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Chapter 898 Children

“Urban Works?”

Although Chi Jingyuan's voice was not loud, the staff next to him heard it keenly and said with great understanding: "Urban Works is a subsidiary of the famous variety show production company Urban Works Media. It was also Kim Jong Kook's previous agency. However, after he left, there were no well-known artists, and the company's main business was not idol management..."

"Jingyuanxi must have seen Jin Minzhou..."

As soon as the staff heard the name of the company, they knew who Chi Jingyuan was talking about. They had seen all the female trainees in this pile of information before, and they had all been carefully selected by them.

"Kim Min-joo..."

The staff was introducing the girl enthusiastically, but although Chi Jingyuan was listening, he was a little distracted. His eyes were fixed on the photos attached to the information, especially the frontal portrait... As soon as he saw the girl, he felt that she looked very familiar, as if she was someone he knew.

Uh, I remembered!

While the staff next to him were talking, Chi Jingyuan suddenly had an idea and finally reacted.

It’s Chou Tzuyu. This female trainee named Kim Min-joo looks very similar to Chou Tzuyu. Their facial features, cheekbones, jaw and many other parts are somewhat similar. Especially their face shape and the pure and childish look they exude overall, they really look like they were carved from the same mold.

I just said that this short face looks familiar.

Not sure what he remembered, but Chi Jingyuan became interested when he saw Kim Min Joo's photo. He picked up the phone next to him, quickly clicked and opened the category in the album that specifically stored Chou Tzuyu's photos. He flipped through a large number of photos and found a photo of Chou Tzuyu that was taken at the same angle as Kim Min Joo's portrait in the profile. He put them next to each other for comparison and started playing "Find the Differences" with a smile.

Well, although they look similar at first glance, with short faces and medium to large facial features, there are actually many differences if you look closely.

Zhou Ziyu looks rounder overall, while Kim Min Joo looks pointier overall

Zhou Ziyu is more 'warm', while Kim Min Joo is more 'cold'.

I guess they each have their own advantages.

But the biggest difference is the eyes. Kim Min Joo has standard almond-shaped eyes with sharp corners and long tails. Even if she doesn't show it deliberately, she has a sense of "fishing". Even a portrait with a smile without any expression, her eyes look a little charming.

As for Chou Tzuyu...her eyes are bigger and rounder, and she looks silly, like a little child.

The facial features are similar, the eyebrows and eyes are charming, and they are still young!

Tsk tsk, Chou Tzu-yu, the PLUS version is here~
Chi Jingyuan laughed in his heart after meeting Zhou Ziyu's dull eyes in the photo.

Besides... Kim Min Joo's skin is much whiter than yours, Chou Tzuyu. You still brag about it every day, and you even rolled your eyes at me last time~
"Although Urban Works is not a well-known large company in the industry, they still value her. Although she has only been a trainee for a short time, she has already started to work in the circle as an advertising model. In the middle of this year, she also played the leading role in a song by the boy group ikon. She also has active performances in some advertisements."

"...Jin Minzhouxi's appearance is quite conspicuous among all the candidates, especially her unique pure and sweet temperament, which meets your requirements for the heroine, Jingyuan, so among the applicants outside the company, we are more optimistic about her..."

Chi Jingyuan was enjoying his divergent thinking, and the staff member next to him suddenly saw Chi Jingyuan taking out his mobile phone during the introduction, and poked his head over here with some curiosity.

After glancing at the photo of Chou Tzuyu on his phone and discovering what Chi Jingyuan was doing, the staff member suddenly laughed, nodded, and agreed with a smile: "Haha... We also discovered before that Kim Min Zhou xi and Twice's Tzuyu xi are very similar in appearance..."

Seeing Chi Jingyuan nodding in agreement with a smile, the staff paused for a moment and continued, "It's just that, although Tzuyu xi is a popular idol who has already debuted, according to our opinion and evaluation, this Jin Minzhou xi is actually better than her in terms of appearance. Her facial features are also much more delicate, especially her temperament and..."

However, before the staff member finished speaking, his voice suddenly stopped, because Chi Jingyuan, who was originally smiling, seemed to have heard something unpleasant, and his face suddenly darkened. He raised his head and glanced at him lightly... The dissatisfied look made the staff member pause. He didn't know how he had offended this young master, and he didn't dare to continue talking.

