world number one pianist

Chapter 253 Are You Ready? (700 monthly ticket plus update!)
He Shen took Zhao Zitong to rest in the garden for a while, feeling the warmth of the sunshine from above Xiongguo.

After a short rest, He Shen used his mobile phone to directly book a flight ticket from Xiongguo to Germany.

After booking the air tickets, He Shen took Zhao Zitong back to the room the two of them rented, tidied up a bit, then made an appointment with the landlord to return the rent, and was about to leave this place and return to Berlin.

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

In Bear Country, as well as other countries in Europe, the two of them lived in the same house and did not live separately.

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

This one is under one roof, for real, under one roof.

That's it.

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

Even if it's the bathroom, the two of them have their own bathroom in their room and a small balcony, so they don't need to share it at all.

There is also a particularly weird rule here in Europe, that is, it is not allowed to dry clothes.

No, to be precise, it is not allowed to put clothes where outsiders can see them.

The entire building belongs to everyone, not you alone. All residents must maintain the cleanliness of the building so that the building will not be particularly messy.

Let passers-by feel comfortable when they pass by the building.

If it makes passersby feel uncomfortable, they can call and report to the city style department.

Then, you will find that you have received a huge fine at your door.

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

For example, what kind of underwear.

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

Therefore, if it wasn't for going out to take lessons to learn to practice the piano, the two of them might be under the same roof and never meet each other for the rest of their lives.

In addition, people like He Shen 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 he lived in the same house as He Shen.

After living in the back for a long time, she has already desensitized.

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

Moreover, this kind of mixed apartment 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 quickly packed their luggage and walked towards the airport.

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

So, after a quick security check, the two returned to Berlin.

According to the scheduled time before the plane took off, He Shen took Zhao Zitong and the two of them to the downstairs of Deutsche Grammophon's company.

The weather in Berlin is not particularly good, it is gloomy and windy overall.

A man with an extremely orthodox image of a German was wearing a black windbreaker, standing downstairs in the company, looking seriously in front of him.

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

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

The man looked at He Shen in front of him, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he smiled immediately, the serious expression on his face dissipated a lot immediately.

He immediately stretched out his hand to hold He Shen's hand, and nodded enthusiastically.

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

"I need precipitation, I told you before." He Shen said immediately.

"Of course, I knew, so I postponed this appointment until four years later!"

The man blinked, and suddenly joked: "Like our Deutsche Bahn, in order to increase 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 Arrive!"

"In this way, our punctuality rate instantly became the number one 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 said before that the punctuality rate of the German subway and high-speed rail is as high as 100%, and there will be no delay at all.

But in fact, the railway delay rate on the German side is extremely high, and those people have long been not those who were particularly punctual at the time.

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

Or the subway is ten minutes late.

This situation is not uncommon.

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

Others even say hello in the morning, asking if the train is running late.

It's like Huaguo asking you if you have eaten.

Seeing that the atmosphere had calmed down, the person in charge immediately took out a business card from his chest pocket, handed it to He Shen, and then stretched out his hand to the back.

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

After Schneider waited for He Shen to take the business card, he immediately walked towards the large office building behind him.

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

This is just a small building seven or eight stories high.

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

He Shen followed them into the building, turned around a few times along the stairs around the elevator, and stopped after turning to the third floor.

At the registration desk at the door, I tapped the number pad a little bit, and after waiting for a few seconds, the door opened.

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

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

Schneider immediately waved for He Shen to follow his pace.

There are many people in the room, and everyone is busy with their positions.

Many people wear a pair of expensive-looking headphones and listen to something very seriously in that place.

There are also some people around the blackboard, discussing some notes non-stop.

Seems like there's a little bit of a problem with some notes in the recording?

Still some sound effects are not perfect.

He Shen took another look and found nothing special.

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

It's just that there are more music decorations in the room.

"He, please sit here for a while, I'll go get some materials first, and I'll come over later."

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

After He Shen entered, he let go of the hand 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 is still hot tea bought from a special Asian supermarket.

Unfortunately, He Shen and Zhao Zitong are not tea drinkers.

Compared to drinking tea, He Shen might prefer that they hand him a lollipop?

Schneider didn't keep He Shen and the two of them waiting for long. Not long after the tea was put down, Schneider came over, clapped the document in his hand and smiled.

"He, this is a document, you read it first, I will briefly explain it to you here."

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

"Actually, there are not many things in this brokerage contract. Let me tell you so simply."

"The first is record recording. We hope that you can produce one or two records a year, because the career of the newcomer promoted by our company is already on the right track, so we can invest some of the current resources in your body."

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

"As much as possible, let you appear in various classical music events and get more appearances!"

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

"If you give us feedback data, such as promoting your albums through all channels, but none of them are sold, or if you don't get the sales price of the albums, even the price of the recorded albums, our side Likely to shut down your resources."

