Chapter 149: The Last Day
In addition to the four dance lines dancing up the elevator after the end of the second chorus, the special feature of today's EXO stage is also more eye-catching.
As the accompaniment sounded, the stage of "Roaring Filial Piety" also began, and Ji Jingyuan and the others stood on the rotating stage to perform.
Others he doesn't know, at least he doesn't turn very comfortably, and he doesn't dare to do too big of the dance movements, and the area of this rotating stage is a bit small, and there are a few movements that can't be done at all, and the iconic leaning over Thomas Chi Jingyuan in the roaring dance is bent over and shaken, even if he has done it.
It's really not him paddling, everyone else is doing the same thing, the stage is too small and still spinning, and he can't get down his legs at all, which is the case during rehearsals.
However, fans didn't care about these details at all, and the cheers rang out louder and louder.
Because in addition to these problems, EXO's stage costumes look very trendy and handsome today, and the design of the back number is also very distinctive, although the stage is a little smaller, but the members spin and dance on it to look quite interesting.
The last chorus was danced in unison, and with the deafening sound of 'I'm Eu-Reu-Reong', EXO's stage ended, and after the Endingpose, he slowly descended from the elevator.
Even though EXO has disappeared from the stage, the audience is still enthusiastically supporting, and the effect of the general trend group singing the hit song is so obvious, as long as they are on stage, they can bring the atmosphere of the venue high.
SBS arranged EXO's first performance of the second half for that purpose as well, and it was clear that they were doing a great job.
While the audience was cheering, today's three MCs were also hosting the show next to the artist seat, and under the filming of the camera, they were talking about the stage of EXO just now:
"EXO's opening performance rejuvenated my slightly tired body, and I felt refreshed after watching it." Park Sandora held the microphone and stood in the middle and said happily.
At a glance, she is more than a head shorter than the two male MCs next to her, and she doesn't look very compatible.
"Really, as a man, I feel very handsome when I see it." Jin Xiche nodded in agreement, and then unceremoniously blew up his junior-disciple combination: "To be honest, EXO has sold nearly 1.5 million albums in this recent era, isn't it a bit too powerful?" ”
Hearing this number, the audience couldn't help but burst into exclamations, and many idols sitting in the artist seats behind the camera were also surprised, obviously a little difficult to accept this number.
In August, EXO's full-length album debuts and reissues sold more than a million copies, and after several months of sales, as of yesterday, the total sales of the two albums have reached 1.48 million copies, close to 1.5 million.
This is a terrifying and miraculous number for any idol.
Originally, there was so much market capacity, and in October, the sales of EXO albums had actually stagnated a little, but with the popularity of "The Heirs" and the popularity of Ji Jingyuan began to explode throughout Asia, their regular album ushered in another wave of sales growth, which is why it is such an astonishing number today.
Because of Chi Jingyuan's relationship, many passers-by who don't care much about the boy group also paid attention to EXO and contributed a lot of sales.
However, the current market is almost the same number, sales have been decreasing at a visible rate in recent days, but the figure of 1.5 million is still like a bolt from the clear sky to scare companies large and small in the peninsula music industry.
"It's really impossible." MC Cheng Shijing couldn't believe it.
"yes, it's unbelievable." Kim Hee-cheol sighed and finally blessed him: "Congratulations very much to EXO, I will definitely gain more popularity around the world in the future, and I look forward to the happiness of EXO." “
"SBS Song Battle Part 2, there are better performances......"
It's a pity that Kim Hee-cheol blew them when EXO just came down the elevator and was walking back in the passage in the background and didn't hear it.
After the performance, EXO didn't have to go back to the artist booth for the entire second half, firstly because the artist booth was already full, and secondly, there was a collaboration stage between EXO and shinee for "everybody" to be prepared later.
There are 10 people on this collaborative stage, EXO, who are going to perform with shinee, and Ji Kyung-won and Park Chanyeol are not participating.
Ji Jingyuan was busy at the time and didn't have much time to rehearse, and because the number of people on the stage was symmetrical, the choreographic design teacher demoted Park Chanyeol and took it down.
Ji Jingyuan estimated that Park Chanyeol's failure may be due to his height.
