Chapter 29 The Broker
When doing a lot of things, we all say to keep a normal heart. But a normal mind is really not so easy to maintain.
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Time ticks and ticks......
After meeting Lee so-man, Kang Jae-hee's daily life is basically practicing songs, sitting in Yu Yong-jin's studio for a while every day, or chatting, or consulting Yu Yong-jin with some questions, and then going to Park Jung-so or Choi so-young and them to play for a while during the break. I will definitely text with Kim Taeyeon every night, not necessarily a lot, but there will be.
A monotonous but not boring life can be considered fulfilling.
Kang Jae-hee himself knows that what he has to do now is to continue to polish himself, because if he doesn't know anything, his debut will come.
In mid-September, the temperature in Seoul is not so hot, and you must wear long sleeves and sometimes even a jacket at night.
Kang Jae-hee, who rarely goes to school, now that he is about to make his debut, he has even more reason not to go to school. The teacher is also used to Jiang Jae-hee's behavior, after all, he has been like this for more than 1 year before. High school has much more lenient management of students than elementary and junior high schools. Although it is not as free as university, as long as you can pass the final exam smoothly. There's no reason why the school should make you have to go to class.
On this day, Kang Jae-hee was practicing singing in the practice room. Park Sang Yeol walked in with a man who couldn't tell his age from his face at all, and only knew that he must be an adult.
"Kang Jae-hee, take a rest first." Park Sangyeol interrupted Kang Jae-hee's practice and said.
Kang Jae-hee also knew what was going on, so he turned off the music and looked at the two.
"This is Han Shixian, who used to be Boa's assistant. In the future, I will act as your agent and be responsible for everything after your debut. Park Xiangyeol only gave a brief introduction and stopped talking. He didn't say why Boa's assistant would be Kang Jae-hee's agent.
In fact, not to mention that Boa's current focus is mainly on Japan. With Boa's current status in the Korean music industry, as long as the company issues a statement saying that Boa is going to release an album or something in South Korea, she doesn't need an agent to help her contact the show. So an assistant who is capable of being a broker in the company's opinion, if he has been idle like this, is indeed a bit wasteful. Originally, Han Shixian had already been confirmed to be the agent of the girl group at the end of 04. Just because of Li Xiuman's words, Yu Yongzhen said hello. The company decided to let him be Kang Jae-hee's agent.
The man smiled and held out his hand to Kang Jae-hee.
"Kang Jae-hee, hello. We're going to work together in the future. ”
Kang Jae-hee stretched out his hand and shook it with him.
"I hope that Brother Duoduo will take care of it in the future."
"Hehe, I won't say much polite words, we will have time to get acquainted with each other in the future." Han Shixian smiled: "Let's talk about the arrangements for you first." The company has already negotiated with sBs. You will make your debut in sBs popular songs. The recording time is on the 23rd of this month. It's the 10th, and in 3 days the company will start promoting you. cD is also already in the works. ”
"So fast?" Jiang Jae-hee subconsciously said.
"Hehe, this is the first time I've heard someone think they're making a quick debut." Han Shixian couldn't help laughing. He thought the young man in front of him was funny. After so many years in the company, I have also seen the reaction of many trainees who know that they are about to debut. There are happy, surprised, and excited, but it is the first time that a subconscious reaction like Kang Jae-hee said so quickly.
"Uh, that's not what I meant......" Kang Jae-hee smiled embarrassedly.
"It's a tight time because you still need to shoot an mV."
"Do you want to shoot mV?" Kang Jae-hee reacted subconsciously again......
"Don't you want to shoot mV? Let others only listen to your voice and not see your people? Han Se-hyun is becoming more and more interested in Kang Jae-hee. Well...... Not that kind of interest......
"I mean, I didn't take acting classes, so let me shoot an MV, which isn't good."
