Thinker in the entertainment industry

In addition to simply sorting out what he can do next, Zheng Zhiyong finally started production again.

The studio has not been completed yet, but he built a simple one for himself at home. The combination of computer and keyboard is enough to solve most problems. In this era of advanced technology, various traditional musical instruments play an important role in song production. The role has become more and more like feelings closer.

But if Zheng Zhiyong wants "feelings", he prefers to find a comfortable position and lean on the bed to welcome the visit of inspiration. Sitting upright in front of the screen and thinking hard all night is the living state of most producers today, but it is not suitable for Zheng Zhiyong.

Such a posture does not seem to be very hardworking, and Zheng Zhiyong does not deny that he has been diligent. When he was learning musical instruments as a child, when he was learning dance as a teenager, and when he was disabled and studying for the college entrance examination, he overcame the negative influence brought on by his hand. It was too tiring than "doing twice the result with half the effort", so he chose to give up. The results of the last two items were all pretty good, but in rap and creation, the two fields he is most acclaimed at the moment, Zheng Zhiyong relied on his talent. I don't force myself to put on a hardworking look, who will I show it to?

The accumulated feelings of the previous day were slightly diluted by time, slowly fermented in his heart, moved little by little on the ground with the quiet afternoon sun, and finally gathered into flowing notes.

"time", time, it will bring about a huge change in a short period of time, making the present immediately become the past, and immediately become something untouchable.

The summer of 2015 was very lively. Major boy groups and girl groups came back together, and there were also programs such as "Infinite Challenge" song festival and "showmethemoney" with high topics and high energy production of good songs. (sistar, aoa, etc.) + big stick", to ""Infinite Challenge" song festival related + big stick", and then to ""Infinite Challenge" song festival + "showmethemoney"", the lower circle changed more quickly, idol and strength Musician, after you sing, I will appear on stage, and let the audience have a good time.

In contrast, after the start of the school season in September, the music scene has become much deserted.Looking at the charts of each music source, it feels as if the summer vacation is not over yet, and the charts are all in the second half of August.It strongly proves that the lives of people in the entertainment industry and the office worker student party are reversed. The latter left the air-conditioned room and entered the working state, while the former stopped. There was nothing going on behind the scenes.

Against this background, there were actually a few news articles about Zheng Zhiyong's incident on the Internet.It's hard to say anything if you don't go to the club. It's normal for a 24-year-old underground rapper to go to the club. It's not strange for Zheng Zhiyong not to listen to other people's booing.Zheng Zhiyong went to Beast's concert and there were more people talking about the tears at the end. Cube's chaos is not a secret but it has not exploded. Passers-by are more willing to talk about the "origin" of Beast and Zheng Zhiyong , chatting from "midnight" on "Infinite Challenge" to "yey" with poor grades, and guessing about Zheng Zhiyong's scene when he was in the cube.After all, Zheng Zhiyong didn't say anything about his relationship with beast other than answering IU's "selfishness". People are still quite curious.Zheng Zhiyong's ins also acquiesced that the protagonist of the faceless photo was him, and netizens were not worried about being slapped in the face.

When the number of people discussing it reaches a certain level, several boring media will publish news. Zheng Zhiyong finalized the first draft of "time" and changed "yey" into a piano version. He is playing slowly by himself. Received a call from Fang Jihyuk, and after listening to it, his face was black.

This is the first news after the two programs ended. He wanted to ask An Shuojun what he thought, anyway he was quite embarrassing.

"Is it a big problem?" He still asked.

"No problem, the comments on the Internet are quite good." Fang Kihyuk, who carefully checked the comments, said sternly, "You and the image of beast are not bad."

Zheng Zhiyong laughed. Beast had no scandals in the six years since his debut. Although he was hacked twice in a month, he was later whitewashed with the help of political correctness. Putting it together with beast is not a big deal. dragged each other down: "That's good."

"But I saw a theory," said the conscientious Fang Kihyuk, "Some people speculate whether you want to sign Cube."

Zheng Zhiyong: ... Regarding this statement, Zheng Zhiyong couldn't find a better adjective to describe his feelings besides being dumbfounded. "When will the news of my signing be made public?" He held back for a long time before asking.

"On the [-]th and [-]th, I heard what the PR department said."

"Writing a press release?"

"Yes."

"Okay", Zheng Zhiyong quickly calculated in his heart, "Enough is enough".

If he goes to an independent label like aomg, he is fighting for art, and there is no problem with public opinion, but if he goes to cj, it is to show the public that he has interests. Under such circumstances, Zheng Zhiyong needs to do a little bit some preparation.

After hanging up the phone, Zheng Zhiyong pressed his hands heavily on the keys, making a messy sound.

He still has a clear idea of ​​what he should do. At the same time, Zheng Zhiyong also understands what this news means.

——It means that not only netizens, but also many people who know him in real life will also know about his tears at the concert.

Zheng Zhiyong can say a lot of arguments that sound "exciting", but he still can't say "I am emotional".He has seen too many people who think that is equivalent to being weak, and even some of them have a good impression of Zheng Zhiyong. Zheng Zhiyong never thought that way from the beginning to the end, but he lacks confidence and lack of confidence in changing the status quo. power.

This is a rare thing that Zheng Zhiyong does not think he is at fault, but is unable to change.

When Zheng Zhiyong went to look for Zhang Xiansheng, one-third of September had already passed.Judging from Long Junhyung's performance, Zhang Xiansheng must know what Zheng Zhiyong did on "Beautiful Show", but although this guy doesn't speak very nicely, he doesn't talk so much.

Zhang Xiansheng's style of painting is: "Is there anything you can do for me?"

