Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

In the rehearsal room of the Rolling Stones, after Di Li played the electric guitar with overloaded sound effects for a while, Bian Lang, who was about to sing a demo for Xie Xinyan, said:

"I am so young that no matter who I meet, I can be as straightforward as Wafer. Even if I live half a day, it feels like I have lived a million years..."

Although his Cantonese is still not very standard, Bian Lang still highlights the feeling that the song wants to express.

Xie Xinyan's love for this song was written all over his face. As for why Bian Lang had no bottleneck in writing Cantonese songs, he was not interested in exploring this question. He just said to Bian Lang excitedly: "It would be better if this song could be written when I was around 20 years old! Of course it's expensive, but it's not too late now!

I am a rock music type. The music on the market now is hip-hop and rap. Rock music is an antique from 20 years ago, but it is still what I like! Now it is comedy, which is fun and does not require thinking. Fighting is from 20 years ago. I can’t help what I like. I don’t ask for it to be eternal. It is a state of high popularity. There is no set of clothes or style that is eternal fashion. ”

"As long as you like it, do you want the Rolling Stones to find someone to record the accompaniment for you?"

Faced with this question, Xie Xinyan thought for a while before saying: "My band is here. Although I know your requirements are high, I believe my band can meet them. After the music festival, we will start recording!"

Xie Xinyan, who had already received the music score, did not leave, but stayed to hear what song was for Tao Xiaoyu.

Bian Lang didn't want to demonstrate. Although he knew what the female version should feel like, he felt that as soon as he opened his mouth, he would uncontrollably lean towards Wu Bai's half-dead singing style. For the debut of this song on Aquamarine, he still hoped to use the female version as a reference!

After Tao Xiaoyu got the score, she practiced on her own for a while, so it was no problem for her to try singing a demo song now.

But when she saw that the accompaniment was from the Rolling Stones, she, as a first-line singer, very politely greeted all the musicians and addressed them all as teachers.

It’s not that the Rolling Stones’ accompaniment is necessarily better than that of other musicians, but after all, there are not many opportunities to have the Rolling Stones sing accompaniment on demos.

The assistant had already been preparing to record with his mobile phone, but the video was destined to be released only after the song was released.

There is no problem with the basic skills of the first-line singer. As soon as he opened his mouth, he brought everyone's thoughts into his heart: "You said that you loved someone you shouldn't love, and your heart is full of scars... If you had known that sadness is always inevitable, why would you have been so devoted to it? If you had known that love is always hard to give up, why would you have cared about that little bit of tenderness..."

Upon hearing this, Liang Kuan couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder Liu Ziyang said that. The song is really good, but Chu Chu's sense of substitution when singing a sad song seems to be really worse than Tao Xiaoyu's. Bian Lang's vision and judgment are really bad!"

Meanwhile, the director of the artist department at Tao Xiaoyu's company, who was forced to work overtime, and Tao Xiaoyu's agent Tian Peng sat opposite each other at the tea table. They rubbed their temples and said, "To be honest, I absolutely support this, but the annual contract of Goose Egg Music has just been renewed. I can't explain to them if Xiaoyu does that at this critical moment!"

Tian Peng didn't expect that things would come to this, but she still expressed her thoughts: "The relationship between the platform and the content is complementary, but for Xiaoyu personally, the significance of the platform is far less than the content. Look, this kind of free popularity has already been achieved, are we going to say no to cooperation with the Rolling Stones now?"

Hearing the last three words "uncooperative", the director released his hand from his temple, then stretched out his hand and said hurriedly, "Not really, not really. Being able to cooperate with the Rolling Stones is something that many companies out there would be jealous of. It's just that we need to have a good discussion about the method of cooperation."

Tian Peng nodded without urging him, waiting for the director to continue.

Just at this time, Tian Peng received a WeChat notification sound on her mobile phone. She saw that it was sent by Tao Xiaoyu's assistant. She didn't even bother to say hello to the director and clicked on it directly.

As soon as she saw it was a video, she knew what was going on.

"Director, the sample is here, shall we appreciate it?"

This sentence came a little suddenly, and the director didn't react for a moment: "What do you mean?"

"A demo of Xiaoyu's new song!"

"Ah? What? So fast?" The director had common sense and was aware of the speed and quality of the edge waves, but he was still a little surprised when it was this fast.

Tian Peng ignored the director's nonsense, took out the wireless headphones from his bag, handed one to the director, and waited until the director put it on before pressing the play button.

When the piano sound of the prelude overflowed from the headphones, the director felt a scent of old classics from decades ago beginning to occupy half of his head through the headphones.

