Chapter 30: Illustrations!
"Kim Ye-rim..." Min Xizhen frowned. This girl... she didn't have much of an impression of her.
Born in '99, she's nineteen this year, not too young.
Min Xizhen looked up suspiciously.
"The average age of your IVE members is mostly '02 and '03. Why are the selections this time older?"
"Younger ones aren't as trustworthy," Jiang Shu said with a smile.
Because I can only copy homework, not do it.
(G)I-DLE definitely can't be given to you all. If I had Jeon Soyeon, I'd treat her as a cash cow. And there's no way I'd let you mess with the big devil, NewJeans. So, it can only be Red Velvet.
Age isn't a big problem. Liu Xiaoqing is in her sixties or seventies and still cosplays as a young girl every day.
Min Xizhen looked at Jiang Shu as if he were an idiot. Was he treating her like an idiot?
She placed the profiles of Park Soo-young and Kim Ye-rim, the two maknaes of Red Velvet, on the table and pushed them forward.
"Are you sure about just these two?"
"Let's keep them for now."
Jiang Shu reached out and picked up their profiles, information related to them appearing in his mind.
Park Soo-young (B)
Bond: Maoxuewang (5)
Kim Ye-rim (B)
Bond: Maoxuewang (5)
Five Maoxuewang: Red Velvet exclusive bond.
Effect One: Once activated, the group adapts to any style of song.
Effect Two: Once activated, no matter what difficulties the group faces, as long as the bond remains active, Red Velvet's popularity will remain above third-tier, but its upper limit will be permanently locked at first-tier popularity.
Red Velvet was a group Jiang Shu really liked to use in the game. They weren't good at being the main force, but as a cornerstone, Red Velvet definitely had no problems.
This was a group with a low upper limit but an extremely high lower limit.
The effect of the Five Maoxuewang bond perfectly embodied the phrase, "Not easy to get rich, but Maoxuewang."
Some groups had incredibly high upper limits but also incredibly low lower limits, like ITZY's Five Wangdao Passion. If operated correctly, they could even reach the top, but if operated poorly, falling to the bottom wasn't impossible.
But with Red Velvet, you shouldn't expect them to reach the top, but you also don't have to worry about their popularity dropping too low.
As long as the Five Maoxuewang bond is activated, the group's upper and lower limits are locked. It can be said to be a perfect fit for a cornerstone.
This was also why Jiang Shu was willing to cooperate with Min Xizhen in operating Red Velvet.
Red Velvet is very useful, but this is a group with a locked upper limit, so co-operating is fine.
If Park Soo-young and Kim Ye-rim are both at S.M., then where are the other three?
Kang Seul-gi, whom Park Jin-young coveted; Sun Shengwan, the top vocalist of the fourth generation; and Bae Joo-hyun, who overshadowed all others and firmly held the throne of fourth-generation divine beauty.
Missing anyone from the Five Maoxuewang not only prevents the bond from activating but also takes away the "Maoxuewang flavor."
Fans familiar with Red Velvet should know that this group is one of the very few whose songs have their entire background vocals recorded by themselves.
And the reason they can achieve this is precisely because of the existence of Kim Ye-rim, whom many consider an accessory.
Her voice, as background vocals, blends too perfectly with the vocal lines of the others, as if these five people were destined to be one group.
One has to say, fate is a very strange thing.
Placing the profiles down, Jiang Shu reached for the files above the B-rank trainees and began to flip through them.
Min Xizhen saw Jiang Shu selecting trainees and picked up Park Soo-young and Kim Ye-rim's profiles again.
She still couldn't see any connection between these two and a concept group.
Jiang Shu was unaware of Min Xizhen's confusion. At this moment, he was rapidly flipping through the files.
He basically just glanced at the photo and name before moving on to the next. He said he was expanding the talent pool, but he was really looking for hidden gems.
Occasionally, he would pull out a familiar face, and in a short while, Jiang Shu had pulled out five.
Continuing downwards.
Jiang Shu's movements suddenly paused.
A big smile appeared in Jiang Shu's eyes, which immediately lit up. At the same time, information corresponding to this person appeared in his mind.
Ahn Yujin (A)
Bond: Illustration (6), Hidden Bond: fantasy fairy tale (12)
Ahn Yujin, who had not gone through the twelve stars. fantasy fairy tale fixed C-position bond, currently only had two bonds, one of which was IZONE's hidden bond, but that wasn't the main point.
The main point was that Ahn Yujin and Zhang Yuanying had extremely high compatibility. Both had Six Illustrations and twelve stars. fantasy fairy tale. Even if news of 'Fubu-hak' (IVE's fan-made term for their learning/growth) and competition for the C-position emerged endlessly, it still couldn't change the fact that she and Zhang Yuanying were the absolute dual C's of IVE.
Jiang Shu was grinning from ear to ear. Including Li Caiyan from Seoul Arts High School, there were already three people from IZONE!
He pulled out Ahn Yujin's profile and set it aside, continuing to flip through.
Soon, he finished flipping through the B-rank trainees and then moved on to the C-rank trainees.
There were no D-rank trainees, or rather, D-rank trainees were the S.M. official trainee reserves, those who had entered the company through auditions and were undergoing probationary assessments to become official trainees.
S.M. would never show these people to Jiang Shu. Wouldn't that be a pure insult to him? Even Yang Hyun-suk wouldn't do such a thing.
Min Xizhen thought for a long time but still couldn't figure it out, so she simply gave up. She put down the profiles in her hand and looked at Jiang Shu, who was eagerly flipping through trainee profiles opposite her. Then she looked at the nearly ten profiles on the coffee table, a big question mark appearing on her forehead.
Why was Jiang Shu so happy picking up trash?
Immediately after, Min Xizhen saw a surprised smile spread across Jiang Shu's face, as if he had found some treasure.
Min Xizhen: "?"
Jiang Shu looked at this profile in surprise.
Holy cow!
What's going on?
Are the 'Little Foxes' (IVE members) clustering at S.M.?
Looking at Kim Autumn's profile in his hand, Jiang Shu was incredibly excited.
Kim Autumn (B)
Bond: Illustration (6)
Six Illustrations!
We have three Six Illustrations, everyone!
And there's also "Can't Get Enough" Autumn senior!
Jiang Shu was wondering who would sing "Can't Get Enough" in "After Like," but now it's great, the original singer is here!
But the next second, Jiang Shu felt it wouldn't work.
Changing members right after debut, even with the dual C-position bond, wouldn't be ideal. And even if they gathered Six Illustrations now, they couldn't form dual C-positions. Ahn Yujin hasn't gone through the twelve stars. fantasy fairy tale's solidification, so she doesn't have a C-position bond right now.
Forget it, don't think so much for now. Let's get the people first.
Jiang Shu directly pulled out Ahn Yujin and put the remaining familiar faces back without even looking at them.
With these two, what else did he need?
"Have you chosen?" Min Xizhen didn't understand why Jiang Shu was so happy picking up trash, but seeing his actions, she still asked.
"Mm." Jiang Shu held Ahn Yujin and Kim Autumn's profiles, nodding with a chuckle.
"Okay." Min Xizhen also nodded. "I need you to create and send me the relevant information for the concept group. I will review the information to decide whether to agree to your collaboration."
Min Xizhen said to Jiang Shu after calming down.
"No problem."
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