The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 384 Wang Hai and Chen Yuan

Of course, apart from Qin Xian who was waiting for Chen Qiu at the customs, no one else knew what happened when Su Yue forcefully kissed Chen Qiu.

They just watched Chen Qiu come to the waiting area with a red face and drink Coke there.

When asked, he just said he felt a little hot and refused to say anything else.

Fortunately, Chen Qiu is the conductor and leader of the orchestra, so basically no one asks too many questions.

So after a short rest, everyone boarded the plane and returned to Haicheng.

Haicheng was just as busy as when they left.

The exit of Jiangdong International Airport was also handling tourists in and out without stopping.

When the Harmony Symphony Orchestra came out of this exit, the fatigue on everyone's faces could no longer be concealed.

Chen Qiu did not hesitate too much. He asked everyone to send some luggage such as musical instruments to the concert hall first, and then dispersed directly to rest for a few days.

Then I will come to work next Monday and prepare for the subsequent performances.

After all, Chen Qiu is not that kind of black-hearted boss. He and the people in the band are more like fellow travelers, moving towards the same goal together.

It is not a simple employment relationship.

Therefore, he would not let everyone work overtime.

Faced with Chen Qiu's decision, everyone cheered and then dispersed in their own directions.

Soon, the Harmony Symphony Hall was empty.

Looking at the empty concert hall, Chen Qiu smiled helplessly, picked up a broom from the side and began to clean slowly.

He hasn't been back for nearly half a month.

There was already a thin layer of dust in the concert hall.

Since there was nothing to do, Chen Qiu gave himself a few days off.

It's just right to clean up the concert hall so that the band members can be in a good mood when they come back.

……

In the next few days.

Everything was just as Chen Qiu expected.

The Harmony Symphony Orchestra's performance at the Salzburg Festival received numerous acclaims.

They even got titles such as "The Darlings of the New Era", "The Great Recreator of Classical Music", "Shocking Oriental Magicians" and "The Demon King's Legion".

First, the official side of the Salzburg Festival.

They posted a special content about the Harmony Symphony Orchestra on their official account.

He highly praised the performance of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

It is said that the emergence of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra has injected new vitality into the Salzburg Music Festival.

So that they can have the opportunity to move towards a better future.

The Salzburg Festival will also gradually promote some emerging symphony orchestras and emerging musicians in the following years.

Let music lovers around the world hear more excellent sounds.

At the same time, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra will be promoted as a model for the Salzburg Festival and a model for the new era symphony orchestra to prove the Salzburg Festival's determination to promote new orchestras.

At the same time, the Salzburg Music Festival also stated.

Although they are now planning to promote new bands, it does not mean that they will abandon old bands or musicians.

The promotion of the new orchestra will be carried out in addition to the original promotion plan of the old orchestra.

Please rest assured, all music lovers and musicians.

The Salzburg Festival's idea of ​​creating a pure land for music lovers all over the world will never change.

Further down the line, there are some subsequent development plans for the Salzburg Music Festival.

Chen Qiu didn't pay much attention to the things that came after that.

It is clear.

Li Miaomiao's action received a response.

It seems she did get a pretty good contract.

Let the Salzburg Festival decide to add vitality to the future of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

As for what the Harmony Symphony Orchestra paid, Chen Qiu didn't care.

Chen Qiu trusts Li Miaomiao and Su Yue very much.

As the saying goes, use people without suspicion and don't use people with suspicion.

Since the external rights of the orchestra have been handed over to Li Miaomiao, Chen Qiu will certainly believe that Li Miaomiao will not do anything to harm the orchestra.

After the official announcement from the Salzburg Music Festival, news came from Musicians Magazine.

It is clear.

The Harmony Symphony Orchestra's performance attracted the attention of Musicians Magazine.

They directly used a small column to introduce the Harmony Symphony Orchestra to everyone.

The word they used most often was...

【mystery】

To Musicians Magazine, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra was almost a mystery.

A small concert hall located in downtown Haicheng.

A small symphony orchestra composed of students.

Under such circumstances, the orchestra unexpectedly came in third place in Haicheng last year.

It also ranks 666 in the world.

Of course, Musicians Magazine doesn’t really take the global ranking seriously.

For them, any symphony orchestra ranked outside the top 100 in the world is not an important one.

But the top three in Haicheng are quite interesting.

For foreigners, there are basically only a few cities in China.

