The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 60 The Glory of the Second Regiment
The time is getting closer to evening, most schools have ended their daytime classes, and the flow of people near Haiyin has gradually become more and more.

The collaborative concert between Haiyin Troupe 2 and Haiyin Troupe 1 will begin tonight.

Thick crowds gathered at the entrance of Haiyin Concert Hall, asking for tickets to tonight's concert according to their previous reservations.

In the concert hall, everyone from Haiyin Group 1 and Group 2 had actually arrived backstage.

They stood slightly apart on both sides of the concert hall, looking at each other.

Er Tuan prepared his content carefully, trying to make himself appear more mature as much as possible, and not to act naive or anxious in front of Tuan Tuan.

The group was laughing, chatting and practicing, as if they didn't take tonight's concert seriously at all.

Seeing how the first group was doing, some of the more active people in the second group seemed to want to invigorate the band's atmosphere, but unfortunately, the rest of the band really had no intention of joking.

Therefore, they still seemed a bit dull and lacked any vitality.

Qin Xian stood at the front of the band. He lowered his head and thought about his content without paying any attention to the atmosphere in the band.

Moreover, even if he was asked to do it and adjust it, he probably wouldn't be able to adjust it.

After all, his personality is not the kind of person who can inspire the atmosphere of the whole team.

He is more of a player who quietly leads the charge.

Such a dull atmosphere made Ai Gu, who was sitting at the edge, a little anxious and even scratching his head.

He had just tried to stimulate the atmosphere of the orchestra with the more active people, but to no avail.

This made him a little helpless.

After all, he is just a percussionist standing behind the orchestra playing gongs and drums, not the core of the orchestra.

So the most he can do is chat with the people around him.

As for leading the orchestra...

He still doesn't dream about this anymore.

But seeing the orchestra like this, he couldn't help but sigh and began to clasp his fists in anticipation of Chen Qiu's arrival.

Now in this orchestra, there are only two people who can lead the orchestra.

And Chen Qiu is probably the only one who is truly convinced by everyone.

……

Outside the concert hall, Chen Qiu was wearing a simple white shirt and black trousers. He crossed his arms and leaned straight against the side wall, looking at the darkening sky in a daze.

Like a thinker, silent and full of attraction.

The students around him couldn't help but glance at him as they passed by.

Chen Qiu didn't feel anything about this, he just raised his head and looked at the sky in a daze.

Until a low, playful voice sounded in his ears.

"Oh? This is the student conductor of the second regiment of our school, conductor Chen Qiu? It's really better to see than to hear a hundred times, conductor Chen Qiu, I have admired him for a long time!"

Chen Qiu stood up and looked in the direction of the sound. He soon saw a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties, also wearing a black suit.

He walked up to Chen Qiu with a smile, stretched out his hand and said.

"My name is Li Tian. You should have heard of me. I am currently the conductor of the first troupe, the chief conductor of the Haicheng Radio Symphony Orchestra, and also the artistic director!"

"Chen Qiu."

Chen Qiu stood up, smiled and reached out to shake hands with Li Tian.

Li Tian's hands were cold, but not rough. Coupled with his gentle appearance, it was obvious that he was a moderate commander.

If you combine it with his previous deeds, you can probably draw a very clear conclusion.

His personality is probably quite gentle, and he doesn't like fighting very much.

He is a relatively easy-to-get-together conductor.

And being invited to become a conductor by one of the top five orchestras in Haicheng proves that he is very capable.

It's just a pity that he is probably a professional who is more focused on his profession and may not be that concerned about band management. He has no way to resist if his power is taken away.

There may still be some shortcomings in the team ability of command.

If he could be like Wang Hai, he could reach an agreement with the team, or like Zhao Yi, he could be so serious that the team wouldn't dare to refute.

Then his performance may improve a little bit, and he may be ranked among the top three in Haicheng.

Of course, this is just Chen Qiu's guess, based on his historical achievements and past experiences.

Chen Qiu didn't know exactly what kind of person this conductor was.

While Chen Qiu was observing the conductor on the opposite side, Li Tian was also observing Chen Qiu.

He also knew little about Chen Qiu. He only knew that Chen Qiu was a talent selected by Haiyin's command department and focused on cultivating.

Apart from this, the rest he knew was probably that Chen Qiu led the second group to achieve a very good result in the Haicheng Competition.

That's it.

If he were to come and see it, the biggest memory that Chen Qiu would give him would actually be Chen Qiu's professionalism.

He should be a very good person among the students.

Other than that, there is nothing particularly noteworthy.

But there is another thing worth noting, that is, when Chen Qiu came over, Chen Qiu's conductor's temperament was particularly strong.

He has seen this kind of temperament in many famous conductors.

It is a temperament that can control everything in the palm of your hand.

Or is it called the temperament of strategizing?
The appearance of this kind of temperament in Chen Qiu made Li Tian feel a little strange, but he didn't think much about it and just regarded it as his illusion.

