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Hearing that he had opened his own company and was in charge of his own brokerage, Thomas took the initiative to talk about cooperation.

He proposed the idea of holding a global piano tour for Li Zhifan by cooperating with the German Manstone Music Company he worked for and Timeline, and did not introduce many successful cases of the company, including the concert of Zhongju Youdou.

Li Zhifan did not directly refuse, but said with a smile: "Let me think about it! By the end of this year, I already have a work arrangement, and the schedule is very full." ”

"It's okay, next year too!"

Thomas immediately said, "Starting in October, Zhongju's concert tour will arrive in China, and we will visit you then, and of course, if you continue to be a guest for Zhongju, we are always welcome." ”

Whether it is making music or playing the piano, for Li Zhifan, this is a pleasant and comfortable career, although there are benefits, but it is not the most important.

But here in Thomas, it is full of copper smell.

"Making money" and "everything just to make money" are two different things, which makes Li Zhifan's attitude towards Thomas plummet.

"I'll think about it!"

Li Zhifan said perfunctorily, then bypassed the topic and chatted with Zhongju Youdou about his current playing level.

Thomas could feel that Li Zhifan didn't want to communicate with him more, but he didn't know why.

In fact, Li Zhifan has already investigated this Manstone Music Company clearly.

This company has been around since the 60s of the last century, originally produced blank videotapes, and in the 70s began to switch to record recording services, and also held the copyrights of the works of many deceased classical pianists, from vinyl records to CDs, and now to digital music, their business has been interrupted, a piano piece can repeatedly appear in records of different eras, every time the technology is improved, every time a certain pianist is born or died, it is a good day for them to release a new record.

However, in the digital age, online downloads and paid trial music have become the norm, and the physical recording business has shrunk year by year, and now it has become the company's lowest-revenue business.

It wasn't enough to sit on the sidelines and start signing new performers and musicians, as well as a world tour and recording of original compositions.

Up to now, there are more than 30 musicians under Manstone's umbrella, and more than 90 have collaborated or are working with all kinds of instruments around the world.

But despite this, Manston is still a small and medium-sized performance company because of its late start on touring.

Most of the concerts they arrange are on the campuses of some conservatories, and the audience is very limited, which cannot be compared with those world-class large performance companies.

Even if they want to give a concert with more than 1,000 people, they have to find other big companies to work with.

So Li Zhifan would not agree to this Thomas, and in his eyes, Li Zhifan saw the words "profitable".

If he hadn't promised Zhongju Youdou, maybe he wouldn't want to go to tomorrow's stage.

……

The next afternoon.

Li Zhifan and Song Song took a flight together to Boston in the north.

Berklee College of Music is one of the top modern music schools in the United States, and classical music is a completely different concept than classical music.

However, the repertoire performed by Yuto Nakai this time is all new musical works composed by Ken Tange, and the Japanese style and pop style are reflected in these songs, so it is not an exaggeration to perform at Berkeley.

If you go to Curtis, Juilliard, and Eastman, you may still be despised if you go to schools that focus on classical music, right?

At this time, Li Zhifan suddenly understood why Thomas asked him to play "Turkish March", it seems that it is not the reason for the music, but the reason for the environment!

When Li Zhifan and Song Song arrived, there were still two hours before the concert began.

Yuto Nakaju was preparing for his debut and couldn't accompany them, so the two had to walk around the campus together.

Student bands can be seen rehearsing everywhere on campus, and there are many onlookers, but most of them are girls, and Li Zhifan found that there are many Chinese in this college, and he can even see some familiar faces, not only second- and third-tier singers who are well-known in China, but also a few talent singers who have entered the first-line or quasi-first-line haunts.

Here, they don't have to hide, they don't have to wear masks, sunglasses and hats, they don't even wash their faces and don't shave, and their unkempt appearance is very different from what they used to be.

Song Song solved his doubts: "Berkeley is a private college, in addition to professional standards, students must also have money, and there are short-term advanced courses, this class can be attended for a little money, and domestic people come here to further their studies, as long as they have money, it is very simple." Especially those newcomer singers, after signing the contract, the company is willing to support it and will send it for further study. ”

"Oh!" Li Zhifan said meaningfully, "What do you mean, don't take this matter seriously?"

"Haha, you know!"

Song Song smiled, "Let's go! I'll take you to see MIT and Harvard University!"

MIT and Harvard are near Berkeley College, but Song Song said that he took him to see them, not really going to these two colleges, but climbing a teaching building on campus, looking far away.

Li Zhifan had a feeling that he had been tricked, but Song Song smiled and said: "When I first came, my senior brother did the same to me, but I definitely won't be as bad as him, he brought me here because he was going to class, and I waited for him outside for an hour." ”

"So, Brother Song also graduated here?" Li Zhifan was surprised, according to information on the Internet, Song Song seemed to have graduated from Peking University, the highest university in China.

"No, it's my senior brother in the fourth middle school in Beijing, after graduation he studied music and came to the United States, I graduated a year later and went to the Chinese Department of Peking University! ”

Song Song said, "But it was also that time he brought me here, listened to music for an hour, and decided to change careers to music, but I didn't expect that now our identities have changed dramatically, he has become a senior vice president of the AIIB, and I have become a musician." ”

Li Zhifan is not only stunned when he hears it, but he is also a talent, and he can go to the AIIB to be a vice president if he learns music, cow!

And Song Song actually has the experience of being an exchange student, or at Harvard, he boldly changed his career to music, and became the most famous musician in China, and now he is the chairman of the board of directors of the largest and richest entertainment company in China, even better!

Although there are all kinds of wonders in the world, he still wants to see how this Song Song's head grows.