Gu Jin was completely drunk that day, and her teammates had to carry her back together.

The next day, when she sobered up, she immediately called Jiang Ye on WeChat to apologize.

"I’m sorry, I’m sorry."

Gu Jin’s voice sounded a little hoarse over the phone, "I didn’t expect to get that drunk yesterday, I’m really sorry, did I cause you any trouble?"

Jiang Ye shook her head and smiled, "It’s okay."

Actually, if she had to say, she should thank Gu Jin for being willing to talk to her, it made her understand her own value even more clearly.

Before, she only felt that she was a public figure as an idol, and she had to bring a sense of dream-making to her fans.

But Gu Jin told her, it was not just that.

They were all in the midst of the great tidal wave of the new idol era.

Standing at the forefront of this idol era, if you did not do something within your power, it would be like letting this era down.

And leading 5tars to become the top girl group in China was also her wish.

So, she was willing to take the torch Gu Jin had given her, to shine brightly in this era, and to leave her name forever in this era.

Jiang Ye said, "Maybe we can collaborate someday."

"Ah… I’ll try."

Gu Jin paused and said, "My company has lined up a new drama for me, I’ll probably have to start preparing to go on set soon."

She smiled and tried to make her tone sound lighter, "I’ve never acted before, I’ll probably have to start from scratch, so I won’t have much time."

Jiang Ye was slightly stunned.

She suddenly understood why Gu Jin had said she didn’t have time.

Gu Jin was not just referring to the fact that their group was going to disband, but also to her own career path.

After hanging up with Gu Jin.

Jiang Ye went out of her room.

They had just finished recording the show yesterday, and they had been given a day off today.

Lin Zui was building blocks in the living room on the first floor.

Jiang Ye: "..."

Lin Zui seemed to always like this childish, time-killing hobby.

Jiang Ye leaned against the railing on the second floor of the villa and smiled, "Lin Zui Zui."

Lin Zui was startled by this nickname, her hands trembled, and the blocks she had just built collapsed.

"..."

She looked at her with a blank expression and said, "Spit it out."

Jiang Ye asked, "Where will you go after our group disbands?"

"…. You’re a toxic solo fan, you’re already thinking about disbandment at eight hundred times the speed."

Lin Zui joked, "Otherwise, I’ll hang a sign in the living room that says ‘700+ days until disbandment’ for you."

Jiang Ye laughed along with her, and after she finished laughing, she said, "I’m serious."

Lin Zui thought for a moment and said, "I don’t know."

"I’ll probably go back to the next pot."

Jiang Ye: "..."

"If you have to ask, I can only say that I haven’t decided yet."

"But I’ve been in the industry for so long, I’ve been through so much, it’ll probably be the same for me."

"Even if I tell you the answer now, it doesn’t really matter, after all, everyone’s situation is different."

"Take idols, for example, some want to transition early, some want to make a quick buck and leave, some are tired of it and want to go behind the scenes, some want to keep performing on stage, everyone’s path is different."

Lin Zui started building the blocks from the bottom again, showing them to Jiang Ye, "See, although the blocks are the same blocks, everyone’s design is different, so they build different houses."

After she finished speaking, she saw Jiang Ye walk down from the stairs and sit next to her.

Lin Zui: "What are you doing?"

"Lend me two."

Jiang Ye’s mood was clearly better.

She twirled the blocks in her hands and said, "I want to build my own house too."

This dinner date had an impact on both Jiang Ye and Gu Jin.

And for the entire talent show industry.

The get-together between 5tars and Sunflower was a bombshell.

Not to mention what the hardcore fans on both sides thought.

But everyone knows that there are only 300 show fans in the entire internet, and it’s always the same group of people who follow talent shows every year, so there are always some double fans who struggle to survive in the cracks.

While the two fandoms were fighting a bloody battle.

Double fans were quietly matching the two groups and shipping them.

And the most popular ship was the two groups’ double Cs.

They were just casually shipping them.

But when the two groups were actually photographed having dinner together.

Double fans went crazy.

【Help! What kind of century-long peace treaty is this!】

【Grandma! Your ship has come true!】

【Damn, damn, damn, I haven’t even seen it, but I’m already dead from shipping! I’m going to shout with a megaphone outside, our Jiang Shan Ru Gu really met!!】

So, accordingly, this episode of the show was also very popular.

Under the show’s cameras, Gu Jin and Jiang Ye were chatting backstage.

Although they didn’t know what they were talking about, CP fans were very moved.

