(1) Rookie

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When Lee Hae-na walked out of the practice room, it was already one o 'clock in the morning. The cold winter wind made her shiver and sneeze.

There were still a few fans waiting around the company. Lee Hae-na wanted to tell them that the company only had one or two trainees left, and that their oppa Augny wasn't even there. However, it was just a thought. She couldn't really poke her nose into other people's business.

Lee Hae-na used a scarf to cover half of her face. She quickly wrapped her coat with heat packs and walked quickly to the dormitory.

When she returned to the dormitory, everyone else was already asleep, so Lee Hae-na had to be careful when she moved.

This was a dormitory with three rooms and one living room. There were twelve trainees living there.

Lee Hae-na shared a room with a Chinese girl from Sichuan and two Korean trainees.

Even though it was December, there was still no heating in the dormitory. Lee Hae-na quickly walked through the cold living room and returned to her room. Only then did she feel a little warmer.

After practicing for an entire day, she was already very tired. When she laid on her lower bunk bed, she didn't even want to move a finger. Furthermore, taking a shower in the cold winter night was simply an extreme challenge for a person.

Lee Hae-na was in a dilemma. In the end, her mysophobia won out over her laziness. She still opened her heavy eyelids and ignored the cells in her body that were protesting against the exercise. She picked up her pajamas and went to take a shower.

Taking off her clothes was a difficult challenge. However, when the hot water splashed on her body, putting her clothes back on became an even more difficult challenge.

Lee Hae-na lazily closed her eyes and washed her body. When she accidentally touched the bruises on her knees and calves, a trace of pain made her open her eyes.

Did she bump into something again when she was dancing?

She looked at it and avoided the painful area. She continued to close her eyes and wash.

Receiving this kind of small injury was a common occurrence for every trainee. If they wanted to succeed, they always had to pay a price.

Lee Hae-na quickly finished washing and put on her clothes. She tiptoed back to her room and shrunk into the cold bed. She was almost frozen to the point where she wanted to hide.

In the end, she had to take out a few heat packs from her backpack and put them under the blanket before she could fall asleep.

At six o 'clock the next day, the diligent alarm clock began to work on time.

Li Haina skillfully reached out her hand from under the blanket and pressed the alarm clock. She then used another two minutes to clear her mind before reluctantly using her strong willpower to get out of bed, get dressed, and wash up.

Xu Yiyang, a junior high school student from Sichuan, also got up early with her.

Even though she started training three years earlier than Xu Yiyang, Lee Hae-na was considered very close to Xu Yiyang among the trainees because they were both from 1997 and from China.

Xu Yiyang went to the bathroom and was shocked when she saw Lee Hae-na. "Are you planning to be a national treasure?"

"Is it really that bad?" Lee Hae-na looked at herself in the mirror without realizing it.

Her skin was originally very white, so the light blue circles under her eyes were as obvious as ink on a piece of white paper.

Xu Yiyang rolled her eyes. "You still have to go to the eye doctor.

I beg you, don't always stay up late to practice dancing. If you continue like this, you'll get sick sooner or later. "

"Go go go!

The end of the month evaluation is in two days. If you don't practice harder, don't come crying to me when the teacher scolds you. "Lee Hae-na slapped Xu Yiyang's butt.

After washing up, Lee Hae-na, who was very afraid of the cold, stuck four heat packs on the front and back of her coat. She also stuck them on her arms and pockets. She didn't even let go of the soles of her shoes.

Kang Sung-ki, who also got up early to go to high school, laughed and teased. "Hae-na, you alone can probably support a heat pack factory."

"Augny, you're exaggerating!" Lee Hae-na didn't waver at all. She even handed one to Kang Sung-ki. "Do you want one?

It's really cold outside. "

"Okay.

Thank you. "

In fact, Kang Sung-ki, who was also afraid of the cold, accepted Lee Hae-na's heat pack. "Wow, it's really warm and comfortable."

"Augny, we'll go to school first." Lee Hae-na put on her shoes and bowed to Kang Sung-ki with Xu Yiyang before leaving for school.

As trainees, they actually only needed to attend classes in the morning. In the afternoon, they had to go back to the company for training, so the classes were actually quite easy.

