"Okay, there should be no problems with tomorrow's concert. Thank you for your hard work."
After another day of busy work, when practice finally ended on the morning of the 26th, the room manager and dance teacher announced that the rehearsing of EXO's concert repertoire was almost completed.
As for the remaining songs, don't be too anxious. You can take your time after the performance comes back. After all, you won't need them for the time being. Re-parting, re-recording and other tasks are not very urgent right now.
"Ah, it's finally done."
"This kind of work feels much more tiring than releasing a new album."
"Nonsense, we have practiced this countless times before. It will definitely be tiring to do it again..."
After hearing this, the members all breathed a sigh of relief and sighed a few words in a low voice as if to vent.
The two of them also felt relaxed for a while. The two of them had spoken very little in the past few days. They had been holding back things in their hearts and had been gritting their teeth and practicing with the members.
The hazy practice these past few days has made all the members a little overwhelmed. Now that it's finally finished, they can take a little rest.
"Thank you for your hard work." Everyone bowed to the dance teachers to express their gratitude, and then after chatting for a few words, they dispersed and prepared to go out for a meal together.
Chi Jingyuan's cell phone just rang at this time. He looked down and found that it was Pei Xiuzhi's call. After thinking for a moment, he walked to the window and answered the call.
"Jingyuan, let's go to that store first. Come quickly." Jin Junmian looked back at Chi Jingyuan's movements and shouted to him.
Chi Jingyuan turned around and made an 'ok' gesture. After watching the members go out, he continued talking on the phone. After talking for a while, he hung up after making an appointment.
Pei Xiuzhi called him to make an appointment a few days ago, but Chi Jingyuan was so busy at the time that he couldn't spare the time.
But I am free today.
After tidying up, Chi Jingyuan put on his hat, put on his bag, walked out of the practice room, closed the door, and walked towards the elevator.
But before I took two steps, five people came towards me.
Chi Jingyuan glanced around and found that they happened to be the four members of the new girl group's Bae Zhuhyun. Following at the end was a short woman in her thirties who was slightly fat and wearing glasses.
"Jingyuan." As soon as they saw him, Jiang Seulqi and Son Seungwan trotted over while waving their hands cheerfully several meters apart.
Behind me, Bae Zhuhyun, who had lowered her head slightly when walking, also looked over, blinked, smiled and quickened her pace.
"Have you just finished eating?" Chi Jingyuan asked, while fisting Sun Shengwan, who was the fastest runner, so hard that she winced and couldn't stop shaking her hands and feet and shouting in pain.
"Nai, Hye Young and Oni just came back from having dinner together." Jiang Seulqi nodded and turned to look at the woman at the end.
Chi Jingyuan has met this middle-aged woman several times in the company. Her name is Quan Huiying. He remembers that she should be in SM's artist management department. It seems that she is now one of the managers of the new girl group.
"Jingyuan..." Quan Huiying came over and greeted Chi Jingyuan with a smile. Her attitude was as enthusiastic as before. Park Xiurong next to her was a little stunned. She felt that their manager had been very strict with them after this contact.
It was as if the person suddenly changed.
"Director Quan Huiying." Chi Jingyuan also smiled and returned the greeting gently, and at the same time glanced at Bae Zhuxuan who was looking at him next to him.
"Oh, I told you last time to just call me Nu." Quan Huiying waved her hands pretending to complain, then glanced aside and nodded with a smile: "I heard before that Seulgi and the others are very close to you.
Okay, we're friends, we happened to meet each other today, let's just chat for a while, I'll go to the practice room and wait for you."
After saying that, she didn't stop, nodded to Chi Jingyuan, and left directly towards the practice room.
An agent who knows how to deal with things. Chi Jingyuan looked at her figure and gave her an impression.
"Hey Yi Gu, you are indeed a fool."
Sun Shengwan's hand no longer hurt now. He frowned and stared at Quan Huiying's leaving figure. After he completely disappeared, he looked at Chi Jingyuan and smacked his lips: "Huiying, Unni, usually treats us...
But being strict, you have to control everything, that is, be a little more relaxed when talking to Joohyun Unnie... I didn’t expect you to look like this when I met you, tsk tsk.”
"It's the same as the first time you saw it. Did you forget about it from Director Li Meizhu?" Chi Jingyuan glanced at her. Sun Shengwan's rich expressions always made him feel very interesting, very straightforward and not artificial.
"Oh, I think about it, it's true, hahaha." Sun Shengwan laughed when he remembered that incident, and sighed: "He is indeed a famous royal family in the company..."
