The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 357 Warmth and Coldness

Fu Diao never expected that the president on the other side expressed his acceptance before he even finished speaking.

According to him, it is not easy for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra to get a performance at the Salzburg Music Festival.

That's what you say.

The reason he got the opportunity to perform at the Salzburg Music Festival was not because of his strong abilities, which led to him being selected and able to enter the festival and participate in it.

The main reason why he was able to enter at that time was because a big shot temporarily left the festival and his performance became vacant.

Under such circumstances, he received an invitation to the Salzburg Music Festival and officially joined it to show his strength to audiences around the world.

It was luck that he was able to get in at that time, let alone Su Yue.

Su Yue was able to get in purely because of her teacher's kindness, and he gave her a chance.

In fact, because her teacher's face was only somewhat effective and did not reach the level of having the final say, Su Yue was only arranged to perform in an inconspicuous marginal position.

The Salzburg Festival does not have one performance every day, they have many performances every day.

Performed in different places.

There are palaces, universities, and special performance halls.

The specifications are different in each place.

Even in universities, there are main concert halls or chamber music halls.

As for the Salzburg Festival officials, they just confirmed that the performers were of higher status and asked them not to perform on the same day.

For the audience, it is not like the Baden-Baden Music Festival, where they only listen to music at night and do nothing else at other times.

As for those musicians, they don’t actually pursue performances in the main unit or performances at ordinary times.

For them, this is the best opportunity for them to show their strength and attract the audience.

It's good enough that you can get in, but you are still picky about this place. Aren't you afraid that the Salzburg Music Festival will simply give up and not let you continue to perform here?
Therefore, Fu Diao had actually already made a conclusion about this matter before coming.

Su Yue wanted to perform with the symphony orchestra, but there was only one outcome: being rejected.

He came here more to try out whether his face was useful.

As a member of the main production unit, he naturally has the same status as Sabine Meyer.

The simultaneous request from both of them might make the Salzburg Music Festival change its mind and agree to Su Yue's request.

Even though he told Chen Qiu not to worry, he actually had no idea what was going on before entering the office.

We can only try it out.

If it really doesn't work, he will discuss with the organizing committee to replace his main performance unit and give it to Su Yue.

He also changed from the previous piano concerto to an interlude of piano solo, just for everyone's enjoyment in the garden.

He even prepared a playlist of new songs.

But who would have thought...

Before he even opened his mouth, the organizing committee actually agreed to his request?

Fu Diao had a strange expression on his face.

He hesitated for a long time before speaking in a tangled way.

"Um... President, can I ask why? Why are you so excited when I mention the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, and are you willing to give them a chance?"

"Why? Is there any other reason for this?"

The president burst into laughter.

He explained with a smile that he didn't hide at all.

"Because the Harmony Symphony Orchestra gives us a very interesting perspective. We already have many, many top solo musicians and artists. For example, you, Yue, we have seen too many of them, so we don't really care about solo musicians. After all, there are too many options to choose from. The Harmony Symphony Orchestra is completely different!"

"If you have paid attention to our performances at the Salzburg Festival, you will find that we are willing to give a lot of preferential treatment to those new, potential and outstanding groups, whether it is chamber music or symphony orchestra! So, it's obvious!"

"As a symphony orchestra, as a Chinese symphony orchestra, as a symphony orchestra mainly composed of young people, their music has its own unique features. Such performance is enough for us to give them a green light!"

“Although there is no way to directly invite them to the music festival, there is no problem in letting them serve as guests to help some solo musicians perform, especially when Yue becomes the musician we invited!”

When Fu Diao heard this, he immediately understood.

The president explained it to him very clearly.

In fact, everything happened naturally.

If only the Harmony Orchestra performed well, the Salzburg Festival might not choose the Harmony Orchestra.

If it was him, Fu Diao, who wanted to collaborate with the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, then the Salzburg Festival would not be too eager to invite him.

But now, the performance of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra meets many conditions.

Firstly, they will not encroach on the performance time of the Salzburg Festival.

Secondly, they will not prevent certain symphony orchestras from coming to perform.

Finally, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra has the endorsement of two resident musicians, Sabine Meyer.

All things considered, it becomes clear why Salzburg chose the Harmony Orchestra.

The addition of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra was like a godsend. Apart from adding a bit of depth to the Salzburg Music Festival, it also had no impact on their previous arrangements.

If you were the director of the Salzburg Festival, would you agree to their joining?
Fu Diao nodded in a daze, then asked with a little curiosity.

"But how did you know about the Harmony Orchestra, President? This symphony orchestra shouldn't be very famous, right?"

