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Chapter 175 Amsterdam

The Amsterdam Concert Hall is one of the five largest concert halls in the world, where the third Piano Competition of One Emperor and Four Emperors was held.

Different from the nearly 8 people when the China Finals was held in the gymnasium, the venue construction of the Amsterdam Concert Hall only has 2037 seats, 44 meters long, 28 meters wide, and 17 meters high.

It has been professionally designed and has world-class sound insulation.

In the hall, the reverberation time without audience is 2.8 seconds.

When there is an audience, it is 2.2 seconds.

In order to take care of the audience's absolute sense of hearing, there is no audio equipment in the venue, and all scales are directly issued by piano strings.

Because of the strong enclosure, in the hall, even if a person breathes heavily, the audience can hear it clearly.

And if you fart, it will be a shocking thunder...

The piano recital is an elegant art, but no matter how elegant it is, the Amsterdam Music Association dare not neglect such a world-class event as the One Emperor and Four Emperors Piano Competition. In the arena, a large OLED screen was erected early, and world-class speakers were used. Although the timbre is slightly different from that in the infield, it does not prevent the audience in the outfield from watching.

Therefore, music lovers all over the world, whoever has time, will gather here on the day of the finals.

Although there are still two days before the finals, many tourists and media reporters have already gathered on the lawn, riverside and road outside the concert hall.

All excited about taking pictures and visiting the Dutch capital.

When Liao Yuan and others got off the plane, it was already [-] o'clock in the evening locally, and there were already official Jirigulu staff in the airport lobby.

After some exchanges, everyone settled in a local hotel.

The contestants had a week to overcome the jet lag and practice piano skills, but Liao Yuan barely arrived two days before the final.

Therefore, under the strong request of Fu Xiaoci and others, Liao Yuan finally stopped thinking about visiting the location and returned to the hotel for a full rest.

But the next day, Liao Yuan let himself go, jet lag?nonexistent.

He secretly left the hotel early in the morning, only let Xing Tao stay by his side, and let another bodyguard Wang Yue stay in the hotel, and contact him at any time if there is a situation.

Liao Yuan actually didn't want to take Xing Tao with him.

In addition to being a little unfree, the most important thing is that Xing Tao has a bit of a nerve in his head.

He is not as calm and calm as Wang Yue. In the early days, whenever someone threatened Liao Yuan with words or eyes, Xing Tao would always stand up, move his huge body lightly, and then squeeze his fists, wanting to beat him up .

Even if the opponent is a petite and pitiful girl, Xing Tao will seriously ask Liao Yuan for permission to fight.

Liao Yuan couldn't laugh or cry for a while.

Fortunately, Xing Tao's way of thinking is relatively simple, and he only listens to himself for any orders.

And after these two months of training, Xing Tao also barely learned to observe his words and emotions, and he was no longer as stubborn as before, so Liao Yuan sincerely kept him by his side.

The buildings in Amster are very different from those in China. There are double-mansard roofs everywhere, that is, tower-shaped roofs. In addition, there are many dormer windows on the side walls along the street. Each window is tall and long. , which can fully enjoy the ventilation and lighting.

And because it is the seat of the famous Royal Concertgebouw, the music atmosphere here is extremely strong.

In the streets and alleys, there are many performers playing on the streets, such as saxophone, thumb piano, tuba, violin, etc. There are countless musical instruments.

However, because the holding of the finals of the One Emperor and Four Emperors Competition also brought a huge flow of people to Amsterdam, so, in recent days, piano performance has become the best choice for outsiders to visit.

Therefore, the public pianos on many streets are almost full of spectators.

Liao Yuan bought two cups of coffee at a roadside cafe, and after handing one to Xing Tao, the two walked on the streets of Amsterdam, one behind the other.

Xing Tao seems to have a deep fear of coffee, but he has to drink the coffee given by the boss.

Every time, he gulped down the bitter coffee like drinking traditional Chinese medicine.

Here, he had just finished drinking with his head raised, and when he turned around, he found that the boss had disappeared.

He was startled, and looked around quickly, but luckily he found the target soon.

In front of the subway platform not far away, Liao Yuan was standing there with his hands folded, drinking coffee while looking at the public piano in front of the subway entrance.

At this time, a crowd had already gathered in front of the public piano.

As far as everyone could see, a young man wearing a baseball cap was sitting there happily playing piano music.

The face under the brim of the young man's hat was not handsome, but he was not ugly either. He was an Asian and looked very elegant, but when he played the piano, he seemed to be in a state of epilepsy, with his hands flying wildly on the keys.

Not only that, even the head and waist are twisted and twisted, which has caused great attraction to passers-by.

People around feel fresh, and from time to time someone takes out a camera to take pictures.

Xing Tao came over, and after listening to it for a while, he suddenly lost interest.

He stood there waiting for a while, took the boss's paper coffee cup, threw them into the trash can together, and when he came back, seeing Liao Yuan's pensive look, Xing Tao suddenly said: "Boss, I need to beat up..."

"No need." Liao Yuan quickly interrupted Xing Tao to continue.

Xing Tao immediately shut his mouth tightly.

Liao Yuan took out his mobile phone from his body and searched for the words "Nanye Shunichi" on the search website. Soon, all the public information about this name appeared in front of him.

Looking at the photo shown on the information, Liao Yuan smiled: "It really is him."

Shunichi Minano, the champion of the Japan and South Korea Division of the One Emperor Four Emperors Piano Competition.

Liao Yuan had read his materials before coming here, so he had a deep impression on Junichi Minano.

In Neon Island Osaka City, Nanye Shunichi has always been known as a little piano prodigy. He is the creator of many animation divine songs on Neon Island and has a very high popularity among the people.

In addition, his elder brother, Shuichi Minano, was the champion of the [-]nd One Emperor Four Emperors Piano Competition.

It can be said that this guy is one of the two opponents who deserve Liao Yuan's attention in this competition.

Liao Yuan has watched Nanye Shuichi's performance video on the Internet, and his style is more inclined to the great pianist Lang Lang in his previous life.

When playing music, his range of movements and expressions are exaggerated, coupled with his extremely high talent for playing the piano, it also makes his playing style mixed with a sense of shock that ordinary people can't match.

This is fundamentally different from his older brother Minano Shuichi.

The two brothers are almost representatives of stillness and movement.

After more than ten minutes, someone at the scene finally recognized the identity of Junichi Minano, but after all, Amsterdam is comparable to the existence of Vienna, the capital of music, and the quality of the people is very high. Even the sound of walking was much quieter.

Liao Yuan couldn't help itching after listening for a while.

Because the current Minano Shunichi is playing "Flight of the Bumble Bee" that he played in the China Finals.

After the Huaxia finals, this piano piece was spread on the Internet almost at the speed of light, and it caused a lot of discussion in the piano circles all over the world. In the end, the praise outweighed the criticism, and it can be regarded as affirmation of Liao Yuan's creative skills.

(End of this chapter)