Rock and Roll: Glorious Years

Bob, who had been following Rolling Stones, discovered the song shortly after its release.

Without hesitation, he downloaded both songs and listened to them. Then, he shared the songs on his YouTube account: "Finally, I don't have to listen to music on Crazy Scale anymore! Huayue's new song 'Blacken the Night' is so imaginative! Why wasn't I among those 29 bands?!"

Meanwhile, Olaf's YouTube account also announced that the two songs had been released on European music platforms. However, this time Olaf did not offer a lengthy review, but simply said, "Good music can transcend language and racial barriers."

"Those Without Ideals Don't Get Hurt" was already quite popular on Crazy Scale, and now with recommendations from two music industry heavyweights, the song has been downloaded more than 80,000 times on European music platforms within 6 hours.

The data for "Dye the Night Black" made everyone at Hoffman Entertainment question themselves and check the percentage of the data. After confirming that less than 10% of the 12 downloads were from Chinese users, Walker happily ordered a bottle of champagne.

Even in China, this speed would rival that of top celebrities.

On the domestic music charts, "Those Without Ideals Don't Get Hurt" has climbed to fifth place. "Dye the Night Black" has directly entered the top three, with the two songs sandwiching Xia Yuxi's songs in between.

Seeing this result, Bai Dao, who was insulted by the fans of Kui Xing Four Little Ones for his witty comments on "Dye the Night Black", finally felt a sense of revenge.

He made a rare public statement by posting a rebuttal on Weibo: "You're all about sales figures, huh? Come on, let me tell you, I don't know how popular the Rolling Stones' songs are in China, but their performance in Europe is just so-so..."

Although no names were mentioned, the sarcastic tone in the words infuriated the fans of the four boys!

But having no strong counter-arguments, they could only cry foul at Kui Xing Studio, complaining that the studio wasn't giving their idols European resources.

This incident has become a huge joke in the entertainment industry...

One helpful netizen offered a solution: "It's too difficult to get help from a studio; it's much faster to just offend Goose Egg Music!"

Although it was just a joke with no practical application, it was turned into a meme by fans of singers who had no works released overseas or who had not achieved success overseas.

"Want to go out to sea? Stay away from goose eggs!"

"Goose eggs are only good at fighting within their own nest; when it comes to venturing out to sea, they really have to rely on themselves!"

"Brother, please break off your relationship with Goose Egg! We want to support you overseas just this once!"

"Don't you guys upstairs have any self-awareness? Bian Lang's ability to rise to prominence is truly impressive, while your partner would probably be even less capable than those guys from Magic Disc!"

"Indeed, Goose Egg's music export plan has been going on for almost 5 years now. Apart from a few top artists relying on the Chinese community and fan voting, has it really produced anyone truly competitive? Magic Disc and others have probably been fooled!"

"Bian Lang's new song is a hit in Europe, proving that it's not that Chinese music is bad, it's that Goose Egg (a nickname for a Chinese singer) is bad!"

"Goose Egg, please be even more domineering and ban our brother too!"

This meme spread rapidly online like a virus, and Liu Yao's agent, after seeing it, officially announced the exclusive deal with Yuncun. This official announcement generated far more buzz than Yuncun's previous joke, which seemed like a mere attempt to ride the wave of popularity.

Liu Yao's fans were immediately delighted:

Congratulations, Sister Yao, on your successful overseas opportunity!

"May Sister Yao's overseas sales be a huge success!"

Liu Yao's official announcement immediately propelled the topic to the top of the trending searches.

Not to be outdone, Goose Egg Music immediately announced that it would be holding a street promotion event for Chinese music in Parisplatz in the center of Berlin. This immediately brought support for domestic companies back to the internet.

Bian Lang couldn't help but admire how effective this tactic was. Regardless of the reason, simply bringing up patriotism always garnered support from many ignorant bystanders. Without paying too much attention to the matter, Bian Lang logged onto Crazy Scale and sent Bob a message to express his gratitude, while also proactively providing him with his contact information.

After all, this was the first time a foreign musician had helped him out of pure passion without any conflict of interest. Moreover, after learning about the metal band Hatter, he was eager to meet this guitarist with his incredibly fast hand speed.

