Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 332 Fame in China (6K big chapter, please subscribe, please vote monthly)

Zhudi's solo ended, and the lead vocal rights returned to Bianlang.

Under his leadership, everyone except Dayong, the immovable person, was approaching the double-decker bus, with their backs to the temporarily painted giant pop-up poster outside the carriage. Bian Lang was facing the M brand store door. Continue to sing: "There is never an injury that cannot be healed, only the most ancient power, all the yellow scattered in the land, the cultivation is tenacious and very oriental..."

It was only then that most of the people present noticed that this bus was not any bus that could usually be seen on Oxford Street, but came specifically for this flash mob.

In addition to the huge song title "Chinese People", the poster on the car body also has many details worth pondering.

After a short pause, the ending finally came. This time everyone, including Tang Qiao, collectively spoke out: "The more turbulent it becomes, the braver it becomes. I leave behind Huang who belongs to me. He is all magnanimous. Huang Tian is above. Look." How can I be a good man..."

In the prolonged coda of Bian Lang and Xie Xinyan, the coda that was exactly the same as the prelude began to ring in everyone's ears again.

The more than 20 seconds of the ending ended with a tremor dominated by drums and bamboo flutes. This flash mob, which was still 5 seconds short of 7 minutes, came to a complete end.

Before everyone could applaud, Bian Lang said: "Everyone who wants to take a photo, hurry up. We only have half a minute, and then we have to leave as soon as possible."

As soon as he heard this, the crowd began to rush towards the background of the bus. Dayong jumped out of the pickup truck and rushed over quickly.

George and Ma Rui also rushed over and occupied the positions closest to the Rolling Stones. Ambassador Wu was also led by Wang Wenhui to Rolling Stone.

This time, the foreign passers-by were also very friendly and took the initiative to give up their seats next to the Rolling Stones to the Chinese passers-by.

The DGM people on the bus also poked their heads out of the windows and joined in the group photo.

The two photographers, Ofina and Guoli, who were standing in front of the M brand store, didn't care about anything else now. They just took a look at the composition and focal length and clicked wildly to start high-speed continuous shooting. pattern.

The clerks in the M brand store now have gloomy faces. Even if they don't understand what the lyrics of the band outside mean, looking at the expressions of the Chinese people watching, they know that it must be related to the video. As for the only clerk in the store who knew Chinese, I felt even worse.

The significance of singing songs that promote the national integrity of the Chinese people in front of the M brand store is self-evident.

If there was anything wrong with the previous female clerk's behavior, it was just the few words she complained about before. The rest was in full compliance with the brand training requirements, with only half-hearted embarrassment. It’s not like no one has expressed dissatisfaction online before, but they were all treated coldly by the brand, and in the end it became nothing.

The brand should be sold in China, but the queues here should still be the same, without any impact at all.

But this time the incident actually caused such a big commotion. Apart from bad luck, the rest was caused by the influence of the person who posted the video.

"If the headquarters knew that it would cause such a big commotion, at that time... forget it, even if they knew, they would not take any action." This clerk is fully aware of the arrogance of the brand.

After the group photo, the Rolling Stones and their group poured into the club through the secret door at Bian Lang's greeting. After everyone from DGM cleaned up the scene, the pickup truck and bus started back and forth and quickly drove away from Oxford Street. From start to finish, the entire flash mob took less than 6 minutes.

After the scene was almost calm, the police and street management personnel showed up at the right time.

Faced with the complaints from the M brand store clerk, they just got to know the situation and asked some passers-by who had not yet left. Since they really "couldn't find" the Rolling Stones people who created the flash mob, they had no choice but to pack up and leave.

At this time, the club was already overcrowded. Affected by the rapid evacuation of the Rolling Stones, the ritual of using the password to enter the club today was useless. Many passers-by who had nothing else to do, especially the Chinese compatriots, followed in, looking for opportunities to have more contact with the Rolling Stones. .

Mari, Bian Lang's old classmate, was naturally the first to bear the brunt. After saying hello, Bian Lang straightened out the relationship between the two classmates from the memory of the original owner.

Of course, that was only during college, so I really don’t know what the situation will be like after graduation.

After Ma Rui briefly talked about her current situation and Lao Luo's instructions in the group, Bian Lang thanked you: "Thank you so much for coming, a great artist..."

The words in this scene were a bit fake, and Ma Rui interrupted directly: "Come on, Master Bian, you are probably the most famous among the school's alumni now. Like Lao Luo, I am just a fool. This time Come here, I am afraid that when someone throws eggs at you, I can give you a tissue..."

Although they didn't know each other very well when they were studying, and they didn't have any contact later, the four years of getting along with each other in college made Ma Rui and Bian Lang have no worries about talking to each other, and most art students are straightforward.

