The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 382 Salzburg Contract
Su Yue didn't hear clearly what Chen Qiu said.

And what Su Yue said, Chen Qiu also said the same thing.

The wind is very strong.

The two of them spoke in low voices.

They were too embarrassed to speak too loudly.

But both of them could feel the emotions in each other's hearts very clearly.

The show tonight was great.

It's not just about excellence in musical interpretation.

To a large extent, Chen Qiu and Su Yue heard the voices in each other's hearts.

For those who have listened to music countless times, they understand the meaning of every note in the music very well.

So, as long as there is a slight change in the music, they can feel what the other person is trying to do.

So, sometimes speaking is actually more useful and more attractive than not speaking.

Su Yue glanced at Chen Qiu, and when she saw that Chen Qiu was a little embarrassed, she snorted softly and turned to walk towards the Mozart University of Music.

At this moment, many people have dispersed.

Most of the people who came to the concert have left.

The only people in the house were some music university students who were still practicing, and some staff from the Salzburg Music Festival.

Even the members of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra had packed up their instruments and were heading to their residences to rest for a while.

Salzburg is not that big.

They are not particularly famous stars.

Therefore, they came using their legs and they go back using their legs as well.

When the band packed up their luggage and left, they did not wait for Chen Qiu.

After all, they all know it.

For the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, this is just the beginning.

There are still a lot of miscellaneous tasks waiting for Chen Qiu and Li Miaomiao to deal with.

They don't understand these tasks and can't help.

So I had to leave first.

Li Miaomiao was alone there, using her increasingly proficient English to deal with those leaders.

Even though he had a headache, he still kept smiling and expressed the goodwill of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra to all the festival leaders.

As for Qin Xian, his English was not very good, and when he spoke he always used words like "ah, uh" that obviously sounded like Chinese. In addition, he kept forgetting the words while speaking and couldn't find a suitable one, so he had to pull Li Miaomiao over to explain.

Eventually it became a mascot standing there to support Li Miaomiao.

no way.

Chen Qiu didn't know why he disappeared as soon as the performance ended.

Apart from Chen Qiu, the highest-ranking member of the orchestra now is Qin Xian.

So they had to pull Qin Xian over to be the symbol of the orchestra and to express the authority of her words.

In fact, this is due to the fact that Li Miaomiao has a low presence outside the orchestra and the Harmony Symphony Orchestra has too little external social interaction.

If Li Miaomiao has a particularly high voice and the Harmony Symphony Orchestra frequently communicates with the outside world, then even if Qin Xian does not come forward, everyone will naturally regard Li Miaomiao as the person in charge of the orchestra.

pity.

As far as the current structure of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra is concerned, Li Miaomiao's position is still a little awkward.

Qin Xian felt a little distressed when he saw Li Miaomiao trying very hard to help the orchestra deal with some festival leaders.

To be honest, he had no idea what Li Miaomiao had done or what she had gone through to be able to deal so smoothly with so many responsible persons.

It seems that the Harmony Symphony Orchestra gave her too much growth.

Of course, Qin Xian didn't tell Li Miaomiao all this. He just stood there silently, acting as a tool symbolizing Li Miaomiao's authority, without saying a word.

It was not until the last person in charge was sent away that Li Miaomiao slowly exhaled, looked at Qin Xian who was looking at her, and couldn't help but bared her little fangs and waved her little fist.

"Chief Qin, as the chief, your English is not good enough. I asked you to come here to help me, not to be a pendant. Why don't you say a few words?"

"Feel sorry……"

Qin Xian whispered.

"My English is not good. I can just understand, but it's still a bit difficult to speak."

"Even if you are not good at English, you still have to speak, even if you need a translator..."

Li Miaomiao muttered a few words, then looked at Qin Xian's slightly confused eyes, sighed, and didn't say much.

There's no use in getting anxious about this kind of thing.

It's not like my English can become great just because I want to.

You still need to speak and practice more.

Why not take Qin Xian with you to practice more later?
Li Miaomiao couldn't help but think so.

But soon, her thoughts quickly dissipated.

