Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 876 Pirate Radio
After being considered one of their own, fans no longer regard Bian Lang as a rock star. Here everyone is a fan of Juventus.

But at this moment, a situation that made Bian Lang very embarrassed appeared. Many Italian fans began to communicate with Bian Lang in Italian very naturally, which made Bian Lang stunned!
"Uh, this way of opening seems a bit wrong!"

Seeing Bian Lang standing there awkwardly, Agnelli, who had noticed something was going on, asked jokingly in English: "Wave, don't you know Italian?"

"Why should I know Italian?" Bian Lang asked in confusion.

Faced with Bian Lang's question, Agnelli was shocked: "Then how did you write songs for us in Italian?"

"Because of my love for Juventus, I wrote the general lyrics in Chinese first, and then asked an Italian who is fluent in Chinese and Italian to help translate them into Italian..."

If these words came from someone else's mouth, Agnelli would not believe a word of it. After all, he didn't know how difficult it would be for others to compose a song in a niche foreign language that he didn't even know, but he found it incredible just thinking about it.

But the person who was speaking was Bian Lang, so he had nothing to say.

After all, so many incredible things have happened to Bian Lang, so it doesn't seem like a big deal to compose an Italian song in a way that he doesn't quite understand.

The fans who had just communicated with Bian Lang in Italian were even more surprised:
"Wave, is this really okay?"

"Wave, you don't know Italian, but you wrote a song in Italian that we love so much! It's incredible!"

"Before this, I couldn't imagine that a Chinese person's love for Juventus would surpass that of us locals, but now I believe it!"

"Then...when we come here this time, you will lead me in rehearsal..."

As for the following words, although the fan did not say them all, Bian Lang could probably guess the meaning. It’s nothing more than that you can write it down, but can you really sing it accurately?

"Don't worry, you will know the answer soon!"

Although Bian Lang can't speak Italian, he is the real Juventus fan. If Yang Yi can sing Dylan's songs well without knowing English, then is it difficult for him, Bian Lang, a Juventus diehard, to learn an Italian song?
So after Bian Lang played the keyboard and sang the song himself, all the Italians present began to doubt Bian Lang again.

"He really doesn't know Italian? I don't believe it at all!"

"I feel like this pronunciation is comparable to that of the Mafia in the United States..."

"We should be thankful that Wave is a Juventus fan!"

Agnelli was thinking: "With your singing level, why should I bother to find an Italian singer to sing this song?"

But when he expressed this idea to Bian Lang after the rehearsal, Bian Lang declined, saying, "If this Italian singer is also a Juventus fan, I think his appeal and popularity should be better than mine, right?"

Agnelli was about to agree, but in a flash he thought of another layer: "Wave, thank you for considering us from the club's perspective, but I think you should still record a Rolling Stones version. We not only need Italian fans, we also need more fans from around the world and Chinese fans!"

"Mr. Agnelli, no wonder you can run the club so successfully..."

“No, no, no, Wave, you can just call me Andre from now on. This is the field I am familiar with and like, but in this field, there are many managers who are better than me. But in the field of rock, I can’t find many people who are better than you!”

Although Agnelli doesn't know much about rock, he has a model girlfriend who is a heavy rock fan. In his girlfriend's words, the Rolling Stones are invincible among their peers! This is why he wants to propose at the Rolling Stones concert, of course, the premise is that their love can last until then.

"Well... maybe I'll have to wait. I have to finish the tour first!" As a Juventus fan, Bian Lang had no reason to refuse such an invitation.

Continuing with the previous topic, Agnelli talked about the selection of the World Cup theme song: "Wave, I saw that project. I have to say that it was a project that I rejected, but I think that there are more Italian elements in the MV, which will be more conducive to your victory."

When it comes to this selection process, Bian Lang is completely in the dark and has no experience at all. He has no idea what the process of selecting the theme song for such a large-scale event is.

