The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 88 Group Soul
Chen Qiu looked at Zhao Zitong with a little surprise.

He didn't expect that Zhao Zitong actually had questions to ask him.

So he nodded slightly to Zhao Zitong, stretched out his hand and said.

"Okay, ladies first, you ask first."

Zhao Zitong was not polite at all and said to Chen Qiu very calmly: "Then my first question, conductor Chen Qiu, how do you make the sense of teamwork between the orchestra so strong?"

She looked at Chen Qiu with a particularly serious expression.

"I still have some feelings about the construction of my own orchestra. After all, I can feel that when I conduct the orchestra, the members recognize me very much. They are willing to follow my steps and work with me to interpret what I want. I have never heard this in many orchestras, such as my father’s orchestra, Wang Hai’s orchestra, and Haicheng Orchestra. There are often noises in their orchestras. , but I didn’t hear it at all in Chen Qiu’s orchestra, how did you do it?”

"Is there no noise in the orchestra?"

Chen Qiu was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood and said clearly: "Are you referring to the band soul in your band?"

"Tuanhun? Well... If you put it that way, it's okay, but it feels like it's a little bit out of place..." Zhao Zitong muttered in a low voice, and then glanced at Chen Qiu with doubts in his eyes.

It turns out that Chen Qiu is such a middle-class person?
Although she didn't quite understand the name "Tuanhun", she could roughly understand what Chen Qiu meant.

Zhao Zitong's eyes were still fixed on Chen Qiu, and he asked seriously.

"No matter what this should be called, I have a very important question right now, that is, I want to know how you did it? I can feel that you don't seem to have the talent to control the orchestra! But why can the orchestra do it? So obedient, following your guidance? What exactly have you done?"

"Well, you're right, I really don't have the talent to control an orchestra."

Chen Qiu did not deny it. He just smiled lightly at Zhao Zitong, "So my choice is to make me better than them so that they can't question me. I can answer all their questions, but they There is no way to find any loopholes in me, so that everyone in the band can unite as one. Although there is no way to form a group soul, there is still no problem if everyone follows my steps."

"Answer all their questions? Make it impossible for them to find loopholes?"

When Zhao Zitong heard Chen Qiu's answer, his pupils could not help but dilate slightly, and a big doubt appeared in his head.

What the hell is this answer?
It's like asking a person how to get a perfect score in math, if there are any techniques, etc. He backhandedly gave you an answer of "just all the answers are correct".

Do you think he is wrong? This is certainly true.

But is this answer really useful?
It's no use at all.

Just showing off.

Is this person... coming here specifically to show off to me?
Zhao Zitong looked at Chen Qiu with strange eyes, with a tangled expression.

Seeing that Chen Qiu had no intention of continuing to answer, she swallowed slowly and asked Chen Qiu again.

"So, you really just do this, and the band members will completely follow your lead, and then your band spirit will be established?"

"No, you are wrong." Chen Qiu shook his head, raised a finger and said to Zhao Zitong: "I did not establish a group soul, I just let everyone in the orchestra follow my steps and let them believe in me. Follow me, that’s all.”

"But you didn't mean that Tuanhun is..."

"I didn't say that the group spirit is to make my orchestra obey? The band's obeying is just obeying. The group spirit is the group spirit. Now the band is following my steps, and the band's group spirit can do more than just Here, sometimes even if you fail to do some details in conducting, your orchestra can rely on the soul of the group and still perfectly interpret the music conceived in your mind. This is the soul of the group."

Chen Qiu pointed at her, then at himself, and said slowly.

"There is a soul in your orchestra, haven't you noticed? Sometimes even if you make mistakes in conducting and miss many details, your orchestra can accurately interpret the feeling you want. You Have you never felt it? Unlike you, although my orchestra is completely convinced by me and they follow my steps, there is no group spirit in my orchestra. At this point, you are better than me powerful."

"I..." Zhao Zitong was a little stunned. She didn't expect Chen Qiu to praise her at all.

But she didn't expect that what Chen Qiu said later made her blush.

"Although your music expression is not in place, the emotions in your music are not released at all, the details are messed up, the logic in many places is not clear enough, and some rhythms are even wrong. Overall, it can be considered amateur at best. It’s excellent, but there are so many messy and imprecise things that are outrageous, but!”

Chen Qiu looked at Zhao Zitong and said with a smile.

"But your band spirit has greatly improved the overall feeling of the music, allowing the music in your orchestra to be played with the feeling you want no matter how amateur your conductor is. This is very It’s fun and it’s awesome.”

"..."

Zhao Zitong looked at Chen Qiu's smile, but there was no trace of a smile on her face.

She just sighed helplessly and said to Chen Qiu.

"Although I am very happy that you praise me like this, but the weaknesses you mentioned earlier are too much, right? Am I really that unbearable?"

Chen Qiu was stunned: "I didn't say you were unbearable? Didn't I say you played very well?"

