Pei Xiuzhi said with a smile, her eyes curled into crescent moons and she looked quite happy, as if she was proud of the juniors in her company... But this expression made Chi Jingyuan, who knew him well, feel tight.
What else is the woman up to?
"Well, the most popular girl group these days is indeed Twice~"
However, Chi Jingyuan did not deny it and nodded to confirm her statement.
Although the two groups Twice and Gfrirend are neck and neck this year, Twice’s latest comeback is relatively recent after all, and they actually have a lot of advantages in terms of popularity and sales.
Jin Beomlai's eyes lit up. He had also heard of Twice's name: "Twice? I've heard of them too. They're really popular... What's their most popular song?"
""Cheer Up"? Or "TT". In terms of popularity, the most popular one recently is "TT"."
"Then TT." Jin Beomlai confirmed it directly. Judging from his dexterity, it seemed that he had already thought about it before he came: "Then what do you think the ratings of the ratings contract should be?"
"In terms of ratings... this episode is 14.5%. I think judging from the ending of this episode, the ratings of the next episode should be improved, so let's set it at... 16%." Chi Jingyuan considered.
After a while, I feel that 16% should be a more appropriate number, which can not only motivate and promote fans and audiences, but also not be too difficult to achieve and become empty talk.
"OK, let's set it at 16%~" Jin Fanlai nodded immediately and settled, and then couldn't wait to say goodbye and leave: "I'll talk to other people and ask for their opinions... If it's confirmed, we
Find a time to send the message out."
"OK……"
Chi Jingyuan and Pei Xiuzhi said goodbye to the assistant director and watched her leave. After the brother left, Chi Jingyuan shook his head and sighed softly: "Oh, why are you suddenly doing some girl group dance~"
Of course, the ratings agreement doesn't matter. The higher the ratings, the higher the bonus he will enjoy as a starring role... But he is actually not very happy to cover "TT".
This kind of girl group dance didn't matter to him when he first debuted. He danced casually without any idol baggage, and there were special counter-dances at the concerts... But now that he has reached a level and a celebrity status, he can dance like this little girl's dance again.
It feels a little awkward.
Especially Twice's song, Zhou Ziyu and Ming Jingnan will definitely be happy to death if they see it.
It's a pity that Jin Bumrae and the director obviously have an idea, and Chi Jingyuan is not easy to refuse...and he can't think of any other contract that can be more gimmick than this one.
"Tsk tsk, "TT", it's such a cute song~"
However, Pei Xiuzhi seemed to be looking forward to it. As soon as Jin Beomlai left, before Chi Jingyuan could sit down, she lightly bumped her shoulder against him and blinked brightly:
"Hey, tell me, if I take the position of a trainee and bring some of the small jewelry you gave me, she won't be angry after seeing it, right?"
This woman was smiling, and although her face and makeup were pure, the smell of tea was completely overflowing from her body.
"Yeah..."
Chi Jingyuan slapped away the shoulder that was hitting him, stopped the conditioned reflex to curse, glared at her angrily, and sat down feeling exhausted:
"I've been really tired lately... I'm warning you, don't make trouble for me again."
"What are you doing? Feeling distressed?..."
Pei Xiuzhi snorted without fear, directly exposing Chi Jingyuan's worries... However, after taking a closer look, he found that Chi Jingyuan was not joking, but was really tired and a little serious.
The anger on her face instantly disappeared, and she immediately put on a smiling face, clenched her little fists, and gave Chi Jingyuan's legs a couple of blows as if massaging them, and at the same time she shook her head with a playful smile:
"I'm just talking, Jingyuan Oppa is tired, Suzy can give you a hammer~"
"Oh... don't do it. Let me relax for a while. I have something to do when I get back to the company."
"……Um."
…………
"Let's go."
Chi Jingyuan got into the nanny car and closed the door and said something tired. Cui Zhichang, who was in the driver's seat, nodded and drove directly towards the SM building.
Like some time ago, after the crew finished filming for the day, Chi Jingyuan had to go back to the company to work on his album.
But today is a little different. Apart from the album, I mainly have to practice with the members of EXO and the kids from several other groups for the collaborative stage of the SBS Gayo Daejun at the end of the year.
