Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 611 Tao Xiaoyu's Adventure
The rock knife chopped against the sound of wine glasses colliding, and finally he pressed the recording button on his phone.

I posted a circle of friends with the caption: Bian Lang, the musician who understands us Dai people the best!
After looking at it and thinking that it was done very well, he went to discuss with Bian Lang whether this song could be included in the performance the day after tomorrow.

"Sure! But if we have to rehearse all night tomorrow and someone complains, Brother Yan has to help me take the blame!"

Yan Daokan thought that Bian Lang would put forward some conditions. As for this, he patted his chest and guaranteed: "Can't you even handle this? I, your brother Yan, will have the courage to see you in the future! I will be with you on the spot when I finish tomorrow. If there are any problems, we can solve them on the spot..."

With this assurance, Bian Lang nodded and said, "Then let's play the final encore!"

Yan Daokan naturally knew what "encore" meant, so he asked in confusion: "The finale is New Pants, right? What are you going to do then?"

He Lei smiled and raised his glass, clinked his glass with Yan Dao's, then said with a smile: "Brother Yan, you don't have to worry about this, they have a solution!"

"Well, huh..."

Zhang Ting took over the guitar and started singing "Goodbye Jack". It was his first time performing in such an occasion and it was a very happy one.

Starting with the prelude of the acoustic guitar, He Lei's wife's cousins ​​began to accompany him in the "motorcycle" dance. Although it was a bit bumpy, the atmosphere really made people feel happy from the bottom of their hearts.

Many people have been playing rock music for half their lives, but they never thought that one day they would be able to organize such an unstructured "cultural performance" in a Dai person's home!
Seeing Xu Ye drunk, he took off his shirt and started to yell: "Goodbye Jack... Goodbye my Kerouac..."

The Rolling Stones musicians feel that following Bian Lang is really good! In the past, they had to face such a scene when they went out, singing whatever they wanted, no one had ever heard of it, and they had to face the cold and the hot buttocks, which was very embarrassing. Now the situation is much better.

Basically every band has its own repertoire.

Look, when the goat went up to sing "People Without Ideals Will Not Be Sad", the young Dai people below were still able to raise their wine glasses and howl along!
Just at this moment, Yan Daokan's cell phone rang. It was the general manager of the event company. Yan Daokan waved the phone screen in front of He Lei and Bian Lang, then pressed the mute button and put the phone in his trouser pocket.

"Let's not ignore them yet, let's finish our drinks first!"

At this time, He Lei's wife came over. She had drunk quite a bit tonight and took off her usual outer coat. She came over and chatted with Bian Lang, then started asking, "Bian Lang, is there a Tian Xiaoyu tomorrow? My mom and her family used to like listening to her songs. Can you help get one or two tickets?"

Before Bian Lang even opened his mouth, Yan Daokan rushed in and said, "Jiao'er, you are slapping me in the face like this, don't bother Bian Lang, I will arrange for you to enter!"

"Don't worry, you have so many connections in Banna that you need to take care of. We have the relationship with Bian Lang. It's hard to say whether we can directly arrange for them to defeat the backstage..."

Hearing this, Bian Lang punched He Lei lightly and said, "You chose a good wife. She sees things very clearly!" He Lei did not refute, but just kept smiling foolishly.

"How many people do you want to defeat? Tell me about it about the time tomorrow, and I'll arrange someone to take you in to defeat..." Bian Lang didn't even need to ask Ai Hao if this was possible. As long as Tian Xiaoyu was there, he could just let Sister Chen call her agent and take the people directly to the rest area.

Tao Xiaoyu has been asking for invitations to sing for a long time. She is still reaping the benefits of the New Year's Eve performance in Shanghai. She often goes out to perform "Happy New Year" and comes to Rolling Stone to buy the copyright. This little thing is no problem at all.

Hearing this arrangement, Yan Daokan could only smile and say, "This is really easy to arrange for internal personnel like Brother Bian Lang..."

Bian Lang nodded and smiled, waved to Zhou Ketong, called people over and arranged things directly. In today's situation, it was unknown how long the drinking would end, and he was afraid that he would forget about it tomorrow.

As for the sound tuning team and the lighting team, they are aware that they will have to go to work tonight no matter what. It just depends on when the event company will show their sincerity.

So these people didn't drink too much, and from time to time they would borrow a telescope from Xiao Ai to see what was happening on the opposite stage.

