Victor was in a very bad mood at this time, and if he could not get the harpsichord to meet his needs, the newly written piano concerto would barely reach the level of being performed in the Chant Hall, and it would be difficult to satisfy the nobles, musicians, and critics who came to listen to his concert, and perhaps he would be criticized by Wolf in the "Music Review" afterwards, and perhaps he would never have the opportunity to be invited by the Musicians' Guild or the Grand Duke to perform in the Chant Hall for a second time in the future.

Victor has seen many such musicians, and every year there are several outstanding musicians who have not been able to go from "brilliant" to "famous" for a long time because their first concert in the Chant Hall did not achieve the desired success, and some have even been hit, and have gradually become mediocre since then, and as for the unlucky man who commits suicide in despair because of the failure of the first Chant Hall concert, there is always one every two or three years, and the spirit of the musician is sometimes indeed very sensitive, delicate and fragile.

Therefore, when he heard Lucien's blind interjection and was severely judged by Xavier, Victor couldn't help but feel irritated, but he understood that Lucien wanted to help him and was kind, so he suppressed his mellow voice and said: "Lucian, thank you for your idea, but if the combination of harpsichord and chamber percussion piano could solve all the problems, then the matter would have been solved a long time ago." ”

Rhine looked at Lucien with a smirk, as if expecting his answer, while Lot, Herodotus, Phyllis, etc., looked at Lucien with disgust, and interjected while the gentlemen were discussing the problem, which was not a kind of cultured behavior, and he was still talking nonsense, and they all cursed in their hearts: "Sure enough, a rude, arrogant ignorant from the ghetto." ”

Although for a short time, Lucien did not understand much of the two books "Piano Making and Tuning" and "Principles of Modern Piano Mechanics", and even only read the first dozen pages, but about the main differences between the two pianos and modern pianos, he still roughly saw the key points, and compared with the structure exposed by the harpsichord that has been opened, there is already a draft of how to answer: "Maybe some mechanical devices can be used to enlarge the distance of finger pressing, so that the volume caused by the hammer hitting the strings can be increased." ”

Lucien is vague in his remarks, positioning himself entirely on a pauper who had heard of two piano clairpies at the Musicians' Guild and who had been exposed to the atmosphere of Aalto's music in his daily life, without using more precise descriptions, such as the amplitude of the vibrations.

"Enlargement, how to enlarge?" Xavier's gaze became more stern, and his white eyebrows were fiercely squeezed together, the three hundred years of musical instruments have developed ferociously, not that no one has had similar ideas, but after the first few failures, no one has tried again.

Under the puzzled eyes of Victor, Rhine and others, Lucien took off a flute on the instrument stand, walked to the desk on the side, picked up a bottle of ink as a fulcrum, and demonstrated the principle of leverage: "I happened to see a farmer who used a wooden stick and a small stone to pry open a large stone, and later found that life is full of such phenomena, doesn't this just magnify the distance between up and down?"

"That's ......," Xavier didn't retort, but pondered: "But the speed of the strings becomes slower......" As a harpsichord maker, he soon discovered the other problems that such a change could bring.

Originally, it was just puzzled and funny, but when Lucien demonstrated, Rhein became serious and serious, and at this time he took a step forward and said with a smile: "Very good, Lucian, you actually discovered the principle of leverage in life, you are really good at observing and summarizing." ”

Lucien was at a loss on the surface, as if he didn't understand what Rhine was saying, but in his heart he was very surprised, Rhine actually knew the Tao and also called it the principle of leverage?

And it seems that Victor, Phyllis, Lott and others, including Xavier, either don't know anything at all, or even if they have noticed this phenomenon, they have not summarized it and cannot name it.

"The principle of leverage was summarized very early on the earth, and it is not a strange thing to deduce the general situation on the continent from Aalto's standard of living and discover the principle of leverage, perhaps it has appeared in other countries on the continent a long time ago, but because it is the world realm that pursues divine magic and blood power, this kind of knowledge spreads very slowly. Lucien secretly speculated that the summary of this life phenomenon did not meet the taboo of the church, after all, the church with real magic was much more confident than the earth, and even the development of music had not been suppressed, otherwise he would not dare to stand up and demonstrate.

Rhine saw the strange expressions of the crowd, and explained with a gentle smile: "This is a phenomenon of life, I also heard about it when I was traveling in Holm, and it has been discovered and summarized by local scholars for hundreds of years, it is called the lever principle, but Lucian, you have noticed that the distance traveled and the magnitude of the force are opposite. ”

"Of course, I know it. Lucien said silently, but there was a confused expression on his face, "Really? Is that so? Can you get several of these levers together?"

Lucien was only going to say this, the three-stage lever transmission method is not something that a poor man can understand, as for whether he can inspire them, and to what extent, he cannot control it.

