"Are you really going to decide to publish without a face and not give it another second thought?"

In Park Zhenying's office, the enthusiastic old man once again persuaded me earnestly.

The thing is like this, after more than half a month of recording, Lee Jong-hoon's first album is about to enter the post-production stage. The last time Park Jin-young talked to him about the cover, packaging and post-release issues.

When a normal singer releases an album, he usually produces a large number of posters and short videos to promote and warm up before the official release.

Lee Jong-hoon, on the other hand, proposed to Park Jin-young a distribution strategy of "not showing the real person and maintaining a sense of mystery in the early stage."

There are all kinds of weird things in the music industry. Park Jin Young is a veteran in the music industry and has seen all kinds of weird things.

In the past, there were indeed cases where a singer would not show his face or release the album, but that was usually because the singer was too ugly and worried that showing his face too early would affect album sales or popularity.

As for Lee Jong-hoon's appearance, not to mention that he is better than those "flower boys", his figure and appearance are definitely not inferior to those of first-line stars, not to mention his unique temperament that makes people fall in love with him.

It can be said that with his appearance, even if the songs he sings are not good enough, he can become famous just by his appearance.

However, Lee Jong-hoon now proposes a faceless release and will not participate in any promotional activities showing his face in the early stage. This naturally makes Park Jin-young confused.

So he persuaded and persuaded again and found time to do work again today.

"The company will allocate resources for you, participate in some variety shows, and even play roles in some popular film and television dramas. This will allow the audience to get familiar with you in advance and build up your popularity. What's wrong with that?"

Park Jin Young spoke sincerely, and it can be said that he cared deeply about this talented "younger brother".

Helplessly, Li Zhongxun insisted, and he also had his own reasons:

"Brother Zhenying, I understand your good intentions and thank you very much! But since you have proposed such a strategy, it has been carefully considered.

On the one hand, doing so can indeed create a sense of mystery and increase the audience's expectations for the singer;

The second aspect can create a psychological contrast. For example, if you are not ugly, your first reaction is why do you want to publish without a face?

The audience doesn't know, so they will naturally think that this must be an ugly singer. When they finally see me in person, the contrast will make them like me more and support me."

What Li Zhongxun said made sense, but Park Zhenying was still unhappy and said:

"This is still too risky! With your strength, why would you take such a dangerous route? Why don't we defeat all opponents with dignity?"

After hearing his objection, Li Zhongxun smiled instead:

"Brother Zhenying is right. Since I have such strength, why should I use other tricks? Let's defeat them with our strength. I will show up again after everyone accepts my song."

Park Zhenying was speechless, and after a long time he reluctantly said:

"You kid, if I had known this earlier, I would never have agreed to let you set up a studio and cooperate with the company."

Li Zhongxun bowed to him and said sincerely:

"I'm really grateful for your support, brother, but please let me be willful for a while. I want to prove myself, not by packaging or other means, but by conquering the audience with my singing."

Only then did Park Zhenying understand his true stubbornness, and instead admired him even more:

This younger brother not only has a humble temper, but also has the pride of being a talented musician.

"Well, who makes you my favorite brother? I support your decision!"

After Park Zhenying finished speaking, he thought for a while and then said:

"You don't need to show your face on the cover, but your back or figure need to be a little bit more. I will ask a professional photographer to take a few simple pictorials for the cover. There are also stage singing and MTV shooting, which don't need to be done before the album is released, but the album

After the release, you need to do some publicity to match the progress, and it will depend on the situation. You can't bargain with these prices."

"Okay, I'll listen to Brother Zhenying."

Lee Jong-hoon agreed simply. According to the plan, all he wanted was to be temporarily inconvenient to show up during this period of time. After the album is released, the early plans should be almost in progress, and whether he shows up or not by then will not have much impact.

After getting down to business, the two chatted for a while until Secretary An came in and reported that Rain had arrived at the company and wanted to see the president.

"Brother Zhenying, I'll take my leave now." Seeing that he had something to do, Li Zhongxun was about to leave.

Before Park Zhenying could speak, the office door was opened again, and Rain and two assistants barged in rudely.

Park Zhenying frowned and said: "Zhixun, didn't you see that I still have guests?"

Rain didn't even look at Li Zhongxun next to him, smiled, and said: "Brother, I'm really sorry, because there was something urgent, so I came in quickly."

Park Jinying didn't want to have a conflict with him over this trivial matter, so he first said to Lee Jonghoon:

"Zhongxun, go back and rest first. I'll call you if anything happens."

