pianist from the sea

Chapter 343 Opening Ceremony

Zimmerlin sat there and thought for a long time, and soon agreed to Ruth's request, and finally reached a specific agreement with him.

Fu Tiao will have the opportunity to go directly to the beautiful country, that is, North America for a tour.

Moreover, Zimmerlin also asked Universal Music Company to make a special note, that is, the concert venue for Fu should at least include a legendary concert hall.

That's Carnegie Hall.

Fu Tiao was given the opportunity to perform in this legendary concert hall.

The main reason why Carnegie Hall is legendary is that countless top performance venues have been produced there.

It is also the place where countless top pianists truly become famous.

In other words, many top pianists have performed at Carnegie Hall. This performance is not just an ordinary performance, but also a peak moment in his life.

The concert hall that Universal's parent company arranged for Fu was not the small concert hall in Carnegie Hall, but the main hall.

That is the largest concert hall.

The main hall is called Isaac Stern Auditorium.

It has 5 seats on 2804 floors and was named after violinist Isaac Stern in 1997.

The main hall is characterized by warm, authentic sound effects.

Many pianists say that the concert hall itself is an instrument!
It senses your every move and sublimates it.

Therefore, the geographical location of the concert hall was almost adjusted to the highest level for this concert.

When you come to Carnegie Hall, you will find that the ceiling of the main hall is extremely high, and the audience even has to go through 105 steps to reach the top auditorium!
Of course you can also take the elevator.

Nearly all of the greatest classical musicians have performed here since its founding, and the main hall's lounge is decorated with signed portraits and commemorative paintings.

This is testament to the legacy of Carnegie Hall.

And for such a legendary opportunity, they will give Fu Diao a chance to participate.

Faced with this opportunity, Zimmerin was a little hesitant as to whether he would allow Wang Jia to obtain more benefits, allowing her to successfully seize the legacy left by Lang Liangyue and become a true top-notch person.

But I thought that Fu Tiao could also get opportunities in North America.

He finally nodded and agreed to the other party's request.

After all, such an opportunity is very rare.

Just as Rebecca said, blindly giving in will definitely not end well.

They should believe in Fu Tiao's ability.

In this regard, they discussed with almost all orchestras and concert halls and discussed the specific arrangements for the concert after Fu Tiao.

This year in 2017, Fu Tiao's original concert schedule was about fifty. After such adjustments, it directly reached the point of nearly 100 concerts.

Facing so many concerts, Fu Tiao is relatively calm and is still preparing his own works for concert performances.

Time passed like this while Fu Tiao was preparing for the concert.

There are a lot of things that need to be done every day, countless messes, various exercises and rehearsals that need to be completed.

And because there are so many more concerts, Fu Tiao is no longer the same as before, slowly wandering around Europe on Deutsche Bahn trains.

He began to try to fly around Europe to complete his concerts.

In the past, there might only be one day of concerts on Sunday or one day on Saturday, but now it has become two days, Saturday and Sunday.

After the show on Saturday night, it was time to take a short break before flying straight to the next concert.

Sometimes when the distance is relatively long, Fu Tiao even needs to take a red-eye flight directly that night to fly to the target location to perform.

Life is a fulfilling one.

However, compared to Rebecca and Zimmerin, Fu Tiao only needs to perform, which is actually very easy.

Rebecca was living a miserable life these days.

Because of the allocation of Lang Liangyue's concerts, they won nearly 50 performances.

Therefore, they need to arrange coordination work in various places in advance.

Not only that, because Fu Diao now has a cooperative relationship with Deutsche Grammophon, they also need to transfer some data and hand over some work.

Zimmerin was quite skilled at this type of work and could quickly transfer the things Fu had adjusted to Rebecca for processing.

Rebecca, on the other hand, seemed relatively unfamiliar because she had never dealt with similar documents.

Every day I wake up and process files until I fall asleep.

It feels like the sky is dark and the earth is dark.

It was also the first time she felt how easy it was to work with Fu Diao.

There are not so many messy things to deal with, let alone some bullshit personal matters for Fu Tiao.

Just take care of all the studio stuff.

Except for the complicated things in the studio and her big head, everything else was perfect.

But the tiring work is actually only a small part of it. For her, this kind of work is actually very happy.

Because she can follow Fu Tiao all over Europe.

The reason why Zimmerin didn't follow Fu Diao everywhere before was because he had already coordinated the relationship in many places, and he only needed Fu Diao to go directly.

But not Rebecca.

She was taking over Zimmerlin's job.

So for every performance, she had to follow Fu to the corresponding place.

Flying around the world, negotiating and coordinating with people at local concert halls.

After that, Fu Diao didn't restrict her too much, so she could do whatever she wanted.

