"Do you think this song selection is okay? Can't I perform it well with my singing ability?"
Chi Kyung-won was sitting in the waiting room of Incheon Airport with the EXO group, chatting casually with the members next to him while looking at the text messages he received not long ago on his phone.
It was the night of May 2nd, and they had just finished the live broadcast of MBC's "Music Center". After that, they returned directly to the company, picked up the suitcases they had brought before, and after a little tidying up, they followed their manager and
The staff went to the airport to wait for the flight.
Tomorrow there is an iced tea advertisement in Xia Guo that they need to shoot. This is a relatively large case and the cost is considerable. After talking for a long time, it has finally been confirmed. In addition, there are several pictorials and interviews.
If everything goes well, it will probably take a day or two.
Although Team M no longer has team activities in name only, SM still attaches great importance to Xia's mainland schedule, and even though all members of Xia's line have withdrawn, resulting in the collapse of the model of two teams and two countries participating in joint activities, EXO still
He has extraordinary popularity and a huge fan base there. Among them, Chi Jingyuan's popularity is even higher than before after going through twists and turns.
Moreover, after the turmoil last year, Aili, who had persevered, became stronger and more fanatical after being severely abused. Some minor disturbances and scandals could not even move them anymore.
According to Chi Jingyuan, in the fan circle of Xia Kingdom, Aili is still the most powerful and largest fan group. In the circle, it is still called the invincible one. It seems that the only ones who can compete with them are those who became popular last year.
A fan who grew up in an idol group.
He would visit the forum here from time to time and found that the two fan groups were quarreling and fighting every day, making it very lively.
Although there will be a song contest on SBS's "Inkigayo" tomorrow on the 3rd, compared to the song contest, the endorsements that can earn real money and the schedule that can increase Xia Guo's popularity are more important, so EXO will be absent tomorrow.
Playing songs and corresponding promotional activities.
The first stage of bigbang's comeback happens to be tomorrow's "Inkigayo". The two boy groups that were originally going to collide missed the chance of a head-on collision. The simultaneous appearance of bigbang and EXO that many people are looking forward to will probably have to wait until next week.
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"Anyway, there should be no problem if I don't sing "Beauty Trap"."
Chi Jingyuan glanced at the content of the text message, leaned back in his chair, and replied lazily.
It was sent by Zhou Ziyu. Their "SIXTEEN" paused the recording after filming the third episode last month. It seems that they wanted to see the reaction after the broadcast and then make adjustments. After so long, the premiere is approaching these two days.
, Zhou Ziyu and the others seemed to have started preparing for the mission and practicing again.
According to what she said before, this time the remaining fourteen people were divided into four groups to compete. They were selecting songs not long after they were divided.
"BigBang doesn't seem to be able to play a few concerts, and they won't go to several TV stations."
"Is what YG President Yang Hyun Suk said in his interview a few days ago true or false?"
Putting down his mobile phone, Chi Jingyuan's attention was attracted by the chat of a few guys next to him. They were talking about why Big Bang and even YG's artists have a sense of mystery when they return. There are very few singing shows that they participate in, especially KBS and
The reason why MBC basically doesn’t go there at all.
And YG's president Yang Hyun Suk was interviewed a few days ago after the Big Bang concert and explained that he just wanted to create a better stage...Kpop is now receiving widespread attention from overseas Europe and the United States, and the quality of the stage is very important.
, playing songs only once a week can show the best stage effect."
Chi Jingyuan read the report, and whether others believed it or not, he believed it anyway, because he actually really wanted to play music only once a week.
Just "Music Bank".
"How is it possible? You told the outside world."
Park Chanyeol sneered, chewed the chewing gum in his hand and waved his hand: "It's not a secret in the industry, it's just that YG has a bad relationship with those TV stations. There were conflicts in private because of some things before, so I never went there.
That’s all…”
"It's just like our SM artists didn't go to Mnet a few years ago... But this time Big Bang comes back with such great momentum, I guess there will be some exchanges, at least for one issue..."
He nodded. Many things were announced to the public and circulated privately. In fact, he also knew this news. Just when Chi Jingyuan was about to interject a sentence, his phone vibrated and Zhou Ziyu's reply came over.
"It's been so long, why are you like this? If I had known, I wouldn't have told you (angry)... The song selection this time is really important, don't joke anymore."
Obviously, Zhou Ziyu was a little annoyed by Chi Jingyuan again about her previous choice to sing Chinese songs. Ever since she told Chi Jingyuan, she has been teased by him over and over again. It is almost becoming a black history.
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Seeing the tone and expression of this message, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but laugh. No, he also felt a little anxious and uneasy in the girl's heart. It was obvious that she was hit hard in the last issue because of her strength, and
We were in the poor student group last time. If we continue like this this time, we will be easily eliminated.
He looked at Zhou Ziyu who was still struggling with song selection, shook his head, frowned and quickly tapped the phone screen with both hands:
"Xi Zhou Ziyu, it's true that you are stupid (contempt). You still don't know where your strengths are. What you have to do now is not to worry about song selection and ability. I don't care how you sing.
