The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 66 Rui Jia: Immortal...immortal jump?

Rui Jia did not expect that Chen Qiu would actually keep her here, nor did she expect that Chen Qiu would actually say such things to her.

How long have you not rested?
Why do you ask?
Have you never had a good rest?

Rui Jia didn't quite understand Chen Qiu's question.

As for Chen Qiu, it was obvious that Rui Jia's mood was not quite right.

He rubbed his brows hesitantly and glanced at Qin Xian beside him.

Qin Xian also looked at Chen Qiu with confusion and confusion in his eyes.

"Chen Qiu, what do you mean when you say Rui Jia hasn't rested for a long time?" Qin Xian asked first.

Chen Qiu: "Her music is full of fatigue, didn't you hear it?"

"Ok?"

Qin Xian was stunned. All his attention was on following Chen Qiu's pace and driving the string section of the entire orchestra forward. Other than that, he didn't think much about it.

Now when he heard Chen Qiu say that Rui Jia's musical mood was filled with fatigue, he finally realized what he had said and started to recall the double bass in the previous string section.

As he was reminiscing, some people from the double bass section also came over.

This is a fat boy, about 1.8 meters tall, weighing about two hundred pounds by visual inspection.

Wearing a simple black shirt, he walked up to the three of them, nodded to Chen Qiu and others, and said.

"Conductor Chen Qiu, Chief Qin Xian, are you looking for me?"

"Well, yes." Qin Xian nodded. He didn't pay much attention to the bass. After all, although the bass is the cornerstone of the team and an indispensable part, the bass is too weak and it is difficult for him to pay attention. to the bass.

So he said to the principal bass: "During today's performance, there was a problem with Rui Jia's music. Did you hear it?"

"Um, is there something wrong with Ruijia's music?"

When he heard this sentence, the bass chief broke into a cold sweat.

At this moment, he is equivalent to the head of a department. Then after the work is over, the company's managers and directors all come to him and say that there is a problem with his project.

Although he is unlikely to be laid off, if he doesn't say one, two, three, four, five now, he will probably not have an easy life in the future.

After all, he is the principal double bass and is in charge of the entire double bass existence.

Therefore, his expression became serious and he thought seriously.

"Ruijia's music, Ruijia's music, let me think about it, what Ruijia played today..."

In front of the two leaders in front of him, he was almost sweating, but soon, his eyes lit up and he spoke to them.

"By the way! Rui Jia's tone is a little unstable today, and the feeling presented in the expression of the music is more a bit empty, but everything is still within the controllable range, so I didn't remind her today. …

Conductor Chen Qiu, principal Qin Xian, do you think this kind of performance is not good? If you think it doesn’t work, then we will change it later! I will pay more attention to this aspect later. "

"It's not impossible..."

Qin Xian shook his head and said seriously: "We feel that her music is full of fatigue, and it feels like she hasn't rested for a long time, so we came to ask her. Since you know, then you can leave first. Nothing happens."

"Ah, that's it. Well done, conductor Chen Qiu, Chief Qin Xian, I'll withdraw first. Thank you for your hard work, leaders! Hahahaha..."

The principal double bass player nodded, breathed a long sigh of relief, turned to bow to the two people around him, and prepared to leave with a smile.

Qin Xian felt a little outrageous when he heard what he said about his leadership, and was ready to correct him, but after seeing him running so fast and struggling for a long time, he finally said nothing and just let him go first.

After the principal double bass completely disappeared into the concert hall, the two of them looked at Rui Jia, who looked pitiful in front of them.

Qin Xian looked at Chen Qiu who had no intention of speaking, so he asked himself.

"Ruijia, what have you done recently? Why are you so tired? If you have any questions, you can come to us? If we can help, we will definitely help you, don't you think?"

"Well...that's the truth..."

Rui Jia glanced at the two of them, scratched her head, and said sheepishly: "But, I feel like it's nothing. I just worked a little more overtime recently. It's nothing special. It will definitely not affect our team's entry into the national competition. For the competition! Don’t worry, Chen Qiu will direct you!"

"So, what have you been doing lately? Can you tell us about it?"

Chen Qiu bent his body slightly, looked at Rui Jia, his eyes intersected with hers, and he spoke slowly.

"Can you tell me what you are doing? What have you done more than before?"

"I...I don't seem to have done much, right?"

Rui Jia raised her hands and counted them: "I just go to class as usual, and then when there is no class around four o'clock, I go to school as a substitute teacher. Until seven or eight o'clock in the evening, I go to a small livehouse to play bass for other people's bands. I played several different bands and played until almost 11 or 12pm, before the last night bus of the subway and bus ended, and then I went back to school to sleep..."

When she said this, she looked at the slightly worried expressions of Chen Qiu and Qin Xian, and explained to them.

