world number one pianist

Chapter 248 Master, Are You No. [-] in China?
He Shen stepped off the stage, and the stage was full of people.

All the shots were taken of Xiang He Shen's figure, wanting to capture everything about He Shen.

EVA, who was supposed to be the protagonist of the next round, hid aside and looked at He Shen with a helpless expression.

What can be done now?

She is just an ordinary pianist, and it is still possible to ask her to try to play a performance close to the level of a master, but let her play the performance of a master in the most perfect state, to collide head-on with He Shen?

Don't make it difficult for her...

He Shen also noticed EVA who was squeezed by everyone, thought for a while, and didn't go back to his lounge directly to take a rest, but went directly to EVA and stretched out his hand to her.

"come on."

"Huh? Come on, come on? Then...thank you?"

Eva was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect He Shen to cheer her up, she didn't react at all for a while, but her body's instinct still stretched out her hand to hold He Shen's hand.

It's a pity that He Shen only shook hands with her lightly, which was limited to a polite handshake.

After she really took it, He Shen immediately let go of his hand, and said casually to EVA.

"You can play whatever you want, don't worry too much, I won't go to the concert after the game."

"Huh? You won't go to the concert after the end?" EVA was even more confused.

"Correct."

He Shen didn't explain, just said this to EVA, and then went back to his lounge.

As for EVA, after the original confusion, his head gradually became clear, and his originally gloomy eyes gradually began to shine.

After the competition, there will be a concert composed entirely of all finalists.

In these top competitions in the world, besides selecting the best and strongest players, the more important thing is to give these players a chance.

A chance to make them stand out.

Or rather, a chance for them to become pianists!

In the final round of these top competitions, in addition to showing to the judges and striving to get the highest score, there is more to show to the top music companies.

Get them to agree to sign themselves, give them some chance to play concerts.

Compared with He Shen's own concerts a few years ago, which were basically a loss-making business, the concerts organized by these music companies for them don't need to care too much about losing money, they are basically making money.

If those people are particularly appreciative of them, they will generally wait for their precipitation to complete, and then let them start touring concerts around the world.

Just like Lang Liangyue.

Therefore, in the finals, winning the championship is not particularly important. The most important thing is whether you can receive the favor of those people after winning the championship.

Of course, almost all champions can receive the favor of those top classical music companies, and can become one of them and open concert halls all over the world.

And for those who lost the election, it is more difficult to get ahead.

The last chance for these losers to stand out is the concert after the final.

It was the concert that He Shen had just told her about.

The purpose of this concert is to increase the popularity of these finalists. In this concert, no other people will be invited to participate. All invited audiences are basically top musicians from various places .

And the people in charge of those classical music companies.

These responsible persons will conduct a review at this concert to see if there are any other good seeds that can be paid attention to.

Maybe some top players didn't perform well in the finals, so they didn't get noticed?

Even in the finals, these players are already at their full strength, so in this concert, those top players will perform, and some other people will be particularly impressed.

In the future music career, maybe I can get the help of those top pianists.

Accumulate your background in the classical music industry.

These are the functions of the concert after the final.

And He Shen told EVA that he would not go to the concert after the final, that is to say, tell EVA.

Her road to the finals did not end here, she still had another chance.

That's the concert after the final...

Hearing He Shen's voice, EVA breathed a sigh of relief, she was no longer so nervous, but seemed a little relaxed.

This state is the best state when playing.

The surrounding cameras, after He Shen entered his lounge, also pointed their cameras at EVA, waiting for her performance.

He Shen didn't know EVA's current state, after all, he had told her so much, it was already a lot, and any more would make him seem deliberate.

Standing in the room, He Shen reached out and took out a lollipop from his pocket, and put it in his mouth.

The brain, which seemed to be a little bit painful, was gradually relieved.

And He Shen also looked at the foreigner in black suit in front of him, and nodded slightly at him.

"Hello."

The man got up immediately, with an extremely friendly smile on his face, walked towards He Shen, handed He Shen a white bronzing business card, and said with a smile.

