"Oh?"

Hearing Wu Shixun talk about this, Chi Jingyuan, who was just about to eat, spooned it and asked curiously: "The dystocia girl group that has been hyped for several years is sure to make its debut?" ”

"Yes, the debut trailer photos have been posted, and it was quite popular at the time, don't you know Jingyuan?" Jin Junmian, who was sitting on the other side, interjected when he heard this.

"I don't know, when did it happen?" Chi Jingyuan was a little confused.

Jin Junmian looked down at the phone for a few seconds as if it was looking at something, and then quickly realized: "Oh, I remember, it was a notice sent at the end of June and early July, and you had already gone to Italy at that time." ”

"In addition to the debut trailer, a video of the practice room was released, which is quite popular."

"I'll look at ......"

Ji Jingyuan dug a big mouthful of rice and stuffed it into his mouth, then picked up his phone and flipped it up.

Nowadays, the three major companies in the Peninsula music industry, SM is in a very good situation, there are TVXQ, SJ, Girls' Generation, these old generation of TOP groups still exist, there are like the sky, the new pillars of the top pillar EXO, which has reached the top of the complete fault, and there are red velvet, NCT These new groups with great potential, the three generations of the old, middle and young are perfectly connected, the whole company is full of flowers, cooking oil with fire, and the stock price is getting higher and higher day by day, which is much higher than YG and JYP combined.

After a few years of silence, although the stock price has not soared significantly, the trend has been relied on by Twice, which has just debuted, and has also gained some momentum.

In addition to being plagued by various scandals in the past two years, the company's pillar bigbang is still at the top of its ability to attract money, and various tours have been constantly increasing the company's revenue, but last year's head-to-head competition with EXO still affected the overall image of some groups, and a lot of celebrity fans came to EXO's side......

What's more, next year, BIGBANG will already reach the limit age and will start to stop its activities and enlist in the army in turn.

Another popular girl group 2NE1 has also existed in name only, this once top girl group after the Park Chun incident, coupled with the general situation of the collective end of the second generation group, it is difficult to hold on anymore, although last year's stage performance in MAMA caused many fans to be excited and tearful, but at the same time, it was also said by some audiences, this classic stage became the last full performance before the disbandment of the entire group.

In April, YG announced that Toshichi Kennai had confirmed his departure from the group, but in order to appease fans, YG also said that they would return as a trio in the summer...... It's a pity that now that half of the summer has passed, 2NE1 has not made any noise at all.

In fact, many people know that it is impossible for 2NE1 to return if the Park Chun incident is not over, but there are still many fans waiting and looking forward to it...... YG was anxious and uncomfortable to hang these loyal fans.

YG has always been good at this, and they have also used this trick in this new girl group that is about to debut, and this new girl group began to release the news as early as 2012, when EXO debuted, and it caused a lot of discussion at the time.

The original plan was to have 9 to 10 members, and at the time Girls' Generation was at its peak, many fans were excited that YG wanted to compete with a large girl group that had a young competition.

As a result, just when everyone was paying attention, YG suddenly announced in 2013 that its plans were postponed...... Then in the next few years, every once in a while, a little message came out to hang people's appetite, and then there were new members, and then some people quit one after another due to academic and physical reasons, and it looked like the stall was going yellow.

But not to mention, the attention is still quite high.

It wasn't until last year that YG's president Yang Hyun-seok revealed in an interview that there were only five people left in the original large-scale girl group, and they were already preparing to debut.

Nezha has come out for 3 years, this girl group has been fried for more than four years, and it has been fried since EXO's debut, and it is estimated that EXO will have to serve in the military if it doesn't come out again...... But to be honest, Ji Kyung-won is quite interested in YG's new group, and he really wants to see what such a difficult group looks like after so many years of speculation.

It can't be another 2NE1, right?

He opened the website and searched for it, and it was easy to find the teaser photos of the new girl group's debut released by YG, and when he saw it, he smiled, "Didn't you say 5 people?" ”

"That's what I said last year, and according to YG's habits over the past few years, it's not normal for YG to go again this year...... It is estimated that there will be three people until next year. Wu Shixun instantly got Chi Jingyuan's laughter, and wiped his mouth and laughed as well.