"Because I play bass for many bands and am considered a frequent guest at Live House, my boss and people from the band will often call a car for me and take me back. It doesn't matter if it's a little late occasionally!"

"Well, then what?"

Chen Qiu nodded and asked her, "Besides these, what about your weekend?"

"My weekends are normal. I have classes from 8 to 8 o'clock, twelve hours, and the two hours of eating time in the middle are not counted, so it is ten hours of work, and then it depends on the situation. The orchestra on the weekend There are more shows than usual and they may be later, but I’m not sure.”

She was calculating, suddenly thought of something, and immediately raised her hands in surrender.

"But conductor Chen Qiu and principal Qin Xian, don't worry. I guarantee more than four hours of professional practice every day. I haven't fallen behind at all on the orchestra and professional matters. After all, there are not many orchestras on weekdays. , when I was working at the performance venue, I had a lot of free time to practice!”

"We don't think you practice less."

Chen Qiu glanced at Qin Xian beside him and saw his expression that was also not quite right. After pondering for a moment, he asked Rui Jia.

"By the way, what did your music store boss tell you to actually allow you to work there for almost 40 hours? Is this more than a normal part-time job? Is this already... full-time?"

"Huh? Is this full-time?"

Rui Jia obviously didn't understand. She just scratched her head in confusion and waved to Chen Qiu generously.

"I actually don't understand this. Anyway, my boss's daughter is very kind to me. She told me that my salary will be increased, or even more than doubled! My daily salary is not 1000 yuan per month. It’s guaranteed, but it’s about per week!”

When Rui Jia talked about this place, it was obvious that she had been beaten to death, and she spoke very happily.

"Let me tell you, now my hourly wage has reached almost more than one hundred yuan an hour. How about it? Is it great?"

"It's really awesome..."

Chen Qiu looked at Rui Jia, frowning slightly at her emotion that was like chicken blood.

He felt something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on what was wrong.

The music store Rui Jia went to was obviously a small music store.

Can people in this kind of music shop really arrange so many lessons for Rui Jia?

I'm not talking about arranging so many courses, I'm just talking about their normal business.

Can they really produce that many students?

Chen Qiu was very suspicious.

Chen Qiu thought for a while and asked Rui Jia.

"By the way, besides teaching double bass, do you have any other teaching roles there?"

"There are other classroom teachers!"

Rui Jia nodded and immediately said: "I actually teach piano. Although my piano is also terrible, basically those children have never learned it. Most of the people in the school just want me to take care of the children's activities. , telling their parents not to worry or anything like that, so it’s not a big problem, after all, those who really want to study seriously won’t come to me for such a cheap deal!”

"That's it..."

Although Chen Qiu still felt a little strange, he did not continue to think about it. He simply nodded. "Okay, since you don't think there is any problem, then you can do this first, but you'd better reduce your work in other places, otherwise I'm a little afraid that you won't be able to bear it. Don't just do it when the national competition hasn't started yet. If it falls down, we will have one less double bass, which may cause a little trouble."

Although many viewers cannot hear the bass, presence and absence are two completely different concepts.

Especially in terms of the overall acoustics of the music.

The configuration of music has its own meaning and is not simply placed randomly.

Of course, many people do not need to understand this. Now they can copy homework according to the content in the book normally. They only need to know what is happening, not why.

However, behind every determined rule, there must be countless people's research and thinking, and it is not just a conclusion drawn by patting the head.

After Rui Jia saw that she had successfully fooled Chen Qiu and Qin Xian, she couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. She picked up her huge double bass, nodded to Chen Qiu and Qin Xian, and said.

"Then conductor Chen Qiu and Chief Qin Xian will leave first?"

"Okay, you go ahead. I'll contact you later. Where are you going? I'll call you a car to take you there. It's not the morning and evening rush hours yet, so it should be easier for you to walk."

"No, no, no, I actually still have a little time before the next show. I can just take the subway there. No need to bother conductor Chen Qiu. Then... conductor Chen Qiu, and chief Qin Xian, we will see you later, oh no, next time See you at rehearsal!”

Rui Jia smiled and waved to the two of them. After saying hello, she carried her huge package and fled the concert hall.

Chen Qiu looked at Rui Jia's back and pondered for a long time. Then he looked at Qin Xian beside him and asked him.

"By the way, do you have a relatively large music studio over there that focuses on string music?"

"Can you help me ask if they are still short of people recently, especially the double bass?"

"If there is a shortage of people, please keep an eye on it for me. I feel like I may need it soon."

Qin Xian looked at Chen Qiu and then at Rui Jia who was running away. He quickly followed Chen Qiu's thoughts and asked in a low voice.

"Conductor Chen Qiu, are you saying that there is something wrong with the small piano shop behind Rui Jia?"

