star of the peninsula

As expected, these were the four names Chen Chen heard from Park Jin-young.

"Why don't you have any expression at all? At least you should show your surprise!"

Park Jin-young felt a little depressed as he was eagerly waiting for Chen Chen's reaction.

"Is it surprising that something that has a 95% chance of coming true has come true?" Chen Chen glanced at him, "Even the fans of SM Entertainment have guessed that the next SM Entertainment girl group will have a similar configuration!"

Gao En and Lami are not newcomers to the fans of SM Entertainment. One of them has been in SM Entertainment for eight years and the other for seven years. They are both very familiar to everyone and are called the recommended students for debut.

As for why they failed to debut as aespa in the original timeline, there are many different opinions, and no one can explain it clearly.

Not pretty enough? That's almost impossible.

There have been photos of the two of them leaked, and there are signs that they are active together. Judging from their appearance alone, there is nothing to fault.

Just think about it, if their appearance didn't pass the test, SMART would not have kept them for so long.

Similarly, there seems to be no room for doubt in terms of strength.

Even if a player with mediocre talent spends seven or eight years under the training resources of SMROOKIES, it would be terrifying, let alone a top student of SMROOKIES?
It's a pity that no one will ever know the reason why these two left SM. It's a small unsolved mystery.

In fact, SMROOKIES was not taken seriously before. After all, they were just public trainees, which is very common in any entertainment company.

What made SMROOKIES' weight suddenly increase was the debut of Red Velvet and NCT. These two idol groups have crammed a large number of SMROOKIES members, almost a dozen or twenty.

Therefore, the value of these public trainees increased immediately, and their status basically rose to that of those preparing for debut.

In other words, it was not surprising to anyone that the other two candidates for debut were Gao En and Lami.

"Ninety-five percent of them are still there." Park Jin-young thought Chen Chen was just bragging. "Except for Gao En and Lami, do you know where the other two came from?!"

Oh yes, to these people now, Liu Zhimin and Uchinaga Edori are people who suddenly appeared.

"Those two, I have some impression of them." Chen Chen lied without even taking a breath, it was so easy, "I've been to SM Entertainment more times than I've been to Soy Sauce Bottle in the past two years. It's not unacceptable to have met other people's trainees, right?"

"How dare you say that." Park Jin-young glanced at him speechlessly, "Do you still remember that you are a signed artist of Soy Sauce Bottle?"

"Is there any difference between me remembering and me not remembering?" Chen Chen choked him back with one sentence, "Who dares to use me as a soy sauce bottle artist?"

"Tsk, let's not talk about this." Park Jin Young skipped this difficult topic and said, "Tell me about the backgrounds of the other two members. You should know some inside information since you have met them. Are they better at singing or dancing?"

"I'm not so free that I can watch other trainees sing and dance." Chen Chen pretended to think for a while, "I think the singing and dancing level of a serious S.A.I. company is top-notch in the industry."

"That's it?" Park Jin-young was a little dumbfounded, "What are the characteristics?"

"What other characteristics do you need?" Chen Chen spread his hands. "Aren't being pretty and good at singing and dancing enough? The rest is a test of the company's operational capabilities! Personality and whether or not you can attract fans are not up to me!"

"Yeah, that's true." Park Jin-young paced back and forth in the room uneasily, because he seemed to have discovered a very horrifying fact, "So. SM's lead singer is gone? The tradition is broken?!" If aespa really has these four people today, then the tradition of the lead singer that started in the "ancient times" seems to be really going to be broken.

Gao En and Lami have practiced for many years and have accumulated solid skills and outstanding abilities, but the role of lead singer cannot be achieved by simply piling up experience; this role requires a lot of talent.

It is obvious that these two people do not have the talent to be lead singers, and various information revealed over the years has proved this point.

In addition, Chen Chen's message from the future was of unknown authenticity.
"Since Sha Mao couldn't find a South Korean singer, he invited Ning Ning back from his home country."

This news is enough to show that SM Entertainment originally believed that all the people they had were not good enough to become the lead singer.

Then it seems that the tradition of being the lead singer of Shamrock has indeed been broken.

Because Ningning is in Chen Chen's hands, she can never go back.

“It should be possible without a lead singer, right?”

Chen Chen spoke up to test Park Jin-young's attitude.

"It's possible, it's definitely possible. After all, a great lead singer is hard to come by, and it's impossible for every idol group to have one." Park Jin-young said a little more seriously, "But if there is no great lead singer, it can almost be said that the ticket to the top is lost. I find it hard to imagine a group that can't sing well to the top. What do they rely on, marketing?"

Uh. The first sentence is very good. Chen Chen has no comment on the second sentence.

"That is to say, Shamao's new girl group will face a relatively dangerous environment." Chen Chen said, "Shamao will also face greater operational pressure."

"Well, if you compare it to their previous girl groups, it is like this, but this time it is a little different." Park Jin-young has his own opinion, "Go Eun and Lami are too popular. With these two, the operation will save a lot of effort, and the overall difficulty should remain the same."

"Haha, that's right." Chen Chen laughed and joked, "Who knows, S.M.A.C. can rely on its excellent operation ability to operate a big lead singer."

There have been examples in the industry of people who are not big vocalists relying on marketing to label themselves as big vocalists. If SM Entertainment wants to do this, they can certainly do it, but it seems a bit shameless.

"Do you think a girl group like this can threaten Integrate?"

Park Jin-young really wanted to cause trouble, and his tone was not right.

"The threat is huge." Chen Chen said honestly, "The two members who were already very popular before their debut can quickly close the gap with Integrate. In addition, the operational capabilities of C Headquarters and Starship combined may not be as good as those of Sham, so the threat is huge."

"Yeah, I think it's a big threat too!" Park Jin-young was very satisfied with Chen Chen's answer and clapped his hands happily, "It's not only a big threat to Integrate, but also to the idol group of Soy Sauce Bottle!"

"So." Park Jin-young lowered his voice and his eyes became cold. "Should we join forces to target them? At least we should put down the initial momentum of the idiots!"

"Is there any need to ask this?!" Chen Chen said without hesitation: "Fight, is there any other option?!"

The South Korean idol market is so small. If you want to eat more, you don’t have to forcefully drive away those who are trying to grab your food. This is something you must do!
Only ITZY debuted earlier than Integrate, otherwise Chen Chen wouldn't mind hindering Soy Sauce Bottle a bit!
Treat everyone equally! It's fair!
...(End of chapter)