"Then I'd like to thank you even more. We haven't contacted each other for so many years. Just say hello to Lao Luo and you can put down what you are doing and come over..."

Listening to Bian Lang's discreet answer, Ma Rui was thinking about what made this person who didn't pay much attention to her in college become so talkative now.

While the two were chatting, Xie Xinyan's filming team was nervously working on the post-production process.

Olaf is also helping, he is responsible for the audio part. In such an open street with noisy ambient sounds, it is not easy to collect sound from a flash. From a purely auditory perspective, the final effect is completely incomparable to that of a recording studio, but with these The addition of ambient sounds is perhaps the most valuable aspect of this version.

20 minutes later, the video, which was composed of footage shot from more than a dozen cameras, finally appeared on the homepage of Xiaopo Station as scheduled.

At this very moment, the official account of Rolling Stone and all its band artists retweeted this video.

The little witch with inside information has been squatting in front of the computer since the 7 o'clock alarm clock, refreshing the homepage, waiting for a sneak peek.

In her memory, this experience probably occurred when she was in college, helping a girl in her dormitory grab tickets to a certain star's concert. She had done something similar. At that time, while refreshing the ticket grabbing interface, she complained: "What is this all for? If it weren't for you, I would never do such a thing in my life!"

Now she actually stayed in front of the computer refreshing the interface of the little website, just to see the video of the Rolling Stones' flash mob abroad as quickly as possible. Compared with her classmates, she couldn't decide who was crazier for a while.

As soon as the video came out, the eye-catching yellow cursive title on the cover made her feel shocked.

""Chinese", the concept of this title and the current incident are simply not very suitable!"

Then when Tang Qiao appeared in a dark green cheongsam, she felt a little dazzled: "The aesthetics of our ancestors... tsk tsk..." With the prelude of the bamboo flute, she looked at the introduction of Tang Qiao's identity on the subtitles, and her fingers kept moving. Consciously, I started typing quickly on the keyboard.

"Principal bamboo flute of the Magic City Folk Orchestra, this is the national team... worship!"

There are definitely a few netizens who feel the same way as her. In the past, many people's understanding of the bamboo flute, a national musical instrument, was that it was for party professionals and exclusive for concerts. As for the eye-catching girl groups, they would just glance at them and not take them too seriously. .

But at this moment, with the previous circumstances of the incident having been foreshadowed, they truly felt the true charm exuded by this instrument.

They just felt that what they heard now was not the sound of the flute, but the strongest sound that demonstrated the confidence of Chinese national culture!

"So cool! Who is this young lady? I want all her information in one minute!"

"Respect! Match cheongsam with bamboo flute, rock music with folk music! The Rolling Stones are awesome, why are you going to a foreign country to be a guest? You are going to preach!"

"Just because of the arrangement of this intro, whoever discredits the Rolling Stones again will be my mortal enemy, Mr. Zhu Laosan!"

"Haha, M brand this time, how long will you continue to maintain your condescending attitude?"

At this time, it was the morning peak period for work in China, and these barrages were sent from subway cars, buses and taxis in China.

In Shanghai, in a taxi heading to the rehearsal hall of the folk orchestra, the conductor wearing headphones watched the video, clenched his other hand into a fist and beat his thigh until it hurt: "Tang Qiao, I heard about you yesterday I'm going to have a flash mob with a rock band, and I feel like it's a bit underpriced. You said you were going to be the leader... From now on, if anyone says anything bad about the Rolling Stones, I'll be the first to say no!"

When Xie Xinyan's bass drum joined in, the conductor Che's right hand, which he had just clenched into a fist, had already started his habitual movements according to the rhythm.

Looking at the slightly crazy car conductor through the rearview mirror, the driver was already considering whether to change direction and go to a mental hospital.

And those netizens who recognized Xie Xinyan’s identity sent another wave of high-powered warnings on Xiaopo Station’s barrage:

"Oh, the chief plays the flute, King Crab plays the drums, the Rolling Stones are really awesome!"

"Really! As a crab fan, I sincerely thank you, Bian Lang! If it weren't for you, this silky crab would have been hiding in the cave for who knows how long!"

"So handsome! I envy the passers-by at the scene. Chief, King Crab, and Rolling Stone. The cost of silence for the M brand this time is a bit too high."

"This flash mob is really invincible. If you are in China, you may not feel so strongly, but overseas, this is an unparalleled existence!"

The crab fans who got up early have already started running around, and they sent the first hot search for the "Chinese People" flash mob before the golden opportunity!

With Crab Fan taking the lead, the rock fans and gold fans who followed up did not dare to follow suit. All major social platforms and circles of friends began to be overwhelmed by this video.