Zheng Zhiyong swallowed the somewhat overused line "I can't find you if I have nothing to do?": "Yes, I need my help if I have something to do."

"Me?" Zhang Xiansheng asked puzzled.

"How is Cube now? I mean... I signed a contract with the company before I left. Although the terms are not strict, it is still a contract."

"About what?" There is no need to keep this matter secret, but there is also no need to publicize it. Zheng Zhiyong didn't take the initiative to say it, and Zhang Xiansheng didn't know about it.

"Cooperation..." Zheng Zhiyong briefly introduced to him, "At that time, I still felt that it was okay to keep in touch."That's all he can say.

When Hong Seung-sung and Park Jong-min were still in harmony, Jung Ji-yong, who had a "relationship", was able to cooperate happily with Cube, but now there are signs of division within Cube, and Jung Ji-yong's situation is a bit embarrassing.

"I didn't expect you to be as popular as you are now."

Zheng Zhiyong smiled wryly.

I am not confident enough about my later development, and I want to have an extra insurance when making plans. This is another reason besides personal feelings.

"You want to do this?" Zhang Xiansheng continued to ask.

"There is an upper limit to the number of cooperations. I want to know what arrangements will be made next, so I can be more proactive." To put it bluntly speaking, Zheng Zhiyong's plan is to complete as many tasks as possible, although he will later be dismissed because of this relationship. The possibility of embarrassment is not very high, judging from the fact that the cube has become like this in a few months, he'd better be careful.

Zhang Xiansheng nodded, and suddenly asked: "Will they miss your plan?"

"Will they refuse?" Businessmen are chasing profit, now is the time when Zheng Zhiyong's fame is the most useful and the most valuable, if Cube's planning department is really stupid enough to procrastinate and play tricks with Zheng Zhiyong at this moment... he There is no way.

"Yes", Zhang Xiansheng said, "Don't think about our solo activities in the future, btob may come back again in the second half of the year, but I don't know the specific situation, there is no arrangement yet, 4minute's comeback should be next year... by the way !"

He finally remembered a valuable piece of information.

"Isn't "Unpretty Rapstar" going to have a second season? Jeon Ji Yoon is going to join as a substitute."

""Unpretty Rapstar"?"

"What's wrong?" Zhang Xiansheng heard that Zheng Zhiyong's tone was wrong.

"It's nothing", "drowsiness meets the pillow", "maybe I can think about how to cooperate".

"What do you think is best?"

Zheng Zhiyong hesitated for a while, and finally said the truth: "I rap, she sings." Quan Zhiyun can be regarded as a capable person, can sing, dance and rap, but it is a pity that he does all three well, not as good as the one It is not easy for firefighters who are top-notch and all-rounders to stand out.

"Hahahaha", Zhang Xiansheng laughed almost out of breath, "You should be on a variety show, Zheng Zhiyong".

That's all about Zheng Zhiyong's matter for the time being, and the next thing is Zhang Xiansheng's matter. Before Zheng Zhiyong thought of what to say, Zhang Xiansheng asked first: "Why did you think of asking me? Didn't you see Long Junheng that day?"

"It was because of seeing him that I felt that the matter was more serious than I thought." Zheng Zhiyong changed the subject.

No matter what relationship he and Long Junheng had in the future, the fact that they became acquainted with each other because of "benefits" could not be changed. This kind of problem involving cubes, especially when Zheng Zhiyong wanted to "flee the battle", he still talked to Zhang Xiansheng Feel a little more relaxed.

"That's right," Zhang Dare to Say Anything Xiansheng said, "Long Junheng wants to stay in the company, if you don't want to continue, it's a bit..."

"Friendship and cooperation are okay, and everything else is fine."

Zhang Xiansheng (holding his chin): "Is your cooperation going well?"

Zheng Zhiyong (with a knife in his chest): Can you say a few words less!

Finally he took a deep breath. "It doesn't matter—he wants to stay, how about you?"

4minute, beast, and solo singer g.na are the old people who joined Cube when it was established. g.na has been quiet for a long time, and he doesn't even go to the company much, and Zhang Xiansheng is not keen on inquiring about news. All he knows is that g.na's contract expires at the end of the year and will not be renewed, and then he doesn't care more about it. Both 4minute and beast's contracts expire in 2016, and there is only one team return before the expiration. They are currently thinking about the way out, and at least they will be able to ventilate within the group.

After the promotional period of "yey" ended, the six members of beast briefly communicated about the future.They have different views on the rivalry between Hong Seung-sung and Park Jong-min - if Hong Seung-sung is in good health, the problem will be easier to deal with, but Hong Seung-sung has an incurable disease, and things are much more complicated.However, the difference in opinions on this matter does not have a big impact. Everyone does not want to stand in line for the time being. On the issue of what to do when the contract expires in one year, they basically have the same idea: find a decent company to take over the entire The difficulty of the combination is too high, the lesser of two evils, first stay with Cube for two years, after finishing military service.

——Except for Zhang Xiansheng.

"You think I'm wrong too, don't you?"

Zheng Zhiyong nodded.

"If I want to continue my activities, it seems that I should renew my contract." Zhang Xiansheng laughed.

"but?"

"It's not very comfortable here, continue to cooperate with them, and then continue to run commercial performances..." Zhang Xiansheng clenched his right hand into a fist, pressed on his chest, and said, "I can't make such a decision."

"So it's emotional?"

"...Yes." In front of Zheng Zhiyong's questioning, Zhang Xiansheng simply admitted.

Zheng Zhiyong: ...

"I'm a bit like you, brother," Zheng Zhiyong sighed, and then smiled wryly, "The difference is that I try to be rational when making decisions, although it will be really uncomfortable."