Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 790 Substitution
"Just wait, I'll go talk to the production team."

After saying that, Bian Lang walked out. Although he could decide this matter alone, he still had to show minimum respect to the program team.

Qin Ge didn't have any objection after hearing this arrangement. He was just a tool anyway, and he had already realized it, so he just followed and won.

20 minutes later, the three reassigned female singers were already in their respective positions.

Lu Ming was confused at this moment. He dared to act like a big shot in front of Lu Zao and the others, but when it came to Bian Lang, he really didn't have that much confidence. However, he still had some resentment in his heart!

Even if he hadn't come out with Xie Minzhi, no matter what show he went to participate in, no one would have given him a cold shoulder, let alone the direct mockery he had just shown. If he hadn't taken Xie Minzhi into consideration, he would have turned hostile on the spot.

And now this situation made him feel even more uncomfortable, it felt like Bian Lang was deliberately trying to teach him a lesson. And the status was extremely unequal!
Moreover, he could sense that although Xie Minzhi didn't say anything, she was basically certain that Lu Ming didn't need to work any more on this mission. This feeling of being despised in an instant made him so angry that he wanted to fight with Bian Lang.

But thinking about his own future and looking at the cameras everywhere at the scene, he finally had no choice but to endure it.

Xie Minzhi never acted like a top star before, and she was even less so now. She greeted all the musicians very seriously before the show even started.

He even took the initiative to show his affection to Ding Ding, saying that he wanted to learn drums from her...

Bian Lang briefly explained the situation and handed the tablet with the lyrics to Xie Minzhi: "Take a look at it first to familiarize yourself with it. Let's do it again..."

After that, Bian Lang picked up the banjo and tried it, then asked Strauss, "You want this?"

Strauss shook his head, then raised the mandolin in his hand and said, "I'm more familiar with this one!"

Seeing the two people playing with instruments, Xie Minzhi said to Lu Ming, who was standing next to them with a cold face, "Lu Ming, what instruments are they playing with? They are not guitars, right?"

"The one in Bian Lang's hand is a banjo, and I'm not sure about the one in Teacher Shi's hand, it should be a mandolin."

"The camel bell... shouldn't that be a bell hung on the camel's neck? How can it be a plucked string instrument..."

Hearing this, Lu Ming felt a headache coming on! He didn't know what to say. If this part got out, the consequences would be...

However, his embarrassment was resolved as Bian Lang and the others began to perform. He just watched Bian Lang and Strauss use these two uncommon instruments to play a prelude that he thought was unrelated, and then they switched to electric guitars to play the entire song.

In the middle, Ding Ding even sang a few lyrics...

Then when Bian Lang asked him if he had any opinions, he would just shake his head mechanically after coming to his senses: "Teacher Bian, I... I think it's perfect enough, but I don't know how Minzhi will fit in..."

After listening to it twice, he and his team members left the rehearsal room and began to observe.

After the rehearsal ended that night, Lu Ming felt that the self-confidence he had built up in the pop music circle over the years had completely disappeared!

Before this, he felt that although his creations and his arrangement concepts lagged behind those of the Western pop music scene, he was still ahead of his peers.

But when it comes to "Summer of the Band", he feels that any band's work is much better than his. Exodus's music was just too niche, so he found it a little hard to accept at first, but after thinking it through, he realized that it was indeed much more advanced than the solution he had proposed.

With this question in mind, he walked into Sigu. Although he was not familiar with these rock musicians, he wanted to find the answer.

While looking for an open seat, his shoulder was gently tapped: "Lu Ming!"

"Teacher Ziyang!"

"I heard this morning that you were here to escort Xie Minzhi, but I was busy before and didn't have time to say hello to you. How do you feel about going to Hedgehog instead?"

If Liu Ziyang had said this yesterday, he would have been more than willing to smile and be modest: "Teacher Ziyang is trying to flatter me to death!"

Now he could only shake his head with a bit of disappointment and said, "Please don't make fun of me. In terms of musicality, any of their songs would be better than most pop songs on the market. This is my level. What's the point of protecting me? I'm lucky I didn't embarrass myself!"

