"Why???"

As expected, Zhou Ziyu's reply was sent soon, and her surprise and a little obvious panic could be seen in just four words, and she quickly replied without even bringing an expression, as if she was worried that she had done something wrong to make Chi Jingyuan angry, and specially added several punctuation marks to promote this tone.

Seeing her reply, Chi Jingyuan, who was chewing rice in his mouth, smiled.

Mingjingnan didn't guess wrong, just like last year's first tour, Zhou Ziyu got the ticket from him very early, just opened the ticket channel on the first day and didn't grab the ticket for the 13th game, the girl said it, and the poor one knew what it meant, and then Chi Jingyuan found a chance to meet and gave her the ticket.

But this time I gave a one, the two friends who watched the concert with Zhou Ziyu last year are no longer in JYP, one has returned to Xia Guo before, and the other has left JYP to look for opportunities to make his debut in other entertainment companies.

As for "Sixteen", she doesn't seem to have made too familiar or close friends, the only one I've heard her mention twice, and the one who is a little familiar is Song Minying, who once lived in a dormitory together.

Last year, I was able to watch Ji Jingyuan and their concert together, but this year there is only one person left.

"What are you going to do, the competition in the show is so tight, what kind of concert to watch, don't you need to prepare the title of this issue, do you want to make your debut? People have a very good momo strength and can't stay, if you are eliminated, see how you cry, no one comforts you! ”

After taking a bite of bibimbap, Chi Jingyuan operated the mobile phone with one hand, and the typing was still very fast.

"Why are you still smiling while eating?" At this time, Wu Shixun, who was also eating opposite, looked up at him, with a strange look in his eyes and a disgusted tone.

You eat your food, see what I'm crazy about...... Chi Jingyuan was a little speechless, glanced at him with a smile that retracted, and replied unceremoniously: "Because you look funny." ”

"Puff ......" The few members who heard it next to him immediately couldn't hold back their laughter, and even squirted a little out of their mouths, and hurriedly wiped it with a tissue, and at the same time looked Wu Shixun up and down, it seemed that he looked really funny.

Ignoring the unhappy gaze from the opposite side, Chi Jingyuan looked down at his phone, in addition to the conversation with Zhou Ziyu above, there was also the one sent by Mingjing Nan last night, but it was only read and not replied.

Originally, I was afraid that a few girls who had drunk alcohol would have some accidents at night, so I told him that he had already started working when the other party replied, and it was already midnight when he saw it afterwards, and he didn't bother to reply at that time.

It's not a big deal anyway.

"How do you know that Momo was eliminated, I didn't tell you yesterday......"

"I don't want to be comforted (pouting)"

Soon Zhou Ziyu's two text messages came in succession, one was puzzled and curious, she thought she was Chi Jingyuan's only source of information about "Sixteen", she didn't mention it to the other party after recording the show yesterday, I wondered how the other party knew?

The other is that he is angry......

"I ran into ...... by chance last night"

Ji Jingyuan didn't let Hirai Tao cry miserably, and complained that Park Zhenying said this kind of thing, even in the face of Zhou Ziyu, it was not suitable, so he simply explained the chance encounter.

"Their group lost two consecutive stage battles, and in the end Momo was eliminated...... But I also think that with her strength, she shouldn't be eliminated so quickly, and others may not have thought of it, when the show was recorded yesterday, PD just announced the candidates, and many people cried directly, and the neon Sana and Mina looked very sad...... But I couldn't cry. ”

Although Zhou Ziyu talked about yesterday's recording, to be honest, Chi Jingyuan didn't have much interest in paying attention, knowing that this girl was not eliminated, just survive, but he still used this to encourage the other party: "Look, people who dance much better than you are directly eliminated from the Tao, what kind of concert are you still bare atting?" Don't you need to prepare for the next assessment? ”

"I'm not bad at dancing, okay? And we don't have an assessment question for this intermission, but the people in the major group need to practice dancing, and then they can follow Park Jinying PD to a university to perform on stage to show their faces, and the dance is very simple and relaxed. ”

Zhou Ziyu tried to defend himself.

"University anniversary? Which university? Seeing this stubble, Chi Jingyuan was stunned for a moment.

In May, it was time for the celebration of major colleges and universities on the peninsula, and various universities began to contact idol artists to perform for students in schools, and there was a tacit understanding on both sides of this kind of commercial performance, and the economic company would not charge any performance fees, so the higher the popularity, the better, and the more popular the popularity of the students was. As one of the trending boy groups, EXO has naturally received a lot of invitations, but so far they have only confirmed that they will perform once at Yonsei University, Ji Jingyuan's alma mater, and they still take time to pass between concerts.

Zhou Ziyu and the others are also going, it shouldn't be such a coincidence......

"According to PD, it should be Yonsei University."

Even if he has vaguely guessed, after all, Park Jin-young himself is a graduate of Yonsei University and is Ji Jingyuan's senior, but after really seeing it, Ji Jingyuan was still a little speechless for a while.

How can I bump into you anywhere?

He pondered for two seconds and typed, "Which day are you going?" Main stage or secondary stage? ”

The school celebration will not be only one day, it will generally last for several days, and a special venue will be set up for artists or students to perform every day, but the audience is the largest, and the largest number of performers is still the most important main stage of the day.

"Is it the fifteenth or the eighteenth, wait for me to ask...... I don't know if it's a stage, but it's probably not the main stage. ”

"In other words, it's going to be a performance soon, what kind of concert to watch, don't watch it."

"I want to see it~~"

"Where are you going? Don't show it. ”

Seeing Zhou Ziyu's somewhat coquettish tone, Chi Jingyuan smiled and deliberately sent a message to tease her, then quickly pulled out the rice in the bowl, wiped his mouth and opened a bottle of drink after taking two sips, the phone really replied, and he couldn't help laughing when he picked it up:

"Just go! Just look! ”

Obviously annoyed by being amused, willful and stubborn played a petty character.

After eating, I didn't continue to chat, in fact, I remembered yesterday's incident when I was eating, and I wanted to tease her, but I didn't really let Zhou Ziyu come.

Although the seats of the few tickets given from him are not together, they are actually quite close, they are all close to the front row of the main stage, and Pei Zhuhyun and the others don't know whether they recognize Zhou Ziyu or not, which may cause some misunderstandings, but Ji Jingyuan doesn't care about this very much, after all, they don't really sit together, let alone Zhou Ziyu......

Pei Xiuzhi doesn't care about him.

After a short break after eating, I started working again, and every time I was close to the concert, I would be so busy, much more tired than returning to play songs or go on variety shows.

After practicing like this, it was May 13th.

……

In the afternoon, there were already many fans waiting outside the gymnastics arena in Seoul Olympic Park, and there were dense long queues at several entrances, stretching from the inside to the outermost under the norms of the warning belt, and looking down from the sky, I thought it was a few long snakes winding around.

There are still a lot of people in the back who don't enter the queue because it's still early, or they haven't bought tickets, but they still want to support the idol and see the lively fans, the number of these people is also very large, sitting together in the outermost open space of the venue, forming several phalanxes that look extremely lively, compared to the first tour of last year, wearing raincoats on rainy days and neatly forming outside looks spectacular Fans don't give in, from all angles you can see how amazing the current exo is hot, and the Elles' faithful affection and fanatical support for them.

One is desperately preparing, the other is crazy supporting, and it can be regarded as a two-way rush.

Even the guards and security guards of the gymnastics arena were a little surprised by the number of people who arrived today, and even if they could start a tour at the gymnastics arena, the leading venue on the peninsula, each of them was basically not low, and at least 10,000 people, but there were really few people who could make the scene so big and so hot.

The noisy and small voices came and went, and together they formed a huge sound stream, even in the empty square, it sounded very noisy, most of them came not only by themselves, or with friends, or with male tickets, and even directly bought family tickets with their parents, they chatted excitedly and expectantly, while always looking up ahead.

There is a huge gymnastics arena at the main entrance, there is a giant above, the promotional poster of the EXO concert is extremely eye-catching, the nine members in the pictorial wearing black shirts and trousers are scattered, facing different faces, the cold face looks at the aura, and it is obviously just a flat pictorial but it has a strong sense of hierarchy and space, as long as you step into this square at first glance, you will be attracted by this super-large poster, and you have to look at it from time to time.

Chi Jingyuan, who is on the left in the middle of the pictorial, has a cold gaze and puts his hands in his pockets, which is the most eye-catching one among them, and it is also the target of many people's eyes to pursue and stay.

Below the poster is the logo specially designed by the second tour of EXO, composed of English letters of the official name of the second tour, the sense of design and fashion is coming, it seems that the level has suddenly risen to a standard, and the forced style of the general trend group is undoubtedly revealed.

Other departments of SM company may be uneven, and it is not easy to say, but the design department really has nothing to say, the level and aesthetics are definitely the top in the peninsula industry, and every time the design is not only a fan, but even Chi Jingyuan likes it very much.

At this time, the crowd outside the venue is bustling, and the more than 15,000 seats inside are empty, but the stage is busy, whether it is the EXO itself or the team in charge of the concert, the various staff are checking the scheduled equipment, as well as the lighting engineer, the director and the PD are all carrying out the final adjustment.

The concert, which had been prepared for so long, was approaching the start of the concert, and everyone couldn't help but get nervous.

"I remember my position and the number of rounds of use of the lift...... But if I can't remember, I won't have time for you to remember. ”

"Don't worry, brother, I've practiced so many times, it's definitely no problem."

"But just remind each other of this kind of thing when the time comes, don't be nervous."

The staff on both sides are busy, and the VJ who is in charge of shooting is carrying the camera and shooting.

"Finally, I'm checking the lights and equipment, XO everyone is checking their own ear monitoring, there must be no problems, the audience will be ready to enter in a while!"

PD's voice came, summarizing the final preparations.

As the various lights on the stage turned on one after another, Ji Jingyuan and the members of EXO also began to check their ear monitors.

Don't look at the in-ear monitoring, it's very common and important for all idols to be used, but in fact, from time to time on the formal stage, you can often encounter accidents where there are problems with the ear monitoring, either the sound is not loud or you can't hear clearly, or failures such as leakage are not uncommon, and exo has encountered this kind of thing once or twice when playing songs before.

However, the ear monitors used in the concert are all high-end goods specially prepared by SM company, the quality will be better, and after careful inspection, no fault was found, which can be regarded as a relief, and after the lighting inspection, EXO returned to the backstage, made a short break, and prepared for the official opening of the meeting.

"I've been on so many tours last year, but I'm still a little nervous, Assi, my heart is beating hard......"

In the lounge, Jin Junmian poured his saliva hard, exhaled a long breath, felt a little anxious in his heart and couldn't sit still on the sofa, stood up and walked back and forth in the room, as if he wanted to calm down his mood at this time.

"It's normal, it's all like this."

Chi Jingyuan leaned on the sofa and held a drink but didn't drink it, felt the vibration of his mobile phone, and while reaching out to take out his mobile phone, he said as if he was very experienced: "I will definitely be nervous before going on stage on such a large occasion, but as long as I stand on the stage and enter the state, I will be fine." ”

His heart was actually beating fast, as if he was back to the first concert last year, and the tension brought by the first tour was the same, even if they were actually considered to have been through a hundred battles.

After the phone was turned on, there were text messages from a few friends, and the first thing that caught my eye was a selfie sent by Zhou Ziyu, in which she was grinning and looking naïve, and the background was the square outside the gymnastics arena and the giant pictorial of EXO.

Seeing this, Chi Jingyuan smiled in his heart, and instantly understood what the other party meant.

Before, he joked that he wouldn't let her come, but in the end, although Zhou Ziyu ignored him with a strong and willful mouth, it was obvious that he might still be a little empty in his heart, worried that Chi Jingyuan was not joking or would be unhappy or something, so at this time, he specially took a song and took a selfie and sent it over, which was a small temptation, and it could be regarded as saying hello in advance.

Look at the stupid way she laughs, and the hypocrisy is fully revealed.

After casually posting a (expressionless) picture, I looked at other people's news, including Bae Joo-hyun, Kang Su-ki, Kim Tae-yeon, and a few other idols in the circle.

Ji Jingyuan himself gave several internal tickets, such as Taeyeon and Red Velvet, who came because of him, and the other members of EXO naturally have a lot of friends in the circle, such as those who have a wide range of friends who are asked for votes.

The entertainment industry is like this, as long as you are popular, friends around you will always be indispensable, and you will go up one after another.

Coupled with some female idols who may like EXO very much, there may be many artists present today, and there may be a girlfriend among them.

"Looks like the audience is starting to come in?"

There was a commotion in the quiet backstage, and they knew what was going on as soon as they heard it.

Several people looked at each other:

"One last check, I'm ready to change my clothes in the bathroom......"

……

"This seating arrangement is already the largest capacity of the full room, right?"

Huang Meiying followed the two members fully armed through the internal passage into the venue, found a place belonging to a few people in the front row near the stage, sat down a little idle, looked around, and said with a sigh: "There are really a lot of people, it should be full, right?" ”

They have internal tickets to choose from, but they don't choose too close positions, because the front row can be closest to the idols and may even have the opportunity to interact, so fans will like this kind of action very much, it is very popular, but a few of them are not fans, and they have already met with EXO in private, I don't know how many times, this time it is purely to support friends and enjoy the stage.

"What are you talking about, you're not talking nonsense?"

Hearing such a naïve question, Kim Taeyeon looked at the empty positions on the left and right, and replied angrily: "Are you stupid to talk about your brain when you fall in love, do you know how popular XO is now?" Do you know how much their first three single albums have sold so far? ”

"I haven't cared about this recently, I'm not your ......" was despised and criticized, but Huang Meiying was not annoyed at all, and approached a sticker with a smile, but when she heard this question, she was still very interested and asked: "How much?" ”

"The sum of the three albums is more than 1.6 million, and it's just a single album......" mentioned this number, Kim Taeyeon, who has experienced strong winds and waves, was also surprised, and at the same time had some sour jealousy in his heart.

This is only three of them, and there is a single album and the main dish of the main dish in the back, and I don't know what kind of terrifying number their sales should be this year, just thinking about it feels incredible.

I feel that since the beginning of the past two years, the previous one or two hundred thousand can be called the top of the line, and the sales figures that the company and fans can send notices and big-character posters to celebrate, but they are becoming less and less valuable, and the upper limit is getting bigger and bigger, and the sales figures of EXO and other people don't look like the same people.

But you said that EXO drove the market, but all idol groups in the entire music industry are the only ones with such high sales, although others obviously have an increase, but the growth rate is much worse than them, not a painting style.

But if you want to say that it didn't drive, as of May, the sales of his group accounted for a quarter to one-third of the total physical record market on the peninsula for the whole year, which has significantly increased the overall market by a large proportion compared with last year, and there is no way to refute the data here.

"So tall?"

After learning this number, Huang Meiying's eyes couldn't help but widen, and she repeated it in surprise.

"It's that high, you think...... Their popular, 15,000-capacity gymnastics arena is actually a bit small, and a larger arena is no problem at all, and even I feel like I can open the dome directly. Kim Taeyeon nodded, looked around the area, and saw the audience who kept coming in from the outside, and commented on the experience of those who had come before.

"It's been decided, in the second half of the year, EXO will open a concert at Tokyo Dome directly when Neon debuts, or it will be held for three consecutive days, and their popularity on the Neon side is also very strong."

Hearing this, Sunny, who hadn't spoken much, interjected, and his voice was a little hoarse.

"How do you know?"

Kim Tae-yeon turned her head in surprise.

"He casually mentioned it when chatting with Jingyuan two days ago."

With a purser of lips under the mask, Sunny said as he looked at the empty stage.

Tokyo Dome is a very sought-after venue, not all the time there is a schedule, you need to make a reservation long in advance and then coordinate the time with each other, Chi Jingyuan They had a meeting not long ago, the company had already announced, and the time had been set.

"Ahh

The tone was astringent, and it seemed that Kim Taeyeon was a little dissatisfied, but in exchange for Sunny, he casually raised his chin.

"I don't know if Yuri and Hyoyuan will come, I heard them chatting a few days ago and said that they would come to see this ......"

Huang Meiying has not stopped looking around since she sat down, chatting with the members next to her while watching.

Although the relationship between girls is very good, there is still a relationship between them in private, and everyone usually gets along with the person they are most compatible with.

At this time, her eyes looked at the few figures in front of her left and stopped, blinked and pointed over unexpectedly: "Look, isn't that our company's new girl group Red Velvet, they're here too?" ”