The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 415 I Have No Fear

Chen Qiu never thought that the first commander he saw after the New Year was not Zhao Yi, whom he was going to find, but Yu Tu.

To be honest, Chen Qiu hasn't seen Yu Tu for a long time.

The last time we met seemed to be during the Nine Schools League.

Even in the penultimate round of the Nine Schools League, the two hardly met in the finals.

You know, it’s been a whole year since the Asian Conservatory of Music Competition after the Nine Schools League.

I haven't seen Yu Tu for the whole year, and I haven't even heard any news about him. Chen Qiu even kind of forgot about him.

It’s not that Chen Qiu is arrogant. He just doesn’t care much about other commanders.

The main reason is that Chen Qiu and Yu Tu have no chance of contact at all!

Chen Qiu and his symphony orchestra basically hang out in Haicheng, and when they go abroad they go to Europe and Japan.

He does not participate in any exchanges within the industry.

He didn't even set foot in the capital.

Therefore, the commanders who have a good relationship with Chen Qiu and have more communication with him are basically from Haicheng.

For example, Zhao Yi, Wang Hai, and the conductor from Haicheng Opera House.

Even some young commanders from Haicheng came to learn from Chen Qiu and learn relevant command skills.

However, because the status of these commanders is too low, although everyone communicates, it is limited to communication, so Chen Qiu naturally ignores them.

Therefore, it was not that Chen Qiu actively ignored Yu Tu. In fact, it was just that Chen Qiu's attention was all on his own band, and he neglected socializing and thus forgot about it.

After all, Wang Hai had helped me before, so he would basically take the initiative to help me if there were any problems.

Zhao Yi took him to contact companies in Haicheng and asked him to find a large enterprise to provide financial support to the orchestra.

What can you do, Yu Tu?

It’s good enough if we don’t cause trouble for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Chen Qiu didn't expect Yu Tu to provide any help to the orchestra at all.

It was even more impossible for him to give Yu Tu any particularly good look.

Chen Qiu looked at Yu Tu in the distance, took a deep breath, smiled and nodded at Yu Tu, then spoke.

"Commander Yu Tu, long time no see, how are you these days?"

"Hahaha, that's about it. After all, everything is pretty much the same every day. I get up in the morning and start rehearsing with the group, then have meetings to deal with things, and then perform in the evening. That's basically it."

Yu Tu rubbed the water cup in his hand and asked Chen Qiu with a smile.

"But it's different when Chen Qiu is in charge. Tsk tsk, you're ranked second in Haicheng and fifth in the country. This is incredible! It's only been a year. Who would have thought that you could reach your current position? It's really amazing."

"Yeah, I never thought I could get to where I am now. It's mainly because of the opportunities given by other orchestra teachers. Otherwise, it would be a bit difficult for me to get to this position."

Chen Qiu also responded with a smile.

The two looked at each other, and although their tone was calm, there was always a subtle sense of sharpness.

It was obvious that the two people's auras did not match.

Hearing the sarcasm in Chen Qiu's words, Yu Tu didn't care. He still had that smiling look on his face. He walked to Chen Qiu and spoke to him gently.

"Young people are still full of energy. We are old, and it is already very remarkable that we can hold our current position... Do you want to go for a walk together? I haven't been to Haicheng for a long time, and I haven't visited the concert hall of the Haicheng Symphony Orchestra yet."

Chen Qiu nodded: "You can go, but... I'm not familiar with the concert hall of the Haicheng Symphony Orchestra."

Yu Tu laughed: "Conductor Chen Qiu, you are joking. You have been giving concerts in the concert hall of the Haicheng Symphony Orchestra recently. You said you are not familiar with it. Who can say they are familiar with it? I can't go to Zhao Yi specifically, can I? He doesn't like me very much."

Chen Qiu raised his eyebrows: "Commander Zhao Yi doesn't like Yu Tu's command of you? This shouldn't be the case, right? After all, if I remember correctly, you have served as judges for those competitions together before?"

Yu Tu waved his hand: "Hey, the judges, the judges are just everyone coming together to rate and so on, there are only a few people who are qualified to rate, after looking for so many people, it's still us, there's nothing we can do about it, we just work together."

Chen Qiu understood and couldn't help but smile and said, "Is that so? I wonder when I will be qualified to be a judge like you, Yu Tu."

