Chapter 100 Rules Modified (1422)
During the competition, Jiang Shu naturally wouldn't go looking for Xue Yun in front of everyone.
He stood behind the two, turned his head to look at the man beside him, then looked at Xue Yun, and spoke.
"Hello, is the girl on stage your daughter?"
The man was startled, turned his head to look at Jiang Shu, and his eyes became wary after seeing Jiang Shu's outstanding face.
"She's my daughter, what about her?"
Jiang Shu smiled slightly and handed the business card from his pocket to the other party.
The man took the business card doubtfully and looked down.
Chairman of DM Entertainment.
The man was startled, raising his head to look at Jiang Shu incredulously.
This young man, who looked like he wasn't even thirty, was the Chairman of a company?
"You can Google search to confirm my identity." Although DM Entertainment's popularity had increased, it wasn't yet a household name, and most people didn't know him.
The man glanced at Jiang Shu, then actually took out his phone to search.
He showed a look of realization when he saw that it was IVE's company.
"Hello, Chairman Jiang!" The man's expression immediately became enthusiastic. Regardless of whether there was a connection or if he could use the other party, Jiang Shu was a Chairman nonetheless.
"Hello, your daughter has excellent physical conditions. Are you interested in having her become a trainee at our DM Entertainment?" Jiang Shu asked with a smile.
"Trainee..." The man looked at Jiang Shu hesitantly, "I heard that trainee treatment is generally not very good, right?"
He was already being very polite with his words.
It wasn't just 'not good'; it was practically oppressive.
Most companies didn't offer trainee allowances, or if they did, it was very little. If you relied on trainee allowances to live, you'd starve.
Furthermore, trainees were at the absolute bottom of the idol company hierarchy. Even temporary workers could scold trainees if they were unhappy with them.
This was the distorted situation of the K-pop system: relying on idols to make money for the company, yet looking down on idols and not giving them appropriate status.
It was awkward.
"Other companies are other companies. We can't control what other companies do, but at our DM Entertainment, the treatment for trainees is very good." Jiang Shu said, pulling Kim Minju over.
"This is Zhou Zhou, one of our company's trainees. You tell this gentleman about the treatment the company gives you." Jiang Shu patted Kim Minju's back and said.
"Yes." Kim Minju responded, then looked at the man and introduced the treatment for exclusive trainees.
DM Entertainment's trainee treatment had two types: regular trainees and exclusive trainees. In terms of training allowances, the former only received half of the latter, which was 500,000 korean won, but it was still top-tier within the industry.
The man showed a suspicious look after listening.
Good treatment was pleasing, but overly good treatment easily led to suspicion.
Not everyone believed in something for nothing.
"Don't worry." Jiang Shu smiled and patted Kim Minju's shoulder, "If you have concerns, you can consult further. When you've thought it over, just bring your child to our company."
Jiang Shu finished speaking, glanced at the time, then spoke to Choi Woo-je and the other two.
"Let's go, Li Lishi should have arrived."
The man watched Jiang Shu and his group leave, rubbed his chin, then looked at his daughter on stage again, falling into deep thought.
The group went upstairs, and after a discussion with Li Lishi of T1, Li Lishi took Jiang Shu and his group on a tour of the youth training camp, and also visited the training match where the T1 players were, meeting the members who were preparing for S9.
T1 didn't even make it into the World Championship in S8. When Jiang Shu met Dafei, his condition was quite good; he hadn't been numb yet.
It wasn't until S11 that Dafei truly felt numb, having failed to reach the World Championship finals for four consecutive years and going five consecutive years without a championship. He seemed a bit dazed even during live streams, but what made Dafei a god was his invincible ability to adjust his mindset.
After a brief tour of the T1 club, Jiang Shu left with Kim Minju. His main purpose for coming this time was to film a vlog and get to know Li Lishi, which would give him an acquaintance in the e-sports industry.
In the T1 youth training camp, Li Lishi stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, watching Jiang Shu and Kim Minju leave. He turned his head to look at Choi Woo-je beside him.
"Chairman Jiang thinks highly of you. I hope you don't disappoint his expectations." Li Lishi said casually, as genius teenagers with thousands of points in the Korean server were not uncommon in their T1 youth training. If it weren't for Jiang Shu's recommendation, Choi Woo-je would still need to be assessed to join the camp.
He actually viewed Choi Woo-je more as a teenager who came to play.
"Yes, I will!" Choi Woo-je responded seriously, a fervent heart hidden beneath his calm demeanor.
"Have you chosen your ID?"
"Yes, it's Zeus."
"King of Gods?" Li Lishi smiled and said no more.
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"The music show rules have changed?" Jiang Shu looked at Li Duohui in surprise. There were only half a month left until Lee Ji-eun's debut, and they were suddenly notified that the music show rules had changed?
"Yes, now the music show scores can only be calculated on the eighth day after the sound source is released. This makes it easier to calculate the sound source and sales scores." Li Duohui explained.
"So that means, if IU debuts on the tenth, she can only go on music shows on the seventeenth?"
"That's not what it means. You can still perform on music shows normally after your debut or comeback, but by default, the first seven days are not included in the first-place selection. It only starts from the eighth day."
Jiang Shu was stunned, then looked at Li Duohui.
"So that means IVE's debut-day first place will become a swan song?"
"Yes." Li Duohui nodded.
After the rules changed, no group would be able to win a first-place trophy on their debut day anymore.
Jiang Shu reached out and rubbed his face.
"This really caught us off guard."
"It's still okay for us. IU's debut time already clashed with IVE's, so she wouldn't have gotten first place anyway. But with this change, she might even have a chance to get one or two." Li Duohui said with a smile.
"We'll see." Jiang Shu waved his hand, "Have IU and IVE been informed?"
"Not yet. The revised rules haven't been officially implemented yet. They will be officially announced and implemented on October 1st. For now, we're just informing entertainment companies like ours."
Jiang Shu nodded.
"Inform IU and IVE. As the parties involved, they also have the right to know."
"Okay."
"Anything else?" Jiang Shu asked when he saw Li Duohui hadn't left.
"The list of the top one hundred purchasers for IU's debut album pre-sale is out. Do you want us to arrange for our people to be included?"
"No need." Jiang Shu waved his hand, "Let's keep it genuine."
"Okay." Li Duohui responded, "Then Director Qu can announce the news?"
"Announce it." Jiang Shu rubbed his neck. After resting for so long, he was about to get busy again.
"Yes."