As for the situation on the stage, it can only be described as chaos.

In order to prevent the stars from noticing the problems on their side, the staff took them to eat nearby first.

After seeing Yan Daokan's circle of friends, the person in charge of the event company also realized one thing. He might be able to control Ai Hao by relying on the privileges of the big sponsor. But it would be useless to him against Shang Bianlang.

From the fact that Yan Daokan didn't answer the phone, he was certain that the local government was very confident. Although there were no people who adjusted the lights and the sound in the video, he was sure that they were definitely together.

When they had dinner together, no one from the Rolling Stones showed up, and Yan Daokan made an excuse to leave early. Later, a video of Bian Lang's performance appeared on WeChat Moments. All these show that he is no longer in control of the situation.

In this situation, if it had happened before, maybe I could have called the person in charge of the main sponsor to help smooth things over. But now, the situation is different.

It's not impossible for others to help with the coordination, but if the matter turns back to Yan Daokan, and they let anyone know about the little tricks they did today, the favorability of the financial sponsor will plummet.

All he wanted now was to quickly contact Yan Daokan and go over to apologize to him in person.

At the same time, Tian Xiaoyu, who was having dinner, also saw the video of Bian Lang singing on her agent's phone. The person who shared it was Zhou Ketong, who was already a leading figure in New Pants. The two added each other on WeChat at the Yuncun Awards Ceremony last year. Although they had little contact afterwards, Tao Xiaoyu's agent would check Zhou Ketong's Moments from time to time.

"It seems like something went wrong with this event company. Bian Lang and his team must have gone out drinking with the sound engineer. I think tonight's rehearsal is going to be terrible!"

As soon as Tao Xiaoyu finished speaking, her agent shook his head and said, "No, we can't do that. Let's just wait and leave the work to those young people. I'll send a message to Ke Tong and ask her where she is and if she wants to come over and join us..."

"It has to be you! If we can get away with it, then the event company..."

Less than half a minute after she sent the message, Zhou Ketong replied: "Where are you? Brother Lang said that if it is convenient, he invites you to come over and feel the hospitality of the Dai people together."

Tian Xiaoyu's agent never dreamed that he would get such a long-awaited reply. His thumbs paused on the keyboard of the mobile phone for a long time, not knowing how to reply.

It was not until Tian Xiaoyu noticed that her expression was wrong and leaned over to look at the phone screen that she reminded her: "Just send the location!" The agent then came to his senses and sent the location directly.

After receiving it, Zhou Ketong clicked on it and saw that the straight-line distance was only 239 meters. She handed the phone to Bian Lang and said, "Brother Lang, what do you mean?"

"Let them come over, and you go downstairs to pick them up."

Then he leaned close to He Lei's ear and whispered something. He Lei leaned back and said in surprise, "So awesome? Didn't you say you didn't know him during the day?"

"I didn't see them during the day. They have business dealings with us." "This coincidence is really too exaggerated. Let them sit at the same table with us..."

Five minutes later, Tao Xiaoyu and her agent walked into the small path of Man Jinglan's village in a somewhat inexplicable way. Looking at the urban village buildings, which were an average of seven or eight stories high, and the road where even a car could hardly pass, Tao Xiaoyu had the illusion that she had arrived in Pengcheng.

"This looks so strange! Why would Bian Lang appear in a place like this?"

"Maybe there are local friends... maybe this navigation doesn't recognize the small road?"

It was not until they saw Zhou Ketong, who was waiting at the entrance of a stilt parking lot and waving at them, that they were sure they had come to the right place.

After getting into the elevator and seeing Zhou Ketong press the button for the 13th floor, they realized that this building was full of small electric scooters and looked like a rental house, so it might not be a simple building.

Sure enough, when they arrived at the elevator lobby on the 13th floor, they were so overwhelmed by the contrast between the decoration and the urban village downstairs that they didn't know how to start the conversation.

The two were quite curious about what the elevator lobby would look like once they entered it, as it was covered with pure natural marble from the floor to the walls.

When they entered the door, the decoration was not a big deal. Just the 20-meter-long panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows that overlooked the Splashing Water Square opposite were so amazing that the two of them didn't know what to say!
"It seems that they are just eating and drinking here while watching the joke of the event company!"

