Chu Ge thought the old man was interesting. Amid all the fawning over Robin, he stood out like a crane among chickens-well, he probably saw them the same way.
But the others had reasons for their fawning. The emotional frenzy stirred up by the concert had yet to fade. Chu Ge could understand how everyone else was behaving; the old man was the strange one.
"Sir, do you also not understand much of the meaning behind the music, like us?" Chu Ge couldn't help asking.
The old man paused, then laughed even more heartily. "So you're the same! Damn, seeing them streaming with tears really baffled me. Sure, it sounded a little melancholy and upsetting, but enough to cry over? I know some of them very well. They didn't even cry like that when their mothers died, but I couldn't exactly ask."
Chu Ge couldn't help laughing. "If you don't like music, sir, why come here? These tickets were expensive."
"That's what you don't understand. Do you think everyone here enjoys instrumental music like this? Several people I know would be doing well to sing a few lines of Phoenix Legend. When have I ever seen them listening to solo piano pieces?"
"...Phoenix Legend is pretty good. If they actually held a concert, I'd want to go."
The old man clapped Chu Ge hard on the shoulder. "You've got taste!"
"So why are you here?"
"Because there hasn't been a concert with tickets costing several thousand in a long time. My son specially got me one, telling me to experience world-class piano playing and unwind."
"So that's what the high price was for?"
"Not really. Very few people actually bought tickets. Most were complimentary, given to people in industries potentially connected with developing the offshore amusement park. Otherwise, how could