Haicheng is the most famous one among them.

To be able to rank among the top three in the big city of Haicheng.

It is also a symphony orchestra composed of a group of students.

It feels interesting.

However, this is not the most interesting thing.

The most interesting point.

This symphony orchestra has only been established for about three years.

In three years, they went from being an unknown orchestra to being one of the top three in Haicheng, and even performed in Salzburg. It was simply terrifying.

The most terrifying of them is.

They found this based on the ratings given by many people.

The Harmony Symphony Orchestra received a score of 9.7 at the music festival!
Yes.

There is a rounding factor involved though.

To be more precise, it should be 9.67 points.

But if this score of 9.7 is calculated as the average score, it can even rank among the top 50 in the world.

And a small symphony orchestra which has only been established for three years can actually reach the top 3.

Musicians Magazine can only say one thing...

Horror!
They couldn't figure out where the Harmony Symphony Orchestra came from.

This band is so weird.

It feels inexplicable that such a competitive team appeared out of nowhere.

It's even a band made up of young people.

You should know that many symphony orchestras started out as small orchestras and gradually climbed up.

It is normal to climb for decades.

In other words, only the symphony orchestras that spend a lot of money and keep poaching people can climb a little faster.

But you.

This doesn't look like the kind of symphony orchestra that poaches people?

A group of students, the average age is only in their twenties.

Where to recruit people?

It’s not like they haven’t seen the student symphony orchestra before.

They know the strength of those student symphony orchestras, even the best student symphony orchestra in Europe.

The band is currently ranked around 300th place, and this year it may move up a bit and have a chance to rank around 200th place.

but……

Their highest score is only 9.5 points.

They have never encountered a score of 9.7!

The people at Musicians Magazine couldn’t understand it.

The people responsible for giving grades don’t understand it either.

Even some people at the Salzburg Festival couldn't understand it.

However, this did not affect their surprise and shock at the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

They praised the performance of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra in their article.

Praise Su Yue's performance.

He also praised Chen Qiu's command.

If they had not learned that many members of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra had already graduated, they might have directly ranked the Harmony Symphony Orchestra as the world's number one student symphony orchestra.

Of course, this is a joke.

In the article, they simply compared the gap between the Asian Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, and then expressed some emotion.

How on earth did the Harmony Symphony Orchestra survive with so few resources?

This is too outrageous.

Few resources, good results.

It's like eating grass and milking cows.

It feels like a violation of the law of conservation of energy. In short, Musicians Magazine said it would pay more attention to the Harmony Symphony Orchestra and decided to send more dedicated music observers to observe the Harmony Symphony Orchestra to provide a stable source of material.

In addition, they will also assess the scores of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra more carefully to ensure that the Harmony Symphony Orchestra has sufficient credibility when it enters a higher ranking in the future.

Looking at this message, Chen Qiu's expression was complicated.

What is this?
Is this a crime warning?
I'm telling you I'm coming to monitor you, so don't try to do anything tricky?

Chen Qiu scratched his head, somewhat unable to understand the logic behind this group of people's behavior.

But it doesn’t matter.

For Chen Qiu, these are not the key points.

It's impossible that I won't perform when these people come, right?

The orchestra’s food, drink, and other daily necessities are basically based on the orchestra’s ticket money.

If the orchestra doesn't earn enough from ticket sales, they won't have much money to live on.

Therefore, it is impossible for Chen Qiu to reduce the number of performances.

Not only that, Chen Qiu is also considering whether it is necessary to add some performances.

For example, from Monday to Thursday, there are some small performances every night.

On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, there are some big performances and everyone is on stage.

These are not things that can be decided on a whim, they all require re-planning.

In addition, there is also the orchestra's marketing and promotion in Haicheng, etc.

Chen Qiudu planned to hold a meeting to discuss the matter after everyone returned.

Chen Qiu quickly made a follow-up schedule.

Thinking about the future development of the band.

During this period, in addition to the Salzburg Music Festival and Musicians Magazine, corresponding reports were also issued in a few other scattered places.

But Chen Qiu didn't pay much attention to it.

After confirming the orchestra's follow-up, he made an appointment to meet with Wang Hai, Zhao Yi, Wu Jianhai, Qi Min and others.

He took the wine that the monastery had sent him and gave some to these people as a way of making friends.

Wang Hai was the first to agree and invited Chen Qiu to his house for a drink.

