Chapter 22: Entertainment Shutdown

Ji Jingyuan received a message from Bae Joo-hyun the next day, and the other party didn't have any opinions at all because he couldn't be there on his birthday, but was very concerned about EXO's recent work intensity, and reminded Ji Jingyuan not to make the same kind of incident as before.

In the end, he took a group photo with the Pokémon figure given to him by Chi Jingyuan and Jiang Shiqi and passed it over.

In the photo, Bae Joo-hyun combed a ponytail, looked refreshing with makeup, closed his eyes and held a stupid duck figure with his head tilted, his face was close to his face, and he smiled very happily with his mouth upturned.

Looking at the photo sent over, Chi Jingyuan's face couldn't help laughing, and after a while, his fingers tapped and quickly typed a few words:

"Come on."

…………

"Brother Chanyeol, you put a little more performance when you are present in your own part."

At the shooting site of the MV for "dope", Ji Jingyuan was gesturing with his hands while communicating with the members about the effect of the shooting.

The MV of this precursor song is basically designed by him, and like the previous "Roaring Filial Piety", the company found a PD to be responsible for the on-site shooting, and the specific effect is checked by Chi Jingyuan.

"It's best to have a little dragging feeling, you don't need to deliberately make a handsome and cool expression, brother, you are already very handsome standing here."

"I see, I'll try."

Park Chanyeol immediately gestured, then found a mirror and began to practice his expression.

"Brother Tao, you also have a problem with this part, but on the contrary, you put it too much, and the expression is too dragged and easy to cause the opposite effect, so take it a little bit."

Chi Jingyuan said a few more words to tao of the M team next to him.

"OK, I'll take a little." Tao looked a little embarrassed, and also gestured.

The MV of "dope" is divided into two Korean and Chinese versions of KM teams, although there is no combined shot, but the MV is shot together, and Ji Jingyuan is not only responsible for the shooting of his own team, but also guides the M team.

In addition to the unique electronic hip-hop style and saxophone arrangement, the most important feature of this song is that the lyrics tell the story of EXO's members who work day and night to dedicate themselves to music, dedication to work, and pursuit of dreams and strive to succeed.

The music video is full of strong colors, and in order to show the meaning of the lyrics, the members did not wear uniform clothes during the shooting, but co-created various social professionals, including police officers, detectives, doctors, white-collar workers, etc., to show the appearance and charm of EXO members dancing when they transform into different identities.

Park Chanyeol is the cos racing driver, and Ji Jingyuan is wearing a strong and peugeot police officer uniform, and the pitch-black uniform is very tasteful on him, and it seems that the whole person's temperament has changed.

The clothes of each member of Team M and Team K are the same, and Luhan's part over there is the same as Ji Jingyuan, which is also a police officer's outfit, but it may be because of height or something else, and the effect shown is slightly inferior.

"Let's take a break and continue, try to get it done for him today, come on." After saying a few more questions that need attention, Chi Jingyuan clapped his hands and shouted.

Although he is busy, the members are used to his control over the production of the album, after all, there is a successful precedent of "Roaring Filial Piety", and the members of EXO have a lot of trust in Ji Kyung-won's talent and ability in this regard.

Under the watchful eye of the camera filming the footage next to them, all the members shouted together:

“fighting!“

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On April 4th, another eye-catching news appeared on the hot search, and the relationship between Girls' Generation Huang Meiying and 2PM Nikun was exposed by the media.

According to media reports, Huang Meiying and Ni Kun were introduced by friends and began to determine their relationship in the second half of 13 years, and they have been dating for almost half a year now. And also attached a date photo of the two that the reporter secretly took.

Huang Meiying, as a member of the group's popular median circle, was exposed to a relationship, and the fans of Girls' Generation, who were concentrated by a heavy punch, naturally wailed.

As of today, the collapse of Girls' Generation seems to be inevitable, and the title of Love Era has almost been recognized even in the hearts of fans, and after several tortures, some boyfriends have run away from fans.

