"There are so many strange things in the world."

"It's hard to distinguish between the real and the false."

“call me baby call me baby.”

“call me baby call me baby.”

In the practice room, the music of "Call Me Baby" played over and over again, and Ji Jingyuan and the other members also practiced the dance over and over again, constantly repeating the title song of this debut.

After completing the New Year's Eve party of Shonan TV, EXO took a flight back to Seoul early in the morning, although New Year's Day is a very important holiday here, but there is no legal holiday for artists at all, Ji Jingyuan and they went back to the company to prepare for the new album as soon as they put the salute.

"call me baby" is very important to them in every aspect as the title song of the first four singles albums of EXO, and when it is necessary to try their best to meet the long-brewing anticipation of fans, it is best to play a preemptive effect and make a good start for XO's subsequent singles.

For this reason, SM has done a lot of publicity and planning for the song "Call Me Baby", and in addition to the very high promotional video, it is also very important in terms of choreography. In order to be unique in terms of dance moves, the song company did not invite local KPOP dance teachers from the peninsula to participate in the choreography, but invited NappyTabs, a well-known choreographer in the United States who has been responsible for choreographing stars such as Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, and Aguilera, to choreograph the music video for this song.

This is really a big deal, the choreography fee of this choreographic team is more expensive than the local team, I don't know how much, it's not a grade, SM has really put a lot of effort into XO's return this time.

The choreography of "call me baby" has been done a long time ago, and from the end of last year to now, EXO has been practicing intermittently for more than ten days, and the specific beats and movements have long been memorized, and now the focus is on adjusting the details and some coordination aspects, and the neatness of the chorus knife dance is still a difficult point.

To tell the truth, the dance of this song is really not simple, many of them have high requirements for coordination and cooperation between members, and there are individual dance shortcomings in the team......

"This song (dance) is mainly hiphop and jazz, the rhythm and rhythm of the body are very important, and many parts of the limbs must be coordinated with the body......"

After supervising them a few times, the dance teacher began to stand up and point out some of the members' dancing problems: "Baekhyun, what are you doing with this move?" ”

While speaking, the dance teacher raised his hands diagonally, shook his arms forward a few times to make a dance move, and at the same time looked at Bian Boxian with a frown: "Why do you look so stiff here, it's like a crutch." ”

Bian Boxian stuck out his tongue bitterly, every time he came to this new song and dance, it was a torment and challenge for some members.

"Chanyeol, you have to be flexible in your steps, keep up with the beat, every time you reach that point, the puppet will always slow down, even if you are tall, you can't be so rigid, and the tall movement is stiff to see more obviously......"

"And this big crab step at the end, what are you dancing on? Baehyun, can't you stretch your hands when you walk the crab step, you have to curl up your arms to keep your balance? Fall as soon as you stretch out? So what else are you dancing? And suho, what are you doing with your head raised and your neck and feet so high? Are you walking a crab step, does our choreographer have you doing this? Do you create your own? ”

"Wait a minute, look at the replay I just recorded, and see how bad your dance is."

At the mention of this teacher, he was a little angry, his voice became louder, and he gave them a stern tone, and several people who were named were pouted, and they didn't dare to make a sound knowing that they were in a loss, pinching their waists and lowering their heads to stare at the floor to study the direction of the lines.

After scolding a few words, the teacher also restrained his anger after venting, and his tone calmed down a lot and continued to explain:

"The last crab step is very important, if you jump well, it is a good killing part, how many times have you said it, it must be natural and neat."

"I've been practicing for almost half a month, and I'm already familiar with the movements, but now there's still a lot to improve, and the progress is a little too slow...... "Call Me Baby" will be practiced and the MV will be filmed, and then there will be "Spring Day", "El Dorado" several songs, you know how heavy our task is, come on, work hard."

"Got it." All the members responded together.

"Let's watch the replay you just practiced twice, find out for yourself, and then continue."

A few people sat there and watched the dance practice video just now, the front part was okay, in fact, the practice was already very familiar, and the crab step at the end was really like what the teacher said, and he danced very poorly, Chi Jingyuan first stared at himself in the C position and didn't find any problems, and then looked at Jin Junmian, Bian Boxian's few who were named almost laughed out loud, these two brothers really danced worse than the other, and a very handsome choreographer was danced by them like a circus.

These two people actually know it themselves, but they don't feel very good with this dance move, and they still feel awkward when they dance after practicing many times.

After watching the replay, I practiced for another half an hour, and everyone was sweating profusely and panting for breath before entering the break time under the teacher's announcement.

Oh Se-hoon and Kim Jong-in ran to the refrigerator to get a bunch of drinks, and one handed out a bottle, and then several people went to the bathroom, while the other members sat on the floor against the wall, drinking drinks and chatting.