Yu Tu immediately laughed a few times and waved his hands.

"No, no, no, Chen Qiu, you have a promising future. Why are you trying to be a judge with old men like us? When you become a judge, you will know that this is just pure work and very tiring!"

After he finished speaking, he asked Chen Qiu.

"But speaking of which, Conductor Chen Qiu, what have you been busy with recently? I saw that the Musicians Association invited you to several meetings, but you didn't come?"

Chen Qiu was stunned: "Ah? I don't know? No one notified me. I'm busy with the band's performance recently. I didn't receive any notification?"

"Oh, then it might be the negligence of the association's staff. I'll ask them later... So, Commander Chen Qiu, add me on WeChat and we'll keep in touch later. If there's any event, I'll invite you. Remember to come!"

After saying that, Yu Tu took out his mobile phone from his pocket, opened the QR code scanning interface, and smiled at Chen Qiu.

"Come, let me scan you! Open your QR code."

"Huh? Ohhhh... okay."

After Yu Tu did this, Chen Qiu suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

He took out his mobile phone and opened his identity interface. With a ding sound, Yu Tu's friend invitation came.

Chen Qiu accepted the invitation.

Yu Tu’s profile picture is of himself.

Yu Tu's signature was a famous quote that Chen Qiu had never heard of.

When Chen Qiu opened Yu Tu's circle of friends, it was filled with various public account news forwarded by Yu Tu.

For example, the China Symphony Orchestra won such and such awards.

One of his brother bands received some kind of support, and he was praising so-and-so for being great!
Or maybe it’s the honors he himself has won.

His circle of friends is basically filled with these things.

Chen Qiu took a quick glance and found that this circle of friends was basically the same as the circles of friends of those top bosses he knew.

There's nothing you can do about it, everyone seems to be very passionate about these things.

Just like those moms who post pictures of their kids on WeChat Moments, to a certain extent, the band is their performance.

Chen Qiu took a quick glance and closed the page, but his action of taking a glance was still noticed by Yu Tu.

Yu Tu laughed cheerfully.

"Hey, I'm an old man. There's nothing much to post on my Moments. After all, as you know, I'm past the age of showing off my kids. My kids are almost your age now, and they're still working hard in school. There's nothing good to post, so I can only post these things. Please forgive me for making fun of them."

Chen Qiu waved his hands quickly: "No, no, no, Conductor Yu Tu is still amazing. After all, I didn't find any push notifications related to our symphony orchestra."

Yu Tu said immediately.

"Hey, this is Conductor Chen Qiu, but you haven't paid much attention to him. If you want, believe me, I can immediately find a lot of medals and awards for your symphony orchestra. Conductor Chen Qiu is still too low-key."

"Really? I really don't know."

Chen Qiu followed Yu Tu and walked around the concert hall, chatting nonsense with each other.

Listening to Yu Tu's words, Chen Qiu was almost confused by this old fox.

He wasn't sure if this guy came to chat with him or if he had some other idea. You said he came to chat with him, but it didn't seem like it.

You say he is looking for trouble...

It doesn’t seem like it?

Even if you said that he came here deliberately to be sarcastic, it seems a bit problematic?

How do I put it?

It's really hard to determine what this person is trying to do.

All his little actions were hidden so well that it was hard to figure out.

Due to Yu Tu's interference, Chen Qiu's original plan to talk to Zhao Yi was also delayed.

Although it was not a big deal to find Zhao Yi and it was just a casual chat, he felt even more confused that Yu Tu was inexplicably dragging him to chat in this place.

After the two chatted for a long time, Chen Qiu finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

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He is not an old fox like Yu Tu.

He also didn't know much about the dirty tricks between these big shots.

All he understood was music.

What he pursued was also only music.

Therefore, Chen Qiu said to Yu Tu without hesitation.

"Well, Conductor Yu Tu, we've been here for so long, and we've walked around the entire concert hall. If you have anything to say, I think you should just say it directly. Let's not beat around the bush here, adding friends and talking about the orchestra, it's quite boring."

"Tsk, so you young conductors are full of energy? Look, you don't even want to waste a little time and are in a hurry to lead the orchestra. We old men can't compare to you."

Yu Tu shook his head helplessly.

Chen Qiu rolled his eyes at him, too lazy to continue acting, and prepared to leave.