After that, they have been sitting in the lounge, chatting and watching the performance, and they can eat some snacks and drink some drinks with their legs crossed, which is more comfortable than sitting on the artist seat and being filmed by the camera all the time, and having to maintain a stiff business smile.
Today's EXO no longer needs to take the initiative to rub the camera as before.
After the collaboration stage with Shinye, the other ten people also returned, and the lounge became lively, and the members chatted and changed their clothes, and everyone was about to appear on the last stage of the song battle.
At this time, the live broadcast on the TV screen is already the penultimate performance, and there are few artists who are qualified to appear in this position, and today's finale is still Girls' Generation, which is still in its prime.
Lim Yoona was not there, and the stage where 8 girls were in Girls' Generation to perform the two songs "Express999" and "Igotaboy".
As soon as they came out, eight people stood on the elevator that had risen into the air, looking very stylish.
To be honest, Ji Jingyuan has never heard the first song "Express999" at all, and he doesn't know which album it is included in.
After changing his clothes, he sat on the stool and watched the performance of his young sisters on the screen with relish.
Today's stage costumes of the 8 people are quite distinctive, but on the whole, it should be Kwon Yoo-ri and Jung so-yeon who feel the best for Ji Kyung-won today.
"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"
Zheng Xiuyan is obviously not tall, but the proportions are very good, and the overall look is very good. And Kwon Yooli Chi Jingyuan has always felt that this sister is very good-looking, although it is not as impactful as Lin Yun'er, but Yan is really comfortable.
The figure is also very good, except that it is a little darker, there are no shortcomings, Ji Jingyuan thinks that it is quite suitable if Quan Yuli is the façade.
The fans of the girl group are still too restrained, unlike their EXO, obviously there is only Park Chanyeol in the official façade, but after they became popular, all kinds of popular facades of fans abounded, what men's group gods, what four facades This kind of title can be seen everywhere, and the momentum and popularity are higher than the official façade.
Now many people think that EXO really has four major facades or something, but they don't know that Park Chanyeol is officially appointed.
If Ji Jingyuan was a fan of his youth, he would have to make a big three or four big faces, so that Lin Yun'er would not be beautiful alone.
The other sisters' outfits are a bit ordinary, Taeyeon is actually wearing a very beautiful today, with exquisite makeup, and a black sequined jacket with a crop top gold bandeau on the upper body, which looks really eye-catching, but unfortunately the overall look makes people feel that their legs are a little short.
Although it is not long, this set is extraordinarily short.
After watching the live broadcast for a while, when it was the turn of the stage of "Igotaboy", Ji Jingyuan found a problem.
The director, who has always been normal before, doesn't know what happened, and suddenly there were big problems and mistakes when he was on the stage of Girls' Generation.
When the C part is part, don't shoot the C position, shoot the person standing next to it.
When dancing together, the camera is zoomed up and looking down from above, and when there is a close-up close-up, the eyes of those who are dangling and watching are dizzy.
In the end, when Zheng Xiuyan's high-pitched killingpart, the director suddenly pulled a super long shot, only to see 8 villains jumping and jumping far away from the screen, and Chi Jingyuan almost laughed out loud when he watched it.
I don't know if this director has an opinion on Girls' Generation or a sudden illness.,A good stage can't see any highlights in TV at all.,It's estimated that fans will definitely scold the Internet after the live broadcast.。
After a short time, EXO walked out of the lounge and came to the entrance of the stage to prepare for the stage, at this time it was already full of people, densely packed together waiting to go on stage, and a few familiar people exchanged glances and whispered a few words.
Ji Jingyuan stood among the members and felt that there were a lot of eyes looking at him, but he kept chatting with the members and didn't mean to respond.
After waiting for a while, the staff signaled for all the showers, and the crowd quieted down, and groups of idols walked towards the stage in an orderly manner.
The last song, "Youareamiracle", all the artists sang together on stage tonight, and when EXO took the stage, the stage was basically full, and they didn't squeeze into the middle, just standing on the far left and enjoying themselves.
They have all changed their clothes, and in order to fit the theme of this song, Ji Jingyuan is wearing a yellow turtleneck sweater at this time, and the other members are also dressed similarly.
"You're doing miracles."
"As long as you're in this world, you're already somebody's miracle."
