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

October 10nd is one week away from the Halloween Music Celebration.

Xiao Yu’s fans spontaneously put up advertisements on billboards at the station to support his birthday. In fact, all the members could see the fans’ support, but they were unable to make it due to their schedules. Che Zaixun had been looking forward to his birthday for a long time, but unfortunately he was recording a variety show on that day and missed it due to time conflicts.

Xiao Yu himself was very much looking forward to it. He arrived at the station and was waiting there an hour after the advertisement appeared. Xia Xinglang and he were sitting in a coffee shop inside the station without even drinking a sip of the coffee in front of them. People around them were already discussing who they were, because the masks and sunglasses were really eye-catching.

This time, all the staff were out. Yin Donghao and Che Zaixun walked around for a while and asked, "Not ready yet?"

Cha Jae-hun: "Would you like to take a group photo together?"

Xiao Yu stared at the countdown on his phone, and when there were ten minutes left, he suddenly stood up.

Xia Xinglang was wearing a baseball cap this time: "Let's wait outside. Where are Cheng Xie and Zhang Lin?"

Che Zaixun pulled up the picture and said, "They went to buy mobile phone charms. Capybara charms are very popular recently. They are very cute, right?"

Xia Xinglang knew this and looked at it for a while: "Hmm."

Waiting for the advertisement to switch under the LED billboard is a very painful experience. Xiao Yu squatted on the ground with his back against the billboard, with long hair and a baseball cap. If he put a hat or a newspaper in front of him, passers-by would definitely throw change at him.

Xia Xinglang suddenly had an idea. He took off Xiao Yu's hat and placed it in front of him, then threw a coin into it.

Xiao Yu: “…………”

Che Zaixun also threw a coin: "Oh, I'll come too."

Two coins were dangling inside the baseball cap. Xiao Yu held his thighs weakly. "Little Wolf, is it fun to play like this?"

The agent and assistant came with them, so their range of movement was restricted. They were supposed to bring security guards with them, but they felt that was too much. After repeated assurances from the company that they were just going to take photos, they finally allowed it.

Kim Seung Hyuk and Hong Jang Rim came over with bags and bags. "Oh, our song is playing in the store. Guess which one it is?"

Hong Zhanglin couldn't wait any longer: "It's Diamond Tears!"

Kim Seung Hyuk: "Brother, you should give everyone a chance to guess."

Hong Zhanglin panted slightly and covered his chest: "I was almost recognized just now. I was scared to death."

The paper bags were all decorated with capybaras. Kim Seung-hyuk bought corresponding copies for everyone, including his assistant and agent. Xia Xinglang looked at the capybara pillow lying in the big paper bag.

Everyone waited silently for the billboard to switch. There were still five minutes left. Because they were too conspicuous gathered here, people kept passing by, looking at them, or whispering. Their gazes were like needles piercing them. They really were counting down to three hundred in their hearts. Three hundred seconds felt like a century. Everyone held their breath and waited for the advertisement to switch.

The assistant was recording a video for them. In the last ten seconds, Xiao Yu stood up and stared at the screen in a daze.

"Ten, nine, eight..."

"Seven, six, five, four, three..."

Before the countdown was over, the screen switched to a photo of Xiao Yu alone. Xiao Yu excitedly hugged Xia Xinglang and shook him: "Happy birthday to me!"

People gradually gathered around, and the seven of them quickly left after taking photos.

After returning to the company's dance studio, the assistant helped them post the video on the official account. Every time a member has a birthday, the official account will post birthday wishes and attach gifts from fans to express gratitude.

They also have to prepare for the music celebration a week later, so they have to put a lot of thought into the dance. Even though only one of their songs is theirs, the other two are cover dances. One of them is a girl group dance, and the choreographer did not make too many changes for them, deleting too many hand gestures. The rest is basically a performance of the original song, with a lot of hip-twisting movements.

Che Zaixun resisted this the most: "Ah, I'm going to die."

The most suitable ones are probably Xiao Yu, Huashanyuan Yingzhi and Xia Xinglang, for no other reason than that they are good at girl group dance.

During the lunch break, Che was reading bubble messages when he suddenly discovered something and shouted for everyone to come over and take a look.