He just figured this out just now. If Bian Lang hadn't interfered and asked him to change "Whalesong" according to his ideas and put it on the show, then when the original version of the song came out, it would be the day when rock fans would execute him.

Liu Ziyang had known him for three or four years and had worked with him once. Seeing his depressed look, he patted the empty seat beside him and said, "Sit down, let's talk!"

After taking a sip of Rolling Stone Craft Beer, Lu Ming felt a little better and started chatting with Liu Ziyang. Less than 10 minutes later, Xia Yuxi also ran over: "Teacher Ziyang, can I go to watch Hedgehog rehearsal tomorrow?"

"You are considered Hedgehog's intern, so why don't you follow him? Come, let me introduce you to Xie Minzhi's team's music arranger..."

Xia Yuxi was delighted when he heard this. He had heard about this. As someone who had been severely punished by Bian Lang, he could empathize with Lu Ming. But when he met Bian Lang, he was still a nobody in terms of fame, so it was normal for him to be fooled!
Who the hell could have thought that a guitarist who looked nothing special from his profile would actually become the leader of Chinese rock today!

But Lu Ming's situation was different. He took the initiative to provoke even though he knew the truth. He really couldn't think of any other words to describe this behavior except stupid.

But judging from his current appearance, he must have already faced reality. That's why he came here to talk to his acquaintances, looking like an eggplant hit by frost...

"Hello, Mr. Lu. My name is Xia Yuxi. Please give me your guidance in the future..."

Lu Ming was in the fashion circle, so how could he not know Xia Yuxi's name? It was just that the lighting was too dim, so he didn't recognize her at first sight.

"Teacher Xia, you are too polite. I really don't dare to give you any advice..." Lu Ming hurriedly stood up and brought the wine. After the two clinked glasses, they sat down and started chatting.

He had also heard about Xia Yuxi joining Rolling Stone, but even now he still didn't understand why an idol singer like him would do this: "Teacher Xia, I'm really curious, why did you choose to join Rolling Stone?" In his opinion, if they wanted to invite him to sing, it would be easy to do so as long as the money was in place. And the previous conflict between the two was also known to everyone in the circle. Xia Yuxi had already been slapped in the face like that, and now he wanted to join Rolling Stone. This really showed that he didn't want to save face at all!

"Because coming here I can realize my original dream, which is to just make music!"

Xia Yuxi's quick response confused Lu Ming.

Because in his current concept, this kind of cliché should be said when facing the camera. Although he didn't think that this was the first time he and Xia Yuxi met, and it wasn't to the point where they could tell the truth when they met, he could feel that Xia Yuxi's words just now were from the heart!

Seeing that he was slow to speak, Xia Yuxi continued, "In fact, those of us who play pop music in China have a misunderstanding, which is an inaccurate understanding of rock music. Although rock music is a niche in China, it is not the case in the West. Except for relatively niche branches such as black metal, most of the others are at the forefront of popularity.

I used to listen to rock music, but after I became famous, I accepted some arrangements from the company and gradually began to think that our so-called pop music was good. But after I came to Rolling Stone, I listened to rock music again and realized that what we played before were all leftovers from foreign rock bands! "

What Xia Yuxi said was true. Whether on the Blue Water Planet or the original Earth, most people in the country had a biased understanding of rock music. Even the origin of domestic pop music came from rock music!
In the Chinese music scene of the original Earth, the godfather of pop music is Luo Dayou, and Luo Dayou's idol is the Beatles! One of his works "Super Citizen" is extremely similar to the classic work "Yellow Submarine" of the 60s by the Bug Group.

Anyone who has heard these two songs would think that it would be absolutely unreasonable if they had nothing to do with each other!
Looking at the original global concert revenue rankings, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band, Metallica, and Coldplay have all been able to enter the world's top 10 in recent years, competing with Taylor Swift.

Looking at China, apart from the lip-synching bands under the banner of rock, who else can compete with those idols? Unless the three masters of Magic Rock get together again for a tour, that would be about right!

After hearing that, Lu Ming suddenly felt as if he had been enlightened!
He listens to a lot of foreign stuff, including rock music, but since he doesn't do it himself, he just sighs and forgets about it after listening to it, without thinking about it in detail.

