The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 309: Conflicts escalate? Just do it!
Qin Xian was stunned.

Although he didn't know what the particularly great opportunity Chen Qiu was talking about was, since it was Chen Qiu's request, he would naturally execute it to the highest standards.

He nodded slowly to Chen Qiu and spoke.

"Should we call all the chiefs here?"

"Well, call the principals of the wind instruments over here. For the string instruments, besides you guys, call someone you're familiar with. Two people per instrument is enough..."

Chen Qiu thought about it, then frowned and shook his head.

"No, I said it wrong. It's not two people. The wind section is still the same. For the string section, you have three people for the first and second violins and cellos, and there's only one person for the double bass, Rui Jia. And then... oh, and there's also the viola. Just two people are enough for the viola."

"That means nearly half of the band?"

Qin Xian was stunned and asked Chen Qiu.

Chen Qiu nodded.

"Well, yes, about half will do."

After saying that, Chen Qiu walked towards the meeting room next to him, talking as he walked.

"I'll go over there and sort out the documents first. Go call the servants and ask them to come over early. Oh, by the way, although the content of the meeting will not be particularly long, you can ask Huang Xin or Rui Jia to go to the canteen to bring some drinks and snacks. Then, see if Li Miaomiao is in the orchestra. If she is, call her over as well."

"to make!"

Qin Xian nodded and understood what Chen Qiu meant.

Without any hesitation, he turned around, returned to the rehearsal room, and spoke to the people who were rehearsing in the room.

"Zhao Xi, Chen Qiu asked you to pick two people over there, and I'm here... Chen Chen, Cheng Chen, the two of you follow me!"

The two young boys who were sitting there practicing looked at each other, nodded, stood up with the violin in their hands, walked to Qin Xian, and waited for Qin Xian's order.

Zhao Xi, who was sitting on the side, rubbed his shoulders at this time, and after watching Qin Xian pick two boys, he shouted to the second violin group behind him.

"Okay, since it's Chen Qiu who's in charge, then it's Tao Mengyuan, Ye Tingxin, let's go together, the two of you."

In the corner of the second violin, two girls who were whispering were stunned. After hearing Zhao Xi's words, they looked at each other blankly, stood up hesitantly, walked to Zhao Xi, and asked Zhao Xi in a low voice.

"Zhao Xi, what happened?"

"Don't ask me that, I don't know."

Zhao Xi spread his hands, indicating that he knew nothing, then looked at Qin Xian and said to Qin Xian.

"Hey, Qin Xian, what does Chen Qiu want these people for?"

"I'm not sure, but Commander Chen Qiu seems to have found a big job, so he needs some people."

Qin Xian said to Zhao Xi, then looked at Chen Chen and Cheng Chen beside him and said to them.

"You two follow Zhao Xi to the backstage meeting room first. Commander Chen Qiu should be waiting for you there. I'll go find the others."

"Okay, Chief Qin Xian!"

The two nodded vigorously, then trotted behind Zhao Xi.

At this time, Qin Xian also turned his gaze to Zhao Xi and nodded at him.

"When you're on your way over there, call Wu Ming and ask him to bring out a viola. Ask Xu Shuwen to take two cellos. Also, check where Rui Jia is and ask her to come alone. I'll go to the wind instruments!"

"Row!"

Zhao Xi nodded, then thought of something and smiled at Qin Xian.

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot. Qin Xian, Xu Shuwen is most likely with Yue Fu right now, so I'm not sure if I can find Xu Shuwen. If I find her, I'll ask her to go and choose someone. If I can't find her, then you can ask her to go and make a call."

"Row!"

Qin Xian nodded, left the violin rehearsal room, and walked towards the woodwind section.

The woodwind section is the same as before, with the same people.

Qin Xian asked Qiao Shao on clarinet, Hou Xiaozhu on flute, Song Ke on bassoon, Shi Yunfeng on trumpet, Liu Ge on trombone, and Yu Cheng on French horn to go to the meeting room first.

Huang Xin and Rui Jia were together. They seemed to have just bought some water from the store. Qin Xian called them and gave them Chen Qiu's instructions. The two quickly agreed and went back to the store to get some water.