Zhao Zitong: "But you said there were many things about my performance that I couldn't do well. Even though I knew it, but there was a turning point at the end, I mainly listened to the content after the turning point. But this is not about your criticism taking up two-thirds, and the praise taking up one-third." Reason?"

Chen Qiu: "Then if you insist on me praising you, it's okay. How do you want to praise me? Can you give me a rule? I will praise you according to what you said."

Zhao Zitong: "..."

Seeing Chen Qiu's serious expression, Zhao Zitong didn't even know what kind of attitude she should use to face Chen Qiu.

Therefore, she could only take a deep breath to calm down and then said to Chen Qiu.

"Chen Qiu, do you know? I envy you very much. You are the genius appointed by my father. I have been trying hard to get my father to praise me and praise me as a commanding genius so that I can inherit his mantle in the future, but... There is nothing you can do. When you led the second group to play PK with the first group from your school, I came over to listen. I wanted to hear what kind of genius it was that could earn my father's praise.

After hearing the performance you led the second troupe in school and your current performance in the national competition, I was a little bit broken. I really never thought why someone could be so professional and have such control over the orchestra. Perfect, surpasses me in almost every way.

The control of the orchestra makes there no other unnecessary noise in the orchestra except for me. This was once the ability I was most proud of, but in front of you, it seems so, so... ordinary?
It's as if this ability is just a very common, very common skill in your ability library, so common that you have no interest in even mentioning it. "

Speaking of this, Zhao Zitong smiled as if he was mocking himself, and shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, a genius like you probably won't understand this. I just complained to you. Now that I'm done complaining, I have no problem. Now, it's your turn. What do you want to ask me? Or what do you want to say to me? As soon as possible, I have other things to do later. The school has to rush to the rehearsal venue to rehearse the final works."

Chen Qiu was a little surprised when he heard Zhao Zitong's words. He didn't expect that Zhao Zitong would actually say that she envied him.

However, what Chen Qiu is actually more curious about now is...

"You just said your dad, who is your dad?"

"Zhao Yi, conductor of Haicheng Symphony Orchestra."

"Zhao Yi?"

Chen Qiu was stunned, raised his head and thought about Zhao Yi's image, then glanced at Zhao Zitong in front of him, and then raised his head again to think.

After repeating this several times, Chen Qiu looked at Zhao Zitong with a hint of suspicion and asked in confusion.

"But the feeling you give me is completely different from Zhao Yi?"

"What's wrong? Is it possible that the personalities of father and daughter must be exactly the same to be considered father and daughter? Can't you see that our faces are so similar?" Zhao Zitong said angrily. "That's true."

After Chen Qiu thought about it for a moment, he stopped worrying about this point and nodded to Zhao Zitong.

"What I originally wanted to say is that it is also about your band spirit. Your band spirit feels very strange. Although the professional level of your band's performance this time is much better than before, there is something wrong with your band's band spirit. , so I came here to see what’s wrong with you, after all, your previous performances left a deep impression on me.”

"Huh? You...are you impressed by my playing?"

"Well, yes, didn't I tell you? Your group soul is very interesting. I can't do your group soul. Didn't you listen to what I said before?"

"No, I...I thought you were just being polite."

Zhao Zitong was a little stunned. She didn't expect Chen Qiu to say that.

She then frowned, looked at Chen Qiu with suspicious eyes, and asked tentatively: "So tell me, what's wrong with me now? What caused my soul to fluctuate?"

"It's nothing, maybe you just don't have confidence in yourself?"

Chen Qiu smiled at Zhao Zitong and explained, "Your doubts about your own music have spread to your music, leaving a stamp on your mind. Do you remember what I said before? Tuanhun is When you don't feel it, the orchestra can make the musical expression you want. Now that you don't believe in yourself, how can the orchestra believe in you? Naturally, the music you convey to the orchestra is also somewhat expressive. fluctuation."

"Me, not confident about myself?"

Zhao Zitong was a little unbelievable after hearing Chen Qiu's words, "How is it possible? My mentality has never changed. I always want to prove myself to my dad? How could I become less confident? No, that's not right. …”

She looked at Chen Qiu, gradually remembering what she had said before, and her expression became strange.

"You seem to be right. Because of your music, I started to doubt myself and became a little less confident when listening to your music. But I have a question... Was I very confident before?"

"How do I know? I'm not you. I just know that your previous music performed better than your current music."

Chen Qiu helplessly spread his hands.

He raised his wrist and glanced at the time, and found that it was almost time for the next band to arrive, so he said directly to Zhao Zitong.

"There shouldn't be any problem for your band to enter the finals. Although I don't know what happened to you, I think you might be able to readjust your mentality or something. After all, what kind of performance can I give to your band's soul?" , I’m actually quite interested, that’s it, see you later.”

Go ahead, Chen Qiu waved his hand to Zhao Zitong, preparing to leave first.

Zhao Zitong looked at Chen Qiu's free and easy back, a little hesitant.

