The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 355 Official Partner of Baden-Baden Festival

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony was the piece performed by Chen Qiu and his Haiyin Harmony Symphony Orchestra in their last performance.

Because Su Yue and the others were not there at the time, Chen Qiu asked the band members to call those who had not yet arrived, to give everyone the feeling that everyone was there.

Now that Su Yue is back, I might as well take her with me and do it all over again.

There is no need to continue using the phone to perform.

As for those spectators outside the door...

Chen Qiu actually doesn’t care.

Anyway, they have already received the money, and whether many people come or not, or whether they pay or not, has nothing to do with him.

It was the people in the theater who lost money, not him.

He is in charge of life and death in the theater.

Chen Qiu's generosity obviously made those who came in from outside very happy.

They quickly found a place to sit down and began to listen to the performance of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

And when they heard the orchestra's performance, they couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

The feeling of listening outside the door and listening inside the door is different.

It was already very interesting to listen to it outside the door, and now people are sitting inside the door to listen.

All they can say is...

Invincible!

This should definitely be considered the youngest and most interesting Chinese Symphony Orchestra they have ever heard.

Even many of the top Chinese symphony orchestras may not be as interesting as them.

After all, strength is one part, and fun is another.

There is an indescribable feeling in the performance of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

It was like the whole orchestra had merged together.

It deserves the name of harmony.

This feeling permeates the entire music.

It left a very deep impression on everyone.

This also led to the audience cheering several times in a row without stopping after the piece ended.

Faced with such a lively scene, Chen Qiu and everyone in the Harmony Symphony Orchestra were filled with joy.

They didn’t skimp on their performances either.

After the main repertoire was performed, Chen Qiu and the members of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra returned to the stage many times in a row, and no one was satisfied.

It looks like I'm letting you go today and will never see you again.

The endless applause and excited expressions of the audience all demonstrated this point.

Chen Qiu had no choice but to tell everyone about their future performance plans, saying that after today's performance, they would go to a monastery not far away to perform, and then there would be a music festival in Salzburg.

They will leave Europe completely only after the next two concerts.

After hearing Chen Qiu's assurance, everyone relaxed a little and let the band members go.

Only after all the members of the orchestra had left the stage did the thunderous applause gradually dissipate, and everyone was willing to leave at this time.

No way.

The strength of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra is too beautiful and their performance is too wonderful.

They really had no way to control their emotions.

If Chen Qiu hadn't promised that they would have two more performances to come, they really didn't want the Harmony Symphony Orchestra to leave.

They also began to regret why they did not buy tickets in advance to listen to the interpretation of the sea by the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

If the feeling of listening from outside the door is so magnificent, how much better it would be to listen from inside the door!

They are longing for it.

And decided to book tickets for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra's subsequent performances in advance when I return.

"Harmony..."

Everyone kept repeating the name, fearing that they would forget it.

Compared with the audience who were reluctant to leave, the members of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra had only one emotion in their hearts after leaving the stage.

That's excitement!
As soon as Ai Gu stepped off the stage, he jumped up and punched hard.

"Fuck! So cool! This is exactly the feeling! So cool! So cool! So cool! At the beginning, there were not many people, and they all looked down on us. Then when we officially started the performance, hehe, look at their expressions, they all sat up and watched. Damn, it feels so fucking good to get slapped in the face!"

Zhao Xi, who was standing next to Ai Gu, also agreed.

"What Ai Gu said is right. At the beginning, I thought we were going to repeat the same mistake and start with a small symphony orchestra. But I didn't expect that we would be able to attract so many people in the end. A rough estimate is that there should be thousands of people, right?"

"It was mainly because a lot of staff were also attracted. I still remember the expressions of those staff members before. They were all prouder than each other, and then, wow."

Ai Gu shook his head and sighed.

"Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west. Don't look down on the poor young thief!"

"What's Battle Through the Heavens?" Le Fu, who had just finished being intimate with his partner, also interrupted and laughed, "Ours isn't really a case of 'don't bully the poor young man', right? To be more precise, it should be 'playing the pig to eat the tiger'?"

After hearing this, Qiao Shao, who was playing the clarinet, couldn't help but say, "But then again, we didn't seem to be pretending to be pigs, did we? Can this be considered pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger?"

"Hmm... good question, so it's just pretending to be awesome and getting slapped in the face?"

Ai Gu gradually fell into deep thought. He was not quite sure what his behavior just now could be considered.

But one thing he was very sure of was that it was really great to see the show end and see so many people crowding into the concert hall to listen to their performance!
He slapped his head hard, threw his messy thoughts behind him, and grinned.

"No matter what, it's fun. I don't want to think too much. I'll be honest. I think our future performances will definitely be liked by more people. When we get to the Salzburg Music Festival, I feel... we might be able to create a miracle! Gain a firm foothold in Europe!"

“I don’t dare to say that I can gain a firm foothold in Europe, but I think it will be no problem for me to make a name for myself in Salzburg.”

