As soon as he got off the plane and set foot on the land of City B, the cold wind blowing at him was like a knife, slashing straight at Qi Mu's face. He subconsciously tightened the thick woolen scarf, and then hired a taxi to his apartment.
Originally, Qi Mu was still thinking about whether to buy a car, but now, there may be no such concern for the time being.
If he really has the honor of being favored by Professor Akkad and accepting him as a student, then Qi Mu will leave for Paris for further studies, and he won't be staying in City B for long in a short period of time.
When Qi Mu arrived at the B City Symphony Orchestra the next day, the others didn't have any special reaction. They all congratulated Qi Mu on his successful performance at the S City Symphony Orchestra's Centennial Celebration. Only Du Sheng looked at him from afar. After a long time, he took him to Lao Tan's command lounge.
Mr. Tan has always been serious and old-fashioned, or people like him who have come from that era, almost all of them are more traditional and conservative, but they have the expectation and vision of wanting to break through and innovate.
I saw that the layout of this small conductor's lounge is very simple. Apart from a few random tables and chairs for resting and chatting and an old desk, there are only some trophies and pennants obtained by the orchestra.
After Qi Mu entered the house, he closed the door directly. At this moment, Tan Lao is watching the performances of the next season. After seeing Qi Mu and Du Sheng enter the house, he put the materials in his hand aside, looked up at Qi Mu, and said, "Xiao Qi, this time The performance in s city was very good."
The orchestra has been busy recently, so Mr. Tan did not take time to rush to S City. However, after the concert the night before yesterday, many media magazines and people in the circle praised the success of the centennial performance. From yesterday to today So far, there have been large-scale reports on this by major media.
Naturally, Mr. Tan also saw the rebroadcast of Huaxia CCTV last night. Even though the symphony delivered by radio waves is far less beautiful and shocking than the one on the scene, Mr. Tan also believes that the whole performance is very good, and at the end Qi Mu successfully overwhelmed the audience.
Hearing Tan Lao's compliment, Qi Mu smiled and nodded: "Thank you for your compliment, Tan Lao."
Mr. Tan didn't beat around the bush, he said bluntly: "You should have returned to City B by plane yesterday morning. Yesterday afternoon, I received a call from Wen Jun, and I know... Master Farrer Lewis and what you met."
Speaking of which, Qi Mu finally understood why Tan Lao and Du Sheng were looking for him.
He didn't deny it either. He nodded with a smile, "Yes, Mr. Tan, after I met Master Faller yesterday, he told me that he was going to recommend me to Mr. Reed Akkad as a student." After a pause, Qi Mu added: "Mr. Akkad is now a professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Conservatory in Paris."
Although Tan Zhenghui had already known about it during the call with Zhu Wenjun, when he really heard it from Qi Mu's mouth, he still felt a sense of disappointment and relief.
Sadly, if Qi Mu really goes to Paris, I'm afraid he won't be able to return to City B several times a year.
Fortunately, this child is finally about to start his studies, and he is under the guidance of Master Reed Akkad.
Before Mr. Tan spoke, Du Shengxian, who was sitting beside him, said with a smile: "Xiao Qi, I didn't expect you to go to S city this time, and there would be such a big piece of good news. Yesterday, Brother Du heard about it. At the time, I thought I had heard it wrong, but it was Reed Akkad, you must cherish this opportunity."
Hearing this, Qi Mu smiled gently and said, "Brother Du, you have really thought about it for too long. Mr. Faller just brought my album to Professor Akkad to listen to, and the master may not accept it. I'm a student."
Du Sheng shook his head and said, "Since Mr. Faller has already told you about this, he is naturally quite sure. Xiao Qi, you must go, you can't give up this opportunity. It's already a very special thing for Akkad to be a professor, and you can't be like last time."
Of course, Du Sheng was referring to Qi Mu's rejection of Professor Carl, but this time, Qi Mu had already made up his mind.
In the past six months in Huaxia, he has known a lot and grown a lot. Huaxia is his motherland, but what he needs more now is to learn more things and make himself stronger, so that Huaxia's classical music can be better developed.
"Please rest assured, Brother Du, if I really have the honor to be a student of Professor Akkad, I will definitely try my best to seize this opportunity." After a pause, Qi Mu looked at Old Tan again and said, "Tan You don't have to worry about me, I know what to do next."
Qi Mu's growth has long been seen in Tan's eyes. He looked at the handsome and beautiful young man in front of him, and suddenly felt that the other party seemed to have changed a lot.
