There were only seven days left before the finals.

The staff gathered the twelve trainees in the finals circle for a small meeting, to give them a brief rundown of the finals situation.

"We’ll need to rehearse the finals flow five or six times to prevent you from getting too nervous when you go on stage."

"But don’t worry, it won’t be too tiring. The first three rehearsals will be a quick run-through, the last three will be full rehearsals with makeup."

"After all, the finals will be live-streamed, it’s better to prepare a few times in advance than to have a mistake during the live stream."

Cheng Zhen had developed post-traumatic stress disorder from the live stream after the fan meeting.

Hearing the word "live stream" now, she couldn’t help but shiver.

She suddenly remembered what Cui Qi had said during the third ranking announcement, and she raised her hand to ask a question, "I heard that we have to stand on stage for six hours during the finals, is that true?"

"Who told you that?"

The staff member solemnly denied it, "It’s not that exaggerated."

Before the trainees could breathe a sigh of relief, the staff member said, "But it will still be five hours."

The trainees instantly started wailing.

Cheng Zhen buried her head in Jiang Ye’s lap and asked listlessly, "Can I still withdraw from the competition now?"

Jiang Ye: "..."

Staff member: "..."

Ignoring the trainees’ wails, the staff member continued, "Anyway, I’ve already given you the finals flow sheets, take a look."

"The finals group performance songs are two songs, you can choose one."

"Then everyone needs to prepare their own individual performances, the time should be around two minutes."

"You have seven days to prepare two stages, that should be no problem, right?"

The remaining trainees had either gone through a group change during the third performance or had rehearsed a new stage in three days during the fan meeting, so they all said that seven days was enough time.

Human potential is truly unlimited.

They had thought that seven days to rehearse one stage was a tight schedule, but now they felt that they could handle two stages in seven days, even with five or six rehearsals for the finals.

After the basic information about the finals was given, the staff member said, "If everyone’s okay with that, then let’s go to the song selection."

All the trainees followed the staff member to the room next door where there was a camera.

The staff member gave each trainee a sheet of lyrics with the sections marked, then played both of the finals group performance songs for them.

Before, they could only listen to a part of the song.

This time, they were able to listen to both songs in their entirety.

The excited trainees flipped through the lyrics sheets quickly, listening and circling sections, excitedly discussing with the people next to them which song and which section they wanted to choose.

Jiang Ye mentally compared the two songs.

The styles of the two songs were actually quite similar.

The first song had more vocals, while the second song had more rap.

She could handle either song.

Tan Meng whispered to her, "Jiang Ye, which one do you want to choose?"

"I’m still thinking about it."

Jiang Ye tilted her head, looked at her, blinked, and asked, "What’s wrong, are you going to choose whatever I choose?"

Tan Meng: "!!"

She subconsciously denied it, "Of course not!"

After a moment, she said nervously, "I was just asking, after all, it’s not impossible to be on the same stage as you—"

Before Jiang Ye could speak, the staff member had already dragged over the song selection board.

The song selection board was actually just a whiteboard, on which the two songs were divided into two lead vocalist positions and four supporting vocalist positions, a total of six positions, corresponding to the six sections that had already been divided on the lyrics sheets in each person’s hand.

The staff member said, "Now please have Lu Xiaowan choose a song."

Lu Xiaowan: "?"

Lu Xiaowan had been in the finals circle during the last ranking announcement, she had already prepared herself to take the last remaining spot, and she was stunned when she heard this.

She thought the staff member had called the wrong name, and she reminded her, "I’m number twelve."

"This time, the song selection starts from the last one."

The staff member explained the rules to her, "But the trainees in front of you have the right to change."

She gave an example, "For example, after you’ve chosen, if Luo Xian, who’s number eleven, wants your position, she has the right to swap you to a different position."

The trainees in the audience were instantly in an uproar.

"This rule is too easy to offend people."

"Why don’t we discuss our song selections now, to avoid any clashes later."

"Oh my god, does anyone want the four-person position on the second song? Please don’t clash with me, wuwuwu."

Lu Xiaowan also realized what was going on.

She suddenly felt the heartache of being a trainee at the bottom, her fate was truly uncertain, "Doesn’t that mean my fate is completely out of my hands?"

Jiang Ye was afraid that she was going to cry, she was about to hand her a tissue.

But Lu Xiaowan’s mental state was much stronger than before, she held back, stood in front of the board.

Under this rule, although she was the first to choose, she was also the one who could be swapped the most.

So, to avoid being constantly swapped, she had to avoid the positions that many people wanted.

Lu Xiaowan hesitated for a moment and chose the five-person supporting vocalist position on the first song, a relatively unpopular position.

