Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 966 Rolling Stones Plus a Superstar: The Entertainment Industry is Stunned

As the screams grew louder, the monkey finally breathed a sigh of relief. Whether or not he was chasing girls was secondary; losing face would be a real joke.

Guo Sichu took off her mask and hat, ruffled her hair to make it look more voluminous, then walked out of the control room, took the CD from the monkey's hand, looked at it, and then asked Wang Ying, who was still in a daze, "Name?"

"Wang...Wang Ying...King Chu, are you real?"

After quickly signing CDs, Guo Sichu pulled over a satisfied-looking monkey, and the three of them took a photo together. Just as the crowd was about to burst the Sisters Who Make Waves fried chicken shop, she shouted, "Wait for me at the square!" and then dashed out the back door like a shot.

The crowd that had been completely blocking the entrance scattered like birds and beasts.

"Hurry up, go wait over there at the big screen!"

"Guo Sichu! This is Guo Sichu alive! Go and catch her!"

"Wow, no wonder the owner of this place is really Sister Bianlang!"

Even Wang Ying's friends abandoned her and rushed towards the big screen. This commotion caused the elderly people dancing in the square to stop: "Hey, what's that over there saying?"

"I don't recognize him/her. Which celebrity is coming?"

"I overheard someone say it was about Guo Sichu!"

"Oh, oh, oh! Is that the guy from our Spring City who's been flirting with other girls?"

"Yeah, how about we pause for a bit and give Bian Lang some face? We can also join in the fun and see what's really going on on stage?"

Seeing the leading auntie turn off the speaker, Monkey, who had been repeatedly defeated by the aunties in his battles against their noise from square dancing, was shocked: "Why is this happening? Is this the kind of influence Guo Sichu, the queen of pop, has?"

After saying that, Monkey looked at Wang Ying, who was still standing there in a daze, and said with a smile, "Why are you still here? Aren't you going over there to wait for Sister Chu Chu?"

Wang Ying felt like she was dreaming just now. Now that she'd come to her senses, she looked at the somewhat "miserable" shop and said with a generous smile, "I'm not going. I don't believe anyone could be luckier than me tonight. To thank you, I'll stay and help you with some work..."

This has left the monkey bewildered. However, he has another very important task today. He had previously thought that it would be difficult for him to coordinate alone, but now that he has a helper, things will be even better.

"Um, there's something really meaningful going on later, could you come with me?"

"what's up?"

"You know Little Witch, right? She's the number one die-hard fan of Rolling Stones..." After listening to Monkey's story, Wang Ying felt that if she could experience something like that with Monkey in her life, her life would be absolutely perfect!

……

At 7:30 PM sharp, "The Big Band" premiered on Bilibili and Blueberry TV. On Bilibili, the number of concurrent viewers instantly reached 200 million, nearly giving the tech team a fright. As for Blueberry TV, although real-time ratings weren't available, the crowds at the major squares in Kunming gave a rough estimate.

As Guo Sichu appeared with Rolling Stone Records, cheers erupted everywhere – online, on television, and in public squares.

"That outfit is so cool!"

"The Queen of Pop's band is the Rolling Stones? This script is amazing!"

"If things can stay this way, then I think it's fine if Bian Lang is banned for life. If you want to see his performance, just find an excuse to go to Europe!"

"Hey bro, it's highly unlikely that Bian Lang will be performing in Ukraine!"

As for the scene at People's Square, Guo Sichu, escorted by security personnel, appeared in an area that had already been cleared. After greeting the people in the square, she faced the large screen and watched the screen with everyone else.

"Longing is a kind of..."

Although the sound system on the large screen was very poor, the Chu soldiers present had a special ability: their ears could automatically correct the deviations in Guo Sichu's voice caused by the equipment problem.

So when Guo Sichu sang with her eyes closed, her fans at People's Square started cheering:
"The King of Chu truly captured the essence of the word 'longing' in his singing!"

"What should I do? I think this couple is kind of adorable!"

