On this spring and warm night, Vienna's early spring night brought a warm night breeze, which lifted the skirts of the guests, adding a little softness to such a romantic night.
As the most important national treasure symphony orchestra in Austria, the last stop of each tour of the Vienna Philharmonic is bound to be in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Friends of Music Association building.
This large-scale symphony hall, standing in Austria for hundreds of years, has witnessed the rise and fall of countless symphony orchestras, as well as thousands of geniuses in the history of human classical music. It has gone through vicissitudes, but never grows old.
Gentlemen and ladies dressed in orthodox fashion stepped on the red carpet under this ancient building with their most beautiful gestures. Tonight is one of the biggest performances of the year for Wei Ai, and the word "solemn" is no longer enough to describe the mood of the fans.
In the middle of the last century, the world's major opera houses and concert halls once had such a rule: "All audiences must wear formal attire to attend." This seemingly unreasonable rule can still be seen in some comedy films. Shadow, but in fact, even now, most music fans have acquiesced to this long-awaited rule.
Whether it is symphonic music or opera, they are all solemn and elegant works of art. Every audience must listen and appreciate with the most pious attitude, so as to live up to the composers, conductors, symphony orchestras... Everyone is behind the silent efforts. blood!
I don't know if it is because of the warmer weather, there are especially many music fans coming to the Golden Hall tonight, and even Mr. Tuckerman, the manager of the Victoria Philharmonic Orchestra, sighed this morning: "All the tickets were sold out last week. SOLD OUT! God, who said the last two decades have been a low point for classical music? Our fans are still very enthusiastic!!!”
If Mr. Tuckerman were to sit in the audience and listen for a while now, he might understand why this year's concert was such a terrifying sensation.
What is the most irresistible marketing in the world
It's word of mouth marketing.
When a person says this thing is very good, a more determined person may be able to scoff and wonder, "Is it a blow?". But when two people say that this thing is very good, people with average willpower have already begun to be moved. What if it's three, four, five... hundreds of people? !
Then this must be a very, very good thing!
When countless music media compliment Wei Ai's tour this year, even if they are not fans of Wei Ai, they can't help but come all the way from their own country curiously, wanting to listen to this song. How wonderful is the band.
When Qi Mu was sitting on the stool in the backstage and carefully wiping his rosin, Mr. Tuckerman excitedly walked to the center of the band members and said excitedly: "Oh my friends! You know what's here today. person?!"
"I just saw Mr. Evra, the chief commander of the diplomatic relations, in the audience!"
"Hey, I also saw Master Evra, and the black fat Jasco from Weijiao is here too!"
"I also saw Mr. Richard, the cellist, sitting in the second row!"
"And Master Lance! Master Lance is here too! Oh yes, I remember he seems to know Xiao Qi. Did he come for Xiao Qi?"
Seeing that the topic turned to himself, Qi Mu reluctantly put down the rosin in his hand and nodded with a smile: "Yesterday I went to Master Lance's house and gave him the invitation letter, and Master Lance said that he has been very leisurely recently. , I just want to come and listen to our concert."
"Oh Xiao Qi! You are so lucky to be able to enter the house of my idol Master Lance!"
"Hey Chuck, don't you admire Mr. Bertram the most? How did you become Master Lance again?"
"Ellie, you don't understand, one is a life idol and the other is a male god, this is a different existence!"
"I just think you are scarier than my daughter..."
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In the first half hour of the concert, the members of the orchestra were able to laugh and chat a little. When the opening time was getting closer and closer, everyone stopped talking, but lowered their heads and began to prepare their own instruments, brewing emotions, and practicing feel.
Qi Mu took the rosin seriously and wiped the snow-white violin bow even more white. After preparing this step, he carefully opened the crimson violin case and put the slender and beautiful little princess Take it out.
During the two days of rehearsal, Qi Mu only used this "Edith" in yesterday's rehearsal. Besides that, he mostly used his original imitation violin.
After all, it has been through hundreds of years, and "Edith" needs to be cared for carefully and cannot be used for practice often. This is like the "cannon" that is collected and managed by the Italian government. It must be carefully guarded and taken care of, and it cannot be used for performances often.
However, the washing of years and the closure of chains cannot make such a top-level violin silent forever. More than 40 years ago, Master Akkad became the first violinist approved to "play with a cannon", and now, as his only student, Qi Mu also holds this "Edith", Get ready to take the stage in the Golden Hall.
