Chapter 231: Bumped
"Okay, I'm no longer your agent from now on,"
Lee Seung-hwan stood in front of the nine members of Exo, his gaze sweeping over each of their faces in turn.
After all, it was a promotion, and he was dressed very formally today, with a suit and leather shoes, and his hair was combed very energetically, but the emotions in his eyes were complicated, and he was obviously a little reluctant.
After all, they've been together for more than four years, and they've been with Exo since before their debut.
Not only Lee Seung-hwan, but the members of Exo actually have a sense of loss, they still have feelings for Lee Seung-hwan, the agent, this brother is very good at controlling the scale of management, and they have gotten along very well over the years.
"Don't be so serious, I'm not leaving the company again......" Feeling that the atmosphere was a little low, Lee Seung-hwan clapped his hands and laughed, "My office is upstairs from you now, come to me at any time when you are free, it's not that you won't contact me in the future, I'm still going to find you as a guest when I get married in two years and sing a song to support me."
"My brother is actually getting married."
"Haha, then we still have to negotiate the appearance fee."
As soon as he said this, Exo's side also relaxed, and Kim Junmian Park Chanyeol and the others immediately laughed.
"Remember to call me if there's anything."
All kinds of ridicule and jokes also reduced a trace of regret between each other, and after chatting for a few words, Lee Seung-hwan waved his hand: "Next, let Seung-won tell you, okay, I'll go first."
"Brother, goodbye."
As Ji Jingyuan and several people said goodbye, Lee Seung-hwan glanced back one last time, and after briefly eyeing the nine people of Exo, he strode out of the practice room, disappearing behind the door with his back, which seemed to indicate that XO had begun to enter another era.
"Anihassai, I'm the new agent An Seungwon......
The new agent is named An Chengyuan, who used to be in the brokerage department, Chinese New Year's Eve is thirty or six years old this year, although his eyes are small, but his facial features have a sense of intimacy, his body is slightly fat, and the black suit looks a little crowded on his body, and Chi Jingyuan also found that this brother seems to be trying to tighten his waist, and with the little belly that still protrudes makes the whole person look happy.
An Chengyuan introduced himself with a smile on his face, and at the same time kept looking at the nine members in front of him.
He is very satisfied with being able to become the main agent of Exo, now Sm's most profitable, the best combination of momentum is Exo is not one, all aspects of the company's resources and channels have been used in priority xo over the years, and various treatments are also top-notch, it is very easy to make achievements, as can be seen from Lee Seung-hwan's four years as an agent and even a few levels of promotion.
And it's not just Lee Seung-hwan, this time most of the original Exo's agent group have been promoted, and it seems that this is already a direct train for the promotion of Sm company.
Exo's main agent was very fierce in the company, and he only got this position after some activities, and the company's senior management was quite satisfied with XO's situation over the years, so he didn't think about changing anything, and An Chengyuan himself was not a strong character, so he wanted to stay for a few years with an east wind, and then rise up with a whoosh like Li Chenghuan.
An Chengyuan introduced himself with a smile, looked at it and looked at the face of Chi Jingyuan who was standing on the side, his smile increased slightly, and nodded at the combination.
He had done his homework before he came, and even the senior management had greeted him specifically, so An Chengyuan was still very clear about the situation in the Exo team, especially the members of some special treatment.
For these royal cash cows with deep backgrounds that even the company has to supply, An Chengyuan, who has just become an agent, feels that the word "management" may not be very appropriate.
Use 'service'.
Ji Jingyuan clearly felt that the new agent had made some overtures to him, and he obviously didn't seem to be a difficult person.
He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, thinking that this was good.
He's not a difficult person to get along with, and even if there are some enviable perks, he'll be sensitive to other people's feelings, as long as he's new
If the agent has a lot of moths or something, there will be no unpleasant things that will happen.
「…… Well, many of the members have known me before, and they will live with you in the future, so I won't say more."
After saying a few words about the next itinerary and accommodation arrangements, the first meeting of the new agent came to an end, An Chengyuan looked at the time, clapped his hands and said, "It's almost time, let's go to the conference room together......
