Jiang Ye recently received a new variety show offer.

She was considering whether to take it.

Since the Spring Festival Gala, their group's resources, both as a group and individually, have risen several times over.

All sorts of endorsements, magazines, stages, variety shows, and fashion resources were coming their way.

Now, 5tars' fame was no longer limited to the survival show circle.

They were not only the number one girl group among debuted groups, but also the idols chosen by the country to represent this era.

They had the status.

They had the popularity.

At their level, they could start picking and choosing resources.

Group resources were basically still decided by their manager.

But individual resources needed to be approved by their original company before being transferred to them, and they would decide for themselves whether to accept or not.

They had a lot more freedom than before.

This time, Jiang Ye received an offer for a variety show about music creation called 《Best Composer》.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Zui asked while playing a game, "This is a good opportunity, it's your first solo variety show, and it's on your own platform, so you're guaranteed not to be edited maliciously, you can also learn new things, what's not to like?"

Lin Zui was preparing for the Idol Sports Festival, and after work, she would play a couple of solo games to practice her skills.

Shen Zhiyi understood, "You're worried that you'll lose fans if you lose the competition, right?"

Although Jiang Ye was at the top of the Chinese entertainment industry in terms of singing and dancing, she definitely couldn't compare to professionals in terms of original music, if she lost the competition, she might be ridiculed and lose fans.

"That's not it."

Jiang Ye shook her head and said, "After all, I'm not going to be a student, I'm going to be a mentor."

Other teammates: "???"

"So, I'm hesitant."

"Because with my half-baked songwriting skills, I'm not qualified to be a mentor, I'm not sure what I can teach them."

"I've thought about it, the only reason the program team invited me is..."

Jiang Ye sighed, "I'm just too popular, there's nothing I can do."

Teammates: "..."

Lin Zui took down the last kill in the game, put down her phone, and rolled up her sleeves, "Sisters, let's beat her up!"

Jiang Ye's humble brag was quickly met with a beating from her four teammates on the sofa.

She struggled to reach out, "Just kidding, just kidding."

She raised both hands in surrender, "Okay, I'm just going to be an assistant, the real mentor is Teacher Chen Yi Ming."

Teacher Chen Yi Ming was her vocal coach when she was on Chasing Light Girls.

He had praised her original work during the initial ranking.

The reason why she got this assistant position was because the show was produced by the same platform as Chasing Light Girls, they decided to give the resources to their own people, and Teacher Chen Yi Ming also suggested it.

Tan Meng was speechless, "... Then why are you still hesitating?"

"It's just an assistant, you don't have to take responsibility, it's a very easy job."

"Also, our third album will have original songs."

Lin Zui counted on her fingers, "If you go on the show this time, you can also promote our third album."

Cheng Zhen suddenly became curious, "Will you have to go on stage when you're an assistant? Can you bring your family with you?"

Jiang Ye: "Bring my family?"

Cheng Zhen pointed at herself, full of anticipation, "Your other four teammates."

Jiang Ye: "..."

Jiang Ye thought for a moment and smiled, "I guess so, it's our own show after all. I heard that Dream Girls will be there to support the show at the finals."

Dream Girls is the debut group from the new season of Chasing Light Girls.

And their acquaintance, Zhu Li, who participated in the competition this year, actually returned and successfully debuted.

Although she didn't debut as the C position, she only barely made it to the fifth place, but for her, it was finally the reward for her hard work.

"Wow, if we can all go as a family."

Cheng Zhen said, "Then what are you still hesitating for, go now, one person rises to the top, the whole group ascends to heaven."

"..."

Jiang Ye said, "I just feel like I'm not qualified enough to be on this kind of show."

What if all the contestants' original works are far better than her two songs, and she ends up being taught by the students?

Jiang Ye: "Also, I heard that other groups already have assistants."

Cheng Zhen: "Who?"

Jiang Ye sighed, "... Our former mentor."

"Mu Xing Chi?"

Jiang Ye nodded heavily.

Lin Zui started a new game, "So what?"

"Although it's been almost a year since I was on Chasing Light Girls, won't those fans who are obsessed with this dead CP come back to life?"

Jiang Ye covered her head, trembling, "I don't want to get scolded by his girlfriend fans anymore."

"Don't be afraid."

Lin Zui said, "With your fan base now, no matter what, he'll get more hate."

Jiang Ye: "..."

But as it turned out, Lin Zui was right, Jiang Ye's worry was unnecessary.

When the show was finally announced, the top comments on Weibo were all from Jiang Ye's fans, the comment control went down twenty rows before you could see Mu Xing Chi's pitiful comment control team, and their number of likes was also several thousand less than Jiang Ye's fans.

They say that male idol fans are usually more powerful than female idol fans.

But that's for regular male idols and regular female idols.

Jiang Ye is not.

Not to mention that Jiang Ye's public image is impeccable, her die-hard fans are a combination of mother fans, strict fans, clay sculpture fans, public fans, and wife fans, they're terrifying when it comes to comment control and spending money.

