debut [entertainment]

Early morning three days later.

Jin Youxi ran back in the morning, just after taking a shower and changing clothes, she heard Uncle Kyle's voice from the living room downstairs.

She looked at the clock on the wall, it was just after nine o'clock, so early in the morning, what did Uncle Kyle come to their house?

The sharp-eyed mother spotted Jin Youxi who was lying on the railing on the second floor and looked down. She stretched out her hand and shouted, "Youxi, there is good news! Come down quickly."

good news! ?

Did Republic Records call?

Jin Youxi's eyes lit up, and he hurried down the stairs: "What good news?"

Mother Liz pulled her to the sofa and sat down: "Mom knows that you have been worrying about the record company recently, but this matter cannot be rushed, so be patient."

"Well, Mom, I know." Jin Youxi nodded.

Liz glanced at Kyle, and Kyle cleared his throat and repeated what he had just said to Liz:

"That's right, Young Hee, you know Selena Gomez, right?"

"I know, I even sang her song." Jin Youxi nodded, wondering why Uncle Kyle mentioned Selena.

"Do you remember the novel called "Thirteen Reasons Why" I gave you a few years ago?" Kyle said, and took out the novel from the side and handed it to her, "This is it, Now it is about to be adapted into a TV series by Netflix, and Selena is one of the producers of this project."

Jin Youxi took the book, and immediately recalled this episode: "Well, I remember, Uncle Kyle, this is a story about a female high school student who committed suicide because of these thirteen reasons, right? "

Kyle was obviously a little happy when she saw that she could recall: "Yes, this is the story. After I noticed the start of this project some time ago, I found an opportunity to recommend myself."

"And just now, I received a notice that I will soon become one of the directors of this TV series."

Although Uncle Kyle's tone was flat, the excitement in his eyes couldn't be resisted.Jin Youxi was also really happy for him: "This is really good news!"

Kyle raised his index finger and shook it, making a fool of himself: "Better news is coming."

Jin Youxi watched him cooperatively, holding his breath super seriously.

"In that case, Youxi, do you want to come and have an audition?" He said with a smile.

"……what?"

Jin Youxi was stunned for a moment, but he didn't react.

"Anyway, you're idle recently, aren't you? Why don't you just do Uncle Kyle a favor and go to an audition?" Mom Liz said tentatively, "It's just an audition, it won't waste a lot of time .”

Jin Youxi's first reaction to her mother's words was to wave her hands: "But I don't know how to act, I can sing and dance if you want, I really can't come to act."

At this point, she couldn't see that Uncle Kyle was just doing her a favor.He has already been promoted from an editor to a director, so he doesn't need her help.

As for my mother, Liz, it is very likely that she is running around signing contracts with the record company every day, so she wants to give her another choice?

However, except for Kim Yoo-hee who occasionally participated in a few musicals with his classmates in Berkeley, it can be said that he is really blank in terms of acting.

Ask her to audition...

What is mom thinking?

"Actually, acting is not difficult. After the audition is confirmed, you won't be able to participate in it immediately. There will be corresponding training arrangements." Kyle saw that Jin Youxi seemed to be a little shy, and after glancing at Liz, his tone became more relaxed, "And This is just an audition, if you are selected or not, you have to say something else, I don't have the right to go through the back door for you."

Jin Youxi glanced at Uncle Kyle, and then at his mother. Why does he always feel that there is a trick here waiting for him to exploit?

She chose to trust her intuition and opened her mouth to speak.

Liz immediately sensed what she wanted to say, and suddenly changed her face and sighed, "Oh, Mom understands."

"I don't force you. Mom knows that you have been under too much pressure recently. It's Mom's fault. Uncle Kyle shouldn't be so busy."

"Or let's forget about it."

Kyle froze for a moment when he heard this, and was about to say something when his mother Liz gave him a wink, and he quickly shut his mouth.

Jin Youxi, who was looking down at the novel, missed this scene. Her character is exactly the same as her father's.

Mom looked so guilty and unbearable, and said that Uncle Kyle was "too busy", and it was difficult for Jin Youxi to say no.

"...Okay, then I'll go." She looked up, and regretted seeing her mother's happy face immediately, but the big girl's words were hard to follow, so she had to add: "It's just an audition! "

"It's no problem~!" Kyle clapped his hands and smiled.

Looking at these two people, Jin Youxi always felt that he was not in a good mood, and he emphasized: "I have never really acted before, so if I fail the audition, I am not allowed to go through the back door!"

