65 Recording Preparation
During the break in recording the fourth episode, Yuan Xiao also took time out to return to the Beijing company to host the end-of-season evaluation of the female trainees.
Yuan Xiao had conducted the previous quizzes online because she was unable to leave the venue. Although she was hardly in the company during this period, she still kept track of the female trainees' situation through the quizzes and daily reports from the staff.
The children are all very serious and hardworking. They are even less troublesome than the male trainees in the first period. When the selection manager tells them what kind of facial masks and skin care products to use, what exercises and stretching to do, and how to control their weight, they basically follow the instructions obediently. Unlike the boys, who are a little rebellious, many of them were embarrassed to apply facial masks in the beginning.
The trainees who came to Yuanxin from Blue Sky have also adapted well. Perhaps because they are worried about being fired and having their penalty deducted, they are very serious, hardworking and meticulous. Team leader Yang said that these kids are like a string stretched thin all the time, and they still instinctively bow 90 degrees when they see the staff.
They have their own vocal and dancing styles. It's not that their singing and dancing skills are bad. On the contrary, each of them has shown a very professional level in the quiz after coming to Yuan Xin. After all, they have participated in the show, and the difference can be seen from their stage presence.
However, the teachers privately said that all eight of them had some weaknesses in their subjects.
Blue Sky Media's positioning of them is very simple, that is, trainees for a girl group. Their training is also aimed at serving the talent show. They are committed to allowing them to practice and complete the finished dance in the shortest possible time. There is no complete testing and development of each person's voice. Unlike Yuanxin, there is not a comprehensive training of the trainees' basic skills during the three months of trial training.
The teachers invited by Yuanxin will break down the basic steps and movements of each street dance for the trainees in detail. The vocal lessons will also start from the different states and theories of vocalization. Even if others think that these are some basic skills that idols, especially female idols, will be useless to learn, they will definitely be beneficial to their future development.
The Yuanxin training class is now well-known in the industry.
Xin Mengting's creations for many years have been considered unconventional. This time when she came to Yuanxin, her head was filled with music theory knowledge. She was so confused that she almost didn't even have time to think about quitting.
Fu Daoyun's teaching style is similar to but different from Gu Yuchen's. Based on his experience teaching Gu Yuchen, Mr. Fu always encourages students to write and practice more, and to hand in their homework on time even if it is a scrapped draft.
According to him, talent may play a more important role than hard work in creation, but it is by no means the decisive factor. Accumulating more creative experience is also helpful.
I haven't been this busy for a long time, but I feel unusually at ease. It's not like before when I opened my eyes every morning and didn't know what to do, feeling empty inside, and couldn't sleep at night because of anxiety.
During the break, she took out her cell phone to call her family, but her parents, contrary to their previous attitude of urging her to go home, asked about her current living conditions and basic salary, and instead told her that there was no rush to change jobs, and it would be good to stabilize herself and adjust her mood first.
"After all, it's something you've persisted in and loved for so many years."
"Mom and Dad always hope that you can live a good and happy life."
Chen Ying adapted faster than her and made a lot of new friends in just a few days. Yuanxin even took their accommodation into consideration. Each dormitory was equipped with two Yuanxin trainees and two new Blue Sky trainees to help them integrate quickly.
More than a month passed in a flash, and when the trainees were notified that the end-of-season evaluation would be soon, they were even a little dazed.
Even Yuan Xiao herself was like this. When she stood outside the practice room with the tablet in her hand again, she felt like the end of the first season of trainees just happened yesterday.
This time, the grouping and song selection for the reporting stage are all handled by the headquarters selection department. Yuan Xiao no longer has to do everything himself like last year. He only needs to make the final decision.
There are still ten people in each group, three songs, and two of them are foreign girl group songs. The evaluation within the company is not considered a commercial category, and there is no need to pay copyright fees for these two songs. Although I have earned a lot recently, I still have to save where I can and spend where I can.
The remaining song is "Dawn", the theme song of the first season of "I Am Not Here", which also does not require copyright fees. This song is a very standard boy group choreography idea, but girls can also dance it.
Who says girl groups can’t do hard dances?
Yuanxin’s definition of new girl groups has never been limited to certain stereotypes, nor does it require them to please certain audiences.
After looking at a group of decent-looking knives, Yuan Xiao ticked the list in his hand.
Even with Yuan Xiao's discerning eye for selecting the best from the best, the number of contestants who can enter the program recording this time is likely to be much more than that of the first season.
The arrival of Blue Sky Media trainees not only brings mature stage experience for the trainees to learn and imitate, but also acts as a "catfish" among the fish, stirring up greater motivation for the trainees to strive.
There were more than one hundred trainees, and finally 42 were left. Except for 6 younger ones who temporarily retained their trainee status for the future, a total of 36 people will prepare for the second season of "Idol Unnamed" this summer.
A total of six people from the eight-member team of Blue Sky Media made the list. Of the remaining two, one was too lax and lacked strength, which unfortunately led to his failure to be selected, while the other had other choices.
