Thinker in the entertainment industry

Chapter 191 191.cover

People change their minds and their feelings change.As far as Zhang Xiansheng is concerned, from becoming a trainee to his debut in Beast in 2009, the pressure he endured during the period is considered to be among the best among all existing idols. He persisted, but this is different from the conflict he has with the company now. , Repeated meaningless itineraries, and the fact that some fans have doubts about life as an idol due to differences in ideas do not conflict with the fact that they are bored.Zheng Zhiyong is not worried that one day he will lose enthusiasm for what he is doing now, because compared to something, what he cares about is the fun of life. If he cannot persist on the road of music, he will find it for himself. retreat.

What he was worried about was Zhang Xiansheng's stubborn mind: "Stubbornness has made you, but now it is also restricting you."

"Yong Junhyung also said what you said, he said 'Stubbornness will destroy you'." Zhang Xiansheng said.

Zheng Zhiyong: ...

I don't know when it started, when facing Zhang Xiansheng, he often didn't know what to say.

"You don't have to worry about our relationship, and you don't have to worry about me. We are the most urgent about the current problem. Think about yourself. After the show is over, there are only two songs. When will a new song be released?" Zhang Xiansheng said while going Touch the remote.

"Then can I go to Brother Junhyung?"

Zhang Xiansheng's smile disappeared immediately: "I don't know—you don't have to worry about this, I don't think you will piss him off so easily."

He pressed the remote and turned on the TV.Jung Jiyong could only say in his heart, "I am not worried about angering Yong Junhyung at all", but he didn't say anything in the end.

Zhang Xiansheng switched the TV channel to MBC. At this time, "Idol of the Week" is broadcasting. The guest this time is the new generation of "elementary school leader" BTS who is very popular this year.

"I thought of the time when I was making a feat for my brother," Zheng Zhiyong said, ""ineedyou" was really popular at the time."

"Their new song is called "Run", it's not bad." When talking about such a topic, Zhang Xiansheng looked very interested, "Although it is a hip-hop combination, the choreography is pretty good."

"It's almost the most tiring broadcasting station." Zheng Zhiyong added.

"I still have to dance a few more times while I have enough physical strength, but there are too many meaningful things when I was young..."

"Have you considered my feelings when you said such things in front of me?" Zheng Zhiyong said half-jokingly.

Zhang Xiansheng glanced at him, lowered his head, "I'm sorry."

"Hmm," Zheng Zhiyong touched his chin casually, "As an apology, maybe I have to agree to a request in the future?"

"what?"

"Let me measure the feasibility first."

Fortunately, Zhang Xiansheng was not persistent on this issue. If his stubbornness broke out, Zheng Zhiyong might not be able to bear it.And the reason why Zhang Xiansheng didn't get stubborn, probably because he had something to say to Zheng Zhiyong.

"Do you want to continue working with idols in the future? Find a team like this," he pointed at the BTS on the screen, and said, "Within three years of debut, the initial heart is the strongest. It will feel good to cooperate. Time In the future, whether it is popular or not, people's ideas may change."

Zheng Zhiyong nodded, at least he has a relatively in-depth understanding of mq and beast, so naturally he would not take Zhang Xiansheng's words as an excuse for himself.

"It will be a good feeling to watch the newcomers climb up one by one. If you are not too old as a producer, you can go on like this forever."

"Brother", Zheng Zhiyong felt something was wrong at this time, "Do you think I will be affected by a group that is not on the rise?"

Zhang Xiansheng glanced at him calmly: "Have you not?"

Zheng Zhiyong was speechless, Zhang Xiansheng stretched out his hand and pressed on his shoulder: "Watch TV."

The soul and host of "Weekly Idol" Jeong Hyung-don withdrew from all the programs he participated in including "Infinite Challenge" in November due to the increasingly serious mental illness and anxiety disorders. Naturally, "Weekly Idol" cannot be spared , the rest of defconn can't take the lead. The "Idol of the Week" program group is currently thinking of finding an idol with a better sense of art to host with defconn as a partner. Kim Heechul, who has rich experience and takes a route that belongs to the unscrupulous category.

