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Chapter 480 They Are All Great People!

The topic of Thomas has been around Li Zhifan, asking him about his current career situation and which brokerage company he is.

Hearing that he started his own company and was responsible for his own brokerage, Thomas took the initiative to talk about cooperation.

The idea he put forward was that the German Masterstone Music Company he worked for cooperated with Timeline to hold a global tour piano concert for Li Zhifan. Li Zhifan introduced many successful cases of the company, including Zhongju Youdou concert.

Li Zhifan did not directly refuse, but just said with a smile: "Let me think about it! Before the end of this year, I already have work arrangements, and the schedule is very full."

"It's okay, next year too!"

Thomas immediately said, "From October, Zhongju's concert tour will arrive in China. We will visit you at that time. Of course, if you continue to be a guest for Zhongju, we welcome you at any time."

Whether it is making music or playing the piano, for Li Zhifan, this is a pleasant and comfortable career. Although there are benefits, it is not the most important.

But here in Thomas, there was a smell of copper.

"Making money" and "everything is just for making money" are two different things, which makes Li Zhifan's attitude towards Thomas plummet.

"I will think about it!"

Li Zhifan said something perfunctory, then bypassed the topic, and chatted with Nakaju Yuto about his current playing level.

Thomas could feel that Li Zhifan didn't want to communicate with him more, but he didn't know why.

In fact, Li Zhifan had already made it clear about the investigation of the Masterstone Music Company.

This company has existed since the 60s. It originally produced blank video tapes. In the 70s, it began to provide record recording services. It also holds the copyright of many works of deceased classical pianists, from vinyl records to CDs. Up to the current digital music, their business has been discontinued. A piano piece can appear repeatedly in records of different ages. It's a great day for their new record.

However, after entering the digital age, online downloads and paid trial music have become the norm, and the physical recording business has been shrinking year by year, and now it has become the company's lowest revenue business.

Sitting and eating is not enough, so Mainstone began to sign new performers and musicians, and at the same time launched two projects of global tour and original work recording.

Up to now, there are more than 30 performers under Masterstone, and there are as many as 90 performers who have cooperated or are currently cooperating all over the world, involving various instruments.

But despite this, Mainstone is still only a small and medium-sized performance company because it started late in touring.

Most of the concerts they arrange are on the campuses of some conservatories, and the target groups are also very limited, which cannot be compared with those world-class large-scale performance companies.

Even if their full-time performers want to hold a concert with more than 1000 people, they have to find other big companies to cooperate.

So Li Zhifan would not agree to this Thomas. In his eyes, Li Zhifan saw the word "profitable".

If he hadn't agreed to Zhongju Youdou, maybe he wouldn't even want to go on stage tomorrow.

……

The next afternoon.

Li Zhifan and Song Song flew to Boston in the north together.

The Berklee College of Music is a top modern music school in the United States, and there may be only a musical connection between it and classical music, two concepts with completely different styles.

However, the repertoires performed by Yuto Nakai this time are all music works newly created by Ken Tange. Japanese style and pop style are reflected in these repertoires, so it is not an exaggeration to perform in Berkeley.

If you go to Curtis, Juilliard, Eastman and other colleges that emphasize classical music, maybe you will be despised?
At this time, Li Zhifan also suddenly understood why Thomas asked him to play "Turkish March". It seems that it is not because of the music, but because of the environment!

When Li Zhifan and Song Song arrived, there were still two hours before the concert started.

Nakaju Yuto was preparing for his stage and couldn't accompany them, so they had to walk around the campus together.

You can see student bands rehearsing everywhere on campus, and there are quite a few people watching, but most of them are girls, and Li Zhifan found that there are many Chinese in this college, and you can even see some familiar faces. Famous second- and third-tier singers, as well as a few draft singers who have entered the first-tier or quasi-tier-one.

Here, they don't need to cover up, don't wear masks, sunglasses and hats, and don't even wash their faces or shave their beards. There is a big gap between their unkempt appearance and the past.

Song Song solved his doubts for him: "Berkeley is a private college. In addition to professional standards, students must have money, and there are short-term advanced courses. You can take this class for a little money. Domestic people come here to study, as long as they have money. It’s still very simple. Especially those new singers, after signing a contract, the company is willing to support it and will send it for further training.”

"Oh!" Li Zhifan said meaningfully, "What do you mean, don't take this matter seriously?"

"Haha, you understand!"

Song Song smiled, "Let's go! I'll take you to see MIT and Harvard University!"

MIT and Harvard are near Berkeley College, but when Song Song said to take him to see, he didn't really go to these two colleges, but boarded a teaching building on the campus, looking far away.

Li Zhifan felt like he was being tricked, but Song Song smiled and said, "When I first came here, my elder brother treated me the same way, but I'm sure I won't be as bad as him. He led me to the Here, because he was going to class, I waited for him outside for an hour."

"So, Brother Song also graduated here?" Li Zhifan was very surprised. According to the information on the Internet, Song Song seems to have graduated from Peking University, the highest university in China.

"No, it's my brother from No. [-] Middle School in Beijing. After graduation, he studied music and came to the United States. I graduated a year later than him and went to the Chinese Department of Peking University! I came to Harvard as an exchange student in my junior year, so I stopped by to see him. .”

Song Song said, "But it was also the time when he brought me here and listened to music for an hour before deciding to switch careers to music. Unexpectedly, our identities have changed a lot now, and he has become the senior vice president of the AIIB. , I became a musician."

Li Zhifan is not only speechless, he is a talented person, and even a music student can go to the AIIB to become the vice president, awesome!

And Song Song actually had the experience of being an exchange student. He was still at Harvard, but he suddenly switched to music, and became the most famous musician in the country. Now he is the chairman of the board of directors of the largest and richest entertainment company in the country. Even better!
Although there are many wonders in the great world, he still wants to see how Song Song's head grows.

(End of this chapter)