It can be clearly seen through the sales dive of this return.

Now many sones have left messages on the Internet and in Fanclub, saying that their spirit has been tempered after these few romance exposures, although they feel very uncomfortable, but they also understand that the children have grown up, so even if they expose a few more, they can endure the pain and continue to be fans.

But there are also many people who say that Kim Taeyeon is their last bottom line, and if Taeyeon is also exposed to the relationship, then they may really not be able to hold on anymore.

Seeing the humble prayer messages of these fans, Chi Jingyuan didn't know what to say.

Girls' Generation debuted for 7 years, and there has never been any news about this in the first six years, but today it suddenly came out all at once, so you can imagine how uncomfortable their fans are.

However, passers-by in the outside world are quite optimistic about the three-team relationship that was exposed in Girls' Generation, and feel that whether it is Choi so-young, Zheng Kyung-ho, or Hwang Mi-young, Nikun, the identity and status are also a match, and many people also sent their blessings to let sone see the blood surging.

However, some people broke the news on the Internet, saying that Huang Meiying and Ni Kun had already established a relationship very early, and even started when Ni Kun participated in the variety show "We Are Married".

According to him, Nikun played a husband and wife with Victoria in the show, and he fell in love with others outside the show, both inside and outside were big shows, and there was no conflict with sweetness, and his acting skills could be described as perfect, and in order to prove it, he also sent a few pictures of the mold lake.

I don't know if the realism is high or not, anyway, Nikun was rushed by the annoyed fans of "My Knot" and FX.

The disturbance from the outside world is just to watch the excitement, and EXO finally finished all the preparations for the mini-second series on April 8 with hard work, and there are still some post-production aspects that do not require them to be involved too much.

SM has also begun to renegotiate the exact date of XO's return and is preparing a series of promotional activities.

And all the members, along with the agent and the company's team, got on the plane to Neon on April 10.

"Anihassai, it's EXO's self shooting time, and I'm XO's captain suho."

Holding the camera to himself, Kim Junmian began filming on the plane, preparing to use it as material for their second group drama "Hot Moment XOXO".

"Where are you going now, D.?" Jin Junmian pointed the camera at Do Hyun-so, who was next to him immediately, and the two began to introduce the trip in harmony with each other.

"Now, now it's going to neon."

"Neon, we're going to neon right now, so why are we going to neon?"

"Why?"

"It's to go to neon to open faing, to do a solo event with neon fans."

"That's right, we're flying across the ocean right now." Jin Junmian wore sunglasses and looked unfathomable, and he and Du Junxiu worked hard to do the show.

The two of them didn't say anything for a long time, and after thinking about it, they stood up with the camera: "Let's go interview the next contestant now!" ”

Immediately after they interviewed Park Chanyeol, Kai then came to the row where Ji Kyung-won and Oh Se-hoon were sitting, and pointed the camera directly at them.

Wu Shixun immediately put down the things in his hand after seeing the camera coming, and quickly waved his hand at the camera, the chicken thief pointed to Chi Jingyuan next to him, and snickered on his face and motioned Jin Junmian to pat him, don't shoot me.

Kim Junmian made an OK gesture and pointed the camera at Ji Jingyuan.

At this time, there was a gray and black knitted hat at the source of the pool scene, with his head down, wearing an eye patch on his face as if he was taking a nap, his hands were in the pockets of his sweatshirt, and the collar was pulled high to cover the lower half of his face.

As if he had a sense, Chi Jingyuan felt it a few seconds after the camera started to shoot him. He pursed his lips and raised his head, took off his blindfold and saw the camera, stunned for a moment, then showed a helpless smile, tilted his head and leaned back in the chair to look at the few people smiling in front of him.

"Hey, is this no makeup? The skin is really good. ”

With a sigh, Jin Junmian manipulated the camera to take a slap of Chi Jingyuan's face, and the skin close to Chi Chi under the lens did not look like makeup at all, and it looked very smooth and delicate.

