pianist from the sea

Chapter 153 The Loneliness of a Musician (End of this volume)

Soon, he realized that his emotions just now seemed a little too excited, which was slightly different from the feeling when he met Fu Tiao on the stage before, so he couldn't help coughing twice, and after letting his emotions back a little, He nodded slightly to Fu Tiao.

"Fu, I've been waiting for you for a long time. I didn't expect you to be able to sign the signing tonight."

"Neither did I think of that."

Fu Tiao glanced at He Shen beside him, then looked at the man, and asked, "Can my teacher come in with me?"

"Huh? Your teacher? Of course there is no problem!"

The man straightened his collar, took out a new business card from his pocket, and handed it to Fu Tiao and He Shen.

"We're meeting for the first time. First, let me introduce myself to you. I'm Klaus, the manager of the Polish branch of Deutsche Grammophon under Universal Music. I'm responsible for the distribution, operation, and... "

He pointed to the business card in front of Fu Tiao, and said with a smile, "If you want, we can also discuss the follow-up performance."

"so."

Fu Tiao instantly understood what this person was looking for him for. In fact, what he said earlier was a lot of useless nonsense. The main problem was the performance later.

Fu Tiao glanced at He Shen beside him, found a seat and sat down, and He Shen did the same. He looked at the manager named Klaus in front of him with great interest, and asked him.

"K... Laos? Right? Is it correct? I really want to know the price of the performances you arranged for Fu Tiao in the first year, as well as the number of performances, generally how much."

"In fact, I can't guarantee this, because what every pianist wants is actually different. For example, Li Diyun, he belongs to the kind of person who loves to perform. After he won the championship, he actually rested. There is not much time, and he spends most of his time playing, so we will arrange as many recitals as possible for them.

But for example, the 2005 champion, Refal blechacz, and the 2010 champion, Yulianna Avdeeva, these people’s pursuit of performance is not particularly high, and the venues they play cover are relatively small, so the concerts we arrange for them also They will be reduced accordingly to satisfy their own pursuits as much as possible.

As for the price, normal

There are other things, everyone's arrangements are different, so we are not particularly sure..."

He Shen immediately interrupted: "So you mean, you don't know how many concerts you can give Fu Ta a year? Is that what you mean?"

Klaus immediately denied: "No, you misunderstood, I absolutely did not mean that, I just said, it depends on Fu's thoughts."

After that, he looked at Fu Tiao and asked, "Fu, what do you think? Do you want to have a concert? Do you want more concerts or fewer."

"Hmm..." Looking at the two people in front of him, Fu Tiao couldn't help hesitating, and then hesitated: "How many games are there for the many? How about the few?"

"If there are too many concerts, it will be about one or two a week. If there is a little more, it will be difficult for you to adjust. If it is less, it will be a symbolic concert in a few relatively large places. After the concert, it will be withdrawn and wait for the follow-up New Year's Eve at the end of the year. When assigning performances, we re-discuss the arrangement of concert performances every year. After all, if it is arranged now, it must be Chopin’s tour. The required repertoire is basically based on Chopin, and you will not be given a lot pressure.

And if you enter a certain academy and continue to practice the piano later, we will re-determine the annual plan, because by that time the works we need are not just ordinary Chopin but other works, but It needs to be accompanied by other works, and at that time...you may feel that two shows a month are too much. "

Speaking of this time, two games a month felt too much, Klaus and He Shen beside him couldn't help but glanced at each other and laughed at the same time.

Unless the repertoire of all Fu Tiao's concerts is arranged exactly the same, just like the arrangement of the tour, Fu Tiao's solo concerts must be once or twice a month. If there are more, even those top pianists may have one. A little too much.

Although they can touch the score as soon as they get it, the follow-up processing will take a long time. The more detailed the processing, the longer it will take. It will take half a month for them to process it. After finishing two or three works, it is barely acceptable.

But if they were allowed to process a complete set of concert works in half a month, I am afraid that no matter who they were, it would be very difficult to accept.

Fu Diao looked at the way the two were smiling, although he was a bit puzzled, he still roughly understood what they meant, so he spoke.

"That's it...then in the first few months, it should be about 4 shows a month. It's enough to end the tour in a relatively large place. Don't arrange too much."

"Oh, ok, I probably understand what you mean, in that case, then add a show in Warsaw, then Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Madrid, Lisbon, London, Geneva, Milan, Naples, Salz Fortress, Vienna, Budapest, Moscow, [-] places, three or four months, after performing in these more famous places, you can almost return to China, after a month or two of intensive city tour there , and you are ready to enter the school."

