Life Is Hard, So I’m Forced to Perform for a Living [Entertainment Industry]

[Upcoming: O Pretends to Be an Alpha and Debuts in the Center Position] Blurb: Cheng Jiu, a little-known actor, was devastated when he found out he’d been bundled off to compete on a boy group survival show. He was especially nervous after hearing that the captain assigned to mentor him was sharp-tongued, strict, and difficult to get along with. Cheng Jiu: ...Life is hard. I’ve been forced to sell my talent. He’d thought he was only there to make up the numbers, get some screen time in the first round, and leave. Unexpectedly, his initial evaluation went viral, gaining him a flood of fans and earning him a reputation as a miracle who rose to fame as an also-ran. Then came the doubts about his abilities. Yi Xiao, the group’s all-around ace, inevitably got edited into countless side-by-side comparison videos with him. Cheng family solo fans: Please stop leeching off the debut candidates, you flop. Yi family solo fans: Please stop picking fights with the all-around ace, you useless nobody. Only the couple shippers stood out from the crowd: Thanks for editing our ship together! These two are such a perfect match! I’m shipping them so hard! Yi Yan Jiu Ding is real! During an interview, a reporter asked Yi Xiao what he thought about their respective fans fighting. “It’s fine.” Yi Xiao smiled faintly. “The two people involved fight just as much every day.” “It’s just that the fans do it online, while we do it somewhere else.” Reporter: “...” Reporter: “???” He is the center of everyone’s attention, surrounded by a hundred people, and also my one and only light. He is the roar of the crowd, embraced by a sea of people, and also my only dream. A sharp-tongued but secretly sincere puppy-dog captain gong x a sweet, born-to-be-an-idol visual shou Younger gong. [Please read] A few warnings: I can’t live without making jokes, so there are scenes inspired by real-life survival shows. There is a side couple, along with a little cross-dressing humor. The gong gets the center position in the end. If any of the above is a dealbreaker, please don’t read. Let’s all be happy, and thank you. The competition format draws inspiration from various domestic Produce 101-style shows. The characters are not based on real people, so please don’t make comparisons. Comments mentioning real people will be deleted. [No face-swapping] Upcoming: O Pretends to Be an Alpha and Debuts in the Center Position Lin Che was born beautiful, a natural talent for making a living off his looks. So ever since he was little, his dream had been to enter the entertainment industry. Unfortunately, he was born into a world where only Alphas could enter show business. Even worse, at eighteen, he unexpectedly presented as an Omega. To make his dream come true, he took the risk of using suppressants, pretended to be an Alpha, and entered this year’s boy group survival show. He made it through the audition round trembling with nerves, but everything went smoothly after he joined the show. Most Alphas had an intense style, and thanks to his unique image, ace-level skills, and handsome face, he unexpectedly became a hugely popular contestant, just one step away from debuting in the center position. Until that day. His heat arrived unexpectedly. Lu Lin had been secretly in love with his roommate, Lin Che, for a long time. But they were idols, and both were Alphas. Two Alphas could never be together. Lu Lin could only bury his feelings deep down and remind himself that Lin Che could only ever be a good friend. Until one day, he returned from the practice room and opened the door. The room was filled with the sweet scent of pheromones out of control. Lin Che, who usually shone brilliantly onstage, was now kneeling beside the bed, dazed, his collar disheveled and his face flushed. When he saw Lu Lin enter, he spoke in a low, strained voice, almost pleading. “Lu Lin, please, help me.” Afterward, Lin Che swallowed his shame and embarrassment and asked Lu Lin to help keep his identity a secret. Lu Lin thought it over. “All right.” “But I have one condition.” Lin Che asked nervously, “What?” Lu Lin breathed in the scent of his pheromones and said, “When you need to be marked, you can only come to me.” Theme: The harder you work, the luckier you get.