Chapter 757 "IOI" Recording

IOI officially started recording in mid-December, but the program was kept secret from the outside world during the recording. Only on the day of the program's official broadcast will the voting mechanism and the IOI website be officially opened. The trainees who came to participate in the recording today were arranged to wear uniform clothes by the brokerage companies with good conditions, and they were also arranged to go to the beauty salon for beauty makeup. The trainees of small companies put on their own makeup and wear their own clothes.

The program officially started recording with the entrance of the trainees of the once glorious brokerage company "DSP". DSP was once a large brokerage company that owned Crystal Boys, Lee Hyori and Fin.k.l, and later Kara. However, after the brokerage company was exposed for slave contracts, it has fallen from grace since then. Because the company's "reputation" was deeply damaged, and the company's management had problems, the company had no idol group to show after Kara.

At this time, the two trainees who came in from "DSP" were still wearing the clothes they wore when Kara performed on the stage. At that time, Kara was also very popular in Japan with their "butt dance", even more popular than Girls' Generation. However, Kara's era has passed for many years. Now Kara only exists in the memories of Zhang Pingan and other people who started to pay attention to Korean entertainment around 2010, right?

Zhang Pingan, who was standing in the main control room, smiled and said to the executive director beside him: "Kara, I haven't heard from them for a long time. When I was in Tokyo, I saw Kara, Girls' Generation, and the neat group dance brought by them, which made me like the Korean entertainment industry, so I came to Korea."

Looking at the "little Kara" who was amazed at the scene in the camera, the executive director smiled and said: "Oh, PD Zhang, haven't you done related work in Japan before?"

Zhang Pingan shook his head and said: "I haven't done any specific related work in Japan, but I am constantly accumulating some related knowledge and ideas every day. Because the pranks and jokes in Japanese variety shows are really good, I often watch the show while thinking if I do it, how can I change it to be more funny? I record the ideas when I have them... The strange ideas that keep accumulating are getting more and more. So I started to try it myself, from market research to program production. The first program I produced, "Living Alone", is a variety show produced by investigating the psychology of fans."

Listening to Zhang Pingan's words, the executive PD nodded and said: "I have also seen this program, which is very suitable for the fan market."

Producing programs generally face two markets: one is a program specially made for fans, targeting the fan market, such as weekly song promotion. Another is a regular variety show that uses funny things to add joy to people. Zhang Pingan produced the program "Living Alone" that is completely aimed at the fan market. In the program, various celebrities and idols have disclosed their private homes and private lives, which is what fans are most willing to know, so the ratings of the program have been very good so far.

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As the trainees of each company arrived, the trainees sitting on the scene began to ask each other about their ages. Some older trainees heard that there were actually fifteen-year-olds sitting on the scene? Their eyes widened instantly. The atmosphere on the scene gradually became lively. As the agency was announced on the big screen, the children on the scene also began to exclaim, and the beauty of the trainees who came in was talked about by everyone.

The children sitting on the scene also began to look at each other at the trainees who came in from large agencies. Although the program is a competition of comprehensive strength and audience voting. But when those very small agencies, or even agencies that have never been heard of, appear, everyone is full of doubts.

How to say this, it feels like "competing for fathers". Whoever's 'father' has a strong enough background in the circle will naturally receive more attention.

And the trainees who came in at this time changed.

It should be said that 'they' can no longer be described as trainees, because they are all people who have already debuted. MBK, that is, the girl group members of Tara's company, came. They are the newcomers DIA who debuted this year. Kim Kwang-soo has carefully created them, and even Tara's fans in China affectionately call them 'little sisters'. But... after their debut, they did not receive much attention.

So this "IOI" is their best chance to return to the training, plus the relationship between MBK and... is a subsidiary. So they will definitely get a lot of care, but Zhang Pingan doesn't think it matters.

When ‘DIA’ entered the scene, the trainees sitting on the stage all said: “Hey, DIA, didn’t they debut? Why are they participating in this?”

When some of the sounds on the scene reached the control room, Zhang Pingan stood in front of the monitor and said indifferently with the intercom: “No. 3, give the girl in the middle a close-up.”

The person Zhang Pingan gave a close-up to was Zheng Caiyan, who will also gain attention for her pure appearance in the future. Zhang Pingan looked at Zheng Caiyan, who looked pretty good, through the monitor of No. 3, and the executive PD sitting next to him was watching Zhang Pingan’s eyes.

