Chapter 233 Rain
Speaking of JYP's rise, it is not because of the strength of Park Ji-yoon and Park Jin-young, nor because it reaches the peak of the group, and maintains the top ten sales of the group albums and the top ten sales of the Korean music industry, but the rain that seems a little nervous in front of us.
The rise of JYP brokerage is actually the debut of Rain, which began to rise with Rain's rise. Finally, he launched the wondergirls combination in one go. The retro trilogy was a great success, and even produced a divine song, which completely reached its peak.
It was from when Jyp officially replaced the original second place, but now it has sunset. Lee Hyo-ri and SS501 support DSP, becoming the second-ranked agency in the Korean music industry.
Of course, with the personal grudges between Park Jin-young and Lee Soo-man, after Jyp surpassed DSP, he also directly began to take over DSP's task, that is, to fight with S?m brokerage company.
There is no way, who said that when Park Jin-young had not made his debut and participated in the talent show, Lee Soo-man was the judge at that time, and criticized Park Jin-young for nothing. In the end, Park Jin-young rose up with his own efforts and persistence and became the president of a large brokerage company.
However, Lee Soo-man's comment on Park Jin-young's innocence when he participated in the draft naturally made Park Jin-young secretly hate him. After JYP rose and surpassed DSP, he officially fought with S?m company.
Unfortunately, with Rain's departure and Park Jin-young's hurry to let wondergirls enter the US market. After not achieving the expected results, he returned to South Korea and was surpassed by the Girls' Generation, who came from behind.
Although Jyp later launched two combinations of 2am and 2pm, and even had a fan of SSA. It was too late at that time and could no longer fight with S?m. However, YG, who came from behind, surpassed Jyp to become the second largest brokerage company by forcing Gbang and 2ne1 to rise wildly.
Rain's debut and appearance clearly mean one thing, that is, jyp is about to officially rise.
As a time traveler, Kim Yu-fan knows the most. The newcomer who is standing in front of him and has a restrained look on his face, has a great influence on the Korean music scene and JYP company.
It is no exaggeration to say that Rain is definitely the strongest and well-deserved newcomer king in the Korean music scene, if Kim Yu-fan had not appeared.
No newcomer has the terrifying popularity and influence of Rain when he first debuted. He swept all kinds of newcomer awards at the end of the year, and almost less than a year after his debut, he is no less than any top singer in terms of popularity and influence.
Now with the appearance of Kim Yu-hwan, he snatched the title of Rain's strongest newcomer king and completely won the Grand Slam of the Newcomer Award, but this does not mean that Rain is not good.
On the contrary, I had a debut before my debut, although it ended in failure. Finally, I joined JYP and began to accumulate several years of stage and performance experience as a dancer.
Now Rain has accumulated enough performance and stage experience, coupled with his own efforts and the iconic cool dance, Rain's strong rise is inevitable.
Kim Yu-bang looked carefully at Rain who stood in front of him very respectfully. This existence, who was originally known as the strongest newcomer in the Korean music industry, was not the most handsome. He was not the best. He was not the best in dancing and singing skills. Why did he become the symbol of a solo singer in South Korea after 2000?
That's right, it's a sign. After 2000, among the solo singers in the Korean music industry, Yoo Seung-jun, who was in full swing, also had Lee Hyo-ri and Kim Jong-kook who developed solo as a group member to reach their peak in their careers.
But even with these strong solo singers, when it comes to solo singers in the Korean music industry after 2000, the first thing people think of is rain, because rain is the symbol of solo singers in the Korean music industry.
Kim Jong Kook is very strong and has completed his Grand Slam, and is the second singer to complete this feat. But even so, Kim Jong Kook's peak period is very short, only less than two years.
The past two years are undoubtedly the peak period of Kim Jong Kook. Even if he is a solo singer, he will not be at a disadvantage in the competition with any super combination.
