Chapter 62: Battle Damage

I watched the boring show for more than an hour before Bae Joo-hyun woke up, and Ji Jingyuan didn't leave directly, he stayed in the dormitory of Red Velvet for an afternoon, and it wasn't until it was almost time for dinner that he reluctantly said goodbye and left, and by the way, he took away the garbage and lunch boxes left just now.

Bae Joo-hyun's cold is quite serious, and it is estimated that he will have to lie in bed for two days, but he was indeed too stressed and a little too tired some time ago, and it is good to have a good rest after the return period is over.

After saying goodbye to his daughter-in-law, Chi Jingyuan also rushed back to the company and devoted himself to his work.

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"Oh, this makeup is really nice, brother, you're so handsome now." Park Chanyeol looked at Kim Junmian and sighed sincerely.

"Is there one?" Brushing his bangs in the mirror, Jin Junmian responded to this compliment with a smile, and immediately exchanged courtesies: "Your red hair is also super sense." ”

"I love this look, I feel like I've ever been the most handsome."

Today is the day of filming the MV for the title song "Monster", and several members of the beauty salon who have finished styling look in the mirror for a while, and then get together to discuss the look of this album excitedly.

Ji Jingyuan looked in the mirror and raised an eyebrow a little narcissistically.

There is a big difference between him in the mirror and his appearance in private, the short broken hair has been carefully trimmed by Cody to look layered, and the hair in front of his forehead is lifted to the side leaving only a little bit of bangs as an embellishment, but the black hair of the primary color is not boring and ordinary at this time, but it is more and more profound.

The very light black eyeliner around the eyes is just right, and the eyes that used to smile have become much colder at this time, which has greatly changed the style of Chi Jingyuan.

The highlight is that there is a dark red scar on the side of the bridge of the nose that continues to the bottom of the eyelid, which looks as if it has just been slashed in a fierce battle, and the finishing touch is like a strong impact on the whole person.

In order to match the ultimate style of the title song "monster", which is biased towards dark and strong, SM's stylists showed their high poles in this return, far exceeding the professional level and literacy of some peers, in addition to putting a lot of effort into eye makeup and eyeliner according to the different eye shapes and temperaments of different members, they also deliberately quoted the concept and makeup of 'battle damage makeup', which rarely appears in Kpop.

The so-called war-damaged makeup is the use of makeup to make the face look wounded, creating a sense of broken fragility and impact.

This kind of makeup is really perfectly combined with the style of "Monster" and the MV plot, and as soon as Ji Jingyuan, the first to finish putting on makeup, stood up and directly became the focus of the entire beauty room.

"Fire" is a precursor song after all, and although everyone's appearance in the MV has been changed, there are no too prominent features, and everyone didn't have a very special feeling at the time, but as soon as the shape of "Monster" came out today, several members felt very amazing.

Not only do they feel amazing, they also feel amazing.

The same is true for Chi Jingyuan, he also thinks that the styling style of this regular three episodes is really distinctive, in terms of appearance alone, he thinks it is even more handsome than the soot head that was very popular with fans during last year's "Call Me Baby", mainly because the dark style of this transformation is really attractive with the scar on his face.

Not only him, but Ji Jingyuan looked left and right at the other members next to him, and even some of the members who had not been known for their appearance all along.

According to the reactions around it, it can be seen that the appearance of "monster" after the transformation this time can be regarded as the peak makeup after EXO's debut, even surpassing the classic school uniform of "Roar" and last year's "Call Me Baby".

"Okay, okay, hurry up and prepare after the styling, it's estimated that the shooting will be late today......"

"Late? What about Sehoon's birthday? ”

"Of course, you have to celebrate it all night......"

didn't give them enough time to stink, and at the urging of his agent, EXO left the beauty salon with a new look.

Today happens to be Oh Se-hoon's birthday, and the members of EXO have already discussed that they will have a dinner together in the evening to celebrate him, and Ji Jingyuan, who is a deceased and roommate of the same year, has even sent birthday wishes and a gift to buy as soon as it is just after 0:00 today.

Unlike other members, or some young men who don't care much about birthdays, Oh Se-hoon is a person who attaches great importance to birthdays and has a sense of ceremony.

Not only your own, but also other people's.

He has a good habit of remembering the birthdays of everyone around him, whether it is with his brain or with a mobile phone memo, anyway, including the members of EXO and all the friends he knows about everyone's birthday, and then sends his wishes as soon as they are on their birthday.

