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

When Che Zaixun said that maybe he had fallen in love with him unconsciously, Xia Xinglang looked at him, his throat became dry, he swallowed, and his Adam's apple moved.

Li Siyu followed up with a confession: "I consciously fell in love with Brother Xinglang."

Xia Xinglang: “…”

Miaomiao was so embarrassed when she heard them say this: "Please don't talk about this, okay?"

Kim Seung Hyuk left for a long time before coming back: "Finally, it was a TV station's project. The TV station invited us to participate in a boy group competition program called Road to the Crown."

In all stage competition variety shows, female groups are shown first and male groups second. It's not because ladies are given priority, but because female groups have more passers-by, better voices, and higher popularity than male groups. This way the ratings of the show are guaranteed. Male groups have more loyal fans and relatively lower popularity, so they usually follow the second season after the female groups. The variety show notes also say that it is the male version of the first season show.

The producer of the show said that all the invited groups are new boy bands that debuted in the past two years, including the Cheshire Cats.

Li Siyu commented: "It's a bit like raising a Gu."

Miu Miu: "Why are you looking at me?"

This kind of stage variety show is similar to a talent show. If you must say, the audience is probably only a few fans of the boy band. The production team probably felt that the topic was not enough, so they wanted to bring them in. The Cheshire Cat and the Sun, former teammates, now competitors, what a good topic maker!

Xia Xinglang knew one thing very well: the Cheshire Cat would not participate in this variety show.

The top popular boy groups will never participate in this kind of boy group variety show. Firstly, they have a large fan base, so they will definitely win in the voting and crush the unknown boy groups. Secondly, it will lower their prices. They are all idols who have won first place, and the stars have their self-esteem. I am afraid no one would be willing to struggle for survival and attention like before.

Lan Zhihe said it depends on what they think.

Xia Xinglang asked Jin Chengxie: "Did the program team really invite the Cheshire Cat?"

Jin Chengxie asked someone to ask again, but the other party gave an ambiguous answer, saying that they were still discussing and confirming the schedule. No direct answer meant no, and the Cheshire Cat would not participate. So Xia Xinglang asked if there were other groups participating. The other party mentioned a few names, all of which were popular boy bands. The producer praised them profusely, "We have sufficient stage and production funds, and the best stage design and sound equipment..."

Che Zaixun asked curiously, "How much?"

The producer said that their stage equipment cost as much as 40 million, so you can imagine how luxurious it is.

Kim Seung Hyuk might really want to face off against the Cheshire Cat. Xia Xinglang knew that the producer was probably lobbying for both sides, telling them that the Cheshire Cat would participate, and telling the Cheshire Cat that they would participate. Both sides were empty promises, and it was possible that the real stage was not worth 40 million, at most 4 million: "Then join, Jaehyun, Miu Miu, Ayu, what do you think?"

Miu Miu: “Yes.”

Li Siyu: "I want to go."

Only one person was left, and Cha Jae-hun was still hesitating. Kim Seung-hyuk kicked his chair with his leg: "What are you thinking about?"

Che Zaixun: "Do you really want to go?"

Everybody was looking at him, and even though Che Zaixun was reluctant, he had to obey the majority. After the program producer confirmed it, he happily informed them that he would give them the first round of competition tips in a week.

There were similar variety shows in my previous life, but the names were slightly different, such as "Legendary Road", "Starlight Road", "Superstar Road", "Glory Road" and many other roads. I can't help but sigh that there are too many roads and I don't know which one to take.

Since they have decided to participate, they must win. In order to cope with various situations of the program team, Miu Miu and Li Siyu must first receive special training.

Xia Xinglang: "Because Chengxie, Jaehyun and I, the three of us have experience in talent shows, and we can dance and sing many covers. You will have to make up for it and learn at least 20 songs within a week."

Li Siyu: "I don't like listening to pop music."

Miu Miu was shocked. They used to practice only one song a week, but now they have to practice twenty songs a week: "Can we practice five?"

