After arriving in the peninsula, Chi Jingyuan went back to the company directly, and held a meeting with several middle and senior managers of the company, who are responsible for overseas affairs and artist management, and planning, and summarized the harvest and impact of the Xia Guo itinerary for more than half a month.

"Wuli Jingyuan is back."

"It's hard work, I'm going to come back for a meeting as soon as I get off the plane."

"Sit down, sit down."

As soon as they met, they were warmly welcomed by these directors and directors, and a group of people had sincere and enthusiastic smiles on their faces, and everyone's eyes were shining when they looked at Chi Jingyuan, as if they were looking at a brilliant diamond.

In addition to Ji Jingyuan's background, more importantly, they all saw how terrifying the profits brought to the company by a trending idol and popular actor were, and the benefits from the contract signed in the past half month really made them jaw-dropping.

Chi Jingyuan also smiled and returned the salute one by one, sat there and began to listen, he didn't need to say anything, just listen to the agent and the company talking.

After this meeting, Ji Jingyuan and the staff on the SM side went directly to JYP, and the two sides agreed on the specific matters of the return of this cooperation.

All the matters for this collaboration single have been prepared, and even the promotional poster Ji Jingyuan has already filmed with Pei Xiuzhi before going to Xia Guo, and now he is waiting for the official announcement of the cooperation and the specific time of return, and the arrangement of the singing stage and some itineraries.

Once these are agreed, the two corporate bureaus can start investing resources and start increasing publicity.

Originally, it should have been discussed a week ago, but it was only because of the postponement of Chi Jingyuan's trip in Xia Guo that it was really decided today.

Bae Xiuzhi went on a trip and didn't come today, but Park Zhenying came in person, he must have been dissatisfied with the delay on the SM side, but he wouldn't show it in person, on the contrary, after seeing Ji Jingyuan, he patted him on the shoulder enthusiastically, pulled him to talk cordially for a while, and asked in detail about Ji Jingyuan's activities on Xia Guo's side.

For Chi Jingyuan's two activities in Xia Guo in recent months, many people in the industry on the peninsula have seen it, although they don't know the specific income figures, but through some internal information, they all know that SM is definitely making a lot of money this time.

It can be seen that Park Zhenying is also very enthusiastic about the market in Xia Guo.

Xia Guo's huge market volume has always been very coveted by entertainment brokerage companies on the peninsula, and they have always wanted to find opportunities to enter this market.

And the debut of EXO in 12 years, the K and M teams hit the setting of two markets respectively, and the participation of 3 Xia Guoline members has lit a bright guiding light for many companies.

Obviously, EXO cooled down in the peninsula market in the year of its debut, but with the M team with members of Xia Guo, it is still active there, creating a lot of value.

This successful example had to be studied by many companies, and since then, many companies have begun to increase the number of Xia Guo trainees, and many of the men's and women's groups that have debuted later will also add one or two Xia Guo members.

Like GOT7, BTS has a certain degree of reference to this setting.

Especially the latter, BTS's economic company BigHit itself is a small company, so it is natural to hope to expand the Xia Kingdom market and increase income, and Wu Saike himself is a member of the EXO debut group, but it was only for some special reasons that he was defeated.

At that time, EXO-M was already in full swing in the Xia Kingdom, and BigHit was naturally hot, they originally wanted to form a local group of all Peninsula people, but after thinking about it for a second time, they decided to insert Wu Saike into the Xia Country Market.

Although he is not a Xia nationality, if no one investigates the root cause, others will not care, and that fluent Chinese will make BTS's activities in Xia Country more smooth.

If there are no accidents, they should try to 'break into the summer' this year.

The meeting with JYP went smoothly, and the general plan had been discussed beforehand, but this time it was just a matter of finalizing and finalizing some details.

After discussions between the two sides, it was decided that the temporary group composed of Ji Jingyuan and Bae Xiuzhi will be named 'Yuan&Suzy', and the music source and music video of the collaborative song "Some" will be officially released on February 21, and their warm-up stage is set for "M! 》。

The two companies will officially announce the news a week in advance, on Valentine's Day, February 14.

In addition to Valentine's Day, February 14 this year is also the Lantern Festival, which is commonly known as the 'New Year's Day' on the peninsula.

After that, a series of supporting promotional activities will be carried out until the official release of the cooperative single, and the follow-up resource investment will depend on how the song "Some" is in good condition and whether it will achieve satisfactory results.

After this meeting, Chi Jingyuan could stop for a while, so he went back to the dormitory, summarized his things, and slept well in the dormitory after repairing it.

