Chapter 15 Trainee Scoring System After a period of operation, the new BD entertainment finally got on the right track. The company currently has only a dozen employees, which is completely incomparable with medium and large enterprises. But a small team has its advantages. The working atmosphere in the company is quite harmonious, and there is rarely a culture of seniority-based promotion. When the employees came to the new company, they immediately felt at ease and felt that following Jin Shiming was a wise choice. Seeing that the company was still short of staff, the employees began to recommend BD Entertainment to their friends in the circle, persuading them to invest in BD Entertainment and join in the fun. Unexpectedly, Amway's effect was so great that it gave Jin Shiming an unexpected surprise. When he was at DSP, Kim Hyung-eun, who had been Kim Se-myeong's agent, recruited one of his scout friends at Pledis to BD Entertainment. This former P-Agency scout named Hong Jung-tae may not look good, but his work ability is extremely outstanding. Less than three days after he started working, he mobilized his own channels and connections to collect information on more than a dozen trainees.

"President, I have recently collected information on a group of prospective trainees and estimated their levels according to the company's trainee rating system." Hong Zhengtai handed a thick stack of information and several labeled USB flash drives to Jin Shiming. "Thank you for your hard work! The number and quality of trainees are closely related to the future of the company. We are in urgent need of a group of high-quality trainees now!" Hong Jung-tae's arrival can be said to have solved Jin Shiming's urgent needs. As the saying goes, a good cook cannot cook without rice. If we can't even recruit excellent trainees, how can we talk about creating an idol group? Although the peninsula is a small place and a brick thrown at it can hit a few trainees, the most outstanding trainees are almost monopolized by medium and large enterprises. All trainees with some talent dream of debuting in a big company. Unless they fail to meet the selection criteria of the big company, or the big company accidentally makes a mistake in their selection, they rarely appear on the market. Those trainees who were scheduled to be in the debut group were considered not for sale and most likely signed contracts that included sky-high penalty clauses. Take Jin Shaoqing for example. She participated in more than 20 auditions but was never able to enter a big company. Finally, she had to settle for the second best and chose to be a trainee at the declining DSP. The fact that DSP let go of Jin Shaoqing so easily was certainly due to social conventions, but it also indirectly showed that the company's emphasis on her was far from being enough to make her a non-saleable item. To be fair, Jin Shaoqing's dancing is pretty good, her rap is just so-so, but her singing skills are a bit weak. In recent times, Kim Se Myung has been teaching her step by step, but her talent and foundation are there, and her progress is still not as good as Kim Se Jeong, who has excellent singing skills. So, unless you have a third eye, finding potential stocks that have slipped through the net from the vast crowd is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack! Jin Shiming did not expect Hong Zhengtai to scratch out a special prize for him, such as "Kim Taeyeon", "Kim Hyun-a", "Park Ji-yeon" and the like. At least give some consolation prizes and expand the company's trainee group first. I opened the folder and saw a striking "B" on the first page. "Oh, there is actually a B-level trainee?" Jin Shiming's eyes lit up. According to the trainee scoring system that has just been finalized within BD Entertainment, the trainees' overall comprehensive scores are divided into five levels: S, A, B, C, and D. Among them, the S level can basically be regarded as a reserve for debut. An overall A rating means that the talent is roughly qualified to debut. If the company has a debut plan and the talent passes the final screening, it will automatically be promoted to the S rating. The next level, Level B, is the backbone of the trainees and they are potential talents who can strive to move up. C-level trainees are of a mediocre level, with some value in training but not much. Finally, D-level trainees, who are at the bottom of the list, will be dismissed by the company if they fail to be promoted to C-level in three consecutive months. If you are weak, not working hard enough, and don't see any room for improvement, what's the point of keeping you?

If this kind of trainee can make it in other companies, Jin Shiming will have nothing to say. According to this scoring system, B-level trainees are already considered high-quality resources. "Choi Yuna, born on October 1997, 10..." Jin Shiming read the information at hand carefully. The ID photo attached to the information was of a girl with a ponytail who looked unattractive at first glance. "He was a trainee of Cube before and participated in the SBS TV talent show 'KPOP STAR' some time ago, but was eliminated in the first round?" Jin Shiming frowned when he saw this. The variety show "KPOP STAR" has a high viewership rating and has generated a lot of attention, so naturally he has heard of it. The three judges of the show are Yang Hyun-suk, Park Jin-young, and BoA. Representatives from the three major companies, YG, JYP, and SM, gathered together, instantly increasing the hype and style. These three companies certainly made some mistakes, but they gave up on it at the same time and eliminated it in the first round. Could it be that this is a hidden monster stock? "Is there any video footage of her?" Although Jin Shiming felt a little disappointed, he still chose to believe in Hong Zhengtai's professional ability. "Yes! Through a friend, I got the complete performance that was edited out of the show, as well as the video of her participating in a local singing competition during middle school!" Hong Jung-tae immediately took out the corresponding USB flash drive and inserted it into Jin Shiming's computer. The video started playing, and the song Choi Yuna sang on the "KPOP STAR" program was the classic song "Because It's You" by her senior Gummy. It can be seen that the girl is very nervous and not very confident. Although she is quite tall, her demeanor seems a little timid. Since the voice was not fully relaxed, the quality of the singing can be imagined. No wonder the program crew cut it off after only a few seconds. "Her performance on this stage was not very good, but I could tell that she had enough breath and her performance should be pretty good." Jin Shiming's expression became more serious. He paused the video and clicked on the recording of Choi Yuna's competition at the Gyeonggi Province Comprehensive Arts Festival when she was in middle school. Cui Yuna in the video is obviously much more relaxed than before, and looks more relaxed. As soon as she opened her mouth, even though the sound quality of the video was completely degraded, Jin Shiming could still hear a lot of substantive content. "She has a wide range, good breath control, a very good head voice, and her vocal cord flexibility is much better than when she participated in 'KPOP STAR'!" Jin Shiming quickly summed up Choi Yuna's advantages. Of course, her shortcomings are also very obvious. For example, there is a lack of systematic training, the way of vocalization is not scientific, the quality of mixed voice is unsatisfactory, and some high notes are purely supported by one's own functions. "In terms of function, she is much stronger than Shizheng. Unfortunately, her skills are a bit rough and she lacks scientific and systematic training. According to her current vocalization habits, if she uses her voice frequently and intensively, I'm afraid she will lose her voice within ten years." (End of this chapter)