Chapter 55: Choice
If there is an afterlife
After personally testing Kim Jae-joong, Ma Xiangyi no longer has any need to worry, because without him, there will still be a good man to take care of Zheng Xiuyan.
Walking alone on the bleak street, but there was never loneliness in his heart, suddenly the phone rang, took out the phone and glanced at the caller Ma Xiangyi and laughed softly, maybe this is the heart?
"Where are you?" Zheng Xiuyan's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"I was walking towards the dormitory alone. What, have you eaten? Ma Xiangyi replied softly.
"What about you?"
"Eat a little bit, go home and get another fried rice, do you want it?"
"I don't want to eat it."
Ma Xiangyi smiled helplessly, but Zheng Xiuyan's voice came from the other end of the phone, which only made him laugh more burdened.
"Ah, don't put cucumber alama? If you let it go, you'll be dead. ”
"Allah, hehe."
"Laugh fart, I'll still be practicing in a while, I'll go over when I'm done."
The phone hung up, Ma Xiangyi exhaled softly, walking on the street again but without the previous loneliness, people are always like this, there is always a sentimental side, but only need a little more companionship, no matter how difficult, how helpless will find a trace of comfort in this companionship.
When he got home, he started to get busy with supper, and Ma Xiangyi listened more to Kim Jae-joong's invitation, but didn't eat a few bites of food. After being busy for a while, the fried rice was finished, but when I didn't see Zheng Xiuyan's arrival, I simply turned on the TV and watched the entertainment news.
The recent hot topic is still occupied by SJ, although the ** company temporarily released TVXQ to put out the fire, but the storm of public opinion has not been able to transfer, and the storm has really become a storm at this point, and it is indeed too difficult for SJ to turn the tables. It's not alarmist, but almost all the media are on the opposite side, and as for the three major TV stations, except for SBS, who can barely support them in this matter, the other two have become the base camp of sunspots. Ma Xiangyi touched his nose and felt that watching TV was a very mood-affecting thing, so he simply turned off the TV and took out his mobile phone to play Tetris.
Unconsciously, the door was pushed open, and Ma Xiangyi looked over to see who Zheng Xiuyan was.
"Uh-uh, uh-uh, I'm tired." Zheng Xiuyan spoke alien words in her mouth, then ran to the table in her cotton slippers, opened the plate covered with fried rice, picked up the spoon and was about to eat.
"Go wash your hands!" Ma Xiangyi walked over and patted it directly on the little hand that was about to be eaten with fried rice.
Zheng Xiuyan pouted and said forcefully: "I'm done!" As she spoke, she wanted to quickly eat the fried rice in the spoon, but it was obvious that her little Jiujiu had been perceived by Ma Xiangyi, and snatched the spoon in her hand while she was not paying attention and put it in her mouth, squinting her eyes with a look of enjoyment: "Well, it's delicious."
"Humph!" Zheng Xiuyan tilted her head and washed her hands.
Zheng Xiuyan ate most of the supper, and after eating, the two of them lay on both ends of the sofa, Zheng Xiuyan's feet were directly on Ma Xiangyi's knees, and she kept holding her slightly bulging lower abdomen with one hand and suddenly said, "What do you want to do if there is an afterlife?" Suddenly, Zheng Xiuyan took out a cute tape recorder from her bag and pressed the record button and handed it to Ma Xiangyi, signaling that he could speak.
Looking at the little feet that were constantly swaying in front of him, Ma Xiangyi smiled lightly, put the tape recorder to his mouth and said, "Ring."
"Rings?" Zheng Xiuyan said suspiciously, why do you want to do this?
"Notebook."
"Notebook?"
"Bed, glasses, mugs, bag."
"Yui? Why do you want to do these dead things! Zheng Xiuyan sat up directly and looked at him dissatisfied.
Ma Xiangyi smiled faintly: "Because in this way, you can buy me home, and it will always be interesting by your side."
Zheng Xiuyan choked up in an instant, hurriedly turned her head to lie down on the sofa again, and said, "Pabo, if I make these things, I may replace you."
Ma Xiangyi scratched his head, and then smiled: "It's okay, then write on it that this object has collectible value, please don't throw it away."
“Pabo!” Zheng Xiuyan laughed, how could I be willing to leave you.
The next day, Ma Xiangyi came to the company's conference room with the members, and Li Xiuman would discuss the next plan with them by video conference.
The room was quiet, no one spoke, and their faces were full of gloom and worry. Worry is naturally worried about the scandal of the current combination, and worry is also the same, but the worry is how the company will deal with this scandal and whether it will really be hidden. If it is really to be hidden, then it will be no less than a major blow to them, because the snow hiding will be a long blank period, maybe no one will remember them when the snow hiding is over, and maybe it will become a delusion to reach the point where they were hot when they debuted. For the members of the group, they are very repulsive to Xuezang, even if they are allowed to stand in front of everyone, it is better to be scolded and beaten than to be Xuezang.
The sound of pushing the door made everyone pay attention to the person who came, and when they saw that it was Kim An-sook, the head of the planning department, several people quickly got up and bowed respectfully. Kim didn't say much, just looked at the time for a moment, and then connected to the video.
