The first episode of "Dream Plan" has received a lot of viewership and has been widely discussed online, with a tendency to explode. However, the trainees in the Dream Camp had their phones confiscated when they entered the base, so they knew nothing about the online popularity and outside comments.

Moreover, they now have something more important and stressful to worry about, which is - the first performance is coming.

Most of the students' three-month recording session was done at the base, which was completely isolated from the outside world. However, there were three performance opportunities during this process, when the students would go to the largest sports center in H City and perform in front of thousands of live audiences.

This is different from any of their previous performances. They will not only perform for their mentors and other students, but also face real live audiences and fans who love them. This is the first step for them to step into the star path and realize their dreams. No one is not excited and eager for this day to come.

On Monday morning, all the students gathered in the training hall, sitting on the steps according to their classes, and listened nervously and excitedly to Pan Li's announcement of the rules for the first performance:

"For this performance, the program team has prepared 14 songs of different styles and characteristics for you. I believe there will be a song that suits you and will make you shine on the performance stage in two weeks." Pan Li said with a smile, "Each song will have a center position, and this center position will be played by the top 14 most popular students selected by fans in the first round of voting online."

The students were already used to Pan Li's style of dropping bombs at any time, but they still couldn't help but start discussing excitedly:

"I think this is a fair way to choose the center position. Idol boy bands are based on popularity. Whoever is popular will be the center. There is nothing wrong with that."

"There are fourteen center positions! So the chances are pretty good!"

"The center position has a lot more shots than ordinary students, and is the easiest to be remembered by the audience on the performance stage! Amitabha Amitabha, please God, give me a center position!"

Pan Li cleared his throat and said, "Now I will announce the fourteen center-ranked students for the first performance in descending order of popularity."

The scene suddenly became quiet. Everyone held their breath and stared nervously at the list in Pan Li's hand.

"In the first round of voting, the student who won the first place in the popularity list with 1,583,526 votes is—" Pan Li said, "He Xizhou!"

Although this was expected, many students still gasped when they heard the number of votes: "More than one million votes! That's terrifying!!"

"I heard that this program uses a new voting method, and every vote is absolutely real and valid. This means that He Ge's fans really have millions, which is amazing!!"

Qi Rui from Class A raised his right hand to imitate a microphone and said, "Interview with the popular student He Xizhou. What do you want to say at this exciting moment?"

He Xizhou crossed his legs and said, "As expected."

Qi Rui: “…”

The students in class A laughed, and Ye Ying couldn't help but curl her lips. He Xizhou was sitting on his right. Seeing him snickering, he raised his eyebrows and whispered, "What are you laughing at? I have more than three million fans on Weibo, but only half of them voted. The rest are zombie fans! I'll kick them out when I get home."

He had a sour face and hummed like a petty child. He was completely different from the cool, arrogant and dazzling boy on the stage. Ye Ying felt a little strange, and felt that He Xizhou was very attractive. No wonder he was liked by so many fans.

Pan Li continued to announce: "Second place, 994,765 votes, Ming Yuechen."

"Third place, 528,856 votes, Lin He."

"Fourth place, 508,346 votes, Xu Shaoyang."

"Fifth place..."

Xu Qiongzhi sat on Ye Ying's left, hugged one of his arms and muttered, "Yingying, just wait, there will definitely be someone like you."

Ye Ying smiled and said, "It's normal without me."

"Wake up, it would be abnormal without you, okay!" Xu Qiongzhi shook him and said confidently, "You sing so well and look so good, you are definitely in the top fourteen!"

"Ninth place, 236,565 votes, Li Jingfei."

"Tenth place, 203,342 votes, Qiu Shuang."

Xu Qiongzhi's eyes widened gradually, she nervously grasped Ye Ying's arm, and pricked up her ears to listen to the next name Pan Li called out. But when the fourteenth student's name came out, it was still not Ye Ying.

Xu Qiongzhi was completely stunned: "How is it possible..."

Ye Ying's vocal performance on the first stage was so amazing, and her theme song dance has improved rapidly. She should be noticed by the audience no matter what! How is it possible that so many students who are not as good as him have become the center position, but Ye Ying is not one of them?

Did the program crew make a mistake?!

Ye Ying gently lowered her eyelashes, interlaced her fingertips, and she was not too surprised.

With his personality, it is difficult for others to like him.

He had understood this deeply... a long time ago.

Many students at the scene were quite surprised by this result. The program has been recorded for more than a week, and everyone can see who performed outstandingly and who performed mediocrely. For example, Lin He, one of the center positions, received an F rating for both the first stage and the theme song, but he actually ranked third on the popularity list, which was really surprising.

"Li Jingfei is so amazing, but he's only ranked tenth? There must be something wrong."

"And Ye Ying, she's not even the center position..."

"What the hell, there must be something wrong with the vote count..."

The students were puzzled, and even suspected that there was something fishy going on with the program team, until Pan Li added calmly, "Oh, there is one thing I want to explain to everyone - the first round of voting will be from July 1st to July 10th. In order to warm up, the program team opened the voting channel before the program was officially launched."

Ye Ying was slightly stunned.

What this means is that...

"It means that it's not that the audience doesn't like you, it's that they haven't had time to vote for you yet." A voice came from the right. Ye Ying tilted his head and saw He Xizhou looking down at him. "Don't be sad. I promise that next time the ranking is announced, you will be in the top five."

