I am really a language teacher

As one of the four major piano competitions in the world, the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition is a bit unpopular, but she still has her own reserve and honor.According to the procedure of the event, the organizing committee will hold a welcome dinner at the Kremlin the day before the official competition.At that time, all contestants, their coaches or family members, as well as the invited media will attend the dinner.

In the Tsarist era, the Kremlin was magnificently decorated as a royal palace. Although the Western European media said sourly that it was too flashy, such an extravagant palace just reflected the characteristics of the Tchaikovsky piano competition - not bad money .Yes, the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition has two first places in the four competitions, the first in the unpopularity index, but at the same time the first in the championship prize money.You must know that the Chopin Cup and the Bach Cup among the four major competitions do not set bonuses, and the Steinway Cup only rewards its own products. Only the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition has set up a bonus of 25 US dollars for the champion.

Both Sun Ping and Jin Weijia received official invitation letters, and Mi Wenbai and Jin Mama can also go with them.Despite the frightening number of participants in the Moscow Piano Competition, the number of participants in the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition is actually very limited.There are a total of 50 contestants in the main competition group, 45 in the youth group, 38 in the junior group, and only 21 in the children's group.

However, none of the players who can enter the final list is simple.Either they are high-achieving students from major conservatories, or they are newcomers touted by major art record companies.

That's right, there is a dedicated art record company in the water blue star plane.They only release symphony, folk music or instrumental music albums, and basically do not set foot in the popular music fields such as pop music and rock music.Although their circulation is not large, the high selling price still makes their profits sufficient.When Sun Ping first heard about Art Records, he was a little surprised.

We must know that the record companies on the earth plane, not to mention the art record companies that specialize in serious music, but the three major music groups Sony, Warner and Universal are already struggling to make ends meet.If it weren't for the power of the copyright agency under the name of the three major music groups, the three major music groups might have declared bankruptcy.However, it is an indisputable fact that the music market is in decline. Sun Ping still remembers that when he was a child, there were five major international records, Sony, Boardman, Warner, Universal and EMI; in addition, there were veteran record companies such as Polygram.In the Asian market, there are also large and small record companies such as Abex, Polly Jiayin, Rolling Stone, Shanghua, Fenghua, Huaxing, Ryefield, and Chia Tai.At that time, second-tier singers could sell millions.

As a result, after entering the new century, there are only three big and small record companies in the world and the Rolling Stones and Ryefields in the Chinese music circle.As for record sales, apart from the fact that Double J can sell millions of copies around the new century, Jolin Tsai can now sell 10 copies, thank goodness.In the end, Jay Chou himself complained at the concert, so that fans don't have to buy his own album.

Compared with the loneliness of the earth plane, the record market of Shuilanxing is booming.According to the regulations of the International Music Copyright Association, in the S-level music market (such as Aurora, the United States and Japan), 50 copies are gold records; 100 million copies are platinum records; 1000 million records are diamond records.At present, each of the three major S-level markets has at least one or two diamond-selling singles or albums each year, at least ten platinum-level albums, and even more gold records.

Since Russia is not far from Aurora, the Aurora players who came to participate accounted for one-third of the quota.As a result, a group of players from the Cathay Kingdom huddled together, and Sun Ping and Jin Weijia naturally followed the trend.Among this group of people, Sun Ping met the group of people from Yanjing Music High School.

Seeing that Sun Ping and Jin Weijia also appeared at the welcome dinner, the teacher leading the team was even more surprised.Although he knew that these two were shortlisted through the qualifying rounds, this also proved their level.The teacher who led the team couldn't help but went forward to chat with Sun Ping. When he knew that Sun Ping was a player in the main competition group and Jin Weijia was a player in the youth group, he was even more surprised.You must know that the group of students under him are only players in the youth group or the children's group, so naturally they cannot be compared with Sun Ping and Jin Weijia.Facing the strong, the teacher who led the team still chose to respect, and brought his students to say hello.Of course, Sun Ping would not embarrass his own people, and chatted with them politely for a while.

Relying on his language advantage, Sun Ping shuttled around the banquet hall for a long time, and finally found out the opponents in the main competition group and the youth group.The judges are generally not optimistic about this year's competition, thinking that this year's competition is a "small year", and it seems that no geniuses have appeared, and a few outstanding ones are too strong.

Sun Ping could only smile wryly at such comments. In fact, the debate about craftsmanship and talent may have traversed the entire human history.As the saying goes, "Practice makes perfect", this familiarity refers to familiarity, which is actually craftsmanship.Craftsmanship belongs to the craftsman, and the craftsman is absolutely familiar with his work.But how to find one's own talent from craftsmanship and realize practice makes perfect is a very troublesome thing.

What's more, talent is something that every generation has a different definition.Van Gogh, a European painter, was regarded as a lunatic when he was alive, and he was not considered an artist until many years after his death.Let's talk about the Chinese poet Tao Yuanming on the earth plane. His talent was not recognized for a long time. After the Tang Dynasty, he suddenly became a talented poet.