He slept until it was time to finish eating, and he got out of bed, and after eating something, he rushed to Exo's practice room.

"Come on, come on, welcome Wuli big trend actor Chi Kyung-won back to the company......"

"Hey Yigu, you're finally back, it's been half a month, right?"

"Jingyuan, why do I feel that you have gained a little weight again? It seems that every time you go to Xia Guo for activities, you get fat. ”

As soon as they entered the door, the EXO members who happened to be resting time immediately came to their senses when they saw Chi Jingyuan, grabbed him and said hello, complained and sourly.

Ji Jingyuan greeted the members with a smile.

However, when he said hello, he found that Luhan and Park Chanyeol were in a little wrong, they didn't look like they were in good spirits, and their faces were not very good, but they only squeezed out a smile and nodded after seeing Ji Jingyuan.

"Jingyuan, hurry up and return to the team to practice, your progress has fallen a lot."

Jin Junmian patted Ji Jingyuan on the shoulder, and said a little worriedly: "Also, you will leave halfway through the choreography of "Dope" and "I Need U", and you have to hurry up for the rest, time is really tight." ”

"Don't worry, brother, I'm ready to work overtime, and the progress will catch up soon, and I won't delay my return."

"King Kong is not bad Dazhai Master"

Ji Jingyuan raised an eyebrow at him, indicating that everything was under control.

He has long been accustomed to working overtime, and during the choreography of the regular series of "Roaring Filial Piety" last year, he went to bed before three o'clock every day to get off work early.

After chatting with the members for a while, several dance teachers walked in, greeted Chi Jingyuan with a smile after seeing him, and then began to supervise and guide their dance practice.

This time, the choreography of the title song "Overdose" of the mini second album has been completed very early.,This time in collaboration with EXO.,The choreographer in charge of the title song is SM's queen TOA.。

The choreography of "Wolf" has been very successful before, and the tree of life is still a classic look of the exo stage in the minds of countless fans.

TOA is worthy of the name of a dance genius, and the choreography of "Overdose" this time is also amazing, with several signature moves very distinctive.

It's like half of the people kneeling, half of them standing behind the choreography like controlling puppets.

In the rap stage, everyone formed a circle, and the choreography that was wantonly manipulated by the member in the center, and when it transitioned, it was a sight to behold, and there were some cute face-knocking dances.

Before Chi Jingyuan went to Xia Guo's activities, the company had already divided the members' respective parts, and Chi Jingyuan had also learned the general dance and practiced with the team for a few days.

It's just that he is still very rusty now, whether it is his own part or his position, and he needs to work hard to catch up with the progress of others.

Under the guidance of the dance teacher, EXO practiced over and over again, until everyone was tired and sweaty, and only then entered the break time.

"Goo Du ......"

Chi Jingyuan took a bottle of mineral water and poured a few sips, wiped the sweat from his forehead and sat on the floor, glanced at a few members not far away, and asked Du Junxiu and Wu Shixun next to him softly: "What is their situation?" “

When he was practicing dance just now, he found that Luhan and Park Chanyeol had a weak breath all night, and their movements were not very standard, and they didn't seem to have any energy at all.

"Brother Chanyeol's leg was injured during the rehearsal, and the injury was not light, and it hasn't recovered yet."

Wu Shixun also glanced over there, leaned over and lowered his voice and said, "Brother Luhan, I have had some colds and fevers since you went to Xia Kingdom, and it has been several days, and I haven't been getting better after taking medicine, and I have been in a bad state recently. ”

Chi Jingyuan nodded clearly when he heard this, injuries are still quite common for idols, high-intensity exercises and continuous rotation of the trip, and the rest is not good, and the body is prone to problems.

And because of the rush of the schedule and the urgency of time, there was no time for them to recuperate, so they could only continue to work with injuries.

This is a very common thing in the Peninsula song world, and everyone is like this during the trainee period, and practicing with illness is the norm.

"Luhan is not because of this ......"

Du Junxiu listened to the two of them talking, and at this time she also leaned over and interjected: "We are used to being sick or something...... He was unwell two days ago, and he asked his agent for leave to rest in the dormitory for a few days, but he was rejected by Brother Chenghuan, and he was a little unhappy. ”

"That's ......"

Chi Jingyuan nodded lightly and didn't say anything more.

The member who has some privileges in EXO is him.,Other members regardless of popularity.,Regardless of whether it's the main promoter or not.,The company and the broker are very strictly managed.,Minor injuries and illnesses are not allowed to take leave to rest.,Many requirements and norms seem a little impersonal to outsiders.。

But in fact, it's not just SM, basically all entertainment companies are like this, and some companies have even more requirements for the management and requirements of their idols, which are so strict that people can't stand it.