"Oh my god, someone do something about this woman who's in heat!" The fan who said this was only two or three meters away from Guo Sichu. She not only guessed Guo Sichu's mood while singing from the expressions on the big screen, but also from Guo Sichu's infatuated look at that moment...

Guo Sichu heard this, of course, but she laughed even more smugly.

As a public figure, she has always been aware that her relationship is not always just a private matter between the two of them. There is no need to hide anything. Openly showing it off is the most suitable way for her and Bian Lang to get along.

"I'm willing to be banished to the ends of the earth for you, I'm willing to be banished for you..."

During the second chorus, many music lovers at People's Square, inspired by the rhythm, spontaneously joined in singing along with Guo Sichu: "Even if the next second... I'd do anything for you..."

Faced with this situation, the little witch who came to the live stream with the Rolling Stone team went into a rambling mode: "What... what kind of amazing fans are these? Does Sister Chu Chu have to be so obvious in showing off her love?"

Many of Little Witch's long-time fans are watching on two devices right now. They're either watching "The Big Band" on their computers or TVs, or watching the live stream on their phones or tablets.

When they heard the chorus from the Little Witch's live stream, they all had a strange feeling. Although it was a new song, it felt like an old song that had been forgotten deep in their memories, and then, unexpectedly, it was suddenly dug up again.

This feeling of both strangeness and familiarity made these people think, "Bian Lang is really too awesome!"

Just then, the little witch suddenly screamed in front of the live stream camera. The camera had been filming the entire scene, but suddenly it shifted to make her the center of the frame. Then she saw Lao Zheng kneel down on one knee, and Guo Sichu leading the shouts, "Say yes!" Completely stunned, the little witch never imagined she would witness such a romantic scene today. And Lao Zheng, who usually seemed rather clueless about social situations, had actually pulled off something so amazing!
With a thousand witnesses, "I Do" as background music, and a pop diva supporting her, this perfect proposal scene—a perfect storm of timing, location, and people—was something the little witch knew would never happen again, and no one could replicate it. On a whim, she nodded and accepted the flowers from Old Zheng. After the ring was placed on her finger, she heard Guo Sichu's cheering voice: "Kiss!"

At this moment, gifts were flying everywhere in Little Witch's live stream. Many viewers were typing "cursing" in the chat: "This guy got off too easy. Little Witch is such a good girl!"

"So what if you can take photos and videos? I can too, damn... I'll just send a rocket as a token..."

"My witch..."

"To be honest, as a woman, faced with such an unprecedented situation, even if it's just for a bit of fun, I'd still agree!"

"This guy's brains and luck are absolutely top-notch. You'll never get another chance like this in your life!"

The top female fan, who rarely appears in the live stream anymore, actually sneaked in today and gave the little witch a huge reward.

Although the whole process only lasted a few minutes like a flash, Lao Zheng had been researching and planning it for a long time. He originally wanted to hold it at the Rolling Stone Music Festival, but as a semi-insider, he made the decision directly after considering a series of background factors.

Then, without telling Little Witch, he asked Chen Shuting for help. As Little Witch's top supporter, Chen Shuting readily agreed upon hearing about it. Although he hadn't known Lao Zheng for very long, Lao Zheng's character in the industry was beyond reproach.

Therefore, Chen Shuting was happy to see it happen and hoped that Little Witch and Lao Zheng could have a good outcome.

As Chen Shuting watched the fake onlookers in the live stream fire celebratory cannons, a fond, aunt-like smile spread across her face: "This is wonderful! Nobody else will get this kind of opportunity again! I hope Bian Lang's day comes soon too!"

Countless male fans at the scene were filled with regret: "Damn it, why didn't I think of that? Even if it wasn't a proposal, a confession would have been fine!"

Meanwhile, in Berlin, after watching the song in Hoffmann's video room, everyone immediately looked at Bian Lang and said, "Brother Lang, aren't you going to respond?"

Bian Lang looked at the smiles on everyone's faces and nodded, saying, "Let's watch first, let's watch first, and then we'll talk!"

For some reason, the song title that came to his mind at this moment was "Jade Butterfly," but Bian Lang's memory of the song was limited to simply knowing the title.

