The world's number one pianist

After talking about Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting, He Shen started his daily piano practice.

Even though He Shen can be regarded as having successfully taken the first step as a musician in China, He Shen still did not relax.

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Still practice piano for more than five or six hours a day.

Two hours of basic practice is essential every morning when he wakes up, and the remaining three hours will be spent practicing other works randomly.

If Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting do not have any questions, He Shen will practice piano non-stop.

Probably practice for seven or eight hours, nine or ten hours is possible.

As long as there is nothing to do.

After all, there is nothing to say...

He Shen is really free now.

In addition to practicing piano, He Shen has almost nothing else to do.

There are only two closing concerts later.

Prepare for a concert with Beethoven as the theme.

Then wait for the opening of Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music in September.

Others, it seems that there is nothing else?

Therefore, after analyzing it, He Shen suddenly found that his most important job now is to study Beethoven and make his Beethoven enter the master level as soon as possible.

This is why He Shen returned to his seat and started practicing the piano after teaching Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting.

Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting looked at He Shen, looked at each other helplessly, and could only turn around and walk towards the sofa behind the piano room.

Just watch He Shen practicing the piano there quietly.

What can I do now?

My teacher said that he doesn’t have a so-called Alice, and even taught them emotional conversion.

Could it be that I have to ask Teacher He if I can become He Shen’s Alice?

This is too straightforward and embarrassing, right?

It’s okay to agree, but the problem is that now the two of them can’t see He Shen’s thoughts at all, which means that they are easily rejected.

Therefore, neither of them dared to take the initiative.

They could only sit there and watch He Shen practice the piano.

It must be said that He Shen's attitude towards piano practice is very serious. Even if it is the kind of extremely boring piano practice, Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting can hear a very obvious sense of music.

Boring, but wonderful.

Just as everyone was listening to the music, the door of He Shen's piano room was suddenly knocked.

A male voice came from outside the door.

"Excuse me, is Teacher He here?"

He Shen glanced at the music score in front of him, without any expression on his face, but turned his head to look at the two people behind him.

Zhao Zitong immediately understood, stood up and walked to the door, nodded to the person standing at the door, and asked.

"Hello? What's the matter?"

"Ah? You are Teacher He's student, right?" The man at the door was obviously very surprised. He put the briefcase in his hand under his arm, and then spoke to Zhao Zitong while searching for something inside.

"I am the agent responsible for Mr. He Shen's domestic brokerage activities in China, etc., etc., um... found it! This is my business card."

After saying that, the man's eyes lit up and handed his business card to Zhao Zitong.

Zhao Zitong took the business card and did not look at the words on it. Instead, she took a few steps back and looked at He Shen who was sitting on the piano bench, with a hint of temptation in her eyes.

The meaning was obvious. She was asking He Shen whether to let this person in.

He Shen did not speak.

The agent at the door saw that something was wrong and immediately spoke up.

"It's like this, Mr. He, I was hired by Deutsche Grammophon to be your agent for your music activities in China!"

"Because your main direction is still in China, not abroad, Deutsche Grammophon has no way to arrange their agents in China."

"After all, they are just a record-type subsidiary of Universal."

"Therefore, they contacted me and asked me to be responsible for your music activities in China."

After saying that, the agent smiled at Zhao Zitong, and Zhao Zitong hesitated for a while, not knowing what to do.

According to what the man in front of him said, there is nothing wrong with what he said, and these are all very normal.

Deutsche Grammophon magazine had told He Shen before that they were only responsible for He Shen's concerts and records.

They can promote He Shen's popularity in the direction of classical music.

However, they can't help much in other aspects.

After all, if a pianist wants to make his reputation spread widely, it is not feasible to rely solely on his own skills.

Every year, there are countless pianists who give up their careers because of lack of popularity.

Therefore, the best way is to follow those large brokerage companies and let them be responsible for the spread of the pianist's own popularity.

Only when the popularity is increased and the piano skills are strong, it is possible to make his records sell more widely.

In particular, He Shen is currently focusing on music activities in China, not foreign music activities.

Therefore, Zhao Zitong didn't know whether he should continue to stop the agent in front of him and not let him in.