Is it a competition or a one-man show behind the scenes? So he must listen to the suggestions of Agnelli, a descendant of a big family.

“If we could get all the Italian team members together to sing, would that count?”

"That's a nice idea, but if I were your competitor, I'd probably do the same!"

As soon as these words came out, Bian Lang was certain that he would definitely have competition, but he didn't know whether it would be for competing works or other aspects of strength.

However, he is not worried that others will do the same: "I think if other musicians create, they should focus on their own excellence, right?"

"Wave, it's so easy to chat with a smart person like you!"

“Then just tell me clearly!” Bian Lang complained in his mind and said, “Then I will start to arrange the execution according to this plan. I will leave the matters in Italy to you!”

“Don’t worry, as long as you send me your demo, I will use all my connections and power to make this happen!” Even if Agnelli hadn’t met Bian Lang, he would definitely look for other musicians who were expected to be shortlisted to try his luck.

The purpose is naturally to promote Juventus!
Now that there is a Juventus die-hard fan like Bian Lang who has overwhelming power to do this, how can Agnelli not be willing to make more bets. Moreover, there are also car endorsements and other cooperation. The Agnelli family attaches great importance to the Chinese market, which is not an ordinary level.

"Thank you Andre, see you in Rome!"

"See you in Rome! You will definitely see more Juventus fans in Rome..."

After chatting with Agnelli, Bian Lang took a photo with Da Fengxian. After saying goodbye to the fans one by one, he rushed to the hotel.

When they had a good time last night, Shinston and Evelyn made an appointment to meet for dinner today. After chatting, they had to go back to England tomorrow to continue rehearsing and prepare for the performance in Rome. When Bian Lang arrived at the hotel, it was already a little later than the agreed time. What he didn't expect was that in addition to Shinston, Carol and Evelyn, Ivo and Phimos were also there.

"Sorry, I overestimated my efficiency and am late..."

"It's okay. We still have one night left. Let me introduce Director Carol, a native British..."

After listening to Xinston's introduction, Bian Lang had a general understanding of the director. His previous works had always been mainly art films, and the occasional experience of shooting commercial films did not achieve any good results.

But for a musical comedy like "Pirate Radio", to be honest, it doesn't really require a very good director. The key is that when Bian Lang is on the original Earth, he will occasionally revisit the film. It's not a problem for him to recite the plot by heart, and he can really draw the storyboards for the important scenes in the film.

So, what he needs is an obedient foreign tool director.

Why not find a domestic director to collaborate with? Anyone who has seen this film will understand that if many scenes were to be shot by domestic directors, given the huge cultural differences, the effects expressed by the camera language would likely be far from the original!

For example, the erotic and comedic scenes involving Gavin's group sex were so intense that Bian Lang didn't even know whether the director would advise him to change the script after he wrote it.

"Hello, Director Carol, I'm Wave!" As Bian Lang extended his hand, Carol also extended his hand enthusiastically and said, "Wave, I think I should pay the 1000 euro ticket price for the Rolling Stones' performance yesterday..."

"Thank you for your recognition. Let's go to the restaurant first and talk while eating." After saying hello, Bian Lang turned to Ivo and Femos and asked, "Why are you two here?"

Filmos: "I heard you're going to make a musical movie, so that must require a lot of music, right?"

Ivo: "I want to play a cameo role..."

"Come on, you guys can listen to it while we eat together!"

Bian Lang hadn't thought too much about it before, but the singers of the original soundtrack in the movie would naturally be given priority to friends. As for these two people being willing to make a friendly guest appearance, that would be great.

If Phimos had put on some weight, he would have fit the role of Kurt. As for his acting, that's another story. The other scenes were okay, but the scene where he continued to report even when the seawater reached his neck during the sinking of the ship was not something that everyone could act to make the audience believe.

Carol certainly hopes that these people who are originally from the rock circle can join in, and give them some supporting roles, and he only needs to play his true colors. But the prerequisite is that Bian Lang is willing to give him this opportunity...

