Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 584: The reaction of the "Summer of the Band" circle
There are far more rock musicians who come for Summer of Music than just those who are participating in the competition.

Many people who were invited to be professional music fans also came to Spring City one after another. In order to gradually open up the market in China, DGM not only allowed Coldplay to stay in China to participate in the competition, but also sent several musicians from other bands to come as professional music fans.

Phimos and Bob led the team, bringing the lead singers of two other bands and a keyboard player with them. Dili and Strauss went to pick them up after they got off the plane.

This was Bob and Phimos' second visit to Spring City, and they weren't surprised much when they got off the plane.

But the other three were visiting Yunnan Province and China for the first time, and they were shocked by the bright and beautiful spring weather as soon as they got off the plane.

The red-haired female lead singer even took off her leather jacket, exposing more skin to the air and feeling the breath of spring.

"It's less than 10 degrees over there now. I never thought I could wear short sleeves after coming to China..."

"Whitling, I told you that you didn't need to bring thick clothes, but you didn't listen."

Facing Bob's words, Whitling said a little annoyed: "Before I came here, my impression of China was table tennis. If you insist a little more, maybe I will listen to you."

When the group of five arrived at the exit, Strauss and Di Li were waiting there.

Not seeing Bian Lang, Bob pretended to be disappointed and complained: "Wave, why didn't you come to pick us up? Is it because we are not famous enough?"

Knowing he was joking, Di Li didn't want to indulge him: "Bob, Bian Lang has a new song recently, and the solo is better than "Fade To Black"..."

"I was just joking just now. Don't tell Wave. How about we find a place to look at the music?"

Facing such a disappointing Bob, Phimos laughed and said, "Bob, you are almost drooling!"

After the joke, Feimos introduced several of his companions to Dili: "This is Whitling, the lead singer of the band Heart. This is Close and Till, the lead singer and keyboardist of the band Datura."

I have all heard of these two bands. Heart is a female heavy metal band, unique in the world. As for Datura, it plays psychedelic music and was extremely popular in Europe before the millennium. Girls who want to have sex with this lead singer can line up from Paris to BJ, and she is not the kind of person who brags.

It’s just that there hasn’t been any news about Datura in recent years, and Dili thought that Datura had given up the game.

But today, when I saw both of them coming with their instrument cases, I wanted to ask them what happened to the band in the past two years.

"Hello, I'm Di Li, one of the guitarists of The Rolling Stones..." After saying this, Di Li stepped aside to let Strauss out and introduced him to the three people.

Although Strauss looked calm on the surface, her heart almost jumped out of her throat when she saw Whitling, who was almost 50 years old. After all, this guy could be said to be the idol of the girls who played rock music.

After getting on the nanny car, Di Li asked Bob, who was sitting in the same row, about Datura.

Bob did not hide it. After all, this was not a big secret in Europe. It was just that the news was relatively closed in China. "Now there are only two of them in the band. If they meet other suitable musicians, they may play a few shows in Europe. But if not, the royalties from the previous songs will be enough for them to become a wealthy old couple in the future."

"What about the others?"

Facing Di Li's question, Bob spread his hands and said, "Who knows? I haven't seen the drummer and guitarist since the millennium. Till said he went back to the United States, and Cross never said anything..."

At this point, Di Lu didn't want to ask any more questions and started chatting with Bob about variety shows.

When Bob learned that Di Li would participate in the variety show as a guitarist of another band, he was surprised: "Why not the Rolling Stones?"

"If there was such a show in Europe, would Hatter go to participate?"

Faced with this question, Bob hesitated for a moment before speaking: "I don't think so. After all, if we go, it will be too unfair to other bands. If that's the reason, then I think Wave shouldn't participate either."

"There is no absolute fairness in this world. It's hard to say whether we can win if we meet a hedgehog." Di Li really thought so.

Although Bian Lang’s popularity can be said to be the best in the rock circle now, without the top band the Rolling Stones, some things are hard to say.

Hearing this, Bob really became interested: "If you really meet Wave and need an extra guitarist, I would like to experience the opportunity to embarrass Wave with you."

"Then it's settled!"

……

At this time, somewhere in BJ, Li Yiliang and his band Face were participating in the audition of The Voice of China. Although it was called an audition, it was just a formality for their band.