"We already know what we should love."
"Everywhere you look, miracles are going on."
Hundreds of artists, there is no shortage of top, general trend, popular groups, the camera sweeps, almost every face is a familiar face that can be called out by name, everyone is full of happiness and warm smiles, they stand on the stage and sing together, it looks really shocking, and I can't help but resonate and be moved.
It's a rare opportunity to gather so many people to perform this song today, and I don't know when the next big collaboration of this kind will be.
The 100-member song "Youareamiracle" officially brought the curtain on the 2013 SBS Song Wars, and also drew a successful end to the peak year of Kpop.
It is foreseeable that even if they look back many years later, countless people will be stunned in front of the screen for a few seconds when they see today's scene, and they will have a lot of thoughts and emotions for a while.
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In addition to several announcements, there was also a stage for the SBS Entertainment Awards on the 30th.
At the end of each year, in addition to the song war, the three major TV stations generally hold acting awards and acting awards.
The names look similar, but the people and grades are completely different.
The Performing Arts Awards is a party for TV stations to award MCs and funny artists who do internal variety shows, and the atmosphere is more relaxed and happy, and there are not so many rules.
The acting awards are a summary and award ceremony of the TV series broadcast by the TV station this year, all the well-known actors participated, the atmosphere is a lot more serious, and the coffee position and forced style are much higher than the former.
And on the 30th, the SBS Performing Arts Awards EXO staged the stage of "Roaring Filial Piety" again, and in order to liven up the atmosphere, three funny artists Kim Jong-min and Hwang Kwang-hee, the son of the empire, also formed an EXO-S to join in, performing the second main song and chorus.
It can be seen that they have really practiced, at least the lyrics are not sung wrong when the microphone is opened, and the dance is not allowed to dance in a good way, which caused a burst of cheers below.
Ji Jingyuan left without watching the whole performance award, but he estimated that most of the awards should be covered by the "Runningman" program group.
After all, this year's variety show is really hot, this show has changed and improved little by little since the unfavorable start and the ratings Waterloo, and finally reached its peak this year, and it is not only popular in the peninsula, but also has a high popularity in Asia.
After the stage was over, the EXO-M team and the others said goodbye and followed their agents directly to the airport, where they would fly to Xia Guo overnight to conduct a series of activities and prepare for the live broadcast of tomorrow's Oriental TV New Year's Eve party.
As soon as Team M left, Team K, who had not been announced, was idle tonight, and it was not too late at this time, it was only nine or ten o'clock, and Chi Jingyuan was still thinking about whether to ask Jin Yarong to come out to meet.
However, when the members were talking, Jin Junmian proposed to take advantage of this free time to go to a dinner together to chat, and received a lot of responses.
After getting Lee Seung-hwan's permission, the six members of their K team found a barbecue restaurant opened by an acquaintance near the dormitory, asked for a private room, and after serving food and wine, they ate around the table and talked at the same time.
Except for the 94-year-old busy line, the other members are already adults, and they are all very happy today, and a few brothers also ordered some wine to drink together, anyway, they have all drunk in private I don't know how many times.
The EXO members, especially Team K, haven't actually gotten together privately for a while, and the busy schedule is a factor, as is the discord within the team due to the recent return of "December Miracle".
But they are all young people of the same age, although they have debuted for more than a year, they have not yet mixed into old fritters, everyone sits together with a few glasses of wine and eats down, and some things are over as soon as their faces are hot, and as the temperature of the oven heats up, the atmosphere in the box is slowly heating up.
Unconsciously, I talked from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and chatted about the return of next year.
Although next year's EXO mini second album has not yet been officially confirmed by a meeting, the preparations have already begun, and the members have naturally heard the rumors for a long time, in fact, the agent has also mentioned it to them many times.
"Jingyuan, have you been involved in this return?" Jin Junmian took a sip of wine, looked at Chi Jingyuan and asked.
"Inside, I guess I'll get involved."
After Ji Jingyuan puffed out his cheeks and swallowed the barbecue in his mouth, he nodded: "Some time ago, Mr. Li Xiuman told me that I would give him one or two demos written by himself, and if there is no accident, it should be included in the new album."
