pianist from the sea

Chapter 286 Geniuses are indeed neurotic

The moment the four of them stepped into Salzburg, the flow of people from foreign attractions instantly surged, making everything seem so crowded.

Compared with the Ruhr Piano Festival, which attracts tens of thousands of people throughout the year, the Salzburg Music Festival here is already a super large festival with tens of millions of people attending.

Thick crowds of people crowded into and out of Salzburg.

The crowds who came to listen to the music festival and those who came to travel all mixed together and swarmed towards the city.

Fu Tiao and the three people behind him did not go to visit the city immediately with the group of passers-by. Instead, they went against the flow of the crowd and came to the corner of Salzburg's main fire.

Here, there is another group gathered, a group of protagonists of this year's Salzburg Music Festival.

Musicians from all over the world.

A small bus parked there. Fu Tiao took the three people behind him to the side of the bus and handed the document in his hand to the driver who was sitting next to the car smoking. The driver did not hesitate. , stood up and opened the door of the bus, revealing the seats for six people facing each other, and sent them inside.

Then we walked through the narrow alleys of this small city and arrived at the most prosperous hotel in the city.

Sheraton Grand Salzburg Hotel.

The five-star Sheraton Salzburg Hotel is located in the center of Salzburg, facing Mirabell Palace and Mirabell Gardens, and a short distance from Mozarts Birthplace and Festspielhaus. The theater and Salzburg Cathedral are within a 15-minute walk.

Although normally this place can be used by outsiders, in recent times, they have stopped most of the external supply.

No, to be precise, it is not stopping the supply, but increasing the price.

The original one-night price might have been about three hundred euros, but now the one-night price might have doubled to six hundred euros or even higher.

The Salzburg Music Festival has rented this hotel in advance to provide accommodation for all the artists they invite to perform at the Salzburg Music Festival.

Although this place is not that far from the Salzburg train station, about ten minutes' walk, in order to prevent many artists from appearing in the crowd and causing riots, the organizers of the Salzburg Music Festival Choose to drag them to the hotel.

When we get to the hotel, these artists will have no problem with them when they go out.

After all, they have served you well.

And if the artist insists on walking over instead of taking a car, causing some riots, it has nothing to do with them.

After all, the cars have been parked there and someone has been arranged to wait. Basically, it can be regarded as the most benevolent thing.

Just a few minutes later, before Fu Diao and others could react, the car had already stopped at the entrance of the Sheraton Hotel.

Many tourists and passers-by gathered nearby.

They took photos frantically at the hotel entrance with their cameras in hand, hoping to capture familiar figures.

After Fu Diao's car passed through the crowd and stopped at the Sheraton Hotel, when the hotel staff opened their car doors, the surrounding noise instantly became louder and more harsh.

"Fu! It's Diofu! Oh my God, Diofu is here too!"

"The star of the Ruhr Music Festival, didn't he just play at the Ruhr Music Festival a few days ago? How long has it been since he received invitations from two major music festivals?"

"Fu! Fu! Fu! Fu, look at me! Fu, please sign me, Fu!"

"Wow, look behind Dio, the person behind him is no ordinary person either!"

"Mila? It's Mira! The cello award-winning Mira? Why is she with Fu?"

"Not just Mira! There's also Taha! Taha of Elizabeth Champions, my God, this lineup is simply an all-star talent lineup!"

"What are they going to play this year? I'm already looking forward to it even before I start listening to it! I'm really looking forward to it!"

"Ahhhhh, look! There is another person behind Dio, Mira, and Taha! This person is!!! Uh...who?"

Camilo walked out of the car and was about to wave to everyone with a smile, but when he heard the comments from the people around him, he stumbled in his steps and glared at the group of people!said loudly.

"Camilo! Camilo! My name is Camilo! Please, why don't you even know my name!"

Everyone was frightened by his momentum and stepped back, then looked at each other in confusion and said:

"Camilo? Who is that? Never heard of it..."

"It seems like he's from the Berlin Philharmonic? I've probably... met him before?"

"I don't know, I don't know, I haven't heard of it..."

"Hmm...according to this composition, he might be a viola player?"

"No wonder, it would make sense if it was a viola."

"Oh, it turns out to be the viola...who is the viola? Come on, Kakaros!"

"Come on! Brother who plays the viola!"

"What Kakaros? Her name is Kaslana!"

"Obviously my name is Carmen!"

"I think I heard a rice, probably called Miyu!"

"I heard Luo, maybe it was Luo Tianyi!"

"..."

Listening to the dense voices of the people around him, Camilo's expression changed extremely complicatedly, but soon, his mood calmed down.

Because another car came from behind, and another music star came here.

Everyone grabbed their cameras and continued to take pictures of the music star behind them, leaving Camilo standing there with a sad look on his face.

However, this calmness did not last long. After hearing the sound of Fu Tiao in the hotel, he jumped and ran towards the hotel.

Dior had already completed the registration at this moment. The staff there took out four room cards from the front desk and said to Fu Diao.

