The Quiet Rise of Entertainment Superstars

Suddenly, Xiaoyue thought of a permanent solution. Although it was a bit arrogant, she could only take the risk and play the piano piece.

Xiao Yue adjusted her mood and stood up, saying in fluent German: "I can agree to your provocation, but if I win, then today's piano competition will end here. I will never accept your challenge again in the future."

Her tone was full of arrogance and the courage to move forward. No one thought she was arrogant, and her strength was obvious to all.

Fox was overjoyed when he heard this. He also wanted to end the competition, so he stood up and said, "I agree. If you win, then China's piano has won, and this piano competition is over. Even if you lose, the competition is over and we are tied."

The goal was achieved, Xiaoyue smiled and said: "I hope you can do what you said."

After Xiaoyue finished speaking, she walked towards the staff, told them about the piece she was going to play, and then walked towards the podium again. Her momentum was even greater than before. At this time, Xiaoyue looked not only like a queen, but also like a general charging into battle.

When Xiaoyue sat in front of the piano, the song she was going to play appeared on the big screen: "Willow's Fire". It has a difficult double-tone technique and is the most difficult of the 12 super skills. Not only is the technique tricky, it also has to be played lightly and interestingly to convince people.

The content of this piece is monotonous and ironic, requiring the performer to have extremely high playing skills. Rachmaninoff called it "the most difficult etude in the world."

Xiaoyue was not completely confident about playing "Willow's Fire". Although in her previous life she loved to challenge herself to play various difficult piano pieces and liked the joy that came from the moment of successful challenge, Xiaoyue had never played it even once.

Xiaoyue closed her eyes, her mind filled with the playing techniques of "Willow's Fire". Finally, she exhaled, opened her eyes, and her fingers began to dance on the keys.

Suddenly, the audience felt that they were brought into a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere by the sound of the piano, and the image of the will-o'-the-wisp flickering in the wind was presented in a light, strange, elusive and vivid way.

The piano music skills demonstrated by Xiaoyue have surpassed the highest piano skills of Blue Star. With her magical techniques, she created a piano masterpiece for the audience that combines superb skills with vivid music.

The pianists from the United Nations were more and more amazed as they listened. The playing technique and the artistic conception of the piano music had simply reached an incredible level.

Especially Hof, he felt that his playing skills, which he was proud of, were simply worthless compared to him. He had no capital to be proud of, so he lowered his noble head.

Also, Selkin, he suddenly felt that his previous pride was simply arrogance. As expected, there are always people better than you, and China is obviously terribly strong.

Cliburn looked at the platform with a fiery gaze. This was the highest realm of piano that he wanted to pursue. It was really the right decision to come to China this time. Who said that the pianos in China were not good? This was clearly the holy land of pianos.

At this moment, he had the idea of ​​staying in China.

Not only him, but also Pollini.

After the performance, Xiao Yue found that she had played the piano piece to her highest level. She couldn't help but smile, looked towards the United Nations, and said in Chinese: "My playing is beyond your reach."

The audience cheered, and the Chinese people who were watching the live broadcast also cheered. She was so powerful. She won. She was a hero, a god of war who turned the tide.

When the translator translated Xiaoyue's words to the people from the United Nations exchange group, Fox was very angry but could do nothing about it.

As for the others, haha, they were still not angry at all. Now they just wanted to leave this terrible place as soon as possible.

"She is so strong. The Chinese authorities have not yet announced who she is."

Yes, she is too strong. The "Wilson's Fire" she just performed has surpassed the highest piano playing skills of their United Nations. She is simply not a human being, but a god who creates miracles.

After a long while, Fox stood up and said very frankly: "You win. I hope you can come to our United Nations to exchange piano skills in the future."

He used the honorific "you" to address her, and the audience at the scene felt proud. Yes, she won, China won, and we won.

Xiaoyue neither agreed nor refused, and turned around to leave.

"Wait, who are you?"

Fox looked at Xiaoyue. He really wanted to know the answer.

Xiaoyue didn't look back, but followed the staff to the backstage.

At this time, her figure disappeared from the live camera, and the Chinese people who were watching the live broadcast finally came back to their senses from the joy of winning.

"Why did you leave? My God of War, didn't the official say that she would be announced? Why didn't they announce it?"

