EXID is very confused, and the top floor of the CJE&M building, which has a view of Seoul from the floor-to-ceiling windows, is the center of CJ Entertainment's rights. The staff of any of the following departments are very nervous when they come here. Not to mention the president, even the president is a rare figure on weekdays. As for their biggest 'official position', they have only seen representatives of their own companies.

So when they came to the top of CJ Entertainment, their hearts were full of ups and downs, and Lee Woo-ho's appearance was often seen in the news, and his actual personality was not clear to anyone in their EXID. They don't know anything and can't remember anything now.

There were a few uncle-level people sitting in the leisure area, drinking tea and chatting about something, their appearance attracted the attention of the resting people over there, at this time a man in formal clothes, wearing glasses, holding an iPad in his hand to record work, walked towards them, his aura was full, and a very decent atmosphere emanated around, he looked at EXID and the crowd's voice was very straight, without any emotion, he asked "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

EXID everyone bowed before responding to this person, "Hello, I'm EXID, and Chairman Lee called us over." ”

"Come with me, President. The man with glasses was surprised for a moment, then immediately collected his expression, and then dropped the sentence and led them towards Li Yuhao's office.

A dark red solid wood, with a sign on the door, 'President's Office', this man with glasses stood at the door and sorted out his clothes before knocking on the door, knocking knock~~~ Three very rhythmic knocks on the door, like a hammer striking on the hearts of EXID everyone. They held each other's hands again, and many of them had sweat on their hands.

Nervous, very nervous, a man's voice came from inside, 'Come in.' The man with glasses opened the door after hearing the voice, and the door was not all opened, only a certain opening, he stood at the door, did not go in, but took the initiative to ask, "President." There's a group of women named EXID looking for you. ”

Li Yuhao closed the text in his hand, looked up at the door, and responded, "Oh, let them in." ”

With Li Yuhao's summoning, the man with glasses opened the door completely, stretched out his hand and made a 'please' gesture to EXID and them.

EXID and everyone entered the 'president's office' at this time, and the five of them stood in a row at the door, next to each other. Even their shoulders are about to touch each other, maybe only in this way can they have the strength to stand in Li Yuhao's office.

Li Yuhao looked at them one by one as nervous as the frightened chicks, especially several people's hands were clenched into fists vertically. So Li Yuhao smiled and smiled at them gently, "Here, now I know I'm not a liar." Hehe," and then Li Yuhao gave a copy of the document to the secretary, "Xiao Zhang." Send Wen Jiàn to Ahn Cheol-hee's side. ”

"Yes, President. The secretary took the text and walked out of Li Yuhao's office.

After the secretary left, Li Yuhao got up from his position and walked towards them in a casual dress that looked a little asymmetrical to the office. Li Yuhao walked towards the coffee machine in the rest area, took out a cup and took five cups of brewed coffee for them. Then he beckoned to Xu Shuzhi, "Come and get it." ”

"Thank you, Chairman Lee. ”

Xu Shuzhi, LE, and HANI quickly came to the front of the coffee machine and picked up the coffee, and then Li Yuhao pointed to the location of the reception area and motioned for them to put it there, "You two, don't stand at the door and be a door god, come and sit." Sit down, sit down. Don't stand. ”

EXID came to the sofa area and sat down, their sitting posture was not the slightest relaxed, they all seemed to be sitting in a military posture, their backs were straight, their legs were together, their hands were on their knees, and they looked at Li Yuhao seriously.

On the contrary, Li Yuhao sat comfortably on the sofa, leaned on the back cushion, took out a cigarette and lit one, and looked at them with his legs crossed, "EXID, ExceedInDreaming, beyond dreams." Li Yuhao looked at the five of them with his eyes, and named them one by one, "Heo So-ji, Ahn Hyo-jin, Ahn Hee-yeon, Seo Hye-hyun, Park Jung-hwa." Right? I'm not mistaken, am I?"

"No, no. ”

"Don't be nervous. I'm not a monster of the Han River, so I don't need to be afraid. Drink coffee, don't let it cool. Li Yuhao saw that they were so restrained, so he made a little joke, hoping that they could relax a little.

