Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 805 Hong Kong
In this way, Guo Sichu was unwillingly given the nickname "King of Chu".

However, the topic was immediately brought back to Bian Lang. He had to decide which songs to choose and how many songs to change.

"King of Chu, I just saw that there is a four-day gap between Rome and Berlin. Can you stay with us there during this period?"

Guo Sichu gave him a glare before saying seriously, "Taking into account the time difference, I will come back overnight after the performance in Rome, and then fly back after the event. I will have about two and a half days of rehearsal time!"

With this relatively precise time, Bian Lang helped her make a decision directly: "Then don't bother going to Rome, just come to Berlin to meet us. As for the songs, let's change three songs for the time being, 'Never Grow Old', 'Dreams' and ..."

I originally wanted to talk about "Zombie", but thinking about the background of this song and its popularity on the original Earth, it seems a bit of a waste to bring it up for no reason.

Guo Sichu also talked to her privately about Night Wish's song before the meeting. She was not sure about singing it live for the time being, and she needed to study with Li Linqing for a while before she would have absolute confidence.

So Bian Lang began to hesitate: "Let me think about it, anyway, these two are confirmed first."

Guo Sichu was also quick-witted. As soon as Bian Lang finished speaking, she spoke up: "You're not going to sing "Zombie"?"

"This is an anti-war song, a song specially sung for major events like this. Let's save it for later!" Bian Lang explained and said nothing more.

But when other people heard it, their interpretations were different.

Guo Sichu had already practiced this song, so of course she knew what level the song was at. She also understood what Bian Lang meant by that.

For a good song, there is no necessary connection between being recognized in the circle and being widely sung.

The situation where a song is good but fails to become popular at the beginning is common both on the original Earth and on the Blue Water Planet.

For example, if Li Jian's "Legend" had not been brought to the Spring Festival Gala by Faye Wong, it would probably have been buried.

There is also "Spring". I believe that among the people who sing this song every day, at least 9% are because of Xu Ri Yang Gang, and it has little to do with leather pants.

Another example is "Missing is a Disease". I guess few readers know that the composer and original singer of this song is not Zhang Zhenyue but Qi Qin. The key is that it was released in 1989. A Yue later re-arranged and released a new song...

So she agrees with Bian Lang's idea. Since the theme of the song is so clear, there is no need to sing it at ordinary times. It can only be covered by others when the right occasion comes. The key is that the Rolling Stones have no shortage of good songs!

Dayong thinks that Bian Lang might be intentionally slowing down the pace of releasing new English songs. After all, he is not a native English singer, so he cannot be as prolific as Chinese singers. The status of the Rolling Stones in his heart has risen to the point where he will never quit unless he dies, so it is okay to keep them and slowly release them later.

In today's world rock scene, there are bands whose average age is in their sixties or seventies and who can still perform, but they only sing old songs.

Just think about Bian Lang's creative ability. If he can still go on stage to sing new songs and release new albums when he is in his seventies or eighties, and still instigate the young men in the audience to dive into the water and the female Bodhisattvas to throw private parts onto the stage, that would be amazing!

And it will be very impressive for your children and grandchildren to talk about it!
Others say that my grandfather is in the ICU of a certain hospital and is clinging to life. With his retirement salary and medical insurance, he can still save more than 1 yuan a month. He can earn more money than me even by lying down!

Or my grandmother is in a certain nursing home, and she adopted a nurse as her goddaughter, and used her pension money to buy health products worth more than ten thousand yuan.

Or maybe my master has already passed away, and I wonder if he received the copy of "One Piece" that I burned for him?

But when it comes to me, I think: "My grandpa is having a concert in Europe, and there are little foreign girls throwing T-pants to him on the stage!" This must be the envy of my peers!
Of course, the prerequisite is that Chen Wenjuan has to respond to the country's call to marry and have children early, and Dayong's body has to be able to withstand it until then!
"Then you have to decide it quickly so that everyone can have more time to rehearse..." Di Li said something constructive.

Bian Lang nodded, then picked up the prepared music and started to read it. Berlin was the last stop that had been decided, so the music was also decided.

Since it was Berlin, "Comfortably Numb" was definitely going to be performed. Since it was Pink Floyd's home concert, it was natural to choose songs from "The Wall". With "Comfortably Numb", "Another Brick in the Wall" was a natural choice...

