Rock and Roll: Glorious Years

After watching the Rolling Stones' live performance up close, Yang Meng's mind was immediately opened. She made several revisions, and when she finally produced the finished product, Bian Lang had to try more than a dozen times before he was able to achieve a 6-key, 9034-note all-combo.

Since it was a test, the other two didn't rush to play; instead, they offered suggestions to Yang Meng to increase the difficulty.

Bian Lang switched to double speed again and completed the All combo challenge at a speed of nearly 52 BPM.

With a long sigh of relief, Bian Lang made the decision immediately: "This is it. Let's wait for their reply."

An hour later, Yang Meng's account received a reply from the game's official team that the manual review had been passed and she could upload the song sheet music. She immediately chose to upload both versions at the same time.

At this time, it was exactly 10 a.m. in the UK. The buzz surrounding Bian Lang's new song chart, which started early yesterday morning, has now intensified.

Those foreigners who watched Yang Meng's game videos and fell in love with this Chinese rock song are now eagerly waiting to take on the challenge.

As soon as Yang Meng updated her status, hundreds of players purchased the item and started the challenge.

But when they finally got crushed on the medium difficulty and were about to complain, they found that three more players with all combos had appeared on the leaderboard for that chart.

The Rolling Stones Wave：Advanced difficulty 2X perfect All combo

The Rolling Stones H：Advanced difficulty All combo

The Rolling Stones Magpie:Advanced difficulty All combo

These three accounts with identical ID prefixes immediately attracted the attention of these foreign players:

"Are these three members of this Chinese rock band?"

"The Rolling Stones, what a cool band name!"

The international student who claimed to have found his family early yesterday morning also logged out of the game. Having already done his homework on the band, he began to educate the foreign players about the members: "If they are all band members, Wave should be the lead singer and lead guitarist of the Rolling Stones, H is bassist, I'm not sure about Magpie, but I'm sure he's not the drummer!"

This explanation completely ignited the fighting spirit of these foreign players:

"Are they paying homage to Hattie? I think they need an album from them as a reward for successfully completing this challenge!"

"That's an interesting suggestion, and I'd love to hear more songs from the Rolling Stones!"

After seeing these comments, Chen Shuting shook her head and sighed inwardly, "I never dreamed I'd have the opportunity to collaborate with a Chinese rock band that has the potential to gain international recognition!"

Thinking of this, she said to Bian Lang very seriously, "The album should be put on the agenda. Whether it's an EP or a mini-album, I suggest releasing a physical copy as soon as possible. You have so many good songs. As long as the rehearsals keep up and there's post-production, releasing a big album in three months shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Bian Lang has given this issue serious consideration. Although his mindset has changed and he wants to be as fast as possible, the fundamental premise of ensuring quality cannot be changed.

After all, physical albums have a completely different meaning. Music fans spend money to buy them not just to listen to the songs, but also as the most romantic way to express their feelings for the band!

Although the songs he has now registered the copyright for are all classics, they are all piecemeal and disjointed.

The album features over 40 songs by more than a dozen singers and bands, with a wide variety of styles and themes. There are also several songs sung by female singers, which Bian Lang feels should never have been sung by male singers. Therefore, it's practically impossible to find many songs that could form a complete album.

As for creating several different arrangements of a classic song and compiling them into an album, that kind of fancy approach isn't impossible, but it's not the right time yet. Such albums are definitely not for the general music fanbase; they're limited editions for audiophiles and hardcore fans to savor and collect.

But as Chen Shuting said, this matter definitely needs to be put on the agenda. After all, most of the fans who come to Paradise Records every day are there for Rolling Stone, and the most frequent questions they ask are, "Do you have any records? When will they be released?"

"Hmm, give me a few days to think about it," Bian Lang replied seriously.

That evening, just as the group was about to close up shop, Zhu Yan, the "hands-off manager," appeared, saying he had something to discuss with Bian Lang, and the others left.

The two didn't go halfway up the mountain; instead, they had the waiter bring down a dozen shaved ice cookies and started chatting in the shop.

"Bian Lang, I really have to thank you for this. Business has picked up dramatically these past few days. At this rate, it looks like we won't have to close the shop." This was clearly a veiled message, so Bian Lang didn't respond. He clinked glasses with Zhu Yan and waited for him to continue.

"I have an idea, I'll tell you and you can think about it. I've found that the radio job suits me quite well, and it will only get busier in the future, so I'm thinking of giving you a portion of the shares in the record store and having you manage it through your studio. What do you think?"

Bian Lang knew that the record store's current state wasn't a long-term solution, but he hadn't expected Zhu Yan to offer this kind of solution. He took out his cigarette case, offered one to Zhu Yan, lit one for himself, and then asked, "How exactly do you plan to do it?"

Seeing that Bian Lang didn't immediately refuse, Zhu Yan lit a cigarette and continued, "I'll keep 30%, and give you the rest. We'll calculate the assets based on the current purchase price of the records in stock. I'll still be in charge of purchasing the goods for now, but the rest is up to you. If you agree, I'll take some time in the next few days to come over and take stock of the inventory."

Bian Lang thought of the successful business cases of Modern Sky in various cities in his previous life, where the business formats overlapped and he felt that this matter was quite reliable and would help the growth of the Rolling Stone Music label.

"Okay, I'll agree to it for now, but I have some ideas about how to do it. Let me sort out my thoughts and then we can talk about it."

Once the business was settled, Zhu Yan felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders, and the conversation then turned to his own work: "After your new song was released, the audience feedback was very good, so I did a project on niche music in China, and it aired today and the results were very good. Hong Ke and I discussed it and decided to try it out as a regular program."

"That's a good thing. How can I help you?" Bian Lang knew that he would definitely ask for help later.

"You know, I don't listen to many works by domestic rock and independent musicians. I don't have enough material, so I need to ask you for some resources."

Bian Lang took a sip of his drink and laughed, "We're practically brothers who've been working in the same pot for ages, Brother Yan, just tell me straight, do you want me to recommend some Nanyin music resources to you?"

"Yes, let's start with the locals." Zhu Yan didn't hesitate and readily admitted it.

"Okay, I'll arrange a time with Tiger. By the way, speaking of which, I think the store really doesn't have enough domestic records; we should add some more."

Zhu Yan took a drag of his cigarette and said somewhat dejectedly, "That's true, but I don't have those connections. The big domestic companies all have their own established physical album distribution channels, which I can't get involved in. I've contacted smaller companies and independent musicians before, but they all think my shop is too small and they don't have the time to deal with that..."

Hearing this, Bian Lang remembered the group of musicians he had met during the show, and immediately took on the task: "Okay, I'll figure something out. The big companies might not make a move for a while, but the small companies and independent musicians should be fine. Tomorrow I'll have Nanyin send over some albums from all the bands in the company."

"Oh yeah! How could I have forgotten about that?"