"Miah Nei." She suddenly stopped and covered her mouth with both hands, as if to seal her mouth, and then looked at Chi Jingyuan with an apologetic look.
In the past two days, many anti-fans on the Internet have been complaining that Ji Jingyuan is a royal family, and the various comments and comments are also unpleasant. Son Seungwan, who has read these comments, feels that he said the wrong thing.
"It's okay, other aspects may be made up, but they are not wrong on this point, right." Chi Jingyuan laughed and shrugged at her, as if he was not affected by the outside world at all.
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Seeing Chi Jingyuan like this, Sun Shengwan felt relieved, blinked and made a grimace.
Chi Jingyuan looked at Jiang Seulqi and Bae Zhuhyun: "Has the time been determined?"
"Well, the debut song is a digital single. It will officially debut on "Music Bank" and perform on the first stage on August 1st. The MV and sound source will be released two days later. The news will be announced on the 27th of this month, and a trailer video will be released."
Jiang Seulqi nodded and replied with a smile. When she said this, whether it was her, Bae Zhuhyun, Son Seungwan or even Park Sooyoung, their faces were full of joy, and the look of anticipation in their eyes could not be concealed at all.
When Chi Jingyuan heard that a digital single was being released, he knew it. As expected, there was no time to prepare an album.
He then asked: "What about your debut showcase? When will it be?"
"Well, we didn't have a debut showcase..." Jiang Seulqi smiled coquettishly.
"Because we debuted a long time in advance and the company was not prepared, and we didn't have much publicity before and we don't have much fan base, even if we hold a showcase, there won't be many people coming." Bae Zhuhyun took over and explained, as if to comfort themselves.
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Chi Jingyuan was a little surprised when she didn't debut in a showcase, and she immediately felt that the company didn't pay much attention to them.
But what Bae Joo Hyun said makes sense.
"By the way, we have moved into a new dormitory, right in the *** area."
"That's pretty close to our XO's dormitory."
"And we won't be able to use our mobile phones right away." Bae Joo-hyun thought of something, her expression was not very good, and she added: "Hyeyoung Unni said that after her official debut, she will put away our mobile phones during her schedule.
Return it to us when you get back in the evening."
"I don't know if I will pay it back." Park Xiurong followed with an expression of disbelief.
Chi Jingyuan nodded, quite understanding in his heart.
For many girls, before and after their debut are two completely different situations. When they were trainees, they just had to practice hard to make their debut. But after they became idols, they suddenly faced more things, including all kinds of things.
Such pressure or temptation will come from all directions. People with poor tolerance or self-control can easily go astray or have problems. At this time, it is actually quite right for the company to have stricter control.
Hearing the dissatisfaction in Pei Zhuhyun's voice about putting away her mobile phone, Chi Jingyuan looked at her with a smile and met her eyes for a few seconds. Then she took the initiative to look away and looked away, her face flushed.
Mouth.
Chi Jingyuan laughed, looked at Jiang Seulqi and asked, "What is the name of your group? Have you decided on it?"
"The company has confirmed it before, and it's called red velvet, 'R''e''d''v''e'... Ledbeibei." Jiang Seulqi laughed again after hearing this, with a sense of showing off.
The name of their new girl group was announced, and each letter was read out individually, for fear that Chi Jingyuan wouldn't understand.
"Red velvet?" Hearing Jiang Seulgi's last pronunciation, Chi Kyungwon paused for a moment, then repeated it in very standard American English.
The pronunciation of some words in American English and Korean English is very different. Obviously red velvet can be pronounced as having several syllables, but Seulgi pronounces it directly as 'Ledbebe', which makes Chi Jingyuan think that she is
Misheard.
"No, Ledbeibei." Seulgi nodded, as if she didn't feel anything was wrong.
"Red velvet?" He tried to correct it again.
"Ledbebe."
Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips, thought briefly for a second and then decided to do as the Romans do. He gestured: "OK, Ledbeibei."
Next to her, Sun Shengwan burst into laughter watching the conversation between the two. She covered her mouth and looked at the helpless Chi Jingyuan. Then she blinked and pointed at the other person, saying that I understand how you feel.
Son Seung-wan went to school in Canada and speaks English very fluently. He must have made a lot of efforts and sacrifices to integrate into the team's local pronunciation.
No longer struggling with the pronunciation issue, Chi Jingyuan chewed on the group name and asked curiously: "What does Ledbeibei mean, red velvet?"
