How to become an ACE of a top boy group

After the trainees filmed a few more takes, the preview ended, but Luo Xi and the others' filming was not over. The production team wanted to use this location to film new content for the show "My Favorite Treasure 101".

The staff rearranged the space in the lobby, removing the vase and bringing in a larger round table with twenty-four chairs, and setting up camera positions.

After touching up their makeup, the trainees sat down at the round table with their current looks and began filming.

Luo Xi sat down with Song Wenchen and Le Jing. Ming Ning, who was still holding Luo Xi's hand, also sat down with her to Luo Xi's left.

Ming Ning lowered his head, his face still looking somewhat haggard and unnatural, though much better than when he was terrified. A few strands of black hair tucked behind his ear slipped down his forehead, slightly obscuring his small face. Only his tightly pursed lips were visible, making his brokenness seem even more pronounced.

Has his "story" ended? Luo Xi wanted to ask, but didn't know how to start, so he could only pat Ming Ning's hand reassuringly.

Walking to the round table, An Kexin, who had also sat down, had seen everything. He had noticed Luo Xi and Ming Ning holding hands as they came down from upstairs, and now Luo Xi was even taking the initiative to touch her...

An Kexin smiled, but his tone was uncontrollably tinged with sarcasm: "Eun-hee, you've found new friends so quickly?"

"Hmm?" Luo Xi was thinking about Ming Ning when she heard An Kexin's voice and realized that An Kexin was sitting next to Ming Ning. Completely unaware of what An Kexin was saying, she asked, "What?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted to say hello."

An Kexin regretted what he said as soon as he finished speaking. His image in front of the camera has always been that of a sweet and innocent type. How could he say such a thing? But the stubbornness that he himself was unaware of made An Kexin turn his face away and take Liu Jibai's arm.

"?"

Luo Xi looked at Liu Jibai with a puzzled expression, trying to get some information from him, but Liu Jibai still had that smiling look on his face, which made Luo Xi feel uneasy.

Fortunately, filming has begun.

A bald, middle-aged man wearing a black vest walked to the center of the round table, smiled at everyone, and said, "Hello to the 24 treasure trainees, I am Xu Yi, the chief director of 'My Favorite Treasures 101'."

"First of all, congratulations on successfully standing out from the top trainees of Produce 101. Whatever brought you to this point—talent, fame, or even luck—you all now have an equal chance to debut in the Mo Ri Xin boy group! Debuting in one of the top five entertainment companies is something many trainees dream of, and you will now strive to make this dream a reality!"

"I am honored to be the one to announce the final mission to the 24 trainees who have fought so hard to survive, and to deliver the final debut mission for this program—"

The director paused for a moment.

"The ultimate debut task is: the ability to digest concepts!"

"Concept digestibility?" "What is this?" "Sounds interesting."

The director asked during the trainees' whispered conversation:

Does anyone know when our last episode will air?

Most of the trainees shook their heads. Gu Minxing remembered that the announcement card he had just seen said August 24th, but when he secretly looked to both sides and found that no one knew, Gu Minxing decided to continue to remain silent.

"Every Saturday, August 10th?" Song Wenchen, who had little sense of time, said casually.

“No, there’s still the location battle content that hasn’t aired yet, it’ll take at least a week, so it won’t be this week’s 10th, it’ll be at least next week, maybe the 17th?” Annika said.

“8月10日和8月17日是定位对决上下期，之前官博回复也有回复过一共有八期，所以第八期一定是下下周，8月24日。”张率真说。

"That's right. The final episode will air on August 24th. In the past, we always recorded the shows in advance, edited them, and then broadcast them on TV or video websites, right?"

"However, the final episode will not be pre-recorded. We will hold a live-streamed concert on August 24th at Haicheng Gymnasium for 30,000 people, featuring 24 talented trainees! The final episode will be broadcast live in its entirety! After the performance, the public will vote, and the debut results will be 100% determined by the number of votes! The top five with the most votes will become the five members of the new boy group launched by MoRi Entertainment!"

An Kexin exclaimed in surprise, "We're going on stage to perform, at a concert?"

"Going on stage? I've never been on stage before, a concert, oh my god, I'm already getting nervous."

"What are we going to perform?" Lu Yun asked with great interest.

"We will divide the 24 trainees into 12 groups of two. Our lyricists, composers, and choreographers have specially created 12 demo songs that have not been officially released or recorded yet, specifically for our concert. Our trainees will need to work with the teachers to complete the creation and finally create a perfect stage performance!"

His words excited everyone. They had never imagined they could hold concerts, record audio, and do so much freedom.

"I've worked so hard to get this far, it's all worth it, absolutely worth it. Even if I don't debut, it's still worth it!" Duan Feifei said excitedly.

Shi Chu laughed and patted Duan Feifei on the back to stop him: "Don't jinx it! You can debut! You should debut!"

Duan Feifei immediately spat out the ominous words, rendering them ineffective.

“But fourteen days, is that really enough time…” Ning Li weakly voiced the thoughts of some of the trainees.

Rosie was very excited, not only because of the challenging task, but also because of the opportunity to perform on such a large and formal stage.

Like her, Song Wenchen clenched her fists tightly and lowered her head. Even the usually calm and collected Le Jing looked serious, suppressing her excitement.

There are also people who express their happiness outwardly, such as Zhang Shuaizhen, Ye Zhixi and Yin Wenhe. The three of them high-fived each other, seemingly unable to wait.

Lu Yun stood up immediately and asked, "Director! How are we teamed up? Are there two people? Can we form our own teams? Do we get to choose our own demos?"

"No, after repeated discussions, our production team has decided on the song allocation, the trainee grouping, and the concept style to be digested. Based on all your performances on the show, we have put the two people with the most chemistry together in the same group."

"The song allocation will be related to our task this time. Our task this time is concept digestion ability, which means that each trainee will receive a concept image from the production team. This concept image will be completely opposite to the image you have shown before. It will be an image that you have never performed before, and you have to perfectly digest the concept given by the production team and perform it in the song!"