Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 385: Poor acting skills

After arriving at BJ, the Rolling Stones were not surrounded by any fan groups at the airport, but when they landed at Baoan Airport via Pengcheng, someone actually came to pick them up, but it was not fans or Yuncun staff, but Mr. Ge Yue.

Bian Lang didn't expect this. He stepped forward to say hello to the old man and found out that he got the flight information from Chen Shuting.

It was already eight o'clock in the evening. After leaving the airport, Mr. Ge Yue took a few people and went directly to a nearby stall to eat Shajing oysters. Dayong is from Guangdong Province, and he started chatting with the old man in Cantonese when they arrived at the food stall.

After the two chatted for a few words, the old man brought the topic back to the donation: "Bian Lang, if it's convenient for you, you can take the time to be interviewed by our "Awakening Weekly" this time. Those other donations that are small or fake are all eager to be on the headlines, why do you just..."

Bian Lang was really frightened by the bread and sausages from Europe. He was afraid of diarrhea after eating too much seafood. Now he was eating a bright squab, with his mouth and hands full of oil. Hearing Ge Yue's words, he hurriedly He swallowed quickly, and then responded: "Mr. Ge, what are you doing this interview for? I'm just giving some money, and it's not you and the volunteers who are actually going to do the work. If I have time, I'll really do it with you. Be practical, then it’s okay to accept an interview. Now, if you ask me to accept an interview, you have to prepare a manuscript for me, why bother!"

"No, listen to me. Donating money is just one of them. Next year is the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the Soviet Union. There will definitely be no shortage of official and non-governmental exchanges. Shuting told me that Ambassador Qin wants to help you secure a cultural exchange. Image ambassador. At this time, I will give you some endorsement in addition to your musical achievements, which will also be a bonus!"

"This..." Bian Lang really didn't hear Chen Shuting tell him about this, and he didn't know what this thing was. In his inherent impression, aren't the only old artists who can hold such titles? And as a rocker for two lifetimes, Bian Lang knows that there are many things that may be out of his control, but within the scope of his ability, he also wants to live a relaxed life.

This kind of name sounds nice, but it also comes with responsibility. He really doesn't want to agree until he understands the matter.

But Ge Yue and Chen Shuting also came to him for their own benefit, so they couldn't say no casually: "Old man, the interview will wait until New Year's Day. If you look at the arrangements, you really won't be able to spare the time before New Year's Day." After you finish eating, we still have to go to the venue to rehearse!"

Hearing this, seeing that Bian Lang obviously didn't want to continue on this topic, Ge Yue frowned and didn't mention the interview again, and then asked: "You still have to rehearse to win the award?"

"I don't know if I will win an award, but we Rolling Stones are guest performers and we have to go to the venue to get familiar with the sound and lighting." Even though he said this, Bian Lang was confident at the time.

The Rolling Stones' achievements now, let alone the Yuncun Award, the Golden Melody Award in the middle of next year is not a problem. The only problem is how many awards can be won.

As for the guest performers, the Rolling Stones and Liu Yao collaborated on a song called "No Place to Shame", and the Stones themselves sang another song called "People without ideals are not sad" and that was it.

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Ketong called. She and Pan Jianhu came over together. As soon as they got off the plane, Yuncun staff had already picked them up and headed here. By the time they were almost done eating, Bian Lang called on everyone to get ready to go on the road.

"Old man, if you have nothing to do, come with us to see the scene." Bian Lang invited at the right time.

"No, you go and do your business."

"Well, old man, don't forget about the New Year's Eve concert."

Being reminded by Bian Lang, Ge Yue smiled and said: "Don't worry, we will definitely be there."

On the way from the stall to the scene, Bian Lang and Zhou Ketong were discussing the process with the staff. When they heard the first reply, Bian Lang interrupted directly: "What is it?"

The staff was stunned for a moment, and then patiently explained to Bian Lang: "The dubbing is lip syncing, in order to ensure the quality of the program..."

"You don't need to explain this. I know it's lip-syncing. What I want to ask is why do you need to use echo? We are a band, not a singing and dancing boy group." Bian Lang didn't want to embarrass the staff. After all, this was not something he could decide. His tone Still try to exercise restraint.

