Superstars of Tomorrow

The music atmosphere in Muzhou is indeed not strong, and they don't understand a lot of music styles, and they don't pay attention to popular singers, let alone symphony composers. Except for media reports, they don't care. .

However, now, in this year's Eastern District Finals, a person they are not familiar with appeared in the promotional video of a participating team, and more people paid attention.

"Who is Fang Zhao?"

Many people who usually only pay attention to agriculture, meteorology and shepherd competitions also became a little interested at this time.

Knowing 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 is also sought after by the younger generation. The reaction of some Muzhou people is: "It sounds very Great, but why was Suhou able to invite this person?"

That's right, why was Su Hou able to invite Fang Zhao to compose the background music for the promotional video for the Eastern District finals?

However, even if they are curious at this time, they cannot know the truth.

Of course, the focus of Muzhou people's attention is still on Suhou and the seven dogs on Dongshan Farm.

The focus of the promotional video just now was not to promote the new Dongshan Farm, but to introduce the growth of the young owner of Dongshan Farm to people. The combination of video and audio is too impressive, and because of this promotional video, some people feel that it is really not good to make fun of Su Hou like that before. After all, he is still a middle school kid, and he is still a hard-working kid who can endure hardships. .

Older people always have a soft spot for these hardworking young people.

Some parents who watched the live broadcast also started nagging at their children: "Look at Suhou..." Well, well, well.

Su Hou himself probably didn't expect to become the "child of someone else's family" in others' mouths, and he didn't have the heart to pay attention to it. He was preparing for the battle.

I don't know if it's because of the promotional video, Suhou's nervousness is much less now, replaced by an indescribable fighting spirit, like something that has been expected for a long time and finally arrived.

When Su Hou mentioned this feeling to Fang Zhao, Fang Zhao smiled, "That's called self-confidence."

After all the promotional videos of the participating teams were played, those who watched the live broadcast found that among these promotional videos, the one that impressed them the most was that of Suhou, which reminded them of Suhou, a small farmer. growing up.

"Okay! The promotional videos are all about blowing up, and the next step is to really fight for strength!" The people watching the game packed up their mood and looked forward to the next game.

The finals of the Eastern Conference determine which four teams will enter the finals. The arena is larger than the regular season, and the distance for herding sheep is longer. The grass fluctuates greatly, and it is easy to deviate from the route. It takes a lot more time, and of course it takes longer. Generally speaking, ten minutes can be considered a passable result. The teams that could squeeze into the finals in previous years all took less than six minutes, and the teams that could compete for the championship and runner-up in the finals The team took about five minutes.

The goal Wu Yi set for the team was eight minutes, and if he ran for ten minutes, he could only be considered a pass, but if he really hit the line, he was still a trailblazer.

"As long as you don't make mistakes in your judgment and apply for the correct guidance and gestures 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. However, the routes of the finals are different every year, and sometimes there is a need to turn. That is when the instructor comes forward.

The music belonging to the shepherd competition sounded, which also means that the final has officially started. Whether it's the people in the arena or the people watching the live broadcast in Muzhou, they temporarily put aside other things, put down the unfinished things, and pay attention to the game, not only they like this traditional game in Muzhou , but also because many of them bet against their own team to win.

The first team to play is an old team that has participated many times. 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 The shepherd dogs did not show any nervousness or discomfort. As the instructor, the farmer also applied for on-the-spot guidance every time it was necessary. It can be said that the first team to appear on the field completed their competition very well. .

"Seven minutes and sixteen seconds!"

This result is not bad, but the farmer doesn't seem to be satisfied with this result. This is ten seconds more than what they participated in last year. Ten seconds may not be a big gap in the regular season, but in the final, 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 shook his head with a smile, and said in an interview after the race: "This year's sheep are different. It is very difficult to drive away."

Difficult to drive away? The audience wondered.