"But I've been busy lately, so I haven't handed it over to him yet." After Chi Jingyuan finished speaking, he wrapped another barbecue meat and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it deliciously, to be honest, he was a little hungry.
"Is there still a song like "Roaring Filial Piety"? Ah jinjia, if there is another popular song like "Roaring Filial Piety", we will be able to reach the top next year. ”
Wu Shixun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly swallowed the things in his mouth, ignoring the oil on his mouth, staring at Chi Jingyuan and asking expectantly.
The other members also had almost the same expression, and they all looked at Chi Jingyuan.
"How can it be so easy, there may not be a song in a year for a boy group like "Roaring Filial Piety" that breaks the sales ceiling, and I am not a god, how can I always write this kind of song."
"And this song can be so popular, in addition to the good quality of the song itself, the choreography and arrangement, as well as the company's publicity and investment, account for a lot of factors, especially the latter."
Chi Jingyuan glanced at them, pursed his lips, and replied a little helplessly.
But before the members were disappointed, he took a sip of water, thought for a while and added: "Although I don't know if it can be compared to "Roaring Filial Piety", I am confident that it must be much better than those ordinary songs of the company, and I don't know if it can be the main hit." “
"That's right, in fact, Jingyuan can write a song "Roaring Filial Piety" for the group, so we should be content."
"I hope the song chosen by the company this time is better, and tomorrow's return is actually very important."
"yes......"
Several members nodded in agreement when they heard this.
"Speaking of "Roaring Filial Piety", we really have to thank this song for having this popularity now, Jingyuan, brother and you have a drink, thanks to you."
Jin Junmian raised his wine glass and toasted with Ji Jingyuan.
As soon as the captain made such a move, the other Ren also followed suit, whether serious or grinning, they all had a drink with Chi Jingyuan.
And Chi Jingyuan also smiled and did not refuse, he could feel that several members were indeed grateful to him in their hearts.
After three rounds of drinking and eating almost the meal, Park Chanyeol stood up and moved his body, opened the curtains and looked at the scenery outside through the window.
A light snow has been falling in Seoul since yesterday, and there is no sign of stopping today, when the streets outside are already covered with bright white, and the moonlight is sprinkled on it to reflect a dazzling layer of silver, dyeing the entire street scene with an amazing coldness.
From time to time, cars pass by, and the harsh headlights and the roar of the engine add some life to Seoul at night.
"Remember this time last year?"
Park Chanyeol looked at it for a long time, and suddenly asked.
"Of course I remember, we ate ramen in the dorm room at that time."
"I remember that the atmosphere in the dormitory was terrible at that time, Brother Chanyeol and Brother Boxian quarreled every day......"
"It's not just the dormitory, the whole team is full of low pressure, and I don't feel very good."
As soon as this topic was mentioned, the members immediately reminisced, and the tragic scene of last year's EXO resurfaced.
"Looking at our popularity right now, who would have thought we would be like this last year." Wu Shixun exhaled, his eyes were a little complicated.
"At that meeting last year, I thought that Jingyuan was going to be solo, and we were going to disband."
"Haha, in fact, I thought so too, we were refrigerated when we debuted, and we are really declining."
"I finally got through it."
"Ne, I don't want to go back to that time."
The bittersweet atmosphere of memories made each member's thoughts a little chaotic, and everyone remembered last year's self and this time, and they couldn't help but feel frequent emotions in comparison.
"Alright, it's not too early, it's almost here."
Jin Junmian looked at the table below and found that it was quite late, so he clapped his hands and made a summary: "Anyway, we have survived, and now I hope that EXO can develop better next year." ”
"Inside, it's definitely better!"
"Wow......"
Oh Se-hoon and Park Chanyeol shouted twice, making the others return to reality from the memories just now, looking at the other members in a box, their hearts also warmed up, and they couldn't help but smile and agree.
"Come on!"
“fighting!”
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December 31, the last day of 2013.
The light snow had stopped this morning, and the road was wet everywhere, and the severe cold of the snow had also made everyone who traveled tightly wrapped.
In the evening, MBC's song festival EXO was not present, but their pre-recorded stage video will be broadcast around 10 o'clock.
At this time, Ji Jingyuan was at the venue of the SBS Acting Awards, sitting on the left side of the table in the middle of the first row, looking at the host who was talking above, smiling and applauding gently.
