My agency went bankrupt before I even got on stage.

"Director, is Lin Fan doing this alright?"

The accompanying PD, Liu Jia, looked utterly dejected. All the other trainees were so easy and effortless for him. For the sake of the camera and to win the audience's attention, those trainees would pull out all the stops, showing off every trick in the book, even if they weren't proficient in any one thing.

But look at Lin Fan, who's with me. He puts the live-streaming camera on his bedside table and then falls asleep openly!

No interaction! No performances! No talent shows! No playing the victim or being cute! No passionate moments! No Versailles!

Only quiet air!

This damn silence... it makes me want to curse.

"Let him sleep, do you know? Lin Fan's live stream is currently in the top ten in terms of actual viewership among all the trainees!" The director, sitting backstage, was both amused and exasperated. He wanted to yell at him, but the data was proving him wrong.

There's nothing we can do; that's just how the market chooses.

Hard work doesn't guarantee a reward! Audiences have all sorts of tastes, and everyone likes something different, especially in Lin Fan's live stream where everyone seems to have the same taste.

"Top ten?"

PD Liu Jia felt her worldview had collapsed! Looking down at the live stream on her phone, the cheerful comments made her wonder if she was making a comedy show instead of a talent show.

At that moment, a dazzling starry sky icon popped up in the comments.

This is a tip.

One galaxy is equal to 2000 RMB.

A barrage of comments appeared after the starry sky.

[Born Entertainment Reporter King: Lin Fan's personal fan site is now open! Sisters, go for it! Super Weibo #LinFan#~~~~~]

Personal websites are emerging now?

The directors looked at each other in bewilderment, then pulled out their phones, logged onto SuperBlog, and checked Lin Fan's personal website.

[Lin Fan - Super Topic]

[Dear fans, Lin Fan is a poor trainee with a difficult background and an unreliable agency, but he is talented. His favorite song is "I Caught a Cold in That Corner." He needs the support of all of us fans. Let's work together and not let Lin Fan go home after get off work!]

[678 topics, 1086 followers]

The initiator of the super topic is the well-known leader in the fan circle, a famous fan site manager, and has 41 followers, 【天生娱记王】. Clicking into the super topic of the ID 【天生娱记王】, the two latest posts are both related to Lin Fan.

One is a video clip of Lin Fan singing "I Caught a Cold in That Corner".

The other option is text plus a short video clip edited from the Morning Star live stream.

[A trainee from a major tech company is asking to leave work online; his dream is to open a bed and breakfast and find a partner. @MorningStarProgram @MorningStar-LinFan]

Clicking on the video shows Lin Fan on his first stage performance, being asked, "Lin Fan, your agency went bankrupt before you came on stage."

Lin Fan: "...Huh?"

What is your dream?

"My biggest dream is to open a bed and breakfast that only caters to single ladies!"

Why do you only accept single ladies?

"Because I'm single, I want to find a partner!"

"Lin Fan, guess what your initial evaluation was?"

"I wish I were F, so I could be eliminated directly!"

The comments on this Weibo post were all sarcastic.

【I'm not sleepy when I sleep: Pshaw! Want to leave work? No way!】

[Next, at the intersection, a jerk: Pshaw! What do you mean, off work? Let's party!]

[Splitting a durian with bare hands: Pshaw! You jerk, DM me if you're looking to find a partner!]

……

This post has received over 5 likes and over 2000 reposts.

"They already have a fan group?"

Everyone found it somewhat unbelievable. After all, Lin Fan had no management company to support him, and no one to regulate or organize his fan base. This super topic had been established for less than 24 hours, but already had over a thousand fans. Don't underestimate these thousand-plus fans; they were all people who had become fans after being indifferent. Not to mention, there were over five thousand people watching Lin Fan sleep in the live stream. If you really count it, Lin Fan's current number of fans should not be less than 3000.

