Thinker in the entertainment industry

Chapter 172 172.UPR

When Jeon Ji Yoon received a call, Jung Ji Yong was chatting with IU who had just released a new album on kakaotalk.

This album called "chat-shire" was released at 10:23 on October 23rd, and then it began to wash up the charts on major charts. Of course, "[-]" ranked first. Zheng Zhiyong felt that "Unwillingness", whose genre may not suit the taste of the public, came in second.

The combined power of iu and thinker is indeed the strongest. iu commented on this phenomenon in this way.

After all, iu, who is transforming into a musician, is somewhat different from those talented factions who don’t appear in the scene except for singing and holding concerts. She still has to participate in promotional activities. It is precisely for this reason that she contacted Zheng Zhiyong: "I will be in the Talking about the album in the interview, reporters should be very curious about thinker."

"We're going to check the confession, shall we?"

iu: "godthinker, tell me, what mistake did we make?"

This is just a joke, but since Zheng Zhiyong will not be interviewed to express his views on this album in the short term, it is still necessary for iu to know in advance what can be said and what cannot be said.

So IU reporter appeared on the stage.

"What is your favorite song?"

""twenty three"."

"What's your favorite song that you didn't write yourself?"

Zheng Zhiyong hesitated: ""zeze"."

"It really is this song", the non-professional iu reporter was distracted at an unusual speed, "It's a pity that we have different views on zeze, I can't explain why you like this song".

"You're not me, why did you answer in such detail", Zheng Zhiyong complained, "You can just say that we have different ideas, and it doesn't affect my liking for "Zeze".

"How much do you like it?" IU asked persistently.

"I re-watched 'My Dear Sweet Orange Tree'."

"I'm very honored", Zheng Zhiyong's response made IU very satisfied, "But, haven't you read this book?"

"It's been almost ten years, and I don't remember every detail." No matter how good Zheng Zhiyong's memory is, it is impossible to remember everything in a book that he has not read many times after such a long time. clearly.After hearing the song "zeze", Zheng Zhiyong also became interested in revisiting "My Dear Sweet Orange Tree". Anyway, this book is not long. Zheng Zhiyong bought a copy online. Spent a day watching it.

Not to mention, revisiting this book after many years, Zheng Zhiyong really had some different feelings from the past, not only different from the past, but also very different from IU's ideas, but this is not surprising, thinker perspective It's normal to have unique ideas and be different.

Generally speaking, iu is very satisfied with Zheng Zhiyong's evaluation.

"Have you watched the mv I filmed?"

"'One-member girl group' Godiu-sama, do you want me to contribute the MV hits?" For a big source of music, the number one on a song show is no longer important, and the MV hits are naturally not important either.

"There are a lot of my thoughts in the mv."

"Wait until I have time." Zheng Zhiyong replied thinking of the phone call made by Quan Zhiyun just now.

It's really difficult for him to cooperate with Jun Jiyun, and Zheng Zhiyong really doesn't have much interest in iu's mv.

When Quan Zhiyun came to him and told him her inspiration, and then showed Zheng Zhiyong the lyrics she had just written, Zheng Zhiyong didn't have the energy to think about the MV.

"Efforts by ordinary people...a great idea."

"Are you inspired?" Jun Jiyun asked.

"A little bit, but in order to be faster, you have to write your own rap words." Unconsciously, Zheng Zhiyong's right hand patted the armrest of the chair one after another, "My feeling is better than writing the rap words before." It's better when it's a song, but you know, time is running out."

Completing the creation requires rehearsal, which takes a lot of time. Zheng Zhiyong's creative style makes his lyrics and music very suitable, and it is more time-consuming than the mode of writing a beat and then filling in the lyrics.The next round is the collaboration stage, and they have enough time left for rehearsal, plus the creation is very intense, even if Zheng Zhiyong has inspiration, the creation speed will be very fast.