Rhine's silver-moon-like eyes lit up suddenly: "Connected together, multi-level conduction, you can try." So he went over to the harpsichord, whispered to Xavier, and found out what was drawn on the quill and paper.

Quietly watching this scene, Lucien seemed to be as strange as Lott and Phyllis, but in fact he calmly observed Rhine's actions, and said to himself: "He is really eccentric, and he is by no means a violinist or a bard on the surface." ”

Victor watched nervously and expectantly as Rhein and Xavier went about their work, and later joined the discussion himself, offering professional advice to the musicians.

As a result, Lucien, Lot, Phyllis, and the others were left at the door.

For Lucien, who caused such a change, Lott was full of interest, and finally spoke to him: "Actually, I have seen such a phenomenon before, but I have never thought deeply, Lucian, you have a rare quality. How did you come up with that?"

Although Phyllis was also a little curious about Lucian, she pointed to Rhine and Victor, who were busy in the piano room: "Quiet. If you want to talk, go downstairs. Then he turned his head and looked intently at the serious and busy scene of the three men, and he didn't know what Lu Dao was looking at.

Lott was not yet familiar enough to get acquainted with Lucian, and was more interested in the harpsichord's remodeling, so he nodded, stopped talking, and walked into the piano room, looking at it from a moderate distance.

As for Herodotus, Colin, Renee and others, they were very unhappy that Lucian was in the limelight, and felt dissatisfied and disdainful, so naturally they did not talk to him, but continued to look at Victor and others, faintly hoping that the transformation would fail, and Lucien was scolded.

Lucien was also very curious about what effect the transformation of the harpsichord could achieve, and it was also related to the question of whether the dictionary could be successful, so he was not in a hurry, and carefully read the two books "Piano Production and Tuning" and "Principles of Modern Piano Mechanics" on the side.

............

A loud, deep sound resounded in the piano room, then descended, becoming delicate and soft, like a night whisper.

"Great, it's amazing. Victor's face was ruddy and almost glowing, and he was in a very good mood, although he still had many problems with the harpsichord renovation, he had taken a crucial step, "Thank you, Rhine, thank you, Mr. Xavier." ”

Rhine smiled warmly: "It would be my honor to be able to make a beautiful instrument." ”

Lucien on the side became more and more convinced of Rhine's eccentricity, and he not only made a three-stage lever transmission, but also combined it with a reshock lever system, which allowed the harpsichord to play in rapid succession: "Fortunately, he hasn't figured out anything else, otherwise I would have thought he had seen a modern piano." ”

After giving Rhein and Xavier a warm hug respectively, Victor walked up to Lucian, opened his arms, and hugged Lucian: "Thank you too, Lucian, without you, it would be difficult for us to think in this regard." Thank you to the Lord for giving us the most critical guidance in the most critical moments. ”

"It's nothing, Mr. Victor, I just said what I thought recklessly, I didn't expect it to really work. "Lucien wasn't used to hugging a man, and was a bit inhibited.

Victor let go of Lucian, and Harry smiled and said sincerely: "No matter what, thank you, Lucian, if you have any requests, I will definitely meet them." ”

This sentence made Lot, Phyllis, and Herodotus all look at Lucian with a little jealousy, and it was great to have such a thank you from Mr. Victor.

And before Mr. Victor's permission, Anne, Colin and others, who had studied music with him, were even more envious and jealous, and the meaning of this sentence, which they knew very well, showed that Mr. Victor was willing to accept Lucien as a real student—a real student of music, which was a good thing that each of them dreamed of.

Lucien's mind was full of other thoughts, and he blurted out:

"Can you lend me the Dictionary of the Common Language?"

"Poof. Rhein couldn't help but chuckle, this requirement was too low, even the emotionally complicated Lott and Phyllis and others had the corners of their mouths curled up and laughed, didn't Lucien understand what Mr. Victor meant?

Victor laughed very heartily, and in his eyes, Lucien had become a simple and honest young man: "You can borrow that "Dictionary of the Common Language" at any time, and there are no other requirements?"

Lucien was very surprised by the reaction of Rhine, Phyllis and others, a little hesitant, embarrassed to speak, feeling that his requirements were too high, after all, the main idea and transformation was done by Rhine.

"Well, he finally knew how valuable Mr. Victor's thanks were. This thought echoed in the hearts of Anne, Colin, and the others, who looked at Lucien's expression with complicated eyes.

Victor smiled mellowly: "It's okay, Lucien, don't be shy, just bring it up." ”

Lucien nodded and asked sincerely:

"Mr. Victor, is it possible to study writing for free?"

"Hahaha. Rhine suddenly laughed loudly, and it was difficult to maintain his elegant image.