After looking into his heart completely, Qi Mu decided to put aside those troubled and dirty people and things before improving his strength. There are so many things he needs to do in the academy. For Qi Mu, making his violin more perfect is far more important than dealing with those things.
Therefore, Qi Mu asked Mr. Char to continue to inquire about the details of the matter in secret to see if he could find out more truth. At the same time in Paris, he also officially entered the Academy Orchestra of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Paris.
When Qi Mu was at the Geneva Conservatory in his last life, he was the deputy principal of the academy orchestra. At that time, the principal violinist of the Geneva Academy Orchestra was a year older than Qi Mu, and his skills and strength were almost the same, but the other's tutor was the dean of the violin department.
Before entering the Geneva Conservatory of Music, Qi Mu had not been taught by the top teachers, so when he first entered the school for a year, he was behind many people. Especially professional knowledge, and even some things that are considered common sense by classmates, he has a lot of ignorance.
Therefore, during the first two years at the Geneva Academy, Qi Muzhen practiced the violin diligently every day, trying to supplement some knowledge that she did not know like crazy. Finally, in the third year, he successfully became the deputy principal of the academy orchestra, and finally delivered his graduation speech as the grade representative.
This time, what he needs to do is to be the principal of the Academy Orchestra of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Conservatory in Paris. Although it is only a temporary appointment, Professor Akkad said that the orchestra will have a welcome performance next week, so Qi Mu must be ready.
So before the orchestra's assembly time came the next afternoon, Qi Mu came to the orchestra's rehearsal room early.
This is a large classroom of about 100 square meters. There are no desks, chairs, or podiums. There are only chairs arranged according to the seats of the musicians, and a conductor rack placed in front of the chairs.
The entire classroom is in the common baroque style of the college. The lighting is not as bright as that of Professor Akkad's piano room, but several windows have been carefully opened for ventilation.
When Qi Mu first came to the rehearsal room of the orchestra, there were only three or four girls sitting on the chairs chatting, and it seemed that they were all the musicians of the second violin group.
Qi Mu glanced at it from a distance, and before he went up to say hello, he saw a girl with short hair standing up in surprise, widening her round eyes: "You are Xiao Qi!"
Several other people also looked at Qi Mu in surprise—
"My God, my teacher said that Xiao Qi will come to temporarily take up Ange's seat. Is this actually true?!"
"Lina, you still don't believe me when I said that Xiaoqi will come, and it really came!"
"Didn't you say that Professor Akkad has always had a lot of homework assignments? How could Xiao Qi come when he has time?"
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It is said that three women are in one play. Qi Mu has never taken this ancient Chinese saying seriously, but... When he watched the three or four girls' surprise and attention to him at first, it had turned into a discussion of "who is it?" After the question, Qi Mu reluctantly helped her forehead, and finally understood a truth—
The ancients never lied to me.
It was probably after arguing for a while that he finally found out that something was wrong. The girl named Lina first walked up to Qi Mu's side and asked carefully, "That... Xiao Qi, do you really want to be the lead of the orchestra?"
Seeing the timid appearance of the little girl, Qi Mu smiled mildly and nodded, "Well, if nothing else happens... I'll be in the orchestra for at least half a semester."
The answer of "half a semester" obviously made these girls very disappointed. After they said a few more words, they began to introduce themselves.
Generally speaking, each student at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Paris will be guided by a dedicated tutor. In departments with relatively few students like the harp department, even "all professors teach one-on-one" is a common occurrence.
However, in the departments of violin, cello, piano and other departments with a large number of students, generally each tutor will bring three or four, or even four or five students.
Of course, among these students, there are those that professors attach more importance to, as well as the differences between ordinary students.
Take Derain, for example, who is a "closed disciple" that the professor attaches more importance to. Among these girls, the short-haired girl and Derain are also a mentor, but their level is a bit worse than Derain.
In addition, there are also professors like Professor Akkad who arbitrarily accept only one student, but after all, they are still in the minority.
Therefore, these girls are very envious of Qi Mu's one-on-one guidance from Master Akkad, and they are also glad that they have not encountered such a strict and demanding teacher.
