"Let me introduce you, Conductor Xu Longxu, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Huaxia Philharmonic Orchestra!" Feng Dagang stood between the two of them and introduced them with a smile.

Although his heart is anxious, no matter how anxious he is, he will have to go through this procedure. Chu Yang is no better than those famous pianists, like Lang Lang here, he will definitely omit this procedure, because the two sides don't know how many times they have cooperated, there is no need for him to introduce them, and the tacit understanding has also been cultivated, one is an experienced pianist, the other is a conductor who has conducted thousands of symphonies, and the two of them don't need to run in at all, they can perform on stage!

But Chu Yang is different, although he keeps claiming that he has no problem, after all, it is the first time to cooperate with the Philharmonic Orchestra, and the necessary communication is still needed. Moreover, this is also a very important link, when the two sides communicate, they can basically see Chu Yang's artistic cultivation. Xu Long is an old man for many years, if Chu Yang can't do it, he can see at a glance, and he can still make adjustments in time when the time comes.

Although Feng Dagang knows that this show is very important, he is not a person who doesn't care about anything when his mind is hot, despite Minister Sun's recommendation, and despite Chu Yang's own affirmative answer, but this kind of thing, it is more appropriate to have one more professional to check it.

"Commander Xu, I have admired the name for a long time!" Chu Yang smiled politely at Xu Long and shook his hand. What he said was not for entertainment, but for Xu Long's name, which he was really familiar with. But anyone who likes music, especially those who have studied symphony, it is impossible not to know this person, he can be said to be the first person in the Chinese conductor family, and his fame is directly after Ozawa Seiji of R country. The latter is world-class, only under Karajan!

Xu Long shook hands with Chu Yang, but he didn't put on a show, nor was he reserved. Just while shaking hands, he looked at Chu Yang with a very strict gaze.

Although Feng Dagang did not formally propose it to him, he also knew the purpose of the two people's coming. Speaking from the heart, he was a little disgusted by Director Feng's temporary decision. It was decided to work with Lang Lang, and the orchestra was also very familiar with his style, and this sudden change of person had a great impact on the performance. And this Chu Yang is not famous in the piano world at all, he has never even heard of it. What if this bullet hits? He doesn't want to lose face, Xu Long and the Huaxia Philharmonic Orchestra still want face!

"Commander Xu. This is Chu Yang, deputy director of the Music and Dance Acrobatics Division of the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture! Feng Dagang couldn't see Commander Xu's worries, and when he introduced it, he deliberately put Chu Yang's position at the beginning and said it. He knows that Yi Chu Yang is a little famous in the entertainment industry. Xu Long couldn't look at it at all. I want him to pay attention to it. It has to rely on Chu Yang's identity.

Sure enough, hearing Feng Dagang's introduction, Xu Long's eyes changed a little when he looked at Chu Yang. He probably knows something about this person in the entertainment industry. Although he is engaged in strict music, Xu Long will also study some things in the entertainment industry in his spare time, after all, he can attack jade with the stone of the mountain. This Chu Yang has just won the annual championship of The Voice of China, and he is in the limelight in the entertainment industry, and he still knows him. It's just that I don't know if Chu Yang is actually a person in the system, or a deputy director.

Xu Long was puzzled in his heart, and he didn't understand why people in the system could still participate in that kind of competition, but he was not a gossip person, and he knew that there were some things that should not be asked. In particular, the other party is still a deputy with real power in the Ministry of Culture, and the business in charge is also with him, although there is no direct leadership relationship, but strictly speaking, the other party also leads him, so after Feng Dagang introduced Chu Yang's identity, Xu Long immediately became much more polite to Chu Yang.

Chu Yang naturally captured this small change, and sighed in his heart the magic of power, even this famous Chinese conductor was not exempt from vulgarity.

