pianist from the sea

Chapter 305 Fu transferred to Salzburg

"Audit? No need. I've already told them. They said that I only need to report the track list to them. They need to make a brochure. Everything else is up to me."

Fu Diao shook his head slightly and said casually.

This is not an exam, he does not need to be responsible for other people, he only needs to be responsible for himself.

The organizing committee gave him a lot of freedom, he could play however he wanted.

After all, the announcement of the concert has been sent out, telling everyone that Fu Tiao will perform in Pollini's place.

Even if the review fails, they have no way to temporarily change the concert and let someone else perform in Fu Tiao's place.

Therefore, everyone is extremely tolerant of Fu Tiao.

Whatever he wants will do.

After all, the concert is his own, and if he messes up, the reputation he will ruin is also his own.

The successful successor to Pollini's concert was not just a bonus.

The so-called high welfare will inevitably bring corresponding high risks.

If Fu Diao plays well, then very simply, Fu Diao will be able to successfully obtain some Pollini honors.

When everyone discusses Pollini, they will automatically mention something about Fu Diao, saying that Fu Diao has replaced Pollini's performance. His performance is really good, and it feels no less good than when Pollini was young.

This is the high welfare everyone told Fu Diao, the opportunity everyone wants.

But what no one talks about is the risk you take if your concert fails.

Everyone also discusses you when discussing Pollini.

They won't say that your level is worse than when Pollini was young, they will think that your current level is not as good as Pollini's worst state when he is old.

And if such a reputation is passed on, good luck may not mean anything. After all, Fu Diao still has some background, so it won't be particularly tragic.

And if you are unlucky and accidentally form a meme, and it becomes a consensus, then you will not have any chance to turn around.

Some festivals that might have invited you will also cancel their invitations.

The symphony orchestra that originally wanted you to join will also stop inviting you.

It's possible that everything in the music industry will be taken away from you.

And you can only perform concerts by yourself to attract your own die-hard fans.

Or stay in the studio and record.

High risk, high reward.

This is what Fu Diao faces when he performs the Pollini concert now.

After Fu Tiao packed up all the things, he nodded to Niu Ben beside him, handed him the music score, and said.

"Okay, now we are almost ready. Take this sheet music and remember not to lose it. The concert will start at eight o'clock tonight, so don't forget it."

"Sure, brother, I will never forget it! Don't worry!"

Niu Ben patted his chest hard and assured.

Then he thought of something and said to Fu Diao with a little embarrassment.

"Then what...Brother Fu, I just want to ask a question."

"ask."

Fu Tiao stood up and put on his clothes, nodded to Niu Ben.

Niu Ben also stood up and followed Fu Diao. He took out another sheet of music from the bag on his back, handed it to Fu Diao and said.

"Brother Fu, can you sign your autograph for me? I seem to have rarely seen your autograph outside. Don't you rarely sign autographs for others?"

"No? I remember I often signed autographs for people."

Fu Diao took the pen handed over by Niu Ben, signed his name in the corner of the cover of Niu Ben's music score, and also wrote the words "to Niu Ben". After handing the music score to him, Fu Diao couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Why do you say I don't sign autographs for others?"

"I see that your autograph is very expensive on the black market now. It seems that the price of records with your name has almost tripled, right?"

"three times?"

Fu Tiao was stunned. He had no idea that his signature could double the value of the record.

He stretched out his hand to open the door and asked with doubts in his mind.

"I don't understand, why are there so many?"

"It seems to be because..."

Niu Ben checked his phone, and then said with a strange expression.

"It's because Brother Fu you only signed once, which was the previous signing at the Chopin International Piano Competition. The other signatures seemed to be signed occasionally by chance, so those people collected the lucky ones. Now, only these styles are still popular on the market.”

"This……"

Fu Tiao raised his head and thought for a moment, then his face looked strange.

It seems...that's true?
It seems that apart from that Chopin International Piano Competition, I have never experienced any normal autograph signings.

But this is normal.

After all, that autograph signing was so terrifying that he even felt like his hand was going to be useless signing, and he wished he could just go home and sleep.

If he is allowed to do it again, unless his brokerage company makes forced arrangements, he will never be able to shirk it, and he will also be given a lot of compensation.

Otherwise he would never be able to continue signing autographs for his fans.

Please!

Is his name difficult to write?

Fu Diao shook his head and walked slowly along the corridor of the Mozarteum University in Salzburg towards the garden, speaking as he walked.

"I can't help it. I'm too tired to sign autographs. If it wasn't mandatory, I still don't want to sign autographs. It's more refreshing to go back to sleep or practice piano during this time than to sign autographs. Besides, the money from these autographs doesn't belong to me. I do it. Well, working so hard every day to do autograph signings is not like cutting leeks."

"Eh……"

Niu Ben looked at Fu Diao and couldn't help but click his tongue twice, a little surprised that Fu Diao was so indifferent to fame and wealth.