"..."

Chi Jingyuan frowned and glanced at the staff member, but he didn't say much. He quickly suppressed the slight dissatisfaction in his heart, restrained his eyes, lowered his head and continued to watch the data pack, but at the same time he curled his lips and said softly:
"Not always"

"Forehead……"

Hearing this, several department heads glanced at each other without leaving any trace, as if they were communicating something.

"But she is indeed quite suitable. The pure feeling on her body is very attractive. It should be more obvious after she puts on makeup..."

After a brief silence, Chi Jingyuan nodded again, looked at the photo in the information, and confirmed the first half of the staff's statement.

She looks like Chou Tzu-yu...of course it's suitable.

"Count her in for the next audition..."

This girl was the most outstanding and the most impressive one among the several profiles she looked at. Chi Jingyuan made a decision quickly. After taking a final look, he took out Jin Minzhou's profile separately.

But he suddenly became interested...if he really chose this girl named Kim Min-joo.

I wonder how Zhou Ziyu's little black girl will react after seeing this...

"Okay." The staff next to him nodded and didn't say anything more.

Chi Jingyuan continued to flip through the information, and the staff next to him also followed suit to explain...but he spoke much less than before.

"This is Li Cailing, a very famous trainee of JYP. She was once a backup member of Twcie, but in "Sixteen", Jingyuanxi also seemed to have served as a judge of that show. Haha, she should know more about it than me."

"...This Huang Lizhixi is also from JYP, but she hasn't been very active yet, not as good as Shin Liuzhenxi just now..."

"This is Han Chuyuan, a well-known trainee of CUBE. She was a child actor in her early years and has participated in cameo shootings in many movies."

""

"..."

"Brother, do you know this well?"

Although his eyes were a bit sharp just now, Chi Jingyuan didn't take it to heart. His subsequent tone and attitude became calm and gentle, and he praised with a smile.

"Haha." Feeling Chi Jingyuan's attitude, the staff was relieved and explained with a smile: "In fact, although there are many agencies in Seoul, the circle is so small, and they often communicate with each other. In addition to the special non-public trainees, we also know which relatively outstanding trainees in the circle are. "

"That's it..."

As he spoke, Chi Jingyuan slowed down his movements as he looked at a photo in front of him.

CUBE's Cho Mi-yeon
"Oh, this Zhao Meiyanxi is also a well-known trainee with good looks. She trained in YG company for many years and was a member of the girl group Blackpink who was about to debut. However, she left YG before BP debuted... and now she has transferred to CUBE."

The reason why Chi Jingyuan was paying attention to this girl was not only because of her outstanding appearance, but also because he was somewhat familiar with her face.

It's not that she looks like Kim Min-joo, but it seems like I've seen her somewhere before.

However, after hearing the staff's explanation, he looked up in surprise and asked, "Leaving before debut? Why?"

Idols endure years of hard training and all kinds of pressure as trainees just for their debut. How could they suddenly leave the company before their debut? Their years of hard work would be destroyed in an instant, and they would have to start all over again by joining other companies.

It would be fine if it was active... but if it was passive, I really can't imagine how big of a blow it would be.

…Especially since Blackpink has such a successful debut now.

"Although there are various rumors in the industry..." The staff shook his head: "But we don't know the specific situation. YG's replacement was very sudden."

"Well……"

The staff didn't know. Although Chi Jingyuan was curious, he didn't ask much. He tilted his head to look at the face in the information and clicked his tongue lightly.

She is indeed very good-looking, with very impressive facial features...and her nose is really enviable.

But although she was very beautiful, she seemed a little too delicate, and somewhat inconsistent with the youthfulness and pure first love feeling he required.

...However, the makeup level of Peninsula, especially the entertainment company CODY's level is famously excellent. As long as the makeup is in place, any feeling can be created for you.

"..."

Those department heads just now were not bragging. There are really a lot of applicants who want to participate in his MV. He spent a long time just looking at the information of the female trainees from other companies.

...These are the remaining ones after the company screened out some older applications whose appearance did not meet the requirements.