When Chen Qiu arrived at his house with the wine, Wang Hai was already waiting at the door. He took the wine and took Chen Qiu upstairs.

He still looked carefree. He entered the house and opened the wine with a corkscrew.

The two of them took their water glasses, put some ice cubes in them and started drinking.

As they drank, Wang Hai started talking and complained along with Chen Qiu.

He had finally surpassed his teacher, Chen Qiu's father, Chen Yuan, but he hadn't been happy for a few months.

Chen Qiu started to perform works with high scores of 9.7 points.

What does Chen Qiu mean?

Doesn't he intend to give himself a chance to surpass his teacher?
Is it easy for you?
After working so hard to run such a large orchestra, we still ranked third in Haicheng.

Really are……

The more Wang Hai spoke, the more uncomfortable he felt.

Although he did not blame Chen Qiu for destroying his dream.

But there is still some self-pity.

no way.

It was impossible for him to beat up the son of his former boss and teacher and then bury him in the back mountain, so that Chen Qiu would never have the chance to surpass him.

This is the performance of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra in the first half of this year.

It is obviously aiming for an average score of 9.5.

The highest score of his orchestra is only 9.5 now, and it is already good enough to maintain an average score of 9.3 this year.

As for taking another step forward?
He couldn't even think about it.

Unless the band spends money to get some top musicians here.

Otherwise, his level is limited to this and it will be difficult to improve.

As Wang Hai was talking, he got drunk and opened another bottle.

Chen Qiu brought a box of wine for Wang Hai, which contained 6 bottles. Wang Hai drank two bottles by himself, and his face turned red.

He no longer called Chen Qiu "Chen Qiu", but called Chen Qiu "brother".

He almost followed Chen Qiu and became sworn brothers with him right there.

This was still in the early stages, when I was quite drunk.

Later on, when they were almost blacking out from drinking, Wang Hai simply called Chen Qiu "Chen Yuan".

It was as if he had really seen Chen Qiu’s father, and he just cried while hugging Chen Qiu.

Tears and snot.

He said that he felt sorry for Chen Yuan. At that time, he disliked the low pay offered by that place and did not go to the performance with Chen Yuan. As a result, Chen Yuan suffered an accident. If he had brought his orchestra with him, and everyone had taken care of each other, maybe Chen Yuan could have survived.

He said he missed Chen Yuan. Now the members of the orchestra are restless and many people's minds are not on the orchestra, which has caused the orchestra's performance to decline and it has received less funding and ticket sales.

He had no choice but to lead the orchestra while taking on other side jobs to ensure his own living.

He is also a human being, he also has a family, and he has to support his family.

Unfortunately, his wife had a conflict with him and moved out with their daughter.

He felt very uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do but continue to work hard to earn money to support his family.

When Chen Qiu heard this, he was stunned. Looking at Wang Hai's house, there was no photo of his wife. It was empty. Chen Qiu thought Wang Hai was single.

He never imagined that Wang Hai had already started a family.

This Wang Hai has long hair and looks so artistic. Normally, isn't he the type of person that a big player should be?
As for marriage, we should definitely avoid it if possible.

And he actually got married?
This……

Chen Qiu didn't know what to say, so he could only give Wang Hai a look and continue to pour Wang Hai a glass, hoping that he would drink to the point of blacking out soon and then go to sleep.

This way you won't continue talking nonsense.

Unexpectedly, after drinking the glass of wine, Wang Hai did not fall down, but became even more confused.

He looked at Chen Qiu and grinned.

"No, Brother Chen Yuan, when did you come? Why didn't you call me? Really..."

"?"

Chen Qiu was stunned and didn't react.

Wang Hai took two steps forward, staggered, and half-knelt in front of Chen Qiu.

Just as Chen Qiu was about to step forward to support Wang Hai, Wang Hai waved his hand, knocked Chen Qiu's hand away, then leaned on Chen Qiu's thigh and smiled.

"Brother Chen Yuan, do you know? Your son Chen Qiu is awesome! He's really awesome! Damn, I've never seen such an awesome person before, he really deserves to be your son, Brother Chen Yuan! Damn it."

"Brother Chen Yuan, let me tell you, when I first saw your son, I felt that he looked a lot like you. The confidence revealed in his eyes and his gentleness towards the band members, it's like they were poured from the same mold! Really awesome!"

