Chapter 81
At Yuexiang Entertainment, trainees are divided into four different classes: A, B, C, and D. Class A is the most talented of all the trainees and is considered the top class with the best chance of debuting.
Originally, the trainees at the company were training according to the established procedures. But after their boss, Su Yin, visited them last time, more and more details began to surface, indicating that the company was truly planning to form a new boy band!
Not long after, an unannounced piece of news directly broke the calm beneath the surface of the trainees' normal training and set off a stir.
The head of the trainee training department, following the advice of the company's top management, established two boy group projects. The trainees who seemed suitable were directly transferred from their classes to these two projects for individual training.
On the day of the project selection, the trainees in Class A watched as their peers were called out one by one by the person in charge. Then, they were immediately moved to a new training room, and even their dormitories were replaced that same day with new dormitories built by the project team members.
Although, nominally, they were still trainees in Class A, merely participating in additional project training, all trainees knew that these two projects were the prototypes of the company's future boy groups.
Currently, the trainees who have entered these two project groups are already closer to their debut goals than anyone else.
The emergence of these two project groups has also made the atmosphere within the trainees more solemn during this period.
Needless to say, the trainees who weren't selected for either program felt a sense of loss and defeat. While being selected for both programs didn't guarantee a debut, if they couldn't even make it into the preliminary selection program, their chances of debuting were already slim.
However, I still have to keep training. What if my next performance is noticed by the company? Or maybe there's another opportunity?
Just as most trainees were actively adjusting their mindsets, a shocking piece of news arrived. One month after the project team was established, two trainees who hadn't been selected previously and were left in Class A, and one trainee from Class B, suddenly received notice to begin training in the project team's classroom the next day.
This rekindled the passion and fire in the hearts of the other trainees who had thought their chances were lost after not being selected for the project team the first time. It really is true that no matter what, you can never give up!
Will the company really continue to adjust the trainees within this project group? Nothing can be finalized until the debut list is finalized!
Especially for the trainees who practiced with the three lucky winners and had a good relationship with them, their hearts were full of hope. As long as they worked hard and were excellent enough, they might be the next lucky winner!
In the evening, everyone gathered together to secretly talk about the three people who were promoted to the project team. During the discussion, they found that the company had indeed been secretly paying attention to everyone's performance and could only see those who were truly capable, had good attitudes and could persevere.
The two trainees from Class A who were only brought into the project team in the second round had excellent grades before and were recognized by everyone as having the ability to enter the debut group.
Previously, when their boss, Su Yin, came to inspect them, they weren't sure if it was due to nervousness or some other reason, but they didn't show their best and were eliminated. Although they were disappointed, they continued to train hard despite the fact that many people were a little tired. In the following monthly exam, they directly took the top two places among the remaining trainees in Class A.
The "lucky one" in Class B is a trainee with both outstanding strengths and obvious weaknesses. He excels in singing and songwriting, but because he hasn't trained long enough, he still has weaknesses in dancing and stage presence, so he remains in Class B.
He also knows his shortcomings and has been constantly improving his dancing and stage performance skills, making rapid progress.
Many trainees actually felt sorry for him, believing that if he had come to the company earlier, he would have definitely been on the project team this time. However, many were also secretly delighted and wary. His progress was truly rapid. His already exceptional singing skills were only enhanced after systematic, professional training, and his dancing skills were also rapidly improving with his hard work.
Especially after being eliminated, he was determined to improve his dancing skills, spending every day in the trainee training room practicing like crazy. Seeing his state, everyone also speculated that he would definitely be promoted to Class A in the near future.
Unexpectedly, before he could even receive the news that he had been admitted to Class A, he was promoted to the project team as an exception.
For a time, it attracted the jealousy of many people.
However, most of the trainees were aware of the situation. Although they felt bad, they had to admit that the two project teams were indeed the most talented of the company's trainees. Even though they had different focuses, it was hard to say that it was unfair.
Each class of trainees practices together daily, taking weekly and monthly exams. How good is each one? What are their strengths? What are their weaknesses? Who are their competitors? These questions are well-known not only to the teachers but also to the trainees themselves.
Of course, there are always some individuals who are not convinced and think that their abilities are no worse than those trainees who have been selected for the project. Some even go so far as to talk directly to the project leader.