There are so many people. If those ignorant boys in school come here, they will probably be stunned and exclaim, "There are so many beautiful girls in Seoul, why can't they see any around them?"

Because he was unfamiliar with the photos and they were new to him, Chi Jingyuan looked at them with great interest. After reluctantly finishing the last photo of a girl outside the company, he turned to the photos of the female trainees from his own company.

As expected... it's Lami.
Seeing the name and photo at the top of the file that were exactly the same as he expected, Chi Jingyuan sighed inwardly.

The company is really optimistic about Lami.

Although she was just a female trainee, he was familiar with the girl at the top because he had heard many rumors about her.

Born as a child star, she has both temperament and good looks. Although she was born in 03, she was entered into SM ROOKIES in 13 when she was only ten years old.

She is highly valued in the company and only comes to the company to practice for a few hours on weekends. Normally, when other trainees are practicing singing, she is doing homework, and when other trainees are practicing dancing, she is taking classes...but the company has no objection at all and treats her like a little princess.

Although she missed out on Red Velvet a few years ago because she was too young, she is excellent in all aspects and is likely to be the face and center of SM's next generation girl group.

That sweet and innocent face will definitely become the new generation's goddess as long as she debuts and gets a little marketing from SM.

After Lami came a series of familiar faces, like Gao En, Hina, etc. Ji Jingyuan had seen them all. They were all members of Red Velvet’s backup group before and were originally scheduled to debut. They had participated in SM Town’s concerts several times.

However, Red Velvet, which originally said that they would add unlimited members, suddenly changed its plan after Kim Ye-rin joined, causing these girls to have to go back to being trainees and wait for opportunities.

Behind them were Yiyang and Ningning, the female trainees that Chi Jingyuan had met in the company last time...

Even though they are all outstanding children, looking at Chi Jingyuan I felt that I didn’t have the same enthusiasm as before, because I knew them better and was familiar with them. I knew who they were so there was no sense of surprise.

After SM ROOKIES are the ordinary trainees. Although some of them may have just joined the company, their overall comprehensive level has dropped a level compared to the previous ones. There is nothing special about them.

After reading the last two pieces of information with a lack of interest, Chi Jingyuan finally perked up a little and smiled as he looked at the photos.

"...Jin Min-woong, haha, this little girl has a round face, she's quite cute."

However, Chi Jingyuan just thought that she looked pleasing, but did not quite meet the requirements. He laughed twice and turned directly to the last picture.

When he saw the photo of the last female trainee, he stopped what he was doing.

"…Liu Zhimin."

This girl has a very distinctive appearance, and she stands out especially among the last group of children with relatively poor overall qualities.

“…Jimin.”

The staff also came over to take a look, smiled, and said with understanding: "This girl has only been in the company for less than two months. She used to go to an ordinary high school. She likes to post her photos on SNS. Because of her outstanding appearance, she has received some attention. She is considered a small Internet celebrity... I heard that she didn't want to be a trainee at first. It was Director Jin from the talent scout department who saw her SNS and thought she had great potential. He came to her house several times to persuade her to join the company."

The staff said with a smile: "By the way, last time we were chatting, I heard Director Kim say that the kid was a little hesitant at first, but it was only after he mentioned EXO that the kid became interested... But it is true that EXO's current popularity and status have had a very positive impact on the company's recruitment of new trainees."

"Haha, if you look at it this way, this kid must be a fan of yours, Jingyuan~"

"Ah……"

After listening to the staff's introduction, Chi Jingyuan narrowed his eyes, nodded without comment, and took out the information, but he did not take this sentence seriously at all.

Even if a child says that he is a fan of EXO, it will not attract his attention at all.

…It would be strange if you said no.

"I took a quick look and found that all of them are excellent and meet the requirements. It must be hard work to sort out so much information..."

Chi Jingyuan first smiled and affirmed the work of several department heads, then pointed at a few documents placed separately next to him, and finally explained:

"Besides the three I just picked out, you guys can screen the rest. There will be a few candidates left... maybe five or six. Organize them to come to the company for an audition in a few days. I will take a leave from the crew that day and come back to participate."

"Ok."

(End of this chapter)