Chapter 260 The concerto here is free of charge (4K 2-in-1)
Everyone’s reaction is really normal.
Fan Ning used the huge sum of more than 90,000 pounds that he received to match the existing funds. First, he made all the musical instrument purchase plans that he had repeatedly struggled with and revised according to top specifications, and then he once again increased the expansion budget.
Construction is already underway for a 2,000-seat symphony hall.
Fortunately, the courtyard land left by Vincent was large enough, and he also left a lot of leeway when he designed the drawings. He thought of enclosing the space of each functional area first, building the shell, and investing a part of the money every year to fill it in during the actual construction.
Implement part of it.
Now it is equivalent to directly rushing the progress behind the "five-year plan" that I originally envisioned.
So Fanning still had 60,000 pounds in his pocket.
It sounds like a fortune that can last for several lifetimes, but what if the monthly fixed expenditure is 28,456 pounds?
"Not bad, this can obviously last for two months." Fan Ning easily agreed with Sheeran's calculation results.
"Professor Fan Ning, let's not talk about whether this year's turnover can recover the original cost. In the past two months, whether we have even started to generate turnover is a question!" Kaplan shook his head repeatedly.
Everyone nodded unanimously.
Kaplan's point of view is similar to those of the previous ones: most of the interviews will be completed in September. Although the symphony hall is not yet completed in October, rehearsals must begin. In this way, two months will be used to ensure that "
"The Bi-monthly Art Exhibition" and the opening performance season can be held as scheduled. We can't delay it until the New Year's concert is just the first performance, otherwise the payback period will be too long.
In other words, the salary will start to be paid in October, and the performance income will only start to come in in December.
"28,456 pounds were deducted at the end of October, and another 28,456 pounds were deducted at the end of November. Isn't there some left?" Fan Ning said with a smile.
Kaplan's wife Olga took the relevant information and forms from his hands.
"Personally, I think this is still a very 'stingy' calculation."
Since the nature of this visit was an interview and in order to accompany her family to work in the new location, Olga, who also comes from the field of financial actuarial science, spoke actively: "Ms. Sheeran simply multiplied Professor Fanning's fixed salary by the number of people.
In addition to the estimated expenditure of 1,500 pounds each for regular publicity and consumables, this is an ideal figure under an ideal situation where there is no internal friction in scheduling and management, daily work is careful, and various consumables are saved. It requires the application of appropriate manpower.
The resource management model was modified to expand the factors, and we also missed some important terms."
"For example, for a large choir of 80 people and a youth symphony orchestra of 60 people, we only count the subsidy of 1 pound per person per week, and the management and education costs after the personnel join are not included. You are busy with studies or work, so
Mr. Ning is also the mysterious police officer of the Special Patrol Department. It is unrealistic for you to teach for many years. The tuition fees for professional music teachers are not cheap these days. Kaplan should be deeply aware of this."
"Another example is the recruitment and interview costs of nearly two hundred official members and administrative clerks, such as the remuneration for exchanges and cooperation with soloists, singers, and conductors in the music industry. For example, we also need to consider the market price fluctuations of purchasing materials, advertising, and operations.
Risk words”
"I understand." Lu listened while recording the key points, and made calculations in due course, "That is to say, if financial assistance is not actually considered, when Mr. Fan Ning's salary is paid at the end of November, which is the second month's salary,
Salary cut by 15-20%.”
"Ah, the salary will be reduced in the second month." Joan covered her mouth in surprise, "Caron, it's really better not to pay so much in the first place. Of course, you can secretly give us that much and I don't have any objection.
"
Fan Ning began to bend down and look through the briefcase at the foot of his chair.
"The McAdam family can sponsor 20,000 pounds first." Roy said, "Compared to the nature of investment, sponsorship of pure profit-making behavior is more helpful. This is still within my personal decision-making authority." She looked at the thick stack being counted.
Fan Ning, who was reading the information, had a smile on his face, "Of course, Mr. Fan Ning had better dedicate some of his works to me, just the next two works, so that I can pay for it more conveniently."
Lu felt something was not right.
Why had I been calculating for so long, only to be robbed by her at the last step when I was close to my goal?
Capron breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "In this case, the first two months have been settled, and there will still be a little balance. If the December performances or record sales go smoothly, the New Year's concert should also be able to be saved."
"This is the first new piece of the orchestra's opening season during the 'Bi-monthly Art Exhibition' in December. Take a look."
