Mr. Schwartz is one of the important judges of the Vienna International Music Festival, he is a German, with the arrogance and rigor peculiar to the Germanic nation, he single-handedly founded the famous Furcherman Symphony Orchestra in Germany and even in Europe, now he is in his sixties, after handing over the Furcherman Symphony Orchestra to his successor, he is basically in a semi-retired state, most of the time he will accompany his wife to travel to countries around the world, occasionally write music reviews, go to the university to lecture on music theory, and live a leisurely and comfortable life.

In Europe, it is impossible to bypass Mr. Schwartz when it comes to classical music, his reputation is extremely prominent, and he is all over the world, so the new Vienna International Music Festival, which is about to give birth to the first "Golden Note Award", must invite Mr. Schwartz.

However, the cultural traditions of Europe and Asia are different, universal values are different, although it is an important judge of the festival, but Mr. Schwartz will not deliberately isolate from the world, his students are all over Europe, this time to participate in the international music festival of the contestants, there are many of his protégés, because the friendship between teachers and students is relatively deep, so Schwartz often meets with his students, out to drink coffee and chat or something, if it is in China, maybe such behavior will be suspected, judges and contestants meet in private, and they are also teachers and students, Will there be a bias in the game?

But in Europe, no one says anything about such a thing, on the one hand, these people who do music are very religious to music, like a kind of faith, even if you ask them to bribe the judges to get a ranking, most of them will not do it, because to do so is to humiliate the music, to humiliate themselves, and at the same time to humiliate their teachers.

On the other hand, Mr. Schwartz is like the status of Shaolin Wudang in the European music industry in the Chinese martial arts, Taishan Beidou, admired by tens of thousands of people, they believe in Mr. Schwartz's professional guard, but also believe in his character.

Ken Yamagata is a violinist of the Sakura Symphony Orchestra, and he also studied at the University of Munich and was one of Schwarz's proud disciples.

Because it was a private date between teachers and students, Mr. Schwartz did not bring his wife, when he rushed to the private room he had made, he found that there was another person sitting next to Yamagata Fitness, with long hair and a shawl, and a little arrogant, although that kind of arrogance was restrained when he saw Schwartz, but the old man who had read countless people still saw it.

In fact, he was already a little displeased, on the one hand, he had said in advance that it was a private date, and he didn't even bring his wife, but Ken Yamagata actually brought an irrelevant outsider, on the other hand, he didn't like this long-haired young man very much, although it seemed that he was the kind of musical genius with great aura, but in the eyes of the Earman people who advocated rigor and low-key, this young man was too frivolous.

For Mr. Schwartz, like other music educators, he certainly likes genius, but the premise is that he must be humble, know how to be restrained, and only with a diligent and rigorous attitude can he give full play to his talent, otherwise he will only waste his talent, and in the end he will not be able to do so.

Although Schwartz did not like it in his heart, as a true gentleman and a musical artist of noble character, he did not brush his sleeves away, and still sat down with a smile on his face.

"Dear teacher, it is a great honor for students to finally meet you." Ken Yamagata respected this teacher as always, and stood up and bowed deeply to his teacher.

"Yamagata-kun, you're so polite, I'm glad to see you, I heard that you've become the best violinist in your country, right?" Mr. Schwartz asked with a smile.

"Yes, teacher, people in our country call me 'the first violinist in this book', all thanks to your teachings, the students are now working in the best symphony orchestra in the country - the Sakura Symphony Orchestra, this time we are representing the Sakura International Music Festival in the Vienna International Music Festival, oh, let me introduce you, this is the chief conductor of our Sakura Symphony Orchestra, the musical genius of the new generation, Mr. Yuji Ono!"

"Mr. Schwartz, I have admired the name for a long time, and I have never had the opportunity to see you, and it is really an honor to finally sit with you today!" In front of Mr. Schwartz, Yuji Ono has no such pride at all, because he knows that this gray-haired old man's achievements in the Western music industry are difficult for him to match in his life.

So his bow was very convincing and serious.

"Since Mr. Ono is a friend of Yamagata, let's sit down together." Mr. Schwartz nodded and motioned for them to sit down together.

The three of them chatted while drinking coffee, and Ken Yamagata did what he liked, telling interesting stories about his life in the university and telling about Mr. Schwartz's great achievements in teaching.

