Chapter 9: The Ballad of Seoul

"In 2015 we will be a better group Redvelvet, Consanmida."

I don't know if it was discussed in advance, only the captain Bae Joo-hyun made a speech, but several other people stood next to him with a happy smile, and they knew that they were in a good mood at a glance.

After saying the final thanks, the four of Redvelvet walked off the stage, and the next thing was the stage performance of the three groups of artists who won the Newcomer Award.

redvelvet's stage also added a chair dance of "BeNatural" before "happiness", and I don't know how the company arranged it, probably because I thought that the two paste songs would have some kind of chemistry when they came together.

Chi Jingyuan below couldn't help laughing, every time he saw Sun Shengwan sitting there grinning and shaking his little short legs back and forth in the chair dance of "BeNatural", he felt that he couldn't be happy.

And Bae Joo-hyun is the same.

This choreography really didn't take into account the figure and personality factors of the dancer, and the obviously very sexy dance inexplicably added some comedy.

However, Sun Shengwan's treble is still stable and very comfortable to listen to, and the continuous treble part of "Happiness" is the most memorable part of this song.

But...... He listened to the stage this time should be half-open.

Halfway through the performance, the director cut the perspective to Kim Taeyeon in the artist seat, this sister is dressed very beautifully tonight, and it feels like an off-the-shoulder black dress while the makeup is appropriate, but at this time she is dancing in support, and her mouth shape keeps changing and obviously singing with Ryder Bebe on stage, looking like a redvelvet fanatical fan.

I don't know if this sister saw the juniors on the stage, whether she remembered herself in 2007 when she had just debuted with cute milk.

However, Chi Jingyuan found an interesting place, when Ryder Bebe took a curtain call, the cheers of the audience were actually quite loud, and I don't know if it was other people's meals to save face, or if there were many of their fans present today, anyway, the support voice was obviously much better than when he was ridiculed by the group when he first debuted.

There's nothing special about the stage at the back, and EXO has been in the audience and on the stage of "reae" since receiving a special award.

The two of them are already familiar and can't be more familiar, although there are staff members standing next to them, but Pei Xiuzhi is not embarrassed, while adjusting the ear monitor, he takes the initiative to speak.

"Can you not be busy preparing for your return?"

Chi Jingyuan was also checking the ear response on his body, lowered his head and replied casually, and finally raised his head and glanced at her, his eyes innocently pouted: "And you're not also very busy, you said last time you didn't have time."

After entering 2015, Ji Jingyuan and Pei Xiuzhi have not dated, at first Chi Jingyuan was busy and couldn't spare time, and then when he was free to take the initiative to call, Pei Xiuzhi didn't know whether he was angry or retaliating, pretending that he just didn't have time, and then he just gave up.

Chi Jingyuan was happy when he called at the time, sometimes it was quite interesting to get along with this woman, obviously they knew each other, and knew that Pei Xiuzhi was an experienced fishing master, but they didn't know whether this kind of childish pushing and pulling behavior at first glance was true or deliberate.

But it doesn't matter if it's intentional or not, Ji Jingyuan thinks it's easier to get along like this anyway, and it's fun.

"Hehe......" Pei Xiuzhi laughed when he heard it, squinting at him with a playful look in his eyes, there is no need to say much about this kind of tacit thing.

After brushing her hair, she seemed to remember something, and she asked in surprise, "Are you XO coming back too......

"Yuan, Suzy, ready." The field attendant directly interrupted their conversation with a soft shout, and the two immediately became upright, took a deep breath and walked onto the stage under the guidance.

As the No. 1 hit song "SO" on the 2014 LON annual chart, the song was popular from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and appeared at all year-end award ceremonies and year-end events, and Ji Jingyuan was about to vomit.

The ambiguity between him and Bae Xiuzhi has long since disappeared from the ambiguity when recording songs, but it is also easy to deduce the feeling of hooking up with each other between men and women during performances.

Because of this reason, so far Yuan fans and Aili have always regarded Pei Xiuzhi as the most hated female artist, and they have been attacking her on the Internet until now, leaving various messages and insults under her SNS, tirelessly and happily.

This attack is expected to be alleviated until the year-end performances of 2014 have completely passed, and the stage performances of "SO" have been greatly reduced.