An Chengyuan mentioned before that now that the cooperation plan has been released, several groups will be free today.
"Jingyuan had dinner at five o'clock in the afternoon, right... Do you want to go have something to eat first?" Cui Zhichang asked with some concern as he drove the car.
"I'm a little hungry, forget it, it's a little late now, I'll just eat some snacks to make up for it."
The phone in Chi Jingyuan's hand suddenly lit up. He opened it casually as he spoke.
When I opened the photo, I saw a selfie of my little girlfriend. Najing Minami's right hand with the ring on it was making scissor hands, smiling sweetly under the light, and her fair face still looked very cute even though she was completely bare-faced.
...I have met countless female idols over the years since my debut, and many of them look completely different with makeup on, but Minami Ming is one of the rare ones who does not change much after completely removing makeup.
This is actually a very important aesthetic standard for Chi Kyung-won when choosing a spouse, and Bae Joo-hyun is also one of the best...and Bae Suzy.
...Zhou Ziyu does not count.
The selfie was accompanied by very warm words of support and a cute penguin emoticon, which made Chi Jingyuan, who was originally exhausted, smile knowingly and feel better after seeing it.
It was just after midnight, and his girlfriend was obviously keeping time to support him. Although Chi Jingyuan didn't care about the results of this winter college, the feeling of being cared about all the time made people feel warm.
This chapter is not over yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading! He typed a few words and replied. He put down his phone with a smile and was about to say something to Cui Zhichang when his phone suddenly rang again. He picked it up and saw that it was from the company.
The head of Bian’s record department called:
"Don't worry about it..."
"Yes, let's put it at the beginning of January, the 4th and the 5th will be fine..."
"Okay, that's it."
After saying a few simple words, he hung up the phone. Chi Jingyuan felt sleepy and yawned slightly.
It was the director of the company responsible for the selection of MV heroines who called. The MV heroine audition, which was originally scheduled to be held in two days, has been postponed to after the end of the year, and has been postponed for about more than a week.
It was originally supposed to be held this weekend, but Chi Jingyuan is really busy. The auditions of five or six children cannot be completed in dozens of minutes. It takes at least an entire afternoon. Unfortunately, the pressure of the filming schedule has increased recently.
Coupled with a series of activities at the end of the year, from the 21st to the last day of the year, Chi Jingyuan could hardly find any free time. Even recording had to go to the company in the middle of the night to work overtime.
Mainly because there are so many parties and various activities at the end of the year... things will get much better after the New Year.
"correct."
While waiting for the red light, Cui Zhichang seemed to suddenly remember something. He fumbled around in the passenger bag twice, then reached out and handed it to Chi Jingyuan: "This is, um, red velvet's SEASON'S GREETING this year.
The calendar seems to have been released just yesterday... I met their agent at the company yesterday and gave me a few copies, and also asked me to bring you one too..."
"Oh? New calendar?"
Chi Jingyuan took it and opened it curiously and started to read it.
Idol groups including EXO release some peripheral products every year to bind their fans, and this kind of calendar is one of them.
The red velvet calendar in my hand is pretty good. The five members are each dressed in exquisite clothes and standing together, posing in various beautiful poses. From his point of view, it is quite eye-catching. Fans will definitely like it even more.
.
However, after Chi Jingyuan glanced at it, he put the other people aside and focused on one of them. He read through it and said to himself with a smile: "Purple hair? When was it taken?
, the ‘Russian Roulette’ period?”
"Well……"
Quite beautiful...
…………
"Senior Aniha Saiyo~"
"Senior Aniha Saiyo~"
After returning to the company, Chi Jingyuan went straight to the prepared practice room. As soon as he entered the door, he felt a rush of heat rushing towards his face. The practice room was noisy and lively, and at the same time there was a series of polite greetings.
This time the collaboration stage is between the three groups EXO, red velvet and NCT127. As relatively junior members, red velvet and NCT127 have already arrived.
... Seniors EXO have not all arrived yet, except for Chi Jingyuan who just arrived, and CBX who has not arrived yet.
"Hello~"
The door was surrounded by NCT members. Facing a group of bowing children, Chi Kyung-won smiled and nodded to them, and even stopped to chat with Lee Taeyong, who was relatively familiar with them.
