Chapter 1538 1640. Girls chasing their dreams
Seeing Shu Chang's curiosity, Nie Wei told him about Zhou Duoduo asking him to help record a support video for her friend.
"Ah, that little girl, I remember." After Nie Wei's reminder, Shu Chang also matched the girl's figure in his memory with Mu Han's name.
"At the beginning, I thought the relationship between the two children was quite good, and the little girl seemed very well-behaved and obedient. Why is she going to be an idol? I remember she has always been a host."
"Every girl has a dream of being an idol. After all, standing on the stage and feeling the enthusiasm of the fans on the scene is a completely different feeling than standing on the screen." Nie Wei commented pointedly.
The reason why young men and women nowadays want to become idols is because this profession can personally feel the feeling of being sought after by the masses.
"But this industry is hard enough, and she is about the same age as Duoduo. Is it right to debut at this age..." Shu Chang did not continue, but the meaning was obvious.
This is also the label that the general public puts on idols.
This is a profession that relies on youth. Most of them are children in their teens and twenties. After a certain age, they will be looked at with strange eyes.
I remember there was a show before, which was a boy group audition. There was a 25-year-old trainee in it. Because of his age, he even joked that he was an uncle.
Twenty-five-year-olds are all "uncles". It is conceivable that the public has more stringent requirements for age, and the standards for girl groups are definitely lower. A girl in her twenties will be looked at with more or less strange eyes when she participates in the audition.
"You forgot that she was a trainee for a year. She knows whether it is hard or not."
As for the age, Nie Wei thought about it and said: "No matter what age, as long as there is still a heart to pursue dreams, you will have no regrets if you have worked hard and pursued it. As for the rest, let the public choose."
Nie Wei smiled and added: "And in the end, even if she can't debut on this show, it will be good for her live broadcast."
"That's right." Shu Chang also agreed with Nie Wei's supplement.
Shu Chang also read the plan for this variety show. It is an S-level talent show rated by the Stars Variety Department, which is the highest level variety show rated internally.
This also means that this program will be created with the top production team.
The stage, sound, costumes and props, including publicity that the girls participating in this program will enjoy will be the best in the mainland. Although the competition system is cruel, everyone who participates can get some benefits, and even just working with such a production team is a rare opportunity that can allow these girls to gain a lot of knowledge and even learn a lot of things that will benefit them for life.
At this point, Shu Chang suddenly looked at Nie Wei in surprise and asked, "You didn't open a back door for that kid, did you?"
"How is that possible!" Nie Wei hurriedly denied it after hearing it.
"Although this program is produced by Fanxing Group, all votes are submitted to a third party for review. Fanxing has no chance to intervene in the operation. This is a cake for the entire industry. If we play tricks once, who will play with us next time?"
But Shu Chang didn't believe this at all, and continued to ask: "Then your company is always responsible for the program editing, right?"
"Ahem, don't say it if you know it well."
Fanxing really can't do anything with the votes. Just like Nie Wei said, this is a grand event participated by the entire industry, including many big brand manufacturers, all of which are interrelated in interest.
Fanxing has so many people staring at this piece of cake, and Fanxing can't do anything.
But for the manipulation of the votes, although Fanxing can't intervene directly, it has other means, just like Shu Chang said, relying on the editing weight to determine the final result.
For such a program with hundreds of girls participating, every second of each person's face is actually very important.
With more shots, it is easier to impress people, and the popularity will naturally increase. But with fewer shots, it is miserable. No matter how strong you are, it is difficult to stand out.
And there is a saying in this industry that a good movie depends on actors for two points, directors for three points, and editing for the remaining half.
Although this is indeed exaggerated, it can also show the importance of post-editing.
A good editor has the ability to turn decay into magic. Similarly, if an editor has a crooked mind, he can also make magical things ordinary, or even transplant flowers and trees, so that one thing or even a paragraph has another meaning.
Nowadays, major variety shows often use such means to create topics, attract public attention, and increase the popularity of the program. For this reason, a new term has been born, called malicious editing. Such a straightforward name shows how much the public hates this kind of editing method.
Nie Wei didn't ask the staff to target any little girl, but it was okay to say hello and give Mu Han a few more shots.
Of course, the girls themselves have to be motivated, otherwise the elixir will turn into poison. If the performance is not good and there are many shots, it will cause the audience to feel bad.
Half a month later, the talent show named "Chasing Dreams 2021" officially began recording.
A total of 100 top trainees from major entertainment companies across the country gathered together to compete for only nine debut positions.
When these girls knew that there were only nine debut positions this time, they really wailed.
Originally, I thought there would be eleven debut positions like HELLOGILRS, but I didn't expect that two positions would be missing at the beginning. All the girls felt a lot of pressure at once.
You have to know that the future development of members who debuted into a group and those who did not debut into a group is really different.
How many people still remember who was the twelfth contestant of "PRODUCE101"?
Although there is only one place difference, the development is completely different.
Members who join the group can enjoy various resources provided by the super entertainment group Fanxing. Any one of them is something that these girls dare not imagine now.
For example, none of these girls have appeared on domestic first-line variety shows.
But as long as they form a group and become a member of a new group, they can participate in "Infinite Challenge" or "Longing for Life", or even other major variety shows.
There are also albums created by top domestic music producers, roles in movies and TV series directed by top directors, wearing beautiful clothes to watch top brand shows abroad, and shooting covers of top fashion magazines in the circle...
The treatment that HELLO GIRLS has enjoyed is also what the new group will enjoy, and it may even be better.