Because at the beginning Zhang Pingan said that he would produce the program with the trainees of the agency, but ‘DIA’ was not a trainee. In fact, it was forced in by Kim Kwang-soo, after all, he was very close to Kim Kwang-soo. This girl group that has failed must be saved by all means, right?

After giving the close-up, Zhang Ping'an put down his cell phone and turned on the intercom, and started filming normally before selecting their positions. Zhang Pingan said: "MBK, is it your subsidiary?"

"It was true before, but not now. After changing the name of the agency, Kim Kwang Soo gave the company a sum of money and left with the artist contract. Although he said he left, the friendship for many years is still there."

Formerly ‘CCM’ and now MBK, with the change of company name he is now completely independent. As for Tara and the DIA brought by Jin Guangzhu, they were all bought out from here, so Jin Guangzhu himself also took out a lot of loans. Although Tara's activities in China have been relatively smooth, her activities in China have to be shared by the agency there.

After deducting the dues from Huaxia Company and Tara members, the funds returned from Tara alone can only support the expenses of CCM Company. So for me, it would not be a loss to sell everything in CCM to Kim Kwang Soo. After all, Tara really can’t make money in Korea.

Zhang Ping'an smiled and said: "Well, Jin Guangzhu is just a pig head, a good hand of cards... Forget it, I won't say more about Tara, I just feel a bit sorry. Fortunately, the members are treated well in China , and recently joined a brokerage company in China.”

But Zhang Ping'an didn't finish what he said, because the good time left for them was not long, and Huaxia and the others couldn't stay too long.

At the studio, the trainees came in one after another, and there was only one empty seat left. When the company's logo of 'JYP' was displayed on the big screen, the trainees present all exclaimed, because it represents one of the three major agencies in South Korea. No one thought that this large planning agency would also send trainees to participate in the selection.

As the logo showed Jeon Somi walking in, many people looked at her and said, "Somi from "Sixteen" is really beautiful." "Artist, artist, she is a complete artist!"

With the debut of 'Twice', Akiya, who had participated in the selection, became well known to everyone, at least they knew that there was such a mixed-race person.

In fact, Somi applied to participate in "IOI" on her own initiative. Park Jin Young has always felt that Jeon Somi is a child worth cultivating, but she was too young when she debuted in "Rabbit Gas", 15 years old. And it was still a Korean algorithm. According to the actual age algorithm, she was only 14 years old at the time.

Therefore, Park Jin Young feels that Jeon So Mi is still young and can practice for a few more years before debuting, so that she can get more study time and make full preparations before debuting. But Jeon Somi felt that she was ready to debut, but at this time, it seemed as if the company was deliberately holding her back and not letting her debut. Didn't she just sign up to participate in "IOI" this time?

After she signed up, she told the company that she wanted to participate in the "IOI" selection. Park Jin Young can only let her participate. Anyway, the activities of this group have a certain number of years. She can also accumulate experience by successfully debuting in this group. Who knew that after the group disbanded, Jeon Somi returned to the company, and Park Jin Young still asked her to continue practicing. Jeon Somi, who was a little reluctant to continue practicing, switched to other companies. Of course, this is all a story later.

As Jeon Somi entered the stage, the mentors also came in one after another... After the host announced the rules that all selections will be determined by national votes, the strength test began on the site.

Testing one group after another is quite time consuming. Test for one hour, then rest for ten minutes.

During the first break in filming, Zhang Pingan came to the lobby with coffee. When the show team's chief PD Zhang Pingan appeared, not only the trainees but also the 'teachers' sitting on the judges' bench also stood up.

Zhang Pingan handed the coffee to the instructor: "Thank you for your hard work. The training of the children will be a lot more troublesome for everyone."

Park Jiaxi smiled and said: "PD Zhang, don't say that. When we receive this salary, isn't it the job we should do well?"

Zhang Ping'an said with a smile: "I was watching the evaluation of the 'Pledis' trainees in the studio just now, and it was obvious that there were traces of 'AS'."

Park Jiaxi smiled and said: "Hahaha, those of us from 'Pledis' can recognize that feeling at a glance."

Zhang Pingan looked at the instructors and asked, "How do you feel overall?"

The dance teacher said: "It can only be said that the good and the bad are mixed! The children still have a long way to go in the future, and they must practice more. Otherwise, it will be difficult for them to go on stage for the first time."