Thinker in the entertainment industry

If zion.t is a little gossip, it is not difficult to hear some other news, such as "thinker style is very idol", "rap hardly uses swear words" and so on.But zion.t is not good at words and doesn't like to inquire very much. He processed the one-sided information received and forwarded it to Kim Jonghyun, which directly caused Kim Jonghyun's chaos.

Having said that, if you don't gossip, you don't gossip. Today's matter is a bit strange. Looking back, zion.t, who usually doesn't think too much, can't help but think a little more.In fact, the more important reason is: I didn't convey the wrong message...

Thinking of this, zion.t asked decisively: "Are you familiar with thinker?" He asked gray and loco, and elo had not been in aomg for a long time, so he didn't think about it.

Gray and Loco exchanged glances. "It's okay," Gray said, "Jae Fan introduced me to him, he's not bad, and he's quite talented, but I just feel like he's hiding something."

What is hiding? "Tell me in detail," zion.t said.

"Why do you ask this?" Loco asked.

"Someone asked me about him."

"Brother Zai Fan was brought into the circle by dok10 in 2 years. Thinker followed him at that time, and at first he just watched. After two years, he also started to appear on the underground stage." Loco did not pursue who was inquiring about Zheng Zhi Regarding Yong's news, in his opinion, it is normal to be curious about Zheng Zhiyong, "He just graduated from the Japanese Department of Korea University this year, and now he is teaching foreign languages ​​to trainees in Cube. Other singers have written songs, and now there are three and a half songs released, ledapple's "spring", exid's "tears", the song "youdon'tknow" and "intro" included in the album just released by mq.

"Interesting", zion.t said, "I knew he had a good flow, but unfortunately I'm not very interested in the style." ——Oh right, forgot to tell Kim Jonghyun about this, zion.t thought.

"It's normal that I don't know about other things. His frequency of underground activities is too low," Gray said. Zheng Zhiyong is the most famous amateur rapper, but he is an amateur after all, and the number of appearances is limited. At the same time, zion .t is not the type of frequent performances, otherwise, if you listen to Zheng Zhiyongxiu a few times, you can understand more, "Actually, we are also curious about some things. But he didn’t join the company, but he was no outsider, Zai Fan told us back then that thinker’s past was not that simple, and when he wanted to say it, he would tell us.”

"By the way, thinker moves very little on stage because he has been injured and his waist and legs are not good." Loco added, "Other things... It seems that we are not very clear."

After the information is collected, zion.t starts to sort it out.

He is very handsome, he may have known Kim Jonghyun, he has been involved in the underground since 10 years ago, his waist and legs are injured...

Could it be thinker was...

zion.t was deeply surprised by his brain opening.

He still doesn't know that when Kim Jonghyun is still working hard to search for "thinker" on Twitter and n□□er and eliminate all kinds of distracting items one by one, he is already infinitely close to the truth.

And Zheng Zhiyong, who is the person involved, still doesn't know that one of the things he fears the most is approaching him step by step.

After "mywayornoway" came out, Zheng Zhiyong also asked the opinions of the singer-songwriters under Cube - he wrote the song in a more popular style, and he might have to sing it for idols. Among the creative singers in Cube, Yong Junhyung is of course the one with the highest level. Besides, Lim Hyun-sik and Lee Min-hyuk of btob have also dabbled. "Mywayornoway" is not a style they are good at, and they didn't give any valuable opinions on the creation, but Lee Minhyuk mentioned another thing: "Is this song a bit similar to Bigbottle's? I mean the style."

bigbottle is a limited group born from the variety show "Hit Maker" hosted by Jung Hyung-don and defconn. The members include n and Han Sang-hyuk from vixx, jackson from got7, and Lu Xingjae from btob group under Cube. The song is produced by the two hosts. At the end of the first season of "Hit Maker" a few months ago, they released a song "stresseon", and the response was average. Now the second season of "Hit Maker" is being recorded. The original bigbottle members recorded the first half, Later, it was replaced by a group of female artists to engage in the female version of bigbottle.

