world number one pianist

Chapter 263 Brokerage Firm
He Shen talked about Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting, and he directly started his daily piano practice life.

Even if it is said that He Shen can now be regarded as having successfully taken the first step as a musician in China, He Shen still does not relax easily.

Still practice the piano for more than five or six hours a day.

Two hours of basic practice just after waking up every morning is essential, and some other works will be randomly practiced in the remaining three hours.

If Zhao Zitong, Ji Mengting and the others had no questions to ask, He Shen would keep practicing the piano.

It will probably be practiced for seven or eight hours, nine or ten hours are possible.

As long as nothing happens.

After all, there is a saying...

He Shen is really free now.

Apart from practicing the piano, He Shen has almost nothing else to do.

There are only two closing concerts to come.

Get ready for a Beethoven-themed concert.

Then wait for the Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music to start in September.

The others seem to be gone?

Therefore, after He Shen analyzed it, he suddenly discovered that his most important job now is to study Beethoven, and let his Beethoven enter the master level as soon as possible.

This is also the main reason why, after He Shen gave lessons to Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting, he went back to his seat and started practicing the piano.

Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting looked at He Shen, and after looking at each other helplessly, they could only turn around and walk towards the sofa behind the piano room.

Just quietly watching He Shen practicing piano over there.

What can I do now?

My own teacher said that he didn't have a so-called Alice, and even taught them about emotional transformation.

Is it possible that I have to ask Mr. He if I can become He Shen's Alice?

This is too straight, too embarrassing, right?
It's okay to agree, but the problem is that the two of them can't see He Shen's thoughts at all, which means that they are easily rejected.

Therefore, neither of them dared to attack first.

I could only sit there and watch He Shen practice the piano.

It has to be said that He Shen practiced the piano very seriously. Even in the extremely boring practice, Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting could hear a very obvious sense of music.

Boring, but wonderful.

While everyone was listening to the music, someone knocked on the door of He Shen's piano room.

A male voice came from outside the door.

"Excuse me, is Teacher He here?"

He Shen glanced at the music score in front of him, without any expression on his face, he just turned his head and glanced at the two behind him.

Zhao Zitong understood immediately, got up and walked to the door, nodded to the person standing at the door, and asked.

"Hello? What's the matter?"

"Ah? You are Teacher He's student, right?" The man at the door was obviously very surprised. He put the briefcase in his hand under his arm, and while searching for the things inside, he said to Zhao Zitong.

"I'm the agent in charge of Mr. He Shenhe's domestic brokerage activities in China, blah blah, um... I found it! This is my business card."

After that, the man's eyes lit up, and he handed his business card to Zhao Zitong.

Zhao Zitong took the business card, did not read the words on it, but took a few steps back, and looked at He Shen who was sitting on the piano bench, with a trace of temptation in his eyes.

It was obvious that she was asking He Shen if she wanted to let this person in.

He Shen didn't speak.

The agent at the door saw that something was wrong and immediately said.

"That's Mr. He, I was hired by Deutsche Grammophon to be your manager for music activities in China!"

"Because at present your main direction is still in Huaguo, not abroad. Deutsche Grammophon has no way to arrange their brokers in China."

"After all, they're just a record genre subsidiary of Universal."

"So, they contacted me and asked me to be in charge of your music activities in China."

After all, the agent smiled at Zhao Zitong, Zhao Zitong hesitated for a while, not knowing what to do.

According to what the person in front of him said, there is actually nothing wrong with what he said, and these are very normal.

Deutsche Grammophon magazine told He Shen before that what they can be responsible for is He Shen's concerts and records.

They can promote He Shen's popularity in the direction of classical music.

But otherwise, they can't help much.

After all, you must know that if a pianist wants to spread his reputation very widely, it will not work just by relying on his own skills.

I don't know how many pianists give up their careers every year because of lack of popularity.

Therefore, the best way is actually to follow those large brokerage companies and let them be responsible for the spread of the pianist's own popularity.

Only when his popularity increases, coupled with his excellent piano skills, will it be possible for his records to sell more widely.

In particular, He Shen is currently focusing on music activities in Huaguo, not foreign music activities.

Therefore, Zhao Zitong didn't know whether he should continue to block the agent in front of him and not let him in.

He Shen looked at Zhao Zitong and said calmly.

"Let him in."

"Ok."

Zhao Zitong took a step back and moved out of the way.

