Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

An hour later, Elf found someone in Silva's yard.

But this time Silva wasn’t creating, nor was she fiddling with her hydrangeas and clematis. Instead, she was baking her own bread in the bread oven in the yard.

Across the wooden fence of the yard, Elf greeted Silva who was busy inside: "Hey, Silva, I have booked a flight for you to China. Are you preparing food for yourself on the road?"

Hearing this joke, Silva replied with a hint of surprise: "Is there a result so soon? Let me see what kind of work this is that can make you decide to book a flight for me directly."

After saying this, she wiped the flour off her hands on her apron and was about to open the yard door for Elf.

But Elf did not walk towards the gate of the yard. Instead, he walked to the fence closest to Silva, leaned his hands on it, raised the document in his hand and said, "I haven't read it yet, but I know you will like it! I won't go in yet. I know you must not have prepared dinner for me. I will go to the town to see if there is a restaurant that does not require reservations and can give a poor man like me a hearty dinner."

Silva took the document with a smile, and then said: "If you trust my craftsmanship, you can stay and eat the bread I bake in the evening!"

"Thank you for your generosity, my beloved Ms. Silva. I think God is fair. He gave you a voice that can conquer everyone in the world, so he certainly won't give you the talent of cooking."

"Well, go ahead, Elf. You might like the sausages from Old Pick's in the south of town..."

Elf smiled and turned away. He did not drive in the direction Silva pointed to him, but planned to go directly back to London. He thought that if Silva made a decision, it would be at least tomorrow.

But who knew that less than 20 minutes later, his phone showed that Silva called!

"Oh my God, what on earth happened that made her call me back so quickly." According to Elf's estimation, she should be asking him if he had finished his meal, and if so, to bring her a portion of something like that.

But after turning on the hands-free call, Silva's urgent voice came from the other side: "When are we going to China?"

"What? Silva, will you listen to my explanation? I just..."

"I know it was a joke, but now I just want to know when can we leave?"

This really stumped Elf. He had never directly arranged a trip to China, so he couldn't give even a rough range at this time.

"Wait a minute, I'll call Evelyn to ask about the speed of processing the relevant visa. I think it will take about a week!"

Silva on the other end of the phone was silent. After waiting for about ten seconds, he said, "Then please hurry up. I will record a demo for you. Please let Wave listen to it. I want to know his opinion..."

After hanging up the phone, Silva felt that he was really a little uncomfortable with this kind of Silva today. He had probably only seen Silva in this state when he first debuted.

"That was more than ten years ago. At that time, I was just her driver..."

But he didn’t think much about it and called Evelyn immediately.

Evelyn, who was relaxing in the hotel's executive lounge, got up and went back to her room when she heard this. "I'll send you the materials you need to prepare right away. When you're ready, take someone to the embassy. The Rolling Stones' name is very useful. I'll have the Rolling Stones send you a job offer tomorrow. It should be quick."

After finishing the business, Evelyn asked, "So, can you tell me what the song is called?"

"ISurrender..." (I surrender)

Evelyn repeated this phrase several times in her own mouth before hanging up the phone again.

She never thought that her joking remark at that time would actually attract DGM's top female singer.

But if this cooperation is effective, maybe I can take Silva with me...

Although she thought she might be too fanciful, somehow she just had this idea.

……

It was two days later that I received Silva's demo. During these two days, Bian Lang produced three songs from the "Wan Qing" album for everyone to get familiar with. Then he will take Hedgehog to prepare for the recording of the next Le Xia program.

After listening to Silva singing "I Surrender", Bian Lang could only sigh: "I am really lucky. I picked the most suitable person for this song the first time."

The difference between her and Celine Dion is just some minor differences in singing, such as breathing and pronunciation.

These seem harmless to Bian Lang. As for the sister on Earth, she is a person who has contracted zombie disease and is still insisting on recovering and wanting to take power. These core things may be the gap itself.

As for Liu Chuang, he is now on the high-speed train heading to Chuncheng.

