pianist from the sea

Chapter 152 Deutsche Grammophon

Fu Diao felt that he hadn't seen Mr. Brotz for a long time after the start of the competition. He didn't expect to see Brotz in this place. He felt that he seemed to have recovered a lot from his tired body and was a little excited. .

"Mr. Brotz, are you here tonight?"

"Of course! I paid attention to ticket sales a long time ago, and I specially asked my friends to help grab tickets. You must know that the Chopin International Piano Competition is not just a competition in Poland. This is actually a global competition. Even if we are Polish people, it is very difficult to buy tickets for this game. If we don’t find a relationship, I’m afraid there is really no way to buy this ticket.”

Broz picked up a ticket and waved it in front of Fu Diao with an extremely proud expression.

It seems that it is not easy to grab this ticket, even if this ticket is only the ticket at the top of the mountain farthest, the price is the lowest.

Seeing Brotz like this, Fu Tiao couldn't help but feel a little helpless: "If you want to sign, I can actually sign it for you alone, or even bring you a special record, and sign it for you on the back of the record. You need to come here specially to line up, you see there are so many people queuing up now, and the time is so late..."

"What's wrong? Dislike me?" Brotz pretended to be angry and said, "Don't look at me like this. I was strong and strong when I was young, until I got shot in the knee."

"what???"

"No, just kidding, I wasn't born when Blitz Poland was struck."

"what……"

Broz was joking with Fu Tiao, but Fu Tiao didn't seem to understand what he meant, so he could only say helplessly: "No, I just remember that when I was living in your house, your legs and feet didn't seem to be It is very convenient, and I go to bed very early at night, if I remember correctly, I may have gone to bed at eight or nine in the evening, and now..."

Fu Tiao glanced at the clock next to him.

"It's already past ten o'clock in the evening, almost 10:30, so I never thought that you, Mr. Brotz, are still awake."

"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay to sleep a little late occasionally." Brotz waved his hands with a smile, turned his head to look behind him, and was just about to say something, but found that the expression of the person behind him was very resentful, and his emotions immediately changed. After a slight interruption, he turned his head a little embarrassed and continued.

"It was mainly a bet with you at the time. If you can pass the preliminaries of the Chopin International Piano Competition, I will give you 3000 zlotys. If you can get better results in the Chopin International Piano Competition, then... I will give you PLN [-]. You are more! Do you remember?"

"I seem to remember, but I remember Broz, you have given me the 3000 zlotes before, I thought this was over..."

"No! It's not over!" Brotz took out a bulging envelope from his pocket, pushed it to Fu Tiao, and said softly.

"This is 5000 euros. This is your personal reward for winning the Chopin International Piano Competition."

"5000 euros?" Fu Tiao was stunned for a moment, then his face changed drastically, and he immediately got up and refused to Brotz: "No, the 3000 zloty you gave me before, Mr. Brotz, is already a lot, and the 5000 euros , almost 2 zlotys, this price is much higher than the previous 3000 zlotys, and..."

"No, you are worth the price! I never thought that the little boy who was raining that day and dragging a huge suitcase could get such a high score, and he would be the champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition! Even if I go back half a year I never thought of this before!"

Looking at Fu Tiao's tone, Brotz said softly, "Although you are not my child, or any relative of mine, I am really happy to see that you can get such a high grade. , I am very happy that I was able to help you with a little kindness at that time, I am really, very happy."

"But, this money is too much." Fu Tiao touched the 5000 euros in his hand, feeling extremely hot.

Brotz put his hand gently on Fu Tiao's hand holding the envelope, and shook his head slightly: "No, you won this, or do you want to use your Huaguo's etiquette with me, three please four four I can do this with you if you insist."

"Do not……"

Feeling the warmth of Brotz's palm, Fu Diao hesitated for a long time, finally sighed, put the money under the inner pocket of the suit's chest, and said with a helpless smile, "This money just happens to be the winning prize for No.3. Mr. Brotz, you have given a new No.3."

Seeing Fu Tiao accepting the money, Broz immediately smiled and said, "Haha, if you want, I can also give you a new No.1, not just [-] euros, I'm still alive anyway After such a long time, [-] euros can still be taken out.”

"No, don't! Don't, I'm under more psychological pressure when you look like this!" Fu Tiao immediately refused without any delay.

After receiving 5000 euros from Brotz, he was already a little bit unbearable. If he received another [-] euros, Fu Tiao felt that he might not be able to afford this hurdle in his life.

He still lives in a small house in the Polish countryside, and there is only one heating source, so he only charges [-] Euros. What kind of vampire is this?Even those who gnaw on the old are not so gnawing on the old.

He would rather go to another match than these strangers suddenly send him money.

Giving cheap, thoughtful gifts is better than money.

Brotz didn't care. After seeing Fu Tiao's refusal, he nodded casually, spread his hands and said, "Okay, since you insist, then so be it. I wish you success in your artistic career. If there are no accidents, I will always Supporting you until I die."

