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The company has already adapted the song according to the concept of Bai You and others in the past week. Now they are taking the DEMO and listening to it carefully.
Bai You turned on the TV to watch the latest choreography.
The choreography is very good and is exactly what he wanted, with only some minor adjustments needed.
After listening to the song and watching the dance, the five people briefly discussed the areas that needed modification and then started training.
The progress of Zhu Xiangming's group is roughly the same, while the progress of Qiu Yuge and Yin Hongxue's group is much slower.
Qiu Yuge and Yin Hongxue are both RAP singers, and the songs they choose are also RAP-oriented, so they now have to write their own RAP lyrics.
Writing lyrics is not a difficult task for them. They have been thinking about it for the past week and have a general idea. Now they just need to organize these ideas and express them in more appropriate words.
In the evening, the trainees finished their classes, and the dormitory, which had been quiet for a week, became lively again.
Lying on the sofa, Zong An began to count on his fingers: "Today I had one vocal lesson and two dance lessons, each lasting two hours. I also recorded some materials in the morning. The teachers also said that today was just an appetizer and it would be even busier later."
After snapping her fingers, she collapsed and screamed, "Help! Why is everything so busy? Can life be any better to me?"
"Are you busy? Are you okay?" Wu Anyi sat down next to him and took out his phone. "Want to join the duo?"
"Come!" Cong'an immediately sat up straight.
Luo Wenbo rolled his eyes silently.
Busy? Tired? The one with the best energy in the entire fifth generation is Cong'an.
Look at the passion he has for playing games now.
Bai You looked around the first floor and didn't see Lu Yao, so he went up to the third floor.
Sure enough, Lu Yao was sitting in the living room on the third floor playing chess.
It was strange, why would he think of Guo Ran? He and Lu Yao were obviously not familiar with each other.
Shaking his head, Bai You threw these thoughts out and got straight to the point: "How do you know Qiu Yuge won't choose Cang Zizhen?"
Lu Yao glanced at Bai You.
It was clearly a normal look, but Bai You somehow sensed a hint of surprise.
"Don't you know?"
"I don't know."
Just as Bai You was about to sit next to Lu Yao, Lu Yao raised his hand and pointed across.
Bai You sat down silently.
"You can talk to Cang Zizhen privately. Qiu Yuge knows that you want to choose Cang Zizhen, so of course he won't choose Cang Zizhen anymore."
Bai You also asked: "Why?"
This time, Lu Yao's face was truly filled with surprise.
"I knew you were slow, but I didn't expect you to be this slow." Or maybe instead of saying slow, you should just say stupid.
Bai You blinked and didn't refute.
It can be seen that he still has some understanding of himself.
"Aren't you Qiu Yuge's best friend? Of course he won't compete with you."
Bai You suddenly realized: "Is that so?"
Then go downstairs to find Qiu Yuge.
Qiu Yuge was watching Cong An and Wu Anyi playing games on the first floor and was very excited.
Bai You walked over and stood directly in front of Qiu Yuge, saying, "Want to talk for a while?"
Although reluctant, Qiu Yuge quickly followed Bai You and came to the yard.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
Bai You, who was always straightforward, hesitated for the first time: "Is it because I want to choose Cang Zizhen that you don't choose Cang Zizhen?"
"Yes." Qiu Yuge nodded.
Bai You was anxious: "How could you do this!"
Qiu Yuge was puzzled: "What's wrong?"
"Cang Zizhen is stronger. Your team will perform better if Cang Zizhen is in it. How can you not choose Cang Zizhen just because of..." because of him?
Bai You couldn't say the rest of the words, but Qiu Yuge already understood what he meant.
"What's the big deal?" Qiu Yuge was puzzled. "Luo Wenbo is also very strong. Even if Cang Zizhen wasn't there, with Luo Wenbo, this stage would be great. Besides, wasn't it like this before?"
Before the fifth generation, there were sometimes free team-forming sessions. Everyone would discuss the situation and form their own teams based on the situation. If someone wanted to be on a certain team, others would naturally join.
Bai You also thought about the past, but...
"Things are different now." He frowned and looked a little impatient.
"What's different?" Qiu Yuge didn't understand. "I'm still doing the same things, and I'm surrounded by the same people. What could be different?"
Lu Yao paused while playing chess. Wind blew in from the window, making the chessboard rustle.
Bai You heard the noise and looked up to see Lu Yao closing the window.
He swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth and sighed, "Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore. Let's go back."
That night's discussion yielded no results, and Bai You never found another opportunity to communicate with Qiu Yuge. The hectic schedule of classes completely consumed their minds, leaving them with no energy for anything else. Every day after class, they returned to the dormitory, quickly washed up, played with their phones for a while, and then fell asleep.
Twenty days to prepare for a concert is really a tight schedule. Although each person may only have four or five stages to perform, the new songs, new dances, and new voting mechanism force everyone to cheer up and cope with it.
In such a busy time, time flies by very fast. In the blink of an eye, it is Friday again.
