The world's number one pianist

He Shen took Zhao Zitong to take a short rest in the garden, feeling the sunshine coming from the sky above the Bear Country, and his whole body felt warm.

After a short rest, He Shen used his mobile phone to directly book a flight from the Bear Country back to Germany.

After booking the air tickets, He Shen took Zhao Zitong back to the room they rented. After tidying up a little, he made an appointment with the landlord to cancel the lease and prepared to leave this place and return to Berlin.

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Well, the two of them rented it, not each of them.

In bear country, as well as other countries in Europe, the two of them live in the same house and do not live separately.

It's just that living under the same roof is not what many people think, where two people hug each other and hug each other.

This one is under one roof, truly, one roof.

That's all.

The two of them have their own rooms, and share a kitchen and hallway.

Even for the bathroom, both of them have their own bathrooms and small balconies in their rooms, so there is no need to share them.

There is also a particularly weird rule in Europe, which is that drying clothes is not allowed.

No, to be precise, you are not allowed to put clothes anywhere where outsiders can see them.

The entire building belongs to everyone, not just you. All residents must keep the building clean and tidy so that it does not become particularly dirty.

Let passers-by feel comfortable when passing by this building.

If it makes passers-by feel uncomfortable, you can call and report it to the urban landscape department.

Then, you will find a huge fine on your doorstep.

Therefore, even if two people share a balcony, it is impossible for them to dry out some personal belongings on the balcony.

For example, what about underwear.

They can only hang it in the room, use a heater, or open a window for ventilation and let it dry naturally.

Therefore, if they had not gone out to take lessons and practice piano, it is entirely possible that the two of them would have lived under the same roof and never crossed paths in their lives.

Plus people like He Shen who go out to practice piano at seven or eight in the morning and go home to sleep at eight or nine in the evening...

Zhao Zitong couldn't have any affection for this so-called living under the same roof.

Originally, Zhao Zitong was shy because she lived in the same house as He Shen.

By the time she stayed there for a long time, she would have already become desensitized.

No matter who it is, there is no way for them to have some inappropriate associations with an empty room that is only used for sleeping at night, right?

Moreover, this kind of apartment with multiple people living together is a very normal choice in Europe.

After all, this kind of house will be a little cheaper than other houses.

It is much easier for two people to share the entire rent than to live alone.

After paying the rent, the two people quickly packed their luggage and walked towards the airport.

He Shen and Zhao Zitong are not the kind of people who like a lot of luggage. They only carry ordinary clothes with them.

Therefore, the two quickly passed the security check and returned to Berlin.

According to a time that had been reserved before the plane took off, He Shen took Zhao Zitong to the downstairs of the Deutsche Grammophon company.

The weather in Berlin was not particularly good, it was generally gloomy and windy.

A man with an extremely orthodox German image, wearing a black trench coat, stood downstairs in the company, looking in front of him with a serious face.

He Shen glanced at the time, walked quickly to the man, nodded slightly to him, and stretched out his hand to the man using the German he learned in Germany.

"Hello, I'm He Shen! Sorry, it's a little late."

The man looked at He Shen in front of him and was stunned for a moment, then immediately smiled, and the serious look on his face immediately dissipated.

He immediately reached out to hold He Shen's hand and nodded enthusiastically.

"He Shen, I know you. I have been waiting for your arrival. Your appointment is a full four years later than we expected!"

"I need to settle down, I told you before." He Shen said immediately.

“Of course, I knew that, so I postponed the appointment until four years later!”

The man blinked and suddenly joked: "Just like our Deutsche Bahn, in order to improve the punctuality rate from 60% to over 95%, we decided to count all trains or subways that are late for less than half an hour as full time. Click here!”

"In this way, our punctuality rate instantly ranked first in Europe! The most rigorous Germans!"

Speaking of this place, He Shen, Zhao Zitong and him all smiled knowingly at the same time.

Many people have said before that the punctuality rate of German subway and high-speed rail is as high as 100%, without any delays.

But in fact, the railway delay rate in Germany is extremely high, and those people are no longer the particularly punctual people at that time.

When He Shen and Zhao Zitong were in school, they both took the subway and suddenly found that the subway had arrived early and had already left.

Or the subway arrives ten minutes late.

This situation is not uncommon.

Therefore, insulting Deutsche Bahn every day has even become a daily routine for some Germans.

