Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 329 Flash (Part [-])

Looking back to the British side, Adams, Holly and Bianlang reached an agreement after fully discussing the feasibility of the flash mob.

Adams was responsible for coordinating related issues such as vehicles and equipment, Holly was responsible for using his connections to find costumes, and Bian Lang called in Xie Xinyan's filming team to discuss the script.

Since we are going to have a flash mob there, we need some corresponding venues and places to support us.

M brand is naturally impossible. Bian Lang is indeed going to increase their exposure, but this is not good exposure. How can they cooperate, so M brand's neighbor George is the first choice.

When I contacted George, I had to call five or six times before he was picked up. This was the normal routine of the bar owner, and there was nothing to complain about.

When George, who was driven by instinct to complain, heard Bian Lang's plan, he immediately sobered up: "Say it again, are you sure you're not kidding?"

"George, I'm sure I'm not kidding. We need your help to complete this flash mob performance."

"How can such a rock and roll thing not involve me? Tell me what kind of help you need... No, no, where are you now? I'll go find you right away."

Just as George was rushing to the DGM headquarters, DGM and Amiri released a new announcement online.

There are two things about DGM. The first one is the cooperation with Rolling Stone Music. Although no specific content was mentioned, it would be enough to make waves in the industry if a giant in the music industry like DGM can use the word cooperation instead of acquisition.

As for the second item, that is to unilaterally terminate all cooperation with the M brand.

At the same time, not only DGM, but also many of its big-name bands and artists opened Weibo accounts at this time.

Needless to say, it is already obvious that they stand in line.

Adams's idea is very clear. They are not a company like M Brand that needs to select customer groups. Music distribution is a matter of qualitative change that relies on quantitative changes. How could he not agree to this kind of thing where someone pays for it to help him earn reputation in China.

In his own review, Adams also admitted that after listening to the Rolling Stones' new songs and the pop-up plan, even if Amiri didn't jump out, he should have made this decision.

Although temporarily offending M will lose some resources in the market circle, facing China's market based on billions of people, paying liquidated damages out of his own pocket is nothing.

As for Amiri, an upstart luxury brand with a rock-and-roll flavor, its counters in China have just been opened in first-tier cities for two years, and they are still considered a niche in the eyes of Chinese people. So at this juncture, they signed an endorsement contract with Rolling Stone to show their goodwill to the Chinese people. Don't act too obvious.

As soon as these two pieces of news were sent out, they immediately aroused great repercussions on the domestic Internet.

"Noonono, you said Bianlang doesn't have any luxury goods endorsements. Now let's see what this means. The one in your family was just forced to terminate the contract, and Bianlang directly signed a contract with one."

"Awesome! It feels like the Rolling Stones are not going out to be guests this time, but to attract investment!"

"At this rate, DGM has terminated its cooperation with M. What are your views on those celebrities and fans in China who are kneeling down?"

M brand, which had two liquidated damages in one day, is feeling a bit uncomfortable now. If Liu Xingwu terminates the contract, he will terminate the contract. At worst, he can just wait for the limelight to pass and then find a new spokesperson for the Huaxia District. But if DGM does that, it will be really uncomfortable for them.

Taking other people's money, he invited the Rolling Stones to come to Europe to blow up his hometown, but DGM took the initiative to terminate the cooperation?

There is really a lot of money to be made inside and outside, but whether in China or in the industry, M feels like a joke this time. Not the least insulting kind!

However, Bian Lang's video recording was pretty good and the clarity was poor. They had no room for maneuver even if they wanted to deny it.

Just when the Stones were nervously preparing for the flash mob, Kou Yong called: "Bian Lang, you are awesome! I have rescheduled your time with the guitar. You can finish this matter first, and then go there with peace of mind." That’s it.”

If not for this incident, Bian Lang would have really forgotten about this matter. Looking at the time, it was already past two o'clock in the morning in China, Bian Lang quickly thanked him: "Thank you, Brother Kou, you are really considerate. I will wait until I get back." I’ll definitely come and thank you.”

