In the early hours of December 8, 2010, Gangnam in Seoul is a well-known affluent district, and the bustling streets are lit with neon lights, making it look like you are in Las Vegas. But at this time, the vehicles on the road have gradually become scarce, and the pedestrians are even more threes and twos, but a six-story building in Sanchengdong still has bright lights through the window, and there is a faint sound of shocking high-pitched voices inside.

A burst of applause echoed through the practice room of the LOENEntertainment. A deep male voice sounded, "Zhien, I wish you a great release of your new album in advance. I believe that with these three trebles at the end of "Goodday", you will definitely win one this time, and you may not be able to win three consecutive championships. ”

"Hehe..."IU, who was wearing a red sweater, blinked his eyes and smiled shyly: "The producer of this album is oppa, and the lyrics and songs of the title song are still composed by oppa himself, so it's certain to take one~"

"You have so much faith in me? What if I make a mistake this time? Two days ago, Zhilong called me and said that he and TOP were going to release a new album soon, and it was not easy for you to meet the two of them and want to get one. The corner of the man's mouth twitched, and he asked.

"Now who doesn't know that as long as it's Kim Haoyu's album, there must be one." IU replied with a smile.

"Hehe, according to what you say, if you don't take one this time, it will ruin my reputation, and no one will look for me to make zuò in the future, what if I starve to death?" Kim Haoyu chuckled and looked at IU.

"oppa~" IU glanced at him dissatisfied, "Are you cursing me for not being able to take one?" ”

"It's you who praise, and it's you who scolds, it's really burdensome..."Jin Haoyu shrugged helplessly, and then encouraged: "If you press down the two of them this time and take one, I promise to make you a regular album next year, and I will write the title song myself." ”

IU smiled, stretched out his little finger and shook it: "It's agreed." ”

Jin Haoyu smiled and stretched out his little thumb to pull the hook with her, and then stamped each other with his thumb and agreed to certify.

IU raised his left hand and brushed the lock of sweat-soaked hair on his forehead, and said, "Oppa, this album has worked hard for you, and it has caused you a lot of trouble for the perfect recording of the last high note." ”

Jin Haoyu turned around and took a glass of mineral water and handed it to IU, saying, "No matter how hard you work, you won't work hard." It's not that I don't know how tired it is to sing high notes, but you've been filming and recording albums lately, so be careful of catching a cold. And remember to protect your voice, don't wait until the live broadcast can't sing and break the sound, it will become a joke. ”

IU took the water cup, nodded, slowly took a sip and replied: "It turned out to be a bit hard, after this period of time, oppa's intensive guidance has been stabilized, and there should be no problem on the spot." ”

Jin Haoyu shook his head speechlessly, turned around and sat on the chair, and said, "I don't play a big role, this is the result of the guidance of the vocal teacher and your own efforts, don't push all the credit on me." ”

Slowly drank the water in the cup, IU exhaled: "oppa, "dreamhigh" will be released in January next year, you must watch it then~" Jin Haoyu helplessly leaned back in the chair and replied: "How can I have that time, I will be busy when the time comes, and what is the point of talking about a group of high school trainees." KBS's Moonfire Drama, right? I see, I'll turn on the TV when I have time, and I'll support your ratings. ”

South Korea, like Japan, still follows the ancient Chinese name of the Qiyao calendar, and calls each day of the week from Monday by month, fire, water, wood, metal, earth, and sun. There are also mizuki dramas and earth-day dramas (also known as weekend dramas), as well as daily dramas that are broadcast every day from Monday to Friday.

IU pursed her lips dissatisfiedly, "oppa, you are only 24 years old this year, how can you talk like a middle-aged uncle, don't play a killer in "Uncle", you really think you are an uncle, Yuan Bin is an uncle, and people are much more handsome than you." ”

Jin Haoyu lowered his head and reached out and touched his earlobe in embarrassment: "Don't mention that movie, I regret dying now, and I don't know why I agreed to take that role in the first place, I played it so badly, it's too embarrassing, and it's only this time in this life." ”

"Hahaha," IU clapped her hands and laughed.

