Thinker in the entertainment industry

Chapter 271 271. Dissatisfaction

The recording of "Flower Boy Bromance" was handled by Fang Jihyuk, and the time was set for late June.

"At that time, Shinee had an overseas trip, and you shot a little abroad, and then you went back to China to shoot some", Fang Jihe said, "In China, it is estimated that we will shoot at night, and there are too many people watching when we go out during the day."

"Taemin said that he will arrange for domestic filming, and I don't know what he will do."

But I have to say that Zheng Zhiyong still has a little expectation for the kind of unknown that does not bring worry.

"The next time you go to China to record a program, you can fly directly from Beijing to go abroad."

"Well", Zheng Zhiyong recalled his schedule, and agreed with Fang Jihyuk's suggestion, "I will go to the cube after this recording, and I have to deal with it sooner or later."

This time they went to China to record the program separately, but they all went earlier.Although the cooperation stage is in the form of "you and me", there are not many interactions between them, it is a cooperation stage after all.Artists from both parties are usually busy in different countries, so they hardly get together to practice together. It is especially necessary to meet and rehearse temporarily before the recording of the program.As the host, Zheng Zhiyong also needs to cooperate with Zhang Yuan, but their cooperation is mostly in language. Usually, voice calls or videos can solve major problems, and the pressure is not too great.

But during the rehearsal, a problem appeared that Zheng Zhiyong hadn't thought of before.

—— Xue You didn't arrive.

Zheng Zhiyong's feeling was very subtle when he heard the people from the program group explain that Xue You had other schedules and would come later.

"Is he on his way?" Zheng Zhiyong asked kindly.

The answer was: "It's not over yet."

Zheng Zhiyong: ...

He turned his head to look at Song Minhao, Song Minhao didn't seem to care much, and smiled at him: "Is this increasing my rest time?"

Song Minho is not the kind of arrogant rapper who can't stand the injustice in the world. He was in blockbuster with Zico in the early years. He left because of the company change. He debuted as the captain of the lyrical group bom. The group was disbanded after two years. He went to YG to participate in "whoisnext", a program where trainees compete for debut opportunities.When he was at the bottom, he saw a lot of people and things, so what did it matter if Xue You was late during the rehearsal?I said that I didn't make mistakes when I rapped, and I can't blame him for the poor performance.

Of course, Song Minho hoped that the stage effect would be better.But the partner has different ambitions from him, and there is no way around it.

Zheng Zhiyong felt awkward, and it was also difficult to say anything, so he gave Song Minho a suggestion of "go and watch others when you are bored", and continued to rehearse with Zhang Yuan.Zheng Zhiyong apologized to Zhang Yuan after Zhang Yuan conveyed the message "I think we have practiced enough, should we take a break?"

Sorry to bother you, hosting in a foreign language is a bit stressful.

In fact, after the first recording, Zheng Zhiyong, who understood the requirements of the program, was no longer as serious and nervous as before.But after all, we are working together, so it is always good to be serious, and he has a reason: I am a Korean who wants to host a good program in Chinese, who can put my heart into the category of "too many things"? ?

When Koreans evaluate foreign artists developing in Korea, they also look at the level of Korean. Speaking Korean well shows that you put your heart into this place and not just use it as a springboard.This way of thinking will not change much in another country.

Sure enough, Zhang Yuan didn't mind: "You've already said it very well, which makes me very stressed."

Of course you should be under pressure. It’s nothing if you can’t get rid of the news when hosting an entertainment program.Zheng Zhiyong thought to himself, but he would not say something like this: "Thank you... for the variety show I watched?"

Zhang Yuan doesn't like to joke very much. Hearing Zheng Zhiyong's magical turn, he couldn't help but reply: "I also want to ask which teacher you learned art skills from in SM." After Summit Talks became famous, I also went to SM.

The joke has already started, so we can continue, Zheng Zhiyong raised his chin and acted arrogantly: "Although almost all SM performers come from super junior, it seems that there was a good era, but this It’s really more of a self-taught thing.”

Zhang Yuan: "... Get lost."

Of course, Zheng Zhiyong didn't take it seriously, and smiled warmly like spring: "Then I went to watch the rehearsal? I don't know if Senior Xue You has arrived."

The second half of his sentence seemed to be talking to himself. Zhang Yuan glanced at him and said, "Ask me? I'll recite my words again." There are quite a few occasions where each speaks on their own, which is the same as the cooperation between singers.

As for whether Xue You has arrived?

not here.

At the rehearsal venue, Zheng Zhiyong saw the other three groups who had rehearsed several times, and Song Minho who was reciting lyrics alone, and then looked at his mobile phone to estimate the time until the audience entered the venue and the program recording officially started. Zheng Zhiyong The expression on his face was finally no longer gentle and serious, and gradually became complicated.He stood there thinking for a while, then walked towards Song Minho who was a few steps away from him.

"Min Ho."

Zheng Zhiyong's voice is very distinctive, not to mention that he heard it many, many times in "showmethemoney" a year ago, Song Minho can hear it without even turning his head, "brother", he turned around out of politeness , "How did you get here?"

"I have a lot of time and a lot of spare time." Zheng Zhiyong said.

"You've always been like this."

Zheng Zhiyong smiled, he was able to cope with the situation of participating in "Infinite Challenge" and "showmethemoney" at the same time and a lot of things happened, because he used most of the "stock", now it seems that this This incident left a deep impression on Song Minho.

But he didn't want to "show off" this to Song Minho: "Senior Xue You hasn't arrived yet, should we have a rehearsal first?"

