Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 621 Band Parallel Universe
The progress on Guo Sichu's side was also relatively smooth. The condition for a peaceful breakup was a discussion on the years and proportion of the copyright income of the original songs. They were all decent people who had seen things clearly. Although the final interests involved were not small, they did not want to make a fuss about it to the point of being laughed at by the public.

It would be great if we could make it a win-win situation.

Perhaps the one who was hurt the most in this matter was Goose Egg Music. After all, after Guo Sichu joined Rolling Stone, it was only a matter of time before the songs were removed from the shelves.

It is hard to imagine how many of a diva's die-hard fans will be taken away by her departure. Just thinking about how many people will be turned away when recruiting new members without her songs is a headache for many staff members.

But what they couldn't understand was that the top management didn't seem to have any intention of making any changes to the matter.

Ma Yuan proposed to repair the relationship with the Rolling Stones several times at the meeting, but was rejected every time. Although he didn't say it explicitly, the general meaning was: "Rock music is a niche, and even if Bian Lang eventually becomes the king of rock music, the share he can influence on the entire Chinese music scene will not exceed 5%, so there is no need to worry."

Although what they said is true, if they knew what Liang Kuan did after joining Rolling Stone, they probably wouldn't be able to look at this issue so strongly.

On April 4, Liang Kuan left Guo Sichu who had other plans and returned to Chuncheng with Chen Shuting to meet Bian Lang.

Outside the rehearsal room of the Nuozhen band, Liang Kuan, who had been watching for half an hour, finally said with some emotion: "Why does Bian Lang always meet such talented musicians?"

Chen Shuting leaned against the wall, seemingly lost in memories. After about half a minute, she spoke, "Rather than saying they met, it's his own charm that attracted these people to him."

Liang Kuan was a little tired after standing for so long, so he simply sat down against the wall, looked at Chen Shuting with interest and asked, "It seems that you are also attracted to him, right? Can you tell me what finally moved you?"

"In fact, I decided to be his agent because he sent me a screenshot of the copyright website, and because of my husband's support..."

Liang Kuan selectively ignored the latter part of the sentence and focused on the former part: "You mentioned the screenshots on the copyright website. How many songs did he write at that time?"

"44 songs. I remember them very clearly!" Without waiting for Liang Kuan to continue asking, Chen Shuting gave the answer she wanted directly, as if she knew what she would ask next: "I checked it this morning, and there are already 214 songs on it. Including those for other bands, and those that Bian Lang sang but never released, three quarters of the works are still lying there gathering dust!"

"How much?" Liang Kuan couldn't help but jump up from the ground.

She had thought that Bian Lang’s inventory would not be small, but she didn’t expect it to be so much.

If we ignore the issues of style and subject matter, Bian Lang's output is equivalent to more than 10 albums in less than a year.

As for the quality, she didn't doubt it at all.

Why should we question the strength of a ruthless man who can sweep the entire Internet by just writing a nursery rhyme for his little niece to enter a competition?

Liang Kuan felt that his behavior was a bit rude. After calming down, he changed the topic and asked, "All rock and folk songs?"

"You can either ask Bian Lang yourself or ask Liu Ziyang about this question. I'm not that professional that can judge the type of music by looking at the lyrics and music score..."

"Alas! If it were any other musician, he would have already been promoted to a high position. Why would he still be sitting there with three young girls working on composing music like him? Or wandering around with new musicians to form a band?"

"Perhaps this is why everyone likes to gather in the Rolling Stones. If it weren't for Bian Lang, the Rolling Stones would have disbanded if the band's company didn't agree with their current loose schedule..."

What Chen Shuting said was absolutely true. The reason why the Rolling Stones were so disorganized was not because there was no work for them, but because, under the instruction of Bian Lang, she rejected at least 90% of the performances and business invitations that the Rolling Stones had approached her.

The two chatted for a few more minutes, and then Bian Lang came out of the rehearsal room.

Seeing the two big managers standing at the door, Bian Lang jokingly said, "Is the music industry going to change? It's great that you two can show up together!"

"Almost. However, the one who can change the music industry is not us two, but you!" Liang Kuan also said half-jokingly.

"Thank you for your good words. I will try to sit in that seat as soon as possible..."