"I said that I practiced for half a month, but at the end of last year, I was all busy at the end of the year, and I took time out of the schedule to work for a while, and I didn't practice for a long time, I think our progress has been quite fast, and if it goes well, the MV will be filmed well this month." Park Chanyeol took a sip of coffee, remembering that he had been criticized a little miserable just now, and complained with some impatience.

"Okay, we don't just have to practice the dance of the song "Call Me Baby" and shoot the MV. Although the later "Spring Day" is a lyrical song, there is also choreography, as well as "El Dorado", not to mention the later "Love Me Right", by the way, Jingyuan, have you and the teachers done a good job of choreographing "Spring Day" and "Boy with Love"? ”

Jin Junmian sighed and said a fair word, then turned his head to look at Ji Jingyuan and asked.

Of the four most important title songs, two were handed over to the outside choreographer team, and the other two were given to the company to be responsible for internally, and SM's choreographer team collaborated with Ji Kyung-won to complete the song, which has been prepared since the official implementation of the project in December last year.

"It's almost the same, some actions will be improved, and the company will be able to start teaching you after seeing that there is no problem." Chi Jingyuan swallowed the orange juice in his mouth, his bulging cheeks deflated, and he made an OK gesture to the eyes of several people.

Jin Junmian nodded and took a sip: "So, we have a very heavy task, and it's best to take advantage of the time to practice well when we are free in the past two months, if it is delayed until after the official return, it will be troublesome......"

He was right, although there are still two or three months before the return of the first single "E", and "L" is still nearly half a year away, in fact, more than half of the preparations, including singing and dancing, are best completed in these free two or three months.

I really have to wait until I return to be busy, the workload is too heavy, playing songs, interviews, variety shows, commercial performances, and concerts, I can't finish my schedule every day, and I have to rush back at night to practice dance, just thinking about how tired I will be by then.

Now that the progress is a little faster, it will be easier when the time comes, so in fact, the preparation time for EXO's return this time is quite tight.

Park Chanyeol took a sip of water, thought for a while, and then pursed his mouth: "Yes." ”

After chatting about the preparation of the album for a few words, Xiumin and Boxian came back from going to the toilet, and sat next to them and naturally diverted the topic, talking about the most exciting news just announced today.

Kim Jong-dae mentioned this matter with great interest: "By the way, you said that your ex-wife started dating someone else, and the three-star prince won't be angry, right?" ”

Today, January 1, the notorious celebrity media reporting website Dispatch broke the news of a couple in a relationship, Lee Jung-jae and Lim Se-ling.

The couple is a well-known actor in the Peninsula, while the woman is even more extraordinary, she is from a chaebol background, and she is also the ex-wife of the three-star prince.

After the news came out, there was a great discussion on the Internet immediately, and the people of the peninsula themselves are both disgusted but full of curiosity about the chaebol, Lin Shiling's standard chaebol female background, and Lee Jung-jae, an actor, naturally attracted a lot of attention.

There are also some people who left messages on the Internet saying that they were very worried, afraid that the Samsung prince would be angry because of this, and sent a killer to do Lee Jung-jae.

This kind of thing is very likely to be put in a TV series, but in reality it is a bit difficult to predict.

"Hahaha...... Probably not, didn't he just know about it, he was going to be angry and born early......" Hearing this, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help laughing, shook his hand and helped Jin Zhong figure out the logic.

"That's not exactly, maybe I barely endured it when it wasn't exposed, isn't it adding fuel to the fire when it's exposed?"

"I feel ...... suspense"

Several people took advantage of their free rest time to gossip about the family affairs of the three-star prince here, chatted happily, and even discussed the real inside reason for their divorce at that time, as well as what kind of relationship Lee Jung-jae and the prince are now, and what to call each other when they meet.

Ji Jingyuan felt that if the prince heard it, he might not be too angry with Li Zhengjae, but instead he would send a killer to do you long-tongued gossip men.

Although Chi Jingyuan himself is also involved, it is enough.

In recent years, although the New Year's couple exposed by D Society has also caused a lot of sensation, but after all, they are a little farther away from EXO, and Chi Jingyuan feels that the intensity of this year's news is still not as strong as last year's exposure of Lin Yuner and Lee Shengji, which is really called the whole network bursting, even they EXO have been swiping with a mobile phone, which is really a carnival of netizens.

It's a pity, if only it were Yuna's predecessor this year......

After chatting for a while, he continued to practice, and when it was about to dinner, Lee Seung-hwan came to the practice room, stood by and watched the members finish the dance, and then beckoned and explained something:

"After going back in the past two days, remember to pay more attention to tidying up, first summarize your things, and the company will send someone to help you pack in two days, and we are ready to change the dormitory."

“jinjia?”

