How to become an ACE of a top boy group

In Lanqi City, Lancheng, China, at the Manhe Hotel, the members of Fiction (D) had packed their bags and were waiting for their manager's notification to head to Jiangyan City for their next commercial performance. However, after waiting a long time without receiving any news, An Kexin turned on the TV. Haicheng Channel was showing ILitter's appearance on "Music Online," so everyone watched. When they saw ILitter win first place, they finally couldn't contain their excitement and cheered enthusiastically.

"Wow!" Zhang Shuaizhen shouted excitedly, "One place! One more! Unbeatable on the exam!"

"That's great!" Leah smiled, a rare occurrence for her.

"Waaaaah, they finally did it!" Ankexin exclaimed excitedly. "Enxi, you finally did it!"

Liu Jibai couldn't help but press the pause button on this passionate, tearful program featuring both sides.

"What are you doing?" An Kexin, who was watching with intense emotions and tears in her eyes, was confused. The others also looked over.

"I wanted to turn the volume up, but I accidentally pressed the power button." Liu Jibai laughed and tossed the remote to An Kexin. "I don't know how to use this remote, you can turn it on."

“This is very simple,” An Kexin said, picking up the remote and turning on the TV, then turning up the volume. “This is the button to turn up the volume.”

Fools, all of them are idiots. The opposing team won first place in Haicheng, but can't they see their current predicament? The company wants to make money from everything, so they've put them in this tiny, remote city, making them dance the same boring dance over and over again without any variation or exposure, and not a single one of them seems to think there's anything wrong with it. These stupid fools are still blindly following the company's orders. They're going to bury their future in this quagmire, and he really doesn't want to be a part of it.

An Kexin, still oblivious, said, "Let's take a group photo and send it to them; they'll be so happy! But how do we take the picture so that everyone and the TV are in it?"

Mingning said, "You can sit under the TV, Liya and I will stand on either side, and Shuzhen will stand behind the TV."

"sure!"

"Then I'll stand there?"

"Uh-huh!"

"I have a selfie stick, I'll go get it and take a picture!" Zhang Shuzhen excitedly rummaged through her schoolbag on the table.

The shrill singing was deafening. The stuffy little room, the remote and shabby hotel, the old air conditioner roared to life but provided no relief from the heat, making it even hotter.

Liu Jibai could no longer bear it. He strode to the door and opened it.

An Kexin called out to him, "Ji Bai, come over and film with us too!"

"It's a bit stuffy inside, I'm going out for some fresh air."

"You'd better not go out. I don't know when your agent will let us know. I'm afraid we won't be able to contact you again, like last time."

"Then I'll take a week off. I won't be coming back. Please tell my agent for me."

"But we have a new performance tomorrow night, and we have a schedule for the rest of next week."

Liu Jibai said forcefully, "Didn't I say I wanted to ask for leave?"

Finally realizing that Liu Jibai's emotions were off, everyone else quieted down, and An Kexin didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Then just talk to your manager yourself, don't push everything onto the team leader," Zhang Shuzhen couldn't stand it anymore. "If you have any thoughts, just say them directly, okay? Don't always drop bombshells without saying anything. It really makes us all uncomfortable. Last time you did this, we couldn't contact you at all. And now you're asking for leave without even discussing it. It's not like you're sick or anything, can't you just stick it out and finish the work with everyone?"

“I’ve already said that because the company didn’t help me clarify ‘that matter,’ I’m still being cyberbullied. I’m really upset, and it’s affecting my life. I need to take leave, and I hope you can understand. As for taking leave, I really shouldn’t have pushed everything onto Peter Chan. I’ll talk to my agent myself now.”

"Brother, why are you still dwelling on that? Didn't you release a statement? Your fans all said they understand you, and we even pushed your updates. The company says they're still investigating the person who's pregnant with your child... uh, the person who spread the rumor about being pregnant with your child. The company won't release a statement so soon, but your fans and everyone else believe in you."

Zhang Shuaizhen was still relentlessly arguing, which made Liu Jibai extremely annoyed.

What's the point of me issuing a statement myself? Who even saw it? The company has never cared about my life or death. If something like this happened over there, they would have clarified the situation that day, issued a lawyer's letter, and done a full-scale online marketing campaign to clear their name, right? How could they leave me to fend for myself in some corner and exploit me by making me sing the same trashy song more than ten times a day?

He left the room without saying a word.

……

After securing their first number one spot, followed by a second and a third, they had already achieved three number one spots in their first week back. The release of "Answer Sheet" coincided with graduation season, and Mo Ri accurately seized this promotional opportunity, marketing the topic of "graduation season answer sheet" to further expand the reach of "Answer Sheet." The listening index has been rising steadily, and it has now become the number one spot on major music platforms. ILitterer has also become the hottest idol group during this period, and the 500,000 blind boxes they endorsed were sold out in less than a minute during the pre-sale.

Today marks the official launch of "Woni's" new ocean-themed blind boxes, and on the same day, "Woni's" new doll branch also officially opened in Jingzhou.

The four-story toy mall was packed with people. The windows were filled with all kinds of "Woni" pigeons from past product lines, and the shelves were piled high with brand-new square blind boxes. People who hadn't managed to snag a pre-order were now scrambling to buy them, and the staff were busy replenishing the stock.

