Chapter 197 Kurosawa Hikaru is angry
During lunch break, Kurosawa Hikaru and Miyazaki Yuta came to the central cafeteria.
However, this time they chose a relatively remote and quiet place to sit down as usual.
"Speaking of which, I heard that Zero Hour is going to perform at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan tonight. Are you going to go and see it?" Yuta Miyazaki asked as he vaguely heard everyone's conversation while eating.
"No, I have an exam tomorrow and I have to prepare for it. How can I have time to go to the show?"
Kurosawa Hikaru shook his head, knowing that he wanted to drag him along and just say it to death.
"Although this is the case, going to a performance and relaxing your body and mind is also one of the ways to prepare for the exam."
Miyazaki Yuta doesn't agree with this.
"Why do you want to go see it so much?" Kurosawa Hikaru felt from his tone and attitude that he was going to make a reservation, and he couldn't help but be a little curious.
"Have you paid attention to Zero Hour since then?"
"No, I just watched the video that day." Kurosawa shook his head.
He was so busy last week, so busy with all kinds of things, that he had no time to pay attention to things online.
"Tsk, tsk, it's a pity that you didn't pay attention, especially in the past two days, there have been a lot of quarrels on the Internet about zero hours."
Realizing that he wasn't paying attention, Yuta Miyazaki couldn't help but feel pity for him.
"Fighting? What are they arguing about?" Kurosawa Hikaru asked while eating.
Seeing that he wanted to listen, Miyazaki Yuta thought for a while, carefully considered his words, and then explained to him:
"Didn't Zero Hour become famous overnight with the war song "Croatian Rhapsody"?
For Zero Hour, after his video went viral, it was divided into two factions, which you can understand as support and opposition.
Supporters, that is, fans of Zero Hour, all think that his piano skills are extremely high and the piano music he plays is very beautiful, and they even tout him as Neon's number one pianist.
The opposition, that is, piano students, pianists, and musicians, believe that Zero's piano level is no more than this, and that the "Croatian Rhapsody" he composed is too simple, and the difficulty of playing it is at the level of piano level 8 at most. Elementary school students can play it.
The confrontation between these two factions began to emerge after the video went viral.
And just the day before yesterday, that is, Saturday afternoon, at zero o'clock, on his Twitter and Youtube accounts, he suddenly announced that he would perform on the performance stage of the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, which is the finals of the Kawai Piano Music Competition and the Neon Division Youth Group. Closing performance as special guest.
As soon as this incident came out, the Internet exploded.
Those who supported the event, including fans, YouTubers, and Internet celebrities, all forwarded their support when they saw the news. They expressed their desire to go to the event and were very enthusiastic.
After all, their favorite YouTuber and idol will be debuting so soon, and on such a big stage, so they are very happy.
However, those in the opposition were furious because of this incident and directly cursed and criticized.
Because the Asian Piano Competition is of high value, it always adheres to standardization, high-end and professionalism, focuses on creating an international and diversified world event, and is committed to creating a model for Asian piano competitions.
Although it is not the Asian finals, just the youth finals of the Neon Division, the organizers have invited well-known pianists from all over the world to serve as judges, making it a very professional stage.
Moreover, this competition has always used various professional classics to determine the ranking.
On such a stage, Ling Shi, a piano performer who became famous overnight and has no experience or background, and even his real appearance is not known, and is famous for his popular piano, was invited to end the show as a special guest.
Therefore, the opposition people were very angry and began to question whether the organizer was crazy. Some people even began to question the value of the competition, and some people threatened that if the decision was not reversed, they would no longer participate or serve as judges.
And guess what? When the Zero Hour supporters saw them like this, they became angry and started to yell at them, causing a huge quarrel. "
The words were very long, but Miyazaki Yuta was very excited when he said them. He was so happy surfing the Internet these days.
"Is it so noisy?"
After hearing this long speech, Kurosawa Hikaru couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Although he had already known from Miss Runa that many people on the Internet were dissatisfied with him, he did not expect that the topic behind this incident would be so controversial.
"Tonight's performance will definitely be exciting. There should be various celebrities present. Anyway, I'm going to book it. I want to see the result."
Miyazaki Yuta nodded, very excited and looking forward to it.
He could feel that the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan was absolutely bustling tonight.
To be honest, he was looking forward to the piano competition far more than the kyudo competition Kurosawa was going to participate in.
After all, the intensity of this piano competition on and off the court can be said to be a war.
"..."
Suddenly aware of the struggle off the field, Kurosawa fell into deep thought.
In fact, because of his master-level piano music theory knowledge and experience, he knows better than anyone else that the difficulty of playing "Croatian Rhapsody" is not high. It would be too much to say that elementary school students can play it, but it is not too difficult.
However, just because a piano piece is difficult to play, it does not necessarily mean it will be good to listen to.
He chose this song because "Croatian Rhapsody" is very nice to listen to, and for laymen, it has super attraction and charm, which is very suitable as a debut song.