"Inside, no makeup." Chi Jingyuan nodded, his tone a little tired.

"Wuli's busy skin is really enviable." Jin Junmian gave a thumbs up, and then began the interview to ease: "Yuanxi, how are you feeling now?" “

"Very good."

Chi Jingyuan looked at Jin Junmian with a dead fish eye, forced a smile out of his expressionless face, dulled it twice, as if in order to strengthen the credibility of his words, he nodded and repeated: "It's really very good." ”

"Haha......" Seeing his reaction, Du Junxiu and Wu Shixun next to him all burst out laughing.

"So what was Yuanxi doing on the plane just now?"

Kim Junmian really doesn't have the talent to be an MC, and the questions he asks are too stupid.

"Brother."

Ji Jingyuan sighed and watched Jin Junmian speak.

"Inside?"

"I was just sleeping." The weak voice showed that Chi Jingyuan's heart was not calm.

"Haha......"

"Mi Ah Ne, Mi Ah Ne."

Jin Junmian hurriedly apologized, took the initiative to put Ji Jingyuan's blindfold on him, and then walked away quickly with the camera, "Let's go interview the next member ......"

"Alas......"

After they left, Chi Jingyuan straightened his blindfold and continued to close his eyes and recuperate.

Only then would he feel a little more comfortable when he was on the plane, otherwise he would have taken out the game console and started playing.

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It was already midnight when they arrived at the neon, so they rushed directly to the hotel where they had been set to rest for the night, and got up early the next morning before dawn to go to the venue of this FA, the Saitama Super Arena.

Since EXO's official debut in 2012, it has been concentrating on developing the markets in the peninsula and the summer country, at most in Southeast Asia, and neon really hasn't been involved much.

Aside from a few performances with SMTOWN, they rarely hold events in Neon alone.

This is the first time since EXO's debut 2 years ago that a solo fan meeting has been held on Neon.

And this time the fan meeting is very large, not the kind of small meeting with hundreds or thousands of people, but a super large fan meeting of 20,000 people each, which is already similar to the model of a concert.

This year's performance was named EXPartyinJapan "Hello!"

A total of five sessions will be held over the course of three days, one on April 11, which is tonight, and two sessions per day on the 12th and 13th.

There were a total of five fan meet-and-greets, with 20,000 tickets for each event, which means that the event held by EXO in Tokyo attracted a total of 100,000 people.

EXO, who didn't make his debut in neon and has never released a neon album, is unexpectedly popular here, knowing that even if it is a local neon artist, it is a relatively rare thing to be able to sell out tickets at Saitama Super Arena.

However, SM had already controlled this situation after market research, otherwise it would not have rented such a large venue for the first fan performance.

The twelve members of EXO's entire team have a lot of fans on the neon side, and the largest number of fans is still Ji Jingyuan, who holds his sign in the crowd of fans waiting for support at the entrance of the stadium, accounting for almost one-third.

As the language leader in the team, Chi Jingyuan's language talent has really brought him a lot of convenience, whether it is in Xia Guo or Neon, many fans are fans of him because he is very good at the language of their country.

Anyway, seeing that he has basically never been active here, but there are still so many people who like him, Chi Jingyuan is really quite moved in his heart.

They had been preparing for this FA for a long time, rehearsing in the stadium and getting acquainted with the environment for a whole day, and the first fan meeting officially began in the evening.

This performance is a bit like a concert but it's not exactly the same, it's not as formal as a concert, and there are not so many tracks, supporting VCRs and stage design, it's basically a performance of a few EXO hits, and then the members talk to the fans, introduce themselves, show a few neon words they just learned to get closer, and the overall duration is just over an hour.