After the other orchestra members gradually entered the rehearsal room, Lina quietly said to Qi Mu, "Xiao Qi, although our violin department welcomes you, there may be some people who won't treat you like that. friendly."
This made Qi Mu slightly stunned. He raised an eyebrow and asked with interest, "Not so friendly... I don't know what this means?"
The girl with short hair on the side said directly: "It's the guys in the woodwind group. They have always been jealous of Anger's ability to get the director's recommendation and directly enter the Munich Symphony Orchestra. Really, our senior Anger is very strong, and they envy them all. I can't be envious!"
While speaking, the girl who said this squinted at the boys who had just entered the rehearsal room, and she was very energetic.
Such a youthful atmosphere made Qi Mu couldn't help laughing—
He hadn't seen such lovely students for a long time, and he hadn't seen such a "blatant" provocation for a long time.
After leaving the academy, no matter which band they are in, all musicians must restrain their little emotions, so as not to offend others accidentally. This is like entering the workplace, it is impossible to do whatever you want, for fear of being stumped and retaliation.
Facing the worries of these girls, Qi Mu said calmly, "Maybe you think too much. Senior Ange's strength is really good, and they should also sincerely wish him..."
"Are you Xiao Qi?"
Before Qi Mu could finish speaking, he was suddenly interrupted. He turned his head to look in surprise, only to see that a boy from the woodwind instrument group who was standing at the door just now was standing behind him, looking down at him.
Um yes... it's bowing.
As a student of the music school, this boy rarely has the physique of a student of the sports school: he is muscular, and he is a head and a half taller than Qi Mu, and he looks like... maybe more than 2 meters.
The other party's tone was not very polite, but Qi Mu did not tremble. He calmly raised his head to look at the other party, and answered neither humble nor arrogant: "Well, I'm Qi Mu, may I ask you?"
Among such a group of Westerners with yellow hair and blue eyes, handsome and beautiful young Chinese people really stand out from the crowd (no derogatory meaning). Coupled with this young man's demeanor and elegant speech, many members who had just entered the rehearsal room couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Standing far away, I can only feel that this celebrity from the academy recently... really looks good.
And standing close, the impact is even greater. As a result, Qi Mu was surprised to see that the tall man who was still "aggressive" suddenly lowered his head "shyly" and said softly, "Actually... I want you to do me a favor." The boy took out a thin CD album from his backpack.
Qi Mu took it and saw that on the cover of the CD, a pair of beautiful and familiar hands were gently resting on the black and white keys, with slender fingers and well-defined knuckles. Wonderful and moving sound.
The boy coughed twice and said in a low voice, "I like Mr. Bertram's piano very much, that... I heard that you are very familiar with him, so I want to ask you to ask him for an autograph for me? "
Such a sudden request made Qi Mu stunned for a while, then he smiled and put away the CD, nodded and said, "Okay, I will send it to him and try to ask him to sign it for you."
Hearing this, the boy breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him again and again.
Qi Mu couldn't help laughing as he watched a tall man who kept bowing to him and thanking him. Before he could react, he suddenly saw a hula, and most of the members of the rehearsal room surrounded him—
"God, can you really ask Mr. Bertram for an autograph for us?"
"I also admire Mr. Bertram! Last time he came to our academy as a judge, I wasn't there!"
"Xiao Qi, you are so kind, please help me bring an autograph too, I'll bring it to you tomorrow!"
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After the congestion ended, Qi Mu had already received seven or eight albums, and there were more than a dozen pre-orders, which would be delivered to him tomorrow.
Qi Mu reluctantly packed up these albums and put them in the bag where he kept the sheet music with him. As soon as he got up, he turned his head and saw a young and lovely boy blinking at him. The boy looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a pair of azure blue eyes, as cute as a doll.
Qi Mu couldn't help but softened his heart and said with a smile, "Do you also want me to bring you Min Chen's autograph?"
"No... not really."