After saying this, Chen Shuting asked the band Nuozhen, "How is it going? Have you finished arranging the music?"

"These three sisters have enough spiritual energy, but their musical instrument playing skills are a little lacking. When the school's summer classes start, send them there first..."

After hearing what Bian Lang said, Chen Shuting added, "Then I will follow up on the signing of the contract?"

"Well, you can make your own decisions on these matters..."

The three of them chatted as they walked to Bian Lang's lounge. The word "office" might be a bit strange for a rock musician, so Bian Lang called it a lounge.

Previously, all the discussions with the Rolling Stones were held in Chen Shuting's office or in the public reception room. This was also Liang Kuan's first time here. Although she had not been driven by curiosity to guess the decoration inside before coming in, after coming in, she still felt that it did not look like a rock and roll office.

According to his imagination, this place should be relatively messy, with walls full of musical instruments and manuscripts scattered around, which is what this place should look like.

But the cleanliness here made her doubtful. She wondered if Bian Lang only came here every few months, and the rest of the time the cleaning lady was responsible for daily cleaning.

Moreover, the several portrait facial sculptures placed by the window and some hand-painted paintings hanging on the wall made her feel that this was more like a studio for a painting and sculpture artist.

Seeing the confusion on her face, Bian Lang smiled and pointed at the sculptures and said, "These are the works of my classmate. She is making a rock-themed sculpture series. Those on the wall are some band posters I drew..."

Liang Kuan showed an expression of "I see" on his face, then he walked closer to look at these works.

If a rock music fan from the original Earth came in, he would definitely be able to list out the names of the people represented by these sculptures.

Lao Cui, Ding Wu, Gao Qi, Dou Xian...

Compared to these unfamiliar sculptures, Liang Kuan was confused again when he looked at the posters on the wall: "The Beatles... What band is this? Tang Dynasty, the figures above don't look like the Rolling Stones... New Pants! Why are there only four of them? They don't look like the original cast..."

Chen Shuting finally answered her question: "This is a new project related to the comics studio of Bian Lang and my husband."

Speaking of this, Liang Kuan remembered that Bian Lang also had the title of comics editor. Although she still didn't understand, she still retracted her gaze. After all, these things can be understood slowly later, and the purpose of her trip is to complete the work first.

Seeing that there was no furniture that looked like an office in the lounge, she found a caterpillar sofa and sat down. She changed into a comfortable position before speaking, "Chu Chu's contract will take a few days, but I have already finished it. I have exchanged opinions with Shu Ting before. After we come here, the company should consider cooperating with more companies and singers in the circle."

Bian Lang nodded, half-sitting on his desk and said, "Tell me what you think!"

"I'd like to ask first, apart from rock and folk songs, how many more popular songs do we have in our music library?"

Bian Lang thought about it for a moment, then said in an uncertain tone: "I don't remember whether it was twenty or thirty. I'll count and tell you later."

Liang Kuan was still a little surprised to hear this number. According to the ratio she calculated herself, she felt that even if there were more than 200 songs in the music library, the number of popular songs might be in the single digits.

Now there are several times more, so there is more room for operation.

"Well, then I think, how about we release a joint album first? Find 12 top singers to collaborate, release two songs each month, and it will take just half a year to produce a complete album."

Bian Lang did not interrupt, but looked at Liang Kuan with interest, waiting for her to continue.

"This will not only send a signal of cooperation to the industry, but also increase our voice in the industry. My plan is to find all the superstars and powerful singers in the industry..."

After listening to Liang Kuan's plan, Bian Lang nodded and said, "Okay, but the premise of Rolling Stone is that the copyright will not be leaked. If you can't accept this, then there is no point in discussing it."

If this story was told by someone else, Liang Kuan would probably think that the person was still drunk, but coming from Bian Lang's mouth, this story might actually be true.

As long as you convince the two people who want to take the plunge at the beginning, the rest will be easy to talk about once the results are achieved.

"Also, these songs cannot be put on the Edan Music platform. This is also a matter of principle."

Facing Chen Shuting's supplement, Liang Kuan nodded and said, "Well, I am clear about these two points. I will make them clear before the discussion. And I think those who are interested in cooperating with the Rolling Stones should have some idea of ​​these two conditions in mind."

