Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 770 Plan
Now that the Huaxia Daily has come to an end, the matter has basically come to an end, and Bian Lang will no longer pay too much attention to it.

The clip of "Summer of the Band" was posted on the Huaxia Daily's online account. This event is more or less a milestone in the rock circle. I remember the last time... The original owner's memory did not have a last time!
For a while, the mood of rock music fans was the same as that of the Chinese national football team entering the World Cup:
"This is so amazing! How much money does it cost to purchase just this one "Summer of the Band"?"

"It's useless to top up. This is the Huaxia Daily. Do you think that just having money will do the trick? The news on it represents the direction of the wind. If you understand it, you are the stock god!"

"You're right, it's a pity that the Rolling Stones didn't go public!"

“I must watch Summer of Le a few more times!”

Music fans are all like this, not to mention those in the industry. Especially the bands participating in this episode of "Summer of the Band", this wave of wealth has overwhelmed them.

The first to bear the brunt was naturally Mr. Turtle. As a band that directly appeared in the video, Liang Kuan and Pan Jianhu's phones were directly bombarded with calls. If Liang Kuan had not set the commercial offer at 20 yuan, it is estimated that their schedule would have been reserved for two or three months.

Tu Ling was stunned when he heard the news. When did a reggae band like them have such a good market? Finally, Lao Pan and Liang Kuan discussed it and decided to give them jobs at a frequency of one show every five days.

This made Zhu Wen, who had just come to his senses, very angry. But he couldn't do anything about Tu Ling and the others. They didn't want to use the original band name and they didn't sing the original songs.

In the past, he might have asked some internet trolls to attack or do some dirty work, but at this critical juncture, he dared not cause any trouble.

The second is Exodus. The song "My Exodus" and the video made them known to metal fans all over the country. The video was then circulated, and invitations from abroad began to come.

Because of the perception problem of metal in China, for the sake of safety, the Rolling Stones decided to put aside domestic commercial performance invitations for the time being and leave all foreign invitations to Elf.

That's right. In the internal competition with Evelyn and the others, Elf won in the end because he gave the most convincing reason: "I will only lead this rock band. I will give them all the resources that Silva can have as long as they are suitable!"

As for New Pants, they were already quite popular in the circle, and this kneeling made them gain even more fans. Before their tour plans were even on the agenda, invitations to various commercial performances and variety shows started to come in like snowflakes.

Zhou Ketong is now officially busy as an independent agent! But no matter how popular these three bands are, there is one premise that cannot be changed, that is, it must not affect the subsequent recording of "Summer of the Band"!

Qin Linglan arrived in Chuncheng before Liu Tianwang. After finalizing the contract with Liang Kuan, she got the song "Tears" given to her by Bian Lang.

This song is the one that changed Bian Lang's view of Fan Xiaoxuan in the original Earth. Before this, Bian Lang's perception of Fan Xiaoxuan was just "Health Song". Thinking of this, Bian Lang wrote down what he remembered and waited for Zhang Qin to sing it. Who knows, she is another little witch!

The only thing left to do is to prepare for the opening of school.

Recruiting students is not difficult. First of all, many musicians and lead singers in the company are students of this first batch.

The lead singer's singing style and voice have already been formed and there is no way to change anything. The main thing is to teach them to use their voice scientifically and extend the peak period of their career as much as possible.

Comparing with the singers on the original Earth in the previous life, we can see that, except for Chen Hui, all of the early rock singers lost their voices early on, and their performance accident rate after the age of 40 was terribly high.

And Sister Fei, if she sings live, the last three songs will be the limit.

Let’s look at the God of Songs Zhang, who can still go on tour at the age of over 60, and his condition and voice are no worse than when he was young.

Bian Lang hopes that in a few decades, he can show those overseas music fans that China also has a group of old talents who can still spend a night on stage with their fans even when they are in their seventies and eighties.

As for the musicians, Teacher Shi is someone that many lead guitarists have looked up to for a while. Add to that some students who come here because of his reputation, there will be no problem with one class.

As for music production, Aoyang Duo is not stingy, so these two signs are the guarantee for enrollment. If there were no unresolved grudges, Zhu Wen would have wanted to send people here to study.

