"I may also make my debut as an actor."

"Huh?" Hearing her say this made Ji Jingyuan stunned, it was the first time he knew the news, and he looked at Pei Zhuhyun in surprise: "Are you going to film?" When will you take the role? Which TV station's? ”

"It's not a TV drama, it's an online drama, and when the time comes, it's going to be broadcast on Naver TV."

Bae Joo-hyun shook her head slightly, and her eyes raised to make a reminiscence: "It's called "Female Employees of a Game Company", and I heard that it is based on a webtoon. ”

When she hugged Chi Jingyuan, she raised her head, raised her eyes again, and gently pulled her mouth, looking like the whole person was full of cuteness.

Chi Jingyuan was still very interested in the news that his daughter-in-law was going to film, but he delayed a little after hearing that it was an online drama.

There are many idol groups in the Peninsula song industry who want to film but can't find a way to receive resources, and being able to act is of course good for idols, but at present, the mainstream of the Peninsula film and television industry is still the repertoire of TV stations, whether it is cable or wireless TV stations, online dramas are just emerging, not many people are paying attention, and the quality of the shooting is also uneven, many of them have a bit of shoddy taste.

He thought for a few seconds before asking, "Online drama? Is it the role that the company took the initiative to find for you? When do you start shooting? ”

"It was the crew who took the initiative to find the company and propose that I star, it seems that some time ago...... The company is still thinking about it and isn't sure yet, but I think it's a good opportunity to give it a try......"

explained in detail to the man, and was about to say it again when the mobile phone in her pocket suddenly vibrate, she shrank her neck in fright, and then quickly took out her mobile phone and took a look, and then said in a little anxious:

"After Katsu, I told me to go back, and I'm about to go to the TV station......

She spoke quickly and looked a little anxious, and after finishing speaking, she looked up at Chi Jingyuan, blinked her eyes, stood on tiptoe and kissed the man's face gently, leaving a sentence, "I'll go first, I'll talk about it later." ”

"Hmm.

After seeing Chi Jingyuan nodding with a smile, she pulled her hair and trotted out.

After waiting for a while, Ji Jingyuan also walked out, and followed upstairs back to the practice room in the same route, Red Velvet was going to run a trip, and they had a lot of things to do later.

After saying a few words to the members who were playing mobile phone chats in the practice room, everyone went upstairs with the agent for a meeting, and today I want to talk about the MV of the precursor song "fire", as well as the preparation progress of several other songs on the album.

EXO started the song "fire" relatively late, and at the beginning they focused on "monster" in their practice and preparation, and the choreography was not done well before, and they only started to intensify their practice after changing the project to turn "fire" into the title song, which was much later than twice had to prepare for "cheer up".

But now it seems that the progress is even faster than twice, the dance of "fire" is much more difficult than "cheer up", but the MV is filmed first, it can only be said that EXO has recently spent the rest of his time preparing songs except for some team activities, and in addition to practicing the new album, twice has to do what live broadcasts, group comprehensives, and special stages, listening to Zhou Ziyu complaining that they can only rest for four or five hours a day now.

It's just a newcomer who is not in the return period, but it looks busier than EXO, and it really lives up to the meaning of the group's name 'twice'.

"The filming venue required for the MV has been rented, and now all the settings and backgrounds are being built, and the specific content has been sent to you, and the shooting will officially start after the Lotte concert on the 1st of next month, and the shooting time is expected to be three days, and the director in charge of shooting the two MVs is Kim Junkui PD, and his shooting team......"

After all the expirations, the manager Lee Seung-hwan and the head of the record department began to talk about the process of shooting the MV this time, and also introduced the director who will be in charge of the shooting.

Director Kim Jun-kyu and his team are a photography team that SM often works with, and they have worked with EXO several times before, and he was responsible for shooting last year's "Call Me Baby" and "Spring Day", and this year's regular three albums, the MVs for "fire" and "Monster" will also be handed over to him.

They are already familiar with each other, and in the face of the EXO members' salute, Kim Junkui smiled and waved his hand.

"There will be a lot of flames and burning shots in the MV of "Fire" this time, and most of them are shot in real action, and a small part is used with computer special effects......"

"At the same time, according to the choreography and the setting of the MV content, 36 backup dancers and 270 extras will be used throughout the whole process, and the personnel used can be said to be the most MV of all songs in the past few years, and the company has also invested a lot of energy in this first song......" Lee Seung-hwan read according to the information, and then looked at Kim Junmian who was sitting next to him: "You have been practicing with the backup dancers for several days, how are you practicing now?" ”

"It's a tacit understanding, the buddies are very good, there's no problem." Jin Junmian nodded in response.