The last one found was the Ai drum from the percussion group.

Ai Gu is rehearsing backstage at this moment.

His muscles tightened the short-sleeved shirt on his body, making it stick to his muscles like a tights.

There even seemed to be a cloud of mist lingering over him.

It was as if the rehearsal room was a steamer, constantly burning him and making his sweat boil.

Qin Xian watched Ai Gu play the last note before he opened the door and spoke to Ai Gu, who was in the room filled with the smell of sweat.

"Ai Gu, let's go, Chen Qiu is calling you."

"Eh? Chen Qiu called me?" Ai Gu was stunned, then he pinched his sweat-soaked clothes, smiled awkwardly, and said to Qin Xian, "Okay, Chen Qiu, please wait for a moment. I'll go to the bathroom to wash my hair and change clothes and come back. Today was originally a rehearsal day, and I thought no one would care about me, so I came to rehearse in my fitness clothes."

"Hurry up." Qin Xian nodded and said to Ai Gu, "Chen Qiu seems to have an important task for us. The rehearsal workload may increase."

"Ah... stop it? I'm so tired!"

Ai Gu immediately let out a mournful cry, stood up, took off his short-sleeved shirt, crumpled it into a ball, wiped the sweat off his body, and took out a set of clean clothes from his bag to change into.

After he became clean again, he spoke to Qin Xian.

"That's it for now. I'll sit in a corner later. I hope I won't smoke Chen Qiu."

Qin Xian didn't say anything, but just walked towards Chen Qiuding's meeting room.

Ai Gu looked at the taciturn Qin Xian, shrugged slightly, and also followed.

After walking through several rehearsal rooms, the two soon arrived at the orchestra's meeting room.

Although it is called a conference room, it is actually a room next to the music library, which contains a long table that can seat about twelve people.

Under normal circumstances, Chen Qiu and the principals of each instrument would sit here. There were 5 people in the string section, 5 people in the wind section, plus Chen Qiu and Ai Gu, one in front and one behind, and the room was just full.

As for the others, they either stood or brought a stool and sat aside to watch.

There was no other way; the place was too small. If everyone sat at this long table, Chen Qiu felt that he would need at least a room of 40 to 50 square meters.

In this Haicheng city where every inch of land is valuable, it is good enough to have a place for them to perform. How can they expect a conference room of more than 50 square meters?
This dream might be a little too big.

After Ai Gu and Qin Xian came in, it was obvious that most people in the room were already seated.

Rui Jia and Huang Xin moved a pile of mineral water and snacks to the other side of the table, then they took some and hid in the corner, eating snacks while looking at Chen Qiu, waiting for the meeting to begin.

Zhao Xi, Xu Shuwen and Yuefu sat obediently at the table and had no interest in mineral water or snacks.

Just as Zhao Xi said, Xu Shuwen was indeed with Yuefu.

Qin Xian also had some impression of the two cellos that Xu Shuwen brought with him.

Luo Pingchao, Shen Tinglan.

It's a very poetic name, and he feels like a young master who walked out of a TV series in the Republic of China.

Of course, it sounds like that, but in reality these two people are just ordinary cello players, sitting in the corner of the room, and they don’t look like any rich young masters.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Ai Gu immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He pushed a chief who was squatting in the corner to the table, then walked to the corner of the room and squatted down.

Qin Xian walked to the seat reserved for him by everyone and sat down, looked at Chen Qiu, and nodded to Chen Qiu.

"Commander Chen Qiu, everyone is here."

"Row."

Chen Qiu nodded.

He swept his eyes over all the people Qin Xian brought with him. He knocked the music score in his hand on the table and handed it to Qin Xian.

"Pass out this sheet of music. It has markings on it. Everyone has their own part. Remember to take a look at the markings before you take it."

"Ah."

Qin Xian nodded and reached out to take the music score handed over by Chen Qiu.

The music scores that Chen Qiu gave were very neatly arranged, stapled together with two nails on the edge. On the cover of the score were not only the name of the instrument, but also an icon of the instrument, so everyone could easily find their own copy.

