Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 693 Music Fans
If this news happened to any other artist, it would be seen as a sign of popularity and should be promoted well, but when it happened to the Rolling Stones, all kinds of sarcastic voices began to emerge.

By the time Guo Li found out, the rumor had already fermented into that she, as the fan leader, was taking money and cooperating with the official to exploit fans.

Moreover, these star-chasing girls in Jin Zi are very conscious of gains and losses and jealous. Many of them who did not win the prize have the mentality of "If I don't have you, I can't have a place to live", so they became the main force of the diffusion army.

When Guoli saw the news, she was so angry that she almost smashed her phone. She didn't expect that the benefits she worked hard to earn for everyone would be directly poured into the seafood market by those who were greedy for money. If it were just that, it would be fine, but it also caused such a big negative impact on Rolling Stone.

The key point is that this is the first show of Hatter's tour, although in the circle of rock fans, this will not affect any ticket sales results at all.

But in the rock circle, the Rolling Stones became a joke.

Opening an orchard is your own ability, and no one will say anything about you as a fruit farmer. But if you engage in such behavior of speculation and cutting fans, those in the circle will definitely look down on you.

At this time, within the Moon Group, Zhuo Mi, who had received an internal ticket from Lao Tan, directly posted a message: "I don't think the Rolling Stones could have done this. It could have been something that the lousy Gold Fan Club did themselves. Look at the 100,000 Hippies side, they don't have so many troubles!"

Hao Mi is also one of the 100,000 hippies, and is ranked in the top 100. She approves of Liu Xiaokui's approach. After all, the Rolling Stones are what they are today, and outsiders think that it was Bian Lang who led them all the way to success and glory. But behind the scenes, outsiders cannot see the things that are hidden behind the scenes. Only an old-timer like Hao Mi can understand how bad things are behind this circle.

She watched helplessly as several bands that had the opportunity to tour the country after commercial success were ruined by these messy things behind the scenes. Among them, many were ruined by their fans.

If we were to look for examples of this kind of thing on the original Earth, the most typical one would be the bullet that sent Lennon into space.

Moreover, there are many groups of music fans who go crazy at music festivals and live performances in the name of rock, which is also a cancer that rock is criticized by many people.

There was a 710 "rock circle incident" on Earth that was caused by some fans who were listening to live music.

At that time, many bands such as Universal Youth Hostel and Dirty Fingers quietly became trending searches because of their fans' uncivilized viewing behavior. I'm afraid that Erqian and Guanquan could never have imagined that this kind of trending search, which is full of black humor, would be so popular.

Wan Qing, who was performing at the Taihu Bay Music Festival that day, posted on Weibo angrily, "Stop throwing shit onto the stage!"

Some fans present said that the music festival was cancelled due to bad weather. Some emotional audience members threw mineral water bottles at the stage to vent their dissatisfaction. The band's drummer was unfortunately hit and knocked unconscious. Some audience members even set off cold flames on the spot and lay down on the stage, refusing to leave.

On the same day, Dirty Fingers in Erbin also had an accident during a live house performance. When the lead singer Guan Xiaotian was singing "Let me buy you a pack of cigarettes", a pack of cigarettes from the audience hit his eyes. If he hadn't closed his eyes, he would have ended up in the hospital.

What's bizarre is that there were more than just these two incidents that happened that day. During Jiubao's LIVE performance in Shenyang, there was an indiscriminate attack and injury incident in the audience.

According to the statement released by the Raw Material Library, when the Jiubao Band was performing, a girl seemed dissatisfied with the physical contact in the Livehouse, and used an unknown liquid suspected to be anti-wolf spray or pepper spray to spray around, causing direct harm to some of the audience. The pungent smell also made the audience feel uncomfortable.

While the Berlin Nurse Band was performing in Chongqing, they encountered a bizarre incident where some "rebellious" audience members started throwing beer into the crowd.

These magical events that took place in the rock circle on the same night were also criticized by netizens as "rock circle incidents."

But in fact, everyone in the circle knows that these official stamped "uncivilized viewing" are not new in this circle at all, and have always existed. What is the reason for this?
The reason why people do dirty things in the name of rock is that they don't take it seriously and think it's no big deal.

But for the band, if this continues in the long run, it will affect the development of the entire industry and lead to more ridiculous things.

