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Chapter 152 Isabella Piano Competition (Part [-])
A song ends.

The air is full of joyful love, which will not go away for a long time.

Human beings are creatures yearning for beauty. From the bottom of their bones, they are full of desire for love. Therefore, since ancient times, no matter what age, love has been a very hot topic.

"Confession Balloon" sung by He Xiao combines the Seine River with sweet love, which can be described as ingenious and unexpected.

What's ingenious is that these two things are not inconsistent in the song, because Paris itself is the capital of romance, and the Seine River also carries too many French people's sustenance for love.

The combination of the two is seamless.

In addition, He Xiao's song has a smooth melody and a complete lyrics structure, not just a sample, so it is obvious that he won this round of the game.

The host Tony was speechless and could only confess.

This is when the wolf is wiped out.

Three points more than the ruthless man plus one stroke.

Seeing this well-known old bastard in Chinatown deflated, many people in the audience started booing and making "wow" sounds.

Tony wasn't annoyed either, because he knew his position. As a host, his main task was to enliven the atmosphere of the scene.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether He Xiao is deflated or he is deflated, as long as it can generate "spectacular points", mobilize everyone's emotions, keep the atmosphere of the bar always high, and not stand out, then the event will be considered a success.

"Congratulations to this friend for being eligible for free tickets for the audience. Also, I would like to ask, buddy, are you a graduate of a conservatory? Your performance is really amazing!"

Tony took He Xiao's hand and raised it high to celebrate him, and then took advantage of the opportunity to interview a question.

This is purely his personal curiosity, because He Xiao's professionalism is too strong, no matter whether he plays on the spot or not, it is enough to make people feel incredible.

He has grown up so much, and he has never seen such a fierce person.

Even, he almost thought that He Xiao came here to make trouble.

The other singers in the audience also stared at the stage closely, also extremely puzzled.

Everyone here is engaged in the music industry in various places overseas, and together they have a lot of energy. At least they are very well-informed in terms of news and extend in all directions.

But He Xiao is such a powerful singer, no one knows him.

Did it come from America?
After all, if he was in Europe, he couldn't be so unknown.

Except for Carol, everyone in the audience was confused about He Xiao's origin.

Looking at this scene, He Xiao couldn't help laughing, so he had to take the microphone from Tony, and said with Jiu Jin: "I originally wanted to get along with you as ordinary people, but I didn't expect to get alienated in exchange. "

"Since everyone is curious, I won't pretend anymore. I'm a star, so I've got a showdown!"

He Xiao's expression was very serious, because he was indeed a star, since everyone guessed his identity, it's better to tell the truth directly, it's not something shameful.

At this moment, the bar was silent for two seconds.

This guy is a star?

A group of people looked at each other, then burst into laughter.

What is a star?That's a well-known public figure.

What kind of star is a little singer like He Xiao that no one knows?

Tony also shook his head and patted He Xiao's shoulder, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "My friend, you are so humorous."

"I'm such a big star."

He Xiao emphasized it again, but Tony just laughed louder and louder, with a look of disbelief still on his face.

Everyone thought He Xiao was joking.

After all, He Xiao's popularity overseas is too low.

Hearing the roar of laughter, He Xiao stood on the stage without moving for a long time, when suddenly he had an idea.

He wants to open up overseas markets!

The international popularity of Chinese stars has always been very low. Except for a few kung fu superstars who can barely stand on their feet, most of them are at the bottom.

Even some artists who are all-powerful in China are rarely known internationally.

He Xiao had heard from Lin Yunkai before that foreign entertainment circles were the most difficult to get involved in, and that market was still too far away for Chinese artists.

There was once a popular female singer in the domestic music scene who went abroad to hold a world tour concert. As soon as she arrived in London, she ran into a threshold. The concert site was almost empty, and all the tickets were in her hands. In the end, she had to give it away for nothing. in exchange for popularity.

You know, when this female singer holds a concert in China, the venue is full.

This female singer's mentality was about to collapse. After returning to China, she hugged Lin Yunkai and complained, saying that if it wasn't for the gold plating, she would never go to a foreign country to hold a concert again in the future, doing such self-inflicted troubles.

From this we can see the status of Huaguo artists in the world.

In the final analysis, Huaguo did not have its own IP that could influence the world, and was overwhelmed to death by a Hollywood.