Especially since they only needed to enter an art high school and didn't have high requirements for cultural scores. Going to school was more like a kind of rest for them.

As soon as Lee Hae-na returned to school, she put a book on the cold table and planned to catch up on sleep before class.

Xu Yiyang shook her awake and handed her milk and bread. "Eat breakfast first before you go to bed. You slept in the car just now, so it won't make a difference. It'll hurt your stomach if you don't eat breakfast."

Lee Hae-na wanted to say that she wasn't hungry, but when she saw Xu Yiyang's concerned eyes, she admitted defeat. She took the milk and bread, but still refused to admit defeat. "Okay, but I like strawberry-flavored milk. Bring me strawberry-flavored milk next time."

Xu Yiyang had long been used to Lee Hae-na's thick skin. She couldn't be bothered with her at all.

Lee Hae-na drank a mouthful of warm milk. Her heart was also warm.

It would be even better if this milk was strawberry-flavored.

Xu Yiyang:???

Although art students didn't have high requirements for their grades, Lee Hae-na had high expectations for herself.

When her parents agreed to come to South Korea as a trainee at a young age, one of the most important conditions was that she couldn't fall behind in her studies.

Her parents wouldn't stop her from pursuing her dreams, but they always hoped that she would leave some guarantees.

Therefore, although Lee Hae-na only had the dream of being a singer and only wanted to pursue this dream, in order to reassure her parents, she still fulfilled her promise very seriously. She studied hard and improved every day.

She came to South Korea as a trainee in the sixth grade of elementary school. She had long mastered Korean. Mathematics and English were her strengths, and she could even rank among the top in school. The only problem was South Korea's history.

She didn't know why, but she couldn't memorize it no matter how hard she tried. Even Xu Yiyang, who learned how to make crisps, could crush her in this subject. She felt very helpless.

Lee Hae-na spent the morning class seriously taking notes.

During lunch, Lee Hae-na had already started doing her homework. Xu Yiyang couldn't help but sigh. "You really don't let people live.

You're so good-looking, so talented, so talented, and so hardworking.

Sigh! "

"Our Yiyang is also very good-looking." Lee Hae-na didn't raise her head, but her hand accurately pinched Xu Yiyang's face.

Xu Yiyang pushed Lee Hae-na's hand away and decided to break off this fake sisterhood for three minutes.

After returning to the company, Lee Hae-na's first class in the afternoon was composition class.

In fact, being able to attend composition class was an unexpected gain for Lee Hae-na.

Because her mother was a well-known cello player, she was instilled with a lot of musical concepts and knowledge. Therefore, she learned violin and piano from a young age. She was also very interested in composition.

She didn't lose her piano and violin classes even when she came to South Korea. She had to attend them every weekend.

One time, she chose to play and sing in the singing section at the end of the month. She even sang a self-composed song that she was satisfied with.

Although she was still criticized to a pulp, the next day after the evaluation, she was informed to attend composition class.

This result made Lee Hae-na ecstatic.

But after the first class, she found out that she was too happy too early.

Every day she would write a song, every week she would write a song, and at the end of the month she had to pick out three songs that she was satisfied with. Lee Hae-na's life could be said to be 120% busy.

But at the same time, Lee Hae-na's ability to compose songs and write lyrics was also quite obvious. This made her painful and happy.

What made her even more painful and happy was that in the middle of the year, her composition class teacher was actually changed to Guru Yu Yongjin!

The Yu Yongjin who wrote countless songs and created countless legends of the Korean Wave!

Even the debut song mama of the exo seniors this year was produced by him.

When Lee Hae-na found out, she was so excited that she couldn't sleep that night. She dragged Xu Yiyang to the rooftop and chatted all night.

Xu Yiyang: If it weren't for your good looks, you would have been dead for a long time.

The huge surprise was accompanied by a huge pain.

In the first class, the trembling little chick Lee Hae-na followed the instructions and brought the three songs that she thought were the best to teacher Yu Yongjin. As a result, she was criticized as worthless, which made Lee Hae-na's originally inflated ego quickly shattered, and she returned to her original heart.

In the following six months, Lee Hae-na received the hellish teaching of teacher Yu Yongjin. Three songs a week, five lyrics, five music analysis a month.