The narrator didn't say much about this matter. The second team that appeared next took nearly half a minute longer than the first team because it took too long for them to turn.

"This year's sheep run very slowly." The farmer of the second team also said.

When hearing this at the beginning, people watching the live broadcast may think that this is an excuse for not running well, but after the third and fourth farmers said the same, everyone began to doubt.

"I observed it specially during the second game," Wu Yi said in the viewing hall, "The sheep arranged in this year's final venue are different from those in the regular season. They should look the same, but they have different temperaments. Bigger and more irritable, just now the fourth team was in the middle of the run, and the flock of sheep almost dispersed. Several sheep even stomped at the shepherd dog, and even provoked the dog too much and almost bumped into it, which is hard to handle!"

Wu Yi sighed, but he couldn't lose his morale at this time, so he turned around and patted Su Hou on the shoulder, "Don't worry, the difficulty increases, and so do others, and it takes a little longer than last year, so don't worry too much." pressure."

"The fifth player is Shoubei Farm. Let's take a closer look. It is said that the number one in this round will compete for the best in this year's finals." Wu Yi and the others turned serious. If you want to say the one that puts the most pressure on them, it must be It is Shoubei Farm, which is still at the top of the standings, and it is also the farm most likely to be number one in the East this year, or even number one in the entire continent.

The head dog of Shoubei Farm, Jinju, got screams from many people as soon as he entered the field. Of course, it couldn’t be heard in the field. People in all the viewing halls and live broadcasts were staring at that figure. The ace dog who can shepherd!

The stars of other continents, the dogs of Shepherd Islands, the feelings that Shepherds put into the shepherd dogs are beyond the comprehension of people from other continents. To the Shepherds, the dogs in the shepherd arena are as dazzling as stars. The discussion area of ​​the official website of the Shepherd Race has long been bombarded with messages. If you watch the live holographic image through the virtual stand on the Internet, you can hear deafening shouts.

The previous farmers have said that the sheep in this year's competition are extremely difficult to drive, but when they arrive at Shoubei Farm, it is different. The sheep run much faster than the first four teams!

"It's about to turn. Shoubei Farm's luck is good. The number one dog, Jinju, starts to accelerate! It's putting pressure on the leader sheep!"

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"Turned! The flock turned!"

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Compared with the previous teams, Shoubei's turn is extremely fast, and the whole process does not stop.

"The Golden Colt, the head dog of Shoubei Farm! Brave!! Explain in depth what it means to shepherd the sheep with eyes!"

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"Into the fence! All into the fence! Perfect! Four minutes and thirty-two seconds! Four minutes and thirty-two seconds! It was also the first last year, and this is still running when the sheep breed is changed this year!" The commentator’s excited voice came through the excellent audio equipment, and he no longer concealed the fact that the breed of sheep changed this year, “The best in this field! It is likely to win the most valuable racing dog of this year’s finals !"

The narrator then said to the old farmer next to him as a guest: "Someone once said that a 'God Dog' will only emerge in ten or twenty years, such as the 'Lightning' that helped you win five consecutive championships back then, such as ten years The 'King Kong' a few years ago, and the 'Golden Horse' in Shoubei this year..."

The guest invited next to him was an old farmer. His farm had won five consecutive championships more than 20 years ago, until his champion dog died suddenly due to an accident. 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 dog-watching of the sheepdog, so the narrator asked the five-time champion farmer his opinion.

The old farmer also recalled his former pet dog, "This year's Golden Colt is really eye-catching. It has the demeanor of our family's 'Lightning' dog..."

In Fang Zhao's viewing hall, the atmosphere was very serious, everyone was silent, only the excited voice of the commentator and the admiration of the guests came clearly from the audio equipment.

"God dog?" Fang Zhao said inexplicably.

After Fang Zhao finished speaking, he heard a "chi" sound from his feet. He looked down and saw that the curly hair seemed to have sneezed.

