The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 372 Salzburg
The next morning.

After everyone had packed their luggage and musical instruments, Chen Qiu took everyone into the car, confirmed all the information, and asked the driver to drive them to Salzburg.

The vehicle starts from Frankfurt, goes south along the highway, turns through Nuremberg, drives towards Munich, and then turns to Salzburg.

The whole journey is 545 kilometers.

The speed of the bus was limited here, and even if there was no speed limit on the highway, it still took everyone six hours on the road.

During these six hours, everyone did not waste it completely. Instead, they focused their attention on the music score, rereading it with Chen Qiu and analyzing the details in it.

This was not because Chen Qiu was particularly disappointing. He did not allow everyone to rest in the car and forced everyone to start studying.

This was simply because everyone had been on holiday for nearly three days and many people's minds had been let loose. In order to get everyone to focus, Chen Qiu resorted to this desperate measure.

But it was obvious that this was just to get everyone to focus, and Chen Qiu did not go into great depth about the content of the music.

He simply told everyone how to play.

As for why this happened, Chen Qiu did not explain.

After all, talking about difficult things when people are trying to focus will not only fail to help them focus, but will also make their minds wander and make them completely forget about focusing.

These are all within Chen Qiu’s consideration.

As the car drove steadily, it was getting closer and closer to South Germany.

The surrounding environment is more like the scenery of southern Germany.

The surrounding houses are older and lower, but the surrounding environment is becoming more and more beautiful, and the cars passing by are becoming more and more luxurious.

It was obvious that they were entering Bavarian territory.

As the real "financial center" of Germany, people in Bavaria have the most money in the whole of Germany.

They are not only reflected in wages, but also in rent and cars.

The city with the highest housing prices in Germany, apart from Hamburg where Chen Qiu and his friends had visited before, is Munich.

Basically, the monthly rent is 1000 Euros or even higher.

Chen Qiu remembered hearing a friend say this before.

He was taking classes at the Technical University of Munich. He lived in a student dormitory that a senior had transferred out of after graduation, and it cost more than 1200 euros a month.

This room, where the kitchen, dormitory, work area and rest area are all gathered together, covers a full 20 square meters.

Yes, 20 square meters, more than 1200 euros.

You have to know that when Chen Qiu was working in Berlin, a 30-square-meter room cost only 600 euros, and this was even a room in the city center, surrounded by subways, supermarkets, hospitals and everything else.

This is enough to show how rich Munich is.

Of course, high housing prices bring higher wages, better benefits, and a more comfortable environment.

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra is also one of the world's top symphony orchestras, ranking in the top 20 in the world.

They will also go to the Salzburg Music Festival this time, but at a different time than the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Originally, when they passed through Munich, they walked from the outskirts of the city and did not pass through the city of Munich.

However, in order to let everyone visit more of this most famous city, which is also the base of luxury car brands such as BMW (Bavarian Engine Factory), Chen Qiu took everyone on a car tour of the city's attractions.

I took a quick look at everything here.

Only in this way can the trip be worthwhile.

Otherwise, performing on the road every day would be really boring.

After everyone finished visiting Munich, they drove to Salzburg.

When the signal of the people playing with their phones gradually weakened, they knew...

They were entering the mountains.

In the mountains of the Alps.

The most beautiful scenery in Europe will be seen along this journey.

A small train running through the mountains.

Gentle meadows between mountains.

A stream flowing in the mountains.

Cows and sheep walking aimlessly.

And there were houses with white smoke rising in the distance.

In the embrace of the Alps, a unique European pastoral mountain landscape was built.

Everyone stared blankly at the scenery outside the window, and suddenly felt...

Perhaps only in these mountains can one feel more clearly the shock of “picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and leisurely seeing the southern mountains”?
The green of the mountains rises towards the sky.

And the cold air fell from the sky.

The intersection of white, green and brown created a scene that left everyone speechless.

This is nature.

The richest person in the orchestra, Yue Fu, looked at the scenery outside the window and couldn't help but speak slowly.

“I feel like this is a hotel I stayed in before, the scenery is very similar.”

"What hotel?"

Ai Gu, who was standing next to him, didn't notice Yue Fu's pretense at all and asked in confusion, "Is there a hotel that can offer such a view?"

"Yes, there are, but they are very expensive."

Yuefu smiled and said casually while looking at the scenery outside the window.

"I lived in the Ritz-Carlton Hermitage in Risai Valley for half a month. I didn't think about anything every day. I just practiced facing the scenery outside the window. That period was the happiest time of my life."

"If I can think of nothing and just lie on the grass in the mountains here, enjoying the wind and practicing my instrument, I will be happy too."

Ai Gu muttered something casually, then opened his phone and searched for the hotel that Yuefu had just mentioned. Then he fell silent, and his eyes turned towards Yuefu in shock.

Damn it?

The cheapest room is 10,000 yuan a night?
Even if Lefu can get a discount, living there for half a month wouldn't it cost over 10?
Can you spend more than 10 yuan to stay in a hotel?