Some people even say hello in the morning and ask if the other person's train is late.

It's like the Chinese people asking you if you've eaten.

The person in charge saw that the atmosphere had eased, and immediately rummaged in his chest pocket, took out a business card and handed it to He Shen, then stretched out his hand to the back.

"This is my personal business card, I am Schneider, please follow me! Our company has been waiting for you for a long time!"

After He Shen took the business card, Schneider immediately walked towards the large office building behind him.

Although it is a large office building, it is actually different from the office buildings in China.

This is just a small building with seven or eight floors.

Since most of the people living in it are companies, this can also be regarded as a commercial office building.

He Shen followed them into the building, walked around the staircase around the elevator for several circles, and stopped after reaching the third floor.

At the registration desk at the door, he clicked the numeric keypad slightly, and after waiting for a few seconds, the door opened.

The room is a modern society that is completely different from this European style.

At the very least, with countless floor-to-ceiling glass as a barrier, people can clearly feel that they have come to the modern society.

Schneider immediately waved his hand to signal He Shen to follow his pace.

There were many people in the room, and everyone was busy at their own position.

Many people were wearing a pair of headphones that looked very expensive, and they were listening to something very seriously in that place.

Some people were around the blackboard, constantly discussing some notes.

It seemed that there was a little problem with some notes in the recording?

Or some sound effects were not perfect.

He Shen took a closer look and found nothing special.

Everything else was no different from those workers in modern office buildings.

It was just that there were more music decorations in the room.

"He, please sit here first, I'll go get some information first, and come over later."

Schneider interrupted He Shen's thoughts, opened a very private small meeting room in front of him, and let He Shen walk in.

After He Shen entered, he let go of the hand that was pushing the door, apologized to He Shen, and turned to get the documents.

Not long after He Shen sat down, a staff member came to pour a glass of water for He Shen and Zhao Zitong.

This water was hot tea bought from an Asian supermarket.

Unfortunately, neither He Shen nor Zhao Zitong were tea drinkers.

Compared to tea, He Shen might prefer them to hand him a lollipop?

Schneider didn't let He Shen and the others wait for long. Not long after the tea was put down, Schneider came over, patted the documents in his hand and smiled.

"He, this is the document, take a look first, I'll explain it to you briefly."

After that, he handed the document in his hand to He Shen, and after He Shen took the document and opened it, he continued.

"In fact, there is not much in this agency contract. Let me tell you simply."

"First of all, it is about record recording. We hope that you can release one or two records a year, because the newcomers promoted by our company before have their careers on the right track, so we can put some of our current resources on you."

"Not only that, we will try our best to arrange about 12 concerts for you within a year!"

"We will try our best to let you perform in various classical music events and get more exposure!"

"These are all relatively good situations, but you should pay attention that we can't actually support you all the time, forever. We need to see your personal feedback data."

"If the feedback data you give us, such as promoting your records through all channels, but not selling a single one, or the price of record sales, not even the price of recording the record, we are likely to stop your resources."

"After all, you have to know that we are not a pure charity. We can give you many opportunities, but we can't always train you for free!"

Speaking of this, Schneider raised his head and looked at He Shen helplessly, spreading his hands.

"You understand what I mean, right? After all, we are a company."

"But don't worry, we will fully support all your activities while your data is normal!"

"Including 12 concerts around the world and record recordings."

"You don't have to worry about all these activities."

After saying that, he looked at He Shen with an extremely expectant look, waiting for He Shen's answer.

He Shen did not disappoint him particularly, his face did not change at all, and he nodded slightly to Schneider in a very calm manner.

"I understand."

"It's really great that you can understand!"

Schneider slowly breathed a sigh of relief, took out a folder in front of him, and then handed a few sheets of paper to He Shen, and said.

"Take a look at this first. This is a ranking of the influence of musicians around the world. What you have in your hand now is the branch of pianists!"

"Well, excluding those top masters, there is only a branch table of ordinary pianists."

"There are several influencing factors in the branch of pianists in this world."

"The first point is, how many composers does this pianist master?"

"You know, only a pianist who is proficient in one composer can be considered a pianist!"

"And a good pianist should be proficient in more than one composer!"

"The second is the sales of this pianist's records!"

"If you want to measure the performance of a pianist, the final thing to look at is actually the sales of this pianist's records!"

