Chapter 140 Signing Lee Ji-eun
“Are you sure my daughter is talented?”
Looking at the middle-aged man in front of him who was in his forties, slightly bald, but still quite steady, Zheng Xiuheng nodded without hesitation and said, "If she were two years older, I wouldn't say that, but with her current age and qualifications, she does have great plasticity. No one can guarantee that she will become a big star, but what we can guarantee is that she will receive good training and learn things that are useful to her. At the same time, I believe that her youth will not be wasted here. As I have just explained, her training will be different!"
Zheng Xiuheng looked at Lee Ji-eun, who was standing next to the middle-aged man with an expectant look on her face, and smiled again.
As agreed upon last time, the new company address has been decided, and Zheng Dongren also signed the lease contract in a swift and decisive manner. Although it is only a two-story commercial building, it is actually the best place to open a Taekwondo hall or a fitness center. However, compared with the previous address, this place is indeed much better. According to the simple plan, there is a dance practice room on the first floor, three singing practice rooms, and offices and production rooms on the second floor.
This is not Gangnam, but Dongjak District, not far from Zheng Xiuheng's residence. It is not far from Yeouido TV Station and Gangnam. In addition, the land price is relatively suitable. Moreover, this location is a commercial property built last year. It is at the very end and is not next to the corner road, but close to the Citizen Park. Therefore, the location is not good for merchants, but for antennas, it is a good temporary residence.
As for the future, if things develop well, Zheng Xiuheng will certainly choose to build a building, just like YG. When a company reaches a certain level, it is natural to improve the image of the office location. This is not vanity, but it really represents a lot of things.
This is also the reason why Zheng Xiuheng said that he would contact Lee Ji-eun again after a while. After all, the initial contact was too simple. If it weren't for Lee Hyori, it wouldn't have been so easy for Zheng Xiuheng to poach people.
Lee Ji-eun's father, Lee Guk-jeong, works in a medium-sized enterprise and is also a small manager. Her mother is also not an ordinary housewife, so the two of them have relatively less time to take care of their daughter. It was only in the past two years, when they entered middle age, that they had more time. In the past, they basically tried their best to satisfy their daughter's wishes, and her grandmother took care of her usually.
But this time it was different. Li Guozheng and his wife had no objection to their daughter wanting to be a singer, nor did they have any objection to her participating in JYP's selection. But it was different when it came to her joining a company they had never heard of.
However, after arriving at the door, Li Guozheng was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that it was the company that Lee Hyori had just signed a contract with. There is no need to pay special attention to Lee Hyori's news. Office workers like Li Guozheng can also hear it.
In addition, Zheng Xiuheng also said very directly when meeting him that Lee Ji-eun would not be positioned as a member of the group, and he would not simply teach her to sing and dance, but would teach her more musical things, such as writing lyrics, composing music, etc. It sounded like she was going to be focused on training.
After carefully considering Zheng Xiuheng's words, Li Guozheng looked at his daughter's expectant expression and finally agreed.
"Well, Mr. Zheng is so sincere, I have no reason to object. I agree to Ji Eun joining this company as a trainee. Also... thank you Mr. Zheng for giving this girl such an expensive guitar!"
Zheng Xiuheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "This should be considered fate, but it seems that Mr. Li is also very knowledgeable about musical instruments. He must have loved playing music in the past, right?"
"Mom said that when Dad was pursuing her, every day...mmmm!"
Looking at the embarrassed look of Lee's father who covered Lee Ji-eun's mouth, Zheng Xiuheng smiled knowingly. The unhappiness he felt from Zheng Dabin in the morning had dissipated a lot at this moment.
"Haha, Mr. Zheng, let's sign the contract. I have to rush back to the company soon. Mr. Li will take care of our Ji-eun from now on."
Zheng Xiuheng nodded with a smile, and quickly took out the trainee contract that Zheng Dongren had prepared. This kind of contract is nothing special. Unlike the exclusive contract, it is more about restricting trainees from changing jobs, and there is little benefit. After all, trainees are a stage of training paid by the company. Although they have no value, if a trainee who is very valued does not sign the contract, he will be poached or suddenly say he doesn't want to work, which is undoubtedly a huge harm to the company.
The trainee contract was not complicated. Li Guozheng read it carefully twice and signed the name of the guardian. Then he encouraged his daughter and entrusted Lee Ji-eun to Zheng Xiuheng, as well as teachers Zheng Dongren and Yoo Hee-yeol.
Standing at the company entrance and watching her father leave, Lee Ji-eun finally relaxed and shouted happily, "Yeah!"
Zheng Xiuheng turned his head, looked at Li Zhien who was wearing a white bear jacket, and asked with a smile: "Are you so happy?"
"Yeah, big brother is so nice. I'm a trainee now too!"
