Second Piano Concerto

When Qin Haiou came back from Caifeng, the Xiaopeng door had been completely decorated, and his piano was already in place.The next morning after returning to the town, he followed Yu Doudou to see it. When Tan Shuo got up at noon, he asked Tan Shuo to go to see it too.Now Tan Shuo is so focused on his works that he doesn't care about how well the small courtyard is decorated, but when he heard that there was a grand piano, his eyes lit up immediately, he grabbed two pieces of paper and folded them in his pocket. Excitedly followed.

Yu Doudou was very puzzled by this matter.She didn't have a good impression of Tan Shuo from the beginning, but she put him aside temporarily because she was busy with the decoration. Qin Haiou went out to play with Tan Shuo and others. Although she was worried, Qin Haiou would always be on the phone She spoke happily, apparently had a good time, and finally returned safely, so she didn't say anything more.But Xiaopengmen is different. It is a place carefully prepared for Qin Haiou's comeback. It needs comfort, quietness and enough privacy. It is best not to be known by irrelevant people.Yu Doudou really couldn't figure out why Qin Haiou trusted a small owner of a rice noodle shop so much that he took him to Xiaopengmen for a visit at the first time, but she had already given Qin Haiou a set of keys to Xiaopengmen. She couldn't stop Qin Haiou from inviting anyone over.After much deliberation, she failed to come up with a result, and finally decided to wait for Qin Haiou to come back before asking.She must know what is going on with Tan Shuo and why Qin Haiou is willing to tell him everything, otherwise she can't rest assured.

The weather is getting colder now, and the flowers of the two white orchid trees have withered, but the branches and leaves are still green, covering a corner of the yard in verdant verdure. There is a small table and three bamboo chairs under the trees.There is an old wooden couplet hanging in front of the main room's door - "□□ have never been visited by guests, and the Pengmen is now opened for you", which is where the name of this small courtyard comes from.The interior furnishings maintain the original simplicity and simplicity, and the newly added supplies are cleverly matched according to the same style, which not only facilitates the daily life of the new residents, but also does not destroy the sense of age of the old house.However, Tan Shuo was not interested in these details, so he walked around the room in a hurry and asked Qin Haiou, "Where's the piano?"

Qin Haiou took him to the door of the piano room and took out the key to open the door.This piano room is not only equipped with soundproof doors and soundproof glass windows, but also has special treatment on the floor, walls and ceiling. In addition to the grand piano in the middle, a set of sofas by the wall and a small box for storing music scores The bookshelves are all the furniture. At a glance, the focus is prominent without any extra distractions.The piano has been adjusted according to Qin Haiou's requirements, and it has been cleaned spotlessly. Not even a fingerprint can be seen on the smooth paint surface.

Tan Shuo hadn't seen such a good piano for a long time. He stood by the piano and looked at it for a while, rubbed the back of his finger against the shiny black board, and said to Qin Haiou, "Touch it and listen!"

Qin Haiou smiled, opened the piano cover and sat down to play a piece.After hearing this, Tan Shuo smacked his lips and said, "Hey, the sound of this piano is really nice!" As he spoke, he took out two pieces of paper from his pocket, flattened them and handed them to Qin Haiou, "You play this."

Qin Haiou took it over and saw that there was a short fragment written on each of the two pieces of music paper, only three or four lines long.As soon as he played it, he laughed immediately. These two short pieces of music reminded him of the ballads in the mountains. Tan Shuo's writing is not only full of charm, but also very suitable for playing on the piano.Qin Haiou touched it twice again, feeling very happy, and asked, "Is this your draft?"

"Huh? No," Tan Shuo was a little absent-minded, and turned his head to look around, "This is still far from the draft! Is there a pen here?"

Qin Haiou got up and went to the bookshelf to get him a pen. Tan Shuo saw the music score on the bookshelf and hurriedly said, "Take a copy of the music score too, any one will do."

Qin Haiou brought the pen and score over, and Tan Shuo grabbed the pen and lay down beside the piano, put the score on the two pages of paper, and began to make corrections on the paper.He quickly corrected one of the passages, and handed it to Qin Haiou: "Play again."

Qin Haiou played it several times and compared it with the previous version: "I think this one is better."

Tan Shuo nodded, and wrote and scratched on another piece of paper.Qin Haiou stretched his neck to read his writing, looked at his expression, and asked: "About the appointment... can I tell my manager now?"

Tan Shuo's pen paused: "It's up to you. But don't mention the matter of "Xinghai"."

"I won't." Qin Haiou said.

