pianist from the sea

Chapter 338 Fu Tiao’s underground recording studio
The next day.

Fu Diao had just woken up from his sleep. He washed himself by the sink for a while. When he was about to practice the piano, he suddenly remembered that today was Sunday and he couldn't practice the piano. There would be complaints from neighbors. He couldn't help but sigh.

Last night, he and his agent chatted all the way from Frankfurt to Berlin. After Zimmerlin sent him back to his home, he also returned home.

The two made an appointment to see their new house at around nine o'clock this morning.

Therefore, Fu Diao could only sigh helplessly, lie down in the newly bought reclining chair, get into it very comfortably, find the most comfortable angle for himself, reach out and click on the gramophone next to him, and start to be in a daze.

The sound of the piano flows from the gramophone.

This is a very old record, which Fu Tiao found in a flea market.

A record of Horowitz's playing days.

The sound quality of the record is not particularly good, and there is even a little sizzling sound, which makes the music not sound so real.

But you can still very clearly hear Horowitz's musical control, mastery of music, and interpretation of beauty.

Fu Tiao also clearly understood why the previous group of people called Horowitz the god of piano.

Probably only people like Horowitz can truly be regarded as dominating an entire era.

Even if it's just from this sizzling, low-quality record found in a junk market, you can still hear Horowitz's almost supernatural ability back then.

Fu Diao just sank into the sofa, looking at the snow-white ceiling above his head, listening to the low-quality records ringing in his ears, feeling extremely calm.

I even feel that I have entered an ethereal state.

Don't think about anything, just enjoy life and music.

The music is gentle and the room is warm, making people even feel drowsy.

Everything is so beautiful.

Until this state was interrupted by a ringtone.

Fu Diao reluctantly and with difficulty pulled himself out of the sofa, walked quickly to his desk, picked up the cell phone placed on the sheet of music, and connected the call.

Zimmerin's voice came over the phone just as Fu Diao expected.

"Hello? Dio? I'm already downstairs at your house now. Come down quickly. Let's go to your new studio now."

"Oh……"

Fu Tiao said honestly, walked to the window and took a look down, and found that Zimmerin's vehicle was parked downstairs as he said yesterday.

So he could only sigh and returned to his house. After putting on the windbreaker he had prepared in advance, he came downstairs.

When he got downstairs, he realized that Zimmerin was not the only one standing downstairs at this moment, but... two people.

In addition to Zimmerin, there was a German girl with long blond hair tied into a ponytail standing next to him.

It seemed that because the weather was extremely cold, she was wearing thick clothes.

The whole person was almost completely shrunk inside the jacket.

But when she saw Fu Diao, her eyes still lit up. She took two steps forward with great excitement and stretched out her hand. Just as she was about to say something, she realized that she was wearing gloves, so she quickly turned around and pulled them off. He came down, revealing his slender white fingers, and stretched out his hand.

"Hello, I'm Rebecca! Fu..."

When she mentioned this place, she couldn't help but look at Zimmerin beside her. After seeing the other person nodding in approval, she continued.

"Dio, Fudio, can I call you that?"

"Of course, just call me Dio."

Fu Tiao nodded, stretched out his hand and gently held her palm.

Her palms were very cold, like ice holes, and she couldn't feel any warmth.

And she seemed to feel that her hands were freezing to Fu Diao, so she just shook Fu Diao's hand lightly, then quickly took it back and put it into her gloves.

She took a sip of the heater with a hint of embarrassment and said to Fu Diao.

"Well... I'm sorry, my fingers are a little cold."

"No, it's fine."

Fu Diao waved his hand, looked at Zimmerin who was standing aside and smiled happily, and asked him.

"She is……"

"Rebecca, our independent music agent at Deutsche Grammophon, is qualified to manage independent musicians. I called her here today because of what I told you yesterday."

Zimmerin took two steps forward, stretched out his hand to Fu Diao and said, "Where is your car? Give me the car keys."

"This."

Fu Diao gave Zimmerin the car keys and watched as Zimmerin unlocked his car and drove it in front of the two of them.

Rebecca opened the back door of the car for Fu Diao, and after letting Fu Diao in, she sat in the passenger seat obediently, turned to look at Fu Diao, and added to Fu Diao.

"Because Mr. Zimmerlin told me about Mr. Dior, he posted news about your preparation to set up an independent studio in our company's internal message collection, so I signed up and hoped to work for you. …”

After saying that, she looked at Zimmerin.

Zimmerin was starting the car, looking at the almost full fuel tank, tsking twice, and explained.

