594. He Jing's First Ring of the Holiday's Unique Way of Meeting
August 5th, cloudy.
Qin Jian woke up early in the morning and took a shower first to wash away the smell of alcohol last night. To be honest, he hadn't had such a big drink in a long time.
It was really unreliable that he could get drunk so calmly on the eve of a concert. Fortunately, Liao Linjun rushed to the lounge in time to get the young and old back.
However, Qin Jian's reason is not far-fetched. The fatigue accumulated in the recent period needs to be released.
So Liao Linjun didn't say anything to him on the way back to the piano room last night. A z
It's 10 o'clock in the morning, and there are still 4 and a half hours until the performance.
Qin Jian arranged all the clothes, shoes and socks and put them on the bedside, waiting for them to change before the performance in the afternoon.
After getting ready for his clothes, he left the hut, and under the guidance of the old bartender, he came to a barber shop on the west side of the town.
The barber shop is not big, there is only an old man with messy hair sitting by the window reading a newspaper.
Seeing Qin Jian come in, the old man put down the newspaper in his hand and warmly welcomed his first guest of the day.
After a trim, Qin Jian plucked his hair a few times in front of the mirror.
The refreshing and medium-short hair makes the energetic young man from before return to the mirror.
"handsome."
After looking narcissistically at the mirror, Qin Jian touched his chin sideways, then turned around and asked the barber to shave off his beard as well.
Thank you, pay, and leave.
At this time, there were still three and a half hours before the concert, so he returned to the piano workshop.
He called Vaughn on the way. When they first met, he and the DG boss left each other's contact information, but the strange thing was that the boss always sent emails when he wanted to find him.
However, Qin Jian doesn't have this habit. Today he has something to do with the other party, and he has to make a phone call to reassure him.
Vaughan quickly answered the phone.
"Good morning, Mr. Vaughn." Qin Jian's voice sounded relaxed.
Vaughan on the phone seemed to have anticipated today's call, and replied humorously: "Good morning, great performer, I thought you forgot about today."
Qin Jian Yile, how could he forget this, "Sorry to trouble you, I will send you the address later. I hope you can deliver the piano before 5 pm tomorrow."
"Qin has been in Paris for a week. If you want, she can be delivered to any corner of Paris within two hours." Vaughn paused and smiled: "Don't thank me, this is part of our contract.
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Vaughan's words made Qin Jian once again feel the contractual spirit of the Germans in doing things, but he still had to say thank you if he should write, "Thank you. Regarding my part of the contract, I will give you a satisfactory answer before the end of the year."
Vaughan: "I can't wait."
Qin Jian: "I won't let you down."
After finishing the serious playing, the two of them ended the call without saying a few polite words. Before hanging up, Vaughn told Qin Jian that he had already booked tickets for the finals of the Chopin Competition.
This made Qin Jian suddenly feel as if the main event was very close to him, but after careful calculation, there were still 53 days until he reported the registration information to the Chopin Institute.
"53 days is not long."
Qin Jian muttered and sent the prepared address to Vaughn. "I wonder what Duan Ran's expression will be like when he receives it."
After thinking about the scene when Duan Ran received the piano tomorrow, Qin Jian couldn't help but want to laugh.
"I think she will definitely like this birthday gift."
"She really liked that piano."
Qin Jian still remembered the way Duan Ran looked at the pearwood grand piano in DG's large piano room. He had never seen Duan Ran look at him with such fondness for any external thing, including later.
So when he met Walker for the first time in Hamburg, he took the opportunity to ask for the piano. Of course, he also signed a private agreement with Walker for this purpose.
He can take the piano away when needed without paying a penny, and what he needs to pay is not only that his first two personal piano albums must be released by DG in the future, but also a brand new opera.
"I'm sure it's going to be amazing."
During the bargaining of the secret agreement at that time, Qin Jian thought clearly. A total of three units of '90 Pelov Pear Wood' were produced. One was accidentally burned down, one was in Carnegie Hall, and the other was in DG.
So he had no choice. The only way he could obtain it was to win over Vaughn.
In order to get this, which can be said to be the last remaining "Pear Blossom Wood" in the world, he finally threw away Ya Da and Qi La as bargaining chips.
The result was not bad, Vaughn nodded directly like a gamble.
Maybe both of them have their own plans, but no matter how things develop here, everything goes smoothly.
Vaughan fulfilled the contract and at 5pm tomorrow, Duan Ran will receive her first birthday gift from Qin Jian.
At this moment, he understood a little bit how Fang Zongyao felt about calling him in a hurry after getting off the plane that day, but he didn't want anyone to know in advance.
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Two and a half hours before the concert, Qin Jian arrived at the cafeteria and sat at the table with Liao Linjun in the middle of the cafeteria.
Today’s lunch is seafood soup with rice, one of his favorites in Bergen.
As the absolute protagonist of today, acquaintances coming and going would stop to greet Qin Jian warmly when they passed by his dining table, and said that they would definitely go to his concert in the afternoon.
Qin Jian expressed his thanks one by one for this.
"Hey Sister Lin Jun, have the tickets for the main event of the Xiaoxing competition started to go on sale?" Qin Qinjian remembered Vaughn's words during the meal and asked subconsciously. He had been paying attention to the ticketing matter in late July, but it was just before the end of the month.
For a while he was so busy that he forgot about it.
He is not sure whether his parents will come, but from the bottom of his heart, he hopes that his parents can come to watch his game and also go abroad for a while.
Liao Linjun shook his head: "Not yet, but it will be soon. I will notify you in advance when the time comes. I have been paying attention to this matter."
Qin Jian suddenly thought of something and smiled, "Teacher Shen will definitely come by then."
Liao Linjun's eyes paused: "I'm not sure about this either."
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Qin Jian didn't ask any more questions. There was a story in Liao Linjun's expression.
He could see it and could easily think of Shen Qingci's retirement that year.
And to this day, he still doesn't know the reason why Shen Qingci retired from the competition.
But now is not the time to dwell on this matter. After lunch, Qin Jian returned to the piano room and played through the afternoon's repertoire.
Then with the help of workers, Little Brown was transported to St. Ann's Church. Today he will use Little Brown, his old friend, to complete the concert.
With one hour left before the concert, after taking care of everything at the church sound check, he returned to his cabin to get dressed.
Although it is only a small church, there is only room for 50 spectators.
But this is also Qin Jian's first solo recital abroad.