Thinker in the entertainment industry

Chapter 263 263. Recording

After the rehearsal was over, the fans entered the arena, the staff took their positions, and the recording of "Battle, Idol" officially started.Eight guests came to the stage in the dark, and then there was a flash of stage lights, which was so dazzling that it could almost blind people's eyes.

Chinese and Korean singers appeared in different styles. The Chinese singers stood in the dark, facing the audience, and quietly sang ballads of different styles. The Korean side occupied the runway, walked into the fans, and had more lights. The style of music is generally more active, they appear from four directions, and finally meet on the circular stage in the center of the crowd.

"Welcome to the scene of the first China-Korea cooperation reality show "Battle Idol"."

After the debut, the host Zhang Yuan took the stage. The host of "Battle, Idol" is dominated by him, supplemented by Zheng Zhiyong, and he is the kind who is ready to be replaced.So Zheng Zhiyong did not appear on stage at the beginning, and Zhang Yuan took the lead alone.

As for the effect of playing the leading role... It was okay to say that the fans' reaction was very enthusiastic before, but a formal and heavy news tone came out again.

Chinese people can't figure it out. Korean Zheng Zhiyong is very embarrassed. This has little to do with the familiarity of the language. For example, North Korea's news programs sound embarrassing in any country.Zheng Zhiyong has done his homework before, watched some videos of famous Chinese hosts, and listened to Zhang Yuan's host below, so the sense of disobedience is so strong.

He is also not sure if he is right, each of them will follow their own way, and no matter what the result is, he will be responsible for it.

"So let's take a look at the real musical abilities of the eight idols, shall we?"

Zheng Zhiyong closed his eyes.

Alas, it's not that he can't hear that Zhang Yuan is trying to relax, but the tone of the news is still very heavy.

The first one to come on stage was zico. He sang the famous song "Turtle Ship" he created in "showmethemoney" and the single "yesorno" which was written and sung many times before it was released on the spot.Especially worth mentioning is "Turtle Ship". The most famous version of "Turtle Ship" was sung by Song Minho and the others. After "showmethemoney" ended, zico, paloalto, b-free, g2, and okasian released another version , Zico sang the lyrics he filled in for himself in that version.After Zheng Zhiyong heard it, he was very embarrassed by Zico's ability to write lyrics, "The stone thrown at me unintentionally shattered all the prejudices surrounding me." "After you gave birth, you simply said that his face is also plagiarized from you." This kind of lyrics is really touching, if he has Zico's level of lyrics plus his own brain... well, don't dream.

Zico's performance on the spot was also good. The language barrier prevented him from receiving timely feedback, and he was the first to appear on stage. However, Zico has gone through a period of no name, so he still puts his heart into creating an atmosphere.

However, the two large, most typical artistic fonts of "Turtle Boat" floating on the back screen are really... so inconsistent.

Zheng Zhiyong has a better understanding of the level of the program production team. If the setting of the program format is due to the fact that there are few precedents for transnational cooperation, everyone is crossing the river by feeling the stones. It is normal to have some mistakes. This 80s style The background is a bit off.Zheng Zhiyong will not slack off because of this, and deal with work casually, he just becomes more determined to keep a low profile, no matter in Korea or China.

If he said to the outside world, "I was on a show and I think it's very good for everyone to watch", fans and passers-by would watch it and see it, wouldn't he be an exaggerated false advertiser? people?

Zheng Zhiyong benefited from his image of "daring to think and speak", but he was also restricted by it. For example, it was difficult for him to say some polite words, or he was not very good at making false advertisements.People always have to make choices. There are too many things encountered in the past year, so Zheng Zhiyong prefers to make himself look more "rebellious".

Closer to home, Zico finished singing "Turtle Ship" and "Yesorno", and it was the host's turn to play.

"Enlarge your pupils, you can feel the pain, we are poisonous species, you are just ordinary."

