Chapter 133 (2/2)
At the beginning of the day’s rehearsal, the orchestra members were surprised to see Luo Yu Sen packing up his belongings. He left the headquarters in a daze.
All the members pointed at the man’s bleak figure. They didn’t know what happened, but when they saw him leaving with his belongings in his arms, they all had a feeling…
This man… was fired?!
Their concertmaster, Jacques, asked Evra about it.
The answer he got was that Evra was adamant about firing Luo Yu Sen. He was even paying the liquidated damages with his own money after discussing with Caroline, their music director.
Caroline was helpless, she had to agree with his decision, while the stubborn conductor kept the real reason for the dismissal to himself.
Although Jacques didn’t know what had stimulated Evra, he was thrilled with Luo Yu Sen’s dismissal.
To celebrate the departure of an eyesore, he treated a few of the members to dinner that night.
When they arrived at the door of the Palisade Theatre, wanting to listen to an opera, one cellist of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra said, “You don’t know, right? The Palisade Theatre has been full for the past two weeks!”
As soon as Jacques heard this, he was curious. “Their attendance was good before, but it wasn’t full, right? What are they playing? Is it 《Romeo and Juliet》? Haha.”
Another cellist said rather mysteriously, “Haha. Jacques, you really don’t know, huh? They changed their concertmaster recently. Their style’s shifted completely, their sense of music seems to be much stronger than before.”
As soon as the man finished talking, the first one quickly added, “He didn’t tell you enough. I know… the new concertmaster is very good. Before entering the Palisade, he had quite a reputation in Europe’s classical music circle. He was even known outside it.”
Jacques had his own suspicions. The pudgy black man gulped and asked in a whisper, “…You’re not telling me that… I actually know the concertmaster, right?”
The two members looked at each other, urging the other to answer. Finally, one of them said, “Yes! Jacques, do you know that he took part in our recruitment for the deputy concertmaster?!”
Jacques: “…”
Well, let me tell you what Evra said to your concertmaster——
Jacques, can you play 《Chaconne》 better than Qi Mu did? Can you play 《Dance of the Goblins》 as wonderfully and excellently as he did?
Looking up at the word 【Concertmaster: Qi Mu]on the left side of the poster, Jacques stepped back in silence. Awkwardly, he said, “How about… We don’t watch the opera?”
Shaking their heads, the group dragged the portly man inside. “We’re already here, so of course we have to go in!”
Jacques: “…”