15 Mr. Gu and the original chief producer
"Mr. Ohara."
After the meeting with the election management team ended, Yuan Xiao walked out of the meeting room and Gu Yuchen followed him.
"?" Yuan Xiao turned around and Gu Yuchen handed her a cup of milk tea.
"I saw your assistant was going to give it to you, so I brought it for him. And I just so happen to have a few words to talk to you alone." Gu Yuchen explained why he suddenly produced a cup of milk tea.
Yuan Xiao nodded to show that he understood, and walked a few steps to the side with Gu Yuchen and stopped by the window.
"Has anything happened recently? Or is there a problem with funds?" Gu Yuchen pondered for a moment, choosing his words quite carefully.
"No, why do you ask?" Yuan Xiao was confused for a moment, then he figured it out and couldn't help laughing, "Teacher Gu, you think I'm too anxious, don't you?"
"Yes." Since Yuan Xiao understood, Gu Yuchen no longer hesitated and directly stated his feelings after watching the whole thing today. "It takes time for trainees to make obvious progress in their overall level. Even if they practice hard without sleep, it is impossible for them to reach the level of debut in a short period of time."
He was trying to comfort Yuan Xiao and also offer advice. After all, Yuan Xiao hired him for his experience. Although Gu Yuchen agreed to cooperate, he was still unsure about the young agent's understanding of the entertainment industry. He had seen laymen instructing professionals too many times in his career. It didn't matter if he was unfamiliar with the business, as long as he could listen to other people's opinions.
"I know that they still need to practice for a few more years before they can debut, and it may take quarters before they can see a clear breakthrough. I am mentally prepared for this."
"Then you..." Gu Yuchen didn't quite understand. Since Yuan Xiao understood everything, why was he so angry today?
"What's wrong? Are you scared by me?" Yuan Xiao raised her hand and rubbed her face. She was indeed very angry, but not to the extent that she showed it. She had to admit that there was some acting involved.
"I dare say that the conditions I offer are definitely the best in the entire domestic entertainment industry, but too good conditions can easily make these kids who have hardly left school slack off. If I don't come here to play the villain, and just rely on the pressure of being eliminated, I'm afraid it won't be enough."
She opened the milk tea in her hand and took a big sip viciously, "Ah, getting angry is so tiring."
So that's how it is. Gu Yuchen nodded thoughtfully. His experience was not useful for everything. He started out as a trainee and his perspective was habitually from the perspective of the artist himself. However, he didn't realize that some things were completely different from the perspective of the staff.
"That's good. I was thinking of persuading you not to be too anxious."
"It just so happens that I have something to ask you, Teacher Gu. After watching today's quiz, how did you feel? Were there any trainees that particularly impressed you? And you said before that you wanted to introduce someone to me, how does your level compare to theirs? When will you come over?"
Gu Yuchen answered without much thought: "The ones that impressed me are basically the same as the candidates you mentioned at the end. These people do seem to be different from the others in terms of outstanding skills and appearance. If we simply look at the overall strength of the current entertainment industry talent shows that I have worked with, if you put them together and debut as a group now, people will buy it."
"Yan Fan's dancing ability is extremely outstanding and has reached the level of professional competition. No matter what movements he performs, there is a natural harmony and beauty. His face, long hair and overall temperament are very outstanding and memorable points."
"Su Chen's voice is very nice. I haven't heard a similar voice in the domestic entertainment industry. It is very recognizable, and he also knows how to use his voice. Whether he sings high or low notes, it sounds effortless. With just these two people, the group already has both the dancers and vocalists."
"Among the rest, the one I'm most optimistic about is Yu Le. His ability level is very average, and he has a good sense of dance and music. If he really has almost no basic skills as his information says, and he has reached an above-average level among all the others in such a short time, then congratulations, Mr. Xiao Yuan, you're going to have an ACE."
"As for Pei Zijin, I saw that you noted in your profile that you are more optimistic about his development in creation. We need to wait and see. After all, he is quite old. If he can't make up his mind to practice dancing, and just rely on his creative personality, I'm not very optimistic about his development in the group. The same goes for Jiang Tong. As for that handsome mixed-race boy, I might suggest that you let him learn rap separately."
"Rap leader? Quite suitable, but they all have to learn it, and they can take classes together then."
Indeed, Yuan Xiao recalled Avery's handsome mixed-race face that was always smiling foolishly. He was indeed very suitable for the fancy rapper's outfit, and language was not a problem for him. "Teacher Gu, if I say that I want to train a group of all ACEs, would you think I'm bragging?"
"Even if everyone is an ACE, there should be different divisions of labor within a team. Even if you don't want to assign responsibilities to the members of the group, the fans will argue for one when the time comes, don't worry."