"Wow......"

As soon as they heard the news, the members immediately became excited, and they began to heckle with sweaty hands and hands, and Kim Jong-dae and Byun Bae-hyun kept screaming in the voice of imitating gorillas, as if they were crazy.

EXO's current dormitory has been moved in since before its debut.,Since the 2013 "Roar" fire, when he was touched to the dormitory by illegitimate food, he said he was going to move, but there was no sound when he was talking, and it dragged on until mid-2014 and brought it up again but there was no sound until the end of the year, and this time in 2015, it was finally going to be cashed out.

The dormitory is an extremely important place that directly affects their quality of life, although the old dormitory has lived in the old dormitory for more than two years and can be regarded as a little emotional, but if you can choose, everyone will definitely want to live bigger and better.

"Brother, when will you change? These two days? Park Chanyeol asked at the right time.

"It's not recently, you have to pack up your things first in the past two days, and if you move, it is estimated that you will have to wait until after the Spring Festival."

"Where is the new dormitory, and is it big?" Kim Junmian asked the most curious question.

"Well...... this one" Li Chenghuan sold it with a smile, then laughed out loud and gestured: "The new dormitory is in Cheongdam-dong, I have already gone to see it some time ago, the area is very large, about three or four hundred square meters, and various electrical facilities companies have prepared it for you......"

"And the address is also very good, just in the Jiangnan District, close to the company's new office building, it will be very convenient to commute in the future."

"Daihatsu!"

"Oh......"

The news was really great, because the practice was not very smooth, and the mood of the tired day suddenly improved a lot, and several people screamed there again.

"New office building? Samseong-dong that? Chi Jingyuan interjected at this time and asked: "Brother, when will the company building be moved?" ”

"Although the building has been built, it depends on what the company says at that time, and it will probably be a few months." Mr. Lee said he didn't know.

After looking at the excited members, he also smiled and clapped his hands at the end: "Okay, don't make trouble, the change of dormitory is because our XO status in the company is getting higher and higher, and the previous dormitory no longer matches our current position, which is also our own step by step hard work...... You all know how important this return is for us, keep up the good work, fighting! ”

The nine people raised their hands and cheered together:

“fighting！”

…………

After the end of the year, in the two days of the new year, Ji Jingyuan's personal activities were also reduced, and most of his energy was focused on the preparation of the new album.

However, in the past two days, in addition to practicing dance in the company, he also took a fixed amount of time to go out to participate in the study of a driver's license, and his brother Chi Jingxu arranged a school for him, found an experienced coach to guide him one-on-one, and would go over to practice for a while every afternoon.

The Peninsula itself has a very fast Class 2 driving test for private cars, and if it was supposed to be a test alone, I would be able to get a driver's license in a day, even if it is a basic average, if it is not too stupid, it will take less than a week.

Although it's quite comfortable to have Park Jae-hyun as a driver every time you go out, and you don't have to worry about the risk of exposure, but to be honest, sometimes it's still a little inconvenient to have outsiders present in private matters such as dating girls, and Ji Jingyuan has wanted to learn a driver's license for a long time, but he has been a little unable to spare time last year, and it just happened that the activities were reduced in January of the new year, so he took this opportunity to start practicing driving.

After the New Year's couple on January 1, a scandal of a well-known artist was exposed in the past two days, the popular actor and singer, Jang Keun Suk, who was once known as the prince of Asia, was constantly boycotted and attacked by netizens, and under the influence of various unfavorable public opinions, his acting career was greatly hindered.

He has been deeply troubled by tax evasion scandals since last year, and was reported by the media in July 14 and suspected of huge tax evasion, although both he and the brokerage company have come forward many times to explain and clarify, and also took the initiative to make up the tax, but the negative effect still continues to this day.

Even though the National Tax Service's investigation revealed that the cause of tax evasion was not an intentional accounting error, he was not criminally responsible, but his career was greatly affected and his reputation plummeted.

It is said that Jang Keun Suk has filmed a number of popular TV series in a row a few years ago and became very popular, with the title of "Asian Prince", many dramas are still familiar to this day, such as "Beethoven Virus", "Quick Knife Hong Ji Tong", and "It Turns Out to Be a Beautiful Man", the star road is very smooth, and he is one of the most successful people among male solo artists.

But since he and Yun'er's predecessors filmed "Love Rain", they suddenly began to transfer at 90 degrees, and the previous hot upward momentum was stopped all of a sudden.

After filming "Love Rain" with Yuna's predecessors in a row, and "Beautiful Man" with IU Lee Ji-eun, two masterpieces, he has not filmed for a year.

Then it was exposed to tax evasion.