【Love at first sight! It’s love at first sight, right!】

【They met for the first time and they’re already chatting backstage and making dinner plans!! Friends, if you don’t ship this, I’m shipping it myself!】

Jiang Ye’s fans had a very calm attitude.

【Our Jiang Mei is out flirting with girls again! The number of beauties in her harem has increased by one.】

【Basic sea king behavior, sit down.】

【Jiang Mei just wants to give all the girls in the world a home, what’s wrong with her?】

【[Jiang Ye emoji - How could a little butterfly have any bad intentions?]】.

And when this episode aired, the five members of 5tars were together.

They were mainly doing a post-show analysis, wanting to objectively see what was lacking in their stage from a third-party perspective, so they could correct it next time.

They also wanted to see how others performed.

When the show got to Shining Girls.

The comments were quite dissatisfied.

【Why are they constantly cutting the camera?】

【The camera cutting is so messy!】

【Why are they pulling back to a wide shot? I can’t see clearly!】

Jiang Ye: "..."

As someone who had seen the performance live, she could say with confidence that the cameraman was cutting the camera so messily and constantly pulling back to a wide shot because your idol was dancing even more messily.

This was actually the program team’s last act of kindness to their own daughter.

And on the day this episode aired.

5tars’ debut album, 《Various》, was also released.

Every time an album was released, it was time for the fans of each group to spend money to show their popularity.

Even solo fans had to contribute to their idol’s career.

Top fans had to buy a landslide victory to prove their top status.

Other fans also had to prove that their idol deserved the money.

And because of the effect of the show, some casual viewers who watched the show and liked it bought two copies of the album.

5tars’ debut performance received very good reviews, and album sales also skyrocketed.

And 5tars’ fans were very good at creating content, they cut several viral videos from 5tars’ less than ten minutes of footage in the show.

5tars’ development was booming.

Everyone at Guangying Entertainment was happy.

But the rival platform wasn’t happy.

This show was originally created by the platform to promote their own group.

But they didn’t expect that their own group didn’t gain any new fans after a few episodes, while 5tars came over and only performed once, and their data skyrocketed.

They had invited them to come over to create hype for the show, to use their heat to give the show a boost.

But it had the opposite effect.

The program director was worried.

Someone suggested, "Should we invite 5tars next time?"

After all, the final decision was still in their hands, they could just find an excuse to not let 5tars come, and they could tell the public that 5tars withdrew from the competition.

"Invite them, why not? It would make us look petty."

"But, we’ll decide whether they stay or leave next time."

•••

A few days later.

5tars was invited to record the next episode again.

Last time, they came as challengers, so they didn’t have any chance to meet the other groups head-on except for Sunflower.

But this time, they met Shining Girls.

Although they just said hello when they passed each other.

But Jiang Ye and her team noticed that the girl at the back of the Shining Girls group looked at 5tars with a strange look when she walked by.

Cheng Zhen felt a little uneasy when she was looked at, she quickly whispered, "Does she have something against us?"

Jiang Ye thought for a moment, that person seemed to be called Yu Lei.

"Is she also moving this month?"

"That’s a coincidence, we’re going to have a four-into-three battle this time, and we’re going to clash."

Simply put, moving is a meaningless act of spending money and doing data to move a star from one list to another.

It can also be called giving money to Weibo.

To constantly make money.

Weibo only allows three spots to move each month.

But there were four idols who wanted to move this month.

Besides the three members of 5tars, the other one was Yu Lei from Shining Girls.

Now, there was competition.

No wonder she looked at 5tars like she was looking at an opponent.

Jiang Ye actually didn’t think moving was very meaningful, she just cooperated with her fans’ requests.

She didn’t expect that this would attract the hatred of her rivals.

She sighed in her heart.

The opponents for this round were decided by drawing lots.

The six groups sat together, and then they grabbed a ball from a bucket, and the groups with the same color ball were opponents.

Lin Zui, as the captain, went up to draw.

She grabbed one at random and spread out the ball in her hand.

Blue.

It was her support color.

Lin Zui was actually quite happy.

Then, she looked up and saw that Shining Girls’ captain also showed the blue ball in her hand.

She smiled at Lin Zui, "Good luck."

Lin Zui: "..."

She wished she could put the ball back.

What kind of luck is this?

Why did she have to draw the program team’s favorite?

And downstairs, Jiang Ye looked at her teammates and said, "Why don’t we think about what to eat after the final battle?"

The other three: "..."