Yuan Xin was in tears again on this day. The friendship between the girls was just as strong and precious. They said goodbye reluctantly and agreed to meet often in the future.
Three people left Lengci's dormitory, leaving her as the only one left. She sat on the bed in the dormitory, staring blankly at her roommates packing their things. The dormitory slowly became empty from crowded, and she was suddenly enveloped by a huge sense of insecurity.
Before she came here, she had already planned for today's farewell. She also knew that if she didn't want to be sad, she shouldn't invest too much emotion in a companion who couldn't be with her until the end. She even anticipated whether someone would be hostile to her...
But people have feelings, and they are all very good girls. Who can reject them so coldly?
We trained together, ate together, slept together, walked more than ten kilometers of mountain roads together, and had long talks late at night. Three months seemed like a long time, but looking back now, it seemed too short.
Her roommates noticed her emotions, and after packing their luggage, the three of them didn't rush out. Instead, they gathered around her, gently stroked Leng Ci's hair, patted her shoulders, and comforted her: "You are the only hope of our dormitory, Leng Ci, you must debut."
"You will definitely make your debut, and I will definitely come back to see you on debut night, baby."
"Think of it this way. Now that you're on the show, you're naturally gifted with three votes. When I get back and get my phone, I'll infiltrate your fan club."
"Don't cry."
"I didn't cry." Leng Ci hugged his roommate and was unwilling to let go. He hid his face in his roommate's warm clothes, his voice hoarse.
"Lengci darling, you must make your debut, and bring everyone in dormitory 1513 with you."
"Go ahead, go fly."
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This time, the girls have much more time to prepare than the boys did. There are still more than two months before the recording of the program. Yuan Xiao hopes that the 36 female trainees can prepare well for the theme song of the second season during this time. He also took advantage of this time to arrange for people to make different design positioning for each trainee's style.
Some time ago, after the New Year, Yuanxin's idol department recruited a group of new employees again, and began to recruit and train its own interns during the spring recruitment. It received many resumes of graduates from key universities, and the company's financial, legal, HR, etc. also recruited new employees.
The fully expanded and upgraded makeup team also received a new task from Yuan Xiao. Just like the boy group, the girl group's makeup cannot be fixed in style. It needs to be varied and memorable.
Don't all wear big eyes, false eyelashes, and deep bags under the eyes, nor cover the face with cute pink blush and watery pouty lips. Every trainee's makeup must be clean and able to enhance their characteristics.
Even the uniforms for this show were customized with different designs by the company. Yuan Xiao clearly requested that the girl group's theme song uniforms must be in the form of one set of skirt and one set of pants. The tops can be the same, and only two sets of the bottoms need to be made in the same style.
The same goes for the sports-oriented uniforms worn during daily training on the show. Girls can freely choose their outfits, wear whatever they want and do whatever is comfortable for them. They don't have to constantly worry about whether there will be any problems with their skirts on the show, but can devote themselves wholeheartedly to showing themselves.
The show "I Don't Want To" doesn't need to use the same uniforms to splice materials to create bad editing, so naturally there is no need for the trainees to wear exactly the same clothes every day. Even the makeup team will take the initiative to prepare shiny little accessories for the trainees, matching them according to each of their personalities and preferences.
Yuan Xiao has always known that the program team will chop up different materials from several days or even several stages to create a personality for the trainees in the program, which may not necessarily be a good one. The program team has to pursue effects and story lines. For them, whether the program is dramatic and eye-catching is far more important than the shaping of the trainees themselves.
Later, the trainees also began to notice this and would secretly wear some small accessories on their hands and heads, changing them every day. This way, the program crew could not cut out materials from different times and reassemble the fragments. However, sometimes some programs will have a rigid rule that does not allow the carrying of clothing combinations other than those provided by the program crew.
But it is not the case in "Ouwei". Yuan Xin is always happy to dress up the little girls beautifully. Young people are always in their prime, but there is no need to be shabby all day long.
Yuan Xiao was busy in the company until the day before the fifth live broadcast and then flew back to the venue. Now, "Idol Unnamed" and "Codename: Heart Dance Stage" have become Yuan Xin's two classic variety shows, and she cannot favor one over the other.
This episode is also very important because in the fifth episode, "Heart Dancing Stage" will officially welcome the first challenge group. If the challenge group's stage can enter the top four in this episode, then the group with the lowest average ranking in the first four episodes will be eliminated and bid farewell to the stage regretfully.
The group that came to challenge this time was also unusual, or it could be said that it was even more difficult for this group to participate in the show than inviting the first-generation group. Yuan Xiao negotiated with each company to get this group to participate, and the members' efforts also helped a lot in finally making this participation possible.
As soon as the lineup was announced, several groups that had performed poorly in the previous games were trembling in fear, because the strength, popularity, heat and even discussion of this group were terrifying. When they appeared at the entrance of the show, the hot searches directly rushed to the top, and the word "explosive" was clearly followed by the first few entries.
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