The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 315 Long time no see, please take care of me

Chen Qiu didn't know that he had been featured in the national magazine "Musician". After all, his Harmony Symphony Orchestra didn't have the habit of subscribing to these magazines.

Naturally, Chen Qiu was not quite sure how those people and the symphony orchestras in China would view him when they saw his name appear in "Huayin".

After all, his main focus now is on the band's performances.

Compared to other large symphony orchestras, they have a relatively loose music season, with maybe only a few concerts a month, mixed with a lot of collaborations with other people.

The music season at the Harmony Symphony Orchestra is more intensive.

More rehearsal time will also be required.

There will be more things.

After negotiating with the Haicheng Opera House Symphony Orchestra, Chen Qiu took the Harmony Symphony Orchestra and the Haicheng Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, temporarily separated from the Haicheng Opera House, and began to continue rehearsing independently.

According to Chen Qiu, the Haicheng Opera House does not have the strength to compete with the orchestra yet.

When they can meet your requirements, you can then think about when to cooperate for the second time.

There was no special reaction from the Haicheng Opera House to Chen Qiu's somewhat harsh words.

Just as Chen Qiu said, their performance was indeed not good.

It is difficult to keep up with the Harmony Symphony Orchestra and the Broadcast Symphony Orchestra.

In addition, there was Qi Min’s previous control over the opera house.

They could only follow Chen Qiu's pace and make adjustments little by little.

But the good thing is that they are quite familiar with this piece and do not need to practice it from scratch.

Therefore, both are still progressing normally.

And with the end of the orchestra's third week of performances, which is also the last weekend of performances before the start of the Haicheng Orchestra Academy.

This time, the orchestra's occupancy rate reached nearly 80%.

As Chen Qiu led the orchestra to play the last note, the applause from the audience almost overturned the entire concert hall.

Countless audiences were applauding and cheering for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

The level of noise was even similar to the first time Chen Qiu performed with the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Some new viewers, and a lot of old viewers.

Everyone gathered under the stage and cheered for Chen Qiu and others.

Cheers to their performance.

This time, Chen Qiu led the orchestra to bow seven or eight times in a row, but the audience was not satisfied.

Therefore, Chen Qiu had to return with the band for an encore, and the performance lasted until nearly 9:30 with the audience.

Wait until the last audience member leaves the concert hall.

Finally Chen Qiu had time to rest.

He rubbed his shoulders and returned to the concert hall. He greeted everyone who was packing up their instruments with a smile, then lay down on a chair like mud and rubbed his shoulders.

This is the downside of being a conductor.

My shoulders get sore easily.

Just when Chen Qiu was about to find an excuse to go back to the room to rest, Li Miaomiao came over and spoke to Chen Qiu cautiously.

"Conductor Chen Qiu, this month's performance is over. Here are the orchestra's statistics for this month. Would you like to take a look?"

"Hmm? Data? Box office?"

"No, more than that..."

Li Miaomiao shook her head.

Chen Qiu was stunned. He took the document handed over by Li Miaomiao and glanced at Li Miaomiao. The look in his eyes when he looked at Li Miaomiao suddenly changed.

The data Li Miaomiao gave him were not very simple, such as how much the box office was this month, the total revenue, and the total expenditure.

Instead, he gave Chen Qiu a lot of data that he had never thought of.

Number of overlapping fans of the band.

Distribution of band fans.

The development of the band's fans.

Composer box office sales.

Year-on-year, month-on-month, proportional...

Various data appeared in front of Chen Qiu, allowing Chen Qiu to understand the current development of the orchestra in a very intuitive form.

First of all, the fans of the band.

The orchestra's audience is no longer mainly composed of Haicheng people, but also Haicheng college students.

People from other cities began to come to listen to the Harmony Symphony Orchestra's performances.

Although it is small, this is a trend that their influence is gradually expanding outward.

The number of the band's core fans is maintained at around 120 people, which means that 120 people will book tickets for every performance.

As for whether to book the highest-priced ticket or the lowest-priced ticket, it is not certain. It all depends on your personal financial strength.

However, along with the growth, there has also been some loss.

The main reason for the loss is that the orchestra performs popular works.

