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

As the live broadcast entered intermission, the number of audience votes continued to accumulate, with the total number of votes soaring on the screen, currently reaching 20 million.

The 24 contestants wore the same uniform. It had only been two months since the first episode. The familiar theme song sounded. The formation was performed according to the previous ranking. The stage was triangular, and the center was still Yin Donghao. In the talent show, the C position of the theme song will definitely debut.

Each person has a corresponding story line. In order to highlight Yoon Dong-ho's strength, he was allowed to debut smoothly as the ace of the team. On the first stage, he showed his extraordinary singing and dancing skills, won an A rating, and took the C position in the theme song. In order to highlight Kim Seung-hyuk's leadership, he has always been the captain, and he has always been harmonious and friendly to his teammates. It is not surprising that he debuted as the captain later. This is the script set by the company, and the post-editing and program group setting will intentionally guide it in this direction.

As for the others, the contestants who debuted in the previous life include Hwasanwon, Dong Maguang, Xiao Yu, Cheng Zhiyong, Kim Min-hyun, and Lee Dae-hoon. Due to Hwasanwon's high popularity, his storyline is not very clear. In order to highlight Dong Maguang's vocal ability, the program team deliberately compared him with the current idol Hong Zhanglin, and in the final editing, it seemed that Dong Maguang had better ability, which is why he debuted successfully.

Including these six people, there were eight people in total. I remember that there were nine people in the group. I have no impression of another person, Xia Xinglang. It was said that he was involved in a scandal half a year after his debut. He had two ex-girlfriends and cheated on his girlfriend during the relationship and caused her to have an abortion. After an insider broke the news, he immediately announced the termination of his activities, and the group has been active as an eight-member group since then.

This time there should be nine people in the group. Xia Xinglang stood in the second row. He saw Yin Donghao's back and the corner of his clothes, and thought that they were so close. If he took a step forward, he would be in the same position as Yin Donghao. Being so close to the camera, he must have more shots than in his previous life. In order to make the audience remember themselves, the contestants would blink and blow kisses desperately, to the point of being annoying.

Xia Xinglang did not overly show off his cuteness, he just tried his best to complete the performance. In the end, everyone lined up and Xia Xinglang waved to the camera. Kim Seung-hyuk patted him on the back from the side. Everyone finally formed a harmonious picture of holding hands and standing shoulder to shoulder. The 24 contestants bowed to the camera in unison. The big screen began to play the contestants' voices, which was probably a daily diary-like content editing, trying to create a warm atmosphere for the show.

“I like the stage and want to stand on it in the future.”

"I like to sing."

“Thank you for liking me.”

Xia Xinglang had no recollection of what he said at the time. The scene finally came to his part: "I like the brothers very much and want to debut with everyone."

"..." It seems like the words were edited together when the face of the show was selected. He didn't say later that he liked the brothers, so why did the two sentences get edited together? Does the program crew want to shape him into the national younger brother, a little brother treasure, but he is already 30 years old in his heart.

Kim Seung Hyuk: "I like Xiaolang too."

Yin Donghao: “Yeah.”

Youngji: “We will debut together.”

All the brothers I usually call out to have responded, it's really annoying.

Xia Xinglang smiled: "Yeah!"

Fans of Xia Xinglang who were watching the live broadcast kept updating tweets and posts. The most common content was about Xia Xinglang making his debut, followed by sharing a voting website link.

: Little Wolf is about to make his debut!

: Please vote for Little Wolf!

: Please take a closer look at my little wolf...

: Woohoo! The website is stuck. I watched the live broadcast using data. I also voted on my phone after leaving the venue.

: Please stop by and have a bite.

In order to canvass votes for their own children, fans have started to be humble and there are also remarks that everyone is fine and they hope they can debut together. However, a boy group with 24 members is no longer super large. If there is a benchmark, it is the Japanese 48 series and 46 series, which have many small teams divided into them to carry out activities separately.

The T-shaped stage in front of them continued to extend. The contestants walked to the opposite stage one by one. The voting entered a 30-minute countdown, waiting for the ranking. Ms. Park Xia, wearing a professional formal suit, asked: "Now that the number of debuts has been announced, how many do you think will debut?"

It must be 9 people. In the previous life, there were 9 people in the group. Xia Xinglang pretended to think: "Maybe 9 people is more appropriate."

“Eleven,” Kim Seung-hyup said. “I guess it’s the same as the starting eleven in soccer.”

Everyone gave the answer of 9 or 11 people. The more people who debut, the higher the possibility of those with lower rankings debuting. Generally speaking, groups with 9,7,5,4, , , and people are the majority, so large boy groups are not considered.

Yin Donghao said: "12 people, the senior group has 12 people."

Park Ha and others have expressed their opinions: "The number of people who have the hope of debuting on 'Idol Planet' is... 7!"

7 people?! There are two fewer people than in the previous life. Xia Xinglang never expected such a change to happen. What went wrong? Did the production team deliberately want to eliminate two high-ranking active idols?

In a sense, having fewer people is a good thing for fans. A talent show group will not gain more fans the more people there are, because most of the show fans are only fans of one person and only want to see one person. With fewer people, each person will get more parts in the song and more shots. This is not a bad thing, but rather a means to stimulate fans to vote.

The countdown enters ten minutes.

