Fateful Korean Entertainment

() After the greetings, Shin Hye-sung's manager sat aside with Lee Jae-min and went straight to the topic, discussing "The First Man".

Manager Shin Hye-sung started to regret seeing the hype on the internet the second day after the Infinite Challenge teaser aired. Unfortunately, when he contacted again, Lee Jae-min had already turned off his cell phone.

When this episode of the show was broadcast, he knew that the initiative was not on their side. He had watched the original song video at the end of the show many times, and the word that repeatedly appeared in his mind was "talent"...

But then he thought that the song "White Snow" created on the spot had elicited such a big response, so this song "The First Man" must not be bad.

And Shin Hye-sung also went to the recording studio to audition, and I feel that it fits the style of this album very well. Shin Hye-sung also likes this song very much.

Previously, Shin Hye-sung's manager lowered the conditions because the title song had already been selected for the album planning, and even though it was introduced by Liu Jae-shik, the price quoted by the other party was definitely too high for a brand-new composer.Generally, for works by new composers, the price of a song basically ranges from 600 million to 1000 million won.

The price Li Zaimin offered through Liu Zaishi was 2500 million, and it must be used as the title song of the album. If he changed to another manager, he called Li Zamin a long time ago and reprimanded him for not knowing what to do. How can he have his own good temper...

But after this episode of Infinite Challenge aired, everything changed. He believed that many singer managers and even management companies planned to contact Li Zaimin.

An hour later, Lee Jae-min and Shin Hye-sung's manager negotiated and it was concluded that "The First Person" would be the title song of Shin Hye-sung's new album, and they would pay 3500 million won.

The actual payment to Lee Jae Min was still 2500 million won, and he paid back the 1000 million won symbolically to Shin Hye Sung's agency, because he wanted to borrow Shin Hye Sung's recording studio and production team.

In this situation, if Li Zaimin can't grasp it, he can really give up.

He wants to take advantage of the trend to release the sound source and single CD of "White Snow", which requires a professional recording studio and production team. Although he has the ability to do it himself, his residential recording studio can only be called "" compared to big companies. Poor equipment”, obviously do not have the conditions to produce high-quality audio, and with a professional production team, these will become much easier.

After signing the contract on the spot, Shin Hyesung and his manager both left.Only Liu Jae-shik and Lee Jae-min were left in the box.

"Jaemin!" Liu Jae-seok gave Lee Jae-min a thumbs-up, "To be honest, seeing your conditions and the price of 2500 million won, I don't think Shin Hye-sung will agree. Young people always have to suffer setbacks to grow. I But I'm ready, after Shen Huixing refuses, I will comfort you well."

"Thank you, Brother Zaishi!" Li Zaimin solemnly thanked Liu Zaishi. Although the contact time was not long, he could feel Liu Zaishi's concern.

"No need. It's your own efforts. Whenever I see a newcomer, I will think of my own experience. I really hope that you can persevere. In the eight years since I started hosting, few people can remember me..." Liu Zaishi Pushing his eyes, he asked with a smile, "Jaemin, do you know the ratings for this episode?"

"22%." Before going out, Li Zaimin deliberately read the data released by the Infinite Challenge website.

"Well, the average audience rating is 22. It has been many episodes that haven't hit the ratings of 20. This time, thanks to you, the highest rating is 26. It was the moment when you sang."

At present, the variety shows of the three major TV stations (kbs, mbc, sbs) have an average rating of more than 10%, which is considered a popular variety show, and very few can exceed 20%. Many people deliberately stayed in front of the TV in this episode, creating a shocking ratings in the variety show industry.

"The ratings like this are due to the hard work of Brother Shi, as well as the hard work of the pd and the writers." Li Zaimin unconsciously thought of the scene where Zheng Hengdun was carried into the nanny's car.

"We are all used to it." Liu Zaishi saw Li Zaimin who was in a daze, as if he knew what he was thinking, reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said, "This time the Internet is very hot, but things like popularity come and go quickly. Keep your current state of mind."

Li Zaimin nodded in agreement, such an explosion of popularity, there is a lot of water in it, and now the popularity is so hot, it is very likely that everyone will forget about him next week.This is not a normal accumulation of popularity, it is the unintentional result of netizens and the media, what he has to do is to make further development before this popularity drops.

"Zaimin, what are your plans in the future, are you composing music or becoming a singer? In fact, it's not bad for you to develop variety shows, haha... your sense of entertainment is very good."

Although Liu Zaishi's words were a bit abrupt, but Li Zaishin understood that Liu Zaishi really took him as his own to ask such a question, and he replied solemnly, "This situation is unexpected, I want to take this opportunity to debut as a singer , when Senior Shin Hyesung's new song "The First Person" is released, I will also help."

"Well, you compose music very well, and you sing very well." Liu Zaishi nodded, took a sip of coffee and continued, "When you want to play songs, I will introduce you to the show. In this way, when your single cd is pre-sale, I will Discuss with Taeho pd, let you come to our infinite challenge again."

