Compared to the solo performances, the company also devotes just as much effort to the duet performances, especially in choreography and plot development. As Su Yin explains, duet performances must achieve a 1+1 greater than 2 effect, showcasing both the individual members' strengths and the collaborative performances, focusing on coordination, communication, and complementing each other's strengths and weaknesses.
In Su Yin's opinion, none of the six current members are without weaknesses in any area. When she reviewed the boys' first album and duet performance, she specifically emphasized the importance of maximizing the delicate balance, complementarity, and maximizing strengths among the members. A duet performance is definitely not a one-on-one performance.
Rather, it is the right people singing the right passages, the exchange of eye contact and emotions, and the coordination of dance that can truly bring out the unique charm of the collaborative stage.
This has been a key focus of the company's efforts over the past two years, particularly in strengthening the training of the six members. Initially, the emphasis was on addressing everyone's weaknesses. Then, they gradually began to consider how to enhance the cohesion of the six-person performance and determine which members' collaborations would create the most synergy.
When considering other trainees for future debuts, in addition to their individual abilities, the best fit will also be a key consideration. The initial impression a group makes upon debut is extremely important. The group must have a cohesive feel that creates a strong initial impression.
For example, a group with exceptional a cappella vocals, a group with exceptionally cohesive group dances, a group with uniquely captivating voices, a group with the most evenly balanced yet powerful dancing skills, and so on. These labels are crucial in a group's first few years after debut, maximizing their popularity and recognition.
The five stage videos took nearly two hours to watch and discuss. When they were all finished, everyone stood up and applauded, and satisfaction and surprise were visible in each other's eyes.
These five videos show outstanding stage design, song and dance choreography, member performances, and camera workmanship!
At least, no one in the company had ever seen an entertainment company produce such a high-quality stage performance. It should be said that before this, no one had ever even considered recording a stage video like this! And let alone something of this quality!
Su Yin not only proposed this concept, but also, with a single move, raised the bar for this type of video to a very high level. Everyone was not only relieved, believing the first wave of videos would be a sure thing, but they were already eager to see the fans' reactions. They were also secretly proud of being part of Yuexiang Entertainment, and felt sorry for those at other entertainment companies; if they continued to follow suit, they would surely face a headache.
Over the years, Su Yin's approach to managing artists has been emulated, both overtly and covertly, by many entertainment companies. However, not only have many companies failed to achieve the same results, but they have also suffered losses due to shoddy productions and sometimes decent quality productions that just didn't quite hit the mark.
Even some companies with strong capabilities often have to experiment several times. By the time they figure it out, Su Yin has come up with something new. This has led to a constant undercurrent in the entertainment industry over the past two years, with many people expressing their feelings towards Su Yin, with some loving her, some hating her, and some simply copying her.
After all, although the artists they launched were not as popular as Moonlight Boys, they also benefited a lot from the idol craze they brought about.
After discussing some company affairs, Su Yin made a decisive decision: go home and have a good sleep for a day and a night.
Su Yin now lives in a residential complex not far from the company, only a three-minute walk away. Initially, with no revenue coming in and many expenses to pay, she simply rented a small apartment in an old residential complex near the company.
Although it is small, it has everything. The most important thing is that it is close to the company and has a good orientation, so it can get sunlight every day.
After opening the door and returning home, Su Yin casually tossed her keys into the cabinet in the hallway. She headed straight to the bathroom, took a quick shower, and blew her hair half-dry. With a thud, Su Yin collapsed onto her large, soft bed, her exhausted body tucked into the soft cotton pillows and quilt. She felt herself completely enveloped by softness and warmth, and she let out a comfortable sigh.
In less than a minute, she fell into a deep sleep.
When Su Yin woke up, it was already the next morning. The morning sun shone directly on her face, waking her up from a daze. She casually picked up her phone next to her pillow and checked the time. It was only a little after 7 o'clock.
Having slept all the way from yesterday afternoon until the next morning, she finally felt a bit full, but a bit hungry. Su Yin, who had rarely stayed in bed for a while, slowly got up and, while it was still early, changed into a set of cotton casual clothes and went out for breakfast.
