Later, Fu Diao followed Zhao Chengzhen and the two took the girl who had to come together, and went to a Michelin French restaurant that Zhao Chengzhen liked very much, but was not very willing to go to.

However, it was not as Zhao Chengzhen said before, he asked Fu to treat him, and in the end he paid the full amount, including the girl's share.

He said that he lost the street piano competition with Fu Diao at that time, and he didn't have an exact bet before, but now he just used this meal money as a bet.

Because it's dinner, and the Michelin rating is there, the price for a single person is more than 300 euros, and the price for three people together is almost 1,000 euros.

Looking at the bill that Zhao Chengzhen brought over, Fu Diao's heart couldn't help but hurt.

Although he now has tens of thousands of euros from the Chopin International Piano Competition in his pocket for living expenses, some signing money from Deutsche Grammophon, the money from the sale of records in his hands, and the reward that Mr. Broz gave him at that time.

Excluding his recent use, there are about sixty or seventy thousand.

But seeing this 1,000 meal money, his heart still couldn't help but hurt.

This price is really expensive!

He still remembers that he had just come here, and when he lived and stayed in Warsaw, he was reluctant to spend a few euros in that place, and even drank coffee to buy the cheapest kind of coffee on the street, which was converted into less than a cup of coffee.

Who would have thought that a meal would cost 1,000 euros now?

Moreover......

Fu Tiao looked at Zhao Chengzhen and found that Zhao Chengzhen looked at the bill and seemed to be indifferent, so he couldn't help coughing lightly and pretending to be indifferent and asked.

"This restaurant...... Do you come often? ”

"You don't come very often, do you? It's just that if there is an event or a dinner, I will choose this side, and normally, I actually eat in the cafeteria. ”

Zhao Chengzhen wiped his hands with the damp cloth on the side, and smiled at Fu.

"You don't think I eat like this every meal, do you? How can it be? I'm not one of those rich people who do business, or world-famous artists, I'm just a very ordinary, piano player, and it's very good to be able to eat like this once a quarter, and I haven't even been here once in the past few years, and it's hard to make a reservation at this restaurant. ”

"But it's so expensive to eat once a quarter......"

After Fu Tiao's laughter and muttering, he coughed lightly twice and said to Zhao Chengzhen: "Anyway, thank you, thank you for your hospitality!" ”

"You're welcome, if you can, I suggest you get me a ticket to your concert, I haven't found anyone to sell your ticket for a long time."

"My Ticket ......"

Fu Tiao couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he didn't seem to have paid attention to his ticket sales, so he couldn't help but take out his mobile phone and take a look, and searched for his ticket sales.

Finding that all the tickets were waiting for the sequence, and after waiting for the previous person to refund the tickets before they could be purchased, he shrugged helplessly at Zhao Chengzhen.

"Sorry, I don't seem to be able to get my tickets, so I'll go back and ask if there are any extra tickets from Deutsche Grammophon, but I think ...... There may not be much chance. ”

"That's ......"

Zhao Chengzhen just said casually, and didn't particularly care, so he waved his hand and said indifferently: "Forget it, if you really don't have it, it's no problem, then I wish you all the best for the concert." ”

"Thank you."

After Fu Tiao thanked Zhao Chengzhen, Zhao Chengzhen took the two of them to visit several landmark buildings in Paris, introduced some of the history of those buildings, and everyone dispersed directly and returned to their hotels to rest according to their own routes.

It is worth mentioning that the student from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels was even more unlucky.

When she followed Fu Diao and Zhao Chengzhen to visit the Eiffel Tower, she actually stepped directly on Xiang disguised as mud under the tower.

She always felt that her dream of Paris had been shattered again.

No wonder Fu and Zhao Chengzhen had to walk around, it turned out to be like this.

Does the government in Paris really care about anything at all? Don't they care that the Eiffel Tower is full of garbage and, pee and fart?

Are you sure this place is really called Paris, and not some other inexplicable place that you've never heard of?

Either way, their night trip to Paris came to an end, and the city of Paris had mixed impressions.

The upper and lower limits of the quality of life here are bizarre.

For example, here you can enjoy the most luxurious old money life in the whole of France, and the streets are full of top luxury stores with huge floor-to-ceiling windows, even if you don't go in, you can feel the noble temperament.

They also have their own characteristics in terms of food.

To put it nicely, it's called paying attention to marginal utility, and if it's not good, it's a small amount of French seven set meals, and the style is very significant.

Although it seems to be relatively small, because the time it takes to finish a whole meal is relatively long, people with a normal amount of food can eat a whole meal in a state of 70% fullness, a feeling of fullness and not particularly supportive.

Even if you don't have enough to eat, you have enough bread to cushion it.