No matter how angry the fans are, or how they shout for an increase in the number of people, it is of no avail. The countdown is decreasing every second, and seven is a very conservative number. Combined with the last ranking, it seems that the final person to debut has already been decided.

The countdown returned to zero, and the host and contestants had their final interaction. The results were obtained faster than expected. Xia Xinglang secretly wondered whether the two active members would be eliminated through vote-rigging. Thinking of this, he looked at Hong Zhanglin. Hong Zhanglin had sweat on his forehead and was visibly nervous. He noticed that Xia Xinglang was looking at him and smiled friendly.

Xia Xinglang also made a cheering gesture to him.

Hong Zhanglin hesitated for a moment and returned the same gesture to him.

"Who will be the seventh——"

Pause for one second, two seconds, ten seconds...Xia Xinglang felt that the host's reaction was too exaggerated. Park Xia said: "This contestant is loved by everyone for his vocal ability. One million and nine thousand five hundred and thirty votes!"

In terms of vocal ability, the only contestant who debuted in his previous life that he could think of was Touma Kou.

"Contestant Hong Zhanglin!"

Things gradually unfolded in a direction beyond his imagination——

The production team didn’t make tickets! ?

Hong Zhanglin covered his face with his hands, looking as if he was about to burst into tears. Xia Xinglang remembered that this was the first time he cried on a show, and it seemed that the pressure was really great.

Xia Xinglang handed him a tissue. Hong Zhanglin whispered thank you to him, wiped his tears and went on stage, but his eyes were still red.

"...Before I joined the show, I was wondering if being an idol was right for me. I also thought about giving up in the group before," Hong Zhanglin said with a choked voice. "Idol Planet also helped me to understand myself again. I like the stage! I like singing! Thank you for liking my voice - I will keep singing for you!"

Everyone was applauding, and the emotion was also transmitted to the people closest to them, especially Cha Jaehoon, because it is almost impossible for active idols to successfully debut through a talent show. The audience does not have any novelty about them, and their expectations will gradually decrease, like an increasingly dimmer star.

Hong Zhanglin stepped onto the debut seat, wiped his eyes, and seemed to have tears in his eyes. He adjusted himself many times before he was able to sit properly.

"Sixth place! One million, one hundred and thirty-three thousand, seven hundred and seven votes!"

"This player has always been ranked high, Xiao Yu!"

Xiao Yu doesn't have a high presence in Xia Xinglang's eyes, but his ranking is real. He is a trainee of a well-established domestic entertainment company and his strength is at the first-tier level.

"The difference between fifth and sixth place is 100,000 votes, 1,123,900 votes!"

"He's the rapper—"

Xia Xinglang's heart was pounding, he thought he would be the fifth.

"Kim Seung Hyuk!"

It was an expected choice, nothing to be surprised about. Xia Xinglang kept clapping, his palms were a little numb, he was thinking about the remaining candidates, first of all, Yin Donghao was first, Huashanyuan Yingzhi was second, and then he might be third or fourth, who would be the remaining one? He didn't deliberately pay attention to the debut ranking in his previous life, he only remembered that Yin Donghao debuted in the center position.

"Thank you all for liking me! I love you all!"

Wang Dao's speech, standing in the position of debut, of course he has to express his love for fans. Without fans, he would not be who he is now. Xia Xinglang heard Kim Seung Hyuk continue to say: "I also like my teammates before, Donghao, Daxun, Chenghan, and Xiaolang Xia Xinglang, thank you very much! And dad, mom and sister, I love you!"

Kim Seung-hyuk hugged Yoon Dong-ho and him immediately. Xia Xinglang noticed that he actually held back his tears. He must have wanted to cry in his heart, but he just suppressed his emotions.

"Fourth place, 1,254,000 votes!"

Please, please, it's almost my turn! Xia Xinglang shouted in his heart. He didn't feel that he would definitely debut among the remaining people. On the contrary, the feeling of failure became stronger and stronger. The contestant who was eliminated by vote-rigging in the previous life was surprisingly in the debut position. Since it was not Hong Zhanglin who was eliminated, it must be someone else. Among them, someone must have stepped on others to get to the top, so the possibility of him being eliminated by vote-rigging would be greatly increased.

"The car is training the players!"

Because he didn't realize he would be making his debut, Cha Jae-hoon had a rather exaggerated reaction. He covered his face with his hands and let out a cry of grief, tears falling down his face. Could this guy be so emotional when he cries?

People around him handed him tissues one after another. Che Zaixun rubbed his nose and said, "Is my makeup smudged?"

Xia Xinglang: "No, I'm fine."

Cha Jae-hun wiped his tears with his sleeves and went on stage in embarrassment: "I'm on stage."

"How should I put it? Thank you very much!" Cha Jae-hoon bowed to the camera. He almost fell down because he almost lost his balance. Kim Seung-hyuk held him back. Cha Jae-hoon continued to express his thoughts on his debut. "To be honest, I didn't expect to be in this position. I think I am more sensitive and introverted. I can't talk a lot most of the time. I can only repay everyone with my hard work and will not let down those who support me!"

"The final ranking of "Idol Planet" has been announced. Let's look forward to the third place!"

This time it should be me! Xia Xinglang was looking forward to it.

"Hanayamain Eiji!"