Chapter 74

Everything went in the direction that Jiang Juyou had planned, except for the tickets.

She thought that she would sell 84,000 tickets from the beginning of the show, and there would be many fans who would join the show during the period. She thought that she would be able to sell a lot of tickets on the day of the finale. However, she didn't expect that the tickets were sold out half an hour after the ticket sales.

"..."

She put away her phone and sighed, "...I almost forgot that these people can generate tens of millions of revenue for the company just by buying a small card."

The sale of these tens of thousands of tickets also attracted the attention of marketing accounts. In just a short period of time, many related videos were made.

Random Entertainment used these 80,000 tickets to prove its ability to make a name for itself even without cooperating with other capital. As a result, more and more brands were eyeing the finale GG position.

Fans joked directly with each other, saying that Random Entertainment has finally started to reap the profits.

First, they ruined the show, then they announced the debut competition, and then they warmed up the show. All in all, it took no more than a week, but it was this week that they managed to keep everyone's expectations just right.

At 8 o'clock on Sunday night, the show was launched on the Zimo Station platform on time.

Liu Yue sat on the carpet and prayed before clicking start, hoping not to see any scenes that would give her a heart attack.

After clicking start, the program's logo animation flashed, and the opening scene was a plane flying across the sky -

Jiang Juyou, who got off the plane, was wearing sunglasses, with the corners of her mouth turned down and her eyebrows twisted into the shape of the Chinese character "川". Her assistant followed behind her, helping her pull her luggage. Jiang Juyou in front of her looked down at the tablet with a bad expression.

After getting on the nanny car, Jiang Juyu, who had been bandaging her face, finally spoke, "Tell the driver to hurry up

, we're going to be late." The scene changed, and the trainees in the practice room were sitting by the wall, and the teachers were sitting on the sofa. Everyone was waiting for something quietly. After a few seconds, the door of the practice room was pushed open. Jiang Juyu, who pushed the door open, first apologized, and then immediately said, "Let's start."

What was being conducted at this time was the last end-of-month evaluation. As everyone knows, it was Group C that won the only time in the past few months. Later, the official account of the trainees also released related videos and highlights.

The focus of this section is not the end-of-month evaluation, but -

"The five-month training ends here." Jiang Juyou closed the iPad, put it aside, looked directly at the group of teenagers in front of him, and said firmly, "From now on, it's your debut competition."

The trainees who had been lowering their heads and looking down all looked up at Jiang Juyou, with panic and doubt in their eyes.

The barrage also became flustered:

"?"

"The debut competition started so early?"

"Good guys, it turns out that you guys started it right away without telling us?"

Everyone thought that the debut competition would start after returning to China, but in fact, it had already started a month ago.

Jiang Juyu said to the trainees: "The competition system is very simple. It is what you have been doing repeatedly for the past five months."

"Team showdown."

"Self-sufficiency."

"The winner takes all."

The screen turned black, and the words spoken by Jiang Juyu were magnified and close-up, allowing the audience to remember these words more deeply.

She explained, "In the next few months, you need to choose your own demo, write your own lyrics, choreograph your own dance, design your own stage, choose your own makeup, and decide on your own concept."

"Who will decide the winner of the group showdown?"

Jiang Juyou stood up, and the staff next to her moved the big screen over. She walked over and pointed to the account on it and said, "The data will determine who will win and who will lose."

She said that the account she was referring to was the Douyin account of each group. The company had already opened accounts for the three groups in advance, and the account name was the group name they gave themselves.

@Alpha＿official

@BanananA＿official

@Circlecenter＿official

Domestic Douyin and foreign TK have all been registered.

"The songs you choose and the stages you create have wider popularity. The more people like them, the closer you are to winning."

"And in the end, I will be from the winning team..."

She paused.

"Select five people to debut as members of Timetrain."

"In other words, 21 to 5."

"Fuck!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh I can't live anymore!"

"…………Speechless."

