Departing from Gimpo Airport to Tokyo in the early morning, the flight time of nearly three hours overnight arrived at the hotel where the SM family stayed in Tokyo.

I got up early the next morning, and followed my teammates to the Tokyo Dome for the first time, because I came two days late, and the time for EXO to practice together was much less than that of other groups, so I was going to perform tonight, so I had to take advantage of this time to get familiar with it.

But fortunately, it's a family concert, and EXO is also the stage of the four new and old songs, and the dance is already very proficient, but there is nothing to practice. It's OK to familiarize yourself with the venue and the positioning and equipment positioning.

The SM Town family concerts in July are still in the same round as last year's, all of which belong to SM Town's fourth world tour, and the performance program has not changed much, except for the performances of one or two new songs added by the group Exo and Shinee, which just returned this year, the others are the same as last year, Ji Jingyuan still has a special stage "All for You" with Sun Shengwan, as well as a four-person collaboration with Luna and Henry.

First the rehearsal of XO's own group, and then the stage rehearsal of the collaboration with others, it was busy until the afternoon before it was completely completed, and the members gathered in the backstage of the venue, while resting and lining up to do the styling, waiting for the evening concert.

Tokyo Dome is one of the most famous neon stadiums, and it is also very professional when it comes to hosting events such as concerts, and the supporting equipment and backstage are much more luxurious than ordinary small venues.

The overall decoration of the backstage is a white tone, it seems that the overall tone is a little cold, but the lights are very bright and warm, all kinds of staff, as well as various combinations of agents, assistants, and dancers are busy walking through it, looking very lively.

Each group under SM has its own separate lounge, but near the opening, many people will choose to go to other acquaintances to hang out, or get together in the backstage hall to chat.

Chi Jingyuan had just finished styling, followed a few members out of the lounge, found a sofa next to him, and just sat down for a long time, he was blocked in front of him.

"Ah, you adapted my song like that?"

As soon as Kim Taeyeon walked to the hall, she swept her eyes and saw Ji Kyung-won, who was sitting next to her chatting with Kim Jun-mian, and rushed over directly with her legs.

She stood in front of her with angry eyes and looked a little annoyed, looking very angry, and Huang Meiying who followed next to her was lined up on both sides like subordinates, responding to Chi Jingyuan's greetings while watching the play with a smile.

Obviously, Kim Taeyeon is talking about the "Infinite Challenge Song Festival" broadcast yesterday, and after the first episode was broadcast, because of the interesting program flow and the strong and surprising guest lineup, the related entries quickly appeared on the hot search of many websites, among which the "If" stage performed by Ji Kyung-won masked even followed along.

Obviously, he estimated that the stage of the spoof was seen by the main owner, and he happened to be arrested at this time.

"Nuna, do you think I look like me?"

Chi Jingyuan didn't panic at all, first stood up and said hello to a few sisters, and then squinted his eyes, looking a little proud: "I went to watch a few live performances of your song, and I practiced in front of the mirror for a long time just for that singing......"

"Hahahaha......"

Huang Meiying and Cui Xiuying next to her laughed directly.

Cui Xiuying was the most lively, standing directly on the spot, with two feet one in front of the other, pretending to have a standing McCann in front of her and specially tidying it up, and finally put her very quintessential hands on her lower abdomen and stroked it, and opened her mouth to sing two sentences with an expression of devotion, and then finally couldn't help laughing, and complained ruthlessly: "Jingyuan looks like she has done her homework, and the pretentiousness of her singing this song, others really can't learn it." ”

"Hahaha......" The people next to him laughed even harder, especially Huang Meiying.

"Ah, be quiet!"

Kim Taeyeon couldn't hold her face a little, and turned her head and yelled fiercely, but unfortunately it seemed that no one cared about her captain's authority.

Seeing that this sister was a little unable to get off the stage because of the laughter of her own members, Ji Jingyuan still explained and comforted: "Actually, I didn't do it specifically, but because I was too nervous to sing Taeyeon Nuna's song, so I forgot my words." ”

This is a pure lake, how can there be a professional idol on the stage who forgets words for a long time, and the whole process is 'ahhh

However, Kim Taeyeon seemed to really believe it after hearing it, and looked at him with his head in his hands on his chest, and then nodded with a reserved expression: "Hmph...... So, I believe you! ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she couldn't hold back her laughter, and the special laughter of 'hohoho' rang out in her ears, and at the same time, she reached out and patted Ji Jingyuan's shoulder vigorously.

Obviously, this sister is not angry at all, and she estimates that because Chi Jingyuan sang her song in the variety show, it was not good to poke and poke secretly.

She simply sat down in the space next to the sofa, and while turning back and signaling Huang Meiying to take care of themselves, she smiled and chatted casually: "Why did you think of participating in the Unprovoked Song Festival?" ”

"Naturally, the program team sent an invitation to the company to pick it up, I remember that it was the last moment, and the first issue was recorded within two days of signing the contract."

"Do you want to go out tonight? The nightlife in Tokyo at night is really super exciting, especially hot." Huang Meiying pulled a stool across and sat down, although she was wearing a skirt, she still directly crossed her legs.

