be far greater than the previous session." As soon as Zhu Jun finished speaking, the reporters who interviewed the first competition below were amazed. The scale of such a competition was indeed far greater than that of the previous session. I think at that time, there were only six or seven countries and dozens of people participating in the competition, so how could they look like an international competition?

"Yes, there are a total of 221 contestants in our country who have signed up for the competition in this competition. Starting tonight, we will play ten consecutive qualifiers, and we will decide ten players from these 221 contestants to represent the Chinese team in this competition." Zhou Tao said.

"Wow, only ten people were selected from 221 people, and the elimination rate was too high." Xie Ming exclaimed, and then thought of Lu Wei. He didn't know if Lu Wei could pass the qualifiers. He didn't want Lu Wei to withdraw from the competition too early. In his opinion, if Lu Wei, who has achieved such great achievements in pop music, can achieve another good result in piano competitions, the news will be even more hype.

At this moment, there are many people who are consistent with Zhou Ming's idea. If it weren't for this, how could those entertainment reporters who devoted themselves to gossiping news all day long come here?
Chapter completed!