CH 11

That night on Weibo, the hot search #misssimilar# immediately hit the top 12 hot searches and then quickly rose to the top 3 hot searches. The popularity was soaring at the speed of a rocket.

Videos and hot posts about this song can be seen almost everywhere on many major video sites and forums. The song itself has airborne on major music charts, directly occupying the top position of major music charts with an extremely powerful posture.

After one night of fermenting, the song “Miss Similar” popularity has not dropped but it has increased. The perfect performance of the girls’ group in the “National Couple” team competition, the brainwashing melody, and the sharp lyrics complement each other, directly attracting countless passers-by to pay attention to this show. Even many passers-by watched the show and were attracted by the members of the girl group, and many members got a lot of fans. With Jiang Ting as the main focus, her number of fans has almost doubled.

The voting channel was opened and her votes exceeded one million in just one night, widening the gap with other trainees with a huge gap in votes.

Behind her was Xu Jiayin from the boys’ group, with a high vote of 47.000. After that, Lin Xinxiang, as a shocking bug, was a super dark horse counterattacked with 230,000 votes and ranked behind Xu Jiayin.

The level of individual vote results means ranking, and the score will increase at any time, and the ranking is naturally fluid. The personal ranking list is switched every hour. The avatar borders of the top three trainees have this exclusive small gold, silver, and copper crown spread out in a pyramid trend.

The gap in the team competition was even more frightening. The girls’ group had 880,000 votes, while the boys’ group had only 230,000 votes. The comparison was too tragic.

At the same time, the advantages of this song did not completely break out. Not only did a group of trainees gain attention, but more importantly, the “National Couple” program broke into the public’s attention as an absolute dark horse. It has attracted numerous fans to Tengfei Entertainment APP and brought huge traffic. The next day, Tengfei Entertainment even held a board of directors meeting to increase investment in the program group. They must maintain the program at this level.

The director and screenwriter of the program group looked at the 100 million investment they had received and frowned.

Just now, Tengfei Entertainment, the largest investor and producer of “National Couple”, sent someone to say that the quality of “Miss Similar” is very good, and they hope the program group will continue to maintain it in the future. After hearing this, the director directly said that the song was not made by himself at all, but by a contestant.

However, the other party did not care about these. Just told the director that the quality of the program must be maintained, and money was not a problem.

Director: “…”

After a while, the other party left. In the office, the director looked at the newly acquired investment and sighed.

“Hey, forget it, that’s a monstrous evildoer, and you can not hold back this kind of person’s ascension.”

The screenwriter asked cautiously: “How can we explain to Mr. Lei about it?”

The director recalled the person who had not yet aired, however already conquered the public judges’ double PK competition with an absolute attitude and then took a deep breath.

“It does not matter. Anyway, Boss Lei did not say that his niece must make a debut. It is enough. If he is still not satisfied, let him withdraw the capital. Now that we have more than 20 million yuan, we are not afraid of him withdrawing.”

After making this decision, the director put out the cigarette butts and his thoughts drifted away. He inexplicably recalled the double PK competition between the two people who were so amazing and had a tacit understanding in the last episode. He is sure that the popularity of the next episode of the program group will explode again.

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Time goes back to two weeks ago.

The first three days of high-intensity practice for the girls’ group ended.

On the fourth day, the girls got up early and went to the boys’ practice room on the 3rd floor in groups, intending to find their partners.

At this time, Jiang Ting in the bedroom was still thinking about what song she would choose, so she asked the system.

“System, please recommend some songs sung by the duo.”

The system dutifully searched for the famous duo from various countries on the earth, and the one that ranked first was Phoenix Legend.

Jiang Ting looked at Phoenix Legend’s representative work: ‘The Most Dazzling National Style’. She wanted to cry after seeing it.

Next, she scrolls down.

Chopsticks Brothers, representative work: ‘Little Apple’, she cried again.

Jiang Ting frowned until she saw a group name. It was: ‘Trouble Maker’.

The most popular duo in the history of country H. The title song ‘Trouble Maker’ of the first mini-album with the same name, had won eight places, equivalent to eight champions. In 2011, it can be said that their debut became popular and the two members became even more popular because of this song, and the invitations never stopped.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Ting called the system directly.