[Xiao Yu's birthday support advertising wall was splashed with paint! ]

In many photos taken at the scene, someone splashed red paint, and the cleaning staff had not arrived yet, so the fans cleaned up the area themselves. Xia Xinglang felt bad when he saw the fans standing on tiptoe with towels to wipe the paint-covered billboards.

Looking at Xiao Yu again, he must be feeling even worse, as he was trying hard to hold his eyes to stop himself from crying.

Xia Xinglang went over and patted his back soothingly: "Brother Xiao Yu, you can cry in my arms."

Xiao Yu wiped his face, forced a smile, and turned his hands behind his back, not hugging him: "Xiaolang, I'm fine."

Kim Seung-hyuk is contacting the company's agent, and Xia Xinglang is also wondering why there has been no press release to clarify the bullying. Although everything seems calm on the surface, many people have actually started to take action in secret, whether there are people pushing them behind the scenes or they are simply venting their anger.

In short, the person who suffered the most in this incident was Xiao Yu.

Should Xiao Yu issue an apology statement? He did nothing wrong, so should he apologize for something he didn't do?

Xia Xinglang couldn't think positively, because he couldn't tolerate the use of such negative news to hype up, label Xiao Yu as a villain, and set a hostile target for the group, as if everyone would work together in this way.

After that, Xiao Yu was distracted several times while practicing dancing, but the company seemed to choose to deal with it coldly, not giving any response, allowing the incident to ferment, and there was a lot of discussion online.

: Xiao Yu was the first person to be splashed with paint during birthday support

: I thought it was me who was splashed with paint, but it turned out to be a billboard

: Birthday support is the fans’ intention, why should it be splashed with paint?

: This group has never been quiet, why does it cause so much discussion, is it the company's own hype?

: Because there is a bully in the team

: Please provide evidence. Bullying related comments have been reported.

: Fans only report comments, it's really pitiful to see them

: The evidence that he bullied others is just a few screenshots of chats. How can it be trusted? Anyway, people who hate Xiao Yu will not listen to anything he says.

: Xiao Yu has been a trainee for more than seven years. I have been following him since his early days as a trainee. It’s a pity that he has only debuted now. He is actually very talented and is obviously a child born for the stage. Can't everyone be a little more kind to him?

The birthday party will be broadcast live in the evening, and I have to face it no matter how stressful it is.

Xiao Yu was actually trying hard to hide it and smile, but Xia Xinglang could sense that he was almost reaching his limit. Today was obviously Xiao Yu's birthday, which he had been looking forward to. They had even agreed to take a group photo under the birthday support billboard, and they had arrived an hour early and waited, squatting under the billboard, waiting for their own birthday support.

Xia Xinglang understood how much Xiao Yu cared about his fans.

Fans love Xiao Yu, but all Xiao Yu can do is keep smiling in front of the camera. He can't do many things. He doesn't have wings and can't fly to the scene to help clean up. He is not a superhero and can't be liked by everyone. He is just a 19-year-old boy who loves beauty, pays attention to his image, and enjoys dancing on the stage.

Fans left a message saying that there were security guards on site and no one would deliberately sabotage it.

Xiao Yu pressed his eyes again, and everyone sang the birthday song, made wishes, and cut the cake.

Matcha mille-feuille, the cream is not sweet at all. This is the least sweet birthday cake among all the birthday parties of the seven members.

Everyone played the lyrics challenge game and guessed the song based on the lyrics.

Xiao Yu started to lose his state of mind at this point, and spent several rounds of games in a daze, or just staring at the comments.

Those who subscribe to Bubble are caring fans. Live streaming on Bubble can avoid a lot of malicious attacks, which is a protection for them to some extent.

Xia Xinglang: "Everyone, we are going to the music festival in a week. The theme is Halloween, Xiao Yu, right?"

"..."

Xiao Yu came back to his senses: "Oh, yes, everyone can look forward to it."

Che Jae-hun continued: "We are going to perform three songs, everyone guess which three songs they are."

Yin Donghao: "There is a dance stage."

The comments started moving towards the Halloween celebration, with speculation on which three songs would be performed.

Everyone cares about Xiao Yu, perhaps because of this atmosphere. This kind of alternative protection makes Xiao Yu care more about the outside world's evaluation. He cannot prove himself to his fans, nor can he speak the truth.

Xia Xinglang could sense that Xiao Yu was afraid, afraid of the crowd and the camera.

You can't be afraid. You have to find a breakthrough point.