Rock and Roll: Glorious Years

At this point, the production team of "The Unique Band" was completely in trouble. It didn't matter that Bian Lang and his team were four people short after they withdrew from the competition; they could just eliminate Bian Lang and his team in the second episode.

But now, with the departure of Lao Zhao and Huang Kai, six more musicians have left. The replacement musicians brought in by Magic Disc and other places are clearly not used to the show. They are either too pretentious and unpopular, or they can't find the rhythm at all. The entire third episode was a complete mess.

While chatting on the phone with Mu Mian from the hotel, Lunzi said, "Mian, you have no idea, everyone in the rock scene in the lounge is talking about the Rolling Stones and Rock 29, nobody is watching the performance on stage."

While organizing CDs at the record store, Mu Mian gossiped, "So how will they edit the behind-the-scenes footage?"

"How would I know? We can just re-record it. Tiger left right after recording the studio yesterday. We're currently choosing songs and rehearsing for the fourth episode. By the way, how are you doing over there?"

"Brother Lang has formed a new band called New Pants, and I'm the bassist. He's already written the songs for me to practice first, saying we'll start performing live when he gets back. I'm planning to get Su Kan to be the keyboardist. Do you think it'll work?"

Feeling both envious and a little disappointed, Lunzi could only casually reply, "I don't know either. You can try it first. I'll also ask the musicians on the show's side."

"Okay, that's all for now! Someone else is asking about Rock Records albums. I'll go talk to them and let them know when they have any updates..."

It wasn't until the phone went dead that Lunzi realized he hadn't uttered a single word of the long list of things he'd prepared. At the same time, he wondered, "Should I go and join Bianlang?"

Meanwhile, Xia Yuxi, who was in the same hotel, finally had a rare smile on his face as he looked at the new song charts. The pre-show publicity after the show was moved up in time, coupled with a series of leaked photos, naturally boosted his popularity as the show's number one star, bringing him closer and closer to the top three.

Bian Lang, the mystery guest whose identity was not revealed by the production team, was only shown as a black silhouette on the poster. However, the various leaked photos and videos of him at Dadonghai, orchestrated by the production team, made his identity easily guessed.

However, the production team knew how to create suspense and generate buzz. No matter how many leaks surfaced, they refused to reveal anything and even hired online trolls to guess who the musicians were. They received a lot of criticism, but the show's popularity definitely increased.

With the addition of the Weibo accounts of the members of Rock 29, all of them except for the mysterious Bian Lang promoted the show, which made rock fans begin to have some anticipation for it.

……

At Baihua Recording Studio, the entire backing track was finally recorded around 10 p.m. Olaf counted and found that a total of 169 tracks were recorded, which is considered a record high for his career.

Although recording a song in 7 hours sounds a bit exaggerated, even a veteran who has worked at Baihua Studio his whole life admitted that it is really fast. If Bian Lang hadn't shown off his skills and impressed everyone today, the recording might still be a mess by tomorrow morning.

Tiger's wife, who had been taking photos the whole time, sighed, "This job is really tough. Tiger, when do you think you'll encounter something like this again?"

Pan Jianhu also sighed, saying that just thinking about it made him feel that it was quite difficult, let alone realizing it, but now it has been accomplished by Bian Lang, and he felt that the results were very good after watching the whole process.

"It's hard to say. I'd love to release an album like this every year, but without that opportunity, who can guarantee they could bring all these people together?"

After saying that, he turned to Qiu Luo and the others who had been filming all day and said, "Camel, you can put some effort into editing this film. We can discuss the cost directly with the company later."

Pan Jianhu wasn't this extravagant before, but now two songs from Rock Records are at the top of the new song charts. Add to that the European releases, and even if Nanyin only gets a small share, it's still equivalent to at least a quarter's worth of revenue in the past.

The key question is how much time and resources were used.

"Don't worry, Tiger. We're family, Brother Lang. We can't fool you."

After everything was packed up, it was already past 11 o'clock. Tomorrow we'll start recording individual versions for each band. After what happened today, nobody's thinking about having a drink anymore.

In Beijing, everyone went home, and those staying in hostels went back to their rooms to catch up on sleep.

At the entrance of the alley, Bian Lang met Chen Shuting's husband, Chen Jinmo, for the first time. After Chen Shuting introduced him, Bian Lang was shocked and couldn't help but blurt out, "Old Mo, I want to eat fish!"

Old Mo looked at his wife with suspicion: "Shuting, with my fish-cooking skills, I can only serve you. How did it get mentioned to Boss Bian?"

Chen Shuting was also completely bewildered, and could only retort coquettishly, "What's wrong? You think I'm picky about food?"

The couple's public display of affection made Bian Lang turn around and leave without even saying goodbye.

……

The next morning at 10 a.m., Pan Jianhu booked two of the five small studios at Baihua, while Olaf and his colleagues each took charge of one studio, and began recording individual versions for each band.

Rolling Stones was scheduled for last, and today all the Nanyin (Southern Music) students were to record first, so Bian Lang and Ding Tong, who didn't need to keep an eye on things, went to the General Political Department's Cultural Troupe near Wanshou Temple to confirm the rehearsal arrangements for the Army Day performance.

When they arrived at the door, Ding Tong insisted on pulling him to drink soy milk, but Bian Lang refused outright!

He really couldn't stomach this kind of old Beijing breakfast, so he just ordered soy milk and fried dough sticks to keep Ding Tong company while she "enjoyed" it.

After the two arrived at the cultural troupe, Bian Lang met Ding's mother. The elderly lady with silver hair was wearing a peacock green cheongsam, and her temperament was impeccable.

After Ding Tong's introduction, Bian Lang took the opportunity to express his gratitude: "Teacher Qin, I really owe you a lot for what happened before. Otherwise, I don't know how badly that commentator would have steered things astray."

"Xiao Bian, you're too kind. It's meaningful that you're using a musical style that young people prefer to interpret the spirit of the Long March. Even if I don't help you, someone else will naturally stand up for you and uphold justice..."

The three chatted politely as they entered the office building. Upon reaching the fifth floor and knocking on the director's office door, a middle-aged man in military uniform stood up to greet Ding's mother: "Teacher Qin, you're still as fit as you were back in the troupe! Why don't you come back next year to lead the singing and continue contributing?"

"I'm getting old, it's time to make way for the younger generation. Lin Tuan, let me introduce you, this is my son Ding Tong. This is Bian Lang, the lyricist and composer of 'Rock on the New Long March'."

Upon hearing Bian Lang's name, the current head of the Lin Biao troupe came up and shook hands with the two of them: "Thank you, thank you! There are very few young literary and artistic workers with your level of thought."

Ding Tong is just there to make up the numbers, so she should step aside.

This was the first time in Bian Lang's two lives that he had met such a big shot. It would be a lie to say he wasn't excited: "Commander Lin is flattering me. Compared to you veteran artists, we're still a long way off."

After gesturing for the three to sit down, Lin Tuan continued, "To be honest, I was quite surprised when Commander Hao called me. After listening to your song, I felt a little ashamed. After decades of working in arts and culture propaganda, my works are still mostly old classics that have gained recognition. There really aren't any 'red rock' songs like yours that can be liked and spread among young people!"

Bian Lang didn't know how to respond to this, so he changed the subject and asked, "Commander Lin, how are the rehearsals arranged?"

Hearing this, Lin Tuan paused for a moment, then changed his tone and said seriously, "Xiao Bian, after a meeting of the troupe, it has been decided that your program needs to be revised..."