"Hi, I'm Universal Music, the Polish manager of the GD branch, your performance tonight is very good! I like your performance very much!"

He Shen took the business card from that person's hand, and didn't ask how much he liked it, but directly flipped through the business card.

Although this manager said that he was from Universal Records, his business card clearly indicated that he was from the DG company!

DG company, Deutsche Grammophon, the translation is, Deutsche Grammophon Company.

The full name is DGG, Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, but now most people don't like to call two repeated letters, so the latter Gesellschaft is often omitted, and only the first two are kept.

That is the DG company in front of He Shen now.

This company, whose parent company is Universal Music, together with Sonny SANY in Dongying, form the world's two top music companies.

As for the DG company in front of them, compared with those of the parent company, this company obviously focuses on classical music.

It has many, many top pianists in the world.

The more famous one, Lang Liangyue, is from Universal.

And those people who are closer to He Shen...

Including the world's number one pianist in the 20th century, Horowitz, other famous people are basically under DG's hands.

For example, Argerich who has already left, Zimmerman who did not come to be a judge, Pollini before, and Li Diyun who has not been released.

All of these people belong to Universal, and most of them belong to DG.

To put it simply, this is basically equivalent to being the number one leader in classical music in the world!

It can even be said to be the boss!

Moreover, this company has never been dominated by old people. After they have picked up any old people, they will let go of their own development and try their best to support new musicians.

They believe that the continuous development of the company is only possible if new top musicians are constantly emerging.

It is precisely because of this that the person in charge of the company came to find He Shen before the competition was over.

The person in charge saw that He Shen was seriously looking at the business card, couldn't help smiling, and pointed to the seat next to him.

"Come on, don't stand still, let's sit down and talk."

After all, he sat down first, and He Shen glanced at him and sat down too.

He Shen put aside the business card given by the person before, and nodded slightly at him.

"Is something wrong?"

"Of course there is something, otherwise what am I here for?"

The smile on the person in charge's face was even brighter. He reached out and took out a contract from behind, handed it to He Shen, and said.

"This is our publishing contract. Your performance this time is simply too perfect, so we plan to ask Xiao Sai for a backup and then re-record it!"

"Because it's live, and it's not a studio version, the level of recording is not too high, but it's the best version I can get!"

"The version I will give you later is the version of the Original Master. Although the selling price is not expensive, this version is based on the player, so it is a better version."

"We will distribute the price of this recording in the form of sharing. We will use our channels to promote it for you, and then we will share [-]-[-] of all the records sold."

"This price is already very high. If it is higher, I will not have permission. And if you want to go higher, you need to sign a contract with our parent company, and you may need to pay channel promotion fees, etc."

"For the first publication, we expect the number to be around 1000 copies. We will test the market first to see the overall situation. If the situation is better, we will continue to print."

"Basically, your recording of this final game is like this. I don't know if you think... is it feasible?"

The person in charge looked at He Shen tentatively, not quite sure what He Shen was thinking.

This price is already the best price he can quote. If you want a higher price, you really need to apply to the parent company.

And the main reason why he didn't cover up some situations was because of He Shen.

Because He Shen's playing ability is very strong!

Obviously, He Shen will never sink in this era, and he will definitely be able to sign contracts with other music companies.

Even if they didn't sign a contract with the parent company behind him, Universal Music, they DG can still show their faces with He Shen.

It would also be nice to have a guaranteed friendly relationship between the two.

He Shen looked at the person in charge in front of him with a slight look of surprise.

This price is already very high.

Except for the lack of those so-called signing fees, this price can already be regarded as the top price in his imagination!
Even if only 1000 records were printed in the first place, this is acceptable.

Now that the record market is shrinking as a whole, even if He Shen is the champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition, his reputation outside is not particularly loud.

Compared with He Shen, people are more willing to listen to the performances of those well-known and top masters.

Therefore, this test of 1000 records has been considered very, very bold.

If the [-]% sales share is calculated, deduct their operating expenses, their audio restoration expenses, their printing recording expenses...