Zhu Wen was also at the scene at this time, but he did not appear in public. Instead, he waited quietly outside the tutor's lounge.

It was almost lunch time when he finally saw Guan Ying, who came and left in a hurry.

The two had a previous relationship, so Guan Ying didn't mind being targeted by Zhu Wen. She wasn't avoiding Zhu Wen on purpose, but after the series of conflicts with Bian Lang, she had left her social circle to her agent.

The agent naturally refused to talk about Zhu Wen's matter without meeting the real person, but he didn't expect Zhu Wen to come here to block him.

"Mr. Zhu, you are a very busy man. How do you have time to wait for me here?"

"Teacher Guan, I just want to trouble you with a small matter..."

After looking for Guan Ying, Zhu Wen flew straight to the next city to treat the director of "The Voice of China" to dinner.

There weren't many people at the table, but there were quite a lot of dishes. There were more than ten dishes for four people and two bottles of Maotai. Judging from the environment, the meal must have cost tens of thousands of yuan.

After drinking less than half a bottle, Zhu Wen put the screen of his mobile phone on the table, raised his glass to toast, and then started to talk about the matter: "Sister Kui, please help me with the matter of the Face Band this time."

Qiu Kui doesn't drink. He clinked glasses with Zhu Wen with juice but didn't answer directly. Instead, he changed the subject and asked, "I checked the band's information and it's from Fanhua. What's the story behind this?"

Since it was Tai Chi, Zhu Wen also followed suit and made a few gestures: "Sister Kui is planning to have a show in the Q2 period, which will clash with "Summer of the Band"." This was no secret, Qiu Kui had known about it for a long time, but she didn't care much.

After all, even if the reputation of "The Voice of China" is bad now, it was once a national music variety show. And their main battlefield is the ratings of satellite TV, which is to compete with Blue Channel and Fruit Channel.

What he knows about "Summer of the Band" is just a choice between Xiaopo Station and Taiku. Although they are both music variety shows, they are not on the same track, so the impact is not great.

But Qiu Kui would not say what he really thought, but only stated a fact recognized by the circle: "Rock music is such a niche. Although the Rolling Stones and Bian Lang made a lot of noise, if you want to compare the popularity of the national music, it can't compare with the one currently being broadcast on Fruit TV, let alone us."

Even if this was said to Bian Lang, he could only sigh and accept it.

Even though the third season has been successfully recorded on the original Earth, the popularity of "Summer of the Band" cannot be compared with that of "The Voice of China".

There is no way, the grassroots counterattack script, even if it is a play, has a very high audience in China. In the current entertainment industry, the script is often more important than the real strength.

For example, Liang Bo, the champion of the first season of Original Earth, is now much less famous than the third place.

As for the truth behind the third person's script, I wonder how many ordinary young girls' music dreams will be shattered!
However, Zhu Wen, who had exclusive information, was not impressed by this high-sounding answer: "Sister Kui, you may not know this yet, but Summer of the Band will also be broadcast on satellite TV this time!"

Qiu Kui had never heard of this, but after Zhu Wen mentioned it, she could guess which station it was from: "The Lancang-Mekong International in Yunnan Province? Can that station calculate the ratings?"

My goodness! As soon as these words were spoken, the other three men at the table burst into laughter.

"If it were in the past, what Sister Kui said would be correct, but it's not the case now!" The person who spoke was a planner from Blue Channel. Director Qiu Kui didn't know it, but he knew it very well.

"Didn't they launch a program called 'I Want to Sing with You' a while ago? After it became popular thanks to the fame of Xie Xinyan and Bian Lang, many first- and second-tier singers are now vying to be on it. Plus, because of the Blueberry Music Festival broadcast, they changed their logo and even organized netizens to come up with a nickname called Blueberry Channel..."

Now it was Qiu Kui's turn to say wow. Although she looked down on what Yunnan Satellite TV produced, she still recognized the popularity of Xie Xinyan and Bian Lang.

After all, he is a superstar and a new rock star. Don't say that superstars are worthless. The fans of those young idols make a fuss about it every day, but there has been no superstar-level singer since Xie Xinyan.

She had thought about inviting both of them to be her mentors, but her agent rejected them outright without asking any further questions. This was somewhat embarrassing for her, a director who had quite a good network of contacts in the circle.

"Tell me, where do they rank now?"

