pianist from the sea

Chapter 280 おめでとう (o me de tou)

A few days later, Berlin, Germany.

Fu Diao didn't know how much effort the group headed by Zimmerin had put in for him, but he knew one thing, that is, Zimmerin and the others succeeded.

Officials from the Ruhr Piano Festival sent him an email.

The Ruhr Piano Festival didn't say anything like the Riddler to bring Fu Diao to Essen, and they would give him a surprise.

Instead, she told him directly, congratulations on winning the best newcomer at this year's Ruhr Music Festival.

He is a well-deserved top pianist!

Therefore, at the closing ceremony of the Ruhr Piano Festival, they will commend Fu Tiao for his contribution to the Ruhr Piano Festival, and for his contribution to the future development and rejuvenation of classical music. share of strength.

Although Fu Diao can choose not to attend the closing ceremony at the Ruhr Music Festival, there is no mandatory requirement for the Ruhr Piano Festival.

However, the Ruhr Piano Festival did not do anything unfavorable to Fu Tiao. If a top music festival in the world awards you an award and you deliberately pretend to be a big name and don't go, then it is Fu Tiao's own fault.

Therefore, when Fu Tiao received the mail from the Ruhr Piano Festival, he immediately sent them a thank you letter back, and then told them that he knew about it and that he would attend the ceremony in time.

Therefore, after negotiating a few words with the members of his chamber orchestra, Fu Tiao said goodbye to them. After returning to his room, he found a few clothes and stuffed them in his bag, and took the train directly to Egypt. Mori.

Perhaps because he successfully won the best prize at this year's Ruhr Piano Festival, Fu Tiao looked at Essen, a city known as the center of Europe, and for some reason felt a hint of industrial beauty, not like he just came here. The whole city looked ugly and dirty as it had been seen at the time.

"Actually, Essen is pretty good, isn't it?"

Zimmerin stood next to Fu Diao, shook hands with him and hugged him, then looked at the steel buildings in front of him with his gaze, then turned to smile at him.

"Although the cities in the Ruhr area of ​​Germany have a sense of staleness in them, which makes people not want to look at it a second time, but we have to admit that industrialization has brought about more than just the impact on the world. The destruction of nature will also bring about extra development. Even if these development opportunities have slipped from the hands of the people of the Ruhr area, the advantages brought by development have not been destroyed in this way; It’s a different way to exist around everyone.”

"That's true, but..." Fu Diao looked at the building in front of him with a hint of hesitation on his expression. Finally he shook his head and said, "But it's still hard for me to like this city. This city still gives me the same feeling. That kind of stale and dilapidated feeling, even though the development of this city is actually quite good, I don’t know why, but I just can’t like it.”

"So how do you feel about Frankfurt? If you fly back to Germany, you should pass through Frankfurt, right?"

"Frankfurt... I don't feel anything, I haven't been there, but even if I haven't been there, I've heard that there's a lot of drug addicts around the main train station, it's uncomfortable."

Fu Tiao said to Zimmerin. Zimmerin was not surprised when he heard it, but burst into laughter.

"Indeed, Frankfurt is the financial center of Europe, and the traffic from such a huge station is extraordinarily bustling. I also stayed in Frankfurt for a while before, and the mess and urine smell near the main train station made me People even doubt whether they are in a third world country or in Europe, this has been criticized by people all over Europe for a long time, and I am used to hearing it.”

"What about the drug addicts gathered around the station? And what about the drug dealers? Do Frank, or the police over there in Hesse, really don't care at all? Those are drugs!"

Fu Diao was a little confused after hearing Zimmerin's words.

Although his common sense of life is not the kind of know-it-all level, he also knows what drug addicts mean to a city.

He followed Zimmerlin's pace and walked slowly towards the Essen Concert Hall.

The Essen Concert Hall is about two kilometers away from them, and it is very comfortable to walk there, just in the state of having a little exercise without making people feel too tired.

Qi Merlin followed Fu Tiao, and after hearing Fu Tiao's doubts, he only paused for a moment, and then spoke to him.

"By the way, have you been to the main train station over there at the zoo?"

"The main train station of the zoo? The one in Berlin?" Fu Tiao was stunned for a moment and asked.

Zimmerlin nodded to Fu Tiao: "Well, that's the one. Now the main fire in Berlin is newly built, so the overall look is clean and modern, but if you go to the owner of the zoo in the city center Fire, although it is also called the main fire, but now the function of the main fire has been removed, and it has become a simple passenger hub. If you go down there, you will find that even in Berlin, there are also many homeless people. returnees."

"Well, I know. When I was in school, I changed trains at the zoo, from Line 2 to Line 7. I know what the zoo is like."

Fu Tiao said that he was aware of the situation at the zoo station, then frowned, and asked, "Apart from a lot of homeless people and the smell of urine, there should be no drug users there, right?"

