Zhou Yan chatted with Song Xu for a while, and many teachers came to the office one after another.
Almost every teacher would ask Zhou Yan when he came back, wondering why he had time to come to the orchestra department today.
Some people saw Zhou Yan sitting at the workstation prepared by Qin Hong for the new deputy director. They guessed something, but still asked in disbelief.
Song Xu introduced the situation to them very enthusiastically.
When they heard that Zhou Yan was the new deputy director, everyone had different reactions.
The young teachers were very happy to know that Zhou Yan had become their leader. After all, they had a good relationship with Zhou Yan before.
The older ones might have more complicated feelings. After all, Zhou Yan was only in his twenties and became their leader.
Zhou Yan was an assistant to the principal before, and his position was not low, but the assistant principal mainly served the principal and was far away from them, so he didn't feel much about it.
Fortunately, now, Zhou Yan was parachuted into the orchestra department and became their direct leader, which felt a bit strange.
The situation in the orchestral department is very different from that of the conducting and composition departments. In the orchestral department, everyone slowly moves up step by step, and few young people reach the top at once.
When Sun Dong came back, he warmly welcomed Zhou Yan.
As the deputy director, he knew in advance that Zhou Yan would come to fill the vacancy in the Orchestra Department, and he also had a general understanding of Zhou Yan's specific situation, so he did not react much to Zhou Yan's appearance. At least at this stage, Zhou Yan would not become his opponent.
However, on the way back to the office after lunch, Sun Dong still tested Zhou Yan.
The two of them were originally talking about the Piano Youth Orchestra. Sun Dong suddenly changed the subject and said with a smile, "Now that you have come to the orchestra department, you must share the work with us, right? But you are a busy man, how can you do this work?" Did Director Qu say that? ”
Zhou Yan understood what Sun Dong meant. He smiled and shook his head. "Director Qu said, I just came to the orchestra department. I don't have to worry about work in a hurry. I need to adapt to the rhythm first. The leadership team of the orchestra is very stable and there are no management problems." , I won’t break your rhythm easily. If you have any odd chores that you can’t handle, you can leave them to me then.”
Hearing Zhou Yan lower his stance, Sun Dong smiled and said, "Isn't that a waste of such a secret weapon of yours?"
"Otherwise, I can take on some of the responsibility for the connection between the Piano Youth Orchestra and the department in the future," Zhou Yan said.
"Isn't that how you communicate with yourself?" Sun Dong laughed, "But you have an advantage in the orchestra department, that is, if there is anything to connect between the orchestra and the Piano Youth Orchestra in the future, I can come to you directly. This is much more convenient, don’t you think?”
Zhou Yan nodded, "Indeed."
At this time, Sun Dong changed the topic back, "By the way, Song Xu said that the Piano Youth Orchestra will be divided into two groups. What are your specific plans for this? Will Group B only accept current students in the future?"
"In principle, that's the case, but there will definitely be some non-school students by then."
"Well, it's right for the old to lead the new. Students can grow faster. So how will we select them then? Will it be the same as before?"
"Yes, the selection process is the same. This Group B is actually the reserve team of Group A. If you perform well, you can hope to enter Group A. Starting next year, Group A will be touring outside and may not return to China throughout the year. As long as we stay, Group B will be mainly responsible for domestic performances.”
In the past two years, the Piano Youth Orchestra has received many performance invitations from all over the world, but there are so many that the orchestra simply cannot cope with them.
When not performing abroad, the orchestra basically performs in big cities such as Yanjing and Shanghai, and the number of performances is limited.
Ticket prices for their domestic performances are not expensive, and their performances in cities such as Yanjing and Shanghai are basically full.
But it’s impossible to perform in big cities all the time. The purpose of setting up Group B now is to further deepen the market and go to second- and third-tier cities as much as possible.
After hearing Zhou Yan's plan, Sun Dong knew that Group B was very exciting. At least in terms of performance opportunities, it would not be less than Group A. It might just not be as big as Group A.
For students at school, it doesn't matter whether the performance is large or not, but it is important that there are enough formal performances.
As time goes by, the role of the Piano Youth Orchestra in student training has become more and more obvious. The first students to join the Piano Youth Orchestra generally have higher standards than previous students.
