How to become an ACE of a top boy group

After practicing together for so many days, everyone has a pretty good understanding of each other's abilities.

“We only have Ning Xiangqi who can rap, so we can’t choose those hip-hop ones. Songs like ‘bite!’ and ‘hook’ are obviously for rap teams.”

"Dances like 'No Longer Fear' and 'Flashing' are quite demanding... I really don't think I can dance them well in just one week."

"We can't sing ballads that require a lot of singing skills, like 'Tonight I'm Sleepless' or 'Life Reorganization.' Only Brother Hua can sing them well."

"It's better to choose a song that covers all aspects of singing and dancing, because our team's roles are fairly evenly distributed. You see, Hua Ge is the main vocalist, and there's Luo Xi, Wen Chen Ge, Tian Ji Zhang, and Wang Xiao. I'm the rapper, and Li Longxuan is the visual. That's settled."

"How about 'Sweet and Sour First Love'? I've danced to it before and I'm quite familiar with it. I've even performed it in commercial shows many times. I can definitely teach you," Song Wenchen said.

“Oh right, Wen Chen, you’re a Bob.”

“Choosing ‘Don’t Stop’ is fine too,” Le Jing accepted her teammate’s decision to choose a dance song. “It’s from our company, and I practiced with it for over a year back then.”

Wang Xiao said in surprise, "Isn't 'Don't Stop' one of the debut songs of the crop circle group? You even practiced with them back then, Hua Ge? Were you also preparing to debut at that time?"

"In crop circles?" Ning Xiangqi exclaimed. "That was the hottest band last year! Their hit single 'Know Me' almost won Song of the Year!"

"Yeah, sigh, this was really the closest I've ever been to debut. We practiced those debut songs together for almost a year and a half, who knew... But we're still good brothers now, I'm still in the Mic Monster group chat."

"Why is that?" Rose couldn't help but ask.

"About two weeks before my debut, the company found someone to tell my fortune and said that my birth chart was incompatible with this combination."

"Huh?" Rosie asked.

"What?" Ning Xiangqi thought he had misheard.

Compared to the relief in Le Jing's words, everyone was extremely shocked.

Ning Xiangqi was so shocked that he stammered, "Just, the eight characters? Just, that simple? That's too casual!"

"it is good--"

Before Ning could finish complaining to Qi, the host interrupted the discussion with a smile.

"Everyone's having a great discussion! It seems there must be some songs you like here. So, let's play a little game to decide who gets to choose the song!"

"Song selection, what should we choose later!" Ning Xiangqi asked urgently.

Le Jing quickly summarized: "Then let's choose 'First Love' and 'Don't Stop'. If we get chosen, we'll choose other dance songs, like 'Run,' 'Bloom Boom,' or 'More Love.'"

“Never Stop” is the first choice, Song Wenchen said. “Do you remember there were special audience members? We don’t know what kind of audience they were. The song ‘Never Stop’ is more upbeat and has a wider audience.”

"Makes sense."

"Okay, let's stick with it first." Everyone agreed.

"The game we're going to play is 'Listen to the accompaniment and say the lyrics'! Our staff will play an accompaniment, and the first team to accurately say the lyrics to that accompaniment can choose the song first!"

"Oh no! I don't know how to play these music guessing games!" Luo Xi panicked when she heard about the game and grabbed Song Wenchen's hand in a hurry.

She had just arrived in this world and only knew the latest hit single; she knew nothing else.

[The LuoXi system can identify songs by listening to them!] said 041, who prides himself on having the most reliable system.

“Don’t worry, we’re here,” Le Jing said, resting her arm on Luo Xi’s shoulder.

"Don't worry, I'm the Prince of Music, I'm sure I can answer it." Song Wenchen patted Luo Xi's hand to reassure her.

“That’s right, and so are we.” Ning Xiangqi, Tian Jichun, and Wang Xiao, who were standing next to him, all said.

"It's all up to you guys!" Luo Xi looked at the five of them with emotion.

"Trainees," He Kajulian's voice continued, "Do you remember the motivational slogan you just mentioned? We'll be using it in the game later! Before answering, you have to say the slogan in its entirety! Remember, saying the slogan first and then the answer counts; just saying the answer directly doesn't count!"

"Is everyone ready? Shall we review our slogans again?"

Many teams frantically tried to recall what they were doing. Only after all the trainees said they were ready did He Kajulian signal the staff to play an excerpt of the first song's instrumental track.

This song sounds like an old song. The melody is beautiful and retro, and the accompaniment is accompanied by a little unclear white noise. It plays for about 10 seconds and then ends quickly.

"041 Baby! Did you recognize it?"

No, it's too short!

"Can we play it again?" many trainees asked.

It's indeed quite difficult to recognize these old songs.

When the recording was played again, the trainees were silent for a moment before a team finally raised their hands.

"If you're not afraid of difficulties, nothing will be difficult!" Lin Sheng from Zhang Shuaizhen's team shouted. "It's Qingna's 'The Moon in My Heart'!"

He Kaju Rian reminded her, "You should recite the lyrics for this part."

“Lyrics…pure white moonlight!” He stopped halfway through his sentence, “pure white moonlight…”

"And what's in front of the pure white moonlight?" He Kajulian reminded her again, "What what what, pure white moonlight?"