In the Korean music scene, the main criterion for judging the peak period of solo singers is that this solo singer seems to be able to fight against the top group in the Korean music scene at that time without losing the advantage.
Kim Jong Kook did this, but it didn't take long, only two years. With the most deadly military service impact of Korean male artists, even if they return, they are very strong. With the help of Yoo Jae-suk and his old friends and brothers, their development was smooth. However, the impact of military service was fatal, which directly led to Kim Jong Kook's peak period passing quickly. He could no longer fight with any super combination in the Korean music industry as before serving in the military.
After Kim Jong Kook, Lee Hyo-ri was Lee Hyo-ri. Without the fatal influence of military service, Lee Hyo-ri's peak period was much longer than Kim Jong Kook. In addition, Lee Hyo-ri's personality made him the focus of the public and the news, and every move had a huge influence.
Lee Hyo-ri's solo peak period is five years, and he still has one and a half years of absolute rule, which is even stronger than Kim Jong Kook.
At least Kim Jong Kook does not have the absolute rule time of Lee Hyo-ri. You should know that at the peak of Lee Hyo-ri, even any super combination cannot defeat Lee Hyo-ri. Fighting popularity and influence, playing albums and promotional dances are not Lee Hyo-ri's opponents.
In a sense, Lee Hyo-ri has developed the Korean music scene to its peak and extreme level.
As for Rain, there is no feat of Kim Jong Kook's Grand Slam, nor does Lee Hyo-ri's absolute rule time, but Rain relies on his own efforts, low-key and sincerity, so that he has always maintained the peak state of solo.
You should know that this is not a simple thing. I didn’t see that even the strongest people like Kim Jong Kook and Lee Hyo-ri could never do this, but Rain could do it.
Since his debut in 2002, he has become the strongest newcomer king in the first year. After the second year of development and accumulation, he has become the top singer in the third year.
Since then, Rain has always maintained his strength. Even after experiencing the most deadly military service incident, Rain can still continue to maintain his strength when he returns, which is much better than Kim Jong Kook's return to military service.
For twelve years, Rain has maintained his strength. Although he cannot do the feat that overwhelms the super combination, he at least ensures that he will not be afraid of any super combination competing with him. This is very rare.
After all, in the Korean music scene, combinations are the king, and the absolute trend. Solo singers have basically been squeezed to the edge of the cliff by team combinations. They cannot compare with team combinations in popularity and influence, let alone can fight with top-level combinations without any disadvantages.
It is precisely because of this. Even if Kim Jong Kook and Lee Hyo-ri achieved achievements and honors, including influence and dominance, Rain is the well-deserved first choice when it comes to solo singers in the Korean music industry, especially after 2000.
"Yufan!" Luhe looked at the rain with respect, then looked at Kim Yufan who seemed to be thinking about something, and couldn't help but pat him easily, reminding Kim Yufan to come back to his senses.
How can the younger generation come to visit? If Kim Yu-fan is so distracted, he will ignore the other party. Even if the other party is a younger generation and he is a senior, he is qualified and has the right to do this, but it is not very good, and it will give people a feeling of being rude or being arrogant.
"Ah!" Luhe's reminder immediately made Kim Yu-fan wake up. When he saw the rain standing in front of him, Kim Yu-fan immediately realized that he was distracted just now.
Thinking of this, after showing a thankful look to Luhe, Kim Yu-fan stood up from the sofa and was stunned by Rain. He intuitively bowed to Rain at 90 degrees: "Hello, I am Kim Yu-fan."
"Ah, hello, senior." When Rain saw a person of the great god-level bowing to him with such a standard, he panicked and quickly bowed ninety degrees and returned it back.
Rain was panicked. Perhaps Rain himself didn't expect that senior Kim Yu-fan, who has now become the top singer in the music industry, and even vaguely surpasses the top singer's level, is so polite to himself, a newcomer who has just debuted, even if he returns a gift, it is still so standard.