"Thank you, Brother Shi."

"Since you call me brother, don't always say thank you. Also, if you plan to become an artist, you have to decide which economic company to join, such as your song recording and future album production, sales, performances, etc., and for example This." Liu Zaishi pointed to the mobile phone on the table.

After entering the coffee shop, Li Zaimin's phone and text messages kept ringing. In order to be able to talk with Liu Zaishi at ease, he turned it to silent and threw the table aside.

Li Zaimin picked up the phone, fell silent for a moment, his eyes darkened, "I don't want to join those brokerage companies, and I don't want to be bound by those contracts."

"Artists are like this. A big agency has a lot of resources, which can give you better planning, let you increase your popularity faster, and give you more opportunities to perform..." Liu Zaishi smiled speechlessly when he saw Li Zaimin's unmoved performance. , "Then hire an agent first. If you are an artist, you must be prepared. You won't be as free as before."

After chatting for a while, Li Zaimin followed Liu Zaishi to the outside of the coffee shop, and people kept coming to say hello to Liu Zaishi on the way.

"Squad Leader Liu, haha..."

"Ah, we are skinny in the stone."

"Uncle Grasshopper, take a photo with me."

Liu Zaishi responded with a friendly smile, signed autographs and took photos for them without any impatience. He even danced an original "grasshopper dance" on the spot under the booing of everyone, and occasionally one or two people called out Li Zaimin's name in the middle.

There is still a big difference between the sudden explosion of popularity and the accumulated popularity of Liu Zaishi. It made Li Zaimin understand that the road of an artist can only be achieved through down-to-earth efforts.

"These fans who love us are the life of our artists, so we must love them sincerely..." Before getting into the nanny car, Liu Zaishi turned around and said something that made Li Zaimin feel the same.

The white nanny car is very spacious, Liu Zaishi and his economy are talking about something, Li Zaimin looks at the nanny car by himself, and at the same time, he is thinking about his debut.

"Do you have any plans for this afternoon?"

After Liu Zaishi hung up the phone, he suddenly turned around and asked, Li Zaimin was stunned and replied, "There is no arrangement."

"Well, the coffee was invited by Shen Huixing just now. As a senior, I invite you to have a barbecue and introduce a good friend to you by the way."

When the nanny car was about to arrive at Sinsa-dong, Liu Zaishi's manager answered a phone call, and after a few words, he handed the phone to Liu Zaishi.

After answering the phone, Liu Zaishi said with a little apology, "Zaimin, Brother Hudong has booked a box at the 678 barbecue restaurant in front, you go first. "X-man" suddenly called me and Jiang Hudong to go to the TV station for an hour. If you are hungry, you can order something to eat and wait for us, you are welcome."

"It's okay. Brother Shi." Li Zaimin stopped the nanny's car by the side of the road.

"Wait, put this on, you are a popular artist now." Liu Zaishi finally found a baseball cap from the back of the car and threw it to him.

Lee Jae-min visited the 678 barbecue restaurant in Sinsa-dong. It is Jiang Hodong's side business. It is said that Jiang Hodong's 678 barbecue restaurant has developed to the scale of three or four chain stores.

Suddenly, the phone rang again, and when the call was connected, the other party reported his identity as an employee of a certain economic company in Seoul and wanted to sign him.

After Li Zaimin declined, he hung up the phone, and saw that there was a mobile phone store not far ahead, and he still had some spare time.Thinking that the current number has been leaked out, it is difficult to receive many private calls. He had planned to buy another mobile phone and number before, and now it is just right.

After walking a few steps, suddenly, Li Zaimin felt someone patting him on the shoulder, and just about to turn his face to look, a slender finger poked his cheek.

Turning around, there was a tall girl standing silently, her hair was long to the shawl, her complexion was a little dark, she held a fried rice cake in her hand, and opened her two big eyes He looked at himself innocently.

Li Zaimin nodded and smiled at the girl, then reached out and pulled someone out from behind her.

"Oppa is such a fool, always being fooled." Yuner laughed and stood up from behind the girl. Today, her hair is tied up in a high ponytail, and with the brown scarf around her chin, her whole person looks A lot of playfulness, she held two spicy fried rice cakes in her hand.

After Yoona handed a fried rice cake to Li Zaimin, she pulled the girl beside her and introduced, "Oppa, she is Yuri."

"Hello, senior! "White Snow" is really nice." Yuli had a hint of surprise on her face, she liked that song very much, and felt that the person who could create such a song on the spot was amazing.When she smiles, she can easily infect others and make people feel warm when they see her.She bowed politely and said, "I'm sorry I couldn't make it through last time. I heard them come back and said that seniors will cook a lot of delicious food."

"Hehe...it doesn't matter, you can just call me oppa like them. Aren't you all going to have a holiday tomorrow afternoon, and I will prepare something delicious when you and Yuner come over."