She asked Chen Qiu: "Wait a minute, aren't you afraid that my soul will awaken, burst out with a particularly powerful force, and then blow you up?"

"Why is it so mysterious? Have you read too many anime novels? What if your boss breaks out in the second stage?" Chen Qiu almost stopped laughing when he heard Zhao Zitong's words. He turned around and spread his hands and said: "The Tuanhun is just a guide to help you better." The band is moving forward, that's all. This is equivalent to making you and the band better connected and connected with each other. If the awakened group soul is really powerful, then everyone will find a group soul awakening master. Come on, what kind of command skills do you still need to practice?"

"So Chen Qiu, what do you think I should do if I want to make the orchestra stronger and able to catch up with you?"

"How do I know? Practice more professional skills. Practice more if you are good at it. In the final analysis, it still says, you are good at it, so you should practice more. Maybe you can ask your dad how to conduct professional command training. I feel that your current command is a bit scattered here and there, without a sense of system."

"So what if he refuses to teach me? He says that I have no talent and am not suitable for this path. What if I make conducting my future career choice?"

"Are you asking me? I'm not your father." Chen Qiu shook his head directly, "I'm just making a suggestion. After all, I don't know what's going on over there. I just feel like there's something wrong with your soul. Come and have a look. What's the situation? That's all. Don't think of me as a savior? I don't have this ability."

"So, then..."

Zhao Zitong looked at Chen Qiu and asked very seriously: "If I become a disciple of you and learn the art of conducting from you, can you teach me? I want to become a top conductor like my father. A top conductor who can be talked about at least in China."

"..."

Chen Qiu stood looking at Zhao Zitong from a distance without answering.

He just looked at Zhao Zitong's eyes and looked at her.

The two were silent for a long time.

Just when Zhao Zitong felt that Chen Qiu had rejected her and was about to look away and leave, Chen Qiu suddenly spoke.

"Being a conductor is not just about talking big, and there is a saying that it is very difficult to become a conductor in China. Zhao Yi is right, because those who can really make a living as a conductor now are either those who are alone. Top conductors who lead a band are either conductors who work in various orchestras and wear multiple hats. If they are not talented enough, learning to conduct is more difficult than learning other instruments, because if you learn other instruments, you may be able to become a teacher later, but learning to Commander, you..."

"I'm not afraid of not having a living in the future. I'm still studying other majors at Eastern Normal University. I'll definitely have no problem making a living in the future. But this is all in the future. Now my goal is very clear. I just want to become a person who can A conductor recognized by my father.”

"I haven't finished speaking yet, and you haven't understood what I meant."

Chen Qiu waved his hand to reject Zhao Zitong's intention to continue. He pointed at himself and said softly.

"To learn conducting, you must put all your attention on conducting. What you have to learn is not just the logic of conducting. You also need to learn string instruments, piano, and wind instruments. Although you are not required to play better than you All the members of the orchestra must be good, but you must know the rules of each instrument and its operating logic, so if you really want to learn to conduct well, you have no way out, you have only one way, and that is to move forward. Keep going, keep going, be better than everyone else, conducting is the most comprehensive and demanding music profession, bar none.”

At this point, Chen Qiu spread his hands to Zhao Zitong and said helplessly: "If you are not talented enough, as your father said, it is actually better for you to study another major, because even in the command major, even Among the conducting majors at the Conservatory of Music, there are very few people who will definitely become conductors after graduating and lead orchestras to perform in China, so think about it carefully."

Zhao Zitong did not answer. She just looked at Chen Qiu seriously and asked him: "What if this is my dream since childhood? I have been thinking about it for a long, long time. The time I spent thinking about it is definitely longer than you guessed. , it will take a long time.”

"If you are really so sure, then the most important thing you should do now is talk to your father, not me. As you said, I am a genius, and you may not be able to learn anything from me."

"But can you eliminate the gap between you and me in band construction through hard work? Didn't you say that you don't have a band spirit, but I do, but now there is no difference in the performance of the band between the two of us! So, you don't It is clearer that if ordinary people want to catch up with geniuses, how should they work hard? Chen Qiu, I don’t believe that people who have never seen the gap can work so hard to eliminate the gap."

Zhao Zitong stared at Chen Qiu without relaxing, and Chen Qiu also looked at Zhao Zitong with some surprise.

After thinking for a long time, he nodded to Zhao Zitong.

"You're right. Unfortunately, I can't give you an answer now, but... I'm looking forward to your performance in the finals."

After saying that, Chen Qiu turned and left.

Looking at Chen Qiu's leaving figure, Zhao Zitong breathed a long sigh of relief.

She spread her hands and found that her palms were covered with sweat.

Although Chen Qiu didn't put any pressure on her, she didn't know why, but the pressure almost crushed her.

"Is this the oppression of genius?"

Zhao Zitong looked at his palm, smiled bitterly, and then clenched his fists.

"Then, see you in the finals of the national competition."

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