Chapter 102: Where Are You?

"Are you going back to the peninsula early tonight?"

Bae Joo-hyun was a little stunned after sending out the news, sitting cross-legged against the wall, holding the mobile phone in his hand and breathing a little quickly.

EXO is now at MAMA on Hong Kong Island, and even if the ceremony is over for a while, if there is no other itinerary there, it is customary to go to a dinner party to celebrate, and then stay for one night and then fly back the next day, and if there is a trip, you will stay even longer.

However, Bae Joo-hyun remembered that when he sent a message to Ji Kyung-won a few days ago, he heard him casually mention that he might have to come back early after MAMA is over, and he will return to the crew to participate in filming the next morning.

At that time, she just listened to it casually and left a little impression, but now she reflexively remembered the news.

She also knew that EXO was performing on stage now, and it was impossible to reply now if she had to participate in the awards later, but Bae Joo-hyun was still holding the phone and didn't want to put it down, and she looked at it from time to time with some anxiety in her heart, she didn't know why as long as she looked away, she always felt that the phone was ringing after a while.

When all kinds of thoughts were surging in her mind, EXO had also entered the stage of the next "Addiction", although she lowered her head at this time and did not look at the phone screen, but the familiar and somewhat chilling lyrics kept coming from the headphones:

"Someone call the doctor to catch me and tell me so."

"Feelings are nothing more than a disease, poisoning, addiction."

"As time goes on, it's getting harder and harder to control."

"Gradually, it sank into the depths."

"Too much for you, your love, it's poison, it's overdose......"

…………

During Kai's solo dance, the other members returned backstage to put on their prepared silver-white pendulum suits, set up the opening pose on the lift, and slowly rose up, and the stage for the final song, "Addicted", began.

The nine-member choreography after the adaptation is still represented.

The addictive stage is more conventional, there is no impressive colored lights set up in "Let It Be Natural" just now, there are not too many gimmicks except that kai is dancing barefoot, and it is not like a reunion after a long absence from "Dope", "Addiction" as the title song They have performed too many times.

Although the cheers were also very enthusiastic, and the fans were also excited, it seemed that many people were still immersed in the amazing stage of "Let It Be" just now, and did not come out of the shocking A Cappella harmony at the end, and always felt that there seemed to be something missing from the support below.

Because of tao's departure, only Ji Jingyuan was left alone in the face knocking dance in the middle, and no one did the final somersault ending, which made some Ellies, who were used to XO stage performances before, feel a little complicated in their hearts after seeing it.

The performance of "Addiction" was completed with enthusiastic cheers, and the oversized maze logo appeared on the curtain behind the stage again, and the lights gradually dimmed, and the stage of EXO ended.

"It's been a great job, it's been a hard job!"

Back in the background, the assistants hurriedly greeted him and handed over the prepared water and drinks, and the agent also shouted with a smile.

Ji Jingyuan let a cody sister help him wipe his sweat, twisted the cap of the bottle and poured a few mouthfuls, the three stages are really tired together, even if "Let It Be" in the middle does not need to dance, but as the lead singer, he is actually not easy.

Lee Seung-hwan patted several people on the shoulders in turn, and at the same time explained loudly: "Take a break, after receiving the award at 2PM, we will go to the artist booth and prepare for the final award." ”

"Inside."

Loose answer, EXO several people collapsed on the sofa in the lounge and rested for a while, and it didn't take long for a few minutes to receive the award at 2PM, and returned to the artist seat under the notice of the staff.

When they sat in the artist seat, the stage had already started to perform, it was the solo stage of the sun's "Eyes, Nose and Mouth", and there would be a double performance with GD later.

GD and Taieyang formed the bigbang team GD X TAEYANG in November this year, and released the single "Good Boy" on the 21st of last month, and the return date coincided with Apink, which is now starting to show a general trend.

The performance of this song is generally only one so far, but the popularity and evaluation of this song are very high, the YouTube data, especially the MV hits, is very high, and the digital sales are also very good, which can be regarded as causing a lot of repercussions.

The stage of "Eyes, Nose and Mouth" is nothing special, but the cooperation stage between GD and Sun that followed surprised many people in the artist seat.

Kwon Zhilong was wearing a plush jacket, and the rap before the start of the performance of "good Boy" did not sing the lyrics that should have been sung, but directly came to a modified rap from the organizer of diss MAMA:

"It's been a long time since I've seen MAMA, and the formation is quite big."