"Haha, okay, don't be polite. If you are polite, we can only be in a stalemate like this." Knowing that Rain is more introverted and restrained, and he is still a junior in front of him. If he, the current generation, continues to be polite to Rain, then Rain will definitely not dare to neglect any and will definitely insist on returning the gift.
If this is true, then the two of them should stop chatting and keep bowing each other like this. Therefore, Kim Yu-fan smiled and held the rain who could not bow to the 90-degree rain and stood up straight, then signaled rain to sit down. After sitting down, rain obediently followed his wishes.
"You are older than me, so I'll call you brother. You're also called me by seniors, just call me my name. Hey~~~ I don't know your name?" It was obvious that Rain was still a little nervous, and Kim Yu-fan couldn't help but start chatting with Rain with a smile.
Of course, Kim Yu-hwan knows what Rain is called. There is no way. Whoever calls Rain is so popular and has a great influence. If you don’t know, you can’t. However, Kim Yu-hwan still pretends not to know Rain’s natal. After all, the other party is just a little newcomer who has just debuted. You are a god-level person. You are so busy that you don’t even have time to rest. You even know the natal of a newcomer who has just debuted.
What is this? Doesn’t this mean that you are very concerned about this newcomer, have investigated and understood it. In this case, if it were Kim Yu-fan, he would definitely feel panicked, and he doesn’t know what the other party has or what conspiracy might be.
"Ah, senior, my name is Zheng Jixun." Rain still returned properly. Even with Kim Yu-hwan's suggestion, Rain continued to call Kim Yu-hwan in terms of title.
Kim Yu-hwan also knows Rain's personality. He knows that the two have only met for the first time. With Rain's personality, they will definitely not call their own name when they are not familiar with him. Kim Yu-hwan was not confused about this, but just smiled and said, "Okay, I will call you Ji-hung from now on."
"Yes, senior." Hearing Kim Yu-fan's words, Rain sat up straight, nodded to Kim Yu-fan, and nodding was actually more like a half-bowed answer.
For rain, Kim Yu-fan, who is sitting next to him, younger than him and debuted a year earlier than him, is definitely a senior and a great god-level person, and he cannot treat Kim Yu-fan with an attitude of treating ordinary seniors.
Thinking of the company being prepared to come here, when he learned that Kim Yu-hwan was also involved in this issue, President Park Jin-young warned Rain in a deep tone that he must be respectful to Kim Yu-hwan. Be respectful, although the other party is young, he has now become the most dazzling existence. Moreover, his outstanding talent and appearance will definitely not explode in a moment. It would be better to have a good relationship with Kim Yu-hwan. Even if he can't have a good relationship, he must ensure that he cannot be rude and offend Kim Yu-hwan.
What is Park Jin-young? Although he looks a little silly on the surface, he seems to be a little stupid. But after following Park Jin-young for several years, Rain knows very well that Park Jin-young is actually a very arrogant person.
But no matter how arrogant Park Jin-young is, he seems very cautious when facing Kim Yu-fan. This is why Kim Yu-fan's position in Rain's mind has reached a higher level. Rain now seems particularly nervous and cautious when facing Kim Yu-fan, who is younger than him.
"Ah, senior, this is my first album "n001". "It seemed that I thought of something, Rain quickly stood up, walked to his agent, and handed it to Kim Yu-fan with respectful hands.
After looking carefully at the album cover, Rain still looks very tender at the moment, but the black style and the style of open and revealing muscles seem to be telling people about Rain's personal style.
"Well, I will definitely listen carefully." He handed the album to Luhe, and Kim Yu-fan said seriously, then took out his own album and handed it to rain: "This is my second album."
"Senior, I've actually purchased your second album." Seeing Kim Yu-hwan giving her the second album, although this is a normal program, Rain still honestly said, as if he had purchased it and pretended that he had not bought it and was not good at cheating you on an album.