Besides, half a step ahead of the times is called a genius, and more than one step is a madman.If you really want to play all kinds of postmodernism or ultramodernism, Sun Ping, relying on the system, can completely crush the entire Aqua Blue Star.However, if Sun Ping dared to take out these black technologies, he would probably be listed as No. 1 on the kidnapping list by various mysterious organizations in the first place.

But when Sun Ping was wandering, an Englishman found Sun Ping. "Mr. Sun, hello, my name is Lewis, the vice president of the British Classic Gramophone Group. I was honored to listen to the wonderful performance of you and your disciples at the Moscow Piano Competition. I wonder if there is any chance for us to cooperate?"

Classic Gramophone Group is a well-known art record company in the UK and even in the world. Because it is backed by the world's second largest communication group-European Telecom, they are not short of money.Therefore, the Classic Gramophone Group has monopolized the serious music industry in Europe, and by virtue of its geographical advantages, it has won about [-]% of the serious music industry in Asia and Oceania, forcing its deadly rival, American Art Records, into bankruptcy and reorganization.

"Mr. Lewis, first of all thank you for your appreciation of me and my disciple, but you should know that I also have a record company."

Since the other party was able to find him so quickly and investigate his relationship with Jin Weijia clearly, then the other party may not know that he is the boss of Hurricane Records.Although Hurricane Records belongs to the younger generation in the Asian music circle, relying on the successful idol groups launched over the years, Hurricane Records has already established its own position in the international music circle.According to the industry report of the International Music Copyright Association this quarter, Hurricane Records has roughly occupied [-]% of the global commercial music market, successfully ranking among the top five commercial record companies in the world.Faced with such a company, Sun Ping didn't believe that the other party didn't check it out.

"Of course, we know of Mr. Sun's success in the field of commercial records. But the art record market is an art record market, and there are very few examples of cross-border success." Lewis responded with a smile.

Although Sun Ping was dissatisfied with Lewis' attitude, he had to admit that the field of art records was indeed not suitable for him to set foot in.Because the artist resources in the entire serious music circle are very scarce, they have basically been monopolized by the two major record companies.Moreover, the production cost of art records is extremely high, and there is no special distribution channel, which is the rhythm of losing money.

To put it simply, an art record needs a symphony orchestra at every turn. Can your ordinary record company find such a large recording studio?Moreover, art records are all in cooperation with the latest sound technology. When pop music was still excited about stereo, other art records were already playing Dolby 5.1.When popular music was upgraded to Dolby 2.1, Renjia Art Records had already tested Dolby Atmos with Dolby Laboratories.

Of course, this is also related to the money of other art record lovers.You must know that a set of Dolby Atmos equipment is not affordable for fans who sell idol records, so the prices of works of art record companies are surprisingly expensive.People's standard equipment is a CD that supports Dolby Atmos, which is for fans to show off their equipment; and then a beautifully made and textured vinyl record, which is for fans to show off their taste; It is necessary to present a live DVD or bd recorded on the spot, which is for fans to show a sense of superiority in front of their family members.There are not only so many discs in a set of products, but also a variety of outer packaging.For those who like to show off their equipment, they provide metallic and technological packages; for those who like to show off their taste, they will satisfy you with wooden boxes and leather packages.

Sun Ping thought that his own Hurricane record could not play so many tricks, so he nodded in approval of his words.

Seeing that Sun Ping recognized himself, Lewis said quite proudly, "Mr. Sun, we intend to sign your three piano albums and your disciple's five piano albums for 200 million US dollars and 150 million US dollars respectively. Of course, according to According to the rules of our recording industry, if the sales volume exceeds platinum, we will provide an additional bonus of 5% of the sales volume. If there is no problem, can we consider signing a contract?"

Sun Ping himself is also an executive in the record industry, so he naturally knows that US$150 million to sign five albums is indeed considered a high price among newcomers.But Sun Ping's expectations for Jin Weijia were not that low.He planned to wait for Jin Weijia to practice in the youth group of the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, and then go directly to the Bach Piano Competition in the United States to participate in the main competition.If Jin Weijia can win the Bach Piano Competition, then the worth of 150 million is simply a joke.Want to know which one of the champions of the Bach Piano Competition is not a signing fee of more than 500 million US dollars?

Thinking of this, Sun Ping smiled and said, "Why don't we talk about it after the game? Jin Weijia is still a child. Talking about signing with him now will disturb his rehearsal."

Lewis naturally heard that this was Sun Ping's polite refusal to him, but he didn't feel particularly disgusted.To be honest, he asked Sun Ping to talk to him, which is also a way of casting a net.Every year, there will be a few newcomers who seem to be geniuses in the piano world, but how many of them really become geniuses in the end?And there are even fewer people who have transformed from geniuses to everyone.

After exchanging pleasantries with Sun Ping, Lewis left with an excuse.Sun Ping didn't expose Lewis' intentions either. When it came to business, he continued to talk if he could, and went his own way if he couldn't.