Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 742: "Summer in the Band" premieres

At 7: in the evening, the Rolling Stone LAB performance venue was already crowded with people.

All the rock musicians in Spring City were there, and the area mid-level was also packed with people, all waiting for the premiere of "Summer of the Band" tonight.

A TV was hung on the door of the Rolling Stone Records store downstairs, waiting for the show to start.

The same is true of the gathering places for rock music fans from other places, such as Cang'er's September, BJ's Noodles in, Si Gu, Jingwei Filling the Sea, etc. These places are all the same, with signs at the door announcing the premiere of "Summer of the Band".

Moreover, all of them have Xibiqi's wine sponsorship. However, considering the number of rock musicians in the BJ area, Noodles in, Sigu and Jingwei Tianhai are unable to accommodate ordinary customers.

As for the Fanhua restaurant across from Jingwei Reclamation, they certainly wouldn't go against money, although they knew Li Yiliang was not happy about it. After all, they were just taking in the guests who couldn't get into Jingwei Reclamation, so Fanhua was full tonight. Under normal circumstances, the occupancy rate of Fanhua was only about 50%, so they could make money, but it didn't meet Ou Lu's expectations at all.

Ou Lu is not short of money, and he doesn't care much about this income. He mainly does it for Tan Lian's entertainment, and he can also entertain some business friends. But now the atmosphere and service here are neither high-end nor down-to-earth, but the consumption is at the level of the high-end ones in the four-nine cities.

Therefore, the customer base is very unstable. The big players in BJ City come once to give face to Europe and then they won’t come again. The normal drinkers come once, feel the price and won’t come a second time.

The owner of a restaurant in Fanhua will certainly not miss this opportunity to find an excuse to offer discounts to attract customers.

But despite this, those rock fans who couldn't squeeze into Jingwei Tianhai would rather squat and wait at the entrance than go into Fanhua. One reason is that they don't like the atmosphere there, and the other is that the participating band Muge is there tonight. It's hard to say whether the guys will be interested after watching it, and they can even go up and perform a few songs, which is much better than the gloomy face band that performs every day across the street.

Looking at the row of people squatting on the opposite street, Li Yiliang showed no emotion on the surface, but in his heart he began to hate Bian Lang again.

He felt that everything he was experiencing now was caused by Bian Lang.

Although he felt a little guilty about quietly pursuing his solo career, he still attributed all the reasons to the fact that Bian Lang did not share the music with him earlier.

"If you bring out the songs, I'll be willing to be the lead guitarist, so what?" If Bian Lang heard his thoughts, he would definitely be despised by him.

After calming himself down, he stood up from his seat by the window and returned to the band's dedicated booth. He also wanted to patiently take a look at what this band variety show that was praised to great heights in the pilot was all about!

They also have to wait for Mr. Turtle's performance, and then their plan can be implemented.

As for Si Gu, Joystick was originally a participating band, and although they didn't know whether their band would have a chance to show up today in the final editing, Li Hao still generously decided to treat them all. Most of the people who came today were people from the circle, and they were also old customers who had been taking care of his business for many years. He was still willing to give them the benefit of free drinks at Xibiqi tonight.

Moreover, as one of the main sponsors of Summer of Music, how could Xibiqi miss such an opportunity to promote the event? Naturally, the strength of giving away wine would not be low. Yang Guanlei, who has already obtained the agency rights, is now sitting in Si Gu. Since taking over the BJ agency of Xibiqi, he still hangs out in bars every day, but it is completely different from the previous time when he spent all day aimlessly for fun.

Because of the rock gene in the Xibiqi brand, he no longer frequents those high-end clubs as before, but more often hangs out in small bars with live performances. He no longer comes into contact with various second-generation people and public relations, but bosses and rock people like Li Hao.

It made him find a real feeling of living!

Tonight he had come with Lao Deng, who had helped him with a vote. Lao Deng looked at what was going on inside Si Gu, took out his camera and started taking pictures.

"Brother Deng, are you still taking those gossip photos?"

The two are now good drinking buddies, but neither of them talks much about their personal affairs, so Yang Guanlei is not very clear about it.

"No, the income from that job is not stable, and I am always being chased around like a dog. But one time when I went to Fender to shoot a wave, I got to know the boss. Now I am there, taking photos of various live performances. I also take some private jobs."