Although popular works can attract more audiences to listen, even many people who do not listen to symphonies will come to watch.

However, it will disgust the small number of classical music fans who were attracted by the strength of the orchestra, and reduce their appeal to buy tickets.

Li Miaomiao did not write how to solve it.

The repertoire of the show was not a decision she needed to make as a manager.

She just needed to raise these issues, tell Chen Qiu, and let Chen Qiu deal with them on his own.

Although the band's pop music was not as good as expected in attracting fans, Chen Qiu nodded with satisfaction as he saw the band was developing little by little.

As for the band’s finances…

Li Miaomiao is also in charge of finance.

According to the previous contract, Chen Qiu, as the owner of the orchestra, did not receive any salary, and all the orchestra's wages were distributed to the orchestra's musicians.

Therefore, Li Miaomiao made a table of the orchestra's income and handed it to Chen Qiu.

The orchestra performed a total of 8 times. Apart from the first performance which earned over 10 yuan, the ticket revenue from other single performances averaged around 7 yuan.

The total income was just over 50.

This is ticket revenue, not including cost expenditure.

According to the contract signed by Chen Qiu and everyone in the orchestra, half of the orchestra's ticket revenue will be used as wages for the orchestra members.

Without considering the pre-sale tickets, and only looking at the performances that have already been completed, it would be 25.

The average salary distributed to each musician is about 5000 yuan.

The principal voice of a vocal part receives 7500 yuan.

As for the leader of the orchestra, the core of the orchestra, Qin Xian, his number barely exceeded ten thousand.

Of course, these are before taxes.

After deducting five social insurances and one housing fund and other miscellaneous things, how much each person will get is Li Miaomiao's business. Chen Qiu doesn't care about it.

For a college student who has not graduated yet or is about to graduate, the income for more than half a month can reach over 5 yuan. Although it may not be enough to survive in Haicheng, it is a good start.

Once the subsequent performances remain stable, with 12 performances a month, and the average income from each performance is 7, then the monthly income can be over 8.

If we are lucky, every show will be sold out and we can get 10 for each show.

Then each of them can have a minimum salary of 12k.

Chen Qiu couldn't help but think so when he looked at the wages roughly distributed among the orchestra.

As for the band's income this month, it is 25.

Apart from the band's publicity expenses, the band's normal expenses, chartered vehicles for each trip and other miscellaneous expenses.

The orchestra could barely make a profit of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan.

This is even though Haicheng Conservatory of Music covers a lot of non-operating expenses such as water, electricity, rent, etc. for the orchestra.

If this money was used as Chen Qiu's personal salary, it would be a lot, even in Haicheng it would still be good, but as the income of the orchestra...

It's just hard to put it into words.

Not to mention the flash mob events that followed.

Some of the orchestra's instruments have been updated.

Operation and maintenance of the orchestra’s official account.

Messy things like these were piled up in front of Chen Qiu, and Chen Qiu felt a headache just looking at them.

He returned the documents in his hand to the petite Li Miaomiao and sighed at her.

"Forget it, you are responsible for handling these things. Are you able to handle them? If it is difficult to handle, I will... I will go to Professor Li Anguo to ask for a top student from the Finance Department, or find an accountant specifically?"

"I... probably can."

Li Miaomiao whispered slightly hesitantly.

According to her calculations, the orchestra's business performance was slightly worse than she expected.

After all, this is a real symphony orchestra, not the management game she played in school before.

Everyone is a real person, not an NPC who is dispensable and can be arbitrarily deprived in a management game.

Everyone's performance level can't suddenly inflate by just a few numbers.

Therefore, she needs to formulate the subsequent development of the orchestra based on the current situation of the orchestra.

Seeing Li Miaomiao like this, Chen Qiu didn't say much. He just reached out and patted Li Miaomiao on the shoulder, then smiled at her.

"Okay, don't worry about it. I believe you can be a qualified manager. We still have a lot of time. I will figure out the pop music matters. The most important thing for you now is to pay the salaries to the band members!"

After saying that, Chen Qiu clapped his hands to everyone in the orchestra and spoke loudly.

"Alright! Everybody, be quiet!"

