Vienna is the capital of Austria and is also known as the music capital of the world. This is the first stop on Roy's tour.

Chinese people are not interested in Western classical music because of cultural reasons. However, since the end of the 80s, when CCTV began broadcasting the New Year's concert at the Musikverein in Vienna, Chinese audiences have become more and more interested in the music of Strauss's light-hearted and flamboyant.

Roy was also influenced by television in his previous life, and had some yearning for light classical music. Based on his inexplicable musical plot, Vienna was chosen as the first stop on the trip.

The group of them got off the plane, Alyssa and Ivy walked in the front, Ivy pointed to her head and complained in a low voice, "Is there a problem with Roy?" His speech was inexplicable, his emotions were good and bad, and the most unbearable thing was that he deliberately acted against me. ”

Alyssa warned, "Don't talk nonsense, we have a purpose for this trip, don't let Roy be prejudiced against us again." ”

"Got it, got it...... Don't you feel it? Even if I talk back to him, I'm a little ambiguous, I don't know what I'm doing in a daze, I'm really broken. ”

Alyssa shook her head helplessly, "Maybe he likes you." ”

"Hehe, don't be kidding, didn't he say he liked you before? Did you have any contradictions? ”

"Alas, there is no intersection, where is the contradiction."

Ivy reassured, "That's better." Surely you have heard the adage that genius equals madness. With him, he will definitely not be happy. ”

Alyssa glanced at Ivy and was noncommittal.

……

The two people walking at the back of the line were Roy and Wen Xing.

Along the way, Roy seemed to be talking to himself, "Can music cure me...... I've made so much money, why do I have to work so hard...... You say I'm so rich, why doesn't Ivy like the way I look...... If I retire to do something else, won't my life be meaningful...... If I die, is there nothing left......"

Wen Xing's head was hidden in the brim of his hat, and he walked quietly, if he didn't deliberately look at it, it would be as if there was no one next to him.

Since the last time he saw Cliffor, Roy felt that his work efficiency had dropped a lot, and he was inexplicably tired of the company's things, probably because he had defeated all his opponents and had no goal for the time being, so he was burned out.

Now, he gave himself a vacation, suddenly idle, no high-intensity work, and all kinds of strange ideas appeared and occupied his mind. The whole person inexplicably entered a period of emotional slack.

Seeing that Wen Xing ignored him, Roy stopped looking at himself and took two quick steps forward, and went to Ulysses and they had a chat.

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Everyone took a rented business Mercedes-Benz and admired the famous European city of Vienna with great interest, the city roads are mostly Baroque, Gothic and Romanesque buildings on both sides, with very different styles and characteristics, Roy is immersed in the precipitation of this sense of history, and he can't tell whether this is modern or medieval.

Crossing the blue Danube, the group walked out of the car and into the inner city of the city.

The streets of the inner city are narrow, with cobblestone paving roads and many shops, and tourists are weaving.

Jamie generously acted as a tour guide and introduced the customs and customs from time to time.

Because there is no specific parade plan, everyone walks around easily.

Roy saw a small golden statue in the distance and shouted loudly, "Look, Strauss's." ”

At this time, the small golden statue of Strauss was lined up with Chinese tourists who came to take a group photo, but the statues of Mozart, Beethoven and others, who were much more famous, were almost nowhere to be seen.

Jamie and Alyssa asked, "Do you like Strauss's work?" ”

"Haha, sort of, I often heard his tunes on TV when I was a child, so I was familiar with it."

Ivy regretted: "Some people don't let us bring our cameras, otherwise, we can go to the little golden statue of Mozart and take a picture." ”

Jamie asked, "Roy, are you going to a concert in a moment?" ”

Roy said excitedly, "Is it the Golden Hall?" Of course I have to go. He recalled the glittering, classical and luxurious music temple on TV, and his blood began to boil.

In fact, from the sound point of view, due to the age of the Golden Hall, it is far inferior to the concert hall of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra built later, nor as good as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Kennedy Center in the United States, or even as good as the Grand Theater of Paris or the Colon Theater in Argentina. But there is no way, the world only knows the first, not the second, so the better concert halls are far less famous than the Golden Hall.

"Whose music do you want to hear?"

"Soul-washing classical music, it's really yearning. Hey, to be honest, I want to hear everyone, even if I don't understand it. ”

"Okay, let's go over there and see the number of shows before it's too late."

At the front door of the Musikverein, from time to time, locals will come up to you and ask if you want to go to a concert, saying that they have tickets for so-and-so concert hall. Jamie reminded: "The concert halls introduced by these people are all played by third-rate orchestras, which are suitable for tourists to enjoy, and if you want to see a top-notch performance, you need to inquire about the conductor and orchestra in advance." ”

Everyone nodded and was taught.

Roy stood in the crowd, observing people of all colors and expressions around him, everyone was busy immersed in their own world day by day, not knowing what to do, not knowing where to end, the years were rushing, a hundred years in a flash.

Suddenly, the word "fate" came to his mind, and Beethoven grabbed the throat of fate, deafening.

"Shall we listen to 'Fate'?"

Jamie had just returned from the ticket office and confirmed, "Is it Beethoven's Fifth Symphony of Destiny?" ”

"Like." Roy only knew the word "fate".

"The good news is that the next concert does have this piece by Beethoven." Jamie shrugged helplessly, "The bad news is that tickets are sold out. ”

Roy had long heard that Austria was a semi-socialist country, and he refused to raise prices according to the market mechanism, especially for the New Year's concert, and the probability of winning the lottery was about 2%. It's the tourist season, and the number of listeners is not as exaggerated as the New Year's concert, but the demand is still in short supply.

When it comes to the business logic behind the market mechanism, which is Roy's strength, he sneered, "This country ignores the rules of the free market, hmph, then, naturally, someone stands up to prove the 'law of invalidity'." He said to Ulysses: "Go to the scalpers and buy high-priced tickets." ”

Sure enough, Ulysses found a local tour guide and bought 8 tickets for just 30% more than the market price. I have to say that this desire to achieve "fairness" is a wonderful irony.

Alyssa came over and reminded: "Although the performance here is not first-class, it can barely be heard. It's just that the atmosphere of the concert is too bad, 80% of the audience are tourists from Chinese tour groups, they sit sloppily in the concert hall, and beat wildly, and their interest is obviously not in the music itself......"

Nima, you make me very embarrassed. Roy pouted, "Can't say that. Servant elegance is also better than no pursuit, right? A lot of Americans don't listen to classical music at all, and besides, the scene isn't necessarily as bad as you say. ”

Roy had never been to such a tall place in his previous life, but as a Chinese with red roots, he wanted to be a double-standard dog at this time.