She put her name tag in the white box, and after she got down, she mumbled, "I won’t be swapped eleven times, will I? That would be too tragic."

Fortunately, Luo Xian, who was next, didn’t have any intention of competing with her, and she went for the four-person position on the second song.

•••

The trainees were constantly struggling with their song selections.

But Jiang Ye was very calm.

She didn’t really want to swap anyone’s position.

First, it was definitely easy to offend people.

Second, this would be aired, and the fans of the trainees who were swapped would definitely feel uncomfortable.

And for Jiang Ye, she truly felt that the two songs were similar, either one would be fine, any position would be fine.

After all, she could shine no matter what part she got, she didn’t need to swap anyone’s part.

But when it was her turn to choose, she realized.

The lead vocalist position on the first song, which was considered the most popular, was still empty.

Jiang Ye: "…?"

Jiang Ye, with a strange sense of luck, directly put her name tag in the lead vocalist one box.

The finals group song division was complete.

Jiang Ye took a look, there were six people in her group, besides her, there was Tan Meng, Cheng Zhen, Lu Xiaowan, and two other trainees she hadn’t collaborated with before, they were the seventh and eighth place trainees from the third ranking announcement, Ouyang Chen and Sun Lu.

The two groups went to their respective practice rooms to rehearse.

Jiang Ye sat down and joked with them, "You guys love me so much, was this lead vocalist position specifically for me?"

"Ah, you could say that."

"I thought that if I chose this position, I would definitely be swapped, so I chose a different one."

"Me too, I wanted to choose this position, but I knew the competition would be fierce, so it was better to choose a position that wouldn’t be swapped from the beginning."

Jiang Ye: "..."

This fierce competition rule seemed to be quite love and peace in Chasing Light Girls.

In the end, she didn’t even have to be the bad guy, she directly got the most parts.

Jiang Ye checked everyone’s part and was about to look at the choreography when she realized that Cheng Zhen, a vocalist, not only hadn’t chosen a lead vocalist position, but had chosen the six-person position.

She flipped through the lyrics sheets and found that the six-person position didn’t have many lyrics in total.

While everyone was looking at their parts, Jiang Ye leaned over and whispered to Cheng Zhen, "What were you thinking?"

Cheng Zhen was third.

Even if she didn’t want to swap anyone else’s part, there were still two lead vocalist positions left for her to choose from.

"The finals are live."

Cheng Zhen whispered, "I’m definitely going to be nervous then."

"You never got nervous during the performances before."

Cheng Zhen said, "It’s different."

If she messed up during a performance, she would be talked about in the reports, but the program team would try to save her during the official broadcast.

But live was different.

The finals live stream would definitely have a lot higher heat than the fan meeting.

She couldn’t imagine what she would be scolded for if she had another car crash during the finals.

Although Cheng Zhen didn’t want to admit it, she was definitely scared.

"No, dear."

Jiang Ye frowned, "What if you don’t overcome this problem, what if you encounter many live streams after you debut?"

Cheng Zhen: "..."

Cheng Zhen joked, "Then maybe I shouldn’t—"

"What are you thinking about?"

Tan Meng, who'd been eavesdropping on them, immediately said, "No way."

She looked very angry.

"Yes, yes, yes, I know."

Cheng Zhen looked a little scared, and she whispered, "But you have to let me overcome this problem slowly."

Jiang Ye and Tan Meng looked at each other.

Jiang Ye nodded to Tan Meng.

Tan Meng directly pulled Cheng Zhen to the side, "If you’re afraid, then go practice more."

"Wuwuwu, I don’t want to—"

Tan Meng forced Cheng Zhen to go practice.

The others were still looking at their parts.

Jiang Ye started studying the choreography for the song on her tablet.

She suddenly noticed a problem.

The finals song was different from the previous performances, she had chosen her part and it wouldn’t be redistributed.

That meant that she now had the most parts.

If she stood in the C position, it would make her parts stand out, making the others look like her backup dancers.

After all, it was the finals night.

Jiang Ye still wanted to leave everyone with a perfect stage.

And if she really stood in the C position like that, she would probably be scolded by casual viewers.

Jiang Ye thought for a moment, tapped her index finger on the floor, and asked the others, "Should I choose the C position first?"

"Sure, but you’re already here, is there any doubt about who the C position is in our group?"

Ouyang Chen said, "I choose Jiang Ye!"

Lu Xiaowan quickly followed, "I choose Jiang Ye too!"

"You all choose me?"

Jiang Ye said with a smile, "Then I choose Cheng Zhen."

Cheng Zhen, who was far away, "???"