Dragon's Origin

Chapter 463: The Madness Caused by Music (Part 2)

It was easy for the forces of the various princes to unite and inquire about the whereabouts of a group of people, even if those people were in the capital. Soon, the information about these people was sent to the desks of various parties.

However, looking at this information, people from all sides frowned. The reason was simple: these people were all in the Duke's mansion, in Wang Sheng's residence. If they didn't want to directly conflict with Wang Sheng, they shouldn't think about targeting these people.

However, currently, only the capital had a grand theater, and only the capital had the Royal Symphony Orchestra. This meant that only the capital could perform those magical pieces of music, and nowhere else.

How could this be allowed? Wasn't this just letting the royal family dominate while leaving all the other families behind? Which prince could tolerate this? If they didn't put some pressure on the royal family at this time to come forward and communicate with Wang Sheng, when would they?

Just as the various parties were determined to take action, the next piece of news was immediately transmitted.

The royal family invested in building a Royal Academy of Arts in the capital, specially inviting grandmasters in music, dance, and architecture to teach. Anyone who wanted to learn could apply, and as long as they could pass the assessment of these grandmasters and pay a certain tuition fee, they could enter the Royal Academy of Arts to study.

As for the content of the study, the royal family also clearly released it. The repertoire currently played by the Royal Symphony Orchestra, instrument playing skills, and so on were all available. At the same time, there was also an advanced class. The advanced class would teach how to build a grand theater, how to set up formations, how the members of the orchestra and the theater could form spiritual energy resonance, and so on. It could be said that all the things that the major forces were interested in were taught in the advanced class of this Royal Academy of Arts.

It sounded incredible. Such advanced skills could be learned just by paying gold coins? But this was the content of the official document issued by the Emperor through the Ministry of Rites to the various vassal states, and it also had the Emperor's imperial seal on it, so it couldn't be fake.

Could it be learned without paying any price? Why was this style so familiar? Everyone immediately thought of Wang Sheng. Wang Sheng seemed to have this style. It looked like you didn't have to pay any price, but in reality, you wouldn't pay less.

Wang Sheng actually had only one characteristic: he was greedy for money! As long as you paid enough gold coins, you could learn anything. With the Emperor's document and Wang Sheng's style, everyone immediately believed it. That's right! As for the initial requirement to pass the assessment of the grandmaster, that wasn't even a condition.

If you had no foundation, how could this Royal Academy of Arts teach you? Of course, only people with a certain foundation could study.

The various princes and their important officials discussed it and suddenly realized that the originally complicated and difficult matter had now become so simple. In the end, it was just to discuss with Wang Sheng properly, and any conditions could be negotiated!

Since that was the case, what were they waiting for? The various parties immediately searched for suitable candidates in their own territories. In the past, whether they were architects or musicians, they were all inferior people who served the officials of the various princes. Now, suddenly, these people became popular. If they wanted people to be loyal, they had to honestly treat them as people, respectfully and politely invite them, and then try to make them loyal. Otherwise, if they learned and then joined another family, wouldn't it be a waste of effort?

Of course, in addition to finding people, there was also an important thing, which was to honestly prepare a large number of gold coins. With Wang Sheng involved in such a powerful thing, they shouldn't think about getting it cheap. But for all parties, anything that could be bought with gold coins was easier than killing many people, and it was worth it!

The various princes also speculated about the Emperor's thoughts. After thinking about it, they found that this was not a threat to any party. For the Emperor, in addition to gaining a little reputation, it seemed that he didn't get much actual benefit. At most, he would just split some gold coins with Wang Sheng.

From this starting point, this matter was completely feasible. The various princes quickly took action. There were countless musicians and architects in the world. Once they changed from being inferior people to being popular, after learning the reason, they were moved to tears of gratitude for Wang Sheng and the Royal Academy of Arts.

Suddenly, the trend of promoting music made many ordinary people confused. When the various countries sent people to invite those music grandmasters who had been living in seclusion in the territories of various countries, they suddenly found that they were one step late. Those grandmasters had already received an invitation from Master Yu and set off for the capital. The one who received the letter the latest had already set off for about five days.

When the representatives of the various countries returned disappointed, Wang Sheng had already received more than a dozen grandmasters of various instruments in the Duke's mansion. Master Yu had invited about twenty people, and there were still more than a dozen on the way.

These dozen or so who had arrived were completely here for Master Yu's sake. On the way, they had already heard various legends about the Royal Symphony Orchestra. After arriving at the Duke's mansion, they realized that it wasn't just the orchestra, but also a considerable number of new instruments, including the piano, as well as so many unheard but incredibly beautiful pieces of music, and even the staff notation, a powerful weapon that musicians couldn't resist. Before Wang Sheng could invite them, they had already taken the initiative to stay and didn't plan to leave in a short time.

These newly arrived grandmasters did not immediately participate in the performance, but first appreciated a complete concert in the small theater of the Duke's mansion. The beautiful music, the beautiful melody, and the ubiquitous spiritual energy resonance directly convinced these grandmasters.

After listening, Master Yu only slightly invited them, and these grandmasters did not hesitate to agree to join the Royal Symphony Orchestra, and at the same time indirectly agreed to the request to teach at the Royal Academy of Arts.

For these grandmasters, it was a pleasure to play music with Master Yu, a music grandmaster who shared their aspirations, and to cultivate younger generations so that there would be successors, and to greatly improve the status of musicians, and also to have a large income. Why not?

Almost every grandmaster who came here followed the same process: first listen to a concert in the small theater, then experience the charm of new instruments such as the piano, and finally agree to stay, and then immediately learn staff notation. Don't look at the fact that they are already old, but they learn staff notation no slower than those young lads.

As more and more grandmasters arrived, Wang Sheng also began to look forward to it more and more. He looked forward to these grandmasters being able to run in and quickly adapt to the symphony orchestra's score and conducting style. When they could all participate, Wang Sheng could feel what kind of cultivation incentive effect an orchestra with an average level of grandmaster would bring.

The kind of feeling, just thinking about it makes people feel expectant.