The 2013 KBS Ballad Festival was held on the evening of December 27th, and EXO performed in the first half of the festival in the 15th minute.

They were the second performance of the whole party, and they were lined up behind the crayon troupe's "barbarbar", and the organizers probably wanted to use the stage of two consecutive hits to directly pull the atmosphere to the highest point.

This time, in addition to the impossible "Roar", EXO also performed a new choreography of the special arrangement "dubstep intro" version,

The opening accompaniment and group dance of this version were really feeling, and the enthusiasm of the audience was ignited directly by EXO, which was widely welcomed by the TV station after its debut.

However, KBS's year-end celebrations generally don't have too many fancy places, that is, relatively ordinary idol performances, compared to SBS, which is very good at playing tricks, the stage is relatively small, and the audience is smaller, and in general, it is still a lot worse in terms of viewing and topicality.

At the end of the party, Lin Yuna was absent, and the stage of 8-member Girls' Generation "I got a boy" ended.

After watching the whole scene, except for Pei Xiuzhi, one of the hosts, who combed a ponytail and changed into a few long skirts that looked very beautiful, he didn't leave too deep an impression on Chi Jingyuan.

On the 28th, EXO originally had no stage and no celebration to attend, but because of some conflicts in the schedule on the schedule, EXO could not arrive at the scene of the MBC Song Festival, which was originally scheduled to be held on December 31.

Because on the 31st, Ji Jingyuan will participate in the SBS acting awards with the crew as the actor of the actor in "The Inheritors", and the EXO-M team will also go to Xia Guo to participate in the New Year's Eve party broadcast live on Oriental TV.

And EXO is the most trending idol group at the moment, and exaggerating what they don't say will really make the party lose a lot of color, MBC of course doesn't want to do this, so they are allowed to record the stage in advance, and play the video when the party is live, as if they also participated.

After the company communicated with MBC, XO arrived at MBC on the 28th to record the stage in advance, and MBC also opened the fan channel for the stage effect, and all the positions were full in less than a few minutes.

The entire venue was directly filled with EXO fans, watching them record excitedly.

In order to repay the enthusiasm of the fans, after discussion, the stage flow was temporarily changed, and the original unchanged "Roar" stage, during the last chorus, all the members would get off the stage and run from the passage on both sides to a small stage in the middle of the audience to complete the last section.

It is said to be a small stage, but it is actually a small empty terrace in the middle of the audience, and the area is very small, and the twelve members are dancing a little stretched.

And it's so close to the audience that fans can basically touch them as soon as they reach out.

This extremely close experience of getting in touch with their idols really made many fans can't help but scream, saying that this time is the right time.

After the recording, the members and fans bowed and finally left the show under their reluctant eyes.

As soon as the time turned, it was the 29th.

"How? Is the lift table stable? ”

Looking at the four dance lines that came down from the lifting platform, Chi Jingyuan asked them.

At this time, they are in the first exhibition hall of Hiyama kintex, and they are rehearsing for tonight's SBS ballad battle.

It's a coincidence that this time the SBS Song Battle was held in the same place as their SM family concert a few days ago, and when they returned here after a few days, EXO can be regarded as a revisit.

The SBS Gala is held in a larger venue than KBS and MBC, and the surrounding facilities and stage venues are also very good, and it is obvious that the resources and money invested are much higher than the other two TV stations, and it is no wonder that they lead the year-end ratings every year.

There are a total of 5 stages in the whole venue, in addition to the largest main stage, there are four small stages on the left, right, middle and back.

The stage on the right is set up as an artist seat, and in the middle is a special circular stage with an elevator that can rotate on its own, and this stage is where only one group performs tonight.

It's EXO.

There is only one group stage in EXO tonight, and the second half opens with a performance of "Roar".

Today's performance also added a special dance, which entered the variation at the end of the second chorus, and the other members half-crouched and bowed their heads, while Kim Jong-in, Oh Se-hoon, Luhan and Lay stood on the elevator and danced together as the elevator rose into the air.

