After Failing to Debut in the Survival Show

The large-scale idol survival show “Tomorrow’s Stardom” became a nationwide sensation. The debut group Wink skyrocketed overnight—from nobodies to top-tier celebrities. Unfortunately, out of the eight debut spots, Lin Yuan ranked ninth. Three years later, Wink has faded from fame to irrelevance. And Lin Yuan—who had consistently ranked within the debut lineup during the show—has fallen even harder: his company shut down, his manager ran away, and no one wanted to sign him. He dropped from an 18th-tier nobody to a 180th-tier ghost. People mocked him as someone who “clings to popularity” or accused him of being “the eighth Wink member who voted fraudulently.” This is the situation Lin Yuan ...