The world's number one pianist

He Shen walked off the stage, and the crowd had gathered behind the stage.

All the cameras were shooting towards He Shen, trying to capture everything about He Shen.

EVA, who was supposed to be the protagonist of the next round, hid aside and looked at He Shen helplessly.

What can she do now?

She is just an ordinary pianist. It is okay for her to strive to play a performance close to the master's level, but asking her to play the master's most perfect performance and compete head-on with He Shen?

Don't make it difficult for her...

He Shen also noticed that EVA was squeezed by the crowd. After thinking about it, he did not go back to his lounge to take a break, but walked directly to EVA and stretched out his hand to her.

"Come on."

"Huh? Come on, come on? Then... thank you?"

EVA was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect He Shen to cheer her up. She didn't react at all for a while, but her body instinctively stretched out her hand to shake He Shen's hand.

Unfortunately, He Shen's handshake with her was just a light touch, limited to a polite handshake.

After she really shook his hand, He Shen immediately let go of his hand and said to EVA casually.

"You can play as you like, don't worry too much, I won't go to the concert after the competition."

"Huh? You won't go to the concert after the competition?" EVA was even more confused.

"Yes."

He Shen didn't explain, just said this to EVA, and then went back to his lounge.

And EVA, after the initial confusion, gradually became clear-headed, and her originally dim eyes gradually began to shine.

After the competition, there was a concert composed entirely of all the finalists.

In addition to selecting the best and strongest performers, these world-class competitions are more important to give these performers a chance.

A chance for them to come forward.

Or, a chance for them to become pianists!

In the final round of these top competitions, in addition to performing for the judges and striving to get the highest score, the other more important thing is to be appreciated by those top music companies.

Let them agree to sign with themselves and give them some opportunities to hold concerts.

Compared to He Shen's own concerts a few years ago, which were basically loss-making, the concerts held by these music companies for them do not need to care too much about losses, and they are basically profitable.

If those people particularly appreciate them, they will generally wait until they have settled down and then let them start touring concerts around the world.

Just like Lang Liangyue.

Therefore, if it is the finals, winning the championship is not particularly important. The most important thing is whether you can be favored by those people after winning the championship.

Of course, almost all champions can be favored by those top classical music companies, and can become one of them and open concert halls all over the world.

And it is more difficult for those who are not selected to stand out.

The last chance for these losers to stand out is the concert after the finals.

It is the concert that He Shen just told her.

The purpose of this concert is to increase the popularity of these finalists. In this concert, no other people will be invited to participate. All the invited audiences are basically top musicians from various places.

And the people in charge of those classical music companies.

These people in charge will review at this concert to see if there are any other good talents to pay attention to.

Maybe some top players did not perform well in the finals, so they were not noticed?

Even if the finals were the best of these players, then in this concert, the top players' performances will also leave a particularly deep impression on other people.

In the future music career, they may get help from those top pianists.

Accumulate their own foundation in the classical music industry.

These are the functions of the post-final concert.

And He Shen told EVA that he would not go to the post-final concert, which was to tell EVA.

Her road to the finals did not end here, she still had one more chance.

That was the post-final concert...

Hearing He Shen's voice, EVA slowly breathed a sigh of relief, she was no longer so nervous, but seemed a little relaxed.

This state is the best state when performing.

After He Shen entered his lounge, the surrounding cameras also aimed their cameras at EVA, waiting for her performance.

He Shen didn't know EVA's current state. After all, telling her so much was already a lot. If he told her more, it would seem that he was being deliberate.

He Shen stood in the room, reached into his pocket, took out a lollipop, and put it in his mouth.

The brain, which had been a little painful, was gradually relieved.

And He Shen also looked at the foreigner in front of him, who was wearing a black suit, and nodded slightly to him.

"Hello."

The man immediately stood up, with an extremely friendly smile on his face, walked towards He Shen, handed He Shen a white gold-stamped business card, and said with a smile.