"you say……"

After listening to the main song, he felt that the other side of his brain had begun to protest, so he stood up and took off the earphone from Tian Peng's ear with one hand, then made a downward gesture with his hand.

Although Tian Peng was a little angry, he felt a little proud after he calmed down.

"You know, sadness is always inevitable. Every time you wake up from a dream, there are some things you don't need to ask now, and some people you never have to wait for..." After listening to this interlude, the director let out a long sigh, took off a pair of headphones and handed them back to Tian Peng, saying: "Buy a plane ticket to Chuncheng tomorrow, Liang Kuan and I will go to talk in person..."

Now it was Tian Peng's turn to be confused: "What the hell, the director hasn't personally negotiated resources with Xiaoyu in several years..."

Of course, she also wanted to know what the director had in mind. In her opinion, since the annual framework had been signed, it was impossible to keep the matter secret. However, the company's artists still had to release songs, and it was impossible for them to fall out with Edan just for Tao Xiaoyu!

Fortunately, he could see the attitude from the director's actions, and the company would not let go of this opportunity.

……

By noon on the third day, the news that Tao Xiaoyu had joined Rolling Stone was released by the official Rolling Stone!

Compared with Guo Sichu, who had been hyping up things before but never made an official announcement, Tao Xiaoyu's sudden move completely shocked many people in the circle.

There are those who are pessimistic about it, but of course there are more people who are envious. After all, signing with the Rolling Stones is like having a ticket to be fed.

As for what the inside story is, the people at Edan have already guessed it: "This matter was definitely discussed by both parties. Tao Xiaoyu's company privately cooperated with Rolling Stone to jointly control Tao Xiaoyu's agency contract!"

Ma Yuan also made the same judgment, but his company has no evidence!

Compared to this, he was more worried about the subsequent impact of this incident. Xie Xinyan and his team had no choice. When it came to the king level, the company had to act according to the other party's mood.

But if what’s been circulating in the circle is true, when this album is fully released at the end of the year, their song “Edan” will become a big joke for not having a number one song throughout the year!

In the past, even if Bian Lang had mobilized the entire rock music community to boycott, Goose Egg could have ignored it. But now that the Rolling Stones are beginning to radiate to the entire Chinese music scene, Goose Egg can no longer ignore it.

Whether to fight or make peace was not something he could decide. Ma Yuan could only confirm with Liu Ziyang the follow-up details of the album.

Liu Ziyang knew how much to reveal and how to say it: "Old Ma, I advise you not to bother with this matter, otherwise you, as the music director, will resign from Edan sooner or later because of this matter. Think about it, how many compilations of this kind have you seen in all these years? Has anyone made one in recent years?"

After that, Ma Yuan felt that the seriousness of the matter had increased.

Not to mention the past few years, even during the most glorious period of the Chinese music scene, albums of this type were rare.

As far as he could remember, this kind of compilation was either about some major event or to commemorate some person.

They made a compilation for no reason, and it was a compilation of top-tier names, which he had never heard of before...

If you ask Bian Lang about this, Bian Lang will have to introduce "China Fire" to them in detail!

Although it took 91 years for the third album to be released after the first one was released in 12, it is really only possible for Dou Xian and Huaer Band to appear on the same album.

The total sales of the Hua Xia Huo Collection, including pirated copies, are said to have exceeded 20 million copies. This achievement is still a great achievement at that time.

However, the opinions of later generations on Hua Xia Huo have shown a polarized trend. Most people believe that Hua Xia Huo's series of works are the most important driving force for the development of mainland China's creation and music culture. They have aroused the resonance of the times and promoted the development of young culture in the future, making great contributions.

The negative view is that Huaxiahuo attracted much more experience, knowledge and funds than the times and environment. Although it was successfully promoted, the impact on the environment was too great, resulting in difficulties in the future. It can only leave a fleeting trace in history. It also made the bands and singers who were popular at the time at a loss.

Zhang Peiren once publicly apologized in the media at the 10th anniversary of Rock China Music Power, expressing his regret for not being able to fulfill his dream. However, in many interviews, Zhang Peiren refused to comment on the background reasons and his mental journey at the time. So there are still some unclear points.

Bian Lang was still young at that time and didn't have much idea, but later he heard from San Ge and others that Acura followed Zhang Ju all day long and asked him to name the band.

Zhang Ju said that the folds of the buns were not as good as those of the Xisi buns, so they should be called "ugly faces". Ao Ge went to eat the buns, and they looked not ugly but delicious. Only the face was left, and the "face" was obtained.

Zhang Ju played bass in three bands at the time. When he passed away on a motorcycle in 95, the entire Beijing rock circle was half paralyzed, but that's a story for later.

