"Tomorrow night at 19:30, Denton Hotel, 23rd floor."
After folding the invitation and putting it on the cabinet in the entrance hall, Qin Jian breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the window and opened the curtains.
The sun shines into the house, making it much brighter.
The late autumn afternoon sunshine gave people warmth, but the empty room seemed too quiet.
After standing by the window to bask in the sun for a while, Qin Jian turned around and opened his suitcase, took out the documents and his notebook and sat back by the window.
The game ended and Duan Ran left.
It's time for him to continue his work, at least to find some form first.
He turned to the latest page of the document and became busy.
Half an hour later.
Duan Ran called.
"Husband, I'm here,"
The tone on the phone sounded pretty good, but the word "husband" across the phone line sounded a little thicker to Qin Jian.
"Good boy, do you want to go back to school directly?" He turned the pen in his hand.
Duan Ran: "My dad will take me to school directly."
Qin Jian: "Go back and have a good rest."
Duan Ran: "Well, what about you, what are you doing?"
Qin Jian lowered his head and glanced at the documents, "Another aspect of Clementi's influence on Russian piano art spread to Russia through several generations of successors."
Duan Ran: "Haha, you are so outstanding~"
Qin Jian: "Just so so."
Duan Ran: "Did you miss me?"
Qin Jian: "I want to."
Duan Ran: "Hehe, go ahead. I won't disturb you anymore. I'm going to get my luggage. I'll get in the car and send you a message. I miss you, okay."
The call was then hung up, Qin Jian put down the phone with a smile, and the phone screen jumped back to the translation software again.
The work continues.
'Another of Clementi's famous pupils...'
...
The afternoon passed like this.
After an afternoon of hard work, Qin Jian regained some of his ability to be alone.
He left the hotel at 19:15 and headed to Adams' concert.
On the way to the concert hall he met Ivanov and Fred, and the three of them went together.
...
Adams' performance tonight was as steady as ever, whether it was the short works in the first half or the concerto in the second half.
But judging from the response at the scene, his concert was not as successful as Edmundo, let alone Qin Jian.
Probably because it has been three games in a row, the audience feels a bit overwhelmed.
The sound will also end a bit sloppily.
Fortunately, after the concert, Pajero's closing speech was quite exciting.
He finally congratulated all the contestants and winners, thanked the judges and organizing committee, thanked the organizing groups and individuals from all walks of life for paying attention to the Chopin Competition, and thanked the staff and volunteers of this competition.
Finally, under the impassioned speech of "Let us look forward to seeing each other again in five years", all the people present stood up, and all the staff backstage clapped their hands together.
"Let's look forward to 2020."
“Wow——————————————”
Closing.
...
At this point, all stage parts of the 17th Chopin Competition have ended.
Most of the remaining matters no longer require audience participation, such as issuing award certificates and bonuses to the winners, and announcing the results of the four rounds of competition.
...
The next day, October 24th.
Qin Jian received a notice from the organizer of the competition early in the morning. The staff told him that he had to rush to the Chopin Institute before three in the afternoon to receive the prize money and award certificate.
At 13:30 noon, he left the hotel,
Before receiving the award, he needs to sign a record contract with Paul for the 'op28 prelude'.
The process of signing the contract was very fast. Qin Jian wore children's shoes with Shen Qingci and went to the restaurant agreed with Paul.
The contract was signed over lunch.
The final recording time is from December 23rd to December 28th, and the release date is scheduled for January 15th.
The copyright of the record belongs to DG. Because Qin Jian is not a long-term artist under DG, he only gets 34.7% of the record sales.
The contract stipulates that DG will be fully responsible for the publicity and promotion of the album, but Qin Jian needs to cooperate in attending some publicity activities.
Paul: "Mr. Qin Jian, this record will definitely become a new trend in the market next year."
Qin Jian: "Thank you."
At the entrance of the restaurant, Paul shook hands with Qin Jian and Shen Qingci respectively and left with the DG contract.
Paul: "See you at the end of the year."
Qin Jian: "See you at the end of the year."
...
The record contract matter came to an end, and Qin Jian and Shen Qingci were busy with their own affairs.
Shen Qingci made an appointment with Argerich. It was inconvenient to meet during the game. He also had Fu Hua's words to bring to him and talk about old times.
Qin Jian rushed to the Chopin Institute.
...
The award-receiving scene seemed a bit business-like, in the Parokande office.
The certificate of honor is a golden certificate with Chopin's face printed on it, and the prize is a check of 40,000 euros.
These are all small things, the important thing is the tour agreement.
On behalf of the competition organizer, Parroken negotiated with Qin Jian for about two hours about the championship's global tour.
The organizers have taken into account Qin Jian's schedule this year and the Chinese Spring Festival, so they hope that Qin Jian can start a global tour in mid-March next year.
Qin Jian expressed his gratitude and understanding for this, but it was still a bit early for him.
In the end, both parties set a 40-day tour date for October next year.
There is another item in the agreement regarding the ‘Chopin and European Music Festival’ next July. Parkenluo told Qin Jian that this is an important event that he must attend as a previous champion of the Chopin Competition.
...
After coming out of the Chopin Institute, Qin Jian breathed a sigh of relief.
This year is not over yet, and he feels like next year is already over.
He has never experienced such a tight schedule, not even during the preparations for the Chopin Competition.
"But it feels pretty good."
Looking at the time, it was already half past five. He looked himself up and down and thought that he had to go back and change clothes.
Tonight's event is his first time attending a Steinway artist gathering, so he needs to be more energetic.
On the way back to the hotel, he had a voice chat with Duan Ran.
Little Fatty Duan has started class today, and she told Qin Jian that she is going to start practicing Debussy and Ravel formally.
After listening to the short excerpt of the Shepherd's Afternoon sent by Duan Ran, Qin Jian couldn't help but feel envious.
He also wanted to start practicing Impressionist works early.
But as for the route he planned for future performance, he could only think about it.
'Come on, little fat boy.'
'I've lost weight! I just weighed myself this morning and it's only 103!'
'Then give me a good meal and bring it back.'
'Hehe, no, I think this is just right~'
‘No, you can’t go below 110 when you come back during the Chinese New Year, do you hear me?’
Qin Jian didn't want Duan Ran to lose weight any more, no matter from any angle.
...
After returning to the hotel and changing into formal clothes, Qin Jian then set off for the Denton Hotel.
He didn't know who would be attending the banquet tonight, but he guessed that there would be at least Argerich and Talibek.