Thinker in the entertainment industry

Long Junheng always felt that Zheng Zhiyong was hiding a lot of things - there were many contradictory things in this person, and he could only feel some of them when he got closer, but he couldn't dig out the things in Zheng Zhiyong's heart. , it doesn't matter, but Yong Junhyung wants to have a closer connection with Jung Jiyong, which is a bit distressed.

Zheng Zhiyong's mind is hard to figure out, and Long Junheng's language skills are pitifully small. In order to avoid the situation where the two of them stare at each other in the studio, Long Junheng specially bought some beer so that he can adjust his language skills when needed. The atmosphere seems to be quite useful now.Long Junheng then opened a can: "I don't think you should sit in the office all the time. Of course, I have to admit that there is my selfishness in this idea."

"I feel it," Zheng Zhiyong said with a smile, "You have been pulling me down this road."This is the case for Yong Junhyung, and the same for Yoon Doojoon, they will not order Zheng Zhiyong to save trouble and money, then their IQ will be too sorry for their debut years.Zheng Zhiyong knew that these people had ulterior motives, but he didn't expect Long Junheng to speak out at this moment.

Long Junheng did not expect that Zheng Zhiyong would say such words. His hand holding the beer can froze for a moment, and after a while, he relaxed again: "Many people want to create this thing, but besides writing lyrics, hard work can make up for it." Composing and arranging music really requires talent, and the longer I work on it, the more I feel about it. Your talent is rare, Zhiyong."

"Really?" Zheng Zhiyong had a shallow smile on his lips. He lowered his head and took a sip of beer. When he raised his head again, there were some small bubbles on his lips. This kind of face would be unbelievable when placed on someone else. Maybe it will look sloppy, but Zheng Zhiyong's appearance is there, and the beer foam brings him a sense of yuppie, "I keep finding problems", he stopped, thought for a while, and finally decided It's better not to talk about it yet, "Brother, you asked me to come over, what's the matter?"

Speaking of business, Long Junheng, who had relaxed a little earlier, tensed up again: "I'm wondering if what I did in the past has caused you trouble."

"I also need the experience of cooperating with others to produce." Especially those who are not very close, Zheng Zhiyong added in his heart.When he first started composing, he either worked alone or collaborated with a group of acquaintances such as Jay Park, but if he wanted to be a professional producer, this obviously wouldn’t work—now that a group of people collaborate to produce songs is the mainstream.Long Junheng has their own ideas, and Zheng Zhiyong also has them. This kind of mobile phone training opportunity that can accumulate experience without causing entanglements should not be for nothing.

"What if my proposal is something you don't want to accept?" Long Junheng didn't borrow the slope to get off the donkey.

Zheng Zhiyong was speechless for a while, if Long Junhyung raised some unacceptable demands in the process of "pulling Zheng Zhiyong to become a producer", the situation would indeed be more embarrassing and heart-wrenching, but fortunately Haven't come to that step yet: "I haven't encountered such a situation yet."

"Because before that, I understood in time." Long Junheng said.

The two looked into each other's eyes, smiled in unison, and then raised their hands in unison to let the beer cans in their hands touch each other.

Long Junheng expressed his apology to Zheng Zhiyong for his previous lack of consideration. Seeing that Zheng Zhiyong didn't care much about it, he knew that the situation he was most worried about hadn't happened, so he couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed. Shaking out: "I think about it now, it's better to speak clearly."

"Is it because it was hard to speak before?" Zheng Zhiyong said suddenly.

Long Junheng nodded: "If you don't know the situation, it's hard to make a request if you get rejected, and..."

"And you also want to see how my abilities are." Zheng Zhiyong continued to interrupt.

Long Junheng continued to nod: "Now I don't have the slightest doubt about your ability." It's just that there are still a lot of things that I don't understand, but there is no time left for him to understand slowly.

Zheng Zhiyong smiled, and did not say "I still have doubts": "Brother, what exactly do you think?"

"I want to add someone to Goodlife." Long Junhyung said.

In the music industry in Korea, what is popular in music production is not that one person can do everything, but teamwork, two-stage side kicks, and black eyes must win. They are all well-known teams.

As one of the representative singer-songwriters, Yong Junhyung's independent works are also pitiful. Most of his works are completed in cooperation with Kim Tae-soo and released under the name of the creative team "goodlife" formed by the two of them. of.

The difference between "goodlife" and other teams is that Yong Junhyung and Kim Taesu are not a simple cooperative relationship. The two were classmates in high school, and they also had a very good friendship in private.What's more special is that the two members of "goodlife", Yong Junheng and Kim Taesu, don't create much independently, and don't cooperate much with others.A creative team is not the same as a combination. If you can strike sparks with other people, then there is no problem in cooperation.For example, Cui Kyu-seung and Rado, who are "black eyes must win", have cooperated many times, and have worked alone or with others. For example, Cui Kyu-seung created "Rainy Day", Rado and Sinsadong Tiger, and before Le Ahn Hyo Jin, who worked with Jung Ji Yong, created "Troublemaker" together.

Zheng Zhiyong secretly speculated about the reason: Long Junheng and Kim Tae-soo have relatively serious shortcomings, but together they can get along.