Aigu can only mean...

He thought that the life of a rich person would be great, but he never thought that the life of a rich person could be so great.

10 f*cking dollars!
If he could have that much money, why would he still play music? Wouldn't he just enjoy life?

hiss……

No, if I really do nothing, it would seem a bit boring. It would be more interesting to form a band with Chen Qiu.

So…wait?
Could it be that Yuefu is this kind of person?

If life loses its purpose, does it just become pure fun?

Ai Gu looked at Yuefu with envy in his eyes.

He really had never thought that Yuefu could be so awesome.

However, Yuefu didn't think much about it, and just chatted casually with others about the performance.

Qin Xian looked at Chen Qiu, then glanced at Su Yue who was sitting at the back chatting with Huang Xin, and Li Miaomiao who was constantly recording something, and asked Chen Qiu with a little confusion.

"Commander Chen Qiu, aren't you going to go find Su Yue?"

"Not for now. The break is over. Now it's work time. Let's focus on work first. As for other things, we can talk about them later."

Chen Qiu flipped through the documents in his hand and spoke calmly.

Then he seemed to remember something, turned to look at Qin Xian, and nodded slightly.

"Don't be in a hurry now. There will be more opportunities after we return to China. Now everything should be focused on work. This is our best opportunity."

"Yes, I know."

Qin Xian nodded and closed his eyes to calm himself.

Soon, he returned to his previous calm state.

He spoke slowly.

"I will do the same as before. Chen Qiu is in command."

"Well, keep up the good work, then."

Chen Qiu smiled and nodded.

The two continued to flip through the music scores in their hands, waiting for the car to arrive in Salzburg.

Everyone in the car was doing their own thing.

Either look at the scenery, close your eyes and rest, or read the music score.

At about six o'clock in the afternoon, the car finally arrived in Salzburg.

Because it is summer, there is not much difference between the sun at six o'clock and at twelve noon.

All you can see is the huge sun setting in the middle of the sky, emitting a warm and brilliant light.

This light enveloped everything in Salzburg.

The warm wind blew across the grass by the lake, warming the people lying on the grass.

Everything is so beautiful and comfortable.

When Chen Qiu and his friends arrived at the train station, the news about the ubiquitous Salzburg Music Festival had been posted on every corner of the city.

The Salzburg Festival is the highest-level and most prestigious music festival in the world and one of the three major classical music festivals in Europe.

Its predecessor was the Mozart Festival, which was not particularly well-known overall. However, since a series of famous conductors took over as conductors of the festival, the status of the Salzburg Festival has skyrocketed.

The conductor and emperor of conducting, Karajan, served as the director and personally led and conducted the music festival for more than 30 years, which made the Salzburg Music Festival soar in fame and completely surpass all other music festivals to become one of the most popular music festivals in the world.

Even though the Berlin Philharmonic decided to leave Salzburg and go to Baden-Baden to continue their legend, Salzburg did not fall into trouble directly and still attracted musicians from all over the world.

Here, it is difficult to schedule the top musicians for the main performances, let alone ordinary musicians who are not well-known enough.

For example, Su Yue, although she won the championship in Geneva before, she is still an ordinary musician who is not good enough in Salzburg.

If Chen Qiu and his band hadn't come, Su Yue would have probably performed in a small, empty concert hall. With luck, some people might come to listen.

If you are unlucky, there may be no one there, just some ordinary clarinet enthusiasts.

A dozen people were in a concert hall that could seat four or five hundred people, listening to the empty music until the end of the performance.

It’s tragic just to think about it.

But it’s okay now, Chen Qiu and the others are here.

As an orchestra that was able to enter the main performance segment, even though it was not in the most core area, the Salzburg Music Festival gave them enough respect and helped them with publicity.

As vehicles travel through the city, they see their own promotional posters.

Su Yue occupies half, Chen Qiu occupies a quarter, and the orchestra occupies the remaining quarter.

It's quite simple, without any special design.

After Chen Qiu led everyone into the hotel they had booked, he let everyone move freely for a while.

He took Qin Xian and Su Yue with him and walked towards the Mozart University of Music.

He and Fu Diao have already made an appointment to meet at the Mozarteum University of Music.

The Mozarteum University is located in the center of Salzburg and is the top music school in Salzburg.

It is also one of the strongest music academies in Austria.

In front of this music conservatory is a very famous bridge, which is regarded as the Lover's Bridge in this city.

People often lock love padlocks on the bridge and then throw the keys into the river below.

This is not a unique custom in China, people abroad also like to do this.

After breaking up, many people get so angry that they use scissors to cut the love locks, or even smash them with a hammer.

So it's obvious.

Things like love locks have absolutely no meaning at all.

Anyway, you may break up when you are in a relationship and get divorced when you are married. No one can guarantee that their partner will be loyal to them for a lifetime. Can this small lock lock him up for a lifetime?

Do you really think this lock is a ZC lock?

but……

When it comes to love, isn’t it the greatest meaning that it has no meaning?