"Ahem..." Pei Zhuxuan cleared her throat at this time, took the initiative to stand up and looked at Chi Jingyuan, stood up straight and introduced seriously: "Red velvet is a combination of red, which is full of strong and charming colors, and
The name velvet, combined with the soft, feminine feel of the item, is the expectation..."
"Where are you endorsing? Can you be a little emotional? Irene xi, you are actually the captain?" Seeing Pei Zhuxuan pause for a second from time to time, raising her eyes to think about it, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but interrupt her recitation.
, and gave her a speechless look.
"Hahaha..." Several people nearby immediately laughed loudly, causing Pei Zhuxuan, who was half-backing up, to suddenly hold back her voice. She wrinkled her nose and poked him out in annoyance.
"Okay, I won't tell you more, they are still waiting for me to eat." After saying a few words, Chi Jingyuan looked at the time, smiled and waved goodbye, ready to show off.
"Bye..." The four of them also said goodbye to him, and the atmosphere of laughter was very good.
"Yuan xi." Chi Jingyuan had just taken two steps when he was stopped by Pei Zhuxuan. He looked back in confusion and saw Pei Zhuxuan looking at him with shining eyes. He stretched out a finger and emphasized: "8
Are you free on the 1st of the month?"
"Hee hee, it's August 1st." Jiang Seqi and the others also understood what the captain meant and danced along with her gestures.
But Chi Jingyuan turned around and spread his hands: "We will have a concert in Xia Guoyou on August 2nd..."
Several people were a little disappointed when they heard this, but Pei Zhuxuan quickly smoothed her hair and smiled sweetly at him: "Of course the concert is more important."
At the same time, she raised her fist to support: "fight!"
Chi Jingyuan also smiled and made a fist gesture: "You too, fighitng! Ledbeibei!"
After saying goodbye, Chi Jingyuan got on the elevator and rushed towards the restaurant that he had agreed with the members. While walking, he couldn't help but think about the new girl group Red Velvet.
Although it hasn't been officially announced yet, breaking news about 'SM is about to launch a new girl group' has appeared on the Internet during this time. There are even a few members, and some of them are pretty accurate. I guess it should be SM.
The company itself let the news out and wanted to test the waters.
However, the comments on 'SM's new girl group' have been very negative on the Internet in the past two days. There are not many people who express their expectation and love. Instead, there are people everywhere who are mocking SM's Mercury retrograde this year and hoping that the new girl group will hit the market.
Passers-by, especially fans of SM’s own senior groups, are the most fierce and opposed.
Chi Jingyuan also knew that it was very meaningful for the company to make Hong Beibei's debut so long ago, but when he saw Bae Zhuhyun and others looking so happy and looking forward to it, he didn't say much. He just cheered for them as friends.
They are not blind or deaf. They must be more or less aware of it in their hearts. They can also see the trend on the Internet in the past two days.
But no matter how hard things go, it doesn't matter compared to debut.
Although it has not been officially announced yet, public opinion from the outside world has begun to be very unfavorable to them, and we don't know what will happen when the company officially announces Red Velvet's debut.
Maybe because the quality of the debut song is so high, a comeback is not guaranteed?
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"Why don't you look sad at all? I remember last time I heard you say that you and Luhan have a good relationship, right?"
Pei Xiuzhi sat next to the dining table, took a piece of pizza with her hands and took two bites. She looked at Chi Jingyuan who was very hungry and was happily eating pizza, and asked curiously.
After lunch, EXO returned to the company to wrap up the last bit of arrangements. After everything was ready for the concert, the qualified members went on schedule with their managers and assistants, while those who didn't were temporarily disbanded.
Chi Jingyuan had nothing else to do today after attending a brand promotion event. When the time was agreed with Pei Xiuzhi, he went directly to the agreed place, which was the high-end apartment in Longshan District where the two met last time.
inside.
Bae Suzy arrived soon after, and she was probably quite agitated after not seeing her for a while. The one-shoulder bat shirt paired with short shorts looked very hot, and paired with the carefully painted makeup on her face, the overall look was quite alluring.
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As soon as the door was closed after she came in, she didn't even change her shoes. After looking at each other, she and Chi Jingyuan took the initiative to hug each other, hugging each other and staggering into the bedroom and rolling together.
It wasn't until it was getting dark that the two of them took a shower, put on their clothes again, and walked out. Chi Jingyuan, who was already extremely hungry, called and ordered a takeaway, and ate it quickly after it was delivered.
