"And I didn't send it to outsiders."

Seeing a few familiar Chinese characters on the mobile phone screen, after understanding the meaning, Zhou Ziyu's whole person was a little stunned, only to feel a warm current from the chest to instantly immerse the whole body, after the warm surge of the heart, it is a refreshing aromatic coolness, and there are also some other emotions that are indescribable.

It may be the feeling of closeness to friends, the joy of being recognized, or other indescribable feelings.

Anyway, I was very happy and in a good mood, even worse than when I was praised by the teacher during the afternoon shooting.

"......" Zhou Ziyu looked at the screen and smiled lightly, his fingers holding the mobile phone trembled twice but did not touch the screen, as if he was hesitating to send something in the past.

I was holding back a lot of words just now, but I suddenly didn't know what to do.

Just when she was a little entangled, suddenly Chi Jingyuan came over again:

"Got worked."

Some mechanical and cold replies made Zhou Ziyu's emotions brewing in his heart suddenly choke, and he couldn't help but pouted lightly.

However, she knew very well that Chi Jingyuan was very busy, and she had encountered this situation countless times when chatting, and the little dissatisfaction came and went quickly, and soon she seemed to remember the conversation just now, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but smile brightly, and she hummed a song unconsciously.

……

After sending the last text message, Ji Jingyuan put away his mobile phone, drank two more sips of water, and then followed the members to continue the shooting of the MV.

He's not lying to him, he's actually getting to work, and he's been busy these days.

In the past few days, I have been going to the TV station to play songs early in the morning during the day, and after the end, I have to work overtime to shoot the MV at night, and if I get off work early, I have to go back to the company to practice the process and stage of the concert.

Because the shooting time and schedule of the MV were very rushed, I didn't participate in the live broadcast of "Popular Songs" on the 12th today, but I went to SBS in the morning to pre-record a stage and then withdrew directly, and rushed to the studio to shoot the MV of "love me right".

Although he didn't show up, EXO still firmly suppressed MissA and got a trophy today, and there was not much suspense.

However, the second week of April has ended, and today is also the last day of EXO's return from the single album "X", so I can spend all my time in the concert and the MV and preparation for the album "O".

The title song of "O" "love me right" is a song specially selected by the company to serve as the title song, whether it is style or rhythm, the melody is very distinctive, and the previous "call me baby", "Addiction" These music have a completely different color, and it is more fresh and cheerful.

At the same time, not counting the lyrical "Spring Day", XO's previous title song MV was mostly filmed with group dances, but this time it is also a bit different, and the overall individual and group image shooting is mostly there.

Several outfits were used in the MV shooting, many of which had some American campus style, such as the standard rugby jerseys of Ji Jingyuan and EXO members at this time.

This time the football jersey is not worn casually, and it is also wearing a cuirass and shoulder protectors to support everyone very strong, completely dressed up in a formal game, and the promotional photos on the album cover are all in this style, and at the same time, the back number setting of the baseball jersey worn during the "Roar" period is also specially enabled, and each member's clothes are written on the back of their own names and okay, for example, Chi Jingyuan still uses the number 5, which looks no different from the official player.

When Ji Jingyuan just changed his clothes, he thought it was very novel, although rugby was very popular in the school when he was in LA, he was not interested, he had never played in his own hands, and he only barely knew the rules after a few years.

At this time, when I put on the protective gear and helmet, I really felt that the whole person was wearing a suit of armor, and I felt that my whole body was full of strength and destructive desire, and I couldn't wait to knock Wu Shixun and a few people in front of me out directly.

The weight of this studio has been filmed for a whole night before, just now another afternoon, after a short break, and after a short break, it was busy for more than an hour, and the scene here was over, Ji Jingyuan followed all the members to change clothes, went to eat something first, and then got into the nanny car and went to another studio.

