The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 109 Questioning, Contradiction, Opposition, Bowing

Chen Qiu pushed open the door of the concert hall and made eye contact with everyone.

Everyone's eyes are different, and everyone has their own ideas.

Some were looking forward to it, some were not happy, some were afraid, and some directly expressed resistance.

Obviously, the merger of the first league and the second league is not an easy thing. It is not that the school said the merger, and everyone happily got together and prepared for the nine-school league.

Whether it's one group or two groups.

In fact, everyone prefers to rehearse with friends with whom they often collaborate, rather than with others.

Therefore, Chen Qiu could clearly feel the almost stagnant atmosphere in the room.

But so what? It's not like I haven't experienced anything like this before.

Facing everyone's attention and attitude. He has no fear.

He just smiled at everyone so easily, then walked up to them and placed the music score in his hand on the music stand.

In the eyes of everyone.

Chen Qiu turned the music score to the part he was going to play next, took out a pencil from his trouser pocket, and stuck it vertically on the music score to prevent it from closing.

It wasn't until he finished all this that he looked at the people in the orchestra.

Especially a group of people.

The group of people were stunned, not knowing what Chen Qiu wanted to do now.

Say nothing?

Just start like this?
Whether they welcome him or oppose him, whether they support the merger of the first regiment and the second regiment or those who oppose the merger of the first regiment and the second regiment, their vision has changed.

With a hint of embarrassment and uneasiness.

They couldn't figure out Chen Qiu.

They didn't know what kind of person Chen Qiu was.

In the final analysis, their understanding of Chen Qiu was just that they had cooperated once before.

However, no matter what everyone thought, Chen Qiu just smiled at them and then said loudly.

"Everyone, long time no see. How have you been lately?"

It's a very simple sentence, useless nonsense, but it's good for opening up the situation.

The people from the second group were about to greet Chen Qiu excitedly, and they said it was pretty good. However, looking at the dark faces of the group of people from the first group, they just scratched their heads in embarrassment and smiled naively at Chen Qiu.

As for the group of people, they looked at Chen Qiu to see what else Chen Qiu could say.

If he didn't say anything that could impress them, then Chen Qiu wouldn't even think about becoming the commander of their regiment.

Even if Chen Qiu was so awesome during the assessment a long time ago, it was so awesome that they were excited and wanted to do it again, but it was useless.

Facing a group of emotions with a strong sense of resistance in his heart, Chen Qiu just smiled, didn't take it seriously, and spoke calmly.

"First of all, I am very happy that you can come to a new orchestra, the Haicheng Conservatory of Music Harmony Symphony Orchestra. Although I am familiar with everyone here and have collaborated with almost everyone here, I must introduce it again. Myself."

Chen Qiu looked around at everyone, reached out and patted his chest, bowed slightly to everyone, and spoke easily.

"My name is Chen Qiu. I am a senior student in the Conducting Department of Haicheng Conservatory of Music. I once led Haiyin No. 2 Troupe to win the championship in the National College Student Art Exhibition. My personal conducting style is more towards high tension, rather than just ordinary People who have worked with me should be aware of the emotional ups and downs.”

When Chen Qiu spoke, everyone's attention was completely attracted to him. For some reason, they were all willing to listen to Chen Qiu's speech.

Chen Qiu continued to the crowd easily and calmly.

"It goes without saying that the second team, I led them to win the national championship before, so everyone should be familiar with me, right? Qin Xian?"

Chen Qiu smiled at Qin Xian beside him.

Qin Xian glanced at the group of members surrounding him and their eyes with a hint of resentment, and couldn't help but feel a little guilty and nodded lightly.

"Um, um...yeah."

"There is no need to talk about the second regiment, so as for everyone in the first regiment..."

Chen Qiu looked at the group of people who were still a little resentful, and his eyes gradually became sharp.

He made eye contact with everyone present, staring into their pupils with extremely strong power in his eyes.

He spoke slowly to everyone.