Thinking of this, Zheng Zhiyong felt that he should understand Long Junheng's purpose. "I'm not the only one who can create," he said.He was basically in aomg when he was creating, and Long Junheng knew only a small part of it, and there were many semi-finished products that Zheng Zhiyong saved and polished.Zheng Zhiyong felt that what the Cube group saw might be tempting, but it was not to the extent that Long Junhyung was so painstaking.

"But your situation is most suitable for cooperation, long-term and stable cooperation."

Zheng Zhiyong understood now.

He works in Cube and got some "special care" things, apart from "Jung Jiyong has a background", other interpretations can be made.From this, Long Junheng saw a favorable situation for him: if Zheng Zhiyong wants to develop in the entertainment industry, he will have a long-term and close relationship with Cube.

Even if he has a good relationship with Jay Park, there is no need to worry too much, because Cube's largest shareholder is Jay Park's agency Sidushq.

"You meet all my needs, but I don't know what you want," Yong Junhyung continued, "I didn't think it was appropriate to ask directly. I wanted to figure it out myself, but... I became more and more confused."

Hearing this, Zheng Zhiyong couldn't help lowering his head, shrugging his shoulders and laughing wildly, almost shaking out half of the beer in the beer can: "It's not surprising, I don't understand either."

At this point, Zheng Zhiyong doesn't need to worry about his words

Talking about the unpleasantness of the meeting: "When I treat creation as a hobby, monetary gain is not very important, but if it becomes formal, I don't want to suffer."

"Of course", Long Junheng said, "I have taken advantage of a lot in the past, and this time the request is causing you trouble." He is very self-aware, Zheng Zhiyong does not need to join other people's team, But he wanted to have a helper like Zheng Zhiyong.

"It's not that serious." Zheng Zhiyong said politely out of habit.

He still doesn't have a clear idea about whether he should go on this path in the future, and how to go on.Long Junheng was very sincere, and Zheng Zhiyong felt that he should also clarify the problem: "But my problem is not in this."

If you want to cooperate formally, the distribution of benefits is definitely very important, but this is not the most critical issue.Zheng Zhiyong doesn't want to suffer, but he is not greedy. Yong Junheng is not short of money now, what he lacks is helpers to share the pressure he bears in music production.If the problem is only the distribution of benefits, it will be easier to handle.

Long Junheng leaned forward a little, signaling to listen carefully.

"Choosing a career requires two factors. One is that I like it, and the other is that I am suitable for it. I am now a teacher because I am quite talented in language, but I like..." He shook his head, "At most It's average."

"What about music?" Yong Junhyung asked.

"It has something that I like very much," Zheng Zhiyong said, "I started doing hip-hop because it allows me to say something that I can't usually say with confidence. The etiquette stuff, it's really annoying sometimes."

"For example, yours..." Long Junheng's eyes drifted to Zheng Zhiyong's waist.

"Oh, you're right." Zheng Zhiyong subconsciously supported his waist with his free hand, then recovered and withdrew his hand, "I'm not just doing hip-hop, anyone who can help I am willing to make music that achieves the purpose of 'expression'. Later, I also expanded the scope of my preferences. If there is no content in the lyrics, the composition or arrangement is a fresh style that no one around does. It’s also fun to watch.”

"But no matter how I say it, if I want to write a song actively, proactively and seriously, I must have a purpose, either to experiment with unique music or to express myself, otherwise I will not be able to write it. I think if it is In this case, I can’t maintain a stable output of works for a long time, so I don’t need to be a professional producer, just be an amateur. By the way, I also need to consider whether the content is suitable for expression. Some things, even in the name of hip-hop, are not easy to talk about.”

During the cooperation with mq, Zheng Zhiyong deeply realized this point.He and the MQ members collectively had a collective brain twitch and got emotional. Later, Zheng Zhiyong got the inspiration, but recalling the communication process at that time, both he and MQ felt very...embarrassed.

In most cases, being honest is not a pleasant thing to do.Like Zheng Zhiyong, he only confided part of his sentimentality and troubles to Jay Park. The attempt when he cooperated with mq proved that it is not easy to express his more private and true thoughts to unfamiliar people .

The successful completion of "you don't know" let Zheng Zhiyong know that it is possible to entrust other people's ideas to him to express.It seems to be a good result, but he doesn't think this situation will become the norm - whether the other party is willing to say it is a big problem, and Zheng Zhiyong himself feels uncomfortable.

Long Junheng didn't know what Zheng Zhiyong concluded from the cooperation with mq, but what Zheng Zhiyong said was enough for him to extract the general idea, and he felt a little headache because of it, "Before we...", Long Junheng wanted to work hard : The central idea of ​​my works is not only being dumped, but also being dumped, and the style of music is always falling into the vicious circle of "copying myself", but we have also enjoyed working together before.

——Long Junhyung wanted to pull Zheng Zhiyong together, the very important reason was the style of the song, he really couldn't think of many templates for the arrangement, but Zheng Zhiyong had a lot of miscellaneous ideas.

"Other people make a general framework and I cooperate, that's okay. I cooperated with mq some time ago, and it went very smoothly. But, first, I don't know how long this state can last." After all, people's inspiration is limited." Second, it doesn't make much sense."

Isn't it worth the loss to go from a boring and stable job to a boring and unstable job?