[ No way? Doesn’t Xia Wanyuan only know how to play the zither? How can she enter the World Music Competition? ]
[ What do you mean by that? What’s wrong with the zither? This is our country’s culture, okay? It’s not worse than others. Why can’t we enter? ]
[ I guess this is as far as I can go. After all, foreign countries have quite a big prejudice against our country’s music. ]
[ Who knows what method Xia Wanyuan used to enter the semi-finals? Does she think we don’t know how difficult it is to enter the music competition? ]
In the end, only everyone guessed. After all, the semi-finals were not open to the public. Everyone discussed for a long time only based on the name list. Many people were even unwilling to believe that Xia Wanyuan could actually enter the semi-finals.
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In the waiting room, because there were more people and they had waited for a long time, everyone gradually began to chat.
A young man with an Asian face saw Xia Wanyuan sitting alone, so he leaned over and spoke in fluent English. “Hello, may I know where you’re from? Korea or Japan?”
From the moment Xia Wanyuan arrived in the modern world, she knew that this was an era of global integration. English was more important to daily communication than arrogance.
At first, she followed Xiao Bao’s introductory textbooks to read, but later, she followed the English edition that Jun Shiling had given her to read. There were no problems with Xia Wanyuan’s daily reading.
“I’m from China.” When Xia Wanyuan spoke English, her voice was extremely pleasant to listen to, like the sound of rings clinking.
“China?” The man was first stunned by Xia Wanyuan’s voice. Only then did he realize which country Xia Wanyuan was talking about. He immediately spoke Chinese with a strange expression.
“You too?”
“I used to be.” The man nodded. “But Chinese music is really not that deep, so I changed my nationality and wanted to pursue better music.”
Xia Wanyuan nodded. Although she did not understand how this man could change his nationality, it was understandable that he wanted to learn foreign music more conveniently.
However, this man did not talk about music. Instead, he proudly introduced himself to Xia Wanyuan, his tone revealing his disdain for China.
Xia Wanyuan had originally wanted to chat more with him after hearing him speak Chinese, but he actually began to nag at her about how bad China was, how lousy its music was, and how country was.
Before the man could finish speaking, Xia Wanyuan interrupted him. “I’m not interested in what you’re saying.” Then, Xia Wanyuan looked at the score in her hand.
“…” The man was rejected and felt a little embarrassed. “You’re too young and insensible. When you change your nationality, you’ll know how good it is to be abroad.”
Xia Wanyuan looked up at the man with undisguised disgust in her eyes. “Can you go away? You’re very noisy.”
“Pfft.” No matter how beautiful Xia Wanyuan was, the man could not continue chatting with her after being despised by her. He immediately flicked his sleeves and left.
Xia Wanyuan glanced at this person’s back and commented, “Crazy.”
Time passed little by little, and the number of people in the waiting room decreased. By the time Xia Wanyuan’s name was called, basically all the participants in the semi-finals had already performed.
In the evaluation hall, more than a hundred judges sat together and took the opportunity to discuss the contestants.
The contestants in front were still not bad, but those who came later were basically average. Everyone looked at the list. There was still the last Chinese person who played the ancient zither.
There was probably nothing worth watching. Many people had already begun to pack their things.