Yuan Xiao: …
Gu Yuchen is worthy of being the first generation boy band, he really understands.
"My guy... can actually come and teach rap." After the conversation that day, Gu Yuchen mentioned that he also had a trainee candidate. Yuan Xiao readily agreed based on the idea that it would be better to add a few more people. After all, she would decide who would debut in the end, even if the person recommended by Teacher Gu was not strong enough. But that person had not shown up until today, so Yuan Xiao asked a question.
Gu Yuchen took out his phone from his pocket and glanced at the chat history. "Tomorrow's flight ticket should be able to arrive at the company tomorrow night."
I was in such a hurry that day that I didn't have time to explain. Gu Yuchen just happened to receive the information of the person he mentioned on his mobile phone at that moment. He handed it to Yuan Xiao and explained:
"Actually, he's a kid from my mom's friend's family. He was a rapper before. You know those underground rappers? His family is actually quite traditional and very strict, but my brother is very rebellious. In the end, my family had no choice but to find out what I was doing, so they asked me if he could be a trainee. Anyway, he just wanted to stay away from the underground rap scene."
"I've listened to a few of their songs. The lyrics are still a little immature, but the flow is still okay."
Yuan Xiao stretched out his hand to zoom in on the photo on his phone. The young man in the photo had deep features, sharp eyebrows and thin lips. His eyes revealed a rebellious spirit. His appearance was acceptable. "Jin Zeyu, underground rap? Are you sure he doesn't have any... hobbies that are not good for idols?"
"Probably not? He's still young, and his family is pretty strict... I'll talk to him alone later." The reputation of underground rap is indeed... obvious to all. Gu Yuchen didn't dare to guarantee it. He and Jin Zeyu haven't seen each other for many years, and he doesn't know what the kid's personality is like now.
Yuan Xiao nodded. This was not a big problem. Yuan Xin had strict management anyway. Once any bad signs were discovered, there would either be no next time or the employee would be cleared out in a timely manner.
She changed the subject and began to discuss the issue of rap teachers with Gu Yuchen: "Did Tiansheng hire a teacher to teach you rap at that time? I always feel that rap is difficult to teach."
Although this world doesn't exist yet, Yuan Xiao has stored up a lot of jokes about idols learning to rap in her mind. Compared to singing and dancing, this is a relatively unfamiliar field for her, and she really doesn't know where to start.
"Rap is really hard to teach. We didn't take any serious rap classes at that time. After all, it was more than ten years ago, and Chinese rap hadn't developed much at that time. We just sang randomly in the beginning."
This is the limitation of the first generation of boy bands. Gu Yuchen added: "Later, I gradually learned it after listening to it more and singing it more. It seems that I didn't need anyone to teach me."
"But I heard that rappers can also have a master, who will teach them how to write lyrics or something?"
"If you want them to be different from the routine boy bands on the market, it might be more useful to ask teachers to teach them Chinese rather than teaching them how to write lyrics, both lyrics and rap lyrics."
Gu Yuchen showed a little bit of the arrogance of a talented producer at this moment, and said to Yuan Xiao, "Leave the creative work to me. Children of this age don't have much experience. Let them come up with something from their hearts, and I will revise it for them. Maybe it will be better."
Yuan Xiao bit the straw for a while and thought it made sense. "Okay, then I'll leave it to Teacher Gu."
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The next day, when Yuan Xiao went upstairs to see the trainees, their condition was obviously different. During the lunch break, they no longer gathered in groups in the dormitory or wandered around. When the get out of class was over, some people would take the initiative to stay and practice more, which made Yuan Xiao very happy.
The course finally started to get on track. Starting from this week, the trainees really entered the stage of covering the songs of their predecessors. Yuan Xiao and Gu Yuchen didn't have time to watch them all day and night in the company, so they followed the meeting and had their teachers of each subject give scores and summarize them every week. The camera recorded the whole process, so that Yuan Xiao could always keep track of the trainees' situation without going there. There were small tests every half a month and monthly exams at the end of the month, which everyone had to attend.
As usual, Yuan Xiao never encouraged anyone, but pointed out the problems of the trainees directly. She felt that she was not fierce, just a little strict, and never lost her temper for no reason. But she didn't know since when those trainees were like mice seeing a cat when they saw her, and they would like to avoid her even if they were eight hundred meters away.
Yuan Xiao: ...Okay.
If you are afraid of her, you are afraid of her. The obvious progress in them during this period can still be seen. According to the current progress, some of her later ideas can basically be kept up. During this period, Yuan Xiao was not idle. The first version of the variety show recording plan has been written, and the filming team is also being formed. The stage venue was directly contacted by the concert organizing team under Yuanxin. Everything is ready, waiting for the trainees to complete their study period.
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