"There are so many songs in The Wall, can't you find one that can be modified to suit Guo Sichu?"

Thinking of this, Bian Lang suddenly had an idea, and he thought of a song by Pink Floyd that was called uncoverable by music fans. At that time, the domestic circle also gave this song a nickname, called "the classic sung by Xia Jiba".

According to rumors, Clare Torry just sang this song casually along with the melody and recorded three versions.

The final product of the album "The Dark Side of the Moon" was a mix of these three versions. It was said that Lonely only paid the other party 30 pounds at the time.

Thinking of this, Bian Lang had a funny thought: "If I give Guo Sichu thirty pounds, will she go berserk?"

Of course, Bian Lang estimated that after recording the song once, it would not be easy for her to sing it later. After Clare Torry won the lawsuit for joint signature, the version recorded in 05 was also different from the previous ones. She probably didn't know how she would sing it the next time she sang it!
But the melody of this song is invincible, it is a classic no matter how you sing it, so I decided to choose this one!

"Hua Yan, call Da Feng and Exodus' keyboard player over tonight. I might need them. Di Li, bring your Hawaiian electric guitar over tonight..."

As soon as they heard this, they knew that something new was going to happen, so Guo Sichu naturally asked Bian Lang for the score and lyrics.

Bian Lang thought for a moment and replied seriously, "I'll give you the score when you come tonight. And you can also call Li Linqing over!"

Guo Sichu agreed without asking any questions.

"That's it for now, the day after tomorrow we'll go to Hong Kong first and meet with Yinghu to discuss matters at the Hong Kong station, then after the main group arrives in Hong Kong we'll fly directly to London together." Chen Shuting finally made the itinerary arrangements, and then everyone went their separate ways to prepare.

... When Li Linqing heard that they were looking for someone who was proficient in Italian, he thought about it and gave a different suggestion: "It would be better to find a teacher from the Foreign Languages ​​College directly. The Italian of the opera singers in our school must know it, but they are definitely not as proficient as those majoring in foreign languages. After all, they only learn it for singing opera, and they are not as good as those who specialize in translation."

Bian Lang thought about it and realized it was the case. When he was about to call Brother Hu to help find someone, the idea suddenly occurred to him and he called Walker directly.

In the past, he had thought of finding someone outside the circle because he was afraid that his creative path was too outrageous and difficult to explain, so he would be caught and sliced ​​up for research. But now, his reputation as a demon has spread far and wide, so he can just find any excuse to get away with it. Even if others delve into it, it would only be to help hype up his worth.

He is not a person who came back from a higher world or another world. He has no high-end technical information or superpowers that people are afraid of. He is just a singer. At most, he can build the world's largest record company. He can't change the society without bloodshed, so there is no need to be so careful.

Evelyn had contacted Walker about this, and although Walker knew about it, he had almost forgotten it after a long time. After hearing what Bian Lang said, he and Chen Shuting had similar reactions: "I didn't expect you to still remember this. I had already forgotten about it. Then I'll find it for you right away. There should be many people willing to help you with this job."

Walker didn't even ask how to do it specifically. His only responsibility was to find someone and then wait to get paid.

At noon on the third day, Bian Lang, Guo Sichu and their agents landed in Hong Kong. In their previous life, they had been here a few times for sightseeing and shopping, so they didn't have any special feelings about this place. They just thought that a piece of pork chop with instant noodles would cost around 50 or 60 yuan, and they thought it was not easy for the people of Hong Kong to have a higher sense of happiness.

In contrast, in Yunnan Province, you can still find rice noodles for less than 10 yuan a bowl, and there are blue skies and white clouds, snow-capped mountains and grasslands, beaches and rainforests... It makes sense that everyone in Yunnan Province is a treasure of their hometown.

After landing at Chek Lap Kok Airport, Chu Xiwen came to pick us up personally.

After sending the four people to a top hotel in Central to settle down, Guo Sichu and Liang Kuan went to participate in the event of the brand they endorsed, while Bian Lang and Chen Shuting were taken directly to Hung Hom.