When Steelheart performed in Guangzhou, they gathered the audience to do the dragon dance below the stage and disco, do push-ups and high jump on stage. Saili was squeezed to the very edge of the stage, and netizens jokingly said that the livehouse had become a temple fair.

In 2020, the band Faze encountered a series of incidents of audience members grabbing the microphone, and finally the lead singer and guitarist "punched and kicked" the troublemakers to kick them off;
In the same year, when Miserable Worship was touring in Chengdu Livehouse, some audience members rushed to the stage to dance and take photos, and Brother Hu was almost squeezed off the stage. After persuading them to pay attention to safety, Brother Hu said, "This is too stupid, damn it!" and left the stage directly after dropping the microphone!
In 2011, when the band Mirror was performing at the Ocean Midi Music Festival, a serious indecent assault occurred. In the Moon group, several girls came forward to say that a girl who participated in diving was stripped naked and molested.

When Mercader was performing in Wuhan, a girl who was diving hit her head on the ground and was sent directly to the emergency room. The band also came forward to cover the girl's medical expenses.

In addition, there have been violent incidents involving bands. Hou Shaq once had a conflict and fight with the stage director at the Midi Music Festival due to communication problems such as timeouts, giving the middle finger, and swearing, which directly escalated into a violent incident.

Such chaotic scenes at music festivals and liveshouses are endless and cannot be stopped despite repeated bans. They are always new and shocking.

Why does uncivilized performance-watching behavior occur so frequently?
So, why do those who claim to be music fans behave in an uncivilized manner time and time again, and why is the situation even getting worse?

The first thing is naturally "people".

As rock music has moved from a niche culture to the public, the quality of the audience it accommodates has gradually expanded. In a big forest, there are all kinds of birds, and their quality is naturally uneven. Man-made uncivilized behavior is also mostly caused by gathering behavior guided by the herd mentality, disrupting live performances, such as dancing on the stage, grabbing the microphone, etc., which is unlikely to happen in daily formal occasions.

More importantly, the rules and order of the domestic music performance market are imperfect.

This also makes many audience members who come to the scene subconsciously believe that they can "do whatever they want" in the performance, holding the mentality of "consumers have the greatest interests", and regard the band performance as a way to vent. Whether on stage or off stage, many people treat music performances as "nightclubs" and examine them according to the rules of nightclubs. It is no surprise that Livehouse is becoming more and more like a disco scene.

It is precisely because of the lack of systematic and binding rules and order that the unbridled factors have been fostered. Just like the ticket sales before the show, there will be requirements for ID information, name, mobile phone number, ticket purchase information, etc. to confirm before entering the venue. In general, every aspect of the performance also requires the organizer to consider carefully. After all, the music performance scene is not a place for lawless lunatics.

Later, as domestic music festival lineups began to include more and more mainstream artists, group conflicts among audiences from different circles often occurred.

At the Yinchuan Music Festival in 17, Chun Ge's fan "Yumi" had a "hip-tearing" incident with the band Yasha. It was a common friction between fans, but it eventually became a hot search because of the label of "brainless fans". As early as 16, "Yumi" had a conflict with the band Shanxing at the Shanghai Ideal Music Festival. The cause was similar to that of the band Yasha, because the lead singer Mengjie shouted out the taboo word "Chun Ge".

In addition, fans at the performance tend to "take pictures and watch if they are good". When ordinary audience members and fan club sisters quarrel over the positions of the mountains of mobile phones and cameras they hold up, the atmosphere of the performance becomes negative, and even hinders the performance and affects the interaction between the stage and the audience.

When Bian Lang saw the news, he thought much more than this. In the original Earth's LIVE and music festivals, except for the loss of life, he basically experienced it personally. So the current public opinion is not a big deal, but it is not a small matter. If we ignore it, the consequences may become serious. He found Guoli in the record store downstairs. Usually, this girl with a unicorn arm and more powerful than a male photographer burst into tears.

Chen Shuting was handing her tissues and saying some comforting words.

Seeing Bian Lang coming in, Chen Shuting gently pushed Guo Li and said, "The real boss is here, stop crying!"

Bian Lang didn't care about anything and sat down directly opposite the two of them. He waited until Guo Li had almost stopped sobbing before he said, "Can you find out who sold the quota?"

Guo Li was stunned for a moment, then nodded and shook her head, saying, "We can lock down a range, but we can't determine who it is specifically. We are not like the 100,000 Hippies who have their own mini-programs and all the information. I thought at the time that I could just go to the scene with the help of my social media account..."

