Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

"Good fellow, you're going off topic and even making a mockery..."

As soon as Niu Bo answered the question, people in the preparation room had already started giving Yang Litian a thumbs up. This advertisement was extremely smooth!

At the same time, Zheng Zeting, who was at the super fan stand, stood up and said, "As a fan, I have to thank you for bringing us such excellent music. These instruments are most valuable when they are in your hands!"

Liang Yong listened to this, although he didn't know the specific process, he felt that this was a good example of spending little money to achieve great things. So when these more than 100 musicians buy musical instruments and equipment in the future, they will definitely think of going to Baigou first.

When others ask about it, as long as it is not a very professional device that needs to be tried out, they will definitely recommend it to Bai Gou. And this operation is so popular that even his competitor Bai Gou has to give him a thumbs up after hearing it.

After this round of commercial praise, Niu Boyi finally began to announce the results: "Washe Band, the number of votes received by all the fans here is 700..."

As soon as the number 700 came out, there were voices of congratulations both at the scene and in the preparation room.

But who knew that Niu Boyi would say, "Three votes short!"

Now, the fans who had sprained their back began to boo Niu Bo on the stage.

However, the number of votes of 697 is not much different from 700. Compared with the full score, this score is above the passing line. Even if they cannot advance to the next round, it is an acceptable result for them.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just the 800 fans at the scene, the number of people who know the name of their band is probably either in the single digit or in the tens.

So when Yang Litian came off the stage, he was still a little confused. The PD patted him a few times before he came to his senses: "Um, what is the level of our score?"

Of course the PD didn’t know either. This was only the first episode of the show, and he had no data to refer to. He didn’t even know how to measure the value of the votes when there was no official control over the votes and no overwhelming number of fans entering the venue.

But it didn't feel right not to say something, so I could only vaguely say, "It's hard to tell right now. I can only give you a rough prediction after I see the scores of four or five bands."

After hearing this, Yang Litian became a little nervous again.

After all, the band behind them is Folk Fanke. This band is considered to be the illegitimate offspring of the Rolling Stones, and the song they are going to sing this time is the song given to them by Bian Lang.

Although it was a new song, after listening to the rehearsal, they all agreed that if the lyrics of this song were not changed at all, the audience would be crazy! But they knew that it was impossible to keep it unchanged...

In order to reduce the time of changing equipment, after each band finished performing, a huge screen would be lowered to serve as a background board, and the part of the stage that was blocked could be rotated. As long as all the wires were unplugged and the stage was rotated, the equipment of the next band would be moved to the front.

At this time, Xi Que and the others were already waiting in the back, just waiting for Niu Bo to call their names and then raise the big screen.

Although they have relatively rich on-site experience, some of them are still a little panicked!

Xi Que and his friends were also unsure about the score of Washe. They could only perform well and leave the choice to the fans.

They believe in themselves, and they believe even more in the quality of the song that Bian Lang gave them.

Xi Que wiped the lenses of his rock red round glasses, which he asked Bian Lang for after Blueberry's performance. He felt that the glasses suited his temperament very well.

Bian Lang didn't think much about it when he gave him the glasses, but now thinking about the magpie that was about to come out, he muttered in his heart: "What would Zhao Tai think if he knew that the person who sang his song on Shui Lanxing looked like that?"

You have to know that Zhao Tai’s long-haired “White Bone Demon” look, when he sang “Infatuation”, he was so perfect in both form and spirit.

Before meeting Xi Que, Bian Lang really didn't think that anyone could handle this masterpiece of Mercader's.

Of course, Xi Que and Zhao Tai have completely different styles in terms of image, but their voices and singing styles can almost be said to be copy and pasted.

Oh! Another thing they have in common is that their girlfriends are keyboard players in bands.

"Bian Lang, the song they are going to sing today was given by you, right?" Old Zhao brought Bian Lang back to his senses with just one sentence.

"Yeah, didn't you hear it earlier?"