"Okay! Let's do this plan as you said. However, for the pop music business, we can open a new label to manage it. Sister Liang will be the manager of this label then! How to cooperate specifically, whether you and Guo Sichu want to join this new label as partners, just discuss it with Sister Chen!"

If you want a horse to run, how can you stop it from eating grass?

Songs are attractive to Guo Sichu, but not so pure to Liang Kuan. Only by tying interests together can she devote more energy, resources and time to doing things.

Liang Kuan certainly had similar ideas to this one, but her idea was a bit more conservative, which was to set up a separate studio under Rolling Stone after coming here.

But before she even mentioned it, Bian Lang had already painted a bigger pie for her.

"You mean, the Rolling Stones are considering signing more pop singers?"

Bian Lang smiled noncommittally and said, "Why not? You don't have to worry about the work, but if you are the type who just wants to be a star, don't consider it. We are not against multi-faceted development, but the premise of focus and sensitivity on music cannot be compromised!"

"Bian Lang, do you know? Your idealistic thinking is a fatal flaw for anyone else. These words are only true for you, and others are willing to listen to them!"

"Then I wish us a happy future working together?" After Chen Shuting said this, Liang Kuan asked, "What about the name? Have you thought of a name?"

"Mo Yan!" Bian Lang said the name almost instinctively.

In the original Earth, the founder of Magic Stone Records was Zhang Peiren. In early 1991, with the consent of the parent company Rolling Stone Records, he left the position of deputy general manager of Rolling Stone Records and established Magic Stone Culture Company. He also established the China Fire brand under Magic Stone, which operates Chinese rock music mainly centered on BJ.

At the same time, an editing and publishing department was opened in Taiwan to edit the member-based Rolling Stone magazine, as well as books and sheet music for system artists.

According to Zhang Peiren's interview, the name Magic Stone came from the fact that all the subsidiaries of the Rolling Stone series were named after stones, and he hoped to be more magnificent than stones, so he called it Magic Stone.

As for the name "Mo", he thought that the music environment at that time was full of all kinds of hypocritical voices. Therefore, comparing it to the stories in martial arts novels, he thought that compared with the famous and upright people in the market, he was more like a person in the devil's cult. He might be an alien in the conservative environment, but it was also a display of his free self, so he named himself Moyan.

But on Aquamarine, the situation is just the opposite. The parent company, Rolling Stone, controls the rock music business, while Magic Rock has become a sub-brand specializing in pop music.

"This name is in the same series as the Rolling Stones, but it's similar to The Magic Disc..."

Facing Chen Shuting's concerns, Bian Lang waved his hands and said, "It doesn't matter. If others want to choreograph, let them do it. This kind of thing cannot be controlled."

Liang Kuan didn't care. After all, the name Moyan sounded domineering and fashionable, and sounded more sophisticated than those names with "star", "brilliant" and "shining".

"I think it's great. How much strength does the current Magic Disc have to compete with the Rolling Stones?"

After saying this, Liang Kuan remembered something: "By the way, did you know that Magic Disc cooperated with the European company to send Li Yiliang's band to participate in The Voice of China?"

"I don't know. What's so interesting about this?" Chen Shuting has now become indifferent to the incident with Xiang Kun. After all, the pros and cons of the current and future situations are already obvious.

"I have some impression that the name of that band is the same as the new band you guys formed, Luo Lin?" Liang Kuan had such an impression, but he was not too sure.

Hearing this, Chen Shuting laughed: "Faces, right? We have already registered the trademark. When the time comes, we can compare them and see who is the fake one."

Liang Kuan laughed when he heard this: "Should we say Zhu Wen and Ou Lu are smart or stupid?"

Of course, there are still many things that Chen Shuting has not told Liang Kuan, such as Black Panther, Tang Dynasty, Overload, Teaching Day, Universal Youth Hostel, Sound Fragments, Cobra, Magic Pony... The names of these bands, such as The Beatles, Nirvana, Metallica, Pink Floyd... have all been registered by Bian Lang!
According to Bian Lang, these were all preparations for Lao Mo's new comics. But her intuition told her that Bian Lang would probably create these bands one by one in the coming years!

(End of this chapter)