Sometimes it makes others a little unaccustomed, but after the embarrassment, this kind of mind makes people feel good.

However, Chi Jingyuan knew that this person would secretly remember all the names of those who did not return the gift on his birthday or send blessings.

Of course, the members of EXO have been blessed like this, and after a long time, they are naturally a little moved, so when he celebrates his birthday, everyone else also attaches great importance to it.

"Ready to start, the MV of the title song, such a handsome look, be serious, and finish early."

β€œfighting!”

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The song "cheer up" is almost finished after the MV is completed, and the rest of the album has nothing to do with Ji Jingyuan, that is, when the MV is finished in the later stage, or after the album is finished, he may go to see how the quality of the finished product is, so he doesn't have to run to JYP anymore recently.

However, twice was not in Seoul for the past two days, and they participated in this year's "M! countdown's KCON in Japan concert has gone neon, and although they don't know anyone in Neon now, they can rub off on the popularity of the company's predecessor group 2PM, which is very popular over there.

Because EXO is now very popular in Neon, in fact, the organizer of this concert also sent SM an invitation to perform, but although Ji Jingyuan is actually quite idle now, in addition to preparing the album every day, he runs some personal itineraries, but SM still refuses the performance invitation because he has no time to prepare the album.

The members are actually not willing to fly back and forth to have a good time, after all, they are already TOP-level seniors, unlike some rookie girl groups, which have to rub off on any stage and exposure.

After Ji Jingyuan practiced dancing and preparing albums with EXO members every day, and then quietly made a meeting with his daughter, who had already ended his return period and had a lot of time, more than a week passed quickly.

On April 17, SM issued a notice announcing that Irene, the captain of its group red velvet, confirmed to appear in the online drama "The Female Employees of the Game Company", and will challenge acting for the first time and make an official actor debut.

Originally, when Chi Jingyuan first learned the news, he felt that most of the quality of online dramas is relatively average, and at that time, he was thinking about finding a TV series that would be broadcast on TV for his daughter-in-law through his relationship to make his actor's debut, cable TV or unlimited is fine, and the role requirements are actually not big, as long as it is an important role with a certain role.

He thinks that Bae Joo-hyun's face is actually quite suitable for acting, her light makeup without heavy makeup and even no makeup is really good-looking and very memorable, that is, her height may be somewhat limited in some aspects, but short female actors are not without it.

In fact, acting skills are not critical now, after all, except for some real acting geniuses, no idol actor can have amazing acting skills as soon as he comes up, even Kim Taeyeon or something who took an acting class for two days can challenge acting skills, of course Bae Joo-hyun can, without acting skills, he can slowly practice step by step with film and television resources, and some seniors when he was young are not the best role models.

But because this web drama is expected to be launched in June and July, the crew is in a hurry, so the time is in a hurry, although Park Jae-hyun has a wide network, he can't find a suitable one for a while, after all, he knows the relationship between Ji Jingyuan and Irene, and it is impossible to find a random character for her who will die if she shows up or has a lot of intimate scenes.

And after talking to the young lady, Ji Jingyuan, who already knows the habits of her daughter-in-law, can see that although the daughter-in-law said that she would listen to him, he felt that Pei Zhuhyun didn't really want to rely on him too much in this regard, she was still very assertive and ambitious in her career, especially in terms of self-esteem, even if the role that the company arranged for her was not as good as Ji Jingyuan might help her find in the end, she estimated that she would still tend to the former.

After all, she actually knows in her heart that although the relationship is very good now, and she is happy together every day, but in fact, the relationship between men and women is not very stable, especially idol couples, maybe they will go down enthusiastically if they don't see each other for a few months, and if there is a conflict in the future and they break up, many things will not be easy to talk about.

Ji Jingyuan actually understands the psychology of the young lady, although he is three years younger, but in fact, whether it is in the career or other aspects of this relationship, there is a faint situation of 'weak women and strong men', although they have no signs of this at all when they get along, but in fact, Pei Zhuhyun himself knows very well in his heart.

So in the end, he didn't say anything in the name of 'good for you', just leave it to her to decide for herself, I heard that she has a lot of roles in this online drama, which is used to test the water and see how she feels about acting, which is actually quite good.

SM's film and television resources have always been very abusive and not enough at all, if she feels like this road after acting, the company's film and television resources will not be available at that time, and they will still be dating at that time, it will not be too late for Chi Jingyuan to help her.

