Chapter 281 280. He has been remembered by history, breaking the single-day download record of European and American pop songs! (Please subscribe!)
Wang Qian had just finished taking a shower in the bathroom.
Qin Xuerong had been traveling all the way and was exhausted, so she fell asleep directly on the bed after taking a shower.
Wang Qian relaxed completely, having just released some of the pressure in his heart. He was lying on the side and was about to take out his cell phone to check the current situation outside!
Buzz buzz buzz...
The phone vibrated.
Wang Qian saw the caller ID and didn't expect it was Sophie calling.
According to the distance, Sophie lives in the room diagonally opposite...
Wang Qian thought of the scene at the entrance of the Los Angeles hotel in the morning, picked up the phone and went to the living room outside to answer the call: "Um, Sophie?"
Sophie asked softly, "Are you in the room?"
Wang Qian: "Well, I just took a shower and planned to rest for a while before going to bed. You know what I need to face tomorrow, so I was planning to rest early."
Sophie: "Can I see you now?"
Wang Qian was silent for a second and asked, "What's the matter?"
Sophie's voice was a little low: "Nothing else, I just want to see you. I just had an argument with my father on the phone because of you!"
Wang Qian: “Sorry!”
Sophie: "You don't have to apologize. I just told the truth. He and I often quarreled because of many things. Where is Xuerong?"
Wang Qian: "She is tired and went to bed first."
Sophie: "Then I'll come find you!"
Wang Qian said hurriedly: "No, wait for me at the fire escape. I'll put on my clothes and come find you!"
Sophie was silent for two seconds, then said, "Okay, I'll wait for you!"
After saying that, Sophie hung up the phone.
Wang Qian frowned slightly and looked at Sophie's name displayed on the phone, then looked at Xuerong who was sleeping soundly next to him, her youthful and beautiful sleeping face.
Wang Qian leaned down gently and kissed Qin Xuerong on the forehead, then changed into shorts and a T-shirt and walked out of the room.
After looking around, Wang Qian walked towards the fire escape.
Although the interior of this hotel is quite luxurious, it is also quite historical and old, with a heavy sense of history amidst its luxury.
Generally speaking, most of the hotels opened at the gates of famous universities have a long history and have a fixed group of customers every year, including professors and students of the university and people who come to the university for sightseeing, visiting and studying.
As soon as Wang Qian walked into the stairs, a figure rushed over and threw himself into Wang Qian's arms without hesitation. He held Wang Qian's waist tightly with both hands, raised his head, and stared at Wang Qian with a pair of light blue pupils: "My father accused me because of you. I was very dissatisfied and refuted him. He got angry and said he would come back to Philadelphia to watch your open class tomorrow!"
Wang Qian gently stroked Sophie's chestnut hair with one hand and asked softly, "So? Does Mr. Malone also want to expose me in person? Or does he just want to come and take you back?"
Sophie grabbed Wang Qian's other hand and pressed it against her waist, still staring at Wang Qian: "I'm an adult now, I don't have to listen to him in everything. I don't mind everything you have, do you dare to do it now? Do you dare to want me?"
Wang Qian stared into Sophie's eyes. All he saw in the eyes of this French girl was an impulse, passion, and stubbornness. Her pupils only reflected his face. He whispered, "To be honest, no one can resist your charm. But I want to ask, will you regret it in the future? I can tell you clearly that I will never leave Xuerong."
Sophie's body visibly stiffened for a moment, then she stared at Wang Qian and said seriously, "For me, even if it's not possible? I am willing to go to China with you."
Wang Qian ruffled Sophie's hair, shook his head gently, and said in a light but firm voice: "No matter who it is, it's not okay."
He knew very well how much Qin Xuerong had paid for him. Although he was an old scumbag, he still had a conscience.
The hand that Sophie had pulled over to hold around her waist loosened slightly, and Wang Qian took half a step back, trying to put some distance between himself and the French girl and allow her to regain some sanity.
He really couldn't resist Sophie's charm!
Perhaps no one in the world can resist the charm that she exudes so actively.
However, he can make the other party back off.
Sophie looked at Wang Qian infatuatedly, and seemed shocked by Wang Qian's answer.
She thought that she was better than Qin Xuerong in every aspect! Why couldn't she replace her?