In 1992, the compilation album "Huaxia Fire I" was released, and the second song was "Give Me Some Love" by Mianzi. In 1995, Mianzi's "Fire Instinct" was produced by Fang Wuxing and released by BMG Records. At that time, Fang Wuxing was also in Rolling Stone, and witnessed Zhang Peiren's series of operations to make a fool of himself. Who knew he was even worse off.

Although the album sold less than 20 copies, BMG still guaranteed a minimum royalty of $30.

"Fang Wuxing, you still owe 40 in royalties."

"70? That's including pirated copies."

Fang Wuxing drove away, and the brothers got angry and chased him in their cars.

Fang Wuxing suddenly had an idea and drove against the flow on the Third Ring Road, hoping to be stopped by the police. But there were too few cars in those days, and there was no drunk driving inspection. The Third Ring Road at night was as desolate as the road to Hades. Not long after, Fang Wuxing finally stopped the car because he ran out of gas. God knows where the brothers got the little piupiu from, took him home, and took away all the valuables.

Few people may have heard of Fang Wuxing, but you must know "Dreaming of the Tang Dynasty". Except for the few lines of poetry played by Ding Wunian in the interlude, all other lyrics were written by him.

If there was no Fang Wuxing, the rock compilations "Hua Xia Huo I" and "Rock BJ" series that were popular in the mainland in the early years would no longer exist.

"Black Panther I", "Tang Dynasty I", "I Can't Sit Next to You Sadly", "Flies in Love", "Faces"... Fang Wuxing can't remember how many albums he has participated in, and he is too lazy to count them. But since he came to the mainland in 1991, Chinese rock has gone from being prosperous in those days to struggling now, and his personal career has been closely related to it.

When Dreams of the Tang Dynasty was released, Dou Wei had already left Black Panther. Then, Black Panther started the "iron band, changing lead singer" mode.

First it was Qin Qi, but after a while he also wanted to play heavy metal, so he went to Tang Dynasty.

Luan Shu finally got over his broken heart and fell in love with horse riding. He even chose the horse farm for every Black Panther party, which shows that horses are more important to him than music. You know why. Guo Si pulled him off the horse and appointed him as the lead singer.

In August 1993, Black Panther released "The God of Light" and immediately took a performance, but on the same day Luan Shu had to go to Inner Mongolia to participate in an equestrian competition. Seeing Luan Shu riding a horse and enjoying the prosperity of the world, Guo Si was helpless.

Coincidentally, Luan Shu went to Inner Mongolia, and another person came back from Inner Mongolia. A young man named Markthaler came to fill the position. Xiao Ma was the son of singer Dedema, and he left soon after. The keyboard player Feng Xiaobo took over as the lead singer.

In 1994, Qin Qi's younger brother Qin Yong joined the band and sang for 10 years. During this period, he released three albums: "Nothing", "Can't Let My Troubles Have No Chance to Express" and "Black Panther V". In 2005, he withdrew due to his son's illness, and Zhang Kefan (stage name Dapeng), who was a former opera actor, took over. Zhang Kefan sang for 8 years, but during these 8 years, Black Panther did not release any albums.

In 2007, Black Panther had no new songs or performances. Li Tong, Zhao Mingyi, and Wang Wenjie held a meeting with the theme of survival.

After friendly consultations, it was unanimously agreed: You can listen to the song or not, but you cannot miss the meal!

So the three brothers opened a hot pot restaurant and unanimously agreed on a name, which was called "Renchao Renhai".

Of course, Ma Yuan couldn't know these things. He felt a headache just thinking about the upcoming album. This is really not as simple as not having a top song on the new song chart. If the Rolling Stones album is successful, then they will release another one the following year. Goose Egg Music may have turned from a tactical mistake to a strategic mistake.

Seeing that the other party was typing on WeChat, but no message came after waiting for a long time, Liu Ziyang sent a message: "Just wait next month. If Tao Xiaoyu and Xie Xinyan's new song doesn't become a hit, I will fly to BJ to treat you to shabu-shabu." Then he locked the screen and went to find Tao Xiaoyu to continue discussing the details of the singing.

At this time, Bian Lang was also thinking about what this album should be called. After thinking about it for a long time, he still had no idea. Naturally, he thought of the "China Fire" series.

This name must not be used, because it will be reserved for the Rolling Stones to use when they release a rock compilation in the future. However, following this line of thought, Bian Lang thought of a compilation in the history of Chinese rock that was earlier than the "Hua Xia Huo" series - "Rock of the Past"!

"Well, this name is quite appropriate, let's call it "Songs of the Past"!"