Chapter 617: The Embarrassment of the Finale
In the small conference hall of Central Conservatory of Music.
A high-level meeting is being held.
The meeting was chaired by Bei Shiliu, president of the Central Conservatory of Music.
The first Peony Classical Music Festival is about to open, and this meeting is to determine our performance program for the concert.
"Please share any good suggestions you have."
Driven by Su Chen, Huaxia's influence in the world is growing, so the Central Conservatory of Music keeps pace with the times and founded the "Peony Classical Music Festival", inviting world music celebrities to participate.
Liu Beihong, dean of the Piano Academy, was the first to stand up and speak:
"Our college will select the best teachers and students to perform teacher Su Chen's piano music."
Then, the deans of the Chinese Folk Music Academy, Vocal Music Academy and other branches also spoke up and recommended performance repertoires.
Half an hour later.
Bei Shiliu looked at the programs submitted by various branches, but frowned slightly.
Taken together, these performances are indeed varied.
However, in Bei Shiliu's opinion, there is still a lack of a heavyweight program.
You know, the "Peony Classical Music Festival" is a world-class music festival.
These shows are clearly not good enough if put on a global music festival.
After thinking about it, Bei Shiliu put forward his own suggestion:
“I suggest that we add a symphony at the end of the music festival.”
"I agree!"
“I agree!”
“…”
Bei Shiliu's proposal was immediately approved by the majority.
Then everyone started discussing what song should be selected for the final performance.
Everyone expressed their own suggestions.
However, Bei Shiliu frowned again when he heard the songs that everyone was singing.
Without exception, the songs everyone mentioned are all from the West.
Even the few proposed local symphonies have very limited influence, and their popularity and recognition in the country are not high. If you perform such pieces at a world music festival, it will obviously bring shame to Chinese music.
However, Bei Shiliu, the president of the Central Conservatory of Music, also knows that these are the only symphonies in the world suitable for being the finale performance.
Good or bad is only relative.
Looking at the hesitant Bei Shiliu, Liu Beihong, the dean of the Piano Academy, seemed to be thinking about something.
In the field of symphony music, all influential pieces come from the West.
If this were held at a music festival somewhere else, there would be no problem.
But now it is a classical music festival held by China. If China cannot produce a symphony of its own, it will obviously give people a feeling that it cannot hold up the event.
After a little thought, Liu Beihong suddenly had a very bold idea:
"Dean Bei, perhaps we can ask Teacher Su Chen to customize a symphony for our Peony Classical Music Festival!"
If there is anyone in this world who is omnipotent in music, that person must be Su Chen.
Bei Shiliu's mouth twitched, and he did not respond immediately.
That's right, Su Chen's influence at this time is already world-class, and in the field of music, he is also world-class, whether it is pop music or classical music.
From the classical piano pieces composed by Su Chen, it can be seen that Su Chen is also a master of classical music.
However, composing a classical piano piece and composing a classical symphony are not at the same level of difficulty.
The deans of other branches present directly expressed their opinions:
"Dean Liu, isn't your proposal a bit too frivolous?"
“A symphony is not created in a day!”
"Su Chen is indeed a musical genius, but he doesn't seem to have anything to do with symphonies, right?"
“…”
As expected, almost everyone rejected Liu Beihong's proposal.
Of course, Liu Beihong could not be sure whether Su Chen could compose a good enough symphony in less than a month.
But this did not hinder Liu Beihong's confidence in Su Chen.
"Dean Bei, I think we can give it a try. Isn't the final decision in our hands?"
"If the music composed by Su Chen doesn't meet our requirements, we can reject it!"
Hearing these words, Bei Shiliu's expression finally eased:
"Then give it a try."
“The symphony is designed to highlight Chinese characteristics!”
"The custom price is 10 million! If he is willing to take it, let him try."
"If he doesn't want to take it, forget it."
The price of inviting Su Chen to sing a song is now ridiculously high.
