Calling so late and with a choked tone, all Chi Jingyuan could think of was that this girl was eliminated from JYP's survival talent show "Sixteen", which determines whether she can debut. After all, she had just supported her some time ago.
The recording of the first episode has already started.
It's just that although Chi Jingyuan knew that Zhou Ziyu had told him about her 'strength improvement' before, and the 'teacher's praise' was due to vanity and wanted to show off her strength, her strength was far from being as strong as she had boasted, but this time
It would be too fast to be eliminated in the first round.
"No, I haven't been eliminated."
Hearing Chi Jingyuan's guess, Zhou Ziyu's self-esteem suddenly flared up, as if she had been guessed and had her tail stepped on, and she immediately said something in an excited tone. However, after she said it with a pinched neck, her confidence suddenly dropped a lot,
The voice also dropped visibly: "It's just a little bit worse."
Then, before Chi Jingyuan asked, she sniffed and took the initiative to tell what happened today in a sticky voice. It probably meant that her stage performance was very poor during today's recording. Not only Park Jinying commented on it
They were very average, and after they came down, they were criticized by the dance teacher in charge of their training.
She was originally in the minor group, but this time not only did she not stand still, she even seemed to have stepped back a lot.
When the girl saw the expressions on her teacher's and Park Jin-young's faces, she felt deeply that there was no hope of her debut. Although she didn't show it in front of others, she was actually feeling sad and lost, and she felt very uncomfortable all night.
"You mean, if PD Park Zhenying hadn't said that because it was the first round, he would give him a chance and not select the eliminated ones, otherwise you would have been eliminated?" After listening, Chi Jingyuan pondered for two seconds and sorted it out.
After reviewing the information I just heard, I asked tentatively.
"Um!"
"Hahaha..." The XO members next to him immediately clapped and booed.
"Hey Yigu, are you already the producer of your own group at such a young age?" Kyuhyun stood up with a shocked expression and walked up to him. He put his hands on Ji Jingyuan's shoulders and pretended to beg: "Next time Yuan xi can
You can’t give our SJ the chance to be a producer for once, you don’t know how envious the members are when they see XO being so popular now!”
Ji Jingyuan laughed twice to express surrender. Kyuhyun sat back after making a joke. Seeing the audience's interest, he asked: "So Yuan Xi, what do you think of being a producer this time?"
Something that impressed you deeply?"
"...show your characteristics to the greatest extent, and be more generous in your words..."
"For team pictorials, it is more important to match the theme and atmosphere. You cannot be too abrupt and stand out in the entire picture. This will actually be a demerit..."
It’s not clear what was said before, but at this time, the EXO members on the screen were all wearing black suits and sitting on high stools above the stage. Chi Jingyuan was speaking with a microphone and seemed to be answering the host’s questions.
Zhou Ziyu just explained it softly without saying much. He sat on the bed and lay down, connected the earphones to his mobile phone, and began to listen to the voice of Chi Jingyuan explaining to him the filming of the pictorial that he had just secretly recorded.
The other members looked at each other one after another, and finally looked at Chi Jingyuan.
Kyuhyun took advantage of the situation and asked, "How did you come up with that?"
"7 years."
"It's been more than ten minutes since it started, and I haven't even seen the opening yet."
And Ming Jingnan, who had just moved in, also cast his gaze over, his dark pupils somewhat profound.
"It's out. The task for the second period is to shoot a pictorial. It should be to see who looks better in the pictorial." Zhou Ziyu seemed to feel from the phone that Chi Jingyuan's mentality was affected by her choice to perform "Beauty Trap",
For a moment, his tone became a little cowardly.
"It must be very cumbersome. Many aspects need to be discussed in meetings, including the concept of the group, the overall style, the time of return, styling, promotion, etc., as well as song selection..."
"This kind of thing must be discussed later..."
After a deep response, Zhou Ziyu said that Chi Jingyuan seemed to hear a nodding sound on the phone, and he didn't know if it was an illusion.
"Well, I understand...thank you."
"Okay, nothing happened. I'm here to scare myself. I was right when I said you were crazy."