"I can't talk about the problem, I'm just worried. Although Rui Jia joined the work very early, I always feel that she doesn't seem to be particularly aware of the routines of these piano stores, temporary price increases, and trying to make a big deal out of her employees. This routine It’s a bit familiar…”

Chen Qiu pondered.

He didn't mean what he said.

Although he felt that this was a routine, it felt like Rui Jia had been working in that place for a long time, so he should be considered an old employee of the other party, right?

For his old employees, the other party probably wouldn't use such methods...right?

Chen Qiu thought for a while and finally shook his head slightly. He did not interfere, but just asked Qin Xian to pay more attention.

After all, we are still in the rehearsal period, and it is not long before the national competition.

Qin Xian did not refuse. Although he had not been in the forefront of Haiyin for a long time, he still had some friends, and everyone also did some simple part-time jobs.

The more high-end ones go out to take care of customers by themselves and go to the other party's home to teach, and they can make about 200-300 an hour.

If it's a bit more awesome, if it's a national champion, world champion, etc., those people will charge 400 per hour and up.

That is to say, they have not obtained the position of teacher and professor, otherwise they can raise their price to about 1000 for 45 minutes, or even half an hour.

In the middle, they will go to private studios, which also cost about 400 an hour for classes. However, because it is a studio, the customers are all from other people, and they are only responsible for the classes.

Therefore, the price they can get is cut in half, basically around 150-200 an hour, or even lower.

After all, the studio is not a charity, it must make money.

A little further down, there are various music shops.

From large chains to private music stores, we have everything.

The price for students here is basically less than 100 an hour.

There are even those like Ruijia that cost 50 yuan an hour, and even more than 30 yuan an hour.

The main focus is on a low-end market.

However, in this kind of market, there will be fewer music students from ordinary families. Everyone takes lessons from top professors and learns it like this.

That is to say, it is the first time that I have no experience, so I will go to these places to teach classes.

If they have a little experience, they will resign directly and start charging towards a higher-end market.

Therefore, the low-end market is mixed, and there are even many scammers who have never studied this major, but have studied with other teachers for one or two years and then dare to teach classes.

Although he didn't know why Rui Jia would go to such a place to give lessons, as the conductor and controller of the orchestra, Chen Qiu still had to pay a little attention to them.

Time passed so quickly, and everyone was rehearsing step by step to prepare for the subsequent national competition.

Qin Xian quickly found a newly opened string studio through Zhao Xi and Zhao Xi's friends. They were also planning to teach double bass there, but they specifically stated that although they taught classical double bass, if That person can play electric bass, so even better.

After all, everything must keep pace with the times. If you purely fall into the classics, there will definitely be fewer people coming to learn, and you will not be able to get back to your roots by taking the high-end route.

Their teachers who teach classical guitar are planning to start teaching electric guitar in order to recruit some young students.

After learning about this incident, Chen Qiu took it a little bit to heart and recorded it in his memo without mentioning it in particular.

This is just his insurance.

If Rui Jia was really cheated by the piano store, then she would not continue to work in that cheating piano store, but she could just come out and leave there for a better working environment.

If she could really earn that much a month without being cheated, that would be even better and she wouldn't have to worry about it.

After thinking about it, Chen Qiu asked the band to handle the details more carefully, focusing more on Rui Jia to ensure that her weak tone would not affect the band.

No one in the orchestra noticed this, except Qin Xian.

He glanced at Rui Jia opposite him, and also weakened his voice to prevent Rui Jia from following too hard and causing problems.

This is the only help he can give Rui Jia.

After all, he also knew that Rui Jia's family background was not very good, and she had lost everything to send her to learn the double bass. She was very tired and worked very hard.

People who work hard deserve respect from everyone.

Everything in the band is moving forward peacefully in this environment.

Ruijia didn't feel anything special. She just felt that the orchestra was getting better and better, and she wasn't as tired from playing as before, that's all.

As usual, she went to the music store after rehearsals and then to the orchestra, working hard to make money for her family and replenish the huge amount of assets she had spent to get her into Haiyin.

She is an only child and has no younger brothers to support. Her parents are very good to her and are willing to spend a lot of money to train her.

He almost went bankrupt!

So she wants to repay her parents.

Use everything you have.

No matter how tired you are, it doesn’t matter!
Rui Jia's expression was particularly determined.

Until she saw the pay stub she got from the music store that month.

She was having a bit of an emotional breakdown.

She suppressed the trembling in her heart, raised the pay slip in her hand, gave it to the boss's daughter in front of her, and spoke with a hint of flattery.

"Well, I want to ask, is my salary calculated wrong? Why does my salary this month seem to be different from what I calculated? Why does it feel like...a few thousand less?"

　Regarding Rui Jia’s explanation, please jump to "A Letter to Book Friends in the New Year"

　　
　
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