He Shen looked at Zhao Zitong and spoke lightly.

"Let him in."

"Okay."

Zhao Zitong took a step back and made way.

The manager immediately nodded to Zhao Zitong with an extremely friendly smile, and then quickly walked into the piano room.

The first time he walked to the piano room, he looked around and took the lead to ignore Ji Mengting and Zhao Zitong who were sitting there, and walked directly towards He Shen.

He handed the business card in his hand to He Shen, smiled and said.

"Teacher He, this is my business card. Please take a look at it."

He Shen reached out and took the business card, glanced at the so-called agent in front of him, and then at the business card in his hand.

On the business card was the name of an entertainment company. He Shen actually didn't know much about domestic entertainment companies in China, so He Shen had no idea what kind of company this entertainment company was.

Under this entertainment company is the name of the agent.

"Jiang Yunling?" He Shen looked at the agent in front of him and read out the name.

Jiang Yunling immediately nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, it's me! I am a Chinese independent agent invited by Deutsche Grammophon magazine."

"Although he is not the best in China, he can still be regarded as a relatively high-level agent. He has brought out several particularly famous stars."

After that, he said a few names to He Shen.

He Shen was not familiar with him, so Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting, who were sitting aside to watch the excitement, nodded.

Those are obviously familiar to them.

Although He Shen was a little confused, he stretched out his hand and said.

"sit."

"Okay!"

Jiang Yunling sat on another piano bench opposite He Shen, which was the piano bench for the student piano, and spoke to He Shen.

"Teacher He, I just took a look at your situation before coming here. I'll analyze it with you first and give you the specific information, okay?"

"Okay." He Shen nodded.

Jiang Yunling received He Shen's permission and immediately spoke without any hesitation.

"Teacher He, your current overall traffic situation is not particularly good, but you can look forward to the future! The potential is huge!"

"First of all, we have to admit that if you had returned to China to perform music in the previous four years, when you had just become the winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition, you could have easily harvested a wave of traffic."

"You know, the last person in China to win the Chopin International Piano Competition was Li Diyun!"

"Although his current situation is not good, I have to admit that the Chopin International Piano Competition can be regarded as the most recognized type of international piano competition in China."

"In China, its reputation is much greater than that of the other four major international piano competitions!"

“So it’s a shame that it hasn’t happened in four years and the loss of traffic is huge.”

"But that doesn't matter. I just took a look at Mr. He's search index after your previous concert. There was a very obvious increase in your search index for Mr. He."

"According to the research of our brokerage team, although many people have forgotten your experience of winning this award, it is actually relatively easy to recall this part of the experience."

"This is the place where Teacher He is better than other newcomers who have just debuted. After all, your base is not in the entertainment industry, but in the field of classical music."

"We can see a very clear example here."

"Lang Liangyue has made his base camp in the field of classical music and ensured that his base camp is stable. His pace in the entertainment industry can be regarded as one step at a time. He is very stable and does not make too many mistakes."

"Even if something goes wrong, his appeal in classical music is enough to get the attention of most people around the world, and he will not fall into the abyss all of a sudden."

"On the contrary, Li Diyun should have made his base in the field of classical music, but he gave up his deep cultivation in the field of classical music and instead made his base in the entertainment industry."

"This also led to the fact that after he got into trouble in the entertainment industry, the classical music field was not particularly welcoming to him. Even if he bought tickets in China, his sales volume would not increase."

"Therefore, we can get a very obvious direction, which is to imitate Lang Lang's steps and move forward in the entertainment industry step by step."

"Mr. He, your position as a professor at the Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music, coupled with your non-stop concert tours, can ensure that you continue to deepen your knowledge in the field of classical music and ensure that your base camp will not collapse."

"I therefore negotiated with your Deutsche Grammophon magazine."

"Deutsche Grammophon magazine is responsible for your own depth in the direction of classical music, especially the spread of your international reputation outside China!"

"And I am responsible for helping you, Mr. He, to gradually strengthen your reputation in China. I am also responsible for helping you, Mr. He Shen, to increase your reputation in China without damaging your basic base."

"after all……"

"The magazine of Deutsche Grammophon."

