Chapter 9 We Are One
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"Yes, it just so happens that our combination is called XO, the slogan is weareone, and the two will overlap when combined with the letter O, which is great at first sight.
This suggestion was put forward, and the more he thought about it, the more appropriate he felt, and his eyes kept shining towards Amway, the member next to him.
"Why don't you just call it sone? In this way, the fans of the predecessors of Girls' Generation are also considered our fans. Bian Boxian glanced at him with disgust, and waved his hand as if you were not reliable at all: "The names of fans are too similar, not only will the other party's fans tear up, but our own food will not be satisfied." β
"How about calling XOS?"
"What do you mean? Plural forms of XO brandy? β
"Why don't you call it Star? Isn't the concept of our combination a planet outside the galaxy? β
"Hahahaha......"
"Isn't that what are you laughing at? I knew that I was smiling there, and I wanted to give some advice. "A fan name has picked up the interest and enthusiasm of the members, and a group of people are there to say one by one, but most of the names are not very reliable, and some are completely unbearable.
"Jingyuan, do you have any good ideas for what you proposed?" Du Junxiu, who was sitting next to him, bumped Chi Jingyuan with his elbow, looked at him and asked.
"I'm just bringing it up, I haven't thought much about it yet, let's talk about it when I think about it." Chi Jingyuan shook his head innocently.
He watched the members of the lively discussion with great interest, occasionally interjecting a few words, and laughing and mocking the members who came up with nonsensical fan names from time to time.
Suddenly, the mobile phone in his pocket shook, and Chi Jingyuan took out the mobile phone to see that it was Zheng Xiujing who sent it and asked him if he was in the company now.
"I went out and came back immediately, and when the agent came back and asked, he said I went to the bathroom." Chi Jingyuan explained to Du Junxiu next to him, and without waiting for the other party to respond, he quietly walked out from the side with his mobile phone.
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"You didn't say anything when you asked me to come out, you didn't sleep well last night and your mind wasn't clear?" In the stairwell on the third floor of SM Company, Chi Jingyuan looked at Zheng Xiujing, who was standing there without saying a word, full of low pressure, and sighed helplessly.
He came out after receiving the text message just now, and made an appointment in the staircase corridor between the third and fourth floors, where no one usually walks, but after meeting, Zheng Xiujing had a very low expression and stood there without speaking.
"I knew I was not in the company anymore." Seeing Zheng Xiujing's appearance, Chi Jingyuan leaned against the wall, pursed his lips and sounded a little regretful, which made Zheng Xiujing unable to help but squint at him.
Then neither of them spoke, and the stairwell fell into silence, and it was quiet for more than two minutes before Chi Jingyuan looked at her and asked again: "Say, what's wrong with you, who provoked your sister again, or your member?" It's definitely those of both worlds. β
"How do you know if I'm Ernie and I'm one of my members?" Zheng Xiujing stared at him.
"Guess." Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips and glanced at Zheng Xiujing: "If you don't say it, I'll go back." β
"Cut ......" Zheng Xiujing wrinkled her nose, lowered her head and looked at the ground, and at the same time used her right foot to rub the floor with her toes, and finally spoke: "I quarreled with my Ernie, and I just had a few more words with Sulli." β
"............" Chi Jingyuan didn't speak, but nodded slightly, and looked at her to signal that he was listening carefully.
When he saw the other party's appearance just now, he estimated where he was angry, and he wanted to find someone to vent and talk to.
After asking him to come out, he couldn't pull his face a little, so he had to stand there and pretend to be cold, so he had to wait for Chi Jingyuan to take the initiative to ask.
Tsundere or something, it's really not cute at all.
"I'm such a big person, I'm Ernie still in charge of that every day, she has to ask where to play, and she has to ask who she is related to, I'm almost annoyed, and I called me yesterday to ask me not to play with anyone......"
"And Sulli, when I practice recently, I'm often not serious, always perfunctory, and I can speak loudly, she doesn't care if you say her, and if you say a few more words, you'll get into a fight......" Zheng Xiujing opened the conversation box under the guidance of Chi Jingyuan, and kept talking about the troubles that had happened in the past few days, most of them were about her Ernie, and a small half was about Cui Xueli.