The barrage of comments immediately filled the screen, all with the same sentence: "We want to know who is the hero in our hearts?"

Yuan Feng stood up and said, "Now let me announce her identity. She is our Chinese pianist Cheng Xingyue. She not only created the famous "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Variations", "A Girl's Prayer", and "Memories of Childhood", but also played her new piano pieces "Moonlight Sonata" and "Wilson's Fire" for the first time today. Cheng Xingyue is the pride of our Chinese piano community and a hero of our country."

Then the audiences in the audience all applauded, and the Chinese people who were watching the live broadcast also applauded unconsciously. Everyone remembered this name: Cheng Xingyue, our Chinese pianist, the pride and hero of China.

Everyone who knew Cheng Xingyue was stunned, especially her classmates and teachers. They only realized at this moment that the girl just now was Cheng Xingyue? Could it be that they had the same name?

Wang Xiaonan, a fan and classmate of Cheng Xingyue, said in the university class group: "Don't doubt it, she is our classmate Cheng Xingyue. She's just thinner now and you didn't recognize her." There was a sense of pride in her words. Hehe, I know, I knew it a long time ago but I didn't say it.

One classmate expressed doubt: "Is this true? I haven't seen her for a year since my junior year. How could she have changed so much?"

Chen Xiaomeng, who had been lurking all the time, suddenly said, "Let me confirm that she is Cheng Xingyue. We met often in the second half of our junior year."

"Yes, Xiaonan and I are working in her company now."

Wang Manman also popped up her head, and what she said was like a depth charge, shocking the classmates to their core.

"Okay, so everyone in your dormitory knows about it, but we don't?"

"Did you notice that there is no Cheng Xingyue in our group?"

"Yes, where is the class monitor? We have been classmates for three years, why is there no Cheng Xingyue in our group?"

The class monitor felt very aggrieved at this time. He approached Cheng Xingyue several times and asked her to join the class group, but she refused every time with only one reason: "It's too noisy."

"Let me tell you. I know that Cheng Xingyue thinks our class group is too noisy and refuses to join. The class monitor has approached her several times, and I saw it all, hehe..."

The students all felt aggrieved. We were just being a little more active. How could we be noisy?

The monitor said, "Student Wang Xiaonan, I can't do it, but I believe you can. Why don't you add Cheng Xingyue to the group?"

"Yes, Wang Xiaonan, it's up to you."

"Right. You're the last hope."

Wang Xiaonan was speechless for a moment. She didn't dare to say anything because Cheng Xingyue was Yueshen, her boss.

After that, no matter how many times the classmates tagged Wang Xiaonan, she pretended to be dead. The classmates changed their cell phones to call her, but they were turned off.

Wang Manman patted Wang Xiaonan on the head and said, "See if you can still show off?"

Wang Xiaonan sighed and said, “Fortunately we didn’t say that Cheng Xingyue was Yueshen, otherwise they would definitely kill us.”

"That's right. I shouldn't have said that we work at Cheng Xingyue's company. I was really afraid that they would ask the teacher about it, otherwise everything would be exposed."

"Oops, we were careless..."

It’s too late for the two to regret now, as they were later exposed by their classmates. Of course, that’s a story for later.

This is the reaction of people who know Cheng Xingyue's name. People who don't know the name will search for it online. As a result, only two pieces of information pop up: Cheng Xingyue, the executive producer of "Phone Booth", and Cheng Xingyue, the executive producer of "Avatar".

This... Many netizens expressed their doubts. Could it be that the pianist Cheng Xingyue and this Cheng Xingyue have the same name?

Then someone looked through the news related to "Phone Booth", and everyone suddenly discovered that it was all about Yue Shen, and everyone called her Director Cheng. Fuck, then isn't Cheng Xingyue the Yue Shen?

Many netizens were shocked to find out that the pianist Cheng Xingyue who is very popular in China today is actually the arranger Yue.

This piece of news swept across China's internet at lightning speed, becoming the number one trending search topic.

The forum was even more lively, like the New Year. Many people dug out the photo of Yue Shen's eyes taken in "Sniper Phone Booth" and compared it with the screenshot of Cheng Xingyue's live broadcast today. Isn't this the same person? What else is there to doubt?

