Thinker in the entertainment industry

"I found out that you have to be forced to move forward?"

Park Jae-fan stared at Zheng Zhiyong's handsome face, which made people subconsciously judge the person in front of him by his appearance, and fell into deep doubts.

"Maybe?" Zheng Zhiyong said, "I will try my best when I have to do it, but that feeling is not good."

"I originally wanted to ask if I should have urged you more in the past." Jay Park laughed.

"Brother you don't know how, you didn't even urge Simon."

Simond, who was shot again while lying down, gritted his teeth: "Take care of yourself first, you will blow your head and boast, and then what are you going to do?"

"If I really want to shoot, I will not show my face, but I will not hide my identity as a thinker. The three and a half songs I have made public, I asked around and said that the quality is good. I think even if the one for bigbottle is not popular, it should not be. He was scolded for reasons like 'the composer who hit the street created a shady scene to promote himself'."

Zheng Zhiyong lowered his peaked cap a little more: "I still don't have much confidence in the performance of the songs written for idols, so let's be a rapper first, and the number of times I will go on stage in the future should be more frequent."

Simond's face froze: "You are finally willing to release that pile of stock?"

"Well, when will you let it go?"

What should come is still here, Simond reached out his hand to wipe off the cold sweat that didn't exist: "I'll save for a while."

The people around aomg all laughed. "Thinker, then you still won't release the song, will you only sing it underground?"

"This...let me think about it again." With a contract, there is less room for flexibility, and Zheng Zhiyong felt that he had to be more careful.

"Are you procrastinating?" Simond was helpless with Zheng Zhiyong's constant hesitation. What was he hesitating about?It's not uninspired or lazy.

Zheng Zhiyong: ...

I couldn't make up my mind because I was worried too much and I was cheated once, so I ended up procrastinating myself?

But in this matter, it is not easy for him to say what he is worried about.

"Oh." He glanced at Jay Park and sighed depressingly.

Zheng Zhiyong and Park Jay Bum's friendship can develop to the point where it is today, and it cannot be summed up without "fate".The difference between their two personalities is not small, so when they met each other in 2005, they had no intention of deepening their understanding.When they met by chance in 2010, the dreams they had five years ago had been shattered to pieces, and they only said a few more words because they felt sorry for each other.

Zheng Zhiyong was admitted to Korea University, and he is very proficient in the foreign languages ​​he is good at. There is no need to worry about the future, but people are trapped in a boundless emptiness.Jay Park, who has just returned to Korea and signed a new company, making his five years in jyp a history, is planning to start again as a solo singer. Look at Zheng Zhiyong: Anyway, school work is not right for you now The problem is, you have nothing else to do, do you want to follow me to see if you are interested?Jay Park had just met dok2 at that time, and under the leadership of dok2, he developed a boundless interest in rap. He didn’t mean to bring Zheng Zhiyong in this direction, but he wanted to see more things, and he could always find I like it.

Anyway, Zheng Zhiyong's sluggishness showed in his bones, and Park Jay Fan felt very heartbroken.

As for Zheng Zhiyong, he refused at the beginning, and the way of rejection was also very "intense" - he told Park Jae-beom all his old background, such as his relatively unique hobbies and ways of thinking.

Jay Park's reaction was: ... so?

He didn't have a deep impression of Zheng Zhiyong's past, although he was a little surprised by what Zheng Zhiyong said about his true character, but he wasn't too surprised.Everyone has shortcomings, and it is not a big problem to be a little different in hobbies. "I'm also considered 'different', so I won't treat you differently." Park Jay-bum, who has deeply experienced the pain caused by cognitive differences in Korea, decided to try to accept more types of people, although He seems to be a bit unimpressed with Zheng Zhiyong's character, anyway, let's get along and try, "But why do you tell me so much?"

"Because we're not familiar with each other, and we won't be in the same circle in the future, you know it won't have much influence on me."

Complete strangers are sometimes the easiest to confess. Zheng Zhiyong has always been more cautious when facing people who have an intersection with him, or who may have an intersection with him.

