Thinker in the entertainment industry

Chapter 101 101. Unchallenged Appearance

How did iu guess Zheng Zhiyong's real identity, not only the other guests who were confused, Zheng Zhiyong himself was also very curious.He has rapped publicly a few times, but singing in public dates back to the time when he did not leave SM. Originally, he thought that the person who guessed his identity would be zion.t. After all, he would also go to the underground to watch performances, maybe I have some impression of my own voice, but what happened to iu?Zheng Zhiyong also thought about it for a while, and concluded that in the limited number of times he appeared on the stage underground, he had never heard of an audience with the stage name "iu" in the audience.

So how did iu guess it?

For everyone else in the room, there's a question that tops "why does iu know" and that's: "Who is this?"

It was Pu Mingxiu who asked the question.

And Huang Guangxi, who knows a little about idols, reacted after hearing "the first love of the twentieth generation": "He is the one wearing the mask..."

"thinker", iu said, "the producer of best Zhang Xiansheng's solo album, the creator of "Twenty Generations' First Love", he also wore a mask on stage to do feat at that time, and there is also a "you" on the music list these days ", also written by him".

People who don't pay much attention to the music industry, such as Park Myung-soo, are still blind, but Yoo Hee-yeol and the others have already reacted. "I remember that he seems to have collaborated with exid many times." Yoo Hee Yeol said.

IU nodded with a smile: "Besides, he is also active underground as a rapper."

"Speaking of underground", Liu Zaishi pointed his finger at zion.t who was born underground, "Do you know zion.t?"

Although compared to Wu Hyuk, he is at the level of Liu Jae Suk, but compared to Liu Jae Suk, he is at the level of Wu Hyuk. Zion.t: "Not familiar."

Liu Jae-shik with a helpless face: "I hope this friend can talk a little more", there are already zion.t and Wu Hyuk, and another taciturn type is simply too cruel, "Please take off the mask of 'no joke clown'" .

According to the requirements of the program, the "No Joking Clown" turned his back to the camera, untied the rope from the back of his head, and took off the mask.

Short hair, no perm, but the hairstyle looks more fashionable among young people. The real person is not very old. I can estimate the figure and face shape by looking at the back. As long as the appearance is not too miserable, the visual effect should be good.

Next, the "clown who is not kidding" turned around - his appearance crushed the audience.

"I'm a new thinker", he is as handsome as a clown but not as evil as a clown. On the contrary, the upright and elegant young man smiled and bent slightly, then raised his head, "I'm glad to be here."

Oh, there is still a spirit.

That's not what Liu Zaishi wanted to care about right now, he patted his chest: "This friend seems to be able to talk."

The communication between zion.t and Wu Hyuk, especially the one in the back, is really exhausting.

"Thinker, how old are you this year?" Yoo Hee Yeol asked.

"24 years old." Zheng Zhiyong said.

"That's very young." It's not uncommon to write lyrics and compose for others at this age, but it's rare to be the producer of an album and also arrange the main title.

"Thinker has been an amateur underground rapper for three years and an amateur creator for one year", Zheng Zhiyong's language expression ability seems to be much better than zion.t Wu Hyuk, I heard Jin Taeho said that he talked in "showmethemoney" The standard is not bad, but Zheng Zhiyong is the first time to appear in a variety show of the level of "Infinite Challenge". Liu Zaishi was not at ease when he was allowed to play freely at the beginning, so he took the initiative to undertake the introduction work, "Recently I started walking Professional route, can you tell me what kind of music you want to make, thinker?"

"I want to make a lot of music, but I can only make a lot of music." Zheng Zhiyong corrected Liu Zaishi's words calmly, "I am best at lyrical styles, including bad and lyrical dance music. I also write hip-hop, but Most of the writing is more popular, and I am not very good at music with heavy electronic music like edm."

That being said, the word "lyrical" alone covers a wide range, so another way to understand Zheng Zhiyong's words is:

As long as there is no electronic sound, everything else is fine.

"Then it's not my choice." Park Myung-soo, who wanted to be an edm, said—besides, this one is not famous yet.

"Did you not expect to be recognized by iu just now?" Liu Zaishi asked.

"I don't even understand why now," Zheng Zhiyong said with a smile, "I haven't sung in public for many years. When I was active in the underground, there were only a few songs that had to be sung." .

iu: "Didn't you sing a few lines in the last song of "Twenty Generations' First Love" in the S headquarters?"

Zheng Zhiyong's body shrank back, with obvious surprise in his eyes: "Have you seen it?" He just sang for a few seconds longer because of a brain twitch that day... IU actually knew and had an impression?

