469. The Old Revolutionary Feelings for the Spring Festival Gala
moment.
"It's something worthy of congratulations."
After closing the mail, Qin Jian took a deep breath and looked out the window.
It can be seen that he is in a good mood at the moment, not at all drowsy as if he had just woken up, just like the bright sunshine outside the window.
"This can be regarded as getting a ticket for the preliminary round."
After stretching, Qin Jian picked up the phone again.
At this time, the group belonging to Huayun Sixth Branch had exploded.
Several people in various countries seemed to have adjusted their jet lag to the same time zone this morning.
The information jumps from jump to jump.
Feng Ziyan: Qi Feng, just wait for me
Qi Feng: Come on, fat brother, I need you now
The two of them were quarreling with each other.
Occasionally, you can see Fang Zongyao and Zhao Yinuo discussing the content of the Chopin preliminary competition.
Qin Jian scrolled through it, and Duan Ran said in the group three hours ago: Congratulations everyone.
Then I scrolled up, and sure enough, several people had received the email.
Qin Jian was still a little happy about this. The email stated clearly that only 160 players in the world who submitted DV videos could receive this email.
In this way, the six people can reunite on the court.
It's just that this time the competition venue has been changed from Yanjing to Warsaw, and the opponents are no longer limited to domestic ones, but top pianists from around the world.
Qin Jian sighed, wondering how many hidden monsters and monsters would be exploded this time.
After all, every Chopin Competition is like this, there are always one or two unknown people emerging.
Qin Jian didn't speak in the group and went out to reply to Duan Ran's message first.
Let it go: Congratulations to Miss Duan and good morning
Then I sent a screenshot of my email to the other party.
Duan Ran really didn't sleep.
I quickly replied: I agree that Mr. Qin is sleepy.
In order to wait for Qin Jian to get up, Duan Ran didn't stay up for a long time. When she received the email, Qin Jian was sleeping.
Duan Duan Duan Duan: So what date do you plan to book your flight?
Qin Jian thought about it and found out that the registration date for the preliminary round in the email was March 9th. He should be in Yanjing at that time. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that nothing happened. Figaro's Yanjing performance season is in April.
Let it go: March 2nd, go early to adjust the time difference, what do you think?
Duan Duan Duan Duan: Hmm, then I’ll book a flight now.
When Qin Jian looked at the information, something emerged in his mind unconsciously, and his body and mind moved.
Let it go: OK
Duan Duan Duan Duan: Qin Jian
Let it go: What?
Duan Duan Duan Duan: I’m fat
Let it go: You shouldn’t. I’ve lost 4 pounds this month. Did you not practice the piano well?
Duan Duan Duan Duan:...Get out of here and tell me what day I didn’t practice the piano!
Duan Duan Duan Duan: You say!!
Let it go: Ugh
Qin Jian just said that casually. Duan Ran would take pictures of him before and after practicing every day and tell him words like "I'm starting" and "I'm finishing", so he knew very well about this and how long Duan Ran spent practicing every day.
No worse than him.
Let it go: Is it because you’ve been too tired recently and eaten too much?
Duan Duan Duan Duan: I don’t know. Anyway, the electronic scale says I’m fat.
Let it go: It’s okay to be fatter, you’re tall anyway
Duan Duan Duan Duan:...Get up from your bed, I’m asleep!!
Let it go: Wait, didn’t you just want to book a ticket?
Duan Duan Duan Duan: Ordered!!!
Let it go: You haven’t told me what time you’ll be arriving.
moment.
Duan Duan Duan Duan sent a smiling emoticon: Guess~
After the small rippling waves, there was no more movement on Duan Ran's side.
Qin Jian's subsequent information also fell into disarray.
"How do you guess this?"
Qin Jian muttered and opened the booking software. He was flipping through the ticket information when an idea occurred to him. He searched for flights from Paris to Warsaw on March 2.
The results came out immediately.
Looking at the search results, Qin Jian was happy.
Under the search bar, there is only one flight number.
"Haha~"
Stuck on arriving at about the same time as the other party, Qin Jian also booked his own ticket.
Then he got up after hanging out with a few people in the Huayun Six Branch group.
It's another new day.
Still start with practicing the piano.
Qin Jian received a lot of phone calls today.
