Chapter 129 Emilia Poniatowska

Fu Tiao saw that the next contestant had arrived, so he did not stay too long. For him, his rehearsal in the concert hall was over.

He and Jacek returned to the bottom of the stage to re-confirm some of the adjustments they had made on the conductor before leaving after confirming that they were complete.

When Fu Tiao officially walked out of the concert hall, he raised his head and looked at the sky. The sky had become gloomy without knowing when, and there was no longer any sunshine.

It's almost four o'clock in the afternoon and it's almost five o'clock. It seems a bit too early to go back to bed at this time. Fu Cao thought about it, and then walked around the Chopin City with He Shen, Yu Tianyou and the others to see what was going on in this city.

All about Chopin.

For example, Chopin's former residence, Chopin Museum or other Chopin commemorative shops. After all, they have not been out to visit Warsaw for so long. They practice piano and rehearse every day.

However, when Fu Diao and others came to the Chopin Museum and were about to visit the museum, they suddenly discovered that Szymon Nehring, a contestant from Poland, had also arrived at the Chopin Museum.

Unlike Fu Tiao and others, Szymon Nehring came to the museum on behalf of all members of the Chopin International Piano Competition, and played the piano used by Chopin hundreds of years ago with representatives from various countries and some royal families and wealthy people.

Fu Diao and others were stopped as soon as they arrived at the museum. It was not until Fu Diao showed proof of his participation in the competition that they were let in and allowed to visit the museum.

Most of the seats in the small concert hall in the basement were occupied by those noble people, and Fu Diao and others could only watch Nehring's performance from the side.

The main reason why the organizing committee did not invite Fu Diao, Zhao Chengzhen or even Hamelin to perform is because the Chopin International Piano Competition organizing committee announced the most popular award in advance and did not discuss professional abilities and

In terms of level of strength, the only discussion is whether it is liked by the audience. As a Polish, Nehring won this award without any doubt.

There is no unwillingness or discomfort, or feeling that it is unfair. After all, this award has no effect on Fu Tiao and others. They do not live in Poland. People such as the royal family, rich and nobles have no influence on them at all, even if they communicate with each other.

It is also difficult to give them some help from abroad, and he cannot even get money. On the contrary, he still needs to perform a whole concert for these people.

If you can't get paid for doing the work, whoever wants to do it can do it.

Fu Tiao and others just stood aside and smiled watching Nehring's performance.

Nehring did not perform particularly complex content, but took some familiar works and played them on Chopin's piano, which pleased everyone.

His strength is definitely higher than the works he is currently performing, and even many of his unique features have not been displayed. Fu Diao and others just stood aside and listened happily.

It seems that everyone is just going through the motions, as Polish natives, to show their passion for classical music and their admiration for Chopin, nothing more.

After Nehring finished playing, he talked with everyone one by one. Looking at Fu Diao and others who had been listening to his music in the distance, they couldn't help but be stunned, and then nodded slightly to them in a friendly manner.

Everyone was just in an ordinary competitive relationship, and there was no need to be so life-and-death. Besides, he didn't expect to win the championship and compete with Fu Tiao and Zhao Chengzhen, so he saw that Fu Tiao and others were extremely friendly.

After everyone had finished talking, Nehring walked up to the three Fu Diao people who had not yet left, smiled, stretched out his hand, and said, "Fu, I didn't expect you to come here today."

"I just finished rehearsing with the band, and it's not lunch time yet. Come and hang out." Fu Diao stretched out his hand to shake his hand, and then looked at the people walking around and socializing in the room, and couldn't help but said curiously: "These are

…”

"The Minister of the Polish Ministry of Culture, the Mayor of Warsaw, some parliamentary politicians, the old 'nobility' in certain places, well, not that kind of old nobility, but some kind of new nobility." He whispered to Fu Diao.

, then turned to look at the group of people and shrugged casually: "This can be regarded as a political event. What everyone values ​​​​more is not the music, but the social life in this place. It is not very happy to play...

…But it’s very nice to be able to touch the piano that Chopin used before.”

"Chopin's piano? That's really nice."

Fu Tiao looked at the piano that was placed in the center of the stage and was being re-circulated, fixed and protected by the staff, and nodded slightly.

Unless invited by the government, these things are difficult for anyone to come across. It is already very rare to come across Chopin's piano. Compared with talking to those politicians, it increased his confidence and allowed him to touch the piano that Chopin played before.

, this can be considered the real reward.

After Nehring had a casual chat with Fu Diao and others, he returned to the aristocratic politicians to communicate with them, while Fu Diao and others took a casual look around the room.

Because the people in this room are relatively noble people, in order to protect these people, there are always people around them staring at them. Fu Diao and others feel a little reserved, but there is nothing they can do.

After taking a brief look, I was ready to leave first.

However, just as Fu Diao was about to leave, a slightly crisp voice in extremely strange Chinese came from behind Fu Diao.

"Hello! Fodio!"

Fu Diao and others turned around. A girl wearing a light pink lady's coat and a lady's hat stood behind Fu Diao and others. She stood there with a smile, took off her white velvet gloves, and stretched out her extremely slender and straight lines.

With her graceful left hand, she spoke to Fu Tiao in extremely pure English.

"Fodio, using your Chinese way of addressing me, is it correct to call me this way?"

Fu Tiao glanced at He Shen and Yu Tianyou who were beside him. Unexpectedly, the two of them looked like they were watching a show. They took a few steps back and gave Fu Tiao an encouraging look, as if they were supporting him in whatever he was doing.

