Thinker in the entertainment industry

After the third episode of "Infinite Challenge" Ballad Festival was broadcast, people's evaluation of Zheng Zhiyong's public opinion has finally undergone some fundamental changes.

——I shouldn’t regard him as an idol, this is obviously a neurotic artist who is abundant in Europe and the United States but rarely seen in the Republic of Korea!

For such a change in public opinion, Li Yuanzhu, who has been promoted to the level of "old fan" without knowing it, can't laugh or cry:

He started out as a rapper and a musician. You see him as handsome and well-educated, so you subconsciously regard him as an idol. Who is to blame?

However, the inaccurate cognition at the beginning does not mean that the current cognition is accurate. Using "psycho artist" to describe Zheng Zhiyong is still far from the truth. "Thinkers dare to think and speak, not to talk nonsense." Li Yuanzhu complained in the group.

However, such a title can help Zheng Zhiyong clear up a lot of fault-finding accusations and demands. "Crazy disease" is now often regarded as a kind of cuteness, and fans who stand on Zheng Zhiyong's side have not raised this How many objections - I'm too busy arguing with anti.

At this time, Zheng Zhiyong didn't know that netizens finally realized that he was not a positive "child of other people", but a musician who had the courage to express his ideas and was not afraid to challenge various conventions and collective emotions. In the studio of "Infinite Challenge", I sat and recited the lyrics silently.

For the part of "Creation of Zheng Junhe's Rap Words", he spared one night and completed the recording with Zheng Junhe.The distribution weight of their group was guaranteed.But Jin Tae-ho made statistics afterwards and decided to let everyone get together in a session called "emergency meeting".

The theme of the interaction is "resolving conflicts", and there is no conflict between Zheng Zhiyong and Zheng Junha, so they are both soy sauce.

The protagonists are Park Myung Soo who vows to be EDM and IU who doesn't even want to be EDM.

For those who know the inside story, it is obvious that this "emergency meeting" is that Kim Tae-ho is trying to find a way to make a show-if there is a conflict, who will take such a solution?

If there is any extra gain in making up the numbers here, Zheng Zhiyong finally heard part of the song "Leon" written by iu in the studio:

"I'm curious about you, the unpredictable expression, the black sunglasses..."

The soothing melody with the exotic style is very catchy, Zheng Zhiyong now fully understands why iu would rather insist on using this melody than Park Myung-soo.

And once this song becomes the EDM that Park Myung Soo wants to make, what will it look like?

"I'm very curious about you, with an unpredictable expression, black black black black black black black-colored sunglasses."

The ending of "Snow Flower" jumped to the feeling of "Gangnam Style".

When Zheng Zhiyong heard it, he exchanged glances with Zheng Junha: "Brother, we are so lucky that we can reach a consensus."

Then his grateful expression successfully angered Park Mingxiu: "It shouldn't be a problem to be a hip-hop EDM, isn't the rap in "Show Methemoney" very fast, follow this rhythm?"

Zheng Zhiyong (innocent): "Which song?"

The special thing about Zheng Zhiyong is that, as an already popular musician, he has no representative songs performed by himself.

Park Myung Soo: "..."Auditory Hallucinations"!"

Liu Jae-shik, who has a good memory: "Although you and iu have many conflicts, they are really a good pair!"

"Under the ink-stained sky, the figure you don't want to leave is shadowy—"

But more than one person was abused by Park Myung Soo, iu then contributed her EDM version of "leon", Taeyang's "Eyes, Nose and Mouth", Zion.t's "Yanghua Bridge" and even hyukoh's "wiingwiing" were also abused .

The conflicts are so fierce, if the final version of "leon" doesn't respond well, it's time to smash the sign...

Zheng Zhiyong couldn't help thinking.

In particular, that dangerous signboard belongs to iu, and Park Myung Soo has no signboard.

The recording of the emergency meeting was very boring. The hosts were in charge of the sequence and the rhythm. The guests only needed to control their expressions and respond when it was critical. nothing to do.

