Chapter 8
Then, Director Min Jiyoung looked at them and said, "so, first of all, Congratulations everyone on making to the pre-debut stage. After this, at Jungho's office, you will be given a new Idol contract, after which the five of you will move to a different apartment here at Incheon within a week or two. This is mandatory. If you are a minor, then, we need your parents' permission for that.
Since you are a five-member group, then either it will be double bed-room or triple bed-room apartment. I can't guarantee it. You will be provided a manager too. He will take care of everything that you needed and wouldn't need to request the company anymore to wait for the approval.
Debuting is also hard too. We have to look at a long of songs before proceeding with the recording. Currently, all of the songwriters and Producers are busy with other idols. So, you guys might have to wait for a while to get a great song. Our Chairman isn't worrying about the costs this time and we're focusing on boys idol groups.
Anyway, there are still three groups before you in a pre-debut stage, right now. So, normally, you won't get your turn soon yet. It might a few months to even a year. Till then, you all will be training here, but of course together and will have a slightly different schedule. Here is your new schedule."
As she took out five papers and handed it to Jun, who was the eldest, he gave each one to each member and then, looked at the new schedule.
04:00 to 06:00 - Free time
06:00 to 06:45 - Breakfast
06:45 to 07:30 - Morning Practice
07:30 to 08: 15 - Free time
08:15 to 09:45 - Vocal Cla.s.ses
09:45 to 11:15
11:15 to 12:00 - Rapping Cla.s.ses
12:00 to 12:45 - Lunch
12:45 to 13:30 - Afternoon Practice
13:30 to 15:00 - Vocal Cla.s.ses
15:00 to 16:30 - Dance Cla.s.ses
16:30 to 17:15 - Free time
17:15 to 18:45 - Rapping cla.s.ses
18:45 to 19:30 - Dinner
19:30 to 21:00 - Language cla.s.ses
21:00 to 22:30 - Evening Practice
22:30 to 23:15 - Free time
23:15 to 04:00 - Bedtime
Unlike the training schedule before, the new one was very precise. There are three hours of cla.s.s per each Dance, Vocals, and Rap cla.s.ses. So that for highschool students and college students, they still can attend in the afternoon if they missed the morning session. For trainees like Jun, who are neither attending high school or a university, all the cla.s.ses and practices are mandatory. For students, it is optional but it depends on how dedicated they are, to not fall back from other trainees.
The free time is like the name, free for everyone. They can either go to the Gym to maintain their physical fitness or they can practice or they can just have fun like going to movies, it's all in their hands. The sleeping time is where their training room will be closed and their manager will take them back to their apartment. No practice in that time, that's mandatory.
Looking at the new schedule, which is indeed vastly different from the previous one, Jun thought, "life going to become tough I guess. I wonder how these four will cope up with it. No wonder, many idols drop out from their schools or colleges. It's majorly because of schedules like these, the pressure on them will increase tremendously. Well, it doesn't matter for me, although I wonder how these four of them cope with it."
Just as he expected, the four of them felt the pressure on them suddenly increased because until now, it worked well. But, now that they just went into the pre-debut stage, if they will lag in the training, there's a high chance that their debut will also be pushed back.
Looking at their expressions, Min Jiyoung said, "Kpop business is tough, you know. There's no other choice here other than adapting to it. Anyway, after everything is being set up, you will be called for a recording and then, we'll proceed with promotions, etc... after deciding the group's name. Han Sung-Jun, since you are the oldest, temporarily, you are going to be the leader of the group to manage everyone in the training for now. Eventually, we'll decide the leader of the group, later. And after signing the contract, go to the reception and take new trainee pa.s.ses, which will access your training room as well as your apartment."
Then, they proceeded towards the accounts department, to the executive director's cabin. As they went inside, Jungho, who have a bunch of files, with their names on his desk, spoke, "you guys took longer than I expected, I guess Jiyoung might have explained you the details clearly. So, anyway, these are your files, which have the list of your expenses until now. And also a new Idol contract at the end. Take the new pa.s.ses first and go to your new training room.
Go through it completely and return me after signing the contract by the end of the day. If you have any questions regarding the terms of the Idol contract, you can visit my office. Oh, it's already dinner time. Go and have dinner. You can look at it, later."
After dinner, Jun and the other four went to the reception and told their names. The receptionist took bak their trainee pa.s.ses and gave them new Idol pa.s.ses, which honestly looked like a VIP credit card.
Later, they went to the third-floor B-Block, which is normally reserved for pre-debut ones and rookie idols. Those who are experienced and popular will have separate training places, which contain exclusive Gym, swimming pool, sports area, exclusive coaches, Chef, Stylist, etc... Of course, the company only give such benefits to them because they generate so much money for them.
The new training room C-3 is more s.p.a.cious than they usually practiced before. After sitting separately to give each one privacy, everyone started to look at the expenses first. Looking at the expense, Jun sighed, "I should really thankful for ZC waiving all the expenses on this old Jun before I transmigrated."