For the sake of caution, Zheng Zhiyong does not recommend putting hope on the new inspiration: "I think it is better to practice the songs that have been completed first. I will try my best to create new songs, but it would be a bit risky to pin my hopes on it."

Quan Zhiyun, who has debuted for many years, naturally understands how long it takes for a song to be born, and she also knows that her determination appeared too late. Zheng Zhiyong should have had time when he first proposed to her, because at that time Zheng Zhiyong didn't say anything about the time issue except to encourage Jun Jiyun to say "your own stuff".

It still seems too late, she thought.

"If the work this time is stronger than what I wrote before, I will try to communicate with the program group. They should not reject the song related to "unprettyrapstar", even if it is not in their plan, for example——yezi "Crazydog", made into a complete song, no one will hate it", Zheng Zhiyong seemed to be talking on his own, and seemed to have seen through Quan Jiyun's thoughts, "I can't give you any guarantee".

"No need." Zheng Zhiyong's words made Quan Zhiyun wake up suddenly, "I will work hard."

Zheng Zhiyong has done enough, she can't completely pin her hope on others' salvation.Quan Zhiyun can't say how successful he is, but at least he understands this truth.

Time is tight, this is definitely not Zheng Zhiyong's excuse.The song he originally prepared for Quan Zhiyun was called "Don't Change". The new lyrics Quan Zhiyun brought to Zheng Zhiyong's current inspiration still exists in the form of fragments, but the title of the song has already been set - "Mediocre".Jeon Ji Yoon just finished her own part of the verse of "Don't Change", Zheng Ji Yong and "Mediocre" are still in the stage of deadlocking, and the camera of "unprettyrapstar" came to the door.

At the end of the program, it’s time to tell various "background stories". In this regard, "unprettyrapstar" and "showmethemoney" are the same. The person who came to help Quan Zhiyun is Zheng Zhiyong, and the program team is even more Excited.

To be precise, it is not only the camera but also the person who came to shoot the cooperation between Zheng Zhiyong and Jun Jiyun. A woman who claimed to be the writer of "unprettyrapstar" clarified the intention of the program group to Zheng Zhiyong: "We need some material."

"Okay, but please let me know in advance," Zheng Zhiyong said. Many people know about his experience at Cube, but the specific situation is not very clear to everyone. This time he is working with Jeon Ji-yoon , there are some questions that are sure to be asked, "how to call it?"

"Min Yalin."

"Min Yalin Xi." Anyway, the time to deal with her will not be long, and Zheng Zhiyong is not familiar with anything, so he greeted politely and unfamiliarly.

Variety shows all have scripts, but the scripts of different variety shows are quite different. Entertainment-heavy variety shows like "The Birth of a Family" and "Runningman" can even pre-arrange the appearance of laughing points. Reality shows like "unprettyrapstar" can interfere with the attitudes and choices of the contestants, but they can't control what they say talk.

Now it's another situation - they ask questions according to the script, but Zheng Zhiyong doesn't necessarily answer according to the script.

"Did you and Ji Yunxi meet in Cube?"

"Yes, everyone I know in Cube has met since I went to Cube, except for Hong Seung Sung, who met me when he was in JYP and I was in SM, but it's only at the level of 'acquaintance', I'm not familiar with it."

Zheng Zhiyong was a trainee at the top of SM back then, and other companies would stare at people like him. Even if they couldn't find someone, it was necessary to get to know their children's competitors in the future.

"Have you ever exchanged rap?"

"No, I'm a competent teacher who teaches foreign languages," Zheng Zhiyong replied in a humorous tone, but his answer was relatively clear and detailed in content, and he didn't avoid the important and just make a fool of himself. "I made music in the cube. , Outside of work, I had a lot of communication with Yong Junhyung of Beast on music creation.”

"Did you never say rap when you were in Cube? Doesn't everyone else know that you are a thinker?"

