Boy group: In order to survive, I have to open business

Everyone inside knows that TUBE will soon announce bankruptcy and capital liquidation. Everyone is leaving. Yin Donghao and Hong Zhanglin naturally know the news. Where should they go after the contract is terminated? Xiao Yu is preparing to return to J Club in December and is still living in the dormitory. After Yingzhi left, Hong Zhanglin was the fifth to leave and said he wanted to go home.

Yin Donghao and Xiao Yu looked at each other. There were only two of them left out of the original seven people, and they were roommates, which meant that the other two rooms were completely empty. They were in a bad mood, like left-behind elderly people.

Xiao Yu spent a long time packing his luggage and asked Dong Hao what his plans were.

Yin Donghao: "Are we really going to form a team? I want to debut as a solo artist."

"Me too, I want to debut solo!" Xiao Yu also felt that he was too impulsive that day. He wanted to debut with Dong Hao. It would be difficult for them to get along with each other. How could he say such a thing!

Because they had asked Hong Zhanglin before, and Hong Zhanglin clearly expressed his intention to debut again as a solo singer, even if it was the third time.

Yin Donghao: “No team.”

Xiao Yu also said: "No team."

Then the two of them left the dormitory at the same time, dragging their suitcases. From then on, everyone left the dormitory where they had lived together for two years. Xiao Yu took away everything he could, including the cards that Xia Xinglang had played with during the group variety show.

They hadn't spoken since they entered the elevator. Xiao Yu had his hair tied into a small braid. Yin Donghao couldn't help but look at the back of his neck under the braid. Xiao Yu felt harassed: "What are you looking at, kid?"

Yin Donghao: "Didn't you say you wanted to cut your hair short?"

Xiao Yu: "Of course I have to find the company's barber. How do I cut my hair myself?"

That day, the two of them separated downstairs and took two different cars. Xiao Yu returned to the company dormitory after a long absence and inevitably heard harsh sounds. He was not very good at remembering people's names, and only remembered those who were on good terms with him and were famous.

Because of his popularity, Xiao Yu lived in a single dormitory. Many people looked at him with jealousy, but Xiao Yu didn't care. He could hear their inner monologues: Why did Xiao Yu get to debut in a talent show? He even lived in a single dormitory when he returned to the dormitory!

Xiao Yu didn't care about other people. He would send messages to Xinglang whenever he was free. Xiaolang would reply every time. He also replied to birthday wishes and said thank you. But he was very slow to reply. He wouldn't reply too late because he was sleeping. It seemed that he had a good rest. At this moment, Yin Donghao's appearance flashed in his mind. Just because they were roommates, they spent more time together... It would be better to team up with Xiaolang.

In December, the company called him to a meeting to discuss forming a new boy band.

Producer: "Because jup1ter's popularity is still there, the company wants to create a new boy group with you as the core."

He has been hearing these words since the announcement of the disbandment. The company says nice things, but in the end they still promote newcomers and use his popularity to support the newcomers. He will not do such a thing.

Xiao Yu said firmly: "I want to debut as a solo artist."

The producer had already responded: "After forming a group, there will also be opportunities for solo debuts."

Xiao Yu insisted again and again, and the producer agreed to give him the resources to debut as a solo artist, but still wanted him to form a group. Because they wanted to take advantage of the popularity of JP1's disbandment, it would be a seven-member boy group.

Xiao Yu frowned: "There are too many people."

Producer:"……"

Xiao Yu: "Reduce it to five, or four."

The producer compromised: "Five."

The company still holds on to the old idea that the more people in a group, the more fans it has, ignoring the fact that the strategy of overwhelming the crowd no longer works in the entertainment industry. People don’t have the patience to know everything about idols, and are even too lazy to remember their faces. What’s more, there are too many handsome idols now, so even not being handsome has become a memory point. The appearance of idols that debuted recently has been greatly downgraded…

The producer couldn't convince him: "Five."

Xiao Yu finally gave him a warning: "You know, I want to debut as a solo artist. If you force me to debut as a group for a second time, the effect may not be good."

Then three people came in, all with blank expressions, looking like they had lost all hope in life. Xiao Yu found two familiar faces, both trainees who had appeared on "Idol Planet", and a skateboard boy with a skateboard under his arm: "I want to debut as a solo artist, why do you want to form a group?"

The producer patted him on the shoulder, and Xiao Yu realized that originally they wanted to debut with five people. The producer wanted to form a seven-member group at first, but he knew he would disagree. Then he compromised and said five people, and he would take the bait. What a good plan!

The producer said: "Xiao Yu, you will be the captain from now on!"

Kim Min-hyun, seems to have been in a team for the performance of "Idol Planet". He looks very handsome among ordinary people, but he looks ordinary among idols. What are his characteristics? Xiao Yu feels that he is neurotic, because he seems to have obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Zhou Junwu, I remember, was a newcomer with a strong desire to perform, always fighting for the spotlight for himself, which Xiao Yu didn't dislike. Junwu made it to the third performance. Didn't this guy debut before? Why did they disband so soon? But their JP1 also disbanded.

