Old-time musicians

"Hey, a surprise!"

The audience in the audience had only listened to the performance of "Flight of the Bumblebee" for about 20 seconds, and they had already completely entered that strange state of tension, but then an "untimely" shout suddenly came from the stage.

Even though it was the encore moment, when someone suddenly shouted loudly during a symphony performance, the audience was undoubtedly a little confused for a moment, and they followed the source of the sound with doubtful eyes.

"That is?..."

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"Mr. Capron? The baritone who just sang the Fantasia?"

"If I remember correctly, this gentleman is the permanent conductor of the old symphony orchestra, right?"

Although Capron works behind the scenes most of the time, as the second-ranking figure in the band, he left a deep impression on everyone on the stage today. There are still many people who know him.

The fans looked at each other a little bit.

"Surprise? What is a surprise?" Viadlin, whose mind was filled with memories of "The Bell" just now, touched his head in confusion.

The band's performance of "Flight of the Bumblebee" continued, with various instruments competing to present a dramatic musical image, and the air was filled with a tense yet slightly playful atmosphere.

"Rumble, rumble—"

Suddenly a deep voice came from the side of the stage.

The sound was noisy and messy, and it wasn't on point. It didn't seem to come from any percussion instrument.

"What the hell is this?"

From the aisles on both sides of the stage, Fan Ning and three other staff pushed out two small wooden carts, which contained colorful paper balls that were slightly larger than basketballs.

"Gift, this is a gift! New Year's gift!

" Kaplan explained with a smile on his face.

While the music was playing, he directly picked up a red "large paper basketball" and threw it directly into the sky above the audience!

"New Year's gift? Are there any gifts tonight?" More than a dozen dignitaries from the cultural department and many distinguished guests from high society were stunned by Fan Ning's endless tricks.

After the red paper ball was thrown from Kaplan's hand, Fan Ning summoned a strong but short invisible force and slammed it further in the direction.

So the audience stared at it as it flew all the way to the highest point close to the crystal chandelier.

At an invisible place in the center of the sphere, the capsule containing the "Exhaust" phase radiant spiritual liquid burst, and a certain micro-curse seal in the special structure was activated, so it seemed that a compressed storm air flow was released from the restraint——

"Bang!

! "

The outer paper shell cracked and disintegrated, and a large group of colorful or gold and silver card-like things exploded from the air, followed by more decorative petals and colored paper, flying and falling one after another!

The old symphony orchestra on the stage was still playing "Flight of the Bumblebee". The audience's hair stood on end due to the tense and strange sound waves, as if a bee was about to sting them, and their backs couldn't help but contract one after another. In this state, they subconsciously raised their hands and grabbed one of the cards scattered above their heads.

"Huh? One pound?"

A teenage citizen held a lightweight white card in his hand and his eyes widened.

"Hey... these are real banknotes! A New Year's gift worth 1 pound!" He ripped off the slightly stuck banknotes.

“When you wake up tomorrow morning, your happiness will be as warm as the winter sun.”

Then a New Year's greeting appeared below, with a gilt signature in Mr. Kaplan's signature format.

"Two pounds?... Where did this kid Caron come from with so many evil ideas..." Viadlin stretched out his fingers to hold a purple card, and peeled off the brand-new banknotes with the fragrance of ink on them. When he saw When the sincere New Year's greetings were gilded and signed by Marquess MacAdam, the smile on her face froze, and her expression suddenly became weird.

"I reluctantly believe that it is difficult to say that this situation was intentional on your part..." He looked up at the ceiling of the hall, where all kinds of cards were still flying in the air.

The explosion of this big red paper ball was just the beginning. Soon, several other paper balls of different colors were thrown out in different directions by the staff.

Under the auxiliary impact of Fan Ning's "key" invisible force, some of them flew further into the air ahead, some flew to both sides, and some exploded in the air in front of the boxes on the second and third floors. , the wind of "exhaustion" of the curse blew it to the audience at a high place.

"Five pounds?" Director Humphrey at the distinguished guest table flicked the crisp banknotes in disbelief, and then read the text on the back, "Oh, look, New Year's greetings from Mr. Fanning."

"1 pound, 1 pound, 1 pound...10...10 pounds!?" A girl with a round face and short hair grabbed six or seven cards in a row at the back. She counted the cards with banknotes in them and suddenly exclaimed, "I Isn’t it the highest price in the whole place? Oh my god, the ticket price I paid was only 12 pounds!”