Hearing this, he raised his head and glanced at Pei Xiuzhi. At this time, she was wearing a pure white T-shirt that was one size larger. The buttons on the collar were unbuttoned, exposing her collarbone and a little bit below. The cuffs were rolled up to her elbows, and the slightly longer hem covered her thighs.
, two unadorned long legs stretched to the side and stacked together, the whole person looks exuding a lazy and charming atmosphere.
"It's not bad. Luhan's personality is very good. He has a good relationship with all the members." Chi Jingyuan nodded and swallowed a piece of it: "When he first left, he was in a complicated mood. After all, we had been together for two years.
It has been more than a year, from the trough to the peak...but so many days have passed, and now I don’t feel much anymore.”
"On the contrary, we now have to clean up a lot of the mess he left. Even though I really understand him, I feel a little unhappy when I mention him now."
Without much concealment, Chi Jingyuan casually talked about his state of mind these days.
Some time ago, Bae Suzy seemed to have had a glimpse of Chi Jingyuan's extraordinary background and family, and her original thoughts were somewhat deflected. She often sent messages in those days and felt like she wanted to have a serious relationship.
However, after Chi Jingyuan gave a brief hint, she quickly understood and took the initiative to return to the previous relationship mode between the two of them.
Chi Jingyuan feels good about getting along with Pei Xiuzhi, who gets along with each other when they see the right opponent. Although he doesn't get emotional satisfaction and feedback, it's quite relaxing and he doesn't have to think too much.
And he felt that Bae Suzy was the most charming when they were pushing each other, and she could attract his attention very much.
As he said that, he looked at Pei Xiuzhi: "Don't you also have Xia Guo members in your group? Are you not worried about them running away?"
"Ha." Pei Xiuzhi smiled a little strangely, curled her lips and said nonchalantly: "They can run away if they want... Even if they don't run away, our group probably won't last long. The company has been in trouble for the past two years.
, we have no plans to come back this year, and we don’t know..."
Chi Jingyuan felt that the atmosphere in Missa's team might be a bit average. She was obviously a little uncomfortable when talking about this topic with Bae Suzy several times.
Bae Suzy is not that old yet. She debuted at such a young age and was trained by the company to become a cash cow for the company. I feel that she is not the kind of character who can understand her teammates and understand how others can live in harmony. In addition, she is extremely popular.
It's easy to be envied by people because of his popularity and popularity, and it's probably understandable that girls are a little bit jealous.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this..." Pei Xiuzhi took the initiative to change the topic, took a piece of shawl with his hand and offered it to Chi Jingyuan's mouth, and laughed as if he remembered something: "Remember the last time we met in the club?
Are those Neon trainees here? I met them at the company a few days ago..."
"Then what?"
"I stopped specifically at that time and deliberately glared at them with a straight face to scare them. I stood beside them and saluted, not daring to say a word. I was so panicked that I seemed to want to cause trouble for them.
"Bae Suzy said casually as if telling a joke, and at the same time seemed to remember the scene at that time and couldn't help laughing.
He frowned and glanced at Pei Xiuzhi: "Why are you bullying other neon trainees when you have nothing to do?"
"Why, are you feeling distressed? It shouldn't be based on your personality. We just met once..." Pei Xiuzhi glanced at Chi Jingyuan, raised his eyes and thought for a while: "By the way, I asked you for your contact information before we separated last time.
Is that female trainee the one with several moles on her face?"
Chi Jingyuan's cheeks were bulging while chewing pizza. He glanced at her and replied without thinking: "I forgot, what's wrong?"
In fact, he remembered it, and it was quite impressive, but after hearing Pei Xiuzhi's bad taste just now, he didn't want to tell her.
Pei Xiuzhi raised the corner of her mouth and glanced at him sideways. She chuckled and continued without paying attention: "That girl was secretly observing me when she was saluting. She felt that she regarded me as your girlfriend."
The tone is playful and pointed.
"..." Chi Jingyuan blinked and did not answer. After finishing the last piece, he clapped his hands and changed the subject as if he was interested: "I remember that your company has a girl group ready to debut.
Really? The one called 6mix seems to be debuting in April. He even came to our lounge to meet him, but why can’t he hear any news now?”
"It was postponed because of that incident. Later, when I wanted to restart the debut plan, one of the members quit and it was postponed again. After that, I stopped paying attention."
After a casual explanation, Pei Xiuzhi felt a little impatient. He lifted one foot and put it on Chi Jingyuan's leg and rubbed it: "Why do you keep talking about this?"
"Didn't you mention it?" Chi Jingyuan frowned and looked over, closing his legs to clamp her feet.