She was obviously very dissatisfied with these two people, and complained about the two sisters and companions who got along with her day and night.
In the past two days, it seems that they have been holding a lot of anger in their hearts, and today I finally can't help but want to talk about it, so I sent a message to meet with Chi Jingyuan.
Zheng Xiujing would glance at Chi Jingyuan when she said a few words, looking like she wanted to get recognition from him before she was motivated to continue, and Chi Jingyuan also gave her the look she wanted at the right time, so that Zheng Xiujing said all the complaints she had accumulated in her mind.
After talking for a while, she finally complained about it, exhaled, and raised her head to look at Chi Jingyuan, wanting to see his reaction. "What do you want me to do?
Feeling the other party's gaze, Chi Jingyuan glanced at her, leaned against the wall with a lazy look, and asked in a somewhat humble tone: "You don't think I'll say something very warm to comfort you, do you?" Without waiting for Zheng Xiujing's eyes to become sharp, Chi Jingyuan looked at her and added: "It's good to borrow your shoulder." As he spoke, he shrugged his shoulders and gestured to Zheng Xiujing.
"Hmph." Zheng Xiujing snorted lightly as if dissatisfied, but took the initiative to pace two steps towards Chi Jingyuan, her back was pressed against the wall like him, and her head was leaning on Chi Jingyuan's shoulder.
The mood of being depressed and aggrieved before has unconsciously improved a lot at this time. No one spoke in the empty and silent corridor, only the faint breathing of the two could be heard.
At this time, a very light footsteps faintly came into Chi Jingyuan's ears, he judged the direction and looked over, it was too late, a figure slowly walked down the stairs on the fourth floor, and had already seen them on the edge of the stairs, and also looked at Chi Jingyuan's gaze.
Seeing this familiar figure, Chi Jingyuan sighed that it was really a coincidence. Bae Joo-hyun stood cramped on the top of the stairs, looking at the very familiar Chi Jingyuan below, as well as Zheng Xiujing, the predecessor of the company's debut, her heart swelled for a while, and all kinds of mixed emotions made her whole person a little down, and then there was a burst of grandeur.
"Yikes!" At this time, Zheng Xiujing also saw Pei Zhuyun standing on the side of the stairs, and hurriedly lifted her head leaning on Ji Jingyuan's shoulder, and after recognizing that it was a trainee, she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and then looked at Pei Zhuyun with some annoyance, and couldn't help but drink: "Is there no sound when you walk?" She was a little angry, in addition to the panic and embarrassment caused by being bumped into when she was close to Chi Jingyuan, there was also a lot of because the atmosphere of getting along that she enjoyed just now was suddenly broken, which made her feel a little angry while being stunned.
Ji Jingyuan gently pulled Zheng Xiujing, then looked at Pei Zhuhyun with a smile, beckoned and said hello: "Such a coincidence, Zhuhyun Xi, I can meet you here, we are really fated." His expression looked quite relaxed, just greeting an old friend, and he didn't have the emotions that he should have when he was bumped into and behaved intimately with a girl.
"Inside...... Inside, quite a coincidental Jingyuan xi. Pei Zhuhyun was awakened by Ji Jingyuan's voice, she hurriedly squeezed out a smile, and also beckoned to the other party, and at the same time saluted Zheng Xiujing, and finally seemed to be worried about something, and specially explained: "Just now the head of the room called me to say something, and when I went downstairs, the elevator came a little slowly, so I went directly to the stairs......" Zheng Xiujing was pulled, and after listening to two sentences, she also saw that Ji Jingyuan knew this trainee, and she didn't have another seizure, standing next to watch their conversation.
Ji Jingyuan smiled and chatted casually with Bae Joo-hyun, they hadn't seen each other for almost a month since the last showcase, and they were very ordinary friends.
However, the other party was obviously a little absent-minded, and took the initiative to salute and say goodbye after a few words.
"Then I'll go first, and I'll go back and practice."
