Chapter Seventeen: Illness

and his thoughts have changed somewhat.He waited for over an hour before replying.After that, he and Sun Na-eun began frequent text message contact. In just about half a month, their messages evolved...Peninsula Asteroid

Last week's music shows were exciting, with (G)I-DLE and Suzy dominating the charts. Aside from Music Bank skipping the trophy due to its 400th special episode, (G)I-DLE and Suzy both swept all four music show wins with "Tomboy" and "So," respectively.

, each episode of will specifically invite one candidate to participate in a short interview. Besides exchanging compliments and promoting each other, they are also asked to make a "promise" - what they would do for fans if they won the spot.

The recording has been going on for a while now, c has introduced two candidates. Just now, Girls' Generation and yuanap;suzy also sang each other's song parts. One side said that 《so》 is really good-sounding, they listen to it every day, the other side said that Girls' Generation is a legendary girl group on the peninsula, they have always been their idols. The whole atmosphere of the interview was very harmonious.

"If we Girls' Generation had a chance, we would dance really cutely on the encore stage."

Busy Suzy has recently become the spokesperson for Girls' Generation. She held up a microphone to the camera and made a gesture, and all the members happily waved their hands.

"What about you, yuanap; suzy"

"Well... if we got one, we would swap parts during Encore."

After pretending to think for a moment, Bae Suzy cutely tilted her head towards the camera.

"Ok, so both of us have declared 'one promise' as our nominees. Who will win this week's Music Bank trophy Stay tuned!"

After two C's delivered an exaggerated monologue, the interview recording was deemed complete. The artist and staff members bid each other farewell with a polite "hard work" greeting.

"Haven't you warmed up yet" Sunny and Taeyeon walked over, looking at Ji-seong who hadn't said much during the entire interview with some concern.

" ......" Chi Jingyuan shrugged helplessly and with a helpless expression.

"Jingyuan, this is your last week of promoting the song, right Hurry up and finish promoting so you can rest well and recover. And let us, the nunaes, get first place! We've been back for so many days... Your sound source results are too good."

Then, Jin Hyo-yeon walked in behind him and lightly patted Ji-won on the shoulder.

This sister is quite interesting. I don't know if she's concerned about Chi Jingyuan's health or worried about her singing performance from when they were young.

From their debut on the 6th of a girl group's first stage to now, they have been able to get into the top contenders for almost every music show stage, but they always end up encountering Park Kyung-won and Suzy's "so" and getting knocked down. So far, they haven't won even one first place.

One is not the primary metric for measuring a group's return to success, sound source and sales are.

But a group's number one ranking also displays the popularity of an idol group, whether they are popular or not, and if they are a top trend. It is the most direct indication of their popularity, and it can also be considered an assessment based on the combined results of sound source and sales. At least in recent years, achieving number one on music shows, especially those on the three major television stations, still carries significant weight.

Since their return, they haven't achieved a single win yet. This is definitely something that's hard for Girls' Generation to accept. Currently, every member is under significant pressure, even those who might not be as invested in the team anymore.

If this return to zero ends with a single-digit finish, losing face would be the least of the consequences.

Seeing Chi Jingyuan's hoarse voice, they didn't chat much and returned to their respective dressing rooms.

And today's results were also as expected, with "" once again taking home a trophy with a score exceeding ten thousand.

In the next two days' "Music Center" and "Inkigayo," both groups are still competing for first place, and there has been no change in the winner.

At the final stage of 'so,' during the awarding ceremony on Inkigayo, when C announced the winner, Ji-won clearly saw a smile on many members of Girls' Generation. Beyond the businesslike congratulations, there was an unmistakable hint of joy and obvious relief. For some reason, his thoughts suddenly became jumbled.

Could it be that Girls' Generation has come to this…

This novel is first published on Taiwan Traditional Novels Network. who had just won a major award. He said a few more comforting and encouraging words and ended this meeting, the whole process was only a few minutes long. Before leaving, he shouted something to Ji...