"I have collaborated with you before. I don't know if you still remember, but we have rehearsed Bolero before. The effect of that rehearsal should be enough for everyone here to understand my ability. After all, , I already know your abilities very well."

"Are you aware of...our capabilities?"

The group of people were stunned, their eyes full of confusion and doubt.

They didn't understand what it meant to be aware of their capabilities?

It may have been a very, very long time since they last collaborated. It was almost in the first half of this year. At that time, the final exams of the spring semester had not yet begun.

At that time, they did have a cooperation, which was an assessment competition for orchestra conductors.

But at that time, they only collaborated once, and even the song was only rehearsed once, and the whole thing went through the cutscenes and nothing happened.

Yes, they admitted that they felt very comfortable playing with Chen Qiu, and it was the first time they felt that playing Bolero was so enjoyable.

But this doesn't mean that Chen Qiu can completely control their abilities with just one effort, right?

Everyone looked at each other, and it was obvious that everyone was in disbelief.

Chen Qiu didn't have much explanation for this.

He looked at Zhao Xi, who was sitting in the second chief position, nodded gently to him, and asked.

"Zhao Xi? How are you doing lately?"

"not bad."

Zhao Xi smiled brightly at Chen Qiu.

He said to Chen Qiu: "I have been preparing for the final exam recently. The final exam is coming soon. The new work has not been completed yet, so I have a slight headache."

"You can come to me if you need it, especially if you choose piano versions of some violin concertos. After all, you also know that I have collaborated with Qin Xian before, and I have a good understanding of concertos."

"Well, if necessary, I will definitely ask Chen Qiu to take care of you."

Zhao Xi nodded to Chen Qiu without any intention of resisting at all.

He knows very well that the merger of Haiyin's first and second regiments is already a certainty, and it is useless for you to resist at this time.

Instead of resisting, he would be directly kicked out of the orchestra by the school or Chen Qiu, becoming an outsider and losing the credits for orchestra rehearsal.

You might as well continue to follow Chen Qiu honestly and study music.

Chen Qiu's eyes passed from Zhao Xi to the slightly cramped group of wind musicians sitting behind the orchestra. After thinking for a while, he opened the document in his hand and spoke to them.

"If I remember correctly, many people in wind instruments, such as clarinets and oboes, are not strong enough in the treble when performing solos. The sound of the music does not feel mellow enough or thorough enough, and the sound quality is not good enough. A little boring."

"The one who plays the snare drum is in pretty good shape, but there are still some problems. For example, the rhythm usually fluctuates, and the power cannot show a linear state. In addition, there are many, many problems... …”

"The breath on the flute was a little weak before and not solid enough. I don't know how you are doing now."

"The power of the trumpet is always given very hesitantly, and I don't dare to give it the big one. This is also a big problem."

"And the French horn..."

Chen Qiu glanced at each person one by one, and when he saw someone, he directly told him about the problem that occurred during his last performance.

Although a long time has passed, Chen Qiu does not believe that they can correct all these problems.

After all, the request I gave them at the time was to go to the Berlin Philharmonic.

If they can play their music like the Berlin Philharmonic, then there will be no problem for them to go back and directly take the Berlin Philharmonic exam instead of going to school here in Haicheng.

This was Chen Qiu's confidence in being able to tell their problems so accurately.

When everyone in the group heard Chen Qiu's voice, they immediately wanted to refute, saying that they were not like this, that their professional level was actually pretty good, and that there was no problem. There was no such problem as Chen Qiu said. exist.

but……

When they thought about their professional level and whether they could do what Chen Qiu said, they couldn't help but fall into silence.

It was obvious that Chen Qiu got right to the point and talked about their biggest professional problem.

If this problem could be solved, then they would no longer study for undergraduates at Haicheng Conservatory of Music, but would go to other places to study for undergraduates.

Faced with such a situation, everyone could only lower their heads and say nothing.

As a group of people made eye contact with Chen Qiu, they lowered their heads one after another, and a very strange atmosphere appeared in the entire concert hall. Except for Zhao Xi, almost all the people in the first group lowered their heads, while the people in the second group looked at the people in the first group curiously, as if watching the fun.

