Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 780 Cultural Business Card, Enrollment Brochure

Walker was a little confused when he got the news, but he also knew that this was a good opportunity. Anyway, according to the conditions set by Bian Lang for the candidates, they could pick out more than one artist like DGM, and then send them to Bian Lang for training, which would save them a lot of trouble.

So he didn't even report it. He directly sent an internal email according to Bian Lang's selection requirements and waited for the agents to send the people over so that he could screen them before sending them to Bian Lang.

After finishing this, he took the summary of news about Bian Lang and Rolling Stone overseas compiled by his assistant. This is his daily routine now.

He also knew about what was happening in Bian Lang's country, but he was not interested in it because such things would not have any impact on Bian Lang and the Rolling Stones abroad.

"Oh! This chart video is finally updated, let me take a look..." Before Walker's job became specifically connected with the Rolling Stones, he never even glanced at the charts of solos, preludes, etc. in the rock circle.

But now, whenever someone famous comes up with a new list, he will check to see if the Rolling Stones are on it.

Walker has seen this list from Cottbus a few years ago. Among the top ten electric guitar solo clips in the world, the most recent work on the list was from 94.

At that time, the Rolling Stones had just emerged, and works of the level of "Fade To Black" and "Comfortably Numb" had not yet been released. There were not many voices opposing this list in the comment section.

Faced with this situation, Walker concluded at the time: "From 94 to now, there has been no master-level band in the rock music scene!"

Some of the bands on this list have disbanded, some can still show up from time to time, and some are still on tour, but their new works are becoming less and less, and the popular ones are still those that were left over from their heyday.

When he saw this video today, he already had the mental expectation that a Rolling Stone song would be on the list, but he didn't know which song it would be.

I clicked on the video with anticipation, and the first thing that caught my eye was Cottbus's increasingly old face.

“Hello, everyone, long time no see, I hope someone still remembers me. I have previously made a ranking of the world’s top ten electric guitar solos, and now after a few years, I think it’s time to update the content. The guys who followed me a lot before said that it was a pity that some of my works were not selected, so this time I expanded the scope of this ranking to 20, and the top ten rankings were also changed according to my preferences…

OK, let’s take a look at some of the great new electric guitar solos…”

Walker, who was already used to the progress bar on Bilibili videos, couldn't help but complain: "Those product managers in Silicon Valley don't understand how to further improve their user experience!" Then he began to drag the progress bar bit by bit.

I thought it would take a while for the Rolling Stones' name and image to appear, but I didn't expect the third place to appear right away. The image was an excerpt from the Rolling Stones' performance in Berlin, and the content was the ending of "Comfortably Numb"!

Although it was not the first time he saw it, and Walker was present at the scene, but when he saw the three guitarists led by Bian Lang playing this piece against the magnificent background, he immediately understood the weight of the word great.

The only thing that kind of spoiled the mood was that the Rolling Stones were not the headliners of that show, and the headliners of that show, the Hatter band, had no works appearing on this list.

Then, the Rolling Stones appeared again in the fifth place, and the name of the song was "Unfinished Outro"! The video content was naturally the outro of "California Guest House" played by Bian Lang and his friends at the school's opening event a few days ago.

After listening to this, Walker pressed the pause button and tapped his fingers on the table. After thinking for a while, he continued watching. Then he saw the ending of "Fade To Black" at the eighth position.

Seeing this, he felt that his worldview was starting to get distorted. He really didn’t know much about the rock scene before, and now he was even more confused. With the idea of ​​wanting to know more, Walker continued to read on…

Although there were no more Rolling Stones works, the band signed by DGM only appeared once at the 15th position.

At the end, Cottbus's old face appeared again, and he changed his previous state of narrating, and said in an extremely excited voice: "Why haven't I updated the video in the past few years? I believe you feel the same as I do...

But now the Stones are here! I had to move the list, and I added three of their solos without even thinking about it, but in order to expand to 20 clips, I wasted a lot of time choosing the remaining song...