“…… The momentum of the Assidi group looks really unstoppable, and the two consecutive single albums can be said to have exploded, I originally thought that this time the lyrical title would definitely be confused, but I didn't expect the sound source of "Spring" to counterattack, maybe I can get the weekly crown this week or next week, it's really to my ...... Didn't the inside of the ground flour tear each other apart a few days ago? The ugly and low-pitched only fans hurriedly jumped out and tore them apart, there are so few main parts in their own house, and they are not angry when they are bullied like this by the royal family......"

When they arrived at the new studio, all the members changed into new clothes, sat on a stool in the corner, and waited for the staff who were still tinkering and setting up the scenery at this time, and the PD who checked the lighting and shooting position, Chi Jingyuan crossed Erlang's legs and held his mobile phone to browse a forum where EXO black fans often gather, clicked on a post on it, and after seeing several of the titles, the whole person was stunned.

He glanced left and right, then poked Wu Shixun, who was staring at the field next to him, and leaned over and asked in a low voice when the other party looked over: "Who are the ugly and the short?" ”

He remembered that their EXO's black name was a ground group + superpower, why didn't he pay attention to it for a few days, and the black names of some members changed, and he didn't know who the other party was talking about after watching it for a long time.

"Oh, you say that......"

After listening to this, Wu Shixun glanced at his mobile phone screen and nodded, and also got closer to cover his mouth with his hand, and said in a very small voice: "The ugly place is Zhong Ren, and the low ground is Brother Minxi." ”

His voice was really small and had to be close to his ears to be heard, and when he said it, he made a casual appearance on the Internet and glanced at Kim Jong-in and Kim Min-seok, who were sitting not far away, for fear that they would hear it, and after looking at it twice, he then explained: "That group of black fans all said that Zhong Ren was not good-looking, so he was called Di Ugly, and said that Brother Min Seok had no sense of existence in the team, and the only impression was that he was short, so he was called Di Short." ”

"Haven't we returned to a very good result recently, and the sound source has also counterattacked, and many black fans on the Internet are very unhappy, but the results are irrefutable, and they can't be black, so they have some black names that sound very bad, so I can only vent in this regard."

Hearing this explanation, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help blinking and glanced at Wu Shixun in surprise, feeling a little amused that he could know so well.

Do you usually pay so much attention to these things?

“…… What about this, Dichun? ”

Chi Jingyuan nodded lightly to indicate that he understood, looked down a little on the webpage, and couldn't help but ask after seeing an unfamiliar title.

"This ...... It's Brother Boxian. ”

Wu Shixun glanced at Bian Boxian next to him, raised his eyebrows at him after saying his name, and didn't explain much.

Seeing this look, Chi Jingyuan understood in seconds, and it should be the stalk of Bian Boxian's '35-year-old don't fall in love' before, this sentence has been played by black fans since it appeared, and his relationship with him has been exposed.

A big man, who doesn't fall in love until he is 35 years old, is indeed quite pure.

Chi Jingyuan looked at it for a while, and from his point of view, these obviously weakened momentum, and some of the black fan forums full of grief felt very interesting, and he kept flipping through the posts with great interest, and when he saw the name that appeared at the end, he couldn't help but ask again: "What about this ground cannon?" ”

"......" Wu Shixun didn't say this time, but glanced at him: "What do you think?" ”

"......" After thinking for two seconds, Ji Jingyuan pouted at the place where Park Chanyeol was sitting on the right, and then looked at Wu Shixun with inquiring eyes, and Wu Shixun also nodded lightly immediately, and told him with his eyes that he guessed correctly, Bingo!

"Ha ......"

couldn't help but laugh twice, Chi Jingyuan felt that this group of black fans was really talented, and the black names were so interesting.

After thinking about it, he looked over and asked curiously, "Then what is your name?" ”

"I'm the earth wind." Wu Shixun squeezed his shoulders and replied naturally: "You are still the light of the earth." ”

After doing it for a long time, it turned out that naming black names with superpowers was already the slightest degree.,

Nodding, Chi Jingyuan seemed to be a little disappointed that his black name had not evolved, and then seemed to think of something: "By the way, isn't it your birthday today, you didn't even say that you would take us out to play, just take a certification photo to fool the fans?" ”

"Who knows what time it's going to be filmed today."

