The world of Chinese style creates a prosperous era for girl groups

"That's what I mean. I think we should give our own people the best works. For example, the song "APT." you gave to Lin Yang Huiyun is very fashionable. I didn't expect that the song you gave to Tara girl group is a work with an older arrangement."

Faced with everyone's doubts, Xia Haoyang did not get angry nor did he feel wronged. Instead, he smiled calmly.

"Aesthetics is actually a very subjective thing. Although you all say so, I still stick to my own opinion..."

"Okay, actually, we don't have any other ideas. Fatty, there's nothing wrong with these songs. Let's produce them. But next time you write a song, you should show it to everyone first. Some of the works you think are average or unimpressive may really lead the trend. It might be better if we can let our own singers sing them."

Old Xie interrupted Xia Haoyang to help him out. Maybe everyone just wanted to make a joke, but if they continued to argue about this kind of issue, it might really alienate everyone and make Fatty feel uncomfortable.

As the old saying goes: Don’t employ people you doubt, and don’t doubt people you employ.

Since Fatty is the only songwriter in the company, he should be trusted. Besides, Fatty is the boss and Jingyi is his wife. There is no reason for him not to consider his own people. Now that something like this has happened, it can only be said that Fatty's taste is somewhat unique or weird.

With the help of Lao Xie, the matter came to an end and everyone left Xia Haoyang's office.

"Old Xie, Shenzi, you two wait a moment." Xia Haoyang spoke and stopped the two of them.

"Fatty, don't mind what happened just now. We were just joking. We are a little jealous that your work made singers from other companies famous. We all trust you very much." Zhao Yishen also explained.

"Haha, Shenzi, you're overthinking it. I don't mind. I kept you two here because I was thinking that the four songs for this MINI album I just prepared are indeed a bit old in style. I plan to add another song. In fact, I wanted to say it publicly just now, but was interrupted by Lao Xie." Xia Haoyang looked at the two of them with a smile, but there was no unhappiness on his face.

"You've prepared some songs but haven't shown them yet?" Both of them were shocked.

Xia Haoyang nodded to the two of them in confusion: "Yes, there is one more song, just one more."

"Fuck you, you bitch. Why didn't you tell me earlier that you had a song? You had to wait for everyone to scold you before you released it. Tell me, are you a bitch?"

"Fuck, if I knew you were such a bitch I should have scolded you a long time ago."

Just now, Old Xie and Zhao Yishen had been defending him, but they didn't expect that the fat man actually had another trick up his sleeve.

You even kept something back when Tara released their album, how can you tolerate this? No wonder Zhao Yishen and Lao Xie both spoke well of it.

But what do you want Xia Haoyang to say? In fact, he still has countless songs in his mind. It only takes a few minutes to move them. It depends on whether he is willing.

However, faced with the "complaints" from his two good friends, Xia Haoyang could only respond with an awkward smile.

"Let's not talk about anything else. What other songs do you have? Show them to me." Old Xie's tone became more impolite.

Xia Haoyang didn't waste any time. He went back to the computer and worked on it, then went to the printer at the front desk to get the printed songs back.

Old Xie snatched the lyrics and music, and Zhao Yishen stretched his neck, the two heads came together to take a closer look:

IVE's "Baddie" is a song that was released 23 years ago. Its core concept is "dark cool girl". This work has a bold breakthrough in music style and image creation.

Although it is characterized by the tension and addictiveness of electronic hip-hop like other K-pop works, it also has its own highlights in arrangement.

For example, it builds a strong rhythm framework with heavy electronic bass and sharp synthesizer sound effects, and the brainwash melody of the chorus and the repeated "I'm a baddie, baddie, baddie" form a memorable point, which conforms to the popular "earworm effect" of K-pop. The sudden stop and start design of the bridge part enhances the dramatic tension.

In terms of choreography, the dance highlights the contrast between "power" and "relaxation", such as the opening hand wave combined with the stepping movement, which is both sharp and lazy, and fits the "cold rebellious" tone of the song.

The production of the MV continues IVE's consistent high-saturation tones, but incorporates cyberpunk elements (neon lights and shadows, geometric cut scenes), and uses a lot of leather and metal accessories in the styling to enhance the sharp image of "Baddie".

Of course, the song also has the usual shortcomings of K-pop music: the lyrics are vulgar, some of the lyrics are questioned as superficial (such as the repeated "cool girl" label), lack of storytelling, and the lyrics are aesthetically pleasing and weaken emotional resonance. However, this straightforward attitude is easy to spread in the era of short videos and conforms to the aesthetics of Generation Z.

"Beautiful, the melody and arrangement of this song seem more modern, although the lyrics are still so terrible." Zhao Yishen breathed a sigh of relief, extremely satisfied.

"Why didn't you come up with this song earlier to shut everyone up? It's so shameless." Old Xie was still indignant.

"I didn't show it because I don't like this song." This was the only explanation Xia Haoyang could give.

"Go clean your ears. The world has changed. Your taste is still stuck in the past 20 years. You don't even know what kind of music young people like today. I'm really worried about the future of our company."

Anyway, after Xia Haoyang came up with this song, Lao Xie and Zhao Yishen were very satisfied. They took the lyrics and music and went out to contact other people, planning to start producing this mini album.

At 11:00, Zhao Yishen drove to the airport to pick Minzhi up.

After Minzhi came back, the company became bustling again.

At noon, in order to welcome Minzhi, and perhaps because Fatty had composed songs for the new album, Zhao Yishen paid for the entire company to have a big meal at a private restaurant.

For new members Yu Jeongyeon and Jimin, the company's atmosphere is really lively. They often have dinner together, and there seems to be no gap between leaders and employees.

When you see singer Qin Jiali, with her hands on the shoulders of company vice president Zhao Yishen or Xie Shujie, toasting and drinking together;

When you see Shao Minzhi with her hands on her hips, arrogantly talking to the company's CEO Xia Haoyang;

When you see the lowest-ranking assistant in the company eating at the same table and laughing loudly without hesitation, you can feel how different this group is.

But what is truly different in the entire company is Shao Minzhi. Her return this time is obviously different from before. She is more confident, decisive, and sexy.