Calling so late, with a little choked tone, all Ji Jingyuan could think of was that this girl was eliminated by JYP's survival talent show "sixteen" that decided whether she could make her debut, after all, she said some time ago that she had started recording the first episode.

It's just that although Chi Jingyuan knew that Zhou Ziyu had told him about his "strength improvement" before, the "teacher's praise" was a matter of vanity and wanted to give a little smack, her strength was far less strong than she boasted, but it was eliminated a little too quickly in the first issue.

"No, not eliminated."

Hearing Chi Jingyuan's speculation, Zhou Ziyu's self-esteem suddenly flared up as if she had been guessed and stepped on her tail, and immediately said in an excited tone, but after she finished speaking, her confidence leaked a lot, and her voice also dropped visibly: "But it's just a little bit."

Immediately afterwards, before Ji Jingyuan asked, she sniffed and took the initiative to tell about today's experience in a sticky voice, which probably means that her stage performance was very poor during today's recording, not only did Park Zhenying evaluate her very averagely, but she was also criticized by the dance teacher in charge of their training after coming down.

She was originally in the NOR group, and this time not only did she not stand still, but she even seemed to have stepped back a lot.

When this girl saw the faces of her teacher and Park Jinying, she felt that her debut was hopeless, and although she didn't show much in front of others, she was actually sad and lost in her heart, and she was very uncomfortable for a night.

"It means, if it weren't for Park Jin-young's PD saying that because it was the first phase, he would give him a chance and not choose the eliminator, otherwise you would have been eliminated?" After listening, Chi Jingyuan pondered for two seconds, sorted out the information he had just heard, and then asked tentatively.

"Hmm!"

Responding in a deep voice, Zhou Ziyu said that Chi Jingyuan seemed to hear the sound of nodding on the phone, and he didn't know if it was an illusion.

Although the other party's voice sounded quite pitiful, Ji Jingyuan couldn't help laughing, and then sighed and asked, "It means that in fact, there was no announcement about who would be eliminated, do you think your stage performance is very poor, so you think that if you are eliminated, it must be you?"

"Hmm..."

"Huh!"

Ji Jingyuan sneered, and suddenly felt a little tired: "So it's actually a completely non-happening thing, maybe there are people worse than you on the stage, maybe it's just you scaring yourself and holding yourself back for a night?"

"......" Hearing his words, Zhou Ziyu seemed to be choked, and some rapid breathing came out, and after a few seconds, he replied sullenly, "Why do you say that."

Ji Jingyuan ignored her and guessed in an affirmative tone, "And then you secretly called your mother just now to seek comfort and cried for a long time?"

"Who secretly ......" Zhou Ziyu first denied his words, and then asked with some surprise, "How do you know?"

When the phone was first connected just now, he didn't speak, his mood was obviously not very good, and his tone was a little choked, but after making a phone call for a while, Zhou Ziyu seemed to be in a better mood at this time after being unceremoniously retorted by Chi Jingyuan, and the nasal voice that was a little sticky just now also faded.

"How do you know?"

Hearing this idiot-like question, Chi Jingyuan shook his head helplessly, and saw that the window in front of him had been opened to the maximum, so he stretched out his left hand to blow the wind, and at the same time his body was on the edge of the window, looking at the street outside that was already a little deserted through the height of the third floor, and said angrily, "I saw it, I was watching from the side when you called."

"Hey, liar."

Zhou Ziyu laughed softly when he heard it.

"Okay, I scared myself out there without happening, and I really wasn't wrong when I said you were insane."

Chi Jingyuan also laughed, shook his head and scolded her, then slowed down, and said in a serious tone: "I haven't seen how good your singing and dancing skills are, and you may not be very smart, but you are very good in terms of appearance, even if you put it in our company, it is the best batch, which is very good for doing idols."

It's very important, even more important than strength."

「……… Hee-hee."

Hearing Chi Jingyuan's unusually solemn praise, Zhou Ziyu held his breath for a long time and still didn't hold back, and suddenly giggled, and the cheerful laughter seemed to sweep away the gloom and loss in his heart just now.

