Old-time musicians

If there were other people in the hotel room at this moment, they would be shocked by the strange scene in front of them.

Fanning closed his eyes slightly, stepped on slippers, and wore loose pajamas. He waved his hands to the beat, just like conducting a small choir casually and easily.

The armchair suspended about 30 cm in the air was moving towards his right hand slowly and a little stumbling.

Fanning beat the rhythm of its movement. After a few bars, he gave a hint of entry with his left hand, and then imagined superimposing a rondo part while the former moved.

As the armchair floated and moved, the shelf with several personal belongings and briefcases began to rotate counterclockwise in the air.

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The third thread of inspiration was cast towards the decorative model of the sailboat on the table. When it was rising shakily, Fan Ning's thoughts were a little tangled, so all the floating objects in front fell down.

"Can I only control the equivalent of two parts? Well, I'm probably not familiar with this feeling yet."

Since his thoughts were already focused on the sailboat, Fan Ning tried to increase the strength of his hand's clapping, so the sailboat model flew towards him rapidly, and then suddenly slowed down under his control, and finally he was firmly held in his hand.

"The last scene I dreamed of last night should be the Huita in front of the basin. It is a good picture that can be perceived by high-level people, but where does this invisible power come from?"

Fan Ning began to sort out his current spiritual characteristics in his heart.

The witness lord "Endless Fugue" controls the two phases of "candle" and "key". The former allows her to be called the lord of inspiration and the god of polyphony, while the latter means that she is also the lord of reason and the god of conductor.

Therefore, the invisible force that I call out through the observation angle of "candle" essentially involves polyphonic techniques, such as "transposition", "retrograde", "expansion and contraction", "reflection", "close connection and response". In addition, the most obvious symbol of "candle" is heat and flame. Therefore, "transposition" is manifested as "exchange of temperature at two places" and "retrograde" is manifested as "reverse flow of temperature at two places" under the specific circumstances of the current state. The other techniques have not yet found their relationship with invisible force.

And the other part of the hidden knowledge that I understand - the mystery of conductor, belongs to "key".

Conducting means that the characteristics of any part of the orchestra are under control, which can be observed and disassembled, can be adjusted and released, and presented to the audience according to free will. This is manifested in that I can strengthen the spiritual connection with my companions or interpreting collaborators and to a certain extent call on their invisible power.

And now

"This is really a strange high-level inspiration manifestation feature." Fanning shook his head and smiled.

He thought that his inspiration manifestation would be something like the ordinary "spiritual fire" or "spiritual wall".

The result was none of them, but it was reflected in this "command authority", which expanded the scope and could act on ordinary physical objects without etheric body protection.

However, it is also true that inspiration can make a real object move out of thin air, which is indeed "concrete".

"Since it is the mystery of the 'key', since it is about command" Fanning picked up the baton "Old Day" from the pillow, and with the tip of the baton lightly tapped, his black silk hat hanging on the top of the shelf slowly floated up.

Then the pistol and pocket watch were suspended in the air, followed by the cane, chair and briefcase.

In the hotel room, these six objects were evenly distributed around him at first, slowly circling at the height near his abdomen, and then began to alternate up and down like water waves.

Then, the pocket watch, cane and chair moved to the corner of the room, the briefcase rose directly to the height close to the ceiling, the top hat rotated counterclockwise in its original position, and the gray pistol floated five centimeters above the palm of his left hand.

At this time, Fanning felt that the "texture of the voice" was a bit complicated, and the thoughts in his mind began to fail to keep up. He tried to cast more inspiration threads again, and a tightly crumpled paper ball in the trash can also floated up.

At this time, his spirituality was in several confusions, the top hat and briefcase fell on the soft big bed, the three objects moving towards the distance collided with each other and fell, and the pistol fell directly into his hand.

"From controlling two parts to controlling six or seven parts? The effect of 'Old Days' on the invisible force of 'Key' is quite obvious. However, when conducting a symphony orchestra, I control at least fifteen parts, and as many as twenty."

The pulling of the inspiration thread made the floating paper ball begin to turn black and smoke. The baton in Fanning's hand dropped a strong beat, and it turned into a ball of fire and flew past his eyes at a high speed, hitting the glass of the floor-to-ceiling mirror and producing sparks and ashes.

Finally, Fanning stared at the big bed he slept in. It began to tremble, slowly rose about 20 centimeters, and was controlled by Fanning to gently put it down.

Many actions in the guest room could not be performed. Considering the pedestrians on the road in the morning, Fanning's attempts outside the hotel building were limited to pulling off small branches from the trees.

At present, under the premise of conducting with "Old Days", the range of this invisible force of "Key" may be a radius of 20 meters, which is close to the stage of an ordinary symphony orchestra in terms of area.

