Chapter 255 First Show of Strength
Komuro Teru can only be regarded as one of the many people who paid attention to the Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble in this competition.

After all, they have made it all the way to the representative competition, performed publicly several times, and received very positive reviews from the outside world.

As for the fans
Not too many, but not none at all either.

On the day of the competition, as soon as Fujii Itsuki and his students got off the bus, they noticed that someone had written a sign outside the venue in support of the Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble.

The members of the Tachibana North Wind Ensemble are all young girls. They have never seen real fans.

Seeing people holding up signs of support, most of them were very curious and held their classmates' right and left hands together to look left and right.

"fan?"

“It’s the first time I’ve seen you!”

"Do you want to take the initiative to go up and have a conversation?!"

"I think that's totally fine! Maybe we can even shake hands or something! Then we'll both be celebrities!"

"It's better not to do it. Mr. Fujii won't agree."

A total of sixteen schools participated in the Hokkaido representative competition.

Most of them are from the Sapporo metropolitan area in Hokkaido, and the most eye-catching team is the Seijo Girls' College in the center of Sapporo.

Dressed in snow-white brass uniforms, after getting off the bus, they waved to the audience wherever they went.

Many female classmates in Jubei were holding their musical instruments, and they were all envious of this scene.

“When can we be like them?”

"Soon!" someone said confidently.

"How long is soon?"

"Anyway, we will become this powerful sooner or later! Let's work hard together, under the leadership of Mr. Fujii and Mr. Akai!"

That's what it says.

However, with the excellent example of the people from the Holy Maiden College, everyone still lacked confidence. For a moment, the atmosphere in the team was a little gloomy.

Who says that Saint Girls' College has always been hailed as the symbol of wind music in Hokkaido?

Most of the students there are daughters from wealthy families.

"come on!!"

"come on!!"

"Students from Taisho Tachibana Kita! Come on!!"

Someone heard the sound and looked over curiously, and found that there were two uncles in their thirties holding signs and cheering them on.

Soon, more students noticed it and looked over.

"We have supporters again!"

"That's true, but they were probably the ones holding the sign just now. Come on! Were they shouting for us to hear?"

"Stupid Li-chan! The uncle is calling out 'classmates of Taisho Tachibana Kita'! That must be us!"

“Do we still have uncle fans?”

Compared to the countless supporters of Holy Maiden College, these two supporters must be rare and insignificant.

But precisely because compared to the many supporters of the Holy Maiden College, these two scarce people are more precious in everyone's eyes.

Think about it, everyone goes to support the Saint, but there are still people willing to support Ju Bei here, who wouldn’t be moved?

Look, Yang Kui Chitose saw a few girls in the club who were easily sad, and was so moved that she secretly wiped away tears. Her good friend was taking care of her.

A few bolder girls responded boldly, waving at the two uncles with a smile.

"Hey! See? They are responding to us!"

"What a fan of ours! So funny!"

"Quick, wave again, see if they will wave and say come on again?"

"Okay! It's time! Everyone gather!"

"Teacher Fujii is calling for assembly. Stop playing and hurry up!"

Girls in pleated skirts began to gather in twos and threes, and then, after being reminded and encouraged by Fujii Itsuki, they slowly walked into the waiting room of the concert venue.

off the field.

Komuro Teru waited until the Tachibana Kita Brass Band gathered and entered the venue before he put down the sign in his hand.

"water!"

He quickly asked Kawabata Masahiko for a bottle of mineral water and took a big gulp to moisten his throat. The shouts of "Come on" just now had made his voice hoarse.

Kawabata Masahiko looked at his colleague speechlessly, "Have you been a fan of the Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble for a long time?"

"No."

"Don't you always support the Saint?"

Komuro Teru drank the entire bottle of water, waved his hands, and spoke after a while:
"Don't you think that Tachibana Kita's classmates are all cute?"

Kawabata Masahiko remembered that several girls had waved back at them before entering the venue, and then he touched his chin and nodded:
"That's true."

"Yesterday I looked at a lot of information about the Jubei Wind Ensemble, and I found that this year's members are completely different from those in previous years. What do you think this means?"

"Have all the old members gone to higher education?"

"Reorganization!" Komuro Teru emphasized, and looked at the place where the Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble disappeared, "The Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble has been reorganized! They are all newcomers now! Kids nowadays, no, I should say people nowadays, need support.

"The Tachibana North Wind Ensemble has just been reorganized, and the members who have joined must be newcomers. Their slogan is to enter the national competition. Kawabata, you said, entering the national competition must be difficult for a newly reorganized club, right?"

