The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 317 Flash, start!
Chen Qiu didn't know that the school had already spread his information wildly in the chat group.

He just followed the procedure and led the group of freshmen from the orchestra academy to perform the "Yellow River Concerto" according to Professor Li Anguo's request.

Although the level of this group of people is not as good as the golden generation he led before, with the support of many former performers of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra such as Zhang Yu and Song Ge, the orchestra still maintains a very strong execution ability.

It is precisely this kind of execution that allows the orchestra to go through the entire work within three or four hours and begin to adjust some details of the music.

However, when Chen Qiu finished rehearsing with the orchestra and returned to his own orchestra, what he saw were some people, led by Qin Xian, with slightly resentful looks in their eyes.

They looked at Chen Qiu with unspeakable expressions in their eyes.

Chen Qiu scratched the back of his head in confusion and asked everyone in the band.

"What's wrong with you...?"

"Conductor Chen Qiu, you, don't have another orchestra outside, do you?" Before Qin Xian could say anything, Ai Gu, who was not far away, spoke first, pretending to be sad and said to Chen Qiu, "You said you would run an orchestra for life!"

Yue Fu, who was standing at the side, also shouted, "Woo woo woo, what do you want us to do? Chen Qiu will direct you to come back and lead us in the performance. As long as it is something we can do, we are willing to do anything!"

Zhao Xi scratched his head and found that he had no lines, so he could only cross his arms and speak to the other people in the band.

"How much consciousness do you have when you say this? You people, your minds are full of yourselves!"

Rui Jia was also nodding not far away and whispered, "That's right, you're right!"

I don't know where she stands.

"..."

Looking at the orchestra's acting skills, Chen Qiu's mouth twitched, and he rubbed his eyebrows in slight pain, then said to everyone.

"No, I just went out to help Professor Li Anguo and help him with the school's orchestra academy. Where did you get all these dramas?"

"Humph, who told you to go out and perform without us?"

"That's right, Conductor Chen Qiu, do you know how hard we rehearse in the concert hall? You don't even take us with you when you go out to play!"

Everyone waved their fists at Chen Qiu.

Seeing everyone like this, Chen Qiu could only look to Qin Xian beside him for help and said to him.

"No, Qin Xian, you are the chief, you should take care of your subordinates! I am just going out to do a task for Professor Li Anguo, why do you make it seem like I am cheating?"

"..."

Qin Xian shifted his gaze to the side without leaving a trace and remained silent.

For a while.

The people betrayed their relatives.

Chen Qiu inexplicably had the illusion that he had gone out to find his mistress and was caught in the act.

Chen Qiu took two steps back helplessly and spread his hands to everyone.

"Okay, okay, it's like this. Professor Li Anguo has gained more say in the school because of the success of the previous conductor training program. So he wanted to find me and work with me to set up an orchestra academy. That means splitting up the previous school orchestra and then cooperating with the string music department to form a new department. But compared to other departments, they have more autonomy! Whether it's performing or studying, they want to be more independent."

"so."

Qin Xian finally nodded at this time.

As the leader of the orchestra, he played his role as the leader at this moment and spoke to the orchestra members who were still shouting around him.

"Okay, Conductor Chen Qiu is leading other orchestras outside. There must be a reason for him to do so. Since Conductor Chen Qiu doesn't want to say it, then we shouldn't force Conductor Chen Qiu to say it. Don't you think so? Conductor Chen Qiu?"

"No, why do I feel that your resentment is deeper than others?"

Chen Qiu couldn't help but cry out in protest.

Looking at Chen Qiu like this, Qin Xian just hummed softly, then calmly picked up the violin in his hand and said to Chen Qiu.

"These are some insignificant details. Conductor Chen Qiu, we need to continue rehearsing the flash mob this afternoon, so I think we should continue discussing the arrangement of the flash mob's repertoire."

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. You're the boss, and you have the final say."

Chen Qiu shook his head helplessly, took off his coat, hung it casually on the podium behind him, and opened the music score in his hand.