The project manager also gave them a serious response. After these people finished their conversation and returned, two trainees directly applied to withdraw from the company, and the other two trainees who had been asked the question kept silent about the manager's comments and simply trained even harder.
The trainees in the two CD classes and the middle and lower-level trainees in Class B already knew that no matter how hard they tried, they would not be chosen, so they felt at ease.
While other trainees were envious of the people in the two project groups, the trainees in the project group were under tremendous pressure that the other classes might not have imagined.
They are indeed the closest to debuting, but they may also miss it right before reaching their dream. And if they miss this opportunity, no one knows whether they will ever be so close to debuting again.
The pressure on them came not only from the other trainees in the project team, but also from another group of trainees in another project team that was established at the same time.
So far, they have not seen any entertainment company launch two same-sex groups at the same time.
Previously, the intervals between Yuexiang Entertainment's releases were measured in years. Even if Yuexiang Entertainment grows larger and its ability to promote artists grows stronger, there's a good chance that the previous pace will gradually shorten or even speed up, but no one dares to bet on this possibility.
People in the same group may be competitors, but they may also be companions who will fight side by side for many years to come. There are also people from another group who are eyeing them covetously, and they are all the strongest among the strong. Such an atmosphere is simply too terrifying.
Many trainees in the project team had originally believed that after several years of training, their mental endurance and ability to withstand pressure had greatly improved. They even believed that they had cultivated a heart of steel, able to face any situation with composure. However, in the project team's training room, they had countless times felt extreme anxiety and pressure, and their mentality was on the verge of collapse.
Every trainee who made it to the project team was a bad one, even the one who'd been promoted from Class B. Everyone knew his singing and rapping skills. Some of the more talented and younger trainees were fine, but many who'd been training for years were finding it even harder to handle the current situation.
This world is so unfair. What takes ordinary talented people four or five years to achieve, a genius can reach a similar level in just one or two years of practice. Not only can they catch up in a short period of time, they can also move ahead faster, reaching a ceiling that ordinary people can never reach in their lifetime.
Looking around, the people around the project trainees are either extremely hardworking and have a solid foundation, or talented and equally hardworking. It's no wonder that those who are less talented and have honed their skills over time are prone to mental imbalance.
If many people's mentality had already begun to collapse when they saw new competitors coming in, then when the project team began to eliminate the trainees and let them return to their original classes for normal training, many people could no longer suppress their negative emotions and completely collapsed.
For the past few months, the counseling room at Yuexiang Entertainment has been packed with trainees from the project team almost daily. Every day, you could hear trainees crying and shouting as they vented their emotions. What's both terrifying and heartbreaking is that, to avoid wasting training time, some trainees, despite knowing they should spend more time in the counseling room, have set a schedule for themselves, returning to practice as soon as they feel a little better. Returning to the classroom to practice with everyone, they're full of energy and energy.
After hearing about this, Su Yin was silent for a long time and recalled many things from the past.
She had experienced the same struggles as their trainee years abroad, even more so. As a foreigner, without any family or friends, pursuing her dream of becoming an idol, she joined a major company with the strictest auditions and the most grueling training. Through her hard work, she rose through the ranks from Class D to Class A, earning her spot in the tryouts for a pre-selected girl group.
He endured thousands of extremely painful days and nights of torment, confusion, and collapse that were difficult to describe in words, but ultimately failed to make his debut.
After waiting for a long time for the news that the company was going to select a girl group for the second time, it was shelved again because of the company's other plans. She cut off her dream with her own hands and quit to return home.
Only those who have been trainees will understand how difficult it is to become a debut idol. Before becoming an idol, no one will ever see how much a trainee has to endure and how much they have to sacrifice.
And those who can finally stand under the shining stage are truly rare.
However, realistically speaking, being an idol, commanding the attention and adoration of millions, is a profession only a select few can achieve. The bar for becoming an idol is high; it's not just about being pretty or acting cute on TV that will earn you the love and support of so many people and achieve success.
Without extreme competition, it is impossible to select the best idol, nor can it be possible to select the person most suitable to become an idol.
No matter how outstanding a person's hard skills are, if he does not have a passion for his profession and an unyielding heart, even if he can debut as an idol, it will be difficult for him to continue for a long time in the heavy love and hate.