There are three resident rappers in BTS, and Tian Jungkook, who is the lead singer, can also be on top when necessary, so "Weekly Idol" set up a rap showdown session for them, with "Weekly Idol" and BTS " and "Jung Hyung-don" as the theme, the person with the worst rap wins and eats Korean beef—yes, the worst rap, this is a variety show, not "showmethemoney".

One of the three rappers j-hope Zheng Haoxi has a good sense of variety. He used the beat of the famous song "Link" by dok2, which is just "Korean cow and my link", with exaggerated movements, teammates. Almost all want to poke their eyes.The captain of rapmonster Kim Namjoon can't lose his integrity in this aspect, he tried his best to make the rap as nasty as possible, and finally it became an exquisite punchline.

"Jimin, eat a little longer, don't be too nervous." Kim Heechul seemed to have noticed something, stood up to grasp the rhythm, first made it clear that the next one was not Park Jimin, and then put his hands on his side, clasped his hands nervously and bowed his head On the back of Kim Taehyung who was thinking of words, "We v——".

Kim Taehyung's expression was no different from that of a student who couldn't answer the question but was named by the teacher: "Really, this, wait a minute..."

However, when he was called by the teacher, he had to answer questions, and when he was called by Kim Heechul, he had to... rap, so Kim Taehyung could only bite the bullet.

Kim Taehyung, who is the vocalist in the team, opened his characteristic square mouth, shaking his head and dancing, trying to show the hip-hop "swag":

"Thinking of our first meeting a year ago. We said to the camera that we are BTS, and hope to see each other again. For a year, we met again and again, and our steps never stopped. I came to Weekly Idol again, but there was no I really miss seeing you, brother."

Aside from the fact that some words are repeated a bit too much, as a piece of rap before the battle and the fact that the person who said the rap is not a rapper, Kim Taehyung's performance is passable.But Kim Heechul's ears are very sharp: "vxi, your rhythm is very good, I want to sing along - I'm a mediocre person, you are a mediocre person, the truest truth is also the cruelest..."

Kim Taehyung's legs softened, and he almost knelt down while supporting Kim Heechul's shoulders.Min Yoongi, who has been out of the mud while his teammates are all funny, maintains a high aloofness, and thus often falls into a state of "not seeing", coughed: "He has been listening recently, and he is more familiar with beat."

Kim Heechul smiled: "I'm familiar with it too. If you're not familiar with it, it's great to praise v's rhythm."

— That would be embarrassing.

Busy with the promotion of the new album, at best, he just listened to other songs to relax, and had no time to investigate the degree of singing of the song. At this moment, Kim Taehyung was naturally stunned: "Aren't there many people who know this?"

Kim Heechul: "...not as good as "The Link"?"

Zheng Haoxi, who has a strong sense of variety show, stepped forward to save the scene: "The link between Hanniu and me——"

"Excuse me thinker, how do you feel when your work is mentioned in "Idol of the Week"?" In front of the TV, Zhang Xiansheng put the remote control upright under Zheng Zhiyong's chin as a microphone.

Zheng Zhiyong (with no expression on his face): "I don't feel much—I thought there was only a small part of people who liked "Mediocre"."

"Maybe not most people like the content, but Idolrapper should like it quite a lot." Zhang Xiansheng took back the remote control and said, "Your lyrical rap is easier to say. I tried "Twenty Generations of First Love" by the way. "Mediocre", the effect is not bad".

There are two requirements for a melody to be widely sung, it sounds brainwashing, and it is easy to sing.Changed the singing to rap, and the melody to beat, and the result didn't change much.For a beat to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it is naturally necessary to be catchy, and it should not be too difficult to pronounce rap, such as "Links" which became popular in the third season of "showmethemoney", or "The Link" which became popular in the fourth season. "Turtle Ship", if it is an ultra-fast gun-like beat and rap like outsider, there are not many people who brainwash and reuse it. The rap of "Mediocre" is actually not very brainwashing, but its rhythm and style are very friendly to non-professional rappers.It is more important to grasp the feelings well, if you read the words dryly, no one can save you.

