"Brother, what did you just say to get out of the car? "Music Bank"? ”

Casually replied to a text message, Chi Jingyuan put away his phone and entered the work state, remembering what they said before answering the phone, and repeated it in a slightly surprised tone.

"Yes."

Park Jae-hyun nodded and confirmed, "SM has signed a contract for you to star in "signal", and is now negotiating the filming time with the crew, trying to stagger the filming of the TV series and the time of your activities as an EXO member. ”

Hearing this, Chi Jingyuan nodded, idol actors have this kind of problem, if the group is in a lot of schedules, when participating in TV series, they often have to take care of the main business of idol, and they can't devote themselves to crew work like a full-time actor, especially if they are TOP boy groups with a lot of work, such as EXO, he has to come to such a play every time he participates in a TV series.

Although SM will definitely reduce Ji Jingyuan's activities in the group due to the filming of the TV series, and some unimportant trips will directly make him absent, but there is still a lot of impact.

"Fortunately, it is not the first time that Kim Won-seok PD and we have cooperated, so there is no problem in talking...... However, after entering the filming of the TV series, it is now a bit too time-consuming to record once a week, and it takes a day to work as an MC for "Music Bank", and SM feels that the MC work will not help your career much. ”

"Although the ratings of each episode are close to 10% now, it is not very important compared to EXO, as well as the popularity and popularity of Jing Yuanling itself, on the contrary, the super high ratings of "Music Bank" are more brought from you and Irene...... So what SM means is that I want you to get off the show after you join the group for filming. ”

"Hmm......"

Ji Jingyuan listened carefully to Park Jae-hyun's words, nodded slightly in understanding when he heard the end, and then leaned back in his chair and laughed: "I can't say that it can't help at all, I feel that the work of this MC still brings me a lot of benefits." ”

"That's true, there is an appearance of a variety show with 10% ratings every week, and most of the audience is still coming for you two MCs, it has really brought a lot of exposure for such a long time, and it has improved your popularity and national popularity a lot, and it still has a lot ......of help for Jingyuan to be ranked first in this year's Peninsula Gallup male idol ranking summary."

"Of course, Irene Xi, as a member of the rookie girl group that debuted for one year, is also the only member of Red Velvet to make it to the Gallup female idol ranking, and also broke into the top 10, which has also received a lot of help." Park Jae-hyun didn't refute either, nodded and said with a smile.

The Gallup Ranking is a face-to-face survey conducted by the Gallup Research Agency on the Peninsula, conducted three times a year in July, September, and November, and will arrange various lists and conduct surveys, and it is one of the most valuable and credible in various rankings such as popularity and popularity.

Bae Joo-hyun's ability to directly enter the top 10 of Gallup a year after her debut is already a great achievement, and her personal fame in Red Velvet far exceeds that of the other four members, compared to the help brought by Ryder Bebe's two returns this year, in fact, in terms of increased popularity, the position of "Music Bank" MC may play a greater role.

"Sort of, mutual achievement?" Ji Jingyuan looked at his agent and blinked.

"Hehe, that's right."

Park Jae-hyun was the same, and the two laughed together.

But after laughing, Ji Jingyuan fell into thought and quieted down.

Speaking of which, at that time, I took over the position of fixed MC of "Music Bank", most of the reasons actually came from the object of my partner, and I didn't think about it for long at the time, and the initial expectation was half a year, and most of the time was about the same.

It's just that......

Although he knew that what Park Jae-hyun and SM said was quite reasonable, Ji Jingyuan didn't respond directly, and asked out loud after a while, "Then if I get out of the car, what's the situation on Irene's side?" ”

"Hehe, I specifically asked the SM side ......"