The topic began to talk about the Vienna International Music Festival, from the exchange of performance surnames to the progressive significance of holding competitions to compete for surnames, to all aspects of this music festival, the three of you said a word, said very speculatively, and finally Yuji Ono turned the topic to the music programs of the participating countries without a trace, and after commenting for a long time, Yuji Ono looked very accidental and said: "By the way, Mr. Schwartz, have you heard of Chinese folk musical instruments?" ”

"Chinese folk musical instruments? Is there a national musical instrument in Huaxia? What is that? Mr. Schwartz was a little confused, as a representative of Western classical music, he did not know much about the music of the Oriental system, he had never been to that distant country in China in his life, and he did not know much about the culture of Huaxia, if there was any connection, that is, he knew that there was a basketball star in Huaxia named Yao Ming, and a basketball star in their country, Dirk. Nowitzki plays in the NBA, the basketball league in the United States, but not on a team, and because he didn't pay much attention to it, he didn't even know that Yao Ming had retired.

"Oh, this time Huaxia Kingdom came to two groups of contestants to participate, one of the programs brought by one group is their national musical instrument, guqin and dong flute, originally I didn't know much, but this morning in the hotel restaurant, the Huaxia country player actually said that he would definitely be able to win this year's Golden Note Award, I thought it was ridiculous, so I paid attention to it." Yuji Ono glanced at Schwartz quietly, and saw that the old man's brows were obviously furrowed, and a sense of pride surged in his heart.

After making a bet with Meng Xinghui, Yuji Ono went back and told his friend Ken Yamagata about it, Ken Yamagata immediately thought of the idea, he told Yuji Ono that his teacher Mr. Schwartz was the chief judge of the festival and could ask him for help, but Mr. Schwartz was very honest and meticulous in music, although he was his teacher, but bribery would not work, if Ken Yamagata wanted to get a good ranking by bribing the teacher, then Schwartz would sentence him to zero points without saying a word, but, Schwartz has the rigor peculiar to the Germans, he is not used to seeing young people arrogant, as long as he gives the player named Meng Xinghui some eye medicine in front of him, so that Mr. Schwartz dislikes him preconceivedly, then it will be difficult for him to get a place in the competition.

That was the fundamental reason why they had invited Mr. Schwartz to the meeting.

"The national musical instrument of China? Sure to win the Golden Note Award? Schwartz raised his eyebrows, although he was old, Mr. Schwartz was still ambitious, and his greatest wish back then was to conquer the world with his symphony orchestra! In his eyes, Western classical music is truly elegant music, his faith, and the artistic glory that he has fought for all his life!

He is not arrogant, but he is very confident, so when he heard a Chinese person say in public, saying that the music played by Chinese national instruments will definitely win this year's Golden Note Award, he feels that this is a naked provocation, a provocation to his belief in Western classical music!

"What's the name of that Huaxia player?" Mr. Schwartz asked quietly.

"Well, his name is Meng Xinghui, and the song they participated in was called "The Song of Smiling Proud Jianghu"." Yuji Ono also replied quietly, and took the initiative to add the name of their track, and they spoke English between them, so the translation of "The Song of Smiling Proud Jianghu" was very inadequate, and Mr. Schwartz didn't understand what "Jianghu" was at all, and thought it was the kind of song that was on the water, and hummed from his nose, obviously very disapproving of it.

"Okay, I got it." Mr. Schwartz said lightly, and Ken Yamagata and Yuji Ono glanced at each other, and they could see in each other's eyes a sinister meaning that the conspiracy had succeeded.

Even if they don't come to Mr. Schwartz, Yuji Ono and Ken Yamagata don't think that Meng Xinghui can win the championship, the reason why they came to Schwartz to make such a stumbling block, on the one hand, is to add an insurance, on the other hand, they want Meng Xinghui to lose even worse, since Mr. Schwartz has a preconceived dislike for him, it is very likely that he will be given a zero score and sentenced him out on the spot. With Mr. Schwartz's influence, as long as he scores zero, there must be his supporters who will follow him to score zero, then Meng Xinghui will be swept away in shame and will not be eligible to participate in the award at all.

After saying this, the three of them talked a lot about music together, because Ken Yamagata and Yuji Ono met each other, and they tried their best to say what Mr. Schwartz liked, so the two sides talked very happily, and after the breakup, Mr. Schwartz smiled and was very satisfied.

On May 6, the Vienna International Music Festival officially kicked off.

(To be continued)