Chapter 6 Cooperation?(I) 1/2
The interior of YG is very small.
YG has renovated the 2nd to 4th floors of the building, adding some practice rooms and equipment rooms for trainees to practice and make music.
Coming downstairs, although I didn't visit it specifically, YG still left a deep impression on Ahn Joon-hyuk after a quick glance - narrow, dark, and cold!
The location of the building itself is not good, and there is no financial resources to design a ventilation and lighting system like SM Company, and the corridors between each floor and row of rooms are not spacious enough for two people to walk side by side, and there are no lights in the corridors, as if they extend into the darkness.
There are not many people in the company, and it is said that the staff and trainees combined do not exceed 20, which is probably a kind of helplessness!
At present, many brokerage companies in the Korean music industry, except for companies like SM that are profitable and successfully listed for financing, or companies such as JYP and DSP that can attract investors because of their promising development potential, are generally extremely difficult to survive.
The oppression of the company and the lack of resources make many middle- and lower-level artists unable to support their daily consumption, which has also formed a unique nightclub culture in Hongdae and other places - many artists are forced to live under pressure. I have to go to nightclubs to make extra money, otherwise I won't be able to stick to my career at all.
Many people think that it is easy to start a brokerage company, but in fact, if you don't have enough contacts in an unfamiliar industry, it is really difficult to start everything, and Ahn Jun-hyuk If he hadn't joined SM as a springboard, I'm afraid he would have to live a similar life for a long time.
The topic is far away, and I won't mention it much.
Yang Hyun Suk enthusiastically took Ahn Jun Hyuk up to the 4th floor, which belonged to his office. immediately ordered Quan Zhilong to help chat with Ahn Junhyuk. He went down to prepare drinks and other things for his own sake.
Yang Xianshuo's office also continues the cramped environment of the whole company, with small space, insufficient light, and interior furnishings are very simple office standard configuration. A computer. One side of the desk. A few chairs, the only difference is that there is an extra cabinet behind the desk. Trophies are placed in the cabinet grille.
Ahn Joon-hyuk looked at it for a moment, it was the music award that Yang Hyun-seok had won during the group "Seo Tae-ji and the Kids", as well as the honors that YG's artists had won over the years.
On a chair behind him, Quan Zhilong sat awkwardly on pins and needles.
More than ten minutes have passed since Yang Hyun Suk revealed Ahn Jun Hyuk's identity, and after the initial surprise and disbelief, all that was left in his heart was apprehension.
He himself can't tell if he is lucky, or if he is particularly unlucky today, the person who casually accosted him is the one he admires, and he is still talking a lot of nonsense in front of him, and what is even more sad is that he obviously began to realize that the other party was dressed suspiciously, how could he be stupid and refute it?
Quan Zhilong leaned on the back of the chair depressedly and bumped into it, the sound of knocking made An Junhyuk over there turn around, and the face of taking off the mask was slightly red, the tip of the nose was slightly red, and the statement of a cold was mostly true, but those eyes were ...... Why are you laughing so hatefully!
Looking at his depressed appearance, Ahn Junhyuk gently tapped the glass on the grille of the collection cabinet, the glass trembled slightly, and under the change of light and shadow, those trophies seemed to be shaking.
"Quan Zhilongxi, when will your trophy be placed on this?"
Quan Zhilong didn't know if he was making fun of himself, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to laugh dryly. But in the end, the young man was angry, and after being embarrassed for a moment, he still whispered: "Yang Jun said that I will be able to debut next year!"
Ahn Joon-hyuk looked at him in surprise: "SOLO?"
How did Quan Zhilong debut, the memory of the dream is not very clear, or rather, he doesn't pay much attention to the star itself, except for remembering that the other party has a great future in the future, and he doesn't know much about the details.
"No, Yang Jun said that he wanted me to make my debut as a group!"
"Oh, congratulations!"
The voice is flat, and it seems that the debut of the group is a very trivial thing. So Quan Zhilong was not convinced, he himself wanted to SOLO, but although Yang Hyun-seok liked him very much, he would not listen to his opinions in planning decisions, and he could only accept it...... I think I'm going to have trophies in that cabinet in the future!"
His words were categorical, and although there was some anger, the confidence in his tone was unquestionable.
If it is heard by others, these words are somewhat conceited, full of youthful and frivolous rebelliousness, if you change to a senior in the music industry, maybe you will have a bad feeling for him because of this, and feel that this child is too sharp and needs to be polished.
But An Junhyuk didn't care about that, and just smiled when he heard the words, "Yang Jun said it himself?"
"Of course!"
"Huh!" he was a little stunned.
From the moment he accepted Yang Xianshuo's invitation, he was puzzled, he didn't know why Yang Xianshuo was so enthusiastic about himself, looking at the other party's performance when they met at school that day, if it wasn't for the fact that they had just met, the friendship was shallow, and it was not suitable to talk about too in-depth topics, I am afraid that Yang Xianshuo would be eager to put his heart into his heart.
