The world's number one pianist

"Record? Why did you think of recording a record?"

Wang Pei had never expected He Shen to make this request. He sat up straight, propped his left hand on the piano, rested his chin, looked at He Shen curiously, and said.

"I can understand you doing other things, but why do you want to record a record? You know, the market for classical music is shrinking as a whole. Even for those pop music, few people will record records. Why do you want to record a record?"

"Because I feel that I have touched the peak of a work, so I want to try to see if I can record it."

He Shen said lightly, his tone full of confidence.

The previous master-level "Chopin Ballade" gave him a particularly deep understanding of Chopin's works, especially Chopin's four ballades.

If these four ballades are not recorded, it is tantamount to walking in the night with brocade clothes.

It is really unnecessary to have a unique skill but not let outsiders know about it.

So, He Shen decided to ask Wang Pei for help and ask him if he had any channels to help him record a record.

Wang Pei obviously hesitated. He touched his chin and said uncertainly.

"Is that so... If you just want that kind of vinyl record, I probably don't have any channels, but if you just want to record the works you play, I still have a way, and it's very simple."

"Huh?"

"Go directly to the recording studio to record, such as recording in the recording studio of our school."

"The recording studio of your school?"

"Of course, I applied for it at that time and spent nearly 300,000 yuan."

He Shen was stunned. , Wang Pei said before that his school had obtained the authorization of Steinway, and He Shen was actually okay. After all, as long as you have money, you can get this thing.

Back then, Wang Pei, as one of the most economically minded people in the school, it was normal for him to think of getting this thing.

After spending money to obtain the authorization of Steinway, these stores are not pure losses, but completely profitable. Many authorized dealers rely on the name of Steinway to bluff people outside, and actually sell some miscellaneous pianos.

In simple terms, even if you see a piano that costs two or three million yuan, which is very expensive, your first reaction is that the pianos in this piano store are very high-end and classy.

If you can't afford it, you will naturally turn your attention to other pianos in this piano store. Even if it is an ordinary piano, most people will be fooled and pay for it under the praise of the salesperson and the blessing of the Steinway halo.

In a word, although Steinway didn't sell many units, these franchisees bought all the ordinary brands or miscellaneous brands of pianos and made a lot of money.

No matter how expensive the licensing fee is, this kind of profit, which is the same as luxury goods, can definitely make money back quickly.

But this recording studio is different. He Shen really didn't expect Wang Pei to actually build a recording studio. .

Recording studios are generally targeted at those music studios and those private musicians.

In simple terms, the entire recording studio needs to be designed by a special designer, and acoustic research on the sound conduction inside the recording studio is conducted. Every detail needs to be paid attention to.

After the room is built, it is necessary to build a control console outside, which is another big sum of money, and then various equipment.

Recorder, sound card, microphone...

A lot of things, if you make one specifically for this, the price will definitely go up.

And it is difficult to make a profit!

As far as He Shen knows, it costs 200-500 per hour to rent a recording studio outside. If you calculate it based on the middle value of 350, it will take at least 1,000 hours to make a profit for Wang Pei's room.

And how many people would choose to rent a recording studio to record music?

So basically, building this is completely a personal interest, spending money to buy your own happiness, and don't dream of expecting this recording studio to make money.

Wang Pei stood up from the piano stool, walked to the door, and waved to He Shen.

"Let's go to the studio. No one should need it recently, so you can use it at will."

After saying that, he waited for He Shen to approach, and then he led He Shen to the entrance of the piano store. At the entrance of the piano store, which was behind the front sales desk, he opened a secret door and led He Shen in.

The two walked in the dark for a short distance and arrived at the recording studio of the Symphony Piano Store.

Wang Pei reached out and turned on the light beside him. Countless soft lights instantly poured out, making the entire recording studio extremely warm.

"Clang, look, our school's recording studio is usually used for recording for those children. Usually, when these children have perfected a piece of work, we will bring them to this place to record, and then send it to their parents."

"When the year-end performance is held every year, we will take out several pieces that these children played better in the year, burn them into separate CDs, and give them to them as New Year gifts."

"You have to know that these parents don't actually know piano, and they don't know how their children are, but when they see their children can play a whole CD of works, they are so excited, and they can show off to their relatives."

“For example, ‘Look, my kid is so amazing. He’s only been learning for a year and he’s already released a solo album. Oh, I really didn’t want him to learn piano, but he insisted on learning it. I didn’t expect that he would become famous.’”

“However, we can only give them one CD. If you want to give more copies to others, you have to pay extra. This is a profit.”

“After all, satisfying the vanity of students’ parents is the basis for our piano store to survive.”

Wang Pei introduced the working mode of his recording studio while groping around the studio. It took a long time before he started the entire studio.

He looked at the bright spots all around, clapped his hands, and nodded with satisfaction.

“Okay, go in. Remember to watch my gestures. After I give you a signal, you can start recording. Remember, you must watch my gestures.”

“Well, okay.”

He Shen nodded, pushed open the extremely heavy door next to the console, and walked into the recording studio after passing through a partition door.

As soon as he entered the recording studio, all the sounds around him seemed to be completely separated from him. The surroundings became extremely quiet, and no noise could be heard.

The piano placed in the middle for recording was also a Steinway. This Steinway looked similar to the one in Wang Pei's previous office, so it should also be a Steinway.

He Shen sat on the piano stool, adjusted his chair slightly, and then quickly ran through the scales and arpeggios to give himself a general understanding of the basic performance of this piano.

The tone was not much different from that of a normal Steinway, a relatively balanced tone that was both transparent and full.

The rebound was slightly slower, but still within the controllable range.

The keyboard felt slightly hard, and the force required was a little greater.

Resonance...

After He Shen quickly went through all the data of this piano in his mind, he had a clear idea of ​​it, and then nodded to Wang Pei outside.