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The next day at noon, Yuan Xiao received the five studio side shots sent by Gu Yuchen on the car returning from Beijing Dance Academy. It seemed that they were working hard.
None of them were dressed up, wearing simple hoodies and jeans. Xiao Pei and Yu Le shared a lyrics book with faint traces of corrections and annotations on it. Yan Fan buried his face under his baseball cap, Su Chen tapped the table to keep the rhythm, and Jin Zeyu had one empty ear pressed against the earphone. The entire group filled the studio to the brim.
"Su Chen and Yan Fan have good vocal conditions today. Let's record a version for them first." Gu Yuchen sent a voice message to report on today's progress.
Yuan Xiao replied with a “1” to indicate that he understood.
The arrangement of songs for Stary is very simple. When deciding on the final candidates for debut, Yuan Xiao had already considered the degree of compatibility of their vocal conditions. From the low voices of Pei Zijin and Jin Zeyu, to the two middle voices of Yan Fan and Su Chen with different textures and ranges, to the high voices of the youngest member Yu Le, almost covering the entire range of human voice. This configuration is very convenient when recording songs.
Gu Yuchen could just use the five of them as musical instruments.
Things are going well over there, and Yuan Xiao is also doing well here.
She went to interview the extremely high-quality students of Beijing Dance Academy in the morning. Now she was holding a stack of resumes and photos of beautiful girls in her hand. The top one was the most important one. Yuan Xiao felt happy whenever she looked at it.
What Beijing Dance Academy has no shortage of is beautiful women, but even though Yuan Xiao has made sufficient mental preparations and has met countless people in the past six months, he is still amazed by one interviewer after another.
There is a great beauty in Beijing Dance Academy.
Leng Ci, the top one, her resume was held in the palm of Yuan Xiao's hand like a treasure. Yuan Xiao was looking forward to this name when he saw it, and she did not disappoint Yuan Xiao's expectations when she came in for the interview. When she looked up and saw this girl for the first time, she felt that the whole room was much brighter.
This girl has an aggressively pretty look, with phoenix eyes, thin lips, a tall figure, and a distant look between her eyebrows when she is not smiling. Her bone structure is perfect. The length of her legs is in a very good proportion to her upper body, and she is so beautiful that it can almost scare people.
If Song Lianqing whom I saw in Shanghai that day was a youthful little beauty, then Leng Ci could be called a bright and gorgeous lady.
Yuan Xiao: I want to sign——
At least this signing is good for her eyes.
Leng Ci was the third in that group. When it was time for her to show her interview talent, she bowed slightly to Yuan Xiao and the others and said that she had prepared a song.
It’s a little different at the dance academy. The girls always think more carefully, and most of the confident ones choose to show their vocal abilities. After all, being admitted to the Beijing Dance Academy has already proved their absolute strength in dancing.
Leng Ci's voice was actually a little hoarse, which was in stark contrast to her appearance. She chose a folk song, and her voice interpreted it so well that it felt like there were stories between the notes.
Assistant Liu was paying close attention to his boss's expression, and Yuan Xiao was almost obsessed.
It tastes just right, Yuan Xiao thought. Her aesthetic taste has not changed from the other world to this world. She only likes this kind of food.
She sang for a little over a minute and a half without Yuan Xiao interrupting her. After Leng Ci finished her performance, she looked at Yuan Xiao with neither humility nor arrogance. She did not look overly confident, nor particularly nervous, but rather calm and composed.
Yuan Xiao had some concerns, and did not choose to give out the invitation letter to become a Yuanxin trainee right away. Instead, he raised his hand to invite the next person to start.
Leng Ci's eyes became a little disappointed. Some of the previous interviews had signed contracts on the spot, so the next one probably didn't get selected. But she also controlled herself not to show it obviously, and just stepped aside quietly.
After the interview of this group was finished, Yuan Xiao whispered a few words to Assistant Liu beside him. Assistant Liu nodded, went out and announced: "The next group will take a break for a few minutes."
Yuan Xiao called Leng Ci to stay in the room alone and waved at her, "Come, sit next to me."
The pretty sister is also pretty when she looks a little nervous. When Leng Ci sat next to Yuan Xiao, he sat very straight and was a little restrained.
Yuan Xiao thought her reservedness was cute, so he coughed to suppress his smile and got down to business: "I see you are from the modern dance department? How did you think of interviewing Yuan Xin?"
"I want to make my debut, I want to be on a big stage, I want a lot of people to come and see me and like me, I want to stand in the center." Leng Ci's voice was hoarse, and it sounded like this idea had been in his mind for a long time.
Most of the female trainees Yuan Xiao had met since the auditions knew exactly what they wanted to do. The girls' ambitions were obvious, and she had a hunch that the girl group would reach new heights by then.
That’s great. With this level, she will hopefully be able to retire before she turns 30 with a high level of popularity.
But there are some things she must make clear to Leng Ci: "To be honest with you, I really want to sign you. Your appearance and professional skills are very good, but... too good."