As soon as this title changed, the relationship became really close: "Okay, then I won't be polite to you. The guys in the Magic Disk are really getting better and better, and all of them are crooked. But I I heard that Xiu Long and Zhu Wen had a falling out after the music festival. You can figure out the rest by yourself. By the way, you won’t just let this matter go, right?"

Bian Lang smiled and replied: "Brother Kou, just get up tomorrow morning and wait to watch the video."

Although it's past two o'clock in the morning in China, the offices of Rolling Stone and Nanyin are still brightly lit.

Even Qin Dafeng, who had never touched PS since graduation, was called over to help work overtime to produce posters. You can only imagine how busy the others were.

Over at the Rolling Stone office building, Zhang Fan directly brought all the lawyers in his group over to work overtime here, in order to sue all those who were consuming and wasting traffic on the Internet tomorrow. .

"Zhang Lu, I have fixed the evidence of 47 accounts. Just see if it's almost done."

Before Zhang Fan could answer, another lawyer said: "Go on, we can fix the evidence while these guys are asleep now. When they wake up tomorrow and see the wind direction changing, they will take advantage of these dark things." The content of the rant has been deleted.”

"The Internet is not a place outside the law. It is a rare opportunity to learn from it. You interns should stop complaining. This is a success. From now on, we will be the experts in infringement cases in the entertainment industry here in Yunnan Province."

"Hurry up and send me the statistics of the account names, and I will check the company behind them. The more detailed the information, the greater the possibility that we can force out the person behind it."

Listening to the discussion of his colleagues, Zhang Fan took a sip of coffee and got up to stretch his body. Just when he was about to continue, Lao Tan suddenly ran up in a panic: "Brother-in-law Bian Lang, I just saw that guy Li Yiliang. I dragged the suitcase and stood at the door for a while, smoked a cigarette and left again.

Bian Lang and Shu Ting are not here, and Lao Pan is also busy. You can make up your mind on this matter. "

"Where are the people?" Zhang Fan asked directly.

"I asked someone to follow me. Don't worry, it's not from the store."

"Well, let's just follow him first and don't lose him. I'll find two professionals to follow him tomorrow..."

……

It was four o'clock in the afternoon London time. George, who rarely came to the store during the day, came to the store for the first time.

He directed the waiter to move two speakers from inside the club to the door.

The attitude of the M brand shop assistant next door made me feel that this club was trying to do something that would harm the overall shopping quality of London Street. I could not wait to see the disgust written on my face.

After all, the overall atmosphere of London Street is indeed not the kind of place where speakers are played on the street to promote sales.

But she doesn't dare anymore. Although the company has not yet had any official response to the video incident, the manager of the Oxford Street store gave her a special lecture this morning.

She never expected that the Chinese man yesterday was not an ordinary tourist, but actually the lead singer of the Rolling Stones who was invited as a guest on the Hatter tour.

Although this video has caused an uproar in China, most people in Britain and Europe feel that this matter is nothing worthy of attention. After all, M, a luxury product, is only occasionally mentioned by ordinary people in chats with acquaintances. Just get up.

As for how people treat the Chinese people, it has nothing to do with them.

The people who really paid attention to this matter and spoke for Bianlang and the Chinese people, apart from the fans of Arsenal in North London, were the fans of DGM's band. Fans, firstly, have formed an indescribable bond with Bian Lang because of that song; secondly, they, ordinary citizens, don’t have a good impression of the M brand.

As for fans of DGM's bands, they originally didn't understand DGM's acceptance of M's sponsorship of Hatter.

Now that I see the unilateral termination of cooperation, I feel that it looks really rock and roll on the surface, but no one would have thought that whether they accepted it at the beginning or actively terminated the cooperation now, the reason was actually because of Bian Lang.

George directed the waiter to fix the sound system and replaced the spotlights on the logo projected on the floor with the Rolling Stones logo.

After doing this, he brought a cup of coffee from the club, sat next to the stereo, and enjoyed the warm winter sun while drinking.

At this moment, a tall Chinese beauty with average appearance but outstanding temperament stood between the two stores.

Looking up at the two store signs, the beauty muttered in Chinese: "This should be it. I don't know what Bian Lang plans to do."

