"The focus of this month is the cooperation with Bae Suzy from JYP. You also heard the specific matters and process arrangements during yesterday's meeting, Jingyuan. Your song release time is tentatively scheduled for February, and the time is still relatively tight.
, the production of the song is best completed within half a month.”
Today is the afternoon of January 2, 2014. At this time, Ji Kyung-won and Park Jae-hyun were walking towards the JYP building.
They had just finished eating next to each other, and because the distance was so close, they didn't bother to drive, so they walked over directly.
As Park Jae-hyun walked, he talked to Chi Jingyuan about the main itinerary for the first month of the new year.
"If it takes half a month...it depends on whether the other party is willing to cooperate." Chi Jingyuan recited the time silently and curled his lips.
Practicing and recording a song plus shooting the MV is enough time if you work on it all the time every day, but if you have to run a schedule in the middle and can only find time to prepare together, it will be very urgent.
"JYP is still very sincere. They have specially reserved Bae Suzy's recent schedule. It can be felt that they still have great expectations for this time." Park Jae Hyun said something for JYP,
"It's not about the schedule...it's about my ability. There should be no problem with the MV shooting. If I can't make it through the recording, there's nothing I can do about it."
"Idol's main thing is popularity. Although strength is important, it is not the key. If you are popular enough, people will naturally praise your strength. Suzy Xi's popularity has always been very high, and isn't there Kyungwon?"
"Too."
Chi Jingyuan nodded when he heard this, agreeing with Park Jae-hyun's statement.
Yesterday on the 1st, SM and JYP held a meeting regarding this cooperation project. They gave a detailed explanation of the specific matters of this cooperation, including the songs, format and return time of this collaboration.
They made it clear.
During the meeting and discussion at the beginning of the year, Pei Xiuzhi, who had never shown up before, finally showed up yesterday. She didn't talk much to Chi Jingyuan, she just said hello with a smile, said some things about the scene, and then sat silently.
Listening there, it seemed very peaceful.
After discussions between the two companies some time ago, the final decision was finally made. Ji Kyung-won and Bae Suzy will not form a temporary group. This time they will collaborate on a song together as individuals. If the response is good, it may be followed up.
There will be a next stage of cooperation.
The song has been selected as "some" that Chi Jingyuan submitted at the beginning of the year.
Originally, because Park Jin Young attached great importance to collaboration, he thought of composing lyrics and music himself to serve as this collaboration song. However, after trying it a few times, he found that it was quite different from Chi Kyung Won's demo.
After a few hits with no results, I gave up.
SM and JYP are very satisfied with this song. After market analysis, they believe that it has the potential to become a hit. After discussion, both parties increased their investment in resources.
Park Jin Young personally served as the producer of this single, but SM also secured a considerable part of the rights for Ji Kyung Won to participate in the production, and the other party readily agreed without any objection.
The original plan was to release a single album, but after accumulated arguments, it was rejected. In the end, it was decided to release a digital single instead of an album.
In fact, JYP really hopes to release a physical album. After all, although the cost of a single album is not high, they can increase the album's selling price by arranging better album configurations such as signed photo cards, postcards and pictorials.
Make a huge profit.
In particular, EXO's current sales myth has made countless companies in the industry jealous. As for the first collaborative album with EXO's most popular Ji Kyung-won, just thinking about it, I know that the sales volume will be very good, and the volume is huge.
, the pockets of die-hard Yuan fans are coveted by JYP.
Although Bae Suzy is very popular and popular among the people, she is from a girl group after all, so she is at a natural disadvantage in terms of sales.
Missa has never been good at sales. The sales volume of their group is less than a fraction of EXO. By comparison, it seems that SM has suffered a lot, so they must be a little unhappy.
The astonishing gap in sales between the two made it impossible for the two parties to reach an agreement on the distribution of interests. After a long period of arguing, they decided not to release a physical album.
To be honest, SM no longer attaches as much importance to this cooperation between the two companies as it did in the past.
When we first prepared for the joint project at the beginning of last year, EXO was still a relatively unpopular group. Only Ji Kyung-won was considered to be somewhat popular. At that time, they were preparing for their regular album comeback, and the company was unable to determine the prospects of this comeback.
Next, I naturally attach great importance to the cooperation with JYP. After all, the partner is a female artist with high national popularity like Bae Suzy.
But now EXO has become popular in the peninsula because of "Roar", and has been directly promoted from a newcomer to a grand award winner, and is preparing to be a TOP group. While Ji Jingyuan's popularity continues to rise, he is also responsible for "The Roar", which has great influence in Asia.
The male protagonist of "The Heirs".
It can be said that the situation now and then are completely different. Chi Jingyuan no longer needs to rely on cooperation to increase his attention. If it had not been discussed and the participant was a special member like Chi Jingyuan, plus
JYP asked Ji Kyung Yuan to participate in these factors. It is estimated that SM wants to change a member to participate in this cooperation.
