Chapter 43 Hello, my name is Dong Yongpei
YG is located in Hapjeong-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. When Ye-eun and Kwon Ji-yong arrived and saw every small and shabby building, they both felt like rich people suddenly became poor.
After all, when she was at S/M, although the company was not luxurious, it was clean and tidy. Now, when she saw several walls covered with mottled mold, even Ye Eun frowned, let alone Kwon Ji-yong, who has a mysophobia.
Lee Bo-hyung, the recruitment director of YG, was a little embarrassed to see the two children staring at the moldy corner of his company. He cleared his throat and tried to get their attention back. "Although our company is a little small and the environment may not be as good as that of a listed company like S/M, our company is still very unique and has its own advantages."
After all, she was a recruiting staff. She took a look at Kwon Ji-yong's dress and immediately started with the company's style, emphasizing the fact that everyone in Korea, from the president to the artists to the trainees, is into hip-hop.
Quan Zhilong was obviously moved and poked Han Lanji from behind. However, Han Lanji signaled him not to be so anxious.
The two idol moms had discussed contract matters with S/M before, not to mention the uproar over HOT’s contract termination last year. Knowing that there are many traps, both big and small, they are more cautious.
Jin Hejun missed his daughter's first signing, and he wanted to show his fatherly love the second time. Even though he had classes that day, he still took a day off and ran over.
He flipped through the contract and read every clause carefully. Before coming here, he and his wife learned about the previous S/M contract. After knowing the tricks of the entertainment company, he carefully checked various information about the company and even asked a lawyer for precautions.
"What is the difference between formal trainees and informal trainees in your company?"
"Both of our children have a fan base, especially Ye-eun, who may be offered a role. Are you planning on a full contract or a half contract?" (1)
"How is the training fee for trainees calculated? Your company will let trainees take notices, right? What about the related commuting expenses?"
"How is accommodation arranged? Will trainees be asked to drop out of school like other companies?"
They all seemed easy to talk to, but as soon as they opened their mouths, Li Baoxing realized what it meant to be well prepared.
Questions came one after another, and even Li Baoxing was a little overwhelmed.
Fortunately, although their company is old and small, it is not one of those companies that treat trainees harshly. Their commuting expenses are reimbursed, and they even give trainees some living expenses every month.
Although not much.
After the "negotiation", Li Baoxing felt exhausted, but fortunately he managed to complete the work assigned by his boss personally.
A few days later, when she handed the contract to the president for filing, she recalled the scene and couldn't help feeling stressed. "I took it so seriously but didn't show up. President, did you expect this scene to happen?"
One is an associate professor at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, one opened two chain stores in a foreign country, and one took his children to run various promotions when they were young.
"How troublesome!" Li Baoxing sighed, and felt like he had lost a lot of hair during this conversation. After a few complaints, she finally got to the point, "Jilong will be moving into the dormitory in a few days, and Yien will move in after she graduates from elementary school next year. Formal training will begin next week."
Yang Hyun Suk nodded. Even in the office, he still had a black cap welded on his head. His face was full of wrinkles when he smiled. "Then let's take them to meet the other trainees when they come for training."
On the first day of formal training at YG, the two were shocked by the company's "talent decline."
The trainees in front of me only stood in three rows at most. There were more boys than girls, but each of them looked very swag.
As a newcomer, Quan Zhilong was still a little reserved and stood straight while pulling his luggage. Ye-eun, however, raised her hand and counted them one by one from the front to the back, then exclaimed, "Wow, there are only sixteen people and they can stand in three rows."
Sean raised the corner of his mouth. Isn't it just to make them stand more loosely in order to make it seem like there are more people? Otherwise, what will happen if the gap between these two kids who came from S/M becomes bigger and bigger the more they think about it?
The age of YG's trainees is basically similar to Kwon Ji-yong. Fifteen or sixteen-year-olds are still acting like spoiled brats to their mom and dad at home, but in the company they have already become completely accustomed to independent life.
Without any instructions from the staff, they pushed their two new friends towards the small and dark basement practice room.
"Come on, come on, even though our company looks small and shabby from the outside, it's actually even smaller and shabby inside."
"You must be the Quan Zhilong, right? I heard you are good at rap. How about a competition?"
"Oh Mo, Oh Mo, sister, you haven't even graduated from elementary school yet, and you're already a trainee at such a young age?"
"Oh, that's right. When BoA from S/M debuted, she was only thirteen years old. She's only one year older than you are now, right?"
I don’t know if it’s because everyone in the company is into hip-hop, and the company is small, and there haven’t been any debut plans in the past two years, so the atmosphere has become more harmonious without much competition.
As they said, YG's practice room is indeed small and shabby, and because it is in the basement, there is a damp smell of earth as soon as you enter the door.
It was the complete opposite of the S/M practice room where light was always leaking in.
The first day was basically spent taking them to familiarize themselves with the environment. Li Baoxing and Sean didn't mind the children's noise. Instead, they just smiled and watched the two of them being surrounded by everyone.
The slightly embarrassed Kwon Ji-yong and the bold and confident Ye-eun formed a sharp contrast.
Sean rubbed his fingers together, craving for a cigarette, but he managed to control himself in front of the children. He turned his head and put his hand on Li Baoxing's shoulder, "It seems that the personalities of these two children are the opposite of their appearances."
