8 Phase 1 Training Camp
The elevator dinged again, and this time it came down from the upper floor. The elevator door slowly opened, revealing several staff members with work badges of different colors. At the same time, several people came down the stairwell, and a row of staff members appeared on the 14th floor. This scene immediately attracted attention from all sides.
A petite girl squeezed out from the crowd, holding a microphone in her hand. She turned on the speaker, cleared her throat, and said loudly: "All trainees, gather in the first practice room!"
This microphone is directly connected to the radio. When you speak with it, there will be no situation where someone won't hear you or pay attention in any room on the entire floor.
In the end, the number of trainees in the first batch fell to eighty-seven people. It was quite spectacular to see them rushing out from all corners of the 14th floor and rushing to the practice room.
Half of them were selected by Yuan Xiao from various universities and art schools, the other half were voluntary applicants through social recruitment, and finally a few were found through various connections because they heard that Yuan Xin was holding a grand trainee training camp. Some were asked by Liu Zhu, and some were recommended by various members of the team. Even her mother called her personally from faraway Northern Europe and told her the names of two people.
Yuan Xiao did not refuse these and accepted them all. However, no one could pry a single word from her about the final selection criteria, let alone a guarantee. Perhaps only Yuan Xiao herself and the system knew the answer.
However, anyone who has found out about Yuan Xiao's final schedule will understand the value of this training camp. Following the guidance of this famous teacher and the intensity of training, even if one cannot make his debut in the end, it will definitely be of great benefit.
Except for a few confused and uninterested trainees, almost everyone has made up their minds that even if they have to train themselves to death, they will advance to the next stage of the course in the first selection three months later.
Eighty-seven trainees quickly gathered in the largest practice room in the middle of the 14th floor. The staff member holding the microphone was working hard to maintain order while taking roll call.
The girl was almost drowned in the crowd of trainees, most of whom were over 175cm tall. She was trying hard to stand on tiptoe and ask all the trainees to stand in a row of fifteen people according to the order of roll call.
It's not just the trainees. These staff members are also participating in the project production for the first time after entering the company. They also need to get used to each other and perform in front of Mr. Ohara who recruited them.
After all, Yuan Xiao offered his employees conditions that were considered top-notch in the entire capital's circle. Those present alone were recruited from various talent show teams and nearby idol companies. Even for the generous salaries, paid vacations, and year-end bonuses, no one wanted the project to fail halfway.
The girl who was speaking is called Yang Cheng. She is now the leader of the selection management group. Their group is mainly responsible for organizing and following up on trainee-related activities and courses, managing the trainees' lives and other trivial matters, including connecting with the teachers invited to teach.
What's more important is that Yuan Xiao emphasized in a private meeting with them that the management of the trainees' private lives must be strict, strict and strict, especially in terms of their relationships.
She didn't believe at all that these 17 or 18-year-old guys could have much self-control, and at the meeting she strictly prohibited the trainees from having any emotional entanglements in private, between each other, or between the trainees and the staff. Especially the latter two, once discovered, both would be expelled.
Of course, these are all things that happened later. Yuan Xiao also believed that it might not be very effective if she emphasized this matter just once, and she still had to remain vigilant in the subsequent operations.
After the trainees were lined up, Yang Cheng signaled the other members of the selection and management team and the teachers who came today - mainly fitness coaches, and vocal and dance teacher Yuan Xiao was invited today - to stand next to her and began to introduce themselves one by one.
"My name is Yang Cheng, and I'm the leader of the election management team." Amidst a row of people pretending to be serious but unable to resist their curiosity, Yang Cheng was the first to introduce himself:
"From now on, if you have any problems in life and training, you can come to me, including but not limited to family problems, conflicts between you, opinions about the teacher, etc."
"Or you can find your team leader. You will be divided into eight groups, each with two leaders. Then the teacher and leaders will introduce themselves one by one."
"Your teacher will give you a physical education class today. During the break, all trainees who need accommodation can come to me to sign up. My office is at the end of the corridor."
She emphasized, "The company provides two meals a day and a four-person dormitory. These are all free. Don't worry. If you need to discuss it with your parents, please report to me tomorrow at the latest."
"Your canteen and activity area are on the 15th floor, and the dormitories are temporarily arranged on the 16th floor. Apart from these three floors, all other floors are Yuanxin's work areas. Do not run around. If you enter during non-working hours, you will be warned by the security guards."
"The company has made very strict arrangements for you. The expectations and investment are also very high. So I have to say something in advance. If anyone can't stand the intensity of the training and wants to give up during these three months, you can come and talk to me privately."
"For trainees who give up in the first stage, in addition to signing a confidentiality agreement, the company will not charge any additional liquidated damages. All those who stay will be assessed together after three months, and Mr. Ohara will decide whether to stay or leave. The number of vacancies is not fixed, but no liquidated damages will be charged for eliminated trainees either."