Zheng Zhiyong stood in the center of the stage, lowered his head and shoulders, and recited a short rap from "Turtle Ship" in a rapper posture. This is not the key point. The key point is that he uses Chinese. The rhythm of "Turtle Ship" is very Qiang, the rhyme of the Korean words he read is also very strict. Zheng Zhiyong switched to Chinese. Even though he has strong rap skills, he still didn't completely suppress the drumbeat of "Turtle Boat", which is somewhat inconsistent.

Zheng Zhiyong is actually very sad. Compared with Korean, which has no tones, speaking rap in Chinese, which has four tones and cannot be changed at will, is particularly unfriendly to a person whose strength is flow.He has tried his best to show a "proud and upright" aura, and he can't stand the ebb and flow, and the swag seems to be a little less.

"My rap...is it far worse than zico?" Zheng Zhiyong raised his head and spread his shoulders. He stood upright in the center of the stage, facing the camera, transitioning from a rapper posture to a host posture.

He was still wearing the casual suit he wore when he met the singers before, but his expression was very lively, formal, energetic, and not overly serious. "I just want to translate, and let you understand the limitations of literal translation." Zheng Zhiyong did not The right hand holding the microphone stretched forward, as if eager to explain something to someone, "Now, tell me, is Zico's rap very good, yesorno?"

Zico just said "Say yesorno" so many times, the audience, no matter which fans they are, are more or less brainwashed: "yes!"

"Ah—this is the truth, but it's not the answer I hoped for," Zheng Zhiyong exclaimed in an exaggerated tone. He stared at the camera for two seconds and smiled, "Just kidding, how could the host of the show Are the guests who are looking forward to the show not doing well?"

"It is only through comparison that we can see their respective characteristics, so the next one on stage is a Chinese singer," Zheng Zhiyong said, "The music genres of the two countries are very different, but they are also very inclusive to each other. , Chinese audience friends have just given 'yes' to Zico's strong and dynamic hip-hop as affirmation, and I, a Korean who speaks Chinese, are a bit fake." Zheng Zhiyong pointed to himself when he said this, " We will appreciate the beauty of another kind of music together, as for which song it is, please allow me to play tricks and keep it a secret.”

Zheng Zhiyong gave the camera a slightly mischievous look, then turned around, turned around, the spotlight was already on Hu Dong who appeared behind, and he noticed that even at this time, there were still many eyes on him.

Zheng Zhiyong, who was deeply honored, stepped off the stage with joy.

It is not in vain for him to do so much homework and rehearse a few words several times.Although he will spend so much time, a very important reason is that he doesn't have many things to do during this time, otherwise it may be another matter.

Hu Dong sang his famous song "Those Years", the theme song of a very popular Taiwanese movie, and that movie is also popular in Korea, so Zheng Zhiyong has heard this song a long time ago.Yu Tian, ​​Jiang Shengyun, and Wang Yuejin who came on stage later did not bring famous works. To be more precise, they did not have famous works, including Wang Yuejin and Yu Tian, ​​who are not popular in China, as well as nationality from "superstark". Not Kang Seung Yoon who released the solo song after he signed with YG.

The performance is quite satisfactory, in Zheng Zhiyong's opinion, there is nothing special to say. In fact, Zico and Hu Dong are the same, but as the host, they should try their best to blow it up.After Wang Yuejin sang, he came on stage again, praised as usual, and then continued to introduce the program process following Zhang Yuan's previous narration.

"After two teams of Chinese and Korean singers, they will compete in the following program. After watching the previous wonderful performances, everyone should be able to feel how different the music of the two countries is. These distinctive music collisions Please look forward to what kind of sparks we will have together."

Zheng Zhiyong paused here for a moment, and then started the next topic: "The next one is a brother who is very close to me...zico, Min Ho, Seung Yoon, sorry, you don't have this kind of treatment."

Lunch was a little confused, while Korean fans laughed in unison. Only those who know the stalk can understand.

"I had a fight with him about which song to perform before the show was taped."