At this time, in the Ant Nest, although everyone was not watching the live broadcast together like before, guests from various small families were also watching collectively in the living room with their mobile phones.

After listening to Bian Lang's first verse, Guo Sichu murmured to himself: "This guy Bian Lang has really stirred up the national spirit of the Chinese people. The previous song "Meng Hui" The influence of "Tang Dynasty" has not completely faded away, now there is another song "Chinese People", he is trying to win fans with his full name."

After hearing Xie Xinyan's rap, Guo Sichu laughed and said: "Bian Lang, you are really awesome. I sang drama for you before, but now Xie Xinyan sings rap for you. If I want to cooperate with you in the future, I will be the king and queen of the world. Is it the lowest threshold... "

Once this strange thought occurred, Guo Sichu couldn't help but think of other singers with the same identity as her.

She found it very interesting to think about Bian Lang's possibility of collecting this achievement in the future. “When the album is released with the support of the kings and queens, I will be the first to sing the title song!”

Guo Sichu felt that Bian Lang might not have thought of this idea, so he thought of mentioning it to him when he came back.

After watching the video, she seamlessly switched to her Weibo account, and then reposted and commented: "Promote the prestige of our Chinese nation, well done to the Rolling Stones!"

As soon as she made this announcement, the Ant Nest Border Guard Team's operations began.

Liu Xiaokui's badass style remained unchanged. While praising the song, he pulled out Liu Xingwu, who had already apologized and terminated his contract, and whipped his body.

Liu Xingwu, who was forced to terminate his contract, had not slept all day and night in order to deal with and respond to the follow-up turmoil of this incident. He had been watching the disturbances on the Internet with his management team in the company.

As soon as the video of "Chinese People" came out, he felt very irritated after watching it, but after the irritation, he became very annoyed.

"Damn it, if I had terminated the contract immediately and found a relationship to enjoy Bianlang's song, then my popularity would have definitely..."

Just when he was thinking about it, the assistant handed over the phone and showed Liu Xiaokui's Weibo post to him.

After a quick glance, Liu Xiaokui was so angry that he almost dropped his assistant's phone.

"Liu Xiaokui, are you a fucking mad dog? You're stepping on me even though I'm like this..."

When the assistant heard this, he also helped his boss and scolded him: "This Liu Xiaokui is really true. Everyone's surname is Liu. It's hard to say that we were still a family hundreds of years ago. This is not humane at all."

The manager on the side didn't feel much after hearing this. The overt and covert fighting among the top four was no secret in the industry.

If Liu Xingwu had this opportunity to step on the other three, and he took the lead, he would probably be even more ruthless than Liu Xiaokui at this time.

However, this kind of opportunity may be rare in the future.

After Dong Youbian made this announcement, everyone from the original agency also joined in.

After Kou Yong received the news from Bian Langna in advance, he had already assigned the task.

This is not only helping Bianlang, but also siphoning off traffic.

This kind of thing involving national dignity is the easiest way to win the favor of fans and passers-by.

On the Xiaopo website, netizens who had already watched it once began to add comments, and various high-burning warning reminders appeared at different points of the song.

Some people reminded me of Xie Xinyan’s rap, others reminded me of Tang Qiao’s bamboo flute solo...

Others took a "magnifying glass" and began to analyze the promotional posters on the second-story bus body.

"DGM, Rolling Stones, Amiri, Xie Xinyan, Tang Qiao...are these dreamy flash mobs really something we can see without paying?"

"This wave of the M brand is probably going to be bad. Crab fans, get moving. When will the M brand stores in China open?"

"Damn it! Why didn't I expect that the video has been downloaded? Magic City Store, please bring a square dance speaker with you!"

"The BJ store is downstairs from me. I'm going to pull out the bunker right now."

Inspired by this netizen, in cities in China where there are M brand stores, people have begun to organize pop-up mobs imitating the Rolling Stones and going to "blow up" the stores.

As for Spring City, Rolling Stone Music and everyone are powerless even if they want to. M's 17 stores in China have not set up a store in Spring City.

However, Pan Jianhu received a call from Lin Yaorong asking for copyright authorization.

"Pan Sheng, Shiying and I are planning to form a team to go there. The use of this copyright..."

Before Lin Yaorong could finish his words, Pan Jianhu said: "Use it, what kind of authorization do you need? The bigger the trouble, the better. I can't stand these foreign brands that are making our money and secretly belittling us."

There was no need to discuss this matter with Bian Lang, Pan Jianhu could make the decision himself.

"Then thank Bian Sheng for me, and find time to perform in Xiangjiang after returning to China..."