While he was talking, Chi Jingyuan felt a strange look next to him looking at him. He glanced at it inadvertently...it was NCT's Yuta Nakamoto.
Why is he looking at me so strangely, and I feel a little hostile... Oh, I remember.
Chi Jingyuan felt a little strange, but he quickly came to his senses.
With a kind smile, he took the initiative to turn around and nodded to the neon child, then turned around and left with a smile in the face of the other person's somewhat evasive eyes.
Chi Jingyuan casually exchanged greetings with Li Taeyong and then walked inside. Several veterans from EXO had already arrived, all sitting in the back row and making a lively noise. When he saw him walking into the practice room, he waved casually,
Didn't even bother to say hello.
Some people haven't seen each other for several days, and their feelings have faded a bit.
"Oppa~"
However, when passing by Red Velvet, Chi Kyung-won stopped, exchanged glances with the smiling Kim Ye-rin and Seul-gi, and then looked at Son Seung-wan who was standing next to him.
This sister was holding her breasts and observing him furtively, with half of her face wrinkled together, looking very funny.
"Winning over..."
He squinted his eyes and wanted to tease this former relative who now raised eyebrows every time they met, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the other party glared at him with a threatening look, and he withdrew the honorific 'xi'.
.
"What a coincidence, you are here too?"
Just what she said still made Sun Shengwan furious. When she heard the words, she was stunned at first, with a look of disbelief on her face and thought she had heard wrong. Then she bared her teeth and started to yell: "Ah, what do you mean! What do you mean I'm here too?"
,Am I not a member of red velvet? Shouldn’t I be here? Shouldn’t I?”
"Shouldn't it be?"
While shouting, Sun Shengwan laughed angrily and pulled Jiang Seulqi beside him, pointed at himself angrily and asked her, frowning, with an expression on his face as if he had heard some shocking joke.
"Hahaha~"
But her expression might be a little too funny, and the only response she received was the uncontrollable laughter of a few people next to her.
"Yeah~"
Pei Zhuxuan on the side also smiled nervously, angrily stretched out his hand and pulled Chi Jingyuan away from Sun Shengwan... pulled him in front of him, and complained dissatisfiedly: "Why do you like to tease Shengwan so much now?"
Is it finished?”
"ah?"
Chi Jingyuan was stunned when he heard this, and then directly imitated Sun Shengwan's movements and expressions, pointed at himself and asked with his mouth wide open: "Shouldn't it be right?"
"You...poof, hahahaha..."
Pei Zhuhyun, who had deliberately suppressed her face to help her sisters get justice, couldn't hold back in an instant. A bright and bold smile immediately bloomed. She laughed so hard that she even bent down. At the same time, the young lady seemed to be a little unsteady and reached out to help her.
On Chi Jingyuan's body.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, before Chi Jingyuan had time to appreciate the beauty's charming smile, he immediately jumped to the side with alertness and agility, dodging a big flying foot.
Looking back, Son Seungwan was already hysterical after missing a single hit, but he was quickly stopped by the other members who were laughing together.
After finally holding back his laughter and calming Sun Shengwan down, Pei Zhuhyun walked over and patted Chi Jingyuan playfully. Although his tone was complaining, there was a smile on his face: "Ah, you are so annoying."
Pei Zhuhyun was wearing a lavender sportswear, lined with white tights. Looking at the exact same facial features and eyebrows, Chi Jingyuan vaguely had the illusion that the young lady in the calendar he just saw in the car had stepped out of it.
...that is, the hair color is different.
"That's her. I'm too lazy to tease the others."
Chi Jingyuan didn't feel that his behavior was bad at all, but instead pouted a little arrogantly.
"Tsk, I don't want you to tease me after I win."
"Then do you want to?"
"Go to hell!"
"...By the way, have you read the script? Don't run into problems when the time comes."
"Why, you think I am you? I don't know how to..."
"..."
After a few laughs and slaps, Chi Kyung-won said goodbye to Bae Joo-hyun and came to the EXO area.
The response to him was far less enthusiastic than the two groups just now, just a few lazy hands and voices.
"How do I feel about you and Irene..."
Not long after Jingyuan sat down, a chirping voice came from next to him. Wu Shixun clicked his tongue slightly, looked at Bae Zhuhyun who was joking with the members in the distance, and asked a little strangely: "It seems not as embarrassing as before?"