"They know that I'm an underground rapper, and I don't like to talk about it in the company... I haven't even talked to Junheng." Zheng Zhiyong said with a smile, but at this moment he suddenly thought of something, "No , When I was in the company, I talked about rap, and I was encouraged by them to play a part in class." Zheng Zhiyong turned to Jun Jiyun who was just sitting outside the camera and said, "At that time, Kwon So Hyun was the main force."

At this time, Quan Jiyun is in a state of dual-purpose, half of her mind is paying attention to what writer Min Yalin and Zheng Zhiyong said, and the other half is thinking about her rap lyrics.After Zheng Zhiyong spoke to her, as the camera moved, Quan Zhiyun's spirit also moved to the recording of the show.

"How did you do it?" Quan Zhiyun asked.

"I said I wanted to test their listening skills, and I read a rap in Chinese to let them distinguish the content." Zheng Zhiyong said solemnly.

Jeon Ji Yoon: ...

This program is "unprettyrapstar", and what is going to be recorded is the scene of contestant Quan Jiyun preparing for the stage. No matter how Min Yalin thinks that Zheng Zhiyong's days of teaching foreign languages ​​in the cube are more interesting than Quan Zhiyun's rap practice, she also understands that there must be a sideline degrees.

So she switched sides and continued to wipe: "Working with Quan Zhiyunxi, how do you feel?"

Zheng Zhiyong blinked his eyes.

He was already mentally prepared to be asked by the writer, but he did not expect the writer to understand what is meant by "enough is enough" when asking questions.

In fact, he also felt that he had already asked about the things in Cube, and it was not an exclusive interview.

"Cooperating with me in hip-hop is not an easy thing. I will be more cautious in this kind of thing in the future," Zheng Zhiyong said, "When I create, I follow my personal wishes and don't consider' Who is suitable to sing 'such a question".

"Ah?" Min Yalin uttered a very light, puzzled syllable, and she couldn't quite understand Zheng Zhiyong's words.

"Let me give you an example," Zheng Zhiyong said, "in the chorus, there is a short sentence like 'don't change, change, change', which will be repeated many times. When pronouncing such a sentence, it is easy to drift away. Ji Yunxi ...that's where her weakness lies."

Min Yalin thought of Quan Zhiyun who was practicing when she was filming the material just now, repeating the phrase "don't change, change, change" over and over again so that she, the audience, felt nauseous, she couldn't help nodding in agreement with Zheng Zhiyong's words, and then Immediately interview Jeon Ji Yoon: "What does Ji Yoon xi think about this?"

Jun Ji-yoon, who repeated a sentence too many times, felt as if her tongue was going to cramp when thinking about it now, sighed deeply, "Thinker wrote a good song. I can't make any more requests, but suggestions." Jun Jiyun, who is two years older than Zheng Zhiyong, spoke to Zheng Zhiyong with a bit of earnestness, "You should write a good song in the future and find someone else."

"Yes", Zheng Zhiyong bowed his head to be taught, "like me before".

Turning off the camera, Min Yalin's complexion was subtle when she already noticed something wrong from the words of Zheng Zhiyong and Quan Jiyun.

"How is the completion of the song "Don't Change", may I ask?"

Why does she feel that Zheng Zhiyong has no idea about his own works?Quan Zhiyun has always been a low-ranking player among the players. It's not surprising that he has no idea. Zheng Zhiyong is someone who can't dominate the music source list in the summer. What kind of concept does he have no idea?

Zheng Zhiyong said frankly: "I am not very satisfied."

After hearing his words, Jun Jiyun smiled and said, "I think it's not bad."

Min Yalin felt confused, and then began to think about a serious question:

As an ordinary program writer, does she want to get to the bottom of it?

"Writer Min", Zheng Zhiyong's words did not give Min Yalin much time to think, "I have an idea about the selection, and I don't know whether it is necessary to record relevant materials at this time."

Min Yalin: ...

At first, she felt that the recording of the show could follow her script, but now she realized a fact-cooperating with "non-staff" like Zheng Zhiyong, there are really few things that the script can control.

Forget it, it's time to exercise your on-the-spot coping skills.

"Please speak," she said.