After a leisurely breakfast at the breakfast shop at the entrance of the community, Su Yin called the company to arrange for today's work. She decided to skip work all day! It had been a long time since she had given herself a day off.
Anyway, she is the boss!
I went for a walk in the nearby park first, breathing in the fresh air, and staring blankly at the elderly people doing morning exercises in the park. As the sun rose higher, the people in the park gradually dispersed.
Su Yin suddenly realized that she had nothing to do now that she was free. Although she had been in this world for two years, she was almost entirely occupied with work. Every day she interacted with trainees and their parents, as well as her subordinates and various partners.
In this world, Su Yin has no relatives, no friends, and no classmates. She can't even find a suitable person to chat with and spend time with.
This was a day of rest that belonged entirely to her. Apart from watching other people's lives and playing with her cell phone, Su Yin couldn't find anything to do.
The originally happy and comfortable mood gradually faded. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people around, Su Yin lowered her head and slowly walked back to her temporary home.
Back in the room, she lay back on the bed, scrolled through her phone for a while, and ordered takeout for lunch. Su Yin felt completely uncomfortable. The room was completely silent, with only her bored self in the background. It was completely boring.
After being dazed for a while, Su Yin suddenly got up from the bed and thought, "Forget it, I'd better go to the company and take a look at the new trainees."
Today's Yuexiang Entertainment Company is certainly no longer the same as it used to be.
Moonlight Boys is the hottest idol group in the current entertainment industry. They have been in the industry for only half a year and have various endorsements, business collaborations and video materials.
Anyone who knows how the six members of Moonlight Boys have come this far, especially the boys and girls who have dreams of becoming idols, knows about the company Yuexiang Entertainment. Many people have begun to regard Yuexiang Entertainment as the new and strongest place to create idols.
It's not just because they promote people quickly, but also because the series of operations they launched with Moonlight Boys have made this group completely different from other types of idols on the market.
Many discerning observers can readily discern the difference between Yuexiang Entertainment and other typical entertainment companies. This company is younger and more creative, possessing a superior ability to uncover the shining points of idols, innovate and launch new content, and grasp fan preferences beyond the capabilities of most other entertainment companies.
At this time, there is naturally no need for the company to send people to actively seek trainees, make various conditions with them, and seek the consent of their parents, as was done when recruiting the first batch of trainees.
In fact, since Yuexiang Entertainment’s first self-produced variety show, more and more people who dream of becoming idols have been sending self-recommendation letters and self-recommendation videos to the company, hoping to become trainees of Yuexiang Entertainment.
There were even some trainees from other companies, some even having debuted, who secretly expressed their interest in collaborating with them, hoping to regain their popularity. Some even directly stated that as long as Yuexiang Entertainment could guarantee them a debut spot, they would terminate their contract at their own expense and then sign a contract with Yuexiang Entertainment.
Their second variety show, "Peach Blossom Spring Chronicles," was a true hit, instantly boosting the six members' national recognition and solidifying their position. Their new album has been receiving positive reviews, and their recent company-produced stage performances, while not reaching as wide an audience as their previous two variety shows, have captivated audiences worldwide who have never seen such stage videos. This format has not only brought Moonlight Boys and Yuexiang Entertainment to new heights of fame, but has also garnered widespread acclaim.
Nowadays, when people talk about Yuexiang Entertainment and Moonlight Youth Group, everyone from students to office workers and even many older people are familiar with them.
Everything is moving in a good direction, and many people are looking forward to Yuexiang Entertainment, the new star-making dark horse, and are looking forward to whether they will come up with some new tricks and once again change the inherent model of the idol industry in the entertainment industry.
Yuexiang Entertainment Company has also been receiving self-recommendation information from applicants from all over the country and even some neighboring countries.
Recruitment for the second batch of trainees officially began about a year after the company's founding, before Moonlight Boys debuted. The company established a dedicated Artist Recruitment Department, responsible for screening applications received via mail, phone calls, and emails, and notifying selected applicants to come to the company for interviews. A system for selecting trainees was established, with in-person interviews held on the second and fourth weekends of each month.