"In the group showdown, kill the outsiders first, then kill the insiders, why not kill me?"

Jiang Juyou handed over the right to choose to the public, and this public was not the fans who had already made a clear choice, but the broader world.

In this era where short videos are king, if a song can become popular on short videos, there is basically no need to worry about subsequent resources, and there will naturally be invitations to various commercial performances and programs.

Jiang Juyou also took this into account, so she included short video operations in this debut competition. These trainees are her flags, and so are the trainees' fans.

Because there is no environment where fans vote to determine the winner, in order to make their favorite idols win, they can only act as tap water to promote songs on various platforms. Fans have much more ideas and power than random entertainment operation teams, and their fancy activities can solve the problems of song promotion and group publicity.

Spend little money to do big things, this is what Jiang Juyou has learned in the past six months.

After introducing the TK account, Jiang Juyou also introduced the seven accounts opened on YTB, and specifically indicated them in the subtitles to facilitate overseas fans to search and follow.

This survival competition will not only be broadcast in China, but also simultaneously broadcast abroad, especially for Southeast Asia. Jiang Juyou has opened channels in seven languages, including Chinese, English, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, and Spanish, and issued subtitles separately.

"Overseas data is also the key to determining your victory or defeat."

"Wow..."

"This plan is amazing."

"I was wondering why Random Entertainment went to Beijing Foreign Studies University to recruit people some time ago!!!"

"Making subtitles alone... wow."

"Will there be an overseas tour?"

Jiang Juyu said as soon as the message came out on the bullet screen: "In the later stage of the show, we will also have tours, domestic tours, and international tours - I hope everyone can produce a stage that will not make people frown even if it is put on a big stage."

"Then, the debut competition starts now!" Jiang Juyu said, and smiled.

"What the hell, overseas tour?!"

"Very good, I didn't get the one in Hangzhou, so I can go to the ones abroad."

"Sometimes I really want to dig into Jiang Juyou's brain to see how he came up with these plans."

"It makes my blood boil, is our Cpop finally going to take over the world?"

Liu Yue, who was watching the show, also paused eating potato chips. She opened her mouth and tilted her head slightly, "Hiss... Why didn't I see that she has such a talent as a producer before?"

After a short transition animation, the trainees were divided into separate groups and met with music producers to give feedback on the type of music they wanted and look for demos.

Because it started a month in advance, they had two months to prepare and produce, but even so, it was very tight.

The three groups were very smart, and the first card they played was the genre they were best at.

For example, Group A had a very high level of vocals, so they were discussing whether to put more emphasis on vocals and sacrifice some stage performances. Group B had more rappers and dancers, and they were the most relaxed and enjoyed the stage the most. They were also the group that won the most first places in the overseas training in the past six months. When they met with the music producer, they emphasized that they wanted hip-hop songs.

As for Group C...

the seven people in the practice room sat together. Gao Xiayu held an iPad in his hand. After looking around, he said, "We can't think of our own things. It's too chaotic. So let's agree today that everyone's responsibilities will be decided. I'll be responsible for coming up with the concept and giving the theme. We'll choose the songs together. Ye Xing and Chi Qiao will be in charge of the makeup. After you two have determined the theme, you can discuss and decide on the costumes, so that the styling teachers can prepare in time."

After he finished speaking, he took notes and then looked at Yao Shuo and Chen Wu next to him, "You two and I will be responsible for writing lyrics and music according to the concept and theme after the songs are decided. Is that OK?"

The two nodded.

"Chi Qiao, Pei Luming, Sang Mo, you are in charge of dance choreography and stage design. You must communicate with the stage design teacher in a timely manner and do not delay the preparation of stage props." After Gao Xiayu decided on everyone's responsibilities, he immediately said, "Okay, then let me first talk about our theme and song style this time."

Gao Xiayu was wearing a sweatshirt. Maybe because of the heat, he took it off halfway, revealing one arm. He also had a knitted hat on his head. He spoke while tapping on the iPad, drawing everyone's attention to him.