After all, people with this kind of temperament can at worst be as good as Zhao Yi.

There is still no problem with being among the top 100 in the world.

It is absolutely impossible to serve as a conductor in such a small student orchestra.

These thoughts only passed through Li Tian's mind briefly, and he didn't take them to heart.

Li Tian smiled, nodded to Chen Qiu, and said.

"Chen Qiu, I am really happy to be able to cooperate with you tonight. This should be the first time we cooperate, right? Or, the first time we meet?"

"Well, yes, it's our first time working together."

Chen Qiu also nodded, followed Li Tian's steps, walked towards the concert hall, and said with the same smile.

"The main reason is that recently our second group and your first group have had a serious conflict in the school. Both sides are trying hard to outdo each other. There is no other way but to cooperate. There must be someone. Let them get their emotions out of the way."

"Hmm? Emotional relief?"

Li Tian seemed stunned when he heard this term for the first time, and even lagged behind Chen Qiu.

He quickly followed and asked with a hint of confusion.

"What do you mean, the band's emotions need to be relieved? And then you accepted my invitation to ease the band's emotions?"

"Ok?"

Chen Qiu was stunned. He didn't expect Li Tian to ask such a question, and he didn't react for a while.

But soon, before Chen Qiu could speak, Li Tian's expression returned to normal, he nodded, and said, "Well, you did a good job!"

"Huh? What did you do well?"

Chen Qiu didn't understand, but seeing that Li Tian didn't seem to intend to continue speaking, he also shook his head and said casually.

"Anyway, the orchestra as a whole needs guidance. They are not a pure tool, but a team.

As conductors, what we need to do is not just to express the music perfectly, but we also need to pay attention to the overall situation of the orchestra members.

Just like after we won the Haicheng championship recently, the overall mood of the second team was extremely high. They were eager for more results, so they were also willing to practice more.

But such a blind rise will inevitably lead to backlash. Once the band suffers setbacks, they will fall apart several times faster than other bands.

Therefore, for me, while conducting, I need to pay more attention to the mentality of this emerging orchestra. "

Li Tian followed Chen Qiu and nodded vigorously: "Yeah! That's right! I think so too?"

Having said that, he seemed to feel that his performance might be a little too strange, so he immediately reached out and clenched his fist, put it in front of his mouth, coughed twice, and said to Chen Qiu: "That's right, so what do you think, as a conductor, he should do?" How about dealing with the chief who disagrees with me?"

"The chief who doesn't get along with me?"

Chen Qiu squinted his eyes and looked at Li Tian beside him, thought for a while, and suddenly realized.

"Oh~ I know, you..."

"What me! It's a conductor friend of mine! Stop talking nonsense!"

Li Tian immediately interrupted Chen Qiu and explained: "You know, it's just a commander friend of mine. He felt that he couldn't get along well with his chief, so he came over to ask me. After all, I am also from Haicheng. A top five conductor." "Then you didn't give your friend a standard answer?"

"I, I definitely gave it to you!"

Li Tianzui said firmly: "But after all, you are the main talent cultivated by Haiyin, so I just want to hear your understanding and opinions on this situation, so that I can give targeted answers. After all, I He can also be regarded as Haiyin’s specially appointed teacher.”

"Well..."

Chen Qiu looked at Li Tian with a half-smile, shook his head, and sighed: "I actually don't have a particularly good way to deal with this..."

"Huh? But you're not?"

Li Tian was a little anxious, but thinking of his identity, he couldn't help but clench his fists and cough again. After calming down his mood, he said to Chen Qiu:
"So how do you deal with being in a band?"

"My orchestra was brought up by myself. Whether it is my current concertmaster or others, they all believe in me, so I can make the orchestra completely follow me. Conductor Li Tian, ​​you should know very well That's right?"

Chen Qiu turned to look at Li Tian and said to him: "You should have a band that completely believed in you at the beginning, right?"

Li Tian was silent for a long time, and finally nodded slowly.

"Well... there was one, but it has been disbanded."

"It's normal. When every band develops in the later stage, it either climbs to the world rankings or disbands directly. There is no other possibility. You come to the band you are now..."

"my friend!"

Li Tian corrected angrily: "It's not me, it's my friend!"

"Okay, I'm your friend!"

Chen Qiu smiled helplessly and continued.

"Normally speaking, if you come to a new orchestra, it is best for the airborne conductor to have a good relationship with the orchestra's chief. It is better to follow the chief first, and then discuss changing the direction of music performance after he and the chief are familiar with each other later.

But if you want to completely control this orchestra, the most suitable way is to get familiar with the orchestra first, and then wait for the previous generation of conductors to leave, and then go through everyone's election and voting.

In this way, that conductor will be considered perfect, and the orchestra will not go through the painful period of changing conductors. "

Speaking of this, Chen Qiu paused for a moment, and he thought of a special case.

Berlin Philharmonic.

