Chapter 271: Before the Show
It's not just the performance, for S.M, whether it's the fifth jade, Taeyeon, or Sunny, they are all its artists, so it must ensure that the content of the performance will not affect their image in the slightest.
And for Kim Jong Kook's company, it's true that this concert is Kim Jong Kook's comeback concert, and it's not wrong for Kim Jong Kook to agree to the fifth jade and their participation, but Kim Jong Kook is an artist under it after all, representing the interests of the company, and it is definitely not something that Kim Jong Kook himself can nod his head to.
So S.M got involved, and the company's professionals designed the packaging for the fifth jade. MnetMedia, Kim Jong Kook's agency, also got involved, and made detailed arrangements for the format of the concert and the specific appearance time.
Fifth Jade discovered the importance of the agent for the first time, and most of the above were handled by Cui Xiaoyan. But even so, Fifth Jade still felt a little annoyed. Although he lived in this world, he never integrated into it. Because the things he is dealing with are not people, there is no possibility of compromise, and without compromise it naturally becomes direct.
Some people say that society is a big dye vat, and the entertainment industry is obviously the most colorful place in this big dye vat. The most basic element that constitutes the entertainment industry is the artist, and every artist needs to be packaged before standing in the public eye. That is to say, any idol that fans like or worship is actually a product of packaging, of course, these fans will never clearly distinguish idols into before and after packaging. So, this kind of packaging is actually a kind of deception in nature.
This is not to say that the entertainment industry is full of deceit, in fact, there is no big difference between the entertainment industry and other fields. Merely. The foundation of the entertainment industry is not pure enough, so some things that were originally simple will become not so simple. Let's take this incident as an example. The fifth jade just plans to simply help, and by the way, he also has a happy time. But because this is the entertainment industry, not a playhouse, it is not so simple. The two companies will move, the media will move, and the fans will move, these can be seen as influence, but in essence, they are no longer pure performance.
The fifth jade suddenly fell from the simplest and most direct world world to the most impure world world world, of course, the latter is the "most" is debatable. Because those politicians may wear more than one layer of masks. However, even if it is not the "most" impure, it is enough to disturb the fifth jade.
Some people will always take a blank piece of paper and drop it into the big dye vat to express some of their inexplicable sadness and embarrassment, but in fact, no one can know the idea of the blank paper. For white paper, whether it is white or colorful, it is just a piece of paper from beginning to end, so the fifth jade has never meant to resist. It's just that he's not that blank slate, so he's annoying.
Fortunately. There is time for this weapon. No matter how complicated the process is, the end result is as simple as the initial idea.
On the day of the concert, many people came, most of whom were of course Kim Jong Kook's fans, and the number of these fans made Kim Jong Kook feel much more at ease. Of course, another tension ensued. However, compared to before. Be much more sure-footed.
Few fans will be upset because their idols are guests at other people's concerts, because most artists who are qualified to be guests can hold their own concerts. But. This time is the exception. At Kim Jong Kook's concert, there were a lot of audiences who came just to watch the guests. They are fans of Girls' Generation and the Fifth Jade.
The backbone of Girls' Generation fans is, of course, those very distinctive uncle meals, and Kim Jong Kook's fans happen to be aunt meals. Of course, the uncle and aunt here are just an exaggerated description, and the actual age should be between thirty and forty years old. So, in the name of accompanying the aunt, it became a matter of course for the uncle to come to see the performance of Girls' Generation "by the way".
The fans of the fifth jade came more directly, and they bluntly said that they came to see the fifth jade with a very obvious and intuitive support card. Because this is the first time that Fifth Jade sings live, because Fifth Jade is not a singer, God knows if this is the only time for Fifth Jade.
The cheers were so strong that they could be heard very clearly even in the dressing room. You don't have to wear makeup in the dressing room, and you may be able to play cards like Fifth Jade and Taeyeon are doing now.
At this time, it was Lee Hyori who was performing on the stage, and she originally had to be a character similar to the finale in her identity, but an artist is just an artist after all, although she has pushed a part of her schedule, but there are some interests that the company cannot compromise. So she had to play right now and leave as soon as she was done.
Kim Jong Kook was resting in another dressing room, and the fifth jade didn't mean to bother. In fact, since the start of the performance, the fifth jade and they have not seen Kim Jong Kook again. The purpose of inviting guests to the concert was to gain rest time for the protagonist, and the influence of the invited guests and the attention they brought to the concert were actually just derivative products. Therefore, it is naturally impossible for them to disturb Kim Jong Kook's rest.
