Well-known idol and singer Kim Taeyeon suddenly followed a trainee who had not yet debuted on Instagram, causing heated discussions.
Korean netizens always like to call discussions on various trivial matters "hot discussions", but when viewed in context, this matter is actually not a trivial matter.
The trainee who was followed by Kim Taeyeon was named Bae Yourong. During the days when "PD48" finally started to become popular, she also attracted the attention of fan groups in Japan and South Korea.
This can be seen in her vote count.
Pei Yourong's vote ranking on the official website is at the first place.
At the same time, in a private screening room, the fan meeting held by the female idol group Redvelvet today came to an end.
Team leader Bae Joo-hyun is holding up a microphone and routinely informs fans about exit precautions.
"Unknowingly, today's meeting has come to an end."
“It was a very, very short time, but I really enjoyed chatting with everyone.”
"Finally, I hope everyone will pay attention to safety on the way home."
After hearing the "Guilty~" reply from the fans, Bae Zhuhyun continued to speak with a smile.
"Well, actually I have one more thing to ask of you all."
"Perhaps there are friends who take the subway or bus to see FM. Won't they have free time when they take the bus later?"
"If you don't mind it, please vote for a trainee from "pd48" who is working hard to prepare for his debut."
"Kakaotalk's current opening screen advertisement is the voting channel. Everyone can see it immediately by clicking on it."
"I want to ask everyone to vote for the current number one, Pei Yourong."
"I would be very happy if I could cast a vote! It doesn't matter if it's troublesome!"
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After the group duel, the trainees in the dormitory center spent a very long period of free time.
The reason why the next topic is not started immediately is because the next topic is based on the trainees who have been screened for one round.
In other words, they have to wait until the fourth episode is completely released, and when it is completely released, they will combine all the online votes obtained by the trainees during the four episodes, plus the votes obtained by the group duel, to finally form a ranking and eliminate it to 58th place. After becoming a trainee, you can continue recording the content of the topic.
Today, all the votes have finally been tallied, which means that what the trainees have to face today is the establishment of a new ecosystem.
It is destined to be a day when some people are happy and some people are sad.
Pei Yourong was not surprised by the arrival of this day. Like most trainees, she would count the numbers on the calendar with her fingers during the days she stayed in the dormitory to identify which episode of the external program was broadcast.
The notification from the program team came at exactly the same time as she calculated.
In the notice, the place where the rankings were announced was the studio where the show started.
Short-sleeved uniforms, pleated skirts, mid-length socks and white flat shoes, these are what all the trainees are wearing today.
The studio was bustling for the first time in a long time. Before the rankings were officially announced, the trainees were told to come up with an appearance pose to save for later.
The order of appearances will be in batches according to the companies they belong to. As a personal trainee, Pei Yourong was arranged last by the program team.
The pose Pei Yourong imagined was an action similar to firing bullets. His hands were like guns, and the hearts on his fingers were bullets.
She thought it was very corny, but she didn't expect that everyone liked it when it came out.
After all the trainees had finished appearing, Lee Seung-gi appeared in the center of the stage again, reading his lines.
"The first ranking announcement will be based on all the votes from the past three weeks to determine the trainee rankings."
"Next, everyone will be surprised when they hear this number."
"Our official website has received a total of 15,018,724 votes in the past three weeks."
"It's an incredible turnout."
The number reported by Lee Seung Gi made all the trainees have different expressions. This is of course a very huge number, but there are a total of ninety-two trainees participating in the voting. How many specific votes will be allocated to them?
As usual, the first person announced by the program is the 57 who are on the verge of elimination.
After the number 57, Lee Seung Gi spit out the name of Kim Soo Yoon, a trainee of Woollim.
Then there was a series of announcements of trainees ranked starting with 5, and then, the trainees ranked 4 and 3 were announced.
Pei Yourong listened carefully, even though she didn't think she would appear in these positions.
Li Shengji's reading speed is not very fast, but even so, he has now read a name that is close to the top circle.
"No. 25, Woollim's trainee Kim Caiyuan."
"No. 21, trainee Jiang Huiyuan from 8DCreative."
"No. 20, StoneMusic's trainee Zhao Rouli."
Zhao Rouli was at the end of the upper circle, and further up was the real upper circle.
Pei Yourong didn't have to wait too long, as another familiar face entered the upper circle.
"Starting from the 15th, the number of votes will exceed 300,000, and the one who received 307,334 votes is UrbanWorks trainee Kim Min-joo."
After a few more names were announced, the rankings began to come to the debut circle.
"Twelfth place, with 333,670 votes, is Honda Hitomi, a trainee of AKB48."
"10th place, 368,218 votes, WM's Li Caiyan trainee."
