pianist from the sea

Chapter 304?Can it still be like this?

Seeing the news about Fu Tiao, many people who had tickets to Pollini began to hesitate.

They really started to hesitate.

They were thinking about whether they should start refunding the tickets directly.

Many people have never heard of Fu Tiao's name. Although Fu Tiao may have reached the level of a top pianist in terms of strength, his reputation is not particularly widespread.

As for Fu Tiao, in the news given by the Salzburg Music Festival.

Rather than knowing Fu Tiao, they knew more about Fu Tiao's success in winning the championship at the Chopin International Piano Competition and the Best Newcomer of the Year at the Ruhr Piano Festival.

Can such a person replace Pollini?

They began to hesitate.

Then, the first spectator clicked confirm and decided to exchange his ticket.

He decided to listen and see how Fu Diao played.

He was really curious about how strong Fu Diao was when someone like him had such a strong reputation.

He hadn't heard it, so he wanted to hear it for himself.

Fame and rewards are all illusory. The most important thing is Fu Tiao's own strength.

With No.1’s decision, more and more viewers clicked on the Salzburg Music Festival page and decided to exchange their tickets and no longer pay attention to these contents.

Same as that guy.

They were also very curious about Fu Tiao's level and strength.

So many people say that Fu Diao is strong, but they want to see how strong Fu Diao is!

Champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Best Newcomer of the Year at the Ruhr Piano Festival.

And to be able to successfully hold a concert around Europe, his endurance must be no problem, otherwise he would definitely not be able to hold so many concerts.

That being the case...

Anyway, Pollini will definitely not be able to see it, so why not go and see what Fu Diao is like.

At this moment.

The backend operations office of the Salzburg Festival.

This place was originally just a very ordinary small room, only about 20 square meters, with two or three people maintaining it.

After all, their website is not a particularly awesome website, it is just a place to buy tickets and is only used once a year.

Just some work like replacing some text, nothing too big at all.

Therefore, the room given to them by the organizing committee was not very big, but only a small space of about [-] square meters for them to maintain the website.

There are only two or three maintenance personnel.

For these two or three people, their main job was to lie in the room and play with their mobile phones or read books, or blow beers together.

There's nothing going on anyway, so why not just lie here and sleep.

But today, they just came over, wrote a new web page in accordance with the requirements of the organizing committee, announced that Fu Diao would perform in Pollini's place, and were ready to start drinking and reading.

But who would have thought that their perfect life would be shattered.

Just a few minutes later, before they could put their hands on the beer, their door was forcefully opened.

A group of people in black suits swarmed in and stood at the backstage. Looking at the dozen screens in front of them, they found that they couldn't understand the codes at all, so they turned their eyes to the person sitting aside. On the beer box, he nodded to the person who was about to get the beer and said.

"How was it? How about the refund?"

This person was the one who had previously tried to let Fu Tiao play in Pollini's place, against all odds.

Behind him are members of the organizing committee of the Salzburg Music Festival.

The technician looked at the large crowd in front of him, his brain even slightly disconnected, he couldn't help but hesitantly said a few times.

"Well, I'm not sure. I just finished writing it according to the organizing committee's requirements and then left it alone."

"How can you ignore this! Go and see what Fu Tiao's refund rate is! How can you ignore this important matter?"

The person in charge almost didn't panic and pointed directly at the screen in front of him.

"Hurry up, hurry up, go check the refund rate, I'll report it back to the people at the organizing committee, it's urgent, hurry up, hurry up!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh!!! Okay, here it comes!"

The technician was infected by the emotion of the person in charge in front of him. He immediately nodded his head, stood up from the pile of beer, and walked to the computer screen.

Although he drinks every day, he basically doesn't care much about this website.

But to be honest, his level of strength is still very online.

As a programmer, to be hired by the Salzburg Music Festival, his ability cannot be too bad anyway.

And just looking at things like the refund rate doesn't require particularly difficult techniques.

He checked in front of the computer and quickly found the refund rate.

There are two contents in this place.

The first content is the refund rate before the announcement of Pollini's departure, which was almost 10%.

The second content is to announce Fu Tiao's refund rate.

Seeing this content, everyone present was shocked.

Are you kidding me?
The value in front of everyone is not what many people imagined. After Fu Tiao was announced, the refund rate continued to rise, rising to about 20%-30%.

This is the limit that the person in charge can bear. If it is more, it will prove that they have chosen the wrong person.

Especially the one who defied all opinions and made everyone choose Fu Tiao.

Almost all the responsibilities will fall on him.

However, this is not the case with the data before us.

Not at all 30%, not even 20%.

we can even say……

10% None!
A bright 8% appears in front of everyone.

Looking at this data, everyone was dumbfounded.

Even the person in charge was stunned.