"When you were recording today, what stage did you perform on?" Chi Jingyuan completely ignored her emphasis and asked casually after thinking about it.
The footage of the stage during the live broadcast began to shrink to one side on the screen, and a video clip of EXO's showcase held at the Olympic Hall before their debut three years ago began to play.
Maybe these teenagers on the screen at that time, as well as the fans who have followed since their debut, could not have imagined their situation today.
"Does it mean joining the XO debut group, or the time of official debut?" Bian Baekhyun hesitated and asked.
""Beauty Trap"? Whose song? Is it an OST?"
There were such big changes in just one episode of recording, and it was such an important matter related to whether they could debut. These young female trainees, most of whom were only 17 or 18 years old, found it difficult to accept it, and felt sad and lost.
It's inevitable.
But he stopped mid-sentence, and a curious question came to his ears:
"What could you possibly be?"
"Who stole it..." Zhou Ziyu first denied his wording, and then asked with some surprise: "How did you know?"
"Talked a few more words to Mom."
"Hehe..." The corners of her mouth turned up as she listened. After a while, her head was buried in the quilt, and there was a dull but cheerful laughter.
"4 years."
Chi Jingyuan briefly explained, and the Allies below waved their light sticks and screamed in time. He smiled and continued: "Then I wrote a planning report and gave it to Teacher Li Xiuman. We discussed it in several meetings later.
After this, I barely passed."
After the break, Zhou Ziyu went out alone to go to the bathroom. When she came back, she found that there were several dialers in the practice room, holding mobile phones and looking at something together, such as Lin Nalian and Yu Dingyan, a few good friends.
, and the two neon people Najing Minami and Hirai Momo were watching. She got a little closer with some curiosity and heard the discussion in their mouths:
"...It belongs to Cai Yilin."
"More than a hundred songs? It's still a candidate for the title song. Is it that exaggerated?"
"Consider it an official debut."
"5 years."
""Beauty Trap"."
You are such a weirdo, if you don’t eliminate who will you eliminate?
"Ahh..."
Hearing this idiotic question, Chi Jingyuan shook his head helplessly. Seeing that the window in front of him had been opened to the maximum, he stretched out his left hand to blow the air. At the same time, he rested his body on the window edge and looked through the height of the third floor.
Looking at the deserted street outside, he said angrily: "I saw it, I was watching you while you were on the phone."
After the video was played, the live broadcast returned to its original appearance. Kyuhyun felt some complicated emotions in the venue and took the initiative to break the calm: "Unknowingly, XO has grown to this point."
…………
The call was hung up by the other party, and Chi Jingyuan's unhappy thoughts before the call were still echoing in his ears. Zhou Ziyu stood quietly on the balcony looking at the black screen of the phone for a while, and suddenly burst into laughter. Just now
The balcony, which had become quiet and cold because of the choking, seemed to have entered spring, and Shuer became warmer.
Chi Jingyuan thought about it for a while, showing a hint of fear: "The song selection process really gave me a headache. This time XO comes back, there are more than a hundred candidates for the title song alone. We want every song."
Listen carefully many times, and then discuss and judge the marketability and popularity of the song, as well as other related matters such as whether it fits the members' image and album style..."
In the past, EXO was besieged by groups and surrounded by all kinds of ridicule and insults when they debuted, but now EXO has really stood at the top of Kpop after being bullied. Many fans who witnessed this comparison couldn't help but feel a wave of emotion in their hearts.
The epic feeling and sense of achievement of 'the boy who once became a king', and even some sense of the vicissitudes of life.
Three years ago, the faces that looked a little green and ignorant reappeared in everyone's sight, wearing the flashy singing clothes from the "MAMA" era, with their hair combed as exaggeratedly as a broomstick, looking slightly funny.
, but it made countless fans enthusiastic, and a surge of emotions rolled in their chests.
"Then before the comeback with "E" last month, the trailer that aroused widespread discussion among fans and became a trending topic was Yuan's idea?"
