Thinker in the entertainment industry

The fourth season of "Show Methemoney", also known as "Show Metheidol", is named after many idol-born rappers participated.

Idols join the show for different reasons. The most famous idolrapper is Song Minho, a member of the boy group Winner under YG who debuted last year. Before his debut, he had been active in the underground, and his rap skills are very good. This time he came to the competition, obviously aiming for the top few.It can not only gain recognition for his rap strength, but also increase the popularity of himself and the group. As long as he does not perform abnormally, participating in "showmethemoney" is a good deal for Song Minho.Of course, the pressure on him is not small, the highest popularity means that he will become the target of people who are not used to idolrapper, and in the third season, YG's trainee Bobby won the championship. Song Min, who is also from YG Hao will inevitably be compared.

The idolrapper who has a similar goal is also Lee Joohyun, a member of the group Monstax that debuted this year, but his goal is not as high as Song Minho's.As the main promotion member of monstax, Li Zhouxian is really good, even if he can't get too far behind, he can still gain word of mouth and popularity.

But most of the idolrappers don't have such high goals. The reason for participating is simple: the group is not well-known, so come and give it a try.If the performance in the audition can be broadcast, or if it is lucky to pass the first round, it will be considered as achieving the goal.There are so many strong players this season, they don't think they can achieve any real good results.

The remaining type is - ra·vi.

Anyway, Zheng Zhiyong didn't understand why ra·vi, who was in vixx, a combination that had already won the first place and reached the first-tier downstream, and whose rap skills were not enough among the contestants this season, came here.

Confused.

Confusion turned to confusion, ra·vi took the initiative to come over to say hello, and Zheng Zhiyong also politely replied: "Hi, but at the scene of "showmethemoney", do we have to use the TV station's method?" He said with a smile.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm used to it." Ra·vi was stunned for a moment, and said a little embarrassedly.

This is easy to understand. Idols, especially idols who have not debuted for a long time, need to be cautious all the time. When they are a little nervous, people will subconsciously adopt their most accustomed behavior, not to mention that ra·vi does not seem to be Very sociable type.

"Can I ask?" Zheng Zhiyong said, "How did you know I'm a thinker? We don't seem to have met."

"I heard that a thinker passed inside, so I asked you what kind of clothes you were wearing, and after you came out, I saw this again." ra·vi pointed to Zheng Zhiyong's left hand.

Zheng Zhiyong looked down, and a part of the gold chain in his pocket fell out, which could be seen from the back... Okay.

His gaze moved forward slightly, Ra·vi's hand was also wrapped with a gold chain like him, but there was no pocket to put it in: "Congratulations on passing, let's talk in a place where there are fewer people."

As long as it's not around the gym, there are far fewer people.The program team had to ensure that the contestants had enough places to line up, so it was impossible to choose that kind of bustling bustling area.Zheng Zhiyong and ra·vi left along the boulevard, talking while walking.Compared with Zheng Zhiyong's calmness and unrestrained composure, ra·vi seemed a lot more nervous.For the time being, Zheng Zhiyong couldn't tell if it was only aimed at himself, or if he was more reserved when facing strangers.

At this time, ra.vi was explaining to Zheng Zhiyong why he was interested in "thinker": "I heard about you from Brother N and He Er, when you recorded "Hit Maker", and later released "Myway Ornoway" I also like it very much, and I have always wanted to know each other, but I couldn’t find the opportunity.”

The recording of "Hit Maker" has only been four or five months now, but too many things happened in the middle, Zheng Zhiyong feels that it has been a long time. When ra·vi said this, his memories were also brought back: "We had a great time working together on "Hit Maker", but unfortunately I don't have any songs suitable for bigbottle now."

"Brother has released a lot of ballad songs recently." Zheng Zhiyong and ra·vi have already asked each other's age, r□□i was born in 93, one year younger than Zheng Zhiyong.

"Yes, it's a bit difficult to write rap lyrics for others to say," Zheng Zhiyong said, "Sometimes it is said that rappers have to write their own lyrics, not only because they need to use rap to express ideas, rap is different from singing, what? What kind of rap word is most suitable for your own language habits, people who speak rap are much clearer than others.”

This is not a sharp, but very novel point of view. After thinking for a long time, ra·vi nodded in agreement: "Yes, I also feel more comfortable writing lyrics."

"Compared with the words you wrote, I like the music more, such as "memory", which is very well written."

"Memory" is a song recorded by vixx, composed by ra·vi, and sung by ra·vi and Han Sang Hyuk. Although vixx has reached the front line, it still has a lot of die-hard fans. Because of its dark style, its national popularity is not high, and the songs included are naturally not well-known. When Zheng Zhiyong mentioned "memory", ra·vi was obviously a little surprised, and his eyes were wide open. It was round, and it took a while to realize: "You have heard...thank you."

"People who write songs always listen to a lot of other people's works", Zheng Zhiyong said calmly, it doesn't matter to him whether the other party is familiar or not, as long as he finds that this person can communicate and communicate with others. If he doesn't do anything to him, Zheng Zhiyong will become very relaxed, this is the case when facing Zhang Xiansheng, and it is also the same when facing ra·vi, "But... there is something I need to say in advance."

"What's the matter?" Ra·vi asked.

"The program team will definitely have individual interviews with the contestants later on. If I am asked questions related to idolrapper, or need to comment on you - please accept my apology first, sorry."

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ra·vi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Let's just say it, what do you think of my rap."

"The possibility of your ability passing the second round is [-]-[-]. If you are still as nervous as you are today," Zheng Zhiyong tried to make his tone as gentle as possible, "hanging".

"I think so too, rap, and mentality, you are right." ra·vi said.