As for the other classes, they would just have to wait and see. Although Bian Lang had no idea about the operation of this school, he had heard the story of Midi in his previous life and knew that this would take a lot of time and energy to invest, and the results would not be proportional to the investment.

But he is willing!
This opening ceremony must naturally be done well, not for the sake of grandeur, but mainly to give some hope to the students recruited from outside.

But now that the Rolling Stones have a solid foundation, if they just pick out some of their own people to perform, the lineup can be comparable to those SSS-level music festivals outside. Even if they invite foreign players, as long as they are not their sworn enemies, with the connections of Liang Kuan and Lao Pan, plus the bait of Bian Lang, it should not be difficult.

As a music school, they naturally have to show off their skills in the opening performance.

Originally, the five guitars for "California Guest House" were a good choice, but the Rolling Stones now have only four people, including Bian Lang and Guabi, who doesn't need to rehearse at all, plus Ding Tong, who can perfectly play the prelude of this song.

Second, the time is a bit tight, and Bian Lang cannot guarantee that the final effect will be good, so after thinking about it, he decided to give up, besides, Di Li is still on a business trip.

But Bian Lang suddenly remembered something. What he performed on "Summer of the Band" before was the prelude, and it was the 77 version.

It is said that the prelude of "California Guest House" should be watched in 94, and the ending in 77. The ending in 77 is ranked among the top ten most solo in the world, and even the prelude in 94 did not receive such treatment.

The key is that this job can be done by three guitarists. Let Dili play the acoustic guitar, he and Strauss will play the lead and melody, and he can also bring Dayong to play again.

As for whether to find a double-headed instrument to equip Strauss, it depends on whether Fender is sincere. Perhaps in this kind of occasion, the enthusiasm of instrument manufacturers may be higher than that of commercial performances.

As it turned out, Bian Lang's idea was absolutely correct. Fender responded to his request and sent him the best double-headed guitar in stock in the country.

Strauss took the score and glanced at a few passages before asking Bian Lang in surprise, "Is this the finale of Hotel California?"

Bian Lang had only told a few people in the Rolling Stones about the title of this song, and there was no score in the music library, so it was the first time that she had seen the guitar arrangement of Strauss in this outro. But she had such a deep impression of this song that she could recognize it after just eight bars.

"Yes, time is tight and it's not easy. Can you do it?"

"I think there is no better arrangement than this!"

After finishing Strauss's part, there was no problem with Dayong's part either. He could just practice according to the score.

The business will officially open in early July, leaving them less than two weeks, so Bian Lang estimates that there won’t be any problems.

But on the second day of the formal rehearsal, something else came up. Guo Sichu, who had just returned from an event, rushed directly to the Rolling Stones' rehearsal room and watched the Rolling Stones rehearse quietly. When Bian Lang stopped to say hello, she spoke: "I remember you said at that time that the Rolling Stones wanted two lead singers, right? Is that true?"

If it were someone else, the other members of the band would definitely make some sarcastic remarks and jokes, but this was someone else, it was the singing queen Guo Sichu, who really had the ability to challenge Bian Lang. "Yes, I have been preparing for this. If you think it's okay and you have enough time, you can come to rehearse at any time." Bian Lang didn't mean to argue, he was indeed prepared a long time ago.

Night wish Guo Sichu is not very good, but Cranberries are fine.

He had written "Dreams" a long time ago, but he didn't have the lyrics. It was also labeled "Dream Man" in the music library. Because it was a Cantonese song, Dayong even translated it out and practiced it.

So now we just need to review and let Guo Sichu study the lyrics on his own.

"What about the song?"

Guo Sichu was waiting to see what Bian Lang had to say, but she didn't expect that Bian Lang would take the tablet and flip through it before handing it to her, saying, "Practice first. Use the musical notation for 'Dream Lover'!"

Hearing the song title "Dream Man", Guo Sichu frowned slightly, then said somewhat unhappily: "I don't want to sing second-hand songs."

Others may not understand what this means, but Bian Lang reacted in a second: "It's not second-hand, this song was originally in English, and the Cantonese version was changed later."

Bian Lang was just speaking the truth, but to the ears of the people present it was a different matter.

