Thinker in the entertainment industry

SM, the largest star manufacturing factory in Korea.In the nearly 20 years since its establishment, countless popular artists have been launched.It is the most yearning place for boys and girls in Korea who dream of being on the stage or becoming famous overnight, and it is also loved and hated by countless fans because of its cruelty.

Oh Soo Jung was spotted and "booked" by SM's scouts when she was still in elementary school, even counting the time she stayed in SM, it has been more than ten years.Naturally, she has seen many people leave, some trainees who left without being able to make it to the stage due to lack of strength, or offending people who cannot be offended, or making other mistakes, and some had disputes with the company over interests and other issues after their debut. Artists who took part in two episodes even included her sister Jung Soo Yeon, who was five years older than her and debuted two years earlier than her.

Even after seeing so many people leave, Jessica Jung still left a deep impression on Jung Jiyong's disappearance.There are countless people who have left SM, but they all have reasons. Zheng Zhiyong, after participating in the selection of members of the new boy group, suddenly disappeared inexplicably.The real reason is still unknown, but there are various conspiracy theories spread out, all pointing to Zheng Zhiyong's friend and competitor at the time - Lee Tae Min.

After seven years, the rumors were raging again at that time, and few people would remember it now.Many of those witnesses have left SM, and some are still in the company.People who don't care about the parties at all and spread rumors just for their own happiness will enter the stage of forgetting after speaking out. Mention it over and over again, and they will bury their doubts for a long time, and maybe they will forget it—maybe they can remember it.

This situation applies to Jessica Jung, and it also applies to Kim Jonghyun and Choi Minho.The blurred profile in the photo brought back all their memories, but they felt very uncertain because of the long time and the strange occasion.At this time, Choi Minho suddenly said that he seemed to have seen each other recently, and Zheng Xiujing and Kim Jonghyun quickly looked at him: "What's going on?"

"I met Park Jay when I went out some time ago. I was too far away at first. I didn't recognize him. I only saw him walking with a person who was a little taller than him. Later, that person left, as if to go I went shopping, and when I got closer, I recognized Jay Park and said hello." Choi Minho tried hard to recall, "I think about it now, that person is very similar to the one in the photo."

Kim Jonghyun and Jessica Jung glanced at each other subconsciously.

"If he's really Korean—" Oh Soo-jin said.

"It is likely to be related to Park Jae-bum." Kim Jong-hyun continued.

Choi Minho looked at Kim Jonghyun, then at Jessica Jung: "Do you really want to inquire?"

"Ask, although I'm not familiar with Jay Park, but when I'm going to solo next, I'll cooperate with zion.t, iron, and others. I'll ask at that time. It's all underground. Maybe I can get some news." Kim Jonghyun said.Alas, when they were on "Idol Legion" hosted by 2PM, he and Jay Park were still a couple in the game. As a result, five years later, he has changed from a tender and green boy to a young man in the middle of creation. A talented singer who is constantly exploring on the road, Jay Park is even more fierce. He has changed from a foolish idol to an underground hip-hop singer, and his title has changed from "Pink Old Man" to "President", and he has almost completely become another person.It's a lot of work to find out the news.

"Although it may not be...but if it is true..." Zheng Xiujing added.

Choi Minho understood her subtext: "Then ask, does anyone else know?"

"I watched it with Sister Shanying." Zheng Xiujing said.

"Don't talk about it for now, it will be a bit bad if it gets to Taemin." Cui Minhao warned.

"I see... Kim Jong-in?" Oh Soo-jin suddenly noticed that someone sitting at the next table hadn't moved their chopsticks for a while.

Jin Zhongren, who was found eavesdropping, froze and turned his head cautiously.

The three seniors were staring at him.

"What are you dissatisfied with? I think it's okay." As soon as he returned to Korea, Zheng Zhiyong ran to Zico for help. Zico asked him to listen to the work he had just finished, and then went to see Zheng Zhiyong's writing Something that "is your style".

"My style? What does that look like?" Zheng Zhiyong asked with a smile.He started out as an underground rapper, and later wrote a lot of pop songs. It's really not easy to define his style with one word.

As a result, he was immediately slapped in the face by Zico: "Not tough."

"That's not a strong enough word?" he tried to defend himself.

"I have this feeling", Zico said truthfully, "mywayorno

Way, if this is the theme, the lyrics and style can be stronger. I know thinker, when you need to express your attitude, you like to write the lyrics as argumentative essays instead of lyrical prose, but this theme is not suitable for too much Discussion itself is a thing that contains emotions, not just opinions."