To put it bluntly, Quan Zhiyun didn't take much time from seeing the finished product of "Mediocre" to being "good".

Zhang Xiansheng, a non-rapper who is very interested in hip-hop, made a prophecy this time. After the episode of "Weekly Idol" that BTS starred in was aired, "Mediocre" was sung again. .

This time, it was Seventeen who sang the cover of "Mediocre", which is the group that Vernon, who Zheng Zhiyong had briefly dealt with in one-on-one sessions when he participated in "showmethemoney", belonged. Vernon's "showmethemoney" didn't get very good reviews, but seventeen's response after their debut was quite good. Of course, a large group of [-] people can easily blur the focus on the stage. If the songs and dances are well matched with people, it can also be different. Charm.Apparently, self-sufficient seventeen is doing just fine at this.

——Praise for the producer Gui Bumsu and seventeen member Lee Ji-hoon who wrote songs for them, Zheng Zhiyong was caught blind when he divided parts for five people, and writing a song sung by thirteen people must kill him.

Closer to home, the response to the debut song "Precious" and the second comeback title "Long Live" has been very good. The brokerage company Pledis has moved the idea of ​​holding a concert at the end of the year. The scale of the concert is not large, with 800 people. It will be held in three days There are four games, except for the first three performances of the big team, there are special stages for the main vocal team, performance team and hip-hop team (the thirteen members of seventeen are divided into three teams), and all the stages of the last show are the big teams acting together.He held a concert only half a year after his debut, making money is not the most important thing, the purpose is to accumulate experience, improve the cohesion of fans and make news along the way, so there are a lot of dry goods.

On the night of December 12th, one of the special stages of the hip-hop team was the cover of "Mediocre". Those people changed Zheng Zhiyong's words about his experience in the first half of "Mediocre", and slightly adjusted other parts , made a four-person version and sang it at the concert.

There was no video streamed at the scene. According to fans who have been to the concert, they hope to have the sound source. Zheng Zhiyong is a little suspicious that it is because of the fan filter.

"It's impossible to get the sound source. They didn't just use beat, and they left a lot of words, so the meaning is obvious. They just want to 'pay tribute'." Seventeen just returned from Japan Zhang Xiansheng, who flew to Thailand, heard from Zheng Zhiyong that he had "divinely prophesied". He was a little proud, "But why do you suspect it is a fan filter? Their rap is not good? I am not very familiar with them ...Yong Junhyung said that they are very threatening juniors, if they are not from Pledis, they will be even more threatening."

Zhang Xiansheng's last sentence made Zheng Zhiyong burst into laughter. Thinking of being pushed to dissvernon by a group of people during one-on-one, and hurting pledis by speaking, he almost forgot what he was going to say next.

But he still remembered: "No... I haven't seen what the scene looks like, so I shouldn't comment on it. The fan filter I mentioned just now is my prejudice. I was chatting with my brother in private just now, so I didn't pay attention to it. , bro, don’t say it.”

"Okay, don't worry, I won't say anything, honest thinkerxi." Zhang Xiansheng said.

Zheng Zhiyong believes that he will do what he says. On December 12, he did what he said.On Yong Junhyung's birthday, the other four teammates sent ins congratulations. Zhang Xiansheng's ins recommended Chris Brown's new album released the day before. As a result, the ins was full of messages scolding him for not being loved by his teammates. Zhang Xiansheng simply deleted the ins again.

Zheng Zhiyong has already given up on this brother's dead-headedness.No matter what, it is not a fatal black spot. How about the future of beast, at least until the contract expires in October next year.

After hanging up the phone, he remembered his work with mq as an ordinary person a year ago, and mq's farewell concert.Although there were conflicts, complaints, and helplessness, it was still a beautiful parting in the end.

In the future, when beast can't go on, it would be nice to have a beautiful farewell.

He would never have thought so a year ago.