"I'm afraid of the kids fighting, so divide your pork well."

“……”

In addition to dissing the organizer in front of the organizer, he also responded to the rap show "show me the money" that kept calling him to participate in the rap show "show me the money", and the audience didn't understand the lyrics but didn't have many ideas, but the people who were watching the live broadcast on the peninsula were taken aback, especially at this time, many of the idols who were sitting in the artist seat were shocked, and some didn't understand what the situation was.

Even though several members of EXO wanted to discuss it, they couldn't communicate with each other when they were stared at by the camera, so they could only smile standardly.

However, a few people from the winner were very excited when they heard it, and they stood up directly and began to dance to support their company seniors on the stage, and they seemed to be very excited and handsome about the diss link on this stage.

Aside from this diss, the stage of Kwon Zhilong and Sun is also very infectious, and the two songs "good Boy" and "Pokémon" are very suitable for stirring up the atmosphere, and the enthusiasm of the audience in the venue is very hot for a while.

This time, all MAMA performances EXO is the penultimate finale, and GD Sun is the last to appear, and the cards are very full, after all, the name of the generation and bigbang is placed here.

After the two performances, the award presenters took the stage under the expectation of all fans and audiences.

It stands to reason that the award of the remaining two awards will be held at the end of the last stage, but I don't know why, the organizer suddenly added a temporary link, adding a new award called 'the most popular vocalist', Ji Jingyuan thought for a while after hearing it, but he didn't understand what this award was, and he had never heard of this award in the previous sessions.

Translated as 'the most popular lead singer', but shouldn't the best solo and the best group have been posted, and where did this 'lead singer' pop up?

Just listening to the name, this award feels that the gold content is very ordinary, and it sounds like a makeshift wild award.

In the enthusiastic announcement of the award presenter, the award was given to IU.

IU also looked a little surprised, and her expression obviously changed a little, but she quickly adjusted and walked up with a smile, and the audience was a little confused, so she was a little silent when she walked on the stage, not figuring out what this award was and what kind of reaction should be used to face her who won the award.

Looking at IU who stood on the stage to give a speech and say a very standard thank you, Ji Jingyuan always felt that she was smiling a little reluctantly, giving people a feeling of forced laughter.

This testimonial alone has stumbled several times, and I think IU probably didn't expect it.

Chi Jingyuan can expect that this scene may become one of the hot searches after the end of today's MAMA, and even now it is estimated that many people have begun to discuss it.

After that, the song of the year gave the sun's "eyes, nose and mouth", in fact, there is not much suspense, although the sound source is overshadowed by "some", but the sun's solo this time has really been very successful.

Last year, Kwon Zhilong solo won a big award, and this year's Sun solo won a big award, speaking of which, bigbang really deserves to be the 2nd generation TOP boy group, and the members' solo results are better than the other, and they can't wait to play the whole group alone.

However, last year, Lee Seung-seung's solo hit EXO "Roar", and there was not much splash in the whole process, which greatly hindered the average score of BIGBANG member solo.

It can be seen that he is also very excited to win the big prize, and said a lot of words of thanks, although he is dressed in a hip-hop street style, but the tone is very sincere, so that people can feel the gratitude and sincerity in his heart.

After the sun came off the stage with the trophy, the last big award, the presenter of the album of the year, Liu Tianwang, a native of Hong Kong Island, walked on the stage in a handsome suit, which caused many audiences to scream with emotion.

Although the gold content of the three MAMA awards is equal, many people understand that the more the award is actually more important, in addition to the final award to say that there is enough time to say a speech, you can see one or two from the level of the awarder.

chatted like a lot of words, Liu Tianwang also sold a few passes, but in fact, whether it is the audience or the artists themselves, they actually know in their hearts that the "album of the year", the award with the most sales-oriented score, should be EXO if there is no big accident.

Because there is really a wall in sales.

As of November, the first and second places in the annual sales ranking list of the G list are the Korean and Chinese versions of EXO's second album "overdose".

The third to fifth are all SM's predecessor groups, SJ's regular seven, TVXQ's regular seven, and Girls' Generation's mini four.

And the third, fourth, and fifth combined, are not as many as EXO's sales.