Because Kim Woo-bin is one of the three MCs today, when he hosts on stage, other MCs often call him and Ji Kyung-won, and they have interacted several times since the opening.
Ji Jingyuan is dressed very formally today, wearing a dark blue black suit suit, chestnut short and medium hair is carefully groomed, similar to the shape in the TV series, so that everyone who can see it will have the illusion that Jin Si has walked from the screen to reality.
The filming session of the red carpet in the afternoon caused exclamations from the audience, and now even if the camera keeps shooting him, he can't find any flaws.
Compared with the first two days of the gala, the acting awards seem to be a little more stylish, and the whole show is basically all awards and VCRs, and there are only a few stage performances to liven up the atmosphere and enrich the time period.
In addition, most of the participants are actors, and there are many actors like So Ji-sub, who are very popular and don't usually like TV, and seem to be more mysterious.
The number of spectators is also very small, and you can't hear the cheering of the mountains and tsunamis during the song war.
In fact, these are deliberately arranged by the organizers, just to distinguish them from other parties in various aspects and highlight their own compulsion.
Three presenters stand on the stage, and below the stage is the artist seat.
There are eight round tables in front of the artist seat, where the members of this year's more popular TV drama crew are seated, and behind it is a row of benches where some crew members, such as directors and writers, are seated.
And the crew of "The Inheritors", where Chi Jingyuan is located, sat at the round table in the middle right of the first row. To their left is "The Soleil Crew of the Lord", and So Ji-sub is sitting less than a meter away from him.
On the right is the crew of "I Hear Your Voice", there are no acquaintances at this table, the starring Lee Jong Suk he just knows and hasn't spoken much, and the other starring Lee Bo-young is the host on it.
Oh yes, this crew has a little fan sister Kim So-hyun of Chi Jingyuan, when she met backstage just now, in the helpless eyes of her agent, she took the initiative to chat with Ji Jingyuan for a while, and asked a lot of questions about EXO and Yuan with an excited expression, and it can be seen that she is really a fan, not because she is polite.
The actors who participated in the acting awards today actually know very well in their hearts that most of tonight's awards will basically be covered by these three crews, after all, the three dramas broadcast in a row are the three most popular and highest-rated dramas of SBS this year, and they have obviously opened up a notch with other TV series.
Among these three dramas, "The Inheritors" is the most dazzling.
The cast of "The Heirs" came a lot today, in addition to Kim Woo-bin being the host, Ji Kyung-won, Park Shin-hye, Kim Ji-won, Jung so-kyung, Kang Min-hyuk, Choi Jin-hyuk basically filled the table.
And what is basically certain is that each person at their table can win at least one award, and there is no upper limit on the most.
Zheng Xiujing sat on the right side of the round table, diagonally with Chi Jingyuan. She is dressed up very beautifully today, with a dress with silver trim on a white background, and her face looks refreshing, like she hasn't applied much makeup, but it's actually a scheming makeup that she can't wait to use up a box of foundation.
I have to say that although it is scheming makeup, it is really good-looking.
Compared with Zheng Xiujing, Park Shin Hye's makeup sitting on the right side of the front row of the round table looks a lot more ordinary, and her Cody today doesn't know what to think, so Park Shin Hye's hair stands up, and a big round face is all exposed and unconcealed.
It seems that she seems to have gained some weight recently, her white and round face looks swollen like a steamed bun, and when she was backstage, Chi Jingyuan also said a few words to her, but she was soon slapped on the back and choked back.
Previously, the Rising Star Award was awarded, which is similar to the Newcomer Award in the music industry.
Ji Jingyuan's table includes himself, and most of them went up to receive this award, and several of their actors are participating in a TV series released by SBS for the first time, so it is not unusual to win this award together.
At this time, it was the turn of the best couple award, and Li Hui, one of the hosts, took the initiative to walk off the stage with the microphone and the script, came to Chi Jingyuan, stared at him in front of the camera for a long time, and said:
"Hey, it's really a golden sigh, I thought I was watching a TV series...... But I have a question, why didn't Jing Yuan Xi and Xin Hui Xi sit together? Is it deliberately so far away? “