"It's urgent, so I'll make a long story short. Conductor Xu, I believe you have also got the news, Lang Lang has a serious cold and can't participate in the performance, I contacted several pianists, and they are not in Beijing at the moment, this program is particularly important, I believe you also understand. Chu Yang was recommended to me by Minister Sun, and his piano level was also very professional, I had just communicated with him, he said that he had played "Yellow River", and it should be no problem to cooperate with the orchestra, now it depends on what you mean, you communicate it, if there is no problem, go on! ”

Feng Dagang expressed his meaning straightforwardly, and then looked at the two people's expressions.

After listening to Feng Dagang's words, Xu Long obviously hesitated, but it was conceivable that he still had a certain amount of resistance to this matter in his heart. But on the one hand, he just knew Chu Yang's identity, and it was not good to refuse directly, on the other hand, he also heard from Director Feng Dagang's words that people were recommended by the deputy minister, and this weight was relatively heavy. A deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture, that is not going to speak casually, but once he does, for these people, it must be taken seriously.

After thinking about it, Xu Long decided to communicate with this Director Chu. Of course, he won't release water, if Chu Yang really can't do it, don't say that he is a deputy director, even if he is a minister, he will definitely not let Chu Yang go, this is a matter of principle!

"Director Chu, first of all, I would like to thank Minister Sun very much for his recommendation, and I also very much welcome Director Chu to cooperate with our Philharmonic Orchestra. If this was an informal performance, I would personally be very happy to be able to work with Director Chu. But this is a formal performance, and the level is relatively high, I believe that Director Chu must play the piano very well, but now the biggest problem is that we have never worked together before, and the concerto is not the same as the soloist, I take the liberty to ask, does Director Chu have any experience working with the orchestra before? ”

Xu Long's words were very polite, but anyone could hear that he was not at ease with Chu Yang in his words!

Chu Yang smiled, looked at Xu Long and said, "That's it, Commander Xu, I'll just say it like this, I believe you will definitely not believe it." I just asked Director Feng, there is a small piano room in the background, why don't I personally play a section for Conductor Xu? ”

"In that case, it's for the best!" Hearing Chu Yang's words, Xu Long let out a sigh of relief. He actually meant it for a long time, but he was too embarrassed to say it directly. Because of this, it seems that he can't believe Chu Yang. But now that the other party has taken the initiative, then there will be no problem.

Xu Long enthusiastically put Chu Yang and Feng Dagang together. Please go into a separate piano room backstage. For this auditorium of Renmin University, he is more familiar with his own office, and there are more than 20 performances here a year, and he is familiar with every corner here!

This small piano room, which is used for the actors to practice their voices alone before going on stage, has a small upright piano inside. However, ordinary pianists rarely use it for "hot hands" on stage, because the feel is too poor. The role of that piano is nothing more than vocal exercises. Only basic intonation is guaranteed. And the tone and feel are poor.

But it didn't matter, he only needed to look at Chu Yang's piano strength to make a conclusion. When it comes to Cheng Dù like him, he doesn't need to watch Chu Yang finish playing a long paragraph. As long as he sits in front of the piano. Reach out. Play two sentences. He will be able to determine the approximate level of the other party right away.

"By the way, I have here the orchestra's separate accompaniment for "Yellow River", Director Chu. You can listen to the accompaniment and play it more comfortably! Xu Long said as if he suddenly remembered something, and then without waiting for Chu Yang to say anything, he called a musician in the orchestra and took a portable CD player.

This is naturally done in one step, so that Chu Yang can listen to the accompaniment play, his piano level, and the tacit understanding with the orchestra, have all tried out, killing two birds with one stone.

The musicians of the orchestra watched the conductor and Director Feng, as well as the young man walk into the small piano room, and they all knew what they were doing, and they all whispered.

"Look at what this means, you really want us to cooperate with this young man."

"I've heard of this Chu Yang, it seems to be a singer, can he play the piano?"

"No, I think he seems to be playing the flute."

……

No one noticed that in a corner, Jimmy, the cellist of the orchestra, secretly opened his phone and updated his meager one.