After all, Klaus looked at He Shen beside him, and asked, "He, how do you feel?"

When he came in from He Shen, he knew that He Shen was not easy to fool.

Fu Tiao may be a newcomer, and he doesn't have a special understanding of how deep the water of classical music is, so he might be able to fool around casually.

But He Shen next to him is obviously an insider. He seems to be very familiar with these things and knows the specific situation of this kind of tour.

You can't fool around at all.

Therefore, before he wanted to convince Fu Diao, he had to convince He Shen first.

He Shen sat there thinking for a long time, and asked Klaus, "What is the specific address of the tour?"

"The Berlin Philharmonic Hall in Berlin, the Elb Concert Hall in Hamburg, and the Golden Hall in Vienna. Although the Golden Hall in Vienna is about to be ruined by you Chinese people, it is still a good concert hall. Others It’s basically the same, at least it’s a venue with 1000 people, it’s not particularly bad, but we usually can’t handle venues with special significance, you must know this.”

"Okay, what's the specific price for one performance?"

"Everything abroad is arranged by us. In China, it is arranged by Universal Music in Beijing. I don't know the price you give, but our side is about 5000-10000 euros per show. According to The local price of each place is different. For example, in a place with a poor economy like Warsaw, Poland, our price is 5000 euros.

If you are still willing to sign the autograph after each performance, the price of the autograph will still be arranged according to the price of your autograph today..."

"No! No need!"

After Klaus finished speaking, Fu Tiao shook his head first: "There is no need to arrange signings, or, as little as possible, as short as possible, I really can't stand today."

When Klaus and He Shen heard Fu Tiao's words, they laughed immediately, and Klaus immediately said: "Haha, no problem, I can help you arrange an appointment in advance, for example, only 100 people can sign a sale, but these It all depends on the situation, and I will send you the specific arrangement."

"Ok."

Fu Tiao nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.

Like the signing last night, if it happened again, he might really not be able to bear it.

From [-] o'clock in the evening until [-] o'clock in the morning, his face was almost numb from laughter. This feeling made him feel that he was not like an ordinary pianist, but an idol.

So when he heard that he was going to arrange a signing, Fu Tiao directly refused.

He never wanted to go through such torture again.

Klaus was not too surprised. After all, when he was waiting for Fu Tiao to fall asleep in the room, he knew that Fu Tiao might refuse, so he didn't ask too much, just continued talking to Fu Tiao The content of the show.

The works performed are basically Chopin's works, and these works are basically performed by Fu Diao, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

The performance time is roughly from 08:30 to 09:30 every Friday night, and if there is a signing, it will be from 09:30 to [-]:[-], and it will be completely over at [-]:[-].

Others are some trivial content.

As for why Fu Tiao was only allowed to tour in Europe, but did not mention going to the Americas, it is not clear.

It may be because he is only a branch of Universal, Deutsche Grammophon, and their sphere of influence only stays in Europe, not the world.

What they signed with Fu Tiao was only a simple performance brokerage contract, not all agency contracts, and Fu Tiao was just a pianist who cooperated with them, not their artist.

If you want to arrange to go to the Americas, you may have to borrow resources from Universal, so it is not particularly easy to arrange.

As for Universal in Beijing...

There was no need for them to send a message. As soon as the news of Fu Tiao's victory came out, the Beijing side had already contacted them, saying that they would arrange for Fu Tiao's tour in China, and Zhao Chengzhen and Zhao Chengzhen had just finished playing in Poland. The branch company came to contact them, saying that it was a concept to arrange for Zhao Chengzhen to perform in South Korea.

And the American side didn't pay that much attention to Fu Tiao and others, and Fu Tiao didn't fly to the beautiful country to sign a brokerage company with them.

Therefore, Klaus only arranged for Fu Tiao to tour in Europe and Huaguo, and it is possible to arrange for Fu Tiao to go there after the parent company of Beautiful Country decides.

But all of this has to wait for Fu Tiao's decision.

After everything was negotiated at He Shen's request, Klaus took out his notebook and a small printer with fast printing from his briefcase, and put it in front of Fu Tiao He Shen, and turned on the computer. , a pdf of a contract appeared in front of the two. .

"This is the master board of the contract. There are two copies. We can sign directly after we outline the content we just negotiated in this place."

After all, he quickly revised some details of the contract, such as the number of performances, all of which were done under Fu Diao's nose, without any modification of other regulations at all, and what stood out was his frankness.

After confirming that the modification was completed, he took out a Lingmei pen from his pocket and handed it to Fu Tiao.