Unlike other members who are cramming on their feet, Chi Kyung-won, who is proficient in neon language, is naturally like a fish in water, and I don't know how the news of his love for neon anime and games came about, and the fans here seem to be very aware of this, and the distance between them can't help but be much closer, and there are many anime-related gifts that they want to give him.

Although he won't accept it, he is also very grateful to the other party for his kindness.

The performance was held very smoothly, from the 11th to the 12th, three consecutive sold-out performances, and the feedback from fans was also very good, and the EXO who came to the neon event for the first time was officially unified.

At the end of the second performance on the 12th, it was almost eleven o'clock after some repairs, and the members hurriedly left the venue under the guidance of their agents and went to a restaurant that had been booked before.

Today is Oh Se-hoon's birthday, and as a member born in '94, although the Peninsula coming-of-age ceremony has not yet arrived, he is finally considered an adult.

After bringing them here, the agent didn't stay here to have dinner with the members, but took the initiative to leave and find a place to fill his stomach by himself, leaving all the space for celebration to the 12 people of EXO.

No one else was present, and the members naturally had a good night, and the whole box was full of smoke and miasma, and it was so cheerful to talk and laugh and make trouble.

A few brothers took Wu Shixun to show off their bold drinking.

Chi Jingyuan found that none of these idol friends he knew complied with the rules that minors on the peninsula could not drink, obviously they were all just adults, and they were indeed more and more difficult to drink.

After drinking and eating, the members felt a little tired, sitting crookedly in the box and chatting, Chi Jingyuan found a small sofa and half lay on it comfortably swiping his mobile phone to watch the news, he was full, and even a little supportive.

The day before yesterday, Apink spoke in "m! c" made the first hit song of the return, and their music source was also released on March 31, and the music source of the title song "" was very good, but unfortunately the first place on the weekly list must not be obtained.

Because until today, Melon's No. 1 weekly chart is still "Some", which has never dropped the No. 1 position since the release of the music source on February 21, and has been the No. 1 weekly chart for six consecutive weeks, winning the championship for six weeks.

The most terrifying thing is that even in April, the stamina of this song still seems to be sufficient, which makes countless people admire that this song is really a sound source monster.

According to rumors in the industry, it is because of the unexpected success of Yuan&suzy's single that many economic companies in the circle are eyeing this type of song of male and female chorus, and it is estimated that it will not be long before a lot of temporary combinations of male and female partners will emerge.

Just like after last year's "Roaring Filial Piety", there were more male idol groups that chose student suits and school uniforms as concepts or performance costumes.

Just when Ji Jingyuan was lazily scrolling through the news, Park Chanyeol's mobile phone, who was originally sitting on the sofa next to him, suddenly vibrate, and he hurriedly walked out of the box with the phone after looking at the screen.

Looking at Park Chanyeol's back, Ji Jingyuan suddenly became a little interested, and after thinking about it, he turned his head and whistled at Wu Shixun who was not far away.

"Shhh

Wu Shixun, who heard the whistle, glanced at him, stood up after a look, walked over and sat next to Chi Jingyuan and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Brother Chanyeol, this is ......," Ji Jingyuan pouted in the direction Park Chanyeol left.

"Oh, that's what you say."

As soon as he heard this, Wu Shixun was energetic, smiled narrowly, leaned to the side and whispered: "It's the same as you think, in dating, in love." “

"Female idol?" Chi Jingyuan was a little curious.

"Ani, it's a makeup artist, Nuna, I've seen it once, and it's pretty and it's older than us."

Wu Shixun said softly, then dulled for a moment, and continued with a smile: "But I don't know if Brother Chanlie is the only one." ”

"What about the one you dated before? Broke up? Chi Jingyuan glanced at him.

"Didn't I tell you that we broke up at the beginning of the year."

Wu Shixun looked at him dissatisfied, feeling that Ji Jingyuan didn't care about his friends at all, and the things he said should be in his ears.

"Miane, I forgot a little."