There was another newcomer, who the producer introduced as Song Jueming's junior. Because Song Jueming often snatched a spot in his previous song promotions, Xiao Yu's impression of this person immediately dropped to the bottom! Speaking of which, he almost forgot that he and Song Jueming were in the same company. Song Jueming's junior was a foreigner? His eyes were green. Xiao Yu couldn't tell the nationality of this junior from his face, but he didn't care anyway.

"His name is Antonio," the producer introduced.

If you look closely, you can still tell that he has Chinese ancestry. He has superior facial features and is tall. He doesn't seem to be very old. The producer said he is only sixteen years old.

Xiao Yu looked at them one by one and felt that he should not team up with these people. He should team up with Xia Xinglang, or at worst, Yin Donghao would also be fine.

"Where's the other person?" Xiao Yu asked the producer, "Aren't we going to form a five-member group?"

"almost there."

Then the door opened and a man came in wearing a pair of sunglasses. When Xiao Yu saw him, he felt awkward at first, because they all said they wanted to debut as solos, but ended up being put into the same team. Maybe J-Company really wanted the popularity of JP1's disbandment.

Yin Donghao raised his sunglasses, grinned at him, and tried to put his arm around his shoulder: "Hello, roommate."

Xiao Yu had just returned to his short hair style. He didn't want to be close to any man other than Xia Xinglang. It would only make him feel disgusted. He took a step back and avoided Dong Hao's hand: "I'm not good."

The producer asked them to introduce themselves to each other. Yin Donghao and Xiao Yu were both very embarrassed, but they had to continue even though they were reluctant. They had signed the contract, and they could not betray the company and run away together.

"I'm Xiao Yu, the main dancer and currently the team leader."

"My name is Yin Donghao. I'm good at everything and I'm the lead singer of the team."

"Hello everyone, I'm Kim Min Hyun, I'm the lead singer."

"My name is Zhou Junwu, and I also want to be the lead singer."

"I'm Antonio, the lead singer."

"........."

Even someone as cold as Xiao Yu knew that this was a team with many problems. Four lead singers in one team! ? Are they going to participate in some masked singer show?

The producer spread his hands and said, “This is the specialty of our company, focusing on vocal music.”

Xiao Yu ignored the producer and asked: "Do you all want to debut as solo artists?"

Everyone nodded. Jin Minxian and Zhou Junwu were a little hesitant, while Antonio and Yin Donghao admitted straightforwardly that everyone wanted to debut as a solo, but the company stuffed the five of them into one team... As the team leader, Xiao Yu also wanted to debut as a solo, but he also understood a cruel fact: not everyone can become as famous as Song Jueming, and it is even more impossible for a big company to let so many people debut as solos together. But they can't keep them under control all the time, so they can only debut as a group.

The producer hurriedly announced to them: "There are several options for team names, you can choose first."

The names of the teams are all related to "Star". Xiao Yu inexplicably thinks of the Thirty-Six Stars of Liangshan in Water Margin, but he feels that there is no need to force it to be linked to the star. After all, he only wants the Sirius that belongs to Xia Xinglang. I believe Yin Donghao thinks so too, because Yin Donghao was the first person to go to find Xinglang to form a team, and the first one in their hearts is Little Wolf.

Yin Donghao wrote on the paper with a pen: <Chesire>, Cheshire Cat.

Xiao Yu: "Why is it a Cheshire Cat?"

Yoon Dongho: "Because it's very mysterious, I have to create a sense of mystery before my debut."

Xiao Yu separated che and sire and found that it could be a combination of two words: cherish (cherish) + sirius (Sirius).

Cherish Sirius, be the Cheshire Cat.

Xiao Yu agreed that others might have thought of the concept of cats because cat sculptures are the most popular and beloved among idols’ fans.

Since Ha Xinglang and Kim Seung-hyeok are dog characters, does that mean they are cat characters?

The cat eats the fish, and Xiao Yu, the fish, is under a lot of pressure as the captain. Especially when the producer announced that they should communicate their emotions, the three of them got up and left collectively, each going their own way, just like the Cheshire cat, coming and going as they please. Xiao Yu was also about to get up and leave, and Yin Donghao asked him, "Who is the C position?"

The three people who had just left seemed to be wound up or had a switch pressed, and they all crowded over. Zhou Junwu and Antonio even pushed each other, arguing that they were the C position.

Xiao Yu: "The producer said that I am the core, so I am the C position."

Yin Donghao said as a matter of course: "I have the best overall strength, so I am the center."

Kim Min Hyun: "I can sing beautifully, I want the center position, let me be it."

Zhou Junwu and Antonio pushed each other and argued, "I can do a lot. You can ask me to do anything. I can sing dolphin sounds! Let me be the center!"

Antonio gritted his teeth and said, "I'm the youngest, you ugly adults, let me be the center!"

Zhou Junwu stopped him: "Anyway, don't let this retarded kid take charge! He can't even tell the difference between the men's and women's restrooms!"

Perhaps it was through the face of the youngest member that Yin Donghao and Xiao Yu both thought of Xia Xinglang, the night of the group formation two years ago, when Xiaolang was also 16 years old. Thinking of this, they sighed at the same time and looked at each other, seeing loneliness in each other's eyes, but it was only loneliness. It was impossible for them to give up the center!