musicians of old

Chapter 212 Born Like a Moth (4K [-]-in-[-])

"Congratulations to Mr. Fanning for his successful premiere of the "First Symphony" and his appointment as the new permanent conductor." The Marquise at the side also said warmly, "We later agreed that the music salon at the end of last year was the most successful one for the family in recent years. , the dedication of the string quartet may also be the most profitable artistic investment."

"Thank you." Fan Ning responded with a humble and gentlemanly attitude: "The performance honors received by the two works are inseparable from the Miss Roy you have cultivated. Without her artistic talent and her performance in an important position, The response will be greatly reduced.”

Fanning's words undoubtedly benefited the McAdams and his wife very much. Although there was no major disturbance on the Lord Marquis' brow, there was obviously pride or relief in the way he looked at his daughter.

Roy, who was standing on the other side, turned his head slightly in the direction of Fanning, then immediately turned his face, smiled and said to the Marchioness: "Mom, I can understand if you say that the art investment is the most successful, but I can dedicate it to you." It is a kind of family honor and cannot be traded, how do you know if it is the most profitable?"

The Marquise also smiled back: "The manuscript of the quartet from the Adair family has already been bid for 4000 pounds for transfer and collection. In just about ten months, the increase has reached 150%. You must know that in this year Among the multi-level collections, the Adair family’s acquisition base price of 1600 pounds is not low, and this increase is quite astonishing... As Mr. Fanning’s early large-scale multi-movement works, its artistic value may not be the highest, but the potential for return on investment is unimaginable , if Mr. Fan Ning is willing to donate mature works in the future, the starting price will not be at this level."

"As for us... due to the non-transferability of the inscription, we cannot intuitively know the value of the original entrusted amount in today's conversion, but it is this eternal and historical feature that makes this honor even more important. It is very precious. Even if it only talks about the market value, its addition to the taste and strength of the McAdam family will also be indirectly reflected in other economic activities, and the most direct field is the appeal in the art investment market.”

Judging from the analysis of the Marchioness, she was very proud of the fact that her daughter was the first to discover Fanning's artistic value and accounted for the first dedication.

There are naturally other dedications after Fanning, or other collected manuscripts, but it is impossible for the composer to treat all of his works in this way, after all, it is only a small part.

When the world sorts out the catalog of Fanning's works a few years later, the number of works on the index table must be in order, so the dedication seen at the top is the McAdam family.

And it only cost 500 pounds to do it.

After exchanging pleasantries, the four of them slowly entered the gate.

Fan Ning found that only when he walked inside the "Church of the Scorching Suns of St. Janin" could he feel the thorough and real shock.

In front of the eyes is the vaulted hall supported by countless square stone pillars, with resplendent and resplendent paintings everywhere, it is difficult to find a place where you can see the whole picture.The arch shell is layered internally and externally, with round or curved windows all over the heights, and a semi-hidden passage leading to the dome lighting pavilion in the middle of the cracks, with only a few steps looming.Countless strange rays of light shine through them, creating a three-dimensional effect of interspersed and intertwined light and dark.

"Blessed is the man who walks in the corridor, because he is bathed in the light, because he can see the ladder of heaven." The architectural design of St. Janin's Sun Church is enough for everyone with high or low inspiration to understand "no Falling Fire" glory.

In fact, whether you believe it or not, such a giant building is a splendid treasure in the history of human civilization.

"It is said that every artist who sees here for the first time will be born with new inspiration from the experience of the silent sublime." Paul McAdam, who was walking, said slowly, "...Mr. Fanning is also the first time, how do you feel? ?”

"The nobility of quantity and the nobility of power are both here." Fan Ning nodded slightly.

"Quantity? Strength?" Marquis McAdam felt novel and puzzled by the phrase Fanning expressed.

Fanning explained: "The unconventional huge volume, the difficult structure layout, the unattainable height, the dense and complicated light beams, which obviously have the 'sublime number'... and the magnificence of overcoming huge obstacles is required to gaze at its form, It needs to go through a process of stagnation, and respect comes from fear, and this category can be attributed to the 'sublime of power'."