"Hello, I am the Polish director of Universal Music, GD branch. Your performance tonight was great! I like your performance very much!"

He Shen took the business card from that person's hand, and instead of asking how much he liked it, he directly looked through the business card.

Although this manager said that he was from Universal Records, his business card clearly stated that he was from DG!

DG Company, DeutscheGrammophon, translated as Deutsche Grammophon Company.

The whole process in the world is DGG, Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, but now most people don't like to shout two repeated letters, so the latter Gesellschaft is often omitted, and only the first two are retained.

That is the DG company in front of He Shen now.

This company, whose parent company is Universal Music, together with Sony from Japan, form the two top music companies in the world.

As for the DG company in front of us, compared to those in the parent company, this company obviously has classical music as its core.

There are many, many top pianists in the world.

The more famous one, Lang Liangyue, is from around the world.

And those people who are relatively close to He Shen...

Including the world's number one pianist in the 20th century, Horowitz, other relatively famous people are basically under DG's hands.

For example, Argerich has left, Zimmerman has not come to be a judge, Pollini from before, and I don’t know if Li Diyun has been released.

These people are all under Universal, and most of them belong to DG.

To put it simply, this is basically equivalent to being the number one classical music player in the world!

He can even be called the boss!

Moreover, this company has never been dominated by old people. After they win over any old person, they start to let them develop independently and try their best to support new musicians.

They believe that the company can only grow if new top musicians continue to appear.

It is precisely because of this that the person in charge of the company came over to find He Shen before the game was over.

The person in charge couldn't help but smile when he saw He Shen watching the famous movie seriously, and pointed to the seat next to him.

"Come on, don't stand all the time, let's sit down and talk."

After that, he took the lead to sit down, and He Shen looked at him and sat down as well.

He Shen put aside the business card given by the previous person and nodded slightly to him.

"Is something wrong?"

"Of course I have something to do, otherwise what would I be doing here?"

The smile on the person in charge's face became even brighter. He reached behind his back and took out a contract, handed it to He Shen and said.

"This is our publishing contract. Your performance this time is simply too perfect, so we plan to ask the Xiaoxing Organizing Committee for a backup and then re-record it!"

"Because it's live and not a studio version, the recording level isn't too high, but it's still the best version I can get!"

"The version I will set for you later is the Original Master version. Although the selling price is not expensive, this version is based on the performer and is considered a better version."

"We will allocate the price of this recording in the form of a share. We will use our channels to promote it to you, and then we will share it 50-50 for all the records sold."

"This price is already very high. If it is any higher, I will have no authority. And if you want it to be higher, you need to sign a contract with our parent company and may need to pay channel promotion fees, etc."

"For the first publication, we estimate that the quantity will be around 1,000. We will test the market first and see the overall situation. If the situation is good, we will continue to print more."

"Basically, your recording of this final was like this. Do you think... is it feasible?"

The person in charge looked at He Shen tentatively, not sure what He Shen was thinking.

This price is already the best price he can quote. If you want a higher price, you really need to apply to the parent company.

And the main reason why he didn't hide some situations was He Shen.

Because He Shen’s playing ability is very strong!

Obviously, He Shen will never sink in this era, and he will definitely be able to sign contracts with other music companies.

Even if they didn't sign a contract with Universal Music, the parent company behind him, DG would still be able to show their face to He Shen.

It would also be good to ensure a friendly relationship between the two.

He Shen looked at the person in charge in front of him with a slightly surprised expression.

This price is already very high.

Except that there are no so-called signing fees, this price can already be regarded as the top price in his imagination!

Even if only 1,000 records were printed in it initially, this would still be acceptable.

Now that the overall record market is shrinking, even if He Shen is the champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition, his reputation outside is not particularly great.

Compared with He Shen, people are more willing to listen to the performances of well-known and top masters.

Therefore, this test of 1,000 records is already considered very, very bold.