"That's not right" Jin Haoyu suddenly frowned and looked at IU and asked: "Isn't that film banned in 19, you are only 18 years old this year, how did you watch this movie?" ”

Hearing this, IU hurriedly straightened his face, looked away, and defended weakly: "I heard what the agent oppa said, and I haven't seen it." ”

Jin Haoyu twitched the corners of his mouth and looked at her with suspicion: "Is it true?" How I don't feel like you're telling the truth. ”

"Oops" IU had an idea, and hurriedly asked: "I don't believe that oppa didn't secretly watch 19 banned movies when he was young." ”

Jin Haoyu laughed embarrassedly when he heard this: "I'm not nosy, there are more bloody and violent scenes in that film, and girls can't watch it well." ”

IU smiled and said, "I can't do anything about it in order to see Yuanbin oppa, so I can only ask the agent oppa to help me." ”

Kim Ho-woo looked at IU amusedly, clasped his hands around his chest, and was silent, as if he was an ignorant child.

As if she couldn't stand Kim Haoyu's strange gaze, IU felt the strange atmosphere around her, and took the initiative to change the topic and said, "Why hasn't oppa contacted Ji-yeon often recently, and she complained to me that I snatched you away, could it be that there was some misunderstanding between you?" But I can hear Ji-yeon's tone not quite look like it. ”

When Kim Haoyu heard Park Ji-yeon's name, he suddenly lost his smile, lowered his head and looked at his palm, sighed helplessly and said: "It's not about Ji-yeon, yes, I've been avoiding her lately, because of some things, I feel sorry for her..." ”

IU looked at Jin Haoyu suspiciously, tilted his head and asked, "What happened?" You and Ji-yeon are so close, they've known each other for nearly 10 years, as long as Oppa says it, what's the misunderstanding that can't be solved? Can you tell me about it? ”

Jin Haoyu took a deep look at IU, thought for a moment, and replied, "I'm quitting CCM." ”

"What!" IU's eyes widened in surprise and asked in disbelief, "Oppa, why, why did you quit, what about T-ara?" ”

Kim Ho-woo looked at her amusefully and said, "T-Ara is not mine, I quit and I won't disband, besides, I'm only responsible for making zuò music for them, and the operation and management are under President Kim Kwang-so." As for the album, it is natural to find someone else, and there is not only one Kim Haoyu in South Korea, President Kim has a good relationship with Sinshadong Tiger Lee Ho-yang, so he should take over. ”

IU still had an expression that couldn't turn his head, and shouted in shock: "That's different, oppa, you're one of the shareholders, if you quit... Are you going to sell your stake in CCM? ”

"Well," Kim Hao-woo nodded: "I don't have many shares, and I will transfer them to President Kim Kwang-so." ”

"But, but..."IU looked at Kim Haoyu in disbelief, "Why did oppa do this, t-ara is now the general trend and is developing rapidly, if you want to sell shares, shouldn't oppa be in a hurry to use money now?" ”

"It's not about the money." Kim Ho-woo shook his head and replied, "It's me and President Kim Kwang-so who don't agree on the development philosophy of T-ara. He and I thought differently from me, and I communicated with him several times, but I couldn't convince him to accept my point of view. I am not a standing director, and I have too few shares to change the decision of the board of directors, so I have to decide to withdraw. ”

"Then oppa, you're too extreme." IU frowned and said, "Since you can't change it, don't change it, anyway, you're in charge of the music system, just make good music." ”

"Alas..."Jin Haoyu sighed: "You don't understand, since I started to make zuò people in 07, I have been developing very smoothly, and my company has always been concentrating on making zuòOST, and now I am also a big contributor to the copyright of music sources, but I continue to do this and end up being just a relatively successful musician." ”

Standing up and walking to the floor-to-ceiling window of the practice room, looking at Seoul outside with neon lights shining in the night, Kim Ho-woo said with his hands behind his back, "Now that the development of K-pop is becoming more and more mature, I think it will be able to go to the world in the future, so that everyone will like and accept this style of music." He turned to look at IU, took a deep breath and said, "But I don't want to wait for that day to come and watch someone else do it." ”