Watching Wang Qian retreat.
A hint of determination flashed in Sophie's eyes. Since she had done it, she would go all the way. She would not look back even if she reached a dead end and would force a path through the wall.
She stepped forward and hugged Wang Qian tightly again, then grabbed Wang Qian's hand and murmured in a low voice: "I don't care."
…
This hotel is much busier than usual.
Wang Qian and Sophie could hear the elevator going up and down, opening and closing, as well as the sound of people walking and talking. It was obvious that someone else was living on their floor! Fortunately, no one took the stairs. Everyone was used to taking the elevator and didn't want to take the stairs anymore.
Both of them heard these noises clearly!
About half an hour passed.
Wang Qian cleaned up Sophie himself, cleaned up all the marks on his body, gently smoothed Sophie's wet hair with both hands, and said softly: "Go back and rest."
Sophie's pretty face flushed red because she couldn't make a sound just now. She had to bite her wrist and left deep teeth marks. At this moment, she was still very excited. She hugged Wang Qian again and kissed him hard, panting and saying, "You won't take me back to the room? I don't think I can go back."
Feeling weak all over.
Wang Qian smiled apologetically: "Then you rest here for a while and then go back. I'll go back first?"
Sophie glared at Wang Qian: "Do you know what you just did? Do you know what I paid for? You actually let me go alone?"
Wang Qian: "I know. So, isn't it better if I don't let you get deeper into trouble? If you are disappointed in me now and never talk to me or see me again, maybe that's a good thing?"
Sophie was stunned for a moment, then looked at Wang Qian and kissed him gently on the cheek again: "I won't be fooled, I'll go back first!"
After saying that, Sophie looked at Wang Qian reluctantly, then turned around and pretended nothing had happened and walked back to the room. However, a hint of embarrassment could be seen on her face the moment she stepped into the room.
With a bang, Sophie quickly closed the door! Wang Qian stood in the corridor for a while, looked down from the window, and saw that the hotel below was still very lively.
Many media outlets were still there looking for news and interviewing people who got off the bus and entered the hotel.
Most of the people staying in the hotel at this time are artists who are well-dressed and elegant.
Most of them are music artists, a small number are literary artists, etc., and there are also some people from the entertainment industry who come here to join in the fun and take advantage of the popularity.
After all, Philadelphia is very close to New York, only about one or two hundred kilometers away. For North American people who like to go on self-driving tours, this distance is almost like their doorstep, and it only takes one or two hours to drive there.
New York is one of the art and cultural centers in North America!
If Los Angeles is the entertainment center of North America and even the world, then New York is undoubtedly the cultural and artistic center of North America.
Not to mention other things, just the classical music schools, the Eastman School and the Juilliard School, which are consistently ranked in the top three in the world and are no weaker than Curtis, are both in New York. The Manhattan School of Music, which is also consistently ranked in the top four, and Curtis are also very close to New York.
So, in the field of music and art, New York is almost undoubtedly the world's number one center.
As for other regular universities, New York has more than a dozen prestigious universities ranked in the top 100 in the world, including the famous Columbia University ranked in the top ten in the world.
There are also several famous orchestra bases in North America here. There are high-level concerts of several famous orchestras all year round, and some world-class performing masters hold concerts here.
Not to mention, there is also the world-famous drama mecca Broadway, which is known as the best base for actors to hone their acting skills.
New York's cultural and artistic heritage is much stronger than that of most countries in the world!
Now, many cultural and artistic representatives from New York have come to the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia to attend Wang Qian's open music exchange class and witness what kind of talent this musical genius from the East China is, who can brag that he is the king of piano? Wang Qian read the speeches of several famous New York artists, none of whom questioned that Wang Qian was a genius, because the fact that Curtis invited Wang Qian to give a lecture proved that Wang Qian was a genius, otherwise he would not have this treatment and opportunity.
It is impossible that all the professors and deans of Curtis are blind. Without the consent of most of them, Wang Qian would not be able to come here to give an open music exchange class.
Moreover, Wang Qian’s works and performances are available for everyone to see and hear. As long as you look and listen rationally, you can tell that he is a genius with amazing musical talent!
In addition to a large number of cultural and artistic figures from New York, many cultural and artistic representatives from other parts of North America also came, and some European artists also came to watch the fun. Just as Sophie said, her father Marlon came.