If anything, the people I knew when I first started recording are now finally meeting again.After everyone met that day, some people have kept in touch, such as iu and hyukoh, iu even promoted hyukoh's song on her ins, Zheng Zhiyong is not the same, his two shows are going on and on, and he is tossed Physically and mentally exhausted, he wanted to go out to relax in the middle, and there was a violent incident. Until now, his reputation has been very subtle, and he has never had much contact with his friends, and his acquaintances only send messages by kakao or text messages at most. On the level of "people I know", the connection is completely broken.

But he has a lot of things to do, this kind of severance is not bad, on the contrary, it saves Zheng Zhiyong a lot of things.When we meet again now, he looks calm and looks no different from before the ups and downs.

Seeing so many people who are familiar but not familiar at once, Zheng Zhiyong didn't think too much, but iu took the initiative to find him: "How are you doing these days?"

"There seems to be a lot of news about me." At the beginning, IU acted that he knew Zheng Zhiyong very well, but Zheng Zhiyong couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in her gourd, so he responded vaguely, "Hold on for a while , otherwise there is no other way.”

IU just smiled: "I heard that soon the public performance of "Show Me The Money" will be held."

"I have a solo performance stage", Zheng Zhiyong said, "Interested?"

"A little bit", iu admitted very readily, "don't be surprised when you see me in the audience".

"Interested in cooperation?"

It is very common in hip-hop songs to use female voices to cooperate with rap, so it is not very abrupt for Zheng Zhiyong to use such a proposal to test, and iu's answer is both tactful and straightforward: "I am willing and confident to present Good cooperation, but the company may be more cautious."

iu doesn't think jong jiyong's downfall will be a flash in the pan, but people around her hold the opposite view, and iu doesn't intend to fight it.

"I understand", Zheng Zhiyong, who understood this, didn't take it seriously, and took unnecessary risks with people who were not relatives or friends, which he couldn't do himself, "It doesn't matter, one person has one person's benefits ".

IU understood and smiled with relief: "Thank you, maybe in the future, I will support you."

"Support professional iu?" During the first episode of the show, iu promoted hyukoh and him very carefully. The "Infinite Challenge" program group was limited by their positions, so they couldn't put all the news about a group of artists in one go. Then Many people became interested in searching after watching the show, and iu's countless treasures from the perspective of fans are indisputable.

"Being able to say what you like - I've been working towards that."

iu smiled gently and movingly.

Zheng Zhiyong thought of An Xiyan.

He and An Xiyan resonated, it was a kind of coincidence, An Xiyan did not devote too much effort to Zheng Zhiyong, what she did was just the nature of being an acquaintance and friend to her It's just a matter of points, but it just hit the sensitive place in Zheng Zhiyong's heart, and finally triggered a secret and fruitless crush.

IU also has a tacit understanding with him, but the basis of this tacit understanding is that IU has a special concern for Zheng Zhiyong, more precisely, for the "thinker" as a creator.Without knowing Zheng Zhiyong himself, iu is the first person who accurately understands Zheng Zhiyong's feelings and thoughts infused in the songs.

But when facing iu, who is definitely worthy of the title of "confidant", Zheng Zhiyong is not like when he faced An Xiyan, he felt a sense of joy of finding a like-minded person.Even if iu is friendly and honest enough to him, he doesn't object to iu's way of protecting himself wisely. Even when Zheng Zhiyong's accident happened, iu and An Xiyan's handling methods are actually very similar - they both send some formulaic messages to inquire about the situation. After receiving Zheng Zhiyong's reply similar to "very good, don't read it", there was no movement, but the feeling they gave Zheng Zhiyong was still completely different.

An Xiyan's concern for him is limited, Zheng Zhiyong understood very early on.As for IU, her concern is real, her calmness is also real, everything is done naturally, which makes Zheng Zhiyong feel uneasy.