"That's okay, pay attention to the two days and practice together, because of the large number of people during the actual shooting, it is difficult to coordinate, Kim Junkui PD means that it is best to complete it at one time......"

After a general explanation, Lee Seung-hwan finally glanced at the nine EXO people again, and said with a serious face: "The so-called live shooting of the flame lens is to really ignite the fire in the venue, although we will do a good job of protection and fire protection measures, but you still must pay attention to safety, don't run over to play with fire, understand?" Kyungwon, Chanyeol? ”

"Inner ......" Everyone responded, and Ji Jingyuan, who was named, glanced at Li Chenghuan suspiciously, and nodded hurriedly after seeing the other party's serious eyes, but he felt a little innocent in his heart.

Am I a naïve kid who likes to play with fire in your heart?

The production meeting of the MV lasted for more than two hours, and after it was over, Ji Kyung-won was just about to follow the members back to the practice room and practice with the backup dancers when he received a call from Park Jae-hyun and went to his office.

Park Jae-hyun is Ji Jingyuan's personal agent, but he does not belong to EXO's agent team, and is only responsible for Ji Jingyuan alone, which is somewhat independent.

The company has no opinion on this, in addition to his special background, it is also because the revenue brought by Ji Jingyuan, a TOP member of the team, is not lost to the EXO group, and he personally needs to contact a lot of itineraries and business, and SM also specially assigned several assistants to Park Jae-hyun.

"Got the script again? And so much? ”

Getting along with Park Jae-hyun is naturally a lot more casual, and after a two-hour meeting, he felt a little tired, Ji Jingyuan lay down on the sofa after arriving at his office, first took the drink handed by Park Jae-hyun and took a sip, and then saw the pile of drama documents he brought over, and took it after a sigh, and at the same time complained slightly.

"This "Signal" is so popular, Jingyuan, your popularity is so high, an actor with your own popularity is needed by any crew, and through this "Signal", your acting skills have been widely recognized by the public and the industry, and there is a problem if no one looks for you."

Park Jae-hyun sat opposite him after handing him the script, and said with a smile: "The invitations for advertisements alone are almost full, and some brands that do not meet your image are not considered at all now, and these scripts are also left after screening, and those who have problems with character settings or scenes have passed the SM level, because Jing Yuan said that you still want to make a drama this year, so they are quite serious." ”

"But it's still a bit of a pity, you didn't star in "Descendants of the Sun" last year, this drama is really crazy now, in addition to the peninsula itself, it is very popular in Asia, especially in the Xia country......"

Saying that, Park Jae-hyun remembered the news he heard in the circle recently, as well as the envy and sour words of many friends for Song Joong Ki's agency, and said with some regret: "Although "Signal" is very popular, the setting of the three protagonists makes the dividends a little too much, and in the end, it is a suspense drama, which is still much worse than idol dramas with high natural popularity and many female audiences......"

Park Jae-hyun seems to understand very well, and he didn't say that "Descendants of the Sun" is a military theme they promote, so it was directly classified as an idol drama.

"It's actually very good to be able to play "Signal", I'm quite satisfied with this drama......" Ji Jingyuan looked indifferent: "If I really played "The Queen Mother", then it would be me who is rumored to be in love with Song Hye Kyo now...... Forget it. ”

"Ghosts...... Isn't this the drama that writer Kim Eun-sook said? Casting started so early, and "Descendants of the Sun" isn't over yet, right? Open a script placed on the top, and after seeing the goal of the play, Chi Jingyuan reacted, and asked curiously while flipping through it.

He had heard of this drama, and Kim Eun-sook had specifically talked to him about it during the casting of "Descendants of the Sun" before, and he had mentioned it a few times later.

"The script of this drama was completed very early, and I heard that it was earlier than "Descendants of the Sun"." Park Jae-hyun seems to have understood it for a long time, and he explained it very skillfully:

"Although "Descendants of the Sun" has not finished broadcasting, it has already been filmed, so the casting of this drama has also begun, but the filming time is still early, and it is expected to be at the end of the year...... This kind of script, production company, writer, and even director are all heavyweight actors in the Peninsula industry, so many of them start casting very early. ”

"I didn't specify which character it was...... And this protagonist, why is there a parenthesis after the setting of 35 years old that says 25 years old? After knowing that it was Kim Eun-sook's script, Ji Kyung-won cheered up and looked at it, and found the problem without looking at it twice, and pointed to it and looked up and asked strangely.