After laughing for a while, she emphasized, "I'm smart."

"What stage did you perform on when you recorded today?" Ji Jingyuan completely ignored her emphasis, and asked casually after thinking about it.

"Beauty Tricks."

""Beauty Trick"? Whose song, an OST?"

「…… It's Cai Yilin's."

"Chinese songs?"

Chi Jingyuan froze instantly after hearing the answer, and after a few seconds, a deep sense of helplessness came to his heart, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Forget it, it's your fault, if someone really wants to be eliminated in this first issue, then I guess you really didn't guess wrong.

You're so weird, who will you eliminate if you don't eliminate you?

"Whew...... It's already in the past anyway." Chi Jingyuan exhaled deeply, forcibly suppressed the funny feeling in his heart, and then asked, "Then has the second phase of the task come out, what is the assessment?"

"It's out.,The task of the second issue is to shoot pictorials.,It should be to see who shoots pictorials better." Zhou Ziyu seemed to feel from the phone that Chi Jingyuan's mentality was shocked by her choice to perform "Beauty Trick", and her tone became a little cowardly for a while.

"In the case of pictorials, it's not just about looking good."

Hearing her say this, Ji Jingyuan shook his head, thinking that this girl was on the verge of being eliminated from the show at any time, and he patiently told her some precautions and skills about shooting pictorials: "In the case of personal pictorials, compared to posing, you actually need to pay more attention to your posture, your posture must be correct, and even if you bend over, you can't be loose. At the same time, your expressions and eyes need to match the theme of your shooting, a little colder, a little more arrogant, or a little more gentle......

「…… Show your characteristics to the greatest extent, and you can be generous with your words, and just show your strengths in a refreshing way."

"In the case of a team pictorial, it's more important to fit the theme and atmosphere, and you can't be too obtrusive and make the whole picture stand out, which is a minus......

Ji Jingyuan's experience in shooting pictorials can be said to be very rich, and he can't remember how many times he has filmed since his debut, and he actually has a lot of tips and points to master.

And she seemed to be a little worried that Zhou Ziyu would be eliminated if he couldn't wait for him to be a guest, so she unconsciously invested in it here, and said a little more.

It wasn't until his nose sniffed lightly that the aroma of barbecue came from the corridor in the distance that he remembered that the members were still eating, and remembered what he had just said that he suddenly realized that he had said so much.

The sound of gentle breathing in the earpiece in his ear indicated that Zhou Ziyu was still listening carefully, maybe he was still looking for something to record.

"That's all, this kind of thing doesn't depend on the strength of the stage, but it has a lot to do with the appearance, I don't think you should be eliminated, at least not in this issue."

"yes, I see...... Thank you."

Chi Jingyuan took one last look out the window, stretched out his hand to close the window, saw that Zhou Ziyu's mood had recovered and become much better, and finally explained that he seemed to remember something when he was about to say goodbye and hang up, and suddenly added: "By the way, I may ...... in a few days."

It's just that he stopped halfway through speaking, and a curious question came to his ears:

"What could you be?"

"Forget it, you'll know then." Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips and sold a pass, and then he remembered that he had been calling for so long, and that group of hanging people would definitely not leave anything for him, so he was a little dissatisfied with this little strange thing in his heart:

"I haven't finished my meal to answer your call, so I'm sure I'll go back now."

It's all gone, damn, remember to invite me to dinner next time......

The phone was hung up on the other side, and the ears were still echoing with the unhappy thoughts of Chi Jingyuan before hanging, Zhou Ziyu stood quietly on the balcony and looked at the blackened screen of the mobile phone for a while, and suddenly laughed, and the balcony that had become quiet and cold because of choking just now seemed to have entered the spring day, and Shure became warm.

Obviously, I was still sad when I was talking to my mother on the phone here just now, and it took me a long time to sobble and coquettish.

I didn't expect that after hanging up the phone now, my whole person has become a lot easier, and the previous low and uncomfortable mood has inexplicably disappeared in my heart, leaving only a small tail.