The weight and speed of a single object have not reached their limit, and it is difficult to exceed seven objects for the time being. The simplest way to act is up, down, left, and right. Making objects move more complexly will occupy more spiritual attention.

Perhaps it can be used in conjunction with the secret of my "candle".

In short, this invisible force still needs to be trained. Fanning believes that since the piano can become more proficient with practice, it should be the same.

After sorting out this, he suddenly understood why the first picture in his dream last night was a scene similar to the scene of tapping the beat with a stick in front of the tombstone in the garden - in the memory of Anton's teacher's tomb in Liufennas Garden, some details that he had never noticed or forgotten were dug out from his subconscious after dreaming this time.

That day, he stood in the breeze and conceived the "First Symphony". There were dead grass standing upright in the corners of the garden, the soil was surging, and the sand and stones were suspended.

Perhaps all changes are foreshadowed.

When Fanning went out for rehearsal, he habitually took a few new issues of art media publications from the newspaper rack in the lobby of this floor. When he went to the Special Patrol Office to "report safety" yesterday morning, he was in a hurry and didn't have time to take a look.

At this time, he found that there was a circle of neatly folded four-fold pages on the top of the shelf. The layout design and color matching used a more eye-catching scheme. When his fingers touched it, it felt slightly sticky. It should have been newly printed.

"The Evil God Organization Pollution Identification and Prevention Manual?" Fanning frowned and read the title of the folded page.

The publicity publication of the Police Security Bureau of Theolian, this is for the general public of the empire, right? I have never seen such a direct thing published in my life.

In the past, the attitude of the Special Patrol Office towards mystery was mainly to manage it in secrecy. Even the basic information of the official extraordinary organization was neither deliberately kept secret nor deliberately publicized. It could be regarded as high-value gossip in the upper class.

Although the audience of this hotel naturally avoids most of the class groups, it can be regarded as raising the mysterious governance to the public level.

The first part of the manual summarizes the common characteristics of secret organizations, such as people who seem normal but have great mood swings in daily life, people with excessive or weird desires, and places where there are signs of people coming in and out but the doors and windows are often closed, or pungent and foul smells are wafting.

The second part sorts out their means of deceiving people, such as alerting everyone to suspicious employment with high rewards, and "gifts" that deceive people into taking suspicious drugs under the guise of "increasing life, improving function, and delaying aging."

Finally, it especially warns the group above the middle class and entering the last ten years of life, emphasizing that growth and extinction are natural laws, and irrational pursuit of knowledge or unnecessary greed for life will only lead to a crazy ending in their later years.

Looking at these characteristics, especially the latter, the only thing missing is the four words "Harmony School" written on it.

Fanning put the brochure back on the newspaper rack.

"The purpose of this trip to the imperial capital is the concert and the nomination of the 'Boethius Artist'. Other things will be discussed slowly later. Especially for the mysterious side movements that have nothing to do with me directly, I will still provide some help to my friends as much as I can."

He has no interest in the matter of the Special Patrol Hall collecting the remains of the source god, and his strength should not be involved in it.

"However, there is another equally important thing"

After returning to Uvransell this time, although it will take several months for the renovation and expansion of the Turner Art Museum to be completed, the establishment of a professional symphony orchestra must be started immediately in advance, so that there will be enough rehearsal time to ensure the quality and quantity of the opening performance.

Just when I was in Santaramborg, I went to the Culture and Media Department of Theolien to complete the registration work.

In terms of registration area, the symphony orchestras of the empire are divided into two levels: national and county. In terms of nature, they are more complex. There are official professional orchestras directly under the empire or local areas, orchestras affiliated with the royal family or public schools, professional or semi-professional orchestras established by folk groups or individuals, and resident orchestras in official/unofficial art venues.

Although modern "arts management" or "arts marketing" thinking has not yet been formed in this era, capital and the market have initially entered the art and artwork industry. The sources of sponsorship funds for symphony orchestras are often diversified, so these different types of orchestras actually have many cross-relationships.

In general, the more official the symphony orchestra is, the higher the degree of professionalism, and the higher the ranking will be.

Most artists do not have the idea of ​​starting their own business, and their abilities are not good at operations, but Fanning is different. He has some artistic concepts and the enlightened path guided by "Endless Fugue", which will need a platform to promote in the future.

Fanning's personal band can be registered with the Uvransell Cultural Department as usual, but as the organizer of the summer art festival, I believe they will not reject the application of a quasi-nominated "Boethius artist".

