Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Rising Star

On March 31 and April 1, EXO held two consecutive debut shows at the Olympic Park in Seoul and the lecture hall of the University of International Business and Economics Library in Beijing. At the two showcases that mobilized thousands of people, in addition to the song history, which was released in early March, two other songs from their debut mini album were also revealed: one of them was MAMA, the title song of the mini album, which had never been announced, and the other was Angel, a song that had appeared in the members' promotional videos several times.

To the triumph of S.M.'s communications department, their promotional strategy was a huge success. Although the company's top management had always had much confidence in the incident and the member's failure to report it, S.M.'s publicity department withstood the pressure, and in the end, they also achieved fruitful results: in addition to the expected attention of the title song MAMA that was revealed for the first time, Angel, whose melody has appeared many times, has gained more popularity than expected.

As we all know, S.M., a giant in the Korean entertainment industry, has always been known for its stubbornness, and they never use songs produced by people outside the company, and rarely give their artists the right to express their own music preferences - the new group's debut album directly includes a member's work, and the outside world has always thought that this is just a gimmick deliberately released by S.M. for publicity - when the album is released, they will naturally have a lot of reasons and excuses to explain why the final member's composition was not adopted.

However, what neither Rice nor the media expected was that the lyrical song, which was included in EXO's debut mini album and which they had heard many times, was actually composed by one of the members of the group. Although this lyric song does not reflect any special transcendent standards, it is also a very intriguing masterpiece, and with the meaning of "the members composed music to repay the love of the meal", this song has been highly praised in EXO's meal.

While the media were surprised that S.M. would make such a big move to overthrow YG and Bigbang's dominance, the media once again focused their attention on the composer's member: NAN. This member's previous official announcement by S.M. is still there, and his role in the team is only written as a captain, and his specialty is only written as simple as composing.

Everyone hasn't forgotten that at the beginning of the year, this member had a vigorous scandal with Kim Taeyeon of Girls' Generation, coupled with his birth year that seemed a little out of place with other members, not only did he be fiercely antined by SONE, but even many EXO fans threatened to hope that he would quit the group: Who would have thought that S.M. would not have said anything at that time, and the last big move released was this member?

In the latest updated information, the new content added to the resume of the captain of EXO-M, whose stage name is Nan and his real name is Wang Nanqian, made him a man of the hour overnight: only the last time it was because of a negative scandal, and it was Kim Taeyeon's light, but this time it was his own strength that became the object of media coverage.

This member is not only the composer of the lyric Angel on EXO's debut mini album, but he also wrote a song called SoIntoU for the same company's f(x) as early as last year -- why did S.M. hold such a talent until this age before debuting? Was the scandal at the end of last year released to deliberately create a topic and popularity for this member? These months ago, they also made up realistic versions of "The Princess and the Poor Boy" and "Trainee and the National Female idol" The media of the love story took the storm they created with their own hands as another shameless trick of the propaganda department of the S.M. company, and they had no choice but to devote themselves to a new round of reporting and excavation of this former "poor boy".

When G-D was released, the person who had been a trainee for a total of 10 years became a legend who ruled the Korean male idol industry, and now this person who has also experienced a long trainee career will become the person who will find the scene for S.M. and fight G-D for himself?

In this big victory for S.M.'s publicity department, she inexplicably became a character who wants to fight G-D, but Wang Nam-qian didn't have time to think carefully about whether it was good or bad that she was forced to stand on the opposite side of Bigbang. He has been in China for nearly a week since his debut show in China on April 1, but this week he has to endure the pain of passing by the door and not being able to go home:

In the showcase that debuted in China, compared to the near-perfect performance in the Seoul showcase, whether it was the constraints of the venue conditions or the fatigue caused by travel, they had a lot of mistakes. Although the enthusiasm of the domestic rice for them can be described as crazy, their agents will not tolerate their clumsy appearance. For a week after the showcase, they were all strictly guarded by Lin Hyunjun, engaged in boring dance practice every day, and were forbidden to go home by the company's top management.

Unlike Kim Jong-dae and Kim Min-suk, the two South Korean members, the four Chinese members of Team M know that the support of the rice from China is the capital that they can gain a foothold in the group and in the company. They've screwed up the showcase, and now they can't afford to make any more mistakes on the stage of their official debut.