Zheng Zhiyong's eyes narrowed, he lowered his head and thought for a while: "What kind of emotion?"

"I don't know what kind of suits you, and I don't know how you want to express it. The feeling here is the kind of style you are used to using to grasp the core with a calm and determined tone, but then it becomes intense again, a bit like it's out of control. I don’t know if it’s my illusion.” Zico frowned, trying to find words to describe the complex feeling, “Each part is very good individually, but it’s weird when combined, like Shaken...but the theme is my again

wayornoway...I don't think the twist is very appropriate in this song".

"Okay", Zico's lyrics are well written, but he worked them out all day in the studio. When he speaks everyday, he is not so witty. After Zheng Zhiyong figured out what he wanted to say, he decisively He stopped, not letting Zico continue to consume his limited brain cells, "I understand what you mean."

Zico stopped and stared at Zheng Zhiyong for a while, his eyes were a little dazed, as if wondering if Zheng Zhiyong really understood.

I haven't seen the domineering image on the stage a few times, but I have seen this kind of state with "tired as a dog" shining brightly on his face... Zheng Zhiyong is also accustomed to this, and after complaining in his heart, he went to business as usual. To put it bluntly: "I can't find any major problems with the song "Character Zero" you prepared for the team, even if it is rare for the rap part and the singing part to intersect, but if you write it well, the relationship is the same. Not much, just a little bit, are you sure you want to use the anti-aircraft siren prelude?"

"Sounds weird?"

"At least it's not good to play it on the side of the street. When you walk and walk and suddenly hear the sound of air defense sirens, it will be bad if you think North Korea is coming." In countries with developed cultural industries, shop owners on the street choose background music It keeps pace with the times, and not only famous songs but also new songs are played, which can also play a publicity effect to a certain extent.

Zico is thoughtful.

"Actually, the use of the air defense alarm here is really catchy and exciting... How about changing the tone a little bit, or adding some background sound?" Zico's arrangement is very good, and the air defense alarm is actually not contrary to the prelude, just It was a little scary at first.

"I'm thinking about one thing." Zico still had that blank expression.

"what?"

"Now how many people can immediately recognize that this is an air defense siren?" Zico said solemnly, "except you, a well-informed thinker."

Zheng Zhiyong: There are still times when I am ridiculed for being well-informed...

Zheng Zhiyong spent the whole afternoon with Zico in his studio. As a result, the song prepared by Zico for blockb's team was successfully completed, and Zheng Zhiyong's own song still did not improve at all.

It's not that Zico doesn't help, or that Zheng Zhiyong doesn't work hard, it's really...Zico is right, his heart is still shaking, how can he write "mywayornoway"?

Still vacillating on this issue...

Zheng Zhiyong leaned against the stop sign of the bus stop, feeling that once again he fell into the mire of negative emotions, which was terrible.

"The bottom of the valley without light, the unstoppable tears that flow..."

Suddenly remembered the melody of "Tears", Zheng Zhiyong was taken aback for a moment, and then took out his mobile phone to answer the call: "Hello, sister."

Zheng Zhiyong's family background has been speculated countless times by the people around him, but they have not been able to find out any news.It wasn't that Zheng Zhiyong deliberately kept it a secret, he never mentioned it himself, and Zheng Zhiyong would quickly notice it if others wanted to make insinuations. , it is not easy for them to ask directly, so in the end they can only be curious and make various guesses behind their backs.

It is true that the family background is very good, but there is still a long, long distance from the common settings in second-rate youth novels such as "powerful" and "wealthy country", but Zheng Zhiyong kept silent, It's not to make others misunderstand that "he has some famous political and business figures in his family, so it's inconvenient to say it", he just simply doesn't want to say it.

It's not illegal anyway.Before he figured it out, Zheng Zhiyong didn't want others to know that he obviously had a perfect family in anyone's eyes, but getting along with his family was not a happy thing.

Zheng Zhiyong sighed, reached out and rang the doorbell.

"Zhiyong", after the door opened, the smiling face of Zheng Xiyuan was facing him, "How did you come up?"

"Of course it's an elevator, sister, our house is on the sixth floor." Zheng Zhiyong reminded helplessly.

The current "home" Zheng Zhiyong is not very familiar with, because after the children moved out as adults one after another, the parents also changed their residences.The main consideration of the current residence is the location, and the area is second.The former residence with a large area but a bit out of the way has been rented out, so there is no waste.

"Yes, you don't have to think about going upstairs, what about going downstairs?" Zheng Xiyuan held Zheng Zhiyong's shoulders, and the two walked in together, "In case of a fire or something, you still have to take the safe exit."

