The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 115 Christmas Improvisational Concert

Chen Qiu didn't expect that almost everyone from the second group would come.

He stood up in disbelief and looked at the people surrounding him, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

Ai Gu walked in the front, jumped in front of Chen Qiu with all his strength, picked up the apple in his hand, threw it, and smiled at Chen Qiu.

"Nuo, conductor Chen Qiu, look, I prepared apples for you on Christmas Eve. Let me tell you, this is a foreign tradition, because apples mean peace. As long as you eat apples on Christmas Eve, you will be peaceful in the new year. Be safe."

Chen Qiu was stunned, took the apple from Ai Gu with a strange expression, and twitched the corner of his mouth.

"Are you sure that if you eat apples on Christmas Eve, you will be safe in the next year?"

"Of course! Everyone says so! Look, apples are the fruit of peace, don't you think so?"

"If you want to stop thinking about it, what is the English name of Apple?"

"What can I call it? Just call it Apple..."

Halfway through what he said, Ai Gu couldn't help but cough, and almost choked to death on his own saliva.

Zhao Xi, on the other hand, was smiling and finishing his attack.

"It seems that people abroad also speak Mandarin!"

"Hey, what do you mean by this? This is called the promotion of Chinese culture abroad! For foreign festivals, when you come to China, you have to act in accordance with the rules of China. Do you understand?"

Ai Gu quickly added.

Seeing everyone laughing and playing around, Chen Qiu also tossed the round apple in his hand and said with a smile.

"Okay, then let's just pretend that Mandarin is spoken abroad. Thank you for the apples."

"Hey, what are you talking about? Chen Qiu tells you to be polite."

Ai Gu waved his hand casually, saying you're welcome.

Chen Qiu looked at the other people around him who were also holding gifts. After thinking about it, he opened the door of the concert hall and said to everyone.

"How about... come in and talk?"

"Then thank you Chen Qiu for your command!"

Zhao Xi smiled and nodded at Chen Qiu, and walked into the concert hall first.

Qin Xian followed Zhao Xi, smiled at Chen Qiu, then handed out an apple as well, and said sheepishly.

"Then... I also prepared apples. I didn't prepare any particularly good gifts. I'm a little sorry."

"It's okay. It's good to eat apples on Christmas Eve. It's a traditional Western custom."

Chen Qiu said with a smile, and tapped the Aigu standing aside again.

Ai Gu's face turned red when he heard this, and he babbled loudly.

"Ahem, what about that? I went in first. By the way, I have never seen a concert hall without rehearsals."

"Is there anything you've never seen before? You'll know when you come to the concert hall for the first time. There's just nothing on the stage."

"Hey! You're the only one who talks a lot. Let's go in together and stop talking nonsense!"

Ai Gu reached out and grabbed the man next to him, pulling him into the concert hall to avoid the awkward emotions.

Qin Xian watched Ai Gu and others enter, then nodded to Chen Qiu and whispered.

"So...I'm going in too?"

"Well, do you have any other plans tonight? If not, come and sit in my concert hall. I just prepared some things."

"I didn't have any plans. I originally planned to practice the piano, but then everyone said they wanted to come to Chen Qiu to conduct you, so I followed along."

"That's just right. You go in first and I'll give you a little surprise later."

Chen Qiu smiled and patted Qin Xian on the shoulder and sent him into the concert hall.

Like Qin Xian, other people around him smiled and said hello to Chen Qiu.

But some of them just came to say Merry Christmas to Chen Qiu, and then went shopping with their partners.

Not that many people came to Chen Qiu's side to sit around.

What surprised Chen Qiu the most was Rui Jia.

She actually came here as well.

Only this time she didn't come carrying her huge double bass, but an electric bass.

Her clothes were also much lighter, and her overall appearance was not as gloomy as before.

On the contrary, she looked much brighter.

Unlike others, what she gave Chen Qiu was a small decoration.

It's a lantern.