"I think we should be more cautious and not choose concepts that are too difficult, just keep it simple and suit our temperament. Because Jiang Zhi said that everything should be decided by data, so we should be more approachable and choose songs that are approachable and can spread quickly."

"So to keep it simple, we will set the concept as high school students in their prime. This will make it convenient to shoot short videos and easier for everyone to imitate."

The other little chickens nodded after listening. They didn't know if they understood it or not, but they were all used to listening to Gao Xiayu's command, so after he finished speaking, no one objected and decided to do it this way.

"As for song selection, I prefer light-hearted R&B, which is easier to choreograph. As for the lyrics... I suggest going in the direction of young people enjoying their youth. After all, we are minors, and we still have to consider the issue of approval."

When Gao Xiayu said this, the others had no objection, they just nodded, and only the barrage was going crazy.

“Fuck... this brain... if he doesn’t be the captain, who will be the captain...”

“No, what does he mean by taking off half of it? How can I continue listening? All my attention is on his arm, I’m so greedy!”

“Gao Xiayu, you really, I’m crying, you actually considered passing the review!”

“So smart! Hurry! Upload the information! I want to

jump straight into the pit!” “Wuwuwuwuwuwu, I can’t do without one more person from Group C ahhhh!”

“Group C really has a clear division of labor, and everyone is indispensable. I really can’t understand, how can 21 make it into 5?!”

After deciding on the topic and direction, they entered the song screening session.

These songs were all selected by Jiang Juyou. The A&R department has already produced four albums for the boy band. Each album was condensed into an album after screening hundreds of songs. Many of the songs that were screened out were not suitable for albums, but could be used as singles for activities.

They searched among the songs that Jiang Juyou had screened, which was like picking gold from a pile of diamonds. At best, they were all beautiful diamonds, but I didn't know if they could find the gold.

The content of the first episode ended here, and it was broadcast to the stage where they had screened the songs and decided on the music.

The content of this episode caused a huge response on the Internet. The audience did not expect that the life and death decision this time was not necessarily the group of people watching the show, but the group of people who used Douyin. Netizens on Douyin also had a great responsibility and were suddenly forced to become important officials.

As the marketing account made videos based on this, everyone also knew the format of their debut competition, and the accounts of each group were also increasing rapidly.

There has been no splash abroad for the time being, and only a few fans who have followed them before have watched the show. But even so, they are actively promoting the show like their domestic fans, hoping that the venue will be open when the time comes for overseas tours.

Starting today, the Douyin accounts of their groups have entered a daily update state. The first video released by each group is different. The quieter Group A is a formal greeting, and Group B played a short dance video. Only Group C has completely integrated into Douyin.

When the voice of Sun Wukong appeared, the fans were stunned for a moment, thinking that they had clicked into the video of a funny blogger.

"Family, I'm back home. I drank Beijing's bean juice, ate salted rice, fried dough sticks, soy milk, fried dough sticks, and a whole roast duck. I gained weight and was scolded!"

Several people took a short video of eating and shopping in Beijing. When they weighed themselves at the end, the numbers changed significantly. The staff sisters in the new group all had sour faces.

"It's awesome! The idol has become a funny guy."

"Really? They're all from Beijing!"

"I thought I clicked the wrong one until I saw Pei Luming's pouting mouth."

"It's so funny! Why do you have different styles in your group?" "

Ye Xing, what are you doing with that beautiful face of yours? Why am I asking you?"

“Look! Not all Beijingers drink douzhi! Ye Xing doesn’t drink it!”

“Brother Monkey scared me, I almost thought your account was stolen.”

“What the hell, hahahahahahahaha!”

“Could it be that all handsome guys really have the heart of a funny guy?”

Fans don’t know whose idea it was to make this video, but it is obvious that it is very effective and down-to-earth on the Douyin channel. The data even crushed the other two groups, and it exceeded one million likes in less than an hour.