The manager immediately nodded to Zhao Zitong with an extremely friendly smile, and then walked quickly into the piano room.

The first time he walked to the piano room, he looked around, ignored Ji Mengting and Zhao Zitong who were sitting there, and walked directly towards He Shen.

He handed the business card in his hand to He Shen, and said with a smile.

"Teacher He, this is my business card, please have a look."

He Shen reached out to take the business card, glanced at the so-called manager in front of him, and then at the business card in his hand.

On the business card is the name of an entertainment company. He Shen actually doesn't know much about entertainment companies in China, so He Shen has no idea what kind of company this entertainment company is.

Under the entertainment company is the name of the manager.

"Jiang Yunling?" He Shen looked at the manager in front of him and pronounced the name.

Jiang Yunling nodded immediately, and said with a smile: "Yes, it's me! I'm Huaguo's personal independent agent invited by Deutsche Grammophon magazine."

"Although it is not the number one in China, it can be regarded as a relatively high-level agent, and has brought out a few particularly famous stars."

After finishing speaking, he told He Shen the names of a few people.

He Shen was not familiar with it, so Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting, who was sitting watching the fun, nodded.

Those are obviously familiar to them.

Although He Shen was a little confused, he stretched out his hand and said to him.

"sit."

"okay!"

Jiang Yunling sat on another piano bench opposite He Shen, that is, the piano bench of the secondary piano used by the students, and said to He Shen.

"Mr. He, I just took a look at your situation before I came here. Let me analyze it with you first and tell you the specific information, is that okay?"

"Yes." He Shen nodded.

With He Shen's permission, Jiang Yunling immediately spoke without any hesitation.

"Mr. He, your current overall traffic flow is not particularly good, but the future is promising! The potential is huge!"

"First of all, we have to admit that if you returned to China to perform music in the previous four years, that is, when you just became the champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition, then you can easily complete a wave of traffic harvest."

"You know, the last person in China who became the champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition was Li Diyun!"

"Although his current condition is not good, I have to admit that the Chopin International Piano Competition can be regarded as the most recognized type of international piano competition in China."

"In China, the reputation of the other four major international piano competitions is much, much stronger!"

"Therefore, it has not appeared in the past four years, and the traffic loss is very large, which is a pity."

"But it doesn't matter. I just took a look at the search index after your previous concert, Mr. He. There is a very obvious increase in the search index for Mr. He."

"According to the research of our management team, although many people have forgotten the experience of winning this award, it is actually relatively easy to recall this part of the experience."

"This place is where Mr. He is better than other newcomers who have just debuted. After all, your base camp is not in the entertainment industry, but in the field of classical music."

"We can see a very clear example here."

"Lang Liangyue, who puts his base camp in the field of classical music and ensures his base camp is stable, his steps in the entertainment industry can be regarded as one step at a time. He is very stable and will not make too many mistakes."

"Even if something goes wrong, his own appeal in classical music is enough for him to get the attention of most people around the world, and he won't fall into the abyss all at once."

"On the contrary, Li Diyun should have put his base camp in the field of classical music, but he gave up his deep cultivation in the field of classical music, and put his base camp in the entertainment circle instead."

"This also led to him not being particularly welcome in the field of classical music after something happened to him in the entertainment industry. Even if he bought tickets in China, the sales volume would not increase."

"Therefore, we can get a very obvious direction. That direction is to imitate Lang Lang's steps and walk step by step in the entertainment industry."

"Mr. He, your position as a university professor at Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music, coupled with your uninterrupted concert tour, can ensure that you will continue to cultivate in the field of classical music and ensure that your base camp will not collapse."

"I have therefore consulted with your magazine Deutsche Grammophon."

"Deutsche Grammophon is responsible for your own depth in the direction of classical music, especially the spread of international fame outside of China!"

"As for me, I am responsible for helping you, Mr. He, to gradually strengthen your reputation in China. I am responsible for increasing your reputation in China, Mr. He Shen, while ensuring that your basic disk is not damaged."

"after all……"

"A magazine from Deutsche Grammophon."

"It's still a foreign company after all."

"Your goal, to become a piano master at the fastest speed, not only requires your own technology, but also the influence of various places."

"And I, in addition to helping you coordinate domestic concerts, can just help you quickly increase your influence!"

"What do you think...how?"