After all, for any pianist, signings are an indispensable part of their artistic career.

The number of people attending the autograph session is the best way to prove their influence!
Therefore, Niu Ben couldn't help but speak.

"What about that, Brother Fu..."

"no!"

Fu Tiao suddenly stood still, looked at Niu Ben behind him, and said helplessly.

"Don't you think it's awkward to call me Brother Fu?"

"Huh? Is there any?"

"Don't you think? Brother Fu, the pronunciation of Brother Fu is exactly the same as Brother Fu. I'm not a rich brother. I don't even have 100 euros in cash with me. How can I be called a rich brother?"

"Hey...then I call you Brother Tiao? Brother Dio?"

"..."

Fu Tiao was silent, turned around and continued walking towards the garden, sighing.

"Forget it, call me whatever you like, it doesn't matter."

"Okay Brother Dio, good Brother Dio!"

Niu Ben followed behind, shouting happily.

As the two walked, Niu ran introduced him to various facilities at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.

As an old man who has studied at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg for nearly ten years, he knows everything about this school very well, and he can describe almost every detail.

According to what he said, just let him walk with his eyes closed.

He and his subjects have left their mark on every corner of this school.

Hmm...marks of walking.

The two of them just wandered around the school for more than half an hour without continuing to practice.

Continuing to practice piano at this time will no longer have any effect, but may cause some unnecessary side effects.

Therefore, the most important thing now is to adjust yourself and prepare for tonight's performance.

As the cow was running, the cell phone in his trouser pocket suddenly rang.

He picked up the phone, glanced at the watch in his hand, and spoke to Fu Diao.

"Well, Brother Dio, I have something to do here first, and the organizing committee has something else to do. See you later tonight."

"Okay, you go first, see you later in the evening."

Fu Tiao waved to him.

After seeing Niu Ben running wildly into the distance, he shook his head and wandered around the school alone.

In fact, what impressed Salzburg most about Fu Tiao was not the name of the city.

This city, Salzburg, actually translated should be called Salt Mountain City.

If the translation is more popular, you can even call it Yancheng.But in this city, you can't see any signs related to salt at all, because everything in this city has been occupied by a man named Mozart.

Mozart Memorial Hall, Mozart Museum, Mozart's Former Residence, Mozart Coffee, Mozart Chocolate, Mozart Gummies...

There are so many Mozarts gathered in this city that Fu Diao even felt that it should be called Mozart City instead of Salzburg.

But Mozart is not alone in this city.

When Fu Diao left Mozart University and wandered around the city, he saw some familiar figures.

Not other pianists or artists, but some sculptures.

In the corner of the city, there is a conductor sculpture fountain next to Mozart's former residence.

This is a sculpture of Karajan, the god of command.

There is also a Beatles memorial not far away.

Statue of Friedrich Schiller.

This city is full of historical charm, attracting countless top artists to come here to visit and pay homage.

After all, this is Mozart's city.

Fu Diao walked along the iron bridge from the other side of the river towards the city center.

The bridge is covered with concentric locks.

It's the same all over the world. Everyone likes to put a padlock somewhere, hoping that the two of them can be together for a long time.

After the two locked the lock together, they threw the key directly into the lake.

Concentric locks of various colors and shapes are hung on the bridge, making the iron bridge that was originally iron-green show the vitality of the new era.

When we walked to the other side of the city, to the ancient city, everything seemed much quieter.

Fu Tiao followed the crowd to Mozart's memorial hall.

There are packages available for sale here, each package costs 20 euros.

It was much more expensive than other places, but this was a symbol of a human city. Although Fu Diao felt a little pain, he was still prepared to pay for the ticket.

He originally wanted to buy a student ticket, and the student ticket package only costs 4.5 euros.

But when he took out his student ID card, he was told regretfully.

He is a doctor. Although it is an honor to serve a doctor, unfortunately, even if the doctor is not old, he cannot be counted as a student.

Only bachelor's and master's degrees can be counted as students, and since a doctorate has actually started to receive a salary, no matter how it is calculated, there is no way to treat it as a student.

but……

Because the age on Fu Tiao's residence card was really not very old, the staff member asked Fu Tiao to stand there and wait for a while so that when a team came, they could get him a team ticket.

As the most visited museum in Salzburg, Fu Diao just waited for a while before a bunch of people came to buy tickets. After paying 16 euros to the staff, he stepped directly into the museum.

The museum is not big, but the floors are relatively high.

In addition to some pianos used by Mozart, there are also some murals by Mozart.

There were his family and some friends on it.

The piano used by Mozart back then was different from what it is now. They used more harpsichords and harpsichords.

As for Mozart, whose family was barely decent, all the pianos he used were engraved with various pictures.

From biblical stories, to myths and legends, to romance.

There are many stories painted on the piano. It seems that watching these pictures while playing can help the performer imagine what he wants to play?
Fu Tiao could not help but guess this after looking at the content above.

