My Teammate and I Are Dating on the Company Dime [Entertainment Industry]

Gu Zhijing, a little-known idol in a no-name boy band, has two questions on his mind every day.

First, is having a secret crush a disqualifying flaw for an idol?

Second, is it a disqualifying flaw if his crush is his own group’s leader?

Thinking of the idol code of conduct their leader had set before their debut, Gu Zhijing figures his crush is destined to be a grand romance that goes nowhere.

All he can do is quietly make a secret account.

I’ll go crazy for him, lose my mind for him, cheer him on and crash into a wall for him.

Then one day, his secret account is exposed.

Gu Zhijing: QAQ, Captain, let me explain!! Ah, I’m dead, no, I’m really dead!

Sheng Chi: Oh?

Gu Zhijing: When I said, “Big brother, fuck me,” I was just running my mouth! I didn’t mean for you to actually do it!!! Stop!

Gu Zhijing: ...

Gu Zhijing: QAQ, it’s over. I’m tainted! I’m a disqualified idol now!

Sheng Chi comforts his boyfriend: Well, if you were dating someone else, that would count as an idol disqualification.

Sheng Chi: But with me, it doesn’t.

Gu Zhijing: Then what does it count as?

Sheng Chi: A company-funded romance :)

Later, we were surrounded by fans, flying all over the country, performing on countless stages, holding up countless trophies, and meeting countless people.

But I still miss most the way you held my hand beneath the lights of that tiny practice room, your palm warm and your eyes bright, telling me we’d head into the future together.

Cool-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside, all-around ace leader gong x mischievous, adorable youngest member shou

They’re both secretly in love with each other.

A small-label boy band’s journey from rags to riches. Come along as they rise from obscurity to glory.

“In those boyhood days, with no flowers or red carpets,”

“If it weren’t for him, how could I have made it through all those years unknown?”

Theme: May every young dreamer have a bright future full of promise.