Wu Shixun was a little unhappy when he heard this, although the company held a small celebration ceremony for him just now and took a certification photo, and it was not a very meaningful birthday, but he has been busy with work since the afternoon, and he can't even squeeze out the time to go out to eat and celebrate at night.

He thought for a few seconds and then pouted, "Let's buy some supper when I go back to the dormitory in the evening." ”

After chatting for a few words, everything was ready to continue shooting, and after the shots of several groups were finished, PD pulled Chi Jingyuan over: "'just love me right', here is a close-up close-up, it's very simple, after hearing the command, Jingyuan, you directly and quickly turn around to face the camera, raise your chin a little, and make an exit shape." ”

"You decide the expression yourself, follow the handsome direction, this shot will look good after being filmed and edited, it's a killing part."

"Okay PD nim, I got it." Chi Jingyuan nodded and said that there was no problem.

At this time, he had changed from his previous rugby jersey to a pure white plain shirt, and the black bangs on his forehead were a little messy, and the whole person looked like a strong college boy.

This is also one of the thematic styles of the song "Love Me Right".

As expected, the shoot didn't end until just after one o'clock in the morning.

However, this time is not too late for the artist, and after thanking the staff, the nine EXO people hurried back to the dormitory and ordered a large table of supper takeout to celebrate Wu Shixun's birthday today.

……

On the afternoon of the 13th, in the conference room on the fourth floor of SM Company, representatives and room managers of several relevant departments of the company were holding a meeting to discuss relevant matters related to EXO in the recent period.

"We've sent out a press release announcing that EXO has officially ended playing songs, but now it seems that the reaction from fans is not very good."

"It's secondary, no matter what the fans' reaction is, it's definitely going to end, and everyone knows why...... How's the preparation for the XO concert? When will ticket reservations be postponed? ”

"The specially prepared "Happy Family" seats were sold out in less than 0.4 seconds after the sale, but the tickets for the 13 and 14 performances that were originally scheduled to be sold online at 8 p.m. on April 10 were due to the fact that more than 2 million people logged in at the same time to visit, which led to the lack of preparation on the ticketing website YES24, and it was directly paralyzed and completely unable to operate, so after consulting with us, the website postponed the ticket sales time to 14 and 15 for two days, which also started at 8 p.m."

The "Happy Family" seat is a special area set up by SM to allow fans and families to enjoy EXO's concerts together, and there are two types of seats: 3 seats and 4 seats, and the requirements must be real family relationships, and special confirmation will be made on site.

The price of a three-person family seat is 297,000, the price of a four-person family seat is 396,000, and the rest of the seats in all areas of the venue are all 99,000 won.

"Got it, remember to follow up over there."

"Fans and passers-by have been very enthusiastic about the response to EXO's second world tour, and according to the data given on the website, the original 60,000 tickets for the Seoul venue are likely to be insufficient.

"The company has planned this matter in advance, and there are flexible extension clauses in the lease contract of the venue, which depends on the situation after the tickets are officially sold."

“……”

Chi Jingyuan sat in the corner of the conference table and listened silently.

As one of the main producers of this EXO's return album, he still attended the meeting, but what he said now has nothing to do with him, or these are not things that album producers should consider, and Ji Jingyuan, who was too lazy to overstep his authority, didn't mean to participate in the discussion at all, so he listened carefully with his ears.

However, he naturally didn't come for decoration, and it didn't take long for him to be in charge.

"In terms of the recording of "Boy with Luv", has it been discussed whether FEAT is needed?"

"Well, the company's record department and several producers have decided after discussion, because of the style of the whole song, adding female vocals in the chorus part will have a better effect, so we must find someone to do feat, and we can't really let the members reverse female vocals."

"Is the candidate decided?"

"This kind of thing must be selected within the company, and Jing Yuan has been in charge of the production of the song "Boy with Luv", let him choose."

"Hmmm......"

Ji Jingyuan, who was cue, spoke up for the first time since the meeting, and he pursed his lips and muttered for a while, but he didn't hesitate too much.

