Peninsula: You've been chosen here for producing girl groups.

After more than two years of hard training at SM Entertainment, I successfully entered the debut preparatory group.

Park In-jung was naturally very unwilling to give up her debut spot when she was very close to debuting, due to some changes in her family.

She recently expressed her intention to debut as a trainee again.

However, the more you want to debut, the more carefully you need to choose a company.

Therefore, when faced with an invitation from Fanxing Entertainment, a company she had never even heard of, she declined it without hesitation.

Regardless of whether the other party is a startup or a shell company, if you have never heard of its name, it must be a small company.

There are no successful idol groups under its management.

Such unreliable small companies were clearly not within her selection criteria.

It seems that Fanxing Entertainment is a legitimate company now, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to attract a top trainee like Han Shuo to sign with them.

It seems like it's not impossible to try and make an approach.

"Seung-yeon, do you have Han Seok's current contact information?"

Yu Shengyan nodded sheepishly: "Yeah, yesterday I went to steal his vegetables and got bitten by his dog. I complained to him about it all night."

"It's strange, he must have bought some kind of tool, because the crops on his farm grew very quickly, and the harvest..."

Park In-jung interrupted helplessly, "Do you remember his number? Tell me."

Yu Shengyan realized what was going on: "Unnie, you're not planning to skip going back to the company and go join Han Shuo-senpai, are you?"

"Maybe, let's get to know each other first."

"Unnie, don't do anything stupid."

Yu Shengyan was surprised that Park Injung would give up SM Entertainment and choose Star Entertainment instead: "These new companies change every day, I don't even know if she'll survive until Han Seok-senpai debuts?"

Park In-jung chuckled, "Didn't you just say this company has good taste?"

"They have good judgment; choosing senior Han Shuo is half the battle won."

Yu Shengyan looked completely at ease.

"Wait, are you saying I'm not as good as Han Shuo?"

Park In-jung admitted in her heart that Han Seok was better than her, taller, more handsome, and had better singing and dancing skills, but that didn't mean she could get used to Yoo Seung-yeon subconsciously ranking the two of them.

"010-XXXX, senior, I still have practice to do, so I'll be going now."

Yu Shengyan ran away in a hurry.

"Slow down, watch where you're going."

After getting Han Seok's phone number, Park In-jung didn't rush to call him, but instead fell into memories.

Besides his undeniably handsome face, Han Seok's most prominent characteristic is his loyalty, which earns him great prestige among the younger trainees.

Otherwise, the company wouldn't have made him, a foreigner, the leader of the new boy group.

The most typical example is that Han Seok celebrates his birthday twice a year, and each time he treats his familiar juniors to Korean beef and barbecue.

She even tried Korean beef once.

With her decent family background, it's not like she can't afford Korean beef.

But those days when everyone secretly ate indulgent meals behind the company's back, and then covered for each other, are the ones I cherish most.

Even now, recalling it, I can still smell the sizzling, oily aroma of the meat.

She flipped through the calendar.

After careful and repeated confirmation, Han Shuo's Gregorian calendar birthday this year should be February 3rd, and his lunar calendar birthday is February 14th, the eighth day of the lunar month.

That is, tomorrow!

Having received Han Shuo's help in the past, and now having to trouble him again, I should give him a birthday present.

After thinking about it, she ordered a single sofa and filled in the delivery address as Star Entertainment, 111 Cheongdam-dong, intending to give it to Han Seok as a gift.

Then I called Han Shuo.

"Just go upstairs and say you're looking for me. I'll have someone take you to the practice room."

……

……

Fanxing Entertainment.

The audition for the six backup dancers was very successful.

Everyone immediately expressed their willingness to sign a backup dancer contract.

People like Kang Eun-hye, who are very interested, even expressed their desire to join Star Entertainment on the spot, such as Moon Hyun-ah and Park Kyung-ri.

After the audition, the three of them took the initiative to start dance practice as soon as possible.

Park Min-ha and Kwon Nara, who were the same age, unexpectedly got along well and became good friends. They stayed and came to the practice room together.

Naza came forward and counted the heads: "Exactly five people, which, together with the three of us, makes a perfect match."

She looked delighted.

"No, there was another member who had plans for the afternoon, so they didn't stay."

Nazawuwa's face fell again.

The smile doesn't disappear, it just moves on.

Han Shuo greeted Jiang Hanna with satisfaction and guided everyone to get to know each other.

Then everyone watched the choreography video together and gradually got into practice mode.

Eight beautiful women, all over 1.7 meters tall, with long, strong legs, danced in unison with cool and stylish steps, creating an absolute visual feast.

The song ended.

Someone knocked on the door and entered.

It is in the future timeline that the lead singer of Crown is Park In-jung.

Han Shuo waved to her, signaling her to come over.

Judging from the fact that they came in at such a precise time, they had clearly been waiting at the door for quite some time.

He went straight to the point and asked, "This is the theme song our company gave me, what do you think?"

Park In-jung exclaimed in amazement, "The melody of the song is very memorable, the dance steps are also very distinctive, and the backup dancers have incredibly good figures. The visual effect is fantastic."

"So, do you still have any doubts?"

Park In-jung shook her head: "Your company is more powerful than I thought."

"Let's go, I'll tell you about the company's benefits in detail."

It was another StarsRookies presentation, accompanied by explanations of the group's and limited-time group's management methods.

"Actually, I was the one who recommended you to CEO Lee Jong-seok. I was also the one who asked him to create a six-member girl group centered around you, but unfortunately..."

"Really?"

Park In-jung looked at Han Seok with surprise.

She didn't know what to say.

The two had been trainees and friends for two years, and their relationship was quite good.

That is, they gradually lost contact after she left SM Entertainment.

Now, feeling Han Shuo's special care, her heart is warmed, and the sense of unfamiliarity and distance caused by the long-standing lack of contact is slowly fading away.

She said coquettishly, "Then why didn't you just call me?"

"How was I supposed to know you were so proud, only wanting jobs from big companies?"

Han Shuo turned the laptop around and pushed it towards him: "Luckily, you realized your mistake."

"Listen to this, it's a track from my Chinese album that I'll be releasing in June."

"The song is an adaptation of the song 'with' by a Japanese singer, with new arrangement and lyrics."

"I hope you will sing this song as one of the starting lineup for StarsRookies, and come with me to China for the event."

"Is it specially made for me? Or is it a Chinese song?"

Park In-jung never imagined that Han Seok would go to such lengths for her.

She really wanted to ask: Is she the only one who gets this treatment, or do all the other trainees get it too?

If it's the former, why is he so good to her alone?

A very reasonable imagination unfolded in her mind.

If Han Shuo knew what she was thinking, she would definitely have to explain:

There's nothing I can do; most of the people around me are talented but not exceptional. They can dance without any problem, but without vocal training, their singing skills are really not that great.

In particular, they also have to sing Chinese songs.

Yes, I'm talking about Nazar.

Her Mandarin is not as fluent as Kang Han-na's.

"..."

Park In-jung

(The nine backup dancers are arranged in a 3x3 grid, with ages ranging from 87 to 92.)