Li Xiuman's figure appeared on the electronic screen, and when they saw the old man, the members quickly stood up and bowed to him.
Li Xiuman smiled faintly, and then said, "How is it?" Did this incident break you? ”
No one spoke, just lowered their heads in embarrassment.
"I've found out about this, and I won't blame you." Li Xiuman's gentle smile gradually calmed down the nervous hearts of the members, and at the same time, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"But your mindset is important. I really want to take this opportunity to hone your minds, because even though you are both past adulthood, you are not yet like a man, not like a real man. Li Xiuman's voice turned, and a powerful momentum rushed from the electronic screen, and the members all sat upright.
"You are the people I chose, the reason why I chose you is not because you are too prominent, nor because you have extremely high talent, I only chose you because you thirteen are very good trainees that I think you can develop in all directions. But I'm a little disappointed by your performance, your emotions lately. It's not about your strength, it's about your inaction in the face of such a predicament, and you really disappoint me. Maybe you think that you are all little idols, what can you do in the face of such a predicament? I want to say that at least you want me to see your spirits. What have you all done since this broke out? How many nights did Litsilver Herkin-hee-che not get drunk and didn't return? Qiangren prodigy Jin Qifan: How many nightclubs have you been to? Are you starting to give up on yourself just because of this? Or do you not believe the company and don't believe me? Well? ”
The people who were named all lowered their heads in shame, just like Li Xiuman said, since the incident, they have really given up on themselves, it's not that they don't want to cheer up, Kim Yingmin's way of hiding really hurt them.
“Edward!” Li Xiuman screamed softly.
"Yes," Ma Xiangyi hurriedly stood up and responded.
"I call you alone because I want to criticize you alone." Li Xiuman said with a serious face: "I've always apologized for putting you in the group, because I know that you yearn for solo, and I have wanted you to solo more than once, but there are too few lead singers in the group, so I have to add you." However, it was also a mistake to add you to the mix, because you are too talented and because you have too many envious ingredients. Don't tell me anything they bully you, they snub you or anything like that, I naturally know that. I just want to tell you that communication is mutual, the mouth is not just for eating, you must feel aggrieved because you are a victim, right? No, no, child, you are wrong, there is no love for no reason and no hate for no reason, no one can refuse kindness, if the other person refuses just because your kindness is not enough. I expect too much from you, but you really let me down when it comes to getting along with the group. Now, I have the idea of removing you from the group and giving you a solo, and now, you tell me whether to continue to stay in this group that may not be able to turn over for the rest of your life, or continue your solo dream, and the choice is up to you. ”
Ma Xiangyi lowered his head in shame by Li Xiuman's words, and at the same time began to struggle in his heart. SOLO can naturally jump out of this quagmire, but after really doing so, will he still have the face to face these people? Do you still have the face to watch ELF, these fans who have persevered until now? The more he thought about it, the more ashamed Ma Xiangyi became, raised his head and bowed to all the members and apologized: "I'm sorry" Litt nodded with a faint smile, Cui Siyuan's encouraging gaze, Kim Hee-cheol's afterglow that floated over without caring about it, the hesitation in Eunhyuk's eyes, Han Geng's regret, Yisheng's pleading eyes, Shengmin's retention, Qiangren's frowning, and the sneer on the corner of the prodigy's mouth were all in full view. Ma Xiangyi exhaled softly, looked firmly at Li Xiuman on the electronic screen and said, "Teacher, I want to stay in the group."
This sentence was said firmly and powerfully, and the members all looked at Ma Xiangyi in surprise, because they knew that if they gave him a SOLO, he would definitely be stronger than if he was trapped in the quagmire now, and they all knew that he would definitely be more difficult in the future without the group, because so far only 2 of the thirteen people in the group are real lead singers. However, he chose to stay, and he stayed without any hesitation, which brought them a great shock. Even the prodigy and Qiangren, who didn't have a good impression of him, couldn't help but be stunned and had complicated expressions.
"Good!" Li Xiuman laughed and said with an appreciative face: "I didn't misunderstand you, you are responsible."
Ma Xiangyi glanced at all the members, and then they all had smiling faces on their faces, and Ma Xiangyi smiled modestly at all the members and sat down. He knows that this is his chance to re-solo, and he also knows that if he gets out of the quagmire of SJ, with his talent and ability, it will definitely be better than being stuck in the quagmire now, but just like Li Xiuman's previous blame, he did disagree with several other members because of pride, but just like Li Xiuman said, it was not the other party's fault, wasn't he himself also at fault? What's more, if there is no him, how will SJ develop? It's not that he is narcissistic, the whole group is the lead singer, and Yisheng is only in line with the lead singer, but he is not the top singer in the lead singer. Besides, without him, the entire SJ will be a lead singer, which is unacceptable and unacceptable, and even makes people feel that SJ is just a dance company.
For the dream of solo, Ma Xiangyi knows that the company will not treat him badly, and Li Xiuman will not give him a chance to prove it. Looking at the teacher on the electronic screen at this time, Ma Xiangyi believes even more that as long as he is still there, then the combination will definitely get out of the quagmire.