"Thank you, but this sentence seems a bit nasty, it feels like a fanatic fan is saying it to an idol."

"Idol? Haha, then you can also consider me your fan."

Come on, Brotz patted Fu Tiao on the shoulder, took out a record from his pocket, and said with a smile: "Okay, big star, sign me for the old man, this one came out of my house Big star!"

"Ok!"

Fu Tiao breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and picked up a pen to write on the inside of the record box, "To Mr. Brotz, everything is going well, Fu Tiao."

As the last stroke fell, Fu Tiao handed the record in his hand to Brotz, and said with a smile, "I wish you all the best, Mr. Brotz."

"Similarly, I wish you all the best in your future artistic career."

Brotz smiled at Fu Tiao, then turned and left without any hesitation, returning this space to Fu Tiao.

Although the two talked a lot, it was actually only a very brief exchange. The people behind did not wait for a long time. After Brotz left, he hurried up.

Spectators lined up one after another, and Fu Diao smiled and signed for everyone, even with a little bit of sore fingers and a stiff smile on his face.

He also couldn't remember how many albums he had sold, he just kept autographing for everyone.

While signing autographs for one audience after another, he somehow thought of those idol stars, and thought that they might have to work so hard to sign autographs, and even smiled with a business-like smile for several years, and felt terrified.

As for those Dongying girl groups, it is said that their signings can still sell hand rolls. The feeling of being touched by a group of inexplicable people with a smile on their faces is even more disgusting and terrifying.

Therefore, even though his fans are very ordinary and all of them are gentlemen, he feels that this kind of autograph meeting once is enough. If he is asked to hold a second or third time, he will definitely not be able to bear it.

Even if we want to do it later, we definitely have to wait a little bit, let's wait until a few years later.

Maybe at that time he can save a whole set of albums and sell them instead of just one record.

How much can a record sell for?
Those sets of records are sold at expensive prices!
Fu Diao was so confused that he even wanted to sign for the people in front of him. He didn't even pay attention to Zhao Chengzhen and Hamelin, who walked by him, came to him to buy albums and sign autographs.

Because there are too many people, Zhao Chengzhen and Hamelin have signed the contract, and Fu Tiao's position is still unclear.

Looking at this situation, Zhao Chengzhen and Hamelin were both envious and sympathetic.

There are many fans who envy Fu Tiao, and sympathize with Fu Tiao for signing so many autographs, which have not yet been signed.

Looking at the people behind, it may be necessary to sign about a hundred more people before the signing can be completed.

At this time, it was almost one or two o'clock in the morning.

From the end of the performance of Fu Tiao to chatting with everyone and signing autographs for the first person, to now, almost four hours have passed.

By the time the last person signed the signature, it was already two o'clock in the morning.

In the urban area of ​​Warsaw, Poland, it has become very quiet. There are hardly many people staying in the city center. Everyone returns to their homes early to sleep.

The whole city became very quiet.

Even in a little corner of the city, those places that are often used as nightclubs, discos, and clubs are already very quiet, and the whole city seems to have fallen asleep at this time.

This intoxicating sense of tranquility is also brought to the concert hall.

With the last "thank you", Fu Tiao sent away the last set of fans, raised his head in a daze, and looked at the person in front of him. Just as he was about to reach out to sign for him, the person hugged Fu Tiao's hand excitedly , said excitedly.

"Fu Tiao! Did you know? Your signing today broke the record! You sold more than 5000 copies of your album, and the audience in the entire concert hall is only about 5 people, which is equivalent to 1 copies per capita! You It is very possible to get [-] euros! This directly exceeds your previous No.[-], plus the total reward amount for the best concerto!"

"what?"

Fu Tiao was shaken by the hand held by the person in front of him, his head was in a trance for a while, and he was stunned for a long time before he said in a daze, "He...he Shen?"

It took too long to sign someone's signature, and it was too late now, which made Fu Tiao's head a little confused. Now he only has sleepiness in his head, and he just wants to go back to the hotel to sleep quickly, and he doesn't think about anything else.

But after seeing He Shen, his mind gradually cleared up a lot, and he sat on the chair again, rubbing the space between his brows.

"Sorry, I signed too many autographs today, and my head is a little dazed..."

"Indeed, I was kind of dumbfounded when I saw how many of your records sold."

He sat next to Fu Tiao with deep empathy, patted him on the back, and handed Fu Tiao a cup of coffee that had cooled down and was not filled: "No, drink a cup of coffee to refresh yourself."

Fu Diao looked at the coffee, and then glanced at He Shen next to him. Not knowing what was going on, he suddenly asked, "This coffee...is it you who drank it before?"

He Shen was stunned for a moment, then his eyes drifted all over the place, and he said guiltyly: "Ah? How is it possible, cough cough, um..."

"Hey! Is there something wrong with your guilty expression?"

"I don't have a guilty conscience! I just, ahem... I just asked someone to pour a glass before, and I didn't drink it after taking a sip. Then I left it there to cool down, and I forgot to drink it! Why is it called a guilty conscience!"

