pianist from the sea

Chapter 81 The Fall of Warsaw
In fact, Fu Diao had contacted Brotz a long time ago, and had already given him his plane information before he was about to come to Warsaw.

Originally, Fu Tiao just hoped that Brotz could help him find a suitable house to live in, but unexpectedly, Brotz drove over to pick him up.

Seeing that Fu Tiao hadn't gotten into the car, Brotz immediately waved his hands vigorously, and said anxiously to Fu Tiao in his previous English.

"Get in the car, hurry up, fines will be deducted after a few minutes of parking at this place, unless I park in the underground garage below."

Fu Tiao didn't think too much, opened the car door and got on the seat. Brotz immediately kicked the accelerator and drove Fu Tiao towards the city.

After confirming that he had left the airport area, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Phew, it's okay, there's still a little time... I came to the airport today and got stuck in traffic. I thought I might not be able to meet you today, but I didn't expect that when I arrived at the airport, you were just getting ready Leaving, maybe this is luck?"

"Luck? Indeed." Fu Tiao smiled immediately, nodded and said, "I also met people from NHK at the gate of the airport, and they stopped me there to ask about the game."

"Oh? About the game? What did you ask?"

"Nothing, just some simple questions, such as why I participated in the Chopin International Piano Competition, and whether I have made some preparations for this competition."

"Haha, this is indeed a person who is very similar to Dongying NHK. They will ask some questions, but I think it may be because your speech is not particularly good, otherwise they will definitely ask some strange questions that are in line with Dongying. Aesthetic issues, what is it called?"

Brotz raised one hand on the steering wheel, rubbed his head, and thought for a long time before he managed to pronounce a Japanese word that looked like Polish, and then explained.

"It seems to be something, a fantasy that often occurs in the second grade of junior high school, a word that fits the characteristics of the programs on the Japanese side. I learned it after you left, followed my Chinese teacher, and watched the news from Huaguo."

After all, Brotz suddenly remembered something, and he became extremely energetic, speaking in weird Chinese with great excitement.

"Hello, my name is Broz, from Poland, Warsaw, my hobbies are classical music and food, thank you, Xiaolongbao, goodbye... how is it? My Chinese seems to barely count Did you pass?"

"Of course!" Fu Tiao nodded, although he didn't know why there was a steamed bun between thank you and goodbye, but at least he could barely understand what he was saying.

Fu Tiao raised his hand and said encouragingly in Polish: "To jest idealne (very good)"

"Haha, your Polish is also very good."

Brotz immediately planned to pat Fu Tiao's shoulder with his hand, and the car twisted and twisted in an instant, which made him sit back in the driver's seat again in fright, and continued to look at the road ahead and spoke.

"Speaking of which, I have already done for you what you asked me to help arrange."

"Housing?" Fu Tiao looked at Brotz and asked curiously, "How's the housing going? Have you got any results yet?"

"Of course there is a result!" Brotz nodded, while looking at the road conditions, he put his hand deep into the passenger compartment in front of Fu Tiao, opened the compartment, and pointed to a document on it.

"Look at that place. I found a total of 10 places for you to live in, all of which are for short-term rental according to your requirements. I have also seen the specific locations of these addresses. After I feel that they are not bad, I will list the addresses of these 10 houses. send you."

After all, he seemed a little afraid that Fu Tiao would not understand those documents, so he immediately waved his hand and pointed to the bottom of the documents.

"You look at the bottom of the document. I asked my Chinese teacher to help me translate these documents. There is also an English version. You can read whichever is more convenient. I won't tell you anything more. I have to You should drive with peace of mind, and you will buy me a drink later, and I will let you pay for your labor."

"Okay, thank you."

Fu Tiao nodded, picked up the documents, flipped through the contents, and nodded silently.

Sure enough, as Brotz said, the houses he found for himself were basically all the houses he had seen seriously.

In addition to the most basic contract, there are also photos of the house, the price of the house, and some precautions.

Rents are not particularly expensive, especially when Fu Tiao only needs to rent for one month. The rent given to him by Brotz before, and the rent given to him by the owner of the bar, and the rent given to him by the band, renting for one month is absolutely No problem at all.

A simple rent can be done for only a few thousand zlotys.

The one closest to the Chopin Concert Hall in Warsaw is about 500 meters away, in an old house on the third floor.

The rent of the house is not a particularly big problem, the biggest problem... is practicing the piano.

Brotz wrote a note on this place, and he also asked about nearby places that allow violin rental, and asked them about the price of violin rental.

If you want to rent a performance-level piano that can be used in the house, you will need at least a few thousand zlotys a month.

For example, in the case of Steinway, if it is purely rented and it is still a short-term rental, then the price needs to be nearly [-] zlotys.

For long-term leases, if you rent for more than a year, the price may be slightly cheaper.

Of course, this rent can be included in the price of the piano.

That is to say, he sells you a piano for 100 million yuan. If you rent this piano for 10 yuan a year, and if you rent it for 10 years, you can take this piano home directly.