During the week of waiting for the second episode, the three groups did not stop updating their Douyin accounts, posting videos every day. The other two groups would also follow the hot topics and post some videos related to their industry, such as Dance Challenge, while Group C always followed the setting of funny men and did not appear together. For example, the day after the show was broadcast, it was a video posted by Pei Luming. He seemed to be helping to walk the dog, but was dragged by the dog and ran. The screen in the phone was flying around. Fans still recognized it as Pei Luming's video by his shouting.

This video became the most liked video among the three groups, with more than 7 million likes.

"Where are you going, buddy?"

"Hey guys, that was someone shouting, I thought it was the wind!"

"Dog: So thoughtful! There's even background music!"

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

"Ah? Is this my baby Pei Luming?"

"Baby, why are you flying?"

Every day they have new topics, and because TikTok users know that they need TikTok data, everyone will help to click the "like" button after seeing it.

Who wouldn't be jealous of this popularity among people in the circle, and they wish these people would spoil them for once.

In this heat, the second episode was also launched on time, and the content was their choreography and music.

Because the songs have been decided, we can hear their songs from time to time in this episode. The three groups are different. While groups A and B have very strong styles, the songs selected by group C are a bit mediocre.

Because group A has good vocal skills, they took the risk of choosing a lighter R&B song this time. At the suggestion of the captain, they added the style of Dream Pop, and the song became a slightly sacred and dreamy Pop Song. They also put a lot of effort into the lyrics. Several people kept the dictionary in their hands and had to open it from time to time to look at it.

Group B's song selection is very typical of idols. They put all their focus on the stage design, and the dance is the most difficult. They even invited hundreds of dancers. For this reason, they need to practice in an indoor gymnasium. The song also gives people a passionate feeling, as if they are going to tear the stage apart.

In contrast to these two groups, Group C chose a song that fits their theme. It is light and refreshing. Gao Xiayu and Chen Wu also participated in the composition and arrangement. They also added a wind sound at the beginning. They even drew the MV script themselves so that the members can understand the concept and setting of this song.

Unlike the other two groups, their group is the only one among the three groups that wrote the lyrics in English, but this decision makes the song and lyrics match better, and the content is more smooth and catchy.

In this episode, fans also know why Jiang Juyou has been in Korea for so long, because the lyrics written by the trainees have to be approved by her, and only when she agrees can they start recording.

During this period, Jiang Juyou was tortured badly.

She sat in the music recording studio, looking at the A4 paper in her hand with her forehead, frowning, and a painful expression.

"...I love you, I really love you, Like Sun, I love you, I really love you." Jiang Juyou looked up at the captain of Group A, "Do you think I have a lot of free time?"

This is what the original demo said, and they just translated the English into Chinese.

The captain of Group A stood up immediately, "Sorry Jiang Zhi, I'll go back and ask the kids to change it now!"

When Group B came, Jiang Juyou looked at the lyrics and listened to them once, frowning and asking them, "Did you change the flow of the hook?"

She was talking about the melody of the chorus. Their chorus was a simple and catchy rap, but the rap rhythm seemed to have been changed by them.

"Well... yes, we think it's more brainwashing and easier for the audience to catch." When facing Jiang Juyou, everyone would involuntarily shrink their shoulders and reduce their presence. The two people in Group B lowered their heads while talking, wishing they could squeeze together.

Jiang Juyou rubbed her temples and said angrily, "What's the difference between what you said and the slogans we shouted during military training? One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four!"

After she finished speaking, the two people in Group B were stunned for a moment, as if it was really the rhythm of shouting slogans. The two of them quickly put away the lyrics paper and said, "We will change it back immediately!"

When Group C came, Jiang Juyou no longer had the strength to speak. She warned them in advance, "I have already scolded the two groups just now. Be careful and don't bring garbage to my eyes."

