A Boy Band Survival Show, but Make It a Growth Story

(Main story complete) Also known as: The little firecracker who spent years struggling through the trainee system but failed to debut as part of a group joins a boy band survival show full of contestants with 10,086 schemes each, and wins them all over with sincerity! * After failing to debut through the trainee system, Cong An starts over a year later and decides to compete in the boy band survival show held every two years. The season before last, the long-running show Shining Bright exploded in popularity with a string of outrageous viral moments, rescuing its steadily declining ratings. Including, but not limited to, contestants passionately acting like a couple during the first stage, maliciously hurting each other while practicing the theme song, fighting tooth and nail over teams for the first group performance, and exposing scandals on the spot when the rankings were announced... The trainees clashed like swords on the show, while scandals toppled them one after another offscreen... The show's seventh season is about to begin filming this year. The contestant list hasn't even been announced, but fans are already gearing up. After such an exciting previous season, can this one surpass it? The trainees are also ready to go. They've studied the previous season frame by frame, determined to put on an equally "exciting" show. They don't hesitate to assume the worst of others. After all these years of survival shows, they know exactly which tricks work and how to get more screen time. Every one of them is armed with more schemes than anyone can count, all for the sake of competing for the final debut spots. But what's going on? Weren't they all supposed to be villains? How is one person so sincere? * After years of training in the trainee system, Cong An may be young, but he knows plenty. He puts everything he's learned into practice, showing it all off on the show as he steadily moves closer to the position he's dreamed of. Playing up a fake romance? Picking fights? Scheming against each other? Easy. No big deal. Cong An smiles softly. His dark eyes look toward the camera, brimming with the courage and determination to risk everything. * Sincerity is the ultimate weapon. √ Hard work bears sweet fruit. √ We're not brothers, so why pretend around me? √ You know what I mean. √ Theme: Sincerity is the ultimate weapon