After the second class on Thursday, Deng Wen and another girl asked Shi Xirou before she left, "Male model - um, when will the new boy group be released?"
"September 20th."
Deng Wen's shoulders slumped, and she said dejectedly, "It's going to take so long?"
"It's already pretty fast."
"Hey. Are you going to the cafeteria to eat? Shall we join you?"
"No, I have an appointment. Let's go together next time." Shi Xirou smiled and waved her hand, saying goodbye to them.
Rong Jian's car parked at the school gate, and the two of them went to a Western restaurant for lunch together.
Hearing him mention earning over 30 billion from the Middle East, Shi Xirou immediately glared at Rong Jian, "Okay, you don't have to say anymore. I'm jealous, and my heart is turning black."
Rong Jian laughed, "I'll apologize later."
Shi Xirou opened the jewelry box, and inside lay a peacock sapphire necklace, "This is what Shen Ci intended to bid for Xiang Yu, but it turned out to be won by you."
"Whoever gets it first gets it. I think it looks good on you."
Shi Xirou picked up the necklace and couldn't let it go.
After a while, she stared at Rong Jian with great interest, "Tell me, what gift do you want in return? If I can't do it now, I can save it for later."
Rong Jian said without hesitation: "Let's save it for later."
"So what do you want me to do? Something 18+?"
After these words were spoken, Rong Jian was so frightened that he almost rear-ended the car in front.
The culprit silently grabbed the seat belt and apologized quietly: "Sorry."
Rong Jian said nothing, but his ears turned red.
Thinking about it carefully, the return gift he just wanted could indeed change from a simple one to that kind of tendency.
Fortunately, both of them were in a mysterious awkwardness and tacitly avoided the topic, remaining silent all the way until they arrived at the restaurant.
After dinner, Rong Jian sent her back to Huohuang and said, "I'll pick you up in the evening."
"Um."
There was a meeting today, so Shi Xirou went straight to the meeting room. Everyone was ready, and everything was ready except for the boss.
As soon as she sat down, Cao Wei opened the PPT and analyzed the data of the 18 trainees in the past few days.
Shi Xirou listened and read the information at the same time. She had to admit that this group of trainees who had not yet debuted were much luckier than Storm Youth League. There were more than 60,000 live audiences for their first stage performance, and tens of millions of fans of their seniors were following them online.
After their performance videos were leaked, several trainees had over 10,000 posts on their super topic. The most popular trainee, Cui Chenghao, had 169,000 fans. Shi Xirou still remembered that this person was recommended by Li Anni and had strong dancing skills.
After the meeting lasted for more than an hour, another group of people came in. The staff from the Art Management Department brought 18 trainees to the meeting room.
Among them, there are 11 Dragons, 1 Dragon-Thai mixed-race person, 1 Dragon-French mixed-race person, and 5 South Koreans. The youngest is 18 years old and the oldest is 25 years old. Their height is the smallest difference among all aspects.
Shi Xirou didn't have much contact with them, but she was still able to match their faces and names.
As soon as they came in, they bent down to greet the leaders and hesitated about where to sit.
An Ke said, "Everyone sit in the front."
The trainees quickly picked an empty seat and sat down.
Shi Xirou noticed with her sharp eyes that the chair of Ning Fei, the trainee closest to her, was half empty and he didn't dare to look her in the eye. Not only him, but most of the trainees were so stiff that they didn't dare to move.
Is this a cannibalism convention? Why are you so nervous?
Shi Xirou deliberately called Ning Fei's name and asked him what he was afraid of.
Ning Fei stood up suddenly, and with a bang, the stool fell to the ground.
He was so scared that he apologized everywhere, and finally said timidly to Shi Xirou: "Boss, I'm afraid I won't be on the debut list."
He was interviewed with Wei Jibei and other trainees, but was rejected and not selected for Storm Youth Group. He trained in another classroom.
"Who told you that the debut list will be announced today?"
Ning Fei scratched his head awkwardly, "No one told us, we just guessed it ourselves."
"Don't make blind guesses and scare yourself. Sit down. But..." Shi Xirou changed the subject, and sure enough, the fishes were frightened again and looked at her nervously.
"You will enter the training camp on the 20th and compete with trainees from several other companies for debut spots. There will be 101 trainees in total. The final number of trainees will be kept secret for the time being, and admission will be based on merit."
The trainees' faces turned visibly paler.
The trainees in the same company are already strong enough and the competition is fierce enough, and now there are so many new opponents. The boss is really cruel, alas.
"Those 83 trainees have already been selected. I don't know how capable they are, but I hope that you all will be in the top 20 of the audience vote. Don't embarrass us, Fire Phoenix."
"What you have to remember is that this program is very important. As long as you are on the debut list, you will not be short of stages and resources."
After Shi Xirou finished speaking, she glanced at An Ke, indicating that it was Minister An's home turf.
Enke's expression was dull as she stared at the trainees and said in a deep voice, "The program is called 'Dream Takes Flight 2027'. Xue Bingbing will be the initiator of the boy group. Shao Cheng, Ling Lang, and two other mentors from the company will be your homeroom teachers..."
The show is live 24 hours a day, so don't think about anything else. Netizens are watching. Think carefully before you say or do anything. Don't record in the morning and then have it fall apart in the afternoon..."
While Encore was speaking, Shi Xirou couldn't help but snap her fingers. Hmm, why did she feel like some of the words were pointing at her?
Woo woo, her hands and her mouth are always out of control of her brain.
She used to be such a reserved lady, but lately she has been embarrassing herself in front of Rong Jian, as if she was possessed by evil spirits.
The 24 female trainees followed the meeting closely, and when they heard that it was over, several of them ran to find out the news.
"What's going on? Why do you all look so hopeless? Are you all out?"
"Who's on the debut list? Is it still seven people?"
"Have we been called to a meeting?"
"Ah..." Ning Fei sighed, "Don't mention it, it's more terrifying than eliminating me on the spot."
"I have to compete with trainees from other companies for a debut spot. From 17 opponents, it instantly becomes 100. I wonder how many teammates there will be..."
The girls' eyes widened immediately. "No way, could it be that we are like this too?"
"You're not. From what the boss said, you will be selected from within the company. It's a 9-member girl group. You don't need to compete with other trainees. The director and the others will decide which of you will debut."
The girls breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good, that's good. If we can't even beat our own team, how can we have the energy to compete with others?"
"The boss must have her reasons for doing this. And those 83 competitors can't all be very strong, otherwise the company will be ruined. There are probably some strong ones, but not many.
You have to have confidence in yourself, you can do it."
"The show will be recorded soon. Come on, everyone, fight for the debut spots and they are all from our company."
“We only vote for you.”
The girls were satisfied with the news and left happily.
The male trainees looked at each other in bewilderment: "...Alas, alas——"
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