Whether it's the judges on stage, the audience below the stage, or the netizens in the live broadcast room.
Upon seeing the girl walk onto the stage, the first reaction was to gasp.
—What a beautiful girl.
The tailored, dark-colored cheongsam accentuated the girl's slender and graceful figure. Under the lamplight, it subtly revealed twinkling stars, and the gold-embroidered butterfly at her waist swayed with her movements, like a graceful moon fluttering.
A simple silver hairpin is inserted diagonally into her dark hair, which is tied up, with a few strands falling casually beside her ears. Her face is small and delicate, with exquisite features like a painting, and her dark, beautiful eyes are as clear and cold as the Milky Way.
She wore no makeup, only a touch of vibrant color on her lips. Yet her exceptional beauty, combined with the traditional oriental charm of the cheongsam, made her more eye-catching than all the other contestants who were dressed up tonight.
It's so beautiful it feels unreal.
It makes people subconsciously hold their breath.
Holy crap, that girl is so beautiful! I didn't even dare to blink when I saw her.
[Her cheongsam is absolutely stunning! It's the most beautiful cheongsam I've ever seen. Does anyone know which brand it is? Could you please provide a link so I can buy one too?]
If I'm not mistaken, when the camera zoomed in just now, didn't it show the embroidered words "[AN.X&N]" on the butterfly on the cheongsam?
I know AN.X, but what's AN.X&N? Is it a derivative of AN.X? I've never heard of it.
Seeing the amazed expressions on everyone's faces, they couldn't take their eyes off Jiang Nian on stage.
Jiang Ranran was so jealous she wanted to grind her teeth to dust.
Why should I?!
Her outfit tonight cost over 100,000 yuan, and she hired a makeup artist who charges 5,000 yuan per session. She meticulously styled every single hair from head to toe.
Even when she went on stage, she didn't see many people staring at her so intently.
Jiang Nian simply put on lipstick and casually tied her hair up before going on stage, instantly stunning the entire audience.
Also AN.X&N...
It's probably another knock-off of AN.X!
[Anonymous User: What AN.X derivatives? This Jiang Nian is from our school, and everything she's wearing is a knock-off of AN.X.]
[Anonymous user: She even wore that one of only ten ever made Eternal Fall ruby bracelets to our school to show off.]
[Anonymous user: It turned out someone discovered there was a six-pointed star pattern on the ruby, and an "N" engraved on the clasp. It's hilarious.]
Such a beautiful cheongsam, and it's actually a knock-off of AN.X?
The key point is that they haven't seen AN.X release any cheongsams before.
At that moment, Ji Xiuan, who was watching his sister's live competition in the living room, frowned upon seeing these comments.
The bracelet and cheongsam he made for Niannian by hand were mistaken by Niannian's school classmates as knock-offs of AN.X?
That's hilarious.
Whatever he does is AN.X's original work, okay?
"Big brother, I'll go pick Niannian up from school soon."
Ji Xiuan spoke directly to Ji Yanli, who was also watching the live stream beside him.
Ji Yanli was puzzled: "Didn't Niannian say that she was with her classmates and told us not to go to watch her competition or pick her up? She didn't want to be too conspicuous."
Ji Xiuan lifted his eyelids and sneered, "That depends on the situation. Someone at Niannian's school actually said that Niannian is wearing counterfeit goods. I have to go and prove it for my darling."
*
On stage, Jiang Nian held a suona (a traditional Chinese wind instrument) and began to introduce it.
"Hello everyone, the instrument I'm going to play today is the suona."
So far tonight's competition has featured a wide variety of musical instruments.
The most common instruments are the piano, cello, and violin.
This is the first time someone has ever performed the suona, such an ancient and traditional Chinese musical instrument that is only used for weddings and funerals in rural areas in everyone's mind.
The suona in Jiang Nian's hand looked quite old.
Under the light, the tube was covered with scratches, and even the copper bowl below the suona was faintly rusty.
This also drew some disdain from the viewers in the live stream.
Help! Why would someone perform something so outdated at a musical instrument competition?!
Compared to pianos and violins that cost tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan, the suona should be quite cheap, right? It seems like you can buy a good quality one for just a few hundred yuan.
Everyone else is using their best instruments to compete, like that eight-figure "Eternal Song" from earlier. This girl is competing with such a worn-out, old suona?
[Wearing knock-off clothes is one thing, but not even being willing to buy a new, good suona (a traditional Chinese wind instrument) shows they don't take this competition seriously.]
Hu Yan was naturally very excited to see the girl go on stage.
Although he had only ever taught cello to a young girl, no one knew her musical talent and ability better than him. He was, of course, looking forward to Jiang Nian's performance.
To avoid suspicion, Hu Yan couldn't show anything unusual.
But the other judges had already heard that one of the contestants tonight was a prodigy who won the Global Golden Music Award at the age of 13 with her cello, but was going to perform the suona.
"Young lady, why did you choose to learn the suona?" one of the judges couldn't help but ask. "It's not exactly a trendy or popular instrument among you young people."
"That's why I'm standing here performing tonight."
Jiang Nian stood there under the lights, holding a worn-out suona in her hand, unperturbed by praise or criticism.
"My grandmother, who taught me to play the suona, said that Chinese people have a prejudice against the suona."
"Whether in big cities or rural areas, people generally regard the suona as an old-fashioned instrument. When the suona is mentioned, most people only associate it with being rustic, vulgar, and noisy."
"Later I found out that this was indeed the case; there is a hierarchy of contempt in the world of musical instruments as well."
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