Thinker in the entertainment industry

Now Zheng Zhiyong really wants to find someone to talk about the brokerage company issue to calm his emotions.It is easy for a person to hold back in his heart, but it will be much better to find the right person to speak out. This is Zheng Zhiyong's insight based on his own experience.

Forget it with the family, we can't talk about going together. Forget about the people from Cube, it’s not appropriate from a standpoint.I don't have any other concerns about Park Jae-bum and Zheng Zhiyong, but it seems that in the past five years, too much negative energy has been poured on him. Zico, those friends at West Exit...

Well, he admits that sometimes it's easier to confess to people you don't know well, because they don't know as much and don't think as much.

"what do you know about cj?"

After briefly talking about his current situation and plans in finding a brokerage company, Zheng Zhiyong sent another message.

"In artist management?"

"Ah."

"Roykim. Jung Joon Young."

Zheng Zhiyong, who was holding the phone, burst out laughing.

Roykim, also known as Kim Sang Woo, signed a contract with CJ after the end of "Superstark" in 2012, and went to the United States to study in 13. Roykim can also be said to have the bonus of family background. The situation of his friend and third runner-up of "Superstark" Zheng Junying is more convincing-cj has taken on a lot of work for Zheng Junying, although he doesn't manage it very much. Jung Joon Young is a well-known "free soul" in the entertainment industry.

But Zheng Zhiyong did not fail to see this.

"I have to make sure they are not special cases. Jung Joon Young is too special." Jung Ji Yong then added, "Finding a brokerage company is a very important thing."

Especially for those who are looking for the mainstream, if there is a quarrel and break up in the end, it will be difficult for the artist to bear the retaliation from the agency. Even if Zheng Zhiyong can rely on his family background to avoid these things, it will be no small trouble after all.At the beginning, we must find someone who can reach a consensus. Zheng Zhiyong can reason, but I am afraid that the other party will play tricks, or that the "reason" in their eyes is different, then it will be too foolish.

An Xiyan's thoughts are a little different from Zheng Zhiyong's. She first replied with a speechless expression, and then said: "We didn't think so much when we changed companies. If there is a company that accepts us, we can continue to return."

"But our needs are different," she added shortly afterwards.

"What do I need?"

"A degree of freedom."

"How did you know?"

"Guess, Zhiyongxi is a rapper, right?"

Well, a rapper who has been active underground for almost three years needs a higher degree of freedom than traditional artists when going mainstream, which is not so incomprehensible.Just as Zheng Zhiyong was about to reply, another message popped up from An Xiyan: "But your requirements should not be very high, as long as the company has enough spirit of contract."

"Guessed again?" Zheng Zhiyong thought for a while, then deleted the written information, and wrote again: "Guessed again, do you have any suggestions?"

"No, Party B never knows which Party A will abide by the contract permanently."

"Do you want to try to be Party A yourself?" Zheng Zhiyong joked.

"No, I don't have that idea at all. It's good to be an artist."

At this time, Zheng Zhiyong suddenly thought of An Xiyan's carefree style of a female man who is very famous in various variety shows. Although part of it is the image setting, An Xiyan's nature should not be far away from this. When sitting down, she habitually separates her legs, walks a little bit, and doesn't care much about her own image. She can be polite. If she is a soft girl, Zheng Zhiyong feels that her eyesight is not so bad that Lian An The essence of Xiyan can't be seen.

"As an artist, you have to deal with a lot of people and suppress your original personality. Don't you feel uncomfortable?"

"But in front of the camera, I can do what I want without worrying about being judged, because that's the setting."

An Xiyan's answer made Zheng Zhiyong a little surprised, but it made him laugh.The answer is really... so interesting.

"Seeing that the style of being scolded in reality has become Hani's charm in front of the camera, are you happy?" Zheng Zhiyong sent a message with a smile.

An Xiyan's reply was quick:

"Happy."

Zheng Zhiyong leaned forward, propped his elbows on the table, covered his face with his left hand, and laughed silently.

The emotions this time proved to be only temporary. After chatting with An Xiyan about the way of life in the entertainment industry, Zheng Zhiyong felt that his mood has become much better.

There is still some time left for the official version of "The King of Masked Singer". After spending the Spring Festival holiday with my family, I can do whatever I want.

Zheng Zhiyong's position as a teacher in Cube is not very important. During the Spring Festival, the holidays can be held as they like, and other people in the family are fine. Therefore, the Zheng family does not follow the tradition very much. It is rare for the Chinese New Year to be "traditional". In one hand, we gathered together to eat and drink and spent the holiday.Usually each has its own wonderful life, no one revolves around anyone else, occasionally get together to exchange feelings, everyone is very satisfied with this living state.

Even the brothers Zheng Taiyong and Zheng Zhiyong, who have been at odds for a long time, after Zheng Xiyuan used the excuse of "helping to test the game" to bite the bullet and play together for an afternoon in an rpg that he was not interested in at all, the atmosphere between them was not good. Then the sword is on the verge of breaking out. "The game is a good game", Zheng Tae-yong put down the handle, and gave a rational judgment on the works of Zheng Xiyuan's company, "But I am not the audience."

Zheng Zhiyong laughed twice: "The background music is good."

"I don't expect you to be able to evaluate skills and set career balance." Zheng Zhiyong is very insensitive to numbers.

"Yes, my mother asked me to read their new high school guidance book yesterday."

"why?"

"If I can understand those solutions, it means that the explanation is really simple."

"Hahahaha", Zheng Zhiyong's resentful tone made Zheng Taiyong couldn't help laughing, "Then how about your performance?"