"Ah! I am grateful for everything in life!" As soon as He Kazhulian finished speaking, Liu Jibai quickly raised his hand and said, "Give me a sliver of pure moonlight!"

"Wrong! What, what, what, pure white moonlight!"

"Quickly, Qingna's 'The Moon in My Heart,' the pure white moonlight!" Luo Xi, drawing on the experience of those who came before, frantically looked up the lyrics with 041.

Liu Jibai continued without pause, "Grateful for everything in life! Give me, give me a ray of pure white moonlight!"

"Wrong answer! But very close!"

"Oh!" Just as Luo Xi found the answer, Song Wenchen raised his hand, "The early bird catches the worm! Give me a sliver of pure moonlight!"

"Correct answer!" He Kajulian was as excited as if she had answered it herself. "Please let the Lejing group choose your song!"

The entire Lejing group happily high-fived each other. Song Wenchen walked over and took down the magnetic board with "Don't Stop" on the whiteboard.

The others continued playing the game, while Rosie and her teammates formed a small circle to discuss tactics.

At this moment, a person slowly strolled into Luo Xi's group. Although he stood silently to the side, his appearance was so outstanding that he was immediately noticed by everyone.

Suddenly, an undeniably handsome man stood beside them, and for a moment, Luo Xi and the others didn't know what to say to him.

“Brother, you’ve finally arrived.” Ning Xiangqi broke the silence first.

"Yeah, I'm a little late, sorry." Lee Yong-hyun said, yawning as he spoke.

“'A little'? The recording will be over by then. Maybe you should go back and get some more sleep.” Wang Xiao said sarcastically.

Hearing this, Luo Xi broke out in a cold sweat, and the atmosphere became even more tense.

“Yes.” Lee Yong-hyun was clearly unaffected by the attack, and sleepily read the random reply.

"Hey, let's talk this out, we're all on the same team—welcome Longxuan to our team!" Lejing took charge. "We've chosen 'Don't Stop,' have you heard this song before?"

"Hmm." Lee Yong-hyun crossed his arms, his face slightly lowered, still looking like he hadn't woken up yet.

"Now we need to discuss our positioning, because the choreographer previously only had 6 people, while we have 7, so we need to adjust the choreographer's position and redistribute the parts."

"And we're planning that if you're not capable enough or don't want to train, you can stay on the sidelines. What do you think?" Song Wenchen said directly.

"Me? I'm fine with anything, whatever." Lee Yong-hyun said indifferently.

Luo Xi immediately got angry.

"What do you mean 'just so-so'? Can you be serious?"

"You need to change your attitude in our team. Only when everyone works equally hard can our team be good. Right now, the biggest problem is your attitude!"

“The more you act like this, the more I feel I can’t leave you on the sidelines. Brother Wen Chen, I know you mean to avoid our weaknesses, but we only have a week. If even one person doesn’t practice hard, it can easily affect the whole team’s enthusiasm for practice. If we postpone it like this, he’ll just slack off even more, which will undermine the morale of our entire team!”

"That's right! Our team isn't about hiding anyone; it's about everyone giving their best and everyone putting in their best performance!" Le Jing patted Lee Yong-hyun on the shoulder and said, "Yong-hyun, you need to pull yourself together! We're a team, and we need to work together to make this performance a success!"

"Okay, okay." Lee Yong-hyun's tone remained indifferent, his eyelids drooping. "I'll do whatever you say."

His behavior made everyone a little angry.

Ning Xiangqi frowned and asked, "Don't you want to win?"

"First of all, I definitely won't intentionally hold you back. I'll do as you say, so you don't need to doubt me," Lee Yong-hyun said calmly. "Then, it's not a question of whether I want to win or not, but whether we can win? Although there's one Group A, it seems like everyone else is in Group E, right?"

"What do you mean?" Luo Xi questioned, "Is it because our song selection was good that we were able to win by working together? Are you trying to blame our lack of effort on our poor skills?"

Even Song Wenchen, who is not usually angry, was amused by her: "To be honest, I originally thought I could leave you aside, but now I feel that anyone can stand to the side except you. You have to stand in the center and practice like crazy. We will all be watching you."

"Alright, alright, since everyone thinks we can win, that's fine." Lee Yong-hyun said weakly, "I want to win too, and we can win."

"Trainees, listen to me!" He Kajuli waved her hand to attract everyone's attention. "Now that everyone has chosen the song their team will perform, have you noticed the color on the back of the song board? That's right! The color of this board determines the three teams that will be competing against each other!"

"The three teams of the same color will perform on the same stage in front of the same audience, and our special audience will vote to determine the first, second, and third place winners!"

All the trainees immediately looked at the colors on the back of each team's song board, and then Lejing's group discovered a disheartening fact: the red on the back of the "Don't Stop" board was the same as that of Gu Minxing's group, who chose "Better Love," and Zhang Shuaizhen's group, who chose "Flashing."

This means they will be facing off against Gu Minxing's team, which has the strongest overall strength, and Zhang Shuaizhen's team, which has no weaknesses.

Everyone's expression turned grim, except for Lee Yong-hyun, who smiled as he looked at the color on the back of the song board.

"Hey! Don't make that face," Lee Yong-hyun said, as if he didn't want to miss out on the fun. "Didn't we just say we could win?"