There is no love in the world for no reason, even if he is currently the most successful singer in the hip-hop field, as a senior, Yang Hyun Suk does not need to be too respected.
Unless, he has a request for himself.
It's just that the information is asymmetrical, and Ahn Jun-hyuk couldn't analyze Yang Hyun-suk's mind for a while, until he listened to Kwon Zhilong's words at this moment, and some messy clues in his mind were suddenly sorted out clearly-
The factors that I once ignored come to mind little by little.
For example, a few months ago, when he was mobbed by the media. Xu Taizhi, who has never been in the country, suddenly spoke up. For example, when J.H opened, YG was the only agency other than SM to send a flower basket to J.H.
Ahn Joon-hyuk believes that everything in the world has cause and effect, and Seo Tae-ji's weight will not allow him to publicly speak out in support of any singer he likes, or even oppose the media, unless there is an influential person in front of him to lobby.
As a veteran agency, YG will not show goodwill to its new competitors for no reason, after all, the two sides have never met at all. Not to mention personal friendships.
If you think about it in this direction. Then it all makes sense.
Yang Xianshuo, most of them have a request for him, perhaps, he just fell in love with his song "Lies"!
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"Lies" spread out. It's the last time Yuna had her birthday.
Some fans at his request. I took a DV video of Yoona's birthday party. uploaded it on the Internet, and at that time, his purpose was just to hope that his fans could understand Lin Yuna's status in his heart through the party. And then forgive her for showing him intimacy.
As for the outflow of the song "Lies", he didn't pay attention to it, although the leaked video caused a small stir in the HIPHOP music industry afterward.
Last year's "1 minute and 1 second" leaked, "Popular Music" had a high-quality evaluation of it, and was the first to call Ahn Junhyuk the pioneer of the Korean lyrical rap style, such an evaluation naturally caused a strong response in the industry, some real musicians are happy to see the innovation of the younger generations, and similarly, there are some people who despise his innovation as grandstanding and short-term flash.
But no matter what people say, the title of pioneer is worn on the head, and Ahn Jun Hyuk knows that it is not stable to wear.
Whether they have an appreciative attitude or a hostile attitude, they are all observing whether the new KPOP fashion trend he created is a real genre, or a momentary glory and then a rapid decline.
The fundamental reason why "Lies" caused a sensation in the hip-hop world at that time was this, because people heard almost the same lyrical style in it, and its significance is that it proved that Ahn Joon-hyuk's lyrical rap really got rid of Sibuya's influence.
Of course, such a discussion is limited to a small scope, after all, the song is not released to the public, and no one can spread the song except for the fan club that is authorized to play the video, otherwise he will definitely be held responsible, but it is clear that Yang Hyun Suk, who has a fanatical love for HIPHOP, has probably noticed it.
And it's also found its value!
All kinds of enlightenment came to his heart, watching An Junhyuk suddenly fall into contemplation, Quan Zhilong scratched his head inexplicably, didn't understand why he suddenly stopped talking, and after thinking for a long time, he had to "reluctantly" think that An Junhyuk was persuaded by his firm will, and finally stopped looking down on him, so a pair of eyebrows were raised high, and his tail was about to be cocked.
After a while, the door of the office was pushed open, and Yang Xianshuo came in with two cups of tea: "Ahn Junhyuk, the small place is not well entertained, and I don't know what drink you like, only two cups of tea, so bear with me!"
As he spoke, he looked at Quan Zhilong: "Zhilong, you go down first, wait with Shengxian, Yongpei, and Da Sheng, and I'll call you up later!"
"Oh, what a president!" Quan Zhilong, who had long wanted to escape, happily agreed and ran away.
"This kid is usually spoiled by me, and he is frizzy all day long. Seeing Kwon Ji-ryong running away impatiently, Yang Hyun-seok shook his head helplessly at Ahn Jun-hyuk and sighed, "I'm still young, and I haven't cultivated stability." ”
"Hehe, this is a young man, if they are all like me, it will be really boring!" Ahn Junhyuk smiled.
Hearing this, Yang Hyun Suk was stunned, and immediately patted his forehead apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Jun Hyukxi, I didn't say anything about you just now." As he spoke, he was also secretly frightened, he knew that Ahn Junhyuk was only 2 years older than Quan Zhilong, but the two were very different from each other in terms of being old and spicy in the world, and he subconsciously ignored it just now, An Junhyuk is actually an out-and-out young man who has just turned 20 years old!
Thinking like this, he saw Ahn Joon-hyuk take a sip of tea, then held the cup and looked at it in the steam:
"Senior, if you have something to say, please speak up! Did you invite me over just to see Quan Zhilong?" (To be continued......)