And because the Piano Youth Band performs a lot, the members can easily become famous.
For example, the orchestra’s current principal pianist Zhang Zuoquan is already the most well-known pianist among the younger generation.
There is also Ma Dongfang, the chief erhu player, who is also very popular. Some time ago, Sun Dong actually saw a report about Ma Dongfang in a newspaper. The content was about how popular Ma Dongfang is in Europe and the United States.
Sun Dong also met Ma Dongfang recently, and he could clearly feel that Ma Dongfang's temperament was indeed very different from before.
Sun Dong was still a little worried about Zhou Yan's airborne landing before, but now after talking to Zhou Yan, his mentality has completely calmed down, and he even felt an opportunity with Zhou Yan's arrival.
Director Qu will retire soon. Now Sun Dong is in charge of most things in the department. He is similar to the role of a prince.
Now that Zhou Yan has come to the orchestra, he has brought a lot of resources to their department. If they can make good use of these resources, the development of their orchestra will reach a higher level.
Sun Dong is a very ambitious person, and he has higher expectations for orchestral music and even central music.
This is rare. In fact, many teachers at Yangyin already lack this kind of ambition. They think that they are already teaching at Yangyin, and if they rise further, they will either become leaders or get professional titles. However, for this major and There will be no ambitions for the long-term development of this department and even this institution.
In fact, not to mention middle-level cadres like Sun Dong, even the principal may not have such ambitions. The domestic market is here, and Yangyin is now the well-deserved number one. After all, it is the only 211 Conservatoire.
It seems that there is no room for improvement, everything just needs to be stable.
In this regard, Shangyin is obviously better than Yangyin. In recent years, Shangyin has had more international exchanges than Yangyin, and its teaching is also more lively.
It can be felt that the gap between the two schools is slowly getting smaller, and one day they will be evenly matched.
……
At noon, Zhou Yan called Mingxuan Hotel to book a private room, and then went to Director Qu to tell him the hotel and private room information.
When Qu Ke heard that he was going to Mingxuan Hotel, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't it too expensive?"
Mingxuan Hotel is right next to the West Second Ring Road, between their school and the CCTV building. It can be reached not far from the school gate. Qu Ke has also eaten there and knows the standards there.
They usually go to the Mingxuan Hotel to have a meal with a table of several hundred people, and it is normal to have a meal in the thousands. For them, one meal consumes more than a month's salary.
The point is, it’s definitely not possible for only a few people to go today.
"No problem, Mingxuan is close to the school. We can just walk there after get off work and save transportation expenses."
Qu Ke was amused by Zhou Yan, "We all went to Mingxuan Hotel for dinner, and we were still thinking about saving transportation expenses."
"It's time to save time, it's time to spend time. Let's go there together in the evening to be lively."
"We're all going?" Qu Ke frowned, "How about we get together on a small scale? We have quite a few orchestra teachers." Qu Ke thought, it would be great if their leadership team got together.
There are also many people in the leadership team of the orchestra. There is a department director, a branch secretary, four deputy directors, plus several directors of teaching and research departments, there are more than ten people.
This was what he had planned before. Otherwise, calling all the teachers would cost too much.
Even if it's not at Mingxuan Hotel, it still costs a lot of money.
"No, the box I booked is big enough."
After pondering for a moment, Qu Ke said, "Okay, I'll take advantage of you and have a nice meal today, and I'll go tell everyone."
Qu Ke went to the big office in person and told everyone about the dinner tonight.
The dean of the department personally came to inform Zhou Yan and to support Zhou Yan, so there was no reason why everyone should not go.
There are many teachers in the Orchestral Department, dozens of them, far more than the Composition Department. There are also many teachers in the teaching and research section. Naturally, Qu Ke will not notify them one by one, so he will give the task to Sun Dong.
Sun Dong ran around and finally counted, except for some who are not in school or who don't show up very much, more than fifty people will be present tonight.
Zhou Yan knew that there were many orchestra teachers, so the private room he booked was large enough, with four tables inside. Each table could seat up to twenty people if squeezed.
Nowadays, if there are more than fifty people in the place, four tables would be quite suitable.
……
Zhou Yan invited all the teachers in the department to dinner, not only to build a good relationship with everyone, but also to see the situation of the orchestra department through this meal.