The noisy crowd in the backstage stopped what they were doing and looked at Chen Qiu in confusion, not knowing what Chen Qiu wanted to say.

All the sounds gradually faded away.

Chen Qiu smiled and said to everyone, "Thank you all for your hard work over the past month. I won't say much. This month's salary will be increased by 1,000 yuan per person! It will be paid on the next working day! Everyone remember to check the bank card number with Li Miaomiao, don't send it to the wrong person!"

Everyone was silent, looking at Chen Qiu in disbelief, and immediately cheered.

"Holy crap! It's time to get paid! Long live Commander Chen Qiu!"

"Wuhu! Commander Chen Qiu is awesome!"

"Commander Chen Qiu, you're so handsome!"

"Ahhhhh, I just happened to take a fancy to a new game console!"

The crowd's noisy voices rose as they excitedly discussed the issue of the orchestra's salary payments.

From the beginning of performing with Chen Qiu to now, it has been almost two and a half years, and they have basically only received honors and have not received any monetary rewards.

I didn’t expect that such long-term efforts would finally bear fruit.

They are finally seeing the rewards.

Therefore, someone from the orchestra asked Chen Qiu loudly.

"So, Conductor Chen Qiu, how much did we get for last month's performance?"

"Go ask Li Miaomiao yourself later. Don't worry, there must be more than you think!"

Chen Qiu waved and said with a smile.

He rubbed his shoulders and turned to Li Miaomiao.

"By the way, when you pay them back, don't forget to include the extra 1k bonus I just promised them, including you."

"Huh? Oh, okay..."

Li Miaomiao nodded blankly.

Seeing Chen Qiu preparing to leave, she hurriedly chased after him and asked Chen Qiu.

"Then Conductor Chen Qiu, if this is the case, the orchestra will lose money. Is this... really not a big deal?"

"It doesn't matter."

Chen Qiu said to Li Miaomiao with a smile.

"I just checked some of them. With the addition of some pre-sold tickets, giving each musician an extra 1k bonus will not be a loss. After all, our orchestra is currently focusing on maintaining stability. If there are any problems later, we will deal with them later."

"That's it..."

Li Miaomiao stopped and looked at Chen Qiu's departing back thoughtfully, falling into deep thought.

Just as she was thinking, a deep voice sounded behind her.

Qin Xian carried his violin bag, walked behind Li Miaomiao, and whispered to her.

"Commander Chen Qiu is a very good person, right?"

"what?"

Li Miaomiao was startled by the sudden voice, but when she found out it was Qin Xian, her fear immediately dissipated.

She looked at Qin Xian beside her and nodded carefully to him.

"Um... um, yes. Chen Qiu distributed all the profits of the orchestra this month to everyone. He didn't keep any for himself. He didn't even get a salary himself."

"After all, this is Chen Qiu."

Qin Xian sighed lightly and smiled at Li Miaomiao.

"Conductor Chen Qiu and I are not very good at management. I'll leave the orchestra to you. Thank you."

"Okay, okay..."

Li Miaomiao looked at Qin Xian timidly and agreed in a low voice.

Qin Xian smiled and nodded at her, then picked up his violin bag again and left quickly.

Li Miaomiao stood there staring blankly at Qin Xian's departing back. Her little fists gradually clenched, and an irrepressible smile appeared on her originally nervous face.

She tightened the documents in her hand and walked away step by step.

She began to have some new ideas.

Some ideas that could take the band to the next level.

……

……

The next day.

Monday morning.

Chen Qiu held the music score in his hand, tidied his clothes, and returned to the gate of Haicheng Conservatory of Music.

Compared to the past when he stood here as a student, this time, he will return to the concert hall as the conductor of the Orchestra School of Haicheng Conservatory of Music.

The entrance of Haiyin was still the same as before, with people coming and going.

But today, it seems to be more lively than ever.

Those passing by here are not just the sophomores, juniors and seniors, or even old timers like Chen Qiu.

Here, he saw many freshmen.

Some of them came to the school alone, carrying only luggage, to start the admission procedures.

Others come in families of seven or eight people, helping out with the process.

Apparently, today is the day for freshmen to enter the school.

