Chapter 30: This is a talent

(Thanks to a reader who posted the old dream of Amway, it was really touching tears)

Since their official debut on April 8 on the stage of the "Music Billboard Annual Ceremony", the EXO-M team has started intensive program promotion activities in China. They appeared on eight interviews in a row over five days, starting April 10, and nearly broke the nerves of the six big boys.

As the captain of Team M and a topical figure promoted by the Korean media, Wang Nanqian almost single-handedly took on most of the interviews in these programs. If the six of them were still very nervous when they appeared on the show for the first time in their lives, in the face of a large number of questions, he had gradually been able to skillfully face the host's various questions since the second time he appeared on the show: after being asked many questions on the first day that he didn't know how to answer "correctly", Wang Nanqian stayed up late and Lin Xuan practiced, and prepared an answer to all the questions that might be asked that "the company can recognize".

"Everyone knows that EXO is divided into two teams, EXO-M and EXO-K, the center of gravity of Team K is in the Korean market, and the focus of Team M is in the Chinese market, does this mean that Team M will mainly operate in China, while Team K will operate in South Korea?"

Some hosts are gentle and will only ask very official questions, which are also very easy to answer: "It's not like that, it's just that EXO-M's album will be recorded in Chinese, while EXO-K's album will be recorded in Korean." In the future, Team K will often come to China to promote, and Team M will also return to South Korea for stage performances. And the 12 members of EXO will definitely appear in the show in a complete form, I hope everyone will like it then. ”

"All of you in EXO-M are so handsome, all of them are beautiful men, I don't know who you think is the best-looking?"

Some hosts will pretend to be idiots and ask this kind of nymphomaniac question for the meal, and such questions simply do not need to be answered: "I think all six of us members have their own characteristics, and they are all very handsome." I remember the first time I met KRIS, I was very jealous because he was so handsome. ”

"We all know that our EXO-M captain Nan is a great talent, and this album also includes songs composed by NAN, can you tell us how this song was created?"

Such a question was raised when they first appeared on the show, and at that time, Wang Nanqian just answered two simple sentences like in the showcase. But when he and Lin Xuanjun stayed up late to discuss, the content of his answer became much "richer": "Yes, this time I am very honored to have the songs I wrote included in our debut mini album." This song was originally written by me on the guitar, and later rearranged on the piano under the guidance of Mr. Yu Yongzhen, so that I can present such a complete song to you. ”

"The fact that our EXO debut album includes songs written by the members themselves has been a hot topic lately. Now everyone is comparing our EXO-M captain NAN to G-Dragon, the top creative idol in Asia, I wonder what we NAN ourselves think about this?"

On the last show, Wang Nanqian was finally asked this very sensitive question, but I don't know how many people want to ask. He himself knew very well that the company did not give him such a high position, but the hype in the Korean media forced him to face the fact that he had been pushed to the forefront: "The G-D seniors are my seniors who I particularly respect, and it is my honor to be compared to the G-D seniors." The seniors of Bigbang have achieved a lot of achievements, and they are what we look forward to and strive for. I hope that in the future, we can be recognized by everyone like my predecessors in Biabang, and when we get good results, I will be happy to hear that again. ”

still clearly remembers their worries about the future, expectations and worries about the unknown future before their debut, Lin Xuanjun looked at the smile on the boy's face in the studio, and couldn't help but sigh: These children seem to have grown up all of a sudden, they seem to be full of hope for their tomorrow, and their words and deeds have become much more confident.

These days, they have personally felt the madness and enthusiasm of the Chinese regional rice, and that momentum surprised Lin Hyun-kyun, and it was a miracle that a group that had just officially debuted could have such popularity.

However, this good situation still did not make S.M. feel completely satisfied, although there were differences between the two teams from the beginning of the main market and direction, but now the difference in the popularity of Team M in different regions is a big headache for the company. Although EXO-M became popular in China like a dynamite, they have never appeared on the stage or show in Korea since their debut, and their popularity in Korea has fallen into a subtle shape.

Due to the company's main promotion and media publicity, Lu Han, Kim Jong Dae and Wang Nam-qian were originally members who were very popular in South Korea, but EXO-M has been promoting in China since their debut, and they have never appeared in the sight of domestic fans. This incident caused S.M. to come under great pressure from the Korean fans:

"We also want to see the Oppas of EXO-M. ”

"After all, it's a Korean artist, why did you let Team M go overseas as soon as they debuted?

"If I can't see Luhan Oppa for a day, I won't buy EXO's albums for a day. ”

"When will EXO's Oppas become fully on stage?"

S.M.'s planning department's itinerary for the two teams was not only ruthlessly criticized by the Hanhans, but also questioned by the company's top management - Team M's explosive popularity overseas was like a dream, but Team K's situation in China was not as successful as S.M. expected. After all, the EXO group has to be based in South Korea, and popularity in South Korea is the foundation of this group's success - but now that the situation has turned the cart before the horse, is it time to pull Team M back from China?

