Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 843 The Harp of Inheritance
As the first batch of Chinese music fans finished watching the concert, hot searches about the Rolling Stones' tour debut began to emerge.

The first thing that came to mind, of course, was various singers and celebrities congratulating the Rolling Stones on their successful debut.

Regardless of whether it is a sincere blessing or a real attempt to increase popularity, what is presented on the Internet is a sense of déjà vu of all nations coming to pay tribute.

Even Zheng Danghong, the top star in the top stream, secretly liked the post. The power of his like was even more terrifying than some small-volume direct messages, which made his fans suspect that his account had been hacked.

Of course, he would not explain, as long as Rolling Stone received his attitude. He has figured out the competition with Xie Minzhi & Hedgehog for the top spot. He will still fight, but he will not guide fans to attack and seize cities like he did in other traffic wars.

People who have reached this position actually have a clear mind. They either take advantage of the peak period to reap as much as they can, or change careers when they have made enough money.

Or you can look for opportunities to transform and strive to become an evergreen.

Zheng Danghong's plan is the latter. Although there is no such demand at present, there will definitely be a place for cooperation with the Rolling Stones in the future. This is the collective consensus of any singer who wants to stay in the music industry for a long time.

Positive competition is good for everyone in the industry, so he thinks that even if he loses this time, it doesn't matter if he loses some fans. What will remain is a strong backing for his future transformation!

As for whether Xie Minzhi would use the same old methods, that was not his concern.

After Xie Minzhi's team discovered that Zheng Danghong had liked the post, they more or less guessed what he was thinking.

"Minzhi, this time you really have a chance to surpass Zheng Danghong. Do you want to encourage your fans to vote for you? This may be the only chance you have in your life!"

When the agent said this, he was actually backing off. After all, this was not Xie Minzhi's solo work, and even if she won, she would still be mocked by Zheng Danghong's fans. But it is true that opportunities are rare. Now the four top singers are delaying the release of songs between singers, and the chances of meeting each other on the new song chart in the same month will become fewer and fewer!
"No!" Xie Minzhi was quite decisive this time: "Although Zheng Danghong took the initiative to show his goodwill to the Rolling Stones, his fans may not understand. The four of us are used to fighting with each other. Don't bring our way of doing things into the rock circle. It's not a good thing!"

In addition to that, of course, there is the popularity of comments on each new work. With the advantage of language, "Heart-wrenching Joke and Long Daydream" undoubtedly won the first place in popularity among several new songs.

According to many professional singers, if they can come across such a song in their lifetime, it can be regarded as an account of their career. This is possible, but it will definitely happen after Bian Lang's mentality changes.

According to a veteran producer in the circle, he thinks that unless Bian Lang pushes himself to the point of being invincible, he will not slow down.

Not surprisingly, it is impossible for there to be one-sided positive reviews. After all, even the original Earth's "Rakshasa Sea" was highly rated by "Rolling Stone". How could these unscrupulous domestic media dare not fabricate anything?

What's more, the Rolling Stones have made many enemies in China. Basically, they rely on the capital of traffic idols to cut fans, and they all regard the Rolling Stones as a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh!

Since they couldn't find fault with the quality of the Rolling Stones' work, they could only focus on ideological issues.

If the tour is not held in China first, the first big accusation is that we look down on domestic music fans and the music market!

Then they took the video out of context and only edited the English song part, saying that the Rolling Stones were worshipping foreign things and fawning on foreign countries, and the argument that their butts were not right was the second big accusation!
Even Sharma's suggestion during the interview that foreign fans should restrict or even ban Chinese fans from buying tickets was exaggerated and described as the Rolling Stones' ticket selling rules overseas. The band got started by relying on the support of Chinese fans, but now they are discriminating against Chinese fans overseas. This is the third big hat!

Although music fans would curse at the news when they see it, or simply call the person a moron and stop paying attention to it, uninformed passers-by would be misled!

Ninety-nine percent of the main force behind the spread of rumors are ignorant passers-by who know nothing about the incident itself and just want to vent their emotions. Of course, it is these people that the capitalists want to control.