Fu Diao thought for a while, but had no idea what this person was going to do. He couldn't help but hesitate a little, walked forward a few steps, gently held her hand, and after letting go, he asked: "Yes, you said that."

No problem, but the name at the end should be pronounced differently, not Dior."

"Dior, Dior, sculpture, hanging..."

She read it several times in a row, but she couldn't read it accurately, and the more she read, the weirder it became, and she couldn't help but show a look of distress.

"I'm sorry, your name is a little difficult for me. It always seems to be a little off. I'm really sorry."

"Forget it, let's just go with Dior, the difference isn't that big."

"Okay, Dior, I'm really sorry." She apologized sincerely to Fu Diao again. It seemed that it was very impolite for her to not be able to pronounce other people's names correctly.

Seeing her like this, Fu Diao didn't feel comfortable continuing to correct her pronunciation, so he casually asked: "By the way...do you have anything to do with me?"

"Is it something?" She pointed her finger on her chin, raised her head and thought for a moment, then smiled and shook her head: "I don't think I have anything to ask you for. I'm just surprised that you can appear in the Chopin Museum. I thought you were attending today.

Only Nehring, after all, almost all the people who perform every year are Polish, I didn’t expect to see you this year.”

After saying that, she suddenly remembered something, looked at Fu Diao, and immediately asked: "By the way...did I not say my name?"

"yes."

"Ah, so, I'm sorry." She took a small step back, saluted Fu Diao gracefully, and then said gently: "My name is Emilia Poniatowska.

From the Poniatowski family."

"Poniatowski?" Before Fu Diao could speak, He Shen behind him read out in surprise. Looking at Fu Diao's puzzled eyes, he immediately shook his head slightly and signaled Fu Diao to wait a moment.

But Amelia had already looked at them, and after bowing slightly to them, she said in the same gentle tone: "He Shen, Yu Tianyou, I'm sorry that I was a little careless and didn't say hello to you in time."

"No, no, no, it's okay."

He Shen immediately scratched his head and smiled, dragging Yu Tianyou who was watching the show towards the outside, casually waving his hand and saying: "You continue chatting, Yu and I will go see other places first, so I won't disturb you anymore."

After that, without waiting for Amelia to respond, he dragged Yu Tianyou out of the house. Only some security staff and Fu Tiao and Amelia were left in the house.

Emilia stood there, looking at Fu Diao, her expression gradually became relaxed. She pointed her finger in the direction of browsing in front of her and asked Fu Diao.

"Dior, do you want to go shopping together?"

"Take a walk?"

Fu Diao was a little hesitant, but looking at Amelia's steps that were ready to move forward, and looking at He Shen and Yu Tianyou who had disappeared from his sight, he could only agree and follow her quickly, casually

Stroll around this museum.

Emilia seemed to be very familiar with this museum and knew the details and history of every place. In order to take care of Fu Diao's English and fear that Fu Diao wouldn't understand, she used some vocabulary as simple as possible to describe the cultural relics.

Tell the meaning.

The voice is soft and tactful, making it very comfortable to listen to.

She pointed to a sheet of music on the wall and said to Fu Tiao in a relaxed voice: "Look at this sheet of music. This sheet of music was given to the museum by our family. It is said that it was written to Prince Poniatowski."

Yes, but there is actually no note on it. If you have the opportunity to go to Lazienki Park, you should be able to see the Chopin sculpture placed there."

"Oh yes, there is also this piece of music. I played this piece of music when I was a child, and my family told me at the time that this piece was an unrecorded piece by Chopin, the one before you, Vodio

The piece I played was God Bless Poland, so I was very surprised when I saw you coming, because I have rarely heard your pianists from the Chopin International Piano Competition perform this piece."

"Ah ha, here's another one. These are letters between Chopin and Gerzhmara, a former aide-de-camp to Prince Poniatowski who was a friend of Chopin's during the war with Russia.

He was imprisoned in Poltava for three years. He was not just an ordinary friend. He was also a member of the Parliament, an examiner of the Administrative Court, and the president of the Polish Government Bank. He talked closely with Chopin. We have many stories about Chopin.

All the items are obtained from him.”

"Well, there's that. This is a love letter from Chopin when he was chatting with his lover in Paris. The content above is not easy to translate, so I won't translate it for you. If you are interested, you can ask.

The person in charge here."

"and this……"

As if she were at home, she introduced everything related to Chopin here in a sparse and ordinary manner. She could give an overview of every item, as if she had been to this place countless times.

Of course, she only introduced it and did not do any other unnecessary actions.

The two walked from the basement to the top floor. After looking at the last item, she turned to Fu Diao with a smile and asked softly: "How is it? Have you made any progress on your Chopin? Do you feel that you are interested in Chopin?"

Do you understand better?"

Fu Tiao did not speak, but thought seriously, and finally nodded slowly: "Yes, I do have a deeper understanding of Chopin. I have new ideas about some details of Chopin, but I have a question."

"Huh? What's the problem?"

"Exactly, why do you seem so familiar with this place?"

"Because... I come here often, and I get tired of hearing those people say the same words every time." She walked forward slowly without looking back, "It's not just the Chopin International Piano Competition that does this.

, the same is true for the Chopin Piano Competition in Poland. I have participated in it many times, and the adults in my family often talk about it. As they talk, I take it on my back."

After saying that, she stopped her steps, turned to look at Fu Diao behind her, and asked with a hint of naughtiness: "By the way... aren't you curious why I left you alone? Don't you think it's very ambiguous?"
To be continued...