"I still remember the explanations in the tutorial books when I was in high school. There are no fundamental changes in the new version, and then... what I couldn't understand at the beginning, I still can't understand now."

"Fortunately, you have a good memory, and you can pass the college entrance examination by rote memorization." Zheng Taiyong poured himself a glass of water, and then pushed the water bottle to Zheng Zhiyong's side. It sounds good too, there are too many scumbags out there, with an IQ of over [-], you can be a publicity point if you have passed the top ten high school exams... It's so fun."

Although these words are a bit uncomfortable, Zheng Zhiyong must admit that what Zheng Taiyong said is the truth. Among the idol stars, there are really few who have studied well. There are not many such as "if you continue to study, you may learn well" , The social status of idols is not high. This is also the reason. The poor students in the school become stars and earn more than their peers. Both their peers and their parents are not used to it. Korea still pays great attention to education. .

Zheng Zhiyong did not speak, but Zheng Taiyong was still a little bit unsatisfied: "You were still young when you were a trainee, this time you have to polish your eyes, you can't find that kind of polluting gene even if you don't care about the background..."

"I said, Zheng Tae-yong," Zheng Zhiyong couldn't help it, "How many elementary school students in the Republic of Korea are in love? My IQ may be lower, and my vision may also be lower. As for me, I want to be hungry?"

"That's right", Zheng Zhiyong's words did not anger Zheng Taiyong, but made him laugh. The emotional pickiness is almost the commonality of the three siblings. "Choose according to your standards, as long as you don't If it brings trouble, who cares about it, it’s okay if you want to play unspoken rules.”

Zheng Zhiyong found that after he made the decision to "develop in the entertainment industry in another form", his family began to really see him as an independent adult, and Zheng Zhiyong in the cube period , although he already has the ability to make a living on his own and leaves home to live alone to take care of himself, but in the eyes of his family, Zheng Zhiyong is still in a psychological and unhealed stage of trauma, which is indeed the case.

Now Zheng Zhiyong has really mustered up the courage to live the life he wanted to live.

Even the content of the topic has begun to "upgrade"...

In love.

Although he was not enlightened in childhood, was busy practicing in his youth, and was messed up by that broken leg in his youth, Zheng Zhiyong is still emotionally blank, but for some reason, Zheng Zhiyong has a premonition that he Will meet someone he likes, sooner or later.

It turns out that you still yearn for love in your heart?When this premonition popped up in his mind, Zheng Zhiyong's first thought was this.

Emotional people have emotional needs, and that makes sense.

But it's really inappropriate to talk about love at this time.

"How long has it been since you touched a pool cue?"

The white ball collided with the blue ball with a "snap", and then bounced back to the edge of the table and stopped. The blue ball that was hit rolled in a straight line, and fell into the corner bag with a "boom".

Seeing this scene, Zheng Zhiyong finally put away his cue and stood up straight: "How long... almost nine years."

Kim Sang-woo repeatedly gestured with the cue, but the situation Zheng Zhiyong left him was too tricky, and he did not find a satisfactory solution after gesturing for a long time: "I only remember that we played this on tiptoe in elementary school, and it was also a lot of tricks. I haven't touched it for a year, brother's memory is really not a joke."

"That's useless." Having said that, Zheng Zhiyong stood aside and watched Kim Sang-woo frowning around with a pool cue, with a slightly cheerful expression on his face.

"Forget it, I'll invite you today." Kim Sang-woo wasn't good at this at first, so he simply gave up, "Brother's waist is okay, right?"

"It's not that I can't even do this, and the weight is all on the arms." Zheng Zhiyong said.

The two played together a little more often when they were in elementary school, but since Zheng Zhiyong entered SM as a trainee in 2003, he and Kim Sang-woo were in a state similar to "parting ways", but because Kim Sang-woo later also had a relationship Their love for music began in 2012 when Zheng Zhiyong began to appear on the underground stage and Kim Sang Woo also participated in the talent show "Superstark". They resumed contact, but the frequency is not too high.It is easy to understand that Zheng Zhiyong and Kim Sang-woo are not naturally congenial, but considering their background, experience, interests, etc., they are still rare "fellows" to each other.

The parents are familiar with each other for a long time, and they know everything about each other's experiences. This makes the relationship between the two people who have not reached the level of "talking about everything" less scruples when they get along.

"I will drop out of school again this year," Kim Sang Woo said, "Brother has suitable ballads, leave me two."

"Suspend school again? In 2012, you took a year off from school. After studying for two years, you took a break again. If you go back, can you get a diploma?" Zheng Zhiyong said with emotion, "The same is true here in Korea. Same as military service."

"If you want to sing and get a diploma, you have to work hard to balance it. If I knew I would be like my brother, I would be able to do whatever I want after graduation. At least I can have a few years of freedom." Kim Sang-woo poured it into his own cup Man Coke said with a smile.

"The question is," Jung Ji-yong ruthlessly broke Kim Sang-woo's fantasy, "Will you still have a decent draft after graduation?"

Kim Sang-woo froze all of a sudden: "That's right... the talent show has been out of business for the past two years, and the only one that has gained more attention is probably "showmethemoney". If a singer doesn't have a decent platform for his debut, his development will not be as good as an idol."

Hearing "showmethemoney" again, Zheng Zhiyong could only lament that it was fate: "I have plans to appear on "showmethemoney"."

"what?!!!"

The chicken on Jin Sangyou's chopsticks slammed back onto the plate in front of him with a "snap", his eyes widened to the extent that more than half of them were white: "Are you going to that show?"

Zheng Zhiyong's expression also collapsed: "Kim Sang Woo, don't roll your eyes!"