Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 682 Interview

Hedgehog bowed out, and as Niu Boyi reminded everyone to vote, even those who had just wanted to not vote for Hedgehog all pressed the voting buttons mechanically.

Washe, who had been watching the fight on the side stage, was invited to the stage. He was a little dazed for a moment.

Their viewing experience was the same as that of some other audiences, that is, after Hedgehog performed this song, their perception of rock music began to change. The most intuitive change was their perception of the show "Summer of the Band".

Just before Hedgehog's performance, their idea was similar to that of other bands. They felt that they just wanted to gain exposure and increase their appearance fee so that they could make more money from music in the future. They no longer had to play music while thinking about making a side job to supplement the income.

But now they feel that the intention of "Summer of the Band" or Bian Lang is much bigger than they imagined. He is trying his best to change the stereotype of rock music among the general public over the years.

The dirty things that were attacked and suppressed before did exist, and they are also part of rock music, and no one can deny it. But we can't erase the most attractive aspect of rock music because of those things!

Rock music is not a terrible monster, and those glamorous stars on the stage today are not all the white moonlight in people's hearts.

Although preferences are personal matters, they can change the aesthetic tendencies of some people. Many people are not born without the ability to appreciate music, but are trapped in the cocoon woven by capital, leaving them no chance to come into contact with other music.

So this time, what "Summer of the Band" wants to do is to infinitely magnify this aspect of rock music! Let more passers-by be able to examine rock music works with a fair eye.

What these bands have to do is: "Just do good things and don't worry about the future!"

The result was similar to what Washe had expected. Hedgehog eliminated them without any suspense with a margin of nearly 50 votes.

But after figuring it out, the people in Washe didn't show any sign of defeat, they all smiled and hugged Bian Lang. The lead singer even whispered in Bian Lang's ear, "Thank you!"

After all the main events are recorded, ordinary music fans can officially go home.

Some bands would also run to the exit to take photos with their fans, sign autographs, etc., and post-interviews with some related bands would also begin at this time.

First of all, most of the 7 bands that were eliminated said during the post-interview: "Thanks to "Summer of the Band" for giving us this opportunity to show our talents. After returning to offline performances, we will put more energy into polishing our live performances!"

Why do I say that? Because after they finished their performance, band friends who knew them well all gave them praise without hesitation. People in the rock industry are used to telling the truth. If you perform badly, no one will forgive you, but if you perform well, people will not turn a blind eye.

The key is that the feedback from the live audience was also good. Such positive feedback is the motivation for the band to continue doing well.

In his previous life, Bian Lang had seen too many good bands, but because of their "mental illness", they didn't take the performance seriously at the beginning because of popularity. They went to the performance drunk and spent half an hour tuning the sound for a live performance. They didn't even know how they performed afterwards.

With this attitude, will there be any music fans who will tolerate you, except for those who have been completely led astray?

Of course the answer is no!

Rock fans are not die-hard fans of idols. They will not whitewash you for everything, and they will not say things like "You are my NJ contract, and the beginning of my downfall!"

After entering this vicious cycle, sales on site became worse and worse, and finally I couldn't continue and had to change careers.

Most of them actually have quite a few good works left behind. If they had paid more attention to the quality of the scene, it is possible to turn from underground to commercial, and then...

Of course, "Summer of the Band" is not omnipotent. When the show was on the original Earth, many bands did reap considerable benefits when it was broadcast, but not many of them could have a long-tail effect.

Bian Lang remembers that when the second episode of Joyside was popular, they received an unprecedented offer of 50 yuan for a commercial performance. But as soon as the hype passed, the brothers went about their business.

As for the most successful one, Bian Lang thinks it must be Jiulian Zhenren. From being unknown before the show was broadcast, the price of the platter exceeded 60 after the show ended, and it has remained a hot commodity in the performance market for a long time. This is very rare.

When Washe and their PD talked about all the nonsense he had come up with, they were all shocked. They had never expected that they could think of such a thing...

As for the most important character in the post-production, it is Silva.

Today, except for the opening song that was played loudly, her performance was quite standard, nothing outstanding. So the program team wanted to guide her to create more topics during the post-production, so that the materials for their remix would be rich enough.

Qin Ge had already prepared the questions, but he felt that if he asked the question to this person, it might be embarrassing for him to be like an amateur testing an expert on professional knowledge, so he asked Guo Sichu to act as PD.

The first question, of course, was to ask her what she thought of the show?

Silva had obviously already thought of the answer to this question. After listening to the translation, he answered directly: "This is a magical program. I would say the same thing even if it were put on a global scale. Before coming to China, when my colleagues told me about the setting of this program, I thought it was simply a joke on God.

There are many rock musicians in my company. I have never seen all of them in a formal setting, even at the company's annual meeting, let alone gather them together for a competition! I think this is a miracle! Only under the organization of Wave, a musician with such appeal, can this program be established..."

Guo Sichu's opinion is the same as Silva's. The only difference is that it was Bian Lang who said this, and she never doubted the possibility of success.

The second question: "Which band impressed you the most in this episode?"

Silva's answer to this question obviously exceeded Guo Sichu's expectations: "Exodus, the voice of the female lead singer is really beyond my expectations. If they were in Europe, I believe they would be remembered by fans very quickly!"

Guo Sichu wanted to extend the question. After all, if he continued to ask, it would probably not be edited for broadcast. After all, the content that continued might touch the sensitive nerves of some people with fragile hearts.

