"I guess your expression has calmed down a bit. You're already in this state and it's so ugly. It doesn't make sense for you, Unnie, to return to SNSD. Besides, you don't have to come to me or to find any disputes over interests between members."
Anyone can reconcile it."
"It's a very simple truth, you should understand it."
Chi Jingyuan stood by the window in the backstage corridor, looking at the pouring rain outside, and said gently to Zheng Xiujing who was standing next to him.
Today is October 4th, and Chi Jingyuan and the others are currently at the Ajinomoto Stadium in Neon Tokyo, where they will hold two SMTown family concerts today and tomorrow.
It has been four days since Jessica quit the group. Ji Kyung-won has not been in contact with Jessica since the phone call that night. After returning to the backstage after rehearsal today, he gave her a look and called her out.
come out.
Zheng Xiujing leaned lightly against the white wall next to her, pursed her lips and said nothing, intertwined her hands in front of her, and stared at the ground with her head lowered.
Regardless of whether she heard it or not, Chi Kyung-won glanced over there and then looked out the window and continued: "Because of the contract and SM's blockade, Jung Soo-yeon's career as an artist may be difficult to maintain here on the peninsula.
Yes, but this is probably not the most important thing to her anymore..."
"I asked someone to investigate your Ouni's fashion brand. It only started in August, right...I won't comment on how well it did. I helped her contact several high-quality cooperative brands and manufacturers.
It can help her get off to a smoother start, but what happens in the future still depends on her specific business capabilities."
Feeling that Jung Soo-jing looked up at him after hearing this, Chi Jingyuan spread his hands towards her: "But senior Jessica must have good skills because what she could do on her own before made several other members unhappy and jealous.
"
Seeing Jessica's eyes twinkling, she bit her lips as if she wanted to say something, but Chi Jingyuan didn't give her this chance. She took a breath and continued: "As for Xiujing, after Jung Soo-yeon retired, what will you do next?"
The company's treatment is definitely not as good as before, and this is a matter of course... But don't worry about someone deliberately looking for trouble, I will ask Brother Zaixian to pay attention to it..."
"Okay, that's it, go back first, the show will start soon."
After speaking, Chi Jingyuan took out his phone and checked the time, smacked his lips and glanced at Zheng Xiujing, waved and walked directly towards the backstage lounge.
Although Zheng Xiujing remained silent, Chi Jingyuan could probably guess what she was thinking.
"you……"
Zheng Xiujing opened her mouth to say something, but just as she spoke, she saw Chi Jingyuan's back turned to him, raising his right hand and waving it casually. She could only hold back her complicated emotions in her chest before she could speak.
Feeling a little touched but also a little empty, she quickly followed after hesitating.
Pushing open the door, the two of them walked back to the big lounge. Almost half of the SM artists who participated in the performance were there. In addition to them, there were also their respective assistants and managers. They all gathered together and whispered something.
What.
After Chi Jingyuan glanced at it, he walked directly in the direction of EXO.
He didn't notice that as soon as he opened the door and walked in, Bae Zhuhyun, who was sitting on the side of Red Velvet, seemed to have been waiting specially. As soon as she saw him coming in, her eyes immediately followed him, watching him and Zheng Xiujing.
People walked into the lounge one after another, their eyes following Chi Jingyuan until he sat down, their pupils filled with inexplicable emotions and meanings.
After seeing Chi Kyung-won come back, Do Kyung-soo and Oh Se-hun moved over twice to make room for him. Chi Kyung-won sat down and leaned comfortably on the back of the soft sofa and let out a long breath.
At this moment, several members nearby were complaining about the weather.
"It's raining so heavily that the view outside the window is a little blurry. How can we perform in this kind of weather?" Park Chanyeol said with some dissatisfaction after looking at the window for a whole day.
"I don't know why it rained so heavily today."
"What does this mean? It's fine even if it rains. Do you still remember those outdoor stages at the end of 2012? We danced outside in single clothes several times in freezing temperatures. It's not much more uncomfortable than today."
"Too."
"When I think about it, I almost froze to death.
What Byon Baekhyun said resonated with several members, and Chi Kyung-won was also very impressed.
It was at the end of the year they first debuted, and it was a freezing cold winter. Because the temperature was so low, the white air produced by breathing was very conspicuous, and even wearing thick cotton-padded jackets, I felt cold outside.
However, EXO could only dance in thin leather jackets and casual pants because of their stage performance. Chi Jingyuan remembered that he was almost freezing at that time. Even though he was dancing intensely, his hands and feet were so cold that he couldn't feel anything. He finally finished the dance and was anxious.