"
"Who knows." Chi Jingyuan glanced at him, then looked at Pei Zhuxuan, and said casually: "Maybe she is in a good mood today?"
In fact, he also felt that Pei Zhuhyun behaved a little differently today, a little... too normal, too natural.
Of course, it's not that normal and natural are bad, but she used to feel a little awkward and awkward every time she got along with him. Now she suddenly becomes normal, and it's obvious that she feels different when she compares them.
... This was the first time the two met since the last time they met in the coffee shop on the first floor. I don’t know if it was because learning about the existence of Mingjing Nan had some kind of special stimulation and influence on her.
However, this can be considered a good change.
probably.
"not……"
Wu Shixun, however, looked deep in thought, and guessed with some hesitation: "Could it be that she has given up on her relationship with you... and has someone new that she likes?"
Although this speculation was very shocking and shocking, Chi Jingyuan just shrugged and said noncommittally: "Maybe."
"Assi."
But looking at Chi Jingyuan's expression made Wu Shixun a little angry: "Ah, your arrogant tone is really unpleasant. Don't think that my idea is impossible. Irene is so beautiful. Do you think that in this world?"
You are the only male."
"Who is arrogant? I am not agreeing with you. Why are you so anxious..."
Chi Jingyuan was a little surprised by Wu Shixun's sudden anger. He thought his reaction was quite normal.
But just as he was about to say something, his cell phone rang suddenly, so he could only put it down temporarily, look at the caller and answer the call.
It was Lee Soo Man calling.
"Teacher Lee Soo Man?"
"Jingyuan, are you in the company..."
After a brief exchange of greetings, Lee Soo Man got to the point directly.
"Jingyuan, do you know that the rules of this year's Golden Disk Awards have been changed...so do you want to add one more song to your solo album?"
Hearing this, Chi Jingyuan knew what Li Xiuman meant.
The most heated thing in Ellie's circle these two days is the sudden and temporary change of selection rules for this year's Golden Disc Awards. A few days ago, the organizers of the Golden Disc Awards issued an announcement when announcing the candidates, explaining that in this award
The rules of some awards stipulate that a mini-album must contain more than five and at least six different songs to be a candidate.
At the same time, the weight and proportion of sales scores have been reduced in some awards such as the Record Awards.
As soon as the announcement came out, everyone in Ellie immediately went into an uproar...because anyone who saw the changes to these two rules would know what they were for.
The first one is obviously aimed at CBX... Although CBX was badly beaten by Twice, its overall performance is actually the best among all boy groups. If nothing unexpected happens, it will definitely be selected for the gold record award and win.
won many awards.
The organizers seemed unwilling to see this situation... CBX's debut album had exactly five songs. As soon as this rule was announced, their possibility of winning the award was immediately eliminated.
This number card is very interesting... In addition to CBX, Chi Jingyuan couldn't think of any other combinations affected by this rule after thinking about it for a long time.
The second article is clearly aimed at EXO.
A complete disconnect, not a single style of sales, is now EXO's biggest source of confidence to make all groups despair.
As soon as the temporary changes to this rule came out, not only SM and EXO members themselves, but also many people in the industry, and even those fans who took a closer look could see that the organizers were targeting EXO and seemed not to want to see them win so many awards.
Continue to dominate.
Also, SM artists have won the Golden Disk Record Awards for eight consecutive years.
This is actually okay, since they are different artists after all... But EXO alone has already won three consecutive Golden Disc Awards.
Starting from 2013, they have completely dominated Kpop for four years, and have almost won all the year-end awards for four years.
If you dominate for a year, others will be surprised and say that this new boy group is so awesome and soaring to the sky.
If you rule for two years, others will be surprised, wow, this boy band is so dominant.
But if you rule for three or four years and look like you want to continue to dominate, everyone will start to get bored and wonder why this boy band is not dead, why it has been you for several years in a row, and there is no novelty at all.
Should we develop and give others a way to survive?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The purpose of the Golden Record is easy to understand.
Lee Soo Man's intention is very obvious. He wants to add another song to Ji Kyung Won's solo album to avoid any problems next year and prevent him from participating in the gold record selection.
