May 20, 2007, Seoul, South Korea.

The warm winds in May have made South Korea enter the most comfortable season of the year, but the bright sunshine makes people dizzy.

The whole first half of the year, the Korean entertainment industry was dazzled by the turmoil. The suicides of unee and Jung Dabin cast a shadow on everyone's hearts. The costume drama "**" released by mbc continues the craze of costume historical dramas in Korean TV series since "Dae Jang Geum". The music scene is still the world of boys, Dongfang Shenqi, SGwannabe, SS501, Bigbang, and Superjunior are popular, and several solo singers like Lee Hyo-ri and Lee Seung-ki are interspersed. However, the wondergirls launched by JYP seem to indicate that the girl group era is gradually coming.

The most popular name at the moment is Jun Duxian, who just won the title of Cannes. The former national variety show "X-man" has declined, and "Two Days and One Night" has gradually risen in the form of a wild realistic variety show. However, the national mc, Yoo Jae-suk and Kang Ho-dong, have laid their foundation.

Countless young people have the dreams of stars and work hard to shed sweat and tears, filling the trainees of major brokerage companies, full of hope that they will one day be able to step on the starry stage. Many of them will lead the new entertainment trend of the next era.

The internal internal f&cmusic entertainment economy company in Gangnam-gu, Seoul is in full swing at this time, and a quarterly test within the company is underway.

f&cmusic is an ordinary small economy company that cannot be compared with the three major companies **, jyp and yg. So far, there is no contracted artist. However, this company is not that simple. As a subsidiary of Asian media giant mcom, after obtaining funds for restructuring, it has been orderly nurturing his own trainees in an orderly manner. After three years of selection and training, a five-person band composed entirely of young people born in the 1990s is preparing for their debut.

President Han Shenghao is a shrewd musician and manager. When he first founded the company, he clarified the company's business direction - a rock band, and directly targeted the almost blank rock music market in South Korea. The company's trainees also have several good singers who have good singing and writing, which makes him full of infinite confidence in the company.

The exam has been going on for more than two hours. President Han Shenghao shook his head in disappointment. Obviously, he could not meet his expectations with the level of the trainee. He looked at his younger brother Han Shengxun, who was sitting beside him, who was the artistic director of the company. The two brothers had a clear division of labor. As the president, the brother was in charge of the business and market, while as the producer, he focused on the training of artists.

Han Shengxun smiled helplessly at his brother, obviously he had no choice but to do anything about such a situation. A small company means no reputation or resources. Almost all the good seedlings in the entire South Korea have been sacked by the three major entertainment companies, and a small company can only eat what others have left. If you want an outstanding artist, you can only hope for those buried uncensored jades besides luck.

Fortunately, the company has a clear positioning, avoiding the traditional sphere of influence such as dance music and hip-hop that big companies are good at, and focusing on creating singer-songwriters and bands. It still has a good market among underground bands.

As the trainee exam ended, the judges and teachers, including the president, were shocked and watched the last trainees come on stage with anticipation.

This group of trainees is almost the most elite of the company, and to some extent, it is even more potential than Ftisland, which has been confirmed to debut in June.

As soon as they appeared, people felt a completely different momentum. This is a band composed of four handsome men.

Guitar Jung Yong-wo, Lee Jong-hyun, and drummer Kang Min-hyuk are both very handsome boys. Even if they don’t have any talent, they can get along in the entertainment industry with just a face. However, they have become much more ordinary compared with the captain and bass Kim Hyun-joon.

Kim Hyun-joon stood in the middle of the stage with a bass on her shoulder and immediately became the focus of everyone's attention. The tall 183cm figure is slender and straight, with fair skin, high nose bridge and deep eye sockets that form the three-dimensional contour unique to Westerners, while the soft lines of the melon-shaped face and lips outline the elegance of the orientals. A pair of clear and charming dark blue eyes that make people unconsciously intoxicated and ignore the others.

