Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 526 The Answer is Blowing in the Wind
"Fuck, Bian Langge writes like this, is there any law?"

"Haha, even if you report this to the Jade Emperor, no one will be able to do anything about it."

"If I were Dong Youbian, my life would be worth it." When Tongqi was thinking this, Xi Que's mother suddenly spoke up: "Xi Que, you should also write a song like this for Xiao Tong."

Then everyone at the table, except Magpie's mother, started laughing.

Only Xi Que was feeling depressed: "I told you this is my real mother, how can I respond? If I could write a song like this, why would I be here?"

"That's your dress flying around, that's you being as gentle as water...these damn visuals in Bian Langge are just too damn amazing!" Liu Ziyang, who was at the control console, muttered to himself with headphones on.

"That's your dress flying freely, that's your gentleness like water... I wonder if my translation is correct?" Olaf also said.

Liu Ziyang didn't really hear it, but he still replied: "Olaf, I think you have learned Chinese very well, but if it is translated into English, it is still difficult to accurately express the mood of the Chinese lyrics."

"Yes, before I learned Chinese systematically, I felt that the lyrics translations I had read before were really shit! Especially those ancient Chinese poems, they are really beautiful!"

Huang Jie had been recording the video from the beginning, and sent it directly to Huang Wei after finishing it.

Huang Wei took a look at it and asked, "Do you have headphones? I didn't bring my bag, so I came to see Yan Bianlang's new work at their Rolling Stone Annual Meeting."

"It's good to have an insider!" After the quasi-frontline "complained", she took out a pair of headphones from her handbag and handed one to Huang Wei.

A few minutes later, Zhun Yixian took off his headphones and told Huang Wei again in all seriousness: "Sister Wei, when are you going to Chuncheng, please make an appointment with me. I will take my daughter with me and have some fun together, and also improve my relationship with your Huang Jie."

Turning our attention back to the scene, after a brief silence, warm applause broke out.

Liang Zi, the host, took the microphone and waited until the applause died down a bit before asking knowingly, "Brother Lang, is this "Perfect Life"? "

Bian Lang smiled and said: "This song is called "Hometown". I hope that the Rolling Stones can become everyone's hometown in music. No matter how far you go, you must remember that you have a group of brothers, friends and family here to support you!"

At this time, the musicians' families who did not know the real situation finally reacted:

"This song isn't the 'Perfect Life' that Bian Lang mentioned at the beginning!"

"I noticed that the other accompaniers didn't move much. Are they not ready?"

"Brother Lang just wrote a song!" After Ding Ding shouted, the family members who didn't know what was going on were a little confused.

Previously, they thought that the mood of the song was deliberately expressed against the backdrop of the sunset, but they didn’t expect that it was actually written by Bian Lang on the spot.

Although they didn't know how difficult it was to write a song like this, they probably understood it after seeing the admiring expressions on their family members' faces.

After another round of applause, Liang Zi continued, "What about "Perfect Life"?"

"Let's wait till the end and let Jin Ma and the others come first!"

After saying that, he asked the guys on the stage who were obviously not having a good time to leave.

Di Li put down his electric guitar and came over to Bian Lang and asked, "This is just a demo, right? How do you plan to record this song? Have you thought about the arrangement?"

Bian Lang recalled the so-called superb prelude and Xu Shao Nian’s other songs, and finally answered seriously: “No hurry, wait until I finish an album, and then we will polish it.”

Kong Liang began to think about how to arrange this song if percussion instruments were added.

After Jin Ma came on stage, the atmosphere began to change, because the first sentence Jin Ma said was: "Everyone, enjoy your meal tonight!" This music company's annual meeting suddenly felt like a banquet.

But this is also a good thing. Some of the more restrained family members no longer just sit there waiting, but get up and start to get their own food at the self-service area.

Eating and listening to rock music at the same time may sound a bit incongruous, but since it was the Rolling Stones' annual meeting, everything made sense.

The people on the stage will not feel disrespected because the audience below are eating a lot. After all, they are all family, so they can do whatever makes them comfortable.

When the Golden Horse Awards sang, "The lights are bright, the lights are brilliant, but I want darkness...", a family member who had just taken a bite of a chicken leg felt like he was choking.

After taking a sip of beer and calming down a bit, the family member said, "Momo Sansan, this art level is too high. I feel like a wild boar like me is not worthy of listening to it!"

At this time, another person beside him said, "Don't say it too early, be careful or you won't be able to leave this song later!"

It was not until Chen Xuan went on stage to sing "I'm Eating Fried Chicken in People's Square" that many family members realized that this popular song was actually produced by Rolling Stone.

