Soon! The time for the gathering arrived, and Mr. Chen walked onto the stage amidst everyone's anticipation.
After taking the stage, Mr. Chen looked at the crowd below and began to speak.
"Hello everyone! You are all musicians from all over the country."
"Today, I would like to thank everyone for coming to this gathering."
"Thank you!" After saying this, Old Chen bowed to the crowd on the stage before continuing.
"I believe everyone understands in their hearts what the purpose of holding this music exchange is?"
"Music is the soul of man, an indispensable source of spiritual comfort in life. So everyone here understands the importance of music, so I won't go into details."
"Let's get straight to the purpose of this gathering."
"Everyone! In two months, the global music competition will begin."
"This World Music Competition will be held in our country."
"In the past, although the people our country sent out never achieved the desired results, no one said anything about it."
"But this time is different. This time, the event is being held at our own home. If we were to bring back a dozen or so places like before, what would people from other countries think of us?"
"As a host country, how could you lose so badly in the competition and only come back with a dozen or so places?"
"This is something we ourselves would be ashamed to even look at, let alone others, right?"
When Mr. Chen said these words on stage, he was quite serious. He displayed the imposing manner he had displayed for many years, and no one in the audience dared to utter a sound.
Because what Mr. Chen said is right, in terms of music, this country really can't compare with those foreign musicians.
They might be able to chat and laugh with their own people here, but once they meet foreign musicians, they can only slink away in disgrace.
Because most people are indeed limited in ability and cannot compare with others.
Therefore, when Mr. Chen gives a speech on stage, they are like children who have done something wrong.
Wang Qingge never expected that she would lag so far behind foreign countries in music.
Looking at the hundreds of people below the stage, Old Chen said with a sense of disappointment and frustration.
"Everyone, the reason I've gathered you all here today is very simple: I hope we can select the participants for this World Music Competition."
"This time, no matter what, we can't afford to lose too badly again, otherwise we won't have the face to face our ancestors."
“I know you all like to talk about how great you are, how amazing you are.”
"Now the opportunity has come. If any of you can get a good ranking in the world music competition, you will become famous overnight."
"Alright, I won't say any more nonsense. You guys discuss it and see who is capable of participating in this World Music Competition."
After Mr. Chen finished speaking, everyone in the audience started whispering among themselves.
A moment later, someone made a suggestion to Old Chen.
This was also a middle-aged man, who seemed to have a very good temperament. He offered his opinion to Mr. Chen.
“Mr. Chen, I think we are all getting old, so the task of participating in the competition should be left to the younger generation.”
"Besides, the young people in our country are already quite capable, and we should have faith in them."
After this person said that, many people agreed with him.
In fact, Mr. Chen had already made this plan long ago.
After a long period of research, he finally discovered the reasons for the country's failure over the years.
Because every World Music Competition sends older people to participate.
As for the older people, their minds are not very rich anymore, so they just play old music on stage each time.
As for those foreigners, they always send out either young people or people who can compose their own music.
When the two sides are compared, the difference becomes obvious.
So, Mr. Chen had actually made this decision a long time ago, and this time he decided to let the young people take the stage.
After all, he knew that there were already several young people who had a very deep understanding and mastery of music.
His own granddaughter, Chen Xin, goes without saying. Under his careful nurturing, coupled with her own talent, she has become a role model.
His granddaughter, Chen Xin, had already won second place in the International Youth Competition three years ago, which is why Mr. Chen has high hopes for his granddaughter.
Besides his own granddaughter, Zhou Jian and Cheng Bai are also very good.
They have a piano prodigy and a guitar prodigy; if we were to send them to compete...
Even if we can't get first or second place, we won't lose too badly.
Seeing so many people supporting young people to fight for their country makes him very happy.
Therefore, Old Chen immediately agreed with everyone's opinion.
"Since you've all said so, let's give the young people a try this time! We'll trust them this once."
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Seeing that Elder Chen also agreed, the others clapped and cheered.
However, those people weren't truly like that; many of them were simply afraid of losing to foreigners.
That's why they agreed to let the young people go to war.
In their view, if young people were sent, even if they lost, they would have a reason to do so.
When the time comes, we can just find any excuse and say that young people lack experience, which is why they lose to others.
But they can't go on their own; they won't be able to explain it later, especially if they lose to the younger opponents, which will only make them look more embarrassed.
Therefore, many people believe that the best approach is to let young people pursue more stable options.
Everyone agreed that the younger generation should be allowed to compete this time, and then Mr. Chen continued speaking on the stage.
"Since everyone has already discussed and agreed to let the young people fight this time, then let's trust them this time."
"Now, let's see how our young people perform! Anyone who's interested in representing the country, then show us your musical talent!"
"Let everyone see just how strong you really are. Do you have the ability to fight for your country?"
"Now, who's interested in coming up and giving it a try?"
After Old Chen finished speaking, someone finally responded. It was a young man in his twenties.
"Professor Chen, I am a student from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. I would like to go on stage and test my abilities."
"Okay, welcome, child, please come up."
When he saw that someone genuinely wanted to go on stage, Old Chen was truly happy.
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