He pointed at the data in front of him and asked the programmer.

"Well, I want to ask, what does this 8% mean? Is it the total refund rate, or is it the remaining 10% refund rate after removing 90%?"

"It's...the total refund rate." The programmer was a little confused looking at the data in front of him, then scratched his head and hesitated: "...right?"

He's not sure now either.

But since you're not sure, let's check it out and see what the situation is.

He readjusted the computer in front of him and checked the calculation logic and some data in the background. After confirming several times, he finally understood everything. He looked at the person in charge behind him and nodded vigorously.

"Yes, it is the total refund rate, yes, it is 8%"

"8%? How is that possible? Are you kidding me?"

Before the person in charge could speak, another person behind him frowned and spoke.

"How is it possible that the data has dropped even after it was announced? Is it possible that refunds can still be canceled? I remember we don't have this obligation, right?"

"It's not a cancellation or refund."

The programmer scratched his head in embarrassment, looked at the system around him, and said a little embarrassedly.

"It's because there are some problems with the backend program, and we use overwriting. So if a person refunds a ticket and then purchases a ticket again, using the same account, then in the backend we will directly assume that he has not refunded the ticket, and even he has not refunded the ticket. All seats will be placed in the same position as possible."

When he came to this point, he checked the procedure again, and then spoke with certainty.

"If the same seat, same account, and other settings are all the same, even if there is a refund record, it will still be defaulted that he has not refunded the ticket..."

As he talked, Fu Tiao's refund rate dropped from 8% to 7%.
Then it turned red.

Looking at the 7% that turned red, the person in charge was stunned, pointing at the data and asked.

"What does it mean when it turns red?"

"It's just...the tickets are sold out, and the final refund rate is 7%, that's about it."

The programmer spread his hands and explained.

Although he doesn't know who Fu Tiao is, the data content is the code he wrote, so he is relatively clear about this kind of thing and knows what the situation is.

After hearing this answer, the person in charge fell silent.

The people behind were equally silent.

I originally thought that replacing Pollini with Fu Diao would lose a lot of people, and then attract a few Fu Diao fans to come to the concert.

After all, Fu Tiao is a pianist with a pretty good reputation, and his fans will definitely not be weak.

Therefore, those tickets generated due to refunds by Pollini fans can at worst be accepted by Fu Diao fans.

But he never thought of it.

Fu Tiao's influence is actually so powerful.

Not only was there almost no refund from anyone behind.

Those fans who originally refunded their tickets because Pollini left suddenly changed their minds and insisted on listening to Fu Tiao's performance and bought new tickets.

"Is Fu Tiao's influence... so strong?"

The person in charge was a little silent and looked at the people behind him.

The people behind them looked at each other and shrugged helplessly.They don't know either.

Like the person in charge, and even like the general public, their understanding of Fu Diao is limited to the fact that Fu Diao is a very good pianist.

He won the Best Newcomer Award at the Chopin International Piano Competition and this year's Ruhr Piano Festival.

As for the rest, they don't know much.

As for Fu Tiao's fans and influence, they don't know much about it either.

So seeing the current situation, they felt that their CPU was about to be dry-fired.

"So...this is Fu Tiao?"

"um, yes."

"Is your program written correctly?"

"You can insult me ​​for drinking at work, but you can never insult my ability to write programs! I can still do this!"

"You, me, this..."

The man was speechless.

Others were speechless.

What else can be said now?Are you saying this person is fake?Or something else?
7% refund rate?

Less than before?
Even looking at the way it dropped from 8% to 7%, there may be many people who regret that their tickets were gone before they had time to buy again.

This effect made everyone numb. They looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say. They could only tug on their ties to make their breathing easier.

Only then did they feel that the house was small.

After all, it is only about 20 square meters. After so many people come in, there is no air conditioning or anything. It is normal for the air to become hot and dry.

It was precisely because of this heat that they awkwardly spoke to each other.

"By the way, isn't it a little too hot in the house?"

"It's indeed a bit hot. This room is too small. Maybe it's the computer fan? It's constantly dissipating heat, which makes the room so hot."

"Yes, I feel the same way. How about we go outside first? Go outside and rest for a while. It will be cooler outside because of the strong wind."

"Let's go, let's go, let's go together..."

As they talked, they walked outside and dispersed outside the house to relieve the shock in their hearts.

Can this thing go down?
Are you kidding me?
Actually, because Fu Diao was going to perform, some people who originally refunded their tickets immediately regretted it and quickly bought new tickets to see Fu Diao?
This is too outrageous.

Pollini’s fans and Fu Tiao’s fans are not the same people, are they?
Why do these people choose Fu Diao?
Because Fu Tiao is so famous?
Is Fu Diao really so famous and attractive?

They feel like they can't figure out why this happened.