If this 50% share of sales is calculated, after deducting their operating expenses, their expenses for repairing the audio, and their expenses for printing the recordings...

This DG company may not make any money at all!

Their 1,000 copies of the trial are completely based on He Shen's appeal. If He Shen can sell them, then it's easy to say that they can continue to reprint them later, and then they can probably start making money.

If no one buys the 1,000 copies of the trial, their losses are not too much, and they can stop the loss in time.

In this way, the contract DG company gave him is completely a loss-making business.

He Shen glanced at the person in charge in front of him and nodded slowly.

"Okay."

"Great! Then please sign here, and our contract will be completed. I will go back and ask the Xiaosai Organizing Committee for their video and audio recordings, and then use our technology to organize and reprint them."

The person in charge's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pushed the contract in front of him to He Shen again.

And He Shen, without any hesitation, signed it directly according to the person in charge's instructions.

Seeing that He Shen had completed the contract, the smile on the person in charge's face was almost uncontrollable, and he immediately spoke.

"Yes, now that our contract is complete, I can tell you in advance that if we are not mistaken, if the first printing is sold successfully, you can probably get more than 8,000 euros!"

"Because the sales price of our series is 99 euros, according to the normal profit sharing, it should be around 5 euros, but considering some special circumstances such as wear and tear, the average should be 8 euros."

"After this set of releases is completed, there will be a reprint later. We will follow this set of contracts and still share the same dividends as before, which is also 50-50."

"So, you don't have to worry too much about the record!"

"However, compared to these, I have a question for you."

The smile on the face of the person in charge immediately disappeared, looked at He Shen, looked into his eyes very seriously, and asked seriously.

"I want to ask if you are interested in joining our Universal Company!"

"If you are willing, I can introduce you. Although I am the head of a branch under Universal, I have the qualifications to supply talents to the parent company!"

"The biggest advantage of Universal for you is that they can arrange concerts for you and places for you to attend major music festivals!"

"For example, Lang Liangyue from your country, after he signed with Universal, Universal arranged a substitute for him at the music festival, and then he took this opportunity to stand up on the world stage and become one of the world's top pianists!"

"If you don't like the atmosphere of Universal, you can also come to our DG. Although our DG is mainly based on records, we can still arrange personal concerts for you!"

"Although, what we can do at DG is There aren't many things to do, and there aren't many concerts scheduled, but we have very orthodox record recording and distribution channels. "

"If you choose us, we will use our DG record distribution channels to give you the greatest help!"

"The effect may not be as good as Universal's large-scale trial, but in terms of the interpretation of music, we should be able to give you the most powerful help!"

"You can choose both. If you choose DG, we will go directly to Deutsche Bank after the competition and sign a contract with them!"

"If you choose Universal, we will make an appointment after the competition. We may need to go to the United States or contact the general manager of the European branch and wait for her to come and decide everything."

After that, the person in charge stood up, bowed slightly to He Shen, and walked to the door.

At this moment, the next contestant EVA has come on stage and started playing.

Her performance was obviously affected by He Shen, and did not reach the level she was satisfied with.

If you compare it directly with He Shen, you can clearly see the gap in her music.

This gap makes the atmosphere of the entire concert hall seem relatively low and boring.

The person in charge turned around and looked at the slightly bored media workers and staff around him, then turned to look at He Shen, smiled at him, and waved his hand.

"Okay, I'll go first. It depends on your idea which route you want to take."

"Whether to go with our DG company and go the traditional recording direction, and then cooperate with the concert to upgrade your reputation."

"Or go with the parent company Universal, show your presence in various places with the world, and then improve your reputation."

"After all, although we are a subsidiary of Universal, we still have independent operating rights."

"Therefore, all of this... all depends on your choice!"

After saying that, he bowed slightly to He Shen and turned to leave.

The door of the lounge was closed again, and He Shen looked at the closed door in front of him without saying a word.