Also, Philadelphia itself is one of the top ten cities in North America and has a profound cultural heritage, otherwise Curtis Institute would not be located here. In addition to Curtis, a world-renowned institution, there is also the University of Pennsylvania, which is ranked in the top 20 in the world.
so.
Standing at the window and looking down, Wang Qian could imagine how many famous artists from North America and Europe would come to his class tomorrow.
However, Wang Qian knew that he might not know most of them, or even all of them.
I really wanted to smoke a cigarette to relieve the stress and soothe the excitement of interacting with Sophie just now.
However, thinking of the rules he had set since his rebirth, no smoking, no drinking, and adequate sleep! Wang Qian forced himself to hold back, and took a few breaths of the outside air before walking out of the stairs and returning to his and Qin Xuerong's room.
Qin Xuerong was sleeping soundly.
Wang Qian didn’t think much about it. After all, he was an old scumbag in his previous life. He had experienced changing three young people who dreamed of becoming actors in one night.
He changed his clothes, took a shower, put the clothes he had changed into a garbage bag and threw them into the trash can on the stairs. Then he returned to the room, relaxed everything in his heart, lay down next to Qin Xuerong, and quickly fell asleep.
Sophie returned to her room and took a good bath.
Then, lying on the bed, she really wanted to call Wang Qian, but she held back. Her hands holding the phone were shaking as she forced herself to hold back the urge.
I want to sleep, but my heart cannot calm down.
Sophie took the phone and sent a message to Taylor: I won! Then, Sophie quickly went to bed.
…
The next day! The area around Curtis College was noticeably more lively.
This historic hotel, which is representative of the Curtis area, is particularly lively.
Dozens of media outlets were waiting at the door almost all night, interviewing almost every well-dressed person entering and leaving the hotel, and all the questions asked were about Wang Qian.
Diana and her group were among the media people waiting at the door!
However, they were different from other media people. They did not go up to ask questions to the artists from all over Europe and the United States. They just stood by as loyal audiences and used cameras to faithfully transmit everything that happened here back to the TV station, and then broadcast it to the whole of North America and even the whole world through live broadcasts.
The show's ratings are definitely not high during the evening, but they are pretty good among evening shows.
There are gossips, direct confrontations, and moreover, it features a Chinese music genius that is relatively new to everyone!
This topic is extremely popular and has become extremely popular.
So, the ratings have been good.
The program team has been supporting the program and continuously investing more resources to hype up the program and get higher ratings! They even used part of the publicity resources for the first official game to be held this weekend to promote Wang Qian and this live tracking program! In the early morning, the number of media here did not decrease at all, and was even more than yesterday.
A middle-aged man next to Diana was taking notes with a notebook, staring at the people coming in and out of the hotel, and whispered, "The person who came in is Jones, a famous North American pianist who graduated from Jacobs College. He is a rare black pianist and has a lot of prestige among the black community!"
"He gave a concert in Los Angeles last month, which was very successful. Two thousand people showed up, including quite a few middle-class white people. It caused quite a stir in Los Angeles' upper class society."
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Jacobs Conservatory of Music is also one of the famous classical music conservatories in North America and ranked among the top ten in the world. The fact that this black performer graduated from Jacobs shows that his musical talent and strength are absolutely extraordinary.
However, with such strength, only about 2,000 people showed up for a concert.
For a relatively highbrow piano concert, a concert with thousands of people is a small success, and two to three thousand people is a big success. Those concerts with more than five thousand people are only possible for world-class masters, and as for concerts with tens of thousands of people, it requires the world's top masters to promote in advance! From this, we can see the gap with pop music. Any of the famous big-name singers in North America will not have less than tens of thousands of people at any concert.
Every time Kristen holds a concert, there are no less than 30,000 people at the scene, and many fans complain that they can't buy concert tickets. Once the company held a concert for Kristen with 50,000 people, and it was still full, and many people still complained that they wanted to go but couldn't buy tickets.
The gap between the market recognition of classical music and popular music is incalculable.
Diana stared at Jones and said, "I saw one of his concerts. I thought it was average, not as good as Taylor's!"
Of course, she didn't say that it was far worse than Wang Qian's performance of Magic City Rhapsody at the opening performance of the Voice of China World Competition.