After trying it out and finding that he couldn't pull his leg back, Pei Xiuzhi simply stood up and sat on Chi Jingyuan's lap, holding his neck and lowering his head and breathing together: "Really? I forgot."
"When will you go back tonight?"
"Anyway, not now..."
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After completing all the preparatory work, the eleven members of EXO followed the team to Seoul Incheon Airport on the evening of July 26th. Tomorrow they will continue their tour of performances at the HL Sports Center in Star City.
This is also EXO's first concert after the incident of Luhan quitting the group. It is still held in China in the summer when the Internet is still in full swing, and Lu fans and XO fans are arguing endlessly. Both the members and SM itself are actually quite stressed.
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Because the members of EXO have not spoken out to the outside world, even after a week has passed, the controversy over Luhan's departure from the group has not dissipated on Peninsula Online. This time, there are still many reporters swarming at the airport, chasing them for interviews and trying to get some words out of them.
This time, all EXO members wore hats and masks when they came to the airport to avoid being taken in misleading photos. Ji Kyung-won's "sad airport photo" has been reposted on many forums in the past few days, which really made him
The fans are heartbroken.
With the help of his assistant, he finally squeezed past reporters and entered the terminal. After resting for a while, he finally got on the plane.
Chi Jingyuan habitually sat in the seat near the aisle at the back. He looked over his head and looked at the three or four assistants sitting around lay and tao in front of him, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
After Luhan ran away, the plummeting stock price and the ridicule on the Internet really caused SM to fall hard. After learning from the mistakes, they learned a lesson. They immediately tightened control over the remaining two Xia members in the EXO team.
and management.
The company is also very aware that there are many Xia Guo's economic companies who want to poach people. During this trip to the mainland, each of the Y two people was accompanied by at least three assistants to serve them.
He is said to be an assistant, but everyone knows exactly what he actually does.
Chi Jingyuan couldn't see the expression on Y's face from behind, and didn't know what they were doing now, but they must not be in a good mood.
After several hours of flight, the plane landed at Star City Airport. After a series of inspections, XO and his team walked out of the airport. As usual, there were still many fans waiting to pick them up.
But this time, the cheers of the fans were mixed with the heartbreaking voices of several female fans shouting "luhan" and "luhan", which was very harsh among the greetings.
Under this situation, it was impossible for EXO to stop and give any fans any benefits. They saluted and thanked the fans for picking up the airport, then quickly boarded the bus and drove to the hotel.
This time the company didn't dare to let them disband and run around casually. After arriving at the hotel, they checked in directly and went back to their rooms to rest and recharge for the concert the next day.
When Chi Jingyuan was lying on the bed, he was still thinking, where should the assistants following lay and tao sleep at night?
Should he sleep in his own room, sleep with them, or squat by the door the whole time?
well……
The night passed quickly. When EXO went to the stadium for rehearsal the next day on the 27th, SM also announced the news that the new girl group Red Velvet will officially debut on August 1 on the official accounts of Peninsula and Xiaguo respectively.
, and also released the teaser video for their debut song "Happiness".
During the break in rehearsals, Chi Jingyuan took the time to go back to Hou Tai and took out his mobile phone to watch the trailer video.
Although the trailer video is short, it can be heard from the tune and melody that it is a relatively cheerful song, and the song title "Happiness/Happiness" also shows this.
Among them, the two parts in the chorus may sound pretty good, at least the feeling of joy and joy comes out.
But there are many strange places.
This trailer was only 27 seconds long, but the close-up of a red parrot took nearly ten seconds from the beginning of the film, which left Chi Jingyuan baffled.
After the music accompaniment started playing, a big colorful mouth suddenly appeared, leaving Chi Jingyuan stunned for another second.
He didn't understand what it meant. Maybe it was a concept set by the company for red velvet?
And from the perspective of Chi Jingyuan as an onlooker, the overall makeup of the members shown is quite average. The four people are too similar in terms of hairstyle and makeup. Only the ends of their hair are dyed.
Color is not the same.
At the end of the video, the four people stood together and posed. It took Chi Jingyuan, a person who was so familiar with them, a second or two to recognize who was who.
If you are completely unfamiliar with them and look at them for the first time, you can probably only tell them apart by the color of the tail of their hair.
He feels that this trailer video is not very good, but it is just a trailer. It can attract attention and increase popularity. The specific situation will depend on the first stage and MV, and after the sound source is officially released.
After watching the video, he went to read the comments posted by SM officials in the comment area below the two countries' accounts.