And several children were dancing with chicken legs and twisting their bodies on the grass to Chen Xuan's singing.

The hotel staff who were watching the performance for free not far away, after learning that they would host the Rolling Stones' annual meeting, for the first time in the hotel, the ridiculous thing happened that the staff on rest asked for free overtime.

After watching this alternative performance for half an evening, they felt that these rock bands were not as incomprehensible to ordinary people as others said.

It's just that the musicians' on-stage behavior always seems to be somewhat different from the public, but today, after seeing the warm and funny side of these rock musicians in front of their families and colleagues, these employees all felt that they should shoot more videos to let those outsiders who misunderstand the Rolling Stones and rock music take a good look.

After all, most of the employees here are from Yunnan Province. They are really surprised that their hometown can produce a Rolling Stones band and a company like Rolling Stones Music.

I also hope that they can always represent Yunnan Province and make rock music bigger and stronger!

Looking at this harmonious scene, Chen Shuting and Pan Jianhu clinked glasses before speaking, "Master Tiger, I think we can open two tables for the public next year, one for the industry and one for the fans."

"Well, this is fine for a small group. Just find a few people in the circle who have good relationships and want to sign us. As for the fans, you decide how to deal with them. You are much better than Bian Lang and I at communicating with them. I still have to take it easy, as I still have to perform soon..."

Speaking of this, Chen Shuting asked curiously, "Master Tiger, what do you think it would feel like if Bian Lang customized a song for you?"

"How would I know? Anyway, I won't mention it, but I feel that if he has an inspiration, he will definitely not be stingy..."

At this time, Bian Lang was nowhere to be found at the scene. Dong You was accompanying him, who had drunk a little too much, to find a place to sit and rest outside the venue.

Looking at Ershoumeigui who was "showing off" on the stage, Dong You lit a cigarette for Bian Lang and said, "Drink less. We'll be waiting for you to go up at the end."

"It's okay. Everyone is happy today. Although the Rolling Stones have only been around for a short time, I am really happy that we have achieved what we have today! Even if we have to sing all night tonight, I have to hold on!"

"You must have drunk too much. If we really sing all night, then tomorrow a bunch of people in the industry will definitely come to criticize us for being too extravagant at this annual meeting!"

Maybe it was because the wind by the lake was a little chilly at night, or maybe it was because the battle between alcohol and nicotine in the body was too intense. Bian Lang couldn't help coughing twice, and then he stuttered: "As long as the hotel guests don't complain, everyone can play as long as they want tonight. We've been so damn tired for so long, some things can't be restored by resting, you have to release them!" Dong You listened to this, thought about it for a while, took Bian Lang's arm and got closer and asked: "Then, is the song "Hometown" you sang tonight a way of releasing yourself?"

"That's fair enough, but this release is not thorough enough..."

These irrelevant words can only be interpreted through actions.

When their lips parted, Pan Jianhu had already gone on stage, accompanied by Kong Liang and Ding Tong.

Before the concert, as one of the three giants of the Rolling Stones, he must say something.

But when he picked up the microphone, he felt that the words he had prepared before were not enough, so he paused before starting to speak on the spot:

"Before this, I never imagined that a group of us rock musicians could get together to hold an annual meeting in this way!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the people in Lao Nanyin's group laughed.

In the old days of Nanyin, there were annual meetings, but they were just a bunch of people finding a place to eat and drink to their heart's content, complaining about all the unpleasant things that happened in the past year, and then continuing to be pessimistic about the coming year.

People from the old Nanyin band came and went, and the number of bands shrank from more than 20 at its peak to 12 before the merger. The business situation was neither starving nor rich.

In fact, everyone was a little tired. If it weren't for the appearance of Bian Lang and his merger with the Rolling Stones, they didn't know how long they could have held on.

At today's annual meeting, everyone was talking about how many performances were waiting to be arranged for next year and how to plan the schedule, and their eyes were full of light.

"We should all thank Bian Lang for all this. I suggest that we all raise a toast to Bian Lang!"

This proposal was of course echoed by everyone, but people stood up and the cups were ready, but Bian Lang was nowhere to be found.

After waiting for about ten seconds, and unable to find any trace of Bian Lang in the noisy audience, Pan Jianhu said, "Forget it if we can't wait any longer. Let's go together and let him drink three glasses of wine as punishment later!"

"Come on, cheers to the Rolling Stones, cheers to rock and roll!"

"Cheers to the Rolling Stones, Cheers to rock and roll!"