Su Yin also experienced several mental breakdowns back then, but she ultimately persevered. Those years of experience not only gave her a wealth of knowledge about idol development but also completely transformed her personality, transforming her into a more outstanding and resilient person.
Looking back now, Su Yin has to admit that she can get to where she is today. Without those painful and arduous years as a trainee, there would be no her today and no Yuexiang Entertainment today.
However, as a trainee herself and a responsible idol creator, Su Yin would not pretend not to see the pain behind it and only care about the final results without caring about the lives of other trainees.
Therefore, Yuexiang Entertainment has not only opened a dedicated psychological counseling room, but also hired highly paid and professional counselors to provide psychological counseling and emotional support to all artists, trainees, and staff. Each trainee class has a class leader and several assistants who constantly monitor each trainee's progress and actively seek opportunities to provide psychological support.
At the same time, they keep in touch with their families and friends, encouraging and comforting them through various channels. It is also common to have members who have debuted and senior artists from other companies write letters of encouragement to the trainees who are their fans.
Now Yuexiang Entertainment Company is in the expansion stage and needs manpower everywhere.
In order to better arrange the trainees in the company, especially some trainees who may not be suitable to be idols or ultimately fail to become idols, Yuexiang Entertainment Company has really made very comprehensive responses and efforts.
For trainees who have strong skills but whose personality, mentality, or charisma are not suitable for becoming idols, the company will encourage or even subsidize them to pursue further studies, retaining their positions within the company. Once they have further improved their professional skills, they will be rehired by Yuexiang Entertainment to take on behind-the-scenes roles, such as becoming teachers, teaching assistants, or joining various choreography and music arranging teams.
Yuexiang Entertainment will give priority to all former trainees over external applicants under the same conditions.
For trainees who may not be suited to becoming idols but still want to pursue other career paths as entertainers, Yuexiang Entertainment will do its best to help them plan and transfer them to subsidiaries for assessment, training, and operations. Yuexiang Entertainment already has several trainees who have achieved success as anchors, models, actors, and variety show artists.
These rules and practices of Yuexiang Entertainment have reassured many trainees and their families to a great extent, and have also made more young men and women and their families choose Yuexiang Entertainment! They have no choice but to join!
If he can become a trainee at Yuexiang Entertainment, then let him train for two years first. If he is indeed talented in this area, let him fight hard and try once to realize his dream.
If there is no problem with their abilities, but they are not suitable to be idols or cannot be idols, then while continuing to train, their parents can enroll them in relevant specialized art colleges, and then they can return to Yuexiang Entertainment Company to be an assistant teacher or even a teacher of professional courses, which is also a good career.
In the meantime, if the company finds that the artist has special talents in other areas, they can also be well arranged. The subsidiary is now developing better and better, and the artists are also shining in their respective fields.
If none of these paths work, then you can only give up, fully recognize your own abilities, leave the entertainment industry and return to your ordinary life.
In short, for these children with dreams, Yuexiang Entertainment Company really puts itself in the shoes of parents, strictly but doing its best to help them have a better future.
Such a responsible and humane concept not only allows trainees and their parents to train with peace of mind, but also largely guarantees the future reserve of relevant professional talents for Yuexiang Entertainment. It also makes those who are already full of affection for Yuexiang Entertainment stand more firmly with the company, and makes all staff feel trustworthy.
This is the kind of company you can stay in for your whole life and work hard for.
After reporting on some recent mental problems among the members of the two project teams, the person in charge Miao Bei also reported on some other problems that the interns in the two project teams faced.
Of course, Yuexiang Entertainment Company will not launch two boy groups at the same time, pitting its own people against each other.
Even if the two project teams have different types of members and styles, the fan base and market differences they attract should be quite different, so there won't be particularly fierce competition. The company will not promote two groups at the same time. If they want to promote a group, they should promote it well, rather than just randomly debuting it and letting it develop.
Whether a group can achieve popularity and maintain long-term success depends on the company's extensive and crucial work, even if the positioning is different. The company's publicity and business resources are limited, and there are bound to be trade-offs and conflicts.
Therefore, even if the company now has the strength to launch more groups, the two project groups must debut one after another.
During this period, in addition to observing the training of the trainees in each group, Miao Bei has also been thinking about which of the two groups to choose.
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