With Lin Yaorong's incident, Pan Jianhu made an overseas phone call. After discussing the matter with Chen Shuting, he asked someone to post an announcement on Rolling Stone's official Weibo: "Within one month from now, you need to use "Chinese People" "To conduct offline flash mob activities, there is no need to obtain authorization from Rolling Stone Music..."

The purpose of this announcement is not to declare sovereignty, but to remind bands with ideas to act quickly.

For a time, the flute player, who was rarely noticed before, became a fragrant steamed bun.

The most exaggerated thing is Xinghai and Dian Yi. Bamboo flute teachers majoring in folk music directly started lessons with students to learn the bamboo flute performance of "Chinese People".

Such a feast would naturally require the participation of the four white horses and purple dragons.

Pan Xiulong, who has escaped from the magic disc, no longer needs to consider the issues of identity and position as before. After reading it, he directly sent out a short composition with the theme of arrangement analysis.

Liu Ziyang, who was robbed of his job, was not upset. After forwarding it, he added: "I took care of the recording and production of this song. Olaf is not as good at folk music as we Chinese!"

Bai Dao's eyes were filled with tears as always.

But this time, Ma Yuan was left alone and depressed. He had even begun to think about how to lobby the senior management to find a way to repair the relationship with the Rolling Stones.

In the past, no matter how popular the Rolling Stones were and how good their music was, he would never mention it because he knew it was impossible. But now the situation is completely different. Not to mention how much traffic Goedan Music has lost since banning Bianlang, the announcement of DGM’s cooperation with Rolling Stone Music is enough weight for a director-level person to go to Rolling Stone in person. .

Because he knew that the top management did not dare to bet on whether the foreign music copyrights represented by DGM would not be renewed after the contract with Goudan expired.

Although it is not exclusive, the four words "I have no one" and "I have no one" seem to have just changed the order, but the effect is completely different.

Just when the non-governmental forces had almost followed suit, the British Embassy led by Ambassador Wu also publicly highly recognized and praised the Rolling Stones' flash mob on its official social platform, and also linked Ambassador Wu to the band and passers-by. A group photo of them was posted.

The central media began to follow up on what happened to the embassy. Their perspective is not just as simple as praising the Rolling Stones, but also condemning the M brand, as well as the celebrities and internet celebrities who openly sided with the incident at the beginning of the incident and defended the M brand.

Although these people deleted their Weibo accounts after the incident involving Ge Yue and the Yangcheng Military Region's support for Bianlang came out, Zhang Fan had already secured enough evidence. While their law firm issued the lawyer's letter, they also I went to each account one by one and provided these fixed screenshots and evidence together!

This means that the law and public opinion will come together. It depends on whether you dare to cheat!

Editors of major central media basically get their materials from Zhang Fan and his law firm. Of course, there are also some provided by enthusiastic netizens.

For a time, all the domestic celebrities and Internet celebrities who had anything to do with the M brand were all panicked. They quickly asked the team to start checking the accounts of various online platforms and delete any content that was even remotely related to the M brand.

And the second-tier actress who jumped out to take advantage of the situation at first has closed the comment area and started pretending to be dead. It didn't matter that she was pretending to be dead. The upcoming dramas and variety shows in which she participated were unable to sit still, and they all began to weigh whether to use AI to change faces or reshoot scenes.

When Bian Lang and the others were on their way back to the hotel from the bar, Chen Shuting received news from China that more than half of the M brand's domestic stores had been forced to temporarily close their doors to accept customers.

After hearing the news, Bian Lang, who was already a little drunk, suddenly woke up. Thinking of the barbaric behavior of those on the original earth who smashed the island country's cars in the name of patriotism, Bian Lang was somewhat worried.

"what happened?"

Seeing Bian Lang's serious question, Chen Shuting didn't know what Bian Lang was thinking. She immediately smiled and explained: "Don't worry, we Chinese people are civilized and polite, and we are not barbarians who break, smash, and rob at every turn. It’s just that too many people went to imitate our flash mob in front of their store, and some held banners to protest, so..."

Bian Lang also laughed after hearing this and said, "Well, we'll see if their headquarters will continue to be an ostrich this time."

"Both the embassy and the central media have come to an end. Even if they stand up and apologize now, they will definitely not be able to escape the nationwide boycott for a period of time."

Hearing this, Bian Lang asked Chen Shuting curiously: "Sister Chen, have you ever bought anything from them?"

"No, I have all the spare money I have. I might as well buy all the Rolling Stones records. Even if I don't ask you to sign them, they are still a good financial product. Now, the unopened second-hand CD of China Rock 29 has been sold online for more than 200, 10 An investment that doubles returns, what do you think?”

Hearing this, Bian Lang's expression changed, and he seriously "warned": "Sister Chen, official scalpers are not allowed to do this!"

(End of this chapter)