"Yuan Xi, among all the female idols you have come into contact with right now, is there anyone who is your ideal type, truly the kind?"
"No... I really haven't encountered it."
"So what does your ideal type look like?"
"At least...have some of the same hobbies."
Minami Nai is sitting cross-legged in the corner of the practice room, holding a mobile phone in her hand and watching the "Golden Fishing Ground-EXO-K Special" that was played some time ago, with a gentle smile on her sweaty face.
"..." Momo Hirai, who was on the side, poked her head over and took a look. After looking at the screen for a few seconds, she came back and curled her lips: "Why are you watching this again? Didn't you already watch it when it premiered?"
"What are you doing when you're bored?"
Najing Nan smiled and pushed up her hair, then raised her head to look at the white light on the ceiling of the practice room, as if she was deep in thought.
After a few seconds, she suddenly turned her head and looked over: "By the way, what is Chi Jingyuan's hobby?"
"Chi Jingyuan? It's so straightforward, why don't you call me Yuan-senpai?" Hirai Momo laughed and glanced at her.
"I don't want to scream anymore."
Najing Nan wrinkled her nose slightly.
Laughing again, Hirai Momo said naturally: "Don't you know, he seems to like our neon animation very much. There are many Yuan fans on the Internet who privately took photos of his private server, many of which are Pokémon.
These anime co-branded models are still very rare and are not available on the market.”
"The same goes for photos of EXO entering and leaving the airport. This is already well known among EXO fans."
"I like it too." With half-squinted eyes, Mingnan pursed her lips and smiled, looking a little happy and a little embarrassed.
"..." Hirai Momo glanced at her speechlessly. She didn't know what to say to this somewhat bewildered friend. She thought about it and then added: "By the way, some variety shows I watched said that Yuan is still very good.
I like to play games, and it seems to be games on consoles such as PSP and 3DS.”
"I like it too! What does he usually play?" Najing Nan smiled happily and showed her teeth.
"I don't know. You can search on the Internet and look through fan clubs. Maybe some of his fans know about him. Each Yuan fan is more powerful than the other."
"I'll try and find it……"
Just as she was told, Mingjing Nan picked up her mobile phone and skillfully clicked into a well-known fan club of Chi Jingyuan and started browsing. After about ten minutes, she unknowingly frowned:
"No one said anything, they just said that they like to play games..."
Hirai Momo looked at her cell phone intently, pretending she didn't hear anything.
"found it!"
After a few more minutes, Mingnan suddenly let out a soft cry, patted Hirai Momo excitedly, looked at the phone and read out:
"I couldn't find any relevant content in Yuan's fan club. I found a tip from a fan in Sehun's fan club, saying that Sehun once complained to his fans about how Chi Kyung-won was always in the waiting room of singing programs.
When he is young, he likes to sit there and play games. He doesn’t even bother to participate in topics that are not of interest to him.”
"Then what?" Hirai Momo also leaned over to look at her mobile phone.
"Then the fans asked him what games Yuan likes to play, and Sehun mentioned several, saying that he likes to play "Monster Hunter", "Pokémon", "Super Mario" and the like."
His voice was a little excited, and he became more and more happy as he read it at the end: "They are all my favorite games. It seems that I am the ideal type that Chi Jingyuan has never met."
At the end of her speech, she couldn't help but cover half of her face with her hands, and shook her body from side to side a little shyly.
Hirai Momo's eyes widened, and she looked at her blankly as if she were a patient. When Minami herself felt a little embarrassed, she said disdainfully: "I'd rather watch you play "Mario"
"Excuse me, why have I never seen you play with the first two..."
"You're still your ideal type. People have probably forgotten who you are. Can you stop dreaming about it?"
"..." The fantasy in her heart was ruthlessly shattered. Najing Nannu looked at her with dissatisfaction, and said in a soft and scratchy voice: "I can't even think about it."