An ordinary person attracted thousands of active fans in 24 hours without any promotion or resources, and quietly broke into the top ten in the live stream's activity rankings. What does this show?

This shows that Lin Fan is popular with the general public.

Don't be fooled by the large number of fans some popular idols seem to have; very few of them actually break out of their niche and remain largely within their fan circles.

Looking at Lin Fan's data, everyone felt a pang of envy!

It's true what they say, comparisons are the thief of joy!

Lin Fan, lying in bed asleep, was completely unaware of what was happening in the live stream. He was too lazy to check it either; he had already laid the groundwork and was planning to go home early, so he didn't care about attracting viewers. After being tormented by several people this afternoon, he felt he needed three days and three nights of sleep to recover.

However, the live stream only lasted for one hour. Before Lin Fan could finish his dream, Lu Bingyang, the captain of the "Confession" group, arrived at dormitory 404 with the other three members of the group.

"Brother Fan, my Brother Fan, I just saw someone in my livestream saying you were sleeping on stream, and I didn't believe it, but it turns out you really were sleeping!"

"Fan-ge! Fan-ge! Wake up!"

"Hmm, I feel like I want to lie in bed and rest too!"

Lu Bingyang felt utterly exasperated. He gave Gao Yan a wink, and the two of them immediately stepped forward in perfect unison. One lifted Lin Fan up, and the other lifted him down, pulling him off the bed.

"Are you all crazy?!"

Lin Fan was terrified. He was happily playing with the girl in his dream when suddenly he fell to the cold ground. He felt that he was no longer beautiful.

"Brother, we still need to practice. Everyone's part is important for this dance. You can't fall asleep!"

Lin Fan lay on the floor, closed his eyes to calm himself down, and then sat up: "You guys practice first, and once you've mastered it, you can teach me together, okay? I'm exceptionally talented, I learn dance very quickly!"

"We didn't believe your lies!"

The four members of the "Confessions" group lifted Lin Fan and rushed into the training room: "You can't even do a split properly, yet you claim to be exceptionally talented. You're lucky if you don't drag the team down!"

Lin Fan looked up to the sky and sighed, "Brother, you really are a dance god reincarnated! But since you don't want to debut, why waste your time on me?"

Lu Bingyang snapped, "You don't want to debut, but this song will affect whether we can debut. I can't let you ruin my stage performance!"

"that is!"

Gao Yan and the other two nodded in unison with serious expressions.

Lin Fan fell silent upon hearing this.

It seems, it appears, that's indeed the case.

I don't want to debut, but this song requires the efforts of all five of us to perform. If my lack of cooperation leads to poor stage ratings and low votes for them, wouldn't I become the bad guy?

It seems that even if it weren't for his own sake, he couldn't handle this stage. After all, this stage carries the dreams of 99 trainees. He could ignore the other 95, but he couldn't ignore the four members of the "Confession" group.

"Okay, I promise you, I'll never be late or leave early for rehearsals again!"

"real?"

The four of us are very happy!

As long as Lin Fan doesn't hold them back, even if it's just doing the basic moves and singing his part well, that's enough. They believe they can definitely show the audience their best side.

"It really is, more real than a needle!"

Lin Fan nodded helplessly.

However, Lin Fan soon regretted it!

After the five people arrived at the training room, they quickly began practicing the movements step by step. When they got tired, they sat together and practiced harmony.

Lin Fan thought that practicing until 10 o'clock was already hard enough, but to his surprise, they practiced until 12 o'clock, and not a single person said they wanted to go back.

"Should we take a break?"

Lin Fan felt he couldn't take it anymore and raised his hand to indicate that he needed to rest.

"Alright, let's take a ten-minute break!"

Lu Bingyang was also a little tired, so he invited everyone to sit down and rest.

"Ten...ten minutes?"

Lin Fan felt utterly hopeless. Were these people robots? Staying up past midnight really affects your skin, you know?

Staying up late like this is bad for your kidneys!