Rock and Roll: Glorious Years

Don't be fooled by these rock musicians' flamboyant personalities on stage, who seem like they're unwanted by heaven or hell. But if they approve of you in private, they'll absolutely adore you.

Bian Lang quickly became familiar with everyone, chatting about music arrangement and gossiping about variety shows. While the outside world was unaware of Bian Lang's withdrawal from the competition, it was hardly a secret within the Nanyin Academy of Music.

Now that Magpie was completely relaxed, she had long forgotten her earlier unpleasantness: "Brother Bian, I have to say you're really ruthless. If this show airs, Xia Yuxi will be so angry she'll die."

"It's not entirely my fault. Those guys just had to give us his song. If it had been a different song, we probably would have withdrawn from the competition anyway." Bian Lang also felt that it was really a coincidence. Why did it have to be Xia Yuxi?

Tang Dafeng knew that Bian Lang had sung a really impressive song on the show, but Pan Jianhu refused to show him the video. After hearing "Little Bird," his ears were itching to hear it, so he casually mentioned, "Bian Lang, I heard you sang a really powerful song in the first episode, just as good as that one. How about performing it for everyone now?"

Bian Lang waved his hand and refused, saying, "Let's wait. The song needs to be fully arranged to be truly exciting. It's for the music festival. When Magpie comes over, we'll arrange it together. We'll need your feedback then."

Tang Dafeng didn't press the issue, and instead suggested, "How about we take advantage of having so many musicians and work together to figure out the arrangement for today's song?"

"Brother Dafeng, are you thinking about having your name on the arrangement when the song is released?" Tang Dafeng, who had no such intention, laughed and scolded, "What are you thinking? I just think the lyrics and music are good, it would be a pity if the arrangement was lacking, wouldn't it?"

Bian Lang didn't refuse. There's really no fixed rule when it comes to arranging music; there are quite a few songs that have been adapted from the original and surpassed it. For example, "Love Transaction" was originally a very common and cheesy pop song, but G.E.M. and the Big Wave Band's adaptation completely transformed the song from a square dance song.

However, after a group of people had been messing around for more than an hour, Bian Lang still felt that it wasn't as good as the original.

"How about listening to what I made myself?" After saying that, Bian Lang wrote out the relevant sheet music one by one, handed the sheet music to the relevant musicians, and even played it for the drummer and keyboardist.

The version used was naturally the one from Baojia Street. Although the version performed at Wang Banbi's concert was musically superior, Bian Lang felt it was too bland and lacked the energy of the original Baojia Street version.

Sure enough, the addition of various instruments perfectly captured the loneliness and confusion of the solo acoustic guitar part in the verse!

After the second performance, everyone was even more convinced!

"Bian Lang, you must be the fastest gun in the rock scene! You handle the lyrics, composition, and arrangement all by yourself, and you're good at all the instruments. You're just killing the competition when you record a song!" Faced with the magpie's teasing, Bian Lang directly denied it: "Who's the fastest gun? It's already here. I just had a feeling and happened to think of it, so I took it out!" He then pointed to his head.

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In the afternoon, Magpie brought his instruments to the music store for rehearsal. After seeing the lyrics and sheet music for "No Place to Hide" and "No More Hesitation," he began to regret that he already had a fully formed band.

Rehearsal time flew by, and Saturday arrived in the blink of an eye. "Those Without Ideals Don't Get Hurt" was stuck at number 11 with over 45 downloads, a difference of about 5000 downloads from the top 10. And this not-so-small gap had been maintained for a whole day, as if it had been planned!

Paradise Records is still doing good business. It's only 10 a.m., and people have already started lining up to take photos and check in. Most of them are true music fans, and they all leave with one or two of their favorite records. Zhou Ketong hasn't started her actual job yet, so she's working part-time as a cashier at Paradise Records.

Chen Shuting had been pondering this strange list for a whole day. She had already completed her first step of the routine publicity plan and achieved this result, so she could consider this part of her work done satisfactorily.

However, she noticed something unusual. Normally, when a rock song achieves this level of success, various media outlets and netizens would be happy to participate. But this time, apart from the press releases she paid for or used connections to publish, there were almost no people trying to ride the wave of popularity. This made her realize that the Rolling Stones might be being deliberately targeted.

She had previously suspected it was Magic Disc, but after talking to Pan Jianhu on the phone this morning, she ruled it out because neither Magic Disc's singers nor bands have any plans to release new songs this month.

Therefore, she focused her attention on the top 10 singers.

Upon closer analysis, she actually found some clues. The download numbers of the four idols ranked 10th to 7th were within 5000, and they all belonged to the same studio under a major entertainment company. The owner of this studio was "Kui," one of the four top idols who was "undisputed."

This artist's full name is Liu Xiaokui. He debuted through a talent show and now mainly appears in various historical dramas and popular variety shows. His studio was just established last year. Perhaps because he himself is tone-deaf and wanted to improve, most of the artists his studio has discovered and signed are singers.

The four members of TFBOYS who were mentioned earlier by Rock Records all sang new songs on a music variety show they participated in. It was because of this exposure, and because the competition this month was relatively less intense, that they chose to release new songs at this time.

Their goal was clear: if everyone stayed in the top 10, they would have accomplished their mission.

Having figured all this out, Chen Shuting also understood why Bian Lang's "entertainment industry study committee member" trending topic, despite the boost from a pop diva and a bunch of other celebrities, didn't stay on the trending list for more than a few hours. Similarly, "Hand-held Tractor Ski," despite the added boost from movie promotion, quickly lost its momentum after entering the top 20.

This isn't directed at Rolling Stones, but at all new songs that have a chance of making it into the top 10!

"It's only been a few days, there's no need to be so nervous, is there?" Bian Lang's sudden appearance startled Chen Shuting: "Bian Lang, why are you like a ghost, walking without making a sound?"

"You're too focused. It's only the 4th today. Don't be so nervous. I think the people ahead of us should be nervous..."

Bian Lang's reverse interpretation made Chen Shuting feel much clearer: "Indeed, they are the ones who should be nervous."

"What's the situation with Kapok? Is she still not answering calls or replying to messages?"

After Huang Kai confirmed his arrival, Bian Lang told Mu Mian about it and promised to take her along. Mu Mian said it was fine; even if she didn't have any performances for a while, she could still learn from Huang Kai.

But so many days have passed and there's still no news, so Bian Lang can't help but worry.

"He replied to my message last night, saying there was still something he hadn't finished dealing with..." Upon hearing the word "finished," Bian Lang basically guessed what it was.

After Chen Shuting finished speaking, she habitually refreshed the music charts again, only to find that the four members of TFBOYS had started to put on a strong performance!

The 11th place player widened the gap between himself and Bian Lang from about 5000 to 20,000.

Just as she was wondering what was going on, the little witch sent her a link. After reading it, she suddenly realized, "We're really unlucky this time." She then handed the phone to Bian Lang.