Then the official Weibo account of Tianyu released a message: "Yes, everyone guessed it right, Cheng Xingyue is Yue, the arranger of our Tianyu."

So what else is there to dig deeper into? Once you think about it this way, you will understand.

"Yue Shen's talent for songwriting surpasses that of Qu Dad. Isn't it normal that he can play the piano? Isn't it normal that his piano skills are as high as his composing skills?"

"Fuck, the guy above, is he speaking human language? Any skill of Cheng Xingyue is top-notch, okay?"

"You forgot that she was not only the screenwriter of the movie "Phone Booth" and the currently popular "Avatar", but also the one who composed the music for them."

"So, Cheng Xingyue is an arranger, screenwriter, and pianist, all three are very good. My goodness, she is no longer just a talented woman, she should be a talented god."

"The God of Talent and God of Wealth have the same pronunciation, so it seems right to apply it to her! Awesome!"

No matter what's going on on the Internet, Xiaoyue, the newly crowned God of Wealth, is currently drinking tea with Nie Zheng, the Minister of Culture of China.

That’s right, it means exactly what it says, an old man and a young child sitting together drinking tea.

"Cheng Xingyue, can I call you Xiaoyue? I heard that all your acquaintances call you that."

Xiao Yue smiled and nodded, saying, "Of course you can. You are my elder, you can call me whatever you want."

Nie Zheng smiled kindly. The more he looked at Cheng Xingyue, the more he liked her. This girl was good. She was not as jumpy as other girls of her age. She looked calm and didn't talk much.

He looked at Xiaoyue from such a close distance, and for some reason, the sense of familiarity became stronger and stronger. He looked at Xiaoyue's face carefully for a long time and found that she looked very much like someone.

"Mr. Nie, may I ask why you keep looking at me?"

Xiaoyue found it strange. Nie Zheng, the Minister of Culture of China, looked kind and amiable, just like an elder in the family. However, he just looked at her and seemed to be thinking. Why?

"Xiao Yue, you look a lot like someone I know. I'm not saying you look exactly like me, but you look about 40% like me. Don't be offended. It's me, an old man, who was rude."

Nie Zheng decided to tell the truth. It was indeed inappropriate for him to look at a little girl like that just now.

Xiaoyue didn't expect this answer. Could it be that she has an ordinary face now? No, she is obviously very beautiful and very unique.

"Oh, I see. It's all right. Mr. Nie, if you have nothing to do, can I leave?"

Nie Zheng shook his head and said, "Wait a moment. Your safety is very important. A troop will come to take you home."

"Military escort?" Xiao Yue was surprised. Would it be so influential to play the piano on stage today? There are many pianists in China, so it shouldn't be that serious.

"You don't know yet, do you? After you left, the Piano Association announced your name. Now everyone on the Internet knows that you are Yue. Do you think this has a big impact?"

Xiaoyue was about to cry. Could it be that all her secrets had been exposed?

Seeing Xiaoyue suddenly turn pale with fear, Nie Zheng looked extremely pitiful and quickly comforted her: "Don't worry, your little secret is unknown to a few people in the official circle. Relax, your Yue has always been out in the open, and now she has just added another identity as a pianist. It's okay."

Xiaoyue felt a chill in her heart and her face turned even paler.

From what he said, he should know all my details?

Sure enough, secrets cannot be kept here by the authorities!

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Don't worry. I have sealed your file. No one will be able to find any information about you in the future."

Nie Zheng also knew that his previous words not only failed to comfort the girl, but instead frightened her even more.

"Then thank you, Mr. Nie."

What else can Xiaoyue say? It’s a good thing that her file was sealed.

"You're welcome. You saved face for China today, so it's only right that we protect you. Also, the United Nations exchange group caused too much trouble this time, so they should be more restrained in the future. But for competitions in literature and poetry, if you can, I will ask the authorities to give you an account so that you can deal with it directly without having to show up."

Nie Zheng finally revealed his ultimate goal.

Xiaoyue understood. What else was there to not understand? She nodded.

"Don't worry, I am absolutely loyal to China, and I will not stand idly by."

"Hahaha, that's good."

Half an hour later, Xiaoyue got on the car back to the villa. She didn't even dare to turn on her cell phone.