Thinker in the entertainment industry

Although family, friends and even colleagues are helping, Zheng Zhiyong has to walk the road by himself.Finding out your own problems and thinking about solutions is a big project. Zheng Zhiyong has been working on it and has achieved some phased results, but it is still quite far away from completion. In the short term, it will be things like "mywayornoway" and bigbottle up.

Knowing that such cheating plots as "bigbottle members rebelled and abandoned the two hosts to find another composer" might be accepted by the program group of "Hit Maker", Zheng Zhiyong took the time to find Lu Xingcai and agreed. It's not good for Zheng Zhiyong to commit obsessive-compulsive disorder in the selection of candidates, but it is related to the effect of the song after it is released. What should be asked is: "I have listened to your songs before, and the level should be enough, but if possible, I Still hoping to discuss more in advance, who among you has time?"

Lu Xingcai, who is too busy and a colleague of his own, will not consider it for the time being.

Lu Xingcai thought for a while, the four members of bigbottle, Jackson and n were as busy as him, and Han Sang-hyuk, who was a friend of the same year as Lu Xingcai, as a member with low popularity and recognition in vixx, was a bit more relaxed.

So, at the end of 2014, Zheng Zhiyong and Han Sang Hyuk met when the program team of "Hit Maker" was filming "Female Big Bottle".

Before the meeting, Lu Xingcai, who was the middleman, had gone through the science popularization on both sides, so when meeting the real person, no one felt very unfamiliar.After greeting politely, as the older party, Zheng Zhiyong started the topic: "I asked you to come out at the end of the year, didn't I waste your time?"

"No, the stage performance at the end of the year is basically the songs of this comeback. There is not much extra rehearsal, and I have nothing to do except bigbottle." Han Sang Hyuk smiled shyly, and the surprise in Zheng Zhiyong's eyes had not completely faded when he spoke Go—I go, it turns out that it’s not only when I’m rapping, but my voice is also ear-catching when I speak normally.

Zheng Zhiyong didn't notice it, and if he did, he wouldn't think in this direction: "Have you heard of the sample?"

"I've heard it, the effect is nothing to say, it's just... It might be a bit difficult for us to achieve that level."

The song "mywayornoway" is actually not very difficult for non-professional rappers. The two major difficulties in rap are strength and speed. The requirements of "mywayornoway" are very low, and the essence lies in the tone, which is what Zheng Zhiyong is good at Flow, and for this thing, experts can find the right ones by themselves, and non-experts can teach them similarly.However, Zheng Zhiyong's flow level is to the extent that he has been recognized by the underground even though his own style is incompatible with the underground. Three of the four bigbottle are not rappers, and the remaining one, Jackson Wang Jiaer, is still a foreigner. It is not easy to achieve the effect recorded by Zheng Zhiyong in the demo.

"So let's talk first. Apart from this show, you don't talk about rap, so I'm not sure right now." Zheng Zhiyong said with a smile, "Which paragraphs are you interested in?"

There is always a discount for those who come first, especially when the four raps of bigbottle are "average" at half a catty.

Zheng Zhiyong's own timbre is surprisingly good. When others sing the rap written by him, he has to reconsider how to perform it.Fortunately, the voices of the four members of Bigbottle are not very special when they rap—except for n’s slightly thin voice and Jackson’s Korean accent. The same routine can be followed.

As for the "routine" issue, the progress is also very gratifying. Zheng Zhiyong asked Han Sang-hyuk to try the whole song. Han Sang-hyuk's feeling was: "I kind of want to steal the part of brother r□□i." r□□i is Han Sang-hyuk The rapper of the combination vixx.

Zheng Zhiyong smiled and did not comment on this: "Well... the part for Lu Xingcai has been planned, and the rest has to wait for nxi and jacksonxi to have time. I want to see the effect...their part is less Will there be a problem?" The part allocation in the group is a big pit that Zheng Zhiyong can't avoid all the time. There is not much difference between the four bigbottle raps. Don't worry too much about which part is suitable for whom, and start to worry about the allocation. Even.If people in a group still have a common goal, bigbottle is a limited group, four members come from three teams, come to record a program and then just two lyrics...

Stop and go, Zheng Zhiyong held the wrist of his left hand with his right hand, and unsurprisingly felt a pulse that became stronger due to the faster blood flow. Sure enough, he was already starting to feel anxious.

"Well, it's hard for others to say, it's okay to cut Brother N's ​​part a bit." Han Sang Hyuk said.

Zheng Zhiyong returned to his senses: "Huh?"