Tan Shuo didn't speak again, until he finished correcting the second piece of paper, then said: "Play this again."

Qin Haiou played according to the changes, and thought for a while: "I still think the one just now is better."

Tan Shuo was thoughtful, picked up the two pieces of paper and studied for a while, then suddenly muttered to himself, threw the pen away, turned around and left.

"Where are you going?" Qin Haiou was puzzled.

"You practice the piano, I'm going back!" Tan Shuo said.

Only then did Qin Haiou realize that he might have realized something suddenly, and wanted to rush back to write, so he didn't stay.Tan Shuo hurried out of the piano room, and disappeared outside the small courtyard door in a blink of an eye.

Qin Haiou didn't stay to practice the piano, he closed the cover of the piano, locked the piano room and courtyard door, and went back to the inn to find Yu Doudou.Both Yu Doudou and Chen Ganning were in the hotel room, and they were sitting in front of the computer browsing the photos of Qin Haiou's camera.Qin Haiou came in and sat down, straight to the point: "Sister Yu, I need to sign a commission contract."

"A commission contract?" Yu Doudou looked at him in surprise, "What commission? With whom?"

"That's right," Qin Haiou paused, considering his words, "Tan Shuo...he is actually a composer, I plan to commission him to write a piano concerto, and then perform this work at my comeback concert. "

The amount of information in this passage was too much for Doudou. She was stunned for a while, staring at Qin Haiou, and it took her a long time to respond: "Is he a composer??"

"Yes." Qin Haiou nodded.

"How is this possible!" Yu Doudou didn't believe it. "What is his background? Where did he come from? If he is really a composer, how could he sell rice noodles here?!"

This time Qin Haiou paused for a longer time: "...because of some personal reasons."

This is obviously not enough to convince Yu Doudou, her look and tone became severe: "Seagull, tell me carefully, what is going on with this person? How do you know these things? He is How did you know about you?"

Qin Haiou was silent for a while, and then described in detail what happened after he came to the ancient town.He skipped all the details related to "Xinghai". In order to convince Yu Doudou of Tan Shuo's character, he focused on how Tan Shuo helped him out of the predicament.As expected, Yu Doudou became more and more surprised as she listened to it. She did not expect that Qin Haiou's mental state would go through such a tortuous process. If things were really as Qin Haiou said, then Tan Shuo really contributed a lot.But the credit goes to the credit, the success or failure of the concert is another matter.As Qin Haiou's manager, Yu Doudou knows that he should thank Tan Shuo for his help to Qin Haiou, but does this mean that Qin Haiou can play Tan Shuo's work at the concert—and it is a work that will dominate the concert? For the large-scale work of the whole half, Yu Doudou thinks that this issue should be another matter.

"Even if this person's character can be trusted, are you sure about the quality of his works?" She asked Qin Haiou, "I have never heard of this person before, what works he has published, how is his reputation, and the box office. How is the appeal, do you know all of this?"

After she finished speaking, she waited for Qin Haiou's answer, but to her surprise, Qin Haiou's face suddenly showed a very complicated emotion - it seemed very embarrassed, but also very regretful, and there was even a hint of forced tolerance in it. Hidden anger.This kind of situation is really rare in Qin Haiou's body. Yu Doudou almost immediately concluded that Qin Haiou had something to hide from her, but for some reason, he refused or could not tell her.

Qin Haiou was silent for a while, and finally said dryly: "He has not published any works."

His voice was very deep, and it seemed that he found it difficult to even pronounce the words, but he quickly returned to normal after saying this, which does not mean that Doudou opened his mouth and continued: "But I have confidence in his creative level. I must do it, please prepare the contract as soon as possible."

Yu Doudou could hear a toughness in his tone that was not there before, and knew that direct persuasion would not be effective at the moment.Since she became Qin Haiou's manager, this was the first time Qin Haiou was so stubborn in front of her, and today's atmosphere was different from any previous discussion on performance arrangements.If this was an ordinary concert, Yu Doudou would probably make reasonable concessions according to Qin Haiou's preferences, but this is Qin Haiou's comeback concert, its weight and influence are extraordinary, and now it's halfway through Tan Shuo, a composer who is not well-known in the industry and has never published any works, and Qin Haiou actually intends to perform his new works at this concert, the risks involved are immeasurable, as long as there is a bit of common sense Anyone can imagine it, let alone a professional manager like Yu Doudou.

"Okay, I'll arrange the contract." Seeing that Qin Haiou couldn't listen to what he said, Yu Doudou slowed down and asked, "Did you discuss the other songs in the concert with Professor Wang?" ?”