Chen Qiu looked at the outer packaging, and it seemed that the items inside should be candles or incense.

You can place it next to your bed or desk at night as an ambient light, decoration, or the like.

The overall color is white, not eye-catching, and it won't look too abrupt no matter where it is placed.

This small gift may not be expensive. With the current Christmas premium, the most expensive gift will not exceed 68 yuan.

In fact, the price is more likely to be around 38 or 26 when setting up a stall.

And if you buy it in advance, it will only cost about ten yuan.

This is not a very expensive gift, but it can be seen that she put a lot of thought into it.

At least they are more thoughtful than the apples that other people give themselves.

Rui Jia chuckled at Chen Qiu.

"Conductor Chen Qiu, thank you for your help. Thank you for reminding me last time and letting me get rid of that art training institution. My condition is much better now. I do what I like every day, even if I go out to take jobs. They are all my favorite bands. I feel like I have rediscovered the reason why I liked bass at that time. That kind of heavy and solid feeling is really, really likeable. Conductor Chen Qiu, thank you very much."

After saying that, she bowed vigorously to Chen Qiu.

Seeing Rui Jia's serious look and the night light she gave him, Chen Qiu was at a loss for a moment and could only scratch his head in embarrassment. After she got up, he handed the apple he had just given to him. To Ruijia, he asked sheepishly.

"Ahem, what's that? Thank you very much, but I'm sorry, I haven't prepared any Christmas gifts for you. How about I give you this apple? As a return gift?"

"No, no need. After all, this is the peace fruit given to you by Ai Gu."

Rui Jia shook her head vigorously at Chen Qiu and joked.

"It is a traditional Western custom to eat peace fruits on Christmas Eve. Chen Qiu commands you not to waste Ai Gu's kindness."

After saying that, she tightened the double bass on her body and waved to Chen Qiu.

"But conductor Chen Qiu, I will not come to the orchestra today. I have other things to do elsewhere. There are many people in the Live House today, and there are many orchestras that have made reservations with me, so I just came to give you a gift. I wish Chen Merry Christmas to you, Qiu."

"Then I wish you a Merry Christmas and a good show."

"Hmm, okay, thank you conductor Chen Qiu, see you at the New Year's concert conducted by Chen Qiu!"

"See you at the New Year's concert!"

Chen Qiu accepted Rui Jia's gift, smiled and nodded at her, and shook his head helplessly after watching her disappear into the crowd with her electric bass on her back.

Ruijia is still working hard. She has to work hard during Christmas and go to those live houses to play bass for the band.

Normally, if they are just ordinary migrant workers, they are actually not very willing to participate in such a less restrictive activity.

Ruijia also has to participate in the festival. In addition to the fact that she has no partner and nothing to do, her love for music is also the main reason for supporting her to participate in the performance.

Chen Qiu glanced at the aromatherapy night light that Rui Jia had given him in his hand, smiled helplessly, walked into the concert hall, took it apart and placed it on the counter at the entrance, thought about it, and went to add some incense on the side. I found a lighter somewhere and lit the night light.

Looking at the warm yellow light emitted by this small night light in the slightly dark room, Chen Qiu couldn't help but feel a sense of warmth.

Sure enough, girls are still attentive, Ai Gu Qinxian and the others, one by one...

Chen Qiu glanced at the apples in his pocket and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

Fortunately, there are only about fifty people in the second group. Now, there are only about twenty or thirty people who come to him to say Merry Christmas, excluding those who go out to celebrate Christmas.

Then the twenty or so apples in my pocket...

Do you really not need to go out to buy fruit in the next week or two?

If you consider the shelf life of apples and put them in the refrigerator, you feel like you need to work harder.

Otherwise, how can we fix these apples if they get spoiled if left alone?

Chen Qiu weighed the apples in his hand, sighed, put the apples aside, and entered the concert hall.

It's a bit different from the previous rehearsals when everyone was so focused. Now everyone in the concert hall is obviously relaxed.