Of course, even if it is not very necessary, it is a very good collaboration after all. It is also a good exposure opportunity for Chi Jingyuan, and the collaboration song "some" written by him this time is really excellent. Chi
Jingyuan himself is very optimistic about this song.
On the other hand, JYP is just the opposite. Recently, their company's operating situation has been deteriorating. In order to maintain the company's revenue, they have directly packaged the proceeds from the neon tours of several groups including 2PM in one go and sold them to CJ.
This is used to make the numbers on the financial report look better.
Although they went public in November last year and announced a series of actions, including the launch of a new boy group and a new girl group, their stock prices have continued to decline. A recent financial report showed that the entire JYP has fallen over the past year.
Basically there is no net profit, which makes many investors very bearish.
Of course, it was still a bit stronger than the direct deficit in the previous year's financial report.
At this critical juncture, JYP will certainly seize every revenue growth point. With Chi Kyung-won's market rising, they will naturally pay more attention to this cooperation.
Park Jin Young also offered to set the recording location of the song in JYP, so that he could participate at any time and make this single more refined.
Thanks to Park Jin Young, Ji Kyung Won still has to go to JYP to work every day.
"By the way, I took a look just now. The entrance to your company is really lively. It's almost full of people. Are they all Girls' Generation fans?"
When he was about to arrive, Park Jae Hyun suddenly remembered the scene he saw in front of the SM building just now, and said something playful.
"There are also fans of other groups, like our EXO fans... but most of them must be from Girls' Generation. After all, yesterday's news had a huge impact on Son."
Chi Jingyuan's eyes also reflected on the scene of huge crowds he had seen before, and he sighed: "It's really scary. As expected, the most popular top member of the popular national girl group is exposed to be in a relationship. This influence and popularity are really hard to believe."
Yesterday, January 1st, one day into 2014, a sensational news broke out in the Peninsula entertainment industry. Dispatch, a celebrity media reporting website, was the first to break the news that Girls’ Generation member Lim Yoona and multi-talented artist Lee Seung-ki are secretly dating.
The picture accompanying the news was very clear, so clear that many people immediately believed it after seeing it. Whether SM responded or clarified it was no longer important.
In fact, SM has no intention of denying or clarifying.
After this news was confirmed, it immediately topped the headlines and hot searches of entertainment news, and various forums were full of people discussing this matter.
Girls' Generation fans who had just celebrated the New Year were not even happy for a long time when they were slapped in the head and stunned by the news.
Ever since the news was released yesterday, a lot of fans have gathered in front of SM to question the company, and today a lot of people came, a dense group at the door, many of them holding banners and asking the company to give an explanation.
As an insider in the industry and having a good relationship with several members of Girls' Generation, Ji Kyung-won naturally knows that more than half of the members of Girls' Generation are in relationships. Last time he was in the club, he saw two or several of them with his own eyes.
I don't mean to be shy at all.
As for those who are not in love, it is just that they have not met the right person and they are in the window period.
In fact, Chi Jingyuan knew that several of them had changed boyfriends many times.
After all, it’s been so many years since they debuted. Girls’ Generation, which debuted in 2007, is now in its seventh year. A girl’s prime years and the most longing for love are only these few years.
Moreover, dating and falling in love is very normal for idols. Chi Jingyuan has dated more than once since his debut more than a year ago. As far as he knows, several members of EXO have already started secret relationships.
He was just a little surprised. SM would have blocked this kind of news before, but the most popular group like Lin Yoon-ah was actually exposed on the first day of the new year. It was obviously prepared long ago, which makes people think.
The profound meaning in it.
Chi Jingyuan saw this scene when he came out of the company in the morning. Quite a few of them were male fans. These people who would never participate in such activities couldn't help but come out at this time.
Chi Jingyuan thought it was quite interesting at first, but after looking at their expressions and feeling the atmosphere of the scene for a while, he couldn't help but put away his smile, and his emotions became a little complicated.
In fact, the picture accompanying this news couldn't be more clear, and it can be considered as shocking. SM also acted out of default, and basically the outside world no longer doubts the authenticity of the news.
Only these fans still stupidly want an explanation from the company.
In fact, they know in their hearts that the news is true, but they still have unrealistic illusions and expect SM to deny the news.
How much they want to hear SM's announcement stating: "The relationship between the two is just an ordinary senior."
Even if you lie to them, at least you can feel better and comfort yourself.
It's a pity that humble wishes are so insignificant in the face of cruel display.
Recalling the scene just now, Chi Jingyuan, who had nothing to do with himself and was watching with ease, couldn't help but think of himself. If his relationship was exposed one day, how would his huge, loyal and crazy fans react?
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Moreover, the vast majority of boy groups are made up of female fans, especially girlfriend fans, who are more intolerant of idol romance than girl groups.
Chi Jingyuan felt a bit scary just thinking about it.