"We've been so busy with our own songs these days that we haven't had much time to listen to other people's songs. I heard that the original lyrics of this song are quite powerful!"

"That's all. Wait until you finish listening to their performance and I'll show you the original lyrics later."

While chatting here, Niu Boyi finally called out the name of the common diners.

This time everyone was on the stage. After the lights dimmed, the giant screen began to slowly rise, and then dry ice began to rise on the stage. At the same time, the naked-eye 3D effect played the song information of "Obsession" on the stage.

Most music fans would just look at the song title and not care about anything else, but some detail-savvy fans could tell at a glance that the songwriter and composer was Bian Lang’s name.

This caused quite a burst of exclamations among the music fans.

Professional music fans also have the same reaction, after all, only a few know about it. Those who don't know are now starting to figure out the boundaries and upper limits of edge wave.

As the concentration of dry ice increased, Tong Qi also started to play the keyboard.

At the same time, the melody was followed by red light curtains from all directions of the stage, as if the stage space was cut into countless irregular polyhedrons. At the same time, the magpie also followed in with the rhythm.

This prelude lasted about 20 seconds. As the heartbeat-like drum beats sounded, the previous naked-eye 3D image reappeared, forming a huge electrocardiogram on the stage.

Looking at the pulsating wave lines and the constantly changing numbers indicating heartbeats, rock fans all had the same thought in their minds: "Wow, this stage is great!"

I originally thought that the first one or two would just be some surprises for everyone, but who knew that it was still so attentive by the third one.

Tian Xiao was already thinking about it and told Lao Jiang to ask Rolling Stone to contact this team. They couldn't use it for their current program, but this kind of resource is definitely first-class in the country.

What he didn't know was that the team sent by DGM was the same one used in Hatter's Berlin concert.

If they had not been amazed by the stage design of Bian Lang's "Comfortably Numb" at the time, and knew that Bian Lang was in charge, they would never be willing to take this cross-ocean business trip.

At this time, Qi Yue, who was sitting in the professional music fan seat, was pulled by Tiger's wife and asked: "Da Yue'er, did you do this job?"

"Ah! Even if I have this idea, I don't have the technology! The team from Europe, sent by DGM... only Bian Lang is here. I think it will be difficult to hire others. Before, I, as the stage director, could still lead the team to work, but after they came, I even had to think about whether I would be disliked if I interrupted them."

Mrs. Tiger was a little bit incredulous: "The gap shouldn't be that big, as for ideas..."

"Even if I dared to dream in China before, no one would give me the money to realize it. Now I dare not even think about it anymore. This time, it is not so much that the program team invited me to be the stage director, but rather that they asked me to study and improve myself.

After hearing what she said, Mrs. Hu nodded and said, "Indeed, you can learn a lot from being with Bian Lang. Just look at Xiao Guoli, who went to Europe with him. It seems that she has moved from being a worker to being an artist."

The Guo Li that people mentioned is now walking around openly in the suspended corridor area on the second floor of the venue and filming. She has been recording the stage since the rehearsal and has been invited to work on other variety shows before. She has rarely seen people like Bian Lang who strive to make the stage perfect.

Other music variety shows may be eager to show only two minutes of behind-the-scenes footage out of a two-hour show, and spend all their money on buying traffic and inviting topical guests. The money that can be used for practical purposes may not even reach the average passing line.

However, with the strong support of Rolling Stone and Bian Lang, "Summer of the Band" really did its best to give the band the best in terms of professionalism. According to her estimation, after the show is broadcast, not only will the bands in the circle be envious, but even the top players in the pop and traffic circles will be envious.

In fact, there is no need to wait for the broadcast. The two professional music fans on the stage already have ideas.

Guo Sichu knew what level of team and expense was needed for this kind of live stage design. And judging from the looks of it, it was probably customized by the program team for each band. Just for this reason alone, "Summer of the Band" deserves to be praised.