Some just find a seat to sit down and chat there.

Some were wandering around in the concert hall, observing the details of the concert hall. Chen Qiu did not disturb their interest, but walked into the crowd, pulled Qin Xian and Ai Gu out, and asked them to follow him to the backstage of the concert hall, where his home was.

After asking two people to help move the folding table out, they made a lot of fast food and brought it out.

Such as French fries, vegetable salad, cheese slices, and bread.

Looking at what he was tinkering with in front of him, the corners of Chen Qiu's mouth twitched.

what is this?
Will the boy who slays the dragon finally become a giant dragon?
Obviously when I was studying abroad, I didn't go to other people's homes for Christmas dinners because all I ate at that time was salad, cheese, bread, and French fries.

It turns out that he used this same trick when entertaining the group of people who came to celebrate Christmas for him?
Chen Qiu poured the red wine into the pot, added ingredients such as tangerine peel and orange slices to add texture, and cooked the mulled wine at low temperature and slow cooking. He always felt an inexplicable sense of déjà vu coming towards him.

He slowly stirred the mulled wine, controlling the temperature so that the mulled wine would not boil as much as possible.

If mulled wine is burned over high fire, the taste of the red wine will be destroyed, and the overall taste will tend to be sour and slightly bitter, rather than sweet and fruity.

This was what he learned from others about the cooking method of mulled wine when he was abroad.

When the red wine was close to boiling, Chen Qiu took out the large pot of mulled wine and brought it to the stage of the concert hall. Then he poured himself a glass and raised his glass to everyone with a smile.

"Sorry, I didn't know you were coming, so I didn't prepare anything. I just prepared some bread, chips, salad, cheese, and a little mulled wine. You can take what you want, don't be formal...although there is nothing. "

"No way! It's already very good!"

There was someone there immediately.

He picked up a piece of bread, then took a bite with cheese and slurred.

"I quite like eating cheese. It feels like stinky tofu. It's the kind of canned stinky tofu sold outside. It has a similar texture, but it's not that smelly. Not only that, it also tastes like milk."

"Cheese should actually be considered a fermented thing. It's quite delicious when eaten on an empty stomach. However, Chen Qiu directed, your bread...is a bit too healthy? Why is it that it's all for bodybuilding? Wheat bread? Don’t you have that kind of toast? Whole wheat bread just tastes bad and not delicious.”

"It's good to have something to eat. Stop being picky in this place! Didn't you hear Chen Qiu's instructions? He didn't even know we were coming and didn't prepare anything?"

"Oh yes, that's true."

Seeing everyone gathered around the dining table, randomly taking the food on the table and making complaints while eating, Chen Qiu couldn't help but laugh.

He put down the cup and spoke to Qin Xian.

"Qin Xian, I still have some cheese slices in the refrigerator. Please bring them over. I'm afraid some people won't be able to eat them. And Ai Gu, come here and follow me to carry out the piano from the backstage?"

"Piano? Which one?"

Ai Gu was stunned, and quickly ran to Chen Qiu's side, looked at the SK-II placed in the corner of the concert hall, and asked in confusion: "Is that the SK-II?"

"No, it's the upright piano."

Chen Qiu shook his head, took Ai Gu to the backstage of the concert hall, and found an upright piano covered with cloth in the corner.

The two of them worked together to push the piano to the middle of the concert hall.

Chen Qiu opened the cover of the piano, played a few notes casually, and nodded thoughtfully.

"Although it's a little off, it's not a big problem."

"Partial? Didn't hear it..." Ai Gu shook his head.

He looked at Chen Qiu curiously and asked in confusion.

"By the way, why did Chen Qiu instruct you not to play triangle, but what to do with upright?"

"Because, you can do whatever you want in the vertical position!"

Chen Qiu said with a smile.

Under the gaze of everyone, Chen Qiu removed the casing of the upright piano, revealing the strings inside.

