musicians of old

Chapter 767 Acceptance Speech (Part 4, K -in-)

"Bang. Bang. Bang."

Mr. Wax invited Fanning to the stage to give a speech, and then he started applauding first.

The palms are raised and they tap against each other.

The texture has a certain crisp airflow explosion sound.

The second person to applaud was Laxus on the stage. He made a "please come in" gesture, stepped forward to make way for his seat, and walked down the stage.

Then came the applause of the chief inspectors, which mobilized a wider range of citizens, and finally spread to the entire square and all the main roads.

Just like the boiling sound waves that continued to surge after the "Untitled" Symphony in C-sharp minor was played.

There is only one difference.

Poglierić didn’t this time.

There seemed to be a hint of interest in his grey-blue eyes, a slight hint of interest.

Everyone in the Special Patrol Office felt that the leader's interest temporarily overshadowed their attention and thoughts on "dealing with the two abstainers."

What would a deviation from the organization's intended course, change, or rebellion bring or cause?
The next moment Fan Ning smiled, said nothing, and stood up.

However, the substitute's position was not passed down like a game of pass the parcel.

"Key." He threw out a word before leaving his seat.

"Key?" Roy was confused.

"The key you need." Fanning had already walked away while speaking, so it was not appropriate to ask further questions.

His pace was slow.

Although the seats are relatively close to the front, there is still a long distance to the stage.

Roy was puzzled.

During the following period of time, she briefly turned her head to look at many people. She and Hiran exchanged glances; she glanced at Poglerich's back; she found that Bishop Calestini of the Basilica of the Flowers was blocking Scheller from her angle, and his expression was still confused and uneasy; her eyes fell on the backs of the Pope and Father Lavoisier for a few seconds; she also turned her head to look at her father and mother who were six or seven seats away.
During this period of time, many thoughts came to Roy's mind, which were basically related to the possible development of the situation in the future. Some of them were optimistic, some were not so optimistic, and some were even extremely bad.

After the speech and the award ceremony, she even thought of the worst-case scenario. In the "Corridor of Sighs", the secret realm of the school, there might be some shadows or folded areas that have not been explored so far. She could enter the dream and pick one to enter. Although there is a possibility of never returning, it is probably unlikely that the authorities will find it.
Amidst the complicated thoughts, Roy might not have noticed or realized so clearly at this moment that Fanning's condition seemed to have changed subtly.

Something very essential and mysterious is changing, something on a spiritual level.

"Da da."

As he walked, Fanning put his arms around his neck.

He began to take off the "Harvest Medal" that he had just put on and was not yet warm.

Then he threw it at the person passing by.

"What for?" Laxus asked after taking it.

"Give it back to you." Fanning replied.

"Your role changed quite quickly." Laxus thought he was going to get a new medal, so he returned this one to the organizing committee.

"Congratulations, you've made it into the top ten, Master Laxus, it's yours." Fan Ning laughed twice.

Laxus frowned.

But Fanning had already walked a long distance towards him and stepped onto the first step.

He watched the applause until it died down.

“Plop. Plop. Plop.”

Being stared at by countless people with different intentions, Fanning began to fiddle with the loudspeaker on the podium.

Twist left and right, slap up and down.

The background noise and sound quality have indeed been improved a bit. If you don’t know, you might think it’s learning from Mr. Wax’s previous moves.

"I'm Carloen Van Nin, from the Northern Continent. I graduated from Saint Lenya University in the summer of 913 New Calendar, majoring in music."

Fanning came close to the microphone and didn't say hello, thank you, or try to smooth over what had just happened. He just started talking as if he was chatting casually.

"I am a graduate of an academic school, I guess, but not since childhood. My father was the director of the Turner Art Museum, which is the predecessor of the Turner Art Cinema you know today. The artistic atmosphere of my childhood was mainly fine arts. I can draw, sketch and do gouache, and I have also been exposed to and practiced piano and vocal music. In general, it was later that I gradually began to learn systematic music techniques in order to prepare for the college entrance examination."

