Chapter Seventy-Seven: The University

Although the audience was not allowed to shoot with professional photography equipment during this concert, and there was no too clear video of the meal, it did not affect the fans who watched the first performance and the audience to promote and show off in the fan club or their own small circle after they went back.

"The first performance of the second tour was a complete success! I also watched it last year, whether it is the lighting effects and stage design, it has really improved a lot, the atmosphere is very good, and the Alice are super supportive, it is really enjoyable! I'd love to see it again......"

"The stage effects and atmosphere are particularly explosive, and the Obas are really handsome!"

"This year's second tour is indeed better than last year's first tour, in addition to the big screen, lift, lighting, these equipment have been significantly optimized a lot, mainly adding a lot of recently released new songs, this year's XO's return is very explosive, the songs are very popular, these current hot songs can really drive the atmosphere when they are performed in the concert, plus several classic songs from the past, so it's basically from beginning to end, it's really exciting."

"By the way, there are two new songs that have never been released, one of which is on the stage and I'm going to dance, and it's the trailer version of the title song of the last single album "L", although it's not all but it's really good, and I'll sing it after listening to it once......"

"And the last birthday celebration for Yuan, it's really touching, I feel like I'm going to cry when I look at Yuan, I cry myself, ahhhhh......h

"New song! There is also a new stage for the main trailer! And Yuan Oba's birthday, ah, ah, so envious......"

After watching the first show, the audience came back and told the general situation, which immediately caused a sensation in the fan base, and many Ellie who didn't buy tickets for the first show, or didn't grab tickets at all, were full of envy.

The tickets for the first performance were originally the most sought-after, and it happened to be Chi Jingyuan's birthday on May 13th, which was a very coincidental and special day, and it was even more exciting for all his fans to look forward to it.

It's a pity that the more than 10,000 tickets for the first show are still a little too small compared to the huge fan base who are willing to pay, and the number of passers-by and audiences who call under the name, which makes many source fans who did not grab the tickets for the first day are deeply disappointed.

Now these people who watched the audience at the scene for the first time said this, and their hearts were even more sour.

"How is the new title?,Is there any audio......?"

"It's really good, the style is very distinctive, the melody is also very catchy, and I can already sing the chorus."

"I really want to hear it, can you sing it?"

"kkkk an!"

……

After various announcements, reports, and revelations raised a lot of expectations from the outside world, as well as the curiosity of fans and passers-by, EXO continued to hold a second performance on the 14th, except for the lack of Ji Jingyuan's birthday celebration session, which disappointed some fans, and there were also no problems with the successful ending.

And on the 15th, the EXO group appeared on Yonsei University's campus in Seodaemun, Seoul, along with his agent.

May is the anniversary month of Peninsula University, each university will hold a grand celebration, bringing a variety of colorful activities to college students, and the 15th happens to be Teacher's Day, this day is also the most important day for many schools to celebrate, will build the main stage in the widest place, invite many popular artists to perform, most of the school students will come to watch, in addition to some schools will also open the school gates, welcome visitors from all over the world to participate in the celebration, it is a very lively leisure carnival.

As the hottest nowadays, the boy group exo that occupies a leading position among the younger generation of women has naturally received invitations from many schools, but it's a pity that the time of several school anniversaries just collided with exo's concert time, and at the same time, because the issue of performance fees is also very realistic, after thinking about it, the only vacant No. 15 in the middle is naturally left to Yonsei University, where Ji Jingyuan is currently studying.

Such a lively scene naturally makes people want to go shopping, but no matter how curious they are, it must be work-oriented, Chi Jingyuan They went directly to the main stage after the beauty salon came to the campus after styling early in the morning, and began to line up for rehearsals after saying hello to the school.

"The sun is so hot, but your heart is like water."

"Whose fault is it, we used to love each other so much, babe ......"

At the backstage entrance of the main stage, Ji Jingyuan stood next to several members who were chatting quietly, listening to the music of the rehearsal of the two-person hip-hop group Leessang, his body swaying slightly, and his hands holding his chest beat to the rhythm and melody.

He still likes this song "The Woman Who Can't Break Up".

Today, Yonsei University invited a lot of popular artists to participate in the performance, and there are many familiar faces in addition to the more popular EXO, except for a few who have just said hello backstage, Leessang, who is rehearsing, is one of them.