"His way of dealing with people is very similar to yours, Brother Chen Yuan. He is a little more rounded and less angular than you, but he is just like you. His pursuit of music has not changed at all. When I saw his back conducting, I even felt like I saw you!"

As he was talking, he picked up the wine beside him, and without pouring it into the glass, he blew it directly into his mouth.

He also talked more and more.

He patted Chen Qiu's arm.

"Brother Chen Yuan, your son is awesome now. He is now the second best symphony orchestra in Haicheng. Can you believe it? Hehe, it's really amazing. You and I have been working hard for our whole lives but have not been able to accomplish something, but your son has actually accomplished it. It's really like... the waves behind push the waves in front, and the waves in front die on the beach."

"Oh no, no, Brother Chen Yuan, hehe, it's not the two of us, it's you. You didn't achieve the second place in Haicheng, but I did. Hehehe, Haicheng City was disbanded, and I automatically moved up to the top two. Can you believe it? I'm stronger than you!"

"Well, I know that being stronger doesn't make any sense. I only got there by relying on other people's mistakes. Even if I got there, I wouldn't be able to occupy the position for a long time. Just like your son, he pushed me down in an instant."

"But what can I say? I still made it, right? At least, I stayed in the second place for a year! No matter how awesome your son is, he can't beat me before the overall ranking is announced! Hehehehe!"

"Hey, Brother Chen Yuan, why do people need talent? I feel so bad. It would be great if all we had to do was work hard to succeed..."

His voice gradually became low, his eyes started to become cloudy, and his body, which was supporting Chen Qiu's thigh, began to stagger.

The smile on his face disappeared and he shook his head slightly bitterly.

"Brother Chen Yuan, you are right. Talent is the most disgusting thing. People without talent will only stay in that position for the rest of their lives. People with talent, on the other hand, can keep moving forward, and go to places that we mortals cannot see."

"But it's okay, Brother Chen Yuan. Neither of us has talent, but your son does. Your son's talent is the strongest I've ever seen, even stronger than that damn Zhao Yi's!"

"Hehe, Zhao Yi must be feeling bad right now. His daughter is just average in talent, and there's no way he can train her to be a great conductor like him. Now that he sees your son's results, he's probably crying in his room, right?"

"But Brother Chen Yuan, conducting the Haicheng Philharmonic Orchestra is so tiring. I don't see any hope of moving forward. Even if I just try to maintain my current ranking, I have already exhausted everything I have. It's so difficult..."

Chen Qiu looked at Wang Hai, at a loss as to what to do and could only listen to Wang Hai talking to himself.

I watched him hug his thighs, then slide weakly to the ground and fall into a deep sleep.

Chen Qiu tried to lift Wang Hai up and put him on the bed.

But Wang Hai's body was so muscular that it felt like he weighed two hundred pounds, and Chen Qiu even had some difficulty pulling him up.

Until the door opened and a middle-aged woman with long black hair pushed it open.

She looked at Chen Qiu, then at Wang Hai, sighed, walked to Wang Hai, took his hand, and signaled Chen Qiu with her eyes.

The two men exerted force at the same time, pulled Wang Hai up, and barely put him on his bed.

Wang Hai’s snoring was as loud as thunder, making both of their ears hurt.

Chen Qiu didn't say much and just waved goodbye.

The man did not refuse. He waved gently at Chen Qiu, stood up, walked to the bathroom, took a towel and wiped Wang Hai's face.

It is obvious that even after running away from home, Wang Hai's wife still cares about Wang Hai.

Chen Qiu looked at the two of them and began to imagine his married life with Su Yue. His face turned red and he quickly shook his head and prepared to leave.

However, he did not expect that when he was leaving, Wang Hai seemed to sense something, and suddenly grabbed his wrist and said bitterly.

"Brother Chen Yuan, Boss, Boss, I'm so tired, I miss you so much..."

"Boss..."

As he spoke, his hands fell weakly and he fell asleep again.

Chen Qiu noticed that there seemed to be drops of water sliding down from the corners of Wang Hai's eyes.

But in the next second, the tear marks were wiped away by Wang Hai's wife, and Wang Hai's hands and feet were stuffed into the quilt.

Chen Qiu didn't want to continue interfering with the love between other couples, so he said goodbye quietly and walked out of the house.

Looking at the starry sky, Chen Qiu slowly let out the depression in his heart.

(End of this chapter)