The third question: "As a super music fan, what do you think of Bian Lang, the initiator of this program?"

Silva did not answer immediately after hearing this. It was not because she had not prepared herself mentally, but because she had too many answers prepared and she didn't know which one to start with.

After thinking for a while, she said uncertainly: "I feel like he is like an alien visitor who brought a lot of music as a gift to make us rethink how my music should continue to develop!"

"Can you be more specific?" Silva's answer to this question was obviously beyond Guo Sichu's expectations.

"How should I put it? Before I met Wave, I didn't believe there were musicians in this world who were proficient in so many musical styles at the same time, at least not within my field of vision!"

After a pause, she continued, "Especially in the classification of rock music! I don't know if you've noticed, except for the erratic style of the Rolling Stones, the original songs of New Pants and Hedgehog are relatively uniform in style. I feel that he must have a very large and systematic system in his mind that supports his creation..."

Hearing this answer, Guo Sichu's hand holding the cue card began to tremble.

It's not that she didn't notice this problem, but she didn't delve into it like Silva did. Occasionally, she and Liu Ziyang would bring it up during discussions, but it was just a passing mention! Maybe they were both intentionally avoiding this issue.

After all, the word genius can no longer describe the current Bian Lang. The classic works he has produced in the past year may far exceed the total number of works produced by many musicians in their lifetime.

Now that the question was raised so bluntly by a foreigner, whom she had just met, she began to think seriously about the issue again.

But the answer is obviously unsolvable!

Although this is no longer a feudal society and it is impossible to blame all the unclear things on ghosts and gods, she was indeed thinking about this possibility in her heart!

But in the five thousand years of Chinese mythology, there doesn't seem to be a god who is particularly good at music...

At the same time in another room, Silva's agent was negotiating with Niu Boyi and others about introducing the copyright of "Summer of the Band".

It has to be said that Elf's business sense and overall view are stronger than those of Evelyn and others.

However, Niu Bo and others began to hesitate after hearing this idea. If other domestic production teams had original programs that were picked up by foreign countries and discussed purchasing copyrights, these creators would have been very happy.

But "Summer of the Band" is too special. At the beginning of the project, someone mentioned this idea as a joke, but it was immediately rejected by Olaf, the gold medal producer in Europe.

Olaf's original words at the time were: "At least I think this program will not have many audiences in Europe and the United States. After all, the performance market in Europe and the United States is much more mature than that in China, and people love and accept rock music more. Bands don't really need such a platform to showcase their music, and music fans don't need such a program to re-recognize and understand rock music!"

Although this is true, it still sounded a bit unpleasant to rock musicians like Pan Jianhu at the time.

The key point is that Bian Lang also thinks so, and his judgment is also very simple and crude. If it is feasible, let alone Europe and the United States, even the Southeast Asian countries bordering China, not to mention buying it with money, it is possible to pirate it.

But based on some inside information he knew before traveling through time, "Summer of Love 3" might very well be the swan song of this series.

If that is really the case, then it would be better to let "Summer of the Band" be beautiful alone in China, without having to run into obstacles abroad and then be disturbed by those external voices!

But Niu Boyi would not refuse directly: "Mr. Elf, we will seriously consider this issue and give you an accurate answer before you return home!"

Elf was a little confused. According to his logic, there was absolutely no reason to refuse such a thing. Because it was basically no different from giving money to the production team!

After all, even if we don't talk about it, if DGM wants to do this, there will always be professionals who can wash the show to the point where you can't find any legal rights protection. And international copyright disputes, if you bring this up, it will be really long and tedious! Apart from creating a hot spot to attract attention, it really has little practical significance.

Of course, it is impossible for DGM to do that at this time. Compared with the value of Bian Lang, a program with an unknown future in Europe is not worth mentioning at all.

"Well, I hope you can seriously consider my proposal... Next, I want to talk to Rolling Stone about Exodus's agency in Europe!"

This was certainly not because Elf had a keen musical sense. It was simply because Silva had mentioned it to him just now that he took the time to listen to the song "My Exodus" and came to the same conclusion as Silva: "The future of this band is not in China!"

Not only people from the Rolling Stones were present, but outsiders like Niu Boyi and You Xuefeng were also quite surprised when they heard the news.

Bian Lang and Chen Shuting, who were in a position to make the decision, were currently chatting with a talk show host about the show.

The hostess was Xia Xiao, who was selected by Chen Shuting for Bian Lang to appear on the show before the final results of the Golden Melody Awards were announced. With the idea of ​​a two-way selection, Chen Shuting invited Xia Xiao to participate in this recording.

As the top host of domestic talk shows, Xia Xiao's level and knowledge reserves are quite high, and the questions she raised in the interview were also quite sharp, so this advance contact was to allow Bian Lang to directly judge whether he could accept it.

If you can't accept it, there's no need to waste your energy on pushing forward with the next things!

Bian Lang didn't have any psychological burden. At Xia Xiao's suggestion, the two of them found a quiet place and simply simulated an interview.

Xia Xiao came prepared, and the first question he asked stumped Bian Lang: "I've heard many veterans in the rock circle say that you are a genius, but my understanding of a genius is that someone can show a talent that is much stronger than others in a certain aspect at a very young age!

I looked at your information and found that you had wasted almost 10 years before this, so I want to know, what have you been doing in these 10 years? Is it like what the online information shows, relying on a side job and family support to maintain your musical dream, or is it......"