Anyone who knows a little about the music industry can determine the authenticity with just a quick check.

Just like that, the public opinion about the Rolling Stones on the Internet in China has now become extremely polarized!
The music industry is almost all about singing and dancing, just like watching "Nezha" rush to the box office. Those who have money contribute money, those who have strength contribute strength, and even those who don't have strength have to say a few flattering words!
Those outside the circle were shouting and calling for killing, just like what they did to Xiaoyanzi and Fanfan after the accident, they couldn't wait to kill them!
Zheng Danghong felt guilty after seeing this: "What would I do if this happened to me?"

The agent found this funny: "Don't worry, only one of these two things will happen to you! There has only been one troublemaker like the Rolling Stones in the entertainment industry in decades!"

This situation on the domestic Internet directly dumbfounded the CAA team responsible for the Rolling Stones affairs.

How could they not have thought that they spent money and energy to hire entertainment reporters to go to the scene abroad to film the real situation, and then racked their brains to think of all kinds of criticisms, but in the end there was not much substantial effect.

It was actually made up by a bunch of keyboard warriors in China who had never been to a live performance, had never even heard a Rolling Stones song, and had no idea what rock music was. They just made it up by making up nonsense!
They immediately changed their original strategy, from quoting negative reviews from mainstream European and American media to quoting various sharp reviews from unscrupulous domestic media, and then came to a series of conclusions:
"The Rolling Stones are a pop band that has lost its living space in China, so they want to make money overseas!"

"How can a band that is not popular in its own country gain a foothold in the world rock music scene?"

The last move was the most ruthless. CAA used its own resources to find a venomous white YouTube celebrity and directly criticized him: "My friends, I wonder if you were disgusted by the video of a band from China touring Europe today?

Who the hell are you singing to without lyrics? Are you kidding me if you sing Chinese songs in England? Looking at the comments from the Chinese media, I really can't imagine that in China, where rock music resources are extremely scarce and any random band can have a large audience, there would be such a big criticism from the media? It shows how low the quality of the Rolling Stones' music is.
A band like this is going to tour the US? And compete for the Grammy Awards? This has greatly impacted my worldview! As for their popular music, I have reason to believe that it is not Wave’s own work at all…”

The audience of this venomous blogger abroad is basically ignorant passers-by in the information cocoon. He did attract fans for the Rolling Stones, but not many! After the domestic and foreign rumor-mongering army formed an interaction, it finally alarmed Bian Lang who was looking at the collection at Thor's house.

Looking at Evelyn's well-organized mind map of events, Bian Lang was greatly shocked!
"What is CAA doing? Has it connected with domestic investors?"

In response to this question, Evelyn gave her own fair opinion: "I don't think this is likely. What they care about most is the influence of the Rolling Stones in the United States and around the world. They don't care about how the Rolling Stones perform in China!
At most, they might just find some people to make some small trouble, but they won't focus on China, so this cooperation is probably just a coincidence!"

Bian Lang thought about it and nodded to agree with Evelyn's opinion: "Indeed, you don't have to worry about our domestic affairs. Sister Kuan is still here, she will take care of it. DGM should still consider the United States..."

"Well, Mr. Adams has already arranged for the media to do public relations. Don't worry too much about that crazy white guy. The Grammy judges will not be influenced by him..."

After listening to the two people talking for a while, Thor roughly understood the context of the matter. After thinking for a while, he said, "We who play rock music must have a stand and be true to our hearts. The Grammy is just an award. Besides bringing you a lot of trouble, it doesn't really help you in your music creation journey!"

At first, it sounds like sour grapes, but after careful consideration, Bian Lang feels that it is true. Especially for someone like him who has a library of golden songs on earth, whether he wins the award or not, he has to show those works.

What's more, if all the works marked in red in his memory were judged according to their award-winning performance on the original Earth, even if he lived to be over a hundred years old, he would have no problem winning at least half of the future Grammy Awards, if not all of them.

"Hey, Thor, you're not the one to encourage young people like this. You've never really stood on that stage, so there are some things you can't experience!" Regman had been to the Grammy Awards to receive an award, so there was nothing wrong with what he said.