"Then think quickly." Hirai Momo looked at the time: "We have ten minutes to go to class, and you can still be the 'Chi Jingyuan ideal type' for ten minutes."
"Ten minutes, ten minutes...and who said we can only think about it now? I'll think about it when I go back tonight!"
…………
On the evening of June 12th, EXO and its team took a chartered flight from Seoul Incheon Airport to Hagguk River City. After more than three hours of flight, it was already past 11 o'clock when they landed. The members went through the formalities inside and each held their hands.
It was almost early in the morning when I saluted and pushed my trolley suitcase out of the airport.
"Ahhhhh..."
"Ahhh XO!!"
"Baekhyun, Chanyeol!"
"Yuan, look at me, Yuan!"
"Ah ah ah Jin Tan..."
Unexpectedly, there were fans waiting outside the airport to be picked up at such a late hour. As soon as they walked out, they heard a loud cheer.
Although the number was not very large, everyone's eyes were extremely excited and fanatical. After seeing the EXO members coming out, they waved their pictures and banners crazily and shouted their names loudly.
Chi Jingyuan actually heard someone shouting "Jin Tan", and he smiled and sighed in his heart.
"The Heirs" has been airing for more than half a year, and there are still fans who still like the character he played so much. Xia Guo's fans are really long-lasting.
Facing such enthusiastic fans really moved Chi Jingyuan. He took out his mobile phone and checked the time. He quickly walked to the front and called out to Li Chenghuan. He pointed at the fan group over there and whispered a few words, and Li Chenghuan looked at it.
Looking at the small number of fans over there, I nodded after thinking for a while.
Li Chenghuan turned around and greeted the members and gave instructions. The members nodded happily, handed the salute to the assistant next to them, and followed Chi Jingyuan over.
Seeing EXO members walking towards them, the fans who were picking up the airport all covered their mouths in disbelief. The expressions on their faces were both excited and nervous, and a few of them couldn't help but scream.
"Why are you still here so late?"
Chi Jingyuan walked to the fence, took the autograph book handed over by a fan, took the oil-based pen he carried with him and started to sign on it. At the same time, he glanced at them with a smile, using authentic Xia Wen casually like a friend.
Had a chat.
"Ah ah ah Yuan!!" After they heard Chi Jingyuan's voice, they were stunned for a moment, as if they heard wrongly. After a few seconds, they realized what they were saying and started shouting out in excitement.
"What Xia Wen said is really good..." There were many such sighs mixed in. At the same time, many people quickly took out their mobile phones and started taking pictures of him.
The other members of EXO also smiled and started signing autographs for fans. However, except for Xia Guo Line, others naturally could not communicate as smoothly as Chi Jingyuan.
The joy in their hearts could not be suppressed and they screamed to vent some. However, these fans soon realized that the opportunity was too rare to waste. They tried their best to suppress the tsunami version's mood and replied with a trembling voice: "Because
The news is that XO’s oppas are coming to our place today, and our planet fans will definitely come to pick them up at the airport, no matter how late they come.”
"I'm really happy to see you..." After Chi Jingyuan signed a notebook, he returned it, then took a Xia version of the album "Overdose" handed over by a fan, and smiled at her,
He started to sign and continued: "But aren't your parents worried at this late hour?"
"I made an excuse and said I would sleep with my classmates today..."
"I told them that my parents support me."
"I ran away from school..."
The fans in front of me were chattering and rushing to answer, as if Chi Jingyuan would not be able to hear him if it was later.
"This is not possible. Although I am very grateful for your support, it is best to seek the consent of my parents next time." Chi Jingyuan looked at them seriously and said seriously, and then looked at the 'truant'
Debut fans seriously warned: "We can't do this next time. Even if it's for EXO, we won't be happy."
"I understand." This young-looking female fan responded obediently, staring at Chi Jingyuan with shining eyes.
"Oppa Yuan, I really like "Pokémon" too. Do you think Blastoise is better or Charizard?"
