A Thousand and One Ways to Debut in a Girl Group

After Lu Chen's success in launching entertainers as an idol producer, the entertainment industry was swept by a new wave of copycat ventures. Because of her own teacher, Gu Yitong chose the opposite path: she gave up on becoming an actress and resolved to become an idol producer, ushering in an era of entertainers on a level beyond her teacher's. After successfully launching the girl group Four Seasons, she took them onto the global stage, achieving the greatest success of any girl group of their era. Later, her outspoken personality led to her being collectively driven out of the company. With no choice but to start over, she resolved to create a girl group completely different from Four Seasons. She met Kite, Xu Lin, Lin Xueyou, and Zheng Shu in turn. Then, partnering with Chi Qian and the company where Chi Qian worked, Jishang, she launched the girl group Encounter Light. After four members successfully debuted, Gu Yitong began recruiting more members. Liu Ke, who had debuted several years earlier but run into one dead end after another, summoned her courage and came to audition. With Encounter Light's lineup now complete, their goal grew from competing against Four Seasons, led by Mo Can, to learning from Leng Qing about the secret trainees and the "capital tragedy" suffered by some entertainers. Determined to challenge the people at the top, meaning the capital, they set their sights on the true global stage.