"I will go to the stage I am interested in. I like that song very much." Iu said.

"Thank you." Faced with the sincere praise from a girl who is younger than him, more famous than him, and recognized as a talented girl, he doesn't know what to do other than thank Zheng Zhiyong.

"Can you hear it with just two words?" Zheng Hengdun asked.

"No, I've listened to rap a lot, and I'm more familiar with the voice. Although it sounds a little different when singing, it's still somewhat similar. When it comes to rap, I'm more sure." Iu said.

She is a professional musician, and her sensitivity to voice is beyond ordinary people. Zheng Zhiyong's voice also sounds distinctive, so it makes sense if iu can hear it.As for how many times IU said "listen a lot", it is not the time to ask.

Liu Jae Suk: "It seems that this is a very happy song festival for iu."

IU smiled brightly: "Yes, all the not-so-famous musicians I like are here."

Liu Zaishi: "What do thinkers think?"

Because of the big change of iu, all the written scripts are useless, Zheng Zhiyong, who can only perform on his own now, "I don't know", he raised his hand with a wry smile, blocked it in front of his face, and then put his hand down , "It never occurred to iuxi to care about the name 'thinker'".

iu: "I started to care about "Tears" when it became popular. I also listened to the previous "Spring" and later "You Don't Know". Later, I realized that Thinker is a rapper and wanted to go to the underground to watch the show, but Thinker seems to seldom go on stage. , never had a chance."

Jung Hyung-don, who worked so hard to suppress the matchmaker attributes cultivated in "Idol of the Week" but couldn't hold back in the end: "You two should just be a team!"

The age is about the same, and the face is worthy of it!

Interrupted by Zheng Hengdun, the painting style of the scene became a little weird.Fortunately, there is zion.t who just declared "unfamiliar", "What about zion.t, what kind of person is thinker in your eyes?"

zion.t: "thinker...his rap is very good, but his ideas are a bit strange, and he always gets scolded in the underground."

Liu Jae-shik, who hadn’t had time to thank zion.t for finally saying a word: ! ! !are you kidding me?

Zheng Zhiyong couldn't help laughing, there was a rare lack of silence, and he picked up the microphone: "If you think someone's idea is wrong, just say it directly. In hip-hop, many people think that I am wrong, and that's how it is."

The key is not to see it, what a polite and kind child. "The truth?" Liu Zaishi asked.

"Personally, I think it's a difference of opinion, but I don't seem to be credible when I say it myself. It may be more reliable to see how I do it later, and then judge." Zheng Zhiyong still replied with a smile.

Liu Jae-shik was speechless: "I feel like you are a rapper now."

"Thank you." Zheng Zhiyong said politely.

Acting in a national variety show like "Infinite Challenge", there are still a bunch of big seniors in front of you. If your style is too flamboyant, it will be regarded as arrogant and rude. It is not easy to be tolerated like in "showmethemoney", but this is a musician and host after all. Zheng Zhiyong's cowardly performance in the program of the combination of strong and powerful people will also fall into the lower class.

So he is gentler and more polite than in "showmethemoney", and he speaks a lot more carefully, but he always keeps his back straight and shows no timidity, and at the end he is also a little "different".

I'm confident to do well in this show.This is the subtext conveyed between Zheng Zhiyong's words and deeds.

"We've already heard thinker's song, can we have a rap?" Liu Zaishi estimated the progress of the show in his heart. With the help of iu, Zheng Zhiyong's basic situation has been introduced almost, and now he only needs to add one more Self-presentation, if Zheng Zhiyong's performance in "showmethemoney" has reached the point where people all over the country are impressed, this part can be cut, but it is still necessary to have a part when recording the program, "iu can continue to click Song".

The situation of Zheng Zhiyong and Wu Hyuk is very similar, the popularity is not enough, and the weight is a little bit more, like Park Zhenrong and iu, everyone knows, so there is no need to introduce too much weight.When Wu Hyuk made his appearance just now, IU, who recognized Wu Hyuk, expressed his love for hyukoh's music openly, and even ordered a song for Wu Hyuk to sing live. Now it's Zheng Zhiyong's turn. Liu Zaishi thinks he can do the same .

"Hmm... because I don't know which raps thinkerxi has read, can someone else's words be okay?" IU asked.

"Yes, if I know the words." Zheng Zhiyong said.

"Aural hallucinations, is it okay?"

"Yes", Zheng Zhiyong's voice was calm, without any embarrassment or displeasure, "Let me recall the lyrics".