"He was already busy enough, and he came to record this show because Brother N's ​​sense of variety is the best in our group."

That is to say, for n, bigbottle is not the primary goal, his primary goal is to do variety shows. For the captain of vixx, who is the sub-vocalist and lead dancer in the team, and focuses on variety shows and acting outside the team, the importance of rap is almost equal to zero.

The world of idols...

Before Zheng Zhiyong had time to express his emotions, the enthusiastic Han Sang-hyuk asked to continue: "This place speaks a little too fast, and I can't seem to control it. In the end, I always have to press my throat to keep my voice from floating."

"Is that so?" Zheng Zhiyong made a mark first, and then tried to read it again by himself, "Is it related to breathing, can you do it again?"

It's been a pleasure working with the two.There is no doubt about Zheng Zhiyong's level. He was not likable when he was in the underground, but no one used rap as an excuse. His creative ability has also been unanimously recognized by people in the industry around him. Zheng Zhiyong himself is worried about him How long can the enthusiasm last, not that he can't write a song when he has inspiration.As for Han Sang Hyuk, the kid is deeply intoxicated by his rap level after adjusting the tone and speed of speech.

"Brother, have you ever thought about being a rap teacher?" Han Sang Hyuk said last.

Always saying honorifics is not conducive to the atmosphere, and Zheng Zhiyong didn't care what he was called, and the two quickly changed their names in a good manner.

"Teaching rap?" Zheng Zhiyong was taken aback for a moment, "I'm pretty good at teaching foreign languages ​​now."

"Korean is also not bad." Han Sang Hyuk said.

"Hahahaha", Zheng Zhiyong was amused by him, "I seem to be quite talented in language, but for rap, at most someone can bring it in, and the rest is all to be explored by yourself."

Zheng Zhiyong was talking about his own experience. When he was getting started, someone popularized relevant knowledge, but later he became unique in the underground with his flow level, which cannot be taught by teaching.Han Sang Hyuk also understood, but what he wanted to say was something else: "I'm not teaching a professional rapper like you." Han Sang Hyuk pointed to himself, "Idols like me, or idol rappers, may not be able to figure it out alone. If there are masters to teach, at least I can digest my own part of the group's songs."

Zheng Zhiyong's eyes slowly deepened, and he fell into thinking: "My method is faster to get started, but it is different for different people. In different songs, the control of the severity and tone is also different. Not the same, not universal."

"Why don't you try another song, such as "error" that our group just released?"

Zheng Zhiyong stopped thinking, and looked at him suspiciously: "You don't really want to rap, do you?"

"Just kidding, we are not BTS, there are not a few rap lines in the song, the concert is very suitable for a special stage."

As Han Sang Hyuk was speaking, Zheng Zhiyong's cell phone beside him began to vibrate. He picked up the cell phone, and a message popped up on the screen.When Zheng Zhiyong saw the content of the message, his expression became very complicated for a while.

"What happened?" Han Sang-hyuk asked carefully.

"It's settled," Zheng Zhiyong said, "Give Bigbottle half an hour for the last issue of "Hit Maker", he closed his eyes, and sighed deeply, "What should come will still come."

what?

Han Sang-hyuk didn't understand why this matter made Zheng Zhiyong show such an emotional expression, but he wisely didn't ask anything.

"It's not easy for you guys to get up again this year." In the middle of the night, under the dim light, "the No. [-] wonder in the superjunior group that is about to debut for ten years." Kim Heechul sighed, filling his own and Yong Junhyung's cups respectively liquor.

"Brother is really not easy, he can survive the military service," Yong Junhyung said, "We...we will come back twice this year for the [-]th anniversary, and we won't be able to stay in Korea for too long next year, and we still have a bunch of tasks to produce Japanese songs ,well".

"All let you come?"

"Yes, including the lyrics. Fortunately, there are still people in the company who can help."

"Your company? Who is it?" Cube is not considered a company that produces creative idols, let alone Japanese lyrics...

"The teacher in our company who teaches foreign languages ​​to trainees is also an underground rapper."

"Huh?" Kim Heechul smiled, "Interesting".

And when Long Junhyung thought about the "Hit Maker", he was inattentive and lost his mind. Zheng Zhiyong's conditions as a helper are really good, but the key is that he can't figure out what he is thinking. Now Long Junheng finds that he doesn't seem to even think about the company. Clear.

After listening to his narration, Kim Heechul laughed even harder: "Junhyung, do you seem to be chasing a girl and got hanged?"

