Muzhou's music atmosphere is really not strong, they don't understand many music styles, and popular singers don't pay attention, let alone symphony creators. Except for the media reports, they will not care. .
However, now, in this year's Eastern Conference finals, a team member's promotional video shows a person they are not familiar with, and more people are paying attention.
"Who is Fang Zhao?"
Many people who only pay attention to agriculture, weather and sheep racing on weekdays also have a little interest at this time.
I learned from some music school students that Fang Zhao is a rising rookie in the music creation circle. He is praised by many seniors in the circle and sought after by the younger generation. The reaction of some Muzhou people is: "It sounds very Awesome, but why can Su Hou invite this person?"
Yes, why was Su Hou able to invite Fang Zhao to create the background music for the promotional video for the Eastern Conference Finals for him
However, even if they were curious at this time, they could not know the truth.
Of course, the focus of the people in Muzhou is still Suhou and the seven dogs of Dongshan Farm.
The focus of the promotional video just now was not to promote the new Dongshan Farm, but to introduce the growth of this young owner of Dongshan Farm to people. The combination of video and sound is very impressive, and because of this promotional video, some people think that it is not very good to laugh at Su Hou like that before. After all, he is still a child in middle school, and he is still a hard-working child. .
Older people always have a crush on these hardworking young people.
Some parents watching the live broadcast also nag to their children: "Look at Su Hou..." blah blah blah.
Su Hou probably didn't expect to become what others call "other people's children", and he didn't have the heart to pay attention. He was preparing for the battle.
I don't know if it was because of the promotional video, but Su Hou felt a lot less nervous now, replaced by an indescribable fighting spirit, like something that he had been waiting for for a long time and finally arrived.
When Su Hou told Fang Zhao about this feeling, Fang Zhao smiled, "That's called self-confidence."
After all the promotional videos of the participating teams were released, those who watched the live broadcast found that among these promotional videos, the one that impressed them the most was the one of Su Hou, which reminded them of Su Hou, a small farmer. growing up.
"Okay! The promotional videos are all about who can blow, and the next step is to really fight for strength!" The people watching the game packed up and looked forward to the next game.
In the Eastern Conference finals, which four teams can enter the finals, the stadium is larger than the regular season, the distance of shepherds is longer, and the grass fluctuates greatly, and it is easy to deviate from the route. It takes a lot more, and of course it takes longer. Generally speaking, a decent result can only be considered within ten minutes. In previous years, the teams that could squeeze into the finals used less than six minutes, and they could compete for the championship and runner-up in the finals. The team took about five minutes.
Wu Yi set the goal for the team to be eight minutes. Running in ten minutes is only considered a pass, but the real pressure line is still the tail of a crane.
"As long as the judgment is not wrong, and the correct guidance and gestures are applied in time, there will be no mistakes."
As an instructor, Su Hou can see the situation of the entire arena through several screens at the platform and know the correct route. Every year, the route of the finals is different, and sometimes there is a need to turn a corner. That is when the instructor comes forward.
The music belonging to the Shepherd Competition sounded, which also meant that the finals officially began. Whether it is the people in the arena or the people watching the live broadcast from all over Muzhou, they temporarily put other things on hold, and put aside the things they have not discussed, and they all pay attention to the game, not only they like this kind of traditional game of Muzhou , but also because many of them bet against the team they support to win.
The first team to play is an old team that has participated in many competitions. Among the eight sheepdogs in it, six of them participated in the finals last year. In addition, the farmer may have trained many times in a targeted manner, so There is no nervousness or discomfort in the shepherd dog. The farmer, as an instructor, also applies for on-the-spot guidance every time it is necessary. It can be said that the first team to play has completed their game well. .
"Seven minutes and sixteen seconds!"
This result is not bad, but the farmer does not seem to be satisfied with such a result, which is ten seconds more than the result they participated in last year. Ten seconds may not be a big difference in the regular season, but in the finals, It may directly determine whether they can squeeze into the top four. However, even if he was dissatisfied, the farmer didn't show his face, just smiled and shook his head, and said in the interview after the race, "This year's sheep are different. It's hard to drive them away."