He had already made a decision on this matter at a meeting in the company a few days ago, and after thinking about it for a few days, he had already selected a candidate.

In fact, you don't have to think about it, because the girls are in English, and if you only choose it within the company, there are only a few English singing standards.

Facing everyone's gaze, he nodded and said, "Wendy." ”

"Wendy? It's quite appropriate, but if you don't think about letting Taeyeon do it, the reaction and heat that may be caused by her coming will be a little higher, or BOA can do it. ”

"Or don't choose in the company, just choose a female singer from neon to do feat, according to the company's plan, EXO will officially debut in neon in the second half of the year, so that you can also use the other party's fame to promote it."

Chi Jingyuan smiled and spread his hands: "That's also the second half of the year, if you have a need for this, wait until the Japanese version of the album is recorded." ”

"It's the same when there's a U.S. market."

"Then wendy, anyway, it's just a feat and I don't participate in the song......" Li Xiuman nodded to say OK, and then looked at Ji Jingyuan with a somewhat solemn expression: "The company has great hopes for the song "Boy with Luv", and a lot of resources have been invested in related production, so we must pay attention to it." ”

"Of course, Mr. Li Xiuman." Putting away some smiles, Chi Jingyuan also nodded seriously.

"How's the song and the whole album going?"

"The song is almost practiced, but the dance is still being taught and practiced."

"Let's speed up, we need to perform a shortened teaser stage for the first concert in May, and the time is running out."

"Okay, I got it."

Exhaling softly, Chi Jingyuan nodded again.

This month-by-month return has a very tight schedule, and I have been busy with the first few chapters of the single album for a while, and the preparations for the last "L" have just begun, and even the dance has not yet been practiced.

It's going to be overtime again.

……

"Jingyuan, this is the program information of "sixteen" that came from JYP yesterday, you can watch it when you are free these two days, but if you are too busy, you can actually watch it or not, anyway, it is JYP's program......"

At the end of the more than an hour meeting, the relevant arrangements for EXO's recent period, including the concert, were also made corresponding arrangements, and just when Ji Jingyuan just walked off the elevator with a notebook and was about to return to the practice room, he happened to collide with his agent Li Chenghuan, and as soon as the other party saw him, he beckoned and took the initiative to come over, handed over a bound folder, and said with a smile: "The specific shooting time has been determined, April 21st, just the day after we came back from Neon, There is no conflict in time, and there is no need to adjust it specifically. ”

took the folder and simply looked at the cover without opening it, and after hearing the other party's words, Chi Jingyuan also smiled: "Thank you, brother...... I'll take a look at it later. ”

"Okay, you'll see for yourself." Li Chenghuan didn't seem to pay much attention to it, and after chatting casually for a few more words, he strode away, and it seemed that there were other things.

Ji Jingyuan took the documents back to the practice room, and at this time, Jin Junmian and Jin Zhongda were doing their own things scatteredly, and the others were not there.

After saying hello to the members, Ji Jingyuan took a bottle of drink and sat on the sofa, just now that he was fine, he opened the document he just got and looked at it.

It's just that before he glanced at the beginning, the mobile phone in his pocket shook, and he turned the phone out to see that it was a text message from Zhou Ziyu again.

"We're the first to be eliminated."

The text was plain, but Chi Jingyuan felt a wave of sentimentality from it, but he drank his saliva very casually, while operating the mobile phone with one hand:

"It can't be you, right?"

"Of course not, didn't they all tell you that my results were very good this time, and I have been promoted to the major group." Zhou Ziyu was obviously a little dissatisfied with his questioning, and replied quickly and continuously: "It was a friend of mine who was eliminated, but I didn't cry in the background." ”

"Aren't you competitors, why are you crying?"

"Because a lot of other people are crying...... I just can't cry. ”

Seeing this, Chi Jingyuan paused, as if he felt some sadness and confusion from Zhou Ziyu's words.

Although they are competitors in the debut battle, there must be a lot of discord and selfishness between these little girls, but when they really see that the people who participated in the show with them are eliminated, there will still be a lot of complicated emotions in their hearts.

