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Chapter 1525 Why Didn't You Scold Me?

Chapter 1525 Why Didn't You Scold Me?

"...Actually, I never really knew how strong I was before."

"Compared to other trainees, I have significant shortcomings in singing and dancing."

"Actually, I didn't have much confidence before. I wanted to do better, but I found that it wasn't as simple as I imagined."

In a private interview room, Kim Min-joo spoke softly and honestly to the camera, slowly revealing the feelings that had been building up in her heart for a long time, her tone carrying a hint of bewilderment and humility.

After the morning recording ended, she was pulled here by the PD for a separate interview recording.

As she spoke, her emotions resurfaced, and she began to gently wipe away her tears again.

But it wasn't the kind of crying I was just going through; it was just a surge of emotion.

After a brief silence, Kim Min-joo quickly composed herself, abruptly changing the subject, her eyes shining slightly: "Today, Yuan-senpai really helped me a lot."

Having been scolded to tears and teased before, Kim Min-joo was still a little unaccustomed to it. It was only after the recording was completed and the PD pulled her aside for a private interview that she belatedly realized how much help Ji Kyung-won's conversation had brought her.

"Our seniors not only provided us with detailed guidance on dance moves and practice techniques, but more importantly, they helped us build a very important mindset and self-confidence."

"I believe that hard-working people will eventually shine. Although there are still many shortcomings, I believe that with hard practice, there will definitely be better results."

"I will continue to work hard."

The girl in the video is wearing a dark green training uniform, her black hair neatly tied into a high braid. Although it is still the same face, the bitter look on her face seems to have lessened a lot. Her eyebrows and eyes are relaxed, and there is light in her eyes. She has become more confident.

Kim Min-joo bowed slightly, preparing to express her gratitude and leave the interview, but the PD suddenly raised his hand and smiled, stopping her.

"There's one last small question."

"mo?"

Kim Min-joo was taken aback by what he heard, and slightly raised his head, a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"This is the Sad Frog."

The next second, the PD opened his phone's photo album, pulled up a classic sad frog emoji, and handed it to her: "Yuan Xi said this morning that you look a lot like it... Do you think you do?"

Jin Min's gaze fell on the dark green frog emoji with droopy eyes and a miserable expression, and her expression instantly became interesting.

Embarrassing, ashamed, speechless.

After hesitating for a few seconds, she couldn't resist the smiling gazes of the staff on site. Finally, her tightly pursed lips relaxed slightly, and with a somewhat embarrassed smile, she quietly compromised:

"Yes, a little..."

…………

In the afternoon, the practice room for Class B was also bustling with activity. Some trainees were making the most of every moment to practice, while others were taking a break because they were tired.

Zhang Yuanying and An Youzhen huddled together in the corner, their heads very close together.

"At lunchtime, I heard from the other girls that Jingyuan oppa went to Class D in the morning to teach dance."

"Zhang Yuanying is very well-informed, and she speaks quickly and in rapid succession about her intelligence."

“I’ve heard about it too.” Ahn Yoo-jin nodded.

"I also heard that he made one of the trainees in Class D cry."

"Qingjia? Who is that?"

"It's that Kim Min-joo, the one who starred in Kyung-won oppa's MV."

"Did he cry in public? Was it that bad?"

Hearing this, Ahn Yoo-jin felt a pang of sympathy, thinking that she would probably feel terrible if she were scolded by Chi Kyung-won in public.

"What's so tragic about it?"

Ahn Yoo-jin pouted and immediately retorted, "I heard that Senior Yuan spent half a day just instructing her, and didn't even say anything harsh, yet she couldn't take it and suddenly burst into tears, really..."

In the end, she murmured a few words, as if she didn't want to say something like "What a drama queen" or "What a show-off."

"Later, to encourage her and the people in Class D, Kyungwon oppa used his own experience of debuting with EXO as an example to comfort them, and said a lot..."

After a pause, Zhang Yuanying continued, as if she had personally witnessed Chi Jingyuan's teaching in Class D that morning.

“And there’s something even more crucial…” At this point, Zhang Yuanying whispered to Guo Ali, “I heard that right after the recording, Kim Min-joo was pulled away by the production team to film a solo segment.”

"Qingjia?"

"Yeah, it took quite a while to film. It must be because of Jingyuan oppa. I heard that oppa even gave her a nickname."

"Ah, that's wonderful."

Upon hearing this, Ahn Yoo-jin's eyes lit up instantly, filled with envy.

She, Ahn Yoo-jin, also wanted to be given a nickname by Ji Kyung-won.

"Ah~"

A few seconds later, they both sighed.

They had originally hoped that Chi Kyung-won would teach them, but instead, they were drilled by instructor Bae Yoon-jin for the whole morning. It's not that she taught badly, but she was very serious, which put a lot of pressure on them.

If we switched places with Class D, maybe...

"Besides Kim Min-joo, I heard from several unnies in Class D that Kyung-won oppa is an excellent teacher. As a top idol who has debuted for many years, he taught them a lot of dance tips, which were very helpful..."