In order for the Berlin Philharmonic to conduct the orchestra smoothly, they also choose to let several conductors take turns to conduct the orchestra, and choose the orchestra's favorite conductor to perform.

However, because there are too many choices, they like both top conductors, and there is not much difference in the number of votes between the two parties, which is basically half to half.

In order to satisfy both parties, the Berlin Philharmonic chose a strategy that dissatisfied both parties.

A third conductor was chosen.

A conductor who cannot be said to be bad, but rather average, came to conduct the performance.

His performance also abandoned what the Berlin Philharmonic was originally best at, and turned the Berlin Philharmonic to the performance of modern works and some niche works.

The Berlin Philharmonic's global ranking has gradually declined, relying on the members' original strength and past reputation to hold on.

Therefore, this voting system for band member selection is actually really difficult to evaluate.

But these are actually of little use to small orchestras like them, and they don’t have so many conductors to choose from.

Therefore, Chen Qiu smiled at Li Tian and said.

"But no matter what, besides the conductor, the most important person in the orchestra is the concertmaster. If your... friend wants to have a good relationship with the orchestra, the most important thing is to have a good relationship with the concertmaster."

"Well...that's good, that's good. I'll discuss it with your teacher later and give you more points. Well, that's it..."

Li Tian was a little silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

Chen Qiu looked at Li Tian and smiled, but also said nothing.

The two of them walked directly into the concert hall.

The concert hall is still in a slightly confrontational state.

However, compared to the silent second group, the people on the first group were much more relaxed.

After entering the concert hall, Li Tian, ​​who was thinking about something, finally came to his senses.

He looked up at the people in his orchestra, put a gentle smile on his face again, walked forward, and spoke to everyone.

"Sorry, I'm late. How are you preparing?"

"We are definitely fine! Teacher, don't worry!"

There was no reply from the orchestra. As the leader, Zhao Xi smiled at Li Tian and said: "We have rehearsed so many times. If there are any more problems, then it will be a bit unworthy of the title of a group."

"Well, good job!"

Li Tian suddenly remembered Chen Qiu's words and praised Zhao Xi: "Zhao Xi and everyone in the group have done a good job. Thank you for your support. Keep up the good work!"

"Huh? Uh...Okay, teacher?"

Zhao Xi nodded blankly, not sure why the conductor suddenly thanked him.

Chen Qiu watched their interaction with a smile and did not comment.

He turned to look at the people behind him whose eyes were full of expectation, nodded slightly to them, and asked.

"How are the preparations going?"

"Probably, no problem."

Qin Xian looked at Chen Qiu, then at the people behind him, and said, "I feel like we should have no problem."

"Huh? Really?"

"Yeah! Yes, we have no problem!"

"That's it..."

Chen Qiu turned to look at the still silent crowd behind Qin Xian. After thinking for a while, he clapped his hands and attracted the attention of everyone in the second group.

Not only the eyes of the Second Group, but also the eyes of some of the First Group were also attracted.

They looked at Chen Qiu curiously, not quite sure what he wanted to do.

Under the gaze of everyone, Chen Qiu smiled at everyone and said.

"Are you nervous?"

Everyone looked at each other and after thinking for a moment, they slowly shook their heads.

"No, I'm not particularly nervous actually."

"Compared with the previous competition in Haicheng, I am actually still as nervous as before."

"I'm still a little nervous, but actually it's not bad."

"..."

Everyone whispered.

Their gazes were a little skewed towards one another, but they didn't say much.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Chen Qiu couldn't help but shake his head, clicked his tongue twice, took out a pencil with most of the writing on it from his pocket, and said to everyone.

"Remember when we were rehearsing before? What did I tell you?"

Everyone's eyes were filled with confusion, not knowing what Chen Qiu was referring to.

Under the gaze of everyone, Chen Qiu said slowly.

"Your performance is enough to compete with a group. This is just a simple collaborative performance between two groups, nothing more!"

"So, look at me, don't be nervous, don't worry, keep your eyes on me, follow my steps, I will lead you to perfection!"

"Remember, all the responsibility lies with me, but all the honor lies with you!"

"You are the glory of the Second Regiment itself!"

After saying that, Chen Qiu looked at the crowd of spectators around him, smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. I hope our performance today can surprise you."

After the words fell, the door of the concert hall was opened.

A student walked in and looked at the two orchestras standing on both sides of the stage. After struggling for a while, he looked at Chen Qiu and spoke to him.

"Well, conductor Chen Qiu, everyone has almost entered now. There are not many spectators outside. We have closed the door of the concert hall here, so... how about we... go in directly now? I will let you The host announces the curtain?"

"Well, okay, thank you for your hard work."

Chen Qiu smiled at him, then looked at the people behind him and said.

"Everyone in the Second Regiment, remember what I said. Once you feel confused or don't know how to play, then look to me or Qin Xian. We will give you all the help you need!"

"Now, everyone!"

"Get ready to go on stage!"

(End of this chapter)