But Lin Zui only doubted herself for two seconds.
Moments later, she quickly turned to Jiang Ye and asked, "What kind of spell did you cast on us?"
Jiang Ye raised her hands in surrender, "Iâm completely innocent this time."
She blinked, pretending to be innocent and pure, "You guys chose to believe it, I didnât force you, right?"
Lin Zui: "..."
But Lin Zui looked around at her teammates, and they were all nodding in agreement.
Lin Zui was speechless for half a second, then she concluded, "The world has gone mad."
"Well,"
Jiang Ye put a piece of fatty beef in her mouth, "The truth is, itâs all about faith."
"Donât believe me? Ask Zhiyi and Tan Meng, theyâre the best examples."
Shen Zhiyi remembered that after Jiang Ye told her to be confident, she had really turned her life around, so she nodded.
Tan Meng thought about how Jiang Yeâs stargazing had come true, so she nodded too.
Lin Zui: "..."
Lin Zui chuckled, "You should stop being an idol after ten years, you should go preach instead."
"Youâre right."
Jiang Ye smiled, "I think being an idol is actually a kind of preaching."
"The people in the audience are my followers, they offer me their reverence, love, and admiration, and I become their god of dreams in their world."
"Stop, stop."
Lin Zui was covered in goosebumps, "My perfectly good job sounds so scary when you put it that way."
Jiang Ye nodded in agreement and changed the topic, "By the way, havenât we decided on our team leader yet?"
"Did the manager say anything? Will we record it later or choose ourselves first?"
"Whatever."
Lin Zui immediately forgot about the game she had lost a few hours ago, and she was eager to try, "Why donât we play another round, whoever wins gets to be the team leader."
The other four: "..."
Jiang Ye immediately said, "I suggest Lin Zui."
Cheng Zhen: "Agree."
Shen Zhiyi: "I have no objections."
Tan Meng: "Itâs not like I disagree."
Lin Zui: "?"
Jiang Ye didnât say this without any basis.
Lin Zui was the team leader in her previous group, she had experience.
And in terms of age, she was also the oldest of the five.
⦠Of course, if you counted her previous life, Jiang Ye would definitely be the oldest.
But who wants to be the team leader, such a tiring job.
If she could be the maknae, she would definitely be the maknae.
The maknaeâs role is much more popular than the team leaderâs role.
Jiang Ye took the lead and clapped, "Unanimous vote, letâs congratulate Lin Zui on becoming the team leader!"
The others followed suit, clapping.
Lin Zui: "..."
She almost choked on a mouthful of green bean noodles.
After they finished eating hot pot, everyone went to check out the dance studio in the villa.
The dance studio wasnât very big, but it was more than enough for the five of them.
Cheng Zhen walked around for a while, then lay down directly on the floor of the studio.
"Oh my god, Iâve been turned into a masochist."
She covered her face and took a deep breath, "Now, I just want to lie down in the dance studio, it feels like Iâm really an idol."
Tan Meng chimed in, "Iâve always been like that. I only feel like an idol when Iâm in the dance studio."
The five of them lay down on the floor of the practice room.
Jiang Ye reached out, grabbed towards the ceiling, and chuckled, "Itâs good, this will probably be our second dorm."
"After all, weâll definitely have to stay up late practicing if we need to prepare for a stage."
She paused, "Although our group only has two yearsâ¦"
Lin Zui immediately said, "Stop being sentimental."
"Can you let me finish?"
Jiang Ye continued, "Although itâs only two years, I believe that with the five of us, within two years, 5tars will definitely become the top girl group in China!"
Cheng Zhen was the first to agree, "I believe it too!"
Tan Meng: "Of course, itâs obvious."
Shen Zhiyi smiled, "Yeah."
Lin Zui: "..."
Lin Zui had always been someone who didnât believe in those superstitious things.
She didnât believe in metaphysics, she didnât believe in making wishes, she didnât believe in fate.
She had been half-popular and half-obscure for all these years, and she hadnât made much progress.
She wasnât in a hurry, but the company was, the manager even asked someone to read her birth chart, and the master said that she should change her name, that her current name made her destined to be obscure.
Lin Zui was furious at the time.
This name was given to her by her parents with great hopes, how could she change it?
She refused to change it no matter what.
So, she continued to be obscure.
She was so obscure that her original group disbanded.
She was so obscure that she came to participate in a show and still didnât get the C position.
But even so, Lin Zui didnât feel like it was a big deal.
The only thing that made her feel a little different was Jiang Ye.
Jiang Ye was different from her.
She only had two years of trainee experience.
But before she even debuted, she was already being touted by a bunch of people as the future superstar of Chinaâs entertainment industry, the ceiling of the idol world, a human enchantress who attracted fans, everyone who had seen her basically liked her.
Some people said that Jiang Ye was just destined to be popular, that it was in her genes.
But Lin Zui knew that wasnât true.
There was only one reason why Jiang Ye could get to this point, and that was because she deserved it.
"Fine."
Lin Zui said, "I believe it too."
Jiang Ye smiled and looked at her, "Your tone sounds a little reluctant."
"No."
Lin Zui put her hand behind her head and chuckled, "This time, itâs real."
I donât believe in fate.
But I believe in you.
If you say you can do it, then we can definitely do it.