It wasn't until the last person was named and criticized, and Chen Qiu put away the documents in his hands, that someone in the group reluctantly raised his head and looked at Chen Qiu.

His lips trembled, wanting to say something, but unfortunately he couldn't find any reason.

He really wanted to ask Chen Qiu why he only criticized the first group and not the second group.

But doesn’t this mean that instead of improving himself, he would rather slander others?
Therefore, it was not easy for him to speak at this time.

He watched Chen Qiu put away the list and was about to start conducting, asking the oboe to start playing standard notes, and then when all the members were checking the notes, he finally couldn't help it anymore and spoke.

"Chen Qiu! I have a question! Are you..."

"Sorry sorry! I'm late!"

The door of the concert hall was pushed open again, and Rui Jia ran towards the stage in a panic, carrying a huge double bass on her back.

Everyone could only see a double bass wrapped in black skin, flying at low altitude from the back of the concert hall to the front. Then the shell was opened in a panic, stood up, and was placed on the ground.

It was only then that Ruijia poked her little head out, looked at the people who were watching her, and asked in a low voice.

"Ahem, what, sorry, sorry, I... seem to be late?"

"It's not late. It hasn't started yet."

Chen Qiu glanced at the clock not far away and shook his head at Ruijia.

However, he did not expect that after he said these words, someone immediately shouted loudly on the other side of Yituan.

"Chen Qiu, command!"

Chen Qiu looked at a tall and thin young man holding a flute.

His face is sharp and angular, his eyebrows are a little rough, and he looks upright.

However, there is no beard at all on the mouth, not even that kind of fluff, which always gives people a reckless and immature feeling.

The man stood up, frowned directly at Chen Qiu, and said loudly.

"Conductor Chen Qiu, what does it mean that you are not late before it has started? Is this your orchestra rule? It is unorganized and undisciplined. She is actually late for orchestra rehearsal. Doesn't she know that orchestra rehearsal is the most important thing? She would rather be early Can’t you be late?”

"Oh? That's interesting. Come on, tell me. Did I say she was late?"

"No, because you said we haven't started yet, it doesn't count as late. Then I have a question. If we never start, does she mean she is never late? Commander Chen Qiu, please answer!"

"Huh? Is that how you understand it?"

Chen Qiu's eyes immediately turned to the person who suddenly made an attack, and he said bluntly and loudly.

"Then please tell me, what is our scheduled meeting time?"

"Yes!"

The man was about to tell the time confidently, but when he looked at the time he had placed on the music stand out of the corner of his eye, he couldn't help but hesitated for a moment.

"Yes……"

"What is it?" Chen Qiu asked directly without giving him any face.

"Do you need me to tell you our scheduled time?"

"No, it's a forty-five minute gathering..." The man's voice became softer.

Chen Qiu continued to ask.

"Well, let's meet at forty-five, so what time is it now?"

"It's...forty-three."

"Forty-three points, are you late or not late?"

"Yes...not late."

"Since she was not late, why did you say to a classmate who was not late that she had no rules at all and was unorganized and undisciplined? And, you started criticizing her before me? I didn't say anything, and you started to accuse her. A member of the same group as you? Who has no rules at all, who is unorganized and undisciplined?"

Chen Qiu's eyes met his, not giving an inch, and his eyes were extremely serious.

"Do you think I won't hold her responsible for being late because she was from the second group and now she is in the first group? Do you think I might do it for a late classmate? Have you not started practicing just to wait for her to come? Or do you think I am just a student, you don’t regard me as your commander at all, and you think I am easy to bully? "

"I……"

The man was speechless, he didn't know what he should say.

Chen Qiu's eyes were fixed on him, waiting for his answer.

The atmosphere in the entire concert hall almost became stagnant.

In response, Zhao Xi could only take a deep breath, face Chen Qiu and the man who suddenly stood up to oppose Chen Qiu, lower his hands at the same time, and said with a hearty smile.