When he was just rehearsing, Chi Jingyuan watched them slowly ascend, feeling that the entire elevator was swaying with their dance, and he couldn't help but be a little apprehensive, and he couldn't help but ask curiously after this dance.

"Shake, why don't you shake, I feel a little unstable, I feel that this elevator may collapse at any time, and I don't dare to use force at all."

"I'm a little afraid of heights like Jingyuan, and I got this thing this time, and I don't know who came up with it."

When Wu Shixun and Luhan heard this, they complained directly with bitter faces, and it seemed that they had a lot of opinions about this elevator.

"Alas, it's a pity, I'm not the main dancer, and it's a bit of a pity that I don't have you to enjoy the blessing of this elevator......"

Not only did Chi Jingyuan not only not comfort, but snorted cheaply, and the regretful expression on his face that looked like the real one made the two of them not strained, and directly attacked him from both sides, hugging him.

There are a lot of idols who participated in the SBS song war today, such as the artists who participated in the recording of "you are a miracle" before, and basically all of them came.

When Ji Jingyuan was speechless, when they EXO came out of the backstage to prepare for the rehearsal, they happened to run into the three groups of fx, Apink and girlsday.

FX has just come back from rehearsals, and the last two have a collaborative stage and are ready to go to rehearsal together.

The four groups took a picture backstage, and Chi Jingyuan saw at a glance that all three girl groups had female idols who had a complicated relationship with him.

It's a coincidence.

Fortunately, only Chi Jingyuan knew these things in his heart, they didn't know each other, otherwise the scene would be even more exciting.

At this time, the venue is also very lively, there are idols rehearsing on each stage, and several MCs not far away are also facing the line version, familiar with tonight's hosting process.

I practiced it twice, and I was almost used to this special elevator revolving stage.

Just as they were standing there to catch their breath and rest after jumping, Kim Hee-cheol, one of the MCs, came over and greeted EXO warmly.

"Hey, wuliXO is so handsome......"

Jin Xiche came over and praised them with an exaggerated expression, then glanced behind him secretly, turned his head and lowered his voice and said to them: "I have seen it all, several female idols over there have been paying attention to you, do you need my brother to help you ask for a contact information?" ”

"Brother Xiche, this kind of thing must be done by yourself to be interesting."

Park Chanyeol seriously put forward his opinion.

"Hahaha......" several people laughed together.

As a popular member of SJ, Kim Hee-cheol retired from the army on August 30 this year after a two-year military period and returned to the entertainment industry.

It just so happened that SJ was also at the end of his peak, which brought him a lot of hot blessings, and the company also favored Kim Hee-cheol, and the supply of resources continued after he retired from the army, allowing him to return to the ranks of popular artists in a short period of time.

It can be said that the two-year blank area did not have much impact on Kim Hee-cheol.

Jin Xiche's personal qualities as an artist, including appearance, singing skills and other strengths, are very good, and he also has his own set of ways to deal with people, I heard that he is very good at socializing, especially on the female artist's side.

Looking at Jin Xiche, who looked familiar as soon as he came, and easily gave the atmosphere up, Ji Jingyuan couldn't help but nodded, he did have a hand in being able to mix such a good male idol, even if he was not familiar with him, but he couldn't help but feel a little close.

Ji Jingyuan heard that Li Xiuman didn't know for some reason, he seemed to like Kim Hee-cheol very much, so his status in SM was also quite special, although it was not as good as Ji Jingyuan, but it was much better than ordinary artists.

"Jingyuan, ah......" and the members warmed up for a while, Jin Xiche looked at Ji Jingyuan again, smiled happily and shook his hand.

"Inside, senior." Chi Jingyuan bowed lightly.

"Ani, don't be so polite, just call my brother."

