Chapter 19: Center Position

Amidst the idle chatter between Luo Mo and Tong Shu, the team division officially began.

"Next, will the nine trainees from A Class please step forward," Wei Ran said.

Luo Mo and the others walked out from the crowd and stood at the very front.

"You all play rock-paper-scissors, everyone together. The winner of each round gets to choose the category for the first public performance first," Li Ge said, waving his fist.

Upon hearing this, Luo Mo felt a surge of joy in his heart.

"Ha! I am the king of rock-paper-scissors!"

Two minutes later.

Shen Yinuo held the microphone and said with a beaming smile, "Very well, then Luo Mo will choose last!"

Luo Mo: "........"

Can you even call it choosing if you're the last one?

In the end, the category left over for him by the others was—【Original】!

It is quite normal for 【Original】 to be the one left over; after all, the A Class trainees will certainly prioritize the fields they excel in, and those with creative talent are, after all, in the minority.

Among them, of the three trainees from Xingshi Entertainment, Shen Mingliu chose 【Dancing】, and Ji Kangdong chose 【Original】.

This meant that everyone had bumped into each other again.

As for whether they did it on purpose or by accident, Luo Mo didn't care; he walked slowly toward the standing area for the 【Original】 group like a little old man and began to zone out again.

Shen Yinuo walked a circle around the nine people, the leg garter on her thigh particularly eye-catching, and she said with a grin, "Then, let us invite the nine team leaders to announce their recruitment manifestos!"

The manifestos of the previous eight people were either impassioned, humble and polite, ambitious, or harmonious and friendly.

When it was Luo Mo's turn, he said with a smile, "I want a few obedient ones who know how to lie down and be carried."

"Hiss—!" Many people in the audience began to gasp.

This, this, this, this!

Tong Shu kept his head down, feeling that he had chosen the wrong Boss.

Can't you use some art of language? Why speak so bluntly?

Did you accidentally blurt out all your inner thoughts?

Once these words were spoken, many trainees began to whisper among themselves.

If it were only the second half of the sentence, it would have the air of someone intending to carry the whole team to victory, revealing a sense of dominance.

But combined with the first half, the temperament of a dictator was exposed without reservation.

Once you've joined my team, you must listen to my commands and do as I say.

Are you sure you're a team leader and not an instructor training us for a salary?

The four mentors were all stunned, and in the end, Wei Ran, who had some favorable impression of Luo Mo, spoke up: "As expected of the oldest big brother among the 100 trainees."

"Begin free team selection!" Wei Ran immediately pushed the process forward.

The remaining 91 trainees began running around, a complete mess.

What comforted Luo Mo was that Tong Shu walked straight toward him, then stood weakly behind him with his head bowed.

The young boy had a premonition that their team might not have too many people.

The reality was indeed as Tong Shu had expected; whenever a trainee paused in front of Luo Mo, he would always reveal a smile he considered very kind, and then stare straight at the other person.

The "little puppy" trainees always felt their skin crawl from being watched, and many fled in a panic.

Even those who wanted to join would hesitate and ask, "Um... I, can I?"

This left Luo Mo somewhat confused: "Do I look that hard to get along with?"

In the end, the total number of people in Luo Mo's team was 6, the fewest among the 9 teams.

Teams like the one led by Shen Mingliu had almost reached the full capacity of 12 people.

It is worth mentioning that in Luo Mo's team, the proportion of individual trainees who had never signed with a company was extremely high; to be precise, only one member had signed with a company.

Luo Mo was not surprised by this.

As mentioned before, many trainees knew each other, so the phenomenon of forming cliques was inevitable.

What's more, Luo Mo's previous statement had indeed been a bit off-putting; trainees who wanted to stand out would certainly not choose him.

This was not a question of the team leader's strength, but a question of whether one could attract popularity.

After all, no one wanted to face Elimination, and everyone wanted to go a little further.

It was precisely because of this that there wasn't even a single B Class trainee in Luo Mo's team.

Jiang Ningxi looked at Luo Mo's 6-person team from afar, feeling that compared to when they were in middle school, Luo Mo's personality had changed significantly.

