Wang Qian stood in the middle of the podium, looking at the sea of faces in front of him that seemed to have no end in sight, and his heart was as calm as water.
In the past six months, Wang Qian has witnessed various big scenes.
Moreover, after living a new life, my mentality has gradually become calm. I can accept any situation calmly and think calmly.
Some eyes were looking at him expectantly, some teasingly, some happy, some disdainfully, but Wang Qian didn't have any thoughts on it.
He was just here to give a lecture!
Wang Qian smiled faintly, looked at everyone and said, "Today's class was very hasty and unexpected. When Professor Max came to Los Angeles to invite me, I originally refused. Because I have been too busy and too tired recently, and I really want to go home and rest quickly."
"But I couldn't refuse the sincerity of Professor Max and Juilliard School."
“So, I accepted their invitation.”
"From yesterday when I accepted Professor Max's invitation to today when I gave my lecture, I didn't have any time to prepare. I was either sleeping or traveling on the plane."
"to be honest… "
Wang Qian paused for a moment and said self-deprecatingly: "I'm still not sure what I'm going to talk about in this class."
There were some low murmurs of discussion at the scene, and many people looked at Wang Qian with a hint of ridicule, as if they were waiting to see a good show.
"It's too much of a joke."
"It's disrespectful to all of us to not be prepared at all."
“There’s not a bit of artist rigor in this.”
"It is impossible for such a person to become a great musician."
"Haha, let's watch the show. It's going to be fun soon. Many people may not be able to resist."
The area in the front is relatively quiet. People here are basically world-renowned artists, representatives from top universities, top celebrities and wealthy people, etc. So even if they are interested, they remain polite and restrained and do not whisper to each other.
There were more discussions in the middle and back rows.
Therefore, Wang Qian could not hear the discussions in the middle and back rows, and continued, "Besides, I think that everyone here today is a master in the music and art world, and they will definitely not let me give a conventional lecture."
Many people smiled when they heard this.
Many of them do have ulterior motives and are just waiting for an opportunity to cause trouble.
They didn't feel embarrassed at all after Wang Qian said it so bluntly.
The people from the TV station's live program crew were watching the TV screen from the back, monitoring the live data in real time. Everyone was quite excited at this moment.
The person in charge smiled excitedly and said, "The global viewership has exceeded 300 million since the show started. He is worthy of being Professor Wang Qian. I have heard that Wang Qian is the focus of the world. No matter what he does, there is no lack of attention and viewership..."
Diana, as the second-in-command of the show, was very calm about this.
Because she was transferred from the World Championship program team and had personally witnessed the ratings miracle created by Wang Qian in the World Championship. She was not happy about the viewership data of only more than 300 million people. The TV station expected a starting number of 1 billion viewers for this live broadcast.
Otherwise, hundreds of millions of dollars in live broadcast copyright fees will not be earned back.
However, Diana believes that with Wang Qian's popularity and expected performance, attracting one billion viewers around the world will be a piece of cake.
Even if Wang Qian did nothing but stand there and chat, the number of viewers would slowly climb to the billion level.
This is the charm of Wang Qian.
Irresistible.
Diana stared at the podium with ease, as if she was really chatting casually with many students, her eyes full of admiration.
She believed that no one in the world could stand on the podium in front of so many top artists, masters, celebrities and wealthy people and still be so relaxed and comfortable.
With the status of Kristen and others, they can only sit in the middle and back rows!
This shows how high the standard of the audience of this class is.
Far away in Los Angeles.
The production crew of the World Championship, which had already finished, gathered together to watch Wang Qian's live lecture. They also obtained real-time viewership data through their relationship with the TV station.
Although, now Wang Qian’s live lectures have nothing to do with the program team.
However, the program team is still paying close attention to Wang Qian's subsequent popularity, with mixed feelings.
On the one hand, we hope that Wang Qian can continue to maintain extremely high attention and popularity, which will prove the success of the World Championship and also bring continued popularity to the subsequent World Championship. After all, Wang Qian came out of the World Championship stage.