This kind of album sales that broke the ceiling of the Peninsula music industry and completely disconnected from the second place is an important reason why EXO's previous momentum is unparalleled and it is unrivaled among the three generations of boy groups.

Of course, most of these sales were sold by EXO at its peak in the first half of the year, and now they have encountered various things one after another, and some die-hard fans have run a lot of friends who are in love with the members and have withdrawn from the group in a row, and whether the sales of the album can maintain this dominant state, whether it will rise or fall, and how much it will decline is currently unknown, everything depends on next year's regular second album.

"In 2014, the MAMA Album of the Year Award was won by ......"

When Liu Tianwang created suspense and heated up the atmosphere, the whole audience had already heard the cry of 'EXO, EXO', from sporadic suddenness to slowly merging together to become neat, and the sound became louder and louder.

“XO!”

With an announcement, the audience boiled.

Liu Tianwang really understands, obviously he has done his homework beforehand, and knows that 'E' is not pronounced.

It's a small thing, but it makes you feel respected.

All the idols in the audience gave a standing ovation, including the senior GD and the sun, and the nine members of EXO also stood up and bowed to the others in succession.

Nine people came out and hugged the city in front of them to form a circle, and pressed their arms hard to show the excitement in their hearts, this action has become a must-do for EXO after winning the big award, and since last year, it has left several classic photos and shots, which are talked about by fans and passers-by.

"The winner of the 2014 Ment Asian Music Awards UnionPay Best Album of the Year is EXO."

"The album 'Overdose', which sold 780,000 copies before the album was sold, set a record for all albums sold this year."

"EXO, which is loved not only on the peninsula but all over the world, is a well-deserved winner of the best album of the year, congratulations!"

“someone call the doctor……”

With the narration and the BGM of "Addiction", as well as the boiling screams of the fans in the audience, the nine EXO people strode towards the sub-stage, lined up to salute and thank them, and then stood in a row in front of the microphone.

"EXO, EXO-L really thank you guys, love you so much, I love you, thank you." Wu Shixun took the lead in grabbing the microphone and came to a sentence, followed by Chinese, God knows how long he memorized the pronunciation of these two sentences, such an urgent first speech In addition to being very excited in his heart, Ji Jingyuan felt that he might be afraid that he would forget how to pronounce it after a while.

"I would like to thank MAMA for giving us so many surprises today, as well as the SM family, the members who are now together, and all of you EXO-L, thank you very much."

"First of all, thank you very much, so many things have happened recently, I love it very much but I can't love it calmly, and it's really hard to live in uneasiness."

"No matter what happens in the future, EXO will always be EXO no matter what time it takes."

At this extremely glorious moment, all the members were very excited and emotional when they thought of EXO's current situation and uneasy prospects.

From Chen to Kim Jun-myon, Park Chan-yeol, and Byun Bae-hyun, everyone spoke one after another, and they actually prepared a lot of things to say before, but standing here at this time, the infinite thoughts in their hearts also converged into the sentence they wanted to say the most.

In the end, it was Ji Jingyuan's turn, he was pushed to the microphone by the members, looked at the countless eyes looking at him below, pursed his lips and exhaled deeply: "Thank you very much, thank you EXO-L for your support to us, 2014 is really hard for both XO and Ellie......"

Speaking of this, he was dull for a moment, looking at the blackened spectators in front of him and the constantly waving cheering sticks, and opened his mouth a little unable to speak.

"It's not hard!"

"EXO, come on!"

Hearing Chi Jingyuan's words, many fans were also very excited, and they forgot their emotions and shouted their hearts hoarsely, hoping that he could hear it.

He did hear it.

"Huh......" Chi Jingyuan sorted out his somewhat complicated mood, exhaled lightly and smiled, looked at his glasses, bowed slightly to the microphone, and said in a calm tone but with some meaning:

"It's really nice today...... I hope...... At this time next year, we can continue to stand here and meet you......"

"EXO......" Chi Jingyuan glanced around and grinned, "Start over here." ”

"Ahhh......h

Including many Ellie who were watching the live broadcast in front of the TV, a strong impulse and enthusiasm suddenly surged in their hearts at this time, and they couldn't wait to jump into the MAMA venue and shout at Ji Jingyuan and the other members: "XO will definitely stand here next year, and we will always support your ......"

