King of Classical Music

This open-air impromptu performance named "Feel Vienna, Exercise Performance Skills" started from the second day Qi Mu came to Vienna and lasted for three full days.

Vienna in late spring exudes the fragrance of flowers everywhere. Under the leadership of Qi Mu, he and Professor Arkad visited almost all the famous classics in Vienna.

Professor Akad had to admit at the end: "Xiaoqi... Maybe you really have the talent to be a geographer? You can understand such a complicated map, and you don't always go wrong..."

Qi Mu: "..."

Although the various small streets in Vienna are a little more complicated, "being able to understand maps" and "becoming a geographer" are still far behind, okay?

After finishing the impromptu performance, Qi Mu was planning to go back to the place where he used to live, but Professor Akad clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Xiaoqi, after waiting for three days, I finally got the first show Concert. Tonight’s concert by the British BBC Philharmonic Orchestra is the first performance we can hear after we came to Vienna.”

Hearing what Professor Akad said, Qi Mu was taken aback for a moment. After thinking for a while, he suddenly thought: "Teacher, could it be that you took me to various places for impromptu performances a few days ago...just to wait for the concert to start ?”

Professor Akad nodded with a childlike face, and said: "Yes, from today, there will be many good concerts in Vienna, enough for us to stay until the end of May."

Just as they were talking, the two walked together to a coffee shop next to the Vienna Music Friends Association building.After Professor Akad ordered a cup of coffee, he looked at Qi Mu and continued, "Xiao Qi, your skills are already very proficient, and you are also very impressed with the understanding of music. Opportunity to work with the band."

Hearing this, Qi Mu couldn't help but look solemn, nodded and said: "Yes, teacher, I have very few opportunities to cooperate with the orchestra."

Qi Mu was a member of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in his previous life. Except for being a reserve member in the first year and not performing a few times, he directly entered the first violin group, and gradually changed from an ordinary member to the deputy principal.

However, none of this means that he has the opportunity to work with the orchestra as the principal.

The principal violin of a symphony orchestra has a very honorable and sacred status, and corresponding to such honor is the strength that must be matched.A very good violin level does not mean that you can become an excellent first violinist, which usually requires a long time of rehearsal and accumulation.

Qi Mu has a superb sense of pitch, which makes it very convenient for him to rehearse with the orchestra, but this is talent rather than experience after all.What Qi Mu has always lacked is the rich experience of cooperating with the orchestra as the chief.

In the peaceful and quiet coffee shop, a soft female voice is singing elegant blues in a low voice.This coffee shop is not far from the building of the Friends of Music Association. Many people in the classical music industry will wait here before attending the evening concert.

Professor Akkad didn't put on any disguise for himself. Many people walked into the coffee shop to take a casual look and discovered this world-class violin master.Looking at the handsome young man sitting opposite the master, they immediately realized——

"Could it be... this is the Qi Mu who won No.1 in the last evaluation of the Paris National Superior Conservatory of Music?"

From time to time, people came to express their respect to Professor Akkad, and quietly looked at the master's most beloved student by the way.

After Qi Mu and Akad's coffee came to the table, Professor Akad mixed the sugar cubes with the coffee with a metal spoon, sighed, and said, "Actually, Xiao Qi... If you were born ten years earlier, I'm afraid You won’t have the worries you have now.”

Qi Mu looked up at Professor Akad, only to see the latter said helplessly: "Nowadays, the lineups of the world's major orchestras are basically complete, and even Bo Ai, who has always been 'never old and never changes', is in seven Eight years ago, Kedori was replaced as the principal, and now basically, the principals of all first-class orchestras are dominated by young people."

Hearing this, Qi Mu was stunned for a while, and then said after a while: "Indeed... But teacher, have you forgotten Wei Ai's chief violin master?"

Master Akad was stunned for a while when he heard the words, and then he said helplessly: "The teacher has forgotten about that old guy, yes, he is indeed not young, but he has cooperated with Dorenza for so many years. , should not leave Wei Ai in a short time."

Qi Mu smiled and nodded, without expressing his opinion.

Professor Akkad sighed, and said: "Even the academy orchestra of our Paris National Higher Conservatory has Ang as the chief. So even if he will graduate next year, you will graduate by then. It's not your turn to be the principal of the academy orchestra, Xiaoqi."

Qi Mu thought for a while and said, "Then teacher... can I start as an ordinary member of the orchestra?"

Hearing what Qi Mu said, Professor Akad shook his head seriously, and said, "No, Xiaoqi, before you came to Paris, you were the deputy principal of the second violin in the Symphony Orchestra of City B, and I have seen the performances of the assistant chief. As a member of the orchestra, I think you are already very good and don’t need more experience, but...you need experience as the chief.”

Qi Mu fell silent upon hearing this, and did not speak any more.

He also understands that he has been very familiar with how to cooperate with world-class orchestras after serving in the Vienna Symphony Orchestra for more than ten years.But... not everyone can have exactly that kind of opportunity, but it's a pity that Qi Mu was born in such an unlucky era.

