At the Yingqin Cup, they encountered Tuoba Jianhui, China's up-and-coming conductor, who descended from Baijing solely to crush them in the cradle. The massive storm of public opinion nearly swallowed them. It was Lin Tian, holding onto his full trust in Gan Yanyu, who relied on their perfect coordination and later performed the world-renowned piece "Canon in D Major," to break through the encirclement and prove their strength to the Chinese music circle.
At the Dragon Violin Cup, facing the formidable adversaries Bai Junze and Mao Weiang, these two allegedly unprecedented rivals, perhaps if in a different era, would have written a legend of their own at the Keller Cup belonging to China.