"...Show your characteristics to the greatest extent. Just be more generous in your words and show your advantages readily."
What’s interesting is that the three people in Neon Line switched positions. Minami Nai and Momo Hirai, who were originally in the ‘Excellent Group’, went to the ‘Bad Student Group’, while Saka Minatozaki, who originally stayed here, went up.
These edited member clips also form a sharp contrast with the EXO members in suits and leather shoes in the lower left corner of the screen. It is obvious that they are still the same people and have the same faces, but their circumstances and temperaments are very different.
"..." After listening to his words, Zhou Ziyu seemed to be choked, and he heard some rapid breathing. After several seconds, he replied in a dull voice: "Why do you say that?"
The protagonists of the promotion of the web drama became Park Chanyeol and the others. The leading actors talked in front of the audience and tried their best to promote this SM masterpiece that is completely oriented to fans.
"Chinese song?"
And she seemed to be a little worried that Zhou Ziyu would be eliminated before the episode where he could be a guest, so she unknowingly got involved and talked a little too much.
When the call was connected just now, she didn't speak. She was obviously not in a good mood and her tone was a little choked. However, after talking on the phone for a while and being rudely retorted by Chi Jingyuan, Zhou Ziyu seemed to be in a good mood at the moment.
A little louder, the nasal sound that was a little sticky just now also faded away.
Zhou Ziyu pursed her lips and looked attentively.
Following Kyuhyun's question, the fans below also looked over curiously.
"Hehe, lie."
Unexpectedly, after hanging up the phone, I suddenly became much more relaxed. The previous low and uncomfortable mood inexplicably disappeared in my heart, leaving only a small tail.
Chi Jingyuan sneered and suddenly felt a little tired: "So in fact, it's nothing that happened. Maybe there are people who are worse than you on stage. It's just you who scared yourself and held yourself back all night.
?”
Chi Jingyuan took one last look out the window and reached out to close the window. Seeing that Zhou Ziyu's mood had recovered and become much better, he finally said something. Just as he was about to say goodbye and hang up, he seemed to think of something, and suddenly added another sentence:
"By the way, in a few days I might..."
"Where's Baekhyun?" Seeing that Byun Baekhyun remained silent, Kyuhyun took the initiative to cue him.
She laughed a little miserably for a while, and when she was overjoyed, she even emphasized: "I'm very smart."
Today's third anniversary event was held at the SM COEX Arium in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu. Hundreds of fans were selected to attend through the EXO-L fan club registration and lottery. At the same time, the entire event will be broadcast live through Naver's live terminal under the title "EXOCAST"
.
After hearing this, Yu Dingyan looked at Lin Nalian in surprise, with a look of disbelief.
"Then it should be more than half a year, less than a year."
Kyuhyun was talking about the suspenseful and movie-like trailer that was shot in ten regions around the world. So far, this generous trailer has been often mentioned and discussed by Ellie, and it has become 'EXO crushing other ordinary boy groups.
Not a level' important argument at all.
It can be said that Chi Jingyuan has a lot of experience in shooting pictorials. He has lost count of how many times he has shot pictorials from his debut to now. He has actually mastered quite a lot of tips and key points.
It wasn't until he sniffed through his nose that the aroma of barbecue came from the distant corridor that he remembered that the members were still eating. When he recalled what he had just said, he suddenly realized that he had actually said so much.
Kyuhyun, who serves as SJ's MC for today's live broadcast, is sitting on the stool on the left, holding a teleprompter board, looking curiously at the EXO members sitting in two rows in the center.
Sitting down and waiting for loading, Zhou Ziyu raised her eyes and glanced to the side, and found that Ming Jingnan happened to be two meters to her left. Her eyes met with each other in the air, and they smiled at each other.
At the same time, he lowered his head tacitly and looked at the live broadcast that had been loaded in and had been started for a while.
The next day, Zhou Ziyu followed her colleagues from the "Bad Student Group" of "Sixteen" and sweated profusely in the practice room under the guidance of the teacher. After practicing hard for several hours and completing the behind-the-scenes shooting of the show, it was finally time to rest.