Everyone expressed their approval.

But as they talked, they became curious.

Normally at this time Chen Qiu should say a few words to give everyone some confidence or something.

But why is Chen Qiu missing this time?
Not only did the boys not have it, but Su Yue didn't have it either.

Everyone's eyes turned to Su Yue.

Only Su Yue, Huang Xin, and Rui Jia were seen standing together, but there was no sign of Chen Qiu.

Everyone's eyes were confused.

In their sight, the trio of Rui Jia, Huang Xin and Su Yue were also chatting in low voices about tonight's performance.

Huang Xin looked around to see if there was anyone around, so she put her arm around Su Yue's arm, leaned against Su Yue's shoulder, rubbed up and down, and said coquettishly.

"Wow, Yueyue, it feels so good to have you back to lead the performance. I feel like I can't do anything as a tuba, like a waste. Wow, that feeling is really uncomfortable. Fortunately, you are back, and the wind music has a backbone now."

"Um……"

Su Yue looked at Huang Xin who was holding her arm and acting coquettishly in silence, then she sighed slowly and asked softly.

"Why, is the atmosphere of the wind instruments in the orchestra not so good?"

"It's not that bad. Everyone is pretty nice. It's just that I had some trouble completing Chen Qiu's request. Other than that, it's okay. Yueyue, you played the clarinet so well tonight. It brought me back to the time before. At that time, our Harmony Symphony Orchestra was invincible! Isn't that right, Ruijia~"

Ruijia beside her nodded cautiously.

"Yeah, we were really good back then."

"So, Yueyue..."

Huang Xin rubbed Su Yue hard and spoke pitifully.

"When will you come back? We miss you so much. Can you come back right after our performance this time?"

After saying that, she gently kicked Rui Jia beside her.

Rui Jia was stunned, and then she also looked at Su Yue with a pitiful look, trying to use a cute expression to eliminate the disgust caused by their moral blackmail.

Seeing the two of them like this, Su Yue seemed to have expected it. She sighed softly and said helplessly.

"Yeah, I get it, but... no."

"Eh? When you see how strong our band is, don't you feel a little moved?" Huang Xin continued to hug Su Yue and act coquettishly, "Yueyue, lead us. As long as your clarinet joins, everything will be fine."

"This has nothing to do with whether I want to or not. The most important thing is..."

Su Yue tried hard to break free from Huang Xin's embrace, but found that she failed, so she could only speak helplessly.

"In addition to the performance this year, I have also completed almost all the subjects in advance, so I probably only need to study for one more year before I can apply for graduation in advance. If I'm lucky, I can probably leave Germany next year and just wait for the final year of graduation exams."

"Eh? So long?" Huang Xin blinked, and couldn't help but loosen his arms around Rui Jia. He scratched his head and asked, "Why do I remember that it only takes two years to get a doctorate?"

"Then you give it a try and see if you can graduate in two years?" Su Yue spread her hands.

Looking at Huang Xin's confused face, Su Yue sighed softly and said to Huang Xin.

"But don't worry. I've discussed this with my teacher. Basically, as long as I finish this performance, my subsequent tasks will be much easier. She will also help me get more performances in Asia. Maybe we can meet again in the future."

"That's it..."

Huang Xin nodded thoughtfully, then stretched out his hand.

"Then it's a deal. Our band will be waiting for you! You must come back!"

"Yeah, yeah, definitely."

Su Yue's expression became even more helpless. She and Huang Xin lightly pressed a handprint, then rubbed Rui Jia's head and spoke softly.

"But our band also needs to go one step further. If we can go one step further, I will have some surprises for the band."

"Surprise? What surprise?"

"You will know about this in the future. If you tell me in advance, it won't be a surprise."

Su Yue shook her head slightly and said nothing.

After the three of them chatted casually about the band's recent situation, everyone suddenly felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

I always feel like something is missing.

They looked around and found that everyone in the band was like this.

Everyone is looking for something.

It's like losing my backbone.

The three of them looked at each other, and Huang Xin immediately said.

"No, where is Chen Qiu? Normally, shouldn't Chen Qiu come out at this time to celebrate the success of the performance with us? Why is Chen Qiu gone at this time? Yueyue, did you see Chen Qiu when you came out just now?"

"Um……"

Su Yue fell into thought, then hesitated.

"I was going to say hello to him when I came down just now, but it seems like he was called away by the staff?"

"staff member?"

Huang Xin was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes were filled with worry.

"Will the theater be held accountable for letting outsiders in?"

"Probably not..."

As Su Yue spoke, she also felt something was wrong, and a feeling of uneasiness surged in her heart.

"Based on my previous performances, the theater will not embarrass Chen Qiu with this."

"That's strange..."

Huang Xin was also confused.

However, just when everyone was getting uneasy and wanted to go out to look for Chen Qiu, the backstage door was opened.

Chen Qiu walked in from the door with a smile on his face.