In McAdam's serious and steady demeanor, for the first time, there were subtle fluctuations.

In his vision, believers will praise the brilliance of the "unfallible fire", non-believers will start from the pure architectural shape and describe the subjective feelings brought by the church, and musicians will gain inspiration for creation because of the beauty and nobility , but music is an art beyond language, although it is sensual, it is beyond words.

Fanning was obviously also touched by the sublimeness of the cathedral, but he was neither a believer-style indulging praise, nor a lyrical empty exclamation, but a rational expression to accurately analyze the source of the sense of sublime.

It has been nearly twenty years since Paul McAdam broke through the realm of the enlightened. As a person of this position and level, he has come into contact with a large number of outstanding young artists, or talented and intelligent people, but Fanning’s discussion still makes him feel fresh and new. .

The thought was fleeting, and he walked to a place where there were few people. He still said calmly: "I have learned about the issue of the elixir from Roy. It is of great importance to the school. I saw you today, and thank you for sharing the news. .”

...So that's what happened.Fan Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled calmly: "Your Majesty, you are welcome. The news may be useful to the Bologna School, but it doesn't matter to me. It's easy."

From accidentally hearing about the principal's healing, to being connected to a few clues at hand, from wanting to verify whether the chromatographic principle is effective, to passing the information on to Roy, I don't have a particularly strong purpose, and I do it as I please.

"That's right." He put his cane aside and took out a small box from his briefcase, "I have already disassembled the extraordinary components in the elixir. Some samples may be useful to you."

"Extraordinary component split?" McAdam took the small box and opened it.

He originally thought that Fanning only learned about the composition through some special method or accidental information.

Four small tubes hung out of nowhere in front of his eyes. Besides the original sample of the healing elixir, there were also flower-like strange substances, beautiful oval crystals, and viscous silver liquid.

The next moment, McAdam stretched out his hand to grab the small tube back, and those substances seemed to have violated the internal and external relations, their positions remained unchanged, and they were still quietly suspended there.

This incomprehensible method made Fanning hold his breath.

After observing it for a while, McAdam restored it in the same way: "It is indeed an extraordinary substance concocted by the Harmony School... I don't know how you developed this rare separation method. There are too few such cases. If there is universal potential If so, the school is willing to entrust you to study the purification of several specific formulas after refining."

It is true that he himself can use the spiritual control power that is accurate to the millimeter, together with specific auxiliary substances, to slowly pull out these extraordinary components, but a matter that requires a person who understands his level to consume mental effort, in itself means a high price. the cost of.

If Fanning can let those with knowledge do this, it will be very meaningful for the whole school. The more types of formulas that can be applied, the greater the value.

This is the second time he was slightly surprised today.

"This is not my main area of ​​interest for the time being." Fan Ning rejected him with a smile, "However, for preliminary theoretical knowledge, I have communicated with Miss Joan Nisimi, a new member of your school. She is very young and talented. It’s rare, Mr. President may pay more attention to her growth.”

Marquis McAdam, who had heard the first sentence, was a little unhappy because he was rejected face to face by the junior, but Fan Ning's words later made his eyes soften again.

Spiritual pharmacists, especially those who are familiar with high-level extraordinary material characteristics, are very rare in every organization of knowledgeable people. Fan Ning is equivalent to helping himself cultivate talents for free.

After several conversations, Lord Marquis felt that he was taking advantage of the younger generation, and he couldn't even understand what the young artist's motive was.

Could it be money?

Fan Ning continued: "The two principals unintentionally took this elixir for two months, and their spiritual state may be very dangerous. I suggest that the President check out the situation of the members, and it is better to control the perpetrators as soon as possible."

"The action has already been taken." McAdam, who was thinking, frowned: "But in fact, you can think that their behavior of taking food is not purely unintentional because of healing. 'knowledge' factor."

"what!?"

As soon as McAdam said this, not only Fanning, but even Roy exclaimed, only the Marquis next to her looked calm.

