Thinker in the entertainment industry

"Mr. Zheng."

Long Junheng's voice made Zheng Zhiyong's hands tremble, and a dazzling "challenge failed" popped up on the screen. Zheng Zhiyong sighed and took off the earphones: "What's wrong?"

Long Junheng didn't answer Zheng Zhiyong at the first time, but leaned over to look at his mobile phone first. It was a game that tapped the screen of the mobile phone following the rhythm of the music: "I thought you would be very busy now."

"My mind is full of rap, adjust it a bit", Zheng Zhiyong said, "As soon as you come here, you die again."

"What are you playing...why is it all SM?" After failing, it automatically jumps to the song selection interface, and Long Junheng stretched out a finger to dial it, "This is only the first few songs, and it's just the normal mode. It's not difficult, even if It’s okay to be scared by me.”

Zheng Zhiyong glanced at him quietly, and spit out two words: "Hand disabled."

Yong Junhyung: Huh?Hahahahaha.

"So, what's the matter? The lyrics have been written, but I don't know if the Japanese are used to it. I haven't lived there, and the words are more like written language." Zheng Zhiyong put away his phone and asked.

Generally speaking, teachers are not a very busy profession. Zheng Zhiyong is more leisurely. There is no competition and no pressure on the enrollment rate.In addition to preparing lessons and doing odd jobs with his foreign language advantages, he doesn't have much to do in the company. A brokerage company like Cube doesn't have strict requirements on working hours.Zheng Zhiyong usually works in the company for at least eight hours - he can learn foreign languages ​​or secretly think about lyrics in the spare time, and after the recording of "Hit Maker", the whole company knows that he is the producer and rapper The direction is not the same as in the past, and it is more relaxed about Zheng Zhiyong's time outside of class.

So Zheng Zhiyong was able to sneak into Long Junheng's studio, write lyrics, and play games when he was tired of writing...

"Understood", Long Junheng finally stopped laughing, what he wanted to say was obviously not this, "Have you watched the show?"

"Look, the cut is okay." Zheng Zhiyong leaned back in his chair.Zheng Zhiyong, who had just climbed the Nanshan Tower with his father the day before, was a little tired after not having had such a large amount of exercise for a long time.

"Have you read the online reviews?"

Zheng Zhiyong shook his head: "It's only been broadcast for a few hours, so why be in such a hurry."

"It's been almost [-] hours since yesterday's broadcast..." Long Junheng took out his mobile phone helplessly, "Well, the real-time search ranking of n□□er at [-] o'clock in the morning, 'thinker' just happened to be tenth, I took a screenshot."

"Oh? That's good." Being on the search list is a victory. "Hit Maker" has such a poor ratings that almost only fans follow it. This way, it can be turned around in the hot search, which proves that at least half of the audience is there. I came up with "this rap named thinker said a good name, why haven't I heard of it? I'll go and search for it" and put it into action.

Zheng Zhiyong said thoughtfully.

"I watched the show, and your ability to teach rap is pretty good too." After a bunch of stages at the end of the year were over, Long Junheng quickly became free. In January and February, beast's schedule was not much, and he even had time to rap. Let me watch "Hit Maker" starring Zheng Zhiyong's voice and back, "Don't teach foreign languages, how about teaching rap?"

"Unreliable", Zheng Zhiyong said, "The company's assembly line in this area is already very mature, and the method of sticking to the beat requires talent and hard work to stand out, but it sounds like it's no problem to pass the test. Besides, I didn't time".

"What's your plan next?" Long Junheng asked.It feels like a star is about to rise, ah, this subtle feeling.

"Wait for the reaction of this song first, and go on stage a few more times in the underground." Zheng Zhiyong stuck out his tongue and licked his lips lightly, "Do you want to watch it?"

The answer is of course yes.What an interesting thing to see Zheng Zhiyong on the stage in the underground. Finally, I was free, how could Yong Junhyung miss it?

only……

Taking advantage of Zheng Zhiyong's inattention, Long Junheng secretly moved his facial muscles to make his expression as natural as possible: "Zhiyong, I have a question to ask you."

"Say." Zheng Zhiyong looked down at the screen of his mobile phone and read the comments under the "Hit Maker" video. The comments about himself were all good, which made him feel a little easier unconsciously.Even though he's been mentally preparing for the worst, it's always nice to have a good outcome.

"You know hip-hop because of Jay Park, isn't that right?"

Zheng Zhiyong nodded.

"How did you get to play together?"

