Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 610 309. Hard?new identity
"Brother Yong, is it convenient to talk?"

"Tell me." Qin Yong was planning the next step in expanding the campus at home. Hearing Li An's hurried voice, he put down what he was doing, "Why are you so anxious?"

After hearing what Li An said, he frowned.

After thinking for a moment, he replied, "I really don't know that."

"It's common for orchestral players to sign contracts with orchestras. If you're like this, you'd better call Fang Yongbo first and ask him. I guess it's definitely not Xiang Nan's idea. Xiang Nan can't make the decision. Without Fang Yongbo's instructions, , he, a band manager, would definitely not make this call to you, how did he tell you."

Ang Lee: "I heard from his tone that he wanted to talk to me in person. If there are no problems on my side, I should be able to sign directly today."

Qin Yong: "Then you call Fang Yongbo and ask clearly first. Also, if you want to sign, you'd better read the contract clearly from top to bottom."

Be careful with the ten thousand year ship, although Qin Yong estimates that there will be no problem.

Li An: "Okay, Brother Yong, I will definitely pay attention."

On the phone just now, Xiang Nan was polite to Ang Lee, talked about the performance the night before, expressed his congratulations, and then politely asked Ang Lee about his schedule for next year.

Li An wondered what he had to do, he was just a teacher, what else did he have to do besides going to class?

So there must be one in the current period.

Then Xiang Nan extended an olive branch, saying that after research and discussion, they decided to sign a contract with Ang Lee for ten performances next year. The specific remuneration depends on the type of performance, ranging from [-] to [-] per performance.

At that time, Li An wanted to agree immediately. Not to mention giving money, he was willing to do it for free.

And the minimum is [-] per game, so what kind of bike do you need?

But the problem that followed was that he only knew the one at the end of the year, and he didn't know the format, theme, or what he was going to perform in the other four performances.
So he had to ask what was going on before he could continue.

Then Xiang Nan anxiously asked him if he was free in the afternoon and said he would meet in detail to discuss it.

Then talk.

He left the Art Examination Department in a hurry and called Qin Yong.

After hanging up Qin Yong's phone, he called Fang Yongbo.

Fang Yongbo and several leaders were having afternoon tea with Philip's artists who were to perform tonight, and he did not shy away from receiving a call from Ang Lee.

After chatting with Li An for a while, he smiled and said: "If you are not busy now, go and meet him and have a chat. As for the conditions, you two can just talk about it. I have something else to do here."

Li An understood when he saw this, but he didn't seem to understand that much: "Okay, Brother Bo, I understand, you are busy."

"Master, first go to Meizhuang and Yunkaiyuan."

The actual master turned around.

When he got home, Li An took a shower, changed his clothes, put on his ID card and set off.

On the way to the Chengdu Concert Hall, he was indescribably excited. He wanted to share it with Chen Xuan, but he felt that after meeting Xiang Nan, if he really signed the contract, it would not be too late for him to tell Chen Xuan.

To avoid firing empty cannons.

It must be said that Fang Yongbo’s last words are really thought-provoking. Is there still room for negotiation on the conditions?Listening to Fang Yongbo's meaning, this matter is indeed what Qin Yong said, and it should be Fang Yongbo's intention behind it.

Combined with yesterday's meal, he could also feel that Fang Yongbo valued him.

After hanging up Fang Yongbo's phone, Li An called Teacher Wei again.

Lao Wei only said two words: "Go quickly."
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Feeling anxious all the way, Li An arrived at the Chengdu Concert Hall.

After some inquiries, I found Xiangnan's office.

"Hello, Teacher Li."

As soon as the two met, Xiang Nan came up to shake hands enthusiastically.

This was not the first time Li An met Xiang Nan, but he always felt that Xiang Nan's voice and image were seriously inconsistent.

Xiang Nan's voice on the phone was treacherous and delicate, but in fact he was a frail fat man who had three chins even without having to lower his head.

"Hello manager."

Xiang Nan's desk is actually not small, but the one towards the south seems a bit too small. "Teacher Li, please sit down."

The two sat down, looked at the tea to the south, and then went straight to the question according to Fang Yongbo's wishes.

"Teacher Li, we are our own people, so I won't be polite," Xiang Nan handed the prepared materials to Li An, "Let me first introduce to you some major projects that our orchestra will undertake next year."
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It goes without saying that Rongai can develop to this day because Fang Yongbo carries the banner and controls the general direction of the orchestra. However, without Xiang Nan’s careful planning, Fang Yongbo’s work would not have progressed so smoothly.