Seeing the Moonlight Boys' sudden popularity, many entertainment companies began to develop their own idol training programs. Suddenly, countless scouts swarmed campuses and streets, recruiting trainees who resembled the Moonlight Boys.
Seeing that the six members of Moonlight Boys have only trained for a little over a year, many entertainment companies have directly packaged their existing young trainees and debuted them, using the same operating methods. However, this has not been able to shake Moonlight Boys' position.
On the one hand, the Moonlight Boys' first love filter and two years of nurturing relationships have already garnered a significant fan base favoring the "training idol" model. On the other hand, the rapidly growing market of competing products has swelled, leaving many fans frustrated. This is primarily due to the fact that most entertainment companies are simply following the trend for quick profits, completely ignoring the long-term development of fans for "training idol" models. By releasing so many young idols at once, they've left little time for fans to develop, diminishing the sense of dedication that comes with being a serious idol.
Even some so-called debuted idols can't even sing or dance well, which is really shocking.
Unlike most entertainment companies that are now following the trend of developing idols, Yuexiang Entertainment, which launched the hottest male idol group, has a new idol plan.
The second batch of trainee recruitment plan no longer only recruits minors like the first batch of trainees, but will recruit two types of trainees: part-time trainees who train while attending school, and full-time trainees with high school or technical secondary school education or above.
The selection threshold for trainees is also getting higher and higher. Especially for full-time trainees, except for a few applicants with really excellent conditions, the full-time trainees who are finally selected are all strong people who have already achieved high levels and learning experience in singing, dancing, and songwriting.
Although the trainees who are selected are carefully selected, full-time trainees mean that they spend all their time every day on training, so their professional level is naturally far higher than that of part-time trainees.
Su Yin's attitude is: when it comes to full-time trainees, she selects the best idol candidates with absolutely strict requirements and absolutely harsh eyes.
At the same time, Yuexiang Entertainment began recruiting female trainees, but the dormitories and training classrooms for the female trainees were set up in a separate building. This prevented the occurrence of romance within the company and made training and life more convenient for both sides.
Although the standards are strict, there are many young people in the talented country who dream of becoming stars. The company has recruited many new trainees.
Many young men and women, watching the initial batch of trainees, who would later become the Moonlight Boys, register and undergo assessments, believing that if they were lucky enough to be selected, they would receive the same treatment and opportunities as the first batch of trainees! They would then quickly be able to start filming various videos and become famous!
However, after being selected as trainees, reality presented a stark contrast to these people. Su Yin's standards for the idol groups that the company would debut in the future would only get higher and higher. Debuting now wasn't so easy.
Today's Yuexiang Entertainment is no longer the company that once only selected eight trainees from among the shortlist. Faced with thousands of applications, the company's requirements for trainees are naturally getting higher and higher, and internal competition among trainees is naturally becoming more and more intense.
Full-time trainees, in particular, face an extremely heavy daily schedule of classes and training, practically doubling the workload for regular trainees. Besides the regular weekly and monthly exams, there's also an elimination system where those who fail three months of exams are eliminated. This has left many who thought their job at Yuexiang Entertainment was secure, stunned.
Su Yin just went to see the trainees' training status and had no plans to handle other work, so she did not change out of her casual outfit that she never wore in the company. She put on a baseball cap to make herself look more low-key.
As Su Yin walked into the company dressed like this, she was stopped by the security guard at the door.
Nowadays, there are many young men and women who want to apply for a job at the company and get a chance to meet the top management. Fans who want to see the members and trainees of Moonlight Boys in person often try to sneak into the company in various disguises.
To ensure the safety of their artists, the company has completely upgraded its security system. There's a security checkpoint at the main entrance, another inside the building, and two security checks at the dormitories. CCTV cameras are installed everywhere.
The security guards recognized her from under the brim of her hat and immediately let her pass respectfully.