Thinking of this, she sent a message to Liu Yao, who was still recording "The Musician" on Fruit Channel: "Why don't you find a way to get eliminated over there and come to "Summer of the Band" to play, the stage is amazing!" Then she made a note in the memo on her phone, preparing to ask Liang Kuan to contact her later.

But thinking that they would be a family later, she deleted this one. After all, with her identity and status, the agency actually has few ways to control her. It depends on whether the two sides will leave a way out so that they can meet again in the future, or tear their faces apart and go to court directly.

Although Liu Xiaokui doesn't sing, he does have some knowledge. He has attended concerts of the other three.

He felt that this kind of stage effect was similar to that of the three used in shooting MVs, and it might even require a lot of post-production.

And in "Summer of the Band", this is the standard for all bands.

When Xi Que was communicating the plan with the team, he was like a country kid who had come to the city. He just kept nodding and saying, "Okay, okay, this is the stage effect we want, but we just don't know how to express it..."

When he watched the video given by the director team during the rehearsal, he thought: "This is really our performance. It's so fucking exciting!"

Now he is on the stage and he doesn't know how others view this stage. He just wants to think of what Bian Lang said to him when he was singing the song: "If you can have Liang Zi's energy, this song may be your retirement insurance."

When others said this, not only did Xi Magpie not believe it, but he also retorted. However, the weight of what Bian Lang said was different.

Are you kidding? What does it mean to have songs that can serve as retirement insurance? They are the kind of songs that can earn you royalties until you die.

Therefore, all the details of his performance this time were worked out for him bit by bit by asking Bian Lang.

After a one-minute prelude, the magpie sang the first verse in a voice that seemed to be whispering in my ear: "She was like a falling rainbow that made me fantasize about her. When I approached her, I felt a little hesitant. From then on, the beautiful dream began to be like a bamboo basket filled with apples when we were walking on the way home..."

The fans at the scene only felt that these few words were not much. Just looking at the electrocardiogram that fluctuated with the lyrics, they felt as if one of their heartstrings was also trembling.

But those in the circle who have never heard of Xi Que's rehearsal are not so calm:

"This is post-punk and psychedelic, there's no telling if this band is going to be a big hit!"

"Look at the madcap look on Magpie's face. It really suits this song!"

Those Rolling Stone insiders who knew the inside story all laughed:

"Xi Que wanted to compose the music himself before, but I advised him not to try. Did he come up with this effect by himself?"

"If we had used this song at the New Year's Eve concert, it would have been somewhat well-known by now. Apart from anything else, the chorus is really exciting..."

During the first interlude, as the lights on the stage changed in brightness and darkness, the bodies of the fans began to sway along with the beating electrocardiogram.

After a long prelude and four lines of lyrics, there is a long interlude, which makes Guo Sichu sigh: "These band members are really brave. If this kind of arrangement is put in a pop song, the prelude may discourage fans."

But in this atmosphere, after being "forced" to listen, most music fans felt that the rendering of these two pieces of pure music restored the atmosphere of the song title "Infatuation" in a way that they couldn't help but want to imagine.

Just as the fantasy was about to unfold, the magpie blew the lyrics into everyone's ears with her coquettish voice, like a moan: "There is a dim light, I can hug her soft body, when we ** each other hard..."

As soon as this line of lyrics came out, most of the female fans were screaming, while most of the male fans looked at each other and showed a smile on their faces that all men can understand.

Among these super fans, except Liu Ziyang, it was the first time for them to hear this song.

Niu Boyi and Liu Xiaokui stared at the usually inconspicuous magpie on the stage. They could never have imagined that such sexy lyrics could be interpreted so fittingly by the magpie.

"If you still have feelings, if I still have faith, let's go home..."

After another verse, the magpie's voice suddenly became louder, and it sang hysterically with its "broken" voice that was hard to tell whether it was real or false: "I would rather listen to her talking about irrelevant things than talk about ideals with you..."

Hearing this, countless female fans muttered "scumbag" in their mouths, but the intoxicated expressions on their faces seemed to be stating another fact: "But I like it!"