Because of the temporary stage, the backstage setting is also relatively simple, because the place itself is not big, there are many groups of artists and their agent assistants need to be used, plus the school's organizers and student volunteers who came to help, there are a lot of people in and out, and the sound is noisy and the sound insulation is relatively poor, and some artists are too lazy to stay in it after they come, so they come out to join in the fun, like they are EXO.

While listening to the music, Ji Jingyuan looked at the venue of the main stage.

This is a large open-air theater inside the Yonsei University campus, with a large area and a circular shape, and the seats start from the stage in a regular staircase that continues to extend upwards, and the sound is very wide at a glance, and the circular shape makes the sound very prominent, and the music playing in the stereo is coming and going in the theater at this time, generating echoes.

At this time, because the time was too early, the students had not yet come, but the number of audiences that could be accommodated in the whole venue was very large, and Chi Jingyuan, who had an experience of performing alone in school celebration, had a deep understanding of this.

If there is no accident in Yonsei University's school anniversary, the main stage is here, and he was invited once last year because of his status as a student at the school, so he can be considered to have some experience.

"I haven't attended a university celebration yet...... What's the atmosphere like on Yonsei's side? I've heard it's quite lively. ”

Also looked around, Wu Shixun and Jin Junmian muttered a few words in a low voice, and then asked Ji Jingyuan.

This is the first time EXO has participated in a school celebration performance since its debut, and many of the members have basically no experience as college students, so everyone except Ji Kyung-won has little experience.

"It's very lively, and when the afternoon starts, you'll know how many people there are, no worse than the concert, and even the atmosphere is even better." Ji Jingyuan nodded, the feelings and time in college were the most abundant, and he had a deep understanding of this.

After answering, Chi Jingyuan's expression became strange, and he turned his head to look at Wu Shixun, looking very curious: "Brother Xiumin is ready to take the graduate school entrance examination, why didn't you think about taking the college entrance examination at that time?" Didn't fans say you could get a perfect score in high school math? ”

The tone was full of jokes and provocations, which made the brothers next to him laugh.

This stalk is making those who know a little can't help but laugh.

"......" responded with a roll of his eyes and a raised middle finger.

"By the way, Jingyuan, I feel that Yonsei is so lively here, aren't you a student, you'll take us to visit it later." Kim Junmian seemed to be interested in Yonsei, and after looking around, he made a suggestion.

Seeing that several people were a little moved, he directly gestured: "When the rehearsal is over, we will be free, and then we will go around." ”

Speaking of which, although Chi Jingyuan's grades are average, the number of times he comes to school is not much, and the end of each year in the past few years is outdated, but he is really not a good student. But he still has a lot of feelings for his alma mater, after all, it is also the school that he was admitted to when he studied seriously, and he is also highly educated among a group of artists with a junior high school education in the peninsula, and he will also have some pride, of course, he will not refuse this kind of thing.

"XO, it's rehearsal!"

After waiting for about an hour, it was finally EXO's turn, and the nine members in private clothes said hello to the staff and walked onto the stage, which immediately attracted the attention of many college student volunteers.

Soon the music sounded, and the EXO who stood in formation began to move to the melody of the music and rehearse.

Today they have a total of 5 songs on stage, counting greetings and intervals, there is almost 16 minutes of performance time, which is already a long performance.

The school celebration performance generally starts from the afternoon to the evening, because the time span is very long, so the time for each group of artists to perform will naturally be a lot, such as Leessang just now, their stage time is nearly 40 minutes, and the stage of ten songs is no different from a small concert.

Although there are many times when some economic companies will charge less performance fees for school celebration performances, some companies will also pay more attention to this, and the fees charged by different levels of combinations are naturally different, and the performance fee of EXO as the most popular group at the moment is naturally the highest level, and I don't know who released the news in the past two days, and this Yonsei University's school celebration has been circulated on the Internet, and the stage of EXO five songs has charged nearly 100 million won for the performance. This number is sky-high in the case of a performance like a university anniversary.

As the first time the EXO group participated in the school celebration performance, the performance fee is indeed a bit high, this price can already invite three or four groups of first- and second-tier combinations to perform in the school, like Leessang who was rehearsed just now, the performance of ten songs, it is estimated that the performance fee is less than a fraction of the EXO, and the gap is still obvious.

It is estimated that few schools can afford this high fee, that is, Yonsei University is considered to be the rich one.

The reason why these top universities spend a lot of money every year to invite popular artists to perform is because the tuition and accommodation fees of Peninsula colleges and universities are quite high and not cheap, and students actually have the right to say about the lineup of the school celebration, and if you are not satisfied with the performance lineup invited by the student union, you can directly protest to the school on platforms such as SNS.