"You're ready to make your debut, but you can still leave...... This number of people is really another 2NE1, but this teaser photo feels like it's taking the pure route...... Huh? ”

Chi Jingyuan looked through the photos curiously while eating, and at the same time commented a little jokingly, but just after looking at the two photos, he suddenly made a surprised sound.

"What's wrong?"

"It's ...... There are people I know."

"Who" Wu Shixun, who had already finished eating, turned his head and looked at his mobile phone curiously.

"This ......"

Ji Jingyuan put his phone on the table, pointed at a girl in an enlarged photo, and said vaguely while chewing on the rice: "I can't say I know each other, but I worked together once before, at the beginning of last year, at that time, I was filming a 'Samsonite' luggage advertisement, and my partner was this member, and it seemed that she was a trainee of YG at the time, but I didn't expect to make her debut......"

"I remember it was like ...... What's it called......"

Ji Jingyuan originally wanted to say her name, but he couldn't remember it for a while, and raised his eyes to look at the ceiling and tried to recall.

"Isn't there a member's name on INS, this one is called jisoo." Oh Se-hoon pointed to the title of YG's post, which listed the names of each member.

"Who said the stage name, I mean the real name......" It feels like I'm about to touch the edge, but the feeling of not being able to recall it is really irritating, Ji Jingyuan can't eat, and after thinking for a while, his eyes finally lit up: "Oh yes, it's called Kim Ji-so." ”

The name is so popular that you can't blame him if you can't think of it.

"Kim Ji-so, I know it too......" Oh Se-hoon looked like he had known it for a long time, looked at the face in the photo and said: "It's a YG public trainee, and he has shot a lot of commercials before his debut, what cameras, mobile phones, school uniforms, games, and bags taken with you, more exposure than many idols who debuted...... But it's pretty too. ”

"Does her family own YG shares? The resources are so good? ”

Chi Jingyuan had only worked with her, so he didn't know much about her, and he was a little surprised after listening to Wu Shixun's rhetorical question.

He is noncommittal about Wu Shixun's evaluation of 'very beautiful', this kind of thing relies on the company and relationships to give resources, if he doesn't debut, he can receive so many endorsements that his debut idols can't receive just by relying on 'beautiful', then his daughter has already become a sister in the advertising industry, and she often waits in the dormitory to pick her feet.

Suddenly, he remembered, it seems that he met Kim Jisoo and her family once in the club with his second brother a long time ago, and her mother still knows the second brother, and it is vaguely said that he seems to be the president of a small and medium-sized entertainment company...... Although he remembered that the second brother didn't seem to know her mother...... But it shows that the family conditions are really OK.

"I don't know ......" Wu Shixun didn't know much about this, but he was very interested in other aspects, and looked at it a little cheaply: Didn't you work with her? How does it feel? ”

"Hmm......"

As soon as he said this, Ji Jingyuan recalled it again, and after thinking for a long time in Wu Shixun's gossip-on expectant eyes, he opened his mouth and said with some uncertainty: "I don't have any impression......

I remember that one of the people who took the initiative to ask him for a phone call was politely refused...... But needless to say, this kind of thing is not to say, there is nothing to show off.

"Cut."

Ignoring the disappointment coming from the side, Ji Jingyuan flipped through a few more photos while eating, and found an interesting thing: "Kim Jiso's resources are so good...... But this debut teaser photo, the C position and the main promoter are obviously this person, she is standing in the middle of all the photos, I look at the name, her name is Jennie, I seem to have an impression of this girl......"

He had an impression of Jennie, and had seen videos of her covering several of EXO's big hits on YouTube before.

After watching a few photos of the debut of this new girl group, Chi Jingyuan had a general impression, he didn't listen to songs or watch the stage, just from the analysis of the photos, he felt that Jennie was quite suitable to be an idol.

Because it is a look that can be remembered at a glance...... This is very important for idols.

After watching it for a while, Chi Jingyuan put away his phone and concentrated on eating after satisfying his previous interest.

