Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 732 Fate?

Rolling Stone did not publicize the fact that Dong Youbian went to Europe to study, but they did not issue any gag order either. In the minds of several senior executives, they probably felt that this matter was not important at the moment, so it was not difficult to find out more.

Cheng Dong spent only half an hour to figure out the details: "Going to Europe to study vocal music? I think this is so weird. These two people are not hiding their relationship from anyone. There is no reason not to stand up at this time..."

After checking all of Dong Youbian's online accounts, Cheng Dong basically confirmed his guess: "They must have broken up! They want to keep it low-key, haha..."

He then used his connections to find a foreign student studying in Europe to meet with Dong Youbian.

As for Bian Lang, he is currently in the exhibition room of Comic Alive, carefully appreciating the history and works of the magazine.

After hearing Oda's introduction, he realized that there were no three popular comics, no Fairy Tail, and there were many comics on sports themes, but none of them could reach the popularity of Captain Tsubasa, Major League Baseball, and Slam Dunk.

As for the project mentioned by Oda, it is indeed a sports-themed anime, but after Bian Lang returned to the reception room and took a look at it, he felt that this work could not be compared with "Slam Dunk" at all.

"Mr. Oda, thank you very much for your invitation, but I am not interested in this work. You should look for other musicians to cooperate with!"

Oda obviously didn't give up. Although he was rejected so directly by Bian Lang, he still wanted to fight for it: "Mr. Bian, I know you are also a very good comic screenwriter. You must understand the needs of anime theme songs better than other musicians. If you are worried about the price, I promise that we will show our utmost sincerity!"

"Mr. Oda, I think you misunderstood. If we had no intention to cooperate, Mr. Bian Lang would not have made this special trip. I have told you before..." Chen Shuting and Bian Lang have been working together for almost a year. She knew that Bian Lang refused so firmly, so there was no hope. She knew that Bian Lang was not good at politely refusing, so she quickly took over.

"Well, can the Rolling Stones sell us the rights to the song Panama? Please!" Oda, who still did not give up, said this and stood up and performed another

"Thank you Mr. Oda for your kindness. We at Rolling Stone have not authorized the adaptation rights to anyone else so far, so..."

There was no need for Bian Lang to give any hints, Chen Shuting said it directly.

Although Bian Lang did not explicitly say this, she knew that so far, the songs composed by Bian Lang had only been given the right to adapt once to the Compass when it performed on Fruit TV. After the adaptation was so distorted that it was hard to describe, Bian Lang never gave up the right to adapt the songs, even to acquaintances in the circle, he never agreed to it.

Not to mention the comic publishers in the island country!
Seeing that the Rolling Stones had no intention of giving in, Oda could only sigh.

As for Liu Yongzhi, who was doing the translation today, he gained a lot today. Not only did he become familiar with Bian Lang and took a lot of video materials, but also, with the help of Rolling Stone, he also took a lot of materials in the Comic Alive exhibition room that other anime bloggers would find difficult to obtain.

Since there was no progress here, Bian Lang asked about finding a painter.

I originally thought that this was Oda's job and he would pay more attention to it, but who would have thought that Oda showed no interest at all: "Bian Jun, forgive me for being blunt, but a big factor in the success of V-Monster is the cultural and socio-political influence. If that theme was set in Asia, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so successful!"

Although this is true, due to the relationship between aesthetics, ideology and social form, the audience of "V Stranger" in East Asia cannot be compared with that in Europe and America. But since we are not on the same page, Bian Lang is too lazy to talk to him. At most, he can wait for Lao Mo and Zhang Xiaoyu to finish "Wukong Biography" and then find a suitable artist to draw it.

But he was not sure whether the two of them could accept the American comics style of creation.

"Well, thank you Mr. Oda. Thank you for your hospitality today. We will leave first!"

After hearing that Bian Lang and his companions were leaving, Oda actually didn't want to keep them. But after he received the news this morning that Bian Lang was willing to have a talk, he felt that the matter was a sure thing, so he spread the news inviting Bian Lang to come for a visit.

