Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 874 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

This was not a sudden impulse on Chen Manman's part. She had thought about telling Chen Shuting about this a long time ago, but she just hadn't found the right time. As for whether Chen Shuting should tell Bian Lang, that was Chen Shuting's own business.

When Chen Shuting heard the news, she was quite surprised, but her face remained calm: "I'm still wondering how long you two want to keep this a secret?"

Now it was Chen Manman's turn to hesitate: "When did you figure it out?"

Chen Shuting actually had some guesses about this matter, so she went to see Dong Youbian as soon as she arrived in Europe. Work matters were secondary, and she didn't need to go there herself. But she still went there in person just to verify this matter.

But Dong Youbian is now more than four months old. He is thin and wears loose and casual clothes, so basically no changes can be seen, so he fooled Chen Shuting.

"I guessed! Because I really couldn't figure it out. Even if we break up, we don't have to leave so decisively..."

"Then, does Brother Lang know about this?"

Chen Shuting shook her head and said, "I don't know, and I won't tell him at this time. It seems that Dong Youbian is planning to give birth to the child, right? Then please tell her to just focus on giving birth and put other things aside for now.

You discuss the amount with Dong Youbian, and the living expenses will be transferred to her monthly. I am also an experienced person, and I understand the hardship of being a mother. When the child is born safely, I will tell Bian Lang. "

Hearing this, Chen Manman breathed a sigh of relief. If Chen Shuting chose to tell Bian Lang at this time, she didn't know what kind of mess this matter would turn into.

But that living allowance… "Sister Chen, this living allowance is not appropriate, right?"

"What's inappropriate about this? Isn't it the duty of Bian Lang, as the father, to give nutrition expenses to the child's biological mother? Don't worry, I will ask Bian Lang to reimburse the money later. But Dong Youbian, don't think about hiding this child or playing disappearing! Don't think about monopolizing this child..."

As for Chen Shuting, it was impossible for her to tell Bian Lang about this at this time for both public and private reasons.

Based on her understanding of Bian Lang, he is definitely not someone who will go back to his ex. There is no possibility for the two of them to get back together, and she doesn't want them to get back together. But as a person who has experienced this, she must help Bian Lang lay the groundwork for the child. No matter what choice Bian Lang makes after knowing this, at least she has to give him the possibility to fight for the custody of the child.

In her opinion, Dong Youbian's behavior was cruel and selfish, but fortunately he did not intend to abort the child. If Chen Shuting heard from Chen Manman that the child was aborted, then she would remove this person from the Rolling Stones even if it meant bleeding heavily.

Moreover, she couldn't hide this from everyone else. Other people around Bian Lang had to know about this matter to prevent someone from revealing it during Dong Youbian's pregnancy. That way, there would be someone to help persuade Bian Lang and prevent him from doing anything out of line!
So when everyone went to Baggins Bar to celebrate, she found a quiet place alone to make an overseas phone call.

The moment Bian Lan heard the news, she was so angry that she wanted to fly directly to England to find Dong Youbian and sort out the matter. How could such an outstanding brother of hers be bullied so casually?

But after Chen Shuting finished her story, she immediately turned her anger into laughter: "Give me an account number, and we will pay for it. I will ask Zhang Fan if there is any legal…"

"Don't ask Lawyer Zhang. The relationship between the brother-in-law and the brother-in-law is so bad that they might talk about it when they get drunk one day. It's convenient for me to find a lawyer here, and there's also the issue of nationality..."

"Well, I'll trouble you, Shuting. Xiaolang has friends like you around him, which really makes me, as his sister, feel at ease. Xiaolang is in trouble now, and neither I, as his sister, nor my family can help much. I still have to rely on you, his friends."

"Okay, Sister Lan, we all know how Bian Lang treated us. If he hadn't pulled me onto the Rolling Stones, Lao Mo and I would still be working like slaves in BJ to pay for car loans, mortgages, and raising kids. Now even Lao Mo has found his own career with Bian Lang, so what I do for him is nothing."

