Chapter 18: We Ate Together Before

It's not the first time that he has left the other members of EXO and sat in the backstage standby room of a TV company's singing show as NAN instead of being part of EXO or EXO-M - just over a year ago, when the TV series "Please Answer 1997" was on the air, he had a similar experience: that time, he and Jung Eun-ji were together and collaborated on a special stage performance for the TV series' OST "AllForYou".

However, only sitting alone in the huge standby room, this is really the first time for Wang Nanqian - accustomed to the scene of more than a dozen big boys crowded in a large standby room, and now this unusually quiet atmosphere in this small standby room that only belongs to him makes Wang Nanqian feel a little uncomfortable.

It's funny to say, the lead singers of those idol groups probably dreamed of being able to make their solo debut one day and transform from a simple idol to a real "singer", at least he knew that Kim Jong-dae and Byun Baek-hyun must have such thoughts - but at this moment, when he saw that he was about to stand on the singing stage that belonged to him alone, he didn't have half a bit of nervousness, excitement or excitement.

Since that guy disappeared without saying a word, everything he had planned and prepared for a long time had completely lost its meaning - after that, this solo debut was like a very chicken thing for Wang Nanqian: "It's tasteless to eat, it's a pity to abandon it" These eight words are probably the most suitable description for his mentality.

With the disappearance of that guy, without the goals he set before, and he was once disheartened, he also lost his strong desire to pursue a trophy on the singing stage, so that even if the company cut the time for him to stand on the singing stage after that farce and out of various considerations, Wang Nanqian felt that it didn't matter - those media outside were about to make up Wu Yifan's "disappearance" story into a TV series, and at this time, the company decided to let the members of EXO minimize their exposure. The decision to protect the group is actually quite normal, and he is not a member of the lead singer line of the group in the first place, and he has no need to prove himself with his singing voice at all.

This song called "Time to Forget", which poured too much of his feelings into him, was originally a song to say goodbye to Wu Yifan, and now for him, the only value of the existence of this solo debut singing stage is probably in this way, and it is probably in this way that he can say goodbye to the "relatives and friends" who have made him heartache and betrayed his trust for many years - after this event, maybe Wu Yifan will not have much to do with his life at that time.

Even if it's sad, life has to go on after all, people always have to look forward, don't they?

"Brother Xuanjun, shouldn't I go and greet my seniors?"

After being busy for a long time, the makeup artist next to him finally "trimmed" his face again - after the female makeup artist who looked half a circle rounder him put away a complete set of tools at hand, Wang Nanqian immediately asked Lin Xuanjun, who had been sitting on the sofa behind him.

Whether it's in the form of a group or a solo, no matter what his attitude towards the singing stage this time is, there are many rules that must be followed by artists from the company - not to mention that in the past two years since his debut, as the captain of EXO-M, he has long been accustomed to greeting other seniors who are also in the backstage standby room before every time he appears on the singing stage.

"NAN, it's been almost two years since you debuted now, and you can be regarded as a senior with a bit of seniority, so it's better to wait for other newcomers to greet you first, and then you can go out. ”

For the Korean idol circle, which has countless newcomers popping up every year, EXO, which was completely popular last year and won the award at the end of the year, already has its own status, and to a certain extent, they are already qualified to sit in the waiting room and wait for newcomers to take the initiative to come and greet - as an agent, Lin Xuanjun is naturally very aware of a series of "unspoken rules" in the background In Beijing, where the company was born, if Wang Nanqian, who is one of the two pillars of EXO, runs out early like a newcomer, it will be tantamount to indirectly losing the face of the company.

Naturally, he couldn't let Wang Nanqian do such a thing, and he didn't dare to let Wang Nanqian do it, so after hearing Wang Nanqian's inquiry, Lin Xuanjun, who was sitting on the sofa, didn't even raise his eyelids.

As if to verify the correctness of what Lin Xuanjun said, as soon as his words fell, the door of the small waiting room they were in was knocked on from the outside - after the stylist who was sitting not far from the door got up and opened the door, Wang Nanqian, who had already set his eyes there, immediately saw the big boys standing outside the door, although they had stage makeup on their faces, but they still looked very young.

Looking at the restrained and respectful looks of those children when they bent down and walked in the door, Wang Nanqian felt like seeing EXO when she just debuted nearly two years ago and walked into the backstage standby room of a TV station's singing show for the first time.

I don't know what kind of company launched this new talent combination?

Will they be able to persevere in this fiercely competitive and brutal world, or will they become new victims, like many of the newcomers who have never heard anything since their debut?

"ComeOn > GotIt, hello NAN seniors, we are the rookie boy group GOT7 from JYP, and I would like to ask you to take care of us in the future. ”

Under the leadership of the captain of the group called GOT7 who was standing at the front, the big boys stood in a row and shouted the slogans that belonged to this group in a regular manner - looking at the big boys who were doing these polite greetings according to the guidance and instructions of the agent one by one, Wang Nanqian, who had the same experience and could empathize with their feelings, immediately stood up.

"It's too much to call a senior or something, if you don't dislike it, just call me brother in the future......"

Just before Wang Nanqian's words could be contained, a boy wearing a baseball cap on his head immediately jumped forward and grabbed his arm directly before he could react.

"Brother, do you remember me?"

This kid ...... Is the enthusiasm too much?

Wang Nanqian, who was taken aback by the other party's sudden action and almost took half a step back, was stunned for a moment after hearing his very familiar words in a somewhat strange Korean pronunciation—he suddenly felt as if he had heard this unique hoarse voice somewhere.

"You ......"

"Brother, we used to eat together! Don't you remember me?"

It's still a strange pronunciation, but this time it changed from Korean to Chinese - like awakening long-sleeping memories, looking at the big boy in front of him, Wang Nanqian's eyes couldn't help but widen.

"Ahh......h

"I'm Wang Jiaer! Brother, we've eaten together before!"