After hearing about it, Lu Xingcai also came to listen to it. After listening, he fell into deep thought: "How about we sing one more song? I think it is better than "Squid Sauce"..." "Squid Sauce" is the second song of "Hit Maker". In the season, Jung Hyung Don and defconn made a song for bigbottle.

Lu Xingcai didn't speak directly out of caution, but Zheng Zhiyong could understand.After Lee Minhyuk mentioned it, he went to listen to bigbottle's songs again. The style is indeed similar, full of rap, a bit spicy, humorous and relaxed.Zheng Zhiyong privately feels that his works are more emotional, but the three songs he has released now, except for "Tears" which has become popular due to the retrograde light of "Up and Down", ledapple's "Spring" and MQ's The results of "youdon'tknow" are not very good, so he does not express his opinion on this issue.Now Zheng Zhiyong is thinking about another thing, "Do you have time?" he said.

btob has not improved much since its debut two years ago, but Cube, who likes to use the strategy of "one person drives the whole group", tried again after Jung Il-hoon and Lee Min-hyuk failed, and recently replaced the main support object with Lu Sung-jae. Within half a year, Lu Sung-jae's personal itinerary included variety shows The show "Real Men", the TV series "Nine Numbers" and the two seasons of "Hit Maker", plus the activities of the group, Zheng Zhiyong felt tired for him watching it.

"This time can still be squeezed out," Lu Xingcai said, "Time is not a problem, as long as it is worth spending."

"I don't want to take that as a compliment, it makes me feel a lot of pressure."

"Sorry", Lu Xingcai could only smile wryly, "The ratings of the second season are like this, I am not optimistic about the response to the song, I always feel that the time seems to be wasted, and - in the second season, the airing time for the boys in front, shorter than expected."

"So you think that a plot similar to bigbottle's rebellion and finding another producer to sing their own songs can still grab some air share?" Zheng Zhiyong narrowed his eyes.

Lu Xingcai hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Leaving aside the question of whether the program team can agree or not, what will Zheng Hengdun and defconn think?"

This is a big problem, Lu Xingcai lowered his head and supported his forehead, and sighed in distress.

"If you really have an idea, first ask the company if it is willing to contribute." Zheng Zhiyong thought for a while and added, "If the company can persuade the program team, I have no objection."

Lu Xingcai was about to leave the lyrics and demo, Zheng Zhiyong silently lit a piece of wax for him, and began to prepare lessons.

A program with poor ratings, a song by an unknown composer, Cube will negotiate with the program team for this matter?Lu Xingcai was so exhausted that he had spent a lot of resources and hadn't improved. It was understandable to feel urgent, but his idea seemed a bit unreliable in Zheng Zhiyong's opinion.

As a result, he was slapped in the face by reality after class, and Lee Minhyuk came to him: "The company talked with the program team, and the program team said that if there is still time for the girl's part, it will be filmed. Sungjae has a schedule, so Let me say something."

Zheng Zhiyong: ... careless!

"Hit Maker" is a derivative program of the variety show "Idol of the Week", and "Idol of the Week" is simply a special show of Cube. The company and the program group have a close relationship, so it is no problem to discuss it.As for the program group, they can cut off the male part because of the ratings, and then change the female artist to form a limited group. If it doesn't improve, the cut must be unambiguous.

Isn't this nonsense... Zheng Zhiyong growled in his heart.

But carelessness is carelessness, and this cannot be changed by roaring.Zheng Zhiyong first controlled his expression: "Can I not show up?"

"I'm afraid that would be a bit difficult. Bigbottle'Rebellion' will find another composer. If you don't show up, the show won't look good." Lee Minhyuk said.

"Then... don't show your face?"

Li Minhyuk showed a distressed expression: "You should discuss this with the company, I don't know."