As a manager, Xiangnan has a keen sense of the market and excellent financial management skills.

This is also the basis for him to stay in Rongai. Fang Yongbo needs him to make money, and his superiors also need him to maintain the band's revenue.

Before this music festival, Xiang Nan belonged to no one. He only represented his own position. Seeing the great success of the music festival, he still only represented his own position.

As long as Kong Chao doesn't leave for a day, he won't take sides for a day.

As for why Fang Yongbo made a phone call yesterday, he immediately prepared the contract and called Ang Lee. The reason is simple.

Li An is young, capable, already has a certain reputation in Chengdu, and needs a stage.

To put it more bluntly, Ang Lee at this stage is easy to use and very cheap.

At this music festival, Ang Lee was considered a private invitation from Fang Yongbo, and there was no agreed remuneration.

But Wang Jinhua, who was also regarded as a pianist, made him reluctantly pay an appearance fee of 20.

In fact, there is only one concerto grosso, and the rest can be described as very few.

For the same price, he could invite a pianist from T1 abroad, including food, accommodation and air tickets, but Fang Yongbo disagreed and said that the final performance must feature performers from Chengdu.

On the way to a new market, the financial problems of major domestic orchestras are not optimistic.

Among them, inviting celebrities is a major cancer.

Looking at the current concert market, unless they are performers with real box office appeal, such as Lin Lang and others, the remaining so-called domestic and foreign famous names cannot support the box office at all.

If it were not for sponsorship and subsidies, concert halls in many places would not be able to survive long ago.

Therefore, one of the most effective ways to maintain the normal operation of the concert hall is to hire fewer "famous people" unless necessary.

But the quality of the program must be guaranteed.

Therefore, in Li An's eyes to Xiang Nan, there are four words: increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

[-] to [-] per show.

If we calculate it as a compromise of 30 yuan, it would only be [-] yuan for ten games.

30 yuan can cover most of the performance tasks that Rongai needs for pianos next year, and what kind of bicycles are also needed.

How much would it cost to hire someone from outside for every performance? Given the current market environment, any young performer who is somewhat famous in China would not be able to quote less than [-].

And are those people definitely better than Li An?

Different from Fang Yongbo’s point of view, especially after the Mozart special performance, Xiang Nan felt that Ang Lee no longer needed to develop and could be used as a finished product.
Spend less and do more.

If Xiang Nan wasn't worried about Fang Yongbo jumping in, he really wanted to sign with Ang Lee for [-] games in one go.

But there is no way, Ang Lee is Fang Yongbo's current celebrity. If he really uses the thirty-game contract to make a fuss, I am afraid that Fang Yongbo will be completely pissed off.

After the exchange, Li An understood and felt at ease.

In fact, it is not as complicated as he initially thought. For example, if you sign a contract, you will not be able to participate in other music activities. There are no restrictions at all.

It is simply ten performances a year, including two piano recitals, dedicated to Haydn and Bach.

He also looked at the repertoire and found no problems.

The other performances were all staged, the repertoire was still around the classical period, and there was no such big guy as Bo Er.The performance schedule is clear in black and white.

There will be three games from March to April next year, three games from July to August, and one game in October. The last three games will be concentrated at the end of the year.

"How about Teacher Li, is the time convenient?" Xiang Nan asked thoughtfully.

Ang Lee: “If it’s just these hours, I’m fine.”

Xiang Nan smiled: "Mr. Li is joking, the contract only covers these ten games, and we have to follow the contract."

Li An smiled and said, "You are right."

Xiang Nan could tell that Li An was still a little cautious, so he sent out the application, "Then let's take a look at the contract?"

Ang Lee: "Hang on, manager, I have another question. Why is there no Brahms special at the end of the year among these ten performances?"

Xiang Nan was slightly startled when he heard this, and raised the corners of his fleshy lips, "That is a private matter between you and Commander Fang."

Although Xiang Nan didn't reveal anything, Li An still caught something in an instant and immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing.

Xiang Nan took out the standard contract from the drawer without asking any more questions, "Come here, Teacher Li, I'll tell you one by one."

Half an hour later, Ang Lee signed the contract. According to the contract, the solo performance was [-], two of the remaining eight performances were [-], and the rest were all [-].

The total is 22. Although Fang Yongbo mentioned the price to him on the phone and asked him to talk to Xiangnan, he did not mention this matter to Xiangnan just now.

Even if he mentions it and the negotiation is successful, more than [-] yuan will not solve the key issue. If the negotiation fails, it will be like taking off his pants and farting, which is unnecessary.

