Chapter Twenty-Eight: Leaving the Teacher is Unfavorable
Leaving the advertising agency, the group sat in the nanny car, the assistant Cui Zhichang who had just been assigned was in charge of driving, Lee Seung-hwan sat in the co-pilot, and Ji Jingyuan sat in the back seat to rest.
"Jingyuan, how do you feel?" As the car started, Lee Seung-hwan glanced at Ji Jingyuan from the rearview mirror and asked with concern.
"It's okay, nothing difficult. I think it's easy to shoot commercials. Chi Jingyuan looked at the street scene outside the car window and said casually.
In the past few days, when filming commercials, it has been the agent Lee Seung-hwan and the assistant Choi Zhi-chang who have been following him, and Lee Seung-hwan, as the manager of EXO, originally had great authority in front of the members, and often reprimanded the members.
However, when he faced Chi Jingyuan, he didn't put on any show, but often looked very close, and when there were no other members, they seemed a little casual and didn't have so much etiquette.
This was also proposed by Lee Seung-hwan himself.
"It's that simple, it's because you're really talented at shooting."
Lee Seung-hwan sneered: "I've heard the agents of other groups say before that he was really tired and tired when he followed his members to shoot commercials, his expression was not in place, his movements were stiff, and the on-site PD had been angry and the atmosphere was very bad, and every time he NG, he had to apologize to the staff for half a day and didn't get any good face." What a ......."
"Unlike Jingyuan, you were only a little nervous when you first shot the advertisement, and then you quickly entered the state and got better and better, and today's milk advertising case is even more so, everyone is very satisfied, and they have been praising you."
After a few days of companionship and comparison with his peers, Lee Seung-hwan really appreciates Ji Kyung-won: "The director of this case, Kim Jae-ryong, is a very experienced advertising director, who often shoots some small-scale production cases, and there are quite famous people in the circle, I heard that his temper is not very good and likes to scold, but I didn't see it today." ”
"There are so many rumors in the circle, and they can't be trusted. Director Kim Jae-ryong feels that his temper is quite good. ”
Chi Jingyuan thought back to the director just now, and found that he was basically smiling the whole time, and after filming, he came over to praise him twice, which was not as vicious as rumored.
"By the way, Brother Chenghuan, are there any other cases next?" Ji Jingyuan asked.
"Your progress today is really fast, I was going to shoot for a whole day, so I don't have any plans now, and I will go to another clothing commercial on the 26th." Lee Seung-hwan took out his mobile phone memo and looked at it and said.
"What about the combo?"
"Alas......" Hearing this question, Lee Seung-hwan's expression, which seemed quite happy just now, immediately became bitter, and his two sparse eyebrows wrinkled tightly together, and he sighed deeply.
Today is April 24th, and it's been more than half a month since EXO-K's official debut in SBS's popular song, so what about the situation so far...... Very poor.
Originally, before his official debut, it attracted a lot of attention because SM launched a large-scale boy group project again after a few years. In addition, the company continues to invest various resources and materials to maintain their exposure.
Every few days, a member's video will be released on the Internet, and the first two teams and two countries will debut separately, and the popularity has been kept full.
And after Ji Jingyuan's debut video was released, it became a hot spot, allowing him to gain a large number of fans and keep EXO's attention high, which can be said to crush several other boy groups that debuted at the same time.
Of course, there have been many fans of other groups who don't like EXO and post bad comments in various comment areas, but it didn't have much effect, but it increased a lot of popularity.
However, after EXO-K's official debut stage aired and the MV and sound source of the debut song "MAMA" were revealed, negative reviews immediately poured in.
Whether it is a male or female idol group, the vast majority of members absorb fans and increase their popularity by relying on their personal charm, but they need a carrier to exude their own charm, and when the idol group does not have so many performing arts resources before becoming famous, the most dependent carrier is naturally the song.
The song "MAMA" is very professional, from preparation to shooting to post-production, SM company is also very attentive, if you give it to some professionals to evaluate, it is estimated to be a very good work.
But it's a pity that they don't want to participate in the selection, but to develop the group and absorb fans.
And in the perspective of the vast majority of passers-by and fans, they don't care if you are professional or not, they only like and dislike in their eyes, good and bad.
And "MAMA" is not good and disliked in the eyes of most passers-by on the peninsula.
And the company is attentive, but the things they do with their hearts are not likable.
The singing style on the debut stage makes people unable to complain, and the style of the title song is not at all the style that Peninsula people like, and it is even more ...... in the MV It's ugly costumes, it's ghostly faces, it's roaring, and it's some ancestral concepts......
The company's intentions seem to be being used in the opposite direction.
After their debut on the stage, they appeared on the stage several times in a row.
On April 12th, Mnet's M! Countdown has 6 minutes of show time.
On April 13th, they went to the KBS Music Bank, followed by performances of "history" and "MAMA" with a stage time of 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
For the next few days, EXO-K went on all the three major TV stations' singing programs and was interviewed by MBC's Music Show Champion.
I have to say that SM's resource investment is still not small, and there are not many groups that can appear on various music and singing programs one after another despite receiving so many black comments in the early days of their debut.
It's a pity that under the investment of resources, it seems to have achieved the opposite effect...... Because they basically performed "MAMA" on stage, which received bad reviews.
Every time they take the stage, there will be a wave of black comments coming.
And after so many days of fermentation, as long as there is news about entertainment groups on the log, there will be bad reviews about them below.
"Congratulations to SM for the birth of the worst boy group! Daihatsu! Notify me before disbanding. ”
"Except for Yuan, the others can be called the ugliest boy group SM has ever seen."
"Why get rid of Yuan? Aren't they a combination? Even with Yuan, on average, they are the ugliest combination SM has ever seen! ”
"The ugliest is not necessarily, SHINee is also a candidate. But they must be the most money-losing combination. ”
"This theme song is too ugly, isn't it?"
"Can anyone explain what MAMA means? A group of men shouted on the stage, oh mom, oh mom? ”
"Laughing dead man kkkkkk, I have been previewing it for so long, and finally such a thing came out and was beaten by our NU'EST."
"I recommend the new boy group NU'EST to everyone, the appearance is extremely high, all of them are powerful members, and the work also conveys the concept of opposing school violence, which is very socially responsible, and is definitely the next TOP."
"Can someone else get out? I'm embarrassed to say TOP if I don't even have one, don't laugh at the dead,
“…………”
The entire network is full of ridicule about the EXO group. And most of the passers-by just left after scolding, no longer paying attention.
Those who have been scolding every day and maintaining a high enthusiasm for ridicule are not only the fans of several boy groups that debuted at the same time, but the fans of the predecessors of the artists of the same company are the most.