Chen Qiu, Su Yue and Qin Xian looked at the Love Lock Bridge in the distance, smiled, and did not listen to the deception of the merchant selling love locks nearby. They just took a photo here, turned around and left, heading for the Salzburg University of Music not far behind them.

At this moment, music is booming in the university.

Like all music schools, people here are practicing piano very hard.

Chen Qiu knew very well that everyone in the music conservatory was more competitive than the other.

Practicing in the practice room for eight hours every day is not considered hard work.

There are many people who enter the room at eight in the morning and practice until one or two in the morning.

The guards in the school are also good.

As long as you keep practicing, then let yourself practice.

But what if you were sleeping in the piano room?
I'm sorry then!

Get out of here!

After Chen Qiu led the two into the university, he looked around curiously, with a look of a tourist on his face.

The scenery inside the Salzburg Conservatory is different from that of many other conservatories.

Here, many rooms are open to the public.

Many of the rooms open to the public are professors' rooms. People outside can hear what is happening during classes, which can be considered a form of publicity.

But maybe they came at an inopportune time today, as there was no professor teaching here.

Those practicing in the room are just ordinary piano students.

No one noticed Chen Qiu and the others.

Everyone is busy with their own things.

Qin Xian looked at the surrounding environment, thought for a while, and asked Chen Qiu.

"Commander Chen Qiu, would you like to ask for directions? I remember that Commander Chen Qiu's German seemed pretty good. Previously in Hamburg..."

"No, no, no! No, this is different!"

When Chen Qiu heard this, he immediately became anxious and quickly denied it.

"If I were in Hamburg, my German wouldn't be a problem. After all, the German in Hamburg is pretty standard and everyone can understand it, but this is Salzburg!"

"Salzburg...what's wrong?" Qin Xian was puzzled. "I remember Austria also speaks German?"

"Austrian, Bavarian German, also known as High German, or Bavarian, is a general term for the dialects of Bavaria and Austria."

Before Chen Qiu could explain, Su Yue started to explain to Qin Xian.

She sighed slightly and said to Qin Xian.

"Hallo, I am Su, and I come from China. I am Su, and I am from China. This should be easy to understand, right?"

"It's OK. It's a bit like English."

Qin Xian nodded.

Then Su Yue said.

"Séawus, ib da Su und kimm f cina, this is Bavarian and Austrian German, this is the easiest, many of their words are completely different."

"..."

Qin Xian was silent.

It seems that only the 'und' sounds the same? And the other syllables are different?
But kimm and komme, it seems, barely, a bit similar?

Qin Xian was a little uncertain.

he hesitated.

"So, German is useless here?"

"It's similar to the relationship between Mandarin and Cantonese, but it's not necessarily completely useful. Also, because I haven't used it for a long time, my German has deteriorated a bit."

Chen Qiu explained to Qin Xian, then walked to a staff member nearby, took out his ID card and spoke.

"Hello, I am an invited musician attending the Salzburg Music Festival. Where is the conference room? Can you take me there?"

"meeting room?"

The man was stunned, and then his eyes became slightly confused.

He thought for a moment, took the document from Chen Qiu's hand and started reading it. Then hesitantly said a lot of words in High German that Chen Qiu didn't understand at all, and then looked at each other in confusion.

Finally, he sighed and spoke to Chen Qiu in English.

"Come with me."

"Thank you."

Chen Qiu nodded, and led the two people behind him to follow the staff member's steps and walked towards the depths of the university.

Finally, they stopped at the door of a chamber music hall.

The staff member nodded at Chen Qiu.

"Mr. Dior is waiting for you inside."

"Dior?"

"Dio, Fu, like you, is a top musician from China. You should know him, right?"

"Fu Diao!"

Chen Qiu nodded. He instantly understood what the staff member meant.

I didn’t expect Fu Diao to be so popular here that so many people would think of Fu Diao the first time they see him.

Therefore, Chen Qiu nodded.

"Yes, I know Fu Diao."

"If you know me then that's great, have a nice day."

Go ahead, the staff member nodded at Chen Qiu and turned to leave.

Chen Qiu glanced at Qin Xian and Su Yue behind him, smiled slightly, and reached out to push open the two heavy wooden doors in front of him.

……

There is no sound.

The wooden door seemed to be lubricated with strong oil and was pushed open by Chen Qiu very easily.

Chen Qiu immediately saw Fu Diao sitting in front of the piano, looking sideways at the scenery behind him.

This is a chamber music hall.

Here, there are just some simple chairs placed against the wall.

There is nothing else superfluous.

And behind Fu Diao is a green area.

The flowers dotted among the trees release a different kind of beauty.

That is Mirabell Park, an open park behind Mozarteum University, with lush gardens facing Mirabell Palace not far away.

The light carries the flowers into the house.

Amidst all the flowers, Fu Diao looked at Chen Qiu who opened the door, and nodded with a smile.

"You came."

"Chen Qiu."

(End of this chapter)