Gao Xiayu and Chen Wu felt a chill in their backs, but they still stepped forward. "...These are our lyrics, and as for the music, we two participated in the production and made some minor changes."

Jiang Juyou had a headache when he heard this, "Why do you have to change it? Do you think that you are better than professional music producers after learning composition for a year?"

Since June last year, the trainees have begun to learn how to use computer software to compose and write lyrics. Among the 21 people who stayed, Chen Wu is the most talented. During the training period in Korea, he also met many musicians and learned a lot.

There are also some songs written. There are two songs composed by Chen Wu in the album prepared by Jiang Juyou, but he is the third one, which accounts for a small proportion.

Most of the songs written by trainees are just for their own enjoyment. If Jiang Juyou comments on them, they are just a bunch of garbage. If they are released, only fans will praise them.

She said this, but still sat up and let them play the song. After the lyrics, she looked carefully and thought they were English lyrics in the demo, but after careful identification, she found that they wrote the English lyrics themselves, and the Chinese meaning was attached under each sentence.

"English?" Jiang Juyou raised an eyebrow.

Gao Xiayu immediately explained, "Yes, we also want to face overseas, so we wrote the lyrics in English."

Jiang Juyou shook the lyrics paper and looked at the two of them, "I have no objection to writing in English, but you have to know that if the pronunciation is not accurate, it will sound uncomfortable. Do you have a native English speaking level?"

The two pursed their lips, and Jiang Juyou said, "Let's play the song first."

The demo was recorded by Pei Luming. He has been attending an international school since he was a child and often went abroad to participate in summer camps. There is almost no difference in his English pronunciation.

The lively melody makes people shake their necks. Jiang Juyou nodded and listened to it, then threw the lyrics paper to the two of them, "If you can sing to Pei Luming's level, you can record it."

It means they agree.

Gao Xiayu and Chen Wu were obviously happy, but they suppressed their joy and said actively: "We will go back and practice!"

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Everyone didn't understand the previous chapter, which may be related to Jiang Juyu's perspective. Then let's feel the situation set by Jiang Juyu from the perspective of fans in the article:

You followed a talent show, which required 7 out of 63. In order to get your pick, you picked the seven people who best suited your preferences from the 63 people. At the end of a few months, the seven people you picked all entered the debut group. They went abroad for training. During the training, you were surprised to find that the seven people you picked were assigned to the same group. From then on, you hoped that the seven of them could debut together.

Now the debut competition is here, and your pick group will compete with the other two groups. After watching the show for a few months, you will become a fan of the group!

The previous chapter only used Group C as an example. It does not mean that Jiang Juyou has been selected to debut with Group C. Everyone thinks that Group C will definitely debut because I wrote about the seven people in Group C in detail. Although I also want to write out all 21 people and let everyone guess, I think you probably can't remember so many people.

The three groups ABC are the same. They are grouped together entirely based on the aesthetics of the fans. This is the same as everyone only likes the appearance or only likes the lead singer, or only likes ACE no matter how many walls they change.

Group A is selected by the group who likes the lead singer, Group B is selected by people who like performance, and Group C is selected by people who like appearance.

Group C is the most popular, which is related to the fact that Chinese people like good-looking people. Ye Xing, Pei Luming, and Sang Mo are all in Group C, so it would be strange if they are not popular.

As for the fact that two people will be eliminated in the end, and the worry that the group fans will scold them, everyone is really worrying too much. In reality, there are not many members who quit the group. The group fans will only feel upset. On the contrary, those who agreed to choose 5 but finally chose 7 will be scolded, and the extent that passers-by who have not watched the show will scold them.

I have been chasing stars for more than ten years and have never seen group fans who treat everyone equally. In the end, everyone will only argue why A can get in but B can't. There are so many people who reserve spots in the selection show. Do you think anyone cares about the person who reserved a spot after the group is formed?

Now you understand what Jiang Juyou has set up!