"Of course." Kelton said righteously, "This is a formal audition. There are three parties such as the actors' union and other supervision. Only unanimous votes can be selected. What I said is really not counted."

Jin Youxi didn't know this rule yet, but after hearing Uncle Kyle's words, he knew what he was talking about, and then he felt more at ease: "That's how it is."

"It's just, which role should I audition for?"

Kyle took the book in her hand and opened it: "Which character do you like the most?"

This question stopped Jin Youxi immediately.

She probably read this novel several years ago, and now she can't remember the plot in it clearly, but the only thing that impressed her the most was the female high school student who committed suicide in the end.

But the role of this female high school student... should be the heroine, right?

Kyle can be regarded as someone who has had a lot of contact with Jin Youxi, and she can tell what she is thinking when she looks at her: "Don't have a psychological burden, do what you think, anyway, left and right are just an audition That's all."

Jin Youxi nodded, and then pointed to a name that frequently appeared on the opened page: "I can't remember the other characters clearly, only this one, Hannah Baker, I can still recall her name now. "

Kyle smiled slightly: "Okay, then choose her."

As he said that, before Jin Youxi could react, Kyle took out a piece of paper full of lists from his bag and handed it to her.

"The movies and TV series written on it, as well as this original book, you should read more in your spare time recently, it will be good for your audition."

"Also, the audition time is one month later, and I will notify Liz of the specific time."

While Jin Youxi was still staring at the long list in a daze, Kyle waved to Liz and quickly left their house.

By the time Jin Youxi came to her senses, even her mother, Liz, was no longer in the living room, and she didn't know where to pretend to be asleep.

"... in the mouth."

Jin Youxi sighed and put away the things in his hand.

Now that you have agreed, you must do your best to do well, this is what Kim Yoo Hee really looks like.

It seems that during the period of waiting for Republic Records' reply, she doesn't have to run to the gym every day.

A week passed quickly, and when Jin Youxi was biting the bullet to gnaw on these acting-related knowledge, the reply from Republic Records was finally long overdue.

They offered another plan for Kim Yoo-hee's insistence on singing these songs by herself.

MASKCROW can indeed make such an album, and can sing the songs they want.But this is only after she listened to the company's arrangements to release three regular albums before she can sing so freely in her fourth solo album.

Since record companies have to choose to take a certain degree of risk, it is a reasonable decision they will make to minimize this risk.

After all, according to their plan, if MASKCROW has released three albums, no matter what, they can have their own foothold in the European and American music scene.When they help her out with this slightly risky fourth album, the income will not be too ugly.

This is also the status quo for most singers when they sign with a record label.

Republic Records is pretty good, and after only three albums, I can sing the music I want to sing.Many music record companies still firmly control the singer's right to choose songs for the album even up to the seventh and eighth albums.

This is also the confidence of a major record company like Republic Records.

If you want to make MASKCROW popular within the three albums, then you will definitely make MASKCROW high enough.Otherwise, wouldn't it be a loss-making business?

For the benefits, this kind of big company is clearer than anyone else, so it's not such a figure as nonsense.

And Kim Yoo-hee actually didn't have much opinion on this number, and immediately flew to the location of Republic Records' company in New York to formally sign the contract with his father who had returned from the filming of "RUNNINGMAN" in South Korea.

For this official signing, Jin Youxi naturally has considerable sincerity.

If Republic Records wants to sign a contract with the vest name MASKCROW, it naturally needs to know what kind of female singer is under the hood of MASKCROW.

And Jin Youxi lifted the veil of mystery of herself during the formal signing process this time.

"...!!"

The staff of Republic Records, who came to sign the contract, was stunned: "I don't understand, CROW, why did you cover up your pretty face?"

Such a beautiful face has much commercial value!

If they had known earlier, why would they have taken so long to give her an answer?

When Jin Youxi heard this question, she didn't feel strange, after all, this was probably what most people thought.

With such a face, why hide it?

But at this moment, Kim Yoo-hee thought of the scene when he was backstage watching the four big boys of Hyukoh so dazzling on the stage.

Brother Wu He and the others are all ordinary-looking, but their music makes them look extremely handsome, making all the audience off the stage go crazy for them.

This is what she is, and what Jin Xi once wanted to be!

"Because I hope that with the identity of MASKCROW, the public will pay more attention to my music, rather than my face or my figure." She replied solemnly.

Jin Youxi knows that her face will bring her a lot of convenience. She used to care about this face and her figure very much.

But in recent times, her idea has been gradually changed.

Now she, at least musically, wants something less and purer.

