After the greetings, Shin Comet's agent sat directly with Lee Jae-min and went straight to the point to discuss the matter of "The First Man".

On the second day after the broadcast of the last Infinite Challenge trailer, Shin Comet's agent began to regret it when he saw the hot hype on the Internet, but unfortunately when he contacted again, Lee Jae-min had already turned off his mobile phone.

When this episode of the show was broadcast, he knew that the initiative was not on their side, and he watched the original song video at the end of the show many times, and the word that repeatedly appeared in his mind was "talent......

But then he thought that the song "White Snow", which was written on the spot, had caused such a big response, so this "First Man" would definitely not be bad.

And Shen Comet also went to the studio to audition, which felt very suitable for the style of this album, and Shen Comet also liked this song.

Previously, Shin Comet's agent lowered the conditions because the title song had already been selected for the album project, and although it was introduced by Yoo Jae-seok, the price quoted by the other party was definitely too high for a brand-new composer. In general, the price of a song from a new composer ranges from 6 million to 10 million won.

Lee Jae-min's price through Yoo Jae-seok is 25 million, and he must be the title song of the album, change to a different agent, and he has long called and scolded Lee Jae-min for not knowing what to do, how can he have his own good temper......

But after this episode of Infinite Challenge was broadcast, everything changed, and he believed that there were already many singer economists, and even the agency planned to contact Lee Jae-min.

An hour later, Lee Jae-min and Shin Comet's agent discussed the results and came out, and "The First Man" was the title song of Shin Comet's new album, and paid 35 million won.

The actual payment to Lee Jae-min was still 25 million won, and the 10 million won he symbolically paid back to Shin Comet's agency because he wanted to borrow Shin Comet's recording studio and production team.

In this situation, if Lee Jae-min can't grasp it, he can really give up.

He wanted to take advantage of the situation to launch the "White Snow" sound source and single CD, which required a professional recording studio and production team, although he had the ability to do it himself, but his residential recording studio could only be called "rudimentary equipment" compared to large companies, and it was obvious that he did not have the conditions to produce high-quality audio, and with a professional production team, these would be much easier.

After signing the contract on the spot, Comet Shin and his agent both left. In the box, there were only two left, Liu Jae-seok and Lee Jae-min.

"Jaemin!" Yoo Jae-seok and Lee Jae-min gave a thumbs up, "To be honest, seeing your conditions and the price of 2500W won, I don't think Comet Shin will agree." Young people always have to be frustrated to grow, but I'm ready to comfort you after Comet Shin's refusal. ”

"Xiexie you, in Brother Shi!" Lee Jae-min solemnly thanked Yoo Jae-seok, although the contact time was not long, but Yoo Jae-seok's concern, he felt it.

"No, I don't. It's you kid who fights for it. Whenever I see a newcomer, I think of my own experience, I hope you can all persevere, I started to be a host for eight years, few people can remember me......" Liu Zaishi pushed his eyes and asked with a smile, "Zaimin, do you know what the ratings of this episode are?" ”

“22%。” Before Lee Jae-min went out, he deliberately looked at the data released by the Infinite Challenge website.

"Well, the average rating is 22, and it has been many times since I hit the rating of 20, and this time thanks to you, the highest rating of 26 is the moment when you sing is played."

Now the variety shows of the three major TV stations (KBS, MBC, SBS), with an average rating of more than 10%, are considered popular variety shows, and there are very few that can exceed 20%.

"To have such ratings is due to the hard work of Brother Shi, as well as the efforts of PD and writers." Lee Jae-min unconsciously thought of the scene where Jung Hyung-don was carried into the nanny car.

"We're all used to it." Liu Zaishi saw Lee Jaemin, who was a little stunned, as if he knew what he was thinking, reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's very hot on the Internet this time, but popularity comes and goes quickly, you have to keep your current mentality." ”

Lee Jae-min nodded in agreement, such an explosion of popularity, there is a lot of water mixed in it, and now that the popularity is hot, it is likely that everyone will forget about him next week. This is not a normal accumulation of popularity, it is the result of inadvertently caused by netizens and the media, what he has to do is to develop further before this popularity falls.

"In Min, what are your plans in the future, whether to compose music or become a singer? Actually, it's not bad for you to develop variety shows, haha...... You have a good sense of artistry. ”

Although Yoo Jae-seok's words were a bit shallow and profound, Lee Jae-min understood that Yoo Jae-seok really treated him as his own before he would ask like this, and he replied solemnly, "This situation is also unexpected, I want to take the opportunity to debut as a singer, and when the new song "The First Man" of Shin Comet is released, I will also help." ”

"Well, you're very good at composing and singing." Liu Zaishi nodded, took a sip of coffee and continued, "When you want to play a song, I will introduce you to the show." In this way, when you pre-sell the single CD, I will discuss with Taeho PD and let you come to us again for unlimited challenges. ”

"Xiexie, in Brother Shi."

