Chapter 25: Before the debut

After a day off, everyone was in good spirits, and after the holiday, they returned to the company to make final preparations before their debut.

On March 31, SM released a promotional video for their debut song "MAMA" and held an "EXO Debut Showcase" at the Olympic Hall in Seoul Olympic Park on the Peninsula, where 3,000 fans were selected from 10,000 applicants to participate.

3,000 people is already a lot, and many second- and third-tier idol groups on the peninsula may not be able to have so many people come to their concerts. It is enough to prove that the company's early promotion of EXO was really successful, and a boy group that has not yet debuted already has a lot of fans.

Of course, as a new generation of SM company's boy group, it itself has its own traffic, which attracts the attention of the people on the peninsula.

When Chi Jingyuan stood on the stage, he was really a little excited, and his heart was beating fast.

The crowd below sat in one place, and the cheers were deafening when he took the stage, reaching the culmination of the opening, and almost the entire hall echoed with the name 'Yuan'.

Judging from SM's internal statistics and material distribution, about half of the audience here are his fans. The rest are generally fans of the group or other members.

The whole show lasted about an hour, first performed the introductory song "Hisrory", then went up in groups and sang a few songs, then sat there for an interview, and watched the video by the way, the process was very simple, but the response was very good.

At least when Ji Jingyuan sang on stage and was interviewed, the voice from the audience was really loud. The singing coming from the stereo was even drowned out by screams.

The atmosphere was very warm throughout the whole process, which also gave the members of the group and the company a lot of confidence.

And after the Showcase ended, they didn't have time to rest at all, so they went directly to the airport and flew to Xia Guo by plane, because there was still a show waiting for them the next day.

On April 1, they held the second "EXO Debut Showcase" in the lecture hall of the library of the BJ University of International Business and Economics in Xiaguo.

This time the process is exactly the same as yesterday, Ji Jingyuan obviously feels that the cheers they received in Xia Guo are much warmer than yesterday in their homeland, and the name that is often screamed off the court is no longer him alone, several people in the M team have a lot of fans, especially LUHAN, in this Showcase his number of fans is close to Ji Jingyuan.

Overall, the reverse of the two Showcase is very good, both the company's publicity department and the planning department are very satisfied, EXO-M, which specializes in the Xia Guo market, has been warmly welcomed, and the main LUHAN is also very popular, and some resources and advertisements placed in Xia Guo have been rewarded, and many invitations to programs have come one after another.

The EXO-K team, which specializes in the local market, is also getting a lot of attention, but the problem is also obvious.

At present, most of the attention of the entire EXO-K team is basically brought by Ji Jingyuan, and the number of fans is also unbeatable by him, and the other 5 people together are not as many as him. However, Kim Jong-in, the company's main promoter, is far from meeting the company's expectations, and his exposure is much greater than that of others, but he has not received much attention, and he is not popular in the team, and even because of his excessive debut videos, he has been attacked by many Ji Jingyuan fans.

However, these are all problems before the debut, and the real result will have to wait until EXO's official debut, and after the release of the title song "MAMA", we will see how much help it can bring to the group.

No matter how much a group is promoted, it will eventually return to the carrier of the song, even if the personal charm is really strong, it is necessary to rely on the carrier to exude its charm and let the audience feel it.

Time flies quickly, and it's April 7 in a blink of an eye.

Tomorrow is the day of their debut, and the members don't have much to practice today, so several members of the EXO-K team sit in the practice room and chat scattered.

Team EXO-M has left early and made a plane to go to Xia Guo, and they will officially debut at the annual festival of Xia Guo's music chart tomorrow, while Team K will officially debut at SBS at the same time.

A combination of two detachments debuted at the same time, specializing in the markets of two countries, I have to say that this kind of initiative has really attracted a lot of attention for EXO, and at present, the effect of this detachment is also very good.

I have to say that because of the approaching debut, the atmosphere in the team is indeed much better, and everyone's expectations are finally coming true, even if there have been several people who have been conflicting, they can talk together and joke at this time.

Just like the NBA, as long as you can win all the time, no matter how big the conflict is, it can be alleviated.

After chatting a few words with laughter, the captain Jin Junmian couldn't sit still, stood up and clapped his hands and shouted that everyone should continue to practice on tomorrow's stage, and everyone didn't have anything to say, get up and continue to practice.

There was no practice in the evening, and after dinner, they went back to the newly moved dormitory.

Some time ago, they had moved out of the trainee's dormitory and moved into a new dormitory, which was a large suite in an apartment building in Cheongdam-dong, near the company, with a total of five bedrooms, one for three people, and the remaining one was for the agent.

After the redistribution, Ji Kyung-won, Do Hyun-so, and Oh Se-hoon lived in the same room, while Kim Jun-mian moved in with Kim Jong-in and Park Chan-yeol. At present, because Team M has gone to Xia Kingdom, the dormitory looks quite spacious.

"Go to bed early today, even if you have insomnia, you must give yourself a rest, and tomorrow morning I will go to the beauty salon, and then I will go to SBS to record the show." Agent Lee Seung-hyun said about tomorrow's itinerary, and finally clapped his hands and smiled and blessed: "Okay, I wish you all a smooth debut tomorrow, EXO Dafa!" ”

"EXO Daihatsu!" Several members shouted, then saluted in thanks before parting.

The others Chi Jingyuan didn't know, but he himself was really a little insomnia, lying on the bed with his eyes open and looking at the moon outside the window, his thoughts in his heart were disorganized.

Although he had the idea of becoming an artist for a long time, he didn't really realize it until some time ago under the rejection of his family, and to be honest, he suddenly entered SM Company to join a boy group, and his mental preparation was not sufficient.

But I still persevered and came to the eve of my debut. During this time, he was indeed very hard, and he was always pampered, and it was not easy for him to resist.

But it's all his own choice, and what he does is what interests him, but he also enjoys it.

'Let's hope everything goes well'.

He looked at the moon outside the window and made a wish in his heart.