"No, just sign on pages 7, 13, and 25 of this contract. If you need it, you can read it slowly. If you don't understand it, you can ask me, but there is no way to change it. This is a standard contract. Only those above, such as the number of tours, can be modified. Others are completely unacceptable. As for whether the contract will be unfavorable to you, I can’t say. After all, all newcomers start with this contract. One contract is three years, and when you become the world A top pianist at the same level has the right to bargain, let's talk about other things."

"OK, I see."

After Fu Tiao glanced at the above content, he signed it directly without any hesitation, then took another contract that had been signed by Klaus, and signed the same.

After the two parties checked that each other's signatures were correct, Klaus picked up one of the documents and put it in the document bag in the briefcase. After sealing it, he stretched out his hand to Fu Tiao and said with a smile: "OK Now, Fu, since you have signed our contract, the rest will be easy, I will specially arrange someone to come over to negotiate with you and escort your tour!"

"Finally... I wish you all the best in your art career!"

"Thank you."

Fu Tiao held the hand extended to Klaus, showing a slight smile.

After the two parties shook hands to announce the establishment of the cooperation, Klaus immediately packed his luggage, yawned and waved goodbye to Fu Diao, and left quickly without any hesitation.

Only Fu Tiao and He Shen were left in the room. Just as they were about to talk, the staff cleaning up the concert hall came and urged them to leave. The two had no choice but to leave the concert hall and stood on the street outside the house. superior.

The stars in the sky are not bright, and even a few of them can hardly be seen, just like in a big city in Huaguo, a city shrouded in light pollution.

It's just that there is no light pollution here, only the extremely severe smog weather, which is completely different from those in developed European cities.

However, although the stars are not visible in the sky, the hazy moon can still catch a glimpse of traces between the clouds and mist, so that there is no bright color in the starry sky.

Seeing Warsaw like this, and touching the contract in his pocket, for some reason, the two of them didn't feel particularly sleepy.

After the two parties glanced at each other, they both walked towards the main road where there were no longer any vehicles, walked through the urban forest, and walked to the small woods next to the four or five-story buildings, and sat by the artificial lake. on the bench.

The night was dark, with a chill that penetrated into the bone marrow, but both of them were wearing formal clothes, and their bodies were not particularly cold except for the coolness in their ankles.

Seeing Hua Sha like this, He Shen suddenly sighed, and said to Fu Tiao.

"Fu Diao."

"Huh?" Fu Tiao looked at the starry sky above his head and responded casually, "What's the matter?"

"I don't know if it's appropriate for me to say, but I still want to say that from today on, you may be alone, playing alone, living alone, and shining alone.

The world of a pianist is very lonely, especially when you are on the stage, that kind of loneliness will make you feel a little bit afraid.

As powerful as Horowitz, he needs his assistant students to give him confidence before he takes the stage. Even Argerich, she is unwilling to continue to play solo works, but begins to choose a variety of It is also because she feels too lonely to perform such a concerto, and it is always better to have someone to accompany her on stage.

In fact, when I was a student, I might not feel too much. After all, everyone is in a state of half-anticipation and half-tension about playing, always wanting to show something in front of everyone, but the more you go, when you are my age At that time, I felt more and more loneliness, and those who were willing to go on stage were fewer and fewer.

It's not because they are not strong enough, or they are not favored by the company's capital. The most important thing is that they can't bear the loneliness on the stage. They would rather teach students than sit alone on the stage surrounded by everyone On, playing alone for more than an hour, two hours.

I know you love music very much, but how long can this love withstand this loneliness?I don't know, but I hope you can resist for a little longer and go deeper on the road of music, before the loneliness and fear completely crush your psychology, making you dare not to continue to perform on stage. a little deeper.

Only in this way can he be regarded as a real, top-notch, pianist. "

After all, He Shen patted Fu Tiao's shoulder, got up and shook his rope, tightened his clothes, looked at Fu Tiao and smiled and said, "Look at the moon slowly, I'll go back to sleep first, the naive Warsaw It's bad, it's disgusting to watch.

Oh, by the way, when Li Diyun left, he told me that the Berklee College of Music sent a message, and they planned to chat with you after your tour, but Li Diyun talked with them a little bit about funding issues, and they seemed unwilling Give a lot, especially after knowing that you are the winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition, they feel that you are not particularly well matched with this school, so they are not very willing...

But no matter what, you can contact them later, and you won't know the specifics until you have talked with them. "

After finishing speaking, He Shen shivered, muttered a few words casually, then turned and left.

Fu Tiao looked at He Shen, couldn't help but smiled easily, looked up at the inconspicuous moonlight in the sky, and said with a light smile.

"Lonely...?"

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