Wave’s creative talent scares me a little. I’m afraid that one day he will fill this list with his own works, and his name may appear in dozens of the following lists. As long as he can keep creating at this speed and quality, I think I may live to see this day…”

Of course, Walker of Cottbus is a well-known name. He is one of the founders of Motown Records in the United States. DGM was founded only half as long as him. Not to mention his current influence, his level of appreciation is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

Cottbus has experienced the entire process of rock music from its creation to its continuous development and evolution, and then to its rise and fall. Just like the generation born in the 60s, they went from being hungry and cold to the current high-tech Internet era, and have experienced the fastest development period in human history with their limited lives.

The fact that he can be praised by Rolling Stone and Bian Lang shows the unique status of Bian Lang's works in the current rock circle. Although there may be some flattery in it, everyone in the circle knows that he has the right to vote for the Grammy Awards.

And that’s not all. There are also quite a few foreigners who speak nicely in the comment section: “I think the interlude of “JUMP” can also be selected. Didn’t you see the video? It was at Hatter’s China tour concert!”

Seeing this, Walker actually felt that Hatter was a stepping stone for the Rolling Stones: "Actually, there's nothing wrong with this. At least it carries the Hatter name!"

Then looking down, there are very few dissenting voices, and even if there are, they seem to be from North American fans:

"I don't recognize the authenticity of the Rolling Stones. Such a good band, why hasn't it ever performed in North America? This must have been created by AI!"

"The Chinese know oriental magic, so before the Rolling Stones come to North America to perform, I won't acknowledge the authenticity of this band!"

"I think the Grammys will not give this year's rock award to a band that has no English album and has never performed in North America!"

After reading them one by one, Walker realized that he should push Evelyn to do her work. Even if it was just a small-scale live, it was necessary for the Rolling Stones to go to the United States!
……

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the Yunnan Art Institute graduation party. Jinma University dragged Bian Lang over at noon, saying that they were attending the rehearsal, but in fact they were just satisfying the curiosity of their junior and senior classmates who were performing in the same show.

Although the news of Bian Lang's arrival was not publicized in a big way, it still spread through various sources.

Having learned from the experience of the last time, the school actually activated the shop gate that had been installed a long time ago but had never been used. Each person had a card, and those people from other schools who wanted to take advantage of their partners were all blocked out.

The main point is to make other schools envious! The two drove in and used facial recognition to enter the experimental theater. As soon as they entered the theater, someone from the student union came over to confirm the time with them.

The other musicians of Mayuan Poets had arrived earlier and were watching from the audience. Bian Lang took the program list and laughed out loud:

Guitar singing "Spring City" (Guitar Club)
Guitar singing "The Age of Flying White Clothes" (Guitar Club)
Guitar singing "Model Love Letter" (Guitar Club)
The band performed "The Train Goes Beyond the Clouds, Dreams Rest in the Ninth Heaven" (Mojito Band)
The band performed "Shameless" (Wu Er Band)

The band performed "People without ideals are not sad" (Old Shoes Band)
“There probably weren’t that many performances like this last year, right?”

The student union member who was asked answered truthfully, "Last year, I didn't even know there were still people in the guitar club, let alone the band! This is all because of the seniors. Will the seniors sing old songs or new songs this time?"

Given the bureaucratic style of the Student Union, if you dare not announce the name of the program before the show starts, then you are destined to miss the party during your four years in college.

But that was for students, not for Bian Lang and Jin Ma, so the names of Ma Yuan poets and Bian Lang were both written as "to be determined". As for the order, they arranged Bian Lang first, and Ma Yuan second from the bottom.

"Let's change the order. Give Ma Yuan the main part. They have a big scene and are suitable to be put last. I will be second to last."

"Okay, Senior, I'll go inform everyone right away."

"Wait... lend me your pen..." After saying that, Bian Lang wrote "Youth" in front of his own name on the list, and wrote "Now, Now" in front of the poet from Mayuan's name.

