Rock and Roll: Glorious Years

Those music fans who recognized Huang Kai were even more delighted:

"Wow, this is Kai-ge!"

"Congratulations to our player Bianlang for winning a game against Modie!"

"This is a complete showdown! You poached my Li Yiliang, I'll steal your Huang Kai! Magic Disc has truly lost both its wife and its army!"

"Trading Li Yiliang for Huang Kai is like trading a minion for a hero—a huge win for him!"

As for Pan Jianhu, who stood behind the keyboard to act as a guest keyboardist, rock fans collectively began to worship him:

"Tiger Lord!"

"Tiger Lord is awesome! It's been so many years since he's performed live..."

"Bian Lang is awesome, he managed to gather these three great masters!"

"The Magic Disc is in grave danger!"

Ignoring the jokes from netizens, the four greeted each other and began their performance: "My favorite record store..." The moment they uttered those words, the entire live stream chat erupted in cheers.

"Finally! A new song release with a free live stream, I'm a fan now!"

"I'm giving a reward to the Master of the Realm, and I'm requesting a special facial enhancement for King Bianyan!"

"A tip for Brother Zhangjing, please let Bian Dashen do a great electric guitar solo!"

The Yan faction and the tech faction are now at war!

Bian Lang and his group were doing a live stream in Mid-Levels. Monday happened to be the regular "Open the door" performance time in Mid-Levels. It just so happened that Bian Lang and his group released a new song in the early hours of Tuesday. So Lao Tan moved the original opening time of 8 o'clock back by 4 hours to let Bian Lang and his group open the show.

Anyway, "Open the door" is just a small gathering for independent musicians in Yunnan Province to have fun, and they don't care about the time.

Now the bar is mostly filled with musicians and regulars, all there to listen to music. There are no guys playing drinking games, dice games, or picking up girls. The atmosphere is amazing.

During the first interlude, Zilong, who was in charge of filming, gave a shot of the bar, which made the viewers in the live stream quite envious.

"Holy crap, give me an address. I'm in Kunming. Is it too late to take a taxi there now?"

"I'm so envious. It's a free live event, and it's Bian Dashen's first appearance."

"The atmosphere was absolutely amazing... It's every music fan's dream..."

Looking at these comments, the little witch in the private room halfway up the mountain was secretly delighted! As for why she didn't just broadcast the live stream and chose to do a live chat instead, it was the best mutual traffic-driving solution provided by Bilibili.

After Bian Lang and his group finished their performance, they explained the release of their new song and urged their fans to download it. Then, the next musicians took the stage.

At first, the fans in the live stream were reluctant and kept calling for an encore, but after finding that the musicians who came on later were also quite good, they started praising them:

"Hey, witch, you have resources like this? Why didn't you bring them out sooner?"

"Will this be a regular feature from now on? If so, I'll be staying in your livestream room!"

For these music fans, it was like discovering a new world; it was much more exciting than those fake faces singing pop songs all night with million-dollar sound effects.

Bilibili's backend also provided another wave of targeted traffic, which managed to push Bian Lang's live stream popularity on Bilibili to the top of the music chart during this otherwise lackluster period, with Little Witch following closely behind!

After watching the Rolling Stones' performance on his tablet, Si Gu's boss, Li Hao, exclaimed, "These people from Yunnan really know how to have fun! They're really good at partying here. Looks like they've joined the Nanyin music scene!" With that, he picked up his tablet and went to find Pan Xiulong, who was drinking with the musicians.

"Brother Xiulong, I have to say, your Magic Disc team is really audacious! It's bad enough that Tiger signed Bian Lang, but then you sent Huang Kai over too! Isn't the industry chaotic enough already?!"

This time, Pan Xiulong didn't need to call to ask anything; he instantly realized what was going on. Although he was furious inside, he still said arrogantly, "Nanyin is a million miles away from us. Even if Bianlang is awesome, he's just a band. We, Modie, are still the king of the rock scene."

"Fine! You're awesome!" Li Hao didn't say anything more, picked up his tablet and went back to download Rock Records' new song.

After the performance, the group returned to their private room. Chen Shuting, who was constantly checking the data for the new song on her phone, announced the numbers: "Total downloads: 17,300; No. 1 on the rock new song chart; No. 37 on the overall chart."

Upon hearing the numbers, Pan Jianhu laughed: "It's definitely number one on the rock charts, and its 37th place ranking on the overall charts should be the highest achievement for a rock song this year."

"Yeah, it was number one on the rock charts last month, but it didn't even make it into the top 50 of the overall charts. And this isn't even the final result. There were over 7 viewers in the two live streams. Even if half of them downloaded the app, that's still over 3. They're probably all busy watching the later shows right now. Let's check again tomorrow morning!"