, the nine female trainees immediately divided into several groups and sat on the wooden floor in the practice room.
At this time, Chi Jingyuan talked about some of the behind-the-scenes preparations for the album in the live broadcast. Not only fans Aili were very interested, in fact, even trainees like them who yearned to debut also found it very interesting. While watching carefully,
Discuss quietly.
Chi Jingyuan was stunned when he heard the answer. A few seconds later, a deep sense of helplessness came to his heart. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
Hearing Chi Jingyuan's uncharacteristically solemn compliments, Zhou Ziyu held in his breath for a long time but still couldn't hold it in. He suddenly burst into laughter. The cheerful laughter seemed to clear away the gloom and loss in his heart just now, and he felt that
When it was sent here via mobile phone, people started to raise their lips as well as you.
Zhou Ziyu turned around with a smile while holding her cell phone, looked up at the various clothes hanging all over the balcony, waved her hand and moved the two items in front of her, opened the glass door of the balcony and returned to the dormitory.
The soft breathing coming from the receiver next to his ear showed that Zhou Ziyu was still listening carefully, and maybe he was still looking for something to record.
"I don't know if I talked about anything interesting before. I read online that this live broadcast will talk about some more private and secret tidbits."
Zhou Ziyu laughed softly after hearing this.
"Um…"
"Everyone knows that XO's comeback model this time is very innovative, using the form of releasing singles and albums monthly for four consecutive months. But since I joined SM, I have never seen the juniors or seniors use this method.
As someone who has returned, I am really curious, who suggested it? Or was it specially arranged this way by the company?"
"Who have you been on the phone with for so long?" Li Caiyan, who was on the upper bunk next to her, asked curiously when she saw Zhou Ziyu coming in.
"………whee."
Chi Jingyuan ignored her and guessed in a positive tone: "Then you just secretly called your mother for comfort and cried for a long time?"
"I didn't even finish my meal to answer your call. I'm sure I won't finish my meal now when I go back. Damn it, remember to treat me to dinner next time..."
Chi Jingyuan shook his head and denied: "This is a project proposed by the company's record department. When I saw it at the time, I was very surprised and liked the project. However, the suggestion was almost rejected at the time."
"Okay, that's all. Photo shoots don't depend on stage performance, but have a lot to do with appearance. I don't think you will be eliminated, at least not in this issue."
Hearing what she said, Chi Jingyuan shook his head, thinking that this girl was on the verge of being eliminated from the show at any time. He patiently told her some precautions and techniques about shooting pictorials: "For personal pictorials, it's very important.
How about the pose you are posing? In fact, you need to pay more attention to your posture. The posture should be upright, even if you bend down, it should not be loose. At the same time, your expression and eyes need to match the theme of your shooting, be colder and arrogant.
, or be gentler..."
Forget it, I wrongly blamed you. If someone is really going to be eliminated in this first round, then I guess you are not wrong.
Chi Jingyuan also laughed, shook his head and scolded her, then slowed down and said in a serious tone: "I have never seen how good you are at singing and dancing, and you may not be very smart, but in terms of appearance
They are very good, even among the best in our company. This is very important for being an idol, even more important than strength."
Although no one was eliminated after the first session of recording, the two groups were reshuffled. Except for Zhou Ziyu, Yu Dingyan, and Li Caiyan who still remained in the "poor student group", from now on
There are also several people who have fallen out of the 'major outstanding group', such as old faces like Lin Nayeon and Song Minying.
After the introduction and promotion of the system, we entered the final process, which is also the part that fans are most interested in and moved by.
"Huh... it's over anyway." Chi Jingyuan took a deep breath, suppressed the funny feeling in his heart, and then asked: "Have the second phase of the mission been released? What is the assessment?"
Obviously, I was still very sad when I was here talking to my mother on the phone just now. I sobbed and acted coquettishly for a long time before I felt a little better.
Zhou Ziyu reacted after hearing a few words, and immediately found a seat nearby and sat down. He took out his mobile phone and connected it to his headphones. He quickly clicked the screen several times and opened Naver's live web page.