The promises I made, even if they are bad, must be fulfilled.Zheng Zhiyong sat at his desk for a few minutes to calm down, and then decisively went to Hong Shengcheng—all cubes knew that he joined the company through Hong Shengcheng's relationship, and he thought Hong Shengcheng should know about it .Even if Hong Shengcheng has not participated in the actual operation of Cube due to physical reasons, but his news is not blocked at all - anyway, he is the former boss of Cube and is now the second largest shareholder, but what he can do is limited.

This time Zheng Zhiyong did not guess wrong, Hong Shengcheng really knew: "I am still wondering why you agreed, did you think you would not appear on the screen, or did you think the company and the program team would not agree?"

"The latter." Zheng Zhiyong smiled wryly.

"There's nothing wrong with your thinking, but not everything has to be measured with common sense. Even I may make mistakes." Hong Shengcheng said with a smile.

What kind of metaphor are you...

"Don't be too nervous, what the final result will be, you can never tell," Hong Shengcheng said. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as "gradual frostbite", has made him unable to walk. He is trapped in a wheelchair and the muscles of his upper body are weak Shrunken very badly, the whole person is infinitely moving closer to the direction of the "mummy", so the face looks okay, just at the level of "thin", but in the sunken eye sockets, Hong Shengcheng's eyes are still calm and wise, even healthier than him Even more profound and convincing, "But, Zhiyong, are you ready for the matter of entering the public eye?"

"No", even if Hong Shengcheng is almost paralyzed by the disease, his IQ and experience are still there. Zheng Zhiyong's foundation can still appear inscrutable in front of his peers, showing off in front of real people It's just stupid, "There are too many things to worry about, and it is difficult to make up your mind."Even if he has worked hard to solve them one by one, the concerns will not disappear easily.After experiencing a complete overturn in his life, Zheng Zhiyong inevitably became cautious.

"Then let me ask the things I care about first," Hong Shengcheng said, "What is the problem that hinders you from staying in the cube? Don't say you want to go to aomg, it's not a problem for you to go there, but if you really can go there, you will go there long ago up".

These words sound familiar, Zheng Zhiyong thought.But the most important question at the moment is to answer Hong Shengcheng's question.

"Cube hasn't had any scandals yet," he said, "I don't want to be the first."

Cube launched its first group of artists 2009minute in 4, and later launched beast, apink (now apink’s company acube is basically independent), btob and other groups. In the past five years, there have been more than 20 artists under its banner, and no news has been released. any scandal.You know, even sm, which advertises strict management, and jyp, which advertises as the most important artist, have had problems such as drunk driving. "Where" has two lines of lyrics suspected of copying the senior god, so Cube declared after the incident: "The creator said it was a tribute to the seniors, but we didn't contact the seniors to discuss it. Our fault." Trying to clear up the artist.

But the kind of hip-hop that Zheng Zhiyong does... It's okay to put it underground, but Zheng Zhiyong thinks it's impossible if he doesn't get scolded after it enters the mainstream.

"Now the public has become somewhat patient with topics such as alcohol, money, and women, but I'm not interested in them. I'm interested in things that are more offensive."

"For example, who would you offend?"

"Criticizing anti-intellectualism will offend... idiots?"

In fact, there are other reasons for Zheng Zhiyong not wanting to stay in the cube, such as the lack of resources in the cube, and the level of planning in the past two years is not good, but these reasons are not good to tell Hong Shengcheng directly. With Hong Shengcheng's words at the beginning, it saved a lot of trouble.

Hong Shengcheng was a little speechless, but still calm: "Can I understand this as the condescension of smart people? It's quite annoying."

"I'm not a smart person," Zheng Zhiyong corrected, "I just don't pretend to be smart."

"Okay, any other questions? Other than your lyrics."

"and also……"

Zheng Zhiyong showed a wry smile.

"Park Jae-bum."