Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

The rules for the first stage are very simple. There are 800 general fans at the scene, 5 super fans and 59 professional fans, and a total of 1002 votes can be cast.

The voting will start right after a performance, and the top 15 bands will advance directly to the next round. The fans will select four bands from the remaining 16 bands, and the last band will be selected through impromptu solo performances to enter the next round.

"Finally, 16 bands will be selected to enter the next stage of the competition! Does anyone have any questions?" Niu Boyi's last sentence was not to ask for everyone's opinions, but to remind everyone whether they understood.

But many people understand that they are seeking their opinions: "No, we will be eliminated right away? Will it be..."

The competition system was kept secret from most musicians, and they didn’t expect to be eliminated right from the start!

Although many people have not participated in variety shows, they are still familiar with some competitive music variety shows. Generally, there will be no bloodshed in the first round. This is not an audition for amateurs, so how can they be ranked and eliminated right at the beginning?

Niu Bo had thought of this kind of situation a long time ago and had a corresponding solution: "Don't have any opinions, we also heard about this when we were planning, but Teacher Pan said that if you think there is not enough time to play, there will be plenty of opportunities for everyone to go on stage at the Rolling Stone Music Festival and the "Summer of Music" tour!

If you want to stay and play a few more songs, then give me your best performance in this first show!"

These words were indeed said by Pan Jianhu, and Bian Lang also added a little more, mainly about the "Summer of the Band" tour.

Everyone thought that was indeed the case. If they had to make a debut first and then start the competition, they wouldn't mind, but the audience might not be able to tolerate it!

Moreover, when signing the contract, everyone was informed of the current coordination issues. Everyone knew that if they could make it to the last show, they would have to participate in at least 6 recordings before and after.

Each of the 31 bands played one song. Even though the performance on stage lasted no more than 10 minutes, after all the preparations, each band would definitely need no less than half an hour, and that was under relatively smooth conditions.

If there is any accident with personnel or equipment, it is inevitable that we will record for more than 10 hours a day.

But what they paid more attention to was the "Summer of the Band" tour:

"What's going on with the Summer of Band tour? I haven't heard about it before?"

“Yeah, if Le Xia is going on tour, then this schedule…”

In the face of all kinds of chaotic questions and discussions off the stage, Niu Boyi made clear the ambitions of the production team: "Everyone, if our ratings can top the Q2 variety show after the show is broadcast, then our production team will work with Rolling Stone Music to launch an online vote for the tour locations of "Summer of the Band"."

After a brief pause, Niu Boyi continued, "From the target cities with the highest votes, we will select at least 6 cities to hold the 'Summer of the Band' special tour for people! All bands that participated in this variety show are eligible to participate..."

At this point, the musicians were no longer calm.

Touring and music festivals are completely different in nature. Although a music festival is larger in scale than a tour, a tour is more themed. So traveling around the country will increase the band's fame much more than a music festival would.

The probability of breaking the circle and attracting fans is also higher than that of a music festival!

Moreover, this is a special show for tens of thousands of people. You should know that many of these bands have never even held a special show for a thousand people, let alone tens of thousands.

The key is that if the Rolling Stones are the organizer, then the quality of the entire tour will definitely not be bad in all aspects, which makes these musicians even more excited.

Exodus, who were previously hesitating whether to continue or disband after this, now have their minds tilted towards continuing.

After saying this, it was time for commercials. Niu Boyi took out a card with the White Dog logo printed on the back and showed it to everyone, explaining, "This time, our sponsor, the White Dog Mall, has prepared a big gift for all of our musicians. There will be an activation code on the card you get. After activating it with the White Dog Mall APP, everyone can get 5 yuan in funds to upgrade their instruments..."

When this news got out, the musicians in those small bands went crazy.

For a rock musician, the status of musical instruments is sometimes higher than that of his wife.

Their budget for musical instruments is usually not very high, and guitarists and bassists spending less than 10,000 yuan is standard.

During the few days of rehearsal in advance, I didn't drool when looking at the equipment of the Rolling Stones, but I was envious to the extreme.

Especially those used by Bian Lang, Di Li and others, the tone quality can be said to be absolutely killer.

Therefore, this 5 yuan budget is like a blessing in disguise for the musicians.

At this time, several lead singers with pure voices asked, "Do we have it too?"

The answer is of course affirmative: "All of them. If you don't need them, you can use them for other members of your band!"