Diana is not a pure classical music lover, but an ordinary person who prefers modern music. When listening to music, she first feels it intuitively, that is, it should be nice to listen to! Obviously, Jones, who prefers classical style, may be average in auditory performance.
The middle-aged man flipped through the notes in his notebook and said, "So, what about Dykeman who walked in ten minutes ago? It is said that he is one of the most famous pop pianists in New York. His concerts in New York are very popular, with at least three thousand people attending each one."
Diana said calmly, "I haven't heard it. The songs he played were all very ordinary. I lost interest as soon as I saw the songs."
In the past ten or twenty years, there have indeed been no new and better-sounding music, and the repertoires that most performers play in concerts are basically the classics that everyone is tired of hearing.
In comparison, the several piano pieces Wang Qian released in the past six months are indeed quite amazing, mainly because they are fresh and pleasant to listen to.
Diana had this thought in her mind, but she quickly suppressed it. She stared at a limousine that had stopped at the door. An old man with white hair and a straight figure walked out of it. Surprise flashed in her eyes: "Mr. Max is here? God..."
The middle-aged man who was taking notes also widened his eyes and stopped writing.
The many media waiting outside the hotel entrance were even more excited, but at the same time, each reporter tried to remain restrained and did not rush in, as if they were afraid of bumping into old Mr. Max.
However, for the sake of traffic and ratings, the media still asked questions crazily.
"Dean Max, may I ask why you came to Curtis? Is it also for the exchange class with the Chinese Wang Qian?"
"Dean Max, shouldn't you be living in New York for retirement? I heard you haven't left New York for twenty years."
"Dean Max, do you think that Chinese Wang Qian is a musical genius? Is he the king of piano?"
Questions came to Max one after another.
However, the old man did not answer any questions, but walked towards the hotel step by step with his crutches.
The media reporters did not dare to surround the other party and moved aside. They could only ask as many questions as possible from both sides, even if the other party did not answer.
The middle-aged man who was taking notes beside Diana wrote down in his notebook with trembling fingers, and said excitedly: "Mr. Max, the dean of the Juilliard Piano School, is here. This old man is one of the best in the North American piano world, and he came to listen to Wang Qian's exchange class."
"The standard of today's class will be raised to a higher level!"
Diana stared at old man Max as he walked in, and then said, "Yes, I have a feeling that there may be more people who will shock us. Old man Max can't come here alone. He may be accompanied by some old friends of his generation..."
The middle-aged man who was recording the event trembled again, and then said, "God, this place will become the world's music and art center today! What charm does Wang Qian from China have that can attract so many people? Even if he fails miserably today and leaves in disgrace, he will still go down in history. Everyone will remember this day and will not forget him."
"There hasn't been a musical and artistic event like this in recent decades."
In recent decades, pop music has developed rapidly, and movies and the Internet have developed by leaps and bounds. This has led to people paying almost no attention to classical music, so classical music has naturally gradually become silent. Those former classical music artists have also stopped showing up in public and started teaching behind the scenes or simply retired and occasionally gave a small concert!
Therefore, in the past two or three decades, no event has been able to gather so many classical music artists! The live broadcast of the program was transmitted to the whole of North America, and the host's constant commentary aroused the interest of the entire North American audience.
Perhaps you don’t know most of these music artists.
However, it did not prevent everyone from becoming very interested after listening to the host's explanation...
Just as the host said: "My God, Dean Max has shown up. Hahaha, I'm very curious to know whether Wang Qian from China will kneel down excitedly when he sees Dean Max! Or just admit defeat and hand the podium to Dean Max. He is not worthy of standing on the podium and giving lectures to Dean Max."
His partner laughed and said, "Maybe he doesn't know this old man at all? After all, he didn't go to any well-known music and art school."
The host, with a sarcastic smile on his face, exclaimed: "Yeah, sorry, I forgot he's an actor!"
The popularity of this topic is simply skyrocketing! The ratings are rising rapidly.
The program crew is excited.
Zhou Qinghua and others were feeling anxious and nervous, and the people from the Huaxia program crew had already started to prepare for their retreat and had made plans for promotion!