"Ninth place, 390,483 votes, Leroy's trainee Choi Ruina."
"No. 7, 449,722 votes, trainee Nako Yabuki from HKT48."
When the sixth place was announced in one breath, Li Shengji paused and then continued: "The next one is the trainee with 500,000 votes."
"No. 6, 507,633 votes, Woollim's trainee Kwon Eun-bi."
The announcement session is here, and everyone has an idea of who the remaining five trainees are.
First of all, S&M’s Pei Yourong will occupy a position. Neon’s ace Miyawaki Sakura has not yet been announced, and the popular senior Li Jiaen’s name has not been read. As for the remaining two, most trainees think they will be stars. The two men on the boat.
Fortunately, there was no need to guess too much, because right after that, Lee Seung Gi read out the name of the fifth place winner.
"Fifth place, 532,273 votes, Pledis, trainee Li Jiaen."
When everyone's applause almost stopped, Lee Seung-gi spoke again: "Now let's reveal an alternate."
The fourth place was not announced directly. As he finished speaking, the faces of four trainees appeared on the big screen.
Just as everyone guessed, the faces of Pei Yourong, Miyawaki Sakura, An Youzhen and Zhang Yuanying appeared.
The sudden close-up of the camera made all four of them a little shy.
When they were shy, Lee Seung Gi quickly read out the four people's messages.
"Then, among these four, there is the number one protagonist."
"First of all, let's interview trainee Pei Yourong. You have been ranked first for three weeks. Do you have any thoughts on the next one?"
Pei Yourong took the microphone that the staff suddenly handed over, and said softly: "Of course I want to keep it."
"Then who do you think is the greatest threat among the three?"
"Ah, it's a coincidence that the four of us are actually in the same dormitory, so now it feels a bit strange. What about threats? It feels like everyone is threatening."
"Okay, then the announcement will be made starting from the fourth place." Lee Seung-gi glanced at the screen, "With 632,173 votes, HKT48's Miyawaki Sakura trainee."
The moment she heard the word HKT, Miyawaki Sakura's eyebrows couldn't help but frown, but she soon relaxed them with her efforts.
She put on a smile, walked quickly onto the stage, and began to read her thoughts on the ranking.
"To be honest, I don't like the number 4. It would be great if it could be changed to 1."
"However, I am still very grateful to everyone who voted for me."
"It must be that the current Miyawaki Sakura is not good enough, so he has not reached a higher position."
"So, please keep an eye on me and Miyawaki Sakura who will get better."
Pei Yourong clapped vigorously below. To be honest, the fourth ranking was beyond her expectation. She expected Miyawaki Sakura's ranking to be 2 or 3.
The moment the announcement was made, she thought Ernie was going to cry again.
Unexpectedly, he finished the sentence with a smile.
After Miyawaki Sakura stepped down with a smile, Lee Seung-gi read out the third name.
"STARSHIP's trainee Zhang Yuanying."
When he announced the third place, it also meant that the first position had to be decided between Pei Yourong and An Youzhen.
Zhang Yuanying also expressed her thoughts with a smile on her face. After that, everyone focused their attention on the two people.
The same goes for Lee Seung Gi.
"Trainer Pei Yourong and trainee An Youzhen, please come on stage."
"Oh, what should I do, Ernie." An Youzhen covered his head, looking a little uncomfortable with such a scene.
"Come." Pei Yourong stretched out his hand and motioned for An Youzhen to take it.
Then, the two walked hand in hand to the center of the stage.
Next to him, Li Shengji was about to continue asking questions, but he seemed to have noticed something, and the question on his lips was quietly replaced by him.
"It seems like the two trainees might be wearing the same watch?"
"Guilty, same."
"Then you should have a good relationship."
"That's right."
"So you can accept whoever has to be chosen first next?"
"Of course!"
"Okay, then without further delay, we will directly announce the first place——"
Having said that, in fact, when Lee Seung Gi read this, he paused for several seconds, but in the end he spit out a name.
"The first place in the first ranking ceremony of "PD48" is our trainee Pei Yourong, congratulations!"
Applause broke out quickly. This result was not surprising to most trainees. On the contrary, they would be shocked if An Youzhen won the first place.
"Now, trainee Pei Yourong, please give a speech." After Li Shengji finished speaking, he handed the microphone and the stage to Pei Yourong.
But An Youzhen has not stepped down yet.
"Well..." Pei Yourong faced everyone, and after looking around, his eyes returned to An Youzhen, "My thoughts are..."
An Youzhen squinted her eyes and tilted her head towards Pei Yourong, her light hair swaying slightly.
At the same time, everyone also heard Pei Yourong's voice coming from the microphone.
"Yoojinni recently cut her hair and feels very attractive."
