Thinker in the entertainment industry

Lu Xingcai is a person who is reliable when he is reliable, but it is also a headache when he is angry.I went to participate in "The King of Masked Singer" between filming. I sang well and spoke cutely after taking off the mask. I became a fan of myself and gained a lot of favor from passers-by. I also performed well in "School 2015" , has the potential of singing, acting, and variety shows.But once he enters the messy mode, his ability to fight is also first-class. In the past few months, he played a bit of a "mudgy" troublemaker in TV dramas...Zheng Zhiyong misses Lu Xingcai's serious mode, sincerely .

Fortunately, he didn't have to wait too long, because the crew soon called it a day.Lu Xingcai has changed his clothes again, so he can leave directly with his bag on his back.

Just another question: "Where's your agent?"

"I will go back after my role is over, I can go by myself." Lu Xingcai said.When the manager has something to do, he naturally has to stay with him 24 hours a day. After Lu Xingcai finished filming his part and wanted to stay with the crew to watch and read the script, the manager can withdraw first.

The background of "School 2015" is a campus, and the set is not remote, and the transportation is relatively convenient. Finding a taxi is not a problem, and the subway station is not too far away. "Let's go for a while?" Lu Xingcai suggested after wrapping himself in a hat and mask.

Zheng Zhiyong nodded, pulled the hood of the hoodie and let it cover his head.

He still remembers that before participating in the audition, Lu Xingcai was hesitant to speak but solemn.What was that important but not urgent matter, and why Lu Xingcai hesitated so much, Zheng Zhiyong didn't figure it out, and he didn't intend to think about it, just ask in person.

What Lu Xingcai did made Zheng Zhiyong feel even more strange. The manager happened to be away. Is this a coincidence?What exactly did Lu Xingcai want to say?

Lu Xingcai obviously knew why Zheng Zhiyong came here specially, but he didn't say directly: "Brother Zhiyong, I didn't ask you. If you don't sign a contract with the company, what does the company think?"

"The company...is a bit disappointed." Zheng Zhiyong didn't know why Lu Xingcai asked this, but he said honestly, "But I said a long time ago that I would not sign a contract with the company, and there should not be many people who are angry with me because of this. If you only talk about benefits, I should also be considered the one that is cost-effective."

Lu Xingcai fell into silence. Zheng Zhiyong knew that he was hesitating, so he didn't ask any more questions. After the two of them walked for a long time, he finally heard Lu Xingcai's voice: "That day...Brother Hengdun called me .”

Jung Hyung Don?

Zheng Zhiyong did not speak, and Lu Xingcai continued: ""Infinite Challenge" has a song festival this year, and this time it will not focus entirely on famous singers and producers."

Zheng Hengdon is the host of "Idol of the Week" and its derivative variety show "Hit Maker", and the programs he hosts are not limited to this, let alone the unknown ones and those that have not been run, the popular programs he is currently participating in are also There are JTBC's "Please Take Care of the Refrigerator" and MBC's national variety show "Infinite Challenge".

"Infinite Challenge" has been on the air for more than ten years, and it plays an important role in the history of Korean variety shows. It can even be divided into "before "Infinite Challenge" and "after "Infinite Challenge". king ofThe Ballad Festival is a regular event in "Infinite Challenge". It is held every two years. The program group invites powerful singers and musicians to cooperate with the hosts to compose songs, and finally hold a concert and perform on the stage , and release the song sound source, the concert income and the sound source income will all be donated. The Song Festivals in 2011 and 2013 both attracted a lot of attention, and the songs they created also occupied the top seven positions on the music charts for a long time (there were seven hosts at that time), and their rankings on the annual charts were also comparable. amazing.

"Not completely focusing on famous singers and producers", Zheng Zhiyong silently read Lu Xingjae's words, he already understood Lu Xingjae's meaning, "They want to change, but they will not make choices rashly".

That's only natural. "Brother Heng Dun has an impression of you because of "mywayornoway", Lu Xingcai explained, "He has also heard the song that my brother wrote for senior Zhang Xiansheng, so he contacted me and wanted to know more about it."

"What did you say?"

"The other day I said I'd wait for the audition, and I said I'm going to participate in "showmethemoney" and I'll contact you after the audition." Lu Xingcai stretched out his hand as he spoke, making a phone call gesture, "Hen Brother Dun didn't say much, the recording of the Ballad Festival will be around the end of June, and they have a long time to choose and invite guests."

"It's been a long time to observe my performance in "showmethemoney"." Zheng Zhiyong's words were neither eager nor nervous nor lost, only calm and indifferent, "Sungjae, thank you".

Lu Xingcai will not be easily deceived: "I didn't play any role, just spread the word."

"Then why are you hesitating?" Zheng Zhiyong asked with a smile.

Lu Xingcai sighed: "It's not my brother, and it's not the turn of other people I know."

"After the comparison, do you still want me to go?" Lu Xingcai should know Zheng Zhiyong's dissatisfaction with Cube's decision-making ability, so after learning that Zheng Zhiyong's works have achieved good results in the past month, he has not established a closer relationship with Cube When Zheng Zhiyong thought of this, he decided to give Lu Xingcai a reassurance, "Don't worry, I have no enmity with the company, and it will not be so easy to have enmity."

"I hope so," Lu Xingcai didn't want to talk too much, "I'll send the call."

"Okay, leave the rest to me." Lu Xingcai has a TV series to film, and he is very hot. Cube may also pick up other activities for him, so that he can get involved in Zheng Zhiyong's affairs. Sorry, after all, they will soon be just "ex-colleagues" relationship.