"I arrived in the neon early hours of this morning, I didn't have much rest, I guess I will stay in the hotel after today, I should go to bed early."

"Well, I knew it." Hwang Mi-young blinked and pouted at Kim Tae-yeon, looking like she had expected it a long time ago.

Laughing apologetically, Ji Jingyuan looked left and right, and asked with some curiosity, "Eh, why didn't you see Yun'er senior?" ”

"You're really a fan of her?" Sunny sneered with his hands on his chest, and then casually explained, "I called, do you want Yuna to sign your name when the meeting comes?" ”

"Well, no."

"Haha."

In addition to Chi Jingyuan, the rest of Girls' Generation and EXO are also relatively familiar, and the two groups of people gathered here to laugh and chat, and the atmosphere was very good, and after a while, a few members of SJ's side came from the side, and after seeing it, they immediately came over.

The people of SJ are different from the members of EXO, they make a lot of noise in comparison, they like to joke and make some physical jokes, and it makes it a lot more lively as soon as they come, and the sound of shouting and screaming has not stopped.

As the time of the performance approached, there were more and more people in the hall, and the more senior artists naturally chatted together, but there were also some people who looked extremely restrained, and they didn't even dare to sit down in the corner, and stood there very cramped, looking at the other smiling seniors in the hall, and seemed to be a little envious.

These people are the company trainees SM Rookies who also participated in SM Town, although there are several groups of male trainees who have not yet been made public, but the company basically knows that they are the new generation of boy groups that SM is going to launch next, and it is said that they will officially debut next year, and Li Xiuman has always been like the previous 'infinite expansion' plan will also be realized on them, so it seems that several teams will be launched in a row.

Originally, Red Velvet was going to use this 'wireless expansion' mode, but after joining the fifth member Jin Yilin this year, it was strongly resisted by fans, and the impact was very poor.

I don't know where the red velvet who debuted in Hucheng last year came from so many 'four-person old fans'.

Because of this, plus other reasons, SM stopped continuing to try this project on Laide Beibei, so Li Xiuman put all his expectations on this boy group that will debut next year, and the family concert will also bring them, three or four stages after a game, and usually send some members practice videos to the Internet, which can be said to be very important.

It's a pity that as trainees, the members of these preparatory boy groups don't seem to be very popular in this SM family at this time, especially the EXO people, even if they don't say anything, they obviously feel that they are not enthusiastic about them.

Although SM has been trying to advocate this kind of thing, but to be honest, it's actually quite ridiculous when there is a competitive relationship with each other, and it's okay to show it to the outside world, even if it really is, it's only a better private relationship, or when the status is relatively equal.

In terms of time, EXO was launched in 2012 four years after SHINEE's debut, and this new boy group will be launched next year, which is also four years apart from EXO, and it is normal to launch a new group in a cycle of four years.

However, now that XO is at its peak, no one wants to see a new debut boy group to take their place or grab their own resources.

For example, several members of Park Chanyeol complained about this new boy group several times in the dormitory, and there were some complaints in their tone, not only about the new boy group, but also for the company.

Chi Jingyuan is more open to this, but it may also be because he is not worried about his resources and popularity, so he has no fear, but in fact, he also understands the psychology of other members.

But to be honest, even if a new boy group debuts, if they want to reach the current point and position of EXO, it is really not something that can be done simply by working hard, or by the company and concentrating resources.

In this hall, these trainees seemed a little restrained, and when there was no camera shooting, there were not a few debuting artists who took the initiative to take care of them, until a few people from Red Velvet came over, Jin Yilin and Jiang Shiqi, who seemed to be more familiar with them, walked over and said hello with a smile, and stood there and chatted a few words.

It wasn't until the venue came to inform that the concert was ready to start that everyone got up to make final preparations.

SM has been deeply involved in the neon market for many years since BOA, and in the future, basically every generation of artist groups will try to develop the neon market after the popularity of the peninsula has stabilized, and has formed its own reputation and brand, so every time SM Town can attract a large number of audiences.

The venue of 50,000 people is full, and it looks quite shocking from the bottom, and there is still a very obvious difference from the venue of 10,000 or 20,000 people.

And although EXO has not officially debuted in Neon yet, its popularity here is already considerable.

The two songs "Roar" and "Wolf", as well as the new additions "Call Me Baby" and "Boy With Luv" this year, the stage of a total of four songs in the group can cause strong cheers and screams every time they appear.

That is, TVXQ's popularity and status in the neon market are unshakable, and looking at the enthusiasm and cheers of the audience, XO is not lost to several other predecessors who have been working here for many years, and even has some meaning.

In particular, "Boy With Luv", although it is the original Korean version, seems to be particularly popular with the audience, the sound of support and the overall atmosphere are obviously higher, and the neon audience at the scene is actually the same as the Peninsula Ellie, in the chorus part of the chorus began to sing the whole chorus, the extreme sound instantly overshadowed the impression, echoing throughout the venue, so that the performance on the stage Ji Jingyuan was shocked fiercely, and the dance almost went wrong.

The concert officially started on the stage of Ahn Qihyun and J-Min's collaboration, and ended more than two hours later in "Hope".

"It's dazzling."

"It's fascinating."

"Holding each other's hands."

All the participating artists returned to the stage after changing into pink 'SM Town' shirts and scattered to the corners of the huge stage, singing the classic closing song in chorus, generally waving to the audience.

EXO was also divided into several groups of people, Chi Jingyuan casually followed behind a few members, walking towards the sub-stage on the left, although holding the microphone but not singing a word, completely paddling and waving his hand to interact with the fans below, and interacting with Jin Junmian and a few people in front of him from time to time with a smile.

He looked left and right casually, and there were artists scattered everywhere on the entire stage, and in the opposite direction of them, a few people from FX and Red Velvet got together, Amber looked like an old man, hugging Jiang Shiqi and Jin Yilin in the jump, and Bae Joo-hyun was watching and laughing beside him.

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Ji Jingyuan walked to the edge of the stage, shaking his head gently to the music of "Hope", and glanced to the side with his peripheral vision, and found that the three members of Girls' Generation also coincidentally walked to their side and stopped at this time, and the one standing on the right side of Ji Jingyuan happened to be Lin Yun'er.

This sister is also the same pink family short-sleeved at this time, with blue denim ultra-shorts underneath, and a pair of thin long legs stepping on white board shoes, neatly looking pretty and slender.

The long black curly hair was tied in a side ponytail and put on the shoulder next to him, and he wore a pink and white headband on his head.

It's really the face of Girls' Generation, I haven't seen Chi Jingyuan for a while, I feel that this sister looks a lot younger, and she attracts the attention of the surroundings when she stops

As if sensing his gaze, Lin Yun'er also turned her head to look at it, and after glancing at Chi Jingyuan, the eyes that were smiling just now bent a lot, and the pair of lying silkworms under her eyes were extremely eye-catching, and at the same time, her eyes were very delicate, and at the same time, they also gave people a sense of closeness that was similar to coquettishness.

The two looked at each other and smiled, then turned back and continued to wave down, and then stayed here until the song "Hepo" came to an end, and everyone began to return to the main stage, standing in a neat line.

EXO regrouped, and Ji Jingyuan took the opportunity to stand at the very edge of the group, and coincidentally it happened to be Lin Yun'er next to him, as well as several sisters from Girls' Generation.

At the end of the concert, everyone standing in a row naturally held hands and bowed deeply to the bottom of the stage, and this time the SM Town family concert officially ended.

Dozens of artists lined up to go backstage, because there were too many people and it was crowded, so the speed of movement was very slow.

Walking very slowly, Chi Jingyuan swayed his steps, Zhou Ming's perfume smell and faint sweat smell mixed together and filled the surroundings, unexpectedly a little good.

"Why did Sunny Ernie say let me sign you?" At this time, Lin Yun'er, who had been walking in front of Chi Jingyuan, suddenly turned around, looked at him with flashing eyes and asked.

"Forehead ......"

Ji Jingyuan was immediately asked, the smile on his face froze for a second, and after a pause, he squeezed out a smile: "Ani, Sunny Nuna is joking." ”

"Yes."

Lin Yun'er laughed, her bright eyes looked a little playful, she nodded with a smile and didn't ask, took a step back and stood side by side with Chi Jingyuan, and chatted casually.

Although they haven't communicated much for a long time, and the two of them are not particularly familiar, Yun'er's predecessors don't seem to have any estrangement at all, and the tone and smile are very familiar, which makes people feel very comfortable, and they don't say goodbye to each other until they go backstage.

In other words, this sister is really not low, and wearing flat shoes is only a little shorter than Chi Jingyuan, who specializes in lowering his head.

After a short meeting after the concert, they each disbanded, and EXO found a Japanese restaurant together for a meal before returning to the hotel, and after a short repair, they began to discuss where to go for the night.

In the group, there are people like Ji Kyung-won and Kim Min-seok who don't like to run around, and there are also people like Park Chanyeol and Kim Jong-in who like to be lively.

Park Chanyeol said that it was recommended by a friend, and met a person with connections in the neon circle, and it is said that the other party has a lot of money, so he can introduce some artists from the neon side to know each other, and make an appointment to go out together at night.

However, Chi Jingyuan didn't go to a few people, he was indeed a little tired after not resting at night, and he was going to sleep casually playing with his mobile phone and watching TV.

After the members broke up, he returned to his hotel room, took a shower, and after taking a shower, he lay on the bedside and played with his mobile phone, swiping the news to kill time.

Suddenly, the screen went black, and the phone shook, and a call came in, and it was Jiang Shiqi calling.

"Young don't stuff young ......" Chi Jingyuan was directly connected and responded.

"Jingyuan, have you ever gone out, are you in the hotel?" Jiang Shiqi's familiar voice came from the phone, and it sounded like she was in a good mood.

"No, it's lying in the room." He glanced at the time and replied lazily.

"That's great!"

As soon as she heard it, she shouted in surprise, and there seemed to be other people's voices next to her, and it sounded a bit like Sun Shengwan.

"We're in the lounge area on the fifth floor of the hotel, do you want to come and have fun, we happen to be short of people."