“’Trouble Maker’, I bought it, and the points will be deducted directly.”

[Ding, 10 points will be deducted.]

Immediately afterward, Jiang Ting was shocked. With a familiar smile on her face, obviously she is very satisfied. She memorized the melody and dance of the song in her heart.

Half an hour later, she made the accompaniment of ‘Trouble Maker’ on the computer, especially borrowed from the program group. She copied it on the USB flash drive and then wrote the Chinese version of the lyrics produced by the system.

She put down the pen, and after finishing packing, she stretched and murmured half-squinted.

“Now, it’s time to find him.”

A few minutes later, Jiang Ting walked to the boys’ practice room. The door was wide open and she could see Xu Jiayin surrounded by the female trainees.

Even Jiang Ting heard Xu Ya’s soft voice. She stared deeply at Xu Jiayin and said, “Xu Jiayin, if you partner and join forces with me, you will never be disappointed.”

But before Xu Jiayin could speak, other girls retorted.

“Xu Jiayin, if you choose Xu Ya, no one will set you off. She is so strong, maybe she will steal your limelight.” Hong Shiyu said eloquently.

“That’s right, buddy. I’m different, if you want to perform a sing, dance, or rap, this sister can accompany you. The decathlon is here, if you don’t choose, are you stupid?” Meng Yu patted Xu Jiayin’s chest.

“Pick me, I sing best.”

“I dance very well, Xu Jiayin looks at me.”

…

The girls’ competition for Xu Jiayin has heated up. The male trainees looked at a group of girls ignoring them, and their faces were not very good.

They don’t understand what the girls’ group wants to do.

Three days ago, Xin Jiu, who ranked 5th in the boys’ group, ran to the girls’ practice room early, intending to take the lead in finalizing the matter of the duo, but was kicked out by the captain Jiang Ting, who talked to him coldly.

“For three days, no boys are allowed to find members of our girls’ group. Please send me a message.”

Her indifferent tone frightened Xin Jiu, he hurriedly ran and hurried back to tell others.

The boys all feel very different. Don’t the girls plan to choose a partner? Afterward, they received news from the program team that it turned out that the girls’ group was fully training for the team competition and did not plan to choose a partner for the time being. But on the fourth day, the girls’ group would take the initiative to communicate with the male trainees to become partners.

With the definite news and knowing that it will not affect their rehearsal for the PK competition, the male trainees also put aside their worries. While working hard on team training, they waited for the arrival of the female trainees on the fourth day.

But no one expected that on the fourth day, the female trainees would come, but the scene would become like this.

At 7 o’clock in the morning, a group of girls blocked the door of the boys’ practice room before the boys got up. At 7:30, the boys get up, wash and have breakfast. It was almost 8 o’clock, and then they came to the practice room in droves.

In an instant, they were shocked by the female trainees sitting or standing at the door.

After they reacted, they quickly opened the door of the practice room and invited the girls in together.

Then, in front of this scene, a group of girls rushed toward Xu Jiayin. They surrounded him and frantically pressed him to choose his favorite partner.

Seeing this scene, the other male trainees felt sore and aggrieved. The difference in treatment was too great. But they do not know the worries in the girls’ hearts at this time.

After these three days of training, the girls only felt that their captain was too strong. If they find a weak partner, they might be defeated by Jiang Ting, so they must choose a strong male partner.

As for the male trainees, at present, Xu Jiayin is the strongest and has the greatest potential. The female trainees are tempted, and they think they should try to ask Xu Jiayin first, maybe they will win him. Anyway, if you try and win him, you will earn blood, and if you did not get him, you will not lose anything.

No matter how bad it is, no matter who gets it, at least they do not want it if it is their captain who gets it. After all, if these two people cooperate, is it necessary for other people to participate in this show? Wouldn’t it be best for the two to debut as a group?

However, there are no absolutes. As time goes by, there are naturally female trainees who choose other people, such as Lin Xinxiang.

In the past three days, her relationship with Jiang Ting has been pretty good. Last night, she specifically asked the other party, if she had to pick a partner, who she should partner with.