"We are talking in Xiawen, why do you use the word oppa?"
"hey-hey……"
"Hmm..." Chi Jingyuan raised his eyes and thought for a while, then looked at the questioner and answered seriously: "Blastoise, I prefer Squirtle, and water defeats fire, right."
"Oppa, when will you make another TV series?"
"The main thing is to read the script, and I've been quite busy lately..."
"..."
After chatting for a few words naturally, these fans calmed down a lot. Looking at Chi Jingyuan standing in front of him while signing autographs and talking, a strange feeling filled his whole body, and everyone was warm.
Soft and soft.
Just very happy.
It was almost done at the end. Chi Jingyuan signed the last few, glanced at it and asked with some concern: "There should be no buses at this time. How are you going back?"
"We all came together in a chartered car, Oppa doesn't have to worry!"
"That's fine. Come back early later. Pay attention to your safety."
Chi Jingyuan nodded when he heard this, looked at them and smiled before turning back. At this time, some other EXO members had already signed and left.
Chi Jingyuan walked halfway and turned around again. Seeing so many people staring at him, he smiled knowingly, waved, opened his mouth but made no sound, and said 'goodbye' to them.
Many fans who witnessed this scene burst into tears. They covered their mouths and watched Chi Jingyuan and EXO leave.
Today's airport pick-up event left such a deep impression on them that they may not forget it for many years.
It didn't end until I got on the bus rented by the company, leaned against the window and waved goodbye to the fans who were still reluctant to leave, and the bus started driving.
"You really dote on your fans." Sitting in his seat, Wu Shixun turned to look at him and said with some surprise.
"Isn't this what it should be?" Chi Jingyuan took out his mobile phone to read the news and glanced sideways at him: "Do you think everyone is the same as you?"
"Ah, what are you talking about? I'm a big fan too, okay. Just now when I saw someone picking up someone at the airport so late, I wanted to tell Brother Seung-hwan about signing autographs for fans, but I was afraid he wouldn't agree.
That’s all, you think I’m you?”
Wu Shixun was a little angry when he heard this. After speaking quickly, he seemed to want to prove the persuasiveness of his words. He also added: "If you don't believe me, check out my Instagram. I have interacted with fans who have left messages in the past few days.
How many articles are there, and people like you who don’t even look at them have the nerve to say anything about me?”
Chi Jingyuan, who was originally going to read the news, heard the news and opened Instagram directly to enter his own page. He held the screen and shook it at him with a righteous look:
"What's so annoying about it? Who said I don't want to read it?"
"I'm watching it now!"
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After a simple press conference on the 13th, the first concert held by EXO and Xia Mainland was officially held at the Zhuankou Stadium in Jiangcheng on June 14th. A total of 16,000 seats were opened and the seats were packed.
This is the first performance held in the Mainland. Considering EXO's popularity, the demand for tickets is naturally in short supply. They were sold out within a few seconds after they went on sale. There are calls for tickets online and on fan forums, and various scalpers are getting excited.
became active
The official ticket prices for EXO concerts in Mainland China are basically fixed. The price ranges from the top of the mountain to the front row of the infield, from 680 yuan to 1280 yuan for the top ticket. To be honest, this price is not expensive.
The price is already relatively suitable among concerts.
It's just that tickets are too hard to grab because there are so many people and so few people, and the mainland ticketing company that SM cooperates with must have retained a batch of tickets. In addition, scalpers are fully active among them, so the proportion of viewers who can get concert tickets at the official original price is not very high.
high.
At the Peninsula Seoul Stadium, some tickets for the front row seats with excellent seats were raised to eighteen times the original price. However, this time at the Gangcheng Stadium, some of the concessions were not spared. I heard that tickets for some seats were also sold by traffickers.
An exaggerated price of one to twenty times.
But there are people who really want it, and there are quite a few of them.
But there is nothing SM can do. Scalping tickets is really hard to avoid and impossible to eliminate.