"This is the room card for two double rooms. You can allocate them freely. Then your performance time is almost three days later, in the Mozarteum University Chamber Music Hall. The time is 03:30 in the afternoon, a very good time, and you The room card lasts until the fifth day. If you want to stay in Salzburg for a few more days, you can come to me at the front desk and I will help you go through the renewal procedures."

After Fu Diao took the card handed over by the front desk staff, he threw the card that said he lived with him to Camilo, who had just come in. After passing the other room to Taha and Mira, he spoke smoothly to the staff. asked.

"By the way, if I extend my stay, are there any additional charges?"

"There are no additional charges. The Salzburg Music Festival Organizing Committee has already paid for all of this, so you don't need to pay anymore... But except for those additional paid items, another point worth explaining is that, There is no priority for you to extend your stay. Priority is given to artists who need to perform later. If there is a shortage of rooms, we will sort the list according to its importance, so..."

He didn't finish his words, but Fu Tiao already understood what he meant and just nodded slightly.

"Okay, I know."

"But if you still insist on living here, the Salzburg Music Festival Organizing Committee will coordinate for you to move to a suitable place to live. However, it is a little regrettable that five arrangements may not be made. The star standard will be four stars or even three stars.”

"Row!"

Fu Diao nodded, and with the staff's voice saying "I wish you a pleasant stay", he looked at the three people behind him and nodded slightly.

"Do you have any questions about occupancy assignments? If there are no questions, you can raise them now!"

"no!"

Taha and Mira shook their heads first, saying that everything was fine.

Camilo scratched his cheek, swallowed the dirty words stuck in his mouth, and smiled awkwardly.

"I don't have any problem."

"So……"

Fu Diaogang was about to say go up directly, but he got stuck.

Because he saw other artists living here.

He met someone he knew.

Marta Argerich and her husband, I don’t know which generation her husband was, or her manager or her lover, walked out of the elevator arm in arm. She was full of sorrow and kept muttering in a low voice. What.

Fu Tiao thought for a moment, put away his room card, and spoke to Camilo.

"You guys go up first, I'll go up later."

"Ha, I knew, you must have seen which idol! Let's see...oh hoo, Argerich!"

Marta Argerich is no longer an art star limited to piano, she has become a top art star around the world, and even Camilo, who is famous for her music, knows about it.

However, Camilo seemed to know Argerich better than Fu Tiao.He just took a look at Argerich's condition and shook his head.

"Forget it, Dio, let's go upstairs together and have a good rest. Argerich is not in the right state right now."

"No? What's wrong?" Fu Diao didn't understand.

Camilo picked up his luggage and walked forward while spreading his hands to Fu Diao.

"Haven't you heard the rumors about Argerich?"

"rumor?"

Fu Diao followed Camilo and walked towards the direction Argerich came from, which was the direction of the elevator hall. Looking at Argerich who was getting closer, he couldn't help but ask.

"What rumor?"

"It's just that she doesn't practice the piano very much, but she often has that kind of overreaction. When she feels that she hasn't practiced the piano for a long time, she will keep saying that I want to practice the piano, I want to practice the piano, and if I don't practice the piano again, I will It’s over, my artistic career will be completely over, something like that…”

"I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I haven't practiced the piano yet, honey, you know what? I haven't practiced the piano yet, no, I have to find a place to practice the piano, I have to find a place to practice the piano, I have to I'm so nervous when I go on stage. I'm not prepared at all. I have to prepare. Do I still have time? I have to practice, I have to practice..."

Before Fu Diao even got closer, he heard Argerich's extremely nervous and nervous speech.

She looked like a drug addict, constantly scanning the surroundings to find a place where she could practice.

And her hands had already begun to play on her trouser legs, constantly moving something.

It seemed like she was playing her trousers like the keys of a piano.

Extraordinarily impatient and at a loss.

The dear man next to him sighed and comforted Argerich.

"Marta, I know, I know. Don't worry. Let's go find a place to practice now. Your piano is very good. You will have no problem playing. Trust me, Marta."

"I know, but I haven't practiced the piano. I have to practice the piano. I have to practice the piano. I have to practice the piano now. If I don't practice the piano, my career as an artist will be destroyed..."

Fu Tiao raised his hand and was about to say hello, but Marta Argerich ignored him and continued to look for other places where she could practice the piano. It seemed that there was only piano practice left in her world and nothing more. Other things are average.

The man standing next to her noticed Fu Diao's wave, and made a helpless and apologetic hand gesture and mouth gesture to Fu Diao, and continued to lead Argerich outside, looking for A place where she can practice piano in peace.

Fu Tiao reluctantly put down his hand and continued walking towards the elevator hall.

Camilo, on the other hand, sighed with emotion and said to Fu Diao.

"I'm right, she is indeed in the piano practice period now. When her practice is over or the concert is over, she will probably be able to return to normal. During this period, I think it's better not to provoke her!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a noise not far away. An unknown artist greeted Argerich cheerfully, but Argerich ran away without even looking at him.