In the end, SM still took the role of this web drama for her with the consent of Bae Joo-hyun, Bae Joo-hyun has already got the script, and is now studying it carefully, and I heard that filming will start soon.

But anyway, it's a good thing to be able to make an actor's debut after all, and the other members of Red Velvet are probably quite envious, and all fans are looking forward to it.

As a hot search with her appearance just after her debut, there must be a place for beautiful female idols, and Bae Joo-hyun, who has accumulated a lot of national popularity through the position of the MC of "Music Bank" last year, many meals, including passers-by, want to see her on the screen.

On the 18th, Apink member Jung Eun-ji finally temporarily broke away from the group after five years of debut, and released his first solo album "Dream" solo debut.

The new company's investment in the promotion and materials of Zheng Endi's solo this time is not particularly large, but as one of the most popular members of Apink, her initial solo also has a lot of popularity, and the members of Apink have supported and promoted their little sisters through their own methods, and at the same time, Zheng Endi is very popular in the circle because of his good personality, and many actors who have cooperated in filming, and even Yin Zhiyuan, Liu Zaishi personally filmed a video to help her support.

And Ji Jingyuan, who is a good relative, has also been paying attention to this matter, and two hours after Zheng Eundi's source was made public, he uploaded a long-prepared photo of him and Zheng Eundi on his ins.

This photo is still a group photo of them in the crew when they filmed "Please Answer 1997", in the photo, Chi Jingyuan is dressed in a school uniform, smiling at the camera and comparing scissor hands, although his appearance is not much different from his current appearance, but there is a lingering sense of youthfulness on his body.

And Zheng Endi was half-squatting next to him, combing Cheng Shiyuan's signature long hair and flat bangs, his hands were compared to scissors, his head was tilted, he squinted his glasses and grinned very cheerfully, Zheng Endi was still a little fat at that time, and the look of the round flesh and flesh and the elegant and fashionable appearance now are completely two types, and in addition to the same youthfulness, she also has a strong local flavor lingering on her body.

The two of them have a sunny smile and a presumptuous smile, although they are not right, but they look very compatible, and there is also the accompanying text ""Hope Sky", solo Dafa! ”

It's just such a picture a few years ago, but the group photo that was already a little old-fashioned made many fans and passers-by who saw it can't help but have a feeling of 'memory killing', Apink was just a newcomer at that time, and EXO was just debuting, and the results were still very average, as if he was back again

Many people have left enthusiastic messages under Chi Jingyuan's ins, and their likes soared in a short period of time;

"Finally updated! This...... What does this picture mean? Why did you suddenly post a photo of "Please Answer 1997". ”

"It's obvious that Oba is promoting Jung Eun-di's solo debut today! Oba doesn't post many ins, and it is rare to help others publicize, this time my friend solo also specializes in helping to increase exposure, which is worthy of Oba, it's really too righteous! ”

"It took almost half a month for you to post ins, but it turned out to be for someone else...... Well, who made you Chi Jingyuan, since Yuan recommended it, of course we support Aili, "Hope Sky" rough card! ”

"Yuan and Endi are very well-known good friends in the circle, and they have really become the backbone of Kpop since they first debuted when they were not popular through the TV series "1997", and I am really happy as a fan of fraternity who has watched them grow all the way. ."

"Pink Bear came to report, thank you very much Yuan for your support and promotion of wuli Endi, Yuan is really discerning, Endi's "Hope Sky" is really a great lyric song worth listening to, here Amway Wuli Endi, the first lead singer of the solo girl group for the first time in five years, natural singer Zheng Endi ......"

"Ahhh Finally see it again! After all these years, only I am still knocking this pair? ”

Ji Kyung-won, who has more than 10 million followers on INS, is currently one of the people with the most social media followers among the entire Kpop artists, and although Kwon Zhilong, who is second, has more than 9 million followers and will soon break through the 10 million mark, he is still a lot worse than him.

And his ins fans are very active and enthusiastic, which is a check-in center for Aili, and at the same time, there are quite a few passers-by who occasionally pay attention to his recent situation, and even a number of marketing accounts in the peninsula and even Asia are often squatting on his ins, reprinting some speeches and photos from time to time as news and gimmicks to earn traffic and eyeballs, and although it is only reprinted, fans and passers-by like to see it, resulting in a good effect, thus a virtuous circle.

What does his ins post, the publicity effect is very good, and there are many brands that specifically find SM and want to pay for promotion, but all of them are rejected by Chi Jingyuan, sometimes even people within the company ask him for help to promote the younger children or any activities, he has not agreed, completely make his own decisions, and send whatever he wants.