After the performance of "so", Ji Kyung-won quickly trotted back to the backstage to change his clothes, at this time the other members of EXO were ready and waiting for him, and now it was their turn to perform on the stage after Girls' Generation TTS.

They were the last artists to perform at the Seoul Music Awards today.

This is also a testament to their debut for nearly three years now, and their popularity is also hot, if it is placed in 2013, even if the Girls' Generation group does not come and is just a small TTS team, it will definitely not be EXO's turn to perform the final finale.

After the stage at TTS, the lights gradually dimmed, and MC Litt began to introduce in front of the remaining lighting: "Next, here are a few people who should be looking forward to a lot of people here."

"Admire their stage, tremble time...... Next up is the EXO stage!"

「E,X,O!」

Under the fanatical cheers of the fans, the big screen in the pitch-black venue suddenly lit up, the silver-white and pale yellow stars slowly spread and hovered in the screen, and the black figure slowly rose from the elevator, and the face was a little unclear in the dim light.

"You'll get used to it, again."

"It's like catching a cold."

At this moment, the familiar and low piano melody sounded, and the stage officially began under the guidance of the gentle male voice, and after hearing this sound melody and voice, many Ellie couldn't help but scream, and they knew that it was Chi Jingyuan's voice as soon as they heard it, and the song was "Let It Be".

But soon they stopped the excitement in their hearts and became quiet, just looking at the figure on the stage with a longing face, and silently singing alongingly.

After the opening of Ji Jingyuan, the other members also took the elevator to the stage and began to perform this heart-warming song against the backdrop of a large screen like a starry sky.

"Let It Be", a winter single that has some special meaning for EXO and Ellie, has had very few stage performances since its release, except for MAMA's memorable dream stage, there is only more than one day of singing practice, and the public stage of less than four shows in total, so that many favorite fans can't find the material if they want to watch it.

After the program list of tonight's ceremony came out, many fans who saw EXO perform on the stage of "Go with the Flow" were pleasantly surprised, but the previous expectations and surprises really broke out after seeing the opening of Ji Jingyuan again, and it came very violently.

The nine members stood in a row on the stage, and the lighting of the entire arena was somewhat dim, and their faces could only be seen through the starlight of the large screen and the small lights of the ceiling, and the light spots and cold lighting on the screen seemed to render the whole stage in a hazy color.

"In the gray sky, there will be brighter light."

"When the clouds cleared, they shone brightly."

「Youshinelikethestars,Youlightupheart.」

Listening to the lyrics that are familiar and meaningful to him and cannot be forgotten, Bae Joo-hyun, who was sitting in the artist seat in the audience, didn't know when the business smile on his face at this time disappeared, his lips trembled slightly, and he seemed to be singing softly, but the focus in his shining eyes was slightly dilated at this time, and his eyes were a little misty looking at the people on the stage.

It was the first time she'd seen a live version of "Let It Be Happen," which had become her favorite and most profound song, which had previously been looped countless times in the music player, from start to finish

There are lyrics and syllables that she can memorize familiarly.

It's just that no matter how many times she listens to it on her mobile phone and watches the playback of the video a few times, it is not as shocking and heart-pounding as she listens to the scene under the stage, and at this time she is so close to Chi Jingyuan on the stage, as if she can touch it as soon as she stretches out her hand.

Even though his heart was agitated and a little chaotic at the same time, Bae Joo-hyun still skillfully sang the following lyrics: "At the end of today's test, please shine a light on me."

After chanting this lyric softly, she didn't know what she remembered, she blinked her eyes and reacted to regain her spirits, a slightly sweet smile appeared on her face, and she applauded softly with Sun Shengwan next to her.

At the end of "Let It Be", the last harmonic part, Chi Jingyuan habitually lowered his head slightly and put his hand to his ear to cover it slightly, stared directly at the edge of the stage in front of him, and sang the harmony very devotedly: "u~~u~~u......"

The most essence of this song also made a lot of audiences and even the idol of the artist seat show an expression of enjoyment and admiration, everything in the screen was given to the following redvelvet and TTS table, only to see that all the people including Kim Taeyeon, Seo Hyun, Bae Joo-hyun, Kang Shiqi, Son Seung-wan and even Park so-young all had the same lip shape, looking at the stage and singing along with Ji Kyung-won's harmony.