Jin Xicheol waved his hand, then stared at Ji Jingyuan for a while, shook his head and sighed: "Alas, I always heard Taeyeon and Hyoyeon mention Ling before, and I can finally see it with my own eyes." ”

"Sure enough, what they said was right, this is really the ...... after seeing the reality," he said, giving a thumbs up.

Under Jin Xiche's initiative to socialize, Ji Jingyuan also smiled and chatted with him.

Kim Hee-cheol has a good relationship with several sisters of Girls' Generation, especially Kim Taeyeon, and Kim Taeyeon and Ji Kyung-won also have a good relationship, and the two of them are easy to get acquainted with each other through this relationship.

"Jingyuan, remember to give me the contact information later, and introduce you to the girl when the time comes......"

"Let's go first.

After chatting for a while, he said goodbye and left, and EXO danced again, the rehearsal was over, and he walked off the stage and returned to the backstage out of breath.

This kind of relatively large-scale party, the rehearsals are very serious, every time it is basically done as a formal performance, the fierce men's group dance of "Roar" dances several times in a row, even EXO is tired enough, everyone is sweating profusely, panting from the passage into the backstage.

And they were not the only ones who ended the rehearsal together at this point in time, and several other groups also ended the rehearsal and followed them scattered.

As soon as he arrived backstage, he didn't take two steps, and Ji Jingyuan, who was walking behind the members, saw two acquaintances walking not far away, Cui Xueli and Luna from FX, each carrying a bag in their hands, which was full of coffee and other drinks, and Kang looked like he had just come back from shopping.

"Jingyuan!" The two also saw EXO and immediately greeted them with a smile, Cui Xueli and the other members waved their hands and trotted directly in front of Ji Jingyuan.

"Give...... Just finished rehearsal? ”

Cui Xueli rummaged through the bag, found a cup of iced coffee and handed it to Chi Jingyuan, looking at the sweat on his forehead and said.

On the other hand, Luna would not be like Shirley, she smiled and said hello to the other members, and then handed them the drinks in turn.

"Inside, it's done now, and I may have to rehearse it again later."

Chi Jingyuan nodded, unscrewed the lid and took a sip, the cold liquid went down his throat and into his heart and lungs, making him breathe a sigh of relief when he was tired and hot after dancing.

He put down the bottle and asked, "Why are you going to buy your own drinks, assistant?" ”

There are many merchandise sales points in the venue, and you can basically buy a lot of snacks and drinks.

"One assistant Ernie went out with the agent, and the other two went to buy takeout, so we went on our own."

Cui Xueli said casually, and then laughed snickeredly: "It's interesting to go to this kind of thing by yourself, many idols go by themselves, do you know why?" “

"Huh?"

Ji Jingyuan took another sip and asked in a nasal voice.

"Because I can meet the opposite sex, when I was in line, I saw several male and female idols exchanging glances...... And it's also a good opportunity for couples who have already confirmed their relationship to meet, so I'll tell you, I ...... just now."

Cui Xueli looked like she knew the secret, and mysteriously came over and said something, the content was all about idol couples exchanging contact information, meeting, and dating.

"So familiar? Looks like you've experienced it too? ”

"Of course, I also have a lot of people chasing me." She raised her head in a stinky way.

"Let's go back first, talk as we go."

Luna was talking to Jin Junmian at the front of the team, while Ji Jingyuan was chatting with Cui Xueli in the back, and the members in the middle drank water silently and walked in the direction of the lounge together, looking very harmonious.

"The movie is finished? How was the shot?"

Ji Jingyuan held coffee in his left hand when he walked, took a sip from time to time, and asked casually at the same time.

"Alas, I'm really tired, August and September have the heaviest scenes, wearing such a thick costume on a hot day and shooting early and late, and even if you're really tired, you can't show it, let alone ......"

Cui Xueli's face wrinkled at the mention of this, and she looked a little afraid, but after being afraid, she had an aftertaste, and continued with a little longing: "I don't have many scenes...... But the feeling of making a movie is a little different. ”

"What's the difference?"