Hearing this, Yang Guanlei couldn't help but admire the boss's vision in selecting people. People in Lao Deng's line of work may not have much professional knowledge, but when it comes to capturing snapshots, they are absolutely top-notch.

"Brother Deng, please give me a copy of tonight's photos. If they are useful, you can charge me whatever you want..."

"If you want to talk about money, get as far away from me as possible! Xibiqi is from Bian Lang's family. I would never be like this without him. We are friends now. What's the point of talking to me about money?"

Seeing that Old Deng was getting angry, Yang Guanlei could only raise his glass and apologize with a smile: "Brother Deng, that's not what I meant. I'll punish myself with a glass..." After finishing the beer in one gulp, he continued to ask: "How big do you think the "Summer of the Band" movement will be this time?"

Lao Deng knew that he was not asking just that. He put an olive in his mouth, chewed the flesh and swallowed it, then said uncertainly, "It is said that this commotion will not be small, but it is hard to say whether it is all good. Those who cursed the Rolling Stones and Bian Lang before have all received lawyers' letters. No one thought that the Rolling Stones would actually play it for real!"

He took another sip of beer before continuing, "If they really took the money to do the job, it would be fine, they deserved to die anyway, but those who just followed behind and yelled at netizens are really dumbfounded! These people probably never thought that just yelling at someone online would be related to the court!"

"So what? Isn't this good news for the Rolling Stones?" Yang Guanlei raised his glass and clinked it with Lao Deng, but did not drink. He was waiting for Lao Deng's news to go with his drink.

"The one who yelled the loudest before was called Mu Sa. He had offended a lot of people before, and received more than just lawyers' letters from the Rolling Stones. But the MCN company that assigned the work didn't want to deal with him, not to mention the sponsors behind him. This guy is smart, and he went straight to Hong Kong to surrender..."

"What a talent!" Yang Guanlei slammed the table, startling Li Hao at the next table: "Leizi, what are you yelling about?"

Yang Guanlei wanted to talk about this with Li Hao, but when Lao Deng winked at him, he could only smile and say, "It's okay. I'm just praising Brother Deng for taking good photos!"

"Well, let me remind you, you should stock up on some products. With the promotion of Summer of the Band, you won't be able to not release it!"

……

Looking at the Rolling Stone LAB, it is also a Xibiqi-style wine and beverage package, but the beer served is Rolling Stone craft beer.

Du Ziteng, who had been staying here all this time, finally met Bian Lang. Chen Shuting had already told Bian Lang about everything that happened before. Although they had a grudge against each other, she not only did not get involved in this matter but also gave him a big gift. Bian Lang had no reason to ignore her.

After the two clinked glasses, Du Ziteng took the lead in opening the topic: "Mr. Bian, seeing is believing. Seeing you today makes an old man like me feel even more ashamed!"

It would be fine if he didn't say this, but once he said this, Bian Lang felt that this person was extremely hypocritical. He was so happy when he was paid to target the Rolling Stones, but now he is ashamed of himself. Who is he acting for? "Mr. Du, you are too polite. I am just a rock musician. Just say whatever you want to say!"

If Liang Kuan hadn't repeatedly assured Bian Lang that the old man wouldn't dare to do anything to Rolling Stone, he would have wanted to just turn around and leave. "Okay, I want to cooperate with Guangdong Province and Xibiqi for the agency rights of Rolling Stone Craft Beer. I have already contacted the two Mr. Ai, I hope Mr. Bian can spare some time to talk to us!"

"Well, then let's do it tomorrow. Let's not talk about this tonight, just watch the show!" Bian Lang didn't want to get involved in this matter, but if he didn't go through the motions, neither Ai Hao nor his father would be able to express his opinion on whether to cooperate or refuse.

Bian Lang had never seen the edited version, and he was very curious about what it would look like after the editing process.

After all, I went to the variety show in my previous life and watched the final film. The difference is not even a little bit. When I responded to Jun Ge’s call to watch Pi Ge, I heard my buddies who went to the scene say: "What the hell, I can’t see anything from my position. I have to stand there for eight or nine hours. It’s not as good as watching TV at home."

"Okay, let's make an appointment tomorrow."