This brutal situation has put the planning department of S.M. in a huge dilemma: they not only have to face merciless criticism from the top, but they are also ridiculed every day by the publicity department, which has already won a big victory in publicity. When he couldn't bear it anymore, the head of the planning department gathered all the employees who were in charge of the EXO itinerary.

"Team M is supposed to be filming a variety show in Changsha, China today, and in the plan that has now been made, they will go to Indonesia to attend SJ's concert at the end of the month, which is a three-day trip. ”

"Isn't there nearly two weeks left in between? Is there anything recently that will allow them to show their faces in the country? If I don't let them show up, I'm going to be by those guys in the Propaganda Department. In the face of the minister's angry question, the employees of the planning department lowered their heads one by one and racked their brains to think.

"Minister, isn't the Tyti Seo team of Girls' Generation about to shoot a music video?Originally, it was determined that it was a member of EXO-K who made a cameo, can you consider changing it to a member of EXO-M?" In a moment of embarrassment, a newcomer finally broke the silence in the conference room, and the old employees around him cast sympathetic glances at him: everyone who has worked in the planning department knows that you must not take the initiative to speak when the minister is angry.

The artist's itinerary is inherently linked, and it is a matter that needs to be carefully planned for a long time in advance. The head of the planning department is very aware of how difficult it is to come up with a way to make adjustments from these already established processes. Hearing that someone was able to put forward such a "constructive" opinion, the minister, who had accumulated a lot of pressure during this period of time, was overjoyed: this is a talent!

"You can't replace all the people in Team K, how many members are scheduled to make cameos now?"

"It's four people, minister," Seeing that his opinion was about to be adopted by the minister, this new employee who had not been in the planning department for a few months let go of his courage under the stunned gaze of a group of old employees, "I happened to do a survey in the past few days, and now the most well-known member of Team M in China is Lu Han, and then with NAN, which has been very topical recently, can we consider replacing the two members of Team K with these two members and making a half-and-half match?"

Because S.M.'s planning manager couldn't stand the cynicism of his colleagues in the PR department and the fact that a new employee in the planning department completely ignored the feelings of the K-team members, Lu Han and Wang Nanqian couldn't enjoy the few days off they were supposed to get after a busy schedule, and the two of them were flying back to South Korea the night after filming at Happy Camp.

Now those three guys and Brother Xuan Jun are probably following the "landlord" Zhang Yixing to taste all kinds of delicacies in Changsha, right? Wang Nanqian, who was forced to sit in the waiting hall of the airport for nearly an hour and a half because of the delay of the plane, and Wang Nanqian, who had not even eaten dinner, huddled in an inconspicuous corner, waiting hard for Lu Han, who disappeared after threatening to buy something to eat, and Assistant Jin, who accompanied them back to Seoul.

Putting the hat of the jumper on his head and closing his eyes, his whole body swayed gently to the rhythm of the music playing in the headphones.

“…… You pretend you don't know anything,

Looking for an opportunity to shake my heart, two answers,

The long night has been full of sparks, Baby,

Oh, ImCurious, you are smiling instantly, why ?......"

The quality of this new song is already very high, and with the increasingly mature voices and skills of SHINee, it is really full of charm, no wonder Kim Jong-hyun was so confident at that time. Looks like AllKill got the hit song chart, right?SHINee: They're really getting better results than when they released Lucifer last year. When will EXO get AllKill on the singing stage? Even if it's just one on any stage--I heard Lin Hyunjun say that Team K's singing stage didn't achieve particularly satisfactory results, so the company is planning to let Team M go back to South Korea to play with Team K.

Listening to Kim Jong-hyun's high-pitched singing, Wang Nanqian suddenly felt a unique aroma of food, and he opened his eyes suddenly: a hamburger with half of the wrapper peeled off was dangling in front of him.

"You bought this kind of thing after running out for so long, can't you buy something more delicious when you finally come back?" snatched the hamburger from Lu Han, who was smiling happily, and he directly bit into it.

"I wanted to buy something else, but the assistant brother said he didn't have the money. Hey, brother, you're not going to manage your body anymore?" Lu Han was still complaining about their assistant slamming the door, but he was amused by this brother's gobbling up.

Bastard, isn't it good not to remind me of these things at this time? Feeling the wonderful taste of the meatloaf mixed with the sauce, Wang Nanqian sighed in her heart and tore a whole burger in two.

"Here you go, if I starve to death one day, it's all because of your mouth. Pushing the half of the hamburger that he hadn't bitten into Lu Han's hand, he bit the other half of the hamburger that had left his own tooth marks.