"A deputy director wants to perform "Yellow River" with China's top symphony orchestra, I have never encountered such a ridiculous thing! Some time ago, there was a county party secretary who cooperated with the provincial symphony orchestra to play erhu, and it turned out to be a mess of! Now that there is another deputy director, I don't understand, is it popular among the officials in China to collectively spoil art? You know, this is a strict party, such a high standard, such a rare opportunity, how many musicians who have practiced hard for many years can't take their turn......"

Underneath this passage, there is a picture, which is the scene where Chu Yang was chatting with Feng Dagang and Commander Yu at the scene.

As soon as this meager post was released, it was quickly reprinted on Weibo. Now is an era of media explosion, a cellist like Jimmy of the Huaxia Philharmonic Orchestra, who is a performer in his own right, naturally has a large number of fans, this meager was immediately followed by many of his fans, and then forwarded, and quickly fermented on the Internet!

Of course, the fact that this meager can become popular so quickly is not unrelated to another similar incident some time ago. A county party secretary surnamed He in a county in the south played a song "Jiangshan" with the provincial symphony orchestra of his province at the local New Year's concert, but Secretary He was out of tune and was ridiculed by netizens as "magic sound"! The secretary of the county party committee surnamed He was also dismissed for taking bribes shortly after the video was released. The aftermath of this incident has not passed, and there has been another incident of "officials cooperating with the symphony orchestra", and this time the symphony orchestra is of a higher level and is still national, which of course attracted the attention of many netizens!

Within five minutes, Jimmy's meager message appeared with nearly a thousand messages.

"Haha, it's the official again, anyway, this deputy director is so young, check his backstage!"

"Working with the Huaxia Philharmonic Orchestra? Play "Yellow River"? Envy! I've been learning the piano for 20 years, and I haven't had the opportunity to do so! I'm going to PK with that deputy director! ”

"Why does this deputy director look familiar? It seems that Chu Yang, the champion of The Voice, is there? ”

"You must be dazzled upstairs, how did Chu Yang become the director, the joke is not like this."

……

At the same time as the pot exploded on the Internet, the closed door of the piano room was pushed open.

Xu Long took the lead and walked in front, his expression was a little strange, like excitement, and like Yan sù, in short, it was very abnormal!

Feng Dagang couldn't hide his excitement, and he didn't know why!

Only the young "Director Chu" looked as usual, calmly following behind the two big names in the music entertainment industry. Not a word.

Xu Long looked at the musicians who were looking at him and said, "Everyone come here, I have something to announce!" ”

After everyone gathered around him, Xu Long said: "I announce three news: first, Lang Lang cannot participate in this performance due to physical reasons; Second, the original piano lead was played by the pianist next to me. Let me briefly introduce to you, Chu Yang, Director of the Music, Dance and Acrobatics Division of the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture, Director Chu has a high piano attainment. I hope you will cherish this opportunity to cooperate. Learn more from Director Chu; The third news was that the fourth movement "Defending the Yellow River" was originally scheduled to be played, but the third movement "Yellow River Anger" and the fourth movement "Defending the Yellow River" were changed to two movements in succession. I'm done. Now welcome Director Chu to all of us! ”

Xu Long said this. The leader applauded enthusiastically. At the same time, he looked at Chu Yang with eager eyes, and there was an unconcealed look of admiration and worship in it!

Feng Dagang also applauded!

Seeing that the two bigwigs suddenly came to such a play, those musicians were a little overwhelmed. But seeing that these two both applauded, they had to follow suit. Fortunately, the applause is quite warm, after all, it is a central-level orchestra, and Su zhì is still very high. It's just that many people are still a little skeptical when they look at Chu Yang, because this guy is too young!

Chu Yang coughed, then stretched out his hands and pressed them weakly, signaling everyone to be quiet.

He secretly blamed Xu Long for having a lot of things in his heart, and directly announced that he would be over when he participated in the performance, what did he say? I am not the leader of the orchestra, and the second administrative level is only the deputy department, so what kind of words do you want to speak to a national-level symphony orchestra? I still learn from myself, when did I agree to guide this group of musicians? It's just a mess!