At this moment, bands like Green Algae, which have lead singers with pure vocals, became even more excited.

But here comes the question. We will start recording in the studio tomorrow. Is it too late to update the equipment now?

Niu Boyi was also prepared for this question: "Someone will contact you later... Now we are going to move on to the next step. Each band will receive five voting cards. You need to vote for your favorite band with these five cards. You can vote for yourself or other bands. There is no limit to the number of votes."

Although Niu Boyi did not say what the voting results were for, everyone knew very well that there was definitely something hidden behind the results, but they just didn't know what it was.

But as a rock fan, I don't have that much to think about at this time. I either save some for myself in case of empty tickets, and the rest I vote for my favorite bands.

For hedgehogs, the power of life and death was given to Bian Lang. Anyway, the others knew that Bian Lang knew the rules, and whether he wanted to use the prophet's conditions to gain some benefits for the band or not, they all believed in Bian Lang.

Of course, Bian Lang knew the meaning of the vote, and the number of votes determined the order of appearance.

The more popular the band is, the later it will appear in the order of performance, and the less votes the band has, the earlier it will appear. This is a small benefit for some new bands. After all, the recording time is so long, and the later it is, the more mental and physical strength the fans will have. If your performance is not good, they will not be excited, and the votes will naturally be less.

The order of voting was still based on the order of appearance. The first one was the joystick. Tian Yuan went up and thought almost without hesitation. He gave two guaranteed tickets to his band first, and then gave the remaining three tickets to Mu Ge, Mian Xiang and Hedgehog, one each.

The main method is to use the water-balancing method!

The following bands also followed suit, but the targets of their choice were not necessarily Pastoral, Face and Hedgehog.

The most surprising thing was Chris. After he went up, he went straight to Hedgehog and cast four tickets in his hand for Hedgehog Band and one for Face Band, leaving no tickets for himself.

Li Hao looked at them and said, "Who says foreigners don't know how to build relationships? Look, they are quite good at it."

Lao Zhao immediately shut him up with one sentence: "Then why don't you let others vote for you? You two have performed together on Blueberry Music!"

When it came to Hedgehog, Bian Lang, who knew the correct answer, saw that the current number of votes was almost the same as what the program had originally expected, so he just followed his own preferences.

When the votes were counted, the hedgehog and the joystick were only two votes apart. But the joystick was on the first day, and the hedgehog was on the second day.

After Niu Bo explained the purpose of voting, everyone seemed to understand something.

“This show is really amazing!”

After this was over, it was already sunset. At the invitation of Niu Boyi, the dinner party began. As various Yunnan specialties were served, the musicians once again fell into this somewhat luxurious life.

When Li Hao was sharing a piece of grilled lamb chops, Green Algae came over and said, "Brother Hao, you think Rolling Stone won't lose money if we do this, right?"

Li Hao had been thinking about this question after the first day of the visit, but after thinking it over, he felt that the Rolling Stones could not possibly lose money.

But he would not point it out: "Our moral conduct is useless. We should just focus on performing well. That will be the best reward for the Rolling Stones. No matter what the final effect is, we owe it to Bian Lang and the Rolling Stones!"

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The dinner did not last long. Its purpose, apart from breaking the ice for everyone, was to showcase the products of various sponsors. Naturally, Xibiqi became the biggest focus.

After the dinner was over, a group of White Dog staff started to meet with the musicians.

Orders are naturally placed on the APP, but the instruments are selected from major music stores in Spring City.

When the courier arrives, I will re-record the unboxing advertisement and then return it to the music store.

If it were before, this operation might be a little difficult to achieve, but since the rise of the Rolling Stones, these music stores in Yunnan Province have dared to sell some good goods.

So after this round, except for a few unpopular instruments with special needs, all the others were delivered to the musicians after two hours.

After receiving the new instruments, the musicians began a new round of debugging.

Liu Ziyang and Olaf also had to bring their team to re-tune the sound with them. It was already past three in the morning when they finished this round. They had to start recording again at 10 a.m. the next morning, so everyone hurried to the hotel to catch up on some sleep.

The next morning, just after eight o'clock, Bian Lang, who had arrived at the Music and Cultural Creative Park early, saw music fans queuing up.

Some of them don't even have admission qualifications, they just want to come out and take a look at their favorite bands.