But many fans eat this set.

Not long after he posted ins, he was on a small hot search, and it was also reprinted by some editors and marketing accounts, and the popularity was even higher than the return of some combinations.

And Ji Jingyuan's opinion on the song "Hope Sky" did not deviate too much, Zheng Endi's solo this time, especially the sound source of the title song "Hope Sky" performed very well, and it was not long before the sound source was released that it directly appeared on the melon list.

The sales are also good, because the operating company is very conservative in its estimation of the market, and only customized 30,000 physical albums for her in the early stage, but from the pre-sale to now, 30,000 copies have been sold out in just one day, resulting in fans who can't buy the album are very dissatisfied, and they have begun to attack the company without a complete body.

But in comparison, it is estimated that it is a problem of international popularity and lyrical songs, but the number of hits on the title song on YouTube is very bleak, and it has barely risen much just after the song was released.

But what's interesting is that not long after Chi Jingyuan sent ins, the MV clicks of the song "Hope Sky" suddenly had a huge increase visible to the naked eye, because no one really saw that the base was too low before, and even doubled the number of hits in a short period of time, and it kept rising.

Many discerning people and even fans know why, and they have to sigh EXO when they see this scene, especially when Chi Jingyuan's popularity is far from limited to the peninsula.

The quality of the song itself is excellent, and at the same time, with the help of Chi Jingyuan and a vote of friends, the day after Zheng Endi first released the song, the title song won the first place on the single-day list of the major music source lists, and the title song achieved All kill.

And Chi Jingyuan naturally received a call from Zheng Endi, but unfortunately it was different from what he thought, Zheng Endi did not thank him when he came up, but complained:

"Ah, you publicize it, why did you find such an ugly photo of me?"

Listening to the slightly blaming tone of the Busan country girl on the phone, Ji Jingyuan pursed his lips a little speechlessly, cocked Erlang's legs, and unceremoniously slammed back:

"I've been looking for it for a long time, and this is already the best one...... Is it possible that it is not a problem with the photo? ”

At this time, EXO was filming the first wave of promotional posters in the regular three series, using the shape from the MV of "monster", and it can be seen that SM Company is also very satisfied with EXO's image this time, and several versions of the poster with war-damaged makeup alone have been filmed.

At this time, he had finished filming, and found a random place to sit not far away, while watching the members who were still filming over there, while leisurely playing with his mobile phone.

"You ......"

Although it has its own pungent taste, Zheng Endi has never won the argument, and he was choked and speechless in an instant.

However, she was obviously in a good mood, and the complaint just now was just a joke, and she quickly snorted twice, and her tone changed and began to exclaim: "Forget it...... Hey, your fans are too powerful, you don't know, my agent has been looking at the data, and he has a headache when he suddenly saw the number of clicks growing wildly, and he was so scared that he thought something was wrong......"

She spoke so fast that she even popped out the Busan dialect.

"I told you before...... Do you know how much advertising I have to charge for sending an ins to brand promotion? ”

Chi Jingyuan, who has always been very modest in front of outsiders, will be stunned, unceremoniously proud.

"Okay, okay, I know I know ......" After dealing with it perfunctorily, Zheng Endi continued happily: "I didn't have a lot of publicity for the company this time, and I was a little worried that the results were not very good, but now, although it has only been two days, I am actually satisfied......

As she spoke, she paused, then thanked her with a smile.

"Thanks."

There is no need to be too solemn in their relationship, it will seem rusty, as long as the meaning is reached.

"It's not free, remember to invite me to dinner."

chuckled twice, Ji Jingyuan and Zheng En said a few words and hung up the phone, looking up at the few members who were posing over there to shoot and transfer, and they were in a pretty good mood.

The road to film and television is not very smooth, and the response to a few films in a row has been mediocre and even has a tendency to become a ratings poison, but the results of the first solo were unexpectedly good, and as a good relative, Chi Jingyuan is still very happy for Zheng Endi.

After sitting for a while, I saw that Park Chanyeol over there began to salute and thank him, everyone stood up, it should be like the filming was completed, and Ji Jingyuan was also about to go over and finish work, but he just got up and the phone rang again, and when he looked down, he saw that it was Park Zhenying calling:

"Yo don't stuff you, what's wrong with my brother?"

"The twice album has been made, Jingyuan, are you free now, do you want to come and watch it together?"