Just like when he listened to the ending of the Rolling Stones' "Comfortably Numb", he said "fuck" several times in a row, then listened to it over and over again for more than ten times, and then nothing happened.

Because in the circle where he works, this kind of music is just discussed and passed, and it is impossible for any company's music director to support him in making this kind of music.

Not to mention the issue of the threshold for appreciation, just the prelude and outro of several dozen seconds, the length of a song is extended to 5, 6, 7, or 8 minutes, and you can be speechless with all kinds of market data.

Of course, there are now side waves that can serve as an example, but people still have excuses: "Do you think you are a side wave? Or are the people you serve the Rolling Stones!"

So gradually, they just listen to these good things, and then put them aside, forgetting to learn and apply them. In the end, they even think that pop music is better than rock music?

Thinking of this, Lu Ming also laughed at himself, and then said to Xia Yuxi: "Thank you, Teacher Xia, your words today have really enlightened me."

After meeting Xia Yuxi, he asked Liu Ziyang, "Teacher Ziyang, I heard that the Rolling Stones have opened a music school. Are there any courses in composing music?"

"It's not far away. You can go over and take a look tomorrow. It's not open yet. If you're interested, I'll let you know when it's open."

Lu Ming wanted to ask if Bian Lang would give a lecture, but he thought better of it and decided not to ask. Since this was a school run by Rolling Stone, even if Bian Lang was not the main lecturer, he would definitely give an open class to everyone.

Actually, he now has an opportunity to learn secretly, but unfortunately it is short, with only two days left.

Looking at Bian Lang, after he introduced Dai Qing and Tan Ying to each other, the two of them chatted and expressed that they felt they had met too late.

He walked out to take a breath and smoke a cigarette, and then he saw Guo Sichu coming: "Are you taking classes with Li Linqing today?"

Guo Sichu came up and snatched the cigarette from his mouth and stomped it out on the ground: "Don't smoke for the next two days, you have to go on the show..."

"This time the opening song is sung by Hatter, and Hedgehog's songs are sung by Ding Ding and Xie Minzhi. At most I will sing a harmony, which will not have much impact."

"Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to recover from your hoarseness?"

"There are songs for people with smoky voices, and I write them for myself..." Although he said it stubbornly, he knew in his heart: "If I can still sing Guns N' Roses on stage at the age of 60, that would be really awesome!"

“Your kindness is taken as an insult. Regardless of how great your voice is, if you can maintain the peak for another 20 years, your position in the world music scene will definitely not be too low!” When Guo Sichu said this, the light in his eyes brightened up, as dazzling as the Milky Way.

It’s a pity that she herself can’t see it, so she can only help Bian Erlang.

After a few seconds of time standing still, Bian Lang finally gave in: "Thank you, I will pay attention. You too, in another 20 years, I will take everyone to Europe for a big party!"

……

The rehearsal for the next two days was uneventful, with the only incident being that Chen Xuan did not attend the event, which was exaggerated by someone with ulterior motives. However, Chen Xuan was not Bian Lang, and Party A was not without compensation for breach of contract, so the matter was basically suppressed within half a day.

Wu Li was naturally fired. Seeing that Bian Lang was still so interested in folk music, Liang Kuan temporarily moved the two of them to Mo Yan to lead them together.

On the day of the official recording, the fans who came to support and enter the venue jammed the small section of the lakeside road in front of the entrance. The villagers began to think: "Should we open a restaurant or set up a stall?"

Du Juan also took advantage of this occasion to keep all the video materials. Although she did not issue any military orders, she set a goal for herself that this venue must attract more than 90% of investors before the recording of "Summer of the Band" is completed!

When the industry insiders who came to the scene for the first time entered the Le Xia Pavilion, they couldn't help but think in their hearts: "This is really a big investment. As for the quality of these installations, they are not willing to calculate the cost."

As for the fans who came for the first time, it goes without saying: "This place is really amazing! It deserves to be a hit!"

"It's worth it to be able to attend the Summer of the Band live once!"

(End of this chapter)