After arriving at the restaurant and ordering, Carol couldn't wait to ask Bian Lang a question: "Wave, I really want to know why you chose this setting?"

Bian Lang had not studied the history of the Blue Water Planet, but he was almost certain that things like offshore radio stations had definitely appeared in European history.

The Caroline Radio Station on the original Earth is the background prototype of the movie "Pirate Radio".

It was founded by Irish music agent and businessman Ronan O'Rahilly. At that time, the record company giants EMI, Decca, Pye and Phillips joined forces to monopolize and work with radio stations to refuse to play music released by small music agents.

After Rahilly was refused airplay by Radio Luxembourg, owned by Georgie Fame Records, and influenced by the Scandinavian and Dutch pirates active at the time, Rahilly managed to raise enough funds to purchase a suitable cruise ship.

In February 1964, Ronan acquired the 702-ton former Danish cruise ship Fredericia and converted it into a radio ship in Greenough, Ireland, a port owned by his father.

At the same time, Alan Crawford's Atlanta Project also equipped the radio ship MV Mi Amigo at Greenough, which was the first of two radio ships to be put into operation.

The funding for Radio Ship came from six investors, including Jocelyn Stephens of Queen Magazine, who had the top office at Radio Caroline.

On his way to the United States to raise funds, Rahilly saw a photo of Kennedy and his children in his office in Orvald's office in Life magazine. His daughter Caroline was making a scene and disrupting official business, which was exactly what he wanted.

So Rahilly named his radio station after Caroline.

Renamed Radio Caroline, the Fredericia remained anchored off Felixstowe and began its first trial broadcast on Friday 1964 March 3. The following day, Radio Caroline officially began broadcasting on 27kHz, with Simon Dee hosting its official opening ceremony.

Its first show was hosted by Chris Moore and was pre-recorded.

Radio Caroline's first musical theme was the jazz theme "Midnight Melody" by Thelonius Monk and sung by Jimmy McGriff. In March 1964, the Birmingham band Fortune recorded the song "Caroline" which was used by Radio Caroline as their theme music.

Midnight Melodies was discontinued on North Caroline Radio due to the broadcast of the show Tomorrow's World. The station's slogan billed itself as "your all-day music station", but its original broadcasting schedule was 6am to 6pm, seven days a week.

In order to rhyme with the radio station name, Caroline Radio claimed that their radio wave length was 199 meters (one nine nine), but in fact its radio wave length was 197 meters (1520kHz). The Dutch maritime radio station Veronica Radio was 192 meters (1562kHz), and Atlanta Radio was 201 meters (1495kHz).

Radio Caroline's broadcast power is 20kW, consisting of two 10kW Continental Electric signal transmitters. The broadcast time from am to pm is to avoid competition with Luxembourg Radio.

After being suspended at 8pm, the show resumes at pm until late at night, in order to avoid conflicting with the prime time of TV broadcasts.

Radio Caroline's pop music programming was aimed primarily at housewives and, later, children, but it gained millions of daytime listeners by avoiding strong competition.

On July 1964, 7, Atlanta Radio and Caroline Radio's companies, Atlanta Projects, Inc. and Planet Manufacturing, Inc., announced a merger, with Crawford and Rahilly as managers of the combined company.

The Atlanta company closed at 8 o'clock that evening, and the reorganized South Caroline Radio continued to drift on the sea near the small town of Frinton-on-the-Sea on the MV Mi Amigo, while the MV Caroline broadcast under the name of North Caroline Radio.

In 1967, the UK introduced the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act, which made it illegal to subsidize or advertise on offshore radio stations, but it wasn't until 1974 that it became illegal for vessels to broadcast without a licence.

The Mi Amigo and Caroline hid in Dutch waters and continued broadcasting until they sank into the sea just like the ending in the movie!
So when faced with this question, Bian Lang’s answer to Carol was: “Because music is free, and at that time only the sea was free…”

(End of this chapter)