The lounge for professors at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Paris has always been of high standard, comfortable and spacious enough. As for the room specially set up for Professor Akkad, it is even more well-lit and elegantly decorated.
Before Professor Akkad moved in, the academy had almost everything in place, including a double lock safe. Of course, there are many things that belong to Professor Akkad, such as...
This beautiful and gorgeous record player.
Pathe is a famous British record player brand. From the original rough record to the LP LP at 33 rpm, this century-old store has witnessed the history of record development and is one of the oldest record brands in Europe.
The silver and white record player of Professor Akkad was specially customized for "Reed Akkad" during the centenary of Pathe a few years ago, and the tonearm was also branded with Professor Akkad's name.
When Qi Mu first saw her, she was attracted by this exquisite and elegant record player. Records are the best at preserving the quality of symphonic music, so in classical music, if there is no cost calculation, most people will record on vinyl and sell it.
When Qi Mu took the record out of Professor Akkad's safe, Master Faller had already started debugging the record player. Seeing Qi Mu trusting the record to himself, Mr. Faller smiled and asked, "Where did you get such a beautiful record, Angel?"
Qi Mu didn't hide it either, he said directly: "Mr. Farrer, this was given to me by Min Chen when I was in Vienna. It seems that it recorded several pieces by Liszt, such as "Dance of Death", "Nuo Ma's Memories", all of which he recorded for the piano."
Hearing Qi Mu's words, Master Faller was slightly taken aback by the action of placing the record, and then he placed the record on the turntable more solemnly and carefully, while sighing: "It turned out to be Auston's song... Angel, Austen Don't be nice to you, he rarely makes records and rarely releases albums."
Hearing this, Qi Mu nodded in understanding.
He naturally knew that Min Chen rarely had any hairstyle albums, so in his last life, he only collected each other's "Chopin Complete Works" and a set of "Beethoven Selections". So when he received this record this time, he was quite surprised. If it weren't for the fact that he was too busy in the past two weeks and didn't have a record player himself, he would have listened to this record many times.
Qi Mu said with a smile: "In the recording of the album... it seems that Min Chen is a little less, but Mr. Faller, it's just a few albums that have been on the market. I feel very good after listening to them."
Mr. Faller was finishing the final debugging at this time, and calmly glanced at the smiling young man beside him. A strange thought flashed in his heart, "Did Angel realize that he respected me so respectfully as Mr., but always called Auston's real name so close," but soon, he smiled and shook his head, On the grounds that "young people are probably closer to each other", I persuaded myself.
"Okay, Angel, since it's this time... let's hurry up and listen to Auston Bertram's performance, haha!"
Qi Mu chuckled and nodded, and soon, Mr. Faller gently placed the stylus on the record.
A subtle "humming" sound began to sound with the rotation of the record. Qi Mu sat directly on the bench beside the record player and waited for the music to play, while Mr. Faller was sitting on the sofa a little further away. Enjoy leisurely.
At present, there are almost zero pianists in the world who can surpass Auston Bertram, so even Mr. Farrar does not mind enjoying such wonderful music at this moment. Of course, if there is another cup of coffee, then Even better.
After a brief silence, soon, a beautiful glissando sounded, which was Liszt's "Dance of Death".
These five variations seem to be a great pianist playing lightly, and Qi Mu can feel the speed and intensity of the rhythm just from the fast and hasty dance of the notes. Since he had seen Min Chen play this piece with his own eyes half a month ago, he suddenly heard it again, and the dazzling scene seemed to be playing back in front of his eyes.
Master Farrar also listened very well. He tapped the beat lightly with his fingers, with a smile of praise on his face—
Both the Berlin Philharmonic and the Dresden Symphony are the top symphony orchestras in Germany, but in recent years the latter has opened some gaps with the former. Even if Master Faller didn't want to admit it, he had to agree: it was indeed the man named Min Chen and Kedori Slaughter, the two of them created such a miracle.
Of course, the former is obviously more credited, at least in Dresden, no one can play such a beautiful and moving "Dance of Death".
After the song "Dance of Death" ended, within a few seconds, the song "Gorgeous Pointe Dance" suddenly played. Next, "Rigoletto", "Memories of Don Juan", "Hungarian Rhapsody" no.3 and no.7, and by the end of "Memories of Norma", Qi Mu was already immersed in the piano In the world of Sonata, it is impossible to extricate oneself.
