A group of judges entered one after another from the entrance of the small auditorium. Lu Wei saw the third bald man who came in at a glance.

"Kong Xiangdong!" Lu Wei shouted excitedly.

Kong Xiangdong's arrival excited all the students who love piano and the piano teachers present. This young pianist, who is only 30 years old, is the best and most active Chinese pianist in the international music scene today, and is truly world-class. Lu Wei never expected that he would appear in a ring competition that was not a professional competition.

"Advisor, who is Kong Xiangdong?" I wondered why Lu Wei was so excited to see this bald man. Kang Xiaoling asked strangely.

"Haha, this is a rare big shot. Kong Xiangdong is the best and most active Chinese pianist in the international music scene today. He has held his personal piano concerts in dozens of countries. Do you know? Western media praised him as "a talented pianist who can only produce one or two in a century, which can be truly exciting" and "a generation of genius". Although he is just under 30 now, he has won many heavyweight awards in international piano competitions. He is also a proud disciple of Professor Claudever Lang's senior brother in Philadelphia, USA. He is still Lang Lang's senior brother." Lu Wei said excitedly.

"Lang Lang? Who is Lang Lang?" Kang Xiaoling asked strangely.

Lu Wei patted his forehead gently and thought to himself that he just couldn't control his mouth. Although Lang Lang is also famous now, he is not well-known to most people. In 1999, at the star concert of the Lavender Music Festival in Chicago, Lang Lang became famous only after a dramatic emergency in suffocating Andrew Watz and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra played Tchaikovsky's "The First Piano Concerto" and had to explain casually: "Haha, he is also a guy who plays the piano well. He is now attending the Curtis Conservatory of Music in Philadelphia, USA."

"How do you know so much?" Kang Xiaoling asked curiously.

"Because I like piano, I naturally pay more attention to news in this area," Lu Wei explained.

While Lu Wei and Kang Xiaoling were talking, the old man Zhang Liming was also chatting with Li Deqian in the front row teacher's seat.

"How is it, Teacher Li, the judges I invited this time are worthy of weight. These are all teachers from the piano department of the Central Conservatory of Music, especially Kong Xiangdong. Haha, if there was a student in our school who happened to be learning piano with him, the relationship was pretty good, and he would not be able to invite him no matter what. After this ring game, we also arranged a piano solo by Kong Xiangdong, which would definitely feast your eyes, haha." Zhang Liming said excitedly.

Li Deqian was also very excited to see Kong Xiangdong's arrival. After all, this music pride who was just under 30 was rare in normal times. However, when he heard that Kong Xiangdong was a private piano teacher of a music class student in Nanshi, Li Deqian felt "stricken" in his heart and thought to himself that Kong Xiangdong's student? Nanshi's student?

As if he knew what Li Deqian was thinking, Zhang Liming smiled and said, "Teacher Li, don't worry. Although Dong Kun also participated in this ring competition, he would definitely judge Kong Xiangdong's character fairly, let alone not as a judge. What about Teacher Li?" Although he looked sincere, Zhang Liming could not hide the pride in his eyes.

"Of course, I'm not worried about this at all. You're too worried, Teacher Zhang." Although Li Deqian felt uncomfortable when he saw Zhang Liming's face, he tried hard to pretend to be nothing. He was very confident in Lu Wei. Now he heard that a student from Kong Xiangdong came to participate in the competition, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried. He didn't know how long Dong Kun and Kong Xiangdong had studied and what level he had reached.

Kong Xiangdong's arrival excited many students and teachers sitting there. Several bold students almost wanted to leave their seats and go to the stage to ask for autographs, but were pushed back to their positions by the teacher who maintained order. Many students began to shout:

"Hello, Teacher Kong, I am your loyal admirer, sign me up."

"Teacher Kong, let's play us a piece."

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Seeing that he was so popular, Kong Xiangdong also showed a happy expression on his face. Instead of walking directly to the judges' seat, he came down and made a "shhh" gesture on his lips with the middle finger of his right hand. Everyone suddenly became quiet.

Seeing everyone looking at him with concentration, Kong Xiangdong smiled and said, "Thank you for your welcome to come so much. I am also very happy to be able to participate in this competition between Nanshi and Changshi and serve as judges. I will definitely satisfy everyone's requirements mentioned by my classmates, but the competition is about to begin. Will it be good to sign everyone after the competition is over?" Kong Xiangdong solicited everyone's opinions in a friendly manner, without any airs of a big shot.

"Teacher Kong, it's okay to sign later, but you can play a paragraph for us first. We all want to listen to Teacher Kong playing the piano, don't you?" A bold girl stood up and said with a smile. This suggestion was immediately responded.

Seeing that the affection was hard to refuse, Kong Xiangdong smiled and said, "Let's do it. Since the classmates want to listen so much, I will play a short piece for everyone, but it's just a short piece. It can't delay the precious game time." As he said that, Kong Xiang walked east towards the piano in the center of the stage.

Seeing Kong Xiangdong going to perform, a burst of warm applause immediately sounded from below, and then the audience was silent.

Kong Xiangdong sat in front of the Kawai piano, debugged the distance between the piano bench, and played it lightly with his hands on the keyboard. Suddenly, a piece of music with a rich Chinese flavor flowed out of the piano.

Kong Xiangdong played He Luting's "The Shepherd's Piccolo", which is a very famous piano piece. Although it is only a Class 6 difficulty, his popularity is very high. It can be said to be a rare fine product among Chinese piano pieces.

Kong Xiangdong's performance is relaxed and freehand. Although it is a simple little piece, it is played with clear layers and the strength is very well grasped. The texture of the left and right hands is very clear, reflecting a master's profound skills. After playing the song, the audience applauded thunderously.

Kong Xiangdong stood up from the piano, nodded slightly to the classmates and teachers who were applauding below, and then walked towards the judges regardless of the call of "one more" below.

"Okay, thank you Teacher Kong Xiangdong for your wonderful performance. Please be quiet. Our ring competition is about to begin. Please ask the students from the Nanshi Team and Changshi Team to sit at the contestants' seat." A teacher who was in charge of the organization walked up to the stage and stood in front of the stage with a microphone. As he finished speaking, the students who had competition tasks below left their seats and walked towards the competition hall prepared for the contestants in front.

Lu Wei also stood up and said to Kang Xiaoling beside him: "I'm going, Xiaoling."

"Well, come on, apprentice!" Kang Xiaoling waved his white little fist and said with a cute expression.

"No problem, just watch it carefully. I will definitely get the first place back for you." Lu Wei said, walking towards the competition area.

"Next, I announce that the 1998 Normal Student Music and Art Competition has officially begun!" With the order of the teacher in charge of the organization, the piano competition officially kicked off.

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Chapter completed!