Chapter 316 Work Conflict
"beep!"
Zheng Xiuheng stood under the basketball hoop, took out his mobile phone and answered the call directly. He hung up the phone after a long while. Only then did he remember that he had an appointment to have a meeting today to discuss Lee Hyori's return, but he forgot about it because of Zheng Xiujun's matter.
"Brother, catch the ball!"
Finally, Zheng Xiujing used her crab hands to pinch Choi Sulli and Kim Hyun-ah, and she grabbed the basketball and threw it hard to Zheng Xiuheng.
Zheng Xiuheng looked at the basketball that was rolling towards him like a bowling ball, stretched out his hand to hook it with some amusement, and then threw it lightly, and the basketball fell into the basket.
"Are you tired?" It was already eleven o'clock and the four of them had been playing for an hour. Although it was more like playing around, the three girls were all sweaty.
"Not tired!" Krystal said happily. Although she didn't like running very much, playing ball with her brother was much more interesting.
"Uncle, I'm so tired!" Kim Hyun-A's poor physical strength was fully exposed at this moment. She was panting and looked like she was almost exhausted.
Zheng Xiuheng smiled and said, "You've been living with me for several months. Although you've become plump and white, you don't exercise enough. I guess you must be about 100 kilograms, right?"
"Yeah, even if you're an uncle, I'd still be angry if you said that!" Kim Hyun-A was almost blown away by the stimulation of a hundred pounds. Her eyes were wide open, and she looked like she was going to fight with Zheng Xiuheng.
"HyunA, you are no match for Xiuheng!"
"Little nympho!"
"I am not!"
"You are!"
"I'm not a nympho!"
“You are, you are…”
Zheng Xiuheng looked at the two little girls who were bickering with a frown on his face. The nickname of "little flower maniac" was given by Kim Hyun-a, and this title naturally fell on Choi Sulli.
But Krystal Jung doesn’t call him that. What she called the most during this period was – “traitor”.
The girls in this family are basically on Zheng Xiuheng's side, but they all have a little temper occasionally, except for Choi Sulli. Although she doesn't live with Zheng Xiuheng, she is like a believer of Zheng Xiuheng. Whatever Xiuheng says is right, and she has caused Zheng Xiujing and her to quarrel at home several times.
Zheng Xiujing's dark eyes rolled around, and she hurriedly pulled Zheng Xiuheng out of the court. When Kim Hyun-a and Choi Sulli turned around, they had already run out of the court.
"Ah, Brother Xiuheng is waiting for us!"
"Uncle, that's too bad!"
Zheng Xiuheng turned around and took a look. A happy smile appeared on his face. For Zheng Xiuheng, the happiest thing in life now is to be with these girls. No matter how much trouble he has, it can be resolved at this moment.
Perhaps, only in this way can people persevere in their efforts.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Zheng Xiuheng brought the three girls to the antenna. After sending the girls to the practice room, Zheng Xiuheng went to the meeting room on the second floor.
Because Krystal Jung has come once, and sometimes even comes over to play with Park Ji-yeon after school, everyone is already very familiar with her.
But there were two newcomers, which was a bit surprising, especially when everyone recognized Kim Hyun-A, and their expressions were more special than each other, the most special of which was...
"Bobogaa ...
"Have so many sisters become trainees again?"
Park Ji-yeon took a few big strides and ran to Zheng Xiujing, then said to Kim Hyun-a and Choi Sulli sadly: "You must stay away from this unnie!"
Then... the practice room became noisy.
"Hip-Hop?"
"Why not?"
"Of course, it's dance music after all!"
"Ah, are you looking down on me?"
"No, I'm just stating the facts!"
"What do you mean?"
"Korean Hip-Hop music that has been successful has basically been packaged as dance music, or has added 80% of popular elements. If you insist on calling it Hip-Hop, then it is Hip-Hop dance music; lyrical Hip-Hop probably isn't your cup of tea, and it doesn't really match your style!"
Seeing Lee Hyori was really angry, Jung Soo-hyung explained it seriously. In fact, after hearing Lee Hyori's request for the title song in the conference room, Jung Soo-hyung was out of ideas, so he could only lead the discussion to dance music.
In fact, this is a very realistic thing. Zheng Xiuheng knows very well how good Lee Hyori's singing skills are. In fact, in the big circle of Korea, most popular singers are not necessarily that good in terms of singing skills.
Especially since the rise of dance music in the 1990s, singing skills have been completely weakened. Lee Hyori is one of the dance singers with relatively stable live performances, of course, this is only relatively speaking within the scope of dance singers.
But this is not a problem in Korea, otherwise Lee Hyori wouldn't have her current status.
Seeing the three giants "trembling", Lee Hyori's eyes flashed coldly, and Zheng Xiuheng spread his hands and said seriously: "To be honest, your singing level is limited. You can't handle songs with too complex structures. Unless you don't sing live and don't participate in music programs, you can make a breakthrough in the title song!"
"Bang!"
