Feeling the sweat flowing on the cold floor in October, the soft joints in the knee of the right leg also ached from long-term dance practice, allowing the nerves to beat with the pain of the injury, but the exhausted body could no longer move.

At two o'clock in the morning, in the practice room on the second basement floor of Apgujeong S.M. Company in Seoul, the sound of two heavy breathing sounds one after another was unusually harmonious under the light.

"Brother, the combination to be launched this time is to focus on the domestic market, and you will definitely be able to make your debut. A thick magnetic voice broke the silence in the practice room, and Chinese, as a native language, seemed a little less fluent in a foreign country. However, waiting, waiting, the owner of the voice did not receive any reply.

"Brother?" the owner of the voice struggled to get up from the floor, looking at the other man who was slumped beside him. The man's oblique bangs were soaked with sweat and lay on his forehead: not thick or shallow eyebrows, small but small eyes with double eyelids and an elusive look, and thin lips and a not-so-characteristic nose, this man was really not a very handsome person compared to the future face of the company. But his current smiling face can also make people feel a burst of warmth in the autumn night, probably because of this smile that he was discovered by the company's scouts and signed a contract, right?

Whether it is from the personality or from the appearance, this person can be described in one sentence: a person who makes people feel bathed in the sun, as long as he laughs, it is like becoming a person with his own BGM and halo. As long as you see such a smile, you feel that the world is full of warmth, and you feel that there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome.

"Brother, you always laugh like that, I really can't understand what you're thinking. What the hell do you think?" The owner of the voice asked unrelentingly, tucking the hair that was scattered around his face with both hands. He didn't know how long he had been looking at this smile, and every time he saw it, it made his tired body seem to have strength again.

"I can't even remember how long I've been a trainee, it's almost seven years, right? If I delay a little longer, I'll surpass the record of Sika's predecessors, is this a thing worth celebrating?" Finally, the owner of this smile also spoke, and his flat voice exuded a lazy voice.

"Brother, the seniors of Girls' Generation are a little younger than you, and now they are all popular! If you can't seize the opportunity to debut this time, you may never be able to debut again!" The man with a thick voice was obviously anxious, and the voice of raising the volume kept echoing in the practice room.

"yes, I didn't join the company much later than those guys in my girlhood, and in the blink of an eye, they seemed to have become people from another world. The man with a smile finally got up from the ground, "Yifan, your conditions are so good, you must be able to make your debut this time." As for my affairs, don't worry about it, it's a big deal that I'll be your agent in the future, what do you think?"

This guy named Wu Yifan was born with a statue-like face, and there is no one who is not jealous when he sees it. Recalling the scene when we met for the first time, I gritted my teeth and envied myself - the man with a smile reached out his hand and pulled up his companion sitting on the ground, completely ignoring the other party's unhappy expression.

"Brother, we are going to make our debut together, this is not what we agreed at the beginning? Do you want to leave me behind?" Wu Yifan usually has a cold face in the company, which makes Korean trainees stay away, but in front of this eldest brother who has taken care of himself everywhere since he entered the company, he is like a coquettish child.

Three months ago, S.M., which had not launched a new boy group for many years, decided to launch a large boy group for the Chinese and Korean markets, and the trainees of the entire company cheered. However, the reality is cruel, three months have passed, only Kim Jong-in, Lu Han, and Park Chanyeol, who have always been favored by the company, have been selected, and the remaining places will be decided from the two monthly examinations in October and November. The trainees, who were still full of expectations, quickly discovered that all their friends who were usually together every day had become enemies, as if there was no one to trust. Every trainee practiced frantically, frantically acting on their own, just to fight for this few opportunities.

Wu Yifan and this man with a smile stayed up all night practicing for the next day's monthly exam. The Korean trainees have returned to the dormitory one after another in order to maintain their good condition, and there are only these two fools who are still working so hard at this time.

"Leave me, what are you going to leave me behind?" a good-looking man pushed open the door to the practice room, carrying a bag with the aroma of fried rice cakes.

"Oh Luhan, why did you come here in the middle of the night? Is this a supper for us? It's so sweet!" The smile on his face became even brighter, leaving Wu Yifan behind, the man pounced on the bag containing fried rice cakes that had just entered the door.

The man named Lu Han let out a crisp laugh, and he blocked the man who pounced with his empty left hand: "Brother Nanqian, you should go back to the dormitory with me immediately, and you can only eat fried rice cakes until you go to the dormitory." ”

"Ah, just now this guy Yifan also said that I will definitely not be able to pass this selection, Lu Han, you won't even let me practice, how much do you two don't want me to make my debut?" The man named Nan Qian put away the smile on his face and looked at Lu Han in front of him with a serious face.

Originally, it was just a joke, but Lu Han's expression immediately became cold, and he turned his head to look at Wu Yifan, who was still standing in place in a daze: "How can you say that about Brother Nanqian?"