"Inside, next time I'm free, call Shiqi and them to eat together." After saying goodbye, in Ji Jingyuan's sight, Bae Joo-hyun quickly ran down the stairs as if he had escaped, and disappeared from his field of vision in a few steps.
"Your friend?" Zheng Xiujing asked in a flat tone.
"Can't you see it?" Chi Jingyuan turned his head to look at her and asked suspiciously.
"You still have trainee friends...... It's really free, is it because that exercise grows well? Her tone sounded a little sarcastic.
As if he hadn't heard it, Chi Jingyuan smiled and blinked, still replying the same: "Can't you see it?" β
"Sneer......" Zheng Xiujing glared at him angrily, patted Chi Jingyuan hard, and then tightened her neckline and left a sentence, "I'll go first."
After that, he patted his ass and walked away quickly. Looking at her appearance, it seems that she has returned to normal. Ji Jingyuan looked at the place where she left, turned around and hurried back to Exo's practice room. β¦β¦β¦β¦
"Ernie, what's wrong with you?" Jiang Shiqi's face was a little unsightly after looking back, and Pei Zhuhyun, who was sitting on the floor in a little distraught, leaned over and asked with concern.
"It's okay, I'm just a little tired." Bae Zhuhyun smiled at her, and after a second of silence, she suddenly spoke: "Shiqi, Jing Yuanxi is ...... him" But before she was halfway through the words, Bae Zhuhyun stopped by herself, she pursed her lips and thought about it, and did not continue to speak.
"What's wrong with Jingyuan?" Jiang Shiqi was halfway off when she heard it, and asked with some curiosity.
"It's alright......
Bae Joo-hyun brushed her hair, and a sunny smile bloomed on her face again, looking gentle and bright, as if the person with a very bad face just now was not her at all. She stroked her hair lightly, and naturally snuggled her mouth: "Isn't it going to be the Seoul Song Award soon, I'm wondering if Jing Yuanxi can get the big award this time." β
"It's definitely no problem, Exo is so hot now, they've already won three big prizes, and the last one is definitely not a problem.
"Jiang Shiqi is full of confidence in this combination of his own relatives." That's right.
Bae Joo-hyun nodded, then took the initiative to stand up and smiled at her: "Let's go, continue practicing."
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"Then it's finally time to present the trophy of honor."
"I'm really very proud, Wuli Yazhong Xi will publish it in person." On January 23, the nearly three-hour live broadcast of the 23rd Seoul Music Awards has come to an end and entered the final stage, with the award trophy being awarded.
The organizer selects a Grand Award winner from the 12 artists who have previously won the award. Because there is only one big award in the whole award ceremony, its gold content and difficulty in obtaining it are among the best among the four award ceremonies.
At this time, the two award presenters, Kim Kwang-rae, the representative director of "Seoul Sports", and actor Kim Ya-jung were speaking the award speech in front of the microphone.
"The honorable prizes will be announced among the 12 teams of this award." As the fans below kept shouting the names of their idol groups, Kim Ya-jung opened the envelope and announced the final winner to the camera: "Seoul Sports 23rd High1 Seoul Music Awards......
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"The honorable prize is...... Exo, congratulations! Hearing this name, all the fans in the venue suddenly burst into a deafening cry, and all the artists in the artist seat gave a standing ovation of congratulations, and the passionate bmG also sounded.
The Exo members sitting at the round table in the artist booth stood up at the same time, took a long breath and smiled brightly, and twelve people hugged each other around the round table.
Everyone can hear the breathing and heartbeat of the members next to them, and feel the excitement, joy and excitement of each other.
Immediately after that, they hurriedly saluted and thanked the seniors of the artists around them, and when Ji Jingyuan passed by the Girls' Generation table next to him, the two sisters Taeyeon and Sunny took the initiative to lean forward and slapped him hard one after another, smiling happily on their faces, looking quite happy for Ji Jingyuan.
And Ji Jingyuan smiled and waved his hand at them, and then followed the members to bow step by step from the artist seat to the podium.
Interestingly, Zheng Endi is one of the MCs of today's award ceremony, and she is very conspicuous on the stage wearing a slim red dress at this time.