Dayong knew that Bian Lang and Dong Youbian had sung the Cantonese version of this song when they were at Lugu Lake. Although they sang it privately, he felt that this should be the song that sealed their love. Although the order of the songs was decided by Bian Lang himself, could there be any hints in it?

Guo Sichu also knew about the Lugu Lake incident. Although the song had not been officially released, she had seen the video at Liu Dawei's place. If that person was not Dong Youbian, she probably wouldn't care too much, but if it was Dong Youbian, she would definitely not accept it.

Although she admitted that she had a great liking for Bian Lang, it did not mean that she was willing to accept someone else singing the rest of the songs.

And now Bian Lang actually says that the English version is the original version. What does this mean?
"Then I'll give it a try... Can you let me listen to a sample of the arrangement so I can get a feel for it?" Although she couldn't figure it out, she decided to give it a try first.

Bian Lang glanced at Dayong and saw Dayong making an OK gesture. He nodded and said, "Let's go..."

The reason why I didn’t choose Zombie right away is because the background of that song is a bit special. It would be very inconsistent to play an anti-war English song for no reason.

"Dreams" is a love song, and it's something you can sing casually.

Think about Dorothy who died young... "Hiss, why are you stepping on my foot?"

"Brother, you played it wrong!" Although Guo Sichu didn't know how to play the guitar, as a person with absolute pitch, it was not difficult for him to tell the difference by looking at the score.

"Well, my, let's do it again..."

This is probably the first time since the Rolling Stones formed the group that Bian Lang has failed in music, and they all feel it is quite novel.

Guo Sichu’s English is not bad, and she is not called the queen for nothing. She was able to sing along the first time, but it was not as smooth.

This was not unexpected to Bian Lang, after all, the queen's strength was there. However, Dorothy's singing style had some traces of classical bel canto, which needed to be adjusted by Li Linqing.

After practicing three times, Guo Sichu left, taking Bian Lang's tablet with him. Seeing Bian Lang "furious and helpless" in the rehearsal room, the Rolling Stones laughed.

Dayong even joked: "What's there to be angry about? You can play it with your eyes closed without the score!"

"Brother Yong, you have changed!"

We rehearsed until nearly 11pm today, and were about to go downstairs to the LAB to take a look, have a few drinks and leave, but once we got downstairs, we couldn't leave.

LAB tonight is a compilation of Exodus and Nozhen. Nozhen is one of the Rolling Stones' treasure bands this year. Exodus just became popular after appearing on "Summer of the Band". There are quite a few fans at the scene tonight.

There were also art managers from other companies who came to watch, including one from the Ximangmang Music Festival, who directly intercepted Bian Lang.

"Teacher Bian, I don't dare to hope for the Rolling Stones, but these two must guarantee one for us no matter what!"

Although Ximangmang is obviously not as good as the Rolling Stones now, their schedules are different, and Ximangmang has helped Bian Lang before, so they have a good relationship. After confirming the time for this year, Ximangmang sent 10 bands places.

Although it was arranged randomly by the Rolling Stones, the art management still had some room to maneuver.

"Go ask Sister Shu Ting about this. I can't promise you anything! Come on, there's plenty of wine. Tonight is mine..."

After inviting people to the table for a drink, the topic naturally turned to the lineup of the music festival.

"How many magic discs are coming this time?"

When asked by Bian Lang, the art manager did not hide the answer: "6."

"Then where can we find the rest of your two-day music festival? Are there so many independent bands?"

"This time it's a little different. Isn't there an event going on in Taiwan with the Department of Culture? They're going to send a group over here!"

After hearing this news, Bian Lang became interested: "Give me a copy of the list when it's ready!"

The art manager smiled strangely and clinked glasses with Bian Lang, then said, "Don't worry, I'll tell you as soon as I have news. Let's see if the Rolling Stones can keep a few!"

After Bian Lang finished the cup, he couldn't help but think of many of the Minnan dialect works of the original Earth Bay Band.

For example, "The Night March of Chrysanthemums" and "The Prodigal Son Returns"...

Then a voice in his heart sang: "I light cigarettes one by one, drink cups of wine one by one... Please understand me, I can't drink much, buy me Chong Kang..."

(End of this chapter)