This DG company may not make any money at all!

Their test of 1000 copies is entirely based on He Shen's appeal. If He Shen can sell it, then it is easy to say that it can continue to be reprinted in the future, and it will probably start to make money at that time.

If no one buys this 1000-share trial, they won't lose much, and they can stop the loss in time.

From this point of view, the contract that DG company gave itself was completely a loss of money.

He Shen glanced at the person in charge in front of him, and nodded slowly.

"Row."

"Great! Then please sign here, and our contract will be considered complete. I will ask Xiao Sai's organizing committee for their video recordings later, and then use our technology to organize and republish them. "

The person in charge's eyes lit up suddenly, and he pushed the contract in front of He Shen again.

And He Shen, without any hesitation, read the contract for a while, and after feeling that there was no problem, he signed it directly according to the person in charge.

Seeing that He Shen had completed the contract, the person in charge could hardly restrain the smile on his face, and immediately spoke.

"That's right, now our contract is complete, I can tell you in advance, if we guessed correctly, if all the first printings are sold successfully, you can probably get more than 8000 euros!"

"Because the sales price of our series is 16.99 euros, calculated according to the normal share, it should be about 8.5 euros, but maybe considering some special circumstances such as wear and tear, there should be 8 euros on average."

"When this set of releases is over, there will be re-releases in the future. We will follow this set of contracts and still share the same dividends as before, which is also a [-]-[-] split."

"So, you don't have to worry too much about the records!"

"However, compared to these, I have a question I want to ask you."

The smile on the person in charge's face immediately put away, looked at He Shen, looked into his eyes very seriously, and asked seriously.

"I want to ask, are you interested in joining our Universal Company!"

"If you want, I can introduce you. Although I am the person in charge of a branch of Universal, I have the qualifications to send talents to the parent company!"

"Universal's biggest advantage for you is that they can arrange concerts and places for you to attend major music festivals!"

"For example, Lang Liangyue from Huaguo, after he signed with Universal, Universal arranged for him to be a substitute for the music festival, and then he took advantage of this opportunity to stand up on the world stage and become the world's top One of the pianists!"

"If you don't like the atmosphere of Universal, you can also come to our DG. Although our DG mainly focuses on records, we can still arrange personal concerts for you!"

"Although we don't have many things that DG can do, and we don't arrange too many concerts, but we have very orthodox record recording and distribution channels."

"If you choose our side, we will use our DG record distribution channels to give you the greatest help!"

"The effect may not be as good as Universal's large-scale water test, but if it comes to the interpretation of music, we should be able to give you the most powerful help!"

"You can choose both. If you choose DG, after the game is over, we will go directly to Germany and sign with Germany!"

"If you choose Universal, then after the competition, we will make an appointment. We may need to go to the beautiful country, or contact the general manager of the European branch, and wait for her to come and decide everything."

After all, the person in charge got up, bowed slightly to He Shen, and walked to the door.

At this moment, the next player, EVA, has already stepped onto the stage and started playing.

Her performance was obviously influenced by He Shen, and did not reach the level she was satisfied with.

If you directly compare with He Shen, you can clearly see the gap in her music.

This gap made the atmosphere of the entire concert hall seem rather low and boring.

The person in charge turned his head and glanced at the somewhat bored media workers and staff around him, turned his head to look at He Shen, smiled at him, and waved his hands.

"Okay, I'll go first. It depends on your idea which route you want to take."

"After all, with our DG company, take the traditional recording direction, and then cooperate with the concert to upgrade your reputation."

"It's still with the parent company, Universal, to make a face with the whole world, to show its existence in various places, and then improve its own reputation."

"After all, although we are said to be a subsidiary of Universal Corporation, we still have independent operating authority."

"Therefore, all of this... all depends on your choice!"

After finishing speaking, he bowed slightly to He Shen, turned and left.

The door of the lounge was closed again, He Shen looked at the closed door in front of him and did not speak.

He Shen really didn't think about which brokerage company to choose.

And now there is only one person from the Universal side looking for him, and the others have not come over yet, so there is no way to wait for the price.