On the other hand, because Wang Qian refused to cooperate with them in the future, they hoped that Wang Qian would quickly suffer a Waterloo and be abandoned by fans and audiences. That would prove that they had no cooperation with Wang Qian and it was not their loss.
The atmosphere in the quiet meeting room was broken by the sound of a phone call.
Oni answered the phone, said a few words and then hung up, with a half-smile on his face, "According to the TV station, the initial audience was only over 300 million. It's less than one-tenth of our peak period..."
The North American copyright representative immediately laughed and said, "Hahaha, I knew it would be like this! After he leaves our stage and resources, he will slowly become an ordinary celebrity singer and it will be impossible for him to continue to maintain his super high popularity and appeal."
The others also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Refusing to cooperate with us is definitely the biggest loss in his life."
"He may take the initiative to seek cooperation with us in the future."
"We can reject him then."
"If he is willing to accept the same contract as Adam and the others, we can accept him."
Several people were discussing excitedly, venting their negative emotions, and were all very proud.
Only Zhou Qinghua and the representative of the island country seemed calm. They did not say anything and just watched the live broadcast.
In the picture.
Wang Qian put his hands behind his back, looked at everyone and said, "Since there will definitely be people here who have questions for me, then I will not give a lecture to avoid being interrupted. Let me ask first, who here has questions that they want to ask me? Now, you can raise them..."
The members of the production crew who were watching the TV screen fell silent and stopped discussing.
Several people looked at Wang Qian on the TV screen with surprise.
No one expected it.
This is actually how Wang Qian teaches.
Such an opening remark is equivalent to declaring war directly to all the music masters present!
Isn't this just asking for trouble
Suddenly, everyone stopped paying attention to the ratings and started concentrating on watching the live broadcast, wanting to see what would happen next.
In fact!
Many viewers who were watching the live broadcast were shocked at this moment. No one would have thought that Wang Qian’s lecture would start like this.
Everyone who has watched Wang Qian’s lecture video at Curtis knows that there will always be people asking deliberately difficult questions in Wang Qian’s class.
But they didn't expect it.
Wang Qian took the initiative at the beginning and let these people come out on their own.
All the viewers sitting in front of their TVs watching the live broadcast were looking at the screen very carefully, looking forward to what would happen next.
Diana and others in the background could also clearly see that the ratings began to soar!
In just a few seconds, the number increased from more than 300 million to more than 400 million, and then quickly rushed towards more than 500 million viewers.
Except for Diana, all the staff members of the program team were extremely excited. If they were not too close to the podium, they would have shouted loudly to vent their excitement.
…
The scene returned to silence at this moment.
The discussions disappeared.
Thousands of eyes in the audience were staring at Wang Qian.
Everyone at the scene felt it most clearly, and no one expected Wang Qian to take the lead.
Max and other teachers, students and senior executives of Juilliard School were all nervous and worried. They didn't know what would happen next or what the fate of Juilliard School would be.
If Wang Qian messes up this class, Juilliard School will also suffer huge losses.
At the very least, the ranking will surely drop significantly next year, and it may even fall out of the top ten. It will not be possible to enter the top three again in at least ten years, and there will be no chance to chase the first place in fifty years.
Even with Juilliard's background, they cannot afford to mess up such an important matter in front of the whole world and the entire world music and art community.
Max heard the principal whisper beside him: "He should quietly talk about the nocturne he played last time..."
Max smiled wryly and nodded, agreeing to the suggestion.
Many people at the scene were very interested in Wang Qian's Nocturne in E flat major, and would definitely listen quietly to Wang Qian finish the piece.
pity…
Wang Qian didn’t!
There was silence at the scene for a few seconds.
Wang Qian looked at everyone quietly.
Thousands of eyes continued to stare at Wang Qian with various emotions.
For a moment, no one spoke.
Wang Qian stopped talking.
No one in the audience stood up to ask questions.
It was as if time had stood still.
Many young people were so nervous that they couldn't breathe.
One person fights against the gazes and aura of thousands of people in the audience, not a single ordinary person among them.
This kind of aura and charm made everyone in the audience recognize her.