"It's just... How to put it, it just feels like your own identity and status have suddenly improved a lot, can you understand this feeling? ”

Chi Jingyuan heard this, in addition to the behind-the-scenes personnel such as directors and writers in the peninsula entertainment industry, among the artists under the flash, the highest status is the movie actor, which is much higher than the idol in the music industry.

Therefore, most idols want to transform into the film and television industry after they become popular, and being able to shoot TV series is already a success, and being able to shoot movies is even more upgraded.

Of course, if the work hits the street, it will definitely not count, but it will also implicate the original career.

"I understand, it's a normal feeling, there's nothing bad about it." Ji Jingyuan nodded to show that he understood.

"Jingyuan, what about you? "The Inheritors" is so popular, you should be the best group of young actors now, do you feel this way? ”

"Yes, but I look at it quite openly, for me acting is a way to increase popularity and popularity, as for what identity or style is improved, I don't care very much, I personally prefer the stage."

Although Chi Jingyuan knows the unspoken rules of this identity in the Peninsula entertainment industry, in fact, Chi Jingyuan doesn't care much about the status of this so-called artist.

Because even if he is a film actor with the highest status, in the eyes of some people, it is like that.

However, Chi Jingyuan doesn't care because his background and family make him very confident, but most people in the entertainment industry still like this.

"Alas...... I feel like I've been a little bit unsettled lately, and I'm not even serious when I'm practicing and preparing for the stage. ”

"I feel a little bad about this, is there anything I can do?"

Cui Xueli whispered to Chi Jingyuan about her recent thoughts, and after she finished filming the movie, she didn't know why, and her enthusiasm for idol was a little reduced.

This is already a very private heart, obviously Cui Xueli didn't treat Chi Jingyuan as an outsider.

"This kind of mentality is actually quite normal, if the idol transformation actor has good results, he will have this kind of problem more or less, and he mainly relies on himself to adjust."

Chi Jingyuan nodded, thought about it and then spoke, as soon as his serious voice fell, he continued: "But if you want to ask the specific method, it's not nothing." ”

"How?" Cui Xueli stared at him curiously.

"It's very simple, if you act in a TV series like "To the Beautiful You" a few more times, and hit the street a few times, your mind will naturally be calm."

Chi Jingyuan said words that made people speechless, but looked at Cui Xueli with a serious face: "Because you may not be able to be an actor at that time." “

After saying that, he poured a sip of coffee.

"You...... Yikes! ”

Cui Xueli originally had a solemn face, ready to listen to the advice of her relatives, but she didn't expect to hear such a nonsensical funny opinion, her face changed wonderfully, and then she screamed anxiously, and she didn't pay attention to Chi Jingyuan's movements, and pushed him hatefully.

"Hey, poof......"

Although the force of the push was not great, but Chi Jingyuan, who was drinking coffee, was defenseless, and the center of gravity of the whole person fell directly to the side, and he staggered a few steps to the side, until he hit a person before he could stop, and the coffee in his hand was also sprayed directly under the impact and shaking, splashing Chi Jingyuan himself and half of the person's body.

"Elsie, %#&¥%......"

Before Chi Jingyuan could see who it was, a scolding with a lot of dirty words came from the side to his ears.

The sound is still familiar.

After Ji Jingyuan stood still, he didn't blame Cui Xueli for pushing him, but first glanced at his coffee-soaked clothes, pursed his lips, turned his head, looked at the person he bumped into, and was about to apologize.

At this glance, he couldn't help but look at it slightly, it was really an acquaintance.

The Dynamic Duo duo, Jae Ho of the hiphop seniors.

Because there are a lot of artists participating in today's song war, and because it is rehearsal time, the backstage lounge is often filled with artists coming in and out, and Dynamic Duo doesn't know when they walked next to Chi Jingyuan.

Jae Ho's voice was quite loud, which directly attracted the attention of the EXO members in front of them, and they all stopped to look behind them, and quickly gathered around when they found that something had happened.