"Really~~~haha, I really thank you for your support. But this album is different. This is my personal signature for you, and there is also my autograph on it." Speaking of this, Kim Yu-hwan suddenly stopped for a moment, as if he had thought of something, then found a pen with Luhe, and opened his album in front of the rain and wrote: "I wish you good luck, health, and happiness to the best singer Rain in the future."
"Ah~~~Senior, you are really polite. In front of you, I am nothing at all. Only Senior, you are the top singer." Sitting aside, because of your height, Rain could easily see what Kim Yu-fan was writing.
When Rain saw Kim Yu-fan's blessings and slogans, he was stunned. Then he reacted and quickly stood up from the sofa, bowed to Kim Yu-fan and said.
Yes, in the current Korean music scene, who dares to say in front of Kim Yu-fan that he is the top singer in the music scene? No one, no one, whether it is solo or a team group, dares to say this in front of Kim Yu-fan.
"Okay, don't be polite. Anyway, I've signed it anyway. Come on, you should know that you are a person I am very optimistic about. You have the temperament of becoming the top singer. I hope you can persist and work hard and not let me down. You should know that you are the first time I have evaluated and affirmed this."
Ignoring Rain's reaction, Kim Yu-fan directly handed the album to Rain's agent, then patted Rain and said seriously.
"Yes, senior, I will work hard." Seeing Kim Yu-fan's serious expression, Rain, who was about to say anything, didn't say anything else, just lit his head firmly to ensure that.
"Well, okay, anyway, everyone is a singer, and there will be many opportunities to meet in the future. You can go and do it first." After patting Rain's shoulder, Kim Yu-fan said with a smile.
As a newcomer who has just debuted, Rain naturally wants to visit his seniors. Because of Kim Yu-hwan's special identity, Rain is probably the first to come to visit him, and Kim Yu-hwan also knows this.
Considering Rain's personality and if he didn't say anything, Rain would definitely not dare to ask that he would visit other seniors, so he had to leave first. However, his impression of Rain was quite good, and Kim Yu-fan did not intend to make things difficult for Rain.
"Yes, senior, then I'll leave first." Hearing Kim Yu-fan's words, Rain quickly stood up and bowed to Kim Yu-fan and said.
"Well, work hard, I believe you will succeed, fight!" With Kim Yu-fan's encouragement, Rain finally showed his first smile when he entered the waiting room. Although he was just a faint smile, it was pretty good. After all, Rain has been introverted since childhood and has a quiet and restrained personality.
"Yufan, it seems that you attach great importance to this newcomer named Rain." After seeing off Rain, Kim Yufan just sat back on the sofa, and Luhe, who was beside him, asked curiously.
"Haha, that's right, this junior is different from others." Faced with Luhe's curiosity, Kim Yu-fan nodded and admitted.
"What's the difference?" Luhe became even more curious. After all, after working together for more than a year, Kim Yu-fan has proved his vision with many successes.
"Well, this junior can definitely become the top singer, a solo representative singer."
"No, you're so sure. This rain is quite tall and has a good figure, but it looks very average. No matter how strong the dance is, it's unlikely to become the top singer. After all, the music industry is a team trend. In addition to Kim Yu-hwan, there is also the current Liu Seung-jun. It's terrible that no solo singer can compare with the group."
"Wrong, actually Senior Liu Chengjun is not forgetting it anymore, because this military service incident has caused a lot, and Senior Liu Chengjun's choice is also a bit extreme. Maybe it will annoy the Ministry of Defense and the government and make a complete ban, which will shock us, the male artists in the entertainment industry. At present, only I can compare with the team group of Korean solo singers. However, this is only temporary. There will be several top solo singers soon, and they are the kind of top solo singers who are definitely not inferior to the team group."
"Okay, it's useless to argue now, let's wait and see. When Rain becomes a top singer, then I'll treat you to a big meal, and the other way around, how about it."
Chapter completed!