"That's for sure." Kawabata Masahiko nodded.

"And now, they have all come to the representative competition. Needless to say, they have put in a lot of effort and hard work during this period. But there are only a few people who support them. If you put yourself in their shoes, how would you feel?"

"A bit. Not worth it?"

"That's it. I shouted for so long just now because I wanted to give them some confidence so that they can perform better today."

Kawabata Masahiko was stunned, "I didn't expect you to be so kind!"

Komuro Teru waved his hand, "What are you talking about? After all, Tachibana Kita is our local team in Hokkaido, and a rising star, so we should take care of them. Look at those people on the Internet who don't think highly of Tachibana Kita. They talk about who is stronger all day long. There's nothing else to discuss except this. Isn't this infighting?"

The National Wind Music Competition is a large-scale event.

Where there are large events, there are bound to be large numbers of spectators.

Spectators are a necessity for competitions.

Because in modern professional competitions, audience participation not only increases the atmosphere of the game, but also brings economic benefits to the game.

This income can be returned to the team in various forms such as ticket revenue, advertising sponsorship, and broadcasting rights.

Once capital investment is attracted, more talents will be attracted to join, forming a virtuous circle.

In fact, in Japan today, some schools have already begun to build reputations for some famous wind orchestras.

The method used is similar to that of idols.

The star-making of famous school bands, the development of school-related products, the support of social media and online fan culture, the maintenance of competition and support between schools, the investment in themes such as documentaries and special programs, etc.
Doing this will definitely expand the circle, but with expansion, more problems will surely follow.

For example, a war of words caused by disagreements on the Internet.

The quarrel that Komuro Teru just mentioned was due to this.

"But don't worry."

"what?"

As soon as he entered the venue and sat in the audience, Kawabata Masahiko felt that this good friend had been acting weird since yesterday, and why was he so confident and excited now?

"There are some really amazing people in the wind band of Jubei! I'm not bragging, but their performance is just so beautiful! And that was the level of the last county competition. Maybe this time their level will be even higher! I dare not imagine how amazing they can be."

"Is it."

Kawabata Masahiko vaguely remembered what this guy recommended to him after get off work yesterday.

Oh, yes, the music of the Jubei Wind Ensemble! He told himself that he must go back and listen to it.

He didn't care much yesterday, but today he was curious.

"What was the name of that piece of music you mentioned yesterday?"

"Cold Wave!" Komuro Teru answered without hesitation, and asked him excitedly, "You didn't react when I told you yesterday. You definitely didn't listen when I went back. Are you interested now?"

".I was just curious if it was really as amazing as you said yesterday. I didn't take it too seriously."

"Yes! Absolutely! If you don't believe me, I'll play it for you right now!"

"Okay, okay."

Masahiko Kawabata couldn't resist his friend's enthusiasm.

Komuro Teru then took out his Walkman and plugged Duan Yayan's ears with earphones.

Although he is not a professional in wind and symphony music, he has listened to it for a long time and can tell which ones are good and which ones are bad.

The song playing on the Walkman now is called "Cold Wave".

He knew it, the Charles Timberlake tune.

He had heard "Cold Wave" before. The current version of "Cold Wave" played by the Jubei Wind Ensemble should have been slightly modified.
But the piece started with a feminine and sad performance and nothing moved at all.

Kawabata Masahiko tried to calm down and listen.

".?"

It would be fine if you didn't listen to it, but once you do, the violin is played so melancholy that it breaks your heart.
I actually got goose bumps all over my body!
Immediately, he also knew that this violinist had great skills!
Very strong!
What Komuro Teru likes most is the violin.

He thought to himself, no wonder Komuro suddenly praised Tachibana Kita so much last night. It seems that he is really quite good.

Kawabata Masahiko continued to listen. The more he listened, the more his brows furrowed and his expression became more conflicted. In the latter part, when this extremely repressed feeling was released, the song, which symbolized the sunshine after the rain, struck his heart directly, and even he himself could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Hearty!

It’s really exhilarating!
"How is it?" Komuro Teru asked with a smile.

".Is this the Cold Wave Symphony?"

"correct."

"I don't know how to describe it, but I feel that when I close my eyes, I can really feel how severe the blizzard is. After the extreme depression and silence, the feeling of the sky clearing up after the rain is so warm."

Comfortable
If I have to give an evaluation, it is comfortable! It is refreshing!
"Anyway, it's great! Very impressive! Although it has some flaws overall, there are no problems with the main parts, especially the violinist, whose technique is so good that I once doubted that it was not played by a high school student."

