Rock and Roll: Glorious Years

In the UK, after finishing his daily practice, Hatter's guitarist Bob turned on Crazy Scale to see if his band's record had been broken.

As soon as it went live, it was bombarded with private messages from various players in the game. And the content had nothing to do with the extremely difficult Hater chart; instead, it asked him to challenge a brand new, highly difficult chart.

He had received similar messages before, but never on such a grand scale as this one. Filled with intense curiosity, he directly purchased and downloaded the app.

Upon seeing the song's title, he got a little excited: "Oh, it's a rock song from China? That's something to look forward to!"

As is his habit, he won't start playing a new song he hasn't heard before, and he won't even look at the sheet music. Instead, he'll put on his headphones, close his eyes, and listen to the music first to see how it sounds.

He thought the beginning was pretty good, but when the chorus and interlude came in, he got excited: "It's really good, very flavorful punk music." Although he couldn't understand a single lyric, as a world-class guitarist, he could clearly feel the emotions expressed in the melody.

After listening to the music, Bob became eager to try it out. He carefully looked at the sheet music twice, listened to the song again, and then began his challenge...

……

Bian Lang returned to the record store, just as he was about to discuss with Chen Shuting what Zhu Yan had mentioned the night before, when he saw Yang Meng there as well.

"Bian Lang, you've come at the right time. The two scores that Xiao Meng made are about to explode in popularity on Crazy Scale."

Before Chen Shuting could finish speaking, Yang Meng chimed in, "No one has been able to successfully complete the high-difficulty 2x speed challenge since yesterday, so some busybodies left messages for Hatter's guitarist, asking him to do it... and he actually came today and did it at 2x speed, but not the perfect all combo."

"And then?" Bian Lang felt that this was something only foreigners would do. If it were a domestic artist, they might not even bother with you if it wasn't their own song.

He said he really liked the melody of the song and hoped you could release it on European music platforms as soon as possible. He also invited you to take on the extremely difficult sheet music by the band Hatter, and he personally offered a signed guitar as a reward for your sheet music, encouraging everyone to take on the challenge.

Then their fans started a crazy challenge, and now "Those Without Ideals Don't Get Hurt" is at number 7 on the Crazy Scale challenge popularity chart!

As soon as Yang Meng finished speaking, Chen Shuting continued, "Perhaps because of this incident, the gap between the new song and the 10th place has narrowed to less than 5000. Moreover, some domestic players of Crazy Scale posted about this on Weibo, and many music fans who like your songs went to play it. Those who couldn't access the internet went to Rhythm Master to look for it, but when they found it wasn't there, they started complaining."

It's said that game companies only care about money and don't support domestic rock music. There are also those stirring up trouble, saying you're groveling to foreign games and look down on collaborating with domestic games…

Hearing this, Bian Lang got angry and looked at Yang Meng and said sarcastically, "Is this a scheme orchestrated by your company?" Bian Lang knew that if Chen Shuting could say this, it meant that the scale of this stunt was quite large.

Yang Meng was embarrassed by these words, and the key point was that she herself felt that it was very likely that her company was behind this.

"Teacher Bian, I don't know about that. I'm just a music composer."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Shuting said, "It's possible that Kui Xing Studio did this, since we are their biggest competitor now."

Bian Lang didn't really care whether Rhythm Master cooperated with him or not, since it wasn't part of his plan anyway. But now that people were accusing him of groveling to foreign games, he couldn't stand it anymore.

"Sister Chen, let's issue a statement. Let's not hide this from the public..."

After understanding, Chen Shuting said directly, "It's all set up, just waiting for your approval. I'll send you a screenshot of the collaboration email from Rhythm Master, as well as the licensing and revenue-sharing agreement with China Dream. Also, please try Canon again; Yang Meng wants to record it..."

Upon hearing this, Bian Lang looked at Yang Meng with a very strange expression.

The latter put on a playful expression and said, "Actually, I came to see Teacher Bian yesterday about this matter—a task assigned by the company, which I just forgot about. As for the chart on Crazy Scale, that was uploaded by China Dream; what does it have to do with me?"

Bian Lang had to admit that he was no match for Chen Shuting when it came to scheming!

He lit a cigarette, put it in his mouth, took out his phone and opened the game, only to find that his game account had been banned...

"Are they using me as a cheat code?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Meng leaned over to take a look, then opened WeChat and asked her colleague, who was a technician.

After receiving a correct answer, she said seriously, "That's perfect, let's film the verification footage without any cheating."

Bian Lang registered a new account named "Banned Rolling Stone" and prepared to start the Canon challenge. At the same time, Yang Meng took out her phone, pointed it at Bian Lang's phone screen and started recording. She also borrowed Chen Shuting's phone, turned on the timer function and placed it above Bian Lang's phone.

After the official game challenge was completed, Bian Lang was allowed to enter the game again, move around a few times, and then wait to die, to show that he hadn't cheated.

Then he uploaded the video using his own Weibo account and tagged his company's official Weibo account. Bian Lang also uploaded the video using his own Weibo account.

Less than 10 minutes later, her phone rang. Seeing it was a colleague from the planning department, she answered immediately: "Xiaomeng, is that player really Bianlang? Just let me know first, and I can get the tech department to unban him..."

"Hmm, what's up? Are you guys still working overtime on Sunday?"

The person on the other end was clearly annoyed by Yang Meng's off-topic answer: "Xiao Meng, you don't know what's going on online, do you? A chartist made a chart for the Rolling Stones' new song and posted it on Crazy Scale, and it's causing quite a stir overseas. We were all called back to work overtime, and I bet Mr. Qi from the copyright department will be looking for you soon."

Meanwhile, in the copyright department office of Rhythm Master, Qi Hongtu was like an ant on a hot pan, pacing back and forth around the desk.

The incident actually had little to do with his copyright department. After all, the collaboration on the theme song was decided upon last month, and he, as the head of the copyright department, was simply following the rules. However, later, people from Kui Xing Studio invited him to dinner alone, asking him for a small favor.

The content is that if there are songs competing with the studio's four songs for the charts that are going to be released in the game, let him handle it within his authority. It would be best if the songs weren't released at all, but if that's not possible, delay the release time, at least until the end of the month or the following month.

Of course, red envelopes are a must!

So, after receiving Yang Meng's OA application, he glanced at the ranking of "Those Without Ideals Don't Get Hurt" and saw that it was right behind those four songs. Following the company's normal procedures, he sent the collaboration invitation to Rock Records.

The production time was indeed a bit exaggerated, but it was still within the company's normal range. Originally, I was thinking of persuading them to quit if possible, and if not, I would just drag it out until the end of the month.

But the way Rolling Stones responded caught him off guard!

According to data from the technical department, fans who like Bian Lang's songs directly added more than 20,000 new users to the game today. However, after logging in and not seeing the song, they immediately gave the game a one-star review.

For a game that has been past its peak for more than three years and relies on the stickiness of its old users, 20,000 new daily users is already a result that can be discussed in a meeting. Since the start of the sound collaboration, it has only seen a growth of more than 10,000 on the first day...

Now this incident has resulted in the game attracting over 20,000 haters!

If he doesn't acquire the copyright to "Those Without Ideals Don't Get Hurt" today, he'll be in for a beating at tomorrow's meeting.