Now, the entire building has been rented by this woman in front of me. It's truly impressive. Not long ago, the security guards were discussing this quietly while on duty. This company started out renting one floor, then three, and now the entire building. Seeing the building bustling with people every day, it seems to be gaining popularity. I heard they've opened a new branch, so I wonder how long this company will stay here.
Today, Su Yin didn't wear high heels or leather shoes as usual, and her pace was always fast. She chose to slowly and quietly look around the various departments of the company before heading to the practice room and standing at the back door to observe the trainees' training status.
Currently, the entire floor is used as practice rooms. Besides multi-purpose training rooms like vocal music and dance rehearsal rooms, the trainees are divided into Class A and Class B for separate lessons and training. Class B's classroom is currently occupied by a dance class. From behind, Su Yin can see the movements, postures, and form of all the trainees in the middle and back rows. The teacher is correcting and demonstrating each of their movements.
Even if it's just a static posture, an expert can tell at a glance who has a good foundation and who has a poor foundation, whether the position and strength of the force are correct and stable, etc. Outsiders will see who does it best and who does it worst.
The teachers were very strict. Even the slightest deviation from the movement angle was unacceptable, and everyone had to be exactly the same as him. If the posture was not perfect, they would keep refining it and practicing until it was uniform.
The full-time trainees here and the part-time trainees on the other side have different teachers, and their teaching styles are even more different. After all, you can't hold someone who spends all their time practicing to the same standards as someone who also has to balance schoolwork.
As a trainee herself, Su Yin had the privilege of experiencing a very comprehensive idol training system. It relied on strictness, hard training, absolutely uniform high standards, and an extremely fierce elimination system to continuously improve the idols' abilities.
Although she encountered some teachers who would physically punish, beat, scold, and madly belittle trainees, Su Yin undoubtedly learned a lot of experience and methods in training trainees, which laid a solid foundation for her later career in this industry.
After deciding to recruit full-time trainees, Su Yin and the company's artist management and training departments discussed and planned a new model for developing trainees. The curriculum expanded from the most basic vocalizations and dance movements to rap, instrumental skills, body language, facial expressions, etiquette, and more, adding more specific content and further subdividing it.
To create the strongest idol group with diverse styles and abilities, Su Yin has hired top-tier singing and dancing instructors specializing in a variety of styles. The company's curriculum and training alone total eight hours a day, not counting the trainees' free practice time, which can reach five or six hours for the most dedicated trainees.
Although Su Yin always received the personal information of each new trainee, and directly participated in over two-thirds of the auditions and decided the final selections, she didn't have a particularly deep impression of many of the trainees in the middle and back rows.
Because the elimination rate is too high, especially for new trainees who are almost all from the advanced Class B, many people are eliminated or voluntarily leave before they can even last a few months, which also makes the renewal rate of trainees in Class B particularly high.
Many eliminated trainees secretly complained, "How many people can endure such intense training, such strict standards, and such a high elimination rate?" The established trainee standards and elimination mechanism are even stricter than those of several major entertainment companies today. It's too outrageous!
Their company is taking the development route, so why do they have such high requirements for ability?
But the second thing Su Yin wants to launch is a professional and specialized top idol group, a group that will have the comprehensive strength to crush all idols in the world as soon as it debuts!
This kind of group is completely different from the "training idol" model. It doesn't rely on long-term emotional development, nor on the intimacy fostered by daily videos and variety shows. Instead, their debut goal is to become a top-tier group, instantly capturing millions of fans with their immense skills and charisma, and directly crushing the overwhelming image of other idol groups on the market with their absolute dominance.
After walking to Class A's classroom, I discovered that the content of the class was different from Class B's. Although both were dance classes, the pace and progress were significantly faster. The overall strength of Class A had already surpassed the average strength of some of the groups that had debuted.
The overall personnel of Class A tends to be more stable, because the trainees who can be promoted to Class A have all undergone a period of training, and are either beyond ordinary people in terms of talent or hard work, and become the best in the assessment.
After observing the status of the male trainees, Su Yin went to the next room to observe the status of the female trainees and became more confident.
I hope they can grow up quickly, grow to a level that she approves of, and let the world feel again what idols can be like!
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