pianist from the sea

Chapter 147 The Champion Concert

Before Fu Diao had any special reaction, Emilia had already left and returned to her seat without giving Fu Diao any time to react.

When Fu Tiao was about to say something, the people around him were applauding non-stop, congratulating Fu Tiao on his honor with great excitement, interrupting his thoughts, Fu Tiao could only smile helplessly, and turned to everyone He raised the award trophy in his hand.

The champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition and the best Chopin Piano Concerto in the Chopin International Piano Competition, these two are not just ordinary honors, the combined prize money of the two is [-] euros.

At the time when the exchange rate was still 7.9, or even 8, this 28 euros could be exchanged for [-] Ruanmei coins!
28 after tax deduction in one game!
The bonus check was placed behind the award certificate. Looking at the people around him, Fu Tiao couldn't help groping for the two checks with his hands, and the corners of his mouth parted slightly.

Before the competition, he was still anxious about renting a house in Warsaw, and even lived directly in the suburbs to save money. It took half an hour to the city by car, and he was even an ordinary person who saved money in some places to save money. Poor music student.

But now, no matter what, participating in a competition, not only earning back the investment money intact, but also earning a competition, this feeling is still very good.

Even according to what He Shen said, the money he can get is just the beginning, and there will be more money to get in the future.

For example, the sales of records, after the Chopin International Piano Competition champion concert, there will be a specially arranged record signing. After the signing money minus production costs and promotional costs, he can share almost [-]% of the total price. , this price is very good, it can even be regarded as a special offer.

After all, you need to know that the price of this record is not that of those games or novels. It will directly copy a backup for you. It does not require any particularly expensive items. It is very good to be able to give [-]% to the record company and the Organizing Committee of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Even many people can only get [-]% of the net profit.

So in this way, for every record that Fu Diao signs and sells, he can get nearly 10 euros.

This is the price of the on-site signing sale. The subsequent release price may be much cheaper, but it can also make a lot of money.

But, these are small heads, a money that can continue to be earned continuously, and the bigger ones are yet to come.

After the competition was over, he was able to rely on his own background-free status to enter the school, and the school bonus he got.

It's not a problem for Fu Tiao's direct income to reach 50 Ruanmei coins in one game.

Subsequent business development will also give him more income, but those incomes are invisible and intangible, so no one knows how much he will get in the future.

He looked at the three people around him, Hamelin smiled the happiest, while Zhao Chengzhen smiled more reservedly.

Hamelin's No.2 was [-] euros, plus [-] euros specially sponsored by Zimmerman for the best piano sonata, and also received a reward of [-] euros.

Zhao Chengzhen's best polonaise and Fu Tiao's best piano concerto are both [-] euros, so the total he won is [-] euros.

As for the No.3 Kate Liu, what she got was No.3’s [-] euros, and the best mazurka’s [-] euros, which was only [-], which was half of Zhao Chengzhen’s.

Not only that, but she still doesn't have the right to participate in the winner's concert tonight, and there is no follow-up signing event.

Therefore, the most valuable prizes in the Chopin International Piano Competition are the first and second prizes, while the third prizes are not so valuable.

As for the people behind, even if there are several thousand euros, those are some consolation prizes, barely enough for their round-trip air tickets, accommodation and meals.

Although it is not fair to compare the achievements of these players by the amount of prize money they received, this is also the easiest way to see how important these players are in the eyes of the agency and the competition organizing committee.

Who will give them so much money for those who have no commercial value and who can play mediocre?

They were all eliminated long before entering the third round.

The applause was still going on, and the judges and guests on the stage came to meet Fu Tiao and the others one by one to congratulate Fu Tiao on their achievements. After everyone officially met, the staff took everyone off the stage, and the stage Empty again, and began to push the piano placed in the corner of the concert hall to the center of the stage.

The award ceremony is just a small appetizer. Before the award ceremony, everyone has predicted who will give this year's award. No matter how happy the host said above, they will not become particularly excited because of it , even surprise surprise.

For them, the most important thing today is the upcoming Chopin concert.

The stage of the concert hall has been cleaned up, and the Steinway used by the previous contestants has been pushed back to the middle of the stage, waiting for the winner.

Everyone off the stage was also gearing up, took a break, waited for the host's voice, and then walked onto the stage to start their first performance on the world stage.

Zhao Chengzhen stood in front of the stairs on the stage, looked at the staff who were cleaning the stage, turned to look at Hamelin behind him, and Fu Tiao and the two suddenly laughed for some reason.

"Speaking of which... it's actually not us who make the most money this year, but Steinway. Steinway is the biggest champion this year."

"Haha, Zhao, you are right. If Steinway contacts me later, I will ask them to give me some endorsement fees." Hamelin also laughed.