He asked Li Miaomiao, who was sitting in the corner and typing on the computer.

"Li Miaomiao, what did Hongqiao Airport say? How is your contact with the airport? Have you confirmed the time and place?"

"Confirmed!"

Li Miaomiao stood up from the corner, walked to the front of the orchestra holding the computer in her hand, nodded to Chen Qiu and Qin Xian, and whispered.

"I have already contacted the airport manager. The specific performance location will still be at the hub. They can cooperate with us to check out the location and walk through the stage, but we can't perform."

"Okay, that's no problem."

Chen Qiu nodded and then asked.

"What about photography? What about publicity? Have you done all that?"

"In terms of publicity, we announced it on our band's official website, official WeChat account, and various platforms. I'm not sure how many people will see it. The airport said they would also help us with publicity. They will put an announcement on their official website. As for photography... I asked some students from our school's publicity department to help."

Not all people in the school publicity department are teachers.

In fact, there are still many students inside.

That group of students was in charge of photography and video recording activities for the school publicity department. In simple terms, they were... free labor.

Basically, they have to go there to record and archive all the school activities, big or small.

Since many activities are quite serious, such as various meetings in school, the school publicity department often organizes some learning activities to cultivate students' photography skills, and not just use them as free labor.

With such a strong presence on campus, Li Miaomiao approached them without any hesitation and asked them to help record a flash mob video.

The students in the Propaganda Department not only agreed to Li Miaomiao's request, but also took the initiative to apply for post-production and put their performances on the school's official account.

For this particularly proactive group of people, no, alumni, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, a new symphony orchestra with not much money, naturally accepted it all.

"Because the Harmony Symphony Orchestra is well-known in the school, the publicity department said that everyone should go, not just the photographers, but also the videographers."

"It's only a 6-minute flash mob. Is it necessary for so many people to come..."

The corners of Chen Qiu's mouth twitched.

He was originally just planning a flash mob following Li Miaomiao's suggestion.

But he never expected that the orchestra and the school seemed to take it more seriously than he thought.

After Li Miaomiao finished speaking, she handed the schedule to Chen Qiu and said.

"This is the schedule I set based on the school's schedule, the orchestra's rehearsal schedule, and the airport's responsible person's schedule. Commander Chen Qiu, would you like to take a look?"

"Row."

Chen Qiu took the daily schedule handed over by Li Miaomiao, glanced at it, and nodded slightly.

It's really professionals doing professional things.

Everything is arranged clearly.

If you come by yourself...

No, I shouldn't have thought of taking this route quickly.

After Chen Qiu returned the documents in his hand to Li Miaomiao, he asked Qin Xian.

"How's the orchestra's rehearsal going?"

"It's OK. When Chen Qiu directed you to the Haiyin Student Symphony Orchestra, we played several of the prepared pieces. Overall, there were no problems."

Qin Xian spoke with a heavier emphasis in the student symphony orchestra, and then glanced at Chen Qiu, which made Chen Qiu look confused.

But since Qin Xian said there was no problem, Chen Qiu believed Qin Xian.

He took out the piece that the orchestra was preparing to perform from the pile of music scores in front of him.

The duration of this flash mob was not long. After all, the core focus of flash mob is speed and flash.

The longest time is probably about 6 minutes.

If their flash mob lasts for a full hour and a half, then it is not called a flash mob, but can be directly called a performance.

Therefore, the works they choose are basically the most famous parts of some works, and they make a mixture, also called a remix version.

The works selected by Chen Qiu and his colleagues include the Western classical work "March of the Toreadors", the Western modern work "Shostakovich Waltz No. 2", the Eastern classical work "Jasmine Flower", the Eastern modern work "My Motherland and I", and the film and television music work "A Man Should Be Self-reliant".

Because "My Country, My Parents", "Jasmine Flower" and "Shostakovich Waltz No. 2" are all relatively slow works, only "March of the Toreadors" and "A Man Should Be Self-reliant" are slightly faster.