Zhou Ziyu turned around with a smile with his mobile phone, looked up at all kinds of clothes drying on the entire balcony, waved away the two pieces in front of him, opened the glass door of the balcony and returned to the dormitory.

"Who have been on the phone for so long?" Li Caiyan, who was on the top bunk next to him, saw Zhou Ziyu coming in and asked curiously.

And the eyes of Najing Nan, who had just moved in, were also cast, and there was some depth in the dark pupils.

"Talk to Oh Mom a little more."

Zhou Ziyu just explained softly and didn't say much, sat on the bed and pulled up his life, lay down, connected the headphones to his mobile phone, and began to listen to the voice that was secretly recorded just now, Chi Jingyuan explained to him the voice of the pictorial shooting.

「…… Show your characteristics to the fullest, and be generous with your words......

"Hee-hee-......" The corners of her mouth curled up as she listened, and in a few moments her head was buried in the quilt, and there was a dull but cheerful laugh.

…………

The next day, Zhou Ziyu followed the colleagues of the "Sixteen" "Poor Student Group" in the practice room under the guidance of the teacher, sweating like rain, practicing hard for several hours and completing the filming of the show, and finally entered the rest time, the nine female trainees immediately divided into several groups and sat on the wooden floor in the practice room.

Although no one was eliminated after the recording of the first issue, the two groups were also reshuffled, except for Zhou Ziyu, Yu Dingyan, and Li Caiyan, who still remained in the "poor student group", in addition to a few people, there were also several people who fell from the "JOR excellent group", such as Lin Nalian, Song Minying These old faces.

Interestingly, the three people of the neon line switched places, Minami Nai and Momo Hirai, who were originally in the "excellent group", went to the "bad group", while Sasha Minatoki, who was originally staying here, went up.

There are such big changes in just one episode of recording, and it is such an important thing as whether they can make their debut, these female trainees who are still young and most of them are only seventeen or eighteen years old are difficult to accept for a while, and it is inevitable that they will feel sad and disappointed.

After the break, Zhou Ziyu went out alone to go to the bathroom, and when she came back, she found that there were several people in the practice room who were holding a mobile phone and looking at something, such as Lin Nalian and Yu Dingyan, a few good friends, as well as Mingjing Nan and Hirai Tao, the two neon people, were watching, she was a little curious and got a little closer, and heard the discussion in their mouths:

"It's been more than ten minutes, and I haven't seen the opening."

"It's nice to be able to take a break and watch the live broadcast, and you're still complaining there."

"I don't know if there are any more interesting things to talk about before, I read on the Internet that this live broadcast will say some more private and more private tidbits and the like."

"This kind of thing must be put later......

After listening to two sentences, Zhou Ziyu reacted, immediately found a place nearby and sat down, took out his mobile phone and connected to the headphones, and quickly clicked on the screen a few times in succession to open Naver's live live webpage.

She remembered that today there was a live broadcast event for the third anniversary of EXO's debut, and now that the time has passed for a while, she was tired and forgot to be a little busy all afternoon.

Sitting down and waiting for loading, Zhou Ziyu raised his eyes and glanced to the side, and found that it was a coincidence that the two of them were two meters to his left, she and the other party's eyes collided in the air, and after smiling at each other, they lowered their heads tacitly at the same time, looking at the one that had been loaded, and it had begun to be a while

live broadcast.

It's not clear what was said earlier, and at this time, the members of EXO on the screen are all sitting on the high stool above the stage in black suits, and Ji Jingyuan is speaking with a microphone, as if answering the host's questions.

Zhou Ziyu pursed his lips and looked at it intently.

"Everyone knows that XO's return mode is very innovative, and it takes the form of releasing a single album month after month for four consecutive months. But speaking of the fact that I haven't seen those juniors or seniors return in this way since I joined SM, I'm really curious, who brought it up? Or is it specifically arranged that way?"