After eating a few sentences, he suddenly remembered something and asked to the side; "By the way, when will this group debut?" ”

"Just next month, it seems like August 10th? I can't remember, but it was around that anyway,...... There's no my daughter in it, why do I remember so clearly? ”

"Huh?"

When Chi Jingyuan heard the tableware in his hand at this time, his eyes became interesting: "Isn't that the same time as us?" ”

Although it has not yet been announced to the public, they have learned internally that the exact time of the release of the reissued album of the three albums is August 18th, which is only a week wrong around August 10th as Wu Shixun said, which can be regarded as a head-on collision.

"Bump into it, bump into it, and there's no girlfriend in it, what are you worried about?" Wu Shixun gave him a strange look.

"It's also ......" Ji Jingyuan shrugged his shoulders, didn't pay any more attention, and continued to eat his own meal.

He wasn't worried about anything...... I just thought it was interesting.

After eating, Chi Jingyuan sat on the sofa and swiped his mobile phone, and was ready to rest for a while according to the plan and then continue to go to the front court to rehearse, but just after watching it for a while, a phone call came in, he looked at the caller ID 'Pei Xiuzhi's name, and after a little hesitation, he stood up and said hello, then walked out of the lounge with his mobile phone, and found a place where no one was to connect.

"What's wrong?"

Chi Jingyuan asked directly...... Pei Xiuzhi doesn't have the habit of talking on the phone with her, and every time she talks on the phone, it's basically an invitation or something.

"Why are you so direct...... Guess what? ”

There was a complaining voice with a smile on the phone, and she also sold Guanzi.

This woman doesn't like to talk well every time, and likes to make a little trick to pull and whet people's appetite.

"What else could be the matter?"

Ji Jingyuan said lazily in his voice: "The matter of the characters of "Ghost" is done? ”

Nonsense, he has been paying attention to the casting of "Ghost", Kim Eun-sook will ask his opinion after a while, plus Park Jae-hyun is also helping with the event, and he is very clear about the various opinions and progress of the crew...... Even earlier than Pei Xiuzhi himself knew.

"Inside." Pei Xiuzhi didn't hide her happiness anymore, and her voice immediately carried a thick joy, and she became a little tired under her tone: "The company has negotiated with the crew and the production company,"

As she spoke, her voice suddenly became magnetic and sexy: "How do you think I can thank you...... Do you prefer red or black? ”

The casting of the heroine of "Ghost" this time is very interesting, after the male protagonist was determined to be Chi Jingyuan, the crew began to look for a young actress with outstanding appearance and a better match for Chi Jingyuan's appearance, Pei Xiuzhi has entered the scope of the crew very early.

At the beginning, she was very advantageous, although her acting skills were not exquisite, but her appearance was indeed excellent, standing with Ji Jingyuan was very in line with the crew's requirements for male and female protagonists, and the important thing was that the popularity and national degree were very high, and the advertising queen for many years was not blown out, coupled with the strong support of director Li Yingfu, Pei Xiuzhi has always been in the leading ranks of the heroine's casting, otherwise she would not have auditioned many times in a row.

According to this momentum, in fact, even if Chi Jingyuan does not interfere, the role should be hers.

But the problem lies in the new drama "Arbitrary Attachment" broadcast on the 6th of this month, which, like "Descendants of the Sun", was filmed first and then broadcast, but the TV series broadcast simultaneously in China and South Korea did not have the good luck of "The Queen Mother" at all, but it has been badly criticized since it was launched.

In just two episodes, the three vulgar and old-fashioned episodes of 'terminal illness, car accident, and life experience', which have been criticized by Peninsula audiences, have all been brought up, allowing some young viewers who have not experienced too many such old-fashioned episodes to appreciate the classics of Korean dramas at the beginning of the century, as if returning to the era when dramas such as "Blue Life and Death Love" and "Sorry I Love You" were rampant.

What followed naturally was overwhelming criticism and decline, coupled with the average level of the director's editing, the plot was fragmented and chaotic, and the highest rating of the whole show after it was broadcast was the first episode, and then it continued to decline firmly.

This ratings curve is familiar.