Because she saw Chen Qiu.

Chen Qiu, who had run outside at some point, appeared in front of her at this moment.

Also accompanying him was another big boss of the band, Su Yue.

Li Miaomiao didn't think much about it. She walked straight to Chen Qiu and spoke angrily.

"No, Chen Qiu, where have you been? Just now, so many leaders came to me to talk to me about the follow-up of the band. Where are you? You just disappeared like that? Aren't you too irresponsible? Is this your band or mine?"

"Sorry sorry."

Chen Qiu slid down to his knees and apologized without any hesitation.

He also knew that his behavior seemed a little excessive.

As soon as the concert was over, he took Su Yue out without caring about anything else, leaving Li Miaomiao alone to face so many festival leaders.

It's like a hands-off boss.

If I put myself in Li Miaomiao's shoes, I would also be angry.

Chen Qiu said immediately.

"I'm really sorry about this. It's my own fault. There won't be a next time. This time I really want to thank Li Miaomiao, ahem, no, Li Miaomiao, thank you so much for your help. I'll give you a raise later!"

“This isn’t about a pay raise!”

Although Li Miaomiao wanted to laugh, she still pouted.

"I don't have the authority most of the time, and Qin Xian doesn't know how to do anything here. I'm very passive, and it's hard for me to contribute when I'm working."

I understand Qin Xian’s question.

Chen Qiu nodded and immediately said to Qin Xian.

"Qin Xian, did you hear that? Li Miaomiao just said to you, pick up your English for me later and practice more. Don't do things like today in the future!"

"Oh……"

Qin Xian muttered a few times but did not refuse.

Chen Qiu continued to calm Li Miaomiao down.

After all, for Chen Qiu, Li Miaomiao is indeed a very capable assistant.

If it weren't for Li Miaomiao, Chen Qiu would have no way of finding anyone to handle all the chores in the orchestra.

Take the orchestra's finances for example. The orchestra's income and expenses cannot be simply calculated by addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

To ensure the development of the orchestra, we must also pay enough to everyone in the orchestra.

Many things need to be calculated.

The band earns about a million yuan a month, of which about fifty is distributed among the band members.

What to do with the remaining money.

Which money can be saved and which money cannot be saved.

These all need to be calculated.

If Chen Qiu were to come, he would most likely just ignore everything, divide it into two halves and start operating.

After a few months, it was discovered that personnel expenses accounted for more than half of the orchestra's costs, and the orchestra was unable to make ends meet, so it disbanded.

After all, in addition to basic salary, there are many other personnel expenses that need to be reimbursed.

Because of this incident, Li Miaomiao was often criticized by band members.

In addition to the orchestra's finances, Li Miaomiao is also responsible for some of the orchestra's external programs, the orchestra's publicity, and so on.

Basically, it can be said that Chen Qiu basically left everything except the orchestra performance to Li Miaomiao.

Li Miaomiao is busy all day long.

Compared to when she first joined the band, Li Miaomiao has even lost some weight due to her excessive eating.

Qin Xian was very conflicted seeing this and often brought some snacks to Li Miaomiao.

Unfortunately it's of no use.

He couldn't help Li Miaomiao share her work.

Therefore, Li Miaomiao will remain thin as she should.

It was so small that Qin Xian even felt like he could pick up Li Miaomiao with one hand and toss her around for fun.

Seeing Qin Xian's slightly distressed look, Chen Qiu coughed slightly and asked Li Miaomiao.

"Miaomiao, what did the Salzburg Music Festival tell you?"

"Nothing much has been said. We are still discussing the subsequent performances and have not made a final decision."

After returning to work, Li Miaomiao became obviously much more serious.

She spoke to Chen Qiu in a serious tone.

"First of all, it's a question of promoting the orchestra. Salzburg has promised that if we are willing to continue to come here to perform, they will promote our orchestra to the greatest extent possible within Salzburg's own territory."

"Just within your own territory?"

Chen Qiu raised his eyebrows, then shook his head.

"The other party's sincerity is not enough."