Everyone responded, and walked out of the practice room behind An Chengyuan together, Ji Jingyuan, Wu Shixun, and Jin Junmian exchanged glances with each other, and it could be seen that the members seemed to have a good impression of this new agent.
The most satisfied seem to be Park Chanyeol and Kim Jong-in...... Ji Jingyuan can also understand that although Lee Seung-hwan is very familiar, sometimes he still manages more strictly, and the newcomer is a good talker at first glance, which is definitely good news for members like them who are more active in their private lives.
Soon I arrived in the conference room, where the staff of the planning and music departments were already waiting, and after Exo arrived, I went straight to the point with a few simple greetings.
This project is to study about Exo's winter special this year.
It's winter time again, and it hasn't been interrupted since 13 years except for 12 years, and a special album full of lyric songs at the end of each year has become one of the Exo symbols.
And the effect of the winter special year after year is also obvious, from "December Miracle", to "Let It Be", and then to last year's "Eccentricity" and "Singforyou" are all high-quality works, showing another charm of their top boy group and attracting more fans.
What's more important is the popularity of Exo, and now their reputation in the hearts of the people of the Peninsula far exceeds that of other boy bands, and many of them are because of the influence of these lyrical songs.
At the same time, the members' singing skills have also been fully expressed, and through the continuous lyrical songs over the years, the lead singers of EXO have carved the name and impression of "powerful singers" in the hearts of the people and fans.
Now as long as the male idol with 'excellent singing skills' is mentioned, many people will naturally think of Exo, Chi Jingyuan, and Kim Jong-dae's name.
It's like mentioning female idols who don't have any acting skills, and many of them will naturally come to mind.
Although this is the first official meeting, it has actually been discussed many times before in terms of song selection, and the style of the album does not need to be discussed too much, and the style of Exo Winter has always been similar, with sad lyrics.
So the overall progress is fast.
This year's winter album is still in the form of a mini album, which contains a total of five songs, and the title song is "forlife".
The title song has actually been determined a long time ago, and Ji Jingyuan has heard this song many times when he chose the song before, continuing the consistent style of Dongzhuan, it is a lyrical song that sounds like a faint sadness, but it is very affectionate and timeless.
"forlife" is a work by Kenzie, and Ji Jingyuan was a little surprised when he heard it at the time...... This sister is really powerful, she can write "Monster" and "ForLife", and her style has changed too much.
But how to say it, the title song this time doesn't have a chorus that is too poisoned, and there is no explosive melody, but it is very comfortable to listen to, and the quality is also excellent...... It's just that if you like this style, you may like it very much, and those who don't like it may feel a little bland.
Chi Jingyuan thought in his heart...... It's not as good as "Go with the Flow".
In comparison, "Missing", one of the title songs that Exo returned this year, is actually of higher quality and more in line with the positioning of the title song of the Winter Specialty...... It's a pity that it has already been used.
However, Chi Jingyuan didn't say much about this, and now the winter album has almost become a gift song to give back to fans, of course, the intention is of course, but there is no need to pay too much attention, his energy still has to be more focused on the personal solo album a little behind the winter album, according to the previous plan, although the release time of the two albums is different, but accurate
The preparation time is almost bumped together.
The meeting lasted until noon, and the matters of this winter special were formalized, and the release time was the same as before, in mid-December.
Interestingly, Sm still has not completely abandoned the summer market, even if Exo has confirmed that it will not go to the mainland this year, but this time the winter special will still release the Chinese version at the same time, and there are also Chinese covers, inner pages, etc. specially shot for the Chinese version.
Even the lyrics of the title song Sm have been found to be done, and the name of the Chinese version of "forlife" is quite good.
It's called "One Thing in a Life"...... Chi Jingyuan likes the name, but he may not be able to do it.
After the meeting, Exo disbanded on the spot, Ji Jingyuan and Wu Shixun had lunch nearby, and soon returned to the company's practice room, and after a while, Jiang Shiqi and Yu Dingyan came with their respective agents.
The reason why Ji Jingyuan did not return to the crew directly after ending his previous personal itinerary is that in addition to having a meeting today, the most important purpose is the work of the advertising song "Reallyreally".