Everyone's mentality is very good, and their expressions are extremely relaxed when chatting.

After all, everything has been settled, and there is no room for change, and it is impossible to get more money because of a good performance in this concert, and deduct your salary for a bad performance, so everyone has nothing in mind. Burden, can also chat normally.

Fu Tiao also said with a smile on his face: "Maybe I can use Fazioli, which I have been afraid to use before, at the concert, to give Steinway a little shock."

"Fu! You are like this! You are a genius!" Hamelin looked at Fu Tiao in shock, and then laughed loudly: "Good idea! I think it's a good idea, but it's not good to replace them all with Fazioli. How about we each get a new one, Fu, you use Fazioli, I use Yamaha, Zhao, you use kawai?"

"Yes? Why didn't Steinway give us the money, but I want Yamaha! You use Kawai?" Zhao Chengzhen also replied cheerfully.

"No! I hate Kawai's hand feeling like pressing a cake. That feel is so bad, I hate it so much."

"Okay, let Fu play Kawai, and you use Fazioli."

"No, I don't like Kawai either." Fu Diao shook his head immediately.

Hamelin stared at Fu Tiao with wide eyes, and exaggeratedly said, "Fu! You are so ruthless, Kawai is so pitiful, and none of us are willing to use it. Don't you think it is very pitiful?"

"You feel pitiful, so you use it? I really can't use that kind of cake texture."

"Hey, I don't really want to use... Zhao?"

"Don't look at me, and neither do I."

The three of them laughed at the same time while talking, but they said they wanted to change the piano, but there was no movement in their behavior, and they didn't go on stage to call the staff to change the piano.

After all, what to say, there are many things that need to be done to change the piano temporarily, and it is not possible to use the piano directly.

Everyone has used the Steinway for so long before, and when they reported their list, they also reported Steinway, so the organizing committee only kept one Steinway, and the other pianos Those manufacturers have been asked to take it back in advance, so they don't have inventory there.

If you want it, you can definitely ship it, but there is no way to tune it on the way, which may make the concert messy.

So everyone was just joking around there.

But everyone quickly returned to seriousness, because the staff members walked off the stage, looked at the three people who were standing at the backstage door, wearing neat suits but with slightly unruly expressions, blinked, and said hesitantly .

"Three teachers, that...the concert will start soon, are you...ready?"

"Ready, no problem."

Hamelin got up first, rearranged his clothes, and returned to the No.2 style of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

He looked at the host and smiled and said, "Go up now?"

"Wait a minute, you prepare in the background, and the other two contestants also invite you to sit at the designated positions."

"Ok."

Fu Tiao and Zhao Chengzhen both nodded at the same time, then Zhao Chengzhen looked at Hamelin and smiled softly: "Come on."

"Okay, you guys do it too."

Come on, Hamelin waved his hands at the two of them, stood in front of the steps of the concert hall, straightened his collar, and made his emotions more stable and more confident.

He just stood there with great ease, waiting for his entry.

Fu Tiao and others followed the guidance of another staff member to a position on the side of the stage and sat in the corner of the concert hall.

Although you can't see anything from this position, you can only see the high stage wall, but there is no problem in listening, and it is very easy to enter the backstage at this position. This position was specially selected by the organizing committee for Fu Tiao and Zhao Chengzhen. stranded.

When they sat in their seats, the concert hall had become pitch black, and you couldn't see anything, and you didn't even know whether the people sitting next to you were ghosts or not.

A completely enclosed concert hall without any natural light source, even if it is a door, there is a corridor outside the door, the lights in the corridor are not two-eyed, and it is almost difficult to penetrate through the cracks in the door.

The ultimate darkness brings the ultimate tranquility, you can only hear your own breathing, everything else seems to be isolated from you.

This is what the Chopin International Piano Competition hopes for. They hope that everyone will focus on the music instead of everything else.

After everyone sat down completely, the host's voice sounded.

"Charles Richard Hamelin! Canada!"

There was soft applause, not enthusiastic, not because he didn't like Hamelin, but because he didn't want to let this silence be broken.

Under the eyes of everyone, a beam of gentle orange light fell from the spotlight in the sky, illuminating the bright piano in the middle of the concert hall.

It was completely different from the previous competitions. Although the previous competitions lowered the lights on the audience seats in the concert hall and brightened the lights on the stage so that everyone's attention was on the piano, they were not as bright as today.

Only the light in the center of the stage remained in everyone's sight, and they could hardly see anything else.

Hamelin walked out slowly amidst the applause of the crowd. He seemed a little uncomfortable with the setting of the concert, standing in the center of the stage and even feeling a little bit in a trance.