The Golden Record is the oldest award among the major award ceremonies in the peninsula. At the same time, the initiator and organizer is the "Korean Recording Industry Association". It has a very high gold content. It is even the highest among several awards. No one will question it.
a lot of.
One of the signs that Girls' Generation reached the top that year was winning consecutive gold records as a girl group.
"Um……"
But Chi Jingyuan pondered for a few seconds and then declined softly: "No need."
Before Li Xiuman could speak, he laughed again: "Even if I add it, what if they change the rules again next year, haha."
After seeing the news, Chi Jingyuan carefully considered this matter in private.
Although the golden record is very valuable, this is not the first time that this kind of secret operation has been done to change the rules.
In 2011, Girls' Generation defeated the boy band and became the number one single-edition sales leader, but in the end, they didn't even get a candidate for the record category award. The annual chart performance of "The Boys" was the worst in those years of SNSD, but the result was
Instead, I was given the Sound Source Grand Prize.
In 2014, a ridiculous rule was temporarily proposed for SJ: "If you have won the Grand Prize for three years, you can no longer win the Grand Prize, so your qualification as a candidate will be cancelled."
So the selection rules are like this, if you have something, you will get it, if you don’t, you won’t have it.
Chi Jingyuan is sure that even if he adds a song, there is a high probability that the rules will be changed next year... so there is no need.
Reminiscent of the last MMA incident and various minor episodes during this period, in fact, the members of SM and EXO already know it very well. Because of their excessive glory in the past few years, it seems that it is not a company that is targeting them, but
It's half an industry.
The peninsula music industry has a habit of upgrading. No matter how popular you are, you should give way to the next generation in a few years, so that everyone can develop healthily.
In the eyes of many people, it’s time for the men’s team to undergo an update.
"..."
Li Xiuman, who originally wanted to say something, hesitated for a second, and then couldn't help but laugh. The laughter was hearty and full of fun, and then he said no more: "Forget it, that's it."
After hanging up the phone with a smile, Chi Jingyuan also shook his head as he felt the subtle change in form.
Noticing Wu Sehun's curious gaze next to him, he explained casually: "Teacher Lee Soo Man came to me and asked me if I wanted to add songs to my solo album."
"Because of the golden record rules?"
Wu Shixun also understood instantly: "Add it, why not add it? With your popularity, as long as you are among the candidates, you will have a high probability of winning the award."
"do not add."
Chi Jingyuan leaned back, looking nonchalant: "It doesn't matter."
"So arrogant?"
"Hmm~"
Facing Wu Shixun's somewhat admiring gaze, Chi Jingyuan shook his head with an expression that was exactly what it should be.
It’s understandable that he or EXO have such a high profile. No matter how others target them, their achievements cannot be discredited. Throughout 2016, no boy group can compete with them. Even last year’s rival Big Bang was busy with tours.
There is not much activity in the local area at all.
The only one that can compete with XO in terms of popularity... after all, it's a girl group like Twice.
Thinking about it, even if the awards are targeted by the industry, the gaps in EXO's data and performance are real. Even if the scoring weight of some awards is reduced, if there are no opponents, there will be no opponents.
It's impossible to turn a boy band out of thin air.
"Hey, you said..."
Seemingly thinking about this, Wu Shixun suddenly sat up, a little worried, and then looked over with interest: "Now it's obvious that other companies are targeting us... No way we don't have any opponents now, but they created one for us.
When competitors come out, next year several companies will join forces to form a boy band to compete with us?"
"Oh, how is that possible?"
Chi Jingyuan was happy when he heard this. He sneered and shook his head disdainfully: "How can it be so easy to create a TOP group? And even if a TOP group does appear with good results, many of the fault data are not at all
It's so easy to achieve, it won't affect us much at all, we have to make problems ourselves..."
Just kidding, let alone the EXO group, Chi Jingyuan alone is now far ahead of the so-called TOP group.
"boom!"
But before Chi Jingyuan could finish speaking, a muffled sound suddenly interrupted his words... The door of the practice room was pushed open.
When he looked up in surprise, he saw their manager An Chengyuan standing at the door, scanning the idols inside as if they were looking for something. The expression of the good old guy in the past looked a little serious now.
He quickly found his target and shouted in a muffled voice:
