{"id":11689,"date":"2020-05-04T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betwixtedbutterfly.com\/translations\/?p=11689"},"modified":"2020-05-18T04:13:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T08:13:08","slug":"kocm153","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betwixtedbutterfly.com\/translations\/kocm153\/","title":{"rendered":"King of Classical Music 153"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The winter sun painted S City in a golden shimmer. S City\u2019s Concert Hall sat at the intersection of two streets in the shape of an L. It was Huaxia\u2019s first seated concert hall, which still boasted of the original European design. It even bore the same navy blue and light beige exterior as 80 years ago.<\/p>

The building was divided into a performance hall, a concert hall, a multi-functional hall, and many other rooms. The multi-functional hall was often used to hold large and small competitions, medium-sized performances, and even product presentations.<\/p>

Qi Mu and Zhu Wen Jun arrived at the multi-functional hall an hour before the Huaqing Cup was due to begin.<\/p>

The Huaqing Cup was the grandest classical music competition in Huaxia, and the Huaxia authorities established the cup to stimulate the domestic development of classical music. The sphere of this competition covered the piano, violin, cello, etc. Among them, the piano and violin sections garnered the most attention.<\/p>

As a temporary judge, Qi Mu did not interact with the other judges much before arriving. After taking his place, though, he spotted a familiar face. They stared at each other, stunned.<\/p>

Qi Mu politely held out the other man\u2019s chair and spoke with a smile, \u201cWu Lao, long time no see.\u201d<\/p>

Although he was old, Wu Lao was still hale and hearty. He sat and nodded. \u201cEn, it\u2019s been a long time, Qi Mu.\u201d Then, he asked, \u201cYou went to Vienna\u2026 how was it?\u201d<\/p>

At that, Qi Mu couldn\u2019t help laughing and explained his affairs in Europe.<\/p>

There was a total of five judges for the semi-final round of the Huaqing Cup. As Zhu Wen Jun had said, they were composed of three older and two younger musicians.<\/p>

The other young musician\u2014\u2014Wang Zheng spotted Qi Mu as he entered and waved happily, but when he sat down, Wang Zheng didn\u2019t dare act imposingly.<\/p>

The judges were arranged in the form of \u201c3 + 2\u201d, with the three older musicians distributed with the two younger ones between them. Sitting at Wang Zheng\u2019s left was the chief judge\u2014\u2014Wu Sheng Tao.<\/p>

While Qi Mu and Wu Lao continued to chat, Wang Zheng slowly relaxed. He looked at the youth at his side with a warrior\u2019s gaze and thought in his heart: Little Seven! You can conquer even Wu Lao; you are a god amongst men!!!<\/em><\/p>

As this \u201cgodly man\u201d had calmed Wu Lao, who had the worst temper, the jury\u2019s atmosphere was naturally harmonious. When the first player stepped onstage, several people listened earnestly, and even Qi Mu was shocked.<\/p>

The fourteen-year-old boy played a section of Kreisler\u2019s<\/a> \u300aPraeludium and Allegro<\/a>\u300b. As an eighth-level piece, the song\u2019s difficulty was average, but it showed the skill of the musician. Without a doubt, the competitor performed it very well.<\/p>

Qi Mu generously gave a high score of 8.5 and a fair evaluation.<\/p>

Throughout the morning, several contestants met the fate of elimination, while other performances really impressed Qi Mu.<\/p>

These young powers of Huaxia that Zhu Wen Jun wanted him to see\u2014\u2014<\/p>

They were quite strong.<\/p>

The Huaqing Cup was supported by Huaxia officials, so both Huaxia MTV and S City TV stations were broadcasting live. Luo Zheng Jie was S City TV\u2019s gold producer who is responsible for the live broadcast.<\/p>

Before taking the task, Luo Zheng Jie had not expected the ratings of this competition to be too high. Of course, not that they were expected to be too low, but somewhere in the lower middle. Nevertheless, out of professionalism, Luo Zheng Jie tried his best to publicize the event and spent real money on it.<\/p>

The money was spent, but it had. No. Effect.<\/p>

The previous live broadcast, on the preliminary rounds, had ratings so low, Luo Zheng Jie began to doubt life. He did not expect…<\/p>

This semi-final round!<\/p>

Ah, you said reality shows were the hottest thing, Director, you said we should make a reality show…<\/em><\/p>

This time, at the semi-final broadcast, Luo Zheng Jie went to the broadcast room as always to direct the live show. The usual host opened, the leader\u2019s speed was, as usual, they introduced the judges as usual, as usual…<\/p>

Wait a minute!<\/p>

This was not as usual<\/em> at all!!!<\/p>

Staring at the handsome young man on the judge\u2019s panel, Luo Zheng Jie\u2019s eyes were round, and it took a minute for him to snag the staff member next to him. \u201cXiao Chen, this young man\u2026 who is he? How can he sit as a judge? He wasn\u2019t a judge in Hong Kong City\u2026 Where\u2019s David?\u201d<\/p>

The female staff member followed Luo Zheng Jie\u2019s direction, and her eyes widened. She exclaimed, \u201cEh?!!! How can that be Little Seven?! Wasn\u2019t that David who refused to lower his head?! When did it become Little Seven? Ah ah ah, ah!!!\u201d<\/p>

The S City TV station crew: \u201c……\u201d<\/p>

Sister Chen, pay attention to image, to your image, ah!<\/em><\/p>

Seeing his own right-hand becoming so excited, Luo Zheng Jie felt his heart thump loudly in his chest, and a row of gold ingots drifted across his eyes. He waved his hand and commanded, \u201cXiao Zheng, get the Weibo group to write up a topic and put out\u2026 Little Seven\u2019s participation in our competition.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cXiao Li, what are you waiting for?! Adjust the stand. Alongside the contestants and Wu Lao, save that third position for Little Seven!\u201d<\/p>

\u201cXiao Wang, go inform the publicity team. Have them create a topic, create a topic! Got it?!\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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As a commercial producer seeking benefits and avoiding disadvantages, Luo Zheng Jie seemed to see how director Tai would praise him tomorrow. They say, \u201cBeauty is justice,\u201d and by Xiao Chen\u2019s reaction, this Little Seven seemed quite famous…<\/p>

This was a gimmick!<\/p>

It might even be possible for the ratings to break 0.8!<\/p>

Luo Zheng Jie smiled, his eyes narrowing to slits as he fantasized about the bonus director Tai would give him tomorrow.<\/p>

But Luo Zheng Jie didn\u2019t expect\u2014\u2014the ratings to break more than 0.8!<\/p>

The ratings opened like a plug-in, from 0.5 all the way to 1, then 1 to 1.1, 1.2, 1.3\u2026 Finally pausing just before breaking through 2, stabilizing at 1.9!!!<\/p>

Luo Zheng Jie, paralyzed with surprise, looked around, \u201cSay\u2026 Say! Who\u2026 who miscalculated my ratings?!\u201d<\/p>

The S City TV station staff stared back with innocent eyes: \u201cMr. Luo, the ratings are all calculated by the computer! Who uses manual calculation?!\u201d<\/p>

In the live broadcast room, there was terrible silence then three seconds laugher, a burst of laughter lifted to the sky\u2014\u2014<\/p>

\u201cHa ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha, don\u2019t leave everyone! Let\u2019s feast tonight!\u201d<\/p>

\u201cLong live, Mr. Luo!\u201d<\/p>

\u201cHahaha, Mr. Luo\u2019s the most handsome!\u201d<\/p>

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Qi Mu naturally did not know of the happenings in the TV station\u2019s broadcasting room. He smiled and sent away a cute 8-year-old boy. Then, Qi Mu turned to the next contestant and paused.<\/p>

Qi Mu: \u201c……\u201d<\/p>

What look is this, what look is this, what look is this…<\/p>

The next player was a pretty girl. She looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, holding a beautiful violin, and had her hair up in a high ponytail. She strode on stage, and while walking…<\/p>

Stared at the young man in the judges’ panel!<\/p>

Her gaze never strayed!<\/p>

Realization flashed in Wang Zheng\u2019s eyes, and he whispered across, \u201cLittle Seven, is this\u2026 a fan of yours?\u201d<\/p>

Qi Mu chuckled. \u201cMost likely\u2026 yeah\u2026\u201d<\/p>

Despite living for so many years, seeing her green eyes staring at him, he could not cope with the desperate look of \u201cLittle Seven~ Look at me~ What are you afraid of!\u201d written in her gaze.\u00a0<\/p>

The girl walked to the center of the stage, slowly stopped, then looked at the judge\u2019s panel\u2026 Cough, to be precise, looked at Qi Mu. She restrained her gaze, bowed, then announced, \u201cGood afternoon judges, my name is Zhu Wen Jing. I\u2019m going to perform today, the first movement of Min Chen\u2019s \u300aViolin Sonata No. 9 in D major\u300b, the \u300aConstance March\u300b.\u201d<\/p>

Qi Mu could already feel his scalp tingling at her gaze, but he was still startled at hearing the familiar name. Looking at her with surprise, she only laughed, set her bow to the strings, and started to play.<\/p>

At the first pull of her bow, the brisk, intense notes of the violin burst across the quiet stage. They jumped, dancing, and the violin grew heated as if in an army march, and the atmosphere warmed at once.<\/p>

The Huaqing Cup had a large age-difference and had competitors from 6 to 20 years old. So, on this stage, even in the semi-finals, Qi Mu could hear the different levels of performance. For example, the first contestant\u2019s \u300aPraeludium and Allegro\u300b wasn\u2019t that difficult, but Min Chen\u2019s \u300aConstance March\u300b was already at performance level.<\/p>

When the girl first stepped on stage, Qi Mu was a little\u2026 \u201camazed,\u201d but when she played, Qi Mu found that she was probably the best of the performances so far.<\/p>

In the end, her complicated skill gained applause from the judges and the audience.<\/p>

The scoring began on the other side, and when the first three, including Wang Zheng and Wu Lao, gave high scores, Qi Mu nodded thoughtfully. He turned to the girl on stage, who was staring at him with stars in her eyes and leaning forward with anticipation and laughed. \u201cYour \u300aConstance March\u300b is great. I rarely hear such a brilliant \u300aCons\u300b. Your spiccato<\/a> skills are proficient, and the left-handed pizzicato<\/a> was done very easily, I think\u2026 you\u2019re worth 9.5 points.\u201d<\/p>

After that, Qi Mu did not say anything more. He had a hunch, if he said much more, he was afraid something terrible would happen.<\/p>

Qi Mu didn\u2019t expect that having tossed this burden to the last reviewing veteran, Wang Lao would smile and say, \u201cI really like your \u300aCons\u300b, it\u2019s rare to have such strength at your age. Little girl, can you talk about why you took the violin path?\u201d<\/p>

Qi Mu on the judging panel: \u201c……\u201d\u00a0<\/p>

We are in a violin contest! We are not trying to touch the whole country, Wang Lao!!!<\/em><\/p>

Luo Zheng Jie in the broadcast room: \u201cHahaha, Wang Lao is awesome! Topic, make it a subject line!!!\u201d<\/p>

The girl on stage happily received the microphone handed to her by the host, lifted her head, and looked straight at Qi Mu, her green eyes glowing.<\/p>

Qi Mu: \u201c………………………………\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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