The day he received the lyrics and demo, he was so excited that he almost couldn't sleep all night. If Liu Ziyang hadn't told him that there would be no replacement and that he didn't need to rush to record the demo and could come and report directly, he would probably have treated it the same way as when he won the Best Newcomer award.

When Liu Chuang arrived in Spring City, he learned that Silva was on his way to China and that the two might collaborate on the same song. He posted a Weibo post without any reservation: "Believe in Bian Lang! You can ascend!"

At the same time, the post-production of the two songs by Xie Xinyan and Tao Xiaoyu has also been completed. As the first stop of Magic Rock under Rolling Stone, the leader Liang Kuan has done a lot of publicity this time. Compared with the previous bulk marketing of Rolling Stone, it is simply a world of difference.

The titles of Xia Zi and Yun Cun have already been put on the homepages, and Liang Kuan did not spend a penny to get this resource. He just used Bian Lang's name to threaten both sides, threatening to sign an exclusive contract with the other side if they did not give it to him.

Although both sides knew that this was just her negotiation tactic, they had no choice but to accept it.

Because they all know the name Bian Lang, he can not only lock in users, but also singers in terms of copyright. Apart from other things, even Xie Xinyan can be led by him, what will happen in the future?

Now, when making demands, even a small "threat" will be ineffective. If the Rolling Stones really turn to the other side, the entire structure of the music platform will be completely messed up.

There was also the operation of Xie Xinyan and Tao Xiaoyu's fan clubs, a series of offline fan meeting activities, including the nomination of the Bian Lang Golden Melody Award, all of which were taken advantage of. Seeing this, Pan Jianhu shook his head and said, "Liang Kuan, compared to your professionalism, I was just playing house!"

"Master Tiger, what you said really hits me in the face. If rock music uses my style, would it still be called rock music?" Liang Kuan smiled and continued the conversation, then he revealed the real purpose of coming to Pan Jianhu today:

"It's like this. Can you find a few of the old Nanyin musicians who are willing to accompany pop singers at their concerts?"

When Pan Jianhu heard about this, he asked in confusion, "Who is it for?"

"Golden Melody Awards Ceremony..."

"Um... Kuan'er, your name is absolutely correct, your career path is really wide. But are they really planning to use a live band for accompaniment this year?"

Before meeting Bian Lang, Pan Jianhu had never thought about the Golden Melody Awards. Now that he heard that there would be a separate award for rock music, he was really happy from the bottom of his heart.

"Yeah, they invited the Rolling Stones to perform there, but if they make a fool of themselves like what happened in Kumo Village..."

At this point, Pan Jianhu understood that it was impossible to lip sync at the Golden Melody Awards, but they needed to increase the topic, popularity and traffic, so that the investment in their award ceremony could be boosted.

Moreover, this award is not like the Grammy Awards, where the guest performances and performance fees are all for the nominated singers. A few decades ago, this was definitely a rare music event in the Chinese music scene every year, but now with the increasing diversity of entertainment methods, various hit songs and background music are frequently released on major short video platforms, making the Golden Melody Awards ceremony less popular than before.

As for the quality, it certainly hasn't fallen to the level of simply brushing off the achievements of those idols, and at least it insists on not allowing those gossips and washed-up songs that are popular on short videos to come in, so its reputation among music fans is still pretty good.

"Okay, just list your requirements for me, and I'll arrange it myself when the time comes." After saying this, Pan Jianhu couldn't help but ask, "By the way, Kuan'er, do you know the inside story about increasing the awards?"

"I really don't know the inside story, but I guess even if we have an award like Best Band, Best Male Singer Bian Lang will have to be nominated, otherwise it won't make sense. But this direction is going to happen sooner or later, if not this year, then we'll have to do it next year. This involves the interests of many pop singers, and if we have a rock-specific award, then to put it bluntly, we're just competing with ourselves."

Liang Kuan said the last sentence casually, but the domineering aura between the lines made even the tiger Lao Pan look at him with new eyes!