"Yes, I also felt that the other party's sincerity was not enough. The publicity resources they had were not limited to Salzburg. I expressed my dissatisfaction with this, and the other party said that they needed to continue the discussion."

"well done."

Chen Qiu praised.

He then thought about it.

"There is a question of degree here. It's not that we can get whatever we want. Salzburg didn't beg us, and we didn't beg Salzburg. I can feel that they have a desire to invest, but they are still a little conflicted."

Li Miaomiao nodded: "It's probably because of our identities. They first invested in Fu Diao, and then invested in Wang Jia. Recently, they have invested in more and more Chinese musicians, and their share in Salzburg is also getting bigger and bigger. They are a little worried that the Chinese gang will breed and form cliques here."

Chen Qiu agreed: "Well, I feel the same way. Look, we have no way to escape from Fu Diao, but we can make some connections with other people and express our performance tendencies to see if we can alleviate their concerns."

Li Miaomiao hesitated: "We are not particularly familiar with Wang Jia, Lang Liangyue and the others. If we cut ties directly, will it affect our relationship with them? After all, we..."

Chen Qiu shook his head: "I feel fine. I'll see if I can find a chance to pass on a message to them. I'll contact Fu Diao. I remember that Fu Diao seems to be very familiar with them."

"It's the only way. I will deal with it this way from now on."

Li Miaomiao nodded.

She flipped through the documents on her side and continued to talk to Chen Qiu.

"In addition to publicity, the Salzburg Festival is also a little stingy with funds. They don't seem to want to give us some cash rewards directly."

Chen Qiu couldn't help but laugh when he heard it.

"Of course there will be no cash reward. What are you thinking?"

"Eh? But those two music festivals we attended before..."

"This is different."

Chen Qiu shook his head and explained to Li Miaomiao.

"The Baden-Baden Music Festival and the monastery are more independently operated. They have their own right to use funds, and the hierarchy is relatively small. They can decide many things by themselves. However, Salzburg is different. This is a big music festival."

"Shouldn't big music festivals...have more money?" Li Miaomiao was confused. "If I meet a symphony orchestra I like, shouldn't I be more generous with the money? Why do I feel like I'm being stingy?"

"Large music festivals are highly commercialized. They need to ensure that the orchestras are profitable. This is their primary goal. After all, large music festivals are not just about the interests of themselves, but of many, many companies. So, it is unrealistic to directly ask for money or profits."

Chen Qiu thought for a moment and said to Li Miaomiao.

"We can give up the performance money in Salzburg and ask if we can get some other benefits in return, such as support outside the Salzburg Music Festival, or cooperation with the management company. If we can get this in return, it will be no problem for us to subsidize the travel expenses ourselves."

"Huh? Oh oh..."

Li Miaomiao nodded.

Although she didn't know why Chen Qiu was willing to perform in Salzburg at a loss, since it was Chen Qiu's idea, she would not resist.

She nodded, holding the documents in her hands.

"Okay, I'll go talk to the people at the Salzburg Music Festival, but I think it might take a long time to work out a suitable contract."

"How's your visa?"

Chen Qiu asked Li Miaomiao.

Li Miaomiao instantly understood what Chen Qiu meant.

"One more week, and I'm the only one?"

"Um……"

Chen Qiu hesitated and glanced at Qin Xian, struggling over whether to let Qin Xian go with Li Miaomiao.

However, Qin Xian's English is average, and he might become a hindrance to Li Miaomiao.

Therefore, it is not appropriate for Qin Xian to go there alone.

So who is it.

While Chen Qiu was still thinking, Su Yue spoke.

"I'll accompany Li Miaomiao."

"Ok?"

Chen Qiu looked towards Su Yue, who did not flinch, and said slowly.

"It just so happens that I have performances in other places later on, so I can stay in Salzburg for a long time, which is just the right time to solve the orchestra's contract problems and solve my own contract problems at the same time."

"if so……"

Chen Qiu looked at Li Miaomiao, and Li Miaomiao nodded immediately.

"I have no problem. Chief Su Yue is very capable."

"Then, I'll leave it to you."

(End of this chapter)