number one idol

Chapter 174 Code Red Face
"Boom boom boom——"

Eight o'clock in the morning.

There was a quick knock on the door.

He Xiao woke up from his sleep, raised his head to look at his watch, then turned over and sat up from the bed in a jerk.

"coming!"

Today is the start of the knockout round of the top 64. Last night, I was thinking about checking the rankings on the official website, so I slept a little late and suffered from insomnia. As a result, I accidentally overslept.

Fortunately, the little assistant Bao Yuanyuan helped to watch, if she hadn't knocked on the door, He Xiao would have slept for at least half an hour before waking up.

Hastily opened the door, He Xiao turned around without stopping and got into the bathroom to start washing, while Bao Yuanyuan stood at the door with her head down and her clothes in her arms. She didn't change her shoes and came in, just stood there quietly waiting He Xiao cleaned up.

Her task is to deliver clothes, and then help He Xiao get some things. As for the styling, she doesn't need to do anything at all.

Because He Xiao knows how to design by himself, he has never troubled others, and he does it all by himself.

In addition, he is also familiar with his own face, and he knows best where to trim and where not to trim, which saves him a lot of time.

At [-]:[-], He Xiao not only finished washing, but also blew on his hair.

"Teacher He, there are still four and 10 minutes left before the game starts, and we are running out of time."

Bao Yuanyuan looked at her watch, and urged with some worry.

The location of the hotel is very good. It is not too far from the Paris Opera House. It takes only 10 minutes by car in normal times. However, now that the competition is opening, there are often traffic jams on the road, so it is a bit uncertain.

"It's okay, we have time, we are not the first to appear."

He Xiao patted her little shoulder, smiled and comforted her, then closed the door and walked downstairs.

On the busy street.

Shi Sledgehammer honked the horn from time to time, nimbly shuttled through the traffic, and finally arrived in front of the Paris Opera House after 10 minutes.

At this time, many contestants had just entered the arena, and the timing was just right, not bad.

He Xiao learned to be smart this time. He put on a mask, hat, and sunglasses, covering his whole body tightly. Let alone European and American reporters who are not familiar with him, even the paparazzi of Huaguo may not recognize him when they come. .

Walking into the venue without being harassed all the way, He Xiaocai took off his disguise, tidied up his clothes, and stepped into the performance hall on the second floor.

After finding his seat and sitting down, there were curious eyes all around him looking over.

Today is the first day of the PK competition. The 64 players present are randomly matched. Everyone hopes that their opponent is a soft persimmon.

And He Xiao ranked fourth on the official website. For many players, he is definitely one of the opponents they don't want to meet.

This situation also made He Xiao a little helpless, the competition is like this, everyone's hostility and vigilance, mostly come from those who are more powerful.

Time ticked by, and 10 minutes before the start of the game, Carol also came late and sat in front of He Xiao.

The chief director of the competition finally confirmed the operation of the machine, and the host Kami also stepped onto the stage.

There were no empty seats under the stage.

Ten judges sat around the piano.

Still the same stage effect as before, a few incandescent lamps fell from the sky and shone in the center of the stage.

Kami recited the lines before the start of the competition, and on the temporary large screen behind it, the information of all the contestants kept scrolling.

"To all the music lovers around the world watching the live broadcast, this is the scene of the most authoritative and professional top-level piano competition in the world - the Isabella Cup. I am Kami!"

"After the fierce competition in the previous period, the top 64 contestants were born on our stage, and starting today, our 64 contestants will challenge each other to decide the final winner!"

"For the sake of the fairness of the competition, this knockout match will be anonymous as always. Each contestant can choose a mask and code name in our mask library, and they will be called by code name thereafter. Except for the eliminated, only the champion can reveal his face !"

Kami introduced the rules on the stage, while the first row of the audience, under the guidance of the staff, all the contestants began to walk towards the backstage.

The camera immediately gave a panoramic shot.

He Xiao mingled in the crowd and also walked backstage.

He knows the rules of this anonymous competition.

Its purpose is to ensure the absolute fairness of the event.

Because human beings have weaknesses, even if ten famous schools jointly hold the event, all the judges are professor-level figures, but they are not saints after all, and they cannot remain indifferent in the face of interests.

After all, the right to advance is in the hands of the judges, which will inevitably make some powerful contestants in their families try to bribe them.

Therefore, after the start of the PK competition system, the host of the Isabella Cup will isolate the judges from the contestants. During this period, all communication equipment will be confiscated and will not be distributed until the end of the competition.

As for the contestants, they had to dress up in disguise before they could start the competition, so that the judges couldn't recognize who was who.

It is precisely because of the strict and thoughtful design of the competition organizer that the fairness of the Isabella Cup is known all over the world.

He Xiao followed the crowd into the backstage, and then lined up to enter a secret room.

There are thousands of masks in the secret room, and the staff will randomly select five and put them in front of the contestants, and then let the contestants choose one they like to wear. This process also completely eliminates the possibility of the contestants and the judges discussing which masks to wear in advance. Condition.

The cameraman next to him recorded all this scene into the camera and broadcast it live to audiences around the world.

Of course, the screen after entering the secret room cannot be released. At that time, except for the contestant himself, no one will know the identity of the other party.

When it was He Xiao's turn, it was already 10 minutes later.

He entered the secret room, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked around.

This is a remodeled room of about 30 square meters, filled with shelves, with thousands of masks of all kinds.

A staff member appeared next to him, randomly took five cards and put them in front of He Xiao.

"Mr. He, please choose a mask and code name that you like."

"Ok."

He Xiao nodded, his eyes swept over the five masks one by one.

Some are in the shape of green goblins.

Some are demonic with hell.

There are two more that seem to be a set, both monsters with horns.

Which one to choose?
He Xiao touched it with the palm of his hand, and found that there was another one under the four masks.

Pulled out from the bottom to look, suddenly bright eyes.

This is a Chinese-style mask, which looks like a Peking Opera mask, and it is red.

The blue-faced Dou Erdun steals the imperial horse, and the red-faced Guan Gong fights in Changsha...

The red face corresponds to the black face, representing a positive image of loyalty and righteousness.

"That's it!"

As a native of China, it is impossible for He Xiao to choose a goblin without putting on a Chinese-style mask.

So without any suspense, he picked up the red-faced mask.

After wiping off the dust on it, He Xiao registered his code name with the staff——

Red face!

(End of this chapter)