Originally, she had been standing on the side, smiling at the Exo members who walked towards him and returning the salute, but when it was Ji Jingyuan's turn at the end, she squinted at the crescent moon and smiled, grinning with her big white teeth.
He took the initiative to step forward, stretched out his right hand and shook it.
"Congratulations!" Chi Jingyuan happily high-fived her, and then heard Zheng Endi say something sincerely to him.
To be honest, Zheng Endi's dress today is really good-looking, the red long skirt and slightly curly long hair make her look a ladylike style, and at the same time, a kind smile that makes people feel good has been hanging on her face, adding a lot of color to the whole person.
And when did she get so thin? Chi Jingyuan feels that he is a close deceased, and after this award ceremony, he may be going to increase his fans.
The two nodded and exchanged glances, but Chi Jingyuan didn't stop, and took a few steps faster to stand next to the members who were already lined up.
The testimonials are still the same, Exo, which is already the fourth award, is already familiar with the road, Kim Junmian first thanked and sighed at length, and then the microphone passed on everyone in turn, and finally went to Ji Jingyuan's side to say it again in Korean, and then converted it into English and said it again.
The Seoul Music Awards are a little bit more expensive than the Golden Disc Awards, but it's actually pretty much the same, but today Exo looks a lot more excited than the Gold Disc a few days ago.
Because of this award, it means that they have killed the four major awards ceremonies in the Peninsula music industry in 2013, and each award ceremony has an amazing achievement in the account.
It's been more than 1 year since his debut, and he has won 4 awards when he was a rookie, and he can't help but sigh that Exo's popularity soared to the sky last year is really unstoppable.
After the testimonial, it was the last encore stage, Chi Jingyuan did not paddle this time, stood at the front of the stage with the microphone, and happily sang with the excited fans below.
In the artist seat below, shinee and Girls' Generation, as seniors of the same company, stood up to support Exo throughout the whole process, waving and dancing, and the family love was very well displayed.
When it was Ji Kyungwon's turn, at this time, the camera was given to the girls' generation table in the artist's seat, and Kim Taeyeon looked quite happy, and stretched out two hands to make a funny expression at the camera.
In the final chorus, the idols in the artist table under the camera are quite high, and Apink's table also did a "Roar" choreographer's signature thrashing action together, and after doing it, several people laughed, and they didn't know what they were happy about.
The award ceremony finally came to an end in "Roar", which I have listened to many times, but it is still very rhythmic.
After that, according to the tradition of the Seoul Music Awards, under the arrangement of the organizers, all the artists present took a group photo together, and then saluted each other and said goodbye for the time being.
β¦β¦β¦β¦ Ji Kyung-won, who had a dinner with the members last night to celebrate, and Ji Kyung-won, who hadn't been happy for a while, packed up his things the next day, followed Park Jae-hyun, his assistant, and the team specially sent by the company to his activities in Xia Guo to the airport, and sat in the waiting room waiting for the flight.
He is about to start his activities in Xia Guo again, and SM and mainland partner companies have been looking forward to it for an unknown amount of time.
I heard that this time they wasted a lot of effort and operated Chi Jingyuan on several more important parties near the Spring Festival, and this time the trip should be more difficult.
At this time, Chi Jingyuan sat in the middle of a row of sofas in the waiting room, leaning lazily on the back of the chair, crossing his legs, and swiping his mobile phone.
He was going to go online to see what the internet was saying about their Exo winning the Song Award yesterday.
But after he turned on his phone, he immediately found a fan post that was topped on their Exofanclub, and this post was also hung on the hot search of some entertainment forums.
Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but click in curiously and looked at it seriously.