Difficult to drive away? The audience was puzzled.
The commentator didn't say much about this matter. The second team to play took nearly half a minute longer than the first team because they took too long to turn.
"The sheep ran very slowly this year," said the second team's farmer.
At first hearing this, people watching the live broadcast might think it was an excuse for not running well, but after the third and fourth farmers said the same, everyone began to doubt.
"I made a special observation in the second game," Wu Yi said in the viewing room, "The sheep arranged in this year's finals are different from those in the regular season. They should look the same, but they have different temperaments and courage. Bigger and more irritable, just now the fourth team was, halfway through the run, the sheep almost scattered. Several sheep stomped their hoofs at the shepherd dog, and provoked the dog too far and almost collided, which is not easy to do!”
Wu Yi sighed, but he couldn't lose his morale at this time, he turned around and patted Su Hou on the shoulder, "Don't worry, the difficulty will increase, and so will others, it will take a little longer than last year, so don't worry too much. pressure."
"The fifth player is Shoubei Farm. Let's take a good look. It is said that the number one in this game is going to compete for the best in this year's finals." Wu Yi and several people's faces became serious. It is Shoubei Farm, which is still the first in the standings, and it is also the farm that is most likely to be the first in the East this year, or even the first in the whole continent.
Jinju, the head dog of Shoubei Farm, received screams from many people as soon as he played. Of course, he couldn't hear it in the pasture. All the people watching the game hall and watching the live broadcast were staring at the figure. The ace dog that can shepherd sheep!
The stars of other continents, the dogs of Muzhou, and the feelings that the shepherds pour into the sheepdogs are beyond the understanding of people from other continents. For the shepherds, the dogs on the shepherd arena are as dazzling as stars. The discussion area on the official website of Shepherd Race has long been bombarded with messages. If you watch the live hologram through the virtual stand on the Internet, you can hear the deafening shout.
The previous farmers have said that the sheep in the competition are extremely difficult to drive this year. However, when they arrived at Shoubei Farm, it was different. The speed of the sheep was much faster than that of the first four teams!
"It's coming to the turning point, Shoubei Farm's luck is good, the number one dog, the golden colt, starts to accelerate! It's putting pressure on the head sheep!"
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"Turn! The flock has turned!"
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Compared with the previous teams, Shoubei's turn was extremely fast, and the whole process did not stop.
"Golden Colt, the head dog of Shoubei Farm! Brave!! In-depth explanation of what eye shepherds are!"
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"Into the hurdles! All of them entered the hurdles! Perfect! Four minutes and thirty-two seconds! Four minutes and thirty-two seconds! It was also the number one last year, and it ran out of this year's race when the breed of sheep was changed!" The commentator's excited voice came through the excellent audio equipment, and he didn't hide the matter of changing the sheep's breed this year, "The best in this game! It is likely to win the most valuable racing dog in this finals. !"
The commentator also said to the old farmer who was a guest next to him: "Some people once said that a 'magic dog' will only appear in ten or twenty years, such as the 'Lightning' that helped you win five consecutive championships, such as ten years. 'King Kong' a few years ago, for example, this year's 'Golden Horse' in Shoubei... ”
The guest invited next to him is an old farmer. His farm won five consecutive championships more than 20 years ago, until his champion dog died in a sudden accident. Later, although the farm also trained new head dogs. And won the championship, but can no longer repeat the glory of the five consecutive championships.
The old farmer is very admirable for the breeding, training and eyesight of dogs, so the commentator asked the five-time champion farmer what he thinks.
The old farmer also recalled his former pet dog, "This year's golden colt is really eye-catching, with the demeanor of our 'Lightning' dog..."
In Fang Zhao's viewing hall, the atmosphere was very serious, and everyone was silent. Only the excited voice of the commentator and the admiration of the guests from the audio equipment came clearly.
"God dog?" Fang Zhao said vaguely.
After Fang Zhao finished speaking, he heard a "chi" sound at his feet, looked down, and saw that the curly hair seemed to be sneezing.
"Have you caught a cold?!" Wu Yi immediately shifted his attention, with an expression that was about to collapse.