There are many colleagues in the magazine who like rock music, and he was the only one in the entire company who went to the scene last night, so everyone hoped to have a chance to take a photo with Bian Lang and get his autograph.

At that time, he thought that this was not a big deal. As long as the cooperation was agreed upon, Bian Lang would definitely not be stingy. But now it is a bit difficult to say it.

But in the end, he still gritted his teeth and showed his craftsman spirit again: "Mr. Bian, I have a request." Fearing that Bian Lang would directly refuse, he rushed to say before Bian Lang could ask him to continue: "There are many fans of yours among our colleagues. I hope to have the opportunity to take a photo with you! I wonder if I can take up a little of your time..."

"Okay." When he heard the words "unwelcome request", Bian Lang began to wonder what this guy was up to. But when he heard it was this, Bian Lang readily agreed.

Although he doesn't like Oda very much, Bian Lang has always been very friendly towards his fans.

Seeing that Bian Lang agreed, Oda once again demonstrated his craftsmanship and continued: "Then I'll leave it to you, Mr. Bian. Please wait here for a moment. I'll go call them..."

After Oda left, Liu Yongzhi, who had been patient for a long time, asked curiously: "Teacher Bian, do you have any new comic scripts that you need to find an artist for?"

Remembering that the foreign student was an anime blogger, Bian Lang did not hide the fact: "I do have plans in this regard, but this is not my main job, so I'll just go with the flow..."

"What's the subject?"

Liu Yongzhi's question stumped Bian Lang. Before coming here, he wanted to understand the situation and try to get Fairy Tail out first.

As for the others, he really has no power to read them. As for the three most popular comics, he gave up on "Naruto" after seeing the Chunin Exam. As for the rest, he would just take a quick look at it when he occasionally came across related information.

He played "Bleach" patiently, but because the combat power collapsed so badly in the later stages and there were those weird CP relationships, he couldn't remember much.

As for Luffy, he only chases him once every year or two. He remembered that he had gone to Wano Country before he traveled through time. According to Oda's style, it definitely hasn't ended yet, and he doesn't even know where Luffy is now.

But he remembers "Slam Dunk" clearly.

Not only did I watch it several times when I was in middle school, but I would also watch it again from time to time after I started playing in a band. I thought that if Comic Alive had a suitable song, it wouldn't be a disgrace to the song if they used "I Want to Say I Love You Loudly", but today I looked at the projects that Oda was working on and felt that it was too different, so...

"I have two ideas, one about basketball, and one about Western fantasy, magic and dragons..."

Hearing about these two themes, Liu Yongzhi, who had watched "V for Vendetta", was also confused: "Teacher Bian, why don't you continue to write superhero scripts?"

According to his understanding, Bian Lang's main business is not comics, so he should continue to work on the themes in which he has already achieved success. Why take the risk of trying other themes?
Moreover, it seems that he can never compete with European and American artists in the Western fantasy genre. As for sports, he really doesn't think it is a good genre! It was indeed popular in the past, but in the era dominated by cute girls, H and hot-blooded fantasy, he doesn't think sports is a good track. But thinking about what Bian Lang has done so far, he felt relieved: "Yeah, I also know some unpopular artists in the island country. If Mr. Bian needs it, I can help ask!"

Bian Lang didn't really expect it to have any effect, but he didn't want to offend the young foreign student, so he smiled and agreed: "Okay, if you have any news, feel free to contact me!"

At this time, in the office area of ​​Comic Alive, an artist who came to see the editor saw a long line in the passage to the reception room, so he asked a staff member who was still "hardworking" at work: "Sir, what happened over there?"

The staff member was obviously not interested in these things. He was interrupted while looking at the cute girl, so he replied unhappily: "The lead singer of the Chinese Rolling Stones is in there, and everyone is lining up for his autograph!"

When she heard that it was the Rolling Stones, the young female artist immediately became excited. Like many people in the comics circle, she learned about Bian Lang through "V for Fantasy" and then became a fan of the Rolling Stones.