This time, the parents and relatives of several members of EXO's Xiaguo line also came to the scene. They smiled and said hello to all the members backstage and then took their children out to talk.
Chi Jingyuan found that the family conditions of several Xia Guo line members were quite good, especially Tao's parents, whose clothes and matching were obviously valuable.
No wonder Tao was able to drive a 2014 Maserati just two years after his debut.
After he bought a car before, he showed it off in front of the members. According to time, he should be the first member of EXO to drive such a luxury car.
It's not that other members can't afford it, it's just that they haven't taken action yet or don't want to be so high-profile...
As for Chi Jingyuan, he doesn’t have a driver’s license yet…
Thinking of this, Chi Jingyuan decided to take some time to get his driver's license soon.
This concert went very smoothly. The previous accident at Hong Kong Island Station made SM pay more attention to safety work and sent people to re-check all the equipment before the performance.
Xia Guo’s fans are also very enthusiastic. The fiery atmosphere and the screams that resounded throughout the stadium are even better than those at Peninsula. All EXO members are enjoying and immersing themselves in the mood.
I started hi with the fans.
I don’t know if it was because all the parents came to the scene, but the three members of the Xia Guo line were very excited. Their dancing movements were much more vigorous, and they were much more energetic than before, and in the middle few
During the chat session, I was obviously very excited. I held the microphone and spoke for a long time, and even though the time was running out, I still had some unfinished thoughts.
There is a feeling of being close to home.
After finishing the concert, Chi Kyung-yuan did not return to the peninsula with the members on the return day on the 15th. Instead, he flew directly to Shanghai with the team, where SM staff and LG people had been waiting for a long time.
After several months of constant exploration, trade-offs and discussions, the two parties finally reached an agreement a few days ago. LG officially invited Chi Jingyuan to serve as the spokesperson for its full range of LG Electronics products, including TVs, audio, mobile devices, household appliances, etc.
LG was very optimistic about Chi Jingyuan from the beginning. After "The Heirs" became a hit in Asia, it placed him as the first candidate and was very sincere in several rounds of negotiations.
They value Chi Jingyuan so much, in addition to the fact that in the past year, Chi Jingyuan has indeed gained a lot of popularity in peninsula, Xia Kingdom, Southeast Asia and most other Asian regions because of the popular TV series "The Heirs" and as the most popular member of EXO.
In addition to his high visibility and popularity, what's more important is that they know Chi Jingyuan's potential background relatively well, and believe that under the escort, he will continue to grow in popularity without any danger of dying midway.
The contract has been signed, but neither party has announced it yet. LG will officially announce the news before the product launch event scheduled to be held in Shanghai on June 17, and Chi Jingyuan will also be present on the same day to cooperate with the promotion.
SM attaches great importance to LG's endorsement, because it not only represents an intuitive share of the endorsement fee, but also has a very good effect on improving the image of the company and EXO. This time, the company specially sent a team from Peninsula to assist.
Jingyuan has completed this press conference, and the company will also invest a lot of corresponding resources to cooperate with LG in publicity.
This is the first time Chi Jingyuan has received this kind of important top endorsement since his debut. Although he is not very nervous, he does take it very seriously. After arriving in Shanghai, he learned a lot of relevant knowledge with the staff on both sides.
, made a lot of preparations.
Moreover, after this press conference, he will immediately return to the peninsula to shoot a series of advertisements for LG products, which is a huge workload.
On June 17, Chi Jingyuan and LG Electronics Xiaguo District President Li Xianglong appeared at the LG product launch conference, pushing the atmosphere to a climax. At the same time, in an interview with the media, Li Xianglong highly praised Chi Jingyuan: "LG owns all
The product strategy is all positive and high-end, including washing machines, refrigerators, mobile phones, color TVs, etc., and Chi Jingyuan's personal image is high-end, which is very suitable for LG's overall image."
"In addition, he is very popular and influential in both Peninsula and Xiaguo, so after discussion, we finally decided to invite Chi Jingyuan to be the spokesperson for our full line of products."