IU looked at Jin Haoyu's tall figure and clenched fists in a slight daze, and his calm and firm voice came from his ears, "Every idol, every men's and women's groups have their own style positioning. As an album producer, you must choose music that conforms to the singer's own style orientation to make an album. Think through and even tailor your song when creating it. ”

Jin Haoyu's eyes gradually emptied, as if his consciousness had entered the hall of memory. "In '08, I collaborated with Brother Zhenying to create "NOBODY" for wondergirls, which became popular all over Asia. At that time, we were very excited, and I wanted to continue to deepen and continue to produce songs that matched this feeling, but Brother Zhenying disagreed, and he felt that it was time to enter the United States. I spent a year at the University of Berkeley in the United States, and I knew that "NOBODY" was not enough to get Americans to accept K-POP. I tried to dissuade him, but to no avail..."

Jin Haoyu sighed deeply, glanced at IU, and said: "You know what the result will be, he failed, not only "NOBODY" failed, but also the combination of wondergils. When Brother Chun decided to go to the U.S., I left JYP and joined CCM. Since T-Ara hasn't debuted as a new group yet, I think this is an opportunity to create this girl group according to my ideas and create my own music..."

Turning around and slowly walking in front of IU, Kim Haoyu bent down and sat on the ground, looked at her focused gaze, and then said: "Everything was good at first, t-ara was really as I expected, it became popular very quickly, whether it was "BoPeepBoPeep" at the beginning, "Lovey-Dovey" or the recent "CryCry" have won people's love, although it is not as popular as "NOBODY", but this is my own independent music zuò, I am very satisfied." But when I was excited to continue working hard, I had a disagreement with President Kim. You know, Liu Huaying..."

IU nodded at Kim Ho-woo's words and said, "Well, I remember that she joined T-Ara in July this year. ”

Jin Haoyu looked up at her and said, "I've only heard that some players have been removed from the team, or the development is not good, and the members have been replaced." Is there a situation where the development is very good and suddenly adds non-essential characters to the in? Or in the case of repetition of roles, a rapper who is not very important. ”

"I don't think so." IU closed her eyes and thought about it for a moment and replied.

Jin Haoyu sighed helplessly: "There is also the problem of the captain, how can there be a captain who is rotated, on the surface it seems to be fair, but is this meaningful, it is better not to have a captain at all." He stretched out his finger and scratched it across the floor, as if to write the dissatisfaction in his heart, and said as he spoke: "I discussed these issues with President Kim, but it didn't work at all, he always had to do it according to his own ideas, as far as I know, he plans to let T-Ara enter Japan next year, and he will also set up a small team." Forming a unit is normal for a large group, but he even plans to add a newcomer to the unit, and this newcomer is not a member of T-ara. I don't understand what he's thinking. ”

"So OPPA is ready to quit?" IU asked curiously.

"Hmm," Kim Hao-woo nodded, "If it goes on like this, T-Ara will have a problem sooner or later." Looking back on my previous experience, I vaguely understood a truth. If you don't have your own backer and don't have enough right to speak, don't think about making music according to your own ideas. ”

Jin Haoyu stretched out his arms and stretched them back as he said: "So I have to quit now, it is the golden time for the development of the girl group, and I don't have more time to hesitate and linger." ”

"But how does OPPA build its own team? Could it be that OPPA's record label is going to start an artist management business? It's too late to start training as a trainee, it's unrealistic. ”

"Hehe", Kim Haoyu replied with a smile: "Who said that my company is going to expand artist management." Not to mention anything else, even if it is carried out, the various channels of promotion and publicity cannot compete with the current major brokerage companies. ”

"So what's OPPA's plan?" IU couldn't help but ask with a little stingy.

Jin Haoyu smiled and blinked, and said, "Why don't you use it?" I'm ready to join S.M. ”

"Huh?!" IU looked at him with a shocked look on her face.