Once Wang Qian's public exchange class ended in embarrassment and he was forced into a corner by many European and American music artists, they would quickly step in to help Wang Qian smooth things over as much as possible.
Several Voice of China contestants in Los Angeles, such as Adam and Jonathan, were watching the live broadcast. While they were envious of Wang Qian's popularity, they were also gloating that Wang Qian had attracted so many world-class music artists, which would surely make the show a mess.
The higher you stand now, the harder you will fall!
Adam, Jonathan and others were all expecting Wang Qian to fall to his death, leave the stage and go back to China in disgrace, so that they wouldn't have to face Wang Qian on the stage.
After all, facing Wang Qian, who is so popular and powerful, each of them is under tremendous pressure.
Social platforms in North America, Europe, and even Asia are almost everywhere filled with news about Wang Qian’s exchange class at Curtis College!
At the same time, TV stations in many countries other than China quickly purchased the broadcasting rights of Wang Qian's personal follow-up reporting program from North American TV stations, allowing the program team to make a fortune again. However, the nature of this program is non-competition and it is also Wang Qian's personal program, so according to the contract, Wang Qian must be given a share of the profits.
However, even if Wang Qian was given some share, the program team and the TV station would still make a lot of money. After all, this was an unplanned benefit and could be considered a windfall.
No one in the international competition program team objected to Wang Qian’s personal follow-up reporting program. After all, interests are eternal, and everything else can go to hell.
Wang Qian, Qin Xuerong, Jiang Yu and Murong Yue did not go out all morning.
Professors Taylor and Dawson both invited Wang Qian and his friends to visit the college and prepare for the exchange class at noon.
However, seeing so many people outside, Wang Qian didn't want to go out now. He would have to come back later and then go out again during class. It would be very tiring to fight these media twice! Therefore, Wang Qian declined the invitation of Professor Taylor and Dawson, explained the reason, and stayed in the hotel all morning without going out.
Qin Xuerong said softly, "Everyone is paying attention to this class now. Your personal follow-up report program has been broadcast live, and the program crew is waiting outside the hotel. The TV station announced that the number of viewers has exceeded 30 million and is still rising. It is expected that by the time you start teaching, it may exceed 50 million!"
Murong Yue said, "Everyone is paying attention to your lecture. Both the TV station and the program team are promoting this matter and you as much as possible. They are deliberately avoiding another piece of news that shocked the entire European and American pop music scene!"
Murong Yue looked at the calm figure standing at the window with a slightly serious expression. She was more concerned about the news in the field of pop music!
So, she knew last night that Wang Qian's single Its My Life had broken Kristen's record for the most single-day downloads in the European and American music scene.
But……
This news shocked the entire European and American pop music scene.
However, there were no larger media or self-media reporting on the incident. Only some tabloids and small media were hyping it up, but they were unable to create any waves and were suppressed by the major media.
If it weren't for the ranking list of The Voice of China and the Billboard chart still clearly displayed there, many people might not know about this at all.
Wang Qian stood at the window, looking at the lively scene outside, and said with a smile: "It is obvious that someone wants to suppress me, eliminate my positive influence as much as possible, amplify my negative news, and make me get out of today's class. The record-breaking news will be completely suppressed by all the negative news."
“Now, how much data has been downloaded?”
Murong Yue looked at her phone and said, "I checked it last night when it was 24 hours. The download data exceeded 20 million, reaching 22.3 million. The piano piece Magic City Rhapsody also exceeded 11 million, far exceeding the other contestants. Sophie, who ranked third, only had more than 9.7 million downloads, just short of 10 million."
"Now, the download data of Its My Life has exceeded 26 million."
If this happened under normal circumstances, or if other European and American singers did this, it would definitely shock the entire world's pop music scene and would be covered in overwhelming publicity.
But now, it was Wang Qian who did it, but no one reported it!
There was no relevant report on the European and American Internet. Ordinary people were also influenced by the rhythm, paying attention to Wang Qian's class, following the program, and many top European and American music artists who appeared! No one paid attention to him breaking Christine's record.
Anyone who cares knows that there must be something fishy behind this.
Wang Qian smiled and said, "Not bad!"
Buzz buzz buzz...
The phone rang.
Taylor called: "Wang Qian, I'm downstairs to pick you up. You can come down now. The college has also cleaned up the venue."
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