Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Five-member group FTM
[Chapter 2, Five-member Group]
Ballet requires dancers to stand on tiptoes, spin and jump on the stage, like a light and graceful swan, which has a strong artistic appeal. The dances performed by boy groups are mostly in a cool street dance style, with more emphasis on rhythm, strength and movement. With the accompaniment of intense dance music, the neat group dance will give a strong visual impact and make people feel very "exciting".
Mo Xun and Fu Fei didn't understand Lao Xu's thinking at all. Why did he want to bring people who studied ballet into the boy band? The style of painting is wrong, right?
Just as I was wondering, I heard a familiar voice behind me: "Are you all here?"
It’s Director Xu.
The three of them turned around and greeted in unison: "Mr. Xu."
Xu Baichuan strode into the conference room, followed by someone.
The man had a very unique temperament, with long dark brown hair tied into a small braid at the back of his head, and a delicate face that was a bit androgynous and difficult to tell whether he was male or female. But judging from his height of over 180cm and the way he was dressed, he was obviously a boy.
His eyes were so sharp and aggressive that people dared not look him in the eye.
Xu Baichuan introduced: "This is your teammate, Tang Che."
Fu Fei's outgoing nature took over and he immediately walked forward with a smile on his face, wanting to shake hands and say hello to Tang Che. But Tang Che walked past him with a cold face and ignored him.
Fu Fei was not embarrassed. He scratched his head and returned to Mo Xun.
Xu Baichuan glanced at a few people and said, "Please sit down."
Fang Yinnian didn’t know any of his teammates, so he found a seat in a corner and sat down, trying to minimize his presence.
At this moment, Manager Lin Huiqin walked into the meeting room holding a stack of folders. She quickly scanned the faces of several people and asked in confusion, "Is Xiao Tan not here yet?"
Xu Baichuan: “Not yet.”
Manager Lin took out his cell phone and said, "I'll urge him."
The call was connected. Fang Yinnian's seat was close to Manager Lin, so he could hear the voice on the other end of the phone.
The boy's voice was strangely hoarse, as if he had a bad cold: "Manager Lin, I'm in the park downstairs, which door should I come in from?"
Manager Lin said, "Enter from the north gate, turn left, and walk about a hundred meters forward and you will arrive."
The boy asked: "Where is the north gate? I walked around downstairs for a long time but couldn't find it."
Manager Lin was silent for two seconds before he said, "Do you see the largest sculpture in the middle of the park? Wait there. I'll ask Xiao Chen to pick you up."
Boy: "Oh, I see. Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Manager Lin smiled helplessly: "Xiao Tan is lost."
Everyone: “…………”
After waiting for 10 minutes, the lost boy was brought in by the assistant.
He had beautiful chestnut curly hair, his eyes were squinted, and he looked lazy, as if he had not yet woken up.
This guy was so relaxed. He almost got late for his first meeting because he got lost, but he didn't look anxious at all. He greeted Director Xu naturally and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, Director Xu, I took the wrong road."
Xu Baichuan looked up at him and said, "You've been to the company several times. How could you have gone the wrong way?"
The boy said: "My sense of direction is not very good. The road design of this park is too complicated for me."
Everyone: “…”
It’s just an intersection, is it complicated? Maybe it's very complicated in the eyes of people with poor sense of direction.
Xu Baichuan endured it and said, "Sit down."
The boy looked around the conference room and found that there were many empty seats next to Fang Yinnian, so he walked over and gave Fang Yinnian a very gentlemanly smile: "Hello, can I sit here?"
You can only hear it clearly from a close distance. His voice is low and gentle, with a hoarse texture. It's a rare voice, very recognisable.
Fang Yinnian moved aside and said, "Okay."
The boy pulled out a chair and sat down. He yawned and said softly to Fang Yinnian, "I usually sleep until 12 o'clock on weekends. Why do we have to have a meeting so early in the morning? I'm so sleepy."
Fang Yinnian: “…”
Do I know you well? Why are you complaining to me?
Fang Yinnian didn't know how to respond to him, so he just remained silent.
Xu Baichuan said, "Okay, everyone is here. You should all be aware of the theme of today's meeting. The company is going to form a boy band, and the five of you are the final candidates. Let me introduce you to each other first."
He pointed at the lost boy who just came in and said, "Tan Junwen, the third runner-up of last year's national rap competition, has a solid dance foundation. He will be the rap leader of your boy group in the future."
Tan Junwen smiled and nodded to everyone: "Hello everyone, please take care of me in the future."
Xu Baichuan looked at the long-haired boy sitting opposite him and said, "Tang Che, the lead singer of a rock band, his band disbanded due to internal reasons. Tang Che is currently signed to our company and will also join the boy band."
Tang Che had a cold face and said nothing. He seemed to be in a bad mood today, with a strange low pressure around him. Could it have something to do with the band’s breakup? Fang Yinnian guessed curiously.