Kyuhyun, who is the SJ who is the MC of today's live broadcast, sat on a stool on the left, holding a teleprompter, and looked curiously at the EXO members who were sitting in two rows in the center.

The other members glanced at each other, and finally looked at Chi Jingyuan.

"I guess I brought it up." Ji Jingyuan took the microphone and nodded with a smile.

Today is April 8th, and three years ago, EXO made their official debut on the stage of SBS's "Popular Songs" and Xia Guo's "Music Billboard Annual Festival" with their debut mini album and title song "MAMA" respectively.

Time flies like a white horse, three years go by in a flash, and a group of naïve teenagers who were once fledgling have also become seniors and have begun to hold anniversary activities.

Today's 3rd anniversary event was held at SMCOEXAriu in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, and hundreds of fans were selected to participate through the EXO-L fan club registration and lottery, and it will also be broadcast live on NAVER under the title of "EXOCAST".

According to the previously announced process, the live broadcast is divided into three sections, which are to introduce the album and some tidbits of EXO's return this time, to promote the online drama "My Neighbor is EXO", which will officially start tomorrow, and to look back on some impressive things before and after the debut period three years ago, and at the same time to reveal the secrets of some members that fans are interested in.

Gyu-hyun then asked, "How did you come up with that?"

"Because it was a production meeting...... I'm one of the producers this time...... After learning that the company's original plan set our return to the original version and re-release each of them with a double title song, a total of four title songs, I thought about it for a while, and thought that if the four songs were to be double titles, it would be better to send them out in four months, and I could see more of the fans......

"Ahh......hh

Ji Jingyuan explained briefly, and the ellips below waved their glow sticks and screamed at the right time, he smiled and continued: "Then I wrote a project report and handed it to Mr. Li Xiuman, and then I held a meeting and discussed it several times and barely passed it."

"Hey, I'm old, have you become the producer of your own group at such a young age?" Kyuhyun stood up and walked to the front with a shocked face, holding Ji Kyung-won's shoulders with both hands and pretending to plead: "Next time, can Yuanxi give us SJ a producer as well, you don't know how envious the members are when they see XO so popular now!"

The XO members next to "Hahaha......" immediately applauded.

Ji Kyung-won smiled twice to surrender, and Kyuhyun sat back after joking, and when he saw that the audience was very interested, he asked, "Then Yuanxi, is there anything that impresses you most about being a producer this time?"

"It should be very cumbersome, and many aspects need to be discussed in a meeting, including the concept of the group, the overall style, the time of return, the modeling, the publicity, etc., or the selection of songs......

Ji Jingyuan thought about it for a while, revealing a hint of fear: "The song selection process really made my head bigger, this time XO returns to the title song alone There are more than 100 candidates, and we have to listen to each song carefully many times, and then discuss and judge the marketability and popularity of this song, as well as whether it matches the image of the members and the style of the album......

"More than a hundred? It's still a candidate for the title song, is it so exaggerated?"

Yu Dingyan looked at Lin Nalian in surprise after hearing this, with a look of disbelief.

"I don't know...... Lin Nalian also felt a little unimaginable, pursed her lips and whispered: "

I'd be happy if we were given one of the five choices after our debut."

At this time, Ji Jingyuan talked about some of the behind-the-scenes things in the preparation of the album in the live broadcast, not only the fans Aili were very interested, in fact, even their trainees who aspired to make their debut also found it very interesting, and they discussed it in a whisper while watching it seriously.

"Before returning with "E" last month, the trailer that caused widespread discussion among fans and was also on the hot search was Yuan, is it your idea?"

Kyuhyun is talking about the one that was shot in ten regions of the world, a very suspenseful and cinematic trailer, and so far this large-scale trailer has often been brought up and discussed by Elie and has become an important argument that "EXO crushes other ordinary boy groups, and it is not a level at all".

"This isn't."

Ji Jingyuan shook his head and denied: "This is a project proposed by the company's record department, and I was very surprised after seeing it at the time, and I liked this project very much, but this proposal was almost rejected at that time."