But having said that, Chu Yang was embarrassed to be there, pressed his hands weakly, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said, "I'll correct Commander Xu, I'm the deputy director of the Music and Dance Acrobatics Department, and I haven't straightened it yet." ”

Chu Yang's serious words immediately amused more than 100 members of the orchestra. They didn't expect that this young deputy director would have such a humorous side.

Xu Long was also happy, but there was a hint of embarrassment on his face. As soon as he was excited, he called Chu Yang the director. But this is not bad, he didn't directly call out "Master Chu", which means that his psychological element is quite strong!

Except for him and Feng Dagang, no one knew what had happened in just a few minutes in that small piano room! If you hadn't heard it with your own ears and killed Xu Long, you wouldn't believe that "Yellow River" could be played like that! That's not a gap in skills, it's a gap in realm at all!

In just a few musical phrases, Xu Long shivered all over the place when he heard it, not because it was cold, but because he was excited! Under the impact of the piano like a torrent of steel, how can he, a great expert in music, resist it? If it weren't for the fact that there was still a performance waiting, the moment Chu Yang stopped playing, he almost turned his face with Chu Yang on the spot!

I haven't heard enough!

It was precisely because he saw Chu Yang's strength that Xu Long unconsciously brought a layer of respect when he introduced it, so that the word "deputy" was naturally omitted by him. Even Xu Long still thinks that with Chu Yang's level, why is he still staying in that agency as a deputy director? This is a great waste of talent! Such a great pianist, how can you not let him play the piano on stage? That's a crime!

Feng Dagang was better, his musical attainments were not as profound as Xu Long, but as soon as he went down, he was also frightened by Chu Yang's piano level. This guy is silent, when did he practice the piano so strongly? Is this still human?!

Feng Dagang was embarrassed to say it, but in his heart, he directly regarded Chu Yang as a monster. You must know that he and Chu Yang didn't know each other on the first day. As early as when Chu Yang was still using the pseudonym "Qing Wu Feiyang" on the Internet and uploaded flute music on Qiandu Music, Feng Dagang knew him. He also wrote a soundtrack for Feng Dagang's movie, called "Millennial Love", which moved Feng Dagang to a mess at that time. If it weren't for the busy filming, he would have wanted to meet this guy a long time ago. Such a great composer is simply the most suitable music director in the hearts of all directors!

But today, he was still frightened by Chu Yang's strength again. knew that Chu Yang played the piano well, but he really didn't expect that it would be so good as Cheng Dù. As soon as the melody of "Yellow River" came out, he listened to it as if he had been electrified! It seems that all of a sudden I went back to that era! He doesn't know how many pianists have played this piece many times, but he has never felt like this!

"This buddy Niu B, you have to watch it in the future, you must not let him run away!" Feng Dagang said secretly in his heart.

How did Chu Yang know the thoughts of these two guys, and after seeing a little joke at this moment, and getting a lot closer to the relationship with many musicians, he continued: "It's an honor to be able to work with the top symphony orchestra in China, I personally like this piece very much, I am confident to play her well with everyone, everyone, come on!" ”

After Chu Yang said these few words briefly, he looked at Xu Long and signaled that he was finished.

"That's it?" Xu Long looked at Chu Yang, a little unresponsive, this buddy is too simple, right?

"Well, well said! Let me add two more sentences, you have not cooperated with Director Chu before, you may not be very concerned with him, I guarantee with my personality here, Director Chu's attainments in the piano are definitely mastery, I won't say anything else, the show will start immediately, everyone come on, I will invite everyone to dinner after the performance! Feng Dagang added solemnly, and everyone laughed again.

A few minutes later, the last program "Long March Songs" ended, and Zhou Jun stood on the stage and began to announce the curtain!

"Next, please enjoy the piano concerto "Yellow River", performance, Huaxia Philharmonic Orchestra, piano solo, Chu Yang!" (To be continued......)