"Unnie~"

As they were talking, Zhang Yuanying suddenly stopped, as if he had thought of something. When An Youzhen looked over curiously, his eyes darted around, and then he quietly tugged at An Youzhen's sleeve.

"What if Kyungwon oppa really teaches us next time..."

Should we deliberately act badly?

……

The afternoon recording session began as scheduled.

In the afternoon, it was vocal class. All the trainees in Class B stood in neat rows, and the atmosphere quietly became tense yet expectant.

After chatting over lunch, most of them knew what had happened during the morning's recording. The other class mentors were guiding the students step by step, but Class D had the most stories, and the production team clearly took better care of them.

A series of steady, clear footsteps echoed down the quiet corridor, approaching from afar and clearly reaching the practice room.

The next second, the door was gently pushed open.

Chi Jingyuan strode in, wearing a simple, clean logo short-sleeved shirt paired with casual jeans.

But once you stand there and come into view, the feeling is truly different.

"Annyeonghaseyo~"

The trainees in Class B couldn't contain their joy any longer; they all bowed deeply in unison, their voices clear and loud.

"Ah, twist~"

Chi Jingyuan nodded in response, stood in front of everyone, and slowly swept his gaze over the more than twenty girls in the room.

Compared to Class D, Class B was quite different. There were more students, and many of them were trainees who had left a deep impression on him during the first evaluation, such as Wang Yiren, Jin Shixuan, Ahn Yujin, and Zhang Yuanying.

All the children stared intently at him.

...Why is Ahn Yoo-jin's gaze so intense?

"Have you been practicing diligently these past few days?" Chi Jingyuan smiled and asked in a clear voice.

"Nei~"

"Then let's get started without further ado."

Chi Jingyuan sat down on the electronic keyboard and picked up the sheet music for "It's Me": "One by one, take turns singing this main song 'It's Me'. Let me see how you all pronounce it."

Chi Jingyuan did not plan to do the same thing for the afternoon vocal coaching recording as he did for the morning dance class.

Singing is different from dancing. Unless you are really uncoordinated, dancing can be improved quickly in a short period of time by memorizing and practicing a lot to form muscle memory. Even the most clumsy person will eventually become decent if they practice hard and dance a lot.

But singing is purely a matter of talent. If you're good at it, you're good at it; if you're not, you're not. The moment someone opens their mouth and starts singing, you can roughly tell their level and talent. If someone's talent isn't there, even a top mentor won't have much room to criticize them.

It's rare to hear of someone becoming a singing master through hard work. At least, I haven't heard of Ji Kyung-won. No matter how much Oh Se-hun practices, he can't become Kim Jong-dae, and no matter how much Im Yoon-ah practices, she can't become Kim Tae-yeon.

Hard practice won't make you a master; it will only ruin your voice.

On shows like "PD48," the recording time is tight, and the core focus is on the show's effect, so he didn't really feel that vocal coaching was necessary.

It was just a routine recording session, at most teaching some basic breath control and vocal techniques; true talent deficiencies simply couldn't be made up for in a short time.

The girls took turns singing, each performing a verse and a chorus.

As Chi Jingyuan expected, most of the contestants were of average quality, with unremarkable vocal qualities and musical talent. There were no outstanding highlights, and some even had obvious flaws. The whole performance was uneventful and hard to impress.

Until a tall figure stood in front of me.

"Pick me up~~"

A clear and bright high note pierced the air. Upon hearing this high note, Chi Jingyuan, who had been somewhat distracted, suddenly raised an eyebrow.

The machine itself is quite good.

Chi Kyung-won looked up at Ahn Yoo-jin in front of him.

The girl had a neat high braid, clean and youthful eyes, and a strong sense of girlishness.

But what attracted him even more was her voice; sometimes you can tell how talented someone is just by listening to them.

After he finished singing, Ji Kyung-won looked at Ahn Yoo-jin, and the girl looked at Ji Kyung-won and blinked.

"Sing it again."

Chi Jingyuan seemed to have become somewhat interested.

Ahn Yoo-jin was startled, cleared her throat, and sang it again.

She was full of expectations, thinking she would receive personalized, detailed guidance and individual feedback.

To everyone's surprise, Chi Jingyuan simply nodded after listening: "Not bad, just pay attention to the technique."

He thought Ahn Yu-jin's singing talent was actually quite good, and with some guidance and training from a teacher, becoming a lead vocalist in a girl group shouldn't be a problem.

Upon hearing it a second time, Chi Kyung-won realized that his initial feeling was correct. Ahn Yoo-jin's technique was very rough, or rather, she had no technique at all and no good singing habits. It seemed that she had not received professional guidance and was simply relying on her own body to sing.

Chi Jingyuan noticed the problem, but didn't say anything.

If we were to really provide guidance, it would take an enormous amount of time; it's impossible to dedicate a lot of recording time to just one child among so many.

They have their own management company, and naturally, they also have vocal coaches.

After everyone finished their performances, Chi Jingyuan had a grasp of the vocal level of the entire Class B. He then began a unified lesson, guiding everyone to refine the vocal details of the title track, "It's Mine."

"Don't move your shoulders when you inhale, and feel your stomach expand like a balloon."