Park Jae-hyun laughed when he heard this, and seemed to be proud of his early preparation: "According to normal circumstances, after one of the two fixed MCs gets off the bus early, they will urgently find a temporary MC to substitute for the shift, and then choose a new fixed MC combination after the other fixed MC contract ends and also gets off." ”

"However, Jingyuan, you and Irene xi's situation is more special, your hosting style is very special, the CP-themed hosting style, the tacit partnership between the two of you has attracted a lot of fixed viewers and fans, so the ratings of "Music Bank" are so high......

But in the hearts of the audience, this kind of CP is bound, once one of them is replaced, the previous heart-warming sweetness is gone, and changing a partner to forcibly host will even cause the audience's disgust and anger to have the opposite effect, and Irene xi may not be willing to ...... So if you get off the bus, SM should discuss with the "Music Bank" program team and let Irene xi get off early. ”

“……”

Hearing this brother's words, he nodded knowingly.

From May to now, nearly six or seven months have passed, and "Music Bank" has also gone from a singing show with average ratings and not very eye-catching, to the myth that he and Bae Joo-hyun, the MC partner, have achieved a rating of nearly 10% in every episode, making "Music Bank" a little unique in all singing programs.

And the weekly program recording is actually quite happy, in Chi Jingyuan's view, this case is not so much work, but a relaxation in a busy week, every time I sit on the sofa in the MC lounge, while playing with my mobile phone, while listening to the sweet voice, smelling the fragrant smell coming from the side, in fact, I enjoy it.

At this time, he suddenly mentioned getting out of the car, and he was really not used to it for a while.

Moreover, what SM cares about the most, as a bonus to the popularity and exposure brought by the MC, is not the highest weight on Chi Jingyuan's side.

Because he didn't come for this in the first place......

"Then, Kyungwon, what do you think......" After a moment of silence, Park Jae-hyun asked.

"I shouldn't be so busy when I first join the group......

Following the thought in his heart, Chi Jingyuan raised his head and exhaled: "It's only been six months, and it's a bit too ugly to get off the bus in just half a year, so let's not get off for the time being, and wait until the TV series is broadcast, let's talk about it after it's really busy." ”

"OK, I'll talk to you."

Park Jae-hyun nodded quickly, without any intention of persuasion, and quickly wrote twice on the information with a pen.

Judging by his expression, it seems that this brother had expected it before.

Chi Jingyuan saw it, but he didn't think there was anything wrong, and the one who knew most about his private affairs should be this brother as a personal agent.

Then he said a few more things, this Ji Jingyuan personal team meeting can be regarded as the end of this, and the atmosphere has become a lot more relaxed, Park Jae-hyun smiled while sorting out the documents and chatting with a few assistants next to him, and Ji Jingyuan, who made the decision not to get off the car for the time being, inexplicably felt a lot more relaxed, crossed Erlang's legs and took out his mobile phone, and Zhou Ziyu's reply was sent very early.

"Why do you say that, I know that...... Thank you, thank you. ”

"Huh."

Seeing that this little girl was a little awkward and a little shy to thank her, Chi Jingyuan tilted his head and chuckled, tapping the screen casually:

"Alright, got it."

……

Although he decided not to get off the bus for the time being, Ji Jingyuan was directly absent from this issue, that is, the recording of "Music Bank" on the 13th, and he flew to Neon Osaka with the EXO group on the 12th to start preparing for the Osaka Dome concert in the next three days.

Speaking of which, he has been absent from the recording of many episodes of the program because of his personal and team schedules, although the "Music Bank" program team has no opinions, but to be honest, there will still be some negative effects after a bit of absence, and it's no wonder that the team that runs EXO on the SM side is starting to look down on this case.

As a brokerage company, as well as the operation of the idol group, naturally everything has to be considered in terms of popularity and revenue, and the position will also change with the increase in popularity and level of EXO and Ji Jingyuan, at that time, I thought that the fixed MC could bring a lot of publicity and exposure to EXO, and could achieve a certain effect in the head-to-head competition with bigbang, but now with XO reaching the top, SM is anxious to let Ji Jingyuan get off the bus.