The live version of the song "Let It Be" sounds really shocking under the joint performance of several major singers of EXO, even some idols like this song more when they hear it in private, and the live broadcast is more feeling than watching it live on TV.

There was no break after the end of this song, directly connected to the stage of "Addiction", there are too many stage performances of this song, EXO has been singing from May to now, although it is the title song, and the dance is also very handsome, but to be honest, the audience is actually a little tired, and this time there is no special adaptation, although it still caused a lot of cheers, but the perception it brought to everyone is actually not as good as the previous "Let It Be" performance.

After the performance, EXO didn't go backstage after the show, but walked directly down the stage to the artist seat to take a seat, and then the highlight of tonight's Seoul Music Awards, the final award, if there is no accident, EXO should be one of the protagonists, and there is no time for them to go backstage to change their clothes.

The award presenters, Seoul Sports CEO Kim Kwang-rae and actor Kim Sung-ryeong, took to the stage and began to announce the final award winners after a thank-you speech and a series of testimonials about the upcoming 30th anniversary of Seoul Sports:

"The 24th HIGH1 Seoul Music Awards, Grand Prize......

Jin Chengling did not pause or sell off, and directly said the name that countless fans had been waiting for for a long time:

"XO, rough Kamida!"

The deafening cheers instantly resounded throughout the audience, and Ji Kyung-won and the members of EXO, who had been a little nervous before, took a long breath of relief and stood up from their seats in the passionate BGM, and the nine people wrapped their arms around each other's shoulders in a circle, which was a commemorative signature gesture they would put on every time they won a big prize.

All the idols in the surrounding artist seats also stood up, clapping and making congratulatory expressions in front of EXO, and the redvelvet, who was the junior of the same company, all looked happy and cheered for their senior brothers, and they looked at EXO and clapped their hands excitedly, with some longing in their eyes.

Both hands pressed down on the shoulders of the members next to him, and the nine EXO people excitedly let go of their hands and bowed to the seniors next to them, Ji Kyung-won looked at several familiar people when he expressed his gratitude, such as Kim Tae-yeon, Jung Eun-di, Son Na-eun, and Bae Joo-hyun.

In the end, they looked at each other with a smile, and without any other movements, he followed the members onto the stage, and when he saluted the award presenters to express his gratitude, Jin Chengling also took the initiative to hug Chi Jingyuan, patted him on the back vigorously, and said, "Congratulations!"

Jin Chengling and Ji Jingyuan are still old acquaintances, she once played the mother of the male protagonist Jin Si in "The Inheritors", and the two had a lot of rivalry in the play, and they got along quite well at that time.

"Nuna, Consanmida."

Ji Jingyuan thanked him with a smile, patted the other party's back and bowed slightly, and then stood in a row with the other members.

Today's Seoul Music Awards have done a good job in terms of atmosphere and foreshadowing, and the support on the scene is also very crazy, and the members of XO seem to be very excited about business at this time.

"We also won the grand prize here last year, and we are really grateful to the Seoul Music Awards for giving us such an award for the second year in a row."

"Thank you very much to Mr. Lee so-man, who gave us the name EXO, dear EXO-L, thank you very much, thank you to SM's family and SMton seniors, thank you to the agent, staff, and members around you."

Although Jin Junmian was very excited, he was also very restrained, and he did not thank him at length, and after saying a few words excitedly, he handed the microphone to the members next to him, and came to Chi Jingyuan with the spread of the word.

"Thank you so much for your support......" Ji Jingyuan took the microphone and smiled first, and a close-up of him appeared on the big screen at the right time: "Although I say a lot of thanks every time I win an award, I said the same thing last time, and every time it is very similar...... But there's really nothing more profound than expressing gratitude."

Pursing his lips, Ji Jingyuan paused, his gaze gently swept over the artist seat and the countless fans in front of him who were looking at him, took a breath and continued, "A lot of things happened last year, and there are still countless fans and friends who are sparing no effort to support us...... In return for this support, I, along with all the members, have prepared a new album and a new concert in 201......5."

"Ahhh......h

This is the first time that the news of EXO's return this year has been exposed, and after reacting, all the Ellies in the audience couldn't help but scream in surprise, this news is simply the best thing they have heard tonight, and even more excited than their idol won the big prize in some way.