Bian Lang nodded, took out his cell phone and went to the seafood market, found the numbers of those scalpers and asked Guo Li to confirm.

Guo Li felt even more upset when she saw the price had been raised to nearly 5 yuan: "Brother Lang, I'm sorry, I overestimated my abilities! I... I didn't expect..."

Before she could finish her words, Guo Li started crying again.

Bian Lang ignored him and directly used the software to take screenshots of the two confirmed ones, then paid for the photos.

When Chen Shuting gave the phone to Guo Li for confirmation, she guessed what he was going to do. After seeing Bian Lang buy the phone without hesitation, she naturally asked Bian Lang for the phone and confirmed with the two sellers about the handover.

Looking at Guo Li who was still shedding tears, Bian Lang recalled the scene in the yard of BJ B&B when Guo Li told him that she wanted to set up a fan club.

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"Don't cry, it's not your fault. After this matter is over, I will discuss with Liu Xiaokui to see if it is possible to ask them to help run the business in a formal manner."

After hearing this, Guo Li's tears stopped instantly, but she still asked worriedly: "Their nature is different from ours. We don't want fans to pay, but the cost of operating these..."

"Just do what you are good at, and let professionals do these things!"

On this issue, Bian Lang himself is very conflicted.

The fan organization of a rock band sounds magical, but in Bian Lang's eyes, these fans have helped him when he encountered difficulties, no matter what way.

And this is Hatter's tour, so it would be very embarrassing for everyone.

After a moment of silence, Chen Shuting finished everything. She had edited several screenshots and the text for Weibo posts, and handed the phone to Bian Lang for review.

When Bian Lang saw the official copy that looked like a notice, he deleted it all. After thinking about it, he re-edited it and wrote: "If anyone else wants to make money, I will treat it as another benefit for everyone. No need to find scalpers to resell it. I, Bian Lang, will buy it back directly at this transaction price!"

I checked to make sure there were no typos and sent it out directly.

The media and writers who have been following this incident had their minds go blank for a moment when they saw this Weibo post.

They had all thought about various possible responses in their minds, and had also roughly thought about how they should continue to fight back and take advantage of this wave of negative traffic from the Rolling Stones.

But now that Bian Lang had done that, they were all speechless.

Even Du Ziteng, the godfather of Weibo marketing, was so impressed after reading Bian Lang's post that he slammed his head on the table and applauded: "Bian Lang is simply amazing. His way of handling crisis public relations is really steady, accurate and ruthless. He plugged all the loopholes in one go. No matter how hard others try to grope in the dark, it's all in vain!"

In his opinion, the most amazing thing is that Bian Lang personally took part in the repurchase. This first of all gave confidence to all his fans and made them more convinced that he, Bian Lang and the Rolling Stones were not the kind of people who would cheat their fans.

And it wasn't the kind of cold official words, no attempt to explain any of the causes and consequences of this matter, nor any rumor-busting, it was just using actions to tell everyone: "You said I was going to cut off the krypton gold fans, so I'm buying back now, okay? I won't stop you from making money, but don't harm other fans' wallets, everything will be on his shoulders."

At the same time, Jinzi's super chat and group all went crazy:

"Who is so disgusting? Are they crazy about money? After all this, do you still want this kind of welfare in the future?"

"Forget about the benefits. I think all these groups we have worked so hard to set up will be disbanded!"

"I think Mr. Guoli has already apologized at the Rolling Stone headquarters. Is this the result you want? Those old men of the 100,000 hippies are probably laughing at us now!"

"And those who are behind this, you are really..."

"I suggest that we should become as formal as those 100,000 hippies and screen out all those with bad intentions!"

At this time, the two scalpers who were looking at the price difference of tens of thousands of yuan on their mobile phones suddenly received a message from the original seller: "I don't want to sell the goods anymore, I'm closing the transaction and I'll refund you the money!"

However, the person who sent the message was not the original seller. So, more than 10 people who were speculating on this line, after scolding the previous seller, started to act like grandsons to the next seller.

The very next moment, they began to post messages on various online platforms to attack others.

Xiao Hai, who was in charge of monitoring public opinion, followed these accounts and directly found the seafood accounts of the two people at the source. After handing it over to Guoli, he could easily find out everything with a simple sift!
(End of this chapter)