Chapter 15 (1/2)

Daniel waited at the Grand Theater entrance for over 30 minutes but a certain bloke was quite late. Crossing his arms over his chest, he looked at the other party and smiled. His tone was somewhat humored when he asked, “Sleepy? Were you sleeping?”

Min Chen calmly lifted his gaze and walked into the theatre without a glance at the other man. He lightly replied, “I woke up,” and didn’t bother saying anything else to Daniel.

“Well! This is awesome! God, why did I stay as this asshole’s agent for more than ten years?!” Daniel stomped his foot angrily and quickly followed him when the concert was just about to begin.

The seats that the B City Symphony Orchestra gave to Daniel were located in the left side of the third row. It was close to the first violin group, and almost all of the string section. For a theatre hall with good acoustics, it was a good position.

The guests took their seats one after the other. There were a handful of people in the music circle who were surprised by Min Chen and Daniel’s presence and went up to talk to them. Min Chen calmly and courteously responded, but fortunately, the concert soon started and the hall fell silent.

The audience quietly waited while the backstage was in a flurry of preparation.

After all, this was their last performance of the year and it was in their base——the B City where they worked the hardest. Everyone fine-tuned their skills and their instruments for this last rehearsal.

When they heard the standby signal, the percussion group in the back row entered the stage one by one, and they were followed by the other members. Lastly, Du Sheng also took his seat.

The red curtain slowly opened on both sides, and Tan Lao stepped up to the stage from the side. After leading the orchestra in a bow to the audience, he turned to his position.

“This old Mr. Tan Zheng Hui is a very famous conductor in Huaxia. The man who’s shaking hands with him is the concertmaster.” Daniel whispered into Min Chen’s ear, “His name is Du Sheng and he’s very skilled. His 《E-Minor》 is especially good.”

Min Chen looked at the two men shaking hands and gently hummed.

“This conductor Tan has a different style than yours but it’s somewhat similar to Mr. Dorenza’s. I think it could be useful for you to listen to it. If you could combine your style with Mr. Dorenza’s. . .”

“Daniel.”

Suddenly interrupted, Daniel turned in surprise. The man who was usually cold and indifferent was looking at him with eyelids drooped to half-mast. There was a little blue in those dark pupils, and his heart subconsciously jumped——he thought to himself, what was the Chinese saying again?——Dog mouth something. . .

“Why do you think you know more about the orchestra than me?”

Daniel: “. . .”

Ah, he remembered! It went——a dog’s mouth cannot produce ivory!!!

Daniel was so angry that he refused to say another word to this awful and arrogant man. What he didn’t see was Min Chen’s eyes swept across the orchestra’s members and didn’t stop even when he saw a familiar face.

Even though the people on the stage looked calm, the audience didn’t know that some of them were very surprised.

Tan Lao and Du Sheng were the first to discover Min Chen and Daniel’s presence. The tickets were sent by them so naturally, they would know where the seats were and they only needed to glance towards them. Apart from them, probably only Qi Mu noticed these two people. . . who were supposed to be in Europe by now.

Qi Mu only saw Duke Daniel once in his previous life.

He was a well-known music agent in Europe and had wide connections in the circle. He served as an assistant agent at the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra before becoming an exclusive agent more than a decade ago. Qi Mu heard that he had good communication skills and was particularly powerful when negotiating.

There was no need to say anything about the man next to him. That man just sat silently, his whole person exuding elegance and a noble temperament that was impossible to ignore.

Qi Mu could even count the several concerts that he had attended to lead by that man. Whether he was the conductor or for his piano solos, it was really hard to get this man’s concert tickets in Europe.

But these two people. . . were currently sitting in the hall waiting for their performance.

His breathing choked, but soon Qi Mu relaxed again. It so happened that Tan Lao also took his baton and prepared to start the performance. Qi Mu picked up his violin and watched Tan Lao’s movements carefully.