SM is already considered a good company as a large company, at least much looser than in the years at the beginning of the century, and it is basically impossible to see such a thing as a broker or company executive taking the initiative to teach a lesson, and there is no need to have some messy things outside of work like some small companies.

didn't ask any more, Chi Jingyuan changed the topic with them and talked about some interesting things about the company after he left.

After saying a few words, Chi Jingyuan's mobile phone rang, he took it out and looked at the caller, and said to the two next to him, 'I'll answer a phone call and come back soon', and then quietly went around.

"Young don't stuff young."

"Jingyuan, have you returned to the peninsula?" As soon as the phone was connected, Jiang Shiqi's voice came, and it sounded quite cheerful.

"Are you stalking me? You called me just got back today? ”

Chi Jingyuan smiled and said a few words to her, asked about the current situation, and then took the initiative to ask: "I'm practicing now, I'm going to go back soon after I ran out secretly, what's the matter with me?" ”

"So, do you have time that night on the tenth?" Jiang Shiqi pondered for a second and asked with some expectation.

"Number ten? Day after tomorrow? What day was that? ”

"That's it, it's really ......"

Jiang Shiqi couldn't help but pursed her lips, and said dissatisfiedly: "The 10th is my birthday, I asked a few friends to have dinner together, do you have time that day?" ”

"Forehead ......"

Ji Jingyuan was a little ashamed, people wished him a happy birthday on May 13 last year, and he really didn't know that February 10 was Jiang Shiqi's birthday.

However, he has been very busy lately and really doesn't have much time, except for the cooperation with Pei Xiuzhi to the last moment, the most important thing is the preparation of the album of EXO, his progress has fallen behind a lot and needs to catch up, and the choreography of two songs has not been completed.

But just when Chi Jingyuan was about to speak, saying, 'There is no time, the gift will be delivered', I suddenly remembered that Jiang Shiqi was 94 years old like him, and this year happened to be the day of adulthood, which was a relatively important birthday.

Ji Jingyuan hesitated for a moment, thinking about the schedule for that day.

"If you're busy, forget it, but you can't save the gift, you must be in place."

Listening to the silence on the phone, Jiang Shiqi relieved Chi Jingyuan's embarrassment with a smile and took the initiative to make a joke.

"It's alright...... 10th yes, I should be free in the evening, but I can't stay too late. ”

Chi Jingyuan thought about it, and finally responded with a smile, and finally added jokingly: "Remember to order some delicious dishes, if the taste is not good, I won't go next time." “

"Hey...... Inside, it will surely satisfy you. ”

Hearing that Chi Jingyuan could come, Jiang Shiqi was obviously very happy, her voice rose a tone, and she laughed twice.

After hanging up the phone, Chi Jingyuan returned to the practice room, and before he could think about how to arrange the time after tomorrow, they started a new round of practice under the supervision of the dance teacher.

…………

"Don't you rarely come here in Hongdae?"

Bae Zhuhyun stretched out his hand and put a touch of bangs behind his ear, turned his head sideways and looked at Ji Jingyuan next to him.

"I've been here a few times before, but very few times, and I haven't turned around much."

Ji Jingyuan retracted his eyes from looking around, turned to her and nodded, although his entire face was covered by the pressed brim and mask, but his exposed eyes were very bright and glanced at Pei Zhuhyun.

He was wearing a dark sweatshirt suit with a coat on the outside, casual warm pants and sneakers, and his hands in his pockets, except for his outstanding figure and temperament, and the ghost hat on his head was a little conspicuous, he looked like a college student who came to shop during his vacation.

It's the evening of February 10th, and the dinner for Jiang Shiqi's birthday party has just ended.

However, Jiang Shiqi, who had a birthday today after eating, was very excited, and she was a little unsatisfied, so she proposed to go to Hongdae for a visit together, and was supported by Sun Shengwan's hands and feet, and Bae Joo-hyun's appearance was quite agreeable.

Chi Jingyuan looked at his watch, and he still had time, so he came along.

As for Wu Shixun, who also participated in the dinner, he was not as free as Chi Jingyuan, and after glaring at him, he reluctantly resigned and went back to work.

At this time, they were walking on the streets of Hongdae, looking at the lively scene around them, except for a little cold, everything was fine.

Hongdae is a business district in front of Hongik University, and it is one of the favorite places for young people in Seoul to visit, and it is crowded with all kinds of young people who are full of youth and unique sensibilities, and it can be said that it is bustling with activity every day.