However, Bian Lang's lack of attention does not mean that others are not paying attention. Regardless of whether they have received marketing fees behind the scenes, those marketing accounts that are used to profiting from "human suffering" will not let go of this opportunity to stir up trouble and create hype.

A Weibo influencer with over 200 million followers, known as "Eight Groups Announcement," posted an article arguing that the Rolling Stones' success in Europe was solely due to their pandering to the imported genre of rock music. The article asserted that Chinese people should promote their own music abroad, rather than seeking validation in a wider international market when they can't make it in China by playing rock.

Since the banner of national righteousness has been raised, there are naturally ignorant bystanders on the internet who follow suit, and many of them start criticizing the song even though they haven't heard of it.

Sima Nan, a well-known critic masquerading as a people's fighter, swarmed into this trending topic like flies to rotten stench. A thought-provoking piece of writing was instantly hailed as a KOL (Key Opinion Leader) among the mindless anti-rock crowd in China:

"Humans have always had an innate fondness for beautiful melodies; it's human nature. Subtlety is also a core part of Chinese culture! Rock music, on the other hand, is all about yelling and screaming, headbanging and swaying on stage, tattoos, smoking, drinking, fighting, and men with long hair. In my eyes, they're just a bunch of mentally ill people. I actually think it's a good thing they go abroad, preventing them from poisoning the next generation of young people in China!"

As a Weibo influencer with over 400 million followers, his remarks naturally attracted a large number of ignorant bystanders.

"No rock musician is any good!"

"His singing sounds like a wolf howling, and his guitar playing isn't as good as the pipa or guzheng. I really don't understand why anyone would like this kind of music."

"Isn't the title of Bian Lang's song about his own group? 'Those Without Ideals Don't Get Hurt' is just a bunch of petty thugs living in their own mental world. Going to sea? They can't make it in the domestic market..."

This immediately ignited the anger of domestic rock music fans!

Since the golden age of Chinese rock music passed, not only industry professionals but also music fans have felt the need to keep a low profile. Now, finally, someone like Bian Lang has emerged, producing good works and trying to vindicate Chinese rock music, but he's being maliciously manipulated like this. How can they tolerate this?

Sima Nan's Weibo account was immediately flooded with criticism, and Goose Egg Music, which was identified as the culprit of the incident, also became the target of their verbal attacks.

Goose Egg Music and the capital in the entertainment industry who were unwilling to see rock music grow bigger were naturally happy to see this happen, and they began to exert their efforts both openly and covertly.

Goose Egg Music issued a high-profile announcement claiming that music knows no borders and supporting the development of Chinese rock music, while increasing its promotion of rock music copyrighted by Magic Disc.

The big capital behind those entertainment companies uses even more targeted methods, and all sorts of scandals about rock bands, whether true or false, suddenly spring up like mushrooms after rain.

Even bands under Magic Disc's label have been affected. After being suppressed by the company for so long, the affected bands couldn't stand it anymore and directly confronted the company online, while also publicly supporting China Rock 29.

Bian Lang, as the one carrying the flag, naturally became the focus of attention. However, since the original owner really didn't have any scandalous information to dig up, the only option was to question his creative work when forced to compare and criticize him.

The works lack Chinese elements. As a Chinese musician, he doesn't create music with Chinese elements, but instead plays rock, a foreign import.

These far-fetched smears and comparisons were only told to him by Pan Jianhu after he realized the situation was out of control. At that time, he was rehearsing "Dyeing the Night Black" with the folk musicians of the Nanyin Helper Magpie band.

"Bian Lang, what do you think we should do now? If we don't say anything, we'll seem too cowardly, but if we say anything, it'll easily give others something to criticize us for..."

Seeing Pan Jianhu's frantic expression, Bian Lang was also furious. He never expected that even in this new world, he would still encounter such an extreme character as Sima Jiatou...

"We rock musicians have no endorsements and no capital to back us up. What are we barefoot afraid of these people wearing shoes for? So what if they say my rock music doesn't have any Chinese elements? I'll show them..."