Seeing the beauty's behavior, George guessed that it must have something to do with Bian Lang, so he stepped forward to chat in a friendly manner: "Hello, beautiful lady. If you are here for the Rolling Stones, maybe I can do something for you."

The beauty's name is Ma Rui, the "little tadpole" in the sculpture class and Bian Lang's college classmate.

As one of the few people in her class who is still engaged in sculpture creation after graduation, she has settled in Europe and is someone who can claim the title of artist.

And some of his works have been collected by the Center Pompidou, the largest modern art collection center in Europe. And it’s not just one piece, it’s a whole series of works.

When she was in school, she had little contact with Bian Lang on the surface, and even despised Bian Lang a little.

But in fact, it was many years after graduation that she finally understood that there were some other emotions behind that contempt.

"Yes, I am Bianlang's college classmate. I heard from our teacher that he will have a performance here tonight. I happened to be nearby and planned to come over and have a look."

Ma Rui's English pronunciation is not very accurate, but this does not hinder her communication with George.

After all, in foreign countries, not many people actually care about your pronunciation and accent in English, as long as they understand it.

"Oh, if you don't mind, please allow me to buy you a cup of coffee, and we can wait for the Rolling Stones to surprise us."

In the end, Lao Luo only gave her this location, and did not specify the time or content, so she could only wait here.

Now there was a foreigner who obviously knew the inside story and was willing to invite her to drink coffee and wait with her, so she naturally agreed.

"So you must know about Bianlang's plan. Can you tell me about it? Also, is there anything I can help with?"

"If you want to help, I don't think you need it. Your coming to the scene is the greatest support for the Rolling Stones..."

……

Two hours later, although it was not nearly dark yet, the street lights on Oxford Street began to glow faintly.

At this moment, two drones quietly took off from the roof of the club. After scanning the entire Oxford Street from beginning to end, from far to near, the section of the M brand store was finally suspended in the air. stopped.

Among the nearby crowd, there were also a few people holding cameras equipped with stabilizers and began to shuttle among the nearby crowds.

At the same time, some Chinese people with different identities began to walk towards the entrance of the M brand store.

A few minutes later, a pickup truck with the words London Electricity printed on the door stopped on the road in front of the M brand.

Then two men wearing overalls, fluorescent vests, and helmets got out of the car, took out several roadblock signs from the back pocket of the pickup truck, and surrounded the street light pole in front of the M brand. position in a circle.

As a result, the sidewalk, which was not very wide, began to form a congestion in front of the M store.

In particular, a one-meter barrier was used to pull up the channel for people to queue up at the door, which aggravated the congestion on the sidewalk.

At this time, M Brand's "good neighbor" George on Oxford Street walked out of the jewelry store and went up to ask the two workers what the problem was.

But before he could reach the workers, he saw a double-decker bus parked behind the pickup truck and honked twice.

The sound of the horn was a bit harsh, and among the crowded crowd in front of the M brand store, a fat black man complained.

The words were not nice, and they immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the surrounding white people, and quarrels ensued.

M's clerk looked at the terrible situation at the door and became increasingly irritated.

Especially there were many Chinese people in this crowd, and she felt an urge to curse.

At this moment, one of the Chinese people pointed at her and said, "I know you, you are the female clerk who looked down on us Chinese people in Bian Lang's video!"

The Chinese voice was not too soft, and it immediately attracted the attention of all the Chinese people in the crowd.

Facing these somewhat angry looks, the female clerk felt that all the "grievances" she had suffered since childhood were not as good as what happened in the past two days.

Originally, this was the rule of the brand store, and she just followed it.

But why does it feel like this is targeting her?

The clerk got more and more angry as he thought about it, and then he responded directly: "If you Chinese people could come to Oxford Street less often, you wouldn't be like this now."

For a time, all the Chinese in the crowd quit.

But just when they were planning to form a group and have a go at it.

Suddenly, a Chinese woman wearing a camel coat squeezed out of the crowd.

At the same time, she took off her coat, completely exposing her curvy figure outlined by a dark green cheongsam to the public.

This woman is none other than Tang Qiao, the flute principal of the Magic City Folk Orchestra!

(End of this chapter)