Li Zhongxun nodded, not bothering to pay attention to the others, bowed to Park Zhenying, turned around and walked out.

"Who is this person? He is so rude. He doesn't even show courtesy when he sees a senior!"

One of Rain's assistants shouted.

Park Zhenying glared at him and said to Rain: "What's so urgent about it? Let these two guys go out, they are so yelling!"

Rain waved his hand nonchalantly, letting the two assistants go out first, and then said to Park Zhenying:

"Brother, regarding what you mentioned last time about asking Asian Music Magazine to interview me, and my desire to win the endorsement of Coiba Cigar advertising, has the company made any progress recently?"

Park Zhenying said oh, a little confused:

"We are already talking about the music magazine, and I believe there will be an answer soon. As for the Cohiba cigar advertisement, I heard that they are more interested in Hong Kong star Nicholas Tse, so..."

Rain's face suddenly fell down and he said angrily:

"What's going on? The company can't even do this? I said last time that I need this advertisement. The company should use all its resources to fight for it instead of spending all its energy on an unknown person all day long.

The little singer!"

"What little singer? Do you mean Lee Jong-hoon?"

Park Zhenying's expression didn't look good either, and she said in a deep voice:

"Zhixun, it's not your turn to direct what the company wants to do! As for the advertising, I will use my connections to fight for it. You should focus on the concert tour."

Seeing that there was no room for further negotiation, Rain snorted, opened the door and walked out without saluting.

Park Zhenying was so angry that he slammed the table, but there was nothing he could do. The other party was obviously constantly irritating him so that he could be passive on the issue of contract renewal.

Rain walked out of the office and took the two of them downstairs, where the two assistants started to fan the flames.

"It's really unreasonable. We Zhixun make so much money for the company in a year. It can be said that we support the entire JYP. Now we are thinking of training an unknown newcomer to take advantage of our Zhixun."

"Yeah, I don't know what President Park is thinking about putting the company's resources on a useless waste and using the money we Jihoon earns to support new people. Is he an old fool?"

"Humph, if this continues, Zhixun, don't work too hard for the company. You'll find excuses to delay the concert tour for a few days. Let's see if they are in a hurry..."

"If the concert tour is stopped for no reason, the president will probably have to intervene, and the entire Korean people will denounce Park Jin-young..."

Rain had been silent. When he heard this, he suddenly slapped the assistant who was speaking on the head and cursed:

"Asshole, is this a bad idea that you should have come up with? I am the one who will suffer the most if the concert happens. Do you want me to hold a press conference to apologize to everyone?"

The two assistants did not dare to speak anymore. Rain smiled contemptuously and said again:

"Park Jin Young is indeed old, and some of his creative theories are outdated. I want to see what the singer he values ​​​​is capable of this time. Only then will everyone know who is the backbone of JYP.

"

The two assistants immediately flattered him again. They were very good at flattering him. They told the truth but exaggerated it a little, which made Rain very happy.

But he does have something to be proud of.

Among all the current artists in South Korea, he can be said to have a good harvest in singing and acting, and he is very good in each one and has achieved impressive results.

In 2004, Rain starred in the TV series "Full House" adapted from the comic book and became popular in Asia. It achieved an average ratings of 31.9% in South Korea, with a peak rating of 47%, ranking first among Korean dramas in the same period; the series was exported to China one after another.

America, Japan and more than thirteen

It was broadcast nationally and has been remade in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and other countries. The highest ratings in the Philippines reached 50.5%, the highest ratings in Thailand reached 64%, and the highest ratings in Hong Kong reached 80%, refreshing Thailand, the Philippines and other Asian regions.

Local viewership records .

He himself also won the South Korea KBS Drama Awards for Outstanding Actor, Popular Actor, and Best On-Screen Couple for this drama.

In 2005, Rain launched his third album "It's Raining", which was also a success. The album became a milestone record in his acting career, with domestic bookings exceeding 100,000, and sales across Asia exceeding one million.

It has topped the sales charts for 6 to 8 weeks in Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia and other places, and won a series of South Korean music awards such as the KBS Music Awards Grand Prix and the Golden Record Awards.

Starting at the end of last year, after touring South Korea and the United States, in January this year, he took a plane fully sponsored by Korean Air and printed with his portrait, and flew to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Australia, Japan and other countries.

He held a world tour and became the first South Korean artist to hold a solo concert at the Tokyo Dome in Japan.
Chapter completed!