So why do you want to come here, it’s better and safe to go in the direction of the producer, and be careful to become Song Minho’s control group when you come to a place like "showmethemoney"-he is a "capable idolrapper", and you are said to be "a weak idolrapper" ".

"So you're here to exercise?" Zheng Zhiyong said half-jokingly.

However, ra·vi nodded seriously: "Well, I need some experience, which I won't have when I'm an idol."

At this time, Zheng Zhiyong actually gave birth to some respect, "I wish you success", he said sincerely, "The hip-hop circle is a place that doesn't even have superficial gentleness."

"Then why do you want to be active underground?"

"Because its cruelty is very simple: If you have the ability, just live and don't think about other things."

Zheng Zhiyong hates the law of the jungle where the weak can prey on the strong, but he doesn't hate competition. To be precise, he doesn't hate the "competition" in competition.Fast runners win championships, knowledgeable people become professors, meritorious people get promoted, and people with good grades get into good universities. These are all legitimate things.But "competing for excellence" is often very hard work. Many people feel that "better than anyone" is too tiring, so they start to "be worse than someone".If you are too tired from training, you will take doping;The so-called "law of the jungle" mostly just compares who is worse.

In contrast, although the underground hip-hop circle is cruel and often aggressive, Zheng Zhiyong is not used to it, but its rules are simple and rude, very cute.Orientation is here, if you do well, you will be popular, if you do not do well, you will get out. If the rapper's style is not the same as the general orientation, but the strength is strong enough, it can also be recognized.No background, connections, qualifications, or age will have a big impact on the results.At least in South Korea, there are not many such environments.

Zheng Zhiyong and ra·vi finished dinner together, went to aomg to sleep for a while, and waited until the audition ended at noon the next day, then went to the dinner place with Simon and Gray. When they arrived, they heard that they had started talking The producers of the show talk about the previous auditions. "Xu Renchang has also been talking about rapping for more than ten years, but it's really not that good."

The person who spoke was not the producer who participated in this season of "Show Methemoney", but the contestant Olltii of the previous season. He and Xiexit belong to the same advcrew, and they are also sitting together at this time.Zheng Zhiyong went over to say hello, and sat down next to the west exit.On the other side sat Simon and Gray who came together, and Gray happened to be next to Jay Park, followed by Loco and Tablo, eight people gathered together.

"Because a lot of powerful young people have come out." Tablo is the representative of the "academic school" in hip-hop. It belongs to the type with beautiful lyrics and melody, and his speech is much gentler. But he did not deny what olltii said, "Today in There are two here." Tablo looked at Zheng Zhiyong and Xiexit, and said with a smile, "The elderly are under a lot of pressure."

"P-type doesn't think so." Simond said.

"I judged the p-type audition", Tablo told Simond who was not present at the scene, "Ah, the pressure was really... like being in front of a teacher".

This year's "showmethemoney" has a lot of strong players, in addition to the idolrapper from the idol group, there are also many underground rappers.For example, Xiexit sitting next to him, Lilboi, a member of the group Geeks, and so on.Among them are some rappers with deep qualifications, like Xu Renchang and p-type just mentioned, it is impossible in the world of hip-hop to gain respect simply by rapping for a long time.Xu Renchang was considered good at the time, but hip-hop has developed better and better over the years, and many capable people have emerged. If his level has not kept up, it is not enough to watch.Korean hip-hop textbook-level p-type, although there are not many activities this year, his strength is still in the upper reaches. When rappers mention him, they respect him as a "textbook".

Simond expressed sympathy for Tablo: "What about Jay Fan? Who did you interrogate?"

"One", Jay Park said, "It's the one in our onepunch downstairs".

"Zheng Diyuan?" Zheng Zhiyong asked, onepunch's agency rented the same building as aomg, he went to aomg so many times, and met Zheng Diyuan on the way up the building.

"Yes", Park Jay had already drunk it at this time, "Who interrogated you?"

"verbal jint."

"No mistake, right?"

"No."

"Then it's fine."

"There will be no problem at all. If thinker plays normally, he can live with anyone." Jay Park was relieved, but he was laughed at by Simond and nervous, "Besides, thinker and verbaljint have never even formally cooperated. I only meet once a month, and I don’t need to worry about being called nepotism when I meet you.”

"Fortunately, they didn't know your origin at first." Tablo commented.As for later, Zheng Zhiyong had such a face, and the rap was so good, when he was audited by verbaljint, the program team started to look through his resume.

"Or it's very likely to be like Zico and Song Minho." Loco added.

"Song Minho was really reviewed by Zico?" Jung Jiyong asked.

In fact, this is not surprising. Many people know that Zico and Song Minho are close relatives. For the sake of ratings, the program team must bring these two people together.

"Yes", Park Jae Bum nodded and said, "Song Min Ho did a good job". ——So there is nothing difficult for Zico to give the gold chain to Song Minho.

"Where's Yu Taiyun?"

"Isn't it Yu Taiyun, Zico met both of them, isn't it plausible." Park Jae-bum said dumbfounded.

At this moment, Tablo added: "But Zico met cknut."

"What? The cknut passed too?"

Zheng Zhiyong was frightened.

"It's not just over", Xiexit can understand Zheng Zhiyong's mood, adding a partner who used to rap often, and there will be a lot of variables, but thinking of the performance of cknut he heard on the scene, he Still wanting to laugh, "You know what he did when he was under scrutiny?"

"What did you do?" Zheng Zhiyong had a bad feeling about the suppressed smile on the west exit.

"He first snatched Zico's script and threw it on the ground, and took off his pants after he finished rapping."

"Take it off again for an interview," loco added.

Zheng Zhiyong: ...