That’s right, Bian Lang did not choose No-Brain and Unhappy, nor did Lao Lang and Luo Dayou, and he certainly did not choose Shuimu, but Shen Qing!

I don't mean anything else, I just feel that if Shen Qing's "Youth" is missing from the world of campus folk songs, then both everyone's folk songs and one's own youth will be left with a flaw.

Moreover, the sooner this song is released, the more meaningful it will be.

In 94, Shen Qing collaborated with folk musicians such as Lao Lang, Ai Jing, Jing Gangshan, and Ding Wei to release the album "Campus Folk Songs", which included Lao Lang's famous work "You, My Deskmate" and Shen Qing's "Youth".

Generally speaking, "My Deskmate" is much, much more famous than "Youth"! But in the hearts of some people, the status of "Youth" is unshakable.

This song is like a memory that is actively blocked by the brain. Once the wind blows and gently blows away the dust attached to it, this memory will continue to circle in the mind like a demon, and cannot be shaken off.

For Bian Lang, the wind that blew away the dust in his previous life was called "The Convenience Store of Sorrow". He went to see Dilraba Dilmurat, but was dazzled by the lyrics of "Youth" sung by a musician from a small town.

Even though the song was already getting old, Bian Lang continued the song for the small town musician: "The rain and snow of the four seasons make me intoxicated but also make me haggard..."

……

Bian Lang had dinner at school. Li Zhaolin invited him to eat in the cafeteria, but Lao Luo fried a plate of bacon from home as an extra side dish.

Bian Lang asked about the program: "Dean Li, I see there are a lot of bands in the school this year."

In previous years, no, it should be said that since the establishment of the school, no dean of the music school has paid attention to the development of the school band. But since the emergence of the weird Bian Lang, Li Zhaolin has paid special attention to this matter this year.

"This is not entirely a new phenomenon this year. It's just that the school didn't pay enough attention to this aspect of work before, so..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Lao Luo added: "Anyway, there are no people from your music school!"

"Hahaha! Hahaha!" Lao Luo laughed happily, while Bian Lang was relatively restrained. Looking at Li Zhaolin's constipated expression, one could tell that what Lao Luo said was probably true. Bian Lang felt that this was in line with the old tradition of rock music!
"Lao Luo, stop gloating over your misfortune. How many of your sculptures do you think were really aimed at you this year?"

"I don't care. It's not shameful for us mud-playing people to form a band!"

This once again left Li Zhaolin speechless, and finally Bian Lang spoke up and continued, "Can the school give us a little more help with the guitar club?"

During the rehearsal, after the members of the guitar club finished their pilgrimage to Bian Lang, Bian Lang asked casually. It was nothing more than that there was no fixed venue for activities, and activities in the corridor of the comprehensive building would affect people's secret love. Because in general, if a man is a little bit worse in this situation, then he will have nothing to do in the future.

Because we are here for study, who the hell plays the guitar!
"Since you asked, then there's no problem. I think you can be an honorary president who never retires and leave something for the school!"

"There is no guitar class in school..."

"It's impossible to open a new one. You guys are enough. This is a unanimous decision after all of us discussed it!"

Hearing this, Bian Lang said nothing more and agreed immediately: "Okay, let's do it in the new semester!"

In this way, the guitar club of Yunnan Art Institute became a college student club with an official background.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Bian Lang and his group entered the multi-purpose hall of Yunnan Art Theater. They were taken directly to sit in the second row. Only then did Li Zhaolin go to the first row.

Bian Lang looked around. The number of photographers and cameramen this time was much greater than that at the welcome party at the beginning of the school year. Even Guo Li showed up without Bian Lang's knowledge, which showed how well prepared the school was this time.

"Brother Lang, I heard that this time the school specially let several of our school's internet celebrities to directly start live broadcasting. They said that this will become our school's cultural business card and enrollment brochure in the future!"

(End of this chapter)