He didn't have the stubborn rebelliousness in his memory at all. When they met, they would speak ill of each other, or even act directly. Now Qi Mu seems to be a tender and beautiful jade. Although he has tried his best to restrain the light, he can still see it at a glance. Discover the magnificence of this treasure.
After a long time, Old Tan finally let out a long sigh and said, "Xiao Qi, the first show of the tour at the beginning of next month... You can take Lao Du's place."
Qi Mu was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and it took a long while before he came back to his senses. He tightened his fingers slightly and asked, "Old Tan, what do you mean..."
Tan Zhenghui, who had been keeping his face straight, slowly showed a kind smile, he nodded and said, "It has been five months since you came to the orchestra, and you have been rehearsing with the orchestra for so long, do you want to be the chief once? You can't do it anymore? How did you become an assistant chief?!"
The content of what he said seemed to be a bit of reprimand, but Lao Tan's tone was very close and soft, and he was simply talking to a junior.
Old Tan said it casually, but hearing Qi Mu's ears made him stunned. Qi Mu couldn't believe his ears, but his top ear skills did not allow him to ignore Old Tan's words.
"Are you really... trying to make me the head of the first-round show?"
Qi Mu repeated the question in disbelief, which made Tan Lao suddenly stern and asked, "Why, don't you have this confidence?!"
Qi Mu immediately smiled and shook his head, and said confidently, "No, I have this confidence! Don't worry, I will definitely perform well!"
After Tan Lao smiled and said a few words to Qi Mu, he let him go out to practice with the orchestra.
In the quiet command lounge, when there were really only two people left, Tan Lao and Du Sheng, the serious and old-fashioned old man suddenly relaxed and looked at the ground in the distance without focus.
Du Sheng sighed and said, "Old Tan, Xiao Qi is probably true... he's leaving."
Tan Lao nodded, but did not speak.
"I didn't sign a long-term contract with him at first to prevent this day, but I didn't expect... This day came so quickly, it's only been more than half a year... "
When Qi Mu was recruited as the assistant principal of the B City Symphony Orchestra, Tan Lao used his personal connections and only signed a temporary contract with him. As long as three months of preparation time are given, both parties can submit their resignation at any time.
The official contract of the B City Symphony Orchestra is three years. Qi Mu is now in the golden period of growing up and learning alone. Mr. Tan didn't want him to spend such precious time on orchestra rehearsals, so he gave him such a temporary contract. .
But at this moment, no one thought that the role of this contract would appear so quickly.
After a long time, Tan Lao looked at Du Sheng and scolded with a smile: "Why, are you still not happy with Xiao Qi going to Paris?"
Du Sheng immediately retorted to himself: "Why, I'm not afraid that you will always be sad? Who doesn't know that you are always fierce all day long, but you are partial to Xiaoqi. Look, I will be in the position of the next tour. It's all left to Xiao Qi." Du Sheng didn't have any hint of jealousy in his words, he was just joking with a smile.
Old Tan raised his eyebrows: "I know I'm partial to him, so why are you still here? Why don't you go and guide Xiao Qi?"
Du Sheng laughed and said a few more words before leaving the command lounge. For a while, in the small and silent command lounge, only Tan Zhenghui was left silently watching the performance sheet in his hand, without saying a word.
After a long time, a long sigh came from the lounge. The sound was so shallow that it was quickly drowned in the air.
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Since Qi Mu confirmed that he will be the chief performer at the beginning of next month, the rehearsal of the entire orchestra has gradually entered the right track. Many orchestra members happily congratulated Qi Mu on this opportunity, but at the same time, they also knew that Qi Mu might leave the orchestra.
But no one took the initiative to mention this matter, and everyone still rehearsed seriously as usual.
Time passed like this for half a month. Just when Qi Mu thought he might not go to Paris, he received a call from Master Faller.
On the phone, Master Faller apologetically told Qi Mu that Professor Akkad's temper was too weird, and he was reluctant to use his mobile phone to contact Qi Mu in person. But at the same time, it also brought him good news.
"Angel, Reed likes your music very much. After he heard your "Liang Zhu", he has already decided to accept you as a student. Qi, you know, Reed has a very bad temper, he listened to you It took me two full weeks to reply to some of the songs, and today I'm happy to tell you—"
"Angel, come to Paris!"
When he got the news, Qi Mu was packing his piano case and planning to go home.
Suddenly hearing such an answer, Qi Mu's heart suddenly surged with indescribable complex emotions, so that after hearing the name "Angel", he didn't care too much.
There... it's Paris.
There... Reed Akkad as his teacher.
There... the world's top classical music masters.
There, is Europe.
For half a year, he—
Time to go back too!