It was the same before, at the beginning of 13, when EXO was not popular, SM and JYP were very serious and attentive when discussing the cooperation of the temporary combination of Yuan &suzy, thinking that they could take advantage of each other's popularity. As a result, in the second half of the year, after "Roar" exploded and EXO soared, SM became a little casual when discussing this temporary combination.

Although it is a bit pretentious, it is normal for the company and the real entertainment industry.

It's a pity that Chi Jingyuan is a little different from their ideas and pursuits.

And this time the appearance of his face caused a lot of sensation on the Internet, this is the first time that Chi Jingyuan appeared in front of the public after cutting his short hair, he did not wear a hat when he entered and exited the airport to show the airport fashion, nor did he wear a mask, as soon as he showed his face, he was frantically photographed by the waiting reporters and the surrounding fans and mobile phones, and the eyes of the flash light were a little unable to open.

So before he could board the plane, while waiting in the departure room, Al Jazeera already had a press release with freshly released photos on the Internet.

Although short-haired male idols are very rare in the music industry, it is not without precedent before, some boy groups have used this as the main theme to attract gimmicks, and some groups even have bald male idols.

However, the influence of these groups is not comparable to EXO and Chi Jingyuan at all, and the combined number of fans is estimated to be less than one-tenth of Aili's, so naturally there is no big response, but this time Ji Jingyuan has attracted the attention of many passers-by and fans in a short period of time because of the short hair style that is completely different from before.

"Omo, why is Oba's hair so short? Is something wrong? ”

"Why did Yuan suddenly cut her hair short? What is it? New fashion? ”

"SM didn't make an announcement, but I think it should be because of the role needs of the new TV series, otherwise why would an idol suddenly cut his hair, the company wouldn't allow it...... But then again, I think Yuan is super handsome, I didn't feel much about him before, but today I got it instantly. ”

Looking forward to Chi Jingyuan's new drama, it's been a year since the end of "Unborn", and we, the fans of the drama, have waited for so long, he finally remembered that he is still an actor, and he is really looking forward to it...... Does anyone know what the new drama is, and is there anyone else who broke the news? ”

Because of the agreement with the crew and the matching and publicity, SM has not announced the news of Ji Jingyuan's participation in "Signal", but these senior fans are all human spirits, and they almost guessed that Ji Jingyuan was about to star in a new drama at a glance, and they discussed it on the Internet, although "Signal" has not yet been made public, but it has brought considerable heat.

At the same time, Chi Jingyuan's hairstyle close to Mao Cun has also received a lot of praise, and in the entire EXO airport photo, he is the most conspicuous, and you can feel the difference in temperament at a glance, and even because of his style of styling, he has attracted a wave of fans is something that Chi Jingyuan did not expect.

Starting on the 13th and ending on the 15th, the three-day Osaka Dome concert was a complete success, and with the end of the last day of the performance, it can be regarded as a perfect end to EXO's debut in Neon and the half-month event.

Each of the six Dome concerts was nearly full, mobilizing more than 300,000 spectators.

Peninsula artists who can hold concerts in a venue like the Dome are still fully loaded, let alone a few shows in a short period of time, and now SM is almost only the senior TVXQ can easily do it, and even SJ is a little worse. And looking at the entire music industry, there is only BIGBANG.

As for the girl group, it has been a long time since they were able to open a show at the Dome, but it is still a little difficult to open a Dome tour.

Among them, the youngest and youngest EXO also achieved this achievement, and this is still because their focus is clearly not on neon.

It can only be said that the amazing popularity of XO, a peninsula group, on the neon side can be interpreted from any angle.

……

Returning from Neon with dazzling results, EXO was immediately pulled to the set up studio to start filming the MV for this winter special "sing for you".

Originally, it was actually set up before, but because of the activities on the neon side, the shooting has been postponed, and it is only now that the large group has time to catch up on the shooting.

Fortunately, if the MV is fast enough, it will be almost done in half a day.

It's just that the situation at this time seems to be a little bit unsmooth.