“After all, it’s still a foreign company.”

"Your goal, to become a piano master as quickly as possible, requires not only your own skills, but also influence from various places."

"As for me, in addition to helping you coordinate domestic concerts, I can also help you quickly increase your influence!"

"What do you think...?"

After saying that, Jiang Yunling looked at He Shen, waiting for He Shen's answer.

He Shen looked at Jiang Yunling in front of him and didn't know how to answer for a while.

After all, He Shen was, after all, an ordinary pianist who took piano as his career direction.

He didn't understand this kind of thing at all.

After all, he didn't even understand the hints his students gave him before.

If it's about something about music, He Shen can talk for hours without stopping, from music itself to everything outside of music.

But when it comes to something about other people's professions.

For example, to improve their own popularity in China, to carry out image performances and so on.

He Shen felt like he was listening to a book of heaven!

According to He Shen's idea, if you want to be famous, isn't it just to hold concerts and tour concerts constantly, and then increase your influence in China?

But He Shen didn't know there was something called...

Breaking the circle!

Everyone hopes that their works can break the circle, from their own circle to the circle of others.

Once they successfully break the circle, they will definitely become the top stream in this industry, and they can also attract more people who don't know about this industry to enter this industry, or begin to be interested in this industry.

Take playing Super Mario for example.

For most people, this game is just 1-1 in childhood.

After playing enough, add 1-2.

No matter how you look at it, it feels very simple.

But a certain player who plays Mario broke the circle and became the representative player of Super Mario in many people's hearts.

Even some people who play Mario better than this person also broadcast Mario on the seafood channel.

Their number of followers cannot be compared with that person.

Even "male and female male" can become a meme.

A meme that successfully broke the circle.

It is said that someone confessed to a girl from Orange Island at that time, and started with "I am angry".

So, if you want to become a top player in the field of classical piano.

Record sales become the world's top level.

Then there is basically only one way.

That is to break the circle!

Not only let the fans of classical music know that there is such a person as you.

More importantly, let those fans outside of classical music also know that there is such a person as you.

Know that there is such a world-class pianist in China.

Therefore, when He Shen releases a record in the future, he will be able to attract some people who were not interested in classical music, but after watching He Shen, they will become slightly interested in classical music.

These people, even if they are only one in tens of thousands of passers-by, will be a very large amount of traffic.

He Shen does not understand these, but he has a very good habit, that is, he knows what he is good at and what he is not good at.

For example, before, when He Shen chose the second top pianist he was going to play next, He Shen did not choose other people, such as Liszt, Mozart and other more famous people.

He Shen chose Beethoven because he knew that he could not play Liszt with his current strength.

In other words, he could play Liszt, but not as strong as Yue Li.

And Mozart's childlike innocence and childishness are completely inconsistent with He Shen himself.

Therefore, after thinking for a long time, He Shen decided to make his next work Beethoven.

Since He Shen knew where his weaknesses were, He Shen would naturally not be particularly arbitrary and say that everything in his future must be planned by himself.

Especially, things related to this kind of agency.

However, He Shen also would not make all the decisions immediately.

Therefore, He Shen looked at Jiang Yunling in front of him, looked at his smile, and did not answer immediately, but stood up and slowly spoke to him.

"Wait a minute, let me think about it."

"Okay! Teacher He, you think about it first, I'm at the door, just tell me when you think it through."

After that, Jiang Yunling immediately stood up, walked to the door, and closed the door very considerately, without any embarrassment on his face.

He Shen looked at Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting beside him, touched his chin, and asked.

"What do you think?"

Zhao Zitong did not hesitate at all, and said directly: "I think you can try to participate first, after all, you are in China now. If you keep holding concerts quietly in China, I personally think it is not very useful."

"..."

He Shen looked at Zhao Zitong and pinched his eyebrows.

Ever since Zhao Zitong followed the same professor as him at the Berlin University of the Arts, she has always called him senior brother.

Obviously, she completed most of the courses she taught in her undergraduate program by herself.

Why did she call him "senior brother" so easily?

He Shen looked at Zhao Zitong and felt helpless. He turned his gaze to Ji Mengting beside him and asked her.

"What about you?"