"It has nothing to do with me! completely! Brother Nan Qian is joking!" Wu Yifan hurriedly shook his hand, as one of the few Chinese trainees in the company, he and Lu Han usually have a good relationship, and they can almost wear a pair of pants. However, he clearly knew that for the sake of this Nan Qian's matter, Lu Han would definitely not care about the relationship between the two of them.

Although the relationship between the trainees seems to be very good, after all, it is a relationship to compete with each other for their debut, and the secret intrigue is endless in this company. Putting nails in competitors' shoes, cold violence, verbal abuse, fights, and brawls...... Wu Yifan and Lu Han have all seen all kinds of things - whenever they are bullied, whenever they silently endure this qiē for their debut dream, it is the eldest brother named Nan Qian who stands up for them and complains for them. In these days when he was a trainee in the company, this big brother was like their umbrella, no matter what grievances he suffered, no matter what setbacks he encountered, he could get strength from him and the energy to start anew.

In this era when the one-child system is implemented in China, although Wu Yifan and Lu Han have no brothers and sisters, they feel that this person is their real brother. In the cruel world of trainees, there is already a kind of kinship between them like blood.

When Lu Han heard Wu Yifan's words, he also understood that this was just a joke. He turned off the light in the practice room by himself, pulled the man in front of him and walked out the door, and in the dark room, he only heard the still somewhat lazy voice say, "You guys, why are you so serious, I don't care." ”

Wu Yifan pushed the man who was still rubbing his right leg and knee out of the door of the practice room: "Brother, we will definitely debut together, definitely." ”

"You joined the company in '05, right? I remember that. Sitting on a chair temporarily placed in the practice room, Kim Young-min, the current president of S.M., looked at the big boy with a smile on his face, as if he had gone back to the time when he first saw this child in his annual exam a few years ago. As the member selection of this large-scale boy group, which is the most important project of the company's next stage, Kim Young-min naturally participated in the evaluation and selection work as the president.

The information in his hand clearly writes a qiē information about this trainee: Wang Nanqian, born in Beijing in 1988, was discovered by the company's scouts when he came to South Korea to travel in 05, and signed a contract to enter the company as a trainee. This kid's dancing and singing skills are not the best, but they are above average, and he is an all-rounder. What's even more rare is that I have worked very hard as a trainee in the company for many years, and the level of piano, violin, and guitar has improved by leaps and bounds, and I have even made a few pieces that have been praised by the composition department. I still remember when SHINee debuted, this child was originally in the plan to debut, but later his debut was temporarily canceled due to the unclear attitude of the company's senior management to enter the Chinese market.

"Yes, President, I joined the company in '05. After so many monthly exams, and even so many annual exams, Wang Nanqian has long been accustomed to this big scene for trainees. It's good to keep smiling and keeping his character, thinking to himself, he feels completely relaxed.

Looking at this child's smile, Kim Youngmin, who has always been known for his hard-heartedness, actually felt a trace of unbearable in his heart, a very good child, who was about to make his debut and was given up, and he has persevered for so many years, and he is about to delay to the age where he doesn't have to make his debut if he doesn't make his debut.

"Over the years, my teachers and I have learned about your strength. But you also know that this time the combination launched, the company's senior management hopes to be composed of all post-90s. Jin Yingmin carefully observed the person in front of him, as if he wanted to see through his heart, "If these two selection exam tables are good, just like Zhang Liyin, how about arranging a plan for your solo debut?"

Hearing this, Wang Nanqian felt that the smile on his face stiffened, but he quickly understood that this was just an excuse from President Iron Mask Jin: "President, the company has not arranged for my debut over the years, it must be because my strength is not enough to debut, and I have no complaints about the company's arrangement." If I can't be selected this time, I want to be the agent of the Chinese members of the new group, and I will definitely try my best to do a good job, and I hope that the president can give me this opportunity. ”

Agent? Give up the dream of debut? Is this really the words of a person who has been a trainee for more than six years? Kim Young-min couldn't help but ask, "Agent, are you going to give up your debut?"

It seemed that all the light in front of him was fading away in an instant, Wang Nanqian didn't know what he was saying next, he only heard a lifeless voice constantly spit Korean words from his mouth: "No matter who the company arranges to debut, the Chinese members of the group are like my own brothers." The company is like a big family to me, and I want to do something for the company even if I can't make my debut. ”

Big family? Jin Yingmin's mouth couldn't help but turn up, this kid is worthy of being a trainee for so many years, even if he almost cut off his debut hope, he can still say what the senior management likes to hear. Over the years, so many artists have fallen out with the company because of the contract, and now the company attaches the most importance to the so-called loyalty. This kid is really good for being a spokesperson for a group, but his age is too big for him to take a vacation?

Wang Nanqian looked at Jin Yingmin blankly with a playful expression on his face, he only felt so tired, until he finished singing the "first person" of Shen Comet that he had prepared before, until he finished the personal dance he had prepared before, he didn't know how he completed the exam. Even with a smile on his face, he only felt that every qiē had become meaningless, and in the most precious six years of youth, the dream was like a soap bubble, flying and flying with the reflected colorful light, and then finally, it shattered.