Back then, Luo Mo's personality was not as aggressive as it was now.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been forcibly kissed by her in the small woods when they graduated from middle school.

Waiting for him to kiss her and he wouldn't, so in a fit of Anger, she did it herself.

Thinking that her first kiss was something she had offered herself, Jiang Ningxi felt that her past self was like a fool.

Shen Yinuo, on the other hand, thought this was a good phenomenon, just enough to let Luo Mo know the importance of signing with an agency.

"Young man, the entertainment industry is very cruel!" Shen Yinuo looked at Luo Mo with the eyes of someone who had been through it all, thinking to herself: "Why don't you hurry up and throw yourself into this young lady's arms?"

At this moment, Wei Ran held the microphone and continued to push the process forward, saying, "Very well, then everyone remember the current groupings. You can get to know each other later. This morning is free time, so cherish it well. Starting this afternoon, everyone will begin participating in training!"

Yes, "Creating Idols" requires attending classes.

Luo Mo has to collect his salary while attending classes.

The content of the training is nothing more than Singing, Dancing, and techniques related to creation.

The celebrity mentors invited by the production team will occasionally teach a few classes, but more of the courses will be taught by professional-level teachers hired by the production team at great expense.

Therefore, it is not actually a case of letting the trainees form teams to complete the stage on their own immediately, but rather training first, and after everyone's level has improved, they will go to complete their own stage.

Regarding this point, Luo Mo accepted it gladly.

After the soul fusion, he happened to need some time to adapt; whether it was his Singing or dancing, he needed to practice more to perfect himself.

This training period was actually quite long, and at the same time, the first episode of *Creating Idols* would also be broadcast during this training process.

The first episode was divided into two parts, split over two weeks, and broadcast on the online platform.

This variety show was a super Web Variety Show and would not be broadcast on television stations.

After finishing these details, the 4 celebrity mentors began to chat with everyone.

Wei Ran looked at Luo Mo, who was distracted on the side again, and said with a smile: "Luo Mo, why don't you perform a complete version of *Gentle* for the first public performance!"

Wei Ge's appetite was still being whetted, and he felt very uncomfortable not being able to hear the complete version.

He even said half-jokingly: "If you don't release the complete version, I'm tempted to spend money to buy the copyright to this song and release the complete version myself!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes converged on Luo Mo.

And in his sub-team, the other trainees' eyes immediately lit up.

"If our first public performance track is the complete version of *Gentle*, that would truly be a huge profit!" they thought to themselves.

Although Luo Mo's creative talent was obvious to all, compared to an unknown song, a song whose quality could already be seen was definitely more reliable.

Luo Mo looked at the expectant Wei Ran and said: "Let's skip it this time."

Then, he added: "Definitely next time."

But he didn't expect that Wei Ran actually believed him.

"I'm looking forward to it," Wei Ran said with a smile, his tone very sincere.

Luo Mo was a bit speechless; in the world of adults, if you don't agree directly, it's a rejection, dear!

What makes you so naive? Is it the infinite Adoring from Li Ge?

After ending a round of idle chatter with no nutritional value, Li Ge said: "So, now the 9 sub-teams can discuss freely. The members of A Class automatically become team leaders. Within each sub-team, select the C-Position and report it to us later. Pay attention, our rules are quite special; team leaders can also participate in the competition for the C-Position."

"Here it comes," Luo Mo said in his heart.

The 【C-Position】 is the so-called 【Center Position】; the entire stage performance will revolve around the C-Position.

Just like how *Creating Idols* will eventually have the 9 most popular contestants form a group to debut, the one who debuts in first place will be the C-Position debut!

In the entertainment industry, fighting for the C-Position is a very common phenomenon. Many stars will even go to great lengths, or even use schemes, just to snatch the C-Position when taking group photos, wanting to stand in the most conspicuous spot.

The 9 sub-teams dispersed and began their internal meetings.

Luo Mo looked at his 5 little brothers and said: "Does anyone want to voluntarily apply for the C-Position?"

(End of this chapter)