Fan Ning finally raised his head and pushed the stack of music scores he had sorted out to the middle of the long table.
Sheeran thought to himself, great, he has indeed written a new piece, and it seems to be a large-scale orchestral piece as well.
After the old symphony orchestra was established, many celebrities might come to support the opening performance, and the box office was quickly sold out, but the opening performance was only once, and it was impossible to premiere new works every time.
"Career" and "art management" are two different logics. Masters may not necessarily do business. In the long run, the art market will only react according to the rules it should have. As the saying goes, "a blockbuster performance will gain fame, and ordinary performances will be calculated carefully, and entry-level
"Performances accumulate audiences." What the band relies on to stay in business is to perform steady concerts one after another.
It is difficult to replicate the previous hot event, but we must try our best to replicate it. It would be great if Fan Ning could release one or even two large-scale songs before the end of the year.
"It's the most important show of the performance season in December, right? Let me see what you wrote." Roy stretched out his hand and straightened the stack of music scores towards himself, "It's so thick and heavy, what you put below is...
Prepare the music for rehearsal, ah, you wrote it for me?"
She was pleasantly surprised when she read the title of the work and the dedication with her name on it: ""Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major"? Well, it feels completely different from the "Violin Concerto in E minor" in style, with a pure authentic court temperament, eh.
, the solo passages in the third movement seem to be quite difficult.”
First the solo parts and then the score, she quickly flipped through each movement, imagining the harmonies and orchestration sounds, and happily hummed some melody fragments.
With a "click" sound, the score, which had been turned to the last page, fell from the side of the thick stack of paper.
Then the cover of the second volume underneath was revealed.
"You wrote two pieces for me at once?" Roy's always gentle and sweet voice was trembling with joy at this moment, "Oh, when did you secretly write, "Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major", hmm-hmm-hmm
~~~, it is also in the authentic style, but the musical image of this song is more gentle and gentle."
What she saw were two cello concertos by Haydn. (Operation No. Hob.VIIb/1 and 2)
Fan Ning smiled and said nothing.
"I like it, I like it all. I'll start practicing tonight. Don't worry, I'll make you a lot of money after the premiere."
Roy was so excited that he made another "click" sound, and the score was flipped down faster than the last time.
"Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major?" Qiong, who had been standing next to her for a long time, said, "Huh? I also have a mission, right?"
She brought it to her face and looked at it carefully: "Thank you for your dedication. Isn't this theme nice? It has a bit of the Rococo style of the Western Continent."
"Ahem." Kaplan, who had high-prescription glasses, coughed twice.
Joan held the sheet of music in both hands and glanced at him strangely. Then she seemed to realize something and dropped it back to the table. Her eyes were dull and she said: "Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, uh. Carolne, my workload is too high."
It’s not small. Uh, it’s okay, I still have confidence in the flute, and I guarantee that things like forgetting music in music salons won’t happen.”
What she saw were two flute concertos by Mozart (work numbers K.313 and K.314).
Fan Ning continued to smile and said nothing.
Something was wrong with Roy's eyes.
Mr. Fan Ning, your output seems to be a bit too much.
"The rest aren't all for me, are they?" Then Sheeran stood up.
This was a natural association, but besides being shocked by Fan Ning's output speed, she also felt that there was something wrong with the situation.
The first two people took away four volumes of music scores. What does it mean that there is still more than half of the remaining volume?
"Obviously, such a heart-beating experience will not affect me." Lu shrugged, "Being a percussionist has this advantage. I don't have to worry about a 'Timpani Concerto' or 'Triangle Concerto' popping up from below.
'."
The young man has good consciousness, but his vision is still limited. Next time, I will let you experience the feeling of diving into the timpani at the end of the performance. Fan Ning smiled secretly in his heart.
""Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major."" Sheeran picked up the sheet music above, and picked up the next book again in a "powerful authentic style" with experience, "No. 3, also in D major, this
The beginning obviously returns to romanticism." She expressed a mentality of "I want to see how much you can write." "And No. 4? In addition to E minor, there are three minor concerts in D major,
This introduction has the flavor of Tioleon’s northern nation.”
What Sheeran saw were the other three of the four major violin concertos besides Mendelssohn's, namely Beethoven's Op. 61, Brahms' Op. 77, and Tchaikovsky's Op. 35.