After Zheng Zhiyong's difficult rebirth, the number of girls he met is not small, but for the time being, there are only two girls who have the attribute of "worthy of deep talk". Ending his crush, only temporarily estranged until everything is sorted out, another understanding and appreciation of his music, but inexplicably making Zheng Zhiyong uncomfortable.

What is this...

Although Zheng Zhiyong knew in his heart that he didn't need and shouldn't have any expectations, whether it was a heart-to-heart relationship or a relationship with the opposite sex.

——Even "same-sex fate" seems to be only slightly better.

Looking at the superbee and incredivle who seemed to be fighting each other in the next second, Zheng Zhiyong was very sad.

After ten days, I have been diligently busy with the recording of "Infinite Challenge" and the personal stage practice of "showmethemoney". When the performance finally started on July 7, there was another problem in the team. Zheng Zhiyong expressed that he was a little skeptical life, really.

Tablo and the others prepared a song for the producer's joint performance called "Brother's Car". Zheng Zhiyong had heard it before, and it was very... weird.

Is this really not for big sticks or ikon who is about to debut?Sounds really good "idol".

Okay, let’s get down to business, "Brother's Car" is not the point, who sings this song with the producers is.According to the program schedule of "showmethemoney", the performance will start tonight. Before the performance, the producer will announce which contestant will perform with them based on the results of the rehearsal. This is what the regulations say, but in order to make the contestants mentally prepared, tablo A little news was revealed a few hours in advance.

Incredivle was the last one chosen, and superbee was very upset with this result.

The two people from Jinusean went to the program team, they didn’t know what they were talking about, tablo was standing in the center of the vortex, his face was not very good-looking, of course, Zheng Zhiyong was the one who suffered the most, he wanted to take a break first to prepare for the solo stage later The rehearsals have accumulated energy, how are you going to treat YG now?

The strange thing is that Tablo seems to have a tacit understanding with him at this moment: "thinker, you go out first."

"Yes." Zheng Zhiyong nodded to Tablo, turned around and was about to leave, but heard the voice of Superbee from behind: "Thinker, you haven't paid much attention to team affairs, have you?"

Zheng Zhiyong stopped and turned around, "I don't have time", he said calmly, "Even if I have time, there is very little that can be changed".

Then he walked out without looking back.

Alas, if he had known that...he would have known it a long time ago.

Backstage at the rehearsal site, Zheng Zhiyong walked unhurriedly along the crowded passage, with no emotion on his expressionless face—there were so many people backstage, he didn't want to be watched.

But there are still people who can see that he is wrong: "thinker?... Zhiyong?"

Hoodie, mid-length hair, light stubble on the chin—verbaljint.

"elder brother."

"uncomfortable?"

"A little tired," Zheng Zhiyong said with a smile, "it won't affect the game."

This time the YG team will face off against brandnewmusic, and the rapper chosen by Verbaljint and Sane with a solo stage is Basic, that is to say, Zheng Zhiyong will have a duel against Basic this time.

It's really not an easy task to be the champion candidate Basick.

"Is this what you're going to wear on stage?"

"Yeah." Zheng Zhiyong looked down at his clothes. He was dressed in black with a leather jacket, with gleaming rivets and iron chains, a black peaked cap, black pants, black corrective shoes, a complete "maninck", But it still fits the dress requirements of hip-hop, what's the problem?

"I clashed with basick."

Zheng Zhiyong: ...the first time I went on stage with a mask, I also bumped into my shirt, and I also bumped into my first performance without a mask, and there is no end to it!

"Did you take off your coat in the middle of the show?"

The meaning behind it couldn't be more obvious, Zheng Zhiyong breathed a sigh of relief: "No, I don't have that much exercise."

He didn't intend to stand on the same spot from beginning to end this time, but jumping around the field is still not suitable for him.

Verbaljint heard the words, but fell silent for a while.

"I'm sorry," he said after a short silence, "During the diss battle, I didn't think about it."