Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1147 407. Playing the game with my mother [Twenty-six]

Thirty-five minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

Some children prayed.

Some children are laughing.

Some of the children have not yet recovered from their stage mistakes.

Some children just sat there quietly, secretly looking at everyone, and occasionally smiling a little.

Compared to the small space belonging to the children, the atmosphere in the meeting room seems a bit subtle.

It actually made sense for Alex to once again reject Zhao Weilin's proposal to allow both children to advance at the same time.

After all, it involves the fairness of the entire competition. Once Alex sets a precedent for the two children today, no one can guarantee that the following situations will not occur in subsequent competitions:
A more normal one: If four kids from East University's C group can make it, why can't our West University's B group? Our three or four players are rare geniuses, godsends, and are worthy of advancing together!
We want fairness!
To give another crazy example: the third, fourth and fifth place winners in our Group D are all very good, too good. If they cannot advance at the same time, it may become a regret in the history of human art.

We also want a real fair!

In addition to the subjective nature of art, Alex did not dare to imagine the scene of all the evil spirits gathering in Warsaw.

That is going to give global spectators a shock from Poland.

There’s no need to guess, the little Chai Sai next door would wake up laughing in his dreams when he saw this scene.

Don't think it's abstract, Cleveland Jr. has played this script before.

So even if Alex wanted to do something for the two players, he had to consider the entire stage of the competition.

If there is a contingency plan in the competition regulations at the beginning, it is still up to the general organizing committee to decide whether two children can advance at the same time.

In other words, if the official organizing committee had considered this situation before and discovered it, they could only report tonight's situation and the two children's competition videos and had no right to make a decision.

but.

Although he had no power to decide this matter, he was still willing to set a precedent for the Chinese division.

Rule 15 of the Chopin Competition has never been opened specifically for any one contestant in the history of the Chopin Competition.

That was the limit of Alex's power.

Of course, he was able to bring this up, firstly because he thought that contestant No. 01 really deserved another chance to be discussed, secondly because he felt the atmosphere in the conference room, and finally because of Zhao Weilin's proposal itself.

Since you both want to give the two children another chance, then give the two children another chance.

The subtle atmosphere starts from here.

When the translator translated Rule 15 of the Chopin Competition to all the Chinese teachers present in a thankful tone, the conference room immediately fell silent.

Not to mention that Article 15, which has been activated, stipulates that no one can abstain from voting.

Can you please not say this? Can you please take back what you said?

Some of the judges who had just shown disappointment because Alex rejected Zhao Weilin again were now a little embarrassed.

They never expected that Alex really tried his best and gave them a third option.

If Alex knew what some of the judges were thinking at this moment, he would definitely feel a little sorry.

Because he will realize that he seems to be causing trouble for individual judges.

For some individual judges, advancing together is definitely what they would like to see most.

Everybody is happy, and it has been announced to the public. This is the result of the discussion among all of them - contestant No. 01 may need to improve some of her works, but she should not stop there.

If everyone is not happy, then let Alex take the blame - our domestic jury has done their best, and contestant No. 01 is really excellent, but under the rules, we have to listen to the advice of Director Alex. Contestant No. 01 still has a long way to go, and all our domestic judges will look forward to her performance at the Golden Bell Awards.

This is possible too.

Right?

But what is the current situation?
Not only has it returned to the original two-choice situation, but the choice has also changed from being able to remain silent to not being able to abstain from voting in silence.

The most crucial issue is that after everyone put pressure on Alex with their minds, the atmosphere now is completely different from before.

The atmosphere just now was that the ranking was clear, No. 05 had a higher total average score than No. 01, or the objection was that No. 01 obtained the highest number of full marks in this game.

This atmosphere can develop into a discussion where everyone has the opportunity to express themselves.

For example: You can express your views on the two contestants objectively and from various angles. Although I gave No. 01 a low score, this is from the perspective of a judge and from the perspective of the competition. If this were not a competition, from a personal perspective, I still very much appreciate the performance of No. 01.