On the contrary, those girls who have not debuted, except for some invitations when they just came out of the show because of the popularity, most of them disappeared after the popularity of the show passed. Even the best ones are still far behind the members of the group.
This is one step to heaven and one step to hell.
So reducing two places may not seem like much, but in the hearts of the girls, the overwhelming pressure is very huge.
The list of selected trainees was not announced in the morning, at least not when the recording started. This was also done to leave a suspense and give all trainees a surprise.
Perhaps people who know each other will appear in different groups, and perhaps some people who debuted and became trainees again, and of course some are so unknown that they have no reputation in the circle...
It’s just that the Star Group did not announce it, but in fact, these trainees have heard some rumors more or less.
After all, Fanxing can keep it secret, but the major brokerage companies can't. If they hadn't signed a confidentiality agreement with Fanxing, they would even want to publicly announce which trainees under their own company have joined the program to make a blockbuster pre-match publicity.
As one of the main anchors of the Fanxing live broadcast platform, Mu Han came to participate in this program, and naturally many people got the news.
But whether it is accurate or not, no one dares to be sure.
After all, the program has not started recording, and the Fanxing Group has never given an official list. These rumors are mostly gossip, and the final result will not be clear until the day of recording.
At eight o'clock in the morning, trainees from major companies arrived at the recording site of the program on time.
The recording location is in the new office building of Fanxing.
Looking at the towering Fanxing Building, every girl who came in couldn't help but widen her eyes in surprise.
It's not that they haven't seen a hundred-story building before, but those super buildings have nothing to do with them. At most, they regard it as a tourist classic, but the super building in front of them is different, because they may become one of the companies that own this super building.
Because nine of the 100 girls will join the Fanxing Group after the show.
Sometimes, the first impression is enough for many girls to make a choice in their hearts. Compared with Fanxing, which owns this financial building worth tens of billions, the half-floor or even the basement rented by their own entertainment company is too disgusting.
As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison. The super building of Fanxing Group really taught these girls a profound first lesson.
"Wow, such a tall building, two are Fanxing's, and the conference center over there is also Fanxing's. This company is too rich."
"Nonsense, the market value of Fanxing Group exceeds 3 trillion, what do you think."
"It's so happy to work in such a company, my God, it's even better inside, come and see."
The manuscripts of top architectural designers are extraordinary. Fanxing Building is not only amazing in appearance, but also impressive in its interior.
The design concept that is at least 20 years ahead of the current popular architecture makes the interior of Fanxing Building full of a sense of the future. The moment the girls stepped into the door, they really felt like they had traveled to the future world.
All kinds of cutting-edge civilian technologies are applied in this building. For a moment, the girls even felt like they had just entered the Grand View Garden. Everything they saw was very fresh.
Many girls at this moment have also become more determined in their goals, that is, they must enter the debut position!
Because at this moment, they deeply understand what the gap is.
In the past, others told them how good and high the treatment of Fanxing was. Although they also agreed, most of them did not have a real sense of substitution.
But today, when they walked into the Fanxing Building, what they saw and heard along the way, the environment that was completely different from their own small company, gave these girls who had just entered the entertainment industry a shock no less than Mars hitting the Earth.
Especially when they arrived at the practice room, for the girls, this feeling of difference was more intuitive and profound.
This should have been the most familiar place for the girls, but at this moment, they stood in the practice room of Fanxing, but in the familiarity, they felt an inexplicable sense of strangeness.
It is said that the floor here uses the latest shock-absorbing technology. Dancing on the floor in the practice room can reduce the burden. Of course, it is not cheap to fake it, and it costs tens of thousands of yuan per square meter.
There is no teacher here who carries a small speaker to play music for everyone. Instead, there is a world-class sound system. The accompanying staff also played a song for everyone. The sound quality of the song is really the kind that makes people feel very expensive when they listen to it. It's like being at a concert and the singer is singing in your ear.
The big layout has already surprised the girls, and there are many subtle details that give the girls a lot of surprises.
Take the body measurement instrument at the door as an example. This is not just for measuring weight. This body measurement instrument can fully detect a person's physical fitness, such as weight, body fat, body shape judgment, and even your muscle distribution. Even after each measurement, a special report will be issued to you.
The staff of Fanxing introduced that the company will have a special fitness coach, and at that time, they will customize nutritious meals and fitness tutorials for you according to your report to help you create the most perfect body.
Of course, the staff also added that these benefits can only be enjoyed by debut members.
As soon as these words came out, the fighting spirit of all the girls was immediately stimulated to the limit.
Who doesn't want to make themselves more perfect? The key benefit is just the tip of the iceberg, but this tip of the iceberg has already made many girls present feel jealous.
They work hard as trainees, isn't it just to stand on the top stage and enjoy the top treatment in the future?
And these are exactly what the Star Group can give them.
The girls never doubted this, especially after today's visit, they are even more convinced that the Star Group has the ability to make them famous.
Then there is only one thing they need to consider next, that is, how to stand out from the one hundred girls.
Everyone knows that all of this is just a temporary card, just like the trial membership of many websites, not only the time period, but also the key has many restrictions.
Only by getting the debut position can they officially become a "member" of this company, enjoy various benefits, and realize their dream of becoming a big star, just like their predecessors HELLOGILRS, who became famous overnight.
But it is not so easy to choose nine out of a hundred.
The atmosphere between the girls began to change gradually. On the surface, it seemed very harmonious, but secretly it was full of gunpowder.