Jay Park: ...He was a little speechless, "I won't tell others, you tell who you want to tell."

Because the two people were not in the same circle at that time, because of Park Jae-bum's sympathy, and because Zheng Zhiyong also wanted to find a way out for himself. Even if they were in the same group, they would at most become good colleagues. friends.Of course Zheng Zhiyong valued this friendship, not only because of Park Jay Bum's timely help, he also understands that such a coincidence is very difficult to meet again.Of course, I had the idea of ​​joining aomg, and I still have it until now, but there is a very critical problem:

Jay Park is not a good leader.

Hong Seung Sung used to be the president of JYP before he founded Cube, and later when Jay Park returned to South Korea to start again as a solo singer, he was also invited by Sidushq to help Jay Park unblock him.This is what he told Zheng Zhiyong: "He is not bad as a friend, he can even be said to be very good, and he is also very talented as an artist, but if you want him to be your leader, he is not qualified."

"You should be able to see how he treats his friends. The crew of "Hypenation" invited him to play due to his fame and dancing ability, and he took the opportunity to tie up people from the same dance troupe as him. He knew Gray, They were in a difficult situation when they were in loco. Jay Park’s solution was to establish aomg and then use the signing money to pay his friends to repay the debts and compress his performance time so that others can accumulate stage experience. Jay Park is very good to his friends, I don’t deny it , but he has no other means other than using himself or even sacrificing some of his own interests. Do you know what other means I am talking about? Showing the way to others, leading a group to make the cake bigger, the leadership of these leaders Talent. If aomg is just a label, managing underground hip-hop singers, Jay Park’s ability is enough, and his character is even more important, but can he meet your expectations?”

Zheng Zhiyong's mother, Su Jingshi, also talked to him about this issue. Knowing Hong Shengcheng, an industry insider, it is not difficult for Su Jingshi to get to know the people around her son.Compared with Hong Shengcheng, Su Jingshi's words are much more straightforward: "I don't object to you working for others. When you can't achieve your goals alone, find a reliable and capable leader, and sacrifice part of the income and freedom in exchange for the other party. His guidance and protection is a good choice. Jay Park may be reliable enough for you, but he is not enough to lead you. Regardless of the fact that he did not give others guiding plans or decisions, he and his former company jyp You know more about the entanglement than me, no matter who is right or wrong, the fact that he refuses to bow to jyp has proved his extreme immaturity in business."

Later, Su Jingshi came up with an idea: "However, if you are interested in the operation of that label, we will support you very much. If you lack money or experience, just come to my family."

Zheng Zhiyong: ...

If AOMG was Park Jay Bum's one-man agency, Zheng Zhiyong might consider Su Jingshi's proposal, but the fact is that AOMG not only has Simond as the co-president, but also signed a bunch of underground singers—Zheng Zhiyong is not interested Mediating among a group of people who have different views and goals from his own, not to mention "operating" itself is a hard job for him.

"If you are a composer, you have done a good job and can be independent from the company, but the situation has not yet opened up. If you are a rapper, you'd better have a channel." Park Jay also knew that he and Zheng Zhiyong became Friends are not easy enough. If they really work together, there must be many problems. If they are purely employed and take advantage of each other, it’s okay. Are you afraid that you will be scolded later and break the record of the company's artiste?"

"Also", Zheng Zhiyong held the microphone in his hand, waiting to perform on stage, "you".

"Me?" Jay Park pointed at himself in surprise.

"Well, brother and jyp... I'm always afraid that you will have conflicts in the future," Zheng Zhiyong said with a smile, "If there is an emergency, I will definitely stand on brother's side. Great...it's my turn, let's talk later."

Zheng Zhiyong walked up the stage step by step along the steps with his signature unhurried steps.

"Meet you again, I'm thinker."

Zheng Zhiyong's flow strength is recognized by the underground, and he also has his own experience in "tone" when he speaks.When he spoke this time, his voice was a little more magnetic in its mellowness, smooth, and with a faint smile. Most of the time, it was a presence that could relax people's minds.