But Thor didn't shut up. Instead, he asked, "After you got the trophy, did it help you in your music? Did your singing improve or did your creative ability become stronger? Do you think Wave's works need the increase in record sales brought by the Grammy's fame?"

Seeing that Regman was about to retort, Thor continued, "Can the Grammys give you a song called 'Unchained Melody'? If this song wins, do you think it's more your contribution or Wave's?"

"Thor, you speak so nicely, why don't you say more!" Evelyn thought to herself. She estimated that no one present could find any fault with these impeccable words.

Especially for Bian Lang himself, he didn’t know how others judged it, but he himself knew clearly the power of this song on the original earth.

该曲因为《监狱枭雄》获得过1956年第28届奥斯卡金像奖最佳原创歌曲提名；1991年，正直兄弟于1990年翻唱的版本提名第33届格莱美奖最佳流行对唱/组合；2000年，正直兄弟于1965年翻唱的《Unchained Melody》版本入选格莱美名人堂。

This song has been popular for more than half a century and has been listed as one of the "20 most performed music works of the 25th century". For those who have watched "Ghost" on Earth, the image that comes to mind when hearing this song is the classic scene of a man and a ghost kissing on a potter's wheel.

For a song like this that has won a Grammy for Regman, it should not be a problem for him to get a Grammy nomination even without the publicity and bonus of the two movies.

Then the result is just like what Thor said, the audience may attribute all the credit to Regman, but Regman himself would not think so. The more you have experienced, the more you understand the value of a good work.

At his current status, releasing new songs must be a very cautious matter. Other fancy things aside, the first thing is to really like it. "Unchained Melody" is such a work. You can't say how musical it is, but once you listen to it, you can tell that it is a classic.

"Okay, Thor, I admit that you are right! But it seems that we are not here to discuss this matter today!"

Regman was pointing at Thor. After Thor realized what was happening, he said to Bian Lang, "Wave, I see you don't have any particular preference, so let me help you choose one!"

Bian Lang was really troubled by this issue before. Every guitar in Thor's house was used by the top 50 guitarists in the world, and more than half of them are out-of-print models that are no longer produced. He likes guitars, but he pays more attention to their functions.

Some of the guitars here are really something that Bianlang cannot let go of, such as a Fender used by the late Kroll, the guitarist ranked 7th on Blue Star. This model has been discontinued. Judging from the appearance, Bianlang thinks it is almost exactly the same as the Fender Mustang used by Cobain.

However, if Bian Lang took it home and kept it as a treasure, he would feel it was a waste. If he took it out for performances, he felt that the cultural value of the instrument was greater than its practical value. As for the monetary value, Bian Lang did not consider it at all. After all, the possibility of him cashing in the instrument was almost zero.

Now that his master Thor is helping him choose, he is naturally happy to just wait for instructions.

Thor led a few people through the area where he had displayed the instruments outside and went directly to the storage room next door. After searching for a while on a shelf where musical instrument cases were neatly stacked, he took down a rectangular silver musical instrument case.

In the expectation of the crowd, Thor opened the guitar case and introduced: "The first owner of this guitar was Jeff, the guitarist who is now ranked 67th in the world. He passed away two years ago. He gave this guitar to Pioneer guitarist Luse as a gift 30 years ago. Luse is not a very famous guitarist, but he is the first rock musician who sang against the US government in public!

Influenced by him, Pioneer was the first American band to question whether the United States was a fake democracy and a fake freedom! I don’t know what they had experienced before, but after Luse made their public statement, the band often encountered various inexplicable accidents.

It was not until their lead singer died in a car accident and the band disbanded that Luse came to Europe and lived a relatively peaceful life..."

When he said this, the lid of the guitar case had been opened, revealing a tobacco-colored Gibson guitar inside.

Before Bian Lang had time to take a good look at the model number, he was attracted by a line of words on the guitar: "The spirit of rock 'n' roll is the courage to say no to authority..."

(The rock spirit is the courage to say no to authority!)
(End of this chapter)