"Didn't writer Kim Eun-sook tell you?" Park Jae-hyun also looked at Ji Kyung-won with strange eyes:

"When the script was sent, the other party specifically mentioned it, saying that it was written by Kim Eun-sook that the script had been slightly modified, and the original appearance of the protagonist was 35 years old, but if you played it in the end, it would be changed to 25 years old...... If you don't play it, you will follow the original script, without specifying which role it is, because the other party thinks that the two starring roles are quite suitable for you, and maybe the production company doesn't like to change the script very much, but I know that the family wants you to participate, so there are some meanings for you to play the second male......"

“…… Writer Kim Eun-sook may have told you privately about this drama before, and perhaps gave some promises...... But the casting of a drama is not up to the writer alone, and "Descendants of the Sun" is so popular now, the competition for the role of "Ghost" must be very fierce, so ......" Park Jae-hyun said no, and the meaning is obvious.

Ji Jingyuan also shrugged his shoulders and said that he understood that although he had a good relationship with Kim Eun-sook, because the other party in "The Inheritors" was also very optimistic about him, this promise could not be taken completely seriously, you don't know if the other party said polite words again, so if you want to act, you mainly have to fight for yourself and the company.

“……”

After reading the character settings and scripts of "Ghosts" for a while, Ji Jingyuan opened the next few scripts, looked at the titles and read silently: "The Legend of the Blue Sea", "THE K2" ......"

Park Jae-hyun sat next to him, took a sip of water, and introduced him with a smile, ""The Legend of the Blue Sea" is the second shot of the writer Park Ji-eun after the two dramas "You from the Star" and "The Producer", and I heard that Jun Ji-hyun has been confirmed as the heroine, and it is also a drama with great fire potential......"

"THE K2 is one of tvN's masterpieces in the second half of the year, and the setting of the male protagonist is very interesting...... And I heard that the crew not only sent an invitation to SM, but also sent an audition invitation for the heroine in addition to Jing Yuan. ”

"Who?" Hearing that the other party was selling Guanzi, Ji Jingyuan frowned and looked at him and asked, after seeing Park Jae-hyun's eyes and raising an eyebrow, he immediately understood, and asked tentatively, "Yun'er senior?" ”

"Inside, Lin Yun'er from Girls' Generation." Park Jae-hyun laughed, nodded, and didn't wait for Ji Jingyuan to close the script, and then followed: "But I heard that I have already refused, it seems that I want to make a mainland TV series." ”

"Yun'er's predecessors seem to have decided to develop in the mainland, and this drama is ...... one after another"

Watching Ji Jingyuan close the script halfway and open it again, listening to the sigh in his mouth, Park Jae-hyun couldn't help laughing again, shook his head and said: "There are still a few scripts, some are role invitations and some are audition invitations, but none of them started filming recently, and basically they only joined the group in the second half of the year or even at the end of the year...... After all, you've been focusing on group albums lately, and "Signal" has just ended......"

"There's still a lot of time, you don't need to make a decision in the near future, you can take it back and take a good look......"

"yes, I see."

Chi Jingyuan nodded in response, lowered his head and roughly browsed the basic settings of several scripts, looked at it and suddenly remembered something, and looked at his agent and explained: "By the way, brother, you can help me see how about the invitation to the Irene web drama, and then see if there is a suitable ...... recently"

He paused halfway through his speech, muttered for a few seconds, and then exhaled: "Forget it, let's look at this first." ”

"Okay."

……

On March 29th, Bae Joo-hyun was really busy from morning to night, and did not hold any birthday live broadcasts, birthday parties or the like, but Ji Jingyuan received a selfie from Bae Joo-hyun in the early morning of the 30th, she should have just returned to the dormitory from work, in the photo, holding a bowl of kelp soup presumably cooked for her by a member of Red Velvet, smiling at the camera and pouting.

It can be seen that although the schedule is very busy and there are no celebrations, she should be quite happy.

Fast forward a few days to April, and EXO began filming the music video for "fire" immediately after Lotte's 'EXO's secret night' concert.

April 3rd, the second day of the filming of the MV for "Fire...... By the way, it is also the day of the premiere of "Martial God Zhao Zilong".

"I ...... Don't need to wipe something? ”

Chi Jingyuan looked at an extra actor in front of him who was playing with him, this actor was wearing a black cloak coat at this time, surrounded by the staff, holding a brush and carefully applying various protective agents on his clothes, but he was empty-handed and had nothing, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

The MV has been filmed for more than two days, because there are a lot of flame-burning shots, and the whole process is rotated according to the venue, because there are many extras and backup dancers, they shoot the second half of the film, and only today did they start shooting.