"Ah! I received greetings and blessings from Miss Sheeran!

"The young man wearing glasses in the box grabbed five bills in a row without any money, but at a certain moment he suddenly beat his chest and stamped his feet with an expression of "Ah, I'm dead."

"Bang!——" "Bang!——" "Bang bang bang!——"

Under the instruction of the conductor, the orchestra inadvertently started its second repetition. The muted string instruments playing the chromatic scale were vibrating around the listener's ears like a swarm of bees. The woodwinds surrounded the high and low ranges, dotted with skips of thirds, and occasionally There were one or two sounds of brass pipes entering and stumbling out in a dull manner, adding a sense of humor to the scene, while the various colored paper balls that were thrown exploded in the air one after another.

"Please accept our New Year's greetings!" Kaplun made trumpet-like gestures with his hands, raised his head and shouted loudly, backing away repeatedly while shouting, "Surprise! Gift! In the encore! In the form of a lottery!"

Amid the music of Flight of the Bumblebee, a colorful rain fell in the Symphony Hall.

After Fanning customized and purchased card bases with different contents, he asked the staff of the Administration Department and the General Operations Department to form groups and lead the employees to rush out nearly 20,000 New Year's greeting cards for several consecutive nights, and then compressed them into two carts of paper shell balls. Of course, a few small extraordinary means were added...

Four-fifths of them were pure blessings, signed by random musicians, but the remaining one-fifth were "New Year's gifts" with practical significance in the "lottery".

The simplest and crudest form is to stick banknotes directly on the blessing: 1 pound, 2 pounds, 5 pounds, and 10 pounds. Of course, those listeners whose imagination is limited to this are obviously not familiar with the style of this music director.

"Turner Hall tea break ticket?" A lady who attended the event in a gorgeous dress repeatedly confirmed the exquisite words under the blessing on the fourth card, "This card allows you to enter the tea break area once during the intermission of any concert in the new calendar year 914, and you can bring a companion."

A mysterious and high-end special symbol permeates the card texture behind the font.

"Priceless social or dating tool!" She covered her mouth with one hand, and her shawl slid to the ground.

"And... you can actually bring a companion, my God, this is too decent!"

The tea break area of ​​the Turner Hall concert is not accessible to everyone with xx pounds! She had read several media reports on the tea breaks of the ten concerts in the opening season. The service there was extremely distinguished, the art decorations there were extremely expensive, and the snacks and drinks were said to be delicious and expensive... Those who could appear in the tea break area for socializing were all VIPs of the art hall. This was simply a pass to the upper class!

"Record pick-up card..." Lawyer Monroe rubbed his eyes and quickly scanned the sentence "With this card, you can choose to pick up a set of records issued by Turner Art Hall at any sales point."

"What a coincidence?" He muttered, "My family just bought a new phonograph, and it hasn't arrived yet..."

""30 pounds Turner Art Hall ticket voucher"..."

""50 pounds Turner Art Hall ticket voucher"..."

""100 pounds Turner Art Hall ticket voucher"..."

People kept finding completely unexpected New Year gifts.

"Sound, Color, Light, and Shadow, A Moment of Recollection - Impressionism Art Exhibition Fine Picture Book and Souvenir Gift Pack"

The audience was completely excited!

The permanent conductor Mr. Kaplun's voice was indeed correct

What is a fucking surprise?

The festive atmosphere and festive effect were instantly full!

Not only can you receive New Year's greeting cards from artists, but also simple and rough banknotes that symbolize good luck, and so many high-end, decent and upscale New Year's gifts?

It's 10,000 times more pleasing than those promotional commercial GGs in this city with fancy New Year's greetings, okay?

Please give more of these blessings!

!

Gentlemen, ladies and children stood in front of their seats or in the corridors, cheering and grabbing cards. The scene was lively and orderly. In the folk culture of Theolian, accepting "blessings" or "gifts" that have fallen to the ground will lose their effectiveness and even bring bad luck. In addition, there are quite a few ladies or elderly people with limited mobility in the audience. Everyone focused their attention in the air. A few people tried to kick the fallen cards with their feet, but found that they seemed to stick to the floor.

The ratio of the number of cards made to the number of audience members estimated by Fanning is enough to ensure that each person can grab the card "lottery" 5-7 times on average.

"Bang!——" "Bang!——" The colored balls are still popping.