Just as everyone was shouting, Bian Lang pulled Dong You out from the bushes.

Originally, Bian Lang thought that if he went out like this, Dong Youbian might be a little embarrassed. But since he had already said "Cheers to the Rolling Stones" and "Cheers to rock and roll", how could he hold back?

Thinking about the encounter between the two at the Ximangmang Music Festival, Bian Lang felt that Dong You and Bian would not care about anything, so...

The first person to notice the two of them was Tu Ling, who was sitting at the back, and his voice was loud enough: "Wait, wait! Bian Lang is coming!"

Although it was far away, there were only about 30 tables of people in total, and there was no background music, so this voice really attracted everyone's attention.

Seeing the two people rushing out from the bushes, after a burst of malicious laughter, Bian Lang also took a wine glass from the nearest table, and then shouted with everyone else: "Cheers to the Rolling Stones! Cheers to rock and roll!"

After finishing the glass of wine, Pan Jianhu continued, "Those of us here today include the old people who have been with us from the beginning, the backbone of the Rolling Stones, and the new forces like the Mayuan poets..."

Before he could continue his conversation, he was interrupted by a childish voice: "And me!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that she was talking and laughing. Then they all gave her a thumbs up:

"Great! The Rolling Stones now have a second-generation lead singer!"

"Tan Ying, quickly put together your band, or you'll be outdone by your daughter!"

After this beautiful episode, Pan Jianhu continued, "Looking back, when we first started playing rock music, we were only a few years older than Tan Xiao. Now Tan Xiao has to call us grandpa, and it's really amazing that we can still play rock music here! I hope I can keep playing rock music until the day I'm too old to play the keyboard."

As the first generation of rock musicians, Lao Pan and his friends are the most qualified to say this.

As a rock and roll man in two lifetimes, Bian Lang has a total rock and roll age that is no less than that of Lao Pan, so his feelings are also the most unique.

When he was still on Earth, he watched a video of Bob Dylan on tour when he was over 80 years old. At that time, Bian Lang was thinking that if he could defeat this damn disease, he would definitely become a cool old man who would sing until the day he died.

“We are grateful that Bian Lang, the flag bearer, showed up when we could no longer see the way forward! With him leading the way, we must believe that the future of Chinese rock will only get better and better! I hope all brothers will work harder and strive for our albums to sell well, music festivals to be sold out, and the Rolling Stones to tour Europe in the new year!”

Although everyone was looking forward to the first two wishes, they all assumed that they were set in stone, so they didn’t feel much about them.

But touring Europe is interesting.

But the Rolling Stones haven't toured in China yet, so they're going directly to Europe, right?
Everyone turned their eyes to Bian Lang, wanting to see what he would say.

Given the current strength of the Rolling Stones and their partnership with DGM, a European tour may not be impossible, but the problem is that if they go abroad, the depth of their work may not be enough.

This is not enough, as we are referring to the published works. If we are talking about the stock in the music library, then it is more than enough.

But everyone knows that this is not something that can be fully implemented and put on tour overnight.

Not to mention the rehearsal time, even with the volume of albums released by the Rolling Stones, it's hard to say whether the final outcome will be good or bad when they go on tour.

Facing everyone's gaze, Bian Lang said firmly: "I will try to tour the country this year, and next year I will take everyone to Europe for a tour."

Although the sound did not pass through a microphone or speakers, every musician present could hear it clearly and distinctly!
"Okay! Let's go for it!"

"Let's make it together!"

It felt like after the oath-taking ceremony, Pan Jianhu stopped wasting time and began to dance with his fingers on the keyboard. A prelude brought by a distorted sound and Kong Liang's drum beats played in parallel, and then a brisk process different from the past began.

Bian Lang, who has made up for the history of Chinese rock music on Blue Water Star, can hear that this old work of Lao Pan has undergone a major change in the arrangement this time. It used to be a hard rock style song, but now it feels like it has some folk flavor in it, especially since Ding Tong was playing the box guitar today!
Moreover, the three men playing on the stage are all gray-haired old men. Their faces against the stage light, and the sense of ravines under the strong contrast of highlights and shadows, make people feel that what they are playing now is not music, but the accumulation of years.

The kind of boy who has transformed into a man, who has restrained his hostility, and after fermenting with the special catalyst of time, has become a jar of old wine that can make you drunk in one sip!

Listening to Pan Jianhu singing about life on the stage, a line of lyrics suddenly popped up in Bian Lang's mind:
“How many roads must a man walk down，Before you call him a man…” and the scene of Jenny Chung singing this song in “Forrest Gump”.

(End of this chapter)