But now, everyone no longer has the opportunity to express their opinions.

Because the option before them now is whether to start voting.

There was a damn kick-off ceremony before the vote.

If we were to discuss it now, we would discuss whether or not to start this vote.

How to discuss this.

Zhao Weilin and Alex have taken the conversation to such a high level, what else is there to discuss?

Anyone who disagrees with the implementation of Article 15 is showing blatant disrespect, the kind of disrespect that even disrespects oneself.

Unless you have sufficient qualifications in the field.

But the fact is - the number of people who are truly qualified at the scene can be counted on one hand.

It is imperative to open voting.

Then the question arises again, should we continue to discuss who should advance?
It would be inappropriate to discuss this issue any further.

Because this vote didn't have to be opened, but someone made everyone shut up in advance.

It was not opened. Everyone discussed and said something to please both sides. In the end, the results were mostly announced according to the big screen. No. 13, 09, and 05 advanced to the global finals.

After all, the results on the projector are set in stone.

Once the game starts, everyone will have to respect the opportunity they have fought for contestant No. 01.

Because the condition for executing Article 15 is that more than half of the judges agree by raising their hands.

No one cares what you really think. Anyway, you raised your hand to give contestant No. 01 a fair chance.

Simply put, most of the judges on the scene have no choice at this point.

They have to respond and open the voting.

However, there are also judges who have thought it through.

"Then let's follow the voting rules and vote for the launch ceremony first."

As Zhao Weilin was speaking and the translator was translating, the judges looked at each other, whether willing or not. Within a few seconds, seventeen arms rose above the conference table.

The four judges who did not raise their hands had different expressions. One had a bit of regret, one had a bit of sigh, one smiled helplessly, and one had no expression on his face.

At this moment, having a blank expression is also an expression.

Zhao Weilin looked around and said, "More than half of the votes have been cast, so let's get started."

Then he ordered the staff to find paper and pen.

As if to be fair, he asked each colleague to write down his or her results on paper and attach a personal signature.

While the staff was looking for paper and pen, Feng Hanlin from Tianjin University said some very straightforward words as if he was canvassing for contestant No. 01, which more or less slapped the faces of the four judges who did not raise their hands just now. Of course, as the top three Chinese judges at the scene, he could express his opinions freely.

"We already have two players with similar styles."

Feng Hanlin’s meaning is very simple. It is enough to have No. 13 and No. 09 with the same style. We need to make Group C more competitive as a whole.

Indeed, the style of player No. 01 is unique since the start of the competition.

There were a few voices of agreement afterwards, but they were all bland and nice words, with both sides praising each other.

While the Chinese judges were discussing, the foreign judges did not stop either.

Three minutes passed in a flash, and the staff returned to the conference room and distributed paper and pen to each judge.

For a moment, no one said anything else. "Everyone, please start writing."

Novak was the first to pick up the pen.

Young Brother Mao still wrote down two numbers on the white paper in front of him without hesitation.

It was still the same two numbers, and he even wrote 1 first and then 0, but this time he wrote 0 in front of 1.

It doesn’t matter. Even if he is given a hundred chances, it will not change the fact that contestant No. 01 is the only 10 in his mind today.

Then there's a beautiful signature.

The second person to pick up the pen was Professor Sun Zhaohuan from Xinghai College. He was one of those who did not raise his hand just now. He wrote '05' and signed in one stroke.

The third person to pick up the pen was a young piano teacher from Shenfu, who signed his name with '01', also without any hesitation.

Gradually, one judge after another picked up the pen in front of them, but not every judge wrote as skillfully as the above three.

Although Zhao Weilin's calm and sharp speech just now seemed to represent the will of the Chinese judges present.

But back to the individuals, none of them can avoid the ticket in front of them.

Even Professor Li Shuyuan of the Ocean University, who was the first to propose the advancement together, had Wei Hongjin and his students in mind when she wrote down 05, as well as the Golden Bell Awards to be held in Chengdu at the end of the year.

