More than half an hour later, after coordination between Valentine and the National Conservatory of Music, the performance date was finally set for March 21 next year, which was finalized according to the performance schedule of the Shencheng Symphony Orchestra. After the hard work of Sun Yun and Chen Xieyang's two consecutive music directors, the number of performances in Shenjiao every year has been steadily and continuously increasing, and now the number of domestic and foreign performances has been basically guaranteed to be about 60 per year. The Shencheng Symphony Orchestra is gradually showing the moving style of Asia's first-class symphony orchestra.

Valentine's invitation to the show will take place next spring. It is already the beginning of June, and at this time, the performance arrangements for the next spring have been basically determined, and Valentine, as the inviter, should make a compromise according to the situation of the application, rather than changing its own performance arrangements to respond to Valentin's invitation.

By the way, here.

Symphony orchestras, or classical music performances, are rarely invited at short notice, and of course the rescue is not counted, and is generally arranged in advance according to the performance season. The organizers will send invitations to orchestras, performers, singers, etc., at least half a year in advance, and it is normal to do so a year in advance. One of the important reasons is to facilitate the coordination of the two sides in their respective performance times. After the two parties have determined the time, place, repertoire, number of performances, etc., and of course, the most important performance fee, after all the details have been discussed, the two parties sign a formal legally binding performance contract, and the organizer pays a deposit ranging from one-third to one-half, and the invitation is officially determined. For example, all the classical music performances of Shencheng Spring this time have been determined half a year ago.

This is very different from the situation where pop singers can participate in performances anytime, anywhere. And in the event of a default, the amount of the fine can be quite high.

After Valentine and the school confirmed the performance time, Chen Xieyang immediately verbally agreed to the invitation and began to discuss some specific details of the performance with Valentine, and he did not even mention the cost of the performance.

For Chen Xieyang, Valentine's invitation is a good thing, a good thing that will benefit and not harm the application for diplomatic relations. In addition to continuously bringing in excellent performers to enrich its own strength, it also needs to continue to go out to broaden its horizons, expand its horizons, and conduct more extensive and in-depth exchanges with truly outstanding first-class orchestras, first-class performers and first-class composers in the world music scene. into the exchange. Only by persevering in this way for a long time will the level of the application continue to gradually improve, until one day it truly becomes the kind of first-class orchestra that Valentine praises. Chen Xieyang knows very well in his heart that there is no doubt that the first-class in China is at the current level of the application, and the first-class in Asia is still lacking a little heat for the time being, but with the foundation laid by Sun Yun and his continuous efforts in the past few years, this goal will soon be achieved.

But when it comes to world-class, it's really a long way off.

For this reason, he is willing to accept any favorable invitation that is beneficial to the application, even if it is not profitable. Besides, Chen Xieyang doesn't know how to talk to people about money at all.

Valentine would not have known this.

"Thank you for your kindness, Master Chen," Valentine was a little confused, "but I think we should first agree on a rough range of performance fees, you know that the National Conservatory of Music costs a lot of money to hold this festival, so the budget for the performance fee is a bit tight, I hope you can understand this." ”

"As for some other specific things, then let the specific person in charge be responsible, Master Chen, what do you say?"

As the party who invited, Valentin did not understand Chen Xieyang's actions. The music director of a symphony orchestra should never come to discuss the details with him, and in Valentine's opinion, the music director and conductor are much more important than the orchestra director, and these things should be done by his subordinates. And he agreed to the invitation without asking for the cost of the performance, which also made him feel a little incredible. In his opinion, even if his father invited him to compose a song, he would have to pay for it, which was a natural thing, at most he would give his father a discount, and it was not a trivial matter such as a photo, how could he not talk about money?

Chen Xieyang's actions puzzled him.

Chen Xieyang said with a smile: "The cost of the performance is easy to discuss, this is a small matter, let's not waste time on these small things." ”

"No, no, no, respected Master Chen, I don't agree with you." Valentine insisted on his opinion: "The question of the cost of the show is related to whether or not this invitation will be successful, and I insist that you give your preliminary offer. You should have heard it just now, my team will soon have a specific discussion with you by phone and fax, Master Chen, please send someone from the performance management department of the application, or you can also give me a phone number of them, and let these professionals take care of the specific negotiation in a while, and we can first set a framework between us. ”

This is a normal procedure, just like Valentine just now determined Ye Zi's own wishes in advance, and after OK, the specific matters will be handed over to Tantai Wenhui to be responsible, and Ye Zi doesn't need to pay attention to it at all. After negotiating with the other party, Wenhui will naturally arrange next year's itinerary properly.

That's where brokers come in.

But when he got to Chen Xieyang, he scratched his head a little.

Before the restructuring, these matters were negotiated by the relevant parties of the principal and deputy departments, and the troupe only had to carry out the tasks according to the plan assigned by the subordinates. After the restructuring, the principal and deputy no longer interfered, and everything was decided by him, the head of the troupe, the music director and the conductor, and he was not as familiar with the situation as his predecessor Sun Yun in this regard, so after Chen Xieyang took over, the business volume of the regiment did increase every year, but the revenue fell a lot compared with when Sun Yun was there.