"It's okay, I've probably read the script, and I don't need you to play much. And you also know your songs, and you don't need any acting outbursts. ”
Kang Jae-hee thought about it, and "Post-Adolescent Poems", which was positioned as the title song, was indeed not as sad as a traditional Korean lyric. He nodded. He's still good at posing or something. I don't have too much fear of the camera, and I just listen to the director when the time comes.
"Another thing is that the company positions you as a teenager with a genius creative talent. It just so happens that "A Man" has been very popular recently. So the company also thinks that taking advantage of this time to push you out will get a better response. For Kim Jong Kook's song, the management of the company knew that it was composed by a trainee in his company. So it's not surprising that Han Shixian knows about this.
"Then I'm not going to say hello to Brother Zhong Guo." Kang Jae-hee asked.
"That's why I'm going to talk to you about it. He should have been informed by the company. But in the relationship between you and him, it might be better for you to say. "In fact, with the status of S.M company, there is no need to say hello to Kim Jong Kook.
But the Korean entertainment industry is a very strange world, and the relationship between seniors and seniors has nothing to do with status and achievement. If you don't say hello to Kim Jong Kook and just publicize it, it's nothing. However, if the media reporter first learned about this and then asked Kim Jong Kook, and the other party did not know in advance, it would definitely cause a certain amount of trouble. If you are a small-minded person, if you deliberately make things difficult in the show in the future, it will be a good thing to turn into a bad thing. After all, from now on, Kim Jong Kook has completely risen. As for his character, people who have not been in contact with him naturally consider it from the worst side.
"Oh, okay, I'll talk to him later." Kang Jae-hee plans to wait for him to talk to Kim Jong Kook when he is alone.
"Well, I'm older than you, so I'll just call you Xi. We'll probably have to work together for quite some time to come. So a lot of times, you need to connect with people when I'm there, even when you're chatting with your girlfriend, I'm there too. So you don't need to avoid me on the phone, especially if it's business. Han Shixian saw that Kang Jae-hee didn't want to call in front of them, so he said.
On the one hand, it is better to say that it is better to have a meeting at the beginning, and it will be a long time to get along in the future, and to say something serious when we have no friendship now, it will not destroy the feelings and trust between each other. Second, in South Korea, the agent can completely control the artist, especially the artist in the early stage of debut. Of course, this article is only in terms of status and discourse, but most agents will not implement similar militarized management to artists who have just debuted. No one knows what the future development of artists will be, once artists become the general trend, the status of agents and artists will begin to be reversed. It's not a wise thing to offend an artist in order to start this little satisfaction. But no matter what, in the early days, the agent's experience, experience, and the article of representing the company put the agent in an active position when getting along with the artist.
Han Se-hyun also knew that Kang Jae-hee was a student of Yu Yong-jin and a person that Lee so-man valued. But through his own observations, he felt that Kang Jae-hee was not a very domineering young man. And although he may have said something heavier, it was all for Kang Jae-hee's good. Even if Kang Jae-hee didn't appreciate it and secretly went to Yu Yongzhen to complain or something, Han Shixian was not worried that Yu Yongzhen or Lee so-man would punish him for this.
After hearing Han Shixian's words, Kang Jae-hee also reacted that he really needed to adapt to it. Agents can say that they have to trust someone, and sometimes even more than their own family.
So he nodded. "Okay, I'll do it."
Seeing that Kang Jae-hee was not dissatisfied, but accepted it humbly. Han Shixian didn't show any smug or satisfied expression. In fact, the artists launched by S.M may not always be the highest in terms of strength or repercussions. But on average, singing, dancing, appearance, etiquette, and other conditions required of an artist. S.M. is certainly the most comprehensive.
Once the call is connected. Kim Jong Kook's characteristic voice came over.
"Jae-hee, why did you contact me suddenly." The time they contacted the most was when Kim Jong Kook recorded the album. After that, the connection was not very close. But once in a while, it's just a matter of contacting. However, since July, Kang Jae-hee has had a lot of things, and he has not been in contact with Kim Jong Kook again. This sudden call, Kim Jong Kook knew that something must be wrong.