"Not that famous?" The president couldn't help but laugh a few times after hearing this, and then spoke meaningfully.

"Fu, maybe you should pay more attention to the European music scene. Music is not just your music, it's the music of many people. The connection between us is closer than you think. The Baden-Baden Music Festival has already passed on the news. Maybe it's not just us, even other music festivals are observing the Harmony Symphony Orchestra."

Having said that, the president drank the coffee in front of him, pushed it aside casually, and said to Fu Diao with a smile.

"Sorry, Fu, I still have some things to deal with. You should see the result soon regarding the Harmony Symphony Orchestra joining the music festival. If you have anything else, you can just contact my assistant, okay? If you are free later, let's get together more often. I will also introduce you to some key figures in the music industry."

"Well, okay, thank you. Well...see you later."

Fu Diao nodded, put down the documents he had prepared earlier, and turned to leave without any hesitation.

The assistant next to him walked to the door, bowed deeply to the president, and then carefully closed the door.

After waiting until the door was completely closed and no sound could be heard from inside, the assistant quickly ran to Fu Diao's side, took out his cell phone from his pocket, quickly searched it, and then said to Fu Diao.

"Dr. Fu, I just found out that when we were heading to Salzburg and waiting to meet with the president of the Salzburg Music Festival, Conductor Chen gave a stunning performance at the Baden-Baden Music Festival. According to a commentator from a musician magazine who was present at the time, he said..."

The assistant cleared his throat slightly and recited slowly in a low voice.

"This is a young team, and this is also a mature team. There is a light of hope hidden in their team. Although this light is still very small and weak, with this light, they have the key to the top of the world!"

"I don't know if I can live to see the day when they grow up, but I believe that as long as the light in their hearts does not go out, sooner or later, this light will ignite everything and let the whole world hear their voices! And let the whole world be impressed by them!"

"If we simply discuss the strength of their performance, I would give it a score of 9.3, but if we consider their future, I would give it a score of 9.5!"

Having said that, the assistant looked cautiously at Fu Diao who was sitting on a bench outside the Salzburg Palace, and whispered at his unmoved expression.

"If I remember correctly, with a score of 9.5, it should be ranked in the top in the world, but I haven't paid much attention to orchestras in this ranking, so I'm not sure which symphony orchestra I can compare it with..."

"No, no, this is fine."

Fu Diao raised his hand to stop the assistant from speaking, then spoke with a little emotion.

"It's not that I don't know how good the Harmony Symphony Orchestra's performance is. I just feel a little emotional. The speed at which they were discovered was a little faster than I expected. They were well-known by the European music community with just one performance. Their strength may have far exceeded my expectations of them."

"So... do we need to go to them? To the monastery?"

"No, I think... let's continue to stay in Salzburg. I want to see how many surprises Chen Qiu and his orchestra can bring us. Perhaps, the surprises are not just these."

Fu Diao stood up, rubbed his shoulders, and looked in front of him.

The warm summer breeze ruffled the flowers all over the room, and an intoxicating fragrance filled the air.

Not far away, a stream flows through the city, and the faint voices of people add a touch of liveliness to the city.

Everything is so beautiful.

Even if you sit in the sun, you won't feel the sunlight is too strong.

The world is beautiful. Looking at all this, Fu Diao couldn't help but reveal a gentle smile on his face, and chuckled to the assistant beside him.

"Besides, the weather here in Salzburg is more comfortable than we thought, isn't it?"

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……

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And at this moment, Chen Qiu is in Germany.

“Ahhhhh…Ahhhhhhh!”

Chen Qiu sneezed forcefully, then rubbed his arms, looking at the monastery in front of him and the hot sunshine. His brain lost the ability to think for a moment.

No, why is this place so cold?
The sun was clearly hanging in the sky, but it couldn't dispel the coldness of the monastery.

Damn, is this the place where they are going to perform later?
Chen Qiu frowned. For the first time, he had the idea of ​​escaping before the performance even started.

He felt cold enough from the parking lot at the entrance to the church of the monastery.

When he entered the church and stood in the place where the performance would take place, it was extremely cold.

Although there is no air conditioning at all, the inside is like an ice storage, emitting strong cold air.

Chen Qiu even felt that the breath he exhaled might condense into white winter mist.

But I glanced at the thermometer placed aside.

Chen Qiu understood instantly.

The temperature in this damn place is 13 degrees!
No, do you know that the sun in your house is 13 degrees?

Isn't it summer? The surrounding temperature is 23 or 24 degrees. Why is it so cold where you are?
It’s only 13 degrees?
Even the air conditioner can’t be turned to 13 degrees!

Chen Qiu couldn't help but look at Li Miaomiao not far away, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

He couldn't pass the buck.

