SM Entertainment has indeed produced half of the K-pop idol industry.
When I saw these trainees again after more than half a year, they looked much better. The practice room was also much more spacious and bright, and very clean.
"I came here today because I wanted to see you kids, to see the future of SM Entertainment, to see your lives, and to offer you care and help."
"Director Jin."
Kim Young-min quickly walked up to Shen Fang, bowed respectfully, and said, "President Shen."
"Have you received the monthly allowance I mentioned before? If you haven't received it, please step forward. Improving your living standards is a rule I set: $1,000 a month in allowance. If you haven't received it in full, please step forward!"
A minute passed, and no one stood up, but Krystal Jung did raise her hand.
Shen Fang called out to Jung Soo-jung: "Krystal, what do you want to say? You come here to say it. You're so short, why are you standing so far back?"
At this moment, Kim Young-min's heart was in his throat. No way! He had given the finance department a strict order that every penny of the money must be given to the trainees. This was the big boss's order.
Could someone have embezzled it?! Damn it!!! I want it!!!
Krystal Jung quickly walked up to Chen Fang and said, "Oppa, the company has a daily penalty system. We get fined for being late. We get $20 off for being a minute late. I got $200 off in one month."
Kim Young-min breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Jung Soo-jung's complaint. Whew, thankfully it wasn't what he thought. Kim Young-min quickly looked at Shen Fang and explained, "President Shen, there's an old Chinese saying, 'Without rules, there can be no order.' It's the same here. The purpose of deducting their pay isn't anything else, it's just to make them take their work and their future seriously. Otherwise, overly generous conditions aren't conducive to their growth."
Shen Fang nodded and patted Kim Young-min on the shoulder: "You did a great job on that."
After saying that, she turned to look at Krystal Jung and pinched her chubby little face with her hand: "You still have the nerve to say that? $200, that means you're late 10 times a month. How can you be so careless?"
Krystal covered her cheeks, looking aggrieved, and looked at Chen Fang with teary eyes: "We get up at 7:30 every day, and we don't even have time to eat breakfast. We can't go back to rest until 8 o'clock. When we get back, we have to take a shower, eat, do skincare, remove makeup, and we don't even have enough time to sleep."
Shen Fang smiled and said, "There's still the weekend. If you don't work hard when you're young, you'll regret it when you're old. Alright, go back now."
Krystal pouted and returned to the group, looking unhappy. Jessica, standing next to her, covered her face speechlessly, clearly not wanting to know Krystal. It was truly embarrassing.
"I know you all work very hard, so SM will never shortchange you in terms of meals, pocket money, and energy supplements. We know you young people need to get enough sleep, but if you don't work hard, how will you stand out in this cruel industry without having developed real skills?"
"However, 7:30 is indeed a bit early. How about we delay it by one hour to 8:30, giving you an extra hour to get ready and have dinner."
Upon hearing this, all the trainees present were overjoyed.
Then Kim Young-min started having the trainees perform their talents one by one in front of Shen Fang, Lee Boo-jin, Shen Lan-lan, and Shen Kun.
They were all quite good, and Shen Fang gave them a round of applause in encouragement.
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