"Uh, Brother Zhong Guo, hello. That's it, I'm making my debut. "Kang Jae-hee is organizing words.
"Oh! It's true! That's great. We can be on the show together in the future. "What kind of congratulations and this kind of thing, it's polite to say too much.
"Then brother will take care of me more in the future."
"Hehe, that's for sure, but for the sake of Zaixi, your usual words and deeds are almost older than me, and I guess I can't take care of much." Kim Jong Kook's voice is very delicate and somewhat joyful.
"How can I have what you said, brother, I just have less facial expressions. I don't have any experience in variety shows. Brother, you have to teach me more. Kang Jae-hee said.
"There's not much to teach about that, it's just laughing when it's time to laugh. Just memorize the words in the script and don't get too nervous. "After debuting for so many years, Kim Jong Kook's words are very incisive.
As a newcomer, the key to your variety show is not how funny and eye-catching you are. It's about being able to keep up with the rhythm of the show and make the most basic responses. And as a newcomer, everyone is not familiar with you, if you make a slightly over-the-top joke, not only will it not become the focus, but the biggest possibility is that this segment will either be re-recorded or cuT off, and you will make everyone think that you are not a good newcomer. Of course, it would be much better if you had acquaintances with you.
"Anyway, if you want to do a show with my brother, you must take care of me." Kang Jae-hee gave full play to his age. With so much talking, it's time to get to the point. So Kang Jae-hee continued: "That's right, brother. In the company's promotion to me, it may be mentioned that I am the creator of "A Man". This won't bother my brother. ”
"Of course not." Kim Jong Kook immediately understood the reason for Kang Jae-hee's call. "That's what it was for. Nothing, you were originally the creator of this song. It just so happens that I'm going to hit the charts with this song right now. In this way, the publicity effect will be the best. ”
"It's best if it doesn't bother my brother. So I'm relieved. ”
"By the way, where is your debut stage?"
"The popular ballad of sBs."
"When?"
"Recording will take place on the 23rd of this month."
"I was there that day, so I can take you with me."
"Thank you so much, brother."
"Haha, it's so polite to say thank you. Then see you that day, remember to bring cD, and I'm going to listen to the songs you kid wrote for himself. ”
"Okay, then don't bother my brother for now."
After hanging up the phone. Kang Jae-hee said, "No problem. Zhong Guoge said it didn't matter. ”
"Okay, that's it for today. You keep practicing. I'll come back to you tomorrow. Han Shixian nodded. During this time, except for Jiang Jae-hee, he will be busier, and as an agent, he will be even busier. Although there is a big tree of S.M company, what more programs to be on and when they can be on it still depends on the agent's own means.
For example, in the program "X-man", the relationship between s.m company and sBs TV may be very good, but those who can be on this show are also artists with a certain degree of popularity and a certain strength in the company. So maybe the artists of S.M company can be on this show, but the question is, this issue, or the next issue, maybe the result will be completely different. Moreover, the TV station belongs to the TV station, but the program has a separate person in charge. Whoever has more shots and who has fewer shots. Even if the MC takes care of it differently, the effect is completely different.
It all depends on the broker's means and capabilities. It's good to have your back against a tree. However, large trees are also more likely to be struck by lightning than small trees...... Risk and opportunity coexist, that's what we're talking about.
After Park Sangyeol and Han Se-hyun left, Kang Jae-hee did not continue practicing for the first time.
After all, his debut will still have a great impact on him.
Slowly lay down, looking at the ceiling, feeling the cold floor.
It's really going to make its debut.
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The agent Han Shixian made a cameo appearance by the book friend Juelan (Mumu).
The second volume has been talked about so much, and it's finally about to debut...... I finally made up my mind to make the main character debut......
However, don't expect too much from the development of the protagonist after his debut......
Friends who read my book should know that the protagonist of my book is probably the protagonist who is the least like the protagonist......