Looking at Lee Ji-eun's smiling face, Zheng Xiuheng felt helpless. They were just trainees and he really didn't understand why these kids could be so happy.
It didn't matter that Zheng Xiuheng didn't understand. Anyway, Lee Ji-eun felt that becoming a trainee would bring her one step closer to her dream. She could receive better training and be in the same company with Lee Hyori. These were everything a little girl dreamed of.
"Okay, come upstairs with me first. You will be a member of the company from now on, and you should get to know everyone!" Zheng Xiuheng patted her little head, then turned and walked towards the stairs next to her.
Li Zhien also hurriedly turned around and followed. She reached into her pockets and rummaged around. Then she rushed to Zheng Xiuheng and held his hand. She looked at Zheng Xiuheng and turned around. She narrowed her eyes and smiled innocently, saying foolishly, "Holiday gift!"
"Do you know what festival it is?" Zheng Xiuheng asked with amusement, looking at a small piece of chocolate in his hand.
Lee Ji-eun tilted her head and thought for a while before she smiled and replied, "My friend said that Valentine's Day chocolates should be given to the handsome guy you like. Big brother is very handsome and a nice person. I like him very much!"
"Well! For the sake of being a handsome guy, I'll accept it reluctantly. You have to work hard in the future!"
"Don't worry, big brother. I will work hard and will definitely become a singer that big brother likes!"
"It's not that I like it, it's that everyone likes it!"
“Yeah, everyone likes it!”
Lee Ji-eun was brought to the production room on the second floor. Everyone in the company was gathered there. Zheng Xiuheng introduced Lee Ji-eun to everyone formally, including Kim Hyo-rin, Choi Ji-na, Jeon Hyo-sung, and Kim Yoo-jin. Unfortunately, Lee Hyo-ri was not in the company, which made Lee Ji-eun feel a little regretful.
But before he could say anything else, Zheng Xiuheng was pulled into the office by Yoo Hee-yeol and Zheng Dong-in.
"Xiu Heng, vocal teacher, dance teacher, don't you have any ideas?"
In the office, Zheng Xiuheng looked at Liu Xilie and Zheng Dongren with a frown, and replied helplessly: "You two uncles should be more familiar with this circle than me. Besides, aren't you both famous musicians? Can't you be vocal teachers?"
"It's OK, but for singing skills, we can only say that you can't even demonstrate the high notes. Are you assured of such teaching quality?"
Zheng Xiuheng was extremely annoyed by Liu Xilie's single attitude. He knew what the three giants were thinking. They always called and said that they had a lot of things to deal with, and even asked him to choose some new recording equipment on the market. It seemed that they were trying to push him into the path of music.
"Then you can just go find one. You two uncles have been in the entertainment industry for so long, can't you find a vocal teacher? Don't let me despise you too much. I'm still busy at this time, and I'm going to compete with Choi Min-hee for the DJ position tomorrow. Uncle Liu also knows it, so you guys can handle these things!" Zheng Xiuheng said helplessly, then simply stood up and prepared to leave. It's better to stay in MBC to learn "scientific and cultural knowledge" at this time.
However, seeing that the two uncles were about to become door gods, Zheng Xiuheng said with a smile: "I say you guys stop being so shameless. Instead of studying these boring things, why not think about the development of the company? Now, except for Uncle Yoo Hee-yeol, Uncle Dongxing and Uncle Jung Jae-hyung, there are no jobs, right? In this case, you should do something to show people. It's really meaningless to worry about whether I play the piano or make music every day. Okay, I should go to MBC, get out of the way!"
Zheng Xiuheng actually has a high EQ. Although he is a little weak in matters like love, once he has experience, he will no longer be so clueless. He can analyze many behaviors of ordinary life and familiar people.
Yoo Hee-yeol and Jung Dong-haung looked at each other and their faces blushed. After all, Jung Soo-heng was still their junior.
"By the way, the new kid who joined , please train her well, uncles. In addition to singing, please train her in instruments, composing, and writing lyrics, and train her to be an all-round creative musician. She has a good voice and good breath. Although her singing style is a bit textbook, it should be easy to correct. The most important thing is that when she sings, she does have a bit of personal flavor, although it's not obvious yet, so all this depends on the uncles!"
"Is that little girl so good?" Liu Xilie temporarily put aside the previous things and asked in surprise.
Zheng Xiuheng nodded and said, "I can't say he's that good, but he does have that kind of potential. He's a perfect candidate to be my disciple!"
Looking at the two uncles whose attention was completely diverted, Zheng Xiuheng simply walked around them and left the room with a strange smile on his face.
Zheng Xiuheng is not a music master. He has only heard Lee Ji-eun sing once, so how can he analyze so much? The reason for saying this is, first, his own expectations, and second, to find something for these three uncles to do, so that they don’t have to think about how to make themselves play music every day.