"However, a person's childhood experiences and environment will play a decisive role in shaping his or her personality. For example, I knew very early that there are some things in this world, some interesting things."

"How should I put it?" Fanning smiled at the podium. "For example, I discovered very early that there is a more worthy way of expression in this world. The word 'expression' is very important. It is the first thing humans learn and will continue to learn: babies cry when they are born; children make noises when they are bored, try to show off when they are proud, and ask for hugs when they are wronged; adults have more complicated emotions, some are moody, some are introverted and stable, and some express their emotions in order to control the emotions of others; some people use logical thinking to defend their views and use clear and coherent words to explain their interests, and some people have lived for most of their lives, and their ability to organize language is still like a child who has just entered adolescence. There are so many buts! I found that there is a better way of expression. Not only artists have learned them, but children can also learn them as long as they can get a glimmer of light. It can be more naked or more implicit; it can be accurate and clear, or full of metaphors; it can be beautiful or shocking; it can be relaxed, lively, and interesting, or it can find a deeper perspective."

"For example, I also found that there is a more interesting angle to observe objects: people, poetry, nature, historical events, myths, folk tales, and I try to observe them in this way." "I also found that there is a way to have a more intense experience: composition, brushstrokes, light and shadow; melody, dance, beat, I try to appreciate it in this way, 'aesthetics of aesthetics' and 'aesthetics of morality' - children have aesthetics, some prefer to use blue watercolor pens, and some prefer to listen to the sound of the flute. Children also have morals. When they are very young, they will know what is good and what is bad from the interactions with people around them - then, after experiencing the above aesthetic process, I will start to understand the natural laws and social order in my eyes from a child's perspective."

"I also discovered that there is a way to better guide myself on how to get along with the world: children also have this, but it is more common to start from adolescence, gradually understanding the relationship between self and others, and understanding the appearance and will of the world."

"Why should I go to all this trouble to recall what I learned as a child and a teenager?"

"Because, later on, I came into contact with the mysterious."

"It was not until today that I realized that everything in the mysterious realm was actually the same as what I learned in my childhood. Do you believe it? There is absolutely no difference."

“So much so that I am now constantly thinking, which comes first, mystery or art?”

“I have no right to represent the whole as an individual, but at least I can repeatedly question myself – am I promoted because of my promotion, or am I promoted because of my promotion?”

"Let's put this question aside for now."

Fanning paused here.

His eyes swept across the front row of seats without any intention of avoiding them, the row where the inspectors sat, where Mr. Wax and Poglieri were sitting.

"Just now, someone said that a lot has happened in these seven years." Fan Ning smiled gently at this time.

"agree."

"Take me for example. It has been exactly seven years since my father, Vincent, disappeared at the last Harvest Festival. During these seven years, I have been looking for him, which makes sense, after all, I am his son. However, there are other people who are also looking for him, and I don't understand."

Fanning smiled and shook his head. It was hard to tell whether it was mockery or self-mockery.

Some people in the audience were laughing subconsciously, but soon they realized that it was inappropriate and shut their mouths.

A layer of cold sweat soaked my forehead, and I wanted to look around but didn't dare to.

"During these seven years, a very important person left me forever, my teacher, musical guide, and composer Anton Konar."

"But generally speaking, my college years are still worth being touched and missed. Although I had learned a lot about how to get along with the world in my childhood, I was not strong enough. It was not until the period between 909 and 913 in the new calendar that I began to absorb nutrients eagerly and grow and mature."

"During that time, I wrote some small pieces and chamber music. I always wanted to keep some people and things in my memory. However, the real farewell was the Symphony No. 1 in D major, which contains all my memories of fruits, thorns, pastoral areas, morning light, nature and youth. When I graduated, I wrote a more complete epitaph for Teacher Anton. I said, 'His time will eventually come, and some people will be reborn after death.'"