At this moment, they felt that they really understood Chi Jingyuan, understood the turbulence and firmness in their idol's heart, and Ji Jingyuan also really understood them, understood what they were thinking recently and what they had been looking forward to.

This feeling of being at home really fascinated all the fans.

Immediately afterwards, Chi Jingyuan expressed his gratitude to the mainland and the fans in Mandarin and Cantonese respectively, and the nine members bowed and stepped down in the eyes of many people.

As the host Song Seung-hun made the final summary, countless streamers floated from the ceiling, and all the artists in the artist seat walked onto the stage, bathing in the scattered streamers and interacting with the audience, and the 2014 MAMA officially ended.

"Ahhh......h

As soon as he returned to the lounge backstage, Park Chanyeol and several members shouted excitedly twice as soon as they entered the door, waving their fists and dancing, and Ji Jingyuan would have almost been hit if he hadn't dodged quickly.

"Oh oh ......" Jin Junmian took the lead in holding a trophy and jumped around there, and a few people next to him made a look of grabbing it, laughing happily there, and the whole lounge became very happy for a while.

After a while, a few people calmed down a little, took a certification photo under the greeting of the agent, and then when they were packing up their things, Chen suddenly asked curiously:

"By the way, did the lyrics of the rap of GD just now be recorded in advance, or did he change it temporarily and privately?"

"I don't know, we didn't see what he was like during rehearsals."

"It should have been recorded in advance, didn't I still have a cushion sound when I listened to his stage performance?"

"I think it may have been changed temporarily, will the organizers allow this kind of word to diss themselves?"

"MAMA, what's impossible for the sake of popularity and gimmicks, look at IU's award ......" Chi Jingyuan pouted, and while answering the phone, he walked to the place where he put the bag and took out his mobile phone, which shook non-stop from just now, and many friends sent text messages to congratulate him on winning the award.

"The two awards are powerful enough, the organizers are really too biased...... Don't be complacent, wait for you to come back and play songs, and watch us crash into you (muscles)" This is Zheng Endi's, and a little sour air will come to his face.

No matter how popular Apink is this year, it is still a lot far from the big prize.

"Congratulations on winning the Grand Prize! Wow, the song "Let It Be" is really good, how did you sing that 'wuwuwu'? "This is Zhou Ziyu's, and I don't know why she is so idle.

“……”

Ji Jingyuan casually chose a few close ones and replied casually, looked at it and suddenly saw the message sent to him by Pei Zhuhyun: "Are you going to go back to the peninsula early tonight?" ”

He flickered at the text on the screen, and then noticed the time it was sent, which happened to be around the time of their EXO stage performance.

Chi Jingyuan blinked, and soon understood in his heart.

quickly replied: "Yes, the ticket has been booked and I will leave later." ”

Tomorrow is the day when the winter single "Let It Be" officially release the sound source and MV, and EXO was supposed to rush back overnight to participate in tomorrow's singing show recording, but tomorrow's "M! C" has been suspended in the past few weeks because of MAMA, and the first stage of EXO's song can only be placed in "Music Bank" the day after tomorrow.

In this way, the other members can rest on Hong Kong Island for one night and leave tomorrow, but Chi Jingyuan is planning to go back overnight tonight because he has communicated with the crew, so he will return to the crew early tomorrow morning to start filming.

Bae Joo-hyun, who was far away in the practice room of the SM company building, sat there absentmindedly, and the buzzing voices of Jiang Shiqi, Sun Shengwan, and Park Xiurong next to her lingered in her ears, but she couldn't listen to anything.

At this time, the mobile phone that she had been holding in her hand and glanced at from time to time suddenly vibrate, she quickly picked it up and looked at it, her eyes immediately flashed, and she quickly typed on the screen without thinking about it: "When can I return to Seoul?" ”

It takes about three hours to fly from Hong Kong Island to Incheon Airport, and it takes more than half an hour to drive back to downtown Seoul, and it is already one or two o'clock in the morning to the destination at the earliest.

Chi Jingyuan didn't ask the other party what he was doing, and replied directly: "It's going to be more than two o'clock in the morning." ”

Seeing this time, Bae Joo-hyun did not hesitate even though it was very late: "Do you want to come out for a walk when you come back?" ”

After taking the initiative to send out the invitation, Bae Joo-hyun's heart began to speed up with some nervousness, for fear that she would receive something 'next time', 'What's the matter?' Or 'it's too late'.