"For example, if you want to evaluate whether a novelist's book is good or not? In fact, the simplest way is to look at their sales in the same category."

"People who sell millions and tens of millions may have similar writing skills."

"But the difference in level between authors who sell millions and hundreds of books is definitely huge!"

"Not to mention other things, at least the book of the person who sells hundreds of books cannot attract readers to continue reading!"

"Therefore, among the records of classical music composers, your records can attract more people to buy, Go listen, it has been so long that it proves one thing, your level is much better than others, and you are more popular with other listeners. "

"That is why sales are the second most important evaluation."

"If someone has higher sales when proficient in the same number of composers, then this person's influence is stronger!"

"Third, if you can be in the top three of the pianist influence index for three consecutive years, then you can become a candidate for the top 100 piano masters of the 21st century, and be promoted from an ordinary pianist to a piano master!"

"Just like the 100 most powerful piano masters of the 20th century, they will go down in history!"

"But this third point..."

Schneider hesitated a little, but when he saw He Shen, he thought about it and spoke.

"In fact, there is a special point in the third point that does not need to be mentioned, because the times have changed, but since it has been mentioned, I will just talk about it with you casually."

"This third point is actually based on the second point and the first point."

"If there is one record every quarter, one record for one composer, and each record can win the sales champion, it is the sales champion of all records, including pop music!"

"Once a quarter, you only need to win four times, that is, a year, and you can directly become a piano master and become one of the top few people in the world."

"This is the rule set before. At that time, the sales of classical music records were always very high, so this result could be so high at that time. Now, it should be difficult to achieve..."

"But I still say it, maybe?"

Schneider laughed happily, without the seriousness of the Germans when he was downstairs before.

He Shen listened to Schneider's introduction, nodded silently, and said nothing.

If you want to continue to develop in the classical music industry and become one of the top few people in this industry.

Then there are several directions.

Release albums and let your fans buy them.

Hold a concert to show your latest achievements.

Then keep learning, thinking and reflecting, so that you can feel more acutely about music.

Only in this way can you stand out from this group of people and become the top pianist.

Then, be promoted to a piano master!

He Shen reached out and picked up the table in front of him, took a close look, and then paused.

He originally thought that he should be famous all over the world for winning the Chopin International Piano Competition...

At least you have to be in the top 100, right?

Then He Shen flipped through the list from top to bottom and didn't see his name at all.

Then it means one thing...

He Shen's current ranking is not among these 100 people at all!

He Shen was stunned, and turned his eyes to Schneider in front of him, pointed to the table in front of him, and asked hesitantly.

"Is there a missing code in this table?"

"Missed? No? This is not the table we counted, but the table counted by the World Musicians Association's classical music, so it is relatively accurate!"

Schneider was stunned for a moment, then looked at the table in front of him.

However, when he read the last character of the table, he instantly understood He Shen's idea.

He looked at He Shen and smiled helplessly.

"He, have you forgotten one thing, that is, your time of settling down seems to be a little bit too long?"

"It has been four years since your last concert!"

"In these four years, there has been no news about you..."

"If you wait another year, the next Chopin International Piano Competition will start! At that time, do you still think you can continue to stay in the top 100?"

"Even if Zhao Zhencheng from South Korea doesn't like to show off, his personal concerts are non-stop. He has a lot of concerts now."

"So you can see that his ranking is relatively high worldwide."

"Lang Liangyue from your country has been traveling in various variety shows in China, and has also held world tour concerts in Europe and the United States. In this way, he is just a little bit away from being the world's number one pianist."

"Why do you think that you, who have not participated in any music activities for four years, will be more famous than those who have participated in music activities?"

After saying that, Schneider showed an innocent look.

He Shen stared at his innocent eyes for a long time before he retracted his gaze and looked at Schneider in front of him and said casually.

"I'm ready to return now, so how can I enter the rankings?"

"The rankings are updated once a month, and we have booked a flight for you to return home in three days! And, in two weeks, your first solo concert will be held in your hometown, Ningcheng!"

"We have prepared everything, just waiting for your return."

"He! We are ready, are you ready?"

Schneider looked at He Shen and grinned, handing over two plane tickets from his pocket.

He Shen stood up, took the two plane tickets, and handed one to Zhao Zitong.

He looked at Schneider in front of him, and Zhao Zitong, who was looking forward to it, and laughed softly.

"Of course!"

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