For example, Sany SANY, which wants to fight against Universal, has not met yet, so how can it be decided immediately?

Therefore, He Shen put this matter behind him for the time being and ignored it.

He put his perspective on his flickering system.

And just as he put his gaze on the system, the system immediately popped up a message.

[Congratulations to the host for achieving the achievement: LvEX performance! 】

[Reminder: LvEX-level performances are hard to come by, even the most top-level master-level figures may not perform at LvEX-level performances every time]

[Reward: 10 lottery draws ([-] times in a row)]

[Remarks: Except for the successful performance for the first time, every time you perform a perfect work after that, you can get a lucky draw]

He Shen looked at the news in front of him, and his face didn't change in any way. He had already let go of the lottery.

He smoked so many times, but he didn't get anything good.

Except for a teaching experience bonus, the others seem to be really nothing special.

Therefore, He Shen didn't even think about it, and just dismissed the news and looked at other sections in his system.

The mission board has not moved yet, and the third of the three missions, reaching the world championship, has not been fully completed.

If He Shen's guess is correct, this task should not be accomplished until after his champion has been completely announced.

And the other two tasks...

[Main Mission 1: Industry Purifier]

[Explanation: This world is full of filth, the field of music is no longer pure, and you, the chosen one, go to purify this field! 】

[Requirement: Put any ten professor-level and above persons from the Conservatory of Music into prison. 】

[Main task 2: Become an idol]

[Explanation: After becoming an idol, never go to one place, that place is Zhongzhou Zhongcheng! 】

[Requirement: Earn 5000 million]

"..."

Looking at these two tasks, He Shen couldn't help but feel a headache.

The rewards of these two missions are quite good. Mission 1 is to upgrade all Berlioz's works to Lv8.

Mission 2 is Liszt!
But the content of the task, to obtain 5000 million soft sister coins, and to send 10 professor-level figures in, He Shen has no clue yet.

5000 million soft sister coins, probably after I sign a contract with the company, I can probably try to take a look.

Hold more concerts, release more records, and find some suitable places to advertise, maybe you can get 5000 million... right?

And this sent in 10 professor-level characters...

What's wrong with this thing?Are you really looking for that kind of thief, going to someone's home company to check the records?
It’s fine if it’s at home, but if it’s in someone else’s villa...

A whole wall, a whole bed, a refrigerator full of money...

Unless he is from the Anti-Corruption Bureau, it is probably really impossible.

He Shen sighed, put the task aside first, didn't bother to pay attention to it, and looked at the last board.

Leaderboard!
I have already performed the perfect Chopin Piano Concerto No. [-], so how much is my current world ranking?

Without any hesitation, He Shen reached out and clicked on the ranking list, and opened the ranking of Chopin's First Piano Concerto in the Chopin ranking.

Two lines of flashing golden words appeared in front of He Shen.

[Chopin: No. 30 in Jiangzhou, No. [-] in Huaguo (tied), No.[-] in the world]

[Chopin Piano Concerto No. [-]: Jiangzhou No. [-], Huaguo No. [-] (tied), World No. [-] (tied) (remarks)]

[Remark 1: If you play the whole LvEX Piano Concerto, you will be promoted to No. [-] in the world (tied)]

[Remark 2: The number of people who have achieved the world number one (tied) for Chopin's First Piano Concerto is currently 12. 】

[Remark 3: LvEX level does not distinguish between high and low, only personal preference]

The corner of He Shen's mouth couldn't help but slightly raised.

For more than a year, from an unknown person, no one in China would notice his own unknown person.

From an unknown person who even had trouble eating, was blocked by countless piano shops, and would not arrange students for him.

Finally, it became the number one in China!

Now, I can finally be regarded as a pianist!

A real pianist who takes the piano as his own business and slowly advances in this industry!

Chopin's number one pianist in China!

The world's number one pianist is not too far away from him.

Everything is moving in a better direction.

I can also fight back against that person with great confidence.

Be yourself, a real pianist!

　Update the next chapter at night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)