When she was not used to it at first, Lee Hae-na almost died. When she opened her eyes, she thought of the lyrics, and when she closed her eyes, she thought of the songs. She couldn't eat, so she just casually ate. Her weight fell to a dangerous level.

Later, she adapted to this high-intensity training and gradually recovered.

Lee Hae-na stood in front of teacher Yu Yongjin's studio and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Before Lee Hae-na could formally greet him, teacher Yu Yongjin stuffed a pair of headphones into her hands.

"Listen to it." Yu Yongjin, who was sitting on a leather swivel chair, gestured for Lee Hae-na to put on the headphones.

Lee Hae-na didn't understand and put on the headphones. After listening for a while, she looked at Yu Yongjin in shock. "Teacher, isn't this …"

"Yes, it's the song you submitted last time.

Jordan

Kyle and DK liked it, so they took it and changed it. What do you think? "Yu Yongjin pulled down the headphones and looked at Lee Hae-na.

"It's good!

I can't believe I wrote this song. "Lee Hae-na gave a thumbs up to show her respect." Teachers, you really live up to your reputation! "

"You only know how to talk."

Yu Yongjin laughed and said, "I plan to put this song on exo's next album, even though it's not the main song."

"Really?!" Lee Hae-na was stunned by the big surprise.

She never thought that one day her song would appear on a senior's album.

"You have to treat me to a meal when you get the cut." Yu Yongjin made a rare joke.

"Then it looks like I have to make a lot of money!" Lee Hae-na blinked. "Oh right, teacher, what's the name of this song?

Or did you call me before?

see

you

again

Really? "

"No, it's called Butterfly Girl." Yu Yongjin took out a set of lyrics and handed it to Lee Hae-na. "I also used some of your lyrics.

It's okay. "

After following Yu Yongjin for half a year, Lee Hae-na already knew how to use the formula automatically.

Very bad meant average, average meant okay, okay meant okay, okay meant not bad, not bad meant very good, and as for very good … it hasn't appeared yet.

Even though Lee Hae-na had been taught many times to remain calm and not forget her original intention, she still couldn't help but smile when her teacher treated her so well.

Yu Yongjin's next sentence made Lee Hae-na's little tail droop down quickly. "Let me see your homework."

"Okay, teacher." Lee Hae-na took out the lyrics and music score that she had changed more than ten times from her bag.

"You don't have a recording this time?" Yu Yongjin took it and raised his eyebrows.

"Yes.

But my voice hasn't been very good recently … "Lee Hae-na took out the USB with the songs and recordings and explained weakly.

"Listen to it first." Yu Yongjin didn't express any opinions.

First, she listened to the songs without vocals. There were a total of three songs, R&B, tropical.

House, and pop.

song。

Yu Yongjin himself was a lyric singer, and he liked R&B more.

He didn't have any special interest in the house, but Lee Hae-na wrote this song.

The hook part was a little toxic, and even after he listened to it, it would echo in his mind.

R&B didn't do much, but it was probably because they didn't have any deep feelings, so the songs they wrote didn't have any special feelings.

pop

song

The drum beat in the intro part was too monotonous, and it didn't connect well with the later parts.

Yu Yongjin commented on Lee Hae-na's songs one by one, and Lee Hae-na seriously noted it down and went back to change it.

Next, they listened to the finished song recorded by Lee Hae-na.

tropical

The lyrics written by house had the theme of enjoying youth, and the title of the song was

you

only

live

Once. Yu Yongjin felt that this idea was quite fresh, but some parts were not written properly, and it didn't convey the feeling of giving everything. Overall, it was not bad. He asked Lee Hae-na to go back and change this song, and let him listen to it next time.

The R&B song was all kinds of parting, mainly centered on parting with parents and friends. The lyrics were unexpectedly well written by Yu Yongjin.

It was just that Lee Hae-na's voice was still a little immature, and it wasn't suitable for this song.

pop

The song added elements of the Scottish harmonica, which was rarely used. The whole song was more lively and lively. It described the feelings of a young girl in the early stages of dating. Li Haina controlled her voice well. It was not too sharp, but not too deep. It was clear and sweet.

After the evaluation, Yu Yongjin and Lee Hae-na had a composition class for a while, and after giving out the next homework, the class was dismissed.