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Chapter 162 Suddenly, I found myself among a group of big shots.
This competition format makes it easier for artists to squeeze in their schedules.

Of course, it's even better for someone like Xia Shen who has a relatively flexible schedule, as he can shoot once a week and work more relaxed.

After settling in, Xia Shen and the band went to a nearby restaurant for a meal before returning to the lounge to begin preparations.

Meanwhile, Li Le, who had just finished dinner with his bandmates and returned to the program's rest room, nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the new coffee machine in the room.

This is right.

Although the production team invited them to film, they must have taken great care of their living arrangements, including providing meals every day during filming, including breakfast. However, for a well-known band like them who are not short of money, they would usually choose to take care of their own meals.

But regardless, were the things the production team provided meant for people like them? Absolutely not.

Every day, the menu is just steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and soy milk for breakfast. Who wants to eat that stuff?

"We still need a coffee machine; only Junke Coffee has the right feel," Li Le exclaimed.

Although the environment is still so-so, we'll just make do. After all, we're in China, what better conditions can we expect?
He didn't just say that; he's never even looked down on domestic rock music.

Is that what you call rock and roll?
They're all just a bunch of fake rockers. What good rock music can come out of the Chinese music scene?

It has to be the closest to the place of origin to have the most authentic taste.

This is what their band has always been pursuing: to create the ultimate Britpop.

Their music is so good that even the British praise it highly, saying it has a unique flavor.

As for rehearsals? What's the point of rehearsing at all?
With their skill level, winning the championship is a sure thing.

This is what you call a level of overwhelming superiority and a generational gap, you know?
What are their goals?
It's the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame located in Cleveland!

It's the Dolby Theatre, the Oscars, standing tall on the riverbank!

It's the Grammy Awards ceremony!
This so-called music competition is just a stepping stone for them.

Therefore, they did not choose to rehearse, but instead started playing on their own. Li Le also took out his phone to watch short videos.

As he brushed, his brows furrowed.

Because after scrolling through them, the background music of those videos was surprisingly consistent.

The rest of the list is all under Xia Shen's name.

Mentioning Xia Shen
He remembered seeing the person who greeted them in the lounge next door when they went out to eat.

It looks somewhat familiar.

However, he has always kept his distance from the domestic rock music scene.

He doesn't even consider his Aspirin Band to belong to the category of Chinese rock bands.

They are only developing their careers domestically for the time being, but they will eventually go global, so they can be considered an international band.

He even studied in Manchester and formed his band there.

That can no longer be considered a Chinese band; it's a Manchester band.

Therefore, he naturally didn't see any need to get entangled with these insects in the country.

At the time, he only thought that person was probably from some domestic band. Now, thinking about it carefully and looking at the videos related to Xia Shen that he often sees, he realizes that he is a member of a domestic band.

That person looks like Xia Shen?

He frowned.

However, he soon relaxed his brow.

Forget it, even if it's Xia Shen, so what?
Let alone the veteran rockers, he doesn't give them any face. This kind of pseudo-rock isn't even real; it's pop music, or even trashy music. There's even less reason to take it seriously.

Soon, time passed little by little, and the bands and guests who were going to participate in the show had basically all arrived.

When the time came for filming, all the bands and guests gathered together. Xia Shen also led the Rose Red Flower Band and greeted the other guests and the band.

Then he realized that not everyone was like aspirin; the vast majority of people were actually quite friendly.

In particular, some big names he had heard of would take the initiative to greet him.

Just like now.

"Professor Xia Shen, I have long admired your name."

"Not at all, Brother Jian, you flatter me. I grew up listening to your music, that's true. I'm the one who should be admiring you, a senior figure like you." The middle-aged man wearing a baseball cap with a five-pointed star, who was currently talking to Xia Shen, was none other than Lin Jian, a big name in the rock music scene.

He was, and even now, a household name and a big shot.

He is a truly legendary musician.

Xia Shen doesn't have many opportunities to meet these legendary musicians, and he hasn't had much contact with them before, so this is indeed an opportunity.

This made him feel quite disoriented.

I didn't realize when I started to have the right to communicate with these big shots on an equal footing.

However, it's normal for Xia Shen to have this dazed feeling, after all, he has only been in the industry for less than a year, which is a very short time.

However, what he didn't know was just how outrageous his rise to power was in the eyes of others, and how he could achieve this in such a short time.

That's enough to make him impossible for anyone to ignore.

In fact, in the eyes of legendary musicians like Lin Jian, Xia Shen is the most special and most worthy of attention in the entire music scene.

Let's not talk about whether they actually play rock and roll or not.

A top producer can rise to the world stage in a short period of time, and even become a world-class producer, going abroad.

Do you believe that they lack professional competence?
Regardless of what kind of music one makes, one must always show respect to others; this is the bare minimum.

In fact, the higher one's position, the more one knows about these things.

Soon, Xia Shen also met the legendary first generation of international diva in China, the former electronic music queen, Zeng Qiangwei!

She still sports that familiar afro and has that kind and approachable face, but compared to her younger days, time has left its mark on this electronic music queen.

"Hello, Ms. Zeng Qiangwei!" Xia Shen didn't dare to be presumptuous and greeted her respectfully in a very humble manner.

"Oh my, this must be China's number one in the top 100. You're a really handsome young man. I've heard your name for a long time, and it's great to finally meet you today. We're practically colleagues now, huh?"

"Not at all, teacher, you're too kind."

Seeing how kind this senior was, Xia Shen quickly smiled and replied.

"You're welcome." Zeng Qiangwei waved her hand and said, "If it's true, then it is. You have indeed achieved success through your own efforts, which is admirable. It's all thanks to outstanding musicians like you that Chinese electronic music has reached its current level of prosperity and even produced its own world's top 100."

Zeng Qiangwei's tone was somewhat wistful.

This is the current recording site for the program, and the overall atmosphere is quite good.

Huang Dalong and the others followed behind Xia Shen, looking somewhat awkward.

I guess I got lucky today because of Xia Shen.

Everything was going smoothly until Aspirin entered the room, at which point the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Li Le led a group of band members wearing sunglasses and walked straight into the common lounge without looking to either side, without greeting anyone.

It was only then that Xia Shen realized that the Aspirin Band's attitude was indeed equal for everyone.

Moreover, it seems that the other party does not have a very good reputation or popularity.

But nobody said anything.

This also puzzled Xia Shen.

Can these people's music really be this hard?

After all, the only thing that could make a musician so arrogant was that his music was good enough; he couldn't think of any other explanation.

However, he didn't pay much attention to it and didn't take it seriously.

Oh well, whatever. Let him do whatever he wants. I didn't offend him anyway.

And soon, amidst everyone's conversation, the program officially began.
For rock fans across China, the most important moment had arrived.

The live stream immediately surpassed 10 million views upon its launch.

Breaking 50 million in three minutes!

This data is nothing short of exaggerated!

(End of this chapter)