It just so happened that Fu Tiao was the kind of person who liked to wander around the city alone, so after she finished handling the matter, she could just walk around the city with Fu Tiao.

Take a look at the different scenery of this city.

Find a quiet corner to sit quietly, look at the beautiful scenery around you, and feel the integration of man and nature.

Although the two of them didn't say a word, they got along extremely well.

From Paris, to Rome, to Barcelona.

They visited almost all the big cities in Europe.

They also witness the vast majority of concert halls.

Fu Tiao's control over the concert hall has gradually reached a new level.

He can use different playing methods according to the type of concert hall.

The repertoire he prepared during the tour also became more and more proficient.

And his encore has become a content that everyone talks about.

Because his encores are different every time.

Compared with Lang Liangyue, who almost always plays Jasmine in every encore, Fu Tiao will choose to play some works that he has been practicing recently and is ready to add to his repertoire.

So maybe people over there in Istanbul heard Turkish March, and people over there in Paris heard Debussy’s Moonlight.

Faced with such a changeable encore, someone even recorded a collection of Fu's encores.

Many of them are relatively famous works.

These works have made many people who don't know much about Fu Diao gradually become aware of Fu Diao.

After all, compared with the search rate of some unpopular works, the search rate of popular works is definitely much higher, and most of the people who search for these works will not look for the best version one by one. Generally, they will It’s the version recommended by anyone on the home page.

As a result, Fu Tiao gained many, many passerby fans.

Although I don’t give any money, I don’t listen to concerts, I don’t buy albums, but I focus on companionship.

But to a certain extent, he is also a fan.

At the very least, the number of Fu Tiao's fans on various music platforms is constantly growing.

The days seem to be getting better day by day.

Just like a hamster storing food, it slowly accumulates its fans and increases its influence.

From professionals, to ordinary people.

Fu Tiao's influence is constantly rising.

As Fu Diao's influence increased, Rebecca finally completed the handover of all work.

May, Berlin!
Seven o'clock in the morning!
Huddled on the sofa in the living room downstairs from Fu Tiao, Rebecca, who had dark circles under her eyes, looked at the iPad in her hand, gasped involuntarily, and stretched hard.

finally!finally!
After nearly two months of work handover, she finally completed all the work.Her workload will be greatly reduced in the future and will not need to be like it is now.

We have to deal with past documents and deal with new problems now.

She looked at all the crossed-out notes (the German "X" means confirmation) in the memo, breathed a long sigh of relief, lay down on the sofa, arched her head hard, and found a more comfortable angle for herself. , enjoying the sunlight streaming in from the huge floor-to-ceiling windows.

Comfortable, really comfortable!
It feels so comfortable to have nothing to do and feel light all over!
The past few months of work had made her feel a little bit in the dark.

Only when wandering around the city with Fu Tiao can I take a break.

Otherwise, my mind is filled with work, work, and work.

"Ah! It's done. It's all done at last. I don't have to worry about work anymore!"

Rebecca was like a kitten, hugging the pillow and huddled on the sofa and laughed.

"In the future, I just need to help Dior with some normal work content, and Dior doesn't have much to do in his normal work. It feels like he is about to take a vacation! Speaking of which...do I still have 12 days of annual leave that I haven't taken yet? ? How about finding a day when Dior doesn’t have a concert and go on vacation..."

She was thinking about it in her mind, wondering if she could find a chance to go to the beach to bask in the sun.

Until Fu Diao's voice sounded.

"morning!"

Fu Tiao walked downstairs with a cup of coffee.

He was wearing a simple shirt and trousers, which seemed a little sloppy, but he looked extremely sunny.

He just carried the coffee to the floor-to-ceiling window of the living room, looked at the large garden in front of him, took a slight sip of the coffee in the cup, then looked at Rebecca lying on the sofa beside him, and nodded.

"I just received the news. My friend will be arriving in a few hours. Do you want to tidy up?"

"tidy?"

Rebecca was stunned for a moment. She picked up the notebook that was already full of X's and looked through it. She checked the time again and asked in a daze.

"What day is today?"

"Today is the day our studio is officially established."

Fu Tiao said softly.

"I invited a lot of people over. Although we have moved into this house a few weeks in advance, the opening and moving party haven't been held yet, so I invited a lot of people over and let everyone have fun together. After all..."

Fu Diao looked at the sunshine in front of him and said casually.

"Today is a rare sunny day."

"Party!"

Rebecca's original plan to sleep by the sunshine was instantly wiped out, and her mind went blank.

"Is it today?"

"Well, it's today. It's scheduled to be around... three or four o'clock in the afternoon."

Fu Tiao glanced at the phone and saw the time on it, then said to Rebecca: "But Lang Liangyue has arrived in Berlin now, probably around twelve o'clock, others may be a little later."