It’s embarrassing to say that you can’t improve at all in a short period of time. What you have to do now is to show your characteristics and advantages in the show. What are your advantages? It’s good appearance, sunny smile, good dancing and good personality. These are what you are.
The biggest reliance on this show is that what you have to consider is how to express yourself naturally in front of the camera, instead of thinking about singing skills. Do you have that?"
Chi Jingyuan is really speechless about this girl. He still doesn't understand that idols and singers are different. The program "Sixteen" is used by JYP to select idols, not singers.
I have told her several times, and now I finally couldn't help but say a few words to her.
After a while, Zhou Ziyu didn't respond. Chi Jingyuan wondered if what he said was too straightforward for the girl to accept and felt a little sad. Just when he was thinking of sending some random expression to test, Chi Jingyuan came back.
"I understand (smiley face)."
The words and expressions did not show any anger or sadness, but unexpectedly revealed a well-behaved aura, like a person who had been taught a lesson by a teacher and sat obediently on a small chair with his hands behind his back, nodding and smiling in apology.
Like a little rabbit.
For some reason, Chi Jingyuan seemed to feel a happy feeling from the words, and he didn't know if it was an illusion.
The little girl's brain circuit is just abnormal.
Chi Jingyuan curled his lips speechlessly and slid his fingers on the screen to go to the text message page. He scrolled up and down a few times out of boredom. After stopping, he saw Mingjing Nan's name. After a pause, he clicked in.
There were no text messages, just a whole row of smiling emoticons. In addition to those sent by the other party, there were also a few replies from Chi Jingyuan.
After Mingnan exchanged contact information with him, this girl was very measured. She didn't often say anything, but she would just send a smiling face every one or two days and say hello at the same time.
Show your presence.
Even after his official comeback yesterday, Zhou Ziyu posted a review of two new songs, while Ming Jingnan still just smiled and added a cheering expression.
Chi Jingyuan could clearly tell from the mood and look of the other person facing him backstage that Ming Jingnan seemed to want to talk to him, but even with the number and not being very familiar with him, he was still so measured.
After a few days, he felt that this girl was quite good, and his senses felt much better.
So he would reply with a smile every time to express that he saw it, and now it's like checking in, and they interact like this almost every two days.
Should I say it or not, it’s quite interesting.
"gone."
Just when Chi Jingyuan was about to look through other chat records, Wu Shixun patted him. He looked up, took back his phone and stood up with the members, holding the suitcase and following.
After a few hours of flight, the plane landed in Shenzhen. EXO first took the scheduled bus back to the hotel to refresh, and then went out together to find a restaurant nearby for a late-night snack. When they returned to the hotel room again, it was already close to
It's midnight.
Although it was almost midnight, it was actually quite early for idols. After coming back, EXO and the others did not rest directly. A few people gathered in the room to chat with big names, and a few others went out to make phone calls with someone.
Chi Jingyuan was in his room, leaning on the bedside and flipping through his phone, preparing to read news on some forums and fan clubs.
As soon as I logged into a forum that I usually browsed, I clicked on a post and what I saw was an ugly photo of Bae Joo Hyun being photoshopped. The corners of her mouth were pulled open, her nasolabial folds were deepened, her face was pockmarked, and her eyes were done.
After processing it, it looks like a toad man.
I couldn't help but laugh when I saw Chi Jingyuan. This picture is really vivid. Even though a lot of distortion and uglification have been done, the most obvious features of the character have not changed. Although the finished product is very exaggerated and ugly, it is familiar.
People will know at a glance that it is Bae Joo Hyun who p, not someone else.
The anti-fans are really talented when it comes to attacking people, and they are very proficient in various methods.
Just flipping through and reading, his smile slowly faded, the corners of his mouth pursed, and he couldn't smile anymore.
In the past two days in the music industry, apart from the two boy groups EXO and BigBang, the hottest one is naturally Ai Li's crazy attack on Bae Joo Hyun because of her relationship with the MC.
This forum that usually discusses Kpop has now been taken over by Ally. All kinds of ugly pictures can be seen everywhere. Some posts even use harsh and dirty words as titles. After clicking on them, they will either be wildly insulted for no reason.
, or made up disgusting revelations, full of attacks and insults on Bae Joo Hyun, red velvet fans' counterattack was a little weak, and even the posts of objective discussion and persuasion were directly covered up.
At first glance, it really makes people think that Bae Zhuhyun has done something evil to be hated by others. Looking at this situation, Chi Jingyuan estimates that if Bae Zhuhyun really appears in front of these more extreme Aili, he will really fight.
of.
But with her short body and short legs, she should not be her opponent.
From top to bottom, they all look the same and unsightly. Looking through Ai Li's fan club is no exception. In just over a day, Bae Joo Hyun has replaced Bae Suzy and become the one that Ai Li and Yuan fans hate the most.
People, and looking at the momentum of this attack, it is no different from last year's "some" period, or even worse.
Thanks to red velvet, there is only one official social account operated by the company, and the members do not have personal SNS, otherwise they would probably not be able to see it now.