After Qin Xian threw the remaining music scores to the people around him, he opened the content in front of him, and his eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly.

What did he see?
The Marriage of Figaro?
Which is Mozart's most perfect opera?

He looked at Chen Qiu beside him, his pupils trembling.

He didn't quite understand why Chen Qiu chose such a work. Their current size should not be able to support a whole opera.

This is not just the work of the orchestra, but also the work of the orchestra, vocal music, and stage design.

In addition to playing, you also need a scene.

Let’s not talk about whether the orchestra can accommodate so many props, let’s just discuss the price of this set…

Unless Chen Qiu and his team made it particularly confusing, with everything made of piles of wooden boards with some simple drawings on them, the audience can use their imagination to imagine the scene at that time.

Otherwise, if you really want to buy the whole thing, it might cost even several million.

Qin Xian looked at Chen Qiu with a hint of worry in his eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he said to Chen Qiu.

"Conductor Chen Qiu, this piece..."

"Don't worry, wait a minute."

Chen Qiu raised his hand to stop Qin Xian from speaking, and looked at the people who were selected from the orchestra.

After everyone got their own music scores, Chen Qiu finally spoke.

"I have got them all. Let me briefly explain. The music score you have in your hands now is the work we need to prepare in the second half of this year or even the first half of next year. It is Mozart's most perfect opera, The Marriage of Figaro!"

Everyone looked at each other, with a slight hesitation in their eyes.

It was obvious that like Qin Xian, they all wanted to say something, but looking at Chen Qiu, they didn't know how to say it.

Looking at the hesitant expressions of the crowd, Chen Qiu seemed to have guessed what they were thinking. He smiled and said to everyone.

"I know what you want to say, but this is not a problem, because this is not an opera invested by us alone, but a work that incorporates us into the Haicheng Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra and cooperates with the vocal group of the Haicheng Opera House. We just need to perform, and we don't have to worry about anything else."

When everyone heard this place, they felt a little relieved.

Since Chen Qiu was not carried away by the opera, things would be easy.

Qin Xian nodded: "If that's the case, then it's fine, but when do you want this piece?"

"ASAP."

Chen Qiu said to everyone with a smile.

Although there was a smile on his face, for some reason, everyone always felt that Chen Qiu's smile was so scary.

Chen Qiu spoke to them.

"This is an arms race. Whoever is better prepared will have more say. Although the people at the Haicheng Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra said that everything is led by me, if our orchestra's speed is slower than that of a group of old men, they will still feel resentful even if they have promised us in advance. As for the Haicheng Opera House..."

At this time, Chen Qiu narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a dangerous look.

He spoke slowly.

"Don't worry about that place for now. After all, you don't have to cooperate with them for the time being, so I will take care of that place."

After Chen Qiu finished speaking, he looked at everyone and raised his eyebrows.

"Is there a problem?"

Everyone looked around at each other and finally shook their heads: "No, there isn't."

"It's fine if you don't."

Chen Qiu nodded, raised the music score in his hand, and spoke to everyone.

"Rehearsals for this week's performance are still going on, but we need to add another overture to The Marriage of Figaro during the encores on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. After this week, we need to finish the first act as quickly as possible. After the first act is finished, I will take you to rehearse with the Haicheng Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra."

After Chen Qiu said this, he smiled at everyone.

"Of course, don't worry about the performance being in vain. We are now a formal professional symphony orchestra. As an additional performance added temporarily, there will definitely be some overtime compensation and rehearsal subsidies. Don't worry."

When everyone heard this, they immediately laughed and shouted at Chen Qiu.

"Hey, Commander Chen Qiu, don't think we are so money-minded!"

"That's right, you're doing art, talking about money is so vulgar!"

"Talking about money hurts feelings, Commander Chen Qiu!"

"..."

As the chatter of the crowd began, Chen Qiu just smiled slightly, then shook his head slightly, and spoke slowly to everyone.