"Did you catch a cold?!" Wu Yi immediately diverted his attention, with an expression that the sky was about to collapse.

The nerves of the people in the hall suddenly tensed up. Wu Yi, his family members, and a special veterinary team all rushed over to check Curly's physical condition.

"How is it?" Wu Yi felt that his liver and gallbladder were trembling. He was afraid that the curls ate something indiscriminately yesterday. Although they checked their physical condition yesterday and today and found no abnormalities, who knows if they will be here again. What kind of disease or site discomfort and gastrointestinal abnormalities are contracted here?

The veterinary team inspected it seriously and very seriously, shaking their heads: "No abnormalities were found."

"Really?!"

People from the veterinary team were not happy about being suspected of medical level, "Are you questioning our ability? Or do you want it to get sick?"

"No, no, absolutely not!" Wu Yi shook his head vigorously.

Fang Zhao looked at the poodle scratching its head with its hind legs on the ground, and said to Wu Yi, "Don't worry, it's doing fine, keep watching 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. Although the results of the sixth and seventh farm teams were passable, none of them scored within seven points. If the narrator hadn't directly mentioned the matter of changing sheep breeds, some people might have suspected that those farms were making excuses for their poor performance, and not everyone could see that the sheep breeds were different.

When the seventh farm came out, Wu Yi took people to send Suhou and the racing dog to the field.

After the seventh team finished running, they also went to Dongshan Farm to play.

"Okay, the next eighth team is another team that has attracted a lot of attention this year. Dongshan Farm also has a very special racing dog..."

When the commentator was making the pre-match commentary, Wu Yi hurried back, sat on the chair, stared at the screen, for fear of missing any scene.

"It's time for herding!" The commentator's voice was raised, which also aroused people's nerves.

"Gathering the flocks is very fast, and the driving is also very smooth. So far, the racing dogs on Dongshan Farm have done very well, and the time is relatively short. Except for Shoubei Farm, they have the shortest time." The narrator looked at the statistician. The results given, said.

Wu Yi, who was sitting on the chair, couldn't sit still, so he simply stood up, walked closer to the screen, clenched his fists, put his mouth and bit it with his teeth, his lips were still moving, as if he was praying for something.

Fang Zhao was also staring at the screen. He knew that a critical point was coming.

Which side of the fence to enter is given temporarily or randomly. Before that, it is impossible to predict. It can only depend on luck and test the resilience of the racing dogs and the instructor.

When the flock was halfway through, a random answer was displayed on the screen.

The column on the left side is given, which is not good news for Dongshan Farm, because their head dog is curly on the left side. According to the convention, the head dog on the right side will move the flock to Drive on the left, but if you want to drive to the left while shepherding on the left, there are three possibilities. One is that the head dog runs to the right and then forces the flock to turn. Instruct them to help force the flock to turn, and the most conservative method is to force the flock to stop before turning, but this is too time-consuming.

The No. 2 dog in Dongshan Farm's team was Bingo. How to choose was also discussed before the game, and finally decided to follow Fang Zhao's suggestion and chose the first method.

"Turning, we are about to change direction! Pay attention to running positions! This is the time to test the ability of the leading dog! See if they can follow the guidance of the instructor to drive the flock to change direction, or, like many teams, to stop first, Then drive the head sheep away..." The narrator was still spitting and explaining, "Su Hou applied for on-the-spot guidance! Oh? Su Hou still gave the order to the head dog, Curly, 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, meaning to let it go to the other side of the flock and force the flock to turn.

"Pay attention! It started to speed up, it looks like it's going to go around... Huh?! It just... flew over!!"

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 accelerated poodle rushes to the edge of the flock and jumps up, stepping on the back of the running sheep in the flock, as if stepping on a stone to cross a stream, and crosses to the other side horizontally, saying "Fly" is an exaggeration, but it did make many people's jaw drop.

