"I respect your choice!"
Schubert felt full of regret when he heard Mo Yan's answer.
After all, although the phoenix and the white swan are not as good as the black dragon, their strength and reputation are far superior to the one-legged horse.
He recalled that more than ten years ago, when he was faced with a decision, he had hesitated like this for a while.
"Don't stay with Chen Nanfang anymore! Those scum don't deserve an outstanding coach like you."
At that time, Xuerou was promoted to Form Two, and Schubert was admitted to the top three brass musicians in the world. He originally wanted to accompany his daughter, but because of life, he left Chen Nanfang.
The Typhonium Horse at that time began to decline after Ms. Chen Nanfang passed away and Wang Xian and the Black Dragons established the team. Even though Schubert tried hard to turn the tide, he made no progress.
"Those scum are not worth the effort you put into them."
At that time, the school director first asked him to teach a few classes part-time at Heilong. Unexpectedly, the response was very good.
The Black Dragon is completely different from the Unicorn Horse. The school board already earns hundreds of thousands a month just from the monthly team fees of the noble children, not to mention the exaggerated personal training commissions.
Schubert was afraid that his beloved apprentice, who had a great past, would follow in his footsteps, so he repeatedly advised her.
But Mo Yan has made up his mind.
"Because everyone reminded me of my dream..." Mo Yan said.
"Dream?" These two words are both strange and familiar to Schubert.
What is a dream?
Sometimes Schubert also wonders, what is a dream?
Now, he has far exceeded the achievements he had imagined when he was young.
Is this the dream?
"By the way, Master, how is the adaptation of the work you are planning to meet Master? Is Master Master satisfied with it?" Mo Yan said.
"Are you talking about "The Little Brave"?" Schubert brought Mo Yan to his room, but he saw that Schubert's room was very messy, with draft papers crumpled into a ball and lying on the floor.
When Schubert was composing, he hated to be disturbed. No one is allowed to enter casually. No matter how messy it is, he does not allow others to go in and take care of it.
Several times, the reason why he and Ma Lin quarreled was because when Ma Lin was cleaning, it was because Ma Lin was at home and cleared away his drafts all over the floor.
Mother Lin didn't know that each piece of so-called waste paper was priceless.
Once, a colleague just picked up a scrap manuscript from the crack of the door, slightly polished it into a pop song, and sold it to a well-known singer as his own work. It would be okay if the work was a small hit, but I didn't expect that the song made the singer half popular.
Schubert was still on the street when he heard that his work had been stolen. Later, he had an official fight with that person and the record company. The singer paid a large sum of money for the settlement, and now that small employee can hardly survive in the high-end music circle. I heard that he is currently working as a part-time singer in an unknown bar.
But Li Moyan is an exception. Not only did she not know how to do these things, she gave Schubert many professional and reliable opinions.
However, this song "Little Brave Man" stumped the two of them. Ironically, this song has already been translated into operas, animations, and movies and is famous all over the world, but strict masters are still dissatisfied with it.
This music master, who once held one hundred world No. 1 titles, lives in a small town in Russia near the Arctic Circle. He had a workshop there that specialized in making musical instruments. The treasure of the Chen Nanfang Silver Band, the Full Moon Unicorn, came from this master craftsman.
He is now in poor health and only accepts one apprentice a year. Schubert quit most of his jobs in order to prepare to meet his "master"'s works.
"What problem does Shijiang have with "Little Brave Man"?" Mo Yan said.
This song "Little Brave" is a very famous song in which a solo trumpet competes with the whole band. The principal trumpet, who plays the role of the Demon King, will take turns challenging the 8 principals of each section representing the 8 legendary warriors. According to the plot, The Demon King defeated 7 heroes, but lost to the last "little hero". The performer can temporarily adjust the order in which the devils appear in battle as needed.
The 8 parts of "Little Brave" correspond to 8 different levels of difficulty. From the dragon hero with the highest difficulty coefficient, which symbolizes courage, to the unyielding phoenix hero, to the persistent thunder hero (ox)... and finally to the unicorn horse, which represents purity.
The Unicorn Horse is the least difficult, and most performers would choose children to complete it, but its potential difficulty is the highest. Precisely because the simplest phrases are often the most difficult to express, this section is both the most difficult and the shallowest compared to the other seven sections. The whole song, except for the devil, is the section that tests the performer's skills the most.
The master said that this little brave man needs to perform the entire song with a young girl under the age of 20.
Schubert then recruited nine musicians from the national team. He recorded many versions for him, but the master was always dissatisfied. Either he disliked the sound as being too mature, or he disliked the musicians as not being passionate enough. Especially the casting of the hero, whether it was Jiang Nanmei or Chen Dongsheng’s performance, the master The craftsmen also shook their heads dissatisfied.
The music itself is subject to countless changes, and the effect produced every time it is played is very different. The master and craftsman are not picky. But finding the most suitable performer to present the most perfect and authentic "Little Brave" is the greatest knowledge.
Moreover, the master craftsman was notoriously difficult to serve.
However, getting his affirmation and guidance is something that even many top musicians dream of, let alone, this time, he is calling on the music industry, the top three musicians in the world, under the banner of looking for a successor. Homes responded.
If Schubert had not worked harder, the seat representing the brass community would have been won by his rival, La Newman, who was ranked second in the world.
Seeing Schubert in such distress and having no idea what to do, Mo Yan smiled at this moment.
"No wonder, you once told me that Ye Siren looks a lot like you."
"What?"
"I don't have any talent at all, but I want to challenge the whole world by myself!"
Schubert did not deny it.
"Don't laugh, in ten years it will be your turn to challenge! If I am chosen by the master this time, don't think that I will let you go in ten years," Schubert said with a smile.
The next decade?
Mo Yan recalled that ten years ago, when he was still ignorant, he became associated with music because of the unicorn horse.
Today, ten years later, she seems to be back to the starting point.
She felt as if she had already formed an indissoluble bond with this king of time and space.
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Late at night, Ye Siren walked through the crowd and pushed the trolley full of garbage into the garbage station.
The environment here is dirty and messy, rats and cockroaches are scurrying everywhere, and the air is filled with the smell of corruption.
"I'm sorry, webmaster, my dad has a backache, so I'll be the one to push him while he's lying down!" Siren said.
"No problem, he is such a well-behaved boy!" the stationmaster said, and took out an envelope and gave it to Siren: "This is the money the workers made from selling scraps. Remember to give it to your dad!" the stationmaster said.
Siren's father, Ye Jingtian, was once a very famous shipping king and ran a shipping port business more than half a year ago. However, under the impact of several consecutive financial crises and the great changes in his family, he had to sell off most of his life's efforts to pay off debts and lay off employees.
Now, I'm just a janitor. Siren's family now lives in an old tenement building near the red light district in Mong Kok.
Each of these tenement buildings is the same old one, except for the occasional mansion with a completely different style. It is said that Li Ka-shing has always wanted to take over the entire area and rebuild it, so many people rented small suites in this community in order to get relocation fees. The same goes for Siren's family.
But he didn't expect that the price had been negotiated for more than ten years and had never been reached. Li Ka-shing only received a few fragmentary pieces of land. In addition, land prices in Mong Kok have become more and more expensive in recent years, and even Hong Kong's richest man feels powerless.
At night, Mong Kok, underneath this patchwork of old and new houses, is a bustling scene.
After the silver band training, Siren rushed to Mong Kok without stopping. Hearing that his father had injured his waist today, he took over his work.
While he was working, he was chatting with his compatriots in the band in the cadre group. Although his life was hard, he was still very satisfied.
Suddenly, he received a message from the part-time boss's wife, asking him to help immediately. He didn't get enough rest and rushed there again.
The place where Ye Siren works is a bar and Western restaurant called "Love God". It is located in the center of Mong Kok. There is a subway station and a parking lot nearby, and there are usually many customers.
In front of the door is an open-air seating area in the smoking area. There are three flying target machines placed next to the floor-to-ceiling glass on the left side of the store. Sometimes after get off work, Siren often plays a few here.
The lights in the bar were dim and the air was slightly smoky. The handsome singer sang nostalgic English songs from the 1960s and 1970s under the spotlights on the small stage.
The boss lady, Sister Qing, used to hang out on the street when she lived in Hong Kong in her early years. After he was freed, he sympathized with those who had criminal records or were on bail, so he opened this bar to help these people who wanted to change themselves.
In the bar, there are not many colleagues wearing shackles like Siren, but his collar is unique and very eye-catching.
As soon as he arrived, the landlady held her nose and said suspiciously, "Are you going to your dad's place again?"
"Um...I'm sorry! I'll change my clothes right away and go to the floor."
"No need yet!"
After that, Sister Qing gave him an obscure delivery receipt, and then said simple and rough English to a Filipino delivery person: "You Tell him, he tell you!" and then took a photo. He patted Siren on the shoulder.
Siren looked at the delivery list and understood it instantly. He also answered fluently in English with the delivery person. And the ordering speed is faster than others.
Sister Qing looked at Siren curiously.
It turned out that when he was counting goods, for example, 10 items, he would always count to 8. There were still goods in front of him, so he stopped counting.
Moreover, Sister Qing saw that the quantity of the goods he ordered was not accurate, so she asked, "Who taught you to order goods like this?"
"My Father!"
"What if it's a little less..."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Siren assured: "There will only be more, not less."
Sister Qing didn't believe it, so she asked someone to check it again, and the result was really like this. Just as she was about to return the extra money, Siren stopped her.
"No! No need! This boss always orders too much. He doesn't care anyway. I order it in front of his guy. The responsibility is not ours." Siren frowned and said, and Sister Qing understood instantly.
How amazing!
Where can I find a part-time person who knows Fa, speaks Russian and German, and is so smart!