"Hahaha, oops, no, no, no."

“cut！”

"Don't laugh!"

Looking at the filming that stopped because several members laughed, and the helpless shouting after the director shouted to stop, Ji Jingyuan, who was sitting on the side, also laughed together.

The music video for this song shows a lot of interactive shots of EXO members facing each other facing each other, staring at each other, and some scenes of two people fighting, pushing, and angrily holding each other's collars and yelling.

That kind of face-to-face, pretending to be angry and pompous yelling, and then looking at the familiar face of the other person, that kind of absurdity and funny feeling really makes people laugh.

Although "Sing For You" is a very sad song that makes people feel sad and lonely when they listen to it, its MV is extremely easy to shoot, and the laughter has hardly stopped since the start of filming.

In particular, you can also enjoy the wonderful scene of Wu Shixun wearing a thick spacesuit and being hung in the air by Weiya, hanging for thirty or forty minutes, fluttering his limbs in the air, like a frog swimming in the water, it is hard not to make people laugh.

Not a professional actor can't help it at all.

This is the first MV shot by Ji Jingyuan after cutting his hair short, although his hairstyle is very energetic, but in order to conform to the style of this song, under the operation of Cody, his hair still looks longer, and it is no longer as eye-catching as the airport a few days ago.

Sister Cody in the entertainment industry is indeed powerful, Li Zhien's kind of long hair can be easily turned into short hair, let alone his short hair turned into long hair.

However, this MV Ji Jingyuan is not the protagonist, and there are not many scenes, so he can watch the excitement from the side for a long time, and his smile has hardly been broken since the start of filming.

It took one day to shoot the MV, and after eating, EXO returned to the company's practice room in the evening.

"We at XO have already confirmed that we will be attending this year's MAMA Awards on December 2nd, and you are all familiar with it several times, so I won't go into some details about what you need to pay attention to."

In the practice room, EXO members formed a circle, and the agent Lee Seung-hwan stood with several familiar dance teachers, explaining to them the most important itinerary for the next step:

"MAMA organizers have great expectations for us, a total of nearly five songs have been given time to perform, the company has confirmed the performance repertoire after consideration, in addition to the title song of "call me baby" and "boy with luv", there are also "drop that" and "LIGHTSABER" as the middle connection, the specific performance content, choreography, and process have also been done, wait a moment you will follow the teacher to learn, and then start practicing......"

"Brother, have any awards been decided?" Hearing this, Park Chanyeol waved his hand and asked loudly,

Although he was interrupted, Lee Seung-hwan was not annoyed and was obviously in a good mood, he glared at Park Chanyeol, and then laughed again: "The awards determined by the organizers and our private communication are all small awards, 'best look' and the like, and there is still a voting award still voting, but at present, we have a great advantage......"

"This year is a year of harvest for us, and the results of the year are the result of the efforts of the company and everyone, so we must match the final award on the stage, practice carefully, don't be embarrassed when the time comes, and know that BIGBANG will also go to ......

"If we go, we will be looking for big prizes, and BIGBANG and YG will definitely be too."

Lee Seung-hwan put away his previous smile and explained it seriously, and finally clapped his hands: "It's been three years since I debuted and I'm a senior, I won't say much, let's start, fighting!" ”

“fighting！”

After saying that, the agent left the lounge and withdrew, and EXO began to practice with the dance teacher on the MAMA stage this time.

Although the dance of several title songs has not changed, the stage of this more important large-scale evening will add new choreography or interaction in the middle for the stage effect.

But after all, the content is not much, and it is not very difficult to practice.

After jumping for more than an hour, it was time to take a break, Chi Jingyuan took out a drink from the refrigerator and distributed it to the others who didn't go to the bathroom, then returned to his place and sat cross-legged, panting and taking a few sips, and then took out his mobile phone.

"Huh?"

A text message tagged with the name of the famous Jing Nan caught his attention.

(End of chapter)