Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 883 Juventus Fans' Shocking Moves
However, things took an unexpected turn.

While Woodstock was still figuring out how to formally contact Rolling Stone, Like a Flower was hammered by An Feng.

If someone else had made the accusation, Like a Flower's die-hard fans would definitely have started tearing her apart. But since national goddess An Feng herself has confirmed it, even her most devoted fans wouldn't dare to. No matter how attractive those flashy foreign women are, they can't compare to An Feng's lazy, nonchalant gaze.

Park, the manager of Like a Flower, was furious when he saw An Feng's YouTube videos: "What do you mean we should go find Olaf? Olaf won't say a word because he's attending a party with Bian Lang."

"She, she even posted a photo of herself with Bian Lang... This woman is simply..."

If the previous failure to secure a role on Bilibili gave Chinese fans the excuse that they weren't part of the same fandom, then Like a Flower's high-profile statement this time clearly shows they have no intention of affecting the Chinese audience.

Since it's on YouTube, they figured that with the Great Firewall in place, the Chinese fans wouldn't react too strongly.

Now that An Feng has been exposed, Like a flower's actions have essentially cut off its own path in China.

Before An Feng's official fan group could even take action, some members of Like a Flower's fan group had already switched sides and become haters.

The photo of him with Bian Lang also caused quite a stir.

Gradually, the Woodstock Music Festival and the Korean girl groups were all forgotten, and the focus of domestic netizens was on what exactly happened between An Feng and Bian Lang.

"Oh no! Has the Queen of Chu been raided?"

"Wait a minute, this happened last year, could it be that..."

"So Bian Lang and Dong Youbian are together because of An Feng?"

"This is so messy! Let me sort it out!"

"Ha, men!"

"Wow! Bian Lang is finally living up to his name and identity as a rock singer this time!"

Upon seeing the message, Guo Sichu's assistant immediately wondered how to report it to her. After much hesitation, she finally handed the phone to Guo Sichu on her way back to Chuncheng after finishing her event: "Sister Chuchu, what's going on with An Feng?"

Guo Sichu glanced at it and laughed, "Isn't this just telling everyone that Bian Lang and I are friends?"

"But, this..."

"Who is An Feng? She just couldn't stand those little devils from South Korea taking advantage of Bian Lang, so she was just helping out as a friend. You've been with me for almost two years, how come you're still like those gossipy netizens, believing everything you hear?"

After listening to Guo Sichu's explanation, the assistant felt that she had indeed gone too far this time: "But, are we just going to do nothing? How should we put it..."

She originally wanted to say, "You're also interested in Brother Lang..." but under Guo Sichu's sharp gaze, the assistant could only pause before changing her tone, "We're employees of the company, after all. Wouldn't it be a bit unreasonable to do nothing?"

"Hey, are you indirectly insulting me? It's not a big deal, it doesn't even need my help... It's just that after the Woodstock incident, there weren't many Chinese music fans to begin with, and now there will probably be even fewer... If the time is announced and it's only a few days before next year's Rolling Stones Festival, I think even the music fans from Japan might choose not to go..."

Now that things had come to this point, the assistant immediately understood: "Sister Chuchu, you mean if Woodstock can't come to China, then we can just poach the original lineup from the Rolling Stones Music Festival?"

Guo Sichu didn't originally have this idea, but after hearing her assistant say it, she felt that it might not be impossible!

"The original lineup is impossible; some bands even have difficulty getting into the country. But I think once the Rolling Stones finish this tour, getting half of their lineup shouldn't be a problem. We just need to get more support when choosing venues; it shouldn't be too difficult..."

After saying this, Guo Sichu immediately sent a voice message to Liang Kuan.

Liang Kuan also felt that this matter had a good chance of being worked out. In the end, no matter what the outcome, it was definitely not wrong to take a chance first, even if there was no guarantee of success.

So an hour later, fans started shouting online: "We don't need Woodstock, we have the Rolling Stones!"