When they hurried back to put on clothes and keep warm, the host kept talking nonsense to them. At that time, he was so angry that he wanted to kick the MC who didn't even wink at all.
However, looking back on the painful experience at that time, I still find it quite interesting. When mentioning some of EXO's tragic experiences, several members felt a little reminiscence for a while.
"Although it's raining, it's okay. The main reason is that the floor of the stage should be very slippery. Why don't Tao stop doing somersaults today? It's too dangerous." Jin Junmian thought for a while, looked at Tao and made a suggestion.
"It's okay." Tao waved his hand with a smile, patted his chest and said with a strong look: "Don't worry, I'm a professional at somersaults."
A few people were chatting quietly and in good spirits, and were not affected by the overall bad atmosphere backstage.
The atmosphere in SMtown today is not very good, because the company has been a little worried about Girls' Generation for the past two days, and even some other groups have not received any benefits. Many people, including EXO, have been squatted by reporters.
Trying to interview and dig out the inside story of Jessica's withdrawal from the group.
SM's stock price fell immediately after 930, falling by nearly 5% within a few hours of opening. It has been fluctuating repeatedly in the past few days, with a small amplitude but still falling.
Although the stock price drop is not as severe as Luhan's, after all, EXO has replaced Girls' Generation as the latest cash cow, but the previous sharp drop has not eased. This time, SM's shareholders were hit hard again.
Some of us can't bear this kind of loss.
After the fermentation in the past few days, public opinion on this incident has basically taken a clear direction. Jessica, who quit the group, bears the main responsibility to a certain extent.
Ordinary people don't know the rights and wrongs of specific things and the process, but as the base of SM, Peninsula is definitely very good at controlling the direction of public opinion. Of course, an idol cannot be SM's opponent.
In addition to guiding through various statements and materials, some other media have also done a lot of special reports on this matter that everyone is paying attention to in the past two days. For example, many romances in Girls' Generation have been exposed, and the notorious Dispatch has also done
conducted an interview with 'D Club 18 Questions'.
They interviewed several Jessica who did not want to be named, as well as "related people" around Girls' Generation members. During the interview, it was revealed that Jessica quit the group because she had already quit the group twice and had a romantic partner who planned to get married.
information.
For most KPOP fans, the most disgusting thing is idol romance. This kind of thing is so serious that you have to leave your job and turn back. In some cases, female groups are more affected than male groups.
Affected by this interview with D agency, Jung Soo-yeon, who was "selfish to develop her own career, want to marry her lover, and had long planned to quit the group without caring about the group's development," immediately became the target of public criticism.
However, regardless of the comments of passers-by, the fans who were most hurt were Girls' Generation fans. After all the SONEs showed up in silence in the past two days, they all left crazy messages and posts on the Internet expressing the need for the truth and the urgent need for other members of SNSD to come forward and explain what is going on.
what happened.
Chi Jingyuan has also read a lot of these discussions on the Internet, and the anger, despair, sadness and sadness contained in them are even worse than the feelings of Ariel and Ariel when Luhan left the group not long ago.
In fact, as a loyal fan, he also wanted to post a question, but after thinking about it, he decided to be sensible and not cause any trouble.
It just makes SNSD fans a little disappointed. I don’t know if it’s because of the company’s strict requirements or if there’s really nothing to say. Apart from SM’s official statement, as of today, the other eight members of Girls’ Generation have not released any news to the outside world.
He revealed that he had always maintained an unspeakable silence.
Of course Chi Jingyuan can also understand them. At this time, whatever they say to the outside world based on their status and position is actually wrong. The more they say, the more wrong they are. The less they say, the less wrong they are. If they don't say anything, it's good.
And just like EXO at the time, the company must have issued a gag order on SNSD.
When I saw Girls' Generation again backstage today, the atmosphere in their team was very normal. Everyone was doing their own thing and no one was talking. Taeyeon didn't wave to Ji Kyung Won to chat with him when she saw him like before.
, today I just shook my head and said hello with a smile from several meters apart.
It was obvious that these ladies were in a bad mood, their complexions were not very good, and some of them did not communicate much with each other.
The whole backstage was a little deserted because of these things. The groups with longer experience were fine. Red Velvet, who had just debuted, and the SM rookies trainees were very nervous when they came in, and they didn't dare to breathe.
one time.
In this somewhat stiff atmosphere, today's SMtown family concert began.
The music and cheers outside were booming, and the heavy rain outside was getting heavier and heavier. Finally, it was EXO's turn to appear: