Originally, when people were smiling, if they showed their upper teeth, it would look a little awkward and look a little indecent, but at this time, Najing Minami didn't have this feeling at all, and his heartfelt smile looked cute and clear, with natural and happy eyes, it couldn't help but remind people of the best time of the year.

"Why are you smiling so well?"

Seeing that the other party was so happy, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help laughing, tilting his head to look at the other party and making a joke: "I'm embarrassed to laugh." ”

"Hehe......" may have been emotionally fluctuating rapidly, and then his heart was fluttering by the straightforward praise, and Mingjingnan's smile couldn't help but add a hint of Zhou Ziyu-style stupidity, and he was also a little embarrassed.

"......" said a few words, Chi Jingyuan pointed to his mobile phone and returned to the whole: "Mina Xi, you haven't answered me yet, can you exchange contact information?" ”

"Ahh Mingjing Nan came back to his senses after hearing this, and immediately nodded as if the rabbit responded, and quickly took the phone out of his pocket, and unlocked it by sliding the screen for proficiency.

His gaze paused for a moment on her thin white fingers and delicate nail polish, and Chi Jingyuan read, "My number is 010xxxxxxxx." ”

Najing Nan quickly typed it in, and then clicked directly to dial, and two seconds later, Chi Jingyuan's mobile phone vibrate, and the music of "Gimme that Gimme that Ice Cream" sounded in the lounge.

The chorus of "Ice Cream Cake", this is still the ringtone he changed last month because he supported Red Velvet, but after more than a month, I'm getting a little tired of listening to it now, and I'm preparing to find a new song to replace it in the past two days.

Seeing that the number that was dialed Chi Jingyuan hung up, he entered the name of Mingjing Nan and clicked to save, and seeing that the other party had also completed saving and cast his eyes, he raised his eyes and thought for a second and asked, "Do you need to add a kakao account?" ”

"Hmm."

Laughing, Nai Minami nodded.

After the two added friends to each other's chat software, the promise and agreement of the last chance encounter at the showcase were officially reached.

Originally, she was in the mood to take a roller coaster, from very bad to excellent Mingjing Nan felt full of joy at this time, and the whole person was fluttering, and when she just wanted to say something, she suddenly remembered one thing again, and slightly restrained her smile, and looked at Chi Jingyuan with expectant eyes: "Jingyuan, xi, I...... Do you usually get busy? ”

Chi Jingyuan himself, as well as the members of EXO, have mentioned in many variety shows, probably because of his popularity and appearance, Chi Jingyuan is very popular in the circle, and people often ask him to exchange contact information, but even after the exchange, he often does not return, purely for social entertainment on the face.

If the tone is too close, it will make people misunderstood, and if it is too far away, it will make people unfamiliar, and if you don't know what to say, you just won't reply. As a person who often pays attention to Chi Jingyuan, of course she knows this habit of the other party, and she remembers that she couldn't help laughing when she saw this paragraph when she watched a variety show, but she didn't expect it to be her turn now.

Ji Jingyuan also understood what the other party meant, and Mingjingnan asked not whether he was busy, but whether he would reply.

He didn't shy away from it, and nodded: "It's true that sometimes work is really busy, so I guess I won't reply in time for a lot of time......"

"But I'll definitely watch it when I have time."

Speaking of which, Najing Nan is still one of the very few contacts in his mobile phone address book, and he 'took the initiative' to request the exchange of contact information.

Chi Jingyuan actually didn't expect that one of the casual helpers in the club who liked to cry thought that he had just met a neon trainee who would be separated forever, and there would be so many accidents and interactions in the future.

Quite interesting.

"I see." After receiving the reply, Nan Mingjing was overjoyed, pursed his lower lip and blinked his eyes briskly.

"Okay, let's go back first, if the staff sees it, your company can't control me, but I'm sure I'll be trained." Chi Jingyuan looked at the time and cared, and after seeing Mingjing Nan nodding, he took the initiative to stand up and send her out, watching her trot a few steps as happily as riding a horse, and rushed to the door of the 'major' lounge not far away, did not open the door directly but stopped, looked back at Chi Jingyuan and made a 'bye-bye' mouth before opening the door and walking in.

Interesting, Chi Jingyuan shook his head with a smile, closed the door and went back to the sofa.

"Bye-bye ......"

…………

"It's speechless."

《sixteen》‘ In the dormitory living room of the major' group, after the end of the program recording, everyone in the two groups first went back to the company and prepared for the next issue for a while, and after the sky was over, they took the nanny car back to their respective dormitories, and recorded a period of tidbits and reaction, and finally ended the whole day's filming work, as soon as the camera turned off and the staff left, everyone sat on the sofa and didn't take a breath to stretch and relax, Lin Nalian immediately couldn't help but complain to a few friends sitting on the sofa together, especially Yu Dingyan。

"It's obviously eccentric, who doesn't know that he and Zhou Ziyu have known each other before, I thought the relationship was average, but I didn't expect it to be so obvious...... What else do you say, 'It's an idol, not a singer', cut, it's so nice to say, I get angry when I think about it......"

Lin Nalian had the word dissatisfaction written all over her face, frowning and pouting, her expression was vivid and even a little exaggerated, and in the end, she seemed to remember the scene from the previous recording, as well as Chi Jingyuan's expression when he made the choice and his own embarrassment, and couldn't help but get angry from his heart, and rolled his eyes angrily as soon as he leaned on the sofa.

"You know the reason, why are you still so angry, people have known each other before, isn't it normal to be a little partial, if I am the judge, I will definitely choose you if you participate."

Yu Dingyan didn't care much about Chi Jingyuan's choice, touched Lin Nalian's back twice, and comforted him in a clear voice: "And didn't PD nim and Xiuzhi's predecessors choose you, it doesn't matter if you enter the major anyway." ”

Regarding Yu Dingyan's indifferent tone, Lin Nalian immediately became a little angry, opened her eyes widely, and gestured to show her anger while talking: "How can it be indifferent, you don't know how aggrieved I was at that time." ”

"Ha, then why didn't you tell people in person at that time?"

"Ah, you're an idiot." She pursed her lips again, frowned and pouted, and swore "Really, I get angry when I see him now, and I'll never watch EXO's MV again, don't listen to their songs, and don't watch their news again!" ”

Yu Dingyan laughed when he heard it, pointed to the TV turned on in front of him, which happened to play a milk advertisement endorsed by Chi Jingyuan at this time, looking at the familiar face of the other party, he smiled and teased: "Then, it's okay not to watch the MV, but it's a bit difficult not to listen to their songs and not to watch their news." ”

"Ahhh......hh

Lin Nalian glanced at it, it was the person he hated the most at this time, and couldn't help but immediately jump to his feet and shout, rolling around on the sofa with his head covered in a frenzy, and Yu Dingyan and Park Zhixiao, who were next to him, glanced at each other and were speechless.

Minami, who was still sitting next to the sofa, didn't seem to hear it, and after whispering a few words with his friend Sasha Minatosaki, who also entered the major group, he kept his head down and fiddled with his mobile phone, looking at the cute blue fat man's avatar on the friend he had just added in Kakao Talk, and laughed suddenly, after hesitating for a while, he looked up at Lin Nalian, who was a demon, opened the address book, clicked on the number with the note 'Pikachu' and sent a message.

…………

After finishing the recording of "Sixteen", he didn't have any other itinerary after returning to the company, so he followed the members to practice the next return stage that was about to start, and he entered a break not long ago, and when he was sitting in the practice room drinking water, he received a call from Lee Seung-hwan, saying that he would come to the office and wait for him, and he would come over immediately, and there was a trip to discuss with him.

At this time, Ji Jingyuan was sitting in Li Chenghuan's room manager's office, sitting on the sofa with some boredom, using his mobile phone to send messages to Zhou Ziyu, who was inexplicably excited today.

She had been talking nonsense for a while, which made Chi Jingyuan a little interested and began to perfunctory.

"Today's issue of the letter is eliminated."

"Well, alas."

"You're going to be a judge, why didn't you tell me before."

"Well, I forgot."

“…… Also, why did you force me to choose me before? ”

"Whew...... Because you're stupid! ”

Angrily replied, Chi Jingyuan was just about to put the phone in, when suddenly his hand shook, and when he picked it up, he found that it was actually a text message from Mingjing Nan, with very simple content, only a (smiley) expression.

Originally, he didn't want to reply, but after thinking about it for a while, he still tapped the screen and returned with a smile.

As soon as it was sent, the door of the office was opened, and Li Chenghuan, the head of the agent's office, walked in from outside, smiled after seeing Ji Jingyuan, first directly handed over a bound document, and then took the initiative to take two cups of coffee from the coffee machine next to him and put them on the table.

Speaking of which, with the status of EXO, and the amount of money earned, Datuan + individual + Ji Jingyuan has obviously become the bulk of SM's revenue, and Lee Seung-hwan, as the main broker, has also risen in the company's treatment, not only has his own personal office, but I heard that there have been rumors of promotion recently.

"This is an invitation I received some time ago, the company refused before, but the other party was very sincere and sent it again, and the company decided to ask Jingyuan your own opinion after thinking about it."

Seeing that Ji Jingyuan had already started to look through the information, Lee Seung-hwan took a sip of coffee to moisten his throat, and began to take the initiative to introduce: "The fixed MC of KBS's singing program "Music Bank". ”

"Fixed MC?" I just opened it and didn't have time to take a closer look, but after hearing it, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but look up at him.

"Well, Park Seo-joon and Paula, who are now the MCs of "Music Bank", are about to get off the bus, although Park Seo-joon is a young actor who is very popular and promising now, and Yoon Paula is also a member of the popular girl group sistar, but the effect of this MC partner is very average, in recent months, and even a year, the ratings of "Music Bank" have been very poor, less than 1% for a long time, hovering around 0.7, 0.8%, not only in the three major TV stations' singing programs, and "M! Countdown doesn't have any advantages. ”

"So the "Music Bank" program team is ready to take the initiative to make changes and make some attempts to save it."

"So you chose me? But isn't MC generally a newcomer? Chi Jingyuan looked at the information and responded.

"It's not all, like Park Seo-joon and Yoon Bao-ra are not newcomers, mainly depending on the choice of the program team and the communication of the economic company. "Music Bank" habitually adopts the combination of actor + idol in the selection of MC, and whether it is as an idol or as a young actor, Jingyuan is the most suitable choice when it comes to popularity and popularity. ”

"But ......" Ji Jingyuan looked at Park Seo-joon and Yoon Baola, who would take over in early May, and asked with some doubts, "Is the time too tight?" I remember that the new MC of "Music Bank" also had a declaration stage, right? ”

"Time is really tight, the KBS program team is very optimistic about you, I sent an invitation last month, but it was rejected by the company, and it was sent again not long ago, and this time the company has some intentions for some extent, so I will ask for your opinion, if you refuse again, it is estimated that the program team will immediately contact the backup choice."

"Because the program team wants to change the hosting style of the MC, and at the same time improve the ratings and topics, the requirements for the MC's appearance are very high, so you are the best choice. It's just that as far as I know, the company actually wants to push a female artist under its umbrella to also serve as MC, but it has encountered some resistance and competition, but if Jingyuan agrees, the company can take advantage of the situation and ask you to serve together, it will definitely be no problem. ”

Lee Seung-hwan said a lot, much more thoroughly than what was recorded in the materials.

"Think about it......" Chi Jingyuan heard this word, and after thinking about it, he knew it.

The reason why SM Company changed its view and had an intention to take on Ji Jingyuan's appointment is that in addition to wanting to use Ji Jingyuan to promote its female idol at the same time, it is more likely that it is because the upcoming 'EXO vs. bigbang' boy group battle is a little less confident and needs to make more publicity and preparation, so if Ji Jingyuan serves as the MC of "Music Bank", the exposure and topic will increase accordingly.

After all, it's a promotion for EXO, and it's a weekly one.

The MC of a singing show is not a good errand, because the problem of ratings has not been too important to many companies and trending artists for many years, but even so, this case is still a position that many people covet, after all, the exposure rate once a week is very stable, and it depends on the artist himself how much repercussions and popularity can be caused under so much exposure.

SM may believe that the change of the program team of "Music Bank" will be successful, and even more believe that the pool scene comes from the traffic and attention of the band.

"Change the style? What style? ”

After two glances, Chi Jingyuan closed the information and leaned lazily on the back of the chair, and asked with some interest: "Newcomer combination?" It can't be Red Velvet, right? Wouldn't it be a little inappropriate for two MCs to be from the same company?,Push it before......"

He was a temporary MC in the singing show once, and Suho and Baekhyun also served as regular MCs of "Popular Ballads" for nearly a year, and I heard them say a lot. The general process is also relatively familiar, and the specific summary is to hold a meeting in advance, read the script provided by the writer, and host the lines, interviews, live broadcasts, etc., which are not difficult for him.

It can indeed bring a lot of attention, Chi Jingyuan remembers that after the broadcast of the episode in which he made a cameo, there was a lot of discussion on the Internet, and some people said that he and Cui Xueli had a sense of CP, and hoped to continue to see messages and discussions like them.

It's just that compared to these exposures and popularity, the fixed recording time of one day a week is really a bit abrasive, and if there is an overseas trip, it is a little troublesome to fly back or find someone to substitute for the shift, just so, Chi Jingyuan is really a little lazy.

One day, how long can he play games in the dormitory comfortably when he finds time?

"It is written on the information that the program team wants the MC to get rid of the previous shackles and partner mode, and have some more intimate interactions, showing ...... through preset scripts and on-the-spot play"

"Isn't this just fried loveline, I knot? It's kind of interesting, but if I participate, isn't the partner going to be attacked by the fans? Hearing this, he didn't wait for Lee Seung-hwan to finish speaking Ji Jingyuan became a little interested, this mode sounds much more interesting than the rigid hosting before, but he doesn't care, Aili is going to be angry when she sees this kind of estimation.

"You should know the company's consistent style......" Lee Seung-hwan smiled and spread his hands at him.

Nodding knowingly, 'Black and red are also red', and whether it is an attack or a quarrel, the activities of fans will bring a high level of attention and discussion, and others can't find a way to find this kind of heat.

At the same time, maybe it is done well, and even fans are satisfied with it, isn't it the best of both worlds.

It's just that although he was a little interested, but after thinking about it, Chi Jingyuan still felt a little troublesome, he put the information on the table, picked up the cup and took a sip of coffee, and finally asked casually:

"I think it's still ...... By the way, who is the partner that the company wants to push? ”

…………

"Music Bank" doesn't have high ratings in the singing show, although this MC's case is not very good, but the exposure is very high, and the new hosting style will definitely bring more attention, right, Irene, it's still very helpful for your popularity."

The fitted white shirt and jeans, the high heels she wore at the previous event had been taken off, replaced by her favorite pair of light-colored flats, her long hair dyed back to her original color was tied in braids, and under the delicate makeup was a somewhat tired face.

In the nanny's car, Bae Joo-hyun, who had just finished a trip, was sitting in the back seat, listening carefully to the narration of the agent Jeon Hye-young, who was sitting in the co-pilot.

red velvet as a newcomer group, although her popularity is very prominent in the group, but her personal itinerary is not much, each of which is relatively important, especially this kind of fixed MC that can bring exposure for a long time.

"But it hasn't been said yet.,The previous MCs are about to get off the car.KBS has been hesitating.,Can we be sure that it depends on who the male partner invited by the program team is.,If Chi Jingyuan agrees, then Irene, you'll definitely have no problem.,In order to satisfy the company, the program team will definitely give in."

"But...... Hopefully, it's not much, I've inquired, we usually have exchanges with these agents, Chi Jingyuan is a very lazy person in private, and he doesn't like to participate in this kind of show that needs to be recorded often as a fixed MC, and with his popularity, he actually doesn't need this level of exposure. ”

Quan Huiying described in detail some of the behind-the-scenes battles for this fixed MC position, and couldn't help but sigh when she said the end, and her tone was not just complaining or envious: "Ji Jingyuan's degree of freedom in the company is actually very high, if he doesn't want to take it, the company will definitely not force it." ”

"I don't think there's much drama from his side...... I'll try to contact the program team and the company again. ”

"Thank you, Ernie."

Seeing Jeon Hye-young turn around and pick up her mobile phone to start researching, Bae Joo-hyun nodded lightly and said.

At the beginning of the month, this matter was actually discussed, but a few days ago, she actually knew that it was stuck, and Bae Joo-hyun also knew that the program team was very optimistic about Ji Jingyuan, and SM Company also had a certain intention to push the two of them over together.

But even though the position of this fixed MC is very important to her and is a precious personal itinerary, she has not mentioned it to Chi Jingyuan in the text messages at all when she occasionally texts these days.

Because of this kind of thing, she didn't want to trouble him, it was her own business, and her self-esteem didn't allow it, and she knew the other party, and knew that Ji Jingyuan shouldn't be very interested.

Hopefully, there will be some progress on the broker's side, and there is not much time left.

Bae Joo-hyun cast her eyes out the window, looking at the streetscape and shops that kept driving behind, and fell into silence for a while, except for the roar of the engine in the nanny car, she could only hear the sound of Jeon Hye-young constantly making phone calls.

After a while, there was a sudden exclamation:

"Irene sure? Chi Jingyuan agreed...... Okay, I see, Consanmida. ”

"Irene, the program team has been notified to confirm your fixed MC position just now, and after the company communicates the details, the contract will be signed almost tomorrow, and the specific meeting will be in ......the way immediately."

Jeon Hye-young hung up the phone, first turned back to Pei Zhuhyun with some surprise and said a call, and after Pei Zhuhyun said that he understood, he smacked his lips and said in a puzzled tone: "Strange, obviously this MC doesn't help him much, it's not a high-quality case, why did he suddenly agree, strange ......"

And when Bae Joo-hyun heard the good news of his successful selection just now, his expression was not too excited, he just pursed his lips and nodded, looking very calm.

It's just that after hearing Quan Huiying's self-talk, she turned her head slightly and looked out the window again, as if she remembered something, the corners of her mouth reflected in the car window suddenly lifted and outlined a pretty arc, and her smile was gentle with a hint of sweetness.

Yanzi smiled skillfully and charmingly.

(End of chapter)