He looked at the worried faces of the crowd, and the smile on his face froze, and he blinked.

"Ah? What happened? Why do everyone's expressions look so strange? Did something happen?"

"Chen Qiu, command!"

"Chen Qiu."

"Boss..."

Suddenly there were several shouts from the crowd.

Those people looked at each other, and finally turned their attention to Qin Xian and Su Yue, asking them to speak on behalf of the orchestra.

Qin Xian looked at Su Yue for a long time, his eyes slightly lowered, he took two steps back, gave up his seat, and motioned Su Yue to come forward.

Facing the recommendation of the crowd, Su Yue frowned slightly and was about to shake her head to refuse, but the next second, a slender finger pressed against her lower back.

She turned her eyes slightly and found that Huang Xin shook her head slightly at her, then blinked, trying to indicate something.

In response to this, Su Yue could only sigh, look at Chen Qiu, and ask lightly.

"Chen Qiu, where have you been? We haven't seen you for a long time and we are a little worried."

"Huh? Sorry, sorry, my question!"

Chen Qiu understood instantly, raised his hands to beg for mercy twice in front of everyone, and then spoke awkwardly.

"Just after the performance, the theater contacted me and said they wanted to discuss the performance with me. I originally thought that it was because I let all those people in without permission that the theater wanted to make trouble for me, but I didn't expect that to be the case. The person who contacted me was the theater manager. He wanted to discuss something with me. Can you guess what it was?"

Chen Qiu looked at everyone with great joy, and then without waiting for anyone to guess, he just smiled and said.

"That's the performance contract for the Baden-Baden Music Festival! Not for this performance, but for the performances after that!"

Chen Qiu raised the contract in his hand, waved it at everyone, and explained happily.

"With this contract, we will be able to perform in Baden-Baden as special guests of the Baden-Baden Music Festival, and Baden-Baden will solve the accommodation problem for our orchestra. In other words, we are now a partner of the Baden-Baden Music Festival! The treatment is almost the same as that of the Berlin Philharmonic!"

"Oh!! Conductor Chen Qiu is awesome!! The Harmony Symphony Orchestra is awesome!!!"

The band immediately cheered.

No matter how much everyone planned, they never expected that they would become the official partner of the Baden-Baden Music Festival.

This is fucking awesome.

It is equivalent to that they will serve as a signboard of the Baden-Baden Music Festival and promote it to the outside world.

What is this concept?
The more well-known business card of the Baden-Baden Music Festival is called the Berlin Philharmonic.

Although not completely equivalent, their status in the Baden-Baden Music Festival is almost equivalent to that of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Looking at everyone's excited expressions, the smile on Chen Qiu's face couldn't help but grow wider.

He raised his hand slightly to ask everyone to be quiet, then continued with a smile.

"Originally, the Baden-Baden Music Festival wanted to sign an exclusive contract with me, which meant that we could not perform in any other place in Europe except for the places they agreed to. In return, they would bear the extra transportation costs for our performances as a token of their sincerity. If our orchestra was willing, we could even disband and join the Baden-Baden Opera House Symphony Orchestra as a sub-orchestra."

Everyone in the orchestra was stunned. They didn't expect that Baden-Baden would want to sign an exclusive contract or even want to swallow them up.

This is so surprising.

A purely Asian orchestra was valued and signed by a European symphony orchestra. Judging from the treatment it received, this is definitely the pride of China.

only……

Is this really what they want?
Everyone looked at Chen Qiu, and found that Chen Qiu had a mysterious smile on his face. They finally felt relieved.

If it were someone else, they might have sold the band directly, but Chen Qiu?
There is absolutely no way he would sell the orchestra for such a small profit.

Everyone has the same goal.

They want to build the orchestra into the world's best symphony orchestra.

How can we stop them at this moment?
Therefore, everyone looked at Chen Qiu, waiting for Chen Qiu to speak.

Chen Qiu also smiled and raised his eyebrows.

"Of course, how could I agree to this? We are going to the world's number one symphony orchestra, how can we stop here? This is too much of a loss for the greater good. Seeing that I am so determined, they have no choice but to set a performance fee of 1.5 euros for each performance, plus the orchestra's accommodation. How about that? Is it okay?"

"Alright, this is awesome! Chen Qiu is an awesome commander!"

Everyone cheered again.

Chen Qiu also burst into laughter.

"Come on, Li Miaomiao, let's find a place and have a drink with the band! Everyone can drink as much as they want tonight, the band will treat!"

"Wuhu! Long live Commander Chen Qiu!"

Accompanied by the cheers of the crowd, the band rushed out the door.

Su Yue also looked at Huang Xin beside her, smiled, and quietly followed the pace of the orchestra.

As expected, only when Chen Qiu is there, it is a harmonious symphony orchestra.

……

……

At this moment, not far outside the concert hall.

Hubble held his mobile phone and sent a message to everyone in his group with great excitement.

"You will never be able to imagine what you missed tonight!"

(End of this chapter)