Komuro Teru patted his friend on the back with satisfaction and said with a smile:
"This is the most important power in music! It seems you have understood something."

Kawabata Masahiko glanced at his friend's Walkman, frowned, and asked, "Are you sure this is played by the Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble?"

"Of course. I listened to it over a hundred times yesterday. I specially put it on my Walkman. What do you think?"

"No wonder you were so anxious to come and listen yesterday."

Then, Komuro Teru played Tachibana Kita's previous performance at the Nakajima Festival for Kawabata Masahiko to listen to, first listening to the performance at the county competition and then the performance at the Nakajima Festival.

Although the Nakajima Festival was because the band was playing while walking, one could still clearly feel that the level of the Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble had improved significantly in the county competition.

After listening to all the songs, Kawabata Masahiko also began to sigh.

This, this is Hokkaido’s rising star!

"Jubei is very good, why isn't he famous?"

"That's why I'm not famous!" complained Komuro Teru.

"Because the competition was too small, there was no media coverage? Do you think they will improve this time?"

"I think it will."

This was Komuro Teru's answer, but he was actually unsure.

Because the performance of wind music itself is prone to performance problems from time to time, and sometimes a single missing detail may affect the overall performance.

"It's useless to speculate now, let's just wait for the game to start."

"Well, what's the date, Ju Bei?"

"Number 8, it will probably be their turn this afternoon."

"clear."

The two then began to wait patiently for Tachibana Kita to appear.

The competition officially started at nine in the morning. The two looked at the official performance order: Sapporo City Kitaryo High School, Hakodate Chuo High School, Tomakomai Suimei High School, and Seijo Women's College.
It lasted until team No. 6, and the morning's performance was over.

"How do you feel?" asked Komuro Teru.

"Except for the Saint, the performance of other schools is pretty normal."

Komuro Teru sighed.

The Saint’s performance was indeed outstanding, and her selected song “The Triumph of Angels” fully demonstrated the performance level and momentum of the Saint’s Academy.

Other schools say they are average, but they are just average.
The performance was the same as in previous years. There was nothing surprising or much improvement. One listen told you that they would be runners-up again this year.

At noon, the two took a short break in a hall near the venue, had a quick meal, and then slipped back to the concert hall to wait for the afternoon competition to begin.

The first show in the afternoon is from Jiangbie Qingfeng from Jiangbie City.

Otherwise, very normal.

And in the second game, it was finally the turn of the team No. 8 that the two had been looking forward to - Taisho Tachibana Kita First Private High School from Otaru City, the former financial center of Hokkaido!

"I saw."

"Who did you see?"

"The girl with the teardrop mole in the Tachibana North Wind Band."

"Hey, Komuro."

"Don't let your imagination run wild. I mean, her violin skills are far superior to those of her peers. I particularly like her solos, just like I like Beethoven and Schubert. And look at that girl's temperament. Do you think she is from an ordinary family?"

Kawabata Masahiko glanced at the stage and knew who Komuro Teru was talking about almost immediately. He nodded in agreement, "That's right."

And why did he feel that the girl looked a little familiar?

It's like when you follow your parents to some important large-scale tea party and meet the children of some important person.

The Hokkaido representative competition is a regional competition.

The attention it received was second only to the national competition. As soon as this young team came on stage, all kinds of cameras started taking pictures of everyone in the audience.

"So many people?! It's completely different from the county competition."

"Chitose, didn't Mr. Fujii tell you not to talk secretly when you are on stage in front of the audience?"

When Yang Kui Qiansui heard that it was Jiuhuayue's voice, she immediately turned around and made a face at her.

Fujii Itsuki looked at them in front of the team, frowned quickly, and then asked everyone to bow to the audience.

Later, the forty or fifty people in the entire club all took up their positions that had been prepared in advance.

Before the performance officially begins, the atmosphere is tense anyway.

The bigger the game, the more so.

Fujii Itsuki stood in front of the team in a suit with a serious look. He waited until all the classmates looked at him, then quietly raised his arm.

When the members saw the teacher's movements, they took a deep breath at the same time, just like they did during normal practice. The moment the Party's baton swung downward, the gorgeous sound of the trumpet poured out from the mouthpiece.

The flowing main melody opens the curtain, as if blending perfectly with the air.

Just listen to the first part!

Just this first part!

Komuro Teru in the audience was extremely excited. Before he even heard the performance of that female classmate, he knew that Taisho Tachibana was sure to win this competition!
Absolutely stable!

(End of this chapter)