"Exo, this large-scale group, is a boy group project carefully prepared by the company. I have known many of the trainees in it before." Kyuhyun paused and continued: "How long have the members been practicing in the company?
Did you just join XO to debut?"
She remembered that today there was a live broadcast event for the third anniversary of EXO's debut. It had been a while now, and she was tired and busy all afternoon and forgot about it.
Today is April 8th. Three years ago today, EXO released its first mini album and title song "MAMA" on the stage of SBS's "Inkigayo" and Xia Guo's "Music Chart Annual Ceremony" with K and M teams respectively.
Officially debuted.
Time flies by like a flash, three years have passed by, and a group of naive teenagers who were once fledgling have become seniors and started holding anniversary activities.
After Ji Kyung-won, Kyuhyun asked the other members a lot of interesting things during the filming. Everyone also talked about it one after another. All kinds of funny little things made Ariel laugh non-stop. The atmosphere was very good.
.
"Wow, it's really touching to see this."
“When it comes to pictorials, it’s not just about making them look good.”
"because……"
He gave up, and after a few seconds he sighed softly, spread his hands and looked helplessly at the camera: "Because the cost of shooting is really high, so high that even Teacher Li Xiuman will feel pain."
Chi Jingyuan looked on with a smile, and clapped and complimented from time to time. He was completely immersed in the audience's perspective and was very happy to watch.
"Jinjia? You debuted more than half a year ago?" Kyuhyun looked surprised as if he had heard the news for the first time, and couldn't help but look over: "Then Baekhyun should be the member with the shortest training time among XO, right?
"
"Forget it, you'll know when the time comes." Chi Jingyuan curled his lips and gave it up. Then he remembered that he had made this call for so long, and those hanging people would definitely not leave anything for him, and he thought in his heart
I am a little dissatisfied with this little weirdo:
"I don't know..." Lin Nalian also felt it was a bit unimaginable, curled her lips and whispered: "I would be very happy if we could choose one of the five after we debut."
According to the previously announced process, the live broadcast is divided into three sections. They are to introduce EXO's comeback album and some behind-the-scenes, to promote the online drama "My Neighbor is EXO" which will be officially launched tomorrow, and to look back at the debut period three years ago.
some impressive things, and at the same time revealed the secrets of some members that fans are interested in.
"I should have suggested it." Chi Jingyuan held the microphone and nodded with a smile.
Although the other party's voice sounded quite pitiful, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but laugh. Then he sighed and asked: "It means, in fact, it was not announced who will be eliminated. Do you think your stage performance is bad?"
It’s very poor, so you think if you are eliminated, you will definitely be the one?”
"Hahaha..." The members and fans laughed together, and after laughing, they couldn't help but nod in approval.
"It's great to be able to take a break and watch the live broadcast. I'm still complaining."
"This isn't it."
"Ani ani ani..."
After playing a few mini-games and performing a simple live stage performance, the first album introduction session came to an end and the promotion of "My Neighbor is EXO" began.
The cost of this trailer is indeed very high, and the location of the scene and the texture of the filming can be seen with the naked eye.
Several people raised their hands and told their year of practice, but for some reason they felt a little sad.
"How do you know?"
"Why? Why should such a good plan pass?"
"Ah!"
"Because when we held the production meeting... I was one of the producers this time... I learned that the company's original plan was to set our comeback as the original version and re-release two of them, with a total of four title songs.
After I came down, I thought about it and thought that if the four songs had two main titles, it would be better to release them one after another in four months, so that I could meet the fans twice more..."
"not him."
Unexpectedly, everyone waved their hands to object, with expressions on their faces like 'You're wrong' and 'You're too naive'.
"Half a year isn't the shortest? Then who has the shortest practice time?" Kyuhyun's acting skills are really good, and the shocked expressions on EXO members' faces really made people surprised.
Half a year of practice is really too short, I didn’t expect it to be even shorter.
No one answered him, but the other eight members of EXO pointed their index fingers at Chi Jingyuan who was sitting in the back row in a tacit understanding.