Liszt was honored as the king of the Hungarian piano by later generations, not without reason. Just as Min Chen is recognized by most people as the king of contemporary pianos, there is really nothing wrong.
Although Qi Mu couldn't hear how Liszt played the piano more than 100 years ago, he absolutely believed that the gorgeous and melodious piano music he heard now would never be much inferior to the other party's, even... I'm afraid it will be comparable.
Thinking like this, after waiting for 30 seconds of silence in the lounge before the music played again, Qi Mu was stunned, then smiled and said, "Probably the recording of this side has ended, Mr. Faller, just put the stylus directly Lift it up and turn the record over again?"
Master Faller, who was sitting two meters away, nodded with a smile, and said in a low voice, "To Angel, just turn it over."
Hearing this, Qi Mu smiled and nodded. He raised his fingers and gently squeezed the silver-white metal tonearm. Before he could lift it, he suddenly heard a low, magnetic male voice: "Qi Mu?"
The movements in Qi Mu's hands stagnated for a while, and the light-colored pupils suddenly widened. He looked down at the black record that was "buzzing" in disbelief, and didn't seem to realize what he had just heard.
Master Faller raised his eyebrows and asked, "Huh? Besides recording the song, Auston also spoke? What language is this... Is it Chinese? It seems to say Angel's name?"
Before giving them much time to react, the voice on the record sounded again.
"Qi Mu." The man read it again seriously and solemnly.
Qi Mu's fingers holding the tone arm froze, he had already recovered his senses at this time, but he still didn't understand what was going on.
How could Min Chen record his voice on the record and say such weird things, saying his name all the time...
A strange feeling came to Qi Mu's heart. His fingers tightened slightly, as if he was about to catch the aura, but he quickly missed it.
And Qi Mu still doesn't know that it is his hesitation that prevents him from stopping this record as soon as possible!
"Qi Mu..."
"I like you."
The youth's light-colored pupils suddenly widened, and he subconsciously hurriedly moved his tonearm away from the record. But in the two seconds he hesitated, the low and pleasant male voice had echoed throughout the lounge, and Mr. Faller, who was sitting not far away, could hear it clearly.
Even though he speaks Chinese, the number of times Master Farrer has been to China in the past 40 or 50 years of his music career can no longer be counted with two hands. He might not be able to understand a long sentence, but even the simplest everyday phrases—such as "hello" and "good morning", etc., can even be spoken by Master Faller.
And among them…
Naturally includes this sentence expressing love in the simplest syntax—
"I like you. 』
Mr. Faller was stunned on the sofa. The always gentle and calm master raised his head and looked at the black-haired young man standing next to the record player. After a long time, he asked hesitantly: " … Angel… Was Auston just saying… does he like you?”
The young man standing in front of Mr. Faller had already bowed his head and turned his face to the side of the wall.
In the place where Master Faller couldn't see, the handsome young man's beautiful eyebrows and eyes were tightly wrinkled, and his beautiful lips were pursed tightly, but his ears were so red that they were about to drip blood. Moreover, at this moment, the red seems to be spreading on both sides of his cheeks, and soon, his entire fair and delicate face was completely red.
Qi Mu only felt that his heart was thumping thumping in his chest, his face was hot, and the fingers that had just moved his tonearm were shaking a little.
The whole world seemed to be covered with a layer of water mist around his ears, and even Mr. Farrar's voice seemed to be far away, only that sentence—
"I like you. 』
It kept ringing in his ears.
What exactly is going on? !
Just now... what he heard just now... what is it? !
Qi Muzheng was trying to force himself, and kept hypnotizing him because he had misheard, even though his reason firmly denied the fact that "with his ears, he could hear the wrong thing at such a close distance".
But in the next second, Mr. Faller's exclaimed voice made Qi Mu completely recover from his self-deception—
"My God! Reed!!! Auston confessed to Angel!!!!"
But for a moment, in a certain [Little Angel's piano practice room] discussion group: Min Chen: [… ]
Daniel: [Huh? ! ! ! ! !]
Reed: [Damn Auston! ! ! You actually did something to my lovely student! ! ! you devil! ! !]