Not only did they control Weibo.

They also controlled the forums.

Whenever the names of the two were mentioned together, the top comments were all clear in their attitude.

【Thanks for the attempt to steal the spotlight!】

【It's not that we don't allow you to ship the BGCP, it's fine that you can't beat Lin Shen Ye Mao, but don't ship the dead CP even if you can't even beat Qi Ye Zhen Zhen, who's just a casual fan, right? Our Jiang Mei doesn't have time to bleed for others.】

【No way, no way, are there still people who don't know that the top star in the Chinese entertainment industry has already changed? (Tactical lean back)】

【Please! That's Jiang Ye!】

Jiang Ye's fans stood tall.

The tides have turned, everyone.

During the competition, Jiang Ye's fans were all bowing to this BGCP.

Now, it's finally their turn to say, "Don't bring up Jiang Ye, don't ship the CP, don't steal my sister's spotlight."

In one word, it's satisfying.

Mu Xing Chi's fans were angry but helpless.

After all, they couldn't control the comments.

They couldn't win outside, so they could only turn around and scold Mu Xing Chi's studio for being useless.

The former mentor and student are now reduced to taking the same title for the same resource, what are you guys doing? Don't you deserve to be ridiculed?

Mu Xing Chi: "???"

•••

The show 《Best Composer》 wasn't very popular before the mentors and assistants were announced.

Although there are all sorts of shows these days, there are very few shows that select original musicians from amateurs, after all, there's no buzz.

The show flow of 《Best Composer》 is also quite conventional.

They select the person with the most musical talent from thirty contestants.

Four mentors each lead four assistants to form four teams, each team has five members, first they go through individual battles, then group battles, and finally return to individual battles, with the winner being crowned champion.

But when the program team announced Jiang Ye.

The buzz instantly came!

This was Jiang Ye's first solo variety show, not with her teammates.

Jiang Ye's solo fans were all excited, they spread the word widely, giving the show a lot of buzz.

On the day of the first recording.

He Zhou was tuning his guitar backstage.

The show was originally supposed to select amateurs, but later, some slightly famous but not very popular musicians also participated.

So, several entertainment companies secretly sent their own trainees, to test the waters and get some exposure, if they gain fans, it will be very beneficial for their future debut and participation in shows.

Shengrui Entertainment also wanted to send trainees.

But Xu Lin thought that the trainees he had just signed were still struggling with singing and dancing, so he decided to pick a newcomer from the music production department.

He didn't expect them to win the championship, just bring some buzz to the company.

Xu Lin's first choice was He Zhou.

He Zhou's looks would stand out even among a group of trainees, if he wasn't so reluctant, Xu Lin would have liked to pack him up and send him to participate in next year's boy group survival show.

Plus, his postgraduate entrance exam was over, and he had some free time during the summer when the show was being recorded, so it would be perfect to arrange for him to record this show.

But the only problem was that He Zhou didn't want to.

Xu Lin tried to persuade him, listing all the benefits.

But He Zhou seemed indifferent to making money, gaining fans, or having better promotion opportunities.

When Xu Lin said that the mentors in this music creation variety show were very reliable, and you could learn from them, He Zhou hesitated for a moment, but still chose to refuse.

Xu Lin had no choice but to use his trump card.

Although Jiang Ye hadn't confirmed yet, he would give him something to look forward to.

Xu Lin: "Jiang Ye will be on this show as an assistant-"

Before Xu Lin could finish his sentence.

He Zhou suddenly looked up, "I'll go."

Xu Lin: "..."

Is this the power of idols?

•••

The first two episodes were mainly about the selection process, where they would choose the final team members from dozens of contestants.

The other contestants were already discussing.

"Have you guys thought about which team you want to be on if you're chosen?!"

"Teacher Chen Ling, I like her ballads."

"Me too, but I'm more inclined towards Teacher Li, his choreography style might be more suitable for me."

Someone finally spoke to He Zhou, who had been silent the whole time, "Hey, what about you?"

He Zhou: "... Teacher Chen Yi Ming."

"Why?"

"..."

He Zhou said, "I really like his music style."

"Ah."

Someone next to him said, "I like Teacher Chen Yi Ming too, especially since I heard that Jiang Ye is his assistant, I really want to go there!"

"Damn, really? I love her! I'll see if I can ask her for an autograph later."

He Zhou glanced at him, said nothing, and continued to tune his strings.

However, before the recording was about to begin, the staff from the director team were rushing around backstage.

"Where's Jiang Ye?"

"Why isn't Jiang Ye here yet!"

"Hey, didn't you hear?"

"Her manager just sent a message, she suddenly got a fever today, she'll probably have to take a leave of absence from the first recording-"

Suddenly, there was a bang.

Everyone turned their heads.

He Zhou's guitar case accidentally fell.

He lowered his eyes for a while, then seemed to come back to his senses, looked up, and said to the startled few people expressionlessly, "Sorry."