When her creative inspiration runs dry, she likes to listen to "Comfortably Numb" while playing "V" to regain her creative inspiration.

She was also there yesterday, but left in a hurry after the event because she had to finish a script. Later, she regretted it a little when she saw someone post a close-up photo of her and the Rolling Stones on social media.

But who could have thought that she would actually meet the real person when she came to Comic Alive today. How could she let go of this opportunity!

At this time, she had no time to look for an editor. She took out her sketchbook and colored pencils from her canvas bag, found an empty table in the public area, and started drawing.

Bian Lang looked at the long line outside the lounge and regretted not asking how many people there were before agreeing. According to his own estimation, there were definitely no less than 100 people...

……

At this time in China, Tan Yongzhong had already negotiated the price with the financial backers behind him. The financial backers were very optimistic about the creative outline of his new video. In addition to giving him 10 yuan in public relations fees, they also promised to give a large amount of streaming to various platforms.

He also took a look and found that some of the haters who had taken money to do things like him continued to attack him, but there was no movement from the Rolling Stones, and there was no official statement either.

So he continued to modify and create it with confidence. The video and editing took almost three hours in total, and it was already lunchtime when he finished uploading it to several platforms.

He sent the link to his fan group, and then ordered a takeout worth 200 yuan to reward himself.

As a sharp-tongued blogger, everything he has achieved now can be regarded as a story of struggle.

Tan Yongzhong studied economics and minored in law in college, and joined an investment bank after graduating from graduate school. Since his family was not as rich as the rich, but better off than the poor, he developed a habit of not having strong self-motivation.

It was fine when things were going well, but when he entered the investment banking environment, all the halo he had before seemed to disappear in an instant, so he resigned after working there for less than a year.

Because he was still a bit arrogant, he did not leave Shanghai and return to his hometown, but instead started to explore other jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities.

Because of his university subjects, his logical thinking and language organization skills are quite good.

Once in a while, he spoofed a popular internet celebrity on Weibo, and unexpectedly, he became famous all of a sudden. He consciously started to manage his account in this direction, and then he embarked on the track of spoofing internet celebrities.

After he became famous, in addition to advertising and selling products through patches, he also took on jobs that targeted black people.

Now, the total number of fans on Weibo, WeChat official accounts, DY, and Xiaohongshu has exceeded 10 million. With an annual income of several hundred thousand, he can be considered a middle-class person who does not have to work hard in Shanghai.

He has many more fans than Bian Lang’s own account, so he didn’t think too much when taking the job.

While eating a takeout meal costing $200 for one person and watching his own videos, he felt that he was living a much more comfortable life now than his former colleagues in the investment bank!

……

Looking at Bian Lang, after signing for nearly an hour and a half, he finally saw the last fan.

This girl's outfit is very strange. It is totally inconsistent with her petite figure and face. The loose and baggy casual wear makes her look small!

But the twin ponytails and the big eyes with red contact lenses give people a lot of imagination...

If she can make Bian Lang fantasize about something at a glance even though his hands are about to cramp, then her appearance must be very good.

But what surprised Bian Lang even more was the sketchbook that the girl handed over. On the page, there was a comic image of him, Bian Lang, in a realistic style like Japanese comics. For example, it was the style of Takehiko Inoue.

"Excuse me, did you draw this?" Since there was no one behind him, Bian Lang was no longer in a hurry.

The girl was a little shy, and obviously didn't expect that her first conversation with Bian Lang would be like this, so she lowered her head and blushed and said, "Yeah!"

Oda, who had been accompanying him the whole time, recognized the identity of the artist and immediately explained to Bian Lang: "Mr. Bian, this is a new artist we signed, her name is Miyagi Ayako..."

When Liu Yongzhi heard the name, he felt that his luck today was incredible. He had known this new painter before, and his painting skills were the kind he liked. He didn't expect to meet him in person here today.

So in addition to translating Oda's words, he also added some of his own understanding of the artist.

However, after Bian Lang confirmed the girl's name and pondered her painting style, he had an idea in his mind: "Is this fate?"

(End of this chapter)