But this can't be helped, the current atmosphere in the domestic showbiz is like this, and there are some palace fighting dramas and anti-Japanese dramas all day long.

After finally getting a big investment, and not spending the money on special effects, it was all used as salary for Xiao Xianrou. How could such a work compete with other top commercial blockbusters?
Now that He Xiao has a black phone, his field of vision and pattern are gradually opened up.

He made up his mind to break the current situation of being self-confident, create a series of top IPs, and bring Huaguo's entertainment industry to the world stage.

At the very least, the current situation of "stars with tens of millions of fans in China are unknown abroad" cannot happen again.

Tony continued to host the game, while He Xiao walked off the small stage step by step.

He Xiao didn't waste it because he was eligible for free bills for the whole audience. He went to the bar and ordered a glass of foreign wine with a price of 9 euros, which is equivalent to more than [-] yuan in Chinese currency.

How much does He Xiao drink?This small sip was not enough at all, so I ordered another cup after a while.

The bartender looked terrified, after a while, He Xiao was so drunk that he drank a BMW.

"Sir, Miss Carroll invites you to the private room on the second floor."

Just when He Xiao was about to drink another Mercedes-Benz, a tall white man came over and spoke in Chinese.

Pronunciation is not very standard, but He Xiao understood.

He nodded unsurprisingly, and followed the white man up to the second floor.

Watching He Xiao leave the bar, the bartender and the manager heaved a sigh of relief, then looked at the empty wine glass on the bar, their hearts were bleeding.

"This bullshit stuff, how about using 78-year-old Macallan whiskey as plain water?"

I've seen something drinkable, but I've never seen something so drinkable. Is this damn human?

If He Xiao ordered two more glasses, it wouldn't be BMW's business, at least a Mercedes-Benz C-Class was gone.

The screen turns here.

In the private seat on the second floor.

He Xiao met this old friend again, Carol, the only white female singer in the Chinese music scene.

The two parties were old acquaintances, hugged each other according to Western etiquette, and touched each other's cheeks.

"You can do it now. After signing with Le Jia, there will be a lot of rumors."

Carol's beautiful blue eyes swept He Xiao's body unscrupulously, and said with a smile.

Compared with the white bodyguard who led the way before, Carroll's Chinese is much more fluent, and she has a taste of Beijing movies, which is quite authentic.

After all, Carol mainly focuses on the Huaguo market, and she has learned Chinese a long time ago.

Of course, she is also quite fluent in English, and spends a long period of time living abroad every year, belonging to that rare domestic and overseas artist.

Whether it is North America or Europe, they all have a certain degree of popularity, but it is not high, just around the third or fourth tier.

Having not seen Carol for a long time, He Xiao also had a lot of emotions. He recalled the days when he participated in "The Voice of Dreams" last year. At that time, he was just an amateur.

An ignorant little Mengxin who didn't know anything, just plunged into the dragon's pool and tiger's den in the entertainment industry.

Looking back at this moment, it seems like everything happened yesterday.

But in fact, this was already last year.

Time is like quicksand at the fingertips, you can't grasp it no matter how you grasp it, your hair will turn white and wrinkles will appear inadvertently.

He Xiao sighed softly, picked up the foreign wine prepared for him on the table, and touched Carol.

"Cheers~"

The two drank it all in one gulp, Carol couldn't hold alcohol so she took a sip, He Xiao took half a glass.

There was a long hiss in his mouth, and he let out most of the alcohol, and then asked: "I really didn't expect to meet you in Paris, did you come to travel?"

"Come here to participate in a competition, it can be regarded as a trip." Carol rolled up a lock of hair, and said with a smile on her cheeks: "But I'm really curious, you, a popular fried chicken from Lejia, are not in China. Develop well, why go abroad? Do you also want to participate in the "Isabella Piano Cup"?"

""Isabella Piano Cup"?"

He Xiao was taken aback for a moment, and then he couldn't help but sit up slightly, sobering up a bit.

Isabella is a very common name in Europe, but the most famous of them is Miss Isabella, a famous female pianist in the 19th century.

She is a well-deserved musical genius, unmarried all her life, her piano music is majestic and has a profound influence on the art of piano, and she is an insurmountable figure in the history of piano.

Her status in this world is equivalent to Chopin in the black phone.

When He Xiao was just learning piano in his early years, he listened to his teacher explaining Isabella's life and many of her famous songs.