Compared with the hustle and bustle outside, the Fifth Jade, who had already finished putting on makeup, seemed a little too quiet. The quieter the atmosphere, the more depressing it became, and the emotions that were not very tense became clearer. So, the fifth jade made a request that made the staff jaw-dropping: bring a deck of cards.
There are many ways to play solitaire, and there is a clear regional aspect, not to mention that they come from different countries. Therefore, the fifth jade they play is the simplest pair of matches. However, the essence of the game is to make people happy rather than looking at how complicated the rules are, so they have a lot of fun.
"Hey, it's boring, I've won again." Taeyeon said as she suppressed the fifth jade's pair of queens with a pair of aces, and at the same time showed all the cards in her hand, but the joy between her eyebrows made the boredom in her mouth unconvincing, and at the same time made the corners of the fifth jade's eyes jump violently.
Fifth Jade doesn't care about winning or losing in this kind of mini-game, but losing nine in a row is not among them. As Mei also finished playing all the cards in her hand, looking at the fifth jade with only one junior left in her hand, her eyes couldn't help but reveal a look called sympathy.
"I've only played nine in total."
"Go ahead." Fifth Jade tried to make her voice calmer to show that she didn't care about the outcome. It's just that no matter how smooth the tone is, after saying it five times in a row, it is also attached to the emotion called unwillingness.
"OPPA, to be honest, you may not be the right person to play cards." Taeyeon tries hard to find all sorts of reasons to comfort Fifth Jade, but the fact that she loses nine games in a row under such an extremely simple rule makes Taeyeon's various modifiers pale and ends up being such a straightforward sentence.
"One more time." Fifth Jade realized that it was no longer appropriate to pretend to be an understatement, because ...... It's always going to be a win, and you're tired of it. Therefore, when he said this, the fifth jade's tone became a little firmer.
However, all they get is Sunny's pouting, Leo's white eyes, May's sigh, and Taeyeon's child-like caressing hand.
"The last time!" The fifth jade did not give up, the so-called nine is the extreme, failure is success his mother, he doesn't think that the tenth will lose him.
Taeyeon is helpless, but at the same time helpless, there is a sense of steadfastness in her heart. They had been practicing for a long time last night, and after it was over, she had a few words with Fifth Jade.
She said that she doesn't like the so-called beautiful men in the entertainment industry, the reason is that she prefers mature and reliable men, and she wants to have a strong enough shoulder to lean on. Fifth Jade did a good job of this, and her care and love for Taeyeon even scared her. Because there are too many, too beautiful, Taeyeon has a feeling that it is not realistic enough, and at the same time, the identity of the fifth jade is so illusory.
In contrast, Taeyeon herself has done too little for Fifth Jade, and because of her status as an artist, she can only run the itinerary most of the time. So no matter how tired she is, Taeyeon will go to Fifth Jade's fan site after the trip to help Fifth Jade get closer to his fans as much as possible. Originally, this was just what she wanted to do, and she liked it. But as the fifth jade paid more and more, when this became the only thing she could do for the fifth jade, the reason to support her to do it became less pure than before.
However, even after doing this, there are times when Taeyeon's heart is still confused, empty, and even worried. Because Fifth Jade has never regarded himself as an artist, and has never shown any thoughts about this aspect. Every time she thought about it, she felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
"You want to catch me?" The wind wasn't too cold that night, so even though Fifth Jade lit a cigarette that he rarely smoked, the atmosphere didn't seem so heavy.
Taeyeon, who was a little inexplicable, did not refute Fifth Jade's obviously narcissistic words, but lowered her head and hummed softly.
"Love is not a transaction." Fifth Jade looked at Taeyeon beside him, his eyes were very good, so he clearly saw Taeyeon's slightly drooping eyes, and even the fluttering eyelashes on them.
Taeyeon didn't speak, but looked at the cigarette in the fifth jade's hand intently, and in the wind, the smoke burned quickly, and soon left a large section of ashes.
"Think of it as a deal." This sentence finally brought Taeyeon back to her senses, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she looked at Fifth Jade with a puzzled look.
"Buy your heart."
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As a result, Taeyeon's heart became very steady, because half of her heart was already supported by the fifth jade. At this moment, looking at the stubborn and childish request of the fifth jade, the other half's heart also became steady.
"Well, though, whatever the outcome, it's the last one! It's going to be our turn to perform. Taeyeon replied helplessly.
"Of course, because of this one I will win!" Although I don't know where the confidence of the Dao comes from, the fifth jade's answer at this time is indeed very sonorous and powerful. (To be continued......)