"The collection of nocturnes has twenty-one pieces in total. Apart from the one that Miss Christie recorded earlier and the three that were just played, there are seventeen pieces left."
Lin Rui explained with a smile.
"What?!"
"Seventeen more poems?"
This time, Constantine couldn't sit still.
He stared intently at Lin Rui, trying to determine if the young man was talking nonsense.
It must be admitted that all four classical pieces, whether it was the previous one or the three I just listened to, were of extremely high quality.
Constantine found it hard to believe that this up-and-coming piano master had composed twenty-one pieces of such quality!
incredible!
However, a smile quickly appeared on Constantine's lips: "You invited me to Shenzhou as a guest, surely not just to show off your work?"
"Of course not, I'd like to invite you to star in a movie."
"The movie is called 'The Legend of 1900,' and it's about me..."
Before Lin Rui could finish speaking, Constantine waved his hand and said, "I know about this movie, and I know why you invited me. It's nothing more than to play a less-than-honorable role in the movie."
At this point, Constantine looked at Lin Rui with a mocking expression: "Young man, what makes you think I would agree to such an unreasonable invitation?"
Lin Rui was somewhat surprised and didn't understand where Constantine got the information.
“This circle is not very big. A while ago, the people behind you visited some people, and coincidentally, one of them was my friend.”
Christie's lips twitched slightly, seemingly surprised that this stubborn mule could actually make friends in the piano circle.
Several faces she disliked flashed through her mind in an instant; birds of a feather flock together, as the saying goes.
“I have no connection with you. When you suddenly contacted me, I guessed it must be because of this matter, so I asked someone to check it out.”
Lin Rui didn't care about Constantine's attitude and still had a polite smile on his face: "Then I won't beat around the bush. I wonder what kind of reward the master would like to receive for participating in this performance?"
"remuneration?"
"You are also an artist, don't you think this mercenary behavior is a desecration of art?"
Constantine looked intently at Lin Rui, then changed the subject: "I know some of the rules in China. You want to use this movie to enter the overseas market, and in this movie, you need a worthy opponent, otherwise the whole movie will have a fatal flaw."
At this point, Constantine's gaze gradually turned aggressive: "So you came to me, right?"
"right."
Lin Rui nodded, maintaining a smiling demeanor, but the aura emanating from him was so powerful that it was evenly matched with Constantine's at that moment.
Christie, who had been silent all along, also noticed something amiss and was about to say something to ease the tension when Constantine spoke first: "I can accept your invitation, but I have one condition."
"Speaking."
Lin Rui remained calm, showing no sign of excitement despite Constantine's remarks.
"Twenty-one songs, with my name next to yours."
"dream!"
Before Lin Rui could even respond, Christie's face instantly darkened: "Constantine, I advise you to abandon those childish ideas. Such thinking is a desecration of art!"
Still seemingly not satisfied, Christie cursed again: "Filthy!"
Constantine didn't care about Christie's attitude at all, but looked at Lin Rui with great interest, as if he had Lin Rui completely under his thumb: "So what? It's just adding a name, the work is still yours. Besides, with my name on the work, you'll get more recognition when you promote it overseas in the future."
"Enough!"
Christie was furious.
“Mr. Lin, why don’t you take Ms. Christy downstairs for a meal first? I’d like to have a good chat with this old man.”
Chen Bin walked up to Lin Rui with an innocent look on his face.
Seeing Lin Rui hesitate, Chen Bin smiled understandingly and said, "Don't worry, I promise I won't kill him."
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