Moreover, Su Chen only gave the songs he wrote to the artists in his own studio to sing and was not willing to take any work from outside.
Therefore, at this time, Su Chen’s customized songs are already in short supply.
But of course, CACON is not one of those wealthy entertainment companies, so it can only take out this much.
"Let's just decide on the preliminary repertoire for now. We'll finalize the preliminary list three days before the festival begins!"
Well, since the dean has said so, everyone has the right to vote on whether Su Chen’s song can be the finale.
So no one said anything at this time.
However, after the meeting, the pressure immediately came to Liu Beihong.
Because he wasn't sure whether Su Chen would take the job.
It would be awkward if Su Chen simply ignored his request.
Liu Beihong also knew that he had no face in front of Su Chen.
So he immediately contacted his good friend, Zhang Kaishi, the dean of the School of Fine Arts at Huaqing University.
After hearing Liu Beihong's explanation, Zhang Kaishi immediately agreed to help without saying a word.
This is something that brings glory to China.
It is my duty.
So Zhang Kaishi contacted Lu Lanlan personally.
" Brother Chen, Yangyin would like to invite you to compose a custom symphony."
Lu Lanlan immediately conveyed the requirements and price of the Central Conservatory of Music.
This surprised Su Chen who heard the news.
For a price of 10 million, you can customize a symphony for him that highlights Chinese characteristics?
How come I don’t know that I know how to compose symphonies?
To be honest, Su Chen's first reaction was confusion.
Lu Lanlan fanned the flames:
"Brother Chen, this is all for the glory of China. If you can, please do them a favor."
Looking at Su Chen's indifferent look, Lu Lanlan was really worried that Su Chen would think the custom price was too low and would be unwilling to take the job.
After all, for Su Chen at this moment, ten million is nothing to him.
Su Chen knew at a glance that Lu Lanlan had misunderstood him.
It seems that the stereotype that I love money is not so easy to change.
Helplessly spreading his hands:
"Do you think I could compose a symphony?"
“…”
This question made Lu Lanlan confused.
Yes, although Brother Chen claims to be an all-round musician, his previous works only involved pop music and piano music.
Can Brother Chen handle something as hellish as a symphony?
You have to know that they are all music, and there is a difficulty ranking between them.
The easiest, of course, is pop music, followed by classical music, then folk music, and finally symphony. Symphony is the most difficult type of music.
"Brother Chen, what you mean is..."
Su Chen smiled:
"What I mean is, since everyone trusts me so much, I'll do it this time with reluctance."
In fact, Su Chen’s master-level music skill package also includes the skills of symphony composition.
However, in his past and present lives, Su Chen had never paid much attention to symphony music.
So I never thought about it that way.
Hearing Su Chen's words, Lu Lanlan immediately gave Su Chen a warm hug:
"I know that when it comes to music, Brother Chen, you are omnipotent."
Su Chen patted Lu Lanlan's vest:
"You can reply to them now. I'll take the job."
Liu Beihong was overjoyed to receive such a reply.
Bei Shiliu received the news and announced it immediately.
The "Peony Music Festival" would obviously be incomplete without Su Chen.
You know, this is why Chinese music has such a great influence in the world now.
It all depends on Su Chen's contribution.
At such a critical moment in promoting Chinese music, how can Su Chen be absent?
In fact, Bei Shiliu had previously thought of inviting Su Chen to perform at the "Peony Music Festival".
However, Liu Beihong's suggestion could further enhance the quality of the music festival, so Bei Shiliu did not invite Su Chen for the time being.
But now, Su Chen is willing to compose a customized symphony for the music festival, so this will be a good selling point.
If not officially announced, when?
Moreover, Bei Shiliu decided that if Su Chen's symphony was up to standard, he would let Su Chen play an important role in the performance of the symphony.
Such news immediately set off the entire network.
To be honest, not many people paid attention to the first "Peony Classical Music Festival" before.