If Fang Yongbo hadn't said this to him on the phone at the beginning, he wouldn't have considered this issue at all. A blind person could figure out who the boss of Party A was at a glance.

But since Fang Yongbo showed his kindness and extended an invitation to him, but did not directly help him negotiate the price, there is an explanation here.

Perhaps Fang Yongbo alone has no say in this matter, or perhaps Fang Yongbo is testing his attitude towards money.

Or both.

Therefore, whether it is an unclear situation or a test from Big Brother, as the little brother who has said the wrong thing before, he can no longer raise the issue of money rashly.

Besides, 22 yuan is a lot. Ten performances are equivalent to more than 500 lessons for him.

But to be honest, even if he gave 12 yuan, Li An felt that it was not a loss.

Money is important, but in his current situation, what is more important than money is that he has an official identity.

Since the competition ended last year, he has become a young pianist in Chengdu.

But who gave this name?
Which official recognized it?
He has no performer diploma and has never won a competition.

Wu Fusheng was a serious young pianist who signed a contract with Xinghai.

He is a young performer, and everyone just calls him an honorific among the people.

To put it bluntly, it’s polite on the surface.

Called a performer after just one concert?

Does joining the Music Association make you a musician?

Isn't that ridiculous?

He couldn't accept it himself.

So no matter what the occasion, as long as someone calls him a performer, he feels very uncomfortable.

Like he was caught doing something shameful.

Even when he was greeted with thunderous applause from the audience the night before, he didn't feel that he was really worthless.

But it's different now. I have a signed contract and a letter of appointment just sent by the staff.

The gold-edged letter of appointment had the words 'Dear Mr. Ang Lee' and 'Rongcheng Philharmonic Signed Artist' written in large letters.

The official red seal below is very domineering.

What does it feel like to be a signed artist?

He will set off tomorrow. The last time he went to Yanjing, he was just an ordinary training institution teacher. This time, he has transformed and has a new identity of his own.

Moreover, he was about to meet Chen Xuan's father. With this letter of appointment, he felt more confident.

Don't say that anyone with great righteousness will have unlimited confidence.

Living in the present, wouldn’t it be better to be realistic?

There was no signing ceremony. If there was, it was just a handshake and group photo on the stage of the deputy hall.

After leaving the deputy hall, Xiang Nan invited Li An back to the office again and took out a red envelope.

"This is for you, manager."

Xiang Nan explained: "Ordinarily, Mozart is here to promote you, so there is no remuneration for the performance itself, but Conductor Fang still gave special instructions."

As he spoke, he pushed the red envelope in front of Li An, and his face changed in a second, "Teacher Li, don't make it difficult for me. You also know Lao Fang's temper. Besides, not everyone has this red envelope, so it's troublesome."
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After seeing Li An off, Xiang Nan felt extremely relieved.

This deal was such a good deal. If Li An negotiated terms with him and wanted to increase the fee, it would be hard for him to refuse.

In the end, he didn't open his mouth at all and signed neatly.

So in the end, he gave a red envelope in Lao Fang's name, which was considered a little "compensation" for Ang Lee.

In fact, Li An didn't know that Fang Yongbo's original plan was to give Li An four games at a price of [-] yuan each, but Xiangnan negotiated the four games to ten and even discounted the price.

For this discount, Xiang Nan spent a lot of money. He knew that the performance fee reported to Ang Lee was indeed a bit low, but wasn't this also saving money for Fang Yongbo.

Now that you have this red envelope, you, Lao Fang, won’t hold grudges anymore.

But after this incident was over, another incident made Xiang Nan think again.

Ang Lee just mentioned the Brahms special at the end of the year. The amount of information here is too much.

Is there anyone in the entire group who doesn't know that Fang Yongbo handed over two concerts at the end of the year to Kong Chao.

When Xiang Nan learned the news, a huge question mark hit his face.

He doesn't believe it!

how could it be possible.

So he said, how could Lao Fang give up two concerts in vain?

But the orchestra has signed a contract with the Belarusian pianist for a Brahms performance at the end of the year.

So the problem that arises is that two pianists perform on the same stage but only have one piano piece.

How to play?
Four-handed bomb?Or a double piano?

Isn’t this just playing house?

Or do you want to do two Brahms performances?
It is impossible.

If there are two games, Lao Fang will definitely say hello to him in advance.

It's September soon, and the concert at the end of the year should be scheduled for June.

So it remains to be seen what kind of medicine Fang Yongbo sells in this gourd.

But one thing he knew for sure was that Fang Yongbo was going to attack Kong Chao this time.

(End of this chapter)