I received a call from He Jing during lunch. In addition to congratulations, there were also some instructions on the phone.
In the afternoon, while rehearsing the program with Fang Xiaoyu, I received congratulatory calls from Shen Qingci and Liao Linjun. On the phone, the two were on their way to Norway for vacation, and Old Bert was there.
On the way home in the afternoon, I received a congratulatory call from Xia Shu. On the phone, Qin Jian also congratulated the other party on passing the audition.
Just after finishing his translation work in the evening, Qin Jian received another congratulatory email from Vaughan.
Judging from the entire content of this email, it seems that the DG boss has something else besides simple congratulations.
For example, at the end of the email, there is such a sentence that is worth pondering.
"Mr. Baudelaire of Steinway would like to know your opinion on the mahogany hammers of Renner."
Mr. Baudelaire is not an ordinary workshop worker. Qin Jian heard Liao Lin mention this name more than once, "Baudelaire is the current helmsman of Steinway."
A true master of the piano field.
The mahogany hammers produced by Reina are even more worthy of consideration.
It is almost well known in the circle——
Most of the well-known European piano production companies such as Steinway, Bösendorfer, Fazioli, and even Asia YMAH, etc., etc., almost all of the pianos they produce use German pianos.
Rosewood action hammer produced by Na Company.
Not only that, there are also rumors that Renner Company was originally a workshop of Steinway Company.
When such information is combined together and linked to the last question in the email, it will make people think a lot.
At least in Qin Jian's opinion, he smelled the olive branch again.
"The big guys are really not slow in their actions."
...
Regarding this matter, Qin Jian thought that he had a relatively thorough understanding of it.
In every Chopin Competition, the contestants are on a frontal battlefield, but behind the unknown competition, there is another battlefield.
That's the instrument at the players' fingertips.
Players are warriors, and pianos are guns.
The rules of the competition are that players can designate the piano to use for the competition.
A new word was derived from this - champion's piano.
After each competition, it is not only the players themselves who are talked about by the mass media, but also the piano who helped them win the championship.
You must know that the Chopin Competition is different from any other competition in the world.
It is the Olympics of classical music.
When a player wins the championship, it represents the supreme honor.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
The ‘Champion Designated Brand’ naturally became very popular.
Which company can win this title will win the opportunity to grow the market in the next five years.
Therefore, before the start of each competition, major manufacturers will make some arrangements before the competition.
And this email is like an outpost for Steinway to announce its participation in the battle.
Qin Jian had no doubt that many well-known players had also heard the whistle.
But this kind of thing.
He feels that based on his current situation, it remains to be seen.
He needs to pass next month's preliminary round to experience the venue environment firsthand before he can make his choice.
but.
As the old saying goes, it is inappropriate to come back and not reciprocate.
"Thank you very much for your congratulations, Mr. Vaughn."
"Please take me back to Mr. Baudelaire. The mahogany hammer produced by Reina Company is indeed well made. Its feel solved my insomnia problem for a period of time."
"I'm sincerely grateful for that."
"By the way, I'm currently using Kawa's SK series, and it's quite easy to use."
After replying to Vaughn's email, Qin Jian went to bed.
...
Coincidentally, Qin Jian's self-analysis was basically consistent with the facts, but there was only one thing that he really didn't understand.
Although the hammers produced by Renner are found in most high-end piano production lines in the world.
But there is only one exception, and that is Kawa's SK series pianos.
Also as an international brand.
On the SK series pianos, Kawa uses independently developed fourth-generation super-responsive hammers.
It is claimed to be a hammer action that is as good as any German production technology.
In fact, this is indeed the case. This is why Qin Jian originally chose the sk-5 among the grand pianos under 50w.
This is interesting.
Under such circumstances, I imagine Baudelaire's expression when he received the reply would have been wonderful.
This is related to another thing that Qin Jian is not clear about. Steinway Company has changed its strategy in the preliminaries of this Xiaoxian competition.
This time, they focused on only three of the 160 finalists.
Among these three people, only one is Asian.
Among the 160 players, 49% are from Asia.
Quietly, there is a competition outside the stadium.
It's already started.
...
...
"oh--"
“What an unexpected data~”
Warsaw time, 17:56 pm.
Location: Chopin Institute, Oconil Street 1, Warsaw.