Jang Keun Suk's partner in the last two dramas, one went to Xia to film in China, and the other had a more and more prosperous career, but everything was not going well as if he had been lowered, and there was always a feeling that his fortune was sucked away by some kind of magical magic.

In addition to the hot spots in recent days, what has caused the most discussion is an announcement just posted on the Internet today.

The Peninsula National Tax Agency recently released the 2014 National Tax Statistics Annual Report, which contains detailed statistics showing the overall average income of Peninsula celebrities. According to the annual report, the average income of Peninsular entertainers last year was 47.64 million won, which is not much higher than the average annual income of 37 million won for the average office worker on the peninsula.

After the news came out, many people said that the income level of celebrities was really unexpected, unexpectedly low.

"I used to think that the lives of celebrities were similar to those in Korean dramas, but I didn't expect there to be such a big gap."

"An annual income of 40 million won can only be regarded as a relatively ordinary income, I don't know why there are still so many children in our country rushing to be trainees......"

"And it's also the average income, the top three artists in the income list last year, Kim so-hyun, Ji Kyung-won, and Jun Ji-hyun, the three people are tens of billions, and the average of them is only more than 40 million, so how low is the income of artists at the bottom of the entertainment industry......"

"I heard that there are still many idol groups who have not been able to get the company's share for many years after their debut, and they have to work part-time in the basement, and they can only survive by relying on family help."

"It can't be said that the income of an industry depends on the average, but also on the top batch, the money made by first-line stars is far more than that, watching Chi Jingyuan earn tens of billions of dollars a year in the two years of his debut, do you know what this concept is? How many years does it take for an office worker to earn the money he earns in a year? The artist is doing a good job, but he is actually still very promising. ”

"Can it be normal? How many years does Ji Jingyuan come out of this, and in a top group like EXO, he is a natural idol who is unbeatable, and he can also be cited as an example? Let's be realistic, let's see how many idols can't afford to eat......"

Because of this report, there has been a lot of discussion on the Internet about the income of idol artists, and the real income of celebrities is clearly displayed in front of everyone's eyes.

After all kinds of news during this period of time, many people understand that even between celebrities, the income gap is even much larger than that between ordinary people, the top stars are tens of billions a year, and the unpopular ones are not even known by name, and the obscure activities are disbanded on the spot after a few days, without a single dollar of income.

The artist industry looks beautiful, but it is only the successful batch.

I can only say that it is not easy to do any line.

"It's not easy to do any line of work......" Chi Jingyuan sat in the back seat of the nanny car, watching the boiling discussion on the Internet about idol income, and couldn't help but sigh.

He had just finished practicing and Park Jae-hyun, who had been waiting nearby, picked him up and was now ready to go to have a meal and then return to the company to practice dancing.

"If Jingyuan is not good at you, then there is really no one in the idol industry." Park Jae-hyun, who was driving, couldn't help but listen to his words of pretending to be garlic, and looked at the rearview mirror and said helplessly.

"That's ......" Ji Jingyuan looked at his phone and pouted, feeling that what Park Jae-hyun said also made sense.

"By the way, I contacted an advertising endorsement some time ago, and I put the information in the back seat, and the shooting will start in a few days, you can take a look."

Park Jae-hyun stretched out his finger as he spoke, and after Ji Jingyuan nodded, he picked up a file bag placed next to him, pulled out the information inside, and spread it out to read.

"Samsonite, Samsonite?"

"Yes, "Samsonite", last year they signed Kim so-hyun and Hong Kong Island artist Beibi, the contract has expired and it is determined that it will not be renewed, this time the brand is interested in your image and popularity, and the endorsement contract has been almost negotiated."

Park Jae-hyun nodded and explained briefly: "This time it's the "Samsonite" RED series, which is a brand of business casual bags with a very popular style, and will shoot a series of promotional advertisements. ”

"What we are working with is ...... A trainee? Chi Jingyuan was a little surprised to see what was shown on the data.

"Ye, the person selected by the advertising agency to work with you is a YG trainee who hasn't officially debuted yet.,It's said that YG was strongly recommended by YG.,But if you can get this case, I guess there must be some connections at home...... I've seen her information, although she hasn't debuted, she has already shot a lot of commercials before, and she is not a pure newcomer......"

Park Jae-hyun paused for a moment, but still asked tentatively: "But I still think that with your current popularity and weight, it is not very suitable to cooperate with a newcomer, but it mainly depends on Jingyuan's opinion, if you are not satisfied, I will communicate with the advertising agency." ”

Chi Jingyuan looked at the photo of the trainee posted in the information, and always felt a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

After thinking about it for a long time, he really couldn't think of it, and it didn't seem to impress him too much, Chi Jingyuan put the information aside, leaned back in the chair and looked out the window, tilted his head and replied casually:

"Forget it, it doesn't matter."

(End of chapter)