How to become an ACE of a top boy group

After the three teams were divided into three competing teams on the same stage, two new mission interfaces popped up in front of Rosie's eyes.

[Your team ranked first in the free team stage. Reward: 2000 points]

[Your team ranked second in the Free Team Stage. Reward: 1000 points]

The situation is serious.

Luo Xi and his team are actually going to compete against what are basically the two strongest teams.

Gu Minxing's group has a total of 9 people. Ren Haoting and Annika, who are not captains of Group B, are both in his group. The remaining 6 are the more outstanding members of Group C: Qin Feng, who has a huge number of fans; Lin Jinghua, a blogger with strong creative abilities and a wide audience; Duan Feifei, who has good singing skills; Zhang Muze, who is good at dancing; and Shi Chu. This group is definitely the strongest overall among the twelve groups.

Another group, Zhang Shuzhen's group, selected his former band members Lin Sheng and Liu Minneng, along with 3 trainees from Group C and 2 from Group D. The band's performances have always been impressive, and their teammates each have their own strengths, so there are no ones who would hold them back.

All members of Rakkyung, except for Lee Yong-hyun, went to their team practice room in silence and seriousness after receiving the song selection "Don't Stop".

The twelve teams were assigned to different private practice rooms, which also served as the filming locations for the trainees this week.

There were no special training sessions with teachers this week; they had to practice on their own using the instructional videos, arrange their formations and positions, and even choose their costumes. A teacher would come to check on their progress every two days, and they could show their work to the teacher—this was the only brief demonstration and evaluation session.

Lejing distributed the printed lyrics provided by the staff to everyone. They sat in a circle on the floor, most looking worried.

"Relax, relax! Why are you all looking so gloomy? Didn't we just choose the songs we wanted?" Le Jing smiled and tried to comfort everyone, attempting to lighten the mood.

"Exactly, our song selection was so good, we shouldn't lose to them, really. What are we lacking? Voice? Dance? Or image? We have all of those, we're actually a strong team."

Luo Xi spoke as if to everyone else, but also as if to herself, "Besides, Brother Hua has practiced this song for half a year. He's practically the original singer, which means we have a real teacher who can help us practice. As long as we perform well on stage, why can't we surpass their votes and get first place!"

"We can't boost others' morale while diminishing our own; we must also boost our own prestige!"

“Enxi is right!” Ning Xiangqi said, raising his fist.

“That’s right, we’re going to take first place!” Song Wenchen said.

Tian Jizhang and Wang Xiao also calmed down and joined in the shouting.

“That’s more like it!” Le Jing said, drawing separators on the lyrics with a pencil.

As one of the hit singles from the newly emerging top-tier band Crop Circle, "Don't Stop" is a light rock song. The arrangement blends the same mechanical style and futuristic sound effects as the band's concept. The song is structured as verse 1 + chorus + rap + bridge + verse 2 + chorus.

The original version of "Don't Stop" had six members, but now there are seven, so the parts need to be divided more finely.

“Let’s first solve the part division problem simply. Ning Xiangqi will be in charge of the rap part, and I will be in charge of the high notes in the chorus.”

“No problem, leave it to me!” Ning Xiangqi said.

Song Wenchen said, "Then I, Eun-hee, Ji-chang, Xiao-di, and Lee Yong-hyun will each be responsible for two verses and the bridge in the middle."

Tian Jizhang said, "Let's each sing a part and see who sings it best, then we'll assign it to them."

Luo Xi said, "Yes, yes."

Wang Xiao had already added this song to his playlist and listened to it hundreds of times. He imitated the singing style of the lead singer of Crop Circle and started singing:

"Whoa whoa whoa—what is sound, a big bang from outer space, destroying everything and rebuilding it again, yelling 'Don't stop—yay yay yay—"

His voice is clear and resonant, and his singing style exudes a unique wildness.

The crowd applauded, "That's the style, Wang Xiao!" "This belongs to Wang Xiao, he's perfect for it!"

"Hehe." Wang Xiao smiled and accepted the compliment.

After everyone sang the beginning once, they voted to give the six lines of the first verse to Wang Xiao and Song Wenchen.

Song Wenchen said, "Eun-hee, although you sing a little off-key, your voice is very nice."

Ning Xiangqi agreed: "Yes, the voice is really catchy, with a slightly husky and refreshing feel."

Lejing said, "How about this, Eunhee, you and I sing the chorus together, we take turns singing it separately. For example, in the first part of the chorus, you sing the first two lines in a low voice, and I sing the third and fourth lines in a high voice. Then, we switch again for the next chorus. How about that? Wouldn't that be more exciting?"

Song Wenchen imagined it for a moment and said, "It sounds like it would be really good."

"Shall we give it a try?" Luo Xi said, cleared his throat, and sang the chorus with Le Jing as he had suggested.

Ning Xiangqi said, "It sounds good! It's just a little off-key."

Song Wenchen nodded: "I need to practice more."

Tian Jizhang clapped enthusiastically, saying, "You're great, Eun-hee-ge! I believe in you!"

“The next section is the bridge,” Wang Xiao said, picking up the lyrics. “I remember that the choreography for this bridge is a relatively long center position. We should let Hua Ge do it. Hua Ge has a good voice and a good figure, so he deserves it.”

Le Jing shook her head: "On the contrary, I think it's most suitable for Lee Yong-hyun to do this line, because it's only one line repeated, easy to sing, and can showcase the visuals to the greatest extent. It's just that the choreography might be a bit complicated... Yong-hyun, you should be able to stand in the center, right?"

"You want me to stand in the center?" Lee Yong-hyun, who had been standing aside the whole time, was suddenly called upon. A slight look of surprise appeared on his beautiful face, but he quickly composed himself and raised an eyebrow, asking, "Are you sure?"

No one else had any objections, especially Song Wenchen, who stared intently at Li Longxuan and said, "You have to train like crazy, we'll all be watching you."

"Good good."

It was finally decided that Song Wenchen and Wang Xiao would be responsible for verse 1, verse 2 would be a short three-line verse that serves as a transition, and Tian Jizhang would be responsible for it. Luo Hele would be responsible for the chorus, Li Longxuan would be responsible for the bridge, and Ning Xiangqi would be responsible for the rap.

Based on the choreography instruction videos and the experience of Le Jing's seven-person practice, they finalized the choreography positions and formation changes for the seven people, and quickly got into the zone and started practicing.

The daily schedule remains the same as the previous three months of practice: everyone practices songs together at 8 a.m., practices choreography together in the afternoon, and has free time in the evening, but everyone must stay in the practice room until 11 p.m. before they can leave to go to sleep.

This kind of repetitive physical exercise quickly drained even Wang Xiao's energy, let alone Lee Yong-hyun's. He started sleeping in on the second day of practice and would find opportunities to slack off and rest when he arrived at the practice room. Someone had to keep an eye on him every moment.

Needless to say, Li Longxuan was not in the same dormitory as Luo Xi and the others. He would not come in the morning or stay in the dormitory. Fortunately, Luo Xi always managed to find him and bring him over.

In short, as they gradually practiced, the practice room became the default setting. Le Jing was in charge of teaching and managing the overall situation, Tian Jizhang was in charge of logistics such as delivering water and towels, Ning Xiangqi and Song Wenchen managed Wang Xiao, and Luo Xi managed Li Longxuan's situation.