After finishing speaking, Jiang Yunling looked at He Shen, waiting for He Shen's answer.

He Shen looked at Jiang Yunling in front of him and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

After all, in the final analysis, He Shen is still an ordinary pianist who takes piano as his career direction.

He didn't understand anything about this kind of stuff.

After all, he couldn't even understand the hints given to him by his students before.

If you talk about something about music, He Shen can talk for hours without stopping, deriving from the music itself to everything other than music.

But when it comes to other people's professional things.

For example, to increase one's popularity in China, to carry out image exhibition activities, and so on.

He Shen felt like he was listening to a bible!
According to He Shen's thinking, if you want to be famous, don't you just hold concerts, touring concerts, and then increase your influence in China?
But He Shen didn't know that there was a thing called...

Break the circle!

Everyone hopes that their works can break through the circle, from their own circle to other people's circle.

Once they successfully break through the circle, they will definitely become the top stream in this industry, and they can also attract more people who don't know this industry to enter this industry, or start to become interested in this industry.

Like playing Super Mario.

For most people, this thing is only 1-1 in childhood.

Play enough and add another 1-2.

No matter how you look at it, it feels very simple.

But a certain player who played Mario broke the circle and directly became a representative player of Super Mario in the hearts of many people.

Even if there are some people who play Mario better than this person, they also broadcast Mario on the seafood channel.

The number of their attention, there is no way to compare with that person.

Even "men and women" can become a meme.

The stalk that broke the circle successfully.

It is said that there were people who confessed their love to the girl on Juzizhou at that time, and said "I'm jealous" at the beginning.

So, if you want to become the top class in the place of classical piano.

Record sales became the world's top level.

So basically there is only one way.

That is breaking the circle!
Not just to let lovers of classical music know that there is such a person as you.

It is more to let those lovers other than classical music know that there is such a person as you.

I know there is such a world-class pianist in China.

Therefore, when He Shen releases an album in the future, it will also be able to attract some people who were not originally interested in classical music, but after watching He Shen, they have a little interest in classical music.

These people, even if they are one in tens of thousands of passers-by, will be a very large amount of traffic.

He Shen doesn't understand these things, but he has a very good habit, that is, he knows what he is good at and what he is not good at.

Just like before, when He Shen chose the second top pianist he would play next, He Shen did not choose some other people, such as Liszt, Mozart and other more famous people.

He Shen chose Beethoven because he knew that with his current strength, he would never be able to play Liszt.

In other words, he can play Liszt, but definitely not as strong as Yue Li's.

And Mozart's innocence and childishness are completely inconsistent with He Shen himself.

Therefore, after He Shen thought for a long time, he decided on his next work as Beethoven.

Now that He Shen knows where his weakness is, He Shen will naturally not say arbitrarily that everything in his future must be planned by himself.

Especially, the brokerage side of things like this.

However, He Shen is also the same, he will not make all the decisions immediately.

Therefore, He Shen looked at Jiang Yunling in front of him, looked at his smile, and didn't answer immediately, but got up and spoke slowly to him.

"Wait a minute, let me think about it."

"Okay! Teacher He, think about it first, I'm at the door, just let me know when you're done thinking about it."

After finishing speaking, Jiang Yunling immediately got up, walked to the door, and closed the door very intimately, without any trace of embarrassment on his face.

He Shen looked at Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting beside him, touched his chin, and asked.

"What do you think?"

Without any hesitation, Zhao Zitong said directly: "I think you can try to participate first, brother. After all, you are in Huaguo now. If you keep holding concerts in Huaguo quietly, I personally think it won't be very useful." of."

"..."

He Shen looked at Zhao Zitong and pinched his eyebrows.

Ever since Zhao Zitong followed her to the same professor at the Berlin University of the Arts, she has been calling her senior brother.

Obviously, her undergraduate teaching courses are basically completed by herself.

Why did she call senior brother so smooth?

Looking at Zhao Zitong, He Shen couldn't help feeling a little helpless, turned his gaze to Ji Mengting who was beside him, and asked her.

"What about you?"

"Me?" Ji Mengting hesitated a little, and finally shook her head slowly: "I don't know, and I have no experience. I just think what he said sounds reasonable. It depends on your own decision, teacher."

He Shen rubbed the business card in his hand, hesitated for a while, walked to the side, and reached out to get through to the agent he met in Berlin before.

Soon, the phone was connected, and Schneider's voice came from the phone.