Ye Ying pursed her lips and whispered, "I'm not sad."

"Just keep talking tough," He Xizhou snorted and laughed, "You're almost crying."

Ye Ying: "...I won't cry."

He Xizhou immediately asked: "So you are sad?"

Ye Ying: “…”

Okay, I can't argue with him.

After Pan Li finished explaining, the students suddenly understood. Everything made sense. For example, although Lin He was not good at singing and dancing, he had starred in a costume idol drama, in which he played a second male lead with a brilliant personality, and accumulated a lot of fans. There were also Xu Shaoyang and others who were ranked ahead. Before coming to "Dream Maker", they had participated in two or three different types of singing and dancing talent shows, and they also had a certain fan base, which was why they were so high in the first ranking.

Xu Qiongzhi remembered something and poked Qiu Shuang who was sitting in the front row, and said suspiciously: "Wait, aren't you an amateur too? Why do you have so many votes?"

Qiu Shuang shook his head: "You don't know, I'm an internet celebrity."

"You're bragging," Xu Qiongzhi glared at him, "Why haven't I heard of someone as famous as you?"

Qiu Shuang laughed and told them the whole story. It turned out that Qiu Shuang's family owned a chain of hot pot restaurants, and the business was very prosperous. He was considered a rich second generation. He came back from college on vacation and helped out in his own hot pot restaurant. As a result, a customer took a photo of him and uploaded it to the Internet. He became famous because of his good looks.

Later, netizens learned that this handsome guy was not a clerk but the boss's son, and they became even more excited. The comments were full of "I've never seen such a down-to-earth and handsome rich second generation, I want to marry him." It even became a high-ranking hot search, and it gave their own hot pot restaurant free publicity, which made Qiu's father and mother very happy.

Qiu Shuang complained: "So my parents asked me to work in the store again this summer. It would be fine if I just worked, but they actually dressed me up and made me stand at the door of the hot pot restaurant to greet guests. It's outrageous!"

Xu Qiongzhi laughed so hard that she crowed, and the other students in Class A were also overjoyed. Qiu Shuang couldn't help but laugh as well: "So I came to participate in the competition. Before I came, I told my parents that your son doesn't want to be an internet celebrity. If he wants to be one, he should be a real big star."

"Domineering!" Qi Rui said, "What do uncle and aunt say?"

Qiu Shuang: "They told me to stop bragging, saying that after I am eliminated in the first round, I will pack up and prepare to inherit the family hot pot restaurant."

“Hahahahahaha!!”

Seeing that the center position has been determined, a student couldn't wait to ask: "Teacher, should we choose the song now? Should we choose according to our own wishes?"

"Yes and no," said Pan Li.

The students almost knelt down before him: "Please stop keeping us in suspense!!"

Pan Li laughed and said, "These fourteen songs represent fourteen teams, with 7-9 places in each team. The rules for song selection are as follows: the fourteen center-level students first choose their favorite songs according to their rankings, and then take turns to choose members of their own team. The selected students can accept or refuse and wait for the next selection until all students are included in the team."

"What! So you can't choose your own songs!?"

"It turned out that the center chose us! Oh my god... Wouldn't it be awkward if no one chose us?"

"I think this rule is great. The team that is selected in both directions will definitely be very united, and the final result should be good."

"I want to be on the same team with Brother He... I don't know if he will choose me."

Pan Li: "Now I will show you clips of 14 performance songs."

Songs and dance clips began to play on the big screen. There were various styles, including pop, rock, rap, Chinese style... Some focused on vocal music, some focused on dance, and students could choose according to their interests and specialties.

After the clip was played, the staff placed 14 billboards with song titles on them, and started with He Xizhou, who was ranked first. He didn't hesitate and walked directly behind the billboard of "lemonbomb".

This is a hip-hop & urban style song with an explosive style and superb choreography. The effect presented in the clip is very shocking, but at the same time, the sound and dance are very difficult. Many students were attracted by this song at first sight, but they were a little hesitant, fearing that they could not handle it.

Then Ming Yuechen, who ranked second, chose "Reach the Sky", which is more vocal and can show the level of singing skills. The center position students behind also made their choices one by one. After all the songs were selected, the next step was to choose their teammates.

There are seven spots for "lemonbomb". Although this song is difficult, the effect is very explosive. Moreover, He Xizhou is the center. He is definitely the most popular in the performance. You will definitely not suffer any loss if you are in the same group with him. Therefore, many students are eager to make a move and stand up and raise their hands to recommend themselves: "Brother He, choose me!"

"Brother He, I like this song, choose me!!"

"Brother He, look at me!"

Conservatively speaking, more than 30 students actively expressed their desire to choose this song, while some students felt that they were not suitable for this song and did not participate in the competition.

For example, Ye Ying.

The song was indeed nice, but the dance was too difficult, and the cool style was also contrary to his personality. No matter how you looked at it, it didn't suit him. Ye Ying selected a few vocal songs in her mind, wanting to wait and see if the central position of those songs could take her away. Then she heard her name being read, and the scene became quiet.

He looked up belatedly and found that many students turned to look at him with envy. He Xizhou stood behind the "lemonbomb" sign and repeated in a clear and loud voice: "I choose Ye Ying."

Ye Ying: “…”

Ye Ying: “?!?!?”