"Brother, my clothes are okay, right?" Obviously he was already waiting on the side of the stage, and he was about to prepare for the stage, but Zhang Yixing couldn't help but pull the brother standing in front of him from behind. was shocked by the crazy meal at the domestic showcase, Zhang Yixing's dance steps were once half a beat slower, this mistake was so obvious that even Lin Xuanjun could see it, and he was also the one who was reprimanded the most after the showcase.

Wang Nanqian patted the kid on the shoulder, he became nervous because he was too nervous, how can he show the stage like this?" "You are a person who can dance the dance praised by Teacher Shen Zaiyuan even if your waist is broken, how can you make Brother Xuan Jun look down on him? When he was a trainee, he didn't even seem to have entered Class B. ”

Zhang Yixing couldn't help but laugh out loud, it was Lin Xuanjun's eternal pain, and no one could mention it in front of him. is about to stand on the stage of his official debut, this brother can still make jokes, Zhang Yixing is admiring and secretly grateful in his heart, he knows why this brother said such a thing.

"It's on stage, everybody fighting. As soon as Zhang Yixing was relieved, there was already a preparation for the stage manager to order them to go on stage in the headphones, Wang Nanqian whispered to the five members standing behind him, and touched the stage from the darkness first.

"At our festival this year, of course, there will be a new generation of super popular idol Hallyu attacking, we welcome EXO-M!" Liu Yan's voice as the hostess sounded and ended quickly, and the big screen in front of him also lit up, Wang Nanqian knelt on the ground and heard bursts of screams coming from the stage behind him.

How did the people at S.M. want them to make their official debut at the awards ceremony of the Music Billboard? At such a domestic music festival, they would probably perform in the eyes of the audience, "Who is this?" The members of Team M originally walked backstage with such a tragic mood, but just now when Wang Nanqian was on stage to prepare for the initial formation, he saw someone in the audience with a sign with his and Lu Han Wu Yifan's names, which made him feel a warmth in his heart: There is really a meal to see them! Now hearing such a scream again, it made him even more determined: even if only one meal is to see him, he will do his best to show the perfect stage.

The prelude strings of MAMA rang out, and he threw his head up and reached up.

After all, it is the stage of a music festival, and both the sound and visual effects have reached the top level, and it is like heaven compared to the humble stage at the showcase, so isn't it a lucky thing for the EXO-M team to be able to use such a stage as the stage for their official debut?

“Careless,careless。

Shootanonymous,anonymous。

Heartless,mindless。

No,one,who,care,about,me?”

As the strings sing the lyrics of the prelude harmonic part, the dance, which has long been memorized in every muscle and every inch of nerves in the body, naturally comes out. Wang Nanqian suddenly became a little in a trance, he ran away to a foreign country alone at an age when the vast majority of children should be carefree and enjoy their youth, and he endured so many tortures and went through so many hardships, and he was cautious and worried all the time -- but now those who sat in the audience saw what kind of themselves were? They would not see his hesitation, his helplessness, His pain and the qiē he had been suppressed, they could only see a handsome male idol wearing a bright singing costume and exquisite makeup.

Yes, he's no longer the trainee who endured a qiē for his debut—this is the stage where he made his official debut, his parents are watching him on TV, and the seven years of being an obscure trainee in this place in South Korea, in this place of S.M., are over: no one cares about me?

"Are we going to do this and stop looking each other in the eyes?

Don't you talk to me anymore? Don't you say you love me anymore?

Even if he was injured, tears rained down.

Change can be answered, change can be reached, sue sù me, MAMA, MAMA. ”

The state has never been so good as it is now, although this stage can only present a chorus, only a short minute and a half minutes, but Wang Nanqian can feel that the whole team is like a rebirth compared to a week ago. After accumulating for so long and enduring so much, their energy finally burst out at this moment without burden or pressure: everyone's movements are so coordinated, everyone's singing is so perfect, are these younger brothers thinking the same thing as themselves? Do they have the same desire as themselves?

When he was a trainee, his dream was to make his debut, and now that his dream has come true, he is standing on the stage of all eyes -- what about after that? Does the dream stop there? Can it be satisfied just by debuting?

Feeling the six members breathe and gradually join together in the rhythm of the music, a strange ambition quietly ignites in his heart like a small flame: people should always have bigger dreams, don't they, we are such a wonderful group, we have such wonderful members, since everyone is saying that we are the ones who want to challenge Bigbang, why do we ...... Why don't you try to get to the top?

He, they, want everyone to see that this new star called EXO is rising, and it will definitely burst out with a huge light, so that everyone can't ignore it, and everyone will be shocked.