And the vast majority of cars on the street are those big brands, and it is not uncommon to see sports cars whizzing away.

While enjoying the luxury, you can feel the dark side of the city very clearly.

It's not hidden in the corner, it's generously displayed in front of you.

Refugees squatting on street corners smoking marijuana, and many homeless people who just want to gather wool and receive more than 1,000 euros a month in subsidies, and are completely unwilling to work.

There are also garbage bags piled up on the streets, robberies and thefts that there is no way to control.

The city is sexier than Berlin, with a touch of opulence and aristocracy, and a mix of cultures. But at the same time, the city also bare its poor back, forcibly propping up its own clothes.

It's hard to describe the city with a uniform image, because it's so inclusive, all kinds of people can come in, and all kinds of culture can be revealed, which also makes the city extra attractive in the eyes of some people.

It's not just about the culture, art and romantic charm that it shows on the outside.

Of course, all this is not true for Fu Tiao, after all, he is just a passerby, a passer-by who is passing through Paris and is going to perform in Paris.

If he was the kind of person Zhao Sungjin who was going to work in Paris, he could pay more attention to the situation in Paris and see what kind of city Paris really is.

But he had already decided that he was going to study in Berlin, so he might have some curiosity about Paris, but he definitely wouldn't focus entirely on Paris.

After living in Paris for a few days, Fu Tiao came to a small bar according to the address on the invitation letter given by the principal of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels.

It's a bar, but the place actually looks a bit like a cellar.

This is far away around the corner, in an inconspicuous location, with a door open.

It was just a door with a simple Bonjour inscription on it, and on either side were several windows buried in the ground.

The window is also covered with tinted stickers, so you can't see the inside from the outside.

There are seven or eight of these doors on this row on the corner of the street, and you don't see how special this place is.

Not even the words Bonjour on the door, Fu Xuan couldn't find out where this place was.

Fu Tiao stood at the door of this bar, holding the invitation in his hand, and after thinking for a long time, he slowly knocked on the door.

Knock Knock......

The wooden door made a dull sound, and there was even a slight stinging sound, and Fu Tiao always felt as if the door was about to break down, and it might decay at any time.

However, shortly after Fu Tiao's knock on the door, a man in light pajamas pushed the door open.

Fu Tiao was stunned, and immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, I seem to have gone wrong......"

"Are you looking for a Bonjour bar? Here it is. ”

The man looked at the invitation letter in Fu Diao's hand, and said casually with a yawn: "Normally, it should be the old and the new people who came together, it is actually normal for the newcomer to feel wrong when he comes here for the first time, but it will be much better when it is a little later, you are a little early to come now, and we haven't started business yet." ”

"Well, so I'm going to go out for a walk?" Fu Tiao listened to this person's voice and couldn't help but hesitate: "If you haven't opened for business yet." ”

"No, just give me the invitation, and then you can go and sit inside, the beer and drinks are free tonight, but if you want to order some wine, cocktails, vodka, etc., you will need to spend money."

The man yawned again, reached out to take the invitation from Fu Tiao's hand, opened the door, and took the lead towards the bottom of the room.

After opening the door, Fu Tiao discovered the reason why this place was not easy to be discovered.

Although the door is open on the street, this bar is a very typical European basement layout.

When you enter the door, there is a staircase that goes down and turns, and the walls on both sides of the staircase are hung with many decorations.

All are some European, American license plates, tires, and some landscape paintings.

At the end of the stairs, there are two more doors.

The two doors form a triangle where you can rub your shoes and hat off before entering the house.

And when Fu Tiao officially entered this bar, he had already walked through the triple door.

Fu Tiao casually put his coat on the clothes rack and looked around at the layout of the bar.

It's a very ordinary jazz bar, and there's basically nothing special about it in the store, just a long, long bar counter and a large number of tables made of barrels and boards.

The chairs are all high stools, also made of wood.

I don't know if it's a hammer or a special design, these chairs are very crudely made, and they match the whole style of the store.

And in the middle of the room, there is a stage.

There was a nine-foot grand piano on it, and it was still Steinway's.

On the side of the piano are stacked with other instruments such as cello, double bass, and saxophone.

The person who opened the door for Fu Diao before had already changed his clothes, walked out of the back door wearing a striped shirt and denim overalls, walked to Fu Diao's side with a glass of 1L beer, handed it to him, followed his gaze to the instruments in the middle of the stage, and immediately understood Fu Diao's thoughts and explained.

"These instruments are our own, because not everyone will bring their own instruments when they come, especially like this double bass, saxophone, these instruments are very troublesome, so we directly customized some for the customers who came to use, although not as easy as their own purchase, but these instruments are basically the best we can buy."

With that, he walked into the room, took out a violin case with a very beautiful shell from the room, gently stroked the lines on it, opened it with great care, showed it to Fu Tiao, and said with a smile.