"Three or four hours..."

Rebecca's whole body was numb. She looked at the notebook in her hand and scratched her head.

Why didn't I write down this time?
Is it too late to arrange and tidy up now?
Forget it, don’t use it, it’s definitely too late!
Rebecca sighed forcefully and looked at Fu Diao with a look of helplessness.

"Dio, even if we prepare now, it's too late."

"Prepare? Prepare for what?"

Fu Tiao was stunned and asked blankly: "What should I prepare? Can't we just go to the supermarket to get some beer and drinks and come back?"

"Prepare dessert!"

Rebecca was a little crazy: "It's easy to talk about drinks and so on, but the key point is small cakes and desserts. This needs to be prepared in advance!"

"Huh? This thing... isn't it bought from a cake shop?"

Fu Diao looked at Rebecca like this and hesitated for a moment.

He had never been to anything like this before.

In the few places I have been, everyone was chatting there with glasses of wine and so on.

He didn't notice the desserts sitting aside at all.

Rebecca took out a new page from her notes and sighed while writing.

"The drinks are easy to deal with. Just pick up a batch from the supermarket and bring them back. The salad issue is okay... Dior, do they have any personal habits or allergies?"

"..."

Fu Tiao was silent. He looked at Rebecca, and even the hand holding the coffee couldn't help but sink a little.

Seeing Fu playing like this, Rebecca went even more crazy.

"Even if you don't ask about personal preferences, you still need to ask about allergens! What if their allergens appear in the salad or dessert I prepare? For example, nut allergies, grape allergies, etc."

"How about... go to the supermarket and buy some frozen ones and come back and share them?"

Fu Tiao whispered: "I feel like those frozen desserts in the supermarket are similar..."

"almost?"

Rebecca couldn't catch her breath. She waved her hands vigorously, wanting to complain about something, but in the end she just sighed helplessly.

"This is not just a dessert, this is a feeling. I, I... my fault, I'm sorry. If I had known it was today, I would have booked a party company in advance to come and help."

A party company is a company that specializes in organizing parties. Simply put, you can send us information such as the type of party you want to hold, how big the venue is, how many people will come, everyone’s allergens, and personal preferences. Party Company, Party Company will decide everything based on your needs.

Needless to say, it’s the simplest way to arrange the venue. They have dozens of different plans to choose from.

The most expensive thing is that you can hire them to organize a wedding. They will bring several professional chefs to prepare food on site and hold a temporary buffet.

Not to mention these desserts, basically all the desserts on the market can be prepared in advance.

Even if you want to have a family dinner where the whole family sits down to eat together, you can ask them to help you decorate it.

All it takes is money.

No, to be precise, it still takes time.

You need to make an appointment at least one month in advance.

They will not accept invitations on the day.

After all, this is Germany, not a beautiful country, and money cannot buy everything.

This is especially true for temporary decisions.

This is why Rebecca has such a headache.

She could only write down all the things that might need to be done in her notebook and spoke to Fu Diao.

"Well, Dior, I'm preparing other things at home. You go to the supermarket first and buy them in order according to the list I gave you above. Now you can only make as much as you want..."

"Oh……"

Seeing Rebecca's agitated look, Fu Diao could only shrug slightly, picked up the list Rebecca gave him, and went to buy party supplies.

The list Rebecca gave him was full of small and trivial things, and there was nothing heavy.

Since Lang Liangyue was injured, Rebecca has paid special attention to this matter. When dealing with everything, she needs to consider whether it will affect Fu Tiao's hand.

After all, she also knew that although Fu Diao could carry heavy objects, as a top pianist, it was best not to carry heavy objects if he could.

Even if Fu Tiao often exercised by rolling iron, it was the same.

There are also protective measures that can be taken when lifting weights, but this is different when carrying heavy objects.

It wouldn't be fun if Fu Diao got injured like Lang Liangyue.

Fu Tiao got on the BMW he bought before and looked at the steering wheel that was close to his abdomen. He felt a little uncomfortable for a while. He felt as if he had basically never touched this car after having Rebecca. .

Unexpectedly, the seats have begun to feel uncomfortable.

After quickly adjusting his seat to his own suitable position, he stepped on the accelerator and drove to a large supermarket less than 500 meters away from the studio, and began to carry the items on the note.

Rebecca was also in the studio, tidying up the studio and pulling some party things into the yard, preparing to welcome Fu Diao's guests.

The two of them just divided the work and cooperated, trying their best to tidy up everything before Fu Diao's friends came to Fu Diao's studio.

When people get busy, it is easy to forget the passage of time.

While Rebecca was still packing up the items in the living room, the doorbell rang suddenly.

Rebecca, who was still cleaning, could not help but tremble.

(End of this chapter)