"It doesn't look like a common man, right?" Zheng Zhiyong was not surprised by this, he and Park Jay Bum were not considered a common man in the first place—to be precise, Zheng Zhiyong did not expect to have a real meaning for a long time The comrades on the Internet said, "We knew each other before. At that time in 10 years, I wanted to find something to do, and brother Zai Fan recommended hip-hop."

"Before?" 10 years ago, Jay Park was still an idol singer, before that he was a JYP trainee, and before that he was still in Seattle.

Zheng Zhiyong raised his head, Long Junheng couldn't help being a little nervous, and forced himself to look at him calmly.

"Well, he and I were both trainees before, he was in jyp and I was in sm, both from Gangnam District, so at least we know the names."

Zheng Zhiyong said it so bluntly, but Long Junheng couldn't react: "You..."

"I'm going to say this sooner or later. If I don't want to stay behind the scenes all the time, without showing my face or my real name," Zheng Zhiyong sighed, his eyes dazed for a moment. Simple, do you have any questions, brother? I know that for you, I seem to have a lot of mysteries."

"For the time being... I don't want it for now." Long Junheng said.

People you know in SM will come to you sooner or later.

Long Junheng didn't want to get involved in this matter, what he admired was Zheng Zhiyong's talent, and he was curious about Zheng Zhiyong's past, but not very strong.After some hesitation, Long Junheng decided to stay out of the matter—one is a gay friend, and the other is a partner who has been hooking up for a long time. If there is any problem between the two, no matter what Long Junheng does as an outsider, it is wrong.

However, as soon as Zheng Zhiyong left the studio, Long Junhyung received a text message from Kim Heechul, the general idea is as follows: I know when he came on stage recently, Simon will take me and Kim Jaejoong, will you go?

Dumbfounded Long Junhyung: Can I not go?

After the broadcast of "Hit Maker", the response was quite good. Zheng Zhiyong is not only strong in rap, but also his style is more in line with the taste of the public, that is, "nice to hear". "mywayornoway" has also received good reviews, at least the viewers' comments on the clips that flowed out of the show are "looking forward to the full version". The strength of rap and the quality of songs have been well established, the name "thinker" is unfamiliar, the fact that he does not show his face in the show from the beginning to the end, the voice is too nice to hear, Lu Xingcai's evaluation of "cube is the most handsome" and even his "trainee foreign language teacher" Their identities all aroused the audience's curiosity and sparked various speculations.

One of the first sayings that came out was that Cube is going to operate a rapper, and there is a starship first. This kind of speculation is also reasonable.

However, someone quickly raised an objection. The name "thinker" is a bit of a mystery in the underground, but people who often go to performances can know something: "Tell me what I know, thinker, who appeared on stage in 2012 , mixed with aomg, met face, Lu Xingcai is not exaggerating, he is indeed handsome, but he wears a hat all the year round, he can't see what he looks like unless he gets close, the typhoon is very calm, the type who is nailed to the ground and does not move, his strength is not good Said, the thinking is a bit strange, often dissed and often dissed, Cube runs him... His famous work in the underground is directly aimed at the relationship between parents and children, do you need me to publish the lyrics?"

Viewers who are interested in "thinker" don't know which one it is, and rappers who know Zheng Zhiyong underground don't quite understand.

"What do you want to do?" Verbaljint asked, "Before you were obviously not active underground."

"Try." Zheng Zhiyong said.

verbaljint is affiliated to brandnewmusic, and he is considered an old veteran in the underground. His lyrical style is well done, so he is also popular in the mainstream.And what Verbaljint is best known for, apart from his music and his degree from Seoul National University, is his passion for supporting younger generations.Zheng Zhiyong met verbaljint by chance when he followed Jay Park to learn about hip-hop music. At that time, verbaljint admired Zheng Zhiyong very much. strong support.Because Zheng Zhiyong's style tends to be mainstream or even idol, verbaljint also made a lot of mainstream music, one of them was dissed, and the other was often bombarded with maps, which can be regarded as a kind of "friend in need".

"I used to have a lot of worries, and I still have a lot of worries now. I am still very afraid of failing again, but I can't keep procrastinating because of fear." Zheng Zhiyong took off the peaked cap to cover his face, and put it back on after a while.

The things he is afraid of will have to be faced one by one in the end, unless Zheng Zhiyong has been hiding in the corner.

"Again?" verbaljint repeated in doubt, but seeing that Zheng Zhiyong obviously didn't want to mention it, he didn't get to the bottom of it, "Do well, if you go on stage a few more times and produce more works, maybe It's like sane."