Their solo parts are basically reproduced without any difference, and the band's accuracy is above 98%. The differences are mainly in the secondary parts, complex rhythm notation and some details that are difficult to identify whether 4/5/8 degrees are superimposed.
"Caron, are you okay? "B flat minor No." She continued to read the title dumbfounded.
"Oh, the last three are by Sir Viadrin. I will take them with me when I go to St. Alan's Castle for piano lessons tomorrow." Fan Ning leaned forward and picked them back, "It's okay, it's okay, not much, not much, you
Just by looking at yours, they’ve already been sent out.”
Capron choked with difficulty and stood behind Roy to read the music for a while, then moved behind Joan to read the music.
After a long time, Roy raised his head, with a hint of complexity in his voice that was subverted: "Everyone, I'm sure Mr. Fan Ning is not making up numbers or writing exercises. The quality of these two cello concertos is really real.
.”
"The accomplishments of these three violin concertos are not inferior to 'E Minor'. All four are treasures, and all four are masterpieces!" Sheeran looked at Fan Ning as if asking, what on earth are you?
Did you write it secretly?
Of course, there may be another meaning: OK, I have three songs.
"Caron, do you write concertos for free here?" Joan asked.
Fan Ning signaled everyone to be quiet: "Okay, that's the situation now anyway. Here are 10 concertos. Around December, we will have an 'opening performance season' spanning 19 days in conjunction with the 'Bi-monthly Art Exhibition'."
Everyone calmed down from the initial shock, and the more they thought about it, the more they realized that this matter was of a serious nature.
When the performance schedule is announced, what will the expressions of those guys be like?
Fan Ning continued: "Although music fans are now clamoring for the recording of "Symphony No. 1", due to perfection requirements, it is better to wait until the New Year for the old symphony orchestra to run in before recording. After the personnel are in place in early October
, we should rehearse these concertos first.”
Roy said: "I understand Mr. Fanning's intention. On the surface, the loud shouts of "Symphony No. 1" will bring high reviews and high sales, but in fact, the risk of collapse of 'expected mismatch' is also extremely high, because all
Music fans have assumed that it is the 'most authoritative version', and there is no room for relaxation. A slight problem could ruin everyone's artistic reputation."
"In the running-in stage, the orchestra's level will inevitably have flaws. It is best to avoid difficult symphonies when performing. It is an excellent method to use soloists to lead the orchestra, which can amplify the advantages and avoid shortcomings."
"This is the reason why I currently favor the concerto genre." Fan Ning nodded slightly, "I will let the choir make its first appearance at the New Year's Concert to accumulate stage experience for the "Second Symphony", and we will gradually start to study it later in the year.
Difficult symphonies, including teacher Anton's works. At the same time, I will also arrange solo concerts for you, and encourage the musicians to form some chamber music groups."
“In the ‘opening performance season’ years ago, we used these 10 concertos that were performed one day apart to make a big splash and bombard the Empire music fans.”
"I still need to think about the specific order. As a great legendary pianist, Viadrin may be better placed at the beginning, middle and end of the show, which is more eye-catching. Anyway, I will perform one song every other day. I also have the repertoire for the other half.
Some preliminary thoughts.”
"Huh, now I feel a little more relieved." Roy finally patted his chest, "If you set the price more reasonably and do a better job of publicity, the return income in December should be good. By the way, Mr. Fan Ning, this time in order to ensure
With the box office of ten concerts, do you want to record some more 'radio trailers'?"
"It's boring to keep playing the same tricks you've tried once." Fan Ning smiled and shook his head, "And now that there are so many people following the trend, music fans will also be tired of it. This time we'll try something that others won't be able to learn easily.
"
Roy blinked in confusion.
Mr. Fan Ning really makes people feel safe.
"I'm still a little insecure." Sheeran bit her lip, "Mainly thinking that in the first two months, such a huge amount of money will be consumed continuously, causing the asset overdraft to bottom out, and the expenses for the third month will still have to be paid.
Now wait, we must save some money when we are at work."
"Don't worry, there will be action for the performance season in December. How could there be nothing before? After I go to the Imperial Capital for piano lessons tomorrow, I will stop by some places to walk around. I will definitely let everyone go free to copy documents and use gas lights for the next two months.
I bought the consumables from good ones and ate my afternoon tea until I vomited. Well, it means that I can work and rehearse with peace of mind while receiving a high salary."
Fan Ning said with a mysterious smile: "You think, I am not the kind of person who likes to walk on a tightrope and play with extremes, right?"