Therefore, Chen Qiu gave these works a program from slow to fast, ending the whole performance with "March of the Matadors".

There's nothing wrong with the show.

The orchestra is now able to perform all of these works.

After all, Chen Qiu had also performed these works with the orchestra during some encore performances, so the performance problems were not serious.

But there is one thing, ...

Chen Qiu felt that the transition was not very good. He led the orchestra to make adjustments and change the tracks in some places where the keys were changed. The changes in the tracks were not particularly smooth and sounded a little stiff.

Therefore, Chen Qiu asked Li Miaomiao beside him.

"Li Miaomiao, when you go to school later, remember to help me find the teachers and students in the school's composition department and ask if there is anyone there who can help us re-arrange the work. Ask them to come and help. Remember, it's best to say that it was your own idea, and don't say that it was done by our Harmony Symphony Orchestra!"

"Eh? Of course you can...but why?"

Li Miaomiao nodded, looked at Chen Qiu blankly, and asked him.

Chen Qiu was helpless.

"I can't help it. The modern works written by the teachers and students in the composition department of the school are difficult and disgusting. I really don't want to perform with the orchestra, and everyone in the orchestra doesn't want to either, so I can only ask you for help!"

Li Miaomiao looked at the disgusted expressions of everyone in the band, and instantly felt the same way, and immediately nodded vigorously.

"Okay! I'll go ask the people in the composition department at school."

After getting Li Miaomiao's consent, Chen Qiu nodded with satisfaction, raised the baton in his hand and spoke to everyone.

"Okay, everyone, please stand up and perform according to the plan we set for the flash mob. First, Rui Jia's double bass, then Xu Shuwen's cello, and then the violins and other instruments. Do you hear me?"

"Yes! Chen Qiu is in command!"

After officially entering the orchestra rehearsal state, the joking with Chen Qiu completely disappeared, and everyone's face was full of seriousness.

Li Miaomiao has already sent them the band's recent income.

They know one thing very well.

The harder they work, the more performances they have, the better the performances are, the more audiences they attract, and the more they can earn.

This is not just for Chen Qiu to rehearse, but also for their own rehearsal and performance.

Therefore, everyone looked at Chen Qiu intently, followed Chen Qiu's instructions, and began their performance.

As the sound of Ruijia's double bass rang out, the string group followed closely.

This is the opening statement they decided on, which is an adaptation of one of the main themes.

No one may understand it at first, but as more instruments are added, the melody will become more and more familiar.

After conducting for a while, Chen Qiu put down the baton in his hand and let the orchestra drive automatically. He mainly listened to the wrong parts of the orchestra.

This is also in preparation for the subsequent flash mob.

After all, when the flash mob happened, it would be difficult for him, as the conductor of the orchestra, to just do it directly.

but……

While watching the band's performance, Chen Qiu stroked his chin, wondering if the band could organize another activity besides this flash mob?

For example, passers-by directing?

Let the orchestra practice some pieces that can be performed normally without your own conductor, and then let them play following the baton of a passerby.

It seems quite interesting?
However, this requires more things to be negotiated.

Chen Qiu could only put these things behind him, then pointed at the trumpet that was playing a moaning tune not far away and spoke loudly.

"Trumpet, watch your pitch! Can't you hear the dissonance between you and the orchestra?"

"Le Fu, don't hide, you've blown it too!"

"The wind instruments will stop for a moment. Let's go back to the D section of the Bullfight March and start again. The strings will go first, and the wind instruments will come out in a moment."

"Bang, bang, bang, bang! Use more power. Don't worry about the volume in this concert hall. You will be performing in an open space. Your voices will be easily drowned out by the noise of passers-by. So use more power!"

"Then who is that? The one playing the violin in the third row. I told you to be strong, not to play blindly. Where are your emotions?"

"..."

Under Chen Qiu's direction, the orchestra members made adjustments in a chaotic manner, and it took a long time to meet Chen Qiu's requirements.