With a huge weight lifted from her shoulders, Chen Shuting put down her phone, raised her wine glass, and said, "Rolling Stones never stop! May your new song be a huge hit!"

That night, everyone got very drunk, and except for Chen Shuting and Bian Lang, everyone else slept on the hillside.

The next day, Bian Lang woke up at around 9 a.m.

After washing up, I called Dayong and Huang Kai and woke them up. I had to go to the radio station to record a program at noon, so I got up now to refresh myself so I wouldn't be tired in the afternoon.

Then he turned on his computer and started looking at the data.

"37,000 downloads, 31st on the overall charts, keep up the good work!"

Bian Lang was basically satisfied with the results on the first day. Looking up the list, he saw mostly unfamiliar names until he saw Xia Yuxi's new song "Let's Dance Together" in the top 5, ranking fourth. It had already reached over 16 downloads in less than 24 hours, which was almost five times that of Rolling Stone.

The top three are all young and handsome male celebrities, with downloads all exceeding 30, and the number one has already surpassed 40.

"As expected, capital still values ​​traffic. As long as the King and Queen of Singers don't emerge, nothing major will happen." Of course, he doesn't count himself while he's having fun.

The radio recording went smoothly in the afternoon. Bian Lang sang a section on the spot. When asked if his creative inspiration came from the area around Jianshe Road, Bian Lang still told the truth: "It really came to mind from there."

Hong Ke naturally didn't believe Bian Lang's nonsense, but he didn't delve into it on the show. Afterwards, he jokingly said, "Still holding a grudge about that? That's enough. Anyone in the industry with good connections knows you wrote this song."

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In a high-end residential area in Beijing, pop diva Guo Sichu was diligently practicing the basic melody 53231323 on her guitar. Her friend Liu Yao, who was giving her pointers, scratched his head and said, "Sister Chu, I think you should just give up. With your voice and singing skills, it's ridiculous for someone almost 40 to still be learning an instrument. It's like you're leaving no room for newcomers!"

"Can't you put a little more effort into this as a teacher! I don't ask for much, just one piece would be enough. Every time I see you perform on stage, you're so cool! I'm so envious!"

Liu Yao waved his hand and laughed, "What's that? Recently, a monster has emerged in the rock scene who can play Loop Station live. That guy is really cool."

"Oh, that guy Bian Lang, I downloaded his new song last night and really liked it. Where can I watch the Loop Station video? I want to check it out to see how handsome he really is." Although she is almost 40 years old, Guo Sichu, who is still single, is not as reserved in private as she is in front of the screen.

"It should be on Weibo, go search for it."

A moment later, Guo Sichu, who was holding a tablet, was stunned: "Are all the newcomers in your rock scene this curvy?"

That evening, at Paradise Records, the little witch who had been livestreaming all day was resting on the sofa and browsing Weibo. In order to maintain the popularity of yesterday's livestream, she and Chen Shuting discussed and started livestreaming around Jianshe Road, mainly introducing the three scenes mentioned in the song, and also helping the record store sell some CDs.

"Witch, put in a lot more effort in this promotion. You helped Bian Lang solidify his fan base in the niche circles in the early stages. When we launch our combined attacks later, if other people's fans come to challenge us, at least we will have a basic base."

The little witch gave an OK sign and said, "Don't worry, Sister Shuting, look, everyone's starting to make fun of things under Bian Dashen's Weibo posts now."

"What's the joke?"

"Master Bian is practically the study committee member of the entertainment industry!" The little witch handed over her phone.

Chen Shuting looked through the earliest high-definition video of the scene that Bian Lang had posted. The popularity that had previously faded had been reignited by the release of the new song last night and the live stream on Bilibili. The comments had now exceeded 10,000!

"Transcription in progress, Bian's solo is really hard on the hands."

"I'm so frustrated, I'm so frustrated. It looks easy, but I can't learn it in one try."

"Who said this was a music video before? This is clearly an instructional video, okay?"

"Bian Lang, I urge you to act like a human being! I, Wu Ya, am watching and learning under my real name!"

"Hey upstairs, are you sure you're not watching a proper instructional video?"

After that, the style of the comments basically followed this format. First, the "Uncrowned Kings" four little top idols were all dragged out and discussed by netizens, and then it started to spread to the four "well-deserved" top idols. Later, any famous singer was dragged out and discussed by netizens.

Until an ID named "Chuchu Loves Singing" posted: "I'm so jealous of Bian Lang's skill in playing instruments. Guo Sichu is watching and learning!"

Upon seeing it, Chen Shuting clicked on it immediately. As soon as the screen switched over, the striking red V made the little witch gasp, "OMG! Is this the Queen's real name?"