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Chapter 715 715: The Classical Piano Scam

The reason Qwen could rise up wasn't related to Qwen's technology.Instead, Qwen is purely a Bitcoin enthusiast.

Don't bother talking to it about technology or metrics.

Qwen's investment strategy is simple: all-in on Bitcoin.

At the start, Qwen went all-in on Bitcoin right away. Initially, this investment strategy didn't make much money, but later, Bitcoin began to soar, and Qwen unexpectedly turned a profit.

This investment strategy has significant issues.

As soon as there's any fluctuation in the market, Qwen might lose all its principal at once and may even owe a considerable amount of money.

"Does that mean in the future, following these AI models for investment, one might actually make money?" Chen Yiyang curiously asked Wen Liangfeng.

"That's likely impossible," Wen Liangfeng quickly shook his head and said, "Based on current results, none of the large AI models have made a profit; they've all lost quite a bit of their capital.

If you follow AI models to invest, the chances of losing money are quite high."

After Chen Yiyang and Wen Liangfeng finished their chat, the work at the conference room was about to wrap up.

Wen Liangfeng was in a hurry to get back to the company, so Chen Yiyang didn't have dinner with him and went straight home instead.

"Why is no one here to welcome me?" Chen Yiyang opened the door to the villa and found no one inside.

Just as he finished speaking.

A piece of classical piano music sounded from the corner of the room, and it seemed to be quite well played.

"How is it, does it sound good?" the music ended and a small accountant emerged from the corner.

"You learned to play the piano?" Chen Yiyang was a bit surprised.

He had only been abroad for a dozen days, and the accountant could play the piano to this level?

He'd sooner believe the accountant trained in sprinting and could run 100 meters on one leg in 15 seconds than believe someone could learn piano in just a few days.

So he went over to check.

Well, naturally, the accountant was playing simulated music through the speaker.

"I actually want to learn the piano."

Despite being exposed, the accountant still spoke confidently, "But I asked some music teachers, and they all recommended I learn instruments like guitar or pipa instead.

I had originally planned to buy a piano costing hundreds of thousands to practice on my own."

"Why didn't they suggest you learn the piano?" Chen Yiyang was quite curious.

Many film and television works have portrayed pianists as high-class and especially classical pianists as being at the top of the pecking order.

The most famous one is Lang Lang, whose reputation surpasses many celebrities.

"One teacher directly told me, classical piano is now a scam, currently in international piano competitions, most participants come from Huaxia, Japan, and South Korea.

Even in its birthplace, Europe, not many people are learning this stuff anymore. So, learning it would be useless, no point wasting time on it."

"Why?" Chen Yiyang wondered, perhaps the teacher giving guidance to the accountant had a grudge against classical pianists, otherwise why would he say that.

But upon deeper thought, the current piano world mostly sees competition participants coming from Asia.

Europeans are no longer focused on cultivating talent in classical piano.

"That's what he told me," the accountant said, "If my purpose is to learn music and feel the beauty of music, then classical piano is actually the least likely to let you experience the charm of music at the beginning of learning.

Because learning classical piano is aimed at becoming a performer, but in reality, aside from Lang Lang, other top-notch piano performers have few performance opportunities.

Out of a thousand learning classical piano, less than one becomes a performer."

"But isn't the point to experience the beauty of music, even if you don't become a performer, you can still play on your own, right?"

"The issue lies here."

The accountant continued, "Because classical piano aims to cultivate performers, learning classical piano from the start is anti-human.

All beginners can only be stuck in the practice room every day, learning and practicing various drills intended solely to improve finger techniques and fluency.

If you learn guitar, then after learning a few chords you can play and sing casually.

If you're quick, after a month or two, you could play and sing along with popular songs.

If you really have talent, after a year or two of learning you can try forming a band with others. If you want to improve further, you can learn jazz guitar and this can keep you learning for several more years.

But classical piano is different; any beginner's first few years are just dull finger practice.

Because classical piano was born for performance, you can't just learn for a few months and then entertain yourself playing and singing.

You'll only endure mechanical practice on all the drills, building a foundation, then you may try playing formal pieces.

But usually, even after years of practice, people still make mistakes when performing. To truly reach a level where you can be appreciated, an average person must put in over a decade of effort."

After hearing the accountant's words, Chen Yiyang realized.

Classical piano is akin to Huaxia's Beijing opera.

Is it good, or elegant?

Well, it sure looks decent.

But if one wants to learn performance and drama and dives into Beijing opera.

Then likely won't achieve anything within a few years.

Unless cultivated from an early age otherwise it's impossible to reach a level of appreciation.

And learning the guitar, after a few months of quick training, you can entertain yourself or join a band and have fun, as a hobby.

Learning water sleeves, after quick training you can perform during live streams or showcase during the New Year.

But if you really want to learn piano or Beijing opera.

Unless you're financially frivolous and have no social needs, there's really no point in learning.

Therefore, even though European and American teenagers are still keen on playing music, there are few opting to learn classical piano.

But unlike Beijing opera in the country, classical piano doesn't have a market in its birthplace but has become trendy in Asia.

Influenced by various films, TV shows, and foreign cultures, affluent Asians are particularly keen to send their children to learn classical piano, hoping they can become the next Lang Lang.

But in reality, even becoming Lang Lang is difficult to rely on performance alone to make money.

Lang Lang, as one of the most prominent pianists today, has been enthusiastic about participating in entertainment shows in recent years for a reason.

Because even in famous theaters in Germany, ticket prices and attendance rates for pianists are absurdly low.

For example, virtuoso pianist Valodos, tickets cost 28 Euros, attendance rates are below fifty percent, leaving him to settle for fixed appearance fees.

While the so-called most beautiful pianist, Elena, priced at 28 Euros for tickets, manages to hit a fifty percent attendance rate.