Li Miaomiao didn't know this place either, and she had never been there.

She certainly had no idea this place could be so cold.

She was now doing the same thing as Chen Qiu, constantly rubbing her arms and shivering from the cold.

This also made her look at the wooden door next to her particularly eagerly.

What she wanted to do most now was to run to the wooden door, to the central courtyard, and bask in the sun.

Drive away the coldness from her body.

This place is a bit over the top.

She seemed to notice Chen Qiu's gaze, turned her head and looked at Chen Qiu, her expression instantly becoming awkward.

After shrugging slightly at Chen Qiu to express her helplessness, she sighed slowly, continued to rub her arms, and waited for the person in charge to arrive.

Fortunately, the person in charge arrived quickly.

Soon after everyone came in and put away their instruments, a staff member inside ran out to notify everyone.

So about five minutes later, the pot-bellied person in charge, wearing short-sleeved shirt and shorts, walked up to Chen Qiu and said with a very friendly smile.

"Mr. Chen! Welcome! This should be your first time to our monastery, right? I really regret not being able to greet you at the door in advance, but I think our monastery will not disappoint you! How do you feel about our monastery?"

"..."

Chen Qiu was silent.

He looked at the person in charge in front of him who was wearing short sleeves and shorts, then looked at himself who was wearing long sleeves and long pants.

This...why?

There are fat people in their band, and those fat people are more afraid of cold and heat than him. How come this guy can still wear short-sleeved shirts and shorts in such a cold place?

Is this really because you are used to being cold? That’s why you don’t feel cold anymore?

The corners of Chen Qiu's mouth twitched. After taking a deep breath, he spoke helplessly.

"Well, it does feel good. It's very much like the feeling of a monastery that I imagined. It's just that this place is a little cold. The members of our band may not be able to stand it."

"Cold? Is it?"

The person in charge touched his arm and a puzzled look appeared on his face.

It was obvious that he didn't find the place cold.

But then again, even if it was cold, what could he do? He couldn't add an electric heater to this place to provide heating for everyone.

Therefore, he could only pretend that this topic did not exist and laughed.

"Sorry, sorry, maybe it's because of the design of the monastery environment? This place is dark and well ventilated, so it feels very cold. So, everyone, please go to our office at the back and take a rest? The office is much warmer than inside the monastery."

Go ahead, he walked forward a few steps and showed Chen Qiu the way.

Chen Qiu did not refuse. He asked the members of the orchestra, who were also shivering from the cold, to stand up, leave some instruments that were difficult to carry where they were, carry the other instruments with them, and follow the person in charge to the back of the monastery.

Behind the monastery is a large open space with a passage winding up the mountain.

Walking here, Chen Qiu could roughly understand the design of the entire monastery.

The monastery itself is in the shape of a letter B, with the internal structure of the monastery within the circle and the open space above the circle.

As for the office, it is the protruding line above b.

If this monastery looks like an ordinary ancient church from the outside, then when you walk to the back, the large number of vehicles parked in the open space will bring everyone into the modern era.

However, this is not the end.

Following the instructions of the person in charge, everyone walked into the quaint monastery office building and were completely shocked by the European decoration.

It’s not that the decoration of this place is so luxurious or so European.

But who would have thought that in such a shabby stone house, once the door was opened, there would be marble so smooth that it could reflect a person's shadow.

Walking step by step into the office building, even more outrageous things are still to come.

A huge transparent elevator surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows appeared in front of everyone, and smooth and beautiful stairs climbed up around the elevator.

If no one told him, Chen Qiu would definitely think this place was the lobby of a five-star hotel.

You call this place a monastery?
Whose monastery has such a luxurious interior decoration...

Oh, no, if you consider Europe’s attitude towards religion, there’s also things like tithe.

It is normal that the interior decoration of this monastery is so luxurious.

Chen Qiu and the band members walked to the third floor with expressionless faces.

After reaching the third floor, the previous modern Nordic cool style gradually changed into European classical luxury style.

The two are separated by a huge glass door.

The pot-bellied person in charge opened the door with a smile and walked in with Chen Qiu.

After guiding the orchestra members into two sun-filled conference rooms and the library to rest, he took Chen Qiu and continued walking upstairs to his office.

Classic, low-key and luxurious.

Perhaps, this is the representative of old European money.

Looking at this lounge, this thought flashed through Chen Qiu's mind.

He looked at the head of the monastery seriously and spoke with great anticipation.

"Um... would you like to invest in our band?"

The person in charge who had just walked in and was about to pour coffee for Chen Qiu was stunned.

"what?"

(End of this chapter)