"Me?" Ji Mengting hesitated a little, and finally shook her head slowly: "I don't know, I don't have any experience, but I think what he said sounds reasonable. It's up to you, teacher, to decide."

He Shen stroked the business card in his hand, hesitated for a while, walked to the side, and reached out to call the agent he met in Berlin before.

Soon, the call was connected, and Schneider's voice came from the other end of the phone.

He Shen asked him about Jiang Yunling directly without any politeness.

Soon, he found out.

The information he got was exactly the same as the information Jiang Yunling gave.

In other words, everything Jiang Yunling said was true!

It wasn't some agent who came here for no reason and wanted to deceive him.

The concerts and record sales that Deutsche Grammophon magazine could arrange were basically mainly for foreign countries, and domestic matters still depended on the methods of domestic agents.

After Schneider confirmed Jiang Yunling's information for He Shen, he immediately spoke to He Shen.

"By the way, He! We have already booked a tour for you this December, starting from Berlin, at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, and then all the way down to Leipzig, Frankfurt, Munich, Salzburg, Vienna, Milan, Paris and other places, touring Europe. Are your works for this year's concert ready? They need to be submitted by September at the latest, and we still need a little time to promote them!"

"If you can hand them over to me in advance, it will be even better, because we will have more time to promote them for you in advance!"

He Shen immediately looked at Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor - Pathétique, which was on the piano, and said to Schneider without any hesitation.

"It's booked, Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas, complete set."

"Complete set? You mean, you want to play 32 piano sonatas in a concert? Are you crazy?" Schneider on the other end of the phone was shocked.

He Shen shook his head slowly: "Please help me divide the first concert into upper and lower parts, and play 16 pieces in each half. The following concerts can be randomly assigned. You can do these. Remember to call a few ambulances for me in advance for the first concert."

"Hiss, the first concert is in Berlin. I can help you do an extra half, but you may have to wait until the tour is over before you can come back to play the second half."

"As for the ambulance you mentioned..."

"I will arrange it. Take care of yourself!"

After that, Schneider exchanged a few words with He Shen, then hung up the phone directly, turned around and took a breath.

Playing 32 piano sonatas in one concert is simply the behavior of a madman.

Or, it is a life-threatening behavior!

However, although this behavior is particularly impulsive, it can help them directly complete He Shen's first set of records.

The first set, a record with Beethoven as the theme.

He Shen looked at the phone in front of him that had been hung up, and he had made a decision.

If he follows Schneider's steps now, it is obvious that his first appearance abroad will come in November this year, and then there will be a concert tour that will last for a whole month.

It is only June now, and college students are about to have a holiday. Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music will start school in two months and welcome a new batch of students!

There is still time, and there is still time for me to practice the piano.

During this period, I can just improve my influence.

If I can improve my influence to a more powerful level, maybe I can make my record get a very good sales volume?

He Shen couldn't help but think of what Schneider said to him before.

If a record of a quarter reaches the top sales in the current quarter in the world, it only takes four times to directly impact the level of piano master!

Now I am just an ordinary pianist. If I want to be promoted to piano master through normal channels.

Then I have to wait for three years! Three years to rank at the top of the world pianist rankings.

In this case...

He Shen got up and opened the door.

Jiang Yunling was standing at the door, bored and looking at the youthful female college students of Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music in the distance.

He suddenly heard the sound of He Shen opening the door, and immediately turned around and smiled again.

"How is it? Teacher He, have you thought about it?"

"Well..."

He Shen nodded, opened the door, and let Jiang Yunling walk into the room.

After he returned to the piano stool, He Shen walked in front of him, nodded slightly at him, and said.

"Tell me about your ideas and plans."

With He Shen's consent, Jiang Yunling's smile became even brighter. He took out the folder in his bag, handed it to He Shen, and said with a smile.

"Of course! After I leaked the news that you want to come back, I received many invitations from programs."

"I have turned down all the programs that asked you to sing."

"In the remaining programs, there are also piano judges and guest performers in the competition!"

"And the latest program I am optimistic about is a vocal program guest performer!"

"A program about musicals, operas, bel canto, and other vocal singers"

"Voice into the heart!"