Or you rent it for a year, and then you can buy it directly for 90 yuan.

Brotz also wrote down the price of moving the piano in those rented places. The price of renting the piano and moving it directly exceeded [-] a month.

Adding the rent in these places, the monthly price may directly exceed [-].

This money must be spent, unless you are a player in the competition and go to the piano store on the street to rent a piano, otherwise this money is absolutely indispensable.

Of course, there are still some people who can do without spending the money.

For example... If you can get the honor of Steinway Artist, Yamaha Artist, Fazioli Artist, etc., you can ask the local retailer for free shipping and tuning.

This can directly reduce the price by several hundred zlotys.

It's a pity that the current artist benefits are a bit less. If you are an artist of the previous brand, the local retailer will provide you with the piano directly.

Seeing that Fu Tiao was focusing on the price, Brotz couldn't help but smile and raised his eyebrows.

"What's the matter? Do you think it's expensive? This is the most affordable price that a few old friends and I have found. If it's any cheaper...you can only rent an upright piano similar to mine at home, but your competition Unlike the qualifiers, if you use the vertical, it will affect your performance, right?"

"It's a little bit, but I don't think it's expensive, it's just...it's just that the work that shocked you is a little too detailed. Your work...is more than a glass of wine."

"Haha, don't worry, take your time, we still have a while to reach the urban area, this time is enough for you to watch for a long time."

"Um……"

Brotz refocused on the road conditions, while Fu Diao continued to look at the house Brotz had chosen.

Broz's attention in these rented houses is not only on the piano, but the houses he chose for Fu Tiao include almost all kinds of houses.

For example, Nordic cold style, traditional European style, Huaguo style and so on.

If Fu Tiao doesn't like those flashy styles, he can choose some simpler and simple ones, such as a small studio as his living place.

Fu Tiao's attention was immediately on the studio.

The studio is located near a relatively new commercial area, and the house is also newly built. From the map, it is about 800 meters away from the Chopin Concert Hall in Warsaw, but Brotz marked a note on the side.

In fact, the distance walked is about 1.4 kilometers, which means it takes less than 20 minutes to walk normally.

Because of this, the price of this studio is a little higher than the normal rental price, and the price of water and electricity used is also slightly higher.

It doesn't seem like the studio's merits are particularly obvious, but Mr. Brotz wrote a note in the margin.

This place... you can practice the piano until late at night without being disturbed.

In Europe, many houses are actually old houses, and some old houses can even be traced back to before World War II, and were barely rebuilt because of the heating renovation.

Therefore, houses in many places look like old and new coexist, especially in places where economic reforms have been carried out, this situation is more obvious.

Of course, some wealthy places such as Munich, because of local customs, even newly built houses are built according to the old houses, which keeps the whole city in a unified style.

If there is no money in the local area, it is easy to create a poor and sexy city like Berlin.

Or a pure modern city like Frankfurt.

These old houses have a common problem, that is, the sound insulation is poor, which is ridiculously poor.

The thick wall of more than ten centimeters seems to be useless.

In addition, the carillon room closes at eight or nine in the evening.

Therefore, if you want to practice the piano until night, you either buy a villa and live in the suburbs, or you live in this kind of studio.

This studio is surrounded by other studios.

This kind of studio is actually very common in Europe, and it feels like a small company, but the number of people is small, and only two or three people can work in it.

To put it in a more familiar way, this kind of studio is actually more like a garage in the beautiful country.

It is the garage where Apple was born.

This kind of almost newly built pure industrial and commercial building is only used as a studio plus some shops, and basically no one is in it at night.

Not only that, in order to prevent the disturbance between the studios, the place is specially added with soundproof panels.

In this case, you can basically practice how you want to practice the piano, and basically no one will come to disturb you.

Fu Tiao looked at this house and felt a little bit moved, especially compared with the decoration of other houses.

This house is a square rectangle, about [-] to [-] square meters, with a partition in the middle.

Cut off a place to sleep and rest.

On the side where you sleep and rest, there are two hidden doors, which contain a large bathtub, shower room, and toilet.

As for the other side of the partition, there is a desk over there.

It's very ordinary and simple, as long as the partition is also hidden, then this place will be like the boss's office.

Even Fu Diao saw that this partition is equipped with a fully built-in large refrigerator.

Fu Tiao's mind immediately built up the specific situation of the house, and soon his eyes couldn't help but brighten up.

Just throw that table aside and put it anywhere, and the partition can hold a medium-sized piano.

Although it is impossible to fit a nine-foot concert piano, there is no problem with a seven-foot piano.

and……

It seems that the view of this place is also very good?
Fu Tiao couldn't help feeling itchy looking at this place, but the price on the side made his heart gradually calm down.

This room plus the piano is rented for one month...almost nearly [-] Ruanmei coins.

this price.

Fu Tiao just wanted to pick up the document in his hand and pass it to Brotz, but seeing that Brotz was driving, he could only put his hand down again.