This is a mixed-race who looks so handsome that he is so beautiful that he is so beautiful. His body contains the bloodlines of four ethnic groups, China, Germany, South Korea and Japan. The excellent genes in these bloodlines seem to be gathered in him. Coupled with his extremely recognizable voice, the company even planned to make his debut solo. Almost everyone believes that the company's luck is really good to sign him as a trainee, because it means a bright future.

The young man who just turned 18 today was full of confidence at this moment. After his teammates signaled to prepare, he said loudly: "Knightsofwonderland band, captain Bes Kim Hyun-jun, member guitar Jung Yong-wo, guitar Lee Jong-hyun, drums Kang Min-hyuk. Exam tracks, original song "nowornever", please give me some advice!"

"Original?!" The onlookers were in an uproar, and even the judges couldn't sit still. There were not many singers with creative ability, and there were even fewer people who showed this talent during the trainees, so it was not too much to pay attention to it. Almost immediately, the teachers' evaluation of Kim Hyun-joon doubled.

"I knew this child was excellent for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be so far. It seemed that it was time to consider their debut..." President Han Shenghao couldn't help but sighed in his heart, and then he felt worried: "Ftisland is preparing to debut. The company has no remaining resources to operate, it's so troublesome..."

No one noticed that he looked at Kim Hyun-joon, in addition to appreciation, there was also a hint of comfort, kindness and remembrance.

Soon the beautiful music attracted all his attention.

To be honest, although the quality of the music itself is quite good, the skills and cooperation of the four people are slightly lacking. However, this song is completely enough in the albums of the debut band, so what is there to be dissatisfied with the trainees? Moreover, the handsome image of the four people and Kim Hyun-joon's unique voice completely cover up these shortcomings, and it is enough to be used as a debut song.

At the end of the song, everyone applauded enthusiastically, as if this was not a trainee exam, but a liveshow.

Han Shengxun commented as a judge: "To be honest, I was very surprised by the quality of this original song, and the lyrics and music were very good. The only drawback is that the arrangement is a bit simple, the performance skills are a little lacking. Although the cooperation is tacit, the emotions and appeal are not enough. In general, although it is not perfect, as a trainee, it has exceeded my expectations for being able to perform at this level. I hope you will continue to work hard and not be complacent."

"Yes, thank you very much for your guidance." The four of them bowed at the same time to express their gratitude.

President Han Seung-ho did not comment on them, but concluded: "Everyone performed well today. I hope to continue working hard. After comparing the previous personal results, the final ranking will be announced tomorrow. This season's exam ends here." After a pause, he said: "Kim Hyun-joon will come to my office later."

After saying that, he got up and led the teacher out of the practice room. The rest of the finishing work was naturally left to the trainees to handle.

As soon as the teacher left, the practice room immediately became noisy. Everyone was congratulating Kim Hyun-jun and the other two in a mess. If nothing unexpected happens, their chief next season will be sure to win again. Of course, some of them are full of envy, jealousy and hatred, but some are also truly admired.

Not to mention innate things like appearance and talent, the attitude of the four people alone is definitely the hardest-working group among the trainees.

After a while of trouble, the trainees dispersed, either for dinner, go home, or go back to grit their teeth and continue practicing. Then the four of them escaped and returned to their exclusive practice room.

The exclusive practice room is not big, and it has just reached the point where they can rehearse without fighting, but it is not a public practice room after all, it is a privilege that only three chief bands in the company can enjoy.

As soon as he entered the house, Zheng Ronghe lay on the floor with his back on his back: "It's finally over~

"Yeah! It's great! This time the band scores are definitely the first, and Brother Hyun Joon's chief student can't escape." Lee Jong Hyun said excitedly.

"That's right, right! We are the best!" Jiang Min-hyuk also started to cheer.

After all, they are young people. Apart from Kim Hyun-joon, there are not many others who are completely unhappy in such an important formal assessment. The previous efforts have received good returns, so it is no wonder they are so happy.

Kim Hyun-jun took a happy seat and sat on the floor, but said, "It's good, but Ronghe did a good job this time, maybe she can become the chief Dangdang and form a team by herself."