"Looking back, the experiences of those years, including the first year after graduation, when I stayed at the school to lead a group, as a member of the Guiding School, frequently traveled to the imperial capital to "run business", and learned piano from Master Viadrin, have played a certain role in "complementing" my personality. In the past, I was too self-centered, too idealistic, naive, and immature. When I encountered problems, I always took "looking inward" as the only direction of effort, which led to some pain and confusion. But later I began to have intersections with everything outside the ivory tower, more intimate and substantial intersections: ignorant people, farmers in the industrial wave, low-level laborers in the city, poets, soldiers, cooks, mothers, refugees, engineers, children who love to sing, radicals and conservatives among the nobility, occupational disease prevention and treatment experts, commercial hype geniuses, and neglected art groups. I realized that everything in my artistic personality is closely related to this world. Maybe I come from the glow, maybe the filthy mud is just a cage of bondage, but I must do my best to depict this complex and eternal world on which people depend for survival."

"I had to start understanding death in advance, for myself and for humanity, so I wrote the Symphony No. 2 in C minor."

"Of course, there are many others. Many concertos, keyboard variations, lovely small works, choral fantasies, impressionistic orchestral music. I have many motivations for writing them, mainly fame and money. I tell you here without reservation, and I feel very calm. I don't think it's inappropriate. Maybe one day in the future, I will tell you more shocking truths."

"All of the above is what I, as Carloen Van Nin, would like to talk about with the world in the year 916 of the new calendar. My timeline experiences over the years... Oh, it's a bit fragmented. What I'm mainly talking about here are some things before the creation of Tristan and Isolde, Symphony No. in C-sharp minor, and the earlier 'Resurrection' that you have heard. And, I will only talk about art."

All the citizens were listening with bated breath, but some people noticed a strange serial number that suddenly appeared here.

Fifth? What fifth?
Where does the fifth come from? .
"And then, there is——"

The background noise of the pickup electrode microphone began to become unstable again, and the sound of electric current was crackling.

Fan Ning smiled and twisted, stretched, and adjusted the supporting rubber strips, then patted the sound port again.

"I am Shele, the troubadour with no name."

"I have a deeper connection with the Southern Continent. I also said that I started wandering in the Western Continent. In fact, my hometown is the Northern Continent."

??? .
etc.
What is Master Fanning talking about!? .
The audience was stunned.

Why do I feel like I missed my stop?

How come he snatched the speech of the person behind him?
"Everything comes from an escape, a grand escape at dawn, under the hymns."

"The escape process deviated from the expected direction. At first, it was thought to be an accident, but later it was found to be not. The timeline of the incident was very long and the plot was very deep. It was the result of the joint efforts of dangerous elements and ambitious people with different positions. I will not go into details for now. Those who understand will understand."

"Senior Roy, Carloen?" Shilan was stunned.

She turned to Roy to confirm whether she was hallucinating, but she saw Roy stretched out a hand between them. Obviously, his mind was full of "wait, wait, wait"

The content was too absurd, and the speaker on stage was speaking at a fast pace, with some fascinating and strange intonation, so that no one spoke for a while.

Even the gesture of looking at each other with doubt was rare!
"When I first arrived in the South, I was in a good mood because of the local customs and people, and because I met some lovely people. In fact, since the performance of "Choral Fantasy" at the 913 New Year's Concert, until the writing of "Resurrection", my mood has not been very good. But after changing to a new place, the depression and haze are less, and the free and happy mood is more. I am always moved by the smell of summer and flowers on my face, fascinated by the rainforests and oceans I have seen, and happy to try to enjoy the fruits, mushrooms, seafood and cold drinks on the journey. Although, I sang "Winter Journey" all the way."

"Because I still feel like something is 'missing'."

"I remember the last century philosopher Heidegger said that the essence of human existence is to be 'thrown into' the world - we are born in a certain era, family, and culture, and nothing is our own choice. This 'thrownness' causes people to always be in an inauthentic state, and they need to use social standards such as titles, marriage, and career to cover up the emptiness of existence. I think after being thrown into the South, I am still 'missing', even though I like everything there."

"I quickly became interested in a proposition."

“Love is a question.”