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CHAPTER 1: GROUPS?

KǓN'S POV/ 悃:

"Mr. Huáng. Kǔn Xià/ 黄. 悃夏 [Hwang. Kun Xia]., welcome to XME Industries. I understand you heard of us." A short businesswoman greets me at the gates XME Industries. Xaviorston Music Entertainment Industries.

"Yes, I have." I nod. Oh, I've heard of them, from my former company bad things, but from the fans, non-fans, and statistics; I've heard amazing things from XME Ind., even when they had "The Fallout" period, where they didn't debut bands, just solo artists, or partnered with a fellow entertainment company to debut the artists, they still were very successful.

"What kind of group would you like to be in, any sort, just as a theoretical possibility to start with? Mr. Huáng/ 黄 [Hwang]." Ms. Xavior waved her hand in front of my face. Oh, what did she say?

"I'm sorry, what did you say." I snap out of my reverence.

"What group would you theoretically want to join? Would you like to join a large group such as DIAMOND GROUP/ 다이아몬드 그룹, or small groups like NC 5 (New City 5) or JESSIEJESSE, a locked, fixed group like BLUEGREEN/ 블루그린, or a rotational group like X. K. (Xavior Kids), BLACKLIGHT/블랙라이트, DIAMOND GROUP/ 다이아몬드 그룹, what is your max of people that you would be comfortable with?" She asks again.

"I don't really know, there're a lot of bands. I don't know what's all here, I like WanTang/ 玩堂 (Fun Room) group." I respond. Honestly, I don't know what band I theoretically want to be in, I know XME's arranged differently from the "official" companies, but I like WanTang's/ 玩堂 arrangement, it seems the least intimidating and the least amount of pressure for my first time.

"I see, however, WanTang/ 玩堂 isn't a band, and it's only for XME trainees, even though it's not explicit, however, its purpose was just for the trainees to learn the overall process of making huge music videos and how the A-Pop star life is. I was thinking because you have already had practice as a trainee, to jump to the next part, debuting. It's not a bad group, but WanTang's/ 玩堂 concept is a hands-on experience for the trainees so they can have experience under their belts and decide whether or not they want to debut." She explains. I nod. It made sense.

"I was thinking, maybe X. K.?" She suggested.

"Really, they're huge, the band is huge!" My eyes widen. X. K. has about sixty members, sixty! I kid you not.

Yes, it is Mr. Huáng/ 黄 [Hwang], but it's not a set number of people, we can't have all X. K. members perform on stage, there's not enough space and it's too difficult to arrange for everyone to come, the most we ever had was twenty-five at one time. Start with X. K., for now, and we'll see what other opportunities pop up. I am still working on WAVE, and I'll let you know, first, whatever happens.

"Ok." I'm nervous, I've been a trainee at Rate Entertainment for a consecutive ten years now, and already almost debuted four times, the band projects fell apart before I could join; no one's famous for almost debuting four times. Even if you're lucky and debut with a band, it can take years to break out on the media and the audience, and it's really hard to stay relevant, but like most of the trainees, I came because I wanted to sing and dance, it was a dream I worked hard for. The last band project, WAVE, fell apart due to Rate Entertainment's terrible managing skills, and this businesswoman, Raychel Xavior bought the rights to the band before it was completely dropped. When she bought the rights to the band, she decided to look at the trainees who were in the lineup for WAVE, to see if we wanted to join in since we were the ones who were going to debut, I wanted to, but surprisingly nobody else did, but then again, some of them were hoping for a better group to debut, since WAVE was kind of a last-minute, messy arrangement, also I was desperate. We took to the court to decide my leaving and I left and joined XME Ind.