Without being present on site, they adjusted the order of the band's appearance and the sound effects.

Get everything ready for their pop-up performance.

……

Time passes quickly.

With the start of the orchestra academy, Chen Qiu has more things to do.

In addition to the normal orchestra rehearsal tasks every day, we also have to lead the orchestra to prepare for flash mob scouting and to rehearse with the uncles, aunts, grandpas and grandmas in the opera house.

A lot of things piled up together, making Chen Qiu's days particularly fulfilling.

I get up before dawn every day to deal with various affairs and prepare for rehearsals.

He suddenly realized how lucky it was to have a band manager who was awesome enough.

My plan for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra was too simple and plain.

If he were really left to do it alone, Chen Qiu felt that he might die suddenly before the band even got off the ground.

These things are really not made by humans!

Li Miaomiao is responsible for the liaison with the government, the cooperation with the school, and even the publicity of the orchestra. She is as busy as a top.

However, it is also because of Li Miaomiao's efforts that the band's flash mob has begun to gain some popularity, and some people are beginning to look forward to the band's performance.

Compared with the popularity on the Internet, the popularity within Haicheng Conservatory of Music is even more off the charts.

Whether it is the freshmen, or the sophomores, juniors and seniors.

The Harmony Symphony Orchestra, the pride of Haiyin, is planning a flash mob. How can they, the Haiyin family, not support it?
At one time, Haiyin School received countless leave applications. Some said that the students were sick, some said that someone in their family was sick, and all kinds of reasons were piled up in the hands of the school teachers.

Looking at the table full of leave requests, the counselors were reluctant to agree to all of them, so they could only ask the school for their opinions.

Every department has different opinions.

But what is similar is that students skip many public courses and consult professional teachers for advice on professional courses.

Some teachers are more concerned and will not allow leave, as asking for leave is equivalent to skipping class.

Those who didn’t care much not only agreed to ask for leave, but even took leave themselves and decided to go with the students to watch the flash mob of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

After all, if I remember correctly, the flash mob only lasted a few minutes.

They can even go and come back the same day.

With everyone's expectations, everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, and time soon came to the day of the flash mob.

Chen Qiu got up early as usual from the room behind the concert hall, went to the conductor's room to make himself a cup of soy milk, and then staggered to the door of the concert hall.

At the door, a Huolala truck had already been parked there in advance. They were responsible for transporting musical instruments that were difficult to carry, such as double basses and timpani.

Qin Xian, Zhao Xi and those who could carry musical instruments with them had already carried their instruments and taken the subway to Hongqiao Hub.

Therefore, Chen Qiu smiled at Rui Jia Ai Gu and others who were waiting at the door and spoke.

"Okay, move the things over. I hope our flash mob goes smoothly."

"Okay, Commander Chen Qiu! I wish our flash mob goes well!"

After Ai Gu gave Chen Qiu a thumbs up, he followed the Huolala driver and started moving the musical instruments into the car.

It didn't take long before all the difficult-to-transport instruments were loaded onto the van and secured.

After confirming that everything was ready, everyone drove towards the Hongqiao hub.

The weather was fine and the journey was smooth.

It didn't take long before everyone arrived near the Hongqiao Hub, transported their instruments to the previously fixed positions, and together with the students from the Publicity Department, began to shoot some pre-performance videos as material for later editing.

Only after everything was prepared did everyone come to their seats.

They took a few deep breaths, their eyes heavy.

This is their first time to perform a flash mob, and they are performing in a completely new way.

Therefore, they are filled with tension.

Not only them, but Chen Qiu is the same.

He stood in the corner, clicking on his headphones, waiting for the signal.

Finally, when he couldn't wait any longer, Li Miaomiao's voice rang out from his headphones.

"Commander Chen Qiu, the flow of people has almost reached the expected level, we can start now!"

"Okay, everyone has it!"

Chen Qiu straightened his back, took two steps forward, glanced at the gradually increasing number of people around him, and whispered.

"Quick, start!"

(End of this chapter)