"Jingyuan had a very high-end image in "The Heirs" before, and he is the most suitable candidate for our LG spokesperson."
Chi Jingyuan stood next to *** and smiled while facing the cameras and reporters, listening to him bragging about his rainbow fart.
He didn't give *** any money either. Although LG did think highly of him and Chi Jingyuan was very polite when they met before, he wouldn't brag like that.
He felt a little embarrassed when he heard it.
At the same time, LG and SM officially announced the news that Chi Kyung-yuan has become the spokesperson for LG Electronics products, and conducted varying degrees of publicity in both Peninsula and Xiaguo.
Within the Xia Kingdom, Chi Jingyuan's popularity is indeed very high with the support of EXO and "The Heirs". In addition, he also appeared on the party at the beginning of this year, and his popularity has increased significantly.
promote.
The mainland of the peninsula is the home base of LG and SM, and they spare no effort in their promotion.
Although Chi Jingyuan is very popular now, in Peninsula, a place that pays more attention to seniority and class, his current status, qualifications and age are actually a little behind.
You must know that this is the first time that LG has invited a celebrity to be the spokesperson for the overall brand image. Although Hyun Bin has been invited to endorse mobile phones in the early days, it is only a single product, and there is a fundamental difference from this time for a full range of brands.
Although I don’t know how SM does it, being able to receive such a level of endorsement from LG’s full-line spokesperson naturally made many people in the peninsula take a high look at Chi Kyung-won, which unknowingly improved his own style and celebrity.
Bit.
In any case, with market certification, the support and backing of major companies, and the already excellent public image, the public's perception of Chi Jingyuan suddenly rose to a higher level. This is how many albums EXO has sold.
Or an effect that is difficult to achieve even if the TV series he plays becomes a hit, it is equivalent to LG using its own image and nationality to lift Chi Kyung-won up a step.
This is also a big reason why so many artists in the peninsula strive to pursue high-end endorsements. If an idol receives a high-end endorsement, or a high-end endorsement, his style will immediately rise, and he will be instantly different from ordinary idols.
Obvious class.
Naturally, EXO fans were beating gongs and drums with great joy.
They have been running rampant on the Internet in the past year. Because of EXO's popularity and performance, they have never lost when competing or scolding other companies. Their fighting ability is amazing.
Because the fan group has unconditional support and love for idols, and because they are relatively young, they have always been a group that is easily excited and prone to disputes. Fans of idols from countless group groups in the peninsula are fighting each other online every day.
, never stops.
They compare their respective idols' performance, music sources, sales, looks, temperament, endorsements, everything.
Some speak straightforwardly, while others speak in a strange and eccentric manner.
And now that Chi Jingyuan has received the top title, it has provided them with an extremely sharp weapon when facing mutual hostility from other boy band fans:
"Let's not talk about album sales. It's a bit bullying you... What kind of endorsement does your family have?"
"Why don't you say anything? Are you scared? Are you pretending to be dead? It's okay. Wait for me to check..."
"Oh...student milk? Hahaha, it's pretty awesome. By the way, have you heard of LG?"
"%%&西八&%..." At this time, the fans on the other side were not only speechless, but also cursed in anger.
But if they get anxious, it means they lose.
This dimensional wall-like gap between their idols naturally makes planet fans overjoyed and invincible.
Just two days before they were happy, news that was like a bolt from the blue to everyone in the industry was suddenly exposed.
On the morning of June 19, Peninsula Media suddenly broke the news that popular EXO member Baekhyun and girl group Rainbow member Kim Ji-sook are in love. The two have been dating for more than four months since February this year.
After debuting for more than two years, the upward momentum is extremely obvious. EXO, which is just one step away from reaching the top, suddenly revealed the news that its members are in love, which instantly stunned fans who were previously complacent.
The so-called extreme joy leads to sorrow is nothing more than this.