Xia Xinglang wanted to help them with their studies: "We will definitely have to adapt classic songs for the show, and the time given may be shorter. If we want to be on the show, we have to take first place."

Miu Miu was obviously backing off: "How about not taking first place?"

Xia Xinglang: "If we lose here, it means that our level is just like this. We won't be liked by many people. Is that good?"

Li Siyu and Miao Miao stopped complaining: "I will try my best."

Although Li Siyu said that he didn't listen to pop music much, he learned it very quickly. Miu Miu was not left behind either. Xia Xinglang compiled a list of popular boy band songs from the past five years for them.

Pop music is vulgar and belongs to popular music, but because it is loved by the public, it gives people a vulgar impression. In fact, it is not easy to be popular. It is actually very difficult to be popular. Some people think hip-hop is too noisy, some people think rock music is too crazy, and some people think electronic music is pure noise. It is difficult to satisfy everyone. There will not be a song that everyone likes.

Although what they make is not traditional pop music, its roots are still pop music, just with an experimental style.

Miu Miu and Li Siyu stayed in the recording studio alone, and practiced dancing alone in the dance studio. Cha Jae-hoon and Seung-hyeok would also help guide them. A week later, the program team sent them a package, which was a crown prop, with the name of the group appearing, and then there were two sealed envelopes.

The photographer pointed the camera at them, and in the conference room, Xia Xinglang first looked at the list of participants.

【Cheshire Cat

Affirmation Youth Group

blockxnumx

New Moon Night

Kream-est

Solis

There were six boy groups, fewer than Xia Xinglang had expected. Except for the only large boy group, the Kantian Boys Group, the remaining groups had no more than seven members, mostly five or six. Xia Xinglang knew almost all of them and saw a familiar name, Xin Yue Ye, his re-debut group in his previous life.

But he had no intention of giving in, he stepped onto the stage to win.

Che Zaixun was stunned, because now it was not only his former teammates, but also his former former teammates. Having experienced the baptism of three teams, Zaixun, who is now the captain, may not be able to accept standing on the same stage to compete. He has to stand on the stage to the end and compete for the only crown.

Miu Miu was the first to ask, "What is the purpose of the crown? Should I wear it?"

The small crown looks like a bride's headdress at a wedding, used to fix the white veil.

The staff of the program did not give a direct answer: "The crown is an important prop."

Li Siyu and Jin Chengxie opened the two letters. Li Siyu opened the challenge letter and read it out loud word by word: "In the crown competition, the crown is an important scoring item. Each team will designate a team to conduct a unilateral challenge. In the first round, the theme is exchange. The challengers from the six groups will choose the team they want to challenge and cover the famous song of the designated team."

Li Siyu finished reading: "There are two teams that have nominated to challenge Solis this round, Cheshire Cat and Block19."

Kim Seung Hyuk opened another letter, which was completely blank: "Next we have to decide which team to challenge and then hand over the challenge letter."

Xia Xinglang understood the simple rules of this variety show, and understood that it was very competitive. He had to cover other teams' stages and then compare them. He just didn't know what the judging criteria would be. Which team would they choose next? Everyone else looked at him. Xia Xinglang looked at Che Zaixun, who didn't seem to realize that he was the captain at this time: "Who do you want to challenge?"

The youth school style of the boy band is definitely there, Block19 is a light mature sexy style, New Moon Night is an ancient style, Kream-est, the front team of Cha Jae-hun, seems to be ordinary pop, which is difficult to interpret. What is the style of Cheshire Cat? It is impossible to tell, because there are too many elements in the debut album, hip-hop style, lyrical style, electronic dance style are all mixed together, and it is hard to tell what style they will go for. Maybe it is Yin Donghao's personal style.

Kim Seung-hyuk met his gaze, meaning that they should let Star Wolf make the decision. Since there was no best or most suitable one for them, they should choose the one that caused the most discussion. The two teams that specifically wanted to challenge them also thought so.

"We decided to challenge the Cheshire Cat's debut song." Xia Xinglang said.