The nerves of the people in the hall were suddenly tense. Wu Yi, his family, and a special veterinary team rushed over to check the physical condition of Curly Hair.
"How is it?" Wu Yi felt that his liver and gallbladder were trembling. He was afraid that Curly Hair had eaten something indiscriminately yesterday. Although he checked their physical condition yesterday and today, and found nothing abnormal, who knows if it will be What kind of disease or gastrointestinal abnormality is there
The veterinary team checked it over seriously and very seriously, and shook his head: "No abnormalities were found."
"Really not?!"
Suspected of the medical level, the veterinary team was unhappy, "Are you questioning our ability? Or do you want it to be sick?"
"No no no absolutely not!" Wu Yi shook his head vigorously.
Fang Zhao looked at the poodle on the ground scratching its head with its hind legs, and said to Wu Yi: "Don't worry, it's very good, continue to watch the game."
The brave performance of Shoubei Farm really amazed a large number of people, and brought a lot of pressure to the next two teams. The teams from the sixth and seventh farms in the next run had decent results, but none of them could score within seven points. If it wasn't for the narrator who directly stated the matter of changing sheep breeds, some people might suspect that the poor performance of those farms was an excuse, and not everyone could see the difference in sheep breeds.
When the seventh farm appeared, Wu Yi brought Suhou and the dog to the arena.
After the seventh team finished running, they also came to Dongshan Farm to play.
"Okay, the next eighth appearance is another team that has attracted much attention this year. Dongshan Farm also has a very special racing dog..."
When the commentator was commenting before the game, Wu Yi hurried back and sat on the chair with his eyes fixed on the screen, for fear of missing any scene.
"Going to herd!" The commentator's voice was high, which also stirred people's nerves.
"Gathering the sheep is very fast, and driving them is also very smooth. So far, the dogs of Dongshan Farm have done well, and the time is short. Except for Shoubei Farm, they have the shortest time." The commentator looked at the statistician. gives the result, said.
Wu Yi in the chair couldn't sit still, so he simply stood up, walked closer to the screen, clenched his fists, put his mouth to bite with his teeth, and his lips were still moving, as if he was praying for something.
Fang Zhao also stared at the screen, he knew that a key point was coming.
Which column to enter is temporarily given or random. It is impossible to predict before that. It can only depend on luck and test the adaptability of the dogs and the instructors.
Halfway through the flock, a random answer appeared on the screen.
The column is given in the left direction, which is not good news for Dongshan Farm, because their head dog is curled on the left side, and by convention, the head dog that grazes on the right side will send the flock to the sheep. If you drive to the left, and the left side wants to drive to the left, there are three possibilities. One is that the head dog runs to the right, and then forces the sheep to turn. Command, let them assist in forcing the flock to turn, and the most conservative one is to force the flock to stop before turning, but this is too time-consuming.
The No. 2 dog in the Dongshan Farm team was Bingo. How to choose it was discussed before the game. In the end, it was decided to follow Fang Zhao's suggestion and chose the first method.
"Turn, it's time to change direction! Pay attention to your position! Now is the time to test the ability of the head dog! See if they can follow the guidance of the instructor to drive the flock to change direction, or like many teams, stop first, Then drive away the head sheep..." The commentator was still there, spitting and explaining, "Su Hou applied for on-site guidance! Oh? Su Hou still gave the head dog Curly instructions. Is this to go around to the other side?"
On the screen, Su Hou applied for on-the-spot guidance, which was a direct instruction to Curly Mao, meaning that it would go to the other side of the flock and force the flock to turn.
"Attention! It's starting to accelerate, it looks like it's going to go around... Huh?! It just... flew past!!"
The narrator not only broke his voice this time, but also rarely stuttered. The old farmer who was a guest next to him also exclaimed, as if he saw something shocking.
On the screen, the accelerating little poodle rushed to the edge of the flock and jumped directly, stepping on the backs of the sheep running in the flock, as if stepping on a stone to cross the stream, and crossed to the other side horizontally, saying "Flying" is an exaggeration, but it does make many people drop their jaws.