In response to Qiu Kui's question, the station staff member took out his phone and looked through it, then said, "Q1, the national satellite TV station ranks 9th!"

"Hmm? 9th?"

Zhu Wen had no idea what level this ranking was, but Qiu Kui knew it very well.

The three-month schedule of Q1 includes not only the Spring Festival and New Year's Day, but also the Lantern Festival, Valentine's Day, 315 and other evening party time nodes. Combined with the long-standing variety show and film and television drama resources of other satellite TV stations, it is definitely a big satellite for Yunnan Province to be in the top 10.

Among the 51 local satellite TV stations in the country, even if we only count the 28 provincial ones, the ranking of 9th is definitely among the top.

Qiu Kui felt that she had never heard of such a thing since she entered the industry. If this is the case, it will be hard to say when the ratings of satellite TV are affected.

He took a sip of the juice, and then Qiu Kuroko said, "What does that have to do with this Faces band?"

Seeing that Qiu Kui was finally willing to talk about business, Zhu Wen thought to himself: "These female directors with some experience are really difficult to deal with..."

"Sister Kui, it's like this, the guitarist of this band and Bian Lang were previously..."

……

There are definitely more people in the circle who are keeping an eye on “Summer of the Band” than just Zhu Wen and his gang, but many of them are actually waiting to see the show make a fool of themselves.

After the anticlimactic ending of "The One and Only Band" last year, everyone felt that they had seen the limit of this type of program. And at that time, there were also Xia Yuxi and other popular stars. Now, with only Bian Lang, what can Guo Sichu and Liu Xiaokui do even if they sit in the guest seats?

Of course, according to the news, it is possible that "Summer of the Band" lost money, but if there is no popularity and traffic in the future, the sponsors will not be kind people. If it fails, there will be no future for band variety shows.

This was Lao Jiang's evaluation, but his assistant found a flaw in his words: "Mr. Jiang, rap is also a niche, why is it that every time you organize a concert, it becomes popular?"

Lao Jiang still had some intentions of cultivating this assistant, so when asked this question, he gave a serious answer: "Rap nowadays is a bit like rock and roll back then. Unruly and rebellious is exactly what young people like. And being a rapper is much easier than playing in a band. Of course, the kind of thing that Bian Lang wrote for Hei Lun is not in this category..."

"If the band wants to play with sentiment, those male fans who used to listen to rock music are basically married now, and the power of life and death of the TV remote control at home is not in the hands of these men. As for those girls, there were not many of them in the first place, and now the old ones have turned to good deeds, so how many audiences can they have."

"Don't look at the skyrocketing hits of the Rolling Stones' live broadcasts at several music festivals. That's probably the limit for all audience groups! After these bands are put under various restrictions, do they still produce something that music fans like to watch? As for the casual audience, I don't think there will be many..."

After listening to Lao Jiang's long speech, the assistant nodded in agreement, but in his heart he was thinking: "How should I ask Mr. Jiang for leave to go to the present?"

He was chosen as a live audience member on Absolute Live based on his own ability. He has plenty of vacation time, and he doesn’t care about travel expenses, he just wants to see these rock bands perform live in the studio! "

Even though he is a staff member of the Fruit TV Station, he does not have many opportunities to access the resources of these rock bands.

"But I'm also very curious about what they can come up with. After all, Bian Lang is the one who can come up with hit ideas like "Peach Blossom Spring", and this time it's still in the field of rock music, which he is best at. I'm really curious! In general, I think this will be a show that is well-received but not popular..."

After hearing the last part, the assistant had an idea in his mind: "Boss Jiang, I have been selected as a participant in the first phase of the live recording. Do you think I can..."

Before the assistant finished speaking, Lao Jiang couldn't help but look up and down at the young man named Tian Xiao.

"Go ahead. You don't need to ask for leave. It's considered a business trip. Ask me to reimburse you for the flight and hotel expenses when you come back. Meal allowance is 200 per day. You definitely can't bring your cell phone with you, but with your memory, I believe you should be able to write down all the details."

Tian Xiao had never expected this to be so simple, and was still thinking about how to respond. But then he heard Lao Jiang urging him, "Don't just stand there, go find someone to hand over your work. I heard that the recording will start the day after tomorrow, so go check it out earlier, maybe you can come up with something exclusive for us to refer to..."

(End of this chapter)