All the viewers around the world who were watching the live broadcast were shocked.
Many passers-by and spectators have deeply remembered Wang Qian’s image at this moment.
After a few seconds of silence.
Wang Qian smiled and said, "No one has any questions? It seems that I am overthinking..."
After saying that, Wang Qian turned and walked towards the blackboard, wanting to write down the score of the Nocturne in E flat major and start his lecture today step by step.
Many people who wanted to watch the fun were a little disappointed at this moment.
Max and other people from Juilliard School breathed a sigh of relief, feeling fortunate and proud, as if Juilliard School's reputation still had some effect.
Sophie, Liu Shengnan, Yu Jingruo and other people who cared about Wang Qian breathed a sigh of relief!
But…
At this time.
A middle-aged man in the middle area raised his hand and said in a strong voice in the quiet atmosphere: "Professor... I have a question for you."
The quiet scene suddenly became agitated.
Thousands of eyes in the audience immediately moved from Wang Qian to the middle-aged man who raised his hand.
The middle-aged man, who had originally had a calm expression, immediately became extremely nervous. Under the gaze of thousands of eyes with complex emotions, he felt like he was going to collapse in an instant.
At this moment, he felt a sense of recognition and admiration for Wang Qiancai.
Looking at Wang Qian on the podium, looking into the eyes of thousands of people for such a long time and still appearing relaxed and calm, is enough to show that Wang Qian's mental quality is absolutely incredibly strong.
"That's Laus Hansen, the violinist who graduated from the Vienna Conservatory!"
"It turned out to be him. He is now one of the top young violinists in Europe. After the current top ten violinists in the world retire, he has a great chance to become the next generation of top ten violinists in the world..."
“I saw one of his violin recitals and it was really great.”
"What does he want to do? Isn't Wang Qian's class about piano? What does a violinist want to ask?"
Hearing the discussions around him, Ross Hansen couldn't help but break out in sweat on his forehead.
This is more stressful than when he gives a concert in front of two or three thousand people.
Wang Qian, who was on the podium, walked to the blackboard, stopped, looked back at Laws Hansen, and asked, "Oh? Who are you? What do you want to ask?"
Laus Hansen stood up, feeling much less stressed. Most eyes were no longer focused on him, and the discussion was much quieter. He immediately replied to Wang Qian, "I'm from Europe, and I graduated from the Vienna Conservatory of Music. My name is Laus Hansen. Nice to meet you, Professor Wang Qian."
Wang Qian nodded and smiled politely at Laws Hansen, then extended his hand without saying anything, inviting Laws Hansen to continue.
Laus Hansen looked at Wang Qian on the podium. Due to the distance, he couldn't see him clearly, but he could clearly feel his casual and confident attitude and aura, just like when he had just entered the Vienna Conservatory of Music and faced those top music masters who were giving lectures on the podium.
Now, it was as if Wang Qian was a top master of musical art and all their audiences were just ordinary students.
Laws Hansen once again felt admiration for Wang Qian, and he quickly said, "I'm glad to meet you, too, Professor. My question is, you said last time at the Curtis Institute that all your musical knowledge and abilities were learned by yourself. I really like the violin piece you played last time, and I have carefully studied the violin score you published."
"I must admit that you played that violin piece more movingly than any other violinist I have ever seen."
"I want to know, if you can develop your violin playing to such a level, why don't you continue to improve your violin playing and become the most famous master violinist of all time?"
"I also want to know, how many instruments can you play? What instrument are you best at?"
"Sorry, it's just a question out of curiosity, if you're offended."
Laws Hansen's three consecutive questions made the scene quiet again for a moment.
Everyone's eyes were once again focused on Wang Qian on the podium.
This is also a question in many people's minds, especially those in the field of music and art, who are particularly concerned about this issue.
Why can you, a person who just started learning music, play several instruments to the level of the top performers in history
Why don't you develop your skills in one instrument
How many musical instruments do you know
What instrument are you best at
Wang Qian's performance in the World Championships and the last Curtis College made everyone who followed him have these questions.