But at the scene of the underground performance, only a burst of boos greeted him.

It's not the talk show who made you use this tone?

"Long time no see, you guys greeted me with diss, do you want to diss me so much?" Under the cap, Zheng Zhiyong's smile got bigger.

"Yes!"

"It seems that I have to dissect myself first. There are too few people scolding me today, so let me do it myself."

Zheng Zhiyong's voice gradually condensed, speaking fast, but not urgent, quiet, but not heavy, like a narration explaining the plot in film and television works.

"My head is full of various plans, because I am afraid of failure and cannot make a decision. Maintain a sense of superiority in diss battles, and at the same time try not to kneel in front of stronger people. Silently count the faults and weaknesses, how many can be Correction, before being discovered..."

Jay Park frowned slightly, and in doubt, he subconsciously reached out to touch his nose nail:

Is this the method Zheng Zhiyong thought of?Zheng Zhiyong's real flaws should be dissed first?For the rest of the distinctive places, if someone brings them up to make a point, just spray them back.

It seems to be pretty good.

Jay Park sighed, Zheng Zhiyong would be an outlier in the underground, but I'm afraid it won't be much better in the mainstream.Thinking of what Zheng Zhiyong said before going on stage, Jay Park felt quite headache and heartbroken, or...

And Zheng Zhiyong's voice was still unhurried, keeping the rhythm of his heartbeat.

It's hard to say about other flaws, Zheng Zhiyong has already resigned to his fate because he is not good at making decisions.I dissed myself in the underground performance, Zheng Zhiyong faced his colleagues, and sometimes habitually complained to himself: "It seems that I have to be pushed by someone to walk faster. I don't know when I will face the camera. .”

"There are people taking pictures and videos of you underground, oh, most of the time your face is covered by the brim of your hat, I forgot." Long Junheng blinked vigorously, and then stretched his waist, "I'm almost the same, big I choose my own direction, such as entering the cube, then becoming a rapper, writing songs, other than that, there are not many places for me to make up my mind, and there are quite a few situations that force me to do so.”

Zheng Zhiyong expressed doubts about this, and he interpreted it as Yong Junheng's comfort for the time being: "Well, singing rap and writing songs is still my own decision."

"This time it's..." Long Junheng was not very clear about the ins and outs.

"I naively thought that the program team would definitely not mess around, but the accident just happened like this," Zheng Zhiyong expressed his grief, "I can't go back on what I promised, I have to think about the future development of 'thinker' , For example, do you want to submit more works?"

"Are you worried about the number of works?"

"A little bit, but I feel that my inspiration is not enough to maintain a high output. In terms of quality..." I am not very confident in my own level.

"It just so happens that I need your help with something here," Long Junhyung said, "We will release a lot of original Japanese songs next year, not the Korean-style ones, about one song a month."

"It's a popular single in Japan...but do you have enough inspiration?" Long Junhyung has been tossed by beast's comeback twice this year.

"The song is okay, but the Japanese words are really hard to fill in. The Japanese pronunciation... If I remember correctly, you tried to write the lyrics in Japanese?"

"You remember correctly." Knowing Long Junheng's intention, a row of black lines hung on Zheng Zhiyong's forehead.

Long Junheng patted Zheng Zhiyong on the shoulder: "I'll leave it to you, and the name of the thinker will be written in the column of the lyricist."

"Then?" Zheng Zhiyong felt that there was more to come.

Long Junheng gave the following: "Bind with our goodlife~"

His voice is not feminine, but soft, and now he is malicious and cute, and the rippling tilde at the end makes Zheng Zhiyong tired. "No such..." Zheng Zhiyong tried his best to stop the twitching of the corners of his eyes, and smiled helplessly.

Not long after, he laughed again, not because of helplessness, but because he was joking, showing a bit of sincerity: "However, thank you."

Even if there are profit considerations, Long Junheng's appreciation and his thoughts really touched Zheng Zhiyong.