"Singing high notes is not about reaching up, but about sitting down and letting your breath sink down."

"Relax your mindset, treat singing like speaking, and naturally and relaxedly enunciate and pronounce words. Don't deliberately think about hitting high notes or showing off your skills; this will make it sound smoother and better."

He patiently and meticulously explained the basic techniques of vocalization and breath control, occasionally interspersing his unique experience accumulated over many years on stage. But... it probably wasn't very helpful.

It's still the same; this depends on talent.

When Wu Sehun asked him how he managed to sing that high note with such steady breath, Ji Kyung-won said that he just sang it like that, it was very simple, he just opened his mouth and it went up, "Ah~".

...This kind of experience is not only unhelpful, but it can also be very discouraging.

Even though it was just a routine recording and teaching session, the feeling of recording with Ji Kyung-won was truly different. Visually speaking, the feeling of being close to a top idol was really impressive. Ji Kyung-won's professionalism and attitude as a mentor were also particularly good.

...Even when the recording ended, many children didn't realize it was over until the recording was finished, and they suddenly realized how fast time had passed.

As Chi Jingyuan said goodbye and left, the moment his figure disappeared through the practice room door, the previously quiet and orderly Class B erupted in chaos. Everyone could no longer contain their excitement and gathered together to discuss the recording and interaction that had just taken place.

Ahn Yoo-jin was also eager to confide in someone. She had just found Jang Won-young and wanted to say something when she noticed that Jang Won-young had a tense face, droopy eyebrows and eyes, and looked very disappointed.

"What's wrong? Why do you look so disappointed?" Ahn Yoo-jin asked, puzzled.

Why didn't he scold me?

Zhang Yuanying pouted slightly, her tone full of confusion.

"what?"

Ahn Yoo-jin's eyes widened instantly: "You really deliberately sang badly?"

"Yeah, unnie, didn't you notice?"

"Um, I didn't hear it... I feel there's no difference."

…………

On the way back to Seoul, Ji Kyung-won was scrolling through his phone when he suddenly remembered something. He smiled and sent a text message to Chou Tzu-yu.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm in the SBS dressing room, waiting to record the variety show later. You've finished recording 'PD48'?" Tzuyu seemed to be free at the moment, so she replied quickly.

"I recently heard a term called 'Yu-style beauty'."

Chi Jingyuan was typing.

"Hehehe~"

Chou Tzu-yu's reply seemed a bit naive, but with just a few simple words, one could sense a distinct sense of self-importance and vanity.

"You heard that too? Because Yu is very pretty~"

Then another one came along; her vanity was unstoppable.

But I feel like I said something wrong.

"Ah! Where?"

"What do you mean by 'Yu-style'? Isn't it just short faces and big eyes? I think it should be called 'toad-style' instead."

"Bang~"

In the SBS waiting room, Chou Tzu-yu's fingernails tapped the screen hard, making a crisp sound. Her angry expression was immediately noticed by Kim Da-hyun next to her.

"What's wrong?" she asked Tzuyu with concern.

"No, I accidentally poked it."

Chou Tzu-yu's lips twitched slightly, and she gently shook her head.

How could she say that?

That awful person said I look like a toad!

She locked the screen, pouted, and used the screen as a mirror to look at herself.

Have you ever seen such a beautiful toad?

childish!

I hummed softly to myself.

To be honest, she quite enjoyed it when Chi Jingyuan teased her like that.

"What is Nayeon unnie doing?"

After chatting with Ji Kyung-won for a few minutes, the call ended. Zhou Tzuyu looked up, feeling a little unsatisfied, and saw Lim Nayeon sitting not far away, fiddling with her phone and talking to Yoo Jeong-yeon.

"It seems like they're watching how Netflix uses it."

Kim Da-hyun looked up and said, "Nayeon unnie subscribed to Netflix early, but she's not used to the UI and is figuring it out these past couple of days."

"Yesterday she told me that there aren't any good TV dramas on TV, just things like 'What a loss! What a loss!'"

"You subscribed to a membership?"

Chou Tzu-yu blinked.

"Hmm, isn't Kyungwon oppa's new drama about to be released?"

Kim Da-hyun nodded: "I actually went for it too."

"Nayeon unnie is really enthusiastic."

Chou Tzu-yu nodded, but muttered to herself with a hint of doubt, "I remember Nayeon unnie doesn't like watching those kinds of cheesy romance dramas, does she?"

Lim Nayeon's recent interest in "The Spy" is quite obvious, but I remember that Lim Nayeon has always been a queen of melodramatic romance dramas, the more melodramatic the better. Every time she watches such a drama, she can get deeply involved, and she can sit on the sofa hugging a dinosaur pillow that is already falling apart and watch it by herself, crying and laughing at the same time.

"This...it seems like a change of pace, and...it's time to grow up a bit~"

Kim Da-hyun also looked up and glanced over there. At that moment, it seemed that Lim Na-yeon and Yoo Jeong-yeon were arguing about something. She even snatched the phone away and placed it far away so that Na-yeon couldn't reach it, and she looked smug and provocative towards Yoo Jeong-yeon.

Never mind, never mind.

No update tomorrow, taking a day off.