"Look at this, Stevadichen! Harp! ”

He stroked the surface of the instrument in his hand very gently, as if he were caressing his own wife, extremely gentle, and even his expression was gentle and quickened, completely devoid of the tiredness and carelessness of when he opened the door before.

"She hasn't been through the hands of the top musicians, and she's not a famous violin, but for me, for this shop, this violin is the perfect goddess, and although it can be used by others, I will never allow anyone who has never touched the violin at all, who knows nothing about the violin, to touch her! Absolutely not allowed! ”

"Can she be used by guests too?" Fu Tiao asked.

"Of course, but only for the top masters, if it's just ordinary people, we don't lend it out, we just give them a more ordinary violin to use, but ...... The violin is relatively easy to carry, so there are not many people who can borrow it. ”

With that, he picked up the bow that had been set aside, hooked the strings, and after a casual riff, he put the violin back into the case with great pleasure and put it back.

After everything was cleaned up, he walked back to Fu Diao's side, picked up a card and handed it to Fu Diao, and couldn't help asking.

"This is our membership card, you can bring this card in the next time you don't have an invitation, but ...... I have a question, although we don't review the qualifications of members very much, and basically rely on everyone's mutual recommendation to get in, but I'm still curious, that is, who recommended you? Among our members, you may be the youngest group, of course, you don't want to say no problem, don't force it, our main thing here is privacy. ”

Fu didn't need to hide it, and said bluntly: "The president of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels, he gave me this invitation. ”

He looked around the bar, which was the most conspicuous instrument in the bar, and the instruments that were completely invisible in other bars were piled up on the floor unkempt.

As for the rest of the décor, there is not much special in it, which is a very ordinary European rural style bar.

Fu Tiao's words were relatively light, but in the ears of the staff member on the side who didn't know whether it was the staff or the boss, it was like thunder.

He asked, slightly incredulous.

"Dean of the Royal Academy of Music in Brussels?"

"yes, what's wrong? Isn't his invitation okay? ”

"No, it's not that you can't, it's just ......"

The man's expression was extremely complicated, and he sat there for a long time to organize the language, and then he spoke: "It's just that how to say it, you may be the first person he recommends......

"The first one?"

"Well, because our bar is a bit similar to the membership system, we pay special attention to the qualifications of the recommender, when inviting newcomers to join, the old man also has to receive restrictions, if the newcomer is not a member of the jazz circle, then you can only give a single invitation, all drinks are paid for by yourself, even if you come over once and next time, you can't come in, if you force a recommendation invitation letter, invite a person who is not from the jazz circle to come in, or the level does not meet everyone's requirements, then the old man's qualifications will also be affected, will be suspended from membership for one year, and if you violate it repeatedly, you will be kicked out of our circle......"

The man took a sip of beer, shrugged his shoulders and said: "This is a place where people in a small circle entertain themselves, and all the expenses in it are paid out of their own pockets by the group of people who organized this party at the beginning, giving everyone an occasion for communication, so we would rather have a higher limit in the circle than too many people coming in and making a mess, the principal of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels is such a person, he is one of the organizers of this circle, but although he is the organizer, no one can kick him off, But he has been so many years, and he has never sent an invitation, and you are the first. ”

After that, the man patted Fu Tiao's shoulder and said with a smile: "Although I don't know what you have attracted the attention of this founder, but now that you are a member of our small group, you can come whenever you want to come in the future, it doesn't matter if you don't come, anyway, this is a very free place, there is no compulsion, and you don't need to pay for it, all in all, enjoy this night!" ”

With that, the man turned away and began to clean the bar in preparation for the bar to open for the evening.

As the minutes passed, many people came into the originally clean bar, and the previous person also smiled and greeted every customer who came in.

Although Fu Tiao doesn't know any of these people, looking at how they talk and dress, none of them are the kind of mediocre people who don't know anything about music, and all of them seem to be the kind of famous artists.

After the group of people came in, they quickly chatted with their friends, and the rest of their eyes looked at Fu Diao full of curiosity, and they wanted to negotiate with Fu Diao, but looking at Fu Diao's cold temperament when he was in a daze, he always felt that Fu Diao was not the kind of person who liked to socialize, so he could only give up for the time being.

Fu Tiao sat there and waited for a long time, and when the room gradually became warm and all the seats were gradually filled, a familiar accent and language came from the door.

"Eh, you believe me, tonight's exchange must be good, I found a lot of friends to get this single invitation, and others don't want it yet!"

When the words fell, the two pushed the door in, he looked around, his eyes were locked on Fu Tuo, who was in a daze not far away, and his voice was slightly deformed.

"I knock? Fu tune? ”

(End of chapter)