"You are the core of our Harmony Symphony Orchestra. Without you, there would be no Haicheng Harmony Symphony Orchestra. I don't want you to be troubled by money. Since you can make money and realize your ideals, why don't you take a little more to live a good life? Don't you agree?"

After saying that, Chen Qiu clapped his hands without waiting for anyone to speak.

"Okay, let's not discuss this any further. Now that everyone is here, start analyzing the work and rehearsing. If you have any questions, you can come to me. I will always be here to answer all your questions."

Everyone looked at each other, their eyes gradually becoming excited.

By following Chen Qiu to participate in an opera rehearsal, one can earn a lot of extra money, and the orchestra won't even suffer any damage.

Where can I find such a good thing?

Everyone looked at Chen Qiu and immediately spoke loudly.

"Yes! Chen Qiu is in command!"

"..."

……

As Chen Qiu gave the order, everyone in the orchestra immediately entered battle preparation mode.

In addition to preparing for the weekend performance, they also prepared some extra content from "The Marriage of Figaro" and performed it for the audience as an encore.

The audience's response was extremely enthusiastic.

Even some of the older audience members couldn't help themselves and started jumping and dancing with excitement.

After the performance, they shook the hands of the orchestra musicians, kept asking them if they were ready to perform "The Marriage of Figaro" and when they would start selling tickets.

In response to this, Chen Qiu simply dealt with it gently, telling them to rest assured that there would be news soon.

With the success of their five consecutive performances, the band also successfully gained a group of loyal fans.

When the tickets for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra were sold out a month in advance, they did not wait until right before the performance to make a reservation. Instead, they bought all the tickets for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra's performances without even checking them.

Even though some of the performances conflicted with the Haicheng Symphony and Haicheng Philharmonic next door, they bought them without any hesitation.

After all, that's what they said.

Where can you find a top-notch, cost-effective symphony orchestra with such awesome performances and such cheap ticket prices?
Even if you don’t watch Haicheng Philharmonic and Haicheng Symphony, you must come to see Haicheng Harmony!

In response, Chen Qiu could only thank them for their love and said that he would make the band's performance better and better.

The sales of orchestra tickets have also gradually increased from 60% after the opening ceremony, and are now stabilizing at 70% occupancy rate.

These are the attendance figures for recent performances.

If we discuss the subsequent performances, that is, the performances with advance ticket sales in the next month, the number of tickets sold has reached 20% when only the music theme of that night was announced without announcing the specific performance repertoire!

Everything is moving towards a better situation.

It's not only about the orchestra's ticket sales, but also about the orchestra's rehearsal situation.

During this period, Chen Qiu has been running between Haicheng Harmony and Haicheng Radio, and even occasionally goes to Haicheng Opera House.

Haicheng Harmony and Haicheng Broadcasting are actually fine. Everyone has rehearsed under Chen Qiu and is relatively familiar with Chen Qiu's requirements.

Although the pressure from Chen Qiu was quite great, it was precisely because of this pressure that the strength of the two orchestras improved by leaps and bounds.

However, just when Chen Qiu thought that everything was going smoothly, he did not expect that due to his extremely high demands and extreme pressure, problems began to arise at the opera house.

Some of them began to feel that Chen Qiu was targeting them, and started to resist Chen Qiu, going on strike, and acting as if they would not rehearse unless they were allowed to join the orchestra.

There is no need to think about it, this must have been tacitly approved by Qi Min.

It was a reasonable request for the vocal group to join the orchestra, and Chen Qiu couldn't refuse.

Finally, when both sides were on the verge of a complete breakup, Chen Qiu, Wu Jianhai, and Qi Min negotiated and began the first formal collaborative rehearsal of the three symphony orchestras.

Tuesday, early morning.

Chen Qiu stood at the door of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, looking at the members of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra who were carrying their instruments in front of him with particularly determined eyes. He nodded to them, drank the soy milk in his hand, threw it casually into the trash can beside him, walked through the crowd, and spoke slowly to them.

"Let's go to the opera house and show them what a harmonious symphony orchestra is."

Everyone followed behind Chen Qiu and shouted, "Yes! Chen Qiu is in command!"

(End of this chapter)