Jiang Ting asked her, what style of the song are you going to sing in the competition?

Lin Xinxiang thought about it for a while and finally decided to sing a love song. She herself is not good at dancing and at the qualification competition, she was ruined which made Lin Xinxiang hate dancing. Coupled with the praise of instructor He Xi and the encouragement of Jiang Ting, she felt that she could sing well. If she sang love songs well, she would attract fans very well.

Then, Jiang Ting recommended three names.

“Xu Jiayin, Xu Zhengxuan, Shi Yi.”

In the beginning, Lin Xinxiang also chose Xu Jiayin along with other girls, but when Xu Jiayin was surrounded by a group of girls and fell into the embarrassing situation that he didn’t know who to answer, Lin Xinxiang suddenly gave up the fight to continue.

She went to Shi Yi, who was ranked ninth in the qualification round. She thought she was the last among the girls in the qualification round, and the opponent was the second-to-last among the boys in the qualification round. Aren’t the two of them a good match?

As a result, Shi Yi looked embarrassed.

“Trainee Lin, I’m sorry. My strength is not very good, plus you…” He paused, Lin Xinxiang bowed and apologized before he finished speaking.

“Sorry, I didn’t think it through.”

After speaking, she turned and left. Shi Yi looked at her, opened his mouth, and wanted to ask her to stay, but he didn’t say it in the end.

Lin Xinxiang pursed her lips, remembering Jiang Ting’s words again, and she decided to try again. She didn’t believe, none of the ten people was willing to be her partner.

After a few minutes, while everyone’s eyes were on Xu Jiayin and a group of female trainees, she mustered up her courage and ran to find Xu Zhengxuan, who was ranked fourth in the qualifying competition.

“Hello, Trainee Xu, can you be my partner? My PK competition style is lyrical, are you interested?”

Lin Xinxiang didn’t get an answer until she heard a deep and magnetic voice.

“How did you come up with me as your partner?”

Lin Xinxiang was shy by his straightforward question, but she still decided to tell the truth.

“Our captain recommended three partner names to me. Let me try, you are one of them.”

Xu Zhengxuan asked subconsciously.

“Your captain is Jiang Ting?”

“That’s right.”

“She recommended you come to me and said we were suitable partners?”

“Although she did not say it directly, the meaning is similar.” Lin Xinxiang replied.

After that, Xu Zhengxuan stopped talking.

As time passed, Lin Xinxiang stood opposite Xu Zhengxuan, watching him frown, without saying a word, feeling uneasy, and her mood fell to the bottom.

At this time, Xu Zhengxuan opened his mouth slightly, as if to speak.

Just when she thought that the other party was going to reject her, she heard a sound of heaven that made her instantly happy.

“Since your captain thinks so from her perspective, there should be no problem with us being a team. I agree to be your partner.”

After the two became partners, they sat in the corner and began to discuss how to play.

When the other trainees saw it, a touch of envy appeared in their eyes. They envied that Xu Zhengxuan was the first to find a partner. Shi Yi naturally saw it, he didn’t say anything, but his eyes became subtle.

At this time, a staff member walked in from the door. He walked towards Chen Yi who was meticulously practicing dancing in front of the mirror and shouted.

“Chen Yi, come out, someone is looking for you outside.”

Immediately, the words of the staff attracted the attention of everyone present.

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The author has something to say:

Ranking of the boys’ group:

Xu Jiayin: 39 [1]

Sheng Kai: 36 [2]

Lin Yu: 33 [3]

Xu Zhengxuan: 31 [4]

Xin Jiu: 30 [5]

Yin Ziyu: 30 [6]

Liu Zhongming: 28 [7]

Luo Tianning: 27 [8]

Shi Yi: 24 [9]

Chen Yi: 20 [10]

Translator’s Comment:

Hi, everyone. I am Orthez, the translator. ( o｜◕ˇ▽ˇ◕｜ツ )

Which one of you also a fan of Xu Jiayin? ╰(⸝⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝⸝)╯

Fufufufu.. Is anyone curios who called Chen Yi out? Raise your hand.. ╰(✧∇✧)