If the lineup is very strong, it will naturally satisfy the students, and it can play a role in publicity, and it can also show the school's compulsion and wealth to a certain extent.

And the school invites idols to perform on stage, which does not mean that everyone has the opportunity to watch idols for free, some schools are open to tourists at will to let tourists in for sightseeing, because they may invite some unpopular third and fourth line combinations.

But on the other hand, some wealthy people can invite a luxurious performance lineup, such as Uncle Bird, exo, these artists' schools may also be very strictly managed, will not sell tickets or open to the public, and will even strictly check student IDs, such as Sungkyunkwan University and Kyung Hee University, which only allow undergraduate students to participate, and will also go to the photos on the student ID cards.

It's okay for them to live for a long time.

The setting of the main stage is relatively ordinary, it is a simple 'earth' shaped stage, surrounded by various lighting and sound equipment, and a large LED display screen in the back, but there are no bells and whistles, such as fireworks eruptions, lifting platforms and the like.

The area of the theater is very large, but the area of the stage is quite small, and it is good to have a small number of people, if it is a large group of nine people like exo, unless they stand in a row horizontally, or even diagonally, they can't stand in a straight line, and one or two people are squeezed out at the end.

When the rehearsal first began, Chi Jingyuan and the others discovered this problem.

And because there are indeed a lot of equipment and lighting on the edge of the stage, the dancing space is also backlogged a lot, and there are many people in formation and movement that cannot be lined up, the formation is not even, and some dance moves cannot be fully extended, which actually affects the overall stage effect.

However, the school celebration is not a concert, and it is enough for many students to see the artist, this kind of performance ......

It's all about the atmosphere.

Of course, the attitude must be serious.

"Let's go."

After the rehearsal and saying hello to his agent, Ji Kyung-won left the main stage with four more interested members, ready to visit Yonsei's campus.

The five people were all wearing private clothes, and they were wearing hats without masks, and they walked on the side of the road slowly, except for Ji Jingyuan, the other four, such as Wu Shixun, Kim Junmian, Du Junxiu and Bian Boxian, were very interested in the scenery and cultural landscape here, and they kept looking left and right.

"The location of our school is still good, but you can't get to it directly by subway...... On the right side of the school is the affiliated hospital, I went to it once, the equipment is relatively advanced, it is quite a modern hospital, and it will be very convenient for students to see a doctor. ”

"There's the library over there, and the school emblem hangs on the building next to it, and Yonsei's school emblem is the torch and the library's diagram, representing truth and freedom, and it's based on the basic spirit of Jiduism, although I don't think it's interesting......"

In order to visit, Chi Jingyuan took a few people back to the place close to the school gate and began to walk in from the beginning, pointing around while walking to make introductions, he was a student in front of several members and turned into a tour guide, although he didn't know much, some things were read in books or listened to others, but it was enough to take a few high school students with a low level of education to appreciate the humanistic charm of a well-known university on the peninsula.

"There is a more famous attraction in the innermost place, which is one of the oldest buildings in our school, I remember it was built in 1922, I remember it was called 'Yin Dongzhu Dormitory Building', it seems to be called that, but I haven't been there, and I don't know this person very well."

"Yin Dongzhu, don't you understand? A very famous poet in modern times. Bian Boxian glanced at him, his tone and eyes were a little strange.

"I know Yin Dongzhu, he studied at Yonsei University before......" Wu Shixun couldn't help but immediately showed a mocking face: "Are you embarrassed to say that you are a current student of Yonsei?" How many times have you been here in the past two or three years? ”

It was a little embarrassing to accidentally leak the filling, but Chi Jingyuan had already practiced it, so he continued to nod and walk ahead as if he hadn't heard it.

The five of them are still quite eye-catching, after all, their aura is obviously different from that of ordinary universities, and some people on the road can't help but cast their eyes after seeing them, and they are naturally full of surprise after seeing their faces clearly.

However, as a very well-known student, Chi Jingyuan is also relatively famous among his classmates, and he will meet a lot of classmates every time he goes to school, so it doesn't cause any confusion.

"Feeling...... It's a bit ordinary. After walking for a while and looking at the road, Jin Junmian hesitated for a moment, smacked his lips and was slightly disappointed.

As one of the most famous universities on the peninsula, this place is still very famous, but after walking around for a while, they don't feel like the academic mecca they imagined, neither particularly elegant, nor very modern, not up or down, just very ordinary.