"It makes sense." Zheng Zhiyong's ability to recognize "business" is not bad. After hearing Zheng Xiyuan's words, he who was originally casual and a little absent-minded became serious unconsciously, "I am now Your apartment is on the thirteenth floor, so we will go down the stairs in the future?"

"Don't make such a large amount at first." Su Jingshi, the mother who was sitting on the sofa, interrupted when she heard the conversation between the siblings and said, "Let's go to the third or fourth floor first."

"I took the elevator down to the fourth floor, and then took the stairs?" Zheng Zhiyong said with a smile, "I hope no one will think I'm crazy."

Zheng Zhiyong was summoned by his parents and sister this time. The main reason was that he had just returned from a trip abroad and happened to have not returned home for a while. It was time to show his family how he was doing.

In the eyes of this family, it is normal for children to live separately from their parents after they grow up, but Zheng Zhiyong's situation is special, and his parents can't treat him like the previous two children. He also treated Zheng Zhiyong with the attitude of "as long as the child doesn't grow crooked, do anything else".

"How about going out this time?" The only youngest son who was worried came back, and Zheng Wenyu followed his wife.It turns out that at home, even the most eloquent businessman can say just as little new things—but not meaningless.

"Tourism is off-season, there are not many people, and I went to a few cultural attractions, like taking this camera for a walk." Zheng Zhiyong briefly summarized, "Should I say that I ate too many melon seeds and now my tongue still hurts?"

Zheng Xiyuan raised her chin towards the kitchen: "The water is just warm."

Zheng Zhiyong poured water for himself in a leisurely manner, and talked a lot at Zico in the afternoon. Although he drank water, he felt a little thirsty again after the car came.

"Is it a matter of concern?" Zheng Wenyu said.

Zheng Zhiyong paused his hands, and then steadily picked up the water pot and poured water into the cup: "Half, when can I go to natural attractions, that's the end of it."

What he is obsessed with is not traveling abroad itself, but wants to pick up the things he could do before the accident.

The car accident that year completely changed Zheng Zhiyong's life, and left him with many regrets that he couldn't let go of.Some of them, he did not dare or did not want to face them due to various reasons, so he could only find some "soft persimmons" to pinch for the time being.

"It's not good to make every task so difficult, which is not conducive to cultivating self-confidence." Zheng Wenyu said.

"It's okay, and there is no prefix of 'must be completed'." Zheng Zhiyong came out with a water glass, and gave his sister a "meaningful" look, "This is at best a sideline."Zheng Xiyuan started her own company after graduating from Seoul National University with a major in computer science. She was engaged in the production and development of games, so he joked.

Zheng Xiyuan turned against the general: "The current side missions of the game will also affect the main mission. For example, Zhiyong, you have to accumulate enough experience points to open another mission chain."

"What?" Zheng Zhiyong, who was busy studying in high school and then occupied with music-related matters after college, is quite unfamiliar with most of the vocabulary related to games. He still needs to take some time to react to what Zheng Xiyuan said.

Zheng Xiyuan didn't speak, but gave a look of "you understand".

Zheng Zhiyong went back and forth in his mind twice, and finally understood what she meant - he walked in and out of the door of "Music Creation", and even his family noticed: " The conditions for opening it are relatively harsh, and it also depends on my personal wishes."

"The trouble is your personal wishes," Zheng Wenyu said with a smile, but didn't say anything more about it, but changed the subject, "Have you measured your height during this time?"

"I've measured it, it's still 1.7 meters five, and it shouldn't grow any longer." Zheng Zhiyong once again turned his slightly resentful eyes to his sister who is wearing flat shoes that are basically on the same level as him, "But this is not bad."

"It's still in line with your route, isn't it?" Su Jingshi comforted.

"Yes, I am quite satisfied with my current external image."

Zheng Zhiyong's state test is completed, and the degree of "vigorousness" and "lively" seems to be far away, but the current mental state is still acceptable.Everyone has their own difficulties, and it is difficult for even loved ones to intervene.

They just have to do what they can.

"Are you busy now? If not, how about contacting the hospital for another check?"

Zheng Zhiyong was not surprised by Su Jingshi's proposal.

The author has something to say:

Although Dongshen and SJ were recruited by his friends before he was in the third year of junior high school, and he started writing his first Korean entertainment article in the summer vacation after graduating from the third year of junior high school, Zong Xin was really interested in Korean entertainment because of Park Jae-bum.

I couldn't escape from "Idol Legion" back then... It has been seven years now.