When "Arbitrary Attachment" showed an unfavorable momentum, Bae Xiuzhi, as the heroine, was naturally affected, and in the Peninsula film and television circle, the main coffee's drama failed to hit the street, which had a great impact on the leading actors...... Originally, the "Ghost" side had almost agreed and decided to use her, but after this incident, many people suddenly became hesitant again, and even Li Yingfu, who was originally supportive, seemed to become a little hesitant.

At this time, Park Jae-hyun seized the time to carry out activities while the reputation of "Arbitrary Attachment" had not spread, and after some hard work, he got this done before the third week of "Arbitrary Attachment" was broadcast.

"Whatever you want, if you can't do it, you can wear it instead."

Don't say it, Pei Xiuzhi's beautiful and pure face is really sultry when he speaks in this tone...... However, Chi Jingyuan was still very determined, and after replying with a casual look, he asked casually: "If the contract is signed, will it be made public in the next two days?" ”

"KK, I'm so much, how can I wear it...... The crew said that it would not be announced for the time being, and that it would be kept hot and wait until August. ”

"Hmm."

Chi Jingyuan nodded, but his mind couldn't help but turn to the other side.

If the female protagonist of "Ghost" officially announced that it was Bae Suzhi, it would be really difficult for Bae Joo-hyun to do it...... Originally, Chi Jingyuan was quite sure of the psychology of the young lady, and when the preparation for the return of Red Velvet was over, he would almost be able to make progress.

But in this way, he felt that judging from Bae Joo-hyun's temper and how much she hated Bae Suji, she might be depressed before the filming of "Ghost".

It's really not easy to solve......

Suddenly a little distracted, Chi Jingyuan didn't hear what Pei Xiuzhi said too clearly, and after a while, he came back to his senses and heard the voice on the phone: "...... By the way, are you going to have a concert soon? Do you still have an internal ticket, do you want me to come and see it? ”

"Don't come, you can study the script honestly." Chi Jingyuan immediately refused.

If she comes, she will be recognized by the audience 100%, even if she is not recognized, she will be deliberately photographed, and then it will be on the news, the marketing account will follow up, maybe it will be a hot search or something, Chi Jingyuan can think of it.

Don't add fuel to the fire.

"Hee-hee, if you don't let me come, I won't come......"

seemed to have pinched Chi Jingyuan's weakness, and Pei Xiuzhi's smile on the other side of the phone was much thicker: "When you are done with this, do you want to go to the movie, "Train to Busan" is not about to be released, what about the first zombie film in the Peninsula film and television industry, are you interested?." ”

"No, no."

"So simply, don't think about it anymore? …… Why don't I show you in private? ”

“……”

……

Recently, the biggest task for Ji Jingyuan and EXO is the upcoming third tour, and the most monetizable itinerary such as the concert is also the most important for all members, and even the return has to be put in the back row...... After returning from Tokyo, most of everyone's energy was focused on this.

In the past few days before the start of the last performance, all the members rehearsed from morning to night every day, in addition to the more than a dozen stage performances that have been danced countless times and have already formed muscle memory, they also have to be familiar with all the stage design, the position of the elevator, the time control of changing clothes, all kinds of new equipment, what slings, rail floats and the like, and all kinds of aspects, the workload is very large.

In addition, because there was too little time for joint practice before, Ji Jingyuan would work overtime with the choreographer in the company at night to practice his personal stage.

After 3 days of intensive preparation, only the last two days were left when the company also slowed down the pace of everyone, and specially set aside the last two days without arranging the itinerary, taking a small vacation, so that everyone could take a good rest and recharge for the upcoming Third Tour Seoul field.

Many members of the family in Seoul took this opportunity to go home, and Ji Kyung-won was the same, he didn't go back to the dormitory the night before and went back to the villa in Yongsan-gu to sleep for the night, because he was really tired a few days ago, and he slept until three poles in the morning.

After eating the lunch prepared by the maid, he lazily lay on the sofa in the living room and watched TV, and felt bored after watching it for about ten minutes.

(smiley)"

"Do you have time now, would you like to play a game together?"

(End of chapter)