Since they had just debuted, 5tars was still in the early stages of everything.
The preparation for their debut album had already been put on the schedule, and in a few days, the five of them would be entering a busy period of practice.
Although their debut heat was still there, they would be semi-closed off during their practice period.
Once they debuted, it wouldnât be like the show, where the program team would release materials every day to ensure the trainees had exposure.
So, Jiang Ye thought long and hard and decided to start a live stream.
This was a way to maintain their fans, and it was also basic idol work.
After all, fans would leave quickly if they didnât have a certain level of exposure.
After all, girl group fans are notoriously fickle, if they donât show their faces at all, maybe there wonât be many fans left by the time their next stage comes around.
As soon as Jiang Ye opened her live stream, the heat almost skyrocketed.
Jiang Ye waved to the camera, "Hello everyone."
"Iâve been reading the private messages youâve sent me these past few days."
Although the private messages and comments were exploding, she was still trying to read them all.
"Iâve also received the messages from before, Iâll read them slowly, maybe Iâll record a vlog reading them one day when I have time."
"Oh, you guys made emojis."
"Of course, I saw them."
Jiang Ye couldnât help but laugh when she said this, "You guys made emojis after I cried so hard on my debut day, are you heartless?"
Not only did they make them, but they also promoted them widely.
Now, their five-person group chat was also using her emojis, and the scene was quite funny.
"Letâs just chat with everyone casually today."
Jiang Ye blinked, "What do you guys want to talk about? Iâm up for anything!"
ãRoom assignments, room assignments, room assignments!ã
ãMe too! Iâve been craving this for so long!! I want the room assignment gossip!!!ã
ãBaby, can you tell Mom who your roommates are?ã
Jiang Ye said, "I have a single room."
She saw all the comments scrolling by and was confused, "Are you guys that disappointed?"
Fans werenât really disappointed.
It was just that they had only debuted recently, and the CP fans of each pairing had already started making posts about who Jiang Ye would share a room with.
Among them, the Jiang Ye and Lin Zui CP fans had the most reason.
After all, they had been roommates for a month, their living habits had become routine, it wouldnât be too much to choose them again, right?
Then there were the Lin Shen Ye Mao CP fans, who were very imposing due to their numbers.
So what if you were roommates for a month? That was because Jiang Ye and Lin Zui werenât close back then.
Look at the embrace we saw at the finals, which got over ten thousand reposts.
Are they close now? Theyâre very close! Donât you dare disrespect the US Empire.
The Ye You Suo Meng CP fans also had their reasons.
Before Jiang Ye arrived, she had shared a room with Tan Meng.
She didnât choose Tan Meng as her roommate because Tan Meng hadnât performed well during the initial evaluation and had to go to a four-person room.
Now that they were back on the same starting line, it was uncertain who Jiang Ye would choose.
Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, as the North Pole of Jiang Yeâs CPs, didnât plan to make a bet.
But everyone else was going crazy, so they joined in the fun.
What if there was an upset?
Jiang Yeâs heart was a mystery.
So, the forum actually had a thousand-story building about who Jiang Ye would choose, it was like a scene from a princess selection show.
But in the end, after a thousand-story fight, Jiang Ye didnât choose anyone.
All the CP fans: "..."
Well, thatâs a unique way to play both sides.
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At the same time, there was some controversy on 5tarsâ official Weibo.
They posted a Weibo post asking fans to suggest fan names and support colors. The official Weibo would choose the top five suggestions with the most likes and let 5tars choose their favorites from those.
Currently, the most popular support color was gold.
Then, they were suddenly attacked.
The attackers were fans of the Sunflower group.
This group had debuted from another talent show last year, and their support color was sunflower yellow.
So, their fans used this as a reason to stop 5tarsâ fans from choosing gold.
5tarsâ fans thought it was ridiculous.
Why couldnât they use gold?
ãBecause gold is our support color, youâre copying us.ã
Fans: "?"
Many celebrities in the entertainment industry have their own support colors, isnât it very common to have the same support color?
Besides, our two groups arenât related at all, what does it matter if we have the same support color?
The fans even politely compared color cards, your support color is sunflower yellow, ours is star gold, thatâs not considered copying.
But the Sunflower fans had a better reason.
Theyâre both girl groups, right?
They both came from talent shows, right?
Although the shows are different, the two groups might meet in the entertainment industry in the future, and wouldnât their support colors get mixed up then?
Although the colors are slightly different, the difference is negligible when made into light sticks.
We debuted earlier, you debuted later, so you have to change.
As for why weâre scolding you during the suggestion phase.
Isnât that obvious?
Itâs not like weâll scold you after the selection, if I scold you now, youâll delete the suggestion now, donât be ignorant.
5tars fans: "?"
5tars fans thought this was hilarious.
But they thought these people were just joking, that it would just be a little spat within the fandom.
But they didnât say anything, they just mentioned that 5tarsâ C position was live-streaming, and the next second, they directly stormed into Jiang Yeâs live stream and started spamming comments.
ã! Please change 5tarsâ support color suggestion!!ã
ã! Please stop 5tarsâ fans from copying their seniors!ã
Jiang Ye, who was happily chatting with her fans: "?"
No, wait, your attitude.
Whoâs copying who, exactly?