The artist awkwardly stretched his hand in the air and was a little overwhelmed. He could only scratch his head, pretending that nothing happened, and walked towards the other side laughing.

Although he pretended that nothing happened, his embarrassment could probably fill three rooms and one living room.

Seeing the man like this, Fu Tiao nodded.

"When you say that, it seems that I have an impression. I remember that when I met her before, it seemed to be the same. She was also a little nervous."

"Huh? How do you say it?" Camilo's eyes lit up and he asked curiously.

"Actually, it's nothing. I'll tell you when I get into the elevator."

Mira and Taha had already gotten on the elevator and went to their floor at this time, while Fu Tiao and Camilo took another elevator.

Waiting for the elevator door to close, when Fu Tiao was about to speak, a hand stopped in front of the elevator door and opened it again.

The person who wanted to say hello to Argerich bowed apologetically to Fu Diao, scratched his head, and whispered.

"Sorry, sorry, let me come in for a moment, disturbing you."

After saying that, he stood in front of the two people and pressed the floor button.

It was on the floor below Fu Diao and the two of them. After just a few seconds, his floor arrived. After he apologized again to Fu Diao and Camilo, he quickly left the elevator, as if he was still worried about what he had done before. Feeling sad to be ignored by Argerich.

At this moment, only Fu Diao and Camilo were left in the elevator. Fu Diao shrugged slightly and asked Camilo.

"Where did I just say?"

"You said you knew Argerich's state. You had seen him before."

"right."

Fu Tiao nodded and continued: "When I first entered the preliminaries of the Chopin International Piano Competition, I was invited by Argerich. She invited me to talk about my Chopin and help me improve myself personally. Chopin’s level, I went without any hesitation.”

"Then what?" Camilo's eyes lit up and he asked curiously: "What does this have to do with Argerich's state?"

"Of course there is..."

Fu Diao smiled helplessly and sighed: "We had a good chat earlier, and then after I started to show her the music, she talked about her upcoming performance arrangements. As she was talking, her whole state suddenly became very wrong. She suddenly said that she had been in a long time. There is no more piano practice. I need to practice the piano, and then I crawl to the piano and start playing, regardless of whether I am still around..."

"If it were anyone else, I might still be a little confused, but you're talking about Argerich... I feel like it's really something she can do."

Speaking of this place, Camilo also sighed.

Sure enough, the more talented the artist, the more eccentric they become. Everyone has their own special hobbies and habits.

Looking at Fu Diao beside him, Camilo felt lucky for the first time. Fu Diao was so normal and nothing weird happened.

He is usually a bit cold and indifferent. He doesn't know what he is thinking every day and feels a bit mysterious. He also plays the piano very well and has very high requirements for music. He forces them to practice constantly, but there are no other problems at all. .

Well……

Compared to Argerich and others, this feels like enough.

Ding!
When the elevator door opened, Fu Diao didn't bother to pay attention to what Camilo was thinking behind him, and walked directly to his room.

With the sound of swiping the card, the door opened, and sunlight streamed into the house through the window.

It's not a floor-to-ceiling window, just a very simple small window, a classic cross-shaped window.

After Fu Diao casually put his luggage on the luggage rack, he walked to the window, reached out to open the French window, looked out the window, and was stunned.

It's hard to say whether the scenery outside the window is good or bad, because all you can see outside the window is lush green plants, and the dense leaves block everything in front of the window.

You can only see it through the gaps between the leaves, the castle sitting on the top of the mountain in the distance.

Quiet and peaceful.

Although it felt that the price and the facilities in the house were not particularly matched, Fu Tiao's heart calmed down when he looked at the green plants and the vague castle in the distance.

"Let's go back... let's rehearse again? I don't know why, but I suddenly feel a little like Argerich..."

Fu Tiao put his hand on his chest, feeling the beating of his heart, and couldn't help but speak.

"I'm really looking forward to the next performance. I hope there won't be any problems in our performance."

"rehearse……"

Camilo, who was lying on the bed with a snap, heard this word, and a mask of pain instantly appeared on his face.

Sure enough, I shouldn't have said nonsense just now that Fu Tie was different from that group of people.

Geniuses are indeed the same!Whether it's Fu Tiao, Argerich, or anyone else, they are all sick!You’ve been in the car for almost ten hours, can’t you fucking take a break?

Camilo covered his eyes and looked at Fu Diao from the corner of his fingers, roaring in his heart.

It was just that the roar in his heart was a roar. After taking a deep breath, he smiled and said.

"Okay, when do you want to rehearse? I can do it!"

　I might have to take leave tomorrow, and my parents said they would take me to the airport to go back to Germany.

　　It would be fine if they delivered it, but the problem is... I drive.

　　I drove my parents to the airport, and then they drove the car back and said they were taking me to the airport.

　　My home is more than 300 kilometers away from Pudong Airport, 400 kilometers...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)