So no one can really avoid this issue.

Even some judges who had already made up their minds began to hesitate when faced with the ballot. They now wanted to vote for contestant 01, but during the competition stage they gave contestant 01 a score much lower than that of contestant 05.

What impact will these inconsistent scores and votes have on me after they are announced?

There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, and at this moment the white paper in front of the twenty-one judges seems to be flashing with twenty-one colors.

Time passed by minute by minute, and minutes later, Chen Wenchang finally put down his pen.
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At the same time, in the players' lounge.

"Che Lin."

Xiaoche, who was in a daze, turned around when he heard the voice and said, "Huh?"

He Jiaming: "Do you want to go to Warsaw?"

Xiaoche: “Yes.”

He Jiaming: "Is there any place you want to go?"

Xiaoche shook his head: "I don't know Warsaw, I'll go if I can."

He Jiaming: "Oh, then you can definitely go."

Xiao Che retracted his gaze after hearing this, and after a moment he said softly, "I hope so. In fact, it doesn't matter to me whether I go to Warsaw or not."

He Jiaming: "Ah?! What do you mean? You don't want to participate in the global finals?"

Everyone nearby looked over when they heard the noise. Contestant No. 01 didn't want to participate in the global finals? !

No way, sister~ This is a bit too much, right?

Everyone here, even if they don’t say it, secretly doesn’t want to participate in the global finals.

Besides, you are basically a confirmed contestant who can advance, so it is really embarrassing for us to say this!

He Jiaming didn't think so, but he didn't understand Che Lin's meaning for a moment. Since you said you wanted to go, but you also said that it wasn't important to you whether to go to Warsaw or not, isn't this contradictory?

"So what's important to you?" he asked again.

The captain hummed, stretched his toes and swung his legs off the ground for a few times, then landed on his heels and turned his head again: "It is important for me to go to Warsaw."

He Jiaming seemed to understand, but also seemed not to fully understand.

“Today’s game is very important to me.”

After saying this, Xiao Che didn't want to explain anything anymore. Rather than saying that today's game was important to her, it would be better to say that today was very important to her.

From the time she knew the date of the finals until now, no matter how she adjusted herself, she knew that she could not really get her mind right.

She wants to win, just this once, let her win again this time.

You don't need first place or second place, third place is enough.

She just wanted a ticket to Warsaw, she didn't even have to go, she just wanted to get the ticket to make Aunt Sang happy.

Even when she heard Sun Wenjun say that four people might advance, she was so excited that she couldn't help trembling.

The closer it got to the moment when the results would be announced, the more she felt the importance of this ticket to her.

She no longer had the composure she had just had when she walked off the stage; her inner thoughts were completely exposed before her eyes.

Today is Aunt Sang’s 37th birthday, but in her memory, Aunt Sang seems to be still in her twenties.

Then in the blink of an eye, Aunt Sang was almost forty years old.

Who stole Aunt Sang’s ten years in the blink of an eye?
Xiao Che only wants a ticket today, but she doesn't know if this ticket can open a door that takes her back to ten years ago.

But just this time, I beg the judges, she just wants to win this time.

'Che Lin, remember, music is a happy thing, a pure thing. Don't ever think about competing with others in technique or difficulty of songs, no matter who they are. Remember that?'

Of course Xiao Che would never forget these words, but this time she could only say sorry to the teacher.

Just this once.

Please, judges,
moment.

He Jiaming lowered his voice: "You just want to win this one."

As Xiaoche nodded, his body shuddered.

Her eyes seemed to show weakness to everything.

I could barely hear what she was saying.

"Just this one."

Just then, San Sheng knocked on the door and interrupted everything that was going on in the lounge.

The contestants looked over and saw a staff member, Mr. Wang, holding an envelope in his hand and pushing the door and walking into the lounge.

Everyone stared at the envelope in Teacher Wang's hand. For a moment, the lounge was filled with unprecedented tension.

"Sorry for the long wait, kids. Your results are out."