The Parrot Qin Cup was a biennial competition organized by the Qingjiang Province Musicians' Association for all cellists. It was Qingjiang Province's largest and most prestigious cello competition.
There were no entry requirements; any cellist could sign up.
Although it was called the Parrot Qin Cup preliminary round, the contestants had actually already gone through one round of screening before the competition.
Every registered contestant had to record a performance video before the event, attach their personal information, and send it to the official email address. Only those who passed the screening were qualified to participate in the offline preliminaries.
Even so,
more than a thousand cellists participated in this year's Parrot Qin Cup preliminary round.
Among them, the professional division alone had a staggering 260 participants.
Nothing Lin Tian had participated in before could compare to a stage of this scale.
The 260 contestants in the professional division would be split into morning and afternoon sessions.
Lin Tian and Gan Yan Yu were in the morning session.
At that moment, the 130 contestants had been divided between two large waiting rooms.
"Teacher Lin Tian, Teacher Gan Yan Yu—"
A familiar voice rang out, and Lin Tian inwardly groaned.
When he turned around, Bai Xi, dressed in a red evening gown, was walking over with light steps.
"I didn't expect all of us to be in the morning session. It looks like I'll be going first again later."
Bai Xi still wore that incredibly enthusiastic smile, as though she had been their fan for years.
But in Lin Tian's eyes, it looked more like a victor's deliberate provocation.
After all, the last time they had chatted so warmly, Bai Xi had gone onstage and taken first place.
In truth, there was no need to be so sensitive.
Today was the