The boy shook his head vigorously, and under Qi Mu's surprised eyes, he took out a thin CD from his bag and whispered, "Okay... Could you please sign me?"
Light-colored eyes widened suddenly, and Qi Mu slowly looked down at the album. I saw that on the cover of the CD, the large characters "New York Philharmonic" were printed in cursive letters, and on the other side of the list of performers, a familiar name was listed as the principal violinist, Mr. Hook. Below his name, it reads—
Twilight Qi.
This is the album Qi Mu recorded with New Love at the Hong Kong City Ocean Music Festival last year.
Seeing the smooth as new cover of this album was preserved, Qi Mu's heart warmed slightly. He smiled and took the signature pen from the boy's hand, and signed his name on the blank space on the cover.
"Thank you for your liking, I will work harder."
The young man's soft voice made the boy blushed. He quickly ran to the back door of the band members, and Qi Mu also took out his violin. It didn't take long before the conductor, who was the assistant conductor, entered the room and began to introduce the new interim principal of the orchestra, whom almost everyone knew.
Under the gazes of nearly a hundred people, Qi Mu stared blankly at these young and immature faces, and an indescribable feeling emerged in his heart—
This is the first time he has actually become the principal of an orchestra.
In the next month or so, he will lead the orchestra, together with the conductor, to a higher place.
And this future...
"Hey Xiao Qi, our band has a rule, I don't know if you know it clearly."
Qi Mu, who is planning for the future: "… "
Qi Mu, whose thoughts were interrupted, coughed twice, turned his head to look not far away, a young man with brown hair standing at the end of the band with empty hands, smiled and asked, "This... I really don't know, I don't know. Can you talk to me?"
Hearing this, the brown-haired youth smiled and bared his white teeth. He spread his hands and said, "This rule is very simple. As the principal violinist of our orchestra, your level must be good enough. For example... Move" to within 3 minutes and 40 seconds?"
As soon as these words landed, the orchestra felt like a frying pan—
"Unlimited Motion within 3 minutes and 40 seconds? Did I make a mistake! I will be thankful for pulling it to 3 minutes and 50 seconds!"
"This is too embarrassing. When did our band have this rule, it was "Infinite Movement"!"
"That's right, Senior Anger seems to have only pulled it to 3 minutes and 47 seconds before, right?"
…
At the end, someone finally couldn't help shouting: "Hey, Kaijie, don't you beat Lanster twice because of Xiaoqi, and let the violin department get the first place in the evaluation, you are just doing such a bad move! Our orchestra doesn't have this rule! You're too bad, if you have the ability, you can play a piano piece by yourself and beat other people's Xiaoqi in the evaluation."
However, he saw that the piano boy named "Kaijie" shook his head disdainfully and said, "What does it mean that there is no such rule? Ange will replace him as the principal before he graduates, so he must be at a higher level than Ange. Well, if it can't reach 3 minutes and 40 seconds, I'll just say it casually, anyway, Lanster can pop up "Dante After Reading" that Mr. Bertram appreciates very much!"
Everyone was really disgusted by such yin and yang strange words, and they booed.
They naturally knew that "Qijie hates the violin department" is famous, and losing twice in a row made him very angry, so he deliberately made things difficult for Qi Mu today and took advantage of his words, which is also very consistent with his usual style. of.
Anyway, it's just a verbal loss, it's not a big deal, and it's impossible to lose a piece of meat.
However, the other members thought so, and Qi Mu looked at the young man with brown hair, but narrowed his eyes slightly, and a playful smile flashed across his clear eyes. Holding his violin in his hand, he suddenly stepped forward and looked at the brown-haired young man not far away.
In the chattering rehearsal room, the young man's low and pleasant voice seemed to have endless penetrating power, causing everyone's voices to stop abruptly—
"Since you want me so much to prove my strength, then..."
"Thanks for your invitation."
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Xiao Qi: Since I'm a little famous, few people dare to talk to me like this...
Fuwa: _(:з"∠)_Xiaoqi, pay attention to your image, this kind of overbearing president is not for you!
Min Shen: My little seven, any image is suitable!
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