"Us?" Song Minho was confused by his words, "How about a rehearsal?"

"I'm in charge of the singing part," Zheng Zhiyong said, "If you agree, I'll go and tell the staff, anyway Jay Bum and the others look pretty much the same."Among the other three groups, Park Jae-bum and Wang Yue-jin were the least compatible, they had almost practiced, and Song Min-ho was still waiting, which was even more of a problem.

"no problem?"

"Let's talk about it first, if it doesn't work, forget it, if it's possible..." Don't tear me down.

"Who can refuse to cooperate with thinker?" Don't worry, I don't want to stay here and grow mushrooms.

So Zheng Zhiyong went to the program team of "Fighting Idol".He didn't want to quarrel, and of course he wouldn't say something like "We don't want to wait for Xue You to come, let's take care of ourselves first." On the contrary, Zheng Zhiyong changed his words.

The problems are all discovered in practice. Since Xue You is late, it is better to let me, the person who wrote Chinese words, go up and try first. If there is any problem, I can find it early and tell Xue You when the time comes.The members of our group don’t always run the schedule together, sometimes someone will arrive late, and those who should rehearse still have to rehearse, and sometimes the agent has to temporarily come on top.

Program group: Makes sense, then you can practice, we just filmed a little bit for extra episodes.

The rehearsal scene must be filmed, otherwise it will not be able to fill the weight of the broadcast, and the strangeness between Xue You and Song Minho cannot be concealed, so "Fighting Idol" did not think about concealing Xue You's lateness. Zheng Zhiyong lacks enough motivation.Zheng Zhiyong has done a good job in his job - host before. As an "outsider" who came here to record the show, he has such a serious attitude, and it is easy to make people like him.

Zheng Zhiyong, who successfully completed the task, went back to Song Minho: "Let's start?"

It is really not difficult for Zheng Zhiyong to find his own position and angle, and become a singer on stage.

"When I look back, it's farther away..."

When he stepped onto the stage, Zheng Zhiyong put away his gentleness and kindness when dealing with people. Under the lights, his face was serious and sincere without being excessive, which fit impeccably with the atmosphere of "Timidity".

"When I don't want to face anything, I forcefully open my eyes, I'm just afraid, I only back away because I'm afraid..."

The Chinese characters are straight and round, not blunt, not only Zheng Zhiyong's expression is in place, but also his intonation and emotion, everything is perfect.If the judges don't have colored glasses, Zheng Zhiyong's interpretation is probably indistinguishable from that of the first "Yang" who made the feat for "Cowardly". Zheng Zhiyong, who has not lost his basic skills and has made great progress in emotion, but his breathing has become weaker, as long as he does not face the situation of "long-term combat" in terms of breath, he can "sing a song well" The skills in this area are almost full.

The problem lies in this "perfection".

When Xue You arrived, Zheng Zhiyong and Song Minho happened to rehearse back and forth three times. When he heard that Zheng Zhiyong temporarily rehearsed with Song Minho, when he walked to the rehearsal venue, Zheng Zhiyong Just sang to the end of "Cowardly": "oh, canyouhearmenowoh——"

The smooth and uninspired voice transition will not be around the beam for three days, it can still be done for a few seconds. Zheng Zhiyong switched back to a socially inclined work state during these few seconds. First, Song Minhao He made a gesture, and then turned to the front to make a listening gesture, wanting to hear everyone's opinions again, when he saw Xue You.

"Senior is here?" Zheng Zhiyong didn't smile, and of course he didn't deliberately put on a cold face. He used a serious attitude that was a bit like "business-like", "Can you come up now?"

"I'm here for the rehearsal. I'm sorry. The itinerary was not arranged. I kept you waiting." Xue You felt something was wrong when he came in, but he didn't understand what was going on. , He wants to do this when there is no camera, not to mention that there is a camera facing him now.

Xue You went directly to the stage, and first said "I'm sorry" to Song Minhao in Korean - it is not generally insincere to translate such words, even though he speaks Chinese, it is estimated that Song Minhao can understand, Then walk to Zheng Zhiyong's side.

"I rehearsed with Min Ho three times just now." Zheng Zhiyong's tone was calm, and the content was actually very peaceful.He then babbled to Xue You, talking about what happened during the rehearsal just now, what adjustments were made, what problems should be paid attention to, and what needs to be handled by yourself.

"Time is tight, thank you for your hard work." Zheng Zhiyong finally said a common courtesy and stepped off the stage.

Time is running out, and Xue You just arrived, so it is natural to hurry up and rehearse a few times now.Facing the microphone in front of him, Xue You finally thought of what the "something wrong" he felt when he came over.

There is no problem with Zheng Zhiyong's rehearsal on his behalf, and there is no problem with his performance after seeing him. The problem is: this Korean who mainly works as a rapper and now participates in "Fighting Idol" as a host, sang the Chinese part of "Cowardly" very well. A little too good to be true...

But Xue You wasn’t very good at the scene, and it’s getting worse during this period. The last time he sang "Actor" was not satisfactory. "Actor" is his own song, so if he didn’t sing well, it’s a big deal that the original author played freely on the spot. "Timidity" is different.

But he has already stood up, and it seems that he can only bite the bullet.

"When I look back, it's farther away..."

When Xue You looked back, it was the slightly subtle expressions of the staff.

Although he also knew that he was not good at singing, he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

And Zheng Zhiyong stood under the stage, still calm and serious, as if waiting for the call to "teach experience" at any time, he stood in front of the boundary called "showing off" without taking a step.