And for those music fans who didn't know about the Little Witch, more than half were captivated by Guo Sichu's new song.

Then, topics like #Guo Sichu's emotional love song brought tears to people's eyes# and #The King Returns, the Goddess of Love Songs Has Someone She Loves# quickly climbed to the top of the trending search list.

Liang Kuan, who was constantly monitoring the data and network conditions, immediately called Amir's China Marketing Director as soon as he saw the topic of Guo Sichu's outfit for the event.

They were prepared, but they were mentally prepared to spend their own money to create buzz. They didn't expect this year's netizens to be so easy to manage. They just needed to boost the traffic, and they would take care of everything else.

After hanging up the phone, the person in charge of online public opinion monitoring on the team said, "It's still the same. Every time we prepare a budget for Chuchu to buy traffic, we basically don't use it much."

"Yeah, especially since tonight's main focus is 'The Big Band,' if we steal the show's thunder... But it's fine this time, the show is practically our own, and nobody will say anything about this kind of money flowing in and out of our pockets!"

The staff at Bilibili were secretly praying as the screen was filled with all sorts of well wishes: "Please don't let it crash, or we'll make a huge fool of ourselves!"

"When the peak exceeded 400 million, I truly admired Director Chen's foresight. Who could have believed it before that?"

"It seems we underestimated Rolling Stones, Bian Lang, and Guo Sichu!"

It wasn't just Bilibili that felt underestimated; the three major music platforms, along with anyone following this issue, simultaneously unleashed their most emotionally charged profanities.

Ma Yuan: "This is so unfair! I refreshed it once after it went live, and then the number after the 5 increased by 5 digits. I refreshed it again and it became 7 digits. Guo Sichu and Rolling Stone are a royal flush. This can only be the number 1 this year!"

Shrimp Seed: "EMMM, this is terrifying! Tens of thousands of downloads in the blink of an eye. I'm starting to suspect that the data team is faking it?"

Yuncun: "Holy crap, what kind of amazing data is this? Quick, call the data team and ask if they've used a customer's account again..."

In the few minutes before Liu Yao and the No. 1 Anxiang Road Band took the stage, Guo Sichu's Rolling Stones, with absolutely overwhelming and overwhelming data, completely stunned and convinced those who thought they had already secured the top spots on the new song charts at the end of September.

Among them was Liu Xingwu, who had maintained a commanding lead since the first day of September, consistently holding the top spot on the new song chart. At the time, people within the company felt they had made the right bet, even though the new song would be released by The Big Band at the end of the month, they felt confident based on the timing.

But who could have imagined that Guo Sichu, without any warning, would just use rolling stones to pin him to the ground and rub him against the ground?

I thought his lead was in the hundreds of thousands, but with Guo Sichu, that number reached the millions!

However, the atmosphere inside Liu Xingwu's studio was still quite good. His manager even joked, "It's okay, we're still second. That's basically it. It's impossible for anyone to shake our second place on the new song chart."

Liu Xingwu is currently feeling very upset. He had previously teamed up with Xia Yuxi's haters to do something against Xia Yuxi and Rolling Stone, but they hadn't gotten away with it, so he was feeling quite uncomfortable.

He might verbally agree with Bian Lang, but he wouldn't truly respect him. After all, if his mindset used fans as the sole measure of success, then there was a whole solar system between him and Bian Lang.

But he was also frustrated by losing time and time again, especially since Bian Lang was being blacklisted in China.

When the news first came out, he was so excited that he wanted to post a celebratory message on Weibo. But in the end, his team persuaded him to stay calm, and even some sarcastic comments posted by some vengeful fans were dealt with by the team.

Thinking that he had secured his position this month and wouldn't have to worry about running into Rolling Stones and Bian Lang again for the next year, a combination he felt was even more formidable appeared.

"Yes, we're definitely going to be second. Losing to Guo Sichu, the queen of singers, isn't something to be ashamed of!"

But just then, his assistant suddenly blurted out, "Oh my, Liu Yao is coming up with his band!"

(End of this chapter)