"Since you call me brother, don't keep saying xiexie. Also, if you plan to be an artist, you have to think about which economic company to join, such as recording your songs and future album production, sales, performances, etc., and then this one. Liu Zaishi pointed to the mobile phone on the table.

Since entering the café, Lee Jaemin's phone and text messages have been ringing non-stop, and in order to be able to talk to Yoo Jae-seok with peace of mind, he turned it to mute and threw it aside at the table.

Lee Jaemin picked up his phone and was silent, a hint of gloom crossed his eyes, "I don't want to join those brokerage companies, I don't want to be bound by those contracts." ”

"Artists are like that. Big brokerage companies have more resources, which can give you better planning, let you increase your popularity more quickly, and give you more performance opportunities......" Liu Zaishi saw Lee Jaemin's unimpressed performance, and smiled speechlessly, "Then hire an agent first, you must be prepared to be an artist, and you will not be as free as before." ”

After chatting for a while, Lee Jae-min followed Yoo Jae-seok to the outside of the café, and people kept coming over to greet Yoo Jae-seok halfway.

"Squad Leader Liu, haha......"

"Ah, we're losing weight in the stone."

"Uncle Grasshopper, take a picture with me."

Liu Zaishi responded with a friendly smile, signed autographs and took photos with them, without a trace of impatience, and even danced an original "grasshopper dance" on the spot under the coaxing of everyone, and occasionally one or two people shouted out Lee Jaemin's name in the middle.

There is still a big difference between the sudden explosion of hype popularity and the popularity that Yoo Jae-seok has really accumulated, which makes Lee Jaemin understand that the road of an artist can only stand higher with down-to-earth efforts.

"These fans who love us are the destiny of our artists, so we must really love them......" Yoo Jae-seok turned around and said something that made Lee Jae-min think he agreed before getting into the nanny car.

The white nanny car is very spacious, what are Yoo Jae-seok and him talking about, Lee Jae-min is looking at the nanny car by himself, and at the same time thinking about his debut in his head.

"Do you have any arrangements for the afternoon?"

After Liu Zaishi hung up the phone, he suddenly turned his head and asked, Li Zaimin was stunned for a moment and replied, "There is no arrangement." ”

"Okay, the coffee just now was a guest invited by Comet Shen, as a senior, I invite you to eat barbecue, and by the way, introduce a good friend to you."

When the nanny car was about to arrive at Sinshadong, Liu Zaishi's economist answered a phone call, and after saying a few words, he handed the phone to Liu Zaishi.

After answering the phone, Liu Zaishi said slightly apologetically, "In Min, Brother Hu Dong has booked a box at the 678 barbecue restaurant in front, you go over first." "X-MAN" suddenly called me and Jiang Hudong to go to the TV station, and we can come back in an hour, if you are hungry, order some food and wait for us, you're welcome. ”

"It doesn't matter. In Brother Shi. Lee Jae-min asked the nanny car to pull over to the side of the road.

"Wait a minute, put this on, you're a popular artist now." Liu Zaishi Zuihou took out a baseball cap from the back of the car and threw it to him.

Lee Jae-min, the 678 barbecue restaurant in Sinsha-dong, is a side business of Kang Ho-dong, and it is said that Kang Ho-dong's 678 barbecue restaurant has grown to the scale of three or four chain stores.

Suddenly, the mobile phone rang again, and when the phone was connected, the other party reported his identity as an employee of an economic company in Seoul and wanted to sign his business.

Li Zaimin hung up his mobile phone after refusing, and saw that there was a mobile phone store not far in front of him, and he still had some free time in the future. Thinking that the number he is using now has been leaked out, and many private calls are difficult to receive, he had plans to add another mobile phone and number before, and now it is just right.

After walking a few steps, suddenly, Lee Jae-min felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and was about to turn his face to look, when a slender finger poked him on the cheek.

Turning around, there was a tall girl, standing silently, her hair was long to a shawl, her complexion was slightly dark, she was holding a fried rice cake in her hand, and she was looking at herself innocently with two big eyes.

Lee Jae-min nodded and smiled at the girl, then reached out and pulled someone out from behind her.

"OPPA is such a fool and always fooled." Yuna laughed as she stood up from behind the girl, her hair tied up in a high ponytail today, and the coffee-colored scarf around her chin, the whole person looked much more playful, and she held two spicy fried rice cakes in her hands.

After Yuna handed a spicy fried rice cake to Lee Jae-min, she pulled down the girl next to her and introduced, "Oppa, she is Yoo-ri." ”

"Hello, Senpai! "White Snow" is so good. There was a hint of surprise on her face, she liked that song very much, and she thought that the person who could write such a song on the spot was amazing. When she smiles, she can easily infect others, which makes people's hearts warm. She bowed down politely and said, "I'm sorry I didn't get past last time." I heard them come back and say that the seniors would cook a lot of delicious food. ”

"Huh...... It's okay, you can just call me oppa like them. Tomorrow afternoon, you will not all have a holiday, and I will prepare food by then, waiting for you and Yun'er to come over. ”