The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 395 You Are One of Us
This is not a performance, and it is not a performance by the musicians who come here for assessment.

This is an audit.

This is Chen Qiu's review of future new musicians.

It is also an opportunity for the band members to review their future teammates.

Therefore, everyone hopes to hear more of what they want to hear from the music played by this person.

It's not just about technique, but his ideas about music.

There is a very good sentence.

It is often said that a person is like his books.

The same applies to music.

What a person is, what his music is like.

If this person is a more extreme type, his music will also become extreme.

If the person is a yes-man, his music will become weak.

Maybe they themselves don’t feel it, or even feel that their interpretation of the music is pretty good.

But in the eyes of the professionals present.

Everything about them has been shown vividly.

The same is true of the music played by the man in front of us, Chang Gao.

Chen Qiu asked him to play a selection from "Ride of the Valkyries".

Naturally, this person had no way to continue pretending.

He thrust his breath into the preoral trombone.

A sharp and high-pitched voice came out from in front of everyone.

Everyone has heard of Valkyrie countless times.

Except that their own orchestra has not been able to play it yet, they can actually be said to know this piece of music very well.

However, they had never heard such beautiful music.

Such a beautiful tone.

Expensive and beautiful.

It's like a trumpet sounded from heaven.

Filled with a sharp sense of direction.

He was talking to everyone.

He is releasing it to everyone.

He was completing his inspection of his own territory.

"Oh my god, a Valkyrie..."

Ai Gu, who was sitting next to him, was stunned when he heard the sound.

He glanced at the principal trombone player not far away and felt annoyed at the sight.

So he reached out and poked the principal trombone player next to him and asked in a low voice.

"Hey, you heard this tone, right? Can you do it?"

"This one……"

The original principal trombonist of the orchestra showed an embarrassment on his face.

He glanced at Ai Gu, then at the person whose curtain was pulled, thought about it, and then shook his head.

"I can't. I probably can't do it."

"Ah? No, you just gave up like that? You just let that guy beat you? Aren't you too weak?"

“There’s nothing I can do…”

The original principal trombonist of the orchestra looked helpless, covered his mouth and whispered to Ai Gu.

"If Chief Su Yue was here, with her help I might be able to compete with him a little, but without Chief Su Yue, I'm just an ordinary weakling. What can I do?"

"Hey, you said..."

Ai Gu made two "tsk tsk" sounds, not knowing what to say.

He was hoping that this guy could bring some honor to the orchestra, but this is the result?
He was knocked down by the opponent before he even got on stage.

What else can I say?
The wind instruments of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra look like they are made of plasticine.

Is this one soft too?

Ai Gu pursed his lips, and while the person on the stage was still performing, he quietly walked to Rui Jia's side and whispered to her.

"Ruijia, Jiajia, Sister Jiajia, can we discuss this?"

"what?"

Rui Jia took one look at Ai Gu's flattering look and immediately became alert.

"I won't do anything Commander Chen Qiu doesn't allow."

"It's okay, I'm just a little curious, who is this person!"

Ai Gu pointed at the person on the stage and asked Rui Jia.

"It feels like this person has something special. If I'm not mistaken, he should be a member of our band in the future, so I want to get to know him in advance."

"no!"

When Rui Jia heard this, she immediately shook her head and refused.

"Commander Chen Qiu said that this is a blind review. We cannot look at the other party's identity. If we look at the identity, it will be meaningless."

"Hey! Chief Rui Jia, what you said is meaningless. I'm just curious. How about this, can I vote in advance? I'll vote for him first and let him pass, and then I'll take another look, okay?"

"This……"

Ruijia's expression was a little hesitant.

She glanced at Chen Qiu, then covered her mouth and whispered.

"But you can wait a little bit until his performance is over and then see? It will be announced then."

"I'm just a little anxious. After all, you know I'm impatient and I hate waiting the most, don't you think?"

Ai Gu shook his head.

He pleaded with Ruijia repeatedly.

Rui Jia had no choice but to beg him, so she pulled Ai Gu to the corner and stared at him.

"You can watch, but you are not allowed to tell anyone else!"

"okay!"