"Well, yes, just like Rebecca said, she signed up. I chose among all the candidates for a long time, and finally chose Rebecca, who had the highest internal score. She is not as good as her appearance. So...well, weak? Rebecca? Can I say that?"

"Yeah, okay." Rebecca nodded.

Seeing Rebecca's agreement, Zimmerin continued:

"Rebecca doesn't seem to be a particularly qualified manager, and it feels like she can't achieve anything, but in fact she has independently brought out several outstanding second-tier musicians, and has also served as a co-manager for first-tier musicians. Compared with other people, her experience is richer, so I chose her to be your current agent."

"What about you?" Fu Diao couldn't help but ask after hearing this: "Aren't you going to be my agent?"

"Of course I'm still your agent."

Zimmerin spoke directly without any hesitation.

"It's just that because I am a senior agent at Deutsche Grammophon, it is not particularly easy for me to leave Deutsche Grammophon directly, and my contract says that even if I leave my job, I cannot go to work in related industries, so there is no Way to take you when you leave the gramophone...but!"

When he mentioned this, he raised his eyebrows at Fu Diao and said with a smile.

"But I can ask my subordinates to leave their jobs to take you with them. At the same time, she and I are still related by contract. After we are contacted, although I won't take you, I will actually still be in contact with you. I can still be regarded as your agent."

When Fu Diao heard this, he felt a little confused. What he was and wasn't was, and it felt so strange.

But he thought about it carefully and didn't pay much attention to it.

He probably couldn't figure out these contract matters. Since Zimmerlin said that he would continue to be his agent, then let's continue to calculate it like this.

Fu Tiao put these things behind his mind and said to Zimmerin.

"Well, I probably understand. To put it simply, it's Rebecca. She is also my agent now? Are you two jointly responsible?"

"No, no, no, to be precise, I should be Mr. Zimmerlin's assistant!"

Rebecca immediately blushed and waved her hands to deny it, and said to Fu Diao: "I am your agent in name, but in fact, I am responsible for handling the tasks assigned by Teacher Zimmerlin. When will Teacher Zimmerin... Only after I feel that I can independently act as your agent, Mr. Dior, will I be qualified to act independently."

She said this and added another sentence.

"Or you think it's okay."

"Oh, like this."

Fu Tiao nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Zimmerin and asked him.

"You told me yesterday that if I build a new studio, I can also reduce my taxes when I hire employees, right? How much do I have to give her?"

"To be precise, it's a tax exemption for your company."

Zimmerin waved his hand and said to Fu: "Her basic salary is four thousand euros before tax. You need to bear this. However, part of this money can be taken from the company tax. It's not much. There are other things." I will tell you some expenses later, the most important thing for us now is to go to the studio I found for you."

He pointed to the stretch of road ahead.

The three of them drove from the Animal Garden area in the city center to the relatively remote Spandau area.It has another main fire in Berlin, with a vast area and many tourist attractions such as parks, waterways, castles, and museums.

Because it is too far away from the city center, more than 20 kilometers, it can even be regarded as a new urban area.

After arriving here, the surrounding scenery has obviously become too depressed, and everything seems so deserted.

In such a deserted street, the three of them drove to Spandau's villa area.

Compared with the denser villas near the street, the villas here are much more spacious.

Zimmerlin drove his car between the villas, and finally arrived in front of a very modernly designed park.

In front of a large piece of grass, there is information about this house on the rental and sales website.

Price, 220 million euros.

It covers an area of ​​1000 square meters, with a living area of ​​400 square meters and a storage area of ​​120 square meters.

The prices are very standard for suburban luxury homes, no more, no less.

Fu Tiao was stunned when he looked at the house price, and couldn't help but start to calculate his own worth, hesitating for a moment.

It seems that I only have a total of three million euros, and now I can directly buy a package of two million euros?
Are you a little... too extravagant?
However, before Fu Diao could think about it, Zimmerin whispered in Fu Diao's ear.

“Can offset part of the tax”

After saying that, Fu Tiao felt relieved and quietly followed Zimmerin to the vicinity of the house.

As I just said, this is a very modern house.

Lots of glass illuminate the entire house brightly and translucently.

There is also a small garden with lounge chairs and round tables.

Looking at the soft green grass, you can completely imagine the softness of lying on it and basking in the sun in winter.

There is also the joy of gathering in the garden for a barbecue in the summer.

"Don't worry, wait until I open the door before making a decision."

Zimmerin patted Fu Diao and asked him to follow his lead to the door of the villa. He took out a key from under a flowerpot next to the door and opened the door.

Whoa!
After Fu Diao followed Zimmerin through the door, he realized that the garden was just a corner.