"Why? Why did you want to pass such a good project?"

With Kyuhyun's question, the fans below also looked at it curiously.

"Because ......"

He sold it, and only after a few seconds did he sigh softly, spread out his hands and looked at the camera helplessly: "Because the cost of shooting is really high, so high that even Mr. Li Xiuman will be painful."

Hahaha......" The members laughed with the fans, and after laughing, they couldn't help but nod their heads.

The cost of this trailer is really high, and the place where the framing and the texture of the shooting can be seen with the naked eye.

After Ji Jingyuan, Kyuhyun asked the other members a lot of interesting things during the shooting, and everyone also opened their mouths one after another, and all kinds of funny things made the Alice laugh non-stop, and the atmosphere was very good.

After playing a few mini-games and performing a simple live stage, the first part of introducing the album came to an end and the promotion of "My Neighbor is EXO" began.

The protagonists of the online drama promotion link became Park Chanyeol and them, and several leading actors talked eloquently in front of the audience, trying their best to promote this completely fan-oriented SM masterpiece to fans.

Chi Jingyuan watched with a smile, followed by applause and praise from time to time, completely substituting the audience's perspective and watching it very happily.

After the introduction and promotion of the system, it entered the last process, which is also the link that fans are most interested in and most moved.

During the live stream, the camera of the stage began to zoom out to the side of the screen, and the shase clip video of EXO held at the Olympic Hall before his debut three years ago began to play.

Three years ago, they all looked still a little green and ignorant, and their ignorant faces reappeared in everyone's sight, wearing the bells and whistles of the "MAMA" period, combing an exaggerated release like a broom, which looked a little funny, but it made countless fans surge, and a stirring emotion rolled in their chests.

The member clips of these clips are also in stark contrast to the EXO members in suits and leather shoes in the lower left corner of the screen, obviously the people are still those people, and the faces are still those faces, but the circumstances and temperament are too different.

In the past, EXO debuted and was besieged by the group, surrounded by all kinds of ridicule and abuse, but now EXO is really standing on the top layer of Kpop after being bullied, and many fans who witnessed this contrast can't help but have a sense of epic and accomplishment in their hearts of "the former boy finally became the king", and even some sense of vicissitudes of time.

Maybe these teenagers on the screen at that time, as well as the fans who have followed them since their debut, can't imagine their situation today.

"Wow, it's really emotional to see this."

After the video was played, the live broadcast screen returned to its original appearance, and Kyuhyun felt some complicated emotions in the venue, and took the initiative to break the peace: "Before I know it, XO has grown to this point."

"In other words, the large-scale group EXO is a boy group project carefully prepared by the company, and many of the trainees in it I have known before." Kyu-hyun paused for a moment, then said, "

How long did the members practice at the company before joining XO and making their debut?"

"Four years."

"Seven years."

"Five years."

Several people raised their hands to say their practice years, but for some reason they felt a little sad when they listened.

"Where's Baekhyun?" Seeing that Bian Boxian had not said anything, Lord Guixian came to him.

"Is it the time to join the XO debut group, or the official debut time?" Bian Boxian hesitated for a moment and asked rhetorically.

"It's an official debut."

"Then I should be, more than half a year, less than a year."

「jinjia？ Did you make your debut in just over half a year?" Kyuhyun was full of surprise as if he was learning the news for the first time, and couldn't help but look over, "Then Baehyun should be the member of XO who has the shortest practice time, right?"

"Anianiani ......"

"It's not him."

Unexpectedly, everyone shook their hands against it, and their faces were full of expressions of "you said something wrong" and "you are too naïve".

"Half a year isn't the shortest? So who has the shortest amount of time to practice?" Kyuhyun's acting skills are really good, and the expressions on his face that look at the EXO members with a shocked look really make people feel surprised.

Half a year of practice is really terrifyingly short, but I didn't expect there to be even shorter.

No one answered him, but the other eight people of EXO had a tacit understanding and stretched out their index fingers to Chi Jingyuan, who was sitting in the back row, and pointed over.