Many times, the interests of a group can be seen over a meal or a drink.
Although Zhou Yan is just transitioning in the orchestral department, he may have to stay here for a long time, so it is very necessary to find out the relationship.
Overall, Zhou Yan feels that the orchestral department is quite harmonious, mainly because the leadership team is very stable.
Qu Ke is about to retire and is looking for stability at this stage. The remaining three deputy directors and the other two are not very competitive. Only Sun Dong is ambitious, so the fight between them is almost invisible.
And it can be seen that the teachers in the Orchestra Department seem to have recognized that Sun Dong will take over Qu Ke's position, which shows that Sun Dong has indeed done a good job in the Orchestra Department in recent years.
……
The fact that Zhou Yan invited the teachers of the orchestra department to dinner attracted quite a lot of attention. The next day he went to see Shi Wanchun about it, and Shi Wanchun specifically mentioned it.
Zhou Yan was quite surprised that Shi Wanchun knew about his invitation to dinner so quickly, "Teacher, do you have an informant in the Orchestra Department?"
Shi Wanchun rolled his eyes, "There are only about 200 teachers in our school, and the orchestra department accounts for one-third. You invited one-third of the school's teachers to dinner at once, and I need an informant to know? And you still I went to the Mingxuan Restaurant, I don’t even know. When Zhao Pingguo went back last night, I met him in the corridor.”
"Oh, many of you live together." Zhou Yan patted his head.
Many of these teachers live in the same building. Yesterday, so many people had dinner together. There must have been some noise when they returned home. Shi Wanchun was not surprised to know that. Zhou Yan himself did not usually live in the school. He really didn't expect this just now.
Shi Wanchun curled his lips, "You, you are becoming more and more high-profile now. Forget about inviting me to dinner, you have to go to Mingxuan Restaurant. How much did you spend yesterday?"
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Not much, a few thousand yuan."
"Isn't that much? I think it's too easy for you to make money now." At this point, Shi Wanchun waved his hand again, "Forget it, just ask, it doesn't matter, you are just transitioning in the orchestra department anyway. Principal Liu told me that we have plans for school-enterprise cooperation.”
"Well, the preliminary plan has been made. I will report to the principal later."
When he came to school yesterday, Zhou Yan told Liu Lin about this.
"Then you go over now."
"How about I report to you first?"
Shi Wanchun waved his hand, "No, wait until you have discussed it with Principal Liu before you talk to me. I may not be involved in the follow-up matters."
"Aren't you going to participate?"
"Well, this matter will probably be left to Wen Jing later. I don't have the energy to do this now."
Zhou Yan immediately understood that the school wanted Guo Wenjing to take over Shi Wanchun's position as department director.
Zhou Yan is not surprised at all, because it was rumored that Guo Wenjing would take over before. After all, he is the most suitable at this stage.
Another person in the same department, Ye Xiaogang, was in the same class as Guo Wenjing, but his return to China was too short, so it would be good to be a deputy director.
"Okay, I'll go report to the principal now."
……
Zhou Yan went over and Zhijia placed a plan on Liu Lin's desk, and Liu Lin immediately put down the work at hand and started reading it.
This plan looks quite thick, but the content is very clear and organized. You can read the key information in it in less than ten minutes.
After reading it, Liu Lin smiled and lit a cigarette, "This plan is very good. It can be said to be comprehensive and takes into account the students' courses."
“Since it is a school-enterprise cooperation, students’ time must be considered.”
"I think the welfare aspect is also good, but there is one question I have, which is the skill rating. How did this specification come about? Are there any practical cases?"
Zhou Yan shook his head, "No, we figured this out ourselves, so there must have been something inappropriate at the beginning."
Liu Lin nodded and expressed his understanding. It is not easy to set a standard, especially when there is no precedent to refer to.
Judging a person's ability level often requires a comprehensive consideration of many aspects, and is not as simple as a musical instrument grade exam.
Moreover, even musical instrument grading is actually of little use.
Take the piano exam as an example. Many people take the college entrance examination and spend a lot of time practicing a few pieces of music. By the end of the tenth level, they may not even be able to finish two or three levels of music in a short time.
So standards are sometimes ridiculous. (End of chapter)