"Ugly girl", "hidden rules", "go to hell", "aunt", "aunt", "hooking up with higher-ups", "shameless."
Income's eyes are filled with words that can cause negative emotions in people.
Although Aili and others are all fans of EXO, and they all support and like Chi Jingyuan, when seeing those ugly pictures and dirty words, Chi Jingyuan himself felt that it was a bit too much.
He always looked like this when he saw it, and he didn't know how that elder sister Nian would feel when she saw it...
His eyes were fixed on the screen, and he was stunned for a long time as if thinking of something. Chi Jingyuan shook his head and came back to his senses. He took one last look at the fan club that was still scrolling and sighed softly.
Paying attention to the time, he thought for a while and then got up from the bed. While clicking on the name in the address book to dial out, he walked to the window of the hotel room.
Wu Sehun, who was in the same room, went to play cards with Park Chanyeol, but no one happened to disturb him.
It's just that the phone beeped for a long time, and it took a while before the call was answered.
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Red Velvet came back early today. By now, they had already washed up and were chatting in their respective rooms, ready to rest.
Bae Zhuhyun was currently on the bed, sitting with her thin legs crossed together. She seemed to be listening to Jiang Seulgi and Son Seungwan chattering about trivial matters, but in fact, she was staring blankly at the unlocked black screen phone in her hand.
of trance.
She was originally surfing the Internet just now, but when she saw the words attacking her everywhere, she became more and more annoyed and finally couldn't bear it and quit.
She doesn't have a tendency to be sadistic, so of course she won't go to the Internet if she knows people are criticizing her. Besides, she didn't criticize her badly when she debuted, so she has a lot of experience in dealing with it.
Due to some special psychology and not wanting to take the initiative to send messages to someone, I could only fiddle with my phone for a long time without knowing what to do, and unknowingly I started to stay in a daze.
Suddenly a shock came, and she was so frightened that she almost screamed. She turned around and looked at the muted mobile phone in front of her. A number was calling, and she saw the name on the caller ID.
At that moment, Pei Zhuxuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she suddenly seemed to cheer up, as if the fatigue and anger just now had been dispelled.
It was Chi Jingyuan calling.
Normally, the two of them usually communicate by sending text messages. If they call directly, it's obvious that there's something going on... maybe it's what she was thinking about when she was in a daze before.
After a two-second pause, she grabbed her phone, but she didn't show a hurried expression. Instead, she put on her slippers slowly and naturally, smiled at the two people who were looking over her, and walked towards the bathroom with a twist.
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"Don't worry about it..."
"Why are you calling so late?"
Immediately after the call was connected, a low-pitched, soft and lively voice came from the other side. The tone was a little tired, but there was a hint of joy and anger. When Chi Jingyuan heard it, he actually felt that this sister seemed to be in a good mood.
"Because I just discovered something." Chi Jingyuan cleared his throat and spoke in a very formal and serious tone.
"What's the matter?" Hearing the other party's solemn look, Pei Zhuxuan's newly aroused cheerful thoughts immediately subsided and asked seriously.
"Joohyunxi."
"Um?"
"Shouldn't you apologize to me?"
"Ah? Apologize, why." Her voice was a little confused, as if she didn't understand it at all.
Speaking of this, Chi Jingyuan paused for a moment, looking at the night view in the distance, with a heavy tone and obvious complaints, as if he was very angry: "Have you ever looked online? There are many forums now filled with your red velvet fans.
The post that scolded me was so unpleasant, calling me an 'ugly man' or something like that, just because you and I collaborated as a regular MC..."
"Haha...ah, Chi Jingyuan!"
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by an angry roar. At this time, Pei Zhuxuan first laughed twice angrily, and then his blood immediately surged. The annoyance and grievances of being attacked by Aili for the whole day were forcibly buried and brewing in his heart.
After a long time, he finally burst out at this moment, and even the deliberately lowered voice was obviously raised: "You still have the nerve to say that your fans are like crazy, chasing me and yelling at me, and even p.
So many pictures have received such unpleasant nicknames..."
"What about being ugly and short? Even my aunt came out. Am I too old? And even our red velvet fans were scolded so miserably. Anyone who spoke for me would be attacked..."
"You are still saying that now, are you really, Deku Lei?"
The comfort he was expecting did not wait, but it actually came like this. Bae Zhuhyun was obviously really annoyed. He kept talking a lot, as if he wanted to vent all his resentment on this man who was looking for trouble and provocation.
"I didn't want to say anything at first, but you actually slandered people..."
"besides……"
"..."
Thinking of those disgusting rumors and unsightly pictures, and remembering how she had to pretend to be normal in front of her members and others, Pei Zhuxuan kept talking for a while. When her emotions almost calmed down, she had nothing to say.
Suddenly, a gentle voice with a smile came to her ears, which made her stunned.
"Are you feeling better?"
He said that on purpose...
In just a moment, she immediately realized that Chi Jingyuan said this on purpose. He specifically wanted to make her angry because he wanted to make her emotions burst out, and he cursed a few words to vent the pent-up emotions in her heart.
Chi Jingyuan seems to understand her habit of not showