July 23, 914 in the New Calendar, moderate rain.

There was brief sunshine at dawn three days ago, but such weather is the norm during the thunderstorm season in Ufranser.

In the courtyard behind Turner Art Hall, in a deep corner where flowers bloom, raindrops patter on the branches and leaves like a sieve.

"Cuck, Cuck, Cuck"

Pairs of leather shoes running through the mud temporarily disturbed the tranquility of the place.

Nearly a hundred black figures in solemn attire were walking.

They walked through the railings, flowers and lawn paths, took off their top hats with dripping water, bent down in front of the newly built marble base to place bouquets of flowers, and then lined up one by one, standing in silence.

On the third day after the premiere of "Second Symphony", the funeral had just been held. According to the conductor Kaplan's instructions before his death, "the number of people should be small, the scale should be simple, the ceremony should be short, there is no need to keep the body, and the ashes of the world can be left."

The place of concern during my lifetime is a little closer, but this matter will be settled in such a way that the living people are not disturbed."

Taking into account the strong respect and remembrance of the people, the Blessed Sacrament was open to the public all night long the night before.

However, based on the will of the artist, the announcement from the funeral director said, "It is recommended that those who express their condolences from all walks of life should stop and leave immediately. Flowers and messages will not be refused to those who come, and those who stay for a long time to express their condolences or to offer solemn gifts will not be sensitive to thanks."

Therefore, although there was an endless stream of people coming to pay their respects, in fact, at the end of the day, less than a hundred people attended the formal early morning funeral and the funeral and monument erection.

Except for the slight discrepancy between relatives of the deceased and representatives of the delegation, the rest of the people are all artists. Those who are purely from the media, political figures, businessmen, publishing circles or critics are not allowed to attend. The funeral organizers will arrange them in the hall to wait for the follow-up.

This quiet corner of the courtyard is about 300 steps away from the nearest entrance to Turner Art Hall. Trees and stone railings divide the view just right, and exotic flowers and plants bloom in the stepped flowerbeds.

Next to it is a clear pond full of lotus flowers, and further back through the branches, you can vaguely see a small gravel road leading to the back mountain.

It is said that when the former music director Carolyn Van Ning was conceiving the Second Symphony, she often walked along this small gravel road and took a shortcut to climb a hill to look at the city and find inspiration.

The artists bowed flowers in turn, and Olga took her daughter to put the black and white photo frame into the stone trough.

In the photo, Kaplan is wearing high-end gold-rimmed glasses, a straight tie, holding a precious pen in his hand, his arms pressing paper covered with operators and formula charts, sitting in front of a big desk and smiling at the camera, as if he is a handsome man.

The appearance of a deputy business elite.

From the time he officially resigned from the Santa Ramburg financial circle to now, he has been studying music day and night, but he has not had time to leave a photo of conducting an orchestra or playing the piano.

The leader of the group, Xilan, pursed her lips tightly. At this moment, he took a step forward and wiped the marble surfaces of the tombstone and the base with a white silk towel.

In particular, I wiped away the rainwater and soil in the grooves of the epitaph.

That sentence is said to be a key inspiration for the composer when he conceived the "Second Symphony". Although it was not directly quoted in the continuation of the chorus in the final movement, he included it when he presented the score to the deceased.

It was written on the title page as a message.

The uncommon second-person pronouns make it difficult for people to tell whether they are learning about the deceased or the deceased is sending messages to the living——

"You were struck down with sticks, and you soared on the wings of angels."

The process of erecting the monument was as brief as a funeral ceremony.

After settling matters related to the deceased, the artists moved back to the ticket check-in lobby of Turner Art Hall.

There are so many people from all walks of life waiting here, and even the corridor on the second floor is filled with solemnly dressed figures.

Everyone's eyes first focused on the wall on the left side of the door.

"Wall of Past Conductors of the Symphony Orchestra"

The entire marble surface is wide and smooth, with two dark horizontal lines symbolizing the time axis running parallel through it.

Olga, who had the dual identities of the group's administrative manager and the deceased's wife, stepped forward with a simple and dignified figure, and lifted the metal square engraved with black and gold inscriptions to the height of a timeline below.

This is where all the permanent commanders have occupied.

"Ting." The crisp and cold sound of the buckle inserting into the groove.

"Gilbert Capron, September 5, 913 New Calendar - July 20, 914 New Calendar."

The second person to step forward was the tall and burly Lee Viadlin. The inscription square in his hand was aligned with the horizontal line of the timeline above. This is the position of the previous music director and chief conductor.

Anton Konard has passed away, and Fan Ning has unilaterally withdrawn from the association. He did this as Fan Ning's current music teacher, not as a member of the official Extraordinary Organization.

"Ting." The cold voice sounded again.

"Carolen Van Ning, August 25, 913 New Calendar - July 20, 914 New Calendar."

Sheeran, Roy and others stared at the names above for a long time.

It's been three days.

One of the original number one and number two figures in the orchestra eventually fell on the conductor's podium, and the other's life or death is unknown.

There has been no word from the Special Patrol Office, and there has been no news from Qiong after saying goodbye.

“Many knowledgeable people visited the back of Turner Hall on the opening day and stayed for at least 36 hours.”

The tenure inscription square had just been inserted when a deep and serious male voice came from behind.

The two chiefs turned their heads, and Marquis MacAdam was standing behind them at some point.

"Thank you, Dad."

Roy knew her father's mysterious and invisible power of "evolution", and she frowned and thought about it.

A number of people, a place, and a duration. What does the combination of these three revelations mean?

"Back mountain?" Xilan's attention was more focused on the location.

She naturally remembered the place where the three of them lay down after they entered the secret door to explore last year and finally woke up from the nightmare.

It is almost certain that this is another action team from the Special Inspection Department, and its purpose of visiting the back mountain is almost certain to guard Fan Ning, who was kidnapped into the well.

But why does it take so long beyond 36 hours?

If we start counting from shortly after dawn, it will be about 12 hours until the premiere ends, and then it will continue until this time the next day?

As the two of them were thinking, they began to be moved towards the other direction of the hall by the crowd.

The funeral director once stated in the announcement that after the funeral of the deceased, the delegation had an important matter that needed to be publicly announced to all walks of life.

This has undoubtedly attracted great attention from all parties. Everyone is speculating whether this is related to the sudden resignation of Director Fanning or to the funeral affairs of conductor Kaplan.

The brightly lit event hall was not only full of seats, but also the aisles were full of people and racks of camera equipment.

In the middle of the stage is a long wooden table, with a white curtain covering something similar to a picture frame.

Minister Noel of the Ministry of Culture and Media came on stage together with Olga, the administrative manager of the delegation, and slowly unveiled it.

"Kaplan Arts Fund Committee"

"Click." "Click." The sound of the shutter of the camera equipment came and went.

Judging from the name alone, it seems to be the unveiling ceremony of a newly established public welfare project.

Olga, who was guided to the stage by the host, Minister Noel, explained in a calm tone——

According to the will of the conductor Mr. Kaplan, the "Kaplan Art Foundation" is now established in the name of himself and his wife.

As Mr. Fanning has announced in his resignation letter, all the copyrights of Turner Art Hall's businesses and his personal works will be permanently and free of charge donated to Miss Sheeran...

After consultation with the latter, the operation and development of the "Capron Art Fund" will be entrusted to Turner Art Hall with full responsibility. Its purpose is only for the two major projects of "Art Popularization" and "Music Aid" initiated by the former director Fan Ning.

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As for the source of funds, initially it was two parts:

One is the net income from the financial industry investments made by Mr. Kaplan during his lifetime;

The second is the net income of the group related to the copyright of "Resurrection Symphony", including but not limited to the box office of self-operated commercial performances, copyright fees of other commercial performances, share of score sales, share of record sales, etc.

In fact, in the past few days after the performance, pre-sale orders from all over the world have exceeded 40,000.

Comparing it to the Recording Industry Association's four-star rating threshold of 5,000 first orders, or comparing the previous albums released by Turner Hall with figures ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 first orders, this is simply a miraculous thing, directly breaking the human record industry.

historical sales record.

The "Kaplan Art Fund Committee" takes about a week to prepare.

The "Second Symphony" record that was produced at full speed will probably take this long to be released.

Therefore, there will be two major events on August 1st. One is the official sale and delivery of the record, and the other is the formal operation of the Art Fund. At that time, a trusteeship handover ceremony will be held with Turner Art Hall and the first batch of donations from all walks of life will be accepted.

The inflow and outflow of funds belonging to social donations are subject to the supervision of the cultural department throughout the process and are disclosed to all walks of life on a regular basis.

After Olga announced the establishment of the "Kaplan Art Fund", Minister Noel made a concluding speech.

First he expressed his gratitude, then his deep remembrance, and then he summarized the core views of several representative art reviews after the premiere of the "Resurrection Symphony":

The wording of "Voice of Janus" is concise and concise but shocking. This old mainstream media from the Western Continent, the birthplace of serious music, directly stated that Carolne Van Ning had broken through the category of "great", and even called "

Symphony No. 2 in C minor is "one of the most important symphonies in the history of human art."

"Tioline Cultural Weekly" pointed out from a more pragmatic perspective that the "Symphony No. 2 in C minor" performed by the great conductor Kaplan is a spiritual treasure that belongs to all music lovers, "Everything that lives must perish,

Don't be arrogant when you are in good times in life, for those who perish will be resurrected, and there is no need to be depressed when facing setbacks. Everything is just the ups and downs of dust. After a short rest, death is also a new life."

The record producer deeply praised that feat in a special article in "Hoffmann's Gramophone"——

"Now he will be the light in our phonograph, greater than before. Every art pilgrim will tremble to pick up this last sound, just like erecting a lighthouse in the dead night."

In seventy-eight art reviews, the word "great" appears frequently in descriptions of Kaplan, and for the composer himself, this word has begun to break through.
To be continued...