181 Selection of the Dance Company
The selection of scripts is not over yet, this is only the first round. Lin Xiyuan's work can only be regarded as just beginning. However, these will be left to Lin Xiyuan, Hong Chengxian and others for investigation and research. Lee Joon-yi once again devoted himself to his own job - recording.
Although the recording of the entire album has not yet ended, the recording of the title song "The King" has ended, and this time it is still a performance that needs to be accompanied by dance. But unlike the previous "Mad", this time "The King" is a more atmospheric song, and it definitely needs to use a dance company. And the choreographer, this time Lee Joon-yi also hopes to find a professional male choreographer to choreograph, firstly, Park Jiaxi has been training recently, and he is also very busy, so he can't spare time at all; secondly, because the rhythm of the song "King" is very distinct, in the words of Park Jiaxi, "the gender of this song is male", Park Jiaxi is definitely not good at choreographing. That's why we made this decision.
In Korea, there are two types of dance teams, one is composed of trainees from the company, just like in Japan, who can help seniors dance and accumulate dance experience, and the other is to sign contracts with various professional dance companies. Generally speaking, most companies choose the second option, and the first type is not very prosperous in South Korea, and it is only occasionally done. For example, Kim Jong-min was born as a dancer.
The Korean dance company system is already very perfect, and well-known professional dance companies have their own company addresses, which are called companies, but in fact they are dance practice studios. In the practice room, the dance troupe will practice here, and there will also be apprentices to learn. Among the apprentices, in addition to those who learn to dance because of their hobbies, a large number of them are volunteer trainees. Therefore, every once in a while, these professional dance companies will introduce some qualified trainees to large companies and become contract trainees. In other words, in addition to public interviews and other channels, these professional dance companies are also a way to realize your dreams.
However, although there are many professional dance companies, there are still not many who have succeeded. Most of the successful dance companies still sign long-term cooperation contracts with major brokerage companies, not only to become backup dancers, but also to shoulder the task of providing dance talents to the brokerage companies, plus the income of teaching apprentices every day, can be regarded as a successful professional dance company. The most obvious example is that the company has cooperated with several dance companies, which have been around since the HOT period, and the closest ones are TVXQ. “. Although the company has been doing well, it has been the real success of dancing for TVXQ, and as TVXQ has toured all over Asia, even the members of the company have fans.
But no matter what form it takes, the newly established "Yi family" does not have this family background, so the situation now is that Li Zhunyi needs to sign a contract with a professional dance company to form a long-term cooperative relationship.
In the past few days, Lin Xiyuan has been busy with the script, so the affairs of the dance troupe have been handed over to Park Jinyu, the assistant to the agent. For nearly a month before this, Park Jin-woo has been doing simple tasks such as sorting out materials and answering phone calls, and this is the first time Park Jin-woo has come into contact with formal work, and it is such an important job, so he is also taking it seriously.
After two rounds of selection, Park Jinwoo also discussed with Lin Xiyuan several times, and also consulted Min Donghan and others, before making a final decision and choosing this dance company called "Ace".
The history of "Ace" is not very long, it has been created for more than three years, less than four years. However, the strength of "Ace" has been recognized by the industry, and their leader is not one, but composed of two men and one woman, and the three of them are different at dancing, so they cover a wide range. However, due to the fact that it was not created for a long time, there was no foundation, and there were not enough personnel. In the era when groups are prevalent in Korea, they have to sign a contract with any company and become a regular backup dancer for the group, and the personnel will be stretched. Therefore, until now, they still have not formed a cooperative relationship with any brokerage company. But even so, they are still a gathering place for trainees.
Currently, JYP, YG, and DSP have trainees training here, and they continue to select trainees for this dance company. For example, Park Jae-beom, Kwon Ji-ryong, Cho Kwon and others have all trained here, and even now, their choreographers are from the company. After that, there was no special practice at YJ, so it was the first time I had contact with "Ace".
Park Jin-woo and Lee Joon-yi came to the headquarters of "Ace's" practice room in Gangnam-gu, which is one subway stop away from the "Yi family", which is not far. From the outside, it looks like a taekwondo gym, the door on the first floor is not big, and you walk up the stairs along the corridor on the first floor to the second floor, where the practice room is located. There are four practice rooms here, and Park Jinwoo led the way and went straight to the innermost one. It seems that this is the room that artists usually use when they come to practice.
Walking into the practice room, unlike the few people originally expected, there were twenty or thirty people squeezed in, although the practice room was very large, it didn't look crowded at all, but suddenly there were so many people, which still made Li Zhun Yi a little surprised.
"Oh......" There was a low cheer, followed by a loud chatter. Everyone was very excited to see Li Zhunyi, and some people had the urge to scream, but under good discipline management, everyone didn't shout, and in the end it turned into a suppressed exclamation "Oh......".
Although there are half boys and half girls in front of them, everyone is locked on Li Zhunyi. After all, they are all young people, and when they see Li Zhunyi's recent achievements, even if they don't like it, they will feel envious. This is their dream, and Lee Joon-yi is already on the way to realizing it, at least in terms of TV dramas, he has made a breakthrough. As for the music, it has yet to be proved by the second album.
"Hello, I'm Yang Jin-jae, this is my companion, Heo Jun, Song Eun-yi. The man standing at the front was the first to introduce himself, and it seems that Yang Zhenzai's eloquence should be better, and he is in charge of the diplomatic part. Heo Jun and Song Eun-yi also stepped forward to greet Lee Joon-yi and Park Jin-woo respectively.
"Hello, I'm Li Zhunyi. Lee Joon-yi also modestly introduced himself.
Yang Zhenzai looks like he is twenty years old, not tall, but his muscles are trained beautifully. XU JUNHUI IS SLIGHTLY TALLER, HIS FACIAL FEATURES ARE VERY THREE-DIMENSIONAL, HE ACTUALLY HAS SOME SHADOWS OF MIXED RACE, AND HE HAS A CAP AND A WIDE T-SHIRT ON HIS BODY, AND HIS HIPHOP STYLE IS VERY OBVIOUS. But Song Eun-yi is a little surprising, with a simple T-shirt and jeans, straight black hair, and a bookish face, there is no problem in saying that she is engaged in secretarial work and design work.
Li Zhun Yi quickly looked at the gap between the three people in front of him, and the three people in front of him were also looking at Li Zhun Yi. Although the news media has been bombarded indiscriminately recently, and a casual search for news is a lot, the actual meeting of real people still makes the three of them a little surprised. Li Zhun Yi is a little taller than it looks on TV, official information says that Li Zhun Yi is 1.84 meters, but Yang Zhenzai is very skeptical, it seems that Li Zhun Yi is definitely more than 1.86 meters, is it that puberty is still developing.
"The Witch's Condition" Yang Zhenzai has only watched a few episodes intermittently, so his deepest impression of Lee Joon-yi is still left in the image of bombing the media in the rumor incident and being outspoken in the Anti incident, originally thought that Lee Joon-yi should be a very flamboyant and arrogant person, but when he actually saw it, he was a little surprised, and he could easily feel the taste of sunshine from Lee Joon-yi.
It was just a few seconds of contemplation, and countless thoughts flashed through the minds of the four people. In fact, the "Yi family" has signed the first cooperation contract with "Ace", which is a short-term contract. In response to the promotion of this second album, "Ace" will fully cooperate with Lee Joon-yi's backup dance work. As for whether to renew the contract in the future, after the album promotion is over, the two sides will sit down and talk about it.
Today, Lee Joon-yi came here mainly to meet the main personnel of the dance troupe, and then talk about the choreography, and then the backup dancer will be selected, because Lee Joon-yi plans to start practicing on the stage in the next few days.
After a brief conversation, Lee Joon-yi learned that most of the people here are trainees of the "Ace" dance troupe that they are ready to recommend to the agency, and a small number of them are trainees of various companies, and even quasi-artists who are preparing to make their debut. That's why they can come in this room. Among these people, Yang Jin-jae will select Lee Joon-yi's backup dancers, and will work with Lee Joon-yi to promote the second series in the next two or three months. And after hearing that Li Zhunyi would come, many trainees who were not in the choice also gathered and were ready to "chase stars".
"Okay, there are people who have been notified to stay, everyone else goes out first, and we have to work. Xu Jun turned around and clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention and said.
After Xu Jun's words fell, everyone reluctantly left. In the end, there were only a dozen people left, and the practice room suddenly seemed empty. Since there were only five people on the stage of the "King" this time, and there was no need for female backup dancers, most of the female trainees went out, leaving only a few people.
Seeing Lee Joon-yi's inquiring expression, Yang Zhenzai said with a smile, "The few girls left behind are all people who are ready to make their debuts soon, let them see such a stage and accumulate some experience." In fact, the so-called selection is not Li Zhunyi's decision, Yang Zhenzai and the three of them have already counted it in their hearts. The scene is to let them dance for a while, and then Yang Zhenzai and others report the list of the backup dance troupe to Li Zhunyi, and confirm that there is no objection.
Although this is a formality, Lee Joon-yi will most likely not raise objections. After all, this is the first time that "Ace" has danced for one person, and if he performs well, he can attract the attention of other companies even if he does not continue to cooperate with Lee Joon-yi in the future. Therefore, the people Yang Zhenzai and they chose must be very good. But the reason why Li Zhun Yi also came to this pass scene is to express his sincerity, after all, Li Zhun Yi attaches great importance to the second episode this time, and the other party is also his first backup dance team. On the one hand, I really want to see if there are any trainees with excellent qualifications.
Although the "Yi family" does not have the energy to cultivate its own artists, nor does it have the energy to do the trainee department. However, Xu Jingyan suggested that the trainees should be done sooner or later, not only to cultivate a strategy for their own company's dance troupe, but also to prepare for the launch of artists in the future.
Li Zhunyi himself came step by step from a trainee, and it takes several years to cultivate a trainee. In other words, the "Yi family" is now recruiting trainees, if Li Zhunyi's development goes well, two or three years later, it will indeed be time to have the qualifications to launch his own company's artists. Although Li Zhunyi felt that it was a little early, Xu Jingyan thought that there was nothing wrong with going to see and prepare now.
Therefore, Li Zhunyi came here in person today.