Tonight is Xie Xinyan's official comeback concert. Bian Lang and the others came here at this time, not only to chat with Ying Hu, but also to listen to the concert.

At 3pm, the four-sided stage had been set up, and the whole venue was filled with busy staff. Bian Lang went straight to the world's steepest auditorium to experience it, and then laughed and joked: "This is the real mountain top seat! But it is indeed close, those indoor venues in the mainland really can't compare to this!"

Chu Xiwen, who had been accompanying him, was also proud to hear Bian Lang say this and said, "Of all the venues with a capacity of 10,000 people that I've been to, Hung Hom is really the best. What do you think, Mr. Bian?"

Bian Lang put down a seat and sat down, staring at the four-sided stage below.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Chu Xiwen also sat down next to him. After waiting for a long time, Bian Lang slowly said, "The location is fine. Sister Chu, you can discuss the time with Sister Chen. When the time comes, let our team come directly to coordinate the stage design..."

Looking back from my memory, the 94 Hung Hom stage had three sides. If it was to be a four-sided stage, more effort would have to be put into the stage design.

After all, the Rolling Stones' concerts are not like those of pop singers where there are dancers throughout the concert and people can move around freely in all directions. There won't be any problems with hearing, but visually, everyone needs to be satisfied, so this requires good design.

"Let Qi Yue worry about it!"

After the matter was basically finalized, Chu Xiwen took Bian Lang to visit Yinghu's headquarters.

Yinghu Entertainment is one of the major subsidiaries of Yinghu Group, and its office is also located in the group's headquarters in Wan Chai. When I took the elevator to my floor, I saw two familiar faces waiting there, naturally, they were Prince Hong and Princess Yu.

When the two people came over, the staff of Yinghu felt a little strange. Today was not a special day, and the company had not notified any important meetings. How could these two people appear in the company at the same time?

Now, when the passers-by saw the two people greeting Bian Lang very enthusiastically, and that they were brought by Chu Xiwen, the gossip fire in their hearts immediately ignited:

"Who is that handsome guy? Is he a newcomer signed by the new company?"

"Really? This one has such good looks, I wonder who will take care of it?"

"Amin, wipe your saliva quickly. Since it was brought by Sister Wen, there is no place for us!"

Bian Lang's hearing was not bad, but his mind was not on these things, but he listened carefully to Chu Xiwen's introduction to the company. After a rough look, Bian Lang felt firsthand how expensive every inch of land in Hong Kong was.

According to his own visual observation and estimation, the rooftop of this floor is only 500 square meters, which is several thousand feet according to the measurement unit used in Hong Kong. The entire Yinghu Entertainment occupies the upper and lower three floors. This is the headquarters of Hong Kong's leading entertainment company. Compared with the Rolling Stone building, this area is too small.

But compared with them, the Rolling Stones are just a small shrimp.

Even though Rolling Stone is now number one in the domestic rock scene or independent music, it is still not good enough compared with the big companies in the entire entertainment industry.

After a quick look around, Chu Xiwen took Bian Lang to the reception room, and Wang Xianyu and Zhang Yaohong also accompanied them.

As soon as he entered the reception room, Zhang Yaohong changed his relatively serious expression outside and directly became friendly with Bian Lang: "Bian Lang, why didn't you inform me earlier that you were coming so that I could pick you up at the airport first. The company's reception is too formal. Next time, tell me in advance and I will arrange a private itinerary for you..."

"Yinghu and Rolling Stone will be partners in the future. I will have plenty of opportunities to come over, and I won't be polite to you then!" It was the first time in Bian Lang's life that he dealt with a wealthy second-generation like Zhang Yaohong. He felt that he didn't have any special airs and was easier to approach than many fake second-generations.

They don’t know about it in this life, but in their previous life, when their band went out to perform, they often encountered fake second-generation people ordering them around.

As for this life, I will definitely not have that kind of weird experience.

"Then it's settled! If I hadn't heard that you were leaving tomorrow, I would have taken you on a yacht to the sea for a fishing party. I really want to thank you very much this time. After recording "The Moon Causes Trouble" and "The Scoundrel", my agent almost..."

At this moment, the door of the reception room creaked, and a person pushed the door open and walked in. A voice came over: "Hongzi, what bad things are you saying about me again?"

(End of this chapter)