"Okay, okay, stop arguing. Everyone, please relax and take it easy. There's no big problem, it's just a small misunderstanding, right, conductor Chen Qiu? And Diplodocus?"

"I……"

The man named Diplodocus paused, glanced at Chen Qiu, and then at Zhao Xi, who was signaling him to admit defeat with his eyes. After taking a deep breath, he slowly exhaled and whispered.

"I'm sorry, my question, I didn't see the time clearly, I was just... a little, a little... anxious."

When he said this, he didn't know what to say.

Is it possible to tell Chen Qiu that he just misses the group a little and wants to split it up again?
Isn’t this too devoid of emotional intelligence?

Just now he could use the topic a little bit, but now he doesn't even have the space to use it.

He could only raise his head, look at Chen Qiu, and then bowed vigorously again to apologize.

"Sorry, my bad."

Chen Qiu did not speak.

He just looked at the man, silent.

It wasn't until the sweat on the man's head almost ran out that he smiled.

"It's okay, it's not a big problem. After all, everyone is not familiar with it. But since everyone is not familiar with it, then just like when we first formed the second group, please introduce yourself. Let's start with Ruijia, you Let’s start, after all, you are 2 minutes late and you are the last one in the band to arrive, just like when we first formed the band, you can say something.”

"Oh, okay...I'm sorry, Commander Chen Qiu, for making things difficult for you."

Rui Jia was obviously a little guilty.

She held the double bass in her arms, which was larger than her whole body, looked at the people around her, and spoke timidly.

"Hello, my name is Ruijia. I am a sophomore this year. I play double bass and can also play electric bass. If you want to form a rock or jazz band, you can contact me and I can take over. Also, I'm a little sorry about my habits. It’s a random thing, so it may happen again a few times in the future. I hope you don’t mind. I’m really, really sorry. I’m really, really sorry.”

"It's okay, just try not to be late. Today is just an exception. After all, it's a new group and everyone is not familiar with it. Everyone came earlier."

The fat principal double bass member of the Second Regiment next to him smiled and reached out to pat Ruijia on the back, encouraging her.

Chen Qiu also nodded to Rui Jia, then looked at the boy named Diplodocus, who had his head lowered and was holding a flute, and said to him.

"For me, it's actually quite acceptable if the orchestra is late within 2 minutes. After all, you always have to be considerate of the possibility that someone might have something happen on the road. This is not a rule that only exists now. In my case, It was already there when I commanded the Second Regiment, and now that Rui Jia has finished the introduction, it’s your turn, what’s your name?”

"My name is Diplodocus, and I am...the first flute of the group, um...the original flute player of the group. I'm sorry that I was a little rude to you when directed by Chen Qiu just now."

Liang Long glanced at Zhao Xi who was smiling beside him, and said dullly.

"Then, like Ruijia, I am also a sophomore this year. There is not much else. What else can I say? Personal hobbies? Hmm... Does playing games count? I like to play first-person shooting games, and then And boxing? Is that okay?”

"Okay, no problem, sit down."

"Okay, thank you..."

Chen Qiu nodded, asked Liang Long, who had been standing, to sit down, and then looked at the others.

The seriousness on his face gradually dissipated, and he returned to the smiling state in the past, saying to everyone.

"Who else wants to say it first? If not, we'll just start in order?"

"Then shall I come first?" Zhao Xi stood up, smiled at Chen Qiu, nodded and bowed, and said to Chen Qiu and everyone around him.

"My name is Zhao Xi. I am the former concertmaster of the first troupe and a junior in college. Everyone should be familiar with me. As for my personal interests, although I like basketball very much, I often hurt my fingers when playing basketball, so I just watch it. I don’t play much anymore. I like to lie alone and bask in the sun more often.”

After he finished speaking, he looked at Qin Xian beside him, reached out and patted Qin Xian on the back, smiling at him.

"Come on, Qin Xian, it's your turn next. Let's talk about your situation."

"Me? My name is Qin Xian, a junior, former chief of the second regiment..."

(End of this chapter)