The staff was silent for a while, glanced at the hood she had taken off and placed on the table, then shook her head and said, "I have seen many singers, and you are the strangest one among the singers I have seen. "

Jin Youxi couldn't help laughing: "It seems that I'm also the most special one, isn't it?"

The staff choked on her words, and spread their hands helplessly: "Well, you can think so too."

Next, Republic Records also learned about Kim Yoo Hee's past debut experience in South Korea.

Regarding this experience, Kim Jong Kook who was sitting on the side was a little worried that the signing of Republic Records would fail because of this.

After all, according to the words of the current South Korean variety show circle, whoever invites Kim Yoo-hee invites an untimely bomb.

But the performance of Republic Records surprised him a bit.

"There is no need to worry about it." The staff waved their hands indifferently, "Not to mention that YOXI himself appeared in front of people as MASKCROW, even if everyone finds out that MASKCROW is Kim Yoo-hee who used to be in South Korea, so what?"

"We'll all love her better!"

"Because this experience of hers represents justice, freedom and fearlessness of power! This character design, here in our place, is completely a passport to everything. Who doesn't like it?"

"As for those TV stations, there is no need to worry. We are not in South Korea. The CJ consortium you are talking about can't get involved here."

So, the last worry is gone.

Witnessed by lawyers, the two parties officially signed the record and copyright related contract.

"Pleasant to work with."

"Pleasant to work with."

Now that the contract has been signed, it is naturally impossible for Republic Records to let the vest of MASKCROW idle.

It was not difficult to arrange some venues for her that were no longer street performances. In order to prevent her identity from being exposed and also for her safety, they even assigned a bodyguard for Jin Youxi.

This is extremely rare among newcomers who have not yet debuted.

But Jin Youxi is an exception after all, because at this moment, the identity of MASKCROW is too well-known, and every cover performance will attract a large number of passers-by to recognize her, and even many people want to take off MASKCROW's hood. See the true face of Lushan Mountain.

Not worthy of a bodyguard and driver, it's really not good.

Fortunately, the venues they arrange for MASKCROW are not frequent, and more people tend to record in the room after MASKCROW, and then send it to Youtube in the form of video.

In this way, direct contact with the crowd is avoided, and the possibility of dropping the horse is minimized.

At the same time, Republic Records itself was not idle, and they quickly set up a special team for the identity of MASKCROW.

At the time of signing the contract, Republic Records already had a rough plan for the future development of MASKCROW, including the preliminary selection of music producers for the album.

Now is the time to get in touch with these big-name music producers.

Speaking of big-name music producers, you can know that these people have more or less their own tempers and ideas.

And when many such music producers make albums for singers who are not well-known, they will have a relatively strong additional condition-that is, let the singer use their original songs as the main feature.

It is also easy to understand why there is such an additional condition.

One is that if their song is the main theme, then the record company must invest the most publicity and other resources in this song in the entire album.

This also means that this song has a wider audience than other songs on the album, and has a greater chance of becoming popular.

Naturally, the music producer who owns the copyright of this song will also be able to get more income from it.

You know, in today's fast food era of big data, it is too difficult for a really good song to be heard by word of mouth.

The phrase "the smell of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley" is simply empty talk in today's music circle.

Unless the singer who sings this song has her/his own traffic, that's another matter.

But the reality is that if you don't use a lot of publicity resources to spread the word, the public who are accustomed to being passively covered by a lot of information from the outside world will not bother to find such a song among tens of millions of music sources. Good song buried.

What are the disadvantages brought about by technological progress? The scope of this issue is too large, so I will not mention it for the time being.Based on this market, well-known music producers naturally figured out such a tough additional condition.

As a record company that has been in this industry for so many years, Republic Records is also very good at handling the additional conditions between music producers.

It's very simple, it depends on the position of the other party in the circle.

In fact, many music producers have expressed their interest in MASKCROW's first album, but Republic Records still wants better songs, so this is still in communication.

This communication process is a very long process.

European and American singers are not like South Korean singers. Every time they release an album, the number of songs contained in it is at least a dozen or even twenty.

And in order to select about [-] songs, they must have at least a hundred, or even hundreds of songs to choose from.

They had to pick and choose carefully, excluding those of poor quality, those that did not match the singer's own style, and those that did not match the theme of the album, and finally there were only about twenty songs left.

So even though Kim Yoo-hee is still just an internet player, in order to make her first album, they have to invite at least a hundred songs for selection.

After all, the singer's first debut album is still very important.

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