"I don't know what you think of girl groups now. The group I want to create will definitely not be led by one person and the rest of the group will just serve as foils. Whether it's a boy group or a girl group, they must cooperate with each other and even be willing to make some concessions for the betterment of the entire group."
Yuan Xiao is not exaggerating. If the whole group spends more time rehearsing, creating and releasing albums, the external activities that individuals can take on will inevitably be reduced. People's time and energy are limited.
"It's easy to debut with your conditions. Any company will be eager to hire you. You don't even need to endure the hardships of being a trainee. You can be an actress or debut as a solo artist. If you join a girl group in another company, you may even get all the resources, but not in Yuanxin."
This is what Yuan Xiao is struggling with. She is worried that letting Leng Ci come to Yuan Xin to form a girl group might not be suitable for her.
After all, this is a real world. Yuan Xiao never thinks that she is the only protagonist after traveling through time and space and having the system, and that everyone has to revolve around her.
Leng Ci listened quietly to what Yuan Xiao said, and his eyes became gentle.
"I can leave you an invitation for Yuanxin's second tryout today, but you can think about whether you want to come or be a trainee."
“No need to think about it.”
Leng Ci shook her head. She smiled with her eyes curved, like a spring breeze. "Sister Xiaoxiao, can I call you that? I now feel that my decision to go to Yuanxin was absolutely correct."
"I have considered, reviewed, and rejected the other companies you mentioned."
"I really, really want to become a trainee and debut in a group with Genshin Impact."
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After the interview at Beijing Dance Academy, Yuan Xiao felt a little dizzy when she walked back to the company.
This feeling is a bit like an old farmer looking at his own thriving and growing vegetable field. The crops over there are already lush and green, and the newly transplanted seedlings over here also look full of potential.
Unfortunately, Yuan Xiao didn't know who to share this feeling with except the system. In the company, he always had to maintain the image of his immediate boss and not show his emotions too much.
After the employees went on vacation, several floors of the idol department suddenly became much emptier. The hired decoration team was renovating the practice rooms and cafeteria in the building in preparation for the upcoming female trainees.
Yuan Xiao used the time before getting off work to roughly review the resumes for social recruitment. The benefit of the broadcast of "I Have No Future" to Yuanxin Company was most obvious in the number of resumes. After two rounds of screening, the number of resumes was still more than three times that of before.
She screened more than 200 resumes, and once the employees returned to work after vacation, she would formally notify them to have a unified interview in the company.
Although there are more people to be interviewed, there are still only 90 spots for Yuan Xiao's tryout this time. Three months later, 25 will be chosen from the 90 to participate in the next season of "I Am Not Alone" next year.
The program will be suspended for a while after that. Yuanxin will focus on operating the company's two groups first, and will continue to operate the idol group until the market expands to accept new groups of the next generation.
The operation teams of the boy and girl groups also need to be split up. Except for the public relations department, which currently has nothing to do and is very idle, the functions of other groups will need to be re-divided.
This is Yuan Xiao’s main work arrangement when Stary is in seclusion. It is trivial but necessary. It is not like the previous variety show recordings that can produce immediate results, but it has to be done.
Yuan Xiao has now learned how to arrange her own work schedule without any instruction. From the division of functions to the organization of girl group trainees to the Star Track One special project, her schedule is fully packed. She also has to find time to respond to the operations of other departments of the company. Facts have proved that a real president simply does not have time to do other things and is lucky enough to be able to take care of his own job.
On the way back from the company, I happened to pass by the boy band’s villa. The lights were not on in the house, so I guess they haven’t returned yet.
Yuan Xiao is relatively confident about them and, of course, Teacher Gu. He is just waiting to see the recording progress of the first album.
The variety show department has also made some simple plans in the past few days, suggesting that during this blank period, instead of just releasing simple plog and vlog materials, you can record some small games in the villa during the rehearsal breaks, and then edit and release them as a micro-group variety show.
This is conducive to retaining fans. After all, there is a famous saying in the circle: "March show fans". It is said that the most popular moment for a show person is the moment of his debut. As time goes by, the enthusiasm of fans can easily be consumed.
Yuan Xiao is not too worried about this. Although this is the first time in the world, there are many successful and advanced experiences in the other world. The fans of the cultivation system and group portraits are the most loyal, and the effect is comparable to medical beauty.
Yuan Xiao thought about it and replied to the planner that the micro-group variety show can be recorded, but not in the villa, but in the company. If necessary, staff and other trainees can also appear.
The planner suggested holding the venue in the villa because this would give fans a sense of familiarity. The concept of "home" is naturally a bridge that builds team spirit and connection. Just like a few people playing around, it would be annoying in public, but at home, even if they act lawless, it would only make people feel at home.
However, Yuan Xiao does not want the recording session to intrude too much into the idols' private lives. No one can imagine what will eventually grow from the unbridled desire to pry into their private lives, which will ultimately swallow up everything.
Don't underestimate paparazzi and illegitimate children. Even a photo showing nothing in the window can have its specific location dug out on the Internet.
Although the internal structure of Genshin Impact has been used over and over again in the main film of "Odd", it also serves as a good opportunity to bring back memories.
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