"Indeed, if the style of the single-wheel building and the overall style are not very good, Yonsei is not very good in terms of elegance and retro, and it is certainly not as big as Seoul in terms of modernity and hardware facilities."

Chi Jingyuan didn't deny it, the facts were there, and he thought so at first.

He didn't explain much, but led a few people towards the second half of the school, crossed a few roads, and came to the core of the campus from the depths, and the row of classical teaching buildings that came into view suddenly made several people a little quiet, and the green vines and creepers on the walls added a deep sense of tranquility to the whole house and the surrounding environment, as if they had come to a medieval garden.

The wind blows, the leaves tremble slightly, and the fresh air seems to brew a deep and heavy atmosphere.

In the depths of this core, there are still the vicissitudes and antiquity of the school founded in 1885, and the deep sense of history slowly overflows, but it is only a few hundred meters away from the park in front of it, but it gives people a completely different feeling.

The sense of thickness that travels through time comes not only from the walls covered with green vines, but also from the verdant old brick walls and elegant antique window edges.

Chi Jingyuan looked back at the few people who were obviously shocked by this environment and atmosphere, smiled and did not speak.

This is the best part of the school he attended.

It seems that because of the heavy sense brought by the cultural landscape and cultural and historical atmosphere of the school, the words of several high school students have become a little less, and at the same time, the eyes of Chi Jingyuan are faintly stained with a layer of envy.

It's really a great place to be.

"If only I could be admitted to Yonsei's graduate school in the future." After turning around for most of the circle, looking at the time, Chi Jingyuan took a few people to eat something casually, and walked on the road after coming out, Bian Boxian looked at the slowly increasing number of students around him, sighed and sighed.

"Awesome!" Chi Jingyuan gave him a thumbs up and praised him sincerely.

Seriously, he knows best how painful it is to be so busy with his idol schedule and rush to study, this brother, and Kim Min-seok have been thinking about improving their academic qualifications and taking the graduate school exam, which is really amazing.

"There is a small open-air theater in front, and there are often some events held here, and some artists will be invited to perform as a stage during school anniversaries, but in terms of excitement and level, it is a little worse than the main stage."

Seeing an empty stepped plaza at the end of the road in the shade of a tree in front of him, Chi Jingyuan briefly explained to the members.

During the school anniversary, there are almost every day of theatrical performances, not only will invite the current popular artists, but also many students within the school will rehearse their own programs, and in addition to the most grand and most audience main stage, there will also be some other smaller amphitheater to hold some interpretation programs, and from time to time there will be well-known artists on the stage.

"Is there a show there today?" Kim Junmian asked casually, and then remembered the feeling of visiting all the way, and couldn't help but admire: "In this way, Yonsei University is really good, the greenery, scenery and culture are great...... Speaking of which, I remember that a lot of TV series have been filmed here, right? ”

"Well, it's quite a lot, I remember the more famous ones like "If Love Has Providence", "My Sassy Girlfriend", by the way, and "Iris", Kim Tae-hee is really beautiful in it."

"It's a pity ......"

Chi Jingyuan nodded, after thinking about it, he said a few well-known TV series that he was more familiar with, and finally sighed softly, and he didn't know what he was regretting.

"There is also the one played by Gao Yala in "Please Answer 1994", I have seen it." Du Junxiu interjected at this time.

"Is there one? I haven't watched that, brother, you still have time to watch these, do you know Gao Yala? Chi Jingyuan took them to the small theater, and after hearing it, he couldn't help but glance at Du Junxiu and said casually.

"Of course we know each other from a company." Du Junxiu was a little speechless.

"I don't mean that kind of realization, I mean...... Never mind. ”

"Jingyuan, do you think that other people's "1994" is more popular than your "1997", so you are jealous and don't want to watch it?" Wu Shixun speculated maliciously in the dark.

"How is it possible ...... "1997" is the pioneering work of the "Please Answer" series, and it is much more popular than "1994", do you have long eyes? And I don't look at who plays the actor. ”

Several people quarreled and walked into this small open-air theater noisily, at this time the audience was still empty, but the stage was a little lively, several staff and volunteers were busy, and there were people who seemed to be artists on the stage were rehearsing.

"There's a show here, too."

While speaking curiously, a few people were about to take a closer look, but they had just taken a few steps closer when a few tentative greetings suddenly came from behind them.

"Senior ......"

Chi Jingyuan, who felt that the voice was a little familiar, paused, looked back with the others, and just turned his head, several familiar faces came into view, making him blink, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.