"Please support us, eareone, EXO, and fall in love!" Winning the last award ceremony award that represents the glory and setbacks of 2014 obviously made Ji Jingyuan a little excited, and he couldn't help but raise his voice and shout their trademark slogan at the end.

"Xia Guo iQiyi is also broadcasting live at the same time, can Yuan say a few words in Chinese on behalf of our XO?" As soon as Ji Jingyuan finished speaking, MC Litt was in again, Baekhyun...... And Yuan, we will work harder and persist more in the future, thank you very much, I love you!"

The last four words were also said by shouting, and the joy and excitement of the fans on the scene seemed to be transmitted to every member, and after the others spoke in turn, it was finally Du Junxiu's turn, this brother didn't know if he was too excited or for other reasons, he couldn't say a word for a long time with his mouth open on the microphone, and finally he really didn't know what to say, so he simply held the trophy and shouted loudly "Ah~~", which lasted for several seconds, making many people below laugh.

After that, several members of the encore stage walked to the artist booth under the stage and interacted enthusiastically with other idols, but the people of EXO were very careful to avoid all female idols and only high-five and interact with male idols. Ji Jingyuan stood on the edge of the stage and kept waving and thanking the fans below.

At this point, the 24th Seoul Music Awards officially ended, and under the guidance of the organizers, all the idol guests gathered on the stage to prepare for a group photo.

This is also the tradition of the Song Awards, after each session, a group photo will be taken to commemorate the event, and the winner of each award is naturally the absolute C position, and the other artists are sorted from the middle and front rows to the back in order of seniority and popularity.

"XO, XO, come here!" The field attendant shouted loudly, and the EXO members who were scattered around and chatting happily with their friends hurriedly squeezed over and stood in the center of the camera lens that had been set up in front of them.

Because he couldn't stand, the members of the front row simply sat on the ground, while Ji Kyung-won was on the right side, and Park Chanyeol was standing behind.

Soon, the artists slowly stood up in front of the camera.

Ji Jingyuan glanced back, because there were too many people, the C position and the place on the left side were EXO's positions, on the right were SJ's two brothers and today's MC Jeon Hyun Mao and Lit, followed by beast and infinite, AOA, Apink and several other popular combinations.

He suddenly noticed that the four girls were standing at the very edge, looking left and right with their feet on their feet, and they were a little confused.

The field service didn't direct them to stand there before, but as a newcomer who just debuted this year, they have no achievements and popularity, and they can only stand in the corners of the corners.

"Shiki, you stand this way." After looking at it for a while, Chi Jingyuan took the initiative to speak up and pointed to the position diagonally behind him, where no one was standing at this time.

"Huh? inside." Jiang Shiqi was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then quickly responded, glanced at Pei Zhuxun and a few people, and tiptoed over gently.

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Although that position is not considered the front row, it is at least much better than where Ryder Babe stood at the back of the crowd just now, at least he can show his face in the group photo, so that he can only show his forehead in the photo after a long time.

The field attendant who was adjusting next to him glanced at Ji Jingyuan after hearing it, and he didn't have the right to object, and he didn't see it and continued to adjust the position of other idols. Ryder Beibei and a few people suddenly relaxed, and a few friends glanced at Chi Jingyuan with some gratitude, but at this time he had already turned to look at the camera.

Bae Joo-hyun looked at the back of Ji Jingyuan's head, his eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but purse his lips and smile very lightly.

Soon the position was settled, and the photographer in front began to gesticulate.

Ji Jingyuan bowed slightly, put his hand on the shoulder of Park Chanyeol, who was sitting on the ground in front, and gave up some camera positions for the back, with a smile on his face, comparing a horizontal scissor hand.

「1,2,3!」

"Click!"

The picture is frozen.,There are six in the first row of EXO in the C position, and three are standing behind them.,Together, the big prize trophy and smiling are very happy.,redvelvet is smiling on their left side.,Girls' Generation TTS and SJ's three people are still eye-catching on the right side.,And the back people like AOA.,Apink.,Sistar and other popular idols are also smiling.。

Basically, in 2014, all the groups and artists who were either popular or trendy all appeared in this photo, and this group photo also completely made a final summary of the wonderful and ups and downs of Kpop in 2014, drawing a successful end.