Xu Baichuan continued to introduce: "Fu Fei has been a trainee at Shengyao Media for five years. He is the most outstanding trainee in the company and always ranks first in every comprehensive exam."
Fu Fei smiled brightly and looked very happy.
Xu Baichuan said, "Mo Xun is a trainee we recruited from KTE in South Korea last year. He just won a prize in a dance competition abroad a few days ago. He will be the lead dancer in the team in the future."
Mo Xun nodded to everyone.
The more Fang Yinnian listened, the more surprised he became.
No wonder Manager Lin said this is an S-level project. Everyone gathered here today is very capable.
The third place winner of the national rap competition will be the rap leader of the boy band; the winner of the international dance competition will be the dance leader; and there will also be the lead singer of the rock band, and the all-round trainee who always gets first place in the assessment...
What an unprecedented luxurious lineup this is.
In comparison, I seem to be the most "transparent" one? He has never participated in a national competition, nor has he competed abroad like Mo Xun, and he has never even been a trainee.
He was discovered by a scout while participating in a singing competition at school. Compared with these people, my resume is indeed not impressive enough.
Everyone turned their eyes to the last person, Fang Yinnian.
Fang Yinnian smiled at everyone politely.
When the boy smiles, his eyes are curved and he is very friendly, which is completely different from the style of his teammates.
Xu Baichuan introduced: "Fang Yinnian, a student of Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music, he will be the lead singer of our boy band."
The four people present were all confused.
Tang Che asked directly: "Why should he be the lead singer?" His tone was somewhat dissatisfied.
Xu Baichuan explained, "Yin Nian is the lead singer, hand-picked by teacher Qiao Anhua from the vocal group. He has the widest vocal range among you. Yin Nian's vocal range can span three octaves and can handle different styles of music. Tang Che, although you sing well, you are seriously biased in one subject. In comparison, Yin Nian has a stronger overall vocal ability."
He paused and added, "You will understand the lead singer's ability when we get to the recording studio later."
Tang Che shrugged and said nothing more - his vocal range spanned three octaves, which was something he couldn't do.
But no one had ever heard Fang Yinnian's singing level, so naturally they couldn't understand it from Mr. Xu's description.
Moreover, in most boy bands' songs, the lead singer and the sub-lead singer are not clearly distinguished. Each person sings a section, and then they sing together at the end. The passages sung by each person were about the same length. If there is any inconsistency, fans may even quarrel.
Since they are almost the same, the "lead singer" is just a gimmick.
Therefore, the other four people actually do not recognize Fang Yinnian's strength in their hearts. Some people even doubted whether this lead singer who suddenly "dropped in" was really that good? Or is he a relative of some leader in the company?
Seeing that the meeting room had quieted down, Xu Baichuan continued, "Then our group has been initially formed."
Five people: “…”
Isn't this a bit too hasty? A group of unrelated people were forced together to form a team?
Xu Baichuan saw everyone's confusion and said, "You are the five most outstanding newcomers in Shengyao Media. Each of you has a different look, voice, and temperament, and is very recognizable. As the first boy band created by the company, our planning team discussed it for a long time, taking various factors into consideration, and finally decided on the five of you."
"FTM, this is the name of your team."
He took out a printed LOGO and placed it on the table.
The LOGO has a black background with three green letters "FTM" on it. It is obvious that the LOGO has been carefully designed. The top horizontal line of the "T" is elongated and bent to form an "umbrella" shape, which looks pretty good.
only……
Fu Fei raised his hand and asked, "Mr. Xu, what does FTM mean? Is it the abbreviation of some English word?"
Everyone was also confused about this question and all turned their eyes to Mr. Xu.
Xu Baichuan pointed to the logo on the table and said, "F stands for Fang Yinnian and Fu Fei, T stands for Tan Junwen and Tang Che, and M stands for Mo Xun. This is a team name formed by taking a letter from each of your surnames."
"FTM, that is, the five of you, represents yourselves."
——It’s you five people, representing yourselves.
These words shocked all five of them.
The names of other boy bands all have special meanings, such as FreeWind, which represents the wind of freedom; the recently debuted Twelve-Star boy band is based on the concept of the twelve constellations in the sky. The names of most boy bands also contain many English words related to dreams and music.
But FTM is taken from the first letters of their last names.
This word has no special meaning, it just represents itself.
There is actually a great risk in naming like this. If someone leaves the team, or if a member is replaced later, we have to find someone with the three letters FTM in their name, and the fans may not necessarily approve of it.
Once the concept of these three letters is typed out, it will be completely bound to these five people.
Where does Mr. Xu get the confidence that the five of them can form a team together for a long time?
The five of them had no emotional foundation, let alone team tacit understanding, and they even met for the first time today.
Some people seem... not very easy to get along with.
The five of them were actually very suspicious.
Will this work?
But Xu Baichuan looked at the five young people with confidence and said with a smile: "I hope that from today on, you will slowly understand the meaning of teamwork. Believe me, if the five of you work together, there will definitely be an effect of 1+1+1+1+1>5."
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