Because the time was too busy a while ago, the advertising company and the brand have been urging several times, but their progress has been very slow, in order to cooperate with the pre-determined publicity process, Chi Jingyuan must take the three friends to stay up late and work overtime in the past few days, and quickly complete the progress of this song.
Fortunately, everyone has practiced the dance and song very proficiently...... In addition to the pool view source...... After a little choreography and two more joint exercises, you can hurry up and start shooting mV.
According to the plan, "reallyreally" needs to shoot two versions of the mV, one is as a Mercedes AmG advertising song, Ji Jingyuan participated in the shooting alone, and the sound source is also his solo version, which is mainly used for TV and online placement, as well as terrestrial advertising.
And the other is a subway song as Sm, mV is Ji Jingyuan and Wu Shixun, Jiang Shiqi, Yu Dingyan four people worked together to shoot, the sound source is also a four-person version, and the main promotion after the release is also this version.
The focus of the mV is also different, the former is heavy on the car, and the latter is heavy on the people.
"Have you eaten?"
Seeing Jiang Shiqi and Yu Dingyan coming, Chi Jingyuan said hello and asked casually.
"Of course."
"Eat, Oba."
The two walked over and replied with a smile.
There is no change in the two of them for a few days, Jiang Shiqi looks very energetic, it is estimated that the excellent results of this return make her more comforted, and redvelvet has finished playing songs and holidays in the past few days, although she consciously comes to the company to work overtime every day to practice the dance of "ReallyReally", but she is obviously resting well.
And Yu Dingyan looked a little opposite, there was no look in his eyes, and his whole face was tired.
Jiang Shiqi obviously discovered this, and asked with concern, "Dingyan, why do you look so tired?"
"Because they were shooting the mV all night yesterday......"
Chi Jingyuan casually helped explain, but as soon as he said it, he felt that it seemed to be a little too talkative, and the moment Yu Dingyan's surprised eyes floated over, he took the initiative to divert the topic and looked at a few people with a worried look: "How are you all practicing?" There's not much time, the on-site setting has been completed, and the mV will be officially filmed tomorrow, so don't have problems then."
"Don't worry, Oba, I've been practicing every day for the past few days."
Yu Dingyan suppressed the doubts that surged in his heart, and hurriedly raised his hand to reply.
For this collaboration, she has really put in a lot of effort, and recently TICE is also preparing a new album, all kinds of dance practice and filming are really busy, but she still will find time every day to practice the dance of the collaboration, even if she stays up late and works overtime, the choreography that is not difficult has already formed muscle memory.
Compared with Chi Jingyuan, who fished for three days and dried nets for two days, and was busy with other things every day and didn't practice much dance, Yu Dingyan, this girl, really cherished this opportunity, and her attitude was so good that she didn't know where to go.
"Dingyan definitely didn't ask
Question." Chi Jingyuan nodded immediately and praised in agreement.
In fact, from the last joint practice, he could already see that Yu Dingyan's dance was almost the same, and he was very skilled, and he just wanted to divert the topic by asking this......
At this time, Wu Shixun's disdainful voice floated in his ears: "Don't care about others with your proficiency last time, I haven't seen you come to the company to practice dancing in the past few days, so I'm still worried about yourself."
"I'll let you know what talent is this time!"
Ji Jingyuan snorted lightly, stood up confidently and clapped his hands: "Don't waste time, let's start."
Entering the state of work, the four of them didn't say much, and immediately began to practice with the music, whether it was Wu Shixun, Yu Dingyan or Jiang Shiqi, they had obviously gone through a lot of practice, and it is estimated that they also specially adjusted their posture and movements in front of the mirror, which is close to the style that Chi Jingyuan said at the beginning.
Compared with the three people next to him, Chi Jingyuan did seem a little rusty at first, and there were some mistakes in many movements and movements, but after jumping down a few times, the previous feeling also returned, and the overall performance was getting better and better.
Although he did not have time to practice during this time, he participated in the overall choreography at the beginning, and he also put in a lot of sweat when he first started practicing, and his muscle memory was still a little.
And, as he says, he is indeed gifted.