These things are really not his field of expertise as a conductor.

Talking about repertoire, about the performers, about the style of the works, etc., Chen Xieyang is fully competent, and he can also give his own professional advice. But once it comes to the negotiation of money, the specifications and treatment of the entire orchestra in all aspects, Chen Xieyang is completely blind.

"Mr. Valentine, this ...... This one...... Or you see......"

Chen Xieyang was extremely rare, and he just wanted to quote a price ruthlessly, when Ye Zi suddenly interjected.

"Teacher Chen, can you please come out with me, I have something very important to discuss with you."

"Okay, let's go out first." Chen Xieyang was like an amnesty, and the whole person was relaxed.

"I'm sorry Javier, I'm sorry for delaying you for two minutes, I'll have a few words with Master Chen in private, the matter is urgent, I'm really sorry." Ye Zi said hello to Valentine again.

Valentine muttered a little, but he didn't say much.

Ye Zi gave Pan Zhe a look, and Pan Zhe immediately pulled Valentin to chat.

As soon as he got out of the room, Chen Xieyang took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and sighed: "Xiao Yezi, you saved me today, I have the most headache for this!" ”

Chen Xieyang was so nervous that he even sweated, and he could see how much pressure he felt in his heart.

Ye Zi was amused in his heart, but of course he couldn't laugh out loud: "Teacher Chen, how does Shen Jiao usually accept invitations to perform?" ”

"The domestic performances are all good, anyway, they are all about the same price and conditions, there is nothing to talk about. Foreign performance invitations are really troublesome, people are very detailed, and everything has to be written into the contract, without ambiguity at all. In the past, we used to exchange faxes and telephones, and we discussed it together and then replied to others, and when we needed to come forward, we handed it over to the deputy head of the regiment to be responsible for negotiating with others, and he knew these better. ”

Ye Zi shook his head secretly in his heart, if the deputy head of the regiment really understood this, Shenjiao's revenue would not decline after Sun Yun left. There is no evidence to judge whether there are other cats in Ye Zi, but after the number of performances increases, the revenue level has decreased, and this is definitely unqualified anyway.

"Teacher Chen, if you can trust me, I will introduce you to a professional, this time you can negotiate with Valentine and them to let her come forward on behalf of Shen, you just need to explain to her your heart, and she will help you get it all done." Ye Zi didn't ramble either, and said straightforwardly.

Ye Zi really couldn't watch it just now, he had already guessed that Chen Xieyang might not be very good at performances, but he didn't expect Chen Xieyang to be so bad at it. To put it mildly, any domestic performance agent can sell the application, and Chen Xieyang will thank others in turn.

This is an extremely pure artist, he knows everything about music and art, and he knows and has extraordinary knowledge, but when it comes to these "little things" in his mouth, such as the negotiation of performance fees, etc., Chen Xieyang is inferior to ordinary people.

This is the biggest weakness of Chen Xieyang, the leading conductor in China, and Ye Zi will never see him suffer a big loss in front of Valentine.

Although Valentine is also an extremely pure artist, the environment in which Valentine grew up is completely different from that of mainland China. The international music scene is a highly commercial existence, and Valentine has long been accustomed to how to deal with these things. Moreover, there is a difference between Westerners and Chinese mainlanders in terms of money, which causes Valentine to be accustomed to talking about money in advance, while Chen Xieyang is ashamed to talk about money when he does things.

Such two equally pure artists engaged in a "firefight" on this matter, and Ye Zi was sure that Chen Xieyang would definitely be beaten by Valentine to the point of losing his armor and defeating. And Valentine will not hesitate to take advantage of the cost of the performance, the reception conditions, etc., but they have done the foreshadowing of the limited funds of the school from the beginning.

It doesn't matter if Ye Zi is not there, but he is indifferent when he is present, Ye Zi can't explain it himself, and Teacher Sun Yun will be very dissatisfied in the future. It just so happened that after receiving Wen Wen's call, Wenhui had quickly rushed to apply for the handover, ready to negotiate with Valentine and his team in person, just now she showed up at the door of the office, beckoned to Ye Zi, and pointed to the side.

Since Tantai Wenhui is going to come to negotiate with Valentine in person, then those who can work hard, and ask her to help Shen Jiao talk together, Ye Zi thinks that she should not refuse. So Ye Zi immediately interrupted the conversation between Chen Xieyang and Valentine, and pulled him out of the office.

Chen Xieyang was overjoyed: "Okay, good, of course you and I can trust Xiao Yezi, who is it?" Is she coming? Leave it to her. ”

From Chen Xieyang's happy and urgent tone, Ye Zi could hear that as long as he could help him unload this burden, Chen Xieyang would never have a second word.

"Teacher Chen, she is already here, in this reception room." Ye Zi shook his head secretly and pointed to the reception room next to the regiment leader's office.

"She's my agent, and her name is Wenhui." (To be continued.) )