"Yesterday, I watched the live broadcast of the Seoul Music Awards, and when I saw the encore stage of the final award, the streamers were fluttering above, and the fans below shouted, and the twelve members of XO stood on it with high spirits, and they were very emotional for a while, and they couldn't help but go to the fanclub and write this long comment. I felt it for a while, and I remembered the experience of XO's debut to the present, and I thought of something, so I'll forgive me for it. I'm a very ordinary fan of Exo, and my family background is not good, and I can only buy two or three copies even when the album is frugal, and there is nothing wrong with the activities of hitting the charts and ranking rankings, but every time the fan group raises funds, I am a little weak. But my fan age is quite large, and I've been fans since before their debut. At that time, I also happened to see Yuan's debut trailer video, and I was immediately given a second by Yuan's smile at the end of the trailer video, and I immediately became a fan, and then gradually understood the whole Exo through him. I'm Yuan's only fan, and I also like the whole team, but I don't know what kind of rice this is, a combination of only rice and group rice? Before the debut, XO really paid attention to a lot of people, SM itself is a big company, and the new large-scale boy group they launched after several years has its own popularity, and there were already a lot of fans when it didn't debut, and the group was very lively every day, and newcomers were still coming in, and it seemed that everything was very good. It's just that such a good situation collapsed immediately after the mV and music source of the debut song "mAmA" were announced, and the original good form took a sad turn in a short period of time. Because the title song is really disappointing, whether it's the song style, melody, or costume styling, even if I'm a fan, I think this song is very average. I still remember that the Internet was full of black comments about xo at that time, in addition to spraying the title song and ugly shape, the most sprayed were the fans of the seniors of the same company, because the debut of xo may crowd out the resources of the predecessors, resulting in Exo becoming the target of the public for a while, as if it couldn't keep up with the trend without scolding a few words. It's already polite to be ridiculous, but it's too much of a conspiracy theory, a pro-son theory, and an unspoken rule theory, it's really hard for them to make up so many of the same plots to hack us. At that time, the company didn't have any intention of controlling the comments, and let the fans wantonly scold xo on the Internet, which is also the consistent style of the Sm family, and everyone is used to it. I remember that at that time, in addition to the fans of the same company's group, the most scolded on the Internet was the boy group that debuted at the same time.p and the meal. The development of these two idols' debuts is much smoother than XO's, and because they debuted at the same time, they naturally became competitors, and these two companies' meals sprayed us on the Internet every day, while Amway their idols, and the triumphant tone really me off at the time. But there is no way, the competition between fans still depends on the strength and achievements of idols to speak, and XO was really popular at that time, and we admit it. Because of all kinds of things, the popularity was cut in half, and there were basically no new people coming in during that time in the fanclub, and people quit every day, and the names that were hacked one by one were really sad. Maybe many new fans don't know that XO was really difficult in the months after his debut, and the scenes of some of XO's activities at that time now look really uncomfortable, sad and distressing. When Baekhyun held a birthday party in May, there were more than a dozen people in total, and the fans together were not as many as XO's members and staff, but the members were still very happy and enthusiastically interacted with the fans who came to the scene, without any embarrassment or dissatisfaction. Sometimes, because of the rush and lack of income, the members just sit on the side of the road to eat. The first signing session of the Exo-m team, two or three big cats and small cats, cover the names of the photos of the scene, and now you don't believe that this is the signing of Exo at all. Team K performed in thin clothes on a very cold day, and you could see the obvious haze from one mouth. Because of being ridiculed by the online group, the popularity is not enough to receive any announcements, and finally received a commercial performance, and in the end I couldn't get the performance fee, the organizer gave the members a bag of rice for each of them, which was considered a payment, but the Exo members still looked very happy, at least it was an announcement, and they could show up. There were so many of them at the time, and many of them are still fresh in my memory. And that's not bad, because at least there's an itinerary to see them. However, except for the first few months of xo's debut, the itinerary and exposure have all plummeted, and it has become a luxury for us to see them on TV, and various magazines and tabloids have said that Exo is a failure of Sm. No variety shows, no popularity, no new songs, no appearances, casually black, this was the situation of Exo at that time. If it weren't for the fact that Yuan could still receive frequent advertisements and show his face on TV at that time, we were really worried that XO would be disbanded. Fortunately, at the most difficult time, when fans were about to persevere, Yuan received the