Among them, except for Kim Hyun-jun who has been a trainee for almost four years, the others have only been practicing for more than a year. Although they are all excellent, they do not have much advantage over the veteran trainees. Especially the trainee's personal exams, a comprehensive examination of a person's level is a comprehensive examination. In addition to the team performance, which accounts for 30%, individuals also have 70%. This part of the score comes from the total scores of 8 subjects: vocal music, instruments, music theory and creation, dance and body shape, acting skills, foreign languages, hosting and personal talents.

Except for Kim Hyun-joon who always wins first place, Jung Yong-he, who has the best results, won fifth place last quarter, and the other two are even hesitating around the tenth place.

F&C has a unique chief student system. The top three students in each season examination become chief students and have the qualifications to form a team as the captain. The team members are selected by the captain themselves and can form a band or dance troupe. This chief student team has a series of privileges, the most important thing is the exclusive practice room and the team fund that is not large but can help improve the food. You should know that the trainees' food is quite average, and the subsidy on weekdays is not even enough for these half-year-old children who have a huge amount of exercise to eat.

The privileges that all faces each other naturally inspire the children's sense of competition. However, Kim Hyun-joon's strong and comprehensive comprehensive strength made him the chief student in the second year of joining the company. In August last year, he formed the so-called knightsofwonderland band with three other people, and never fell from the first place again.

At that time, Kim Hyun-joon chose to join the company for a short time and had not been very strong. Everyone was surprised. Including those who were invited, they were also very puzzled. However, Kim Hyun-joon's answer, "I am very optimistic about your potential" inspired them all at once. The teenagers were just eager to be affirmed. When they received such affirmation from a chief senior who was favored by the whole company, they made the children feel like they were soon to be close to Kim Hyun-joon.

Under Kim Hyun-jun's guidance and supervision, the three of them studied hard and practiced hard, and their talent was quickly revealed. In just one year, they rose from 50 to the top ten now. Jung Yong-he is expected to attack the top three trainees. This is certainly related to the low-level trainee level of trainees in small companies that are easy to make a comeback, but they cannot erase their talent and diligence.

After hearing Kim Hyun-joon's words, Lee Jong Hyun and Kang Min Hyuk both turned their eyes to Jung Yong-he, and this question caught them off guard.

Zheng Ronghe was stunned when she heard this, then curled her smile and sat up silently. It was obvious that he had not considered this issue before.

The atmosphere in the practice room became a little dull for a moment, but Kim Hyun-jun just looked at Jung Yong-he with a smile, without saying a word.

"Ah!" After a few minutes, Zheng Ronghe suddenly shouted, rubbed his hair vigorously, and said, "No matter what, the chief is just a casual way to give birth to a god. We have no shortage of treatment anyway. Instead of teaming up with those inexplicable guys, it is better to follow Brother Xianjun. I don't care about captains or something!"

"Haha! I knew that Brother Ronghe, you can't bear to part with us!" The old Jiang Minhyuk hugged Jung Yonghe's head happily and screamed happily. Lee Jong-hyun also laughed and hugged his shoulders and said, "A smart choice! If it weren't for Brother Hyun-jun, how could we make progress so quickly? Now there are original songs to play!"

Kim Hyun-jun was so happy that she got the answer she wanted, and shouted: "Good boy! I didn't love you in vain."

"Brother Hyun-jun! Let's have a good meal to celebrate!" Jung Yong-he broke free from Kang Min-hyuk's arms and shouted.

"No problem!" Kim Hyun-jun waved his hand: "Eat barbecue today! Spend all the remaining team funds!"

"Long live!" "Brother Xianjun is the best!" Half-year-old boy's desire for meat is endless, and eating meat is definitely one of their happiest things at the moment.

Kim Hyun-joon summoned everyone to put their hands together and shouted slogans: "We must continue to work hard next, and we must debut together!"

"Debut together!!"

"We want to be the number one rock band in Korea!"

"No. 1 in Korea!"

"We want to be an Asian rock group!!"

"Rock group!"

“Long live k.o.w!!”

So, a group of children who are brave enough to move forward towards their dreams united and set off.
Chapter completed!