This room is the real comfort.

Gentle sunlight poured in from the window and fell on the pale yellow floor.

You can't even see a speck of dust.

Every detail you can see is so perfect.

You can't find any holes.

Except that this room is a little too empty, without a single piece of furniture, everything else is almost to the extreme.

However, this is still not the ultimate.

After Zimmerin took Fu Tiao around the villa, it was obvious that he did not pay any attention to it. Instead, he mysteriously led Fu Tiao and Rebecca to the entrance of the basement.

He looked at Fu Diao and said cheerfully.

"Dior, you will never imagine what is hidden underground in this room."

"A room full of expensive drinks? Or a collection of famous paintings? Gemstones and diamond rings? Or gold and iron ore?"

Fu Tiao was in a good mood and couldn't help but joke to Zimmerin.

Unexpectedly, Zimmerin smiled, shook his hand, and said to Fu Diao.

"No, it's not these. These are all pediatrics. You will know after you follow me down and take a look."

After saying that, he reached out to open the door and turned on the light on the side.

After the gentle yellow light covered everything in the basement, the things in the basement appeared in front of Fu Diao.

One……

Huge underground space with irregular walls.

The height is about five or six meters, and the length and width are probably more than ten meters. The total area is estimated to be more than [-] square meters, which is definitely no problem!
It's a pretty standard basement.

However, the basement is definitely not the surprise Zimmerin said for Fu Diao, so the surprise must be...

"I found that the contractor had done special sound insulation treatment in the basement. The sound from the basement could not be transmitted out. I specially tried it with some more penetrating sounds, but it still couldn't penetrate!"

When he mentioned this place, he couldn't help but laugh meaningfully.

"Normally speaking, this place should be prepared for those who like to play special games. In such a big basement, how many large toys can be placed and how many blood-spraying games can be played!"

"How to play? What? Play games?" Fu Diao didn't understand: "Opening an e-sports hall down there? It shouldn't be enough, right?"

"Gaming……"

Zimmerin's expression suddenly froze. He looked Fu Diao up and down, took a breath of cold air, coughed slightly, skipped the topic, and continued.

"It's definitely not e-sports, but if you don't understand, then don't worry about these things. What I actually want to say is that this place can be used as your recording studio because it has a special acoustic design, so Many of these second steps can be eliminated.”

He led Fu Diao down, pointed at everything around him and spoke slowly.

"Do you remember what I told you yesterday? It was the contract signed between Steinway and you? Did you bring it?"

"Ah."

Fu Tiao nodded, took out a contract from his pocket, and handed it to Zimmerin.

"Steinway signed an endorsement contract with me before, and I became their Steinway artist. At the same time, I can use their Steinway for free when I practice piano everywhere. What happened?"

"Actually, Steinway and others were lazy before."

Zimmerin smiled and took out another contract from his pocket, with the word confidential written on it.

"This is a confidential contract for Steinway artists of Steinway Company. Normally Steinway needs to design an exclusive piano for their Steinway artists, but due to time, many artists later do not have this option. This is an honor that Lang Liangyue has successfully obtained once."

"Recently, Steinway came to us and said that they hope to make a piano for you. If possible, I hope you can take that piano around the world and perform."

"At the same time, they can give us a discount on their high-end flagship piano."

"I think……"

Zimmerin looked at the basement, then at Fu Diao, and said with a smile.

“I think this basement should be able to be filled with them, and not only that, but we could put down the flagship piano from somewhere else if you want!”

"Steinway is more reserved and thinks that it is the big brother in the piano industry, but other people don't think so. People from Yamaha have been contacting me, hoping to send you a piano!"

"So, if you decide on this house, I can contact them and discuss the business contract with them in detail to see if they can completely turn this basement into a perfect, directly usable, music room. Recording studio!"

Fu Tiao did not speak, but walked around the basement.

The basement is very empty, but it is obvious that special sound collection processing has been carried out here. All the sounds you make in this place will not produce particularly noisy echoes.

It was obvious that this was the prototype of a perfect recording studio, it just needed to spend some money to spruce it up completely.

He can even ask people from music companies to set up several different recording studios in this place. Each recording studio has a piano. Different pianos bring different characteristics and styles. His future recordings can be completely based on the work. Choose your piano by style.

It was different from the first time I came into contact with different pianos. At that time, I might have been daunted by the difficulty of controlling the piano, so I chose the most mediocre Steinway.

But now, I can control all pianos perfectly!

Therefore, after Fu Tiao thought for a moment, he nodded slowly.

"Okay, that's it!"

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(End of this chapter)