This kind of situation can be said to be very rare. It not only tests the jumping ability of the racing dog, the most important thing is that once it steps on the air, or if any foot is not firmly planted, if it falls into the running sheep team, it will be fatal. Trampled by sheep.

Wu Yi's heart was in his throat just now, he didn't even feel the blood from biting the fist in his mouth, his eyes wished to open like copper bells. He has also seen curly hair stepping on the back of a sheep like this on weekdays, but he would not choose to let the dog do this in a competition. It is too dangerous, and the dog's life will be lost if it is not careful.

The narrator reacted quickly and was very excited, "The best in the field! The best in the field!! There is no doubt that if it enters the finals, it will be a strong contender for the most valuable racing dog in this year's shepherd competition!"

Those who watched the live broadcast also complained when they heard the commentator's words. Didn't this guy just say that Jinju's Eastern District race was the best in the game? He also said that it will be a strong competition for the most valuable dog in the finals, so he slapped himself so quickly? ! What about ethics? !

The commentator seems to have completely forgotten what he said just now, morality and so on. He fed the dog on the first day when he was commentating, and still yelled at himself: "I have seen its value continue to double!"

Most Valuable Dog, it has a meaning behind it and a literal meaning.

The value of every shepherd dog participating in the finals will increase, and the leading dog will increase even more, and the valuation of the most valuable racing dogs in each finals is even sky-high.

"The flock didn't stop! It turned! Su Hou applied for on-the-spot guidance again! Very good, the timing of the choice is very accurate! The dog A on the other side pays attention to running position, and the ones behind follow, 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..." A certain three words twirled around his lips, but he still didn't dare to say it now.

In the game viewing hall, Wu Yi was so nervous that he wanted to bite off 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, it was as stiff as petrification. .

Fang Zhao looked at the game on the screen, suddenly smiled, and added the three words that the commentator didn't say: "Break the record."

Wu Yi next to him moved his ears. He heard Fang Zhao's words clearly, but his teeth seemed to be unable to understand, and his teeth began to chatter as he clenched his fists.

"Enter the fence! Enter the fence!"

"All in the bar!"

"Four minutes and twenty seconds! Four minutes and twenty seconds!!" The commentator seemed to be hoarse as he yelled hysterically, "Since the game was reformed eighty years ago, the best score in the Eastern District is four minutes and twenty-one A second is the record set by the team of the five consecutive champions 'Lightning' who was called the god dog. Now, the Dongshan Farm team has rewritten the record with a one-second advantage! It can be said that if there is no change of sheep breed, this time It will be shortened by at least ten seconds!"

Wu Yi felt as if he had heard everything, or as if he hadn't heard anything, his lips were still trembling, and he couldn't speak smoothly, "Break the record?"

"En." Fang Zhao responded.

If it is a war dog in the last days, Fang Zhao believes that it will take no more than two minutes in one minute, and they will be able to drive all the sheep into the pen without human guidance.

However, for Muzhou, which has been peaceful for five hundred years in the new century, it is already very good that ordinary working dogs on the farm can do this.

Fang Zhao understands why the people in Muzhou at the beginning of the establishment of Muzhou made the sheep herding competition of Muzhou a tradition.

This is like the year-to-year military service system that has never been canceled in the new century. The same is true for the shepherd competition. Although some utilitarian and dark things will inevitably be mixed in, the competition and the training behind it make them The powerful factors in the blood, whether they are meritorious dogs or surviving wild dogs, have always been active. Once the world changes again one day, they will quickly join the war as a reserve fighting dog breed, just like in the last days.

The high-pitched voice of "Chasing the Wind" came from the middle of the music, and 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 seven dogs lying on the finish line, with tears streaming down his face. Weeping and laughing. The organizer used this piece of music as the background sound of this scene, which belongs to this period, Suhou's exclusive BGM.

There was a power outage in the middle of the code, and I thought it would be impossible tonight, but fortunately the call came again later.