In the Mozart Museum, apart from these things, there are only Mozart works performed by the master that can be listened to with headphones.

There are also some Mozart manuscripts and the like.

As for Mozart’s furniture, they are all placed in Mozart’s former residence.

After Fu Tiao finished wandering around the Mozart Museum and former residence, the time came to two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

He wandered back to the river, ordered a simple German-style pork knuckle, and looked at the slowly flowing stream, feeling calm inside.

Perhaps Mozart stayed by the river and watched the water flow like this?

Fu Tiao just looked at the stream in the distance quietly, feeling the silence around him.

Salzburg is a very small city, so small that you can visit the main city and the old town without taking a bus.

Small and delicate.

Like many European towns.

This is true even though it is the capital of the state of Salzburg.

Fu Diao looked at the scenery in the distance, reached for the knife and fork and poked the pig's knuckle in front of him, took a bite, and then his face turned bitter.

Damn, it’s cold.

The skin is peeling off, not brittle at all, just like rubber.

Fu Diao shook his head. If he really wanted to eat pork knuckle, he still had to go to Munich next door to buy it.

The pork knuckle here is really unpalatable.

Of course, maybe it was because he was in a scenic spot that it became so unpalatable?

But anyway...

You can go to Munich later.

It seems that I haven’t visited Munich much yet.

Fu Tiao peeled off the skin, inserted a little bit of meat that was still warm and tasted it. After finding that there was no flavor in the meat, he stood up, paid and left.

Too lazy to pay too much attention to the wrangling.

After randomly finding a McDonald's next door and ordering some chicken nuggets to fill my stomach, I returned to the garden near Mozarteum University in Salzburg, found a place to lie down, and stared at the blue sky above me in a daze.

Sure enough, this is still the most enjoyable.

Everyone was living their own lives, and no one noticed him.

Fu Tiao took a rest and adjusted his condition, while the Salzburg Music Festival continued.

Everyone who was originally scheduled to listen to Fu Diao's performance tonight has also arrived in Salzburg in advance.

Because housing prices are relatively expensive now, many people do not live in Salzburg. Instead, they choose to live in nearby cities, such as Munich, and take a three- or four-hour train ride to get here.

They discussed tonight's concert with anticipation.

The staff of the organizing committee also worked hard to arrange the stage, replacing the decorations of the previous performer with the promotion of Fu Diao, making the whole room look more like Fu Diao.

At the same time, like the previous Ruhr Piano Festival, Fu Tiao and giant posters of the Salzburg Music Festival were hung at the entrance of the concert hall.

"Wow! Sure enough, Fu Diao is really good! His face was actually hung up at the fucking Salzburg Music Festival!"

"It's really outrageous. Who would have imagined that it would be Fu Diao who replaced Pollini this year?"

"I've been thinking about listening to Fu Diao's works for a long time, but I never got the chance. Finally, I fucking caught him!"

"It's a pity that there is no more Pollini..."

"What's so good about Pollini? Pollini's performance has been getting worse and worse recently. Everyone is listening to the same sentiment. Now I'm going to give you a strong faction. Isn't it good to listen to the strong faction? Fu Tiao's vote It’s hard to buy.”

"Although I think what you said makes no sense, I do agree that Fu Diao tickets are difficult to buy, because I am the same as you and can't buy Fu Diao tickets at all!"

"Everyone else has their own page to buy. Fu Tiao, you don't even know when he will hold a concert..."

"I heard that Fu played a piano quartet a few days ago. No, who would have guessed that he played a piano quartet?"

"It would be great if Fu Diao could open a personal website and then buy tickets from the personal website..."

"Difficult."

Everyone gathered at the entrance of the concert hall, chattering and discussing everything about Fu Tiao with bitter expressions.

Fu Tiao's tickets are really hard to get. Fu Tiao won't send any news at all about any music festival that Fu Tiao is participating in.

We only found out about Fu Tiao's participation in the show through official news.

This was the case in the Ruhr before. Although the Ruhr Piano Festival can be regarded as the world's top piano festival, its main audience is the European audience, not the global audience.

Therefore, except for locals in Europe, few people know that Fu Tiao also participated in the Ruhr Piano Festival.

Now we have finally arrived at the Salzburg Music Festival. Faced with a piano festival of this level, the news of Fu Tiao's participation in the performance spread and people can buy tickets.

Countless people gathered at the entrance of the Salzburg Concert Hall, complaining about Fu Tiao's ticket buying mechanism. They didn't stop until the door opened and ticket checking began.

They quickly checked in and entered their seats, waiting for Fu Tiao's performance.

Under their gaze, the time quickly came to eight o'clock.

With the host's introduction, the music festival officially began.

The lights hit the back door of the stage.

Fu Tiao stepped out with Niu Ben, who was still a little nervous behind him.

(End of this chapter)