Zheng Zhiyong sprayed all of a sudden. sane, debuted in jyp, later joined brandnewmusic, and verbaljint is the same company, but the relationship is average. As for sane, he is very capable. At the beginning, the underground hip-hop world regarded him as a rising star, but word of mouth could not bring him popularity. Under the pressure of the economy, sane made a decisive transformation and wrote mainstream likes various love songs, the current sane can be regarded as the most powerful sound source among rappers, but the word-of-mouth has been declining all the way and will never return to the past. The metaphor of verbaljint..."Do I still have a bit of an advantage, I have this style from the beginning."

"That's right." The verbaljint nodded.

Zheng Zhiyong walked to the edge of the stage, quietly raised the brim of his hat and looked down the stage, sure enough, Long Junheng had found a place to lie quietly.He smiled, put his hat back on, and took a deep breath.

"Thinker, everyone walked lyrically today, no one booed you." Simond standing on the stage said.

There was a burst of laughter from the audience.

"If you have any request, just tell me." Zheng Zhiyong didn't accept this.

"Say something we can understand, don't add protein and nucleic acid."

Laughing again, Zheng Zhiyong couldn't help laughing.

Zheng Zhiyong's poisonous tongue is a poisonous tongue in the underground. He basically doesn't swear directly, but is good at all kinds of beating around the bush, but there are also times when he makes mistakes. Some time ago, he said "Don't live like a nucleic acid inserted into a protein", the audience only knew It wasn't a good word, but no one understood what it meant, and the scene was horribly frozen.To this, Zheng Zhiyong can only say: lesson ah...

But today Simond's words are meaningless, it's rare to be able to express his feelings once, and Zheng Zhiyong didn't want to make it too profound or too sharp at all.

On the contrary, his style tonight is a kind of warm and straightforward.

"The clock on the wall is ticking coldly, the numb vocal cords are rubbing hard, and the once cherished guitar is broken, and the pain is constantly stacking up. Now, the unbearable is a thing of the past, and I call it memory."

The accompaniment is soothing, and Zheng Zhiyong's voice is generally confiding. Because of his ingenious grasp of the tone, he actually presents an aesthetic feeling between "speaking" and "singing". There is no tone, but it sounds like Someone is plucking the strings nearby.

But what Zheng Zhiyong wants to do is not just to show his other rap style.

He also sang.

"In an instant, it seems that the world is broken. If you have a similar understanding, maybe it is a bad aftertaste, and you don't want to go back. However, whether the embarrassment is absolute, how many have learned through struggle, forgotten, and left behind Your growth is a comfort for the future.”

Verbaljint narrowed his eyes involuntarily: "The basics of singing are not bad, plus this voice..." He couldn't help smiling, and turned his head to Kim Jaejoong and Kim Heechul, who were watching the stage intently, and said: "Thinkers are more unique underground. , Like this song, it should actually be released as a sound source instead of being sung during a nightclub performance, and the response will be discounted. However, even so, his talent cannot be denied. The sound source of his new work released at noon today, now Already in the top ten of Melon." Idols rarely come to watch underground performances, but there is no need to make a fuss. Verbaljint believes that he has no prejudice against idols, let alone treat them differently.He thought that Zheng Zhiyong's songs are mostly suitable for idols, except sometimes the lyrics are too sharp, so he introduced them to these two idols by the way.

talent?Kim Heechul and Kim Jaejoong exchanged an unbelievable look in silence, and then they both lowered their heads and turned on the phone to look at the music list.

Verbaljint's prophecy did not come true, although the response was not enthusiastic, but when Zheng Zhiyong asked him if he wanted to go down, he got a unanimous "one more song".It is true that Zheng Zhiyong's songs are not easy to bring atmosphere, and it is true that they are good to listen to. If others come with atmosphere, Zheng Zhiyong will sing more.Zheng Zhiyong often encountered cold silence and boos in the underground, but few people urged him to step down, and most of the time it was because of this ambivalence—as for other situations, it should be because he wanted to hear Zheng Zhiyong's poisonous tongue.

"Today I seem to be doing okay, and the response is much better than before." After stepping down, Zheng Zhiyong went to find verbaljint first.

"You are not suitable for singing live, so this is not bad", verbaljint said, "I will talk about it later, there is an idol coming over today, do you want to get acquainted?"

Did you see Yong Junhyung?No, Verbaljint should know about Long Junheng and I's acquaintance... Before Zheng Zhiyong could ask for details, not far behind Verbaljint, two people stood up. There was a roar in my head.

Jin Zaizhong took the lead and walked up to Zheng Zhiyong: "Long time no see, Zhiyong."

Zheng Zhiyong swallowed a mouthful of saliva, opened his mouth with a stiff expression, and said dryly, "Long time no see, senior."