In addition to a variety of cafés, bars, fashion stores, handmade paper shops, accessories, clothing, cosmetics and other places where young people shop and consume, which reflect the sensibilities and cultural tendencies of the younger generation, there are also a variety of entertainment and music elements.

Street performances such as bands formed by many college students, underground hip-hop singers, indie bands, unpopular idol groups, and trainees who have not debuted can often be seen, and it is also a good stage for them to show themselves.

It can be said that everything that young people like and need can be found here, and Ji Jingyuan was a little driven by the lively atmosphere here when he walked on the street, and after he came, he watched around with great interest, until he was attracted by Bae Joo-hyun's voice.

"That's right...... I thought you'd come here a lot...

Bae Joo-hyun glanced at him and asked with a smile.

She wore a light-colored down jacket lined with a black tight-fitting line, a pair of high-soled shoes under her gray pants, and her favorite duck baseball cap on her head.

The high-soled shoes have made a lot of contributions, bringing her and Ji Jingyuan's original height difference closer, otherwise she would need to tilt her head up and speak now.

"Did Joo Hyun Xi misunderstand something?"

Chi Jingyuan looked a little puzzled, as if he didn't understand what the other party meant.

“…………”

Bae Joo-hyun glanced at him, wrinkled his nose and didn't answer.

The corners of Chi Jingyuan's mouth curled up, and he winked at her, and the two of them looked at each other, and they both lowered their heads and laughed.

"Alas, you two hurry up, why are you walking so slowly!"

At this time, Jiang Shiqi and Sun Shengwan, who were originally very excited to walk in front, turned around and found that there were only the two of them left, and their eyes swept for a long time before they found Ji Jingyuan and Pei Zhuhyun who had dropped out of the old back.

The two frowned and folded back, grumbling in dissatisfaction, and walked behind the two and pushed their backs to make them speed up.

Ji Jingyuan and Bae Joo-hyun were a little helpless and were pushed forward by these two people who were too excited.

"As soon as you two came here, you walked hand in hand and disappeared, blaming us for walking slowly?"

Chi Jingyuan, who was pushed a few steps forward, looked at the two of them angrily.

Jiang Shiqi could really see that she was very happy, and Sun Shengwan was also very interested, and they rushed out excitedly as soon as they came, ignoring the two behind them at all.

"Oh, don't worry about it so much, go quickly, I remember there's a nice drink shop in front of me."

Jiang Shiqi smiled and gaged over, kept shaking her hand to signal the two to go faster, when she turned around, she suddenly noticed Ji Jingyuan and Pei Zhuhyun's hats, she looked left and right, and said in surprise: "Jinjia, I didn't find out just now, Jingyuan, you and Zhu Hyun Oni's hats are the same style, is it a couple hat?" ”

Sun Shengwan's eyes widened, and his eyes looked at the hats of the two suspiciously.

"Inside, you've found out."

Chi Jingyuan squinted his eyes and nodded generously in acknowledgement, patted her on the shoulder, as if giving her a difficult task, "Pay attention to secrecy!" ”

Bae Joo-hyun chuckled and straightened his hat left and right, tilted his head and didn't refute, but just glanced at Ji Jingyuan with disgust.

"Cut ......"

Jiang Shiqi glanced at it and snorted disdainfully, didn't bother to ask again, and walked to the drink shop she had been thinking about for a long time with a few people.

It's really not Jiang Shiqi bragging, this shop seems to be doing very well, and there is a long queue just in line.

"Jingyuan, you and Zhu Hyun Oni are waiting here, there are quite a lot of people queuing up over there, it's not good for you to be recognized, I'll just go with Shengwan."

She smiled and looked back and asked, "What to drink?" I'm in for a treat! ”

"Hot cocoa." Chi Jingyuan said that he does not drink cold drinks in winter.

"Where's Jonghyoni?"

"Like you, but I don't drink coffee."

“ok。”

Jiang Shiqi gestured, pulled Sun Sheng, and the two of them ran over to line up.

"It's really energetic."

Chi Jingyuan looked at the backs of the two and sighed.

"Inside, the relationship between Shiki and Katsuwan is really good." Bae Joo-hyun nodded and said with some envy.

"Isn't it good for Joo Hyun to have a bad relationship with them?"

Ji Jingyuan turned his head to look at her.

"It's good, it's just that I'm still a little older, unlike them who are relatives of the same age." Bae Joo-hyun nodded slightly, and his tone sounded a little low.

"Joo Hyun Xi seems to care about her age?"