Zheng Zhiyong threw a bomb that was not too big and not too small, and looked at the curiosity in the eyes of the fans with satisfaction. He put his right hand in front of his chest, supported his left elbow, and held the microphone in his left hand. A little arrogant posture: "If you think I am too arrogant, please give applause after the wonderful performance, and it will also make me sober."

"And..." He looked at the fans in the audience, most of them were at least in high school, and there were a few here and there at the junior high school level, "Minors, please be mentally prepared."

Zheng Zhiyong said this with an overstretched seriousness, so it became a well-placed joke.

Zheng Zhiyong put on this posture. Out of fun, the audience would be happy to give him a little "embarrassment". The response is not bad.

Jay Park's problem here is not big, at least not as good as that of Xue You who took the stage behind him, that is, the finale. Among the guests of "Battle, Idol", Xue You, born in 83, is the oldest. Among the four Chinese singers, he is also the most popular and well-known, but at the same time, his live ability is at the bottom.Zheng Zhiyong can't say "singing skills", Xue You's singing skills are at least better than Song Minhao, but Song Minho is a rapper, so it can't be compared.However, if compared with Zheng Zhiyong and Park Jay Bum, who were trained as sub-vocalists and are not good at singing, Xue You's live singing skills are still obviously inferior, which is a bit... unreasonable.

The "Actor" that Xue You is singing now can be regarded as one of his famous songs, and all four members of the Korean "Soymilk Chicken Rice" have heard it.Now that the tune is not accurate and the breath is not stable, do you think they will think that you are improvising on the spot and randomly changing the song you wrote?

Zheng Zhiyong complained in his heart, while thinking about future cooperation, Xue You might not be able to team up with Jiang Shengyun, it would be too cruel for both of them to sing.It’s not bad to cooperate with rappers. Xue You’s early songs still have some raps in them, and they have nothing to do with rock and roll...

"Thinker", Zheng Zhiyong was diverging his thinking, Zhang Yuan called him, "Let's go up and say the conclusion together".

"Okay." Zheng Zhiyong returned to his senses and nodded.

The recording of the first phase was not complicated, but because it was the first time, it was inevitable that there were some bumps and bumps. The combination of off-site recording, on-site rehearsal and real on-site recording still made Zheng Zhiyong exhausted.After the recording ended, Jay Park and the others didn’t catch the plane, so they wanted to stay for a while to get some fan benefits. The four of them didn’t go to China very much. It was not easy for fans to come to Beijing from all over the country. It is not a difficulty factor at all for fans to come to Seoul to see them.

Zheng Zhiyong's translator is of course indispensable for such an occasion, not to mention that there are Zheng Zhiyong's own fans in the audience, and there are not many light signs with "thinker", at least Zheng Zhiyong can see it at a glance on the stage .

"The program team gave us 10 minutes. If you have any requests, please mention them as soon as possible." Zheng Zhiyong held Zico with one hand and put his chin on his shoulder. He held the microphone in the other hand and smiled at Fans in the audience said, "To save time, I will not pass the microphone to the audience, and test your tacit understanding."

He made Zico feel awkward like this, but Zico knew that Zheng Zhiyong's body was more prone to fatigue than ordinary people due to old injuries, so he didn't throw Zheng Zhiyong off, but supported Zheng Zhiyong's waist with his backhand: "The microphone left Farther away, it hurts my ears."

Zheng Zhiyong turned his head obediently.

The reason why the program group agrees to the artist's request is not a big factor. The most important thing is that they can't finish the finishing work in the background. Secondly, they can separate the two groups of fans to evacuate. Save them some trouble too.Zheng Zhiyong turned his head and saw that some fans had already started to retreat, but obviously more than half of the people stayed, obviously there were fans of Chinese singers, whether they were both lovers or just watching the fun, Zheng Zhiyong asked I no longer know.

In addition, he also noticed one thing. He said that he wanted to test the tacit understanding. As a result, many people lowered their heads. In order to support each other in the venue, most of the fans formed a group. Forming a group means that they have contact information with each other, and maybe there are discussion groups.

As soon as he thought of this, the fans reached a consensus: "thinker, sing."