The Sacrificial Emperor in Boy Band Auditions

Check out a pre-order from the same series; still female-to-male transmigration + idols, “Female-to-Male Transmigration: My Best Friend and I Transmigrate Together, Building Our Following by Playing Gay” — [Because the whole text has been heavily revised, many paragraph comments no longer match, so they have been turned off for now] [Warning before reading: the core trope is female-to-male transmigration; this is not an ensemble cast. Except for the protagonist, everyone else is just a foil. The author has zero affection for the others, so they are portrayed quite flatly. The protagonist’s characterization is “learns anything very quickly, and mindlessly panders to fans.” The plot is floaty and purely爽; the writing is average. It is a straightforward, feel-good power fantasy and can be read as an idol-style self-insert fantasy.] — When Yue Zhaolin woke up, his sex had changed. A talent scout asked him whether he wanted to enter the entertainment industry and join a survival show, saying he would definitely become popular. Yue Zhaolin shook his head. “I can’t sing, and I can’t dance.” The talent scout reasoned with him: “With a face like yours, the fastest way to make money is to become a star.” Yue Zhaolin still couldn’t imagine living and eating together with a hundred men. “Sorry.” “As long as you can hang on until the later stages, you don’t even have to debut. You can take the script of the sacrificial favored contestant and get eliminated afterward. The appearance fee is 500,000, after tax.” Yue Zhaolin: “…” Then again, who could refuse money? “Deal.” —— On his first appearance, Yue Zhaolin went viral on social media; At his first offline event, Yue Zhaolin was so good-looking that he didn’t seem to be from the same world as his teammates. The netizens’ extreme comparisons and put-downs only brought him even more massive attention. Yue Zhaolin didn’t care. When he saw the girls holding up light signs, his heart grew hot, and he only wanted to repay that burning love. —— The production team suddenly discovered that this sacrificial favored contestant seemed… very hard to sacrifice in any natural way? An idol appearance chosen by heaven, stage performance skills so strong he could literally make teammates disappear, ultimate fan-service prowess, a CP magnet that stirred up storms of blood and fire, a bundle of heat that drove antis, fans, and passersby alike crazy over just one sentence or one gesture… If they really sacrificed him… Wouldn’t the show be doomed?! [Warnings: 1. The protagonist starts out for money, not for a dream. It’s the fans who move him, and only then does he become career-minded (please enter with caution if this bothers you). There is no CP in this story, and he won’t develop feelings for anyone. No romance; the survival show plot is the main focus. 2. The survival-show format is based on a combination of foreign 101-series shows and domestic survival shows, with some original settings. It can be read as an alternate universe. 3. There are a lot of forum-style sections in this story, equivalent to live discussion threads while the show is airing, with everyone watching together. The main live-thread chapters will be marked as extras for easier purchasing. 4. Brainless power fantasies need a place to store your brain, so I’ll leave one here—]