The "self-knowledge" factor?Fan Ning felt that every time he heard this word, it was not a good thing. He couldn't help thinking, could it be that these two principals have also been polluted by the hidden knowledge of the "fountain in the painting"?
Before, he wondered why Sternike, as a high-ranking sage, was so careless about the extraordinary substances he ate. At that time, Fanning attributed it to the fact that the weak ingredients of the doping were difficult to detect, but now Thinking with hindsight like this... The main problem is not that Sternike cannot distinguish the nature of the elixir?

"The one who understands means a powerful invisible force." McAdam mentioned a seemingly unrelated topic meaningfully, "It also means that the average life span of human beings can be increased by 60-20 years on the basis of 40 years old , if there is no way to break through that barrier, even some mysteries of "cocoon" or "pool" can only improve the body function in old age and save people from the pain of aging, but cannot make people live significantly longer .”

Fan Jing listened quietly, he knew this.

"Life and knowledge are equally important. Only by being alive can we continue to pursue knowledge, and those who gain more knowledge can live longer. There are only two ways to change the essence of the body and spirit: enter To move, seek to climb, or to be moved into, to seek transformation."

"The former naturally refers to those who have been promoted to understand, but there is no one in a hundred who can successfully pass through the door and see the Pagoda. Most people can only take the latter path, which is to constantly take some special and dangerous food The spiritual potion, let the moving matter gradually transform itself, prolong a certain life, or try your luck to see if the transformed spirit body can successfully pass through the door, so as to return to the first way."

"Isn't the latter a way of surviving?" Fanning couldn't help asking.

He is very clear that the ordinary or auxiliary functions of spirit potions are safe, but those special spirit potions will definitely not end well if they are misused. Even if the body does not become a monster, his will will be gradually destroyed.

There are flaws in this world, and human life is short, but as an artist, Fan Ning cannot accept that his free will is controlled by dangerous substances. If he cannot continuously output the true artistic inspiration in his heart to the world, how long will he live? Decades are meaningless.

It took only thirty years for Mozart, Schubert, Chopin and others in their previous lives to achieve immortality, and most people in the world are still muddled after living twice as long.Only those great masters who have left precious spiritual wealth for mankind in the long river of history will sigh when everyone mentions him, "It would be great if he could live for another ten years, so that we don't know how many new greatnesses we can hear." work".

Fan Ning felt that if he couldn't be promoted to be a master, he would let nature take its course.Among the factors that determine the value of an artistic career, the length of life is not everything.

"It's hard for young people with knowledge to feel this." McAdam seemed to see through Fan Ning's thoughts. He looked up at the window with distant eyes: "...when people with knowledge are aging or dying, they should explore the mysterious world carefully on weekdays. There will be some gradual changes in temperament, tending to pursue hidden knowledge more eagerly and regardless of the cost."

His words seemed plain and ordinary, but Fan Ning, who had already "calmly" prepared his psychological construction, "broken his defense" all of a sudden.

"All those who know will eventually become like this?" Fan Ning's expression was not very good.

"all."

"Those who understand will also?"

"From the ignorant to the profound." McAdam said, "As long as your time is running out and you are close to dying, hidden knowledge will be more likely to infect your will, and the ignorant will be more likely to be instigated and instigated. Peeping at the mystery and dying, it is also difficult for those who understand to resist the attraction of higher-level mystery when they are approaching the end of their lives."

"This is not an aging change, but an instinctive manifestation. Everyone in the world is born to pursue the glory like a moth, just like the dust falls, and the spark rises."

The topic that made Fanning's expression sluggish for a while ended here, and Marquis McAdam signaled everyone to continue walking in.

His demeanor and tone returned to indifference: "In short, thank you for your help to the school. As a reward, regarding the preparation of the nomination of the 'Boethius Artist', after the mature artists participating in the competition have finished showing, I will use today's In the name of a member of the inspection team, I propose to give you, a newcomer, a chance to show off."

"If you perform well, this may help you enter the discussion group's field of vision as soon as possible. Of course, the premise depends on whether you are sure to accept the scrutiny. If the gap is too large, it may affect the artist's reputation. You can first look at the mature The performance of the artists, no matter how cautiously you make a decision.”

(End of this chapter)