"Auditory Hallucinations" is the ost of the hit TV series "killmehealme" in early 2015, sung by Jang Jae-in and nashow as the feat.The popularity of the TV series is high, and the quality of the song itself is also excellent. The popularity of "Auditory Hallucinations" was quite high when it was released. Although the current sound source performance is slightly lower than that of "Twenty Generations' First Love", which has entered a stable period, it has already achieved remarkable results as an ost , in South Korea, a place where the sound source is basically equal to the nationality, iu first focused on "Twenty Generations' First Love", because he knew that this song was most likely to be heard and left an impression by the people present, so he mentioned "Auditory Hallucinations" There is also this reason-everyone has basically heard and knows this song.

This is a temporary part, so there is no live accompaniment, just like Wu He's a cappella.It is said that rap is more influenced by the accompaniment than singing, but the level is high to a certain extent, and the accompaniment is the icing on the cake, and it will not be fatal without the accompaniment.

Zheng Zhiyong silently went over the lyrics in his mind, then raised the microphone to a comfortable position, and started directly.

"The guy in my heart really changed me too much, let me go and tie my hands and lock me in this dark room."

Nashow's voice is somewhat similar to madclown, clear and sharp, carved into the bone one by one like a nail, Zheng Zhiyong has another style, the voice is deeper, clear and trembling, and the song because The sense of panic caused by multiple personalities complements each other perfectly, and the sadness and fear are almost overflowing, but it does not appear humble and timid. Only the voice that seems to come from the depths of the soul hits the door of the heart one after another, sending out dull echoes.

"Who will redeem me from my scarred soul."

Even if there is a reason why the original words are well written, Zheng Zhiyong's own skills can be seen very clearly.

"Under the black-stained night sky, the figure you don't want to leave..." When Zheng Zhiyong ended the rap, iu sang the part of Zhang Jae-in after a few lines on the spur of the moment.

Although there were a lot of accidents brought by iu, Zheng Zhiyong, who made his debut, finally got off the stage smoothly, and sat next to zion.t, "separate from each other" with Park Zhenrong and iu.He is the fifth group of invited artists, and it is time to enter the matching session after the performance and introduction of the last group is over.

Although there are six groups of artists, the first five groups are all single-handed, only the last group came up with two people, and put on a performance full of Chinese music style, and then iu lived up to her status as a big sun fan, and guessed it at the first time Out there is the sun.

With the sun here, the other one is easy to say, look at the height, look at the movements, listen to the voice, think about it, "Infinite Challenge" will invite people with certain production skills for the song festival, this must be g-dragon Quan Zhilong.

But... isn't there a lot of people who are interested in IU invited to this song festival?

Zheng Zhiyong thought of this, and Liu Zaishi simply asked, "Is iu happy?"

Iu nodded: "Yes."

"But we still have to cooperate with people like us."

iu laughed.

The last group to reveal their identities, all the musicians invited by "Infinite Challenge" are here.Kim Tae-ho signaled to pause the filming on the sidelines, the host and guests who had been sitting for a long time, and Liu Jae-seok who had been standing for a long time can take a break, and then film the matching part after a while.

More than half of the dozen or so people who were sitting in the room left in an instant because they went to the bathroom, and there were also people who went to drink water, such as iu and Park Myung-soo, who talked a lot before, like zion. Because the words are like gold, Wu He was "molested" by Liu Zaishi more, and he didn't say a few words.

"Didn't you go to "showmethemoney?" No one was sitting around, zion.t turned his head and asked Zheng Zhiyong, "Is there enough time?"

"Fortunately, there is no situation where the recording time collides, I asked," Zheng Zhiyong said, "It will take a few days for the producer to perform and have a team."

"I really want to go to the front of the stage." zion.t recalled that Kim Jonghyun had asked him for news, and now that Zheng Zhiyong was right in front of him, the more he thought about it, the more curious he became, but how should he ask?Zion.t, a cancer patient, was lost in thought.

But now there is no time for him to fall into deep thought, because Zheng Zhiyong stood up from his seat, zion.t turned his head, and through the lens of the sunglasses, he saw Park Zhenrong and Yin Zhongxin walking towards this direction together.

If someone is a senior or an elder, and it is the first time to meet someone, if they sit carelessly and do not respond, then it must be impolite.

Zheng Zhiyong smiled and bowed slightly, the same as when he took off the mask, but said nothing.

There is no inheritance from the previous generation among the producers. Everyone is in a competitive relationship. The cooperation is more between friends and acquaintances. If you can write a good song, you can get along with it. Hugging the thigh, so politeness is necessary, and there is no need to be frightened. As zion.t thought, he bowed to the two senior producers he had known before.

Sure enough, zion.t was fine, but something went wrong with Zheng Zhiyong.

"Your name is...thinker?" Park Zhenrong stopped and asked.