At that time, I was deeply shocked by this strange woman.

At the end of the 19th century, the successful Isabella founded a conservatory in Paris under her own name, which is also one of the top universities in the history of world music.

The Isabella International Piano Competition was co-founded by her adopted son Modric in 1905, jointly with five top music academies in the world at that time.

Today, the Isabella International Piano Competition has become the world's top piano competition, extremely authoritative and professional.

Each session attracts the attention of countless music lovers, and its popularity is comparable to famous sports events such as the World Cup and NBA.

It has grown from the original five famous music schools to the current ten, including Manhattan School of Music, Berklee School of Music, Boston University School of Music and other well-known universities.

Each competition is also judged by music professors from the school. The competition is fair and just, with a complete competition process including auditions, preliminaries, semi-finals, semi-finals, and finals.

If you perform well, you can also be directly admitted by various conservatories, and you can go directly to famous foreign schools without assessment.

As for awards, six grand prizes and special prizes will be awarded in each competition.

It is worth mentioning that the judging panel is particularly arrogant in awarding awards, and will evaluate awards based on the actual performance of the contestants.

If they feel that no one is qualified enough for a certain award, they will leave the vacancy and there will be no substitute.

This behavior also led to the highest honor among them-the special award "Isabella Award", which has been elusive for nearly a hundred years.

Except for being awarded once in the first competition, this award has always been hung in the sanctuary of the Isabella Conservatory of Music, and no one can take it away for a whole 100 years.

This is also a topic that music lovers from all over the world are talking about. I don't know if the Isarabe Award will wait for its owner in this century, which has been lonely for a hundred years.

He Xiao came back to his senses with a surprised look on his face.

He really didn't expect that the Isabella Piano Competition, which is only held every five years, would start again this year.

Then, his focus was on Carol again.

"You mean, you want to participate in this year's piano competition?"

Holding a wine glass, He Xiao asked curiously.

Carol took another sip of the wine, nodded and smiled, "Yes, but this competition is full of great masters every year, I didn't expect to win the prize, I just came to try my luck."

"I don't dare to hope to be a champion. As long as I can enter the top eight or even the top sixteen, this experience is very precious after all, and it will add a layer of gold to my resume. For us singers in the mixed music circle, The future helps a lot.”

Hearing Carol's words, He smiled clearly, and couldn't help feeling a little moved.

The Isabella Piano Competition will be held in the spring of each year. Counting the days, it will start ten days later. It is still in the registration stage and the competition will last for two months.

The French visa can be extended up to three months, which is just enough until the end of the game.

"I thought you were also here to participate in the competition to be gilded."

Carol's tall nose was slightly wrinkled, dimples appeared on her pretty face, and she covered her mouth and smiled.

"It wasn't just now, but it is now."

He Xiao drank the remaining half glass of wine and said leisurely.

Hearing this, Carol was taken aback.

"Isabella is the top piano competition in the world. I started preparations two years in advance. Is it too hasty for you to make a temporary decision?" She couldn't help reminding He Xiao friendly.

That's the Isabella International Piano Competition. I don't know how many artists and folk gods will gather. It's too childish to want to set foot on this battlefield without proper preparation.

Carol felt that He Xiao was a little too confident, or blindly arrogant.

He Xiao shook his head, and said with a serious expression: "If you are not prepared, you have to participate. After all, this competition is held every five years. I can't wait for the next five years. As you said, try your luck and don't seek to advance." Ten or sixteen will do."

"That's...that's right."

Carol was speechless, then nodded in agreement with He Xiao's statement.

Although there is a certain registration fee for participating in the competition, it is a small amount of money for the stars, and it is not as expensive as the glass of wine that He Xiao just drank.

However, this competition is only held once every five years, so there is no harm in taking a chance.

He Xiao was about to return to China, but now that he suddenly received the news, his mind became active.

He was worried that his career development had reached a bottleneck, and there was no suitable springboard for him to soar into the sky. As a result, he encountered the Isabella Piano Competition.

As Carol said, this is a rare golden opportunity.

If the performance is outstanding, He Xiao is likely to use this to open up overseas markets ahead of schedule!

　The first update reaches 4200 words, and I plan to write 12 words today. I don’t know if I can come out before [-] o’clock in the evening. Please bear with me, and it will be the same tomorrow, so you don’t need to stay up late and wait.

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