Li Baoxing has been used to these rappers not treating him as the opposite sex, and shook his shoulders in disgust, "Then you must have made a mistake, Zhilong is just shy on the surface."
She looked at the two children in front of her. One of them was already fighting with the trainees, and he kept talking and chatting with his little mouth. The other one looked shy, but although he was surrounded in the center, his body did not feel stiff or awkward at all.
"He just makes that expression out of habit." Li Baoxing raised her eyebrows. She had negotiated with almost every trainee, so she was very confident in her judgment. "This kid is very tough at heart."
All the trainees are here, and seniors who are free in the company have arrived one after another.
"I'm Sean. You should know me, right? The Agassi who stepped on your exercise book and made it dirty." Sean was not ashamed but proud of it. He put on sunglasses and started to act cool in the dim practice room, "Rapper."
"Jinu, rapper."
"Perry, rapper, also producer."
"1TYM's Teddy and several other members didn't come today because they had something else to do."
"SWI.T, our company's first girl group!"
“Wheesung, Wheesung.”
Except for the Keep Six who didn't come, almost all YG artists came.
However, the more Yeen listened, the more solemn her expression became. What's going on? Why does everyone have a stage name? Even Zhilong has a stage name, he must have thought about setting himself apart in this regard!
After all, apart from this and rap, there is nothing he is better than me.
Ye-en silently made up her mind to come up with a stage name and surprise everyone.
Unlike Ye-eun's magical thoughts, Quan Zhilong was delighted to see these seniors. "Oh my god, the seniors look very ordinary! Even my appearance can be ranked among the best here!"
No need to feel inferior like in S/M anymore! It’s great to have a company that speaks with strength!
When he was moving to the dormitory, he was still sighing with Ye-eun, "Although the company is shabby and even the dormitory is small, the atmosphere is still very good."
After Li Baoxing took him to the dormitory, he said that he had a roommate and left in a hurry.
As soon as she left, Quan Zhilong relaxed. He put the suitcase in the corner and looked around his room. The room was not big to begin with, with two mattresses on the left and right, and only a passage between the two mattresses for people to walk through.
The wardrobe in the room was incredibly small, and the wardrobe with only one door was already filled with clothes. It felt like if a few more pieces of clothing were put in the wardrobe, the entire wardrobe would overflow. There was a table in the corner with some miscellaneous items on it, which seemed to belong to another roommate.
Quan Zhilong hung the clothes in the suitcase neatly in the wooden wardrobe, but sure enough, there was no room for them. He looked at the closet with some distress. Was he only able to put the clothes in the suitcase?
The room was not Kwon Ji-yong's alone, so Ye-eun could not come and go freely as she did at home. She walked curiously from the kitchen to the living room with a lollipop in her mouth. Compared with the small room, the kitchen and living room are quite large, and the bathroom is behind a small door in the corner of the living room. Although it is small, it is clean.
There were several shoe boxes in the corner of the living room, with several pairs of sneakers on the boxes.
Ye-eun was taking the lollipop out of her mouth and was about to tell Kwon Ji-yong that the shoes seemed to be placed in the living room, but a hesitant voice came from behind her, "Ye... Ye-eun, right?"
She turned her head and saw a boy who looked about the same age as Zhilong with a shy look on his face. He has an olive-shaped face, short hair, and small eyes. When he saw Ye-eun turn her head, he was embarrassed and shy. He raised his hand and touched the back of his head, "Well, I live here too... I was standing at the back just now so you might not have noticed."
It was clearly his dormitory, but he stood at the door and was reluctant to come in.
Ye-eun blinked. Although she had no impression of him, she still shouted into the room. Her voice was so loud that it scared the boys, "Ji-ryong! Your roommate is back!"
Quan Zhilong held the hanger in his left hand and the clothes in his right hand, and hurried out of the room. When he saw a boy of the same age as him, he laughed, "It's you. Were you standing in the corner just now? My name is Quan Zhilong."
He wanted to raise his hand to shake hands with the other party, but his hands were full. He turned his eyes away, and as a matter of course, he put the thing in Ye-en's hand, walked up to the boy and stretched out his hand, "You... Dong..."
Dong Yongpei saw that Quan Zhilong finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the embarrassment on his face also subsided a little. He raised his hand and gently shook the other person's extended hand, and reintroduced himself, "Hello, my name is Dong Yongpei."
Ye-eun had finished her lollipop, and then she took out some rice cake sticks from Kwon Ji-yong's bag, tore open the package, and sat on a stool in the living room to enjoy them, her legs dangling, completely different from the other busy people. In the sight, the two people divided the room again, with the wardrobe taken by each of them in half, and the things on the small table were also put away by Dong Yongpei.
Both of them did their work very efficiently. One moved things away and the other put his own things back.
However, Ye-eun found it more and more strange the more she looked at it. After a long time, she finally realized that these two people didn't say a word to each other except the handshake at the beginning!
She slid onto the stool, trotted to the door, leaned against it, and swallowed the rice cake in her mouth. She was only 1.4 meters tall just now, and she had to look up slightly when she saw the two boys who were already over 1.6 meters tall. "Zhilong, I suddenly thought of something very important."
Dong Young-bae had heard little girls calling their roommates by their names at the company, and even noticed that they didn't use honorifics with each other, but it was still strange to hear it now.
He didn't turn around, still packing his things with his head down, but his ears were perked up.
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