And the several combinations that were originally following EXO and were also about to return to the background, such as Secret, AOA and a few people couldn't help but stop at a little distance and look at the sudden situation in front of them.

"Mi ah Nada, senior."

Ji Jingyuan knew in his heart that he might not be good after seeing that it was Zai Hao, he had often seen each other recently, and every time he looked at Ji Jingyuan, his eyes were smiling, and it was obvious that he was extremely unhappy.

So he also overturned the idea that he was about to apologize sincerely, but with a hint of apology in the business smile on his face, he said embarrassedly to Jae Hao.

Jae Hao had been chasing Cui Shirley quite smoothly before, but he was very good at dealing with girls who were not very good at this kind of character and didn't have many friends.

It's just that the situation took a turn for the worse after meeting Chi Jingyuan that time, Cui Xueli took the initiative to keep a distance from him, shouted out to play and ignored it, and didn't reply to text messages and phone calls much, and it didn't take long for the contact to be almost cut off.

As soon as he thought about it a little, he knew that it must be Chi Jingyuan who was the obstacle, and he was very unhappy with him in his heart

Especially in his heart, he felt that Cui Xueli must be with Chi Jingyuan, a flower that he had been chasing for so long was picked by someone else like this, and he was even more angry with this little white face, and he couldn't wait to repair it fiercely.

It's just that after thinking about it, SM is not something he can provoke at will.

And now, Jae Hao was originally very annoyed that he was bumped into and spilled coffee, but he looked at Ji Jingyuan and then froze, and the anger in his heart actually paused for a moment.

He glanced at Chi Jingyuan, and then at Cui Xueli who was standing next to him, and after thinking about it quickly, he made up his mind, and the anger on his face increased instead of decreasing, and he directly took advantage of the situation:

"Ah, is this how you treat your seniors? Playing around in a place with so many people backstage and spilling coffee on your seniors, that's how your company and your agent taught you?"

Jae Hao shouted angrily in front of everyone, looking at Ji Jingyuan and wanting to vent all the atmosphere and unhappiness in his heart recently.

And this time it was indeed the other party's problem, and the timing was good.

"Jingyuan ......"

Cui Xueli found that she was a little dignified after she got into trouble, she stood for a few seconds and then took the initiative to come over, ready to apologize to Jae Hao and Ji Jingyuan, but before she could speak, she was interrupted by Ji Jingyuan waving her hand.

Ji Jingyuan walked in front of her and said to Jae Hao with a smile:

"Mi ah Nada, senior, we were careless, I am willing to compensate you for all the costs of your clothes, I'm really sorry, it's too rude."

Ji Jingyuan's tone sounded quite sincere, and his smile was just right, and the attitude that a junior who made a mistake should have was all displayed, and there was nothing to be picky about.

"Is that so? Ah, my dress is sponsored by a sponsor, and I am going to rehearse soon, and I will perform on stage at night, will you compensate? Do you have to pay for it? Ah, Jinjia, the current juniors really like to talk like this......"

The anger on Zai Hao's face has turned into mockery, mercilessly sarcastically and loudly sarcastic Ji Jingyuan, his eyes and expressions are also in place, showing the unhappiness and contempt perfectly, his hand has been stretched out when he speaks, and his index finger is pointing at Ji Jingyuan little by little.

His voice was really loud, through the door of the lounge, many idols in the room could hear, not long after Zai Hao's voice fell, the doors of several lounges next to him opened, poked out a few heads to look at the situation, and then retracted to communicate, and soon a few idols came out of it.

Missa, Sistar, and FX all heard the movement and walked out of it, standing by and looking at the situation in front of them, while whispering to the people they knew about the incident.

And Zheng Xiujing saw that there was Chi Jingyuan in conflict, and hurriedly walked over, standing next to Shirley, patting her on the back like a good sister, but her attention was all on Chi Jingyuan in front.

Behind the crowd, Apink and Girlsday, who had finished the rehearsal, also returned, and they were a little confused for a while looking at the lively scene of so many people in front of them, and hurriedly asked the people next to them about the situation.