If Chen Qiu continued to follow this old fox, he really had no idea what kind of pit he would lead him into.

When Yu Tu saw Chen Qiu preparing to leave, he hurriedly said.

"But don't worry, Conductor Chen Qiu. I came here with no ill intentions. I just wanted to come and see how the performance of our Fifth Conductor of China is. After all, you know that knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle."

Chen Qiu shook his head and said bluntly: "If you want to come to our concert, just buy the tickets directly. There is no need to beat around the bush here. If you want tickets, I don't have any here. You may need to find Zhao Yi."

"Of course I know. I have tickets for the show and everything. I said, I just came to see you and chat with you, that's all."

"So now you've seen it and we've talked about it, is there anything else? I'm just an ordinary conductor with an ordinary orchestra, nothing special."

"Commander Chen Qiu, look at what you said. You are fifth in the country and second in Haicheng. There are only four commanders above you, and even three of them are not much different in strength. How can you say that you are nothing special? In my opinion, you are very special. You are more special than anyone else."

Yu Tu's smiling gaze gradually became sharp.

Although he still had a smile on his face.

But this smile doesn't seem to have any smile at all.

He took a step forward, stood in front of Chen Qiu, and spoke with a smile.

"Commander Chen Qiu, there are only three of us between you and me. Among them, Zhao Yi is just a poor man who is trapped by his talent. The talents of the others are just so-so. They will probably only be able to stay in this position in their lives.

But Commander Chen Qiu, you are different, you are a genius, you are the genius of our China. After this year, you will be number one in Haicheng and top three in the country. Then next year, you may be number two in the country. After another year, you may even surpass me and become number one in the country!
Conductor Chen Qiu, do you know what being the best in the country means? This is not just about your performance being recognized by the people of the country. It also means that you will become the representative of China and compete with the world's top symphony orchestras!"

Yu Tu paused for a moment and smiled at Chen Qiu.

"Commander Chen Qiu, are you... ready?"

Chen Qiu's eyes met Yu Tu's, and there was no trace of concession in his gaze.

He just spoke calmly.

"So, you're scared? Afraid that I'll take your place?"

Yu Tu laughed loudly, waved his hand slightly, slapping away the words like slapping a mosquito, and then grinned.

"Afraid? No, no, no, I'm never afraid. I'm just looking forward to it. I really look forward to you surpassing me one day and bringing Chinese music to the top position in the world! Just like I said, I came here today just to see you, that's all."

Yu Tu looked at Chen Qiu's gaze, and looked into Chen Qiu's pupils without reservation.

His gaze was filled with aggression.

Chen Qiu's eyes were calm and fearless.

Under Yu Tu's gaze, Chen Qiu nodded slowly and said softly.

"Okay, you'll see."

"Oh? So...it will be today?"

"Well, maybe."

"Haha, interesting, Chen Qiu, you are really interesting!"

Yu Tu chuckled a few times, withdrew his gaze, and walked past Chen Qiu.

He said softly as he walked past Chen Qiu.

"Well, I'm looking forward to your performance tonight. I hope you can give me enough surprises."

After saying that, without waiting for Chen Qiu to answer, he took a step forward and walked towards the distance with the wind.

Disappeared in the distance.

Chen Qiu looked at Yu Tu's disappearing back with a heavy gaze.

He felt that the pressure of tonight's performance was greater than he had imagined.

He shook his head slightly and prepared to leave.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Just as he took a step, a crisp voice sounded behind him.

Just as Chen Qiu was about to turn his head, a slender finger touched his cheek, holding a bag of soy milk in the hand.

Looking back, Su Yue tilted her head slightly and looked at him in confusion.

Su Yue released her fingers that were pressing against Chen Qiu's cheek, walked to Chen Qiu, handed him the soy milk, and spoke softly.

"Nuo, I saw that you didn't have breakfast, so I bought you some soy milk... You seem to be under a lot of pressure?"

Looking at Su Yue, Chen Qiu smiled slightly, took the soy milk from Su Yue's hand, slowly exhaled, and shook his head.

"It's okay, nothing, just a little thing."

Chen Qiu bit off a corner of the soy milk bag and made a small hole. He sipped the milk bit by bit, his gaze gradually becoming determined.

"After all, it all comes down to music, and music..."

"I have no fear!"

(End of this chapter)