But soon, he returned to his normal state, bowed slightly to everyone, sat on the piano bench, raised his hand, and pressed it gently.

The extremely soft piano sound came out, just like his impression on everyone, he was full of classicism, with the kind of tenderness unique to Chopin, making people unwilling to fall into the land of tenderness. wake.

The same is true of the works he played, similar to the works he played at the time of the competition, with his most outstanding Chopin piano sonata as the background to build his own characteristic music.

Listening to Hamelin's music, Fu Tiao's body couldn't help but relax for a while, leaning on the softer sofa behind him, his thoughts drifted away.

Everyone in the Huaguo live broadcast room nodded as they listened to Hamelin's performance, and communicated softly with each other.

"Hamelin's performance is really good. I have to say that I still like Hamelin's performance."

"Just like the previous interviews with those judges, they have a very precise definition of Hamelin, the most extreme classicism, full of classicist features, although I don't really like his interpretation method, but listen His performance really gives people a feeling of relaxation."

"I can only say that he is worthy of the title of No.2. If there is no Fu Tiao and Zhao Chengzhen this year, he might really be able to get No.1 instead of the current No.2."

"This sentence is a bit taken for granted. If there is no Fu Tiao this year, you may meet other players, such as Fu Yu and the like. If you don't have the ability to crush everyone back then to win the championship, then you can't."

"That's right, that's true. It's just a pity. After all, he is indeed a player who can compete for the championship."

Listening to Hamelin's performance, everyone couldn't help showing a trace of regret. It's really a pity that Hamelin was born at an untimely time.

If he was born five years earlier, he might be able to win the first place in the previous year. Since Li Diyun, almost no one can give people a particularly deep impression. To revive the Chopin International Piano Competition from its slump, otherwise...

It's a pity that anyway, there is no if after all. After Hamelin's performance ended, applause rang out. He got up from the stage, saluted the crowd gracefully, turned and walked off the stage.

Just like everyone's stereotype of the elegance of the pianist.

And Zhao Chengzhen who was beside Fu Diao didn't know when, under the reminder of the staff, she left Fu Diao's side and walked to the backstage of the stage.

There was a commotion in the concert hall. Everyone coughed quickly, cleared their throats, and relieved the exhaust gas that was suffocating in their lungs during the music just now, and then looked at the stage with a smile again, waiting for the next contestant to appear.

It didn't take too long, but after waiting for a few minutes, the lights in the concert hall were turned off again, and applause rang out. Zhao Chengzhen walked out of the stage, bowed to everyone in a gentle manner, and sat on the piano bench.

The ultimate Chopin, the ultimate Chopin, his music is extremely thorough, without any redundant impurities, which perfectly fits everyone's imagination of his music.

Every trace of it looks so crystal clear.

At this time, Hamelin walked out from the back of the stage and sat beside Fu Tiao, enjoying Zhao Chengzhen's performance with a flat expression. Looking at Fu Tiao next to him, he couldn't help but move his head closer and whispered.

"Amazing, isn't it?"

Fu Tiao looked at Hamelin next to him, and didn't react for a while, but Hamelin grinned and said: "No matter how many times I listen to it, I am still attracted by the purity and transparency of Zhao Chengzhen's music. I am very envious of you, and Zhao Chengzhen, who have been able to confront each other head-on and experience that pure sense of oppression at close range."

"Then you can try it." Fu Diao also chuckled softly, "This feeling is not something you can experience casually."

"If there is a chance, I really want to experience this feeling, but I don't seem to have many opportunities. After all, after this game, we may never meet again in this life."

Let's talk, Hamelin sat upright, enjoying Zhao Chengzhen's performance with great ease, feeling the baptism of the purity in his music to his soul.

The same is true for Fu Tiao. Let go of the mind of confrontation and enjoy the opponent's music. Naturally, what you feel is not pressure, but the ubiquitous beauty in his music.

It's just a pity that before Zhao Chengzhen's performance was completely over, the staff came over and called Fu Tiao, asking him to wait in the backstage, and he was the next one to appear.

Fu Tiao glanced at Zhao Chengzhen on the stage with regret, without any hesitation, he got up and walked towards the backstage, and stayed at the back of the stage again, where he had waited several times during the competition.

This time, the backstage of the concert hall was much more empty than before. Countless cameras and staff disappeared completely. Only one staff member in charge of the waiting room stood there, looking towards the stage.

The last sound fell, and there was a roar of applause on the stage. The staff who had been looking at the direction of the stage turned around, looked at Fu Tiao, and spoke with great respect.

"Mr. Fu, it's your turn to play now."

　Changed the author's name, now I am called "Teacher Hard Work Lianqin Zuo", if you don't mind, you can call me Da Zuo.

　　Sir, this way!

　　
　
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