Even if there is a contradiction, there will be some sad feelings about the death of the rabbit and the fox.

Although he understood, Chi Jingyuan didn't bother to comfort anything, this was the inevitable experience of his own growth, and when he thought about it, he casually went back to the past:

"It doesn't matter if you can't cry, just don't laugh in front of the camera on that occasion."

"Come on!"

……

After the end of "Popular Songs" on the 12th, SM released a press release stating that EXO would end this "Spring Day" singing event and would focus on the preparation and concert of the next album.

As soon as the news came out, some fans felt very dissatisfied, although the sales of "X" were a little less than that of "E", but compared to other idols, it was still a crushing number, and the sound source of "Spring" had just counterattacked to the top, and fans were about to follow XO and the same as in March, when they swept all the next trophies with a rainbow, SM suddenly announced that they would not play songs.

It's really a mouthful of old blood.,A lot of Ellie left messages under the SM account and angrily sprayed the company's retarded mind.,It's a bit similar to last year's FX was ended early in the return period.,It's just that because the results are here and there will be a return next.,It's not as ruthless and extreme as the scolding.。

Fans don't think about other aspects, and they all want EXO to take all the hits and headlines for 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 months.

It's just a pity that SM is something that needs to be considered.

After the song ended, Chi Jingyuan and the others were not idle, and they were even more tired than before.

When I participated in the singing show, I stayed at the TV station for a day, and in addition to rehearsals and live broadcasts, I could also laze in the backstage lounge for a long time, and now I concentrate on shooting the MV and preparing for the concert every day, which feels much harder than before.

While busy in private, EXO also participated in more important events, performing at a Kpop concert held in Jeju Island on the 14th, and the stage of five consecutive songs directly ignited the atmosphere of the audience, as if turning this platter concert attended by many idols into their own private concert.

Immediately after that, the EXO group flew to Neon Yokohama on the 16th, and a fan meeting will be held at the Yokohama Stadium for three consecutive days starting tomorrow on the 17th.

This event is a Fanclub Event, a fan event belonging to the official fan club of EXO-L, and each event has a stage performance, chat, and game session, which is specially held to give back and thank Neon fans.

The EXO-L official club app has been popular since its launch in August last year, with the number of members exceeding 1 million in three days and 2 million in a month.

With EXO's two consecutive successful returns, EXO-L's fan count finally surpassed the four million mark at the end of last month.

Although there is no charge to become a fan member on the APP, it is not simple to register with a mobile phone number and email address, and the number of four million is really surprising and unbelievable.

And in order to thank the fans for their support, SM will hold fan events for the club every once in a while, and they can sell a wave of tickets while consolidating fans, which is really a double win.

In addition to these reasons, SM has already begun to adjust the focus of EXO's activities because of the fact that it held five fan meetings in Yokohama for three consecutive days.

EXO's debut is a men's group that operates in the Xia Peninsula, and Team M simply debuted directly in the Xia Continent, and this model has always had a good effect, allowing XO to successfully have huge popularity and popularity in both countries, and with the support of fans in the two places, the other boy groups directly opened up a big position.

It's a pity that after the continuous launch of the Xia Guo members last year, Team M existed in name only, and this model could no longer be carried out.

After a long period of discussion and preparation, the company finally made a decision, although the album will still be released in Chinese to stabilize fans and the market, but it has begun to significantly reduce EXO's activities in the summer and China, and instead focus on neon, and has determined that it will officially debut in neon in the second half of the year to seize the market there.

For this reason, all members are busy every day. I'm going to start taking Japanese lessons.

It can only be said that the survival and prosperity of the EXO group have been ruined by the withdrawal of Xia Guo members, and whether they can maintain such a transcendent leading position in the Peninsula boy group in the future, in addition to the return results of the local market, whether they can expand more other markets is also very crucial.

After the two fan meetings on the 19th, EXO stayed for one night and flew back to Seoul the next day.

And Ji Jingyuan, after preparing for a day of concert, also came to Mnet in a nanny car on the morning of the 21st.

(End of chapter)