"Teacher Bian is like this. We have also considered that you have just returned from a tour abroad, so..."

Bian Lang waited patiently for the staff to finish talking, and then directly asked the crux of the problem: "Is there a leader present or is it an equipment problem?"

"Er..." The staff member was stunned and didn't know how to answer. When he dealt with this kind of matter before, ordinary people wouldn't ask further questions when it came to this, so he didn't know whether his answer would get him into trouble.

Seeing that the staff didn't answer, Bian Lang stopped asking further: "Okay, I understand, you can continue to talk about other things."

The rest of Bian Lang stopped listening. Anyway, Zhou Ketong was listening and would help remind him that he had to think about how to solve this problem.

It is impossible to lip-sync, and leaving directly would be too disrespectful to Yuncun. After all, after breaking up with Goudan Music, Yuncun has received a lot of traffic from the Rolling Stones, but the Rolling Stones can have what they are now Throughout the popularity, Yuncun has also sincerely spent a lot of promotional resources on it.

Moreover, they took the initiative to change the contract to improve their salary. This is the first year that the Rolling Stones participated in someone else's award ceremony, and it was only temporary. If they really just walked away, then it would be a human problem.

"It's better to wait until we meet with the director to ask about the specific situation..."

……

When we arrived at the place more than 40 minutes later, Bian Lang directly called a few people together to explain the situation.

The others were all old bastards, so they kept silent. Waiting for Bianlang to make a decision, Huayan, the youngest, said directly: "No, what the hell is this? If we want us to talk to each other, isn't it the same as letting Bian Lang make a decision?" Are we going to die?"

What he said was an exaggeration, but the meaning was well expressed. If a rock band really lip syncs, then it’s as good as dead!

"Hua Yan, don't get excited. How can the Rolling Stones lip-sync? It's impossible to lip-sync in this life. I'm telling you this now just to remind you. I'm afraid you won't be prepared when you hear the news. If you get excited, you will do something outrageous!"

"Okay, Brother Lang, we have a plan...but what are you going to do?"

While the Rolling Stones were discussing outside, the staff went in to report the situation to the director.

Bian Lang's reaction was as expected, but he had nothing to do. When setting up the venue yesterday, he got angry when he saw the equipment on site: "What's going on? This is Liu Yao and the Rolling Stones singing " "Shameless", aren't you just destroying people's signboards by doing that?"

Upon hearing this, the contractor could only say helplessly: "That can't be done. We can do as many things as we are given. We can't just invest our own money in it."

When the director heard this, he knew something was going on. He knew that there were too many ways to do this, and he, as a director, could not intervene.

If this set of equipment is used for talking or playing accompaniment during award presentations, there will be no problem at all. But if you want to play rock music live for the Rolling Stones, the effect may be similar to that of a car accident.

To use an inappropriate metaphor, this is equivalent to installing a rocket engine on Alto, and it explodes when you step on the accelerator!

If it were anyone else, netizens might have said that the band fell apart after the live broadcast, but this is the Rolling Stones! A band that has never crashed live so far, they are a stable band anytime they come on stage!

Then at this time, those knowledgeable people will look at the replay with a magnifying glass. If they find there is a problem with the equipment, they will start to blame the organizer. Then various sponsorships will be implicated, so he can only find a way on his own.

The leaders of Pengcheng were also invited to the awards ceremony this time, and the entire event was broadcast live. If anything went wrong, he would be the first person responsible.

Therefore, even though he knew that Liu Yao and the Rolling Stones were going to perform live, he still decided to operate according to the unspoken rules of the industry. He believed that with the professionalism of the Rolling Stones and Liu Yao, it would be impossible for them to get involved.

"Teacher Bianlang didn't say anything more?"

"No, he just said I understand and said nothing more."

"Okay, let's wait for him to come over and take a look. By the way, go and call Vice President Qi over."

The director now just hopes that Bian Lang won't be as stubborn as he was in "The Unique Band", and then everyone will be unable to get off the stage.

While he was waiting anxiously, Bian Lang arrived with several members of the band. Seeing that none of them had musical instruments in their hands and Bian Lang was still staring at the speakers, the director's heart skipped a beat.

Then he took two quick steps forward and said hello quickly: "Teacher Bian, I really admire your name for a long time!"