Brotz quickly noticed Fu Tiao's movements and asked.

"Have you found where you're going?"

"Well, a studio, the one downtown."

"Aha, that one, that one, I actually think it will be very popular with young people like you. Sure enough, you chose this one."

After finishing speaking, Brotz raised his finger and pointed forward, and said to Fu Tiao.

"No, there are still about tens of kilometers before you can enter the city. Since you like it, let's go to that place directly. There is still some time now. They haven't got off work yet. Maybe we can reserve the house before they get off work. Down."

After all, he kicked the accelerator and accelerated towards the location of the rented house.

Fu Diao had already selected the room he wanted, so he lay on the chair and looked out the window.

The whole of Warsaw is still foggy, and everything is not so clear. The government governance that Broz scolded for so long in the car before seems to still not have the effect it should have.

However, the city's Chopin taste is stronger than it was half a year ago.

Half a year is just a preview of the qualifiers, and all the players have not shown their due level.

But when the first round came, it was the main match of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

By this time, all the players will decide the final outcome in this place.

After all, he became the world's number one Chopin pianist under the age of 30 and became famous all over the world.

Or become a loser and leave in despair.

No one knows.

Even if he is the strongest, he is not sure whether he can get the No.1 result.

This is the charm of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

After everyone's skills have almost reached the peak among young people, the difference among them will only be the most basic, their sensitivity to music.

As the vehicle gets closer to the city center, the Chopin atmosphere of this place becomes stronger.

In the past, there was only information about the Chopin International Piano Competition on the ordinary platform, but now it has evolved from the platform to posters posted everywhere.

On the bus on the side of the road, on the billboards that keep turning, stand on the notice board of the city, those public bicycles and skateboards, and even the exterior walls of those buildings, have been plastered with the information of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

The five-year competition, the focus of the whole world, the competition that everyone is looking forward to.

This is already Chopin's city, just like Mozart's Salzburg.

Fu Tiao looked at the people outside the car with a hint of anticipation.

Before coming here, I heard that top pianists from all over the world may come to watch the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Although Fu Tiao has already met Argerich, he is still looking forward to this chance encounter on the road.

Seeing Fu Tiao's expression, Brotz couldn't help but smiled, and didn't say much.

Although it is advertised every year, the Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw is the real capital of music, and you may meet several pianists on the road.

But in fact... there are not many people who can really meet.

Those pianists will not meet you on the road if they have nothing to do. They also have their own things to do.

You are busy with your work during the day, and those pianists are busy practicing during the day.

Music is their job, not everyone can just hang out and show other people.

It is true that some people met those top bosses before, but these are a minority, and it can only be said to be a coincidence.

After all, if it is really a coincidence, that kind of performance on the piano on the street can attract a lot of people to listen, and it just happens to attract that kind of top boss, wouldn't it be more coincidental than this kind of roadside encounter?

Brotz didn't say much, and Fu Tiao didn't look forward to everything outside the window.

Therefore, he just paid attention to the following surrounding scenes and didn't think too much.

Soon, the two came to the house that Fu Tiao had fancyed before, and the staff who happened to be in charge of this house did not leave, and everyone quickly entered the house to check everything in the house.

The environment is clean and odorless, and it is obvious that it has been cleaned.

The environment inside the house is just like what Fu Tiao saw before, it is a square space, the office area, the rest area, and the toilet and bathroom are all placed in their own positions.

In the rest area, it was slightly different from what Fu Tiao had seen before.

They don't know why sofas and space chairs are arranged inside, so that people can rest more thoroughly.

As for the rest, not much has changed.

"Hello, do you have any comments? If you have any comments, we are just here now, and we can just negotiate."

"Not in a hurry……"

Fu Tiao waved to the staff and walked to the two French windows.

This newly built commercial street is not high, but Fu Tiao's window position allows him to see most of the city.

There are few tall buildings of that kind in Europe, and many of them still maintain a tradition that the tallest house should not exceed the height of the church.

The highest point of a city must be the city church.

Although it is not particularly strict in Warsaw, most of the buildings are still small buildings with a few stories high.

At this moment, although the house under Fu Tiao's feet is only about six floors, it is still much higher than other houses.

A glance at the small buildings.

Looking outside from his perspective, the whole city is covered with dots of lights, adding a touch of elegance to the city.

Seeing this, Fu Tiao no longer hesitated, and nodded slightly to the person behind him.

"No comments, just here."

"Okay! Please sign here, but please remember, if you want to continue renting next month, please send us an email to inform us ten days in advance, otherwise you will not be able to renew the lease."

After finishing speaking, after Fu Tiao signed his name, the man turned and left.

Broz followed Fu Tiao to look around the room, and when he was about to leave, Fu Tiao suddenly spoke to him.

"Mr. Brotz, let's go. As you said before, thank you for finding me a house. May I invite you...to have a drink?"

(End of this chapter)