The setting of the opening scene is that Chi Jingyuan and a man in black face to face and then shake hands with each other, at the moment of shaking hands, the man in black suddenly burst into flames all over his body, and then he looked at each other, and said very handsomely, 'It's burning', which is used as the beginning of the introduction.

It's just easy to say, but it's scary to shoot, because they didn't shoot this shot with special effects, but really ignited it directly on people.

After a rehearsal just now, Chi Jingyuan looked at the actor who shook hands with him 'swoop' all over his body, and he was instantly ignited from top to bottom, feeling hairy in his heart, for fear that the other party would cry out and be burned in front of him in the next second, and then the fire spread to himself.

Although he took protective measures and applied protectants, but under the immersion, the hot temperature came and the burning skin felt hot, so he hesitated for a moment and proposed whether to apply some protectants or something to himself.

"No, don't worry."

The technician next to him smiled and waved his hand: "Nanxian's clothes have been treated, the sleeves can't burn, and the fire won't burn along the clothes." ”

"Okay, then."

Chi Jingyuan nodded slightly, glanced at the six or seven staff members holding fire extinguishers waiting next to him, and reluctantly accepted the other party's explanation.

After everything was ready, with PD Kim Junkyu's order, today's filming officially began.

“action！”

Ji Jingyuan, dressed in short black hair and light-colored summer clothes, looked at a man in black who was covered in a black hooded coat, and shook hands with each other after approaching.

"Huh." The man in black was ignited in an instant, a fire broke out all over his body, and the blazing temperature was on fire, and Chi Jingyuan clearly felt the actor's hand tremble.

It turns out that he is also nervous.

He faced the raging fire man in front of him, forcibly calmed himself, and according to the steps of the drill just now, he tilted his head slightly to look at the other party, and then suddenly laughed out with a little ruffian: "It's burning." ”

"Cards! Very good! ”

As soon as PD's voice appeared, Chi Jingyuan immediately took a few steps back away from the burning man, and the next second the staff next to him rushed over, holding a flamethrower and spraying frantically at the burning man, although it didn't spray himself, but the swirling white smoke still made Chi Jingyuan feel a heartfelt sense of security.

I knew this song wasn't called "Fire".

In EXO's MV shooting, when playing with fire from morning to night, at the same time, red velvet also ended the singing activity of "July 7th" on April 3rd, and it has been playing for a total of two weeks since returning on March 17th, which is much lower than the usual January singing period of idol groups, although it is actually good to get a total of five places with the title song of the lyric, but it can also be seen from such a short singing time that SM is not optimistic about their results.

This time, the return of "The Velvet" and "July 7th" will, to a certain extent, confirm the positioning of the concept group of Red Velvet in disguise, after all, no girl group will make this kind of trick in the rising period, they don't have a concept of whom.

Although compared with the last return, not only has it not improved but also regressed a lot, compared to Gfriend, which has become popular by relying on hot songs, MAMAMOO two groups, they can't help but fall behind a little in the competition of the new generation of girl groups, but Bae Joo-hyun They got not all bad news, through this return unexpectedly made red velvet fans inexplicably become very firm and loyal, although the results and evaluations made people cry, but they abused a large number of die-hard fans, It actually played a strange role in consolidating popularity.

When Chi Jingyuan was watching the news, he saw a strong message on the Internet from a fan of Red Velvet: "We have our own concept and persistence, give up blindly chasing, and achieve our own uniqueness!" ”

That's great!

Although it is not surprising, the next time Red Velvet is killed, he will not use the lyric as the main score......

After the song, Bae Joo-hyun and they started the whole peninsula-wide signing itinerary under the company's arrangement, starting from Seoul, Daejeon, Daegu, Ulsan, Busan, Jeonju and then returning to Seoul, and will do a surprise live broadcast in each place to interact with fans.

Ji Kyung-won also happened to see the live broadcast of Red Velvet in Gwangju during the break in the MV shooting, and after clicking in, he found that Bae Joo-hyun and several people were apologizing to fans, because due to the heavy rain in Gwangju, the original public signing was temporarily changed to private, and the venue was also changed.

However, Ji Jingyuan's focus is not on this, but on a blue jacket with a black lining, and Bae Joo-hyun, who is tied with her hair, is dressed very beautifully today, and she has the feeling of a mature royal sister.

When I played the video at night, Chi Jingyuan casually mentioned it and praised it, the young lady was happy for a while, and then immediately understood what Chi Jingyuan meant, and then threw a coquettish white eye.

The busy and heavy work, that is, when she finds time to chat with her boyfriend, makes her feel most relaxed.

While everyone was busy and working hard for their own careers, soon a week passed, and after EXO, it was the turn of another group to shoot the MV.