Chi Jingyuan apologized perfunctorily, he didn't need to ask anymore, he didn't have to think about it, he just used Wu Shixun's urine to be 100% seamless.

At this time, Bian Boxian, who was sitting by the wall, also walked out with a phone.

Ji Jingyuan and Wu Shixun watched Boxian push the door, go out, and close the door together, and then the two looked at each other, and he smiled interestingly: "This is also ing?" “

"Inside, I heard that it's a female idol, and it's not very popular." Wu Shixun nodded.

"No, I don't know anything about living in the same dormitory, how do you know so well? Turned to a spy? “

Ji Jingyuan looked Wu Shixun up and down with a surprised gaze, and screamed.

"Cut, you don't look like you're busy at all, and your posture is a bit high."

Wu Shixun pursed his lips and explained in a low voice: "They like to talk to me about this because we have a common topic, and we can cover each other to hide the agent, what about you?" ”

"I'm interested in this topic too." Ji Jingyuan blinked, a little innocent.

"Huh."

Wu Shixun shook his head and smiled meaningfully.

"I'm telling the truth, what are you laughing at?"

Chi Jingyuan glanced at him unhappily, then bumped Wu Shixun with his elbow, and asked with great interest: "Which brother else has a story, tell me quickly." ”

"............" Wu Shixun glanced at him, snorted triumphantly, glanced around, and got together to chat: "Do you know the current popularity of our XO......"

"Oh, ...... wonderful"

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After the three-day fan meeting, EXO stayed for an extra day for some finishing touches, and then ended his four-day neon trip and flew back to the peninsula with the enthusiasm of the fans.

On April 13, the day before returning to the peninsula, SM announced that EXO would hold its first solo concert, and that EXO, which had been debuting for two years, would start its concert in Seoul and tour different cities in Asia.

The first batch of tickets will go on sale on April 16 at 8 p.m. through the online pre-sale website Gmarket.

The news immediately caused jubilation among all the fans, and being able to hold a solo concert was an important and milestone event for EXO to truly reach its peak.

It can be said that many people have been waiting for this day for a long time.

The number of concert mobilizations and the level of the box office are also related to the artist's pan-popularity and the number of die-hard fans.

"My Iceberg Beauty Wife"

In terms of EXO's popularity and number of fans on the peninsula today, there is no fear that the tickets will not sell out and the seats will not be satisfied, but only that the venue will be too small and there will not be enough seats.

At this time, all the work of EXO's mini second album has been announced, and the company has also determined that the return time of EXO is scheduled for April 25 after internal discussions, and a series of other activities including the pre-sale of the album, the promotion of the pre-song, the special stage, and the return show are also carefully prepared.

However, before they could discuss when it would be announced, all the entertainment programs in the entire peninsula entertainment circle were suspended due to some things, and all the artists' schedules were suspended.

Many of the employees in the SM Records Planning Department are really happy now.

If Ji Jingyuan hadn't been sick late last month and the return time had been delayed, if EXO had returned on April 15 as originally planned, all entertainment-related activities would have been down for less than a day after the return, and then the members could only pick their feet in the practice room, and all the promotional resources invested in advance would be invalidated, which was a big loss.

For example, Apink, which has been advertised for so long before, encountered this situation just a week after its return, and the company can only sigh that it is unlucky.

Looking back now, I can only say that it was a blessing in disguise.

According to the news, the shutdown of the Peninsula entertainment industry will last for about a month, and after re-discussion, the company finally confirmed the return time of EXO's mini-second series "overdose", and held a meeting to notify all members.

On May 3, the promotion and pre-sale activities were officially launched, and the music source and MV of the prelude song "DOPE" were released on the 8th, and "M! c.

On May 14th, a comeback show will be held.

It officially returned on May 15th, revealing the second mini album "overdose" that included all seven songs and the MV of the title song, and at the same time started the singing activities of the two KM teams in the Peninsula and Xia Guo on the same day.

If there is no major change, the time should not be changed again this time