Chapter 20: Short, but Able to Eat In the practice room, several trainees had just finished their dance class and were gathered together, watching the food-eating video playing on a tablet. "Sejeong, your dear oppa is very popular recently! I heard that the company has received several business orders for him, with promotion fees totaling hundreds of millions!" Jin Shaoqing said without raising his head. "There are a lot of trend-following eating broadcasts popping up online now, but compared to Dohyun oppa, watching them eat always feels a bit exaggerated," Choi Yuna commented. "Alas! He is not as great as you say. It's all thanks to Semyeong oppa!" Kim Sejeong narrowed her eyes and waved her hands happily. Kim Sejeong was extremely happy that her dear oppa's career was on the rise. But she also knew very well that this was all thanks to Jin Shiming, otherwise Jin Daoxian would never have thought of eating broadcasting. "Looking at this makes me so hungry! I really want to eat roasted pork belly!" A pretty, cute, and mischievous girl touched her belly and whispered with a pout. If you look closely, you can easily find that the girl looks a bit like Kim Sejeong's idol IU. "LUDA, if you don't control your diet, you will definitely be scolded by the director during the next physical test!" Jin Shaoqing is the youngest at home, but after coming to BD Entertainment, she has become a reliable big sister to all the trainees.
"I know I should control my diet, but I just can't help it!" Li LUDA rolled on the floor twice, looking a little crazy, and his short legs were kicking the air hard. The girl is quite petite, only 156cm tall. However, although she is short, she can eat a lot! Among a group of trainees, when it comes to the ability to eat, Li LUDA is the number one! According to her, before becoming a trainee, she could eat seven meals a day, and midnight snacks were indispensable! In fact, although Li LUDA can eat a lot, her body proportions are not bad. At first glance, you would never think that she is less than 160cm tall. But the main theme of Peninsula Trainee is a crazy internal competition. Li LUDA looks short among several "giants". If he doesn't control his weight, the visual effect will only be worse. "The company's control over our body shape is pretty good. It's not as strict as the companies where some of my friends work. In comparison, it's more difficult for me to adapt to the company's training intensity and it's a bit too much for me." Another girl named Li Sulu said with a bitter look on her face. Lee So-yul, Lee LUDE, and several other girls are all trainees that Hong Jung-tae has selected and recruited into the company in recent days. Due to BD Entertainment's size and resources, the company has no plans to launch a boy group in recent years and is currently only recruiting female trainees. Although girl groups are naturally not as profitable as boy groups, the example of Girls' Generation's rise to the top is recent, and Jin Shiming has a hunch that the next few years will still be a golden age for girl groups. Furthermore, Kim Se-myeong started a company and formed a girl group just to give his sister Sejeong a stage to realize her dream. Perhaps in the future, when the company develops, Jin Shiming will feel that he has enough energy and might set up a boy group as a test field. In short, the current business focus of BD Entertainment is still on the training of the girl groups that are being planned. According to Jin Shiming's plan, the company has very high requirements for trainees, and the training intensity is also among the best in the industry. People like Jin Shaoqing, who has two years of trainee experience, can still barely adapt. In contrast, the other girls who had never been trainees were all tortured terribly. After each day of training, they felt as if their bodies were no longer their own. "The company has high demands on us, which is a good thing. At least I can see my own progress every day!" Cui Yuna's eyes are still as bright. "Choi Meng Meng, I really envy your physical fitness! Don't you feel tired?" Jin Shizheng hugged Choi Yuna and rubbed her face like a weird uncle. These days, Jin Shizheng felt a little frustrated from Choi Yuna. As both are trainees specializing in lead vocals, they must be competing with each other privately. As of now, Kim Sejeong, who has been under the guidance of Kim Semyeong for a long time, has better overall singing skills than Choi Yuna.
However, Choi Yuna seems to have had her Ren and Du meridians opened up by Kim Se-myung recently, and her singing skills have improved extremely fast, making rapid progress. If this trend continues, it is possible that Kim Sejeong will be overtaken by Choi Yuna in a few years. When it comes to dancing, the two are equally matched. Kim Sejeong thinks she is the type who can make up for her shortcomings with hard work, but Choi Yuna is even more competitive than her! What's worse is that Kim Sejeong is much shorter than Choi Yuna and her figure is also more sturdy. Even if they have the same dancing level, Choi Yuna, who is taller and has longer legs, is definitely more pleasing to the eye than her when she stands on the stage. But this sister is hardworking, humble and low-key. Apart from some occasionally elusive and strange behavior, she is generally quite likable. "Ouni, I envy your lower limb strength! I still can't control my strength when dancing, and I lose my balance and fall down from time to time!" Choi Yuna let the other party destroy her cheeks and said with a pout. "Yu Na is right. I've practiced for so many years, but my chassis is still not very stable. There are some moves that I just can't do well." Jin Shaoqing said with deep agreement. Being tall and having long legs also has its price, especially for people like Jin Shaoqing, whose legs are so exaggeratedly long, it is difficult for them to dance out that explosive feeling when they encounter some intense dance that requires strong support. Before Kim Sejeong could say anything, Lee Luda next to her felt as if his knees were hit by two stray arrows. "Aigu! Life is really unbearable!" The girl rolled like a windmill on the spot. Damn you long-bodied guys! You guys really don’t understand the pain of being short-bodied! "Actually, although the company's requirements are a bit strict, it's still quite humane." Lee So-yul, who first mentioned the company's high training intensity, suddenly said frankly, "I heard that the president plans to provide us trainees with nutritionists, physical therapists, and psychological counselors. I'm afraid even those big companies don't have such treatment." Everyone can see how difficult the conditions of BD Entertainment are. But even so, Jin Shiming still did not save money in necessary areas, and even increased some expenses that were considered wasteful in the industry. Such a humane side makes the trainees feel a strong sense of belonging to the company. "Practice hard! Try to make your debut soon! My current dream is to build a building for the company!" Jin Shaoqing clapped his hands and encouraged everyone. "There will definitely be more trainees coming in later. If you don't practice hard, you might be squeezed out at any time!" "Huai Ting! Everyone must be included in the debut group!" "Yes! We will definitely be able to debut in BD Entertainment!" The girls, who are looking forward to the future, encourage each other in the cramped practice room without sunlight. (End of this chapter)