……

As for Bianlang and the Rolling Stones, they went straight to the rehearsal venue after getting off the plane. When they arrived at the rehearsal venue, it was the first time in a foreign country that the Rolling Stones felt the warmth of having fans come to visit and watch the rehearsal.

Although more than half of these dozens of music fans are Juventus supporters, their presence here is not solely due to the music.

But so what? It's all the same for Rolling Stone.

The Rolling Stones rehearsed for over three hours, and three of these fans stayed with them from beginning to end until 2 a.m. When the Rolling Stones came out, these three Italian fans were delighted to receive Bian Lang's autograph and a separate photo with him.

After hugging Bian Lang, Tina, the last one, couldn't help but ask expectantly, "Wave, you'll be there for the match the day after tomorrow, right?"

Bian Lang nodded noncommittally and said, "Of course, I will fight alongside all Juventus fans in the away fans' stand."

"We've already prepared everything, and we hope you won't break your promise..."

Before leaving, Tina gave Bian Lang an unexpected kiss, leaving this normal man wanting nothing more than to curse.

But the other band members were all laughing out loud!

"Seriously, Lang, I think you're suppressing yourself too much in China. Sometimes it's really unnecessary to be so tense. Being more carefree isn't a bad thing!" Da Yong, that ominous creature, didn't know why he had this thought about Bian Lang. Bian Lang had always felt more tense when he was in China. He knew the reason, but he didn't have any good way to change the situation, so he could only tell himself, "Once this busy period is over and I've solidified the foundation of Rock Records, things will be easier..."

However, sometimes things just happen that push people forward.

Just like now, everyone has returned to the hotel to rest, and Chen Shuting came directly to Bian Lang and Liang Kuan to have a video conference to discuss whether to hold the Rolling Stones event next year on the scale of Woodstock.

Upon hearing this, Bian Lang immediately told the two his thoughts: "It's impossible for it to happen in China. Just the approval of the band and the lyrics alone... nobody has an accurate timeframe for that..."

Before Bian Lang could finish speaking, seeing Chen Shuting about to interject, he cut her off, saying, "Don't give me that 'man proposes, God disposes' nonsense. Some of the bands Woodstock selected simply can't be brought in! Woodstock's model is far too different from the essence of Chinese culture..."

"We're thinking about revitalizing Chinese rock, but that's all within reasonable and legal boundaries..." Just when the two managers thought Bian Lang would continue to throw cold water on their arguments, who would have thought that Bian Lang would suddenly change his tone and say, "Why try to be China's Woodstock, instead of pushing China's Rolling Stones to the world stage?"

This statement left even the usually bold and decisive Liang Kuan completely bewildered: "The Rolling Stone Music Festival is being held overseas? Is that even possible?"

"I don't know the specifics of how this will work, but since we already have a foundation for working with DGM, and given the Rolling Stones' increased fame after this tour, I think there's a good chance we can try it out next year."

Don't think Woodstock is so great. They started out as a complete ragtag bunch, with a foundation far weaker than the Rolling Stones are now! What do you guys think?

Encouraged by Bian Lang, the two top agents, who had never even considered this matter before, now felt confident: "Then let's discuss it with DGM. I believe they should be interested."

Evelyn heard the news the next day during the Rolling Stones' final run-through on stage.

Evelyn wasn't too surprised by this idea, and even explained to Chen Shuting why DGM didn't organize its own music festival: "DGM is different from Rolling Stones. The proportion of rock bands in our company is incomparable to that of Rolling Stones. So even if someone has this idea, the motivation to actually push it forward isn't that strong."

After all, if it's just about economics, organizing a music festival for bands like Hatter would be less profitable than letting them tour with more stops. Organizing a music festival might even lose money… but I think Mr. Adams would be very optimistic about collaborating with the Rolling Stones.”

Although Chen Shuting didn't glean much useful information from Evelyn's words, she vaguely sensed that organizing a new music festival abroad might be no easier than in China, and could even be more difficult...