After all, classical music is relatively niche.
But now, with Su Chen's participation, things are completely different.
The eyes of the entire network were immediately focused on him.
"Oh my god! This is awesome! Brother Chen is actually going to compose a custom symphony for the music festival!"
"Brother Chen is indeed worthy of being Brother Chen! Everything he plays is of high difficulty!"
"This should be Brother Chen's first attempt at composing a symphony!"
“It sounds really cool!”
"I don't understand the other things, but as long as it's Chen Ge's music, I will definitely support it!"
“…”
People in the entertainment industry were even more shocked by this news.
Although not many people have come into contact with symphony music, everyone knows that composing a symphony is not easy.
Can Su Chen do it?
Symphony music and pop music are not the same thing.
But of course, since Su Chen has a huge magical aura, even many people in the entertainment industry are incredulous and deeply skeptical about this.
But no one said anything.
There are so many examples in front of everyone in the past. Questioning Su Chen will not have good results.
Unless Su Chen himself really fails, then those people in the entertainment industry who are not optimistic about Su Chen will stand up and express their opinions.
But those music creators couldn't hold back any longer.
Some people just jumped out and spoke their true feelings.
"Is this a hype by the Central Conservatory of Music or a self- hype by Su Chen?"
"As a music creator, I can tell you responsibly that composing a symphony is not a job that ordinary people can do. If you count how many symphonies have been created in the history of Chinese music, you will know that it is a hell-level difficulty."
"Let me give you some scientific knowledge. The number of people who have composed symphonies in Chinese history is countable! And that was more than 50 years ago! I regret to tell you that in the past 30 years, the data in this regard in China is zero people and zero works!"
"To make an inappropriate analogy, composing pop music is as difficult as taking the entrance exam from elementary school to junior high school, and composing a symphony is as difficult as taking the entrance exam for a doctorate!"
“…”
Thanks to the popularization of science by these musicians, the majority of netizens finally understood how difficult it is to compose a symphony.
As a result, some netizens began to make more interpretations of this matter.
"This may just be an attempt by Brother Chen, and it may not succeed. Dear ones, please be more tolerant of Brother Chen."
“Brother Chen has the guts to create a custom symphony for the first Peony Classical Music Festival, which is something worthy of praise!”
"In today's domestic music circle, Brother Chen is the only one who dares to try to compose a symphony! Shouldn't everyone give him a thumbs up?"
“…”
At this time, netizens expressed more tolerance towards Su Chen.
After all, in their opinion, Su Chen is strictly speaking just a pop musician.
Being able to compose several piano pieces that have been passed down through the ages is a rare surprise that only comes once in a century .
How can we expect Su Chen to compose excellent piano music?
This news quickly caused heated discussions around the world.
There is no way, Su Chen is already world-class, and his every move will attract attention from all over the world.
Of course, people in different regions react differently.
Netizens in the Asia-Pacific region have expressed high expectations for this.
"If there are still people who disagree with Su Chen's title of the Supreme God of the entertainment industry, perhaps, after this symphony comes out, no one will dare to disagree!"
"Que Shi! Brother Chen may only need one symphony to be truly deified!"
"What seems impossible to others should be just a routine operation for Brother Chen, right?"
"Although this matter is difficult, I believe Brother Chen can handle it!"
“…”
The exact opposite is true.
Netizens in Europe and the United States generally expressed doubts about this.
"Su Chen composed a symphony? Is this true?"
"To be honest, I am a fan of Su Chen, but I really don't think this move of Su Chen is a good one."
"I don't think this is what Mr. Su Chen wants to do. Maybe CAFM wants to use Su Chen's name to hype himself up? After all, the attention paid to classical music is still too low!"
“…”
In fact, there is an indescribable emotion in the hearts of Oumei netizens.
Symphony can be said to be the patent of the Ou Mei music world, but also the glory of the Ou Mei music world.