"Zheng Xiuheng, you've gone too far!" Lee Hyori was really angry. She slammed the table and stood up. Although she and Zheng Xiuheng had a special relationship, she would never give in at work. Now Zheng Xiuheng's words directly triggered her anger, because Zheng Xiuheng's words were basically the same as the comments of those music critics on the Internet, but coming from Zheng Xiuheng's mouth, and the two were comrades on the same front, Lee Hyori's anger was doubled.
The three giants trembled again and were already considering whether it would be better to leave the meeting room first.
Zheng Xiuheng shrugged his shoulders, looking somewhat helpless. He knew that Lee Hyori liked Hip-Hop very much, so it was not wrong to choose this style for her comeback album, but before that, it must be dance music, at least it must be a very powerful performance to show Lee Hyori's charm.
In fact, even if it were another company, they would definitely have the same idea as Zheng Xiuheng on this matter and would try to convince Lee Hyori.
In fact, it would be fine if it were someone else. At least even if Lee Hyori was angry, she would not feel furious. But it was because it was Jung Soo-hyung that she had such a big reaction.
After all, Lee Hyori has been in the industry for so many years, and she knows her situation very well, but she doesn't think she is as bad as those music critics say.
Zheng Xiuheng didn't want to quarrel with Lee Hyori, but to put it bluntly, if Lee Hyori's return goes smoothly, Antenna can really gain a foothold in this circle and have a place. If it fails, although it won't be a complete failure, I'm afraid that Antenna's name will not appear in first-tier and second-tier companies for a while. Even if it does, it is probably because of Lee Hyori, and then it will become a negative example of investment failure.
So, when close people work together, they will really encounter a lot of problems. When faced with these unavoidable problems, it is really stressful and sad.
Facing Lee Hyo-ri's angry gaze, Zheng Xiuheng said calmly: "I'm not exaggerating. I need to consider the success rate. If you think I am belittling you, I can only tell you that I don't mean to do that at all. Because in reality you do have too many shortcomings!"
"you!"
“And this deficiency is not what the outside world says it is!”
Zheng Xiuheng interrupted Lee Hyori's temper and temporarily suppressed her outburst, but he stared at him fiercely to see what he was going to say.
"We have known each other for more than half a year. During this time, I have never seen you practice your singing skills. In my eyes, the things you do that are more special are going to church, some stray pet rescue organizations, and occasionally writing lyrics and singing a few raps at home. Although it's not good to say this, if you ignore your stage experience and control, and only talk about your singing ability, there are many people in the practice room who are better than you. This has nothing to do with talent. I don't know what you were like when you were in DSP!"
"But I think it won't be too far off. After all, you had a lot of announcements and were busy with work at that time, so you probably couldn't squeeze out time to practice. If you really want to sing Hip-Hop, I certainly have no objection, but there must be a prerequisite, that is, you really want to accomplish this as a singer. A young singer can have many shortcomings, because as long as you are not tone-deaf and have a little talent, even if your voice is a little ordinary, you can still become a good singer. Because the identity of a singer is a long growth period, even if you are forty years old, you may not be able to reach your peak!"
Zheng Xiuheng's expression softened at this time. He looked at Lee Hyo-ri and said seriously, "To be honest, I can't afford to lose, and I don't want to lose. But if you really just want to do hip -hop, that's fine. We can completely eliminate dancing from the title song, but there is a prerequisite, whether you really want to do it!"
This is what is called a different standpoint. Zheng Xiuheng needs to consider more practical interests, while artists like Lee Hyori will consider their own feelings more and do what they want, just like playing. Anyway, with her influence, even if it is an album with low reviews, the sales volume will not be too low. Even if it is a very ordinary title song, it can still be praised by fans.
But there is a prerequisite, that is, Lee Hyori is still the Lee Hyori that fans expect. If Lee Hyori suddenly changes her style, such as singing ballad pop and releasing a ballad album, but the songs are still mediocre, then even fans may not support her, because it is inexplicable.
Fans won't scold their idols, so the ones who will suffer are naturally...
However, Zheng Xiuheng was not really that conflicted, so he made a choice quickly. In fact, Zheng Xiuheng's mentality has changed a lot now. If he wanted to rely on Lee Hyori before, now this idea is much smaller. Although Lee Hyori has not officially returned, since Lee Hyori joined this company, the antenna has been upgraded from obscurity to a higher level.
Sometimes, value doesn’t necessarily have to be reflected in numbers.
In addition, Zheng Xiuheng did not really want to become an enemy of this sister, but Zheng Xiuheng's character was very direct. He directly expressed his opinion and then made a compromise.
Lee Hyori suddenly blushed and turned her head to look at the Big Three...
Zheng Dongren: "Ahem, I'm old and in poor health. I'm going to the bathroom!"
Zheng Zaixing: "I'm going too. Maybe there's something wrong with the noodles I ate at noon. My stomach feels uncomfortable!"
Yoo Hee-yeol: "They are all going... so I'll go too!"