The key point is that this place is obviously not a business place open to the public, it looks like someone's own home. Looking up, there are 8 tables, and all the familiar faces of the Rolling Stones are there, as well as a few veterans in the circle. Tao Xiaoyu can't figure out what this is all about.

The agent was quite sensitive. He pulled Tao Xiaoyu and said, "Whatever the event company asks, we should just pretend we know nothing!"

Tian Xiaoyu nodded with a wicked smile and went to say hello to Bian Lang.

But there were still a few tables between us when a Dai girl stood up and interrupted us: "Friends of Bianlang! Come on, let's drink!" She stuffed a glass of beer over to me...

Now these two are really confused, this is the first time they have encountered such a thing in their career in the entertainment industry!
"Who are these people? What is going on? Should I drink this wine or not? After drinking this glass, will I be able to..." Tao Xiaoyu thought so, but seeing the sincerity on the face of this Dai girl, she didn't feel disgusted at all about this kind of thing that she usually thought was very inappropriate!
At this time Zhou Ketong came over to smooth things over and said, "Sister Yu, she's going to sing tomorrow, can she give her some drinks?"

This statement immediately attracted more attention.

The Rolling Stones didn't think it was a big deal, and some of them didn't even recognize who it was.

The table with He Lei's wife and mother-in-law suddenly went into an uproar!

"Who is Tao Xiaoyu?"

"Ah Bobo, your family is really awesome tonight!"

When Bian Lang saw this, he shouted, "You're welcome. This is the Dai custom. If you're worried that your throat will be irritated and you won't be able to drink tomorrow, just bring some tea as a token of your appreciation. This is my brother's home, you don't have to be restrained."

As soon as these words were spoken, Tao Xiaoyu felt that Bian Lang's feelings towards her were beginning to shift from a work relationship to a friendship.

She wasn't the type to be pretentious. A few glasses of beer wouldn't have any impact on the performance tomorrow night, but cold ones were really not good. "It's okay. This is my first time visiting a Dai friend's home. It's already very rude to come empty-handed. I have to drink this first glass!"

After that, she asked Zhou Ketong to get her a room temperature bottle. After filling it up, she asked the Dai man, "Are there any other rules?"

At this moment, He Lei's mother-in-law came over and said, "Come on, come on, let's welcome new friends. Let's shout six together!"

Amid the shouts of "Water, water, water, water, water, water...", Tao Xiaoyu felt an emotion she hadn't felt for a long time. This friendliness from a stranger, without any other emotions mixed in, and without any discrimination because of her celebrity status, made her feel a little warm.

After finishing the cup, she immediately thought of the song in the video, and said, "Come on, come on, there's another one after this one!"

As a result, the Dai people, who had never treated her as a star in the first place, had an even better impression of her!

"Come on, come on, finish this one, there are still three more!"

After this round, she was called to their table by Bian Lang.

The agent followed Zhou Ketong and sat at the table with Ding Ding and the others.

Because this kind of Dai banquet often takes several hours, there are always one or two people who come from time to time to add more dishes or heat up the hot dishes that have cooled down.

So after the agent sat down, he didn’t feel that the Dai food on the table looked like it had been eaten for two or three hours.

It feels like the banquet has just started!
The two of them were preoccupied with something just now, and the kids in the team were big eaters, so the two of them didn't move much.

Now, looking at the table of more than a dozen dishes, some of which she had never seen before, the agent couldn't help but say, "Ke Tong, Sister Liu wants to thank you for this time. You really helped a lot!"

"Sister Liu, please eat something quickly to fill your stomach. They will start playing again soon. If you don't drink a sip, you may not be able to pass that level..."

At this moment, Tao Xiaoyu realized that she was really blessed by this Dai family tonight, otherwise she would not have the opportunity to sit at the same table and have a meal with Bian Lang.

While eating and drinking, Tao Xiaoyu could also watch the improvisation of musicians like the Rolling Stones. Looking at the stage opposite, she felt that this was how a festival should be celebrated.

When she sings on the stage tomorrow, if Bian Lang and his group are also on this natural grandstand, it will be an enjoyment beyond words.

After the Rolling Stones had their turn, Tao Xiaoyu didn't wait for anyone to call her, but took the initiative to communicate with Di Li who was still holding the guitar.

As she sang the sad song with a sense of age, Bian Lang recalled a masterpiece written by Leehom Wang and performed live by conductor Wu Bai.

The song is called, "You Said..."

(End of this chapter)