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

Speaking of this place, Schneider looked up at He Shen helplessly, and spread his hands.

"You know what I mean? We're a company, after all."

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

"Including 12 concerts worldwide, plus recordings."

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

After all, he looked at He Shen with an extremely expectant gaze, waiting for He Shen's answer.

He Shen did not disappoint him, his face remained unchanged, and he nodded slightly at Schneider very calmly.

"I see."

"It's really great if you understand!"

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

"Look at this first. This is the ranking list of musicians in the world. What you have in your hand now is the pianist branch!"

"Well, excluding those top masters, there is only the branch list of ordinary pianists."

"In this branch of pianists in the world, there are several influencing factors."

"First of all, how many composers is this pianist proficient in?"

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

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

"Secondly, this pianist, his record sales!"

"If you want to measure the performance of a pianist, what you look at in the end is actually the sales volume of the pianist's records!"

"For example, if a writer of novels evaluates whether their books are good or not? In fact, the easiest thing is to look at their sales in the same category."

"It may be sold to millions or tens of millions of people, and the writing level is similar."

"However, there is definitely a big gap between the level of an author who has sold several million copies and an author who has sold hundreds of books!"

"Not to mention other things, at least the person who sold hundreds of copies, his book, there is no way to attract readers to continue reading!"

"Therefore, among the records of the same creator of classical music, your records can attract more people to buy and listen to them. It has been proved for so long that your level is much better than others, and you are more popular with other listeners. welcome."

"It is precisely because of this that sales occupy the second most evaluation."

"In the case of mastering the same number of composers, if someone's sales are higher, then this person's influence is stronger!"

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

"Just like the 20 most powerful piano masters of the 100th century, their names will be recorded in history!"

"But this third point..."

Schneider was a little hesitant, but when he saw He Shen, he thought about it and said.

"Actually, there is a special part about the third point that doesn't need to be said, because the times have changed, but since it has been mentioned, let me tell you casually."

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

"If there is one record in each season, one composer per record, and then each record can win the sales champion, including pop, the total sales champion of all records!"

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

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

"But let me say it anyway, maybe?"

Schneider smiled cheerfully, without the seriousness of the Germans when he was downstairs.

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

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

Then there are several directions.

Release album records and let your fans buy them.

Held a concert, showing his latest achievements.

Then keep learning to think and reflect, so that I can be more sensitive to music.

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

Then, be promoted to the piano master!
He Shen reached out to pick up the form in front of him, looked at it carefully, and then paused.

He originally thought that he won the Chopin International Piano Competition, so he should be famous all over the world...

At least you have to be in the top [-], right?

Then He Shen looked through the list from top to bottom, but he didn't see his name at all.

So that means a little bit...

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

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

"This form...is there a missing code?"

"Omitted? No way? This is not the table we calculated, but the table calculated by the classical music side of the World Musicians Association, so it is quite accurate!"

Schneider froze for a moment, then looked at the form in front of him.

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

He looked at He Shen and smiled helplessly.

"He, have you forgotten one thing, that is, the time you spent in precipitation, it seems that it has been a little bit long?"

"It's been four years since your last concert!"

"During these four years, you have not heard from me at all..."

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

"Even if it's Zhao Chengxin from Bangzi Country, no matter how much he doesn't like to be in the limelight, his solo concerts are non-stop. He has a lot of concerts now."

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

"Lang Liangyue from your country of China, travels in various variety shows in China. In Europe and America, he also has a world tour concert. In this way, he is only a little bit away from being the number one pianist in the world."

"Why do you think that you, who haven't participated in any music activities in four years, are more famous than those who have participated in music activities?"

After all, Schneider showed an innocent look.

He Shen looked at his innocent eyes for a long time, then withdrew his gaze, looked at Schneider in front of him, and said casually.

"I'm ready to come back now, so how can I enter the leaderboard after that?"

"The leaderboard is updated once a month. We have already booked a flight ticket for you to return home in three days! And, in two weeks' time, we will hold your first solo concert in your hometown, Ningcheng!"

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

"Hey! We're ready, are you ready?"

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

He Shen got up, took two plane tickets, and handed one of them to Zhao Zitong.

He looked at Schneider in front of him, and Zhao Zitong who had an expectant expression beside him, and smiled softly.

"Of course!"

　That what, the author himself, is now preparing for a personal concert.

　　A one and a half hour concert tour in Germany.

　　It will be held in June, from Berlin to Munich, Frankfurt, Mannheim, Kassel and other places.

　　Therefore, the latest update will be updated.

　　After all, the concert is very urgent, and the previous epidemic isolation made me lose half a month of piano practice.

　　Therefore, except for the addition of 100 monthly tickets, a daily update of 5-6k words.

　　If you reach 100 monthly tickets, you will add more without delay.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)