Back in the waiting room, Li Yuanbin sat where Huang Lizhi had just sat, picked up an unopened bottle of mineral water, unscrewed it and handed it to Minnie.
"How is it?" Minnie took the mineral water naturally, pulled down her mask slightly, and drank a sip of water.
Lee Won Bin recalled ITZY's performance just now and nodded in praise, "It's really good. All five of them are very talented. Yu-na's red hair is very charming!"
Minnie smiled, put down the mineral water, patted Li Yuanbin's arm lightly, and said with a smile: "If Li Zhi heard you say this, he would definitely cause trouble for you!"
"Well... Li Zhi is of course very good too, please don't slander me!" Li Yuanbin shrugged and defended himself.
Minnie wasn't going to let Lee Won Bin off like that. She pointed at ITZY's manager, Sun Shuyuan, and said, "I heard everything. Be careful or I'll tell on you when I get home!"
Ouch! My little aunt! Why did you two bring me along when you were chatting?
Sun Shuyuan, who was sitting not far away and silently watching, quickly lowered her head and complained in her heart.
Facing a chaebol like Lee Won-bin, not to mention herself, even her boss, Park Jin-young, the president of JYP Entertainment, might not dare to tell tales to others, so how could she dare...
Seeing Sun Shuyuan's look of "I'm just pretending to be an ostrich", Li Yuanbin smiled and shook his head.
Pointing to the monitor in the waiting room, he said, "One of the candidates is about to make his announcement..."
All the artist groups that had just performed on stage were standing on the stage. The host was standing in the middle, holding the cue cards and trophy in his hands, and was making his final closing statement.
As ITZY has just debuted, they don’t have much popularity, so naturally they can’t be compared with those older members who debuted a long time ago. They can only stand in the far left corner.
When Li Yuanbin saw this, his brows unconsciously frowned.
Minnie seemed to have discovered something, and she held Li Yuanbin's hand and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. We just debuted..."
Before she finished speaking, the two of them saw the five members of ITZY gradually moving to the two hosts.
"It seems that one of them is from ITZY!" Minnie changed the subject and said with a little joy.
Li Yuanbin turned around and looked at her in confusion: "What do you mean?"
Minnie pointed at the movement of the five members of ITZY on the monitor and said to Lee Won-bin, "Because they came from the corner to the host."
Li Yuanbin nodded as if he understood, and turned his attention back to the screen. It would soon be revealed whether he really won the first place.
"Let us congratulate ITZY for winning the first place in M!Countdown with "DALLA DALLA". Congratulations!!!"
On the stage, the two hosts didn't waste too much time and quickly announced the winner of this episode, and then handed the trophy to ITZY.
The youngest member Shin Yuna was the first to react. She covered her mouth with one hand and tears instantly flowed down. Of course, she did not forget her teammates and pointed in the direction of captain Huang Lizhi.
The host bowed slightly and handed the trophy to Huang Lizhi, then dispersed. The other seniors present also applauded gracefully and congratulated them.
At this time, the girls on the stage also came back to their senses, and with tears in their eyes, they hugged their teammates for a long time.
At this moment, all the previous hard training and tremendous pressure have become nothing, and they know it’s all worth it!
One after another, seniors came towards them, left their congratulations and words of encouragement, and then left. They kept bowing to express their gratitude.
In the waiting room, looking at the five people shining on the stage, Lee Won-bin sighed: "All of this has become meaningful."
Although she didn't understand what Lee Won-bin meant, Minnie was genuinely happy for them: "Congratulations! It looks like ITZY will break the record for the fastest first-time No. 1 for a girl group by winning No. 1 in just 9 days after their debut!"
"Really? This should be considered a hit, right?" Li Yuanbin said, turning his head to look at Minnie.
Minnie nodded. "Of course, you could say they can embark on a whole new path!"
"What road?"
“Of course it’s a brilliant uphill road!”
"Who did you learn this new word from?"
"Does it sound good? I learned it from Yuqi." Minnie touched her face with a smile, and then betrayed Yuqi.
"It seems that Song Yuqi is at the forefront of surfing..." Li Yuanbin smiled and nodded, finding it a little funny. Who came up with this word? He must be a genius~
Suddenly, Li Yuanbin seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes searched the waiting room, and finally found Sun Shuyuan, who was playing the role of a turtle, in the corner.
"Sun Shuyuanxi, will ITZY's schedule last for one to two months?"
Considering the busy schedule of (G)I-DLE when they first debuted, Lee Wonbin felt that ITZY and the others didn't have it easy either.
Sun Shuyuan heard Li Yuanbin calling her, and she slowly stood up, walked over to him and nodded: "Yes, the current schedule is already scheduled for a month later, and this does not include some of the shows I have to appear on."
What they want is to use the high exposure during their debut period to push the new girl group ITZY. In the shortest time and with high frequency of appearances on camera, they want the audience to remember these five children. They don’t ask for everyone to remember them, but as long as more than half of them do, they will be considered successful!
As Li Yuanbin expected, Sun Shuyuan gave this answer.
Minnie shook her head: "There's nothing we can do about it..."
"I know……"
Not long after, there was a noisy sound outside, and then the door of the waiting room was pushed open, and five girls walked in. They were ITZY who won the first place.
Seeing someone they knew, the five people who were originally in tears immediately put on smiles. Only the red eyes were still proving to everyone that the tears just now were not fake.
Li Yuanbin smiled and stood up to applaud them. "Congratulations! The fastest record for first place has been achieved!"
While the five members of ITZY were still here, Lee Won-bin and Minnie checked the records online. ITZY broke the record for the fastest first place in just 9 days.
"Huh?"
"Really?"
"This must be fake, Oppa is lying to me again!" This was Huang Lizhi's voice with a hint of tears.
For a moment, Li Yuanbin felt a sense of guilt, but the fact is the fact, Li Yuanbin did not lie to her!
"He really didn't lie to you, you really set a record!" Minnie also stood up, walked to Huang Lizhi's side, and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Hehehe~ We are so popular!" Red-haired Shin Yuna sat on the chair holding the trophy and grinned foolishly.
Shin Ryujin on the side covered his eyes in embarrassment, unable to bear to look at his own maknae, how shameful!
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