He returned to the place where the mulled wine had been placed before. After filling up the mulled wine, he returned to the upright strings. He placed the mulled wine directly on the cover of the upright piano and winked at the Ai Gu. said with a smile.

"If it's a grand piano, do you dare to put a drink on this?"

"Don't dare..."

"Well, I don't dare either, so I have no choice but to choose this vertical one."

Chen Qiu sat on the piano stool and took a long sip of the mulled wine in the cup.

Feeling the warm breath surging in his chest, his face gradually turned a warm red.

Under the influence of alcohol, Chen Qiu smiled at Ai Gu and the group of people around him.

"There are some musical instruments backstage. You can use them as you like, as long as they don't break them. Those are for practice."

After saying that, he raised his hand, struck a chord hard on the piano, and then quickly pulled out a string of broken chords before continuing to the crowd.

"Since everyone is studying music, let's celebrate Christmas in a musical way."

As he spoke, Chen Qiu's fingers ran quickly on the piano.

Chen Qiu emphasized a few notes among countless chords, and a Christmas song slowly reappeared in Chen Qiu's hands.

However, this is not just the end. Chen Qiu never lets music be so boring.

He smiled at everyone and winked, changing the rhythm.

The music immediately took on a completely different feel.

The color of jazz immediately covers the family-friendly atmosphere of the original Christmas song, making the music full of excitement.

The eyes of everyone present lit up, and they were obviously excited.

Although they study classical music, they do not discriminate against jazz, rock or pop.

Seeing the brilliant Christmas songs playing in Chen Qiu's hands, everyone's excitement for the music couldn't help but emerge.

However, before anyone could take action, the atmosphere immediately became more explosive in the next second.

Ai Gu found a set of drums from somewhere backstage, and under the music gap provided by Chen Qiu, he vigorously beat out a brilliant drum beat.

Just like a blasting drummer, you can only see the floating shadow of the drumstick in his hand.

"Holy shit! Ai Gu is so handsome!" Someone next to him said excitedly.

They looked at each other with excitement in their eyes.

Although they originally wanted to come over to wish Chen Qiu a Merry Christmas, they did not expect to see such a scene.

The musical genes in their hearts immediately surged.

Give acapella to those who are tapping, and a cappella to those who are vocals.

Everyone is obviously making their own music, and it is extremely chaotic, but underneath this chaos, there is a shocking order.

This is the tacit understanding between them as band members.

At this moment, Qin Xian just happened to bring out a stack of cheese from behind.

Seeing everyone in the room starting to play music, he couldn't help but put his eyes on the violin next to him.

Do you want to join in, yourself?

However, before he could hesitate, the music in Chen Qiu's hands changed.

He no longer plays any melody, but follows the classical music of the ai drum and gives a jazz accompaniment.

With this accompaniment, Chen Qiu smiled and said to Qin Xian.

"Qin Xian! Come on, it's your turn! Play whatever you want, play whatever you want, this is improvisation, just like when we cooperated before, don't worry about us, we will cooperate with you!"

"Ok!"

Qin Xian looked at Chen Qiu, put down the cheese in his hand, raised the corners of his mouth, and nodded especially seriously.

"I know!"

After that, he walked aside and picked up the violin he was carrying.

He didn't tune it, just held the violin, closed his eyes and listened to the accompaniment of everyone in his ears, feeling the rhythm and pulse of the music, and gradually brewing his own emotions.

When his emotions gradually reached their peak, his eyes opened suddenly.

Pull the violin hard in your hand.

hum!
A brilliant sound burst out from his hands.

Under this music, the whole orchestra was completely inspired.

All the music is completely integrated at this moment!
The crazy music completely overwhelmed the concert hall!
There is no main theme or any emotion.

What we all have is a love for music and a tacit understanding with other band members.

And this tacit understanding formed such a song, which was purely improvised and belonged only to the members of their second group.

Christmas song!

(End of this chapter)