"what?"

Looking at the coffee held by He Shen in front of him, Fu Tiao felt as if he had plunged directly into the ice water, and his head became extremely clear in an instant, and he was no longer as dazed as before.

He looked at He Shen with a disgusted expression, took two steps back, and complained: "Hey, Teacher He, you are so disgusting."

"No, why is this disgusting? I just forgot to drink it. Why is it disgusting?"

"Can't you pour me a new glass? Why do you have to let me drink what you drank?"

"I'm your teacher! Is that what you call your teacher? You you you you!"

He Shen immediately changed the subject, pointed at Fu Tiao, and was about to continue talking, but Fu Tiao changed the subject first.

He just sighed: "Okay, forget it, that's it, I don't need to drink coffee anymore, I'll go to sleep directly after a while..."

After all, Fu Tiao got up and twisted, let himself sit there for an indeterminate amount of time, and after a while of physical activity, he looked at the surrounding people who had turned off most of the lights and the staff who were cleaning up those posters, and looked at He Shen asked.

"Speaking of which, what about Teacher Li Diyun and Yu Tianyou? Why didn't you see them?"

"Li Diyun went back to sleep first. His biological clock is relatively normal. He must go to bed before eleven o'clock in the evening and get up to practice the piano around seven o'clock in the morning. That is called a healthy person. As for Yu Tianyou, he originally said that he would wait Yours, but you didn't end half a day there, so you went out to drink alone."

"Drinking? Drinking or... disco?"

"I don't know, who knows? But I suggest that you don't wait for him to come back, let him go alone, maybe he will come back later, don't care about him"

"Oh, like this."

Fu Tiao rubbed his shoulders, glanced at the time, and got up to walk backstage.

He Shen looked in Fu Tiao's direction, froze for a moment, pointed to the exit and said, "Aren't you going back to sleep?"

"No, there is one more person who wants to see me." He Shen shook his head and asked He Shen.

"Then the person who said he wanted to see me before, do you know that he is still there?"

"The person who said he wanted to see you?" He Shen was stunned, he couldn't figure out who it was after thinking for a long time.

Fu Tiao also realized at this time that it was Li Diyun who he gave his business card to before, and it was Li Diyun who said that the person was from Deutsche Grammophon, so He Shen might not know who he just said, so he immediately stopped. Flipping through his pocket, he handed the man's business card to He Shen.

"No, it's him, from Deutsche Grammophon, he said he wanted to see me."

"Deutsche Grammophon? Huh?" He Shen was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "So it's them. Today your record is in charge of their company. I didn't expect them to come to you directly!"

"Do you know them?" Fu Tiao looked at He Shen's clear expression, and immediately asked curiously, "What do they do?"

"Deutsche Grammophon is one of the current major record companies. It mainly manages the business in Europe and America. It is divided into the management artist department and the record department. The record department is responsible for releasing records. Many top artists are They release records through them. As for their artist department, I can only say that there are many top artists, whether it is piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, they have signed artists there.

But, you have to know that the latest young artists they introduced did not go well, not because those people were not good enough, but because of bad luck?Or for other reasons, it is always impossible to push, as if it is cursed, so you can call it a hotbed of top artists, but not a cradle of emerging artists, but this should have nothing to do with you.

Oh, by the way, your current brokerage company is actually affiliated with the Organizing Committee of the Chopin International Piano Competition, and then gave it to Deutsche Grammophon. They should be responsible for the recording and distribution of the record, although I don’t know where they are looking for What do you want to do, but it probably has something to do with your record. "

After all, He Shen suddenly remembered something, and suddenly said to Fu Tiao.

"Almost forgot, Deutsche Grammophon has been acquired by Universal Music. Although it still retains the right to operate independently, the company's main equity is on Universal's side. Although this is just useless, but when you meet those Deutsche Grammophon When you're an old man, don't talk about Universal."

Fu Tiao didn't expect that He Shen would talk to him about this, so he nodded in a daze, and said softly, "Oh... But he probably has nothing to do with the records, he seems to want to discuss with me... the show?"

"Show? What show?"

He Shen hurriedly asked, but they were already standing at the backstage door of the concert hall, and Fu Tiao pushed them away. Under the dim light in the room, the man who had handed him his business card in front of Fu Tiao was drowsy .

In the room, soft jazz was playing softly, coupled with faintly scented incense, Fu Diao's almost suppressed drowsiness was almost aroused again.

But that person heard the sound of the door opening, looked up with sleepy eyes, and when he saw Fu Tiao, most of the sleepiness in his mind also dissipated, and he stood up excitedly.

click...

He got up and bumped directly into the table that was playing soft jazz in front of him, and knocked the female voice who was singing an unknown ballad into a high pitch, so that he couldn't help but put his hands on his knees, looking at Fu Tiao in front of him, Showed an embarrassed expression.

"Well, Fu, you... finally came."

(End of this chapter)