「really~really~really~really~」
「really~really~really~really~」
The "ReallyReally" carousel music repeats itself throughout the practice room, accompanied by a slight gasp and the sound of shoe soles rubbing against the floor.
Although the time is too busy and there is not enough practice, but Chi Jingyuan attaches great importance to this advertising subway song, not to mention anything else, this is the first time he has brought friends and relatives to work together, and at first he brought some meaning to pull them along, if the time comes, because of his songs, the results are not good enough, Yu Dingyan What they think He doesn't know, Chi Jingyuan himself will definitely feel very faceless.
So he took a leave of absence from the crew, and after the others left, he would stay and practice overnight.
After practicing together more than ten times in a row, several people were also tired, and after taking a break for a while, Chi Jingyuan sat there and poured a few mouthfuls of mineral water, and just stopped Yu Dingyan came to the side.
Yu Dingyan looked obviously tired, and took a few sips of the drink in his hand, then wiped his mouth and remembered something, and asked with concern, "Oba, when will our song be released?"
"Late October, around the twenty-fifth, I remember." Chi Jingyuan thought for a moment.
"Twenty-five?" Yu Dingyan froze for a moment when he heard this, and his expression instantly became exciting.
"This is not set by me, but by the brand and the advertising agency...... What's the matter, it's colliding with your TICE's return time?" Ji Jingyuan knew what she was thinking at a glance...... He already knew the time of TICE's return this time, not much later than Yu Dingyan.
"It's only a few days."
Nodding heavily, the girl looked a little worried, and she didn't know what she was worried about.
"Don't be embarrassed, have some confidence in our collaborative song."
Seeing her expression made Chi Jingyuan a little dissatisfied, waved his hand vigorously to cheer Yu Dingyan up, patted his chest and took a big bag: "Although you shouldn't be able to sing, when the time comes, Oba will take you to sweep the music source list, and directly hit your few members who know how to dance radio gymnastics every day."
"Oba~, what kind of radio gymnastics, those black fans say that, forget it, "cheerup" is your choreographed dance, it's you!! Also, I'm tice too~ I'm tice!!"
Hearing Chi Jingyuan's slander, Yu Dingyan was instantly a little dissatisfied, frowning and shouting disgust, and then saw that Chi Jingyuan was inconsistent, and his extremely perfunctory apologetic eyes also smiled helplessly, and sighed: "That's what I'm worried about......
As a collaborator, Yu Dingyan is very helpful about "ReallyRea
The quality of the song "LLY" is very well understood, with the theme style tailored for it by Ji Jingyuan, the very characteristic choreography, and the extremely toxic melody, as Chi Jingyuan said, she is very confident in this collaborative song.
And the new song of her own group seems a little naïve in her opinion...... And as Ji Jingyuan said, the choreography does have a little bit, a little bit of broadcast gymnastics.
As a tice, of course, she hopes that her group will return to a big hit, but she also hopes that "ReallyReally" will do well, but the release time of the two songs is very close, and it is easy to overlap in popularity.
Fortunately, this is an advertising song, and it can't be sung, and even if Chi Jingyuan participates, even if the sound source of an advertising song explodes, it won't be too exaggerated, right......
"Ah, Yu Dingyanxi, you have to pay attention to your position, now you are from our side!"
Seeing that Yu Dingyan was worried, Chi Jingyuan looked anxious, and hurriedly started her ideological work: "Don't do any undercover traitors or anything like that when you go, don't deliberately paddle the water~"
"Oba~"
Yu Dingyan, who was still a little worried just now, couldn't help but laugh when he heard it, he was extremely helpless about this Oba's naivety and occasional off-line, and patted Chi Jingyuan's arm with a smile.
She didn't say what she had in her heart.
You're the one who has been paddling for the past two days, right?
…… Although it's because of a very handsome reason that 'paddling' is it.
Just as the two were laughing, Jiang Shiqi, who was answering the phone in a whisper next to him, suddenly let out an exclamation, as if he had heard something that people couldn't believe.
Chi Jingyuan and a few people next to him immediately quieted down, and seeing her still having a worried expression on her face after hanging up the phone, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but ask curiously:
"What's wrong?"
"Yilin, they were in a car accident!"
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