After Bian Lang greeted him politely, he then made a joke that could choke people to death: "Who is getting married tomorrow, and which wedding company should they hire?"

The few people behind were holding back their laughter. Only the director was stunned for more than ten seconds before he had no choice but to apologize and said with a smile: "Teacher Bian, your joke is too big. That's what I thought about it. This is not a concert anyway." and music festival, we will be appropriately accommodating, you see..."

"Director, you were really joking just now. But do you have a backup plan? I'm talking about whether you have any backup guests..."

"Teacher Bian, you asked me to tell you the truth. After Rolling Stone and Liu Yao confirm that they can come to participate, this is the only plan we have." Of course there are backups, but unless Bian Lang turns around and leaves now, otherwise Only he and a few other senior executives would know about this plan.

Of course Bian Lang wouldn't believe it, but after he was sure that he and Liu Yao were coming, and this happened, Bian Lang couldn't help but ask the reason: "Is there some other change?"

Speaking of this, the director showed a troubled expression on his face. He seemed to be struggling in his mind for a long time before he slowly said: "The previous plan was to hold it in Hangzhou, and Pengcheng City will vigorously invite them later, so …”

At this point, Bian Lang became clear.

The Pengcheng government naturally wants to use this event to promote the city's image, but since it has settled in Pengcheng, Yuncun is naturally not as handy in preparations as it was at the Hangzhou base camp.

After various subcontracting, the final result is what we see now.

It would be a bit much to say that the wedding company arranged it, but in Bian Lang's opinion, it was probably not much different.

Anyway, people want someone to take the blame, as long as they can make money. As for changing the equipment, even if Yuncun wanted to, it's too late now!

Bian Lang had experienced this kind of thing all his life.

He remembered once going to see Li Zongsheng perform in Spring City. When he saw the speakers, he knew that he was going to overturn tonight.

It turned out to be a disaster. Li Zongsheng even opened his mouth to explain, but the organizer said it was because Li Zongsheng was a rebel...

Anyway, something went wrong in the end, and the performers and organizers blamed each other, and then it became a vicious circle.

It is impossible for him to lip-sync. He is not that shameless. If he is caught, he will say to the media: "Anyway, they are all watching for free. Why should I sing for you for real?"

Or he might hold the microphone upside down on stage and then switch it over as if nothing had happened...

"Is it okay if it's not plugged in?"

As soon as Bian Lang said this, the director was confused: "Teacher Bian, can the unplugged version of "Shameless" work? Can't it?"

The unplugged mentioned here does not mean a true power-off performance, but refers to a performance that does not use electronic instruments, does not use effects to modify the sound of the instruments, and uses original instruments and pure human voices to complete the performance.

The song "No Place to Conceal" would be completely different if it didn't have the electric guitar and bass. Maybe after singing it, netizens scolded me even worse than the car accident.

"Just tell me if it's okay?"

"Why don't you think about it again? Let alone "Shameless", even if it's "People Without Ideals Don't Be Sad" without plugging in, it wouldn't be right, right? Don't worry, we will try our best to achieve the best stage effects. Yours We will put the sound and return systems in place to ensure that no one can see anything wrong.”

When Bian Lang heard this, he felt that this matter would be very difficult to handle. Maybe it was really not the director's decision, so he wanted to talk to the senior management of Yuncun.

At this time, the staff invited Vice President Qi over.

Although they had never met, Vice President Qi shook hands with Bian Lang when he came up and said: "Teacher Bian, we have been hoping for the stars and the moon and finally you are here. You don't know, if Rolling Stone doesn't come, Sister Yao won't come either." Rehearse on stage..."

The director immediately echoed: "Teacher Bian, Vice President Qi is right. Teacher Liu Yao came half an hour earlier, but always insisted on waiting for Rolling Stone to come."

"Isn't this nonsense? Even if Liu Yao is said to have betrayed rock music, even if he breaks his voice and leaves, the whole principle of singing will not be broken." Bian Lang thought in his heart, but said:

"Vice President Qi, do you want to consider a backup candidate, or should you invite celebrities from the entertainment industry? Those of us who play rock and roll are not very good at psychological quality, and our acting skills are not good. We will really mess up the scene. Yes, then..."

(End of this chapter)