"Yes, it's just that you didn't pay attention. The people there are actually similar to the people in Frankfurt. They are all homeless."

Qi Merlin smiled at Fu Tiao, and did not feel dissatisfied because of Fu Tiao's doubts, and patiently explained to Fu Tiao.

"The homeless are harmless. They are not particularly harmful to this city. They are as docile as small animals. Do you understand?"

"I can't understand..." Fu Tiao always felt a little strange, scratching his head: "Why are homeless people harmless?"

"Because they are holding government benefits, if they are harmful and attack other people, they will not be eligible to continue receiving benefits, but will be deported instead, a group of homeless people, holding hundreds of euros given to them by the government every month The rental funds and the living expenses of a few hundred euros are just spread on the ground, wasting taxpayers' money. They live a life of nearly a thousand euros every month as full-time homeless, and then send the money to their homes!

What are you doing lying on the street without doing anything every day?They have no choice but to take drugs. Thanks to the damn government, their indulgence in marijuana, a low-toxic, low-addictive and highly hallucinogenic drug, has completely made those homeless people lose any claws. They just lie down every day. Smiling cheerfully on the ground, facing such homeless people, what can the group of policemen do?Send them to prison?That’s not what taxpayers’ money is for!

What is even more outrageous recently is that they have begun to prepare for the legalization of marijuana, because the police are too lazy to supervise people who smoke marijuana. Young people spend a lot of money on the black market to buy marijuana and waste a lot of money out of the country. tax, so they started to think about the legalization of marijuana, the government will collect money, you all smoke anyway, why don’t you give us the money, hehe, it’s really…”

Fu Tiao couldn't understand.

Qi Molin didn't ask Fu Tiao to understand anything, he just sighed softly, looked into the distance, and said casually to Fu Tiao.

"The situation in each country is different, and even everyone has different feelings about one thing. Although the Ruhr area is very dilapidated, all you can see is a gray area, which makes it difficult to like it. , but what I see is the glorious history and the splendor of industrialization! Even though I am an artist rather than a designer, I still love this industrialized city deeply, including Frankfurt, for that Be patient with the homeless bunch, they're not aggressive, they have nothing to lose."

After that, he took out a box of tobacco from his pocket, took out a piece of cigarette paper and a filter tip, stuck out his tongue and licked the edge, and in just ten seconds, a brand new hand-rolled cigarette was in front of him. hands molding.

He picked up the cigarette in his hand and smiled at Fu Tiao, explaining.

"Don't be afraid, it's just a cigarette. Basically, I only choose one to relieve the pressure when I am particularly stressed. Under normal circumstances, I still like to smoke cigarettes, especially hand-rolled cigarettes that are directly rolled."

"I... still can't accept it."

Fu Tiao took two steps back and frowned.

Zimmerlin did not continue to explain, but just took a puff of the hand-rolled cigarette in his hand, turned his head and exhaled the smoke to the other side.

"If you can't accept it, don't accept it. I just feel a little tired, and I finally succeeded in doing one thing. When I finished it, I saw that you didn't seem to like this city. Don't think too much about it."

Fu Tiao shook his head, and said softly: "No, I just prefer greening, that kind of garden city or forest city, such as the big forest in the center of Berlin. My standard for judging a city is also from the Greening begins."

"Ha! Then you must like Munich! The English Garden in the center of Munich is very beautiful. Every time I go to Munich, I will definitely go to the English Garden. That city is really, people like it from the bottom of my heart."

Zimmerin held the cigarette in his mouth and smiled cheerfully, then lit it, took a deep breath of half a cigarette, exhaled the smoke to the other side without spraying it towards Fu Diao, and then took another big drag.

In just a few clicks, a cigarette disappeared in his hand, and then a brand new hand-rolled cigarette appeared in his hand like a self-refreshing supply.

At this point, he stopped talking, because they had come near the Essen Concert Hall.

As one of the most important cities in the Ruhr area, Essen has a more important position here than Dusseldorf. Even before they arrived at the concert hall, they could already see the crowds gathering around them.

Fu Tiao even felt as if he had returned to the day when he held a concert.

It was obviously just a simple awards ceremony, but I don't know why it was held like this.

So many artists, so many audiences, and, so many promotional posters?The posters for the closing ceremony of the Ruhr Piano Festival were particularly dense near the concert hall, and the audience was obviously very enthusiastic about the final result of the concert.

Even if Fu Tiao hadn't passed by, they could still hear their discussions from the sporadic words from the crowd.

"Who do you think is the best rookie of the year?"

"Is there still a need to guess? Arkadi must be! Arkadi is so old, and he should give it to Arkadi for reasons and reasons!"

"No, no, I think it's Dior. Dior's performance is great. I especially like his Chopin Ballade. His Chopin Ballade is one of the strongest ballad versions I've heard. It's enough The kind you take home and treasure!”