All of a sudden, the backstage was bustling.

And Zai Hao is getting more and more excited, it is so cool to lose this little white face that he is extremely unpleasant to look at while shaking his majesty in front of so many people.

"What do you think the seniors should be?"

Chi Jingyuan raised his eyes and thought about it, and asked curiously.

"As a junior, I made this kind of mistake, so let's apologize for making a big gift." Jae Hao waved his hand open-mindedly, looking like he was cheap.

"Heh......" Chi Jingyuan laughed when he heard this, tilting his head to look at the other party.

At this time, Jin Junmian came over and saluted Jae Hao gently, and pulled Ji Jingyuan along: "Jingyuan I have already asked Sexun to call the agent, just apologize, let's go back first and hand it over to the company to deal with." “

"Okay."

Chi Jingyuan knew that the fault was on his side, but he could also see that the other party was obviously using the topic to provoke trouble. He was too lazy to entangle with Zai Hao, nodded and agreed with Jin Junmian's opinion, and finally nodded slightly to Zai Hao: "Mi Ah Nei senior, your request may not be fulfilled, let's leave it to the company to discuss, and leave it first." ”

After speaking, he beckoned Cui Xueli and Zheng Xiujing to let them follow, and then walked towards the lounge with Jin Junmian and the members, ignoring the hiphop senior behind him.

"Ah, did I let you go?"

"Is this your attitude towards your seniors?"

"Elsie, stop me, can't you hear me?"

"Assi...... ：

Zai Hao looked at the few people who left and shouted a few times in a row, but Ji Jingyuan didn't care at all, as if he didn't hear it, he walked farther and farther, which made Zai Hao, who kept jumping and roaring, like a clown, and the anger in his heart became more and more intense in front of so many female idols.

Feeling some playful eyes around him, and finally seeing Ji Jingyuan and Cui Xueli get together and get close to each other and seem to be saying something, Zai Hao, who felt that his face had fallen to the bottom, couldn't help it, and his anger rushed straight to his mind, his eyes were red, and he stood next to him, and a bottle of water in the hands of Gaeko, a member of the group, was directly aimed at Ji Jingyuan.

"Ahh

"Be careful!"

A few people who had been watching next to him, like Zheng Endi, immediately screamed when they saw it.

The scream made Ji Jingyuan, who didn't notice the situation behind him, react, and he reflexively pushed Cui Xueli and Zheng Xiujing next to him to the side, and then the whole person flashed a step back, just avoiding the bottle of drink that was thrown by Zai Hao with the parabola facing down.

"Bang."

The drink bottle filled with water slammed into the ground in front of Chi Jingyuan, splashing his shoes and trouser legs and staining the ground with a puddle of liquid, and the dull crash made the entire backstage seem to fall into some kind of eerie silence.

No one spoke, even the sound of breathing could be faintly heard, and the loudest sound was the sound of Jae Hao's chest rising and falling because of anger, and he kept panting.

"Hehe......"

Ji Jingyuan didn't pay attention to the few concerned glances next to him, he lowered his head and stared at the bottle of water under his feet for a long time, and suddenly, his expressionless face laughed.

"Ugh." I saw him shake his head, exhale lightly, a bright smile on his face, a pair of soft eyes bent into a string moon, stood up straight and looked at Zai Hao, and slowly walked over there with his legs open.

"Jingyuan ......" Jin Junmian only felt that Ji Jingyuan's expression was so familiar at this time, and the sense of déjà vu was completely familiar.

He immediately grabbed Chi Jingyuan's shoulders from behind, and whispered worriedly: "Jingyuan, this is SBS, not in the company......"

"Don't worry, Brother Junmian." Chi Jingyuan gently moved Jin Junmian's hand off his shoulder, pursed his lips, and smiled very sunnyly, but said in a very casual tone:

"Actually, it doesn't make a difference......"

(End of chapter)