Ai Gu agreed repeatedly.

He took the list of people from Ruijia's hand, and as he looked at it, his eyes widened.

This person is incredible!
This person's strength is a bit terrifying.

This guy didn't come from an orchestra, he formed a brass quintet outside.

The brass quintet is also very good.

Previously, this group successfully won the ARD championship.

That is, the champion of the Munich International Music Competition.

After winning the championship, this brass quintet became famous internationally and received a lot of welcome and attention.

They even received a gold record in recognition of their contributions to brass quintet.

It’s a bit of a pity though.

After becoming famous, the brass band soon got into disputes over its direction.

Among them, he, the trombonist, was the first to leave the ensemble and go out to do his own thing.

Recently performed at Carnegie Hall.

It is said that he also did some rock and pop content and collaborated with some pop bands.

It seems that it also received some Grammy nominations or something.

Simply put, this person's strength is not only in classical music, he is also equally strong in popular music.

And his teammates naturally fell apart after leaving him.

Everybody go do their own thing.

Only two of them still insisted on the wind quintet and found other people to do it.

But unfortunately, the results of that group's continued wind quintet were not very good and they did not make any noise internationally.

It seems that the most successful person among the quintet is the one named Chang Gao.

Ai Gu looked at the man's resume with a hint of excitement in his eyes.

He turned to look at Rui Jia who was standing beside him with a vigilant look and whispered.

"Hey, Ruijia, I remember you said you were a helper in some bands before, right?"

"Eh?"

Rui Jia was stunned by this sudden statement, then nodded with a conflicted expression and whispered, "It is true, but what's the matter? The orchestra didn't say that you are not allowed to work a second job, right?"

"No, no, I don't mean to blame you!"

Ai Gu waved his hands quickly, then pointed at Chang Gao's file in his hand and raised his eyebrows at Rui Jia.

"If he comes in, we have you as a bassist, me as a percussionist, and we can just find a lead singer or something, don't you think... that will be all?"

"Ok?"

Ruijia raised her head in a daze.

If Ai Gu hadn't said anything, Rui Jia would have had no idea.

Now that Ai Gu said this, Rui Jia found that it seemed to be true.

This person's trombone should be able to be used as a melodic rhythm instrument, or even as a climax piece.

With this calculation, it seems like there's really no problem for them to form their own rock band?
Rui Jia was in a daze at that place, while Ai Gu spoke excitedly.

"I heard from Chen Qiu that he plans to have different types of performances every night. In addition to classical music, there will also be modern works, pop works, and chamber music. The theme of each night is different! So I thought, can we have a rock concert?"

Ai Gu became very excited.

However, Rui Jia looked worried.

"There's no problem with the rock special, but the seats for our band here are a bit difficult to find, right? Will everyone sit down to listen? Is this still rock?"

"Eh? It seems to be a problem, but you can talk to Chen Qiu first. If it doesn't work, forget it."

Ai Guji waved his hands nonchalantly, looking nonchalant.

He never liked to think about these details.

Anyway, as long as he puts forward an idea, whether it is Chen Qiu or Li Miaomiao, their group of people will help him think about whether it is feasible.

As for himself?
Just do it!

This is Ai Gu’s life creed.

Chen Qiu naturally didn't know that Ai Gu had already set his sights on the trombonist.

He simply wrote down his opinion calmly on the ballot in his hand and handed the ballot to Qin Xian beside him.

Qin Xian took it without any hesitation, put the two ballots together, stood up and handed it to Li Miaomiao.

The entire concert hall fell into chaos for a short while, with everyone handing in their votes.

There's no way. This is their first time conducting such a large-scale vote, and they are still a little unfamiliar with it.

There were only 13 of them in the last vote, so it doesn't matter what happens.

This time it was their first vote and everyone came to join in the fun, with more than 40 people showing up.

Therefore, overall scheduling becomes a big problem.

Such a chaotic arrangement made Chang Gao on the stage feel that something was wrong. He stood behind the curtain and frowned.

"Is my test now finished?"

"It's over. You can wait a little while for the results, or just leave."

While Li Miaomiao was collecting the ballots, she spoke loudly to the curtain.