Meanwhile, outside the stadium, the Rolling Stones fan club, consisting of more than 500 Juventus fans, was definitely a highlight among the music lovers, especially since some people spotted several Juventus players who weren't actually fans.

This wouldn't be surprising if it happened in Turin, but this is Rome! Roma is playing Juventus at home tomorrow, so why are all these players not playing tomorrow?

This was the immediate judgment made by some Roma fans based on their intuition after seeing the Zebra fan group.

But then they remembered a fact that they found extremely difficult to accept:
"Is Wave really a Juventus fan? Did he actually write a song for Juventus?"

"The game is tomorrow. Could it be that the result of Wembley and White Hart Lane will happen here?"

"Oh, I don't want this to be true! The lead singer of my favorite band is a Juventus fan, this is so hard for me to accept! Why doesn't the Rolling Stones move their live show to Turin?"

What this music fan said is absolutely true. If he really sees Bian Lang leading Juventus fans in singing his songs on the pitch tomorrow, then should he turn against the Rolling Stones...?

If this Roma fan and Rolling Stones enthusiast were familiar with ancient Chinese stories, he would probably sigh and say, "Neither betraying the Buddha nor betraying the beloved..."

But what these Rolling Stones fans in Rome had no idea was that things were about to get even more interesting...

The Rolling Stones' show wasn't as big as the one in Wales, not because of any scarcity marketing or deliberately reducing the number of tickets, but because the stadium for the Rome show had a maximum capacity of 1.3.

Of these 1.3 people, they estimate that at least half are locals. And among these local music fans, most are definitely Roma supporters; once inside, they can probably unite and chant some parentheses, suppressing the arrogance of these Juventus fans.

Although this isn't a football stadium, they consider Rome their home ground, and fans from other places are treated the same as fans of the away team, inherently at a disadvantage in terms of numbers and other factors.

However, they overlooked a very important issue. Bian Lang publicly admitted to being a Juventus fan, which wasn't something that happened overnight. Many Juventus fans who didn't know the Rolling Stones or thought they were just average will gain more goodwill and attention simply because Bian Lang, the lead singer, is a Juventus fan.

Now that they've garnered attention, the Rolling Stones' music is unlikely to disappoint its fans.

After all, from Dylan to Bosh, from Metallica to Pink Floyd, from folk to progressive rock to psychedelic and thrash metal, if you can still pout and say that Rolling Stones' music is so-so after listening to all of these, you either don't understand it or you're just being stubborn!
So while Roma fans make up a significant portion of local music fans, Juventus fans also make up a considerable portion of out-of-town music fans!

In the past, when visiting away games, besides watching the game, people would also take a short trip to see the local area. After visiting once, they probably wouldn't be very interested anymore.

But this time is different. I can see my favorite band perform first, and then watch the game live with Wave the next day. At the Rolling Stones' event, I can also have a friendly match with Roma fans. This weekend, there is no one happier than a Juventus fan and a Rolling Stones fan who have come together.

So when these 500 fully armed regular soldiers entered the field, those unorganized stragglers began to be attracted to join in.

The unprepared Roma fans were completely bewildered: "Are they here for a show or a game? Why is Wave a Juventus fan?"

"Are all those Rolling Stones musicians Juventus fans? No way, I need to find out more..."

While the Roma fans were chattering away, the Juventus fans were getting increasingly noisy. Some were even timing their reactions and directing the Juventus fans to start setting up their formation!
Seeing this, the Rome music fans felt that things were going to get bad today, and an ominous premonition kept jumping in their subconscious.

The Roma fans completely broke down when a Juventus fan started unfurling a TIFO they'd somehow brought in:
"This is the Rolling Stones, this is Rome, not Turin! How can you old women do this?"

"Look, the Old Lady's logo and the Rolling Stones' tongue logo, are they trying to kick us out?"

(End of this chapter)