male lead of "Please Answer 1997". I remember it was really exciting when I heard the news, and the friends in the fan group happily discussed it for a long time, and agreed with each other to stick to it. No one was really optimistic about this drama at the time, but it was already a very good itinerary for XO. Fortunately, our prayers seemed to have been fulfilled, and "Please Answer" became a hit and set a cable TV ratings record, and Yuan, who played the leading actor, gained wide popularity and soared in popularity, and at the same time, he returned to the public eye with the group Exo. Since then, the situation seems to be slowly getting better, although except for Yuan, who often shows his face because of the popularity of the TV series, the other people's schedules are still not much, but from time to time, you can see the members appearing on TV, and they are no longer in a state where they may disband at any time. At the end of the year, the stage was also on, and in the end, because of the excellent sales, he also won several newcomer awards, and at the same time that he was recognized by many people, those black fans finally sprayed enough to stop a lot, and finally got through the most difficult time. This change is really a relief for us old fans. It's been 13 years since Sm announced the return of Exo in May, and we've been looking forward to it very much, and it's so rare to see a new song after 1 year and two months, and I almost thought I would never see it again. The official album "xoxo" did not disappoint, "wolf" is refreshing, handsome and fierce choreography, amazing tree of life, etc., seems to indicate that everything is getting better, and Exo is constantly moving towards success. Sure enough, on June 13th, my memory of this day is too deep, Exo is in today's m! Tdown won the first place on the singing stage, and the first place trophy in the first year and three months of his debut. In the video released at the time, the members couldn't suppress the excitement in their hearts and cried in the background, Kai and Y couldn't cry like children, and Yuan, who had always been very calm, was obviously a little unable to control his emotions, and his eyes flashed with tears. That scene really impressed me too much. From this one, everything has been going from good to good, and the four first places in "wolf" are very good, which is a good result that was unimaginable in last year's "mAmA". This momentum has continued. It wasn't until "Roar" came out that Exo finally soared. The sound source of "Roar" was released and the list was full of stamina, and it seems to be the longest-running song among all the songs of the boy group. One of the seventeen singing programs has created an award-winning record for one more male idol group in the Peninsula song industry. The whole peninsula is full of 'Eu-Reu-Reong', which you can definitely hear in any mall, restaurant, video store, or even school, and there is only one voice in the entire peninsula music scene at that time. Here, I want to say that Yuan is really talented, and Exo can have the popularity and momentum it has today, in addition to their own efforts and accumulation, the credit of "Roar" really cannot be ignored. I wouldn't say what Exo would be like without Yuan, because he's one of the members of xo, and no one can deny that. XO dominates the vast majority of the camp of elementary and middle school students, squeezing the survival space of other newly debuted boy groups to a minimum. Every signing session was crowded, which was in stark contrast to last year's event. There was also a time when the number of people attending the venue was too large, which seriously affected the traffic in the vicinity, and the organizers were worried that too many people would cause dangerous incidents and canceled the signing party, which is also a strange story for many artists. All kinds of variety shows are vying to invite, as long as Exo appears, the ratings and topicality can be significantly improved. At the end of the year, the stage of major TV stations is also a must, even if you can't get there, you must record the stage video in advance. All of this means that Exo is truly flying like a rocket, and is beginning to shine like a star in the sky of the peninsula song world. After that, there will be four awards ceremonies at the end of the year. November 14, mmA Song of the Year. November 22, mAmA Album of the Year. On January 16, Gold Record, Grand Prix in the Recording Division. On January 23rd, the Seoul Song Awards, the Grand Prize. Four award ceremonies, four awards, four shots of the members hugging each other. I don't need to go into any more detail, these few pictures are enough to prove everything. When you can get a big award, you can call yourself a top team, a first-line team, how to define Exo who has won four awards in a row? XO's current glory doesn't really need me to say anything more, I just want to tell you that it's really not easy for them to get to where they are today, and every member has put in their own efforts. Looking back now, we couldn't have imagined that XO would be like this last year, and even the most optimistic fans would not have expected XO's current glory. Having said that, it's pretty much the same, so let's put a group photo of all the artists after the Seoul Music Awards. It's been more than a year since my debut.,Exo, who hasn't gone through the rookie period yet.,Among so many seniors present, I can stand firmly in the c position.,I'm happy and excited to see this photo.,I don't know why tears suddenly fell.,It's strange.γ XO, please stay in the C position, we will always be with you. weareoneοΌ
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