Li Yuhao took a sip of coffee, and EXID everyone smiled awkwardly and began to drink the coffee. But the tension in their hearts still stirred them.

Li Yuhao put down the coffee in his hand, then flicked the cigarette ash before slowly raising his head to look at them, "You have debuted for two years, but the recent situation is very bad, right? Actually, before you came over, I also searched for your news on the Internet." And then go to YouTube and search for the video you starred in. In addition to the normal propaganda and singing shows, there is not even a commercial performance for dinner shooting. On the phone, you said that the five of you eat two packs of ramen, and at first I thought you were joking. Later, I saw on the Internet that some fans used to write about the hardships of idols, and now I believe it. ”

Li Yuhao's words were very soft, and when talking about their current situation at this time, there was no contempt at all, but his tone carried a trace of sadness and heartache, which made EXID feel better.

Now that they have said this, the EXID people have no intention of hiding it, and each of them has a very helpless expression. The corners of Xu Shuzhi's mouth raised slightly, this was her wry smile at the recent situation of their combination at this time, and that smile contained the bitterness of all the experiences. Xu Shuzhi sighed deeply and began to say, "Hey, Chairman Li, let's be honest, our EXID's recent situation is indeed quite bad, even worse than you think. ”

Speaking of which, Xu Shuzhi has nothing to hide, "We say that we are debuting artists, but where is the 'art'? There are five of us, and in the past six months, in order to be able to eat and fill our stomachs, we have to send people to work part-time at the barbecue restaurant at night. Otherwise, we won't even be able to afford to eat, and that's no joke. There is no income without a trip, but the company also provided us with a place to stay. However, every month we also have to pay for the water, electricity, gas, and property management used. However, we are still grateful to the company, at least we don't have to be exposed to the sun and rain. For our debuting artists, there is no income without a trip, so in order to live, even if we debut, we still have to work part-time. Because we're all adults, we can't ask for pocket money at home. ”

When Xu Shuzhi talked about their situation at this time, the remaining members all had tears in their eyes. The helplessness of life, they deeply experienced, the days of no money, the days of starvation, they have not never lived, and they can't feel a penny of the deep helplessness in their hearts, they still remember it vividly. But all of them insisted on a stage dream and did not give up.

If they want to say that at this time, they go to their company and say that I want to finish my studies and so on, and the Xinshadong Tiger will definitely release people and send their blessings. What's the point of spending like this on each other?

Li Yuhao pushed the paper in front of him in front of them, "What are you crying about one by one, isn't the sky falling yet? Even if you don't do idols and stars, will you still starve to death?"

Hani has become a tearful person at this time, and she directly expressed the confusion in her heart, "But, we want to sing, we want to dance, why don't we have such an opportunity?"

Li Yuhao smiled and pulled the tissue twice and handed it to Hani, and then explained to her with a smile, "It's not that if you want to sing, if you want to dance, you will definitely succeed." There are many failed combinations in South Korea, and you all know it in your hearts. The domestic market is small, but there are a lot of idol combinations. There is also a saturation of the market. With a population of 50 million, excluding the older generation and the younger generation, the remaining middle layer, high school students look at the appearance, college students look at the connotation, and office workers look at whether your songs can touch their tired hearts after daily work. Whether a portfolio can be successful or not, the brokerage company occupies a large factor. So, don't think about anything, I'll perform seriously, and one day everyone will be able to accept you. However, this is not the case, and after going through so much, you must have figured it out a lot. ”

Xu Shuzhi smiled bitterly and nodded, "Yes, we did figure out a lot when we didn't have an itinerary." Even if a group has good songs, it needs a good company and good planning to resonate with everyone, and it is impossible for us to rely on ourselves. ”

Lee Woo-ho smiled and took the last puff of his cigarette, and when he exhaled a pungent cloud of smoke, he snuffed out the cigarette butt, "Hehe, I called you here this time to let you join us at CJ Entertainment." I know your contract is about to expire, so I would like to say that you can think about it in advance. Planning, our company is mostly senior planners. As for the strength of the company, I don't need to say much about this, our company also has its own TV station, so many times for the artists of our own company, the program team will give priority" (to be continued.) )