Art needs to be pure, but sometimes you have to learn to take advantage of the situation when operating art. Fanning wants to take advantage of the opportunity of the art festival to gain a wave of pre-announced volume, which may attract attention and even cause controversy, but he thinks the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

Time passed in rehearsal, and it was the evening of the 21st. The display of promotional materials can be seen everywhere in the Philharmonic Square and gradually extended to the main building of the National Concert Hall.

Posters on lamp poles and light boxes, words stuck or hung on railings, and spare repertoires on the display stand at the entrance

The concert posters of this era do not have delicate portraits, blurred backgrounds, and gorgeous special effects. They are just black and white artistic pattern frames and line breaks of several different pattern fonts, but there is a very simple and durable classical beauty.

Horse-drawn carriages and cars gathered from all directions of this industrial city. The vendors pushing carts to sell tea and drinks looked at the vehicles stopping and going in front of the square with expectant eyes. A gentleman stepped out of the car and looked down at the time on his pocket watch. After stabilizing his hat, he walked towards the concert hall.

The guide hall at the entrance was filled with soft fragrance, and all objects were coated with a layer of luxurious rose gold. Many people regarded this place as an important social occasion after checking tickets and receiving the music list.

Compared to the monotonous black and white men, the ladies in various evening gowns were more dazzling, with hollow lace on the hem, shining gemstones on the fabric, low collars that exposed smooth shoulders or collarbones, or a different shawl... They had elegant and confident smiles on their faces, and the gorgeous fans kept fluttering during their conversations, and the silk ribbons on their white wrists also swayed.

People arrived early, discussing the orchestra, conductor, repertoire and the versions they had heard in twos and threes, and also exchanging recent gossip about various aspects of the upper class. Even the middle class enjoys this. The moment they step into the hall tonight, they gain self-identification with the upper class.

There are two bells before the performance of the National Concert Hall. The bell half an hour ago indicates that you can enter, and the bell five minutes ago indicates that the concert is about to begin. After the first bell rang, a small number of audiences began to enter.

"Look, that's Minister Noel of the Ministry of Culture and Media." A lady in a red evening gown on the second floor gestured to her companion to look at the middle row of the distinguished guests below.

"Oh, you actually know this gentleman, does he know you?" said the companion.

"I also know at least two members of parliament next to him." The lady in the red dress said with a hint of pride, and ignored the latter question. "It's not common for them to come together like this. These people have too many things to deal with during the art festival."

"You always have to choose to listen to one or two performances, don't you?" The companion didn't care.

As people entered the venue in twos and threes from various passages and took their seats, a group of gentlemen also came to the distinguished guest seats.

"So many superiors from the cultural department are here, huh? Chief Inspector He Meng is also here." A man exclaimed softly at the distinguished guest seats slightly behind the first floor.

"Mr. Earl Gardner, can you tell me what the position of Chief Inspector is? I don't seem to be familiar with it." His female companion asked in confusion.

This Earl Gardner is the factory owner of the Great Godif Coal Mine Company who invited Fanning to the pool party.

"You are a high-ranking extraordinary person from the Special Patrol Office of the Imperial Mysterious Organization. Oh my God, I saw four gentlemen in bishop robes. That one is Bishop Mir of St. Janine's Church. Who are the other three?"

He widened his eyes: "Perhaps Commander Fanning has no time to attend my party invitation. This is reasonable?"

"I didn't expect Bishop Christopher to rush here from Uvransel to listen to the concert like me?" The upper-class people in other positions were also trying to identify the celebrities in the front row.

"What is Sir Viadrin of the Guiding School over there!? Even the famous opera artist Mr. Dominic is here, and next to him seems to be Count Adair, and there are several opera singers I admire"

"Look over there, the oil painting masters Asher and Mayella from the Royal Academy of Arts? The two next to them are the Marquis and Marquis McAdam?"

"Oh my God!! What's going on with this concert?"

"Isn't this scene too big?"

"Is it because of the Violin Concerto in E Minor?"

"I understand, it's all the effect of the radio station's preview. Next time I will learn from him, and these people will be able to come to the performances I run." Many colleagues felt that they had found the right way to promote.

As time approached the performance, more and more audiences entered the venue. Many of them were upper-class people, and naturally found that the 7-8 rows in the golden position in the middle of the honored guest seats were almost full of imperial elders that they could not imagine.

Three more gentlemen of different ages entered from the porch next to the stage, so another row of people in the honored guest seats stood up and shook hands with them one by one.

"Master Sweelinck? Master Schillings? Master Niemann?" The fans in the audience were so shocked that their eyes almost popped out.

How many bigwigs from the art, religious and aristocratic circles were here?

Count Gardner of the Great Godif Coal Company swallowed hard and read the music list in his hand several times, especially the parts involving the conductor and the orchestra's name.