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Conference room of Yancheng Studio Building of Xinan TV.

The atmosphere in the room was a little awkward now.

Just now, Mr. Liu Ming from Butterfly Records and Chiyo Records both suggested that their respective members should not be selected for debut in Class A, but was rejected outright by Director Tian Danni.

Director Tian Danni looked at Teacher Liu Ming with a serious expression: "We signed a contract before. You let the best contestants go on my stage. Once the voting support rate is high enough, they must complete the one-year work contract arrangement for debuting in our program group. When you sent Yu Lianjing to my program group, you should have known that she would definitely stand out with her strength. In the auditions and each episode, we also cooperated with you to give Yu Lianjing more shots and care. Now Yu Lianjing's fan support rate ranks second, second only to Zhao Mi. With absolutely outstanding strength and super high popularity ranked second among 100 members, you tell me not to debut in Class A? Then what is the meaning of our variety show?"

Facing the dominance of Director Tian Danni, Teacher Liu Ming was embarrassed because he knew he was not in the right. Unlike Xia Haoyang's three contestants, two members were probably not qualified to debut, and Jin Na was just on the edge of debut. This was controllable and easy to operate. But people like Somi, Kim Sejeong, Yu Yeonjeong, Lee Chae-lin, and Bai Xi, the counterattack heroine deliberately created by the program team, were not finally selected for Class A to debut. That was absolutely unacceptable.

Director Tian turned to face the Butterfly Records representative and said, "You too, Xiaojuan is currently ranked 12th. We can still control this position, but Li Cailin and Kong Minzhi have already been promoted by the program team. The latest support rate puts Li Cailin in fourth place and Kong Minzhi in sixth place. The key point is that they are far ahead of the people behind them. These two must debut in the end, so forget it. Xiaojuan can be controlled, but these two can't."

"Director Tian, ​​how about this? Our company originally planned to make Xiaojuan, Cailin, and Minzhi into a group. Since two of the three must debut in your program group, how about we work hard to get all three of them into the final A class and debut together?"

It seems that this representative has discussed the whole matter with the company and has already chosen the plan that best suits his company. The proposal that all three contestants not debut was just a means of coercion.

Director Tian certainly understood this negotiation method of retreating in order to advance, but the program team could accept this result: "Okay, Xiaojuan is now ranked twelfth. The third stage show has not yet been launched. We will modify some of the content to be broadcast overnight and start to build momentum for Xiaojuan from now on. Through our operation and her own strength, I believe it should not be a problem for her to enter the final nine-person debut list."

"Thank you so much, Director Tian." The representative of Butterfly Records was also very pleased to reach an agreement with the program team.

For the program team, if Lee Chae-rin and Kong Min-ji cannot debut as members of Class A, it will inevitably cause great protests and opposition from fans and entertainment reporters. Such huge protests and accusations on the Internet are unbearable for the program team. But Butterfly Records is still very pleased, because the program team has a trump card. After all, they have signed a contract before. The record company agreed to send outstanding players to the program team and was willing to accept the program team's one-year agreement to form a group.

If Butterfly Records breaches the contract, regardless of whether the program team takes legal action publicly or not, or even if it does not go public and just publicizes the matter within the circle, Butterfly Records, which has breached the contract, will find it difficult to move forward in the future, so proper handling is the ultimate goal.

"Now that we've brought it up, I'll just make it clear: judging by the performances in the four episodes so far: Somi from Hong Kong Dongzheng Records, Yu Yeonjeong and Baekhee from Chiyo Records, Kim Sejeong from Guona Records, and Xiaojuan, Cailin, and Minji from Butterfly Records; seven of them will definitely debut, and there's no need to discuss the companies they'll be working for."

Director Tian looked at the representatives of each company again and said, "The remaining two debut candidates will most likely be chosen from the six people, namely, Jin Yuqi from Dongzheng Records, Canmei from Guona Records, Jiang Li and Liu Jieqiong from Global Records, Mina and Tian Zhenzhen from Stone Records. I hope that each company will be mentally prepared by then, unless they are like Queen Entertainment, which has already informed our program team early on. For example, we have properly handled Park Shien's exposure and various shots in the program from the beginning, so as not to cause unrest among the audience, so Park Shien will definitely be able to handle it. The other companies did not inform the program team in advance, so the current situation can only be arranged like this."

There are still two debut spots left, involving six candidates from four companies.

Xiangjiang Dongzheng's Somi will definitely debut because she ranked first in the fans' vote, and now there is another Kim Yuqi who may debut, but she ranked tenth in the vote; in this case, why not both of them join Class A and debut, just like the three from Butterfly Records, wouldn't it be great?

Guona Records also has this idea. The high-pitched lead singer Kim Sejeong ranked third on the voting list. Now, the newly recruited Chanmi from Minzu University is the dancer with the highest support rate in fan voting while Park Si-eun has some reservations. How about the two of them debut together?

Things are equally simple for Global Records and Stone Records. Both companies have two candidates, and they can either debut together or not debut together, so the whole thing becomes simple.

After weighing the pros and cons among several companies, the nine people who will debut were initially decided to be the previous seven plus Kim Yu-ki and Chan-mi. In this way, all nine people who will debut will be concentrated in four companies.

But if the audience voting cannot be manipulated and problems arise, then two students from Stone Records, Mina and Tian Zhenzhen, will become the first choices; Jiang Li and Liu Jieqiong from Global Records will be the second choices.

The matter was finally settled, and after the debut candidates were determined, the program team could begin to arrange the subsequent work.

For example, the adjustment of shots: a large number of broadcast shots will be adjusted to the trainees who can debut, while the shots of those trainees who have the ability but will not debut will be deleted until there is nothing left;

This also includes the mentors’ comments. Even the third and fourth episodes that have already been recorded, the mentors will re-record the footage, mainly the comments. They will speak well of the contestants who are about to debut, and be more strict and critical of those who have the ability but will definitely not debut. This is to mislead the audience in front of the TV;

The signings of some students will not be made public. For example, Chanmei joined Guona Records in the program team, but her fans did not know about it, and the public information was still from Minzu University. Similarly, Liu Jieqiong has joined Global Records now, but she registered for the competition as a student of Yancheng Film Academy. The same goes for Jin Yuqi, Tian Zhenzhen, Bai Xi and others. They all signed record contracts after coming to the program team, and this information will not be made public.