He Shen didn't show any politeness, and asked him directly about Jiang Yunling.

Soon, he found out.

The information he received was exactly the same as that given by Jiang Yunling.

In other words, everything Jiang Yunling said is true!

It wasn't some agent who came over out of nowhere and planned to lie to him.

For Deutsche Grammophon magazine, the concerts and record sales they can arrange are basically overseas, and the domestic affairs still depend on the means of domestic agents.

After Schneider confirmed Jiang Yunling's information for He Shen, he immediately spoke to He Shen.

"By the way, he! We have already booked a tour for you in December this year. It starts from Berlin, at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, and then goes all the way down to Leipzig, Frankfurt, Munich, and Salzburg. , Vienna, Milan, Paris and other places, are touring in Europe, are you ready for this year's concert? It needs to be submitted in September at the latest, and we still need a little time to promote it!"

"It would be even better if you could give it to me in advance, because we can have more time to promote you in advance!"

He Shen immediately looked at Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. [-] in C Minor - Pathos, which was being placed on the piano, and said to Schneider without any hesitation.

"It's ready, Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas, a complete set."

"The full set? You mean, you want to play 32 piano sonatas in one concert? Are you crazy?" Schneider on the other end of the phone was shocked.

He Shen shook his head slowly: "At the beginning of the first concert, help me divide up and down, play [-] songs in each half, and randomly assign the next few games. You can do it. Remember to call me in advance for the first concert. Several ambulances."

"Hey, the first show is in Berlin, I can help you with an extra half, but you may not be able to come back to play the second half until the tour is over."

"As for the ambulance you mentioned..."

"I will arrange it, take care of yourself!"

After all, Schneider greeted He Shen a few words, then hung up He Shen's phone, turned around and took a deep breath.

Playing 32 piano sonatas in one concert is simply the behavior of a madman.

In other words, reckless behavior!
However, although this kind of behavior is particularly impulsive, it can just help them directly complete He Shen's first record.

The first set, a disc with Beethoven as the theme.

He Shen looked at the phone that had been hung up in front of him, and he had already made a decision.

If you follow Schneider's footsteps now, it is obvious that his first foreign appearance will come in November this year, and then there will be a concert tour that will last for a whole month.

It's only June now, college students are about to go on vacation, and Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music will start school two months later, welcoming a new batch of students!

There is still time, there is still time to practice the piano by yourself.

During this period of time, you can just increase your own influence.

If you can raise your own influence to a relatively high level, maybe you can get a very good sales volume for your record?
He Shen couldn't help but think of what Schneider said to himself before.

If one season's album reaches the number one sales in the current quarter in the world, it only takes four times to directly reach the level of a piano master!

Now I am just an ordinary pianist, if I want to be promoted to a piano master through normal channels.

Then you have to wait three years!He has been at the top of the world pianist rankings for three years.

That being the case...

He Shen got up and opened the door.

Jiang Yunling was standing at the door looking bored into the distance, a youthful female college student of Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music.

He suddenly heard the sound of He Shen opening the door, and immediately turned his head, showing that smile again.

"How is it? Teacher He, have you thought about it?"

"Um……"

He Shen nodded, opened the door, and let Jiang Yunling walk into the room.

After he returned to the previous piano bench, He Shen walked up to him, nodded slightly at him, and said.

"Tell me about your thoughts and plans."

With He Shen's consent, the smile on the corner of Jiang Yunling's mouth became even stronger. He took out the folder in the bag, handed it to He Shen, and said with a smile.

"Of course! After I revealed the news of your comeback, I received invitations to many shows."

"I have turned down all the programs that asked you to sing for you."

"In the rest of the program, there are also piano judges and contest assistants!"

"And what I am optimistic about, the most recent show is a vocal show supporting guests!"

"A program about musical theater, opera, bel canto, and a series of vocal singers"

"Sound into... people's hearts!"

　Just now, I suddenly discovered that the subscription of Avalanche, the chapter of Sorrow, and the previous subscriptions have fallen by more than 50, which made me, who did not have many subscriptions, even worse.

　　Maybe something is wrong, I don't know what went wrong, I need to contact the editor as soon as possible to see if I need to modify the follow-up outline and direction.

　　I don't dare to write the next chapter update, I will talk about it after the editor and I study it carefully.

　　It is possible that this chapter will be reworked

　　
　
(End of this chapter)