At six o'clock in the evening, EP02 of "The Fifth Quadrant" was launched.
Song Rui had a relatively easy time at work this week, so she had more time to surf the Internet.
Since the release of EP01 materials last Friday, the entire fifth-generation fan circle has been in turmoil, but it has been quite a stir.
It mainly focuses on the discussion of airdrops and the rights protection of other fans.
Fans in the upper and middle circles were particularly excited, and issued one rights protection notice after another. Fans in the lower circles were not to be outdone and also issued rights protection notices, but the dissemination and discussion of the notices were much lower.
Fans in the middle circle were the most excited. Once Lu Yao’s competition declaration came out, it was like slapping the word “debut” in their faces.
Those in the upper circles don't need to worry, and those in the lower circles won't need to worry either. Who will be the biggest threat from the airborne invasion? It goes without saying.
Bai You, Wu Hai, Wan Yuanzhou, Luo Wenbo, Cong'an, and Qiao Sinian were united for the first time. After EP01 was released, they issued a joint statement at noon the next day, threatening to stop krypton and demanding that the company announce the debut standards and conduct fair, just and open debut selections, and never secretly support the royal family.
Those in the upper circle were also not idle. Qiu Yuge's family issued a statement, demanding that the company recognize Qiu Yuge's position as the most popular person and give him corresponding treatment.
Zhu Xiangming's family first severely criticized the company's behavior of parachuting in trainees, and then stated their position: Zhu Xiangming has been very popular for many years, and as the only and number one lead singer of the fifth generation, no matter what the company's debut standards are, Zhu Xiangming will definitely have a place.
Yin Hongxue's fans are relatively indifferent, and their statement came out belatedly the next night, but the main idea is the same as that of Qiu Yuge and Zhu Xiangming, to make their debut and guarantee their treatment.
Cang Zizhen's family released a statement the earliest, on Friday night. They first strongly condemned Minghui Entertainment's irresponsible behavior of publicly announcing new trainees at this time, and then stated their position that they would never accept the company using Cang Zizhen to promote new trainees, that is, they would prohibit any appearance of Cang Zizhen and Lu Yao in the same frame in the future.
——We must nip all dangers in the bud.
After a week of such noise, now that a new batch of materials has been released, quarrels are inevitable no matter what the content is.
Song Rui clicked on Minghui Entertainment's account, and a new video appeared on the account's homepage.
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[Title: "The Fifth Quadrant" EP02 Discussion Forum (Partial Version)]
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Main Building
Hey everyone, this week is the strength test, I'm pulling the progress bar! Airborne at 11:24!
[1st floor]
Family, I pooped too!
【2nd floor】
I'm already sitting on a small stool watching!
【3rd floor】
Ahhhh! Why are you all watching? I'm still on the way!
【4th floor】
Don't worry, we will post the results here.
......
12th Floor
After reading it, I'll go
13th Floor
I finished watching it, wow
14th Floor
I remembered the melon owner's revelations before
15th Floor
What's going on? What are you talking about? Tell me now! Urgent!
16th Floor
Reply [15th floor]
I can only say that Airborne not only has a good-looking face, but also a good voice. The fifth generation is indeed going to change.
17th Floor
Reply [16th floor]
It's not a major event, isn't it? He just sings a little better. There are plenty of lead singers in the fifth generation, right? Isn't Zhu Xiangming a pretty good singer?
18th Floor
Do you really not understand, or are you just playing dumb? Anyone with a basic understanding of vocal music can tell what level of vocal conditioning Airborne has, right? And his breath and technique—who would believe he only studied for a month?
19th Floor
What are the requirements for blowing the voice of a 14-year-old? Don't let your voice change into a duck voice, or you will have no place to cry when you cry.
20th Floor
Reply [19th floor]
For example, Song Le from the second generation, Du Huiming from the third generation, Chen Hansui from the fourth generation... too many to count.
21st floor
Hahahaha you guys are so wicked, if these people want to praise you then let them do it, if there is no other place to praise you then you can only find something like this that has no fixed number to praise
22nd Floor
Someone in the building had conjunctivitis. It took me 0.01 seconds to recognize it. You can try it too!
23rd Floor
Why are you all so focused on Lu Yao's singing, and no one's watching his dancing and song-and-dance routine? He bit his hair and did a backflip in the beginning of his dance—am I the only one who's impressed by how handsome he is? And then there's the song and dance performance of "Come Quickly" afterward—it's the most youthful "Come Quickly" I've seen since the first generation. I was grinning harder than AK! It's a shame it was just a test, not a real performance. I'm already looking forward to the chorus at the family concert. I absolutely have to have Lu Yao's live action footage there!
24th Floor
Isn't it that his singing is so dazzling that people overlook his dancing and singing and dancing? His dancing skills are not to be discussed for now, but that somersault is indeed impressive. However, he is only fourteen years old, so there are some things I can't say! He also performed very well in "Come On!", singing and laughing sweetly. After watching the performance, this office worker's back pain and leg fatigue were relieved, and he could even eat three more bowls of rice!