The colorful, gold and silver shiny pieces of paper rotate, dance and float in charming colors under the reflection of the crystal chandelier.

"Turner Art Hall New Year's Eve Dinner Invitation?" Shortly after the last few colored balls burst, the sudden exclamation from the crowd made the surrounding audience suddenly quiet down and look sideways.

A lady turned the card over and over, and her folding fan had already fallen to the side.

"Dinner invitation! I got it too!"

"This one is also an invitation! The right to have dinner with the musicians? Oh my god, this must be a dream!"

Several different voices came from all over, attracting a crowd of envious eyes.

Obviously, the highest-level gift of this "New Year's Grand Draw" was hidden in the last few balls.

When the gorgeous scene in the symphony hall returned to normal, the last repetition of "Flight of the Bumblebee" also stopped, and the audience cheered and applauded while re-seating.

This time, the cheers were not only admiration for the artists, but also with the real "excitement of harvest", especially the gifts received by quite a few people far exceeded the value of the tickets.

"Da Da Da - Da Da Da -"

Suddenly, the big and small army drums on the stage beat out a prelude with their heads held high.

The band then played a majestic, passionate and confident melody with a sonorous rhythm.

The third piece of the encore was "Radetzky March", a repertoire of Johann Strauss Sr.'s New Year's Concert.

The eyes of some of the audience who had listened to the concert last time lit up, and those who had never experienced it suddenly felt something stirring in their bodies.

After the first four bars of the main part, Maestro Schillings, like Fanning before, put down his baton and left the stage.

The audience began to clap and sing along.

This New Year's Concert in 914 probably left unforgettable memories for most of the audience, and those young audiences, after experiencing such a touching and sublimation, it would be difficult for them not to become "music lovers" in the future, and the life trajectory of many people might be changed because of it.

After several rounds of revelry, the performance came to a successful end, but it was just a performance.

"For the lucky audience who got the 'New Year's Eve Dinner Invitation', please bring your family to the stage first and take photos with our artists and guests." When the show was over, Kapuren laughed again, "Then, haha, you can consider whether there is a conflict with your original schedule. The dinner is expected to end before 0:30. Of course, maybe you will have the opportunity to have a turn at the New Year's Concert next year!"

Giving up the opportunity to have dinner with several masters on and off the stage, a group of outstanding artists, and all the staff of Turner Hall, obviously no one would be stupid enough to make such a decision unless they encountered a fatal thing, and this opportunity can be shared by the family!

"Hey, stand up, stand up."

"Mr. Fanning, please stand in the middle."

"Masters, you go first."

"You go first, I can stand anywhere!"

"Don't block the beautiful ladies behind..."

"Hurry up, boys and girls in the choir!"

The standing positions are not set in a fixed pattern, the time is not too long, and there is not much attention to the so-called status etiquette.

"Kacha——"

After the large-scale photographic equipment was laid out, the photographer pressed the shutter.

"Yeah!" "Happy New Year!

!"

The brilliant smiles of more than 200 people on the stage, including more than 80 musicians, 61 members of the affiliated choir, conductors, pianists, singers, and more than 60 lucky listeners, were frozen in the film.

The staff began to dismantle the stage, the music staff collected the instruments, and the technicians of Hoffman Records also began to dismantle the recording equipment.

"The photos will be distributed to everyone as soon as they are developed. Please move to the glass corridor banquet hall on the north side of the fifth floor after leaving." Fanning said loudly.

More than ten minutes later, under the guidance of the staff, everyone climbed the spiral staircase leading to the fifth floor one after another.

"Carlon, let me ask you a question."

Fanning and Kaplun walked in the crowd and were stopped by Sir Viadrin at the door of the banquet hall.

"President?" He stopped in confusion and motioned Kaplun to enter first.

"Do you know about Vasius?" Viadrin asked casually, not seriously.

Fanning thought quickly in his mind, then nodded calmly.

"I guess he lost contact? I had contact with He Meng and his group on the opening day. Although they said they were "still on vacation", I had some hunches at the time. You know that mysterious incident..."

"Indeed. Investigator is a high-risk profession... You don't have any other disputes, right?"

Fanning's heart "clicked".

Why did the president ask this?

"Did you get any unexpected information?" He asked tentatively.

Viadrin looked at the heavy snow outside the window.

"There is a saying in the Special Patrol Office that Vasius may be an 'Apostle'."