"For the trainees who enter the next stage of training, the company will provide new contracts until some of you finally debut."
"There are some other regulations that should have been notified to you when you signed the contract. Your team leader will emphasize them again later. If you violate them again and again, we will also consider reporting them to the company and clearing them out."
"It's cruel, but it's also true. We originally had only one goal, which is to become the best boy band in China. So, everyone, for your dreams and ours, please cheer for us!"
I don't know who started it, but the trainees started clapping loudly, almost scaring Yang Cheng who had just started playing the bad guy.
After everyone introduced themselves, they started the first warm-up session directly. No more time was given to let the more than 80 trainees introduce themselves individually. The friendships between them would naturally be forged through their daily interactions. As for the entire selection team and teachers, the information of all the trainees was already in their minds.
Yuan Xiao's absence doesn't mean she doesn't pay attention to the trainees. Yuan Xiao has done nothing else these days and spent most of her time in meetings with people from various groups.
The project was just launched and the team was just established. Naturally, she was unsure of her young boss's temper and ways, so everything had to be discussed at the meeting:
The photography team and the makeup team were preparing to take official photos for the trainees. They had selected a few looks in advance and asked Yuan Xiao to pick one so that they could prepare clothes for the eighty-seven trainees. The planning team had roughly prepared some materials and micro-variety show scripts for the trainees to shoot during their training, as well as a planned documentary about the trainees' period. They were just waiting for Yuan Xiao to read the plan so that he could arrange a time for the filming team.
And the Election Committee, which has been the busiest recently and has held countless meetings of various sizes.
The main thing for trainees now is to lay a solid foundation, and Yuan Xiao also attaches great importance to it, wanting to give her boy group a good start. For fitness courses alone, Yuan Xiao made several requests to the coaches.
The first thing is that you can't train too hard, or you might get hurt. They are all young boys, and some of them haven't even fully developed their muscles and bones yet. If they get injured, they will be very uncomfortable in the future. You must not rush into it. If some trainees curl themselves up, you have to keep an eye on them.
Secondly, there is no need to restrict how much the trainees eat, nor do they need to deliberately lose weight. Yuan Xiao is very clear that there are some morbid aesthetics in her original world and the current entertainment circle, which extremely pursue little boys who are white and thin and will fall down if the wind blows. However, such bones without any muscles, who have no strength in dancing and are out of breath after walking two steps are definitely not the soil for the birth of a top boy group.
She even went to try the food in the new cafeteria. Of course, to be an artist and appear in front of the camera, she had to pay no attention to what she ate. The cafeteria provided unlimited amounts of high-protein fish, shrimp, beef, vegetables, eggs and milk for two meals a day, which absolutely guaranteed the energy supply. But forget about those stimulating and junk foods. At this stage, they were at most allowed to eat them secretly after returning home.
The rest is left to the professional fitness teachers she hired. With her shallow fitness experience, she can only make some superficial suggestions such as paying attention to stretching and practicing more abdominal muscles. After all, she is the client, so she only needs to put forward requirements such as "the focus is on training breath and endurance, the trainees need to have beautiful muscle lines in the end, and they must not have thick necks"~
However, Yuan Xiao did not come when the class officially started. The levels of the trainees were uneven at that moment. If she came, it would be useless except for shouting a few slogans. It would be better for her to come back after there were some results.
Another reason is that the negative comments about her on the Internet are getting more and more intense. Yuanxin Company is like a safe haven. No one around Yuan Xiao mentioned this matter, but she herself has been monitoring the online public opinion through the system. It’s okay if it’s just attacks between fans of the contestants. If there are really excessive rumors and troubles, Yuanxin’s legal department will come into action.
Fortunately, the episode aired this week is her last one, and the program team should have released her withdrawal announcement during this broadcast cycle.
She just hopes that everything can go as she expected, and that after the withdrawal announcement comes out, the fans of her fellow contestants will be able to divert their attention, leaving enough cooling-off space for her to reverse her impression and switch fields later on.
After all, although the public opinion against her this time is huge, it is still concentrated in the talent show circle. Only those who pay attention to domestic entertainment talent shows can understand her so-called "unforgivable" points, and no actual black material about Yuan Xiao has been dug up.
Of course, she didn't have that thing. Her original personality was just a little cold and unpleasant. Under the guidance of her parents, she was still a very decent person. As for why she became what was written in the novel later, Yuan Xiao could only attribute it to the invisible hand of fate that moved the original plot.
Therefore, for those who are not familiar with the domestic entertainment industry and do not watch talent shows, at most they can hear some confusing rumors, but it will not cause a wave of blackening across the entire network.
Yuan Xiao privately pondered that, according to the current trend, for such a small and obscure variety show to evolve into the final ending of the original novel, there must be some reason that was not revealed in the original text, or there must be someone pushing it behind the scenes.
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