"It would be great if I could keep brother." Lu Xingcai looked at Zheng Zhiyong, his eyes still full of regret.

Zheng Zhiyong felt very awkward when he said this in a regretful tone just after he helped to tie the knot, and even felt a little guilty: "Why, you can't bear to part with me?"

"Yes", Lu Xingcai said without hesitation, and then put his whole body on Zheng Zhiyong's shoulders, using a standard tone of bitter drama, "Why did you have to leave, why—"

"Hey, Shen!"

This kid switched to brat mode again!

Zheng Zhiyong resolutely begged for mercy: "Don't press your whole body up, my... legs are not good."

In fact, he knows that Lu Xingcai is very good at grasping the timing of the reliable and the guilty, including the state switch just now.

Overall, a smart kid.

Dealing with "Infinite Challenge" is not very difficult for the time being.Jung Jiyong used the number he got from Lu Sungjae to get in touch with Jung Hyungdon, and Jung Hyungdon, who didn't intend to interfere too much with the guest selection, confirmed that "this person is interesting" and pushed Jung Jiyong to "Infinite Challenge". "PD Kim Tae-ho.

But when it comes to Jin Taihao, it will be even easier.Zheng Zhiyong talked about his participation in "showmethemoney" and pointed out various uncertainties in the future.He may not have time to go to the song festival, and more importantly, the song festival may not be able to choose him.

There is no need for Zheng Zhiyong to say the following words, Jin Taihao will observe, weigh, and make a choice in the end.Zheng Zhiyong only needs to state the facts so that they have a channel to understand the pros and cons.The rest of the matter is beyond Zheng Zhiyong's interference.

The song festival is already the highlight of the national variety show "Infinite Challenge". Even if this year's song festival plans to find a couple of newcomers, Zheng Zhiyong, who is unprepared and therefore has no confidence, does not have high hopes for himself.

However, it is feasible to find out what is going on in this year's song festival.

"People from the hip-hop circle invited them, and they decided to zion.t", gray verified Zheng Zhiyong's guess, "Infinite Challenge" did not let go of hip-hop, which has gradually become a trend in recent years, "I originally thought I could go."

Zheng Zhiyong looked at Gray's regretful face, a little surprised and curious: "Why do you say that?"

During the period when he didn't run to AOMG much, it seemed that something extraordinary happened.

At this moment, Gray realized that he had slipped his mouth, but the words had already been spoken, and he could no longer cover them up with lies: "They contacted me before, and the situation is a bit similar to yours, and the conversation was more in-depth."

Let Gray think he can go, this seems to be more than "some".Zheng Zhiyong thought so, but didn't say it. "Then what is the reason for deciding on zion.t? He is more famous?"

"There is no obvious gap between me and him in production." Gray said.

Zheng Zhiyong lowered his head a little. zion.t’s song response is better than gray’s, but gray is more underground, zion.t tends to be mainstream, and it’s not fair to judge it based on downloads. In addition, zion.t is better at writing songs for itself, while gray makes songs for others The experience is richer, but what the song festival wants is a collaboration song.Therefore, they have no absolute advantage over each other.

What kind of consideration did the program group finally choose zion.t?

Zheng Zhiyong's eyes were still locked on Gray, he didn't know the reason, but Gray must know, otherwise he wouldn't have said that.

"Jyp wants to participate."

"Him?" The gentle and friendly aura of Zheng Zhiyong disappeared, and the subconsciously constricted pupils revealed an instinctive repulsion that even good cultivation could not conceal, "The one who said he wanted to go in later?"

"If he had made the decision earlier, the program team would not have contacted me at all." Gray once again confirmed Zheng Zhiyong's guess.

The three letters "jyp" can be used to refer to jyp entertainment, one of the three major brokerage companies in South Korea, and can also be used to refer to jyp entertainment's founder, important producer, and external image representative, Park Zhenrong——Park Jay Bum used to The "teacher" who personally discovered Jay Park ten years ago and gave up on him five years ago.

No matter how generous, kind, and tender his external image is, and no matter whether he is powerless in the face of JYP's decision-making, he once said in the show that Park Jay Bum left the team because of private life issues, so he was also accepted by the agency sidushq that Park Jay Bum joined later. It is absolutely impossible for Park Zhenrong, who was publicly criticized by his boss, to be in the same frame as Park Jay Bum without embarrassment. There is nothing wrong with removing "not embarrassment".

Gray is in aomg, as a veteran who joined the company as soon as it was established, there is no need to talk about his relationship with Jay Park.Jay Park and Jay Park would be embarrassed to death in the same frame. Gray, who has a close relationship with Jay Park, would not be much better if he starred in "Infinite Challenge" with Jay Park. After all, his relationship with Jay Park and aomg is too close up.For a god-level producer like Park Zhenrong and an external representative of one of the three major brokerage companies to go, it was a perfectly normal choice to give up gray and choose zion.t.

"Does he really want to go?"

"I do not know."

Zheng Zhiyong didn't need an answer either.He looked down at the ground, without saying a word, his face was dark, like a cloud when a heavy rain was about to come.

"thinker?" Zheng Zhiyong said suddenly, Gray was a little uneasy.

"It's a dumb loss again." I don't know if this sentence was addressed to Gray, or Zheng Zhiyong was talking to himself.After finishing speaking, Zheng Zhiyong sighed softly, leaned back on the sofa, closed his eyes, and also covered the various thoughts surging inside.