After Chen Shuting finished speaking, Bian Lan said hello to her and hung up the phone. Then he began to think about whether to tell the two elderly people at home about this news. In the end, he decided not to do it...

After all, with the dominance of Bian's mother, it is hard to say whether she will fly to England directly and negotiate with Dong Youbian face to face. As for her brother, she is the least worried about him. After Bian Lang became a different person, she felt that his own opinion was the most important in this matter.

But at this point in time, it is really not suitable to let Bian Lang know about this. She is just as firm as Chen Shuting in believing that even if Bian Lang knew about this now, he would not talk about getting back together with Dong Youbian.

As a sister, she only wanted to support his decision and keep the initiative of the child in her own family. As a mother, she could understand Dong Youbian's approach to some extent, but she would not accept it when the male protagonist was her younger brother.

Chen Shuting's other phone call was, of course, to Liang Kuan. What she said to Liang Kuan was not so obvious, but Liang Kuan was so smart that Chen Shuting just said a few words and she guessed the result.

"Well, I know what to do. After the child is born, I'm afraid someone will use this to attack Bian Lang's character. The private life of a public figure is the easiest to be magnified infinitely. We just need to keep this matter to a few of us, and don't let the musicians know, otherwise, there's no telling what they will do..."

"Well, what about Chuchu?"

"Let it be. Do you think I can interfere in the Queen's private affairs?"

"Okay then, I'll go in and have a drink with them..."

At this time, in Baggins' bar, in addition to the Rolling Stones, Thorin and Charles, there were also many local old drinkers.

Of course Cigar also followed them into the bar, but he did not immediately go to find Bian Lang or DGM to reveal his identity.

Instead, he found a corner and drank by himself. It was not until Charles and Tariel, the newlyweds, had almost expressed their gratitude to the Rolling Stones that he went to find Ivo who was arguing with Phimos.

"Yiwo, long time no see..."

"You, you are Cigar? Oh, why are you here? Are you here to see the Rolling Stones tour? You shouldn't be very interested in rock music, right?"

Cigar did not deny it: "Indeed, but you don't think "Forever Young"..."

"Cigar, are you still thinking about your unfinished album?" This matter was widely known in the circle, so Yiwo immediately thought of this possibility. Cigar nodded and said, "This is my last wish in music, so I would like to ask Wave for help."

As soon as he finished speaking, Filmos interrupted: "Cigar, I think you may need to wait a while. Wave has to help us finish the album, so he should have time..."

"Don't look down on Wave. I think as long as he wants, it won't be a problem for us to make a few albums together."

"Does he still have time to tour? After all, a person's time is limited..."

The two had been arguing since they entered the bar. Bian Lang had noticed it a long time ago, but he had been chatting with Xia Er and the others and didn't come over. This time, when they were done, he came over with Di Li.

"What are you two arguing about?"

"Wave, what do you think of the guest performances of our two bands?"

When Bian Lang heard this question, he said with a smile: "Since when do all the performing guests have to roll up?"

"If one day, the Rolling Stones enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, then every classic performance of yours will be discussed and criticized. At that time, there will definitely be people who make comparisons..."

There was some truth in what Femos said, but Bian Lang didn't expect that these two people actually cared so much about this matter.

"That's all going to happen many years from now. Why think so much about it now?" Bian Lang said that, naturally bringing in the rules of the original Earth's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

On the original Earth, the annual induction ceremony of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the United States is the Western Rock Music Achievement Award. Its foundation was established in 1983, and the first award ceremony was held in 1986. For these inductees, first of all, the time of their nomination must be more than 25 years since the release of their first album. In addition, they must have made sufficient contributions to the development of rock music and have an immortal status in the history of rock music.