This situation directly broke their cognition, leaving them with no way to understand what was happening now.

They need to think hard about it.

as well as……

Update your understanding of Fu Tiao.

Fu Tiao may not be the kind of person they thought, with strong strength and weak reputation.

Rather, he is a top pianist who already has box office appeal.

Look at the situation...

Maybe next year we can also invite Fu Tiao to perform?

And he is not required to play those duets, but can he be allowed to play solos directly?
These thoughts echoed in their hearts, making them start to really think about it seriously.

After all, they also have KPI requirements.

After everyone in the room left, only the programmer and the person in charge were left in the room.

The person in charge touched his chin, and after pondering for a long time, he slowly nodded to the programmer.

"Okay, you can send me a copy of this data later, make it into a document and send it to me. I need to report it to the organizing committee. The data must be accurate."

"Okay, I understand, wait a moment, I should be able to give it to you tonight."

"Okay, then I'll go back first, and..."

The person in charge took a look at everything in the room and looked at the piles of wine bottles with a slightly subtle expression.

After struggling for a long time, he looked at the programmer scratching his head and sighed.

"Well, uric acid is high after drinking alcohol, I think..."

"I understand, I understand! I'll deal with it later!"

The programmer nodded immediately.

If you have high emotional intelligence, your uric acid will be high if you drink alcohol, so drink less.

Low emotional intelligence, just because you drink at work, right?

Although the programmer has a low emotional intelligence, he can definitely understand what the person in charge means.

Coupled with drinking at work, it's a bit outrageous no matter what.

Even if nothing happens, it's still not very moral.

Therefore, his attitude is particularly sincere.

"I'll clean it up now, and you won't see these bottles later!"

"You... okay, just don't miss anything."

The person in charge looked at his attitude and said nothing. He just nodded and turned to leave.

……

Time passed quickly like this.

The Salzburg Music Festival is running normally, and major musicians are still performing their works.

Fu Tiao's incident did not create any waves and caused changes at the Salzburg Music Festival.

However, this incident also left some traces among various musicians.

Their ability to obtain information is not weak, and they were able to learn about it from their respective channels very quickly.

Many people treat this incident as an afterthought.

The refund rate has been reduced from 10% to 7%. This matter is really easy to talk about. Even people who are not particularly familiar with Fu Diao can still talk about it for a few words.

Many people also have this understanding of Fu Tiao.

Fu Tiao is no ordinary pianist.

His strength and box office appeal are far beyond everyone's imagination.

Therefore, if you have contact with Fu Diao later, you can have a little exchange.

After all, such a charismatic pianist, whether he is at the top or at the top, will never be any weaker if he can communicate more.

It's just that they found Fu Diao in Salzburg and had no way to communicate.

Even if they knew that Fu Tiao was in Salzburg, there was no way to find him.

Because at this moment Fu Tiao was in the piano room of Mozarteum University in Salzburg, a vacant professor's room.

There are two pianos in this room, a Steinway and a Bechstein.

The room was not big, only about thirty square meters, and Fu Tiao practiced the piano in it, sweating profusely.

At the same time, Niu Ben, who had previously turned over the music scores for Fu Tiao, was also in this room, sitting next to Fu Tiao and looking at the music scores.

Mozarteum University Salzburg is not much different from other universities in Europe.

There is no air conditioning here either.

The temperature here is also ridiculously high.

This caused Fu Tiao to be soaked with sweat after just practicing for a while.

Bang!
The final chord sounded. He looked at the music score in front of him and the content on it. He took a long breath, looked at Niu Ben beside him, and nodded slightly.

"Then I'll leave it to you."

"Okay, Mr. Fu Diao! I'm sure there will be no problem! Don't worry!"

Niu Ben patted his chest hard, with pride and honor on his face.

He was going to turn over the music score for Fu Tiao again.

Because the time schedule was too short, although Fu Tiao could memorize the current score, he would not be able to perform it so perfectly if he memorized it directly.

Between memorizing the music to show off and reading the music to interpret, Fu Tiao did not hesitate and directly chose to read the music and perform.

The perfection under the music is what they need, and as for the pretense, it has no meaning at all.

This is why Niu Ben appears here.

He needs Niu Ben to help him turn over the music scores.

As a doctor of piano performance and a professional music translator, Niu Ben was naturally very happy. After hearing Fu Diao's call, he ran over and translated Fu Diao's music without any complaints.

This is not a job at all, this is an honor!

Look at Fu Tiao, the only two times he changed the score were by himself.

What could be more proud of than this?

Niu Ben looked at Fu Diao, the corners of his mouth could not help but turn up, and he spoke respectfully.

"Boss Fu Tiao? Do we need to go find someone from the organizing committee now and conduct a final review with them?"

(End of this chapter)