The restless emotions in her heart are not suppressed by this perfunctory reply at all, and the lyrics she just saw and the memories of the riverside before kept coming to her mind at this time, and she really wanted to meet Chi Jingyuan under the impetus of various rising emotions.

I don't know what to ask, I just want to see him.

Soon, the phone shook, and she looked down at the reply, and immediately pursed her lips and hooked an arc: "Okay, I'll call you when I arrive." ”

Chi Jingyuan didn't ask her what she was doing at such a late hour, and she agreed directly, as if she didn't need to say anything at all, the other party knew her mood very well.

A tacit sense of understanding swelled up in her heart, which made Bae Joo-hyun a little happy, and felt a little sweet and couldn't help but want to laugh, but suddenly there was a feeling of being seen through by people and being manipulated by others.

The man's smiling face appeared in front of him.

Damn it......

"Jingyuan, let's go after a dinner and celebration, it's not too late" Jin Junmian tried to keep it with a little pity, and several other members also echoed twice.

"No way, the ticket has already been decided...... I'll make it up again when I go back, brother, you're here for a treat. Chi Jingyuan said with a smile.

"Ah, you're a lot richer than I am...... Okay, we'll celebrate again when we get back. Jin Junmian smashed his shoulder with his fist, glared at him and nodded with a smile.

"Then we'll go first." Ji Jingyuan said goodbye to the members, left the venue directly with his assistant, got in the car and rushed to the airport.

I was brought over by the assistant before I saluted the hotel, so I didn't have to go back to get it.

On the way, he used his mobile phone to look at the forum on the peninsula, and found that the just-concluded 2014MAMA had occupied all the hot search headlines, and at a glance, the top of the entire hot list was full of relevant entries.

D Stage Diss MAMA Organizer

It was questioned about the pork

XO's new song "Go with the Flow"

XO won the MAMA Double Award, and Sun's "Eyes, Nose and Mouth" won the best song of the year

5. Yuan's harmony is amazing

6. 2014 MAMA The most beautiful stage

On-site awards

8.……

All entries are followed by a 'flame' logo, and all kinds of comments and comments are constantly swiping the screen, and the high popularity is scary, suppressing all other news.

However, it is also true that there are several gimmicks in today's MAMA, and it is not surprising that there is such a high level of discussion just after the end, and judging by experience, it is only the beginning, and the hottest discussion will not officially start until tomorrow.

The time card was very dead, and not long after arriving at the airport, Chi Jingyuan and his assistant got on the plane back to the peninsula.

"Ernie, aren't you going back?"

It's not early, and when Red Velvet was about to return to the dormitory after cleaning up, Jiang Shiqi noticed that Pei Zhuhyun hadn't moved all the time, and looked at the phone screen in a daze, not looking like he wanted to go back at all, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Ah......" Bae Joo-hyun, who was awakened, was shocked, but after noticing the movements of several people, he quickly reacted and squeezed out a smile: "You guys go first, I'll go back later." ”

A few people were not surprised, some time ago, when Red Velvet was scolded every day, if the pressure was too much or the psychology was holding back things, Bae Joo-hyun, who didn't like to express his feelings too much in front of them, Ernie often needed to practice alone in the company after they returned to the dormitory, until they were exhausted.

This is also a way for Bae Joo-hyun to vent his pressure, and several members also know it.

"Then pay attention to safety, Ernie, even if Hui Ying Oni is not here for you these days, don't be too late." Before going out, Jiang Shiqi said with concern.

"Got it." Bae Joo-hyun smiled and waved her hand, nodding to signal her to be reassured.

With a 'bang', the door to the practice room was slammed shut, and she was the only one left in the room that had been a little lively just now.

seems to be more accustomed to this kind of silence, Bae Joo-hyun doesn't feel anything, she sits there against the wall, takes her mobile phone and starts watching the replay of MAMA tonight, rewinds the progress bar directly back to the place where EXO "Let It Be" stage, puts on headphones and quietly watches the performance on the phone, but the focus in the pupils is not concentrated, but a little sluggish,

I don't know how long it took, I don't know how many times the song was finally interrupted by a ringtone, Bae Joo-hyun woke up suddenly, shook his head and hurriedly took a closer look at his mobile phone, because he was tired and a little calm, his mind suddenly jumped:

"Where are you?"

(End of chapter)