Then a jury composed of rock historians will propose a nomination list of 5 to 7 people, which will be sent to 700 rock music experts via the Internet for voting. Only those who receive the most votes and more than half of the votes will be selected.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame also places more emphasis on rock culture than other awards. Not only rock musicians can be inducted, but also "industry insiders" such as songwriters, producers, recording engineers, and music journalists. People who appeared before the era of rock music are also eligible as long as they have an indelible influence on it.

When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was founded on April 1983, 4, by Atlantic Records founder and chairman Ahmet Ertegun, the foundation had no home. The site selection committee considered several cities including Memphis, Cincinnati, New York and Cleveland.

These cities have a deep connection with rock music. Memphis is the birthplace of the great Sun Studio and Stax Records, while Cincinnati is the base of King Records founded by pioneer Syd Nathan as early as 1943. New York is also legendary, as evidenced by Woodstock in 1969.

But in the end the committee decided to choose Cleveland. On the one hand, the first rock concert was held here on March 1952, 3, and the organizer was Alan Freed, the Moondog who was later called the "Father of Rock and Roll."

On the other hand, when Cleveland promised to use 6500 million public investments to build the museum, in a petition signed by 60 music fans, Cleveland's support rate far exceeded Memphis. In this regard, USA Today also held a vote, and Cleveland won by more than 10 votes.

Finally, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum was able to settle here, adjacent to Lake Erie, one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and designed by the world-class architect, Chinese-American Mr. Ieoh Ming Pei. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 1993, 6, and Chuck Berry and Pete Townshend were invited to attend.

The museum officially opened on September 1995, 9, with Little Richard, Yoko Ono and others cutting the ribbon.

Although the museum's founding had its ups and downs, the Hall of Fame awards ceremony was successfully held as early as 1986, inducting a group of veteran figures such as Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, which was a successful start. Now, nearly 30 years have passed, and the total number of inductees has reached 719.

However, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has always been controversial because of its opaque nomination and voting process, which has been accused by many media of money-for-power transactions. Several artists have publicly accused the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's nominating committee of preventing these artists from winning awards because of personal grudges between them and the nominees.

Moreover, many of the nominees have nothing to do with rock music. Many people in the music industry are skeptical about this organization. The erratic selection criteria that are frequently reported in the newspapers have greatly reduced its fairness and even turned it into a secret joke.

At that time, Bian Lang and his friends joked that Dao Lang was the only Chinese who had the best chance of getting a nomination.

Due to this inherent cognition, although he yearns for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, after all, there is really no Chinese person who has ever won this award on the original Earth, not even a nomination!

But I don’t have any idea at this point in time. After all, that will happen more than 20 years later, and there is no point in thinking about it now.

But Cigar said doubtfully, "Wave, don't you know that besides the 25-year requirement, there is another rule? That is, if the album sales exceed 1000 million, you can also be nominated!"

When this was mentioned, Ivo and Phimos also joined the discussion: "The Rolling Stones definitely have this fan base, but my intuition tells me that those politicians in the United States may not include your sales in China in the statistics. Sorry, Wave, I don't have any other meaning, I'm just stating a fact."

"It's not a possibility, I think it's inevitable. But I think the Rolling Stones' first English album should be able to impact this sales volume!"

The two were not surprised that Bian Lang did not know this rule, because in their opinion, this thing was just a backdoor for some artists who had nothing to do with rock to be selected. Because this rule came into being just to allow an American pop singer to be nominated for the Hall of Fame.

The most important thing is that after this rule was promulgated, there were only two rock bands that achieved this achievement.

As for Panama and Hatter, they are still several million away from the goal of 1000 million. So even if they have confidence in the Rolling Stones, it is just lip service!
However, this aroused Bian Lang's interest: "Is this sales volume cumulative or is there a time limit?"

When Cigar, a veteran who has been nominated, heard this question, he spoke from his own experience: "Accumulatively, one of my albums broke..."

"Oh!" Bian Lang looked at the inconspicuous old man in front of him with a surprised look: "Excuse me, who are you?"

"Call me Cigar!"

(End of this chapter)