Professor Akad said with a smile: "However, Xiao Qi, the matter of 'having many strong opponents' is actually a good thing for you. It is precisely because you have so many opponents that you can Go observe and learn. So, the era you were born in is not only a cruel era, but also a beautiful era.”

Listening to Professor Akad's words of encouragement, Qi Mu nodded lightly, with a gentle smile on his handsome face: "Yes, teacher, I will definitely work harder."

Professor Akad nodded approvingly, and the two quickly left the coffee shop and walked into the building of the Friends of Music Association.

The British BBC Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the top symphony orchestras in the UK. Their musical style tends to be romantic, very elegant and gentle.After five symphonies in one night, applause broke out many times throughout the audience, and an encore was presented at the end.

This time the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra did not perform in the Golden Hall, but performed in another concert hall in the building.However, when Qi Mu walked into the building of the Friends of Music Association again, he still couldn't help but tighten his heart slightly, and an indescribable feeling flooded up.

The last place he stayed in his previous life was in this building.

This small three-story building that has stood for more than 200 years has allowed countless masters of classical music to perform in it and spread their music to the world.Here is the world's top concert hall - Golden Hall, which also brings together music masters from all over the country.

Qi Mu managed to maintain his composure, and did not show any emotion in front of Professor Akad.He accompanied his mentor and greeted many of his old friends. Master Akad also introduced Qi Mu to these world-renowned masters, which can be regarded as expanding his network.

Having a famous mentor, from a certain aspect, means that Qi Mu has inherited the master's various connections and factions.

The next day, Professor Akad took Qi Mu to meet a world-renowned cellist. The three chatted for a long time at the master's home. In the afternoon, Professor Akad asked Qi Mu to go on his own. After leaving, he still wants to catch up with his old friends for a while.

Qi Mu smiled and said goodbye to Professor Akad and the cello master, and left the small building.

Standing on the quiet and secluded streets of Vienna, it has been 4 days since Qi Mu stood alone in this elegant and warm city for the first time, truly gaining the opportunity to move freely.

He looked up at the blue and clear sky in a daze, and he didn't know how long it took before he gradually came back to his senses.After looking around, Qi Mu knew where he was. He found the nearest subway entrance familiarly, and got on the subway line that had been on for more than ten years.

When he got out of the subway again and saw this familiar scene engraved in his bones, Qi Mu stood blankly for a long time without returning to his senses.

The dessert shop on the street is still the same as it was eight months ago. It likes to put tulips outside the shop; the owner of the small cafe opposite still likes to move a deck chair to the front of the shop in the afternoon to bask in the sun leisurely.

Qi Mu raised his footsteps and walked a few steps forward. Soon, there was a loud piano sound from the small building on the side.The little boy who didn't have much musical ability was practicing the piano day after day, but he still didn't see any progress.

Qi Mu walked faster and faster, and when he turned a corner and suddenly saw the house he had lived in for ten years, he stopped suddenly, not knowing for a moment whether he should go forward , or retreat.

After a long time, he walked slowly to the side of the road opposite the apartment and stopped.

The young man leaned back against the masonry wall, as if he had just been exposed to the sun for a while, and there was still a little warmth on the masonry.He raised his head slightly like this, and kept looking at the dark window on the second floor of the small building opposite.

Qi Mu kept looking up with his head up like this, without making a sound, until the sun set and the night fell, and he didn't move a bit.Not going forward, not leaving, it seems that I just miss a past that cannot be repeated, but there is no way to restore anything.

About half an hour later, Qi Mu finally let out a long sigh, and said to himself with a wry smile: "It's all over...it's impossible to come back..."

As soon as the voice fell, he turned and left.

What Qi Mu didn't realize was that the moment he was about to turn around, a black Bentley parked not far away slowly passed by the path in front of him.

After seeing the young man turn and leave, within a few moments, the window of the car was suddenly pressed lightly, and a handsome and profound face appeared in the dark night.

Min Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at it for a long time.

As early as ten minutes ago, he happened to see Qi Mu on the street.Originally wanted to say hello, but when Min Chen found that the other party had been staring at the apartment across the road without averting his eyes, for some reason, he stopped abruptly when he was about to exit.

There...is Lu Ziwen's apartment.

After watching the familiar young man enter the subway entrance, Min Chen turned his gaze away and said in a low voice, "Let's go."

The driver, who didn't know why, was stunned for a while, and started the engine without asking any more questions.

In the dimly lit carriage, the man's slender fingers pressed a few times on the phone, but it didn't take long before he received a reply from the other party: 【Is the orchestra already busy?I just wandered around casually. Since we are all in Vienna, we can get together when we have time. 】After Min Chen replied a few words, the two said a few more words, and then said "good night" to each other.

Looking at the golden and gorgeous night scene of Vienna outside the dark car window, the man's handsome brows were slightly frowned, and after a long time, he sighed in a low voice——

Since it's just a casual stroll, why...

To use that look, looking at that apartment for so long?