She said this cleverly. On the surface, it seemed that Tan Shuo's works had been excluded from the scope of discussion, but in fact, if Qin Haiou consulted with Wang Yifu, it was impossible for Wang Yifu not to ask about all the repertoires in the concert.Based on Yu Doudou's understanding of Wang Yifu, she knew that Wang Yifu would definitely not approve of Qin Haiou's performance of such an unknown composer's work at the comeback concert.Qin Haiou can directly reject her opinion, but Wang Yifu's opinion has always had a decisive influence on Qin Haiou. Even if she can't persuade Qin Haiou, as a mentor, Wang Yifu can always do it.

She was thinking like this in her heart, but Qin Haiou said: "When I decide on the repertoire, I will find a suitable time to tell the teacher."

Yu Doudou stared at Qin Haiou, and was so shocked that he couldn't speak.For such an important performance, Qin Haiou didn't intend to discuss it with Wang Yifu at all. He wanted to decide everything by himself, and he didn't even consider Wang Yifu's opinion, just to ensure that Tan Shuo's work could be staged? !

"I have some ideas about the content of the contract." Qin Haiou said again at this time.

In a short period of time, Yu Doudou's several overt and secret objections all hit a wall. She could only suppress all the thoughts in her heart and organize her thoughts: "Say it."

Qin Haiou listed out his thoughts one by one without haste. He spoke very clearly and his meaning was very clear, obviously after a long time of deliberation.Yu Doudou suppressed the shock just now, and new shocks came one after another, because everything Qin Haiou said was in favor of Tan Shuo without exception. If all his opinions were written into the contract, then the contract would It can be said that Tan Shuo has all benefits but no harm, he has all the benefits, and all the risks and pressures are taken away by Qin Haiou.Yu Doudou had never asked Qin Haiou to sign such an "unequal treaty". Even if she really wanted to sign it, the pros and cons should be reversed, so when Qin Haiou finished speaking, she frowned deeply.

The commission Qin Haiou offered to Tan Shuo was a bit higher than the highest standard in the industry, but Yu Doudou didn't get entangled in the money issue, what she cared about was Qin Haiou's unusual attitude: "Seagull, I understand what you said, and I also understand that you want to thank Tan Shuo—"

"No, I'm not thanking him," Qin Haiou immediately interrupted her and shook his head, "Tan Shuo deserves all of this."

In fact, Tan Shuo should have deserved more, but no matter how Qin Haiou protects him in this contract, it is impossible to make up for his heaviest part of the loss.Thinking of this, Qin Haiou was naturally in a bad mood. He understood why Yu Doudou had such a reaction——Yu Doudou always made judgments based on his interests, and he had always trusted her judgment before. Never intervene, but this is the only thing Yu Doudou can't understand, and he can't explain it to her, so this time, he can only face all her doubts with a tough attitude.

"Sister Yu," he said, "I know you must have a lot of questions, but please believe me, everything I do is for a reason, I am not a whim or a whim, this is something I have to do I need your full support and I hope you will support Tan Shuo as much as I do because he is not only my friend but also one of the most talented and admirable composers I have ever met .”

When he said this, he still couldn't rest assured, and simply said a harsh sentence: "If I can't play his works, I won't come back."

Yu Doudou listened to Qin Haiou's words to this point, and it was no longer a matter of a few contract terms, and knew that it would be difficult to make more progress now.Originally, everything she did was for Qin Haiou's sake. It was impossible for her to ignore Qin Haiou's feelings.From just now, she has clearly felt that Qin Haiou's mood is a little depressed, but this does not seem to be aimed at her doubts, but rather seems to have been aroused by some thoughts, and according to observation, these things are likely to be related to Tan Shuo.

Until then, Yu Doudou finally realized that Tan Shuo's work is what Qin Haiou is most concerned about at present, and it is also the core of this comeback concert. The value of this work in Qin Haiou's heart is far higher than what it may bring. Qin Haiou would never put these two things on the scale to weigh the weight. It is almost impossible to get him to give up playing this work, because he didn't intend to discuss it with anyone from the beginning, whether it was her or Wang Yifu, I'm afraid he can't change Qin Haiou's decision this time.

"You know, we all support you." At this point in the conversation, even Yu Doudou couldn't come up with anything more for a while, so he could only use a tactic of delaying the attack first, "Don't think too much, concentrate on practicing the piano, and other things I will arrange things for you."

"Thank you, Sister Yu." Seeing that Yu Doudou seemed to agree, Qin Haiou also heaved a sigh of relief, nodded and stood up, "Go ahead, I'll go back first."