He Shen really hasn't thought about which agency to choose.

And now only one person from Universal has come to see him, and the others have not come yet, so there is no way to wait for the price.

For example, Sany, who wants to compete with Universal, has not met yet, how can they decide immediately?

Therefore, He Shen put this matter behind his mind for the time being and ignored it.

He focused his view on his system which was flickering slightly.

And just when he focused his view on the system, a message popped up immediately.

[Congratulations to the host for achieving the achievement: LvEX-level performance! ]

[Tip: LvEX-level performance is hard to come by, even the top master-level figures may not be able to perform at the LvEX level every time]

[Reward: 10 draws (10 consecutive draws)]

[Note: Except for the first successful performance, every time you interpret a perfect-level work, you can get a draw]

He Shen looked at the message in front of him, and his face did not change in any special way. He had already let go of the draw.

He had drawn so many times, but he didn't get anything good.

Except for the teaching experience bonus, the others seemed to be nothing special.

Therefore, He Shen didn't even think about it, and directly dispersed the news and looked at other sections in his system.

There was no movement in the task board, and the third task of the three tasks, reaching the world-class champion, had not been completely completed.

If He Shen guessed correctly, this task should be available after his championship was completely announced.

As for the other two tasks...

[Main Task 1: Industry Purifier]

[Description: This world is full of filth, the music field is no longer pure, and you are the chosen one, go and purify this field! ]

[Requirement: Put any ten music school professors and above into prison. ]

[Main Task 2: Become an Idol]

[Description: After becoming an idol, don't go to one place, that place is Zhongzhou Zhongcheng! ]

[Requirement: Earn 50 million]

"..."

He Shen looked at these two tasks and couldn't help but have a headache.

The rewards for these two tasks are pretty good. Task 1 is to upgrade all of Berlioz's works to Lv8.

Task 2 is Liszt!

But the content of the task, to get 50 million RMB, and to send 10 professors in, He Shen still has no clue.

50 million RMB, probably after signing a contract with the company, I can try to get it.

Hold more concerts, release more records, and then go to some suitable places to play GG, maybe you can get 50 million...right?

And this 10 professor-level figures sent in...

How to do this thing? Really find a thief to go to someone's home and company to look through the records?

If it's at home, it's fine, but if it's in someone else's villa...

A whole wall, a whole bed, a refrigerator full of money...

Unless you are an anti-corruption bureau, it's probably really unlikely.

He Shen sighed, threw the task aside, too lazy to pay attention, and turned his eyes to the last section.

Rankings!

I have played the perfect Chopin First Piano Concerto, so what is my current world ranking?

He Shen didn't hesitate at all, stretched out his hand and clicked on the rankings, opened the Chopin ranking, the Chopin First Piano Concerto ranking.

Two lines of flashing golden text appeared in front of He Shen.

[Chopin: No. 1 in Jiangzhou, No. 1 in China (tied), No. 30 in the world]

[Chopin's First Piano Concerto: No. 1 in Jiangzhou, No. 1 in China (tied), No. 2 in the world (tied) (Notes)]

[Note 1: Playing the entire LvEX Piano Concerto will be promoted to No. 1 in the world (tied)]

[Note 2: The number of people who have achieved No. 1 in Chopin's First Piano Concerto (tied) is currently 12. ]

[Note 3: There is no high or low level in the LvEX level, only personal preference]

The corners of He Shen's mouth could not help but rise slightly.

In more than a year, from an unknown person, no one in China would notice him.

From an unknown person who even had problems eating, was blacklisted by countless piano stores and would not arrange students for him.

Finally, he became the No. 1 in China!

Now, I can finally be considered a pianist!

A real pianist who uses piano as his own industry and moves forward slowly in this industry!

Chopin's number one pianist in China!

The world's number one pianist is not far from me.

Everything is moving in a better direction.

I can also fight back against that person with great confidence.

I am a real pianist!

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