"You're a ...... It's you, don't you care? Bae Joo-hyun glared at him.

"Hmmm......"

Ji Jingyuan glanced up and down at Pei Zhuhyun, pursed his lips, and asked tentatively with curiosity in his eyes: "Then do you care about age, or do you care more about height?" ”

"You...... Yikes!"

Pei Zhuhyun was blocked by this sudden question, she only felt her qi and blood surge, the calmness and gentleness just now disappeared in an instant, she couldn't help but shout angrily, and then raised a kick and kicked Ji Jingyuan's leg and stomach.

I don't know if it's because the strength is well controlled or if I don't have any strength at all, anyway, Chi Jingyuan doesn't hurt or itch.

After the kick, she didn't seem to be angry, and glared at him fiercely, and after staring for a few seconds, she lowered her head a little frantically, covered her face, and after a few seconds, she laughed out loud, her shoulders shaking.

It took a while for her to raise her head again, with a smile in her eyes, but her tone was very solemn, staring at Chi Jingyuan and saying word by word:

"Jingyuan xi."

"Inside." Chi Jingyuan made a deaf look.

"You're really annoying."

"Consanmida."

Chi Jingyuan thanked him with a smile.

Bae Joo-hyun was scolded again, she was laughing and angry, and was about to wave her hand to slap it, when the mobile phone in Ji Jingyuan's pocket suddenly rang, planning her actions.

Ji Jingyuan took it out and looked at the electric man, and swept the afterglow of the day with Pei Zhuhyun without leaking a trace, and turned it on.

"Young don't stuff young."

"I'm out shopping with friends."

"Inside, that's right, it's a girlfriend, do you want to come along?"

"Okay, I know you're still asking......"

"Number 14? It's really unfortunate that we flew to Xia Country on XO13 to participate in the Lantern Festival Gala of the TV station there, and there was a live broadcast stage on the night of the 14th. “

"What can I do, I just came back from Xia Kingdom, do you think I want to fly around every day? Next time. ”

"Inside, got it."

"Bye-bye."

Ji Jingyuan hung up the phone, locked the screen and threw it into his shoulder bag.

Bae Joo-hyun stood quietly to the side, and after Ji Jingyuan answered the phone and said the first sentence just now, she returned to her previous calm demeanor and listened silently beside her.

After seeing Chi Jingyuan hang up the phone and cast her gaze, she hesitated for a moment and muttered for a few seconds before speaking: "Jingyuan xi...... Are you dating FX's Krystal seniors? ”

While speaking, Bae Joo-hyun's eyes also looked at his face.

“…………”

Hearing this, Chi Jingyuan smiled softly, shrugged his shoulders at her, and didn't say anything.

Although the other party didn't say anything, Pei Zhuhyun still nodded to indicate that he knew, withdrew his gaze, looked at the ground and was stunned for a while, and then looked in the direction of Jiang Shiqi and them.

Ji Jingyuan didn't speak, and looked over with her.

After a while, Jiang Shiqi and Sun Shengwan came back with a drink and handed it to them with a smile.

"Thank you." Chi Jingyuan took the hot cocoa, and felt a lot warmer in his hand.

Got the drink, the four of them walked around Hongdae together, Jiang Shiqi obviously came here often, and he was very familiar with Ji Jingyuan and Sun Shengwan.

Sun Shengwan, like Ji Jingyuan, has never been here a few times, and everything here still feels quite fresh, while Bae Joo-hyun listened to the side, interjecting from time to time, and it can be seen that she is also half Hongdae.

After walking for a while, Jiang Shiqi saw another group of people gathered on the side of the road not far in front of her, as if there was some performance, her eyes lit up and she pulled a few people over and stood on the periphery to watch.

It's said to be a group of people.,In fact, it's not a lot.,Scattered around a stage that looks a little shabby.,The sound quality of the stereo is not good, but the volume is quite large.,If you stand close, you only feel that the eardrum is shaken and moved.。

At this time, a girl group, five girls are singing and dancing on the stage.

Today's temperature is very low, and you can clearly see it when you open your mouth and take a breath, but this girl group is wearing a shirt and super shorts, and the white thighs are exposed, and everyone looks very devoted, and they don't seem to feel the cold at all.

But it's nothing, frost resistance is the basic skill of artists, and most of the artists who debuted have performed in thin stage costumes that are not warm at all in the winter, and they often have this experience.

After watching it for a while, Ji Jingyuan felt that the strength of this girl group was good, both vocal and dancing were excellent, and he suddenly found that he seemed to know this girl group, and it seemed that he had been on the "Idol Games" with them before.