Long Junhyung: ...He was just generally stuffy, but with Kim Heechul's venomous tongue, he was so stuffy that he wanted to scratch the wall, but he is not a vegetarian, "Is it because I haven't had a girlfriend for a long time, and I always talk to boys If you play together, it will not help you get rid of being single," Yong Junhyung said slowly.

After being soft and cute for too long, Long Junheng racked his brains and could only think of this kind of words to attack.

"I can't help it, I prefer to expand the members of the slightly sick gang." Kim Heechul smiled, his eyes were a little hazy under the light, who was already slightly drunk, "ah, the slightly sick gang hasn't entered a new member for a long time."

"Look at what's 90 years from now, is anyone interested?" Yong Junhyung joked.

In South Korea, in most cases, people of the same age can be called friends, which is why various "91line" and "94line" prevail.And Kim Heechul is one of the few entertainers who is not bound by tradition when making friends-his love for "little fresh meat" is obvious.Count the artists who have been close to him since his debut, from Han Geng in 1984, Jang Keun Suk in 1987, Lee Hong Ki in 1990, Yong Jun Hyung in 1989, Kim Hee Chul who was born in 1983 and is now 32 years old. It can be seen how indifferent the age difference is.In fact, among Kim Heechul’s friends, there are also older than him, such as simond, and epikhigh’s member mithrajin. What’s interesting is that they basically play hip-hop. I guess only this kind of people can be open-minded enough to bear Kim Heechul the point.

At present, the lower limit of birth date of "Kim Heechul's Friends" is Lee Hongki's 1990 You Na, the lead singer of ftind. Since "Dog Hong Rabbit Cheol" hooked up in 2007, Lee Hong Ki has been the youngest in the small group until now.In the past two years, he has started to protest: I also want to hear people call me brother ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

In 1989, Long Junheng just wanted to gloat, but turned around and realized something was wrong: Li Hongji, I am older than you, and you didn't call me brother.

But when making fun of Kim Heechul, Yong Junhyung didn't have any psychological pressure at all.

"Not suitable." Kim Heechul shook his head and smiled.

"Not all the time? Children nowadays should have more personality." In the music industry in 2014, Yong Junhyung, who was born in 1989, was considered an "old man".

"Haha", Kim Heechul laughed twice, "Many of them are pretending to be cool and eye-catching. I used to have a junior from the same company in 92. It was very interesting. At that time, I also said that he had made his debut so I asked him to come over for a while. Ill help, but he said he didn’t think about it, so he was nervous... In the end, this kid disappeared for some reason before his debut, and he didn’t even say goodbye to me.” Kim Heechul held his glass and fell into memories, “What happened seven years ago, It's been so long that I've started wondering if I've misremembered his name."

"Brother knows so many people, if you forget the names, it will be a big problem." Long Junheng said, "What's the name?"

"Name", Kim Heechul blinked, first to make sure that his memory was not disturbed, "Zheng, Zhi, Yong".

Long Junhyung smiled, "The thinker I mentioned just now is also named Zheng Zhiyong", he paused for some reason, "also born in 92".

Kim Heechul sat up straight, his eyes became clear at some point, with some thoughtfulness. "Any pictures?" he asked.

"I'm looking for it", Long Junheng took out his mobile phone to look through the photo album, and said while searching, "It's a bit difficult to say who he looks like, but he looks really good-looking. An underground rapper, producer and teacher with a crew cut is better than everyone in the company. Male artist, I really don’t want to admit this... oh, here’s a picture,” Yong Junhyung pointed to his selfie, “That’s the one in the back listening to the song with his eyes closed.”

Kim Heechul leaned over to look, and then his body froze.

"Of course it looks good." After an unknown amount of time, a dry voice squeezed out of his throat, "The person who entered SM first in the appearance group, can he look bad?"

Thirty and ten minutes later, Kim Jaejoong, who was sound asleep in his mansion, was woken up by the ringing of his mobile phone.

"It's rare for me to go to bed early, so don't call me for being drunk." Seeing that it was Kim Heechul calling, Kim Jaejoong didn't care about words, tone, and other forms.The man lay back on the bed and said lazily.

"I heard an interesting thing from Junhyung."

It turned out that the two of them were together, "What?" Jin Zaizhong pulled the quilt up and asked.

"Zheng Zhiyong is in Cube, a foreign language teacher, and also works as an underground rapper, and also wrote songs for exid..." Kim Heechul's voice was stiff as if he was counting.

"Wait a minute..." Jin Zaizhong was stunned for two seconds before realizing who Jin Heechul was talking about, "You mean Zheng Zhiyong?"

His sleepiness was gone.

Instead, it's memories.