A bar in Cheongdam-dong.

Cheon Myung-hoon, wearing a baseball cap and mask, made his way through the crowd and ascended the stairs.

The density of entertainers in such establishments is very high, second only to television stations and beauty salons. Therefore, for customers who are fully armed, even if they are curious, they will not bother.

Meeting on such an occasion is obviously not Chi Myung-hoon's style. Although in the two years abroad, he has been no stranger. It's not uncommon for musicians to go to bars for inspiration.

Qian Mingxun came to the booth under the guidance of the waiter, and saw that the two big guys each occupied half of the country. These two people are the ones who will become famous in the future, the fart emperor Fang Shihe and the Xinsha cave tiger Li Haoyang.

Fang Si-hyuk is a senior of Seoul National University, and the music club he founded that year once invited Cheon Myung-hoon to join. In the end, of course, he politely refused, but he still asked Park Jinying for his contact information, and explained to Fang Shihyuk himself alone.

Fang Shihyuk is a person with a cool personality, and he just thinks music is cool when he plays music. It's not cool to study, but it's cool to be admitted to Seoul University casually. So he did the same at the time.

Regarding Qian Mingxun's decision not to add any association, Fang Shihe of course has a million understandings. This in itself was a cool decision! Later, he met when he went to the United States on a business trip, and he was familiar with each other.

Bang Si-hyuk set up his own portal in 05 to create Bighit, and he was no longer there when Cheon Myung-hoon went to JYP. Although it is an affiliated company because of its personal relationship, it is independent in terms of operation and economy.

It was certainly a cool decision, but it also came with problems. Without JYP's trainee resources, Bighit is really just an empty shell. It is difficult for Loen to recruit high-quality trainees, let alone Fang Shihe's new company.

While expanding his popularity, Fang Shihe went to places where the three major societies could not radiate, looking for children with potential. All for the ultimate pursuit of coolness in the heart!

Li Haoyang is a rookie composer, and he is not even a rookie at the moment. At the beginning of the year, he composed a song "One more Time" for Seo In-young's group Jewelry. The results were very good, and the arrangement style was widely acclaimed.

But Li Haoyang is not a genius composer, relying on rich accumulation. He came to Seoul at the age of 17 to pursue his music dream, and he originally wanted to be a handsome idol. But then I ran into walls everywhere, and I had to work to make money in order to make a living.

Li Haoyang did not give up music, and the jobs he chose were also related. For example, working as a waitress in a bar or hosting a roadside music competition. He had no formal training, but this life lasted for ten years.

Li Haoyang is not a creative musician, and composes the feelings in life into songs. He is more of an innovative attempt, with a high degree of proficiency in mixing, producing beautiful and gorgeous arrangements.

The experience in the bar had a deep impact on him, so he paid attention to the memory points of the arrangement, which was characterized by repeated reinforcement of toxicity, and tried to brainwash the listener in one go.

With the opening of the era of idols, his talent has also come into play. After a crazy monopoly by a large brokerage company and signing an exclusive contract with a composer. Small economic companies are even more excited, and it is difficult to find a song.

In the same way, LOEN and Mnet compete with each other in the record industry. However, the launch of the newcomer group Davichi had to be entrusted to loen for production.

Lee Hyori, its biggest artist, also got his title song from E-TRIBE. This two-person production team doesn't have any big hit HIT songs. The main direction of attack is not fast songs, but slow songs that are more melancholy.

You can imagine the current situation in the music industry!

It's not a gap in capital, it's just a lack of price. Therefore, a newcomer like Li Haoyang, although he has not made great achievements, is already the trend of the stars holding the moon.

With "Love and War" for Davichi, Cheon Myung-hoon is currently the focus of attention in the industry. However, because of its affiliation with Loen, those who want to invite songs are still waiting.

So Fang Shihe, Li Haoyang, and Qian Mingxun can actually be counted as one type of person. I don't want to be bound by external forces, and I aspire to be an independent musician.

Moreover, the three of them are the president of the company, popular singers and individual composers, and there are many places where they can cooperate in all aspects. It is with this mentality that this small group is formed.

"I heard that you have been very close to President Hong recently, and you plan to be fostered?" Fang Shihe teased.

Li Haoyang hurriedly waved his hand: "I haven't skimmed the eight characters yet, just chat casually." ”

"Isn't that a matter of time or time, otherwise what else can I do with you?" Fang Shihe touched his nose: "He will definitely give you an attractive price!" After all, President Hong has nothing else but money now. ”

Fang Shihe is actually laughing at himself. Hong Shengcheng still has money after all, but he doesn't even have money. Otherwise, of course he also wants to sign Li Haoyang.

Qian Mingxun shook his head and refuted Fang Shihe's words: "If he can get investment by setting up his own door, isn't it his capital?

Fang Shihe didn't speak, and drank a cup to himself. He's a cool guy, not a businessman. The other party has resources, but he only has talent.

Hong Seung-sung was born in Daei AV and was formerly in the imaging department of CJ-E&M. Later, he took Park Jin-young to set up his own portal and established JYP. He also served as the president in the early days. It can be said that God and Rain were both cultivated by him.

Park Jin-young is an artist created as a producer, but in fact, there are only Wonder Girls and 2PM. Even the four of them at 2AM have a deeper relationship with Hong Shengcheng.

Rain's withdrawal from JYP does not rule out that it has something to do with Hong Seung-sung, and Park Jin-young needs to consolidate his position. So he put 2PM's debut plan before 2AM, otherwise it shouldn't be in this order, whether in terms of seniority or name.

The move also exacerbated Hong Seung-sung's departure, as it was a good reason in itself. Now that you've made the choice to put 2AM on hold, I'm just using this to make a fuss. I set up my own portal to help 2AM debut, and the benefits are still yours JYP's, I just want to build momentum for CUBE!

It takes a lot of resources and energy to launch a newcomer, and Park Zhenying knows that he can't keep Hong Seung-sung, so he has no reason not to take advantage of this cheapness. Because as long as you hold the 2AM contract tightly, you can drag it back to the ends of the earth.

The Play Cube, which was established in April this year, can be seen as a weakened version of loen. As long as you can get investment with your back to the big tree, the next step is to buy and buy. It's not just artists who can buy it directly, but composers too.

Since Hong Shengcheng began to contact Li Haoyang, it means that a large amount of money is about to be put in place. got Li Haoyang's exclusive contract and carved the Cube brand on him. Hong Shengcheng will not care about these investments in the early stage.

"If you want to come to Loen, I can give him as much as he wants. Although Qian Mingxun said this, his tone was not very urgent: "But he hasn't talked so bluntly, has he...... Didn't I talk to you about ideals or something?"