Lin Miao was one of the people who came to see what was going on. She wasn't interested in plastic dolls, but she heard that the new store endorsed by ILitter had opened, and she was planning to go to ILitter's autograph session in Jingzhou later, so she came to check it out on the way.

Soon, Lin Miao got tired of shopping and symbolically bought a super expensive collectible doll in exchange for a seat in the VIP room on the third floor.

A sales clerk brought her a cup of tea. As Lin Miao drank, she looked out the glass window next to her seat. This window led to the open-air windows on the first and second floors, where she could clearly see the enthusiastic crowd below. They were weighing which item was the hidden piece. The electronic screens on the shelves were playing ILiter's advertisements on repeat. In addition to the regular staff, there were several staff dressed as giant plush pigeon dolls walking around and interacting with the customers. One of the dolls, which looked rather clumsy, bumped into a shelf, but since the doll costume didn't have hands, it couldn't pick it up and just stood there blankly.

This VIP room is not soundproof at all; the noise and chatter of the crowd can be heard completely, along with the electronic piano-style singing of ILitter's endorsement song "Fly Like a Dove." Lin Miao can even sing the lyrics to this song because she has listened to it many times in the past few days.

Yes, she's recently become obsessed with ILeTer.

The reason was that she had just finished a major design project and was now experiencing a creative block, so she needed to take a good rest for a while. What else could she do? She came across Luo Enxi's group comeback, and the teaser looked pretty good. She had never followed an idol group before, so she wondered if she should give it a try.

China's idol industry is arguably a lower-tier industry compared to actors and singers. She'd followed singers and actors, but never idol groups. She doesn't know why, but she found Luo Enxi very interesting; maybe it was fate that made Lin Miao a fan.

She spent a lot of time posting promotional materials for this comeback, participated in the pre-sale and bought many albums, won tickets to the autograph session, and even followed the tutorials in the super topic to boost her ranking. She found all of these things very fun. She gave away the extra albums she bought to other fans and heard them happy and grateful to her. Someone wanted to spend money to buy the photocards she had, so a few of them created a group to exchange them... She met many new people and gained many new experiences.

Before she knew it, Lin Miao opened her social media app and was bombarded with ILiter's posts. For example, now that she had nothing to do, she opened the ILiter supertopic and saw a post titled "Let's have a ranking of the best non-topic tracks in 'The Answer Sheet'," to which Lin Miao immediately replied, "Definitely 'Whispers'." A minute later, refreshing the page, twenty likes and one "Tasteful" comment appeared.

Lin Miao felt completely satisfied.

Suddenly, Lin Miao heard gasps from the crowd below. Looking over, she saw several large pigeons dressed as pigeon mascots walking onto a small blue stage. On the stage were five blue microphone stands, and the pigeons walked up to the microphones one by one.

Could it be that?

The pigeons took off their mascot headgear and made their appearance one by one under the expectant gaze of the crowd: the white-haired girl with ice-blue highlights was Song Chuchu, the mottled black-gold buzz cut was Lu Yun, the light brown-haired girl was Gu Minxing, the light gray-haired girl was Li Longxuan, and the light gold-haired girl was Luo Enxi!

How did ILetter end up here?

"Wow!" Lin Miao couldn't help but cheer along with the crowd. To ensure there was no chaos, security guards appeared to disperse the crowd and keep everyone at a distance from the stage.

"Friends of Woni, welcome to Woni of Jingzhou!" Ronxi said happily. "The pigeon has a song for you!"

"Let's sing together! Everyone sing together!" Lu Yun said with a smile, flapping the little wings of the pigeon mascot costume on his body.

The song began with the melody of an electronic keyboard, and then the five pigeons on stage started singing:

"Between the sky, the ocean, and the azure sky"

“飞——”

Like a pigeon

“飞——”

"Gliding freely..."

The lively electronic keyboard accompaniment and the expansive trumpet sound gave the human voice a free and vibrant energy, and the onlookers gradually followed the rhythm and became immersed in it.

Standing in the very center, Ronxit was completely buried in his mascot costume from the chin down. His golden hair was soaked with sweat, but it only made him look more dazzling. He swayed from side to side in his somewhat clumsy and comical pigeon costume, keeping his body in sync with the rhythm of the song, which made him look very cute.

Lin Miao propped her chin on the table, humming a cheerful tune. She didn't know why, but watching him radiate his energy and diligently pursue his career, Lin Miao felt a sense of healing, as if she too had gained energy. She felt like she'd become a fan without even realizing it; this guy was truly terrifying.

After ILetter finished their performance, they left the doll shop, appearing and disappearing mysteriously like magic. However, Lin Miao knew they were probably going to the Candlelight Meet and Greet in Jingzhou, since she was also going to attend.

After finishing her tea and resting for a while, she rushed to the Rongmao Building, where the book signing event was to be held.

Lin Miao wondered what kind of expression Ronxi would make when he saw her, but it would definitely be funny. Thinking of this, Lin Miao smiled. She took out an album from her bag, thinking about what to write when she asked Ronxi to sign it.

The taxi starting up reminded her that perhaps she could write.

May we both pursue our passions and forge ahead without hesitation.