After signing autographs and taking photos with several fans, Bian Lang went into the dressing room. Although Hedgehog would not be on the show today, the opening show would be performed by the Rolling Stones and several super fans.

Except for Zheng Zeting who was at the back, everyone else had a task. Even Niu Boyi, who knew nothing about musical instruments, was given a sand bucket.

Liu Xiaokui arrived by plane last night. He came here earlier than Bian Lang this morning. His makeup is already done, and he is about to go out to the rehearsal room to find someone to help him brush up on the harmonica.

Seeing Bian Lang coming in, Liu Xiaokui greeted him and said, "Brother Lang, I'll ask Hua Yan to listen to it for me again, in case I make a mistake!"

Seeing such a serious top streamer, Bian Lang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Thanks, brother, but don't put too much pressure on yourself, we are here to entertain you."

"Brother Lang, what you said is true. Just look at the standard of our program. After it airs, I might even become a black spot on the program..."

Bian Lang didn't say anything else. Liu Xiaokui, a top star, could be like this. It seemed that Bian Lang now truly regarded him as a good friend.

When he entered the dressing room, he saw Guo Sichu already putting on makeup, so Bian Lang walked over and asked, "What time did you arrive last night? Did you have breakfast? If not, I'll make you some..."

"I arrived a little after 10 o'clock, but since I saw you guys were busy, I came to take a look and then went back to the hotel. My assistant got it ready for me, so you don't have to worry about it. Once it's ready, we'll go to the rehearsal room to go through it again..."

"Row……"

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At 9 o'clock, fans began to line up to enter the venue. They had no idea what the scene in the Le Xia studio looked like before, but now they were all stunned when they saw it!

"Oh my god! This..." Xiao Han was a little confused about what adjective to use to describe this scene.

The interior environment, which looked like an unfinished construction site, was very different from the variety show stage they had imagined. Of course, the difference was not that they felt it was bad, but that it was too good.

As a fan who got into the band because of Bian Lang's looks, after getting used to listening to rock music, she began to listen to the works of other rock bands. Especially some super live performances of foreign rock bands, she felt that they could not be described as concerts at all, but should be a stage show that integrated sound, light and electricity.

Compared with the less complicated lighting and stage design at domestic music festivals, those super live performances abroad can be regarded as a true audio-visual enjoyment.

Compared with these domestic rock performances, it’s not that they are so bad, but if you can see better ones, who would refuse it?

The cross-shaped passage extending from the main stage and the three stages are all adjacent to the audience seats, allowing fans in the inner area to have close contact with the musicians. In addition, in order to take care of some blind spots caused by the movement of musicians during performances, several large screens in the venue can take full care of them.

As for the seats for super fans and professional fans, they were all built on a platform in the air, which did not affect the audience's vision at all. The platform was also connected by various passages and stairs, apparently to facilitate the super fans to go up and down.

The only regret is that we are not allowed to bring mobile phones and cameras in, otherwise if we post this picture, these guys will definitely be the coolest rock fans today!

Just when the fans were still discussing whether the fire escape stairs in the venue were really usable or just for decoration, what the cranes were used for, and whether they would hurt people if they fell, the speakers in the venue began to announce: "Dear fans, please note that the program recording will officially begin in 5 minutes. The main light sources in the venue will be temporarily turned off at that time. Please do not panic or push to avoid safety accidents."

Hearing this, the fans all kept this reminder in mind. If they didn't remind them, turning off the lights suddenly could cause some accidents.

Those professional music fans who had already taken their seats also felt that the scene was really jaw-dropping.

The commander and the rafters were sitting next to each other. After looking around the entire venue, they were both tempted: "Commander, this won't work this time. I wonder if we should come and play next year. This venue is awesome!"

"Yes, with such a large warehouse, all this equipment and natural reverberation, as well as these sound, light and electricity, it's worth it even if you just come for a tour!"

As soon as the two finished speaking, they heard a voice coming from the speakers again: "Please get ready, let's all shout out the countdown to turn off the lights. 10..."

When the countdown was over, there was a series of popping sounds and the main lights in the venue went out at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, everyone heard a mechanical roar, and at the same time, two spotlights lit up at the back of the venue behind them.

Everyone looked back and saw that at the intersection of the two beams of light, there was a steel bucket hung by a crane and moving slowly towards the stage as the crane moved.

After seeing clearly that it was Bian Lang and others standing inside, everyone took a deep breath and said, "Who else would come out like this?"