It is also the day when the orchestra academy officially opens.

However, although the Orchestra Academy accepts freshmen, they are generally only allowed to enter in the second half of the freshman year. Therefore, for Chen Qiu, these new students running around in Haiyin have nothing to do with him.

He would not think of helping the schoolgirls with their luggage or registering in order to improve his popularity among them.

He would never say anything about having a romantic encounter here or anything like that.

For him, it would be better to focus on music instead of doing those things.

Chen Qiu adjusted his suit again and walked towards the school concert hall with a calm expression.

According to Professor Li Anguo’s previous statement, the first orchestra academy will start there.

He had no idea that the image of him standing at the door holding the music sheet was engraved in the hearts of many freshmen.

They looked at Chen Qiu cautiously as he walked towards the concert hall, their eyes full of confusion.

No, isn't this person too pretentious?
Early in the morning, I was standing at the school gate in my performance costume.

Who are you showing off to?
When I get into school, I must give this guy a little freshman shock!

Let him know who the real genius is!
However, compared to the freshmen who are like newborn calves that are not afraid of tigers.

The group of sophomores and juniors in charge of welcoming new students didn’t think so.

They looked at Chen Qiu, their eyes full of regret.

Why did I forget to take a photo of Chen Qiu and ask for his autograph?

In the hearts of these people in the school, Chen Qiu's status is already vaguely higher than Fu Diao's.

Although Fu Diao is now a top piano genius in the world, after all, except for a few days of study in his freshman year, he has never appeared in school again. It is hard to say that Fu Diao is a member of Haiyin.

And Chen Qiu, who grew up in Haiyin and led the orchestra to travel around the country under the name of Haiyin, can convince everyone even more.

Everyone is also more willing to acknowledge Chen Qiu.

Therefore, many people quietly picked up their mobile phones, secretly took a photo of Chen Qiu's back as he entered the concert hall, and then sent it to the school group.

At once, many divers were blown out.

The shuttle bus from the school dormitory to the school was also packed with people who had hurriedly gotten up.

They really want to see what Chen Qiu, who led the school to win the Grand Slam, will do now that he has returned to school.

now.

In the concert hall.

There was a lot of noise.

Many people are thinking about getting to know their freshman classmates to see if they can end their single life.

Unfortunately, who would have thought that this great time just after school started would be locked up in the concert hall by the school orchestra, and we could only watch those people from non-orchestra academies showing off in the chat group.

Zhang Yu held the violin in his hands, sat in the position of deputy first violinist, and complained to the people around him.

"I'm not saying anything, what's the point of setting up an orchestra academy here? Why not just assign us to Chen Qiu's orchestra? Damn, what kind of battle did we fight last year? What kind of battle are we fighting this year? Just put it this way, if the conductor sent by the school is not as good as Chen Qiu, I will quit the orchestra on the spot!"

"That's it!"

Many people who were previously in the Haiyin Harmony Symphony Orchestra nodded in agreement.

They were selected into the orchestra academy as the core of Haiyin Harmony and serve as the skeleton of the orchestra. Naturally, compared with other conductors, they hope that Chen Qiu can come back to lead them.

It’s a pity that Chen Qiu went back to lead the Harmony Symphony Orchestra to conquer the world.

He is a professional commander now and he has to take his subordinates out for meals.

You may not have time to take them with you.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu couldn't help but sigh.

"To be honest, I also want to join the Harmony Symphony Orchestra. I envy Rui Jia so much. She was able to join in her junior year. Why am I only a sophomore? Am I not strong enough? I am also very strong, okay? Why didn't Chen Qiu choose me..."

As they were talking, the door of the concert hall opened.

A slightly warm voice came into Zhang Yu's ears.

"Oh? You like my band so much?"

Zhang Yu turned around in disbelief and looked towards the entrance.

He was accompanied by some other members of the Old Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

They looked towards the entrance, their eyes filled with shock.

Even Li Anguo, who had been sitting in the audience flipping through the documents in his hand, stood up and looked towards the entrance.

Under the gaze of everyone, Chen Qiu pushed the door open, looked at the band members gently, and nodded.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

"Please take care of me!"

(End of this chapter)