"Shouldn't Dior be talking about his Passion Sonata? I think his Passion Sonata is even better than Lang Liangyue's!"

"I feel the same way, but I still like Arkady's Brahms. His timbre changes like a magician, which makes people feel strange."

"Anyway, I will definitely choose one of these two this year!"

"Is it possible that it's Kissin? Kissin is over 40 now, right?"

"Kissin's performance this year is just mediocre. I feel similar to Lang Liangyue. How could it be their turn?"

"That's right! I support a wave of Akadi!"

"..."

Not only Fu Tiao, but Zimmerin who was smoking a cigarette next to him also heard everyone's conversation. He pinched the cigarette out of his hand and looked at Fu Tiao, and said cheerfully.

"How is it? How does it feel to know the news that others don't know while watching you being the center of other people's discussions?"

"How should I put it...it's a bit hard to describe, isn't it?"

Fu Diao groped his chin and couldn't help but speak while looking at the people in front of him.

He thought for a moment, then shook his head slightly.

"There must be a little bit of ecstasy, after all, I successfully won the best rookie of the year, but other feelings are nothing."

"Tsk tsk, I'm just secretly happy that I don't have any other feelings. Is it that simple? If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have helped you."

After Zimmerin heard Fu Diao's words, he couldn't help but complain. Then he reached out and patted Fu Diao's shoulder, raised his eyebrows at the concert hall, and said.

"Let's go, go in, go in and get your glory while there are not many people."

"Um……"

Fu Tiao nodded slightly, and followed Zimmerin into the concert hall.

Instead of entering through the main entrance and finding the back door like other ordinary audiences, they went directly to the staff entrance at the back.

The furnishings in the house are still exactly the same as when he performed here before, and the group of staff working behind the concert hall has not changed much.

The only thing that changed was that there were many people in suits standing behind the concert hall at this moment.

They all held the wine glasses in their hands, shook them slightly, and chatted casually.

The wine in their cups showed a light blue-yellow color. If you guessed correctly, it was either champagne or white wine.

Anyway, it's definitely not red wine.

After Fu Tiao came in, a messenger with a lot of goblets came to Fu Tiao and slightly lowered the tray in his hand.

"Hello, today I am offering three white wines certified by VDP in the Riesling region, which are dry, off-dry and sweet white wines. May I introduce them to you?"

"No, no need, I..."

Fu Tiao shook his head slightly, before he had time to say anything, the group of people who were chatting with wine glasses had already noticed Fu Tiao's arrival, walked up to Fu Tiao's side one by one, and said with a smile.

"Dior! Congratulations!"

"Fu! Congratulations! Congratulations on becoming the best rookie of the year!"

"Perfect! Dio! You succeeded! Congratulations!"

"..."

Most people don't know Fu Tiao, but they can stand in the backstage of the concert hall, which already shows a lot.

Seeing the crowd gradually approaching Fu Tiao, Zimmerin had already prepared to take two goblets from the waiter nearby, handed one of them to Fu Tiao, and greeted the group of people , to help Fu Tiao out of gear, after squeezing out some space, he turned his head to Fu Tiao and said in a small voice.

"It's just a matter of pretending. The wine here is only [-] to [-] euros a glass. It's not a particularly good collection of wine. It can be regarded as high-end and definitely not luxurious. This is a social occasion in the West. Simply chatting with wine , No one really comes to drink, this is more suitable for your small circle of artists, if you go to a big circle, it will be even more tiring, you have to get used to it early."

"……OK."

Fu Diao thought for a while, nodded gently in agreement, smiled at everyone and then went up to them, responding to everyone's greetings easily.

The vast majority of people present knew that Fu Diao had won this year's Rookie of the Year. The very few people who didn't know about it were basically the staff responsible for maintenance.

Therefore, everyone present was particularly enthusiastic about Fu Tiao.

Faced with such a rising star in the future art world, everyone did not hesitate to praise him.

After all, to them, Fu Tiao deserves such praise.

Fu Tiao did not show any shyness in the face of these people. He seemed to have been accustomed to such occasions. He walked among the people with a drink in hand and thanked them for their support.

This politeness continued until Fu Diao stopped in front of a person.

Arcadia.

Those present are not only the music critics and producers of the Ruhr Piano Festival Organizing Committee, but also some artists.

Arkady also entered the backstage, and no one dared to stop him. After all, he was already considered a veteran of the Ruhr Piano Festival and had a higher status than some of the organizing committee members.

He watched Fu Diao skillfully chatting with everyone, and waited until Fu Diao stood in front of him.

The two stood still, looking at each other without moving.

Until Arkady raised the wine glass in his hand and said with a smile.

"Congratulations, Dio."

　What I think of is the group of people at the end of eva applauding, and then shouting oh no vote
　　
　
(End of this chapter)