After Qi Mu carefully adjusted the timbre and tried the feel, a warning sound had already sounded in the concert hall—
This means silence and the concert is about to begin.
Hearing the low and solemn warning sound, Qi Mu was taken aback for a moment, and only then did he realize that he was really going to be on that stage again.
It wasn't that Qi Mu never stepped on that stage in his last life. As the deputy chief of Weijiao, even he can't count how many times he has been there, but this time, although it seems to be the same identity, Qi Mu knows... There are some things that are really different.
"Xiao Qi, are you nervous?"
A gentle and beautiful female voice sounded from behind, Qi Mu turned her head and saw that Julie had come out of the pianist's lounge, standing beside him, looking at him softly. After all, it is a formal and grand concert, and Julie, who has always been bright and capable, also wore a long light blue dress today, which looked very solemn.
Qi Mu smiled slightly, but didn't hide it: "To be honest, I'm still a little nervous, Julie."
Julie patted Qi Mu's shoulder understandingly and asked, "Are you worried about that? Don't worry, although I can't help you with the second song, but the first song is with me, you have practiced so many times. , it must be a successful performance.”
Hearing this, Qi Mu smiled and nodded, sending a confident smile.
When the members of the orchestra began to enter the arena one by one, Qi Mu watched the members slowly disappear into the background.
Behind this curtain is the Golden Hall, where he was only one last step away in his last life!
"Hey Xiao Qi, don't hesitate any longer!"
With a smiling female voice, under Julie's prank, Qi Mu was pushed onto the stage at once. The roaring music in the auditorium almost shattered his eardrums, Qi Mu looked up at this splendid hall in a daze—
The painted murals outline complex patterns on the splendid golden walls, several towering arches, flowers everywhere, and the statue of the goddess of music flying around the wall, which proves everywhere that this place is really Golden Hall.
This concert hall is not big, but it is a dream place for countless musicians.
Qi Mu's eyes gradually became focused. He seemed to look at it for a long time, but it was only a moment. He took a step forward calmly, followed behind the previous violin team member, and walked to his seat to sit down.
Coming here is just the beginning, never the end!
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Berlin, night.
A tall and handsome man was standing in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, staring deeply into the distance. Reflected in the glass windows is the Spree River, which is dyed black by the night, as if it flows forward tirelessly.
"Min, tonight is Wei Ai's last tour, are you really not going?" The blond band manager opened the door and entered the room, rubbing his hair as he walked over and said, "Even though it's due tomorrow morning. There will be an orchestra member meeting in the second half of this year, but if you come back overnight, it's still too late."
A week ago, Bai Ai ended his current tour at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall. Their tour this time is still very good, attracting countless music fans to participate, and music critics and music media are also receiving praise.
Bai Ai is truly on a higher level - a lot of music critics say so.
But this kind of praise did not hinder the performance in the first quarter of 2017. Almost all symphony orchestras were occupied by Wei Ai, even Bo Ai was no exception.
Wei Ai has received countless praises. Even Bai Ai, who has always been evenly matched or even superior, was a little darker in this year's tour, and some couldn't compete with him.
In fact, it's not that Bai Ai's performance is really worse than that of Wei Ai, it's just that after the incident of "the chief shady" and "the level of the orchestra has been stagnant for several years", such a brand new Wei Ai will be even more shocking. .
According to Daniel's words: "Our performance is obviously better than theirs!"
Yes, your performances are not necessarily inferior to theirs, but your progress is far inferior to them.
Wei Ai is like a ball of wool that finds the right end of the thread. When they have a correct direction, they quickly break out of the "misunderstanding" over the years and move towards a higher place. Compared with this, Bo Ai's progress is slightly slow, and there is no more prominent feature.
It is precisely because of this that tomorrow's orchestra members' meeting is so important.
Jun Ting's brows slightly wrinkled, Min Chen sighed and said, "No need, if you want to come back tomorrow morning, the time is too short."
Daniel spread his hands helplessly: "Well, it's a pity that I couldn't hear the little angel's first performance in the Golden Hall... Oh no, this should be the second time, right? I remember when the little angel was 13 years old, it seemed Worked in the Golden Hall? Damn, was it 14 or 13…”
In the face of Daniel's question, Min Chen did not answer.
Is Qi Mu's second time on the Golden Hall
No, he knew, this should be the real "first time".