This operation made Chang Gao even more unhappy.

He frowned and muttered "a makeshift team" under his breath, then sat aside obediently, waiting for the final conclusion.

His voice was not loud and only a few people heard it.

And among these people, Chen Qiu happened to be included.

After Li Miaomiao collected everyone's votes, Chen Qiu touched his chin with interest and spoke slowly to Chang Gao.

"You said we are a makeshift group?"

"Isn't it?" Chang Gao said mercilessly, "There is no discipline, no advance planning, everything seems to be an interview that was thought of on the spur of the moment, isn't this enough of a makeshift team?"

Chen Qiu didn't feel offended, but asked slowly.

“So how do you think this review should be conducted?”

"First of all, don't release the results so quickly. Let that person perform on stage, and then go home and wait for news after the performance. As for the results, we will tell you when we count them tonight."

"So can you bear to wait that long?"

"I?"

Chang Gao was stunned. He didn't expect Chen Qiu to ask him this. He couldn't help but frown.

"What's the use of my opinion? I'm just a job applicant."

"But if you pass the orchestra's review, you will be a member of the orchestra. Can you tolerate being neglected by your future colleagues?"

After Chen Qiu finished speaking, Chang Gao fell silent, then chuckled and shook his head.

"I don't like it, but it's undeniably more efficient this way."

"For the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, efficiency is not the most important thing. Finding a suitable musician who can keep pace with me is the most important thing."

Chen Qiu looked at Li Miaomiao not far away and asked.

"How is it? Are there any results?"

"It's almost done. We just counted 32 votes in favor and 6 votes against. We only need a few votes left..."

"32 votes in favor is already more than %. Why are you still counting? Isn't it that we can pass it if more than two-thirds of the people agree?"

Chen Qiu said helplessly.

Li Miaomiao woke up as if from a dream and nodded quickly.

"Oh yes, then this one..."

"Chang Gao." Chang Gao reminded from behind the curtain.

Li Miaomiao nodded vigorously: "Okay, then this Changgao musician, please come out from behind the curtain and sit down on the stage. You may need to vote for other musicians later."

"what?"

Chang Gao was stunned again.

He didn't know what to say.

This seems too... a makeshift team, right?
Did it pass the review directly?
Then everyone treated him as one of their own?
Even give him the right to vote so that he can vote for other people?

This, this...

He didn't know what to say.

It's obviously such a makeshift team.

It's obviously so outrageous.

But for some reason, a feeling of trust surged from his heart.

Is this what it feels like to be trusted?
Is this a sense of belonging?

Is this what a symphony orchestra feels like?

Chang Gao slowly exhaled a breath of foul air.

He had to say that he was moved by Chen Qiu's actions.

He chuckled, took his voting paper from Li Miaomiao, sat down, and waited for the next musician to appear.

Although the next musician was capable, he obviously did not meet the expectations of the orchestra. After only being on stage for a few minutes, he was voted out in advance by everyone.

This guy's music is so wimpy.

It's obvious from the moment you hear him that he's here to take advantage of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra's reputation and see if he can get a good resume.

If such a person joins the orchestra, it will harm the orchestra.

No one wants this kind of person.

Including Chang Gao who had just joined the orchestra.

He quickly adapted to the atmosphere of the orchestra and selected musicians suitable for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra according to everyone's ideas.

One after another.

Xiao Hao, who had been waiting outside for review, was getting a little restless.

After the first person went in, he quietly walked to the corner of the orchestra and looked at the people inside the orchestra through the curtain.

Then his eyes widened involuntarily.

He rubbed his eyes several times before realizing that he seemed to be right.

No, wait, what happened?
Isn’t that man in the black spiked jacket here for the assessment as well?

Why is he sitting down?

Is this the legendary pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger?

You're a member of a harmony symphony orchestra and you come here to show off in front of me, right?
Xiao Hao was so angry that his teeth were itching.

Just as he was about to step forward and ask the man why he was showing off, he was patted on the back.

Ruijia whispered.

"Next, Xiao Hao, it's your turn to go on stage!"

(End of this chapter)