But before he could open his mouth to praise her, Liang Kuan continued, "But now that we have Magic Rock, we have already secured the Best Album award for next year. It's hard to say whether we can win Best Male and Female Vocalist together... Anyway, I think as long as Bian Lang is here, no matter how they change it, it will be the same!"

This statement is even more unreasonable than the previous one, but Pan Jianhu feels the same way.

It goes without saying that the effects of these rock songs that Bian Lang played were very good. As for the other pop songs, like "Red Sun", they were definitely very effective as well.

As for the album "Songs of the Past", Lao Pan doesn't know what songs come after it, but Xie Xinyan's "VIVa" and Tao Xiaoyu's "When Awakening from a Dream" are both award-winning works.

"Anyway, there are some things I didn't dare to think about before, but with the development of the Rolling Stones over the past year, I feel like I can do it again."

"Master Tiger is not old. By the way, what is the current progress of the music school?"

"The renovation is in the countdown!" Pan Jianhu added, "The plan is to start recruiting the first batch of students in July. When the school is completed, you..."

Before he could finish his words, Liang Kuan nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Tiger Master, I will take care of the guests outside the rock circle."

Speaking of the Rolling Stone Music School, Lao Luo is making gifts for the Rolling Stones with the support of Yunnan Arts.

It would definitely be inappropriate to just make a sculpture of Bian Lang, so he asked Liang Zi, whom he met on the show, to steal Bian Lang's guitar design.

According to Frankenstein's design, a city sculpture was made that was scaled up to 4 meters in proportion. Of course, in addition to the theme of the guitar, Bian Lang's hands were also placed on it in a playing posture.

The material chosen is copper. Now the mold has been made, and Lao Luo is leading a group of students to do the final finishing work.

In recent years, he has not accepted any commissioned works, let alone urban sculptures. But when the school proposed to give a gift to the Rolling Stone Music School, Lao Luo took the initiative to volunteer.

As for Duan Yuntao's proposal to write a song and send it over, it was directly opposed by all other teachers at the decision-making level!

Lao Luo’s words at the time were very pertinent: “Old Duan, you can be shameless, but the school’s reputation must be preserved!”

At this time, Lao Luo was wearing a "pig mouth" and holding an angle grinder to grind Bian Lang's "left hand". He would not let his students do such delicate work on the hands.

At this time, another inside player he had placed in the Rolling Stones, Ma Rui, came.

"Teacher Luo, come down and take a rest. I brought milk tea for everyone!"

Seeing that it was Ma Rui, Lao Luo turned off the machine and told the students to stop working. He got down from the scaffolding, washed his hands under the faucet, took a cup of Pu'er tea-based milk tea and sipped it, then asked Ma Rui: "How is it, how is your new series of works?"

When asked this, Ma Rui suddenly felt like she didn't know where to start.

After thinking for a while, he said, "I feel like I've run into a big problem. I originally wanted to tap into some of Bian Lang's inspiration, but as time went on, I discovered that there might be a complete world in his head, a world that is completely different from the Blue Water Planet we are on!"

If someone else said that, Lao Luo would just take it as a compliment to his student's identity as an artist.

But Ma Rui is an internationally recognized sculptor and also Bian Lang's college classmate. The fact that she could say this proves that the complexity of the world in Bian Lang's mind has completely surpassed the cognition of Ma Rui, an insider in the industry.

Lao Luo lit a cigarette and continued to ask with a smile: "What do you mean? I don't want to continue... This is not like your character!"

"Not really. I'm just wondering, if I keep doing this, when will this series end? I'm still in the preparation stage, and Bian Lang has given me facial sketches of dozens of people, and he said each of them has a story..."

"Stop it. If you come to me for advice, I really can't give you any advice. But if you can't hold on any longer, the ant nest will definitely give you a bite to eat!"

Lao Luo saw through the situation but didn't say anything, but he still gave Ma Rui a final guarantee.

He is old, there are some things he shouldn't give any opinions on, let alone private matters?