Then, before they had finished walking around the venue, several people from Di Li and Hatter bands came in.

When he saw Bian Lang, Fei Mo Si pushed through the crowd and said to Bian Lang, "Wave, I never thought someone would say that about you and the Rolling Stones. We have already clarified it at the concert!"

Bian Lang really knew nothing about this matter. Not only was there no news about it on the Internet, but no one in the company told him about it.

However, he still held Femos's hand and said, "Thank you, but those people's words can't hurt me, don't worry about me!"

"Well, luckily you are in China. If you were in Europe, if someone really disliked you, they wouldn't be so gentle..."

Feimosi's words were believed by Lang. In his previous life, he just listened to the rumors about various foreign countries controlling entertainment stars. But now that he is qualified to take a peek at one of them, he will find that China has really given its people enough sense of security.

But this does not mean that he will choose to hide in the country. If he wants to be as free as the wind, he must have the influence to not have to look at the faces of those people. There will definitely be many difficulties and obstacles on this road, but with the music library of the original earth in his mind, he is confident that he can climb faster and with less effort than others.

"Fimos, are you reminding me that someone is targeting me abroad now?"

"We all know about CAA's affairs, so you'd better be careful! I just remembered when you came back that you should know more about the island country's admiration for the United States than I do. If something happens to you there..."

After hearing this, Bian Lang realized a very serious problem, that is, he was too careless this time.

There is no need to elaborate on MJ's status on the original Earth, but how was the case slandered? Was it directly related to his subsequent death? Who was behind it? These are things that cannot be thought about in detail.

If that case happened to Bian Lang himself, he couldn't imagine whether he had the courage to face it.

"You really have to be careful when you go abroad next time!"

The two chatted briefly for a few more sentences, and then Pan Jianhu on the stage shouted into the microphone: "It's about to start, everyone find a place to sit down..."

After Lao Pan said this, everyone stopped talking tacitly and quickly went to find their seats.

Of course, Bian Lang was with the Rolling Stones. On the left were the Hedgehog guys, and on the right were Lao Pan, Liu Ziyang, Olaf and others.

As soon as everyone sat down, pictures began to appear on the big screen behind the stage.

Unlike other variety shows, it didn't start with the theme song. Instead, Niu Boyi gave a spoken introduction to all the bands, and then the screen directly cut to the live performance at Le Xia Hall.

A few overhead shots, combined with local detail shots, were interspersed, and the audience who saw it for the first time all exclaimed how awesome it was!
"Oh, this venue, this industrial style and rock go really well together!"

"I've heard from those who went to the scene that a lot of effort was put into the stage of Summer of the Band this time. Now I see that it really was a huge investment!"

"Just for this live stage, I will definitely follow it to the end!"

"Looking at the stages of other music variety shows, I feel like the sponsors' money is really wasted!"

"What is visual impact? What is adaptability? I never thought that a band variety show could make the Rolling Stones play in a way that I feel is beyond my reach!"

Then the musicians on the stage followed the music, and after the camera swept through them one by one, the focus of the camera was on Bian Lang and his group who were pulled into the venue by the crane...

"Ouch, that's kind of cool!"

"It's really thoughtful. It's a bit fancy, but I like it!"

"I told you before that although the Rolling Stones won't be participating, they will definitely not miss the performance. What do you think? Now you believe it!"

Many fans who attended the first recording session can now finally show off their superiority without any scruples.

When Qiu Kui first saw the scene, she was a little nonchalant. After all, she had heard about it from people in the circle, and a few photos had been leaked, so she really didn't think it was a big deal.

But she felt uncomfortable watching the super fan's appearance, and the key point was that the singing queen Guo Sichu was there to support the show.

The first episode of "The Voice of China" has been aired, and the result is the same problem faced by other music variety shows of the Nth generation: there are some hot spots but they have not become hits.

In her professional eyes, the opening of "Summer of the Band" already has the foundation to be a hit.

When she heard several people on the stage singing together: "Our blood is mixed with sweat, and we are not born to be noble...", she suddenly had the urge to smash the TV.

Since the grassroots lies of "The Voice of China" were exposed, their reputation has actually declined quite seriously. And this line of lyrics seems to be satirizing their program!
(End of this chapter)