"How about it? Do you want to go and see it? There should be many stars and celebrities present tonight."
Seeing him lower his eyes to think, Miyazaki Yuta thought he was moved and was hesitating, so he continued to encourage him.
Going to see a piano performance alone is actually a very sad thing, just like going to a movie alone, so he was eager to drag Kurosawa Hikaru to watch it together.
And two people experience the same thing, and they can talk about their feelings afterwards, and have more topics to talk about.
"No."
However, no matter how much he said, Kurosawa Hikaru would never go with him.
"Okay."
His attitude was very firm, and Miyazaki Yuta found that he really didn't want to go, so he had to give up.
"Where did they quarrel?"
After firmly refusing, Kurosawa Hikaru thought about it, took out his mobile phone and asked.
"Twitter topic, midnight."
Hearing this question, Miyazaki Yuta also answered.
"Are you going or not?"
Although the anti-spy screen could not see the screen, Miyazaki Yuta felt that he wanted to check the Zero Hour, and a little hope was ignited in his heart.
"No, I just want to see the excitement."
Kurosawa Hikaru shook his head, and then looked at Twitter.
It is worth mentioning that his Twitter account is still his own, not the Zero Hour account.
Because the Zero Hour social account was handed over to Igarashi Runa to handle and operate, as the first step of the agency's business.
Seeing that he still did not agree, Miyazaki Yuta shrugged and said no more.
Holding the phone, Kurosawa Hikaru is very skilled in this aspect and successfully found the Twitter topic.
These tweets all have the keywords and topics of Zero Hour.
The most popular dynamics with the highest number of likes and comments were posted by a Twitter user named Kitajima Shizuka.
Judging from the profile picture, this is a beautiful internet celebrity. She forwarded the promotional dynamic of Zero Hour with the caption:
"Master Zero Hour will give a closing performance at the Kawai Piano Competition. Everyone, remember to come and see it. I will also be there. See you there."
This dynamic was extremely popular and topped the topic.
Seeing this dynamic, Kurosawa Mitsuru clicked into the comments and took a look. Several heartwarming comments caught his eye.
"Goddess, let's meet there."
"I'll go too."
But then, a comment that made him feel cold appeared:
"Master Zero Hour? Is he worthy of being called a master at that level? You are indeed birds of a feather. Don't come out and disgust people by selling your body and playing the piano."
"!"
At the same time, Yuta Miyazaki, who was eating next to him, saw his gloomy expression and couldn't help but tremble with fear.
What a terrible expression... After knowing each other for more than a year, it was the first time he saw Kurosawa Mitsuru angry.
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The afternoon classes were the same as the morning ones. Because the final exams were approaching, the teachers were very busy. Rather than giving lectures, they asked everyone to focus on the key points of the exam, and to be well prepared and take the exam seriously.
At 5 pm, Kurosawa Hikaru walked out of the school with a shoulder bag on his back, and saw Igarashi Runa's car.
Perhaps because Zero Hour became famous, she no longer stood outside the car and shouted, but sat inside the car waiting.
The car started. Although the piano competition was going on now, Zero Hour was held after 8 pm and before 9 pm, so there was still plenty of time, so they went to the office first.
Along the way, the car was very dull. Apart from the greetings when getting in the car, there was no topic or communication.
"Tonight is the performance. Why do you feel that you are not in a good mood? Did someone make you angry?"
Igarashi Runa, who was driving, looked at his face sideways, hesitated for a long time, and then spoke.
If it were the usual Kurosawa Hikaru, under his elegant and gentle temperament, his handsome and handsome face would always have a faint smile, very kind and peaceful.
But today's Kurosawa Hikaru looked indifferent and calm, as if he was a beast suppressing some emotions, and looked a little scary.
"It's okay, you drive first, and we'll talk when we get to the office."
Kurosawa Hikaru noticed her concern and worry, shook his head slightly, and squeezed out a smile.
"..."
Realizing that he really had something on his mind, but just didn't want to talk about it in the car, Igarashi Runa nodded and concentrated on driving.
Because it was rush hour, it was already 5:23 when they arrived at the office.
"The performance will be in the evening, let's eat something in advance to fill our stomachs."
Arriving at the office, Igarashi Runa untied the seat belt and got out of the car, which also explained the action plan.
For an important performance, it is best to prepare a few hours in advance, fill your stomach, and adjust your physical condition, because eating before the competition will more or less affect your condition.
In addition, getting upset or getting sick during the performance is also something that must be avoided.
"I heard that there is a lot of noise online."
Following her out of the garage and into the corridor, Kurosawa Hikaru finally spoke.
"It's okay, you don't have to care about how those people on the Internet are arguing, you just have to perform well, you are very good, and the piano music you play is very nice."
Igarashi Runa, who was walking in front, stiffened when she heard this question, then turned around with a smile, raised one arm and pressed it to comfort her.
Obviously, even though she had been talking about good news in the group chat yesterday and deliberately covered up the negative news, Kurosawa Hikaru still noticed the movement on the Internet.