This kind of situation can be said to be very rare. It not only tests the jumping ability of the dog, but the most important thing is that once you step in the air, or if your foot is not stable, if you fall into the running team of sheep, your life will be destroyed. Trampled by sheep.
Wu Yi also mentioned his throat just now, and he couldn't feel the blood even though the fist in his mouth was biting, and he could not wait to open his eyes like a copper bell. He has also seen the curly hair step on the back of the sheep like this on weekdays, but he will not choose to let the dog do this in the game. It is too dangerous, and the dog's life will be lost if he is not careful.
The commentator responded quickly and was very excited, "Best in the game! Best in the game!! There is no doubt that if it enters the finals, it will be a strong contender for the most valuable dog in this year's Shepherd Race!"
People watching the live broadcast also complained when they heard what the commentator said. Didn't this guy just say that the Golden Horse's best player in the Eastern Division didn't run? He also said that it would be a strong competition for the most valuable dog in the finals, so he slapped himself so quickly? ! What about manners? !
The narrator seemed to have completely forgotten what he said just now, his integrity, and when he fed the dog on the first day of the narration, he still roared in oblivion: "I have seen its worth keep doubling!"
The most valuable dog, it has a meaning behind it, as well as a literal meaning.
Every shepherd dog that participates in the final will increase in value, and the head dog will increase even more, and the most valuable racing dog in each finals, the valuation is sky-high.
"The flock didn't stop! It's turning! Suhou applied for on-site guidance again! Very good, the timing of the choice is very accurate! The dog A on the other side should pay attention to the movement, and the following ones will also keep up, don't lose the sheep! This turn is too fast. The flock is still accelerating! I have a hunch..."
The narrator looked at the data display next to him, took a deep breath, "they might..." some three words turned around, but he still didn't dare to say it now.
In the viewing hall, Wu Yi was so nervous that he wanted to bite off all his fingers. His eyes kept moving back and forth from the timing display on the upper right of the screen and the game screen in the middle of the screen, because his whole body was too tense and stiff like petrification. .
Fang Zhao looked at the scene of the game on the screen, and suddenly smiled, adding the three words that the narrator did not say: "Break the record."
Next to Wu Yi's ears moved, he heard Fang Zhao's words clearly, but his mind seemed to be incomprehensible, and his teeth began to tremble while clenching his fists.
"Into the bar! Into the bar!"
"All in the bar!"
"Four minutes and twenty seconds! Four minutes and twenty seconds!!" The commentator's voice seemed to be hoarse, roaring hysterically, "Since the game was reformed eighty years ago, the best score in the Eastern District is four minutes and twenty-one. Second, it was the record set by the team of the five consecutive championships 'Lightning', known as the god dog. Now, the team of Dongshan Farm has rewritten the record with a one-second advantage! It can be said that if there is no change of sheep species, this time It will be shortened by at least ten seconds!"
Wu Yi felt as if he had heard everything, but also as if he had not heard anything, his lips were still shaking, and he couldn't speak smoothly, "Break the record?"
"Well." Fang Zhao responded.
If it is a fighting dog in the end times, Fang Zhao believes that in one minute, no more than two minutes at most, and without human guidance, they can drive all the sheep into the pen.
However, for Muzhou, which has been peaceful for 500 years in the new century, it is not bad that ordinary working dogs on the farm can do this.
Fang Zhao understood a little why the people from the early days of Muzhou made the Muzhou Shepherd Race a tradition.
This is like the year after year military service system that has never been canceled in the new century, so is the shepherd race. Although some utilitarian dark things are inevitably mixed in it, the competition and the training behind it make them Those powerful factors in the blood, whether it is a meritorious dog or a surviving wild dog, have always been active. Once the world changes again one day, they will be able to quickly join the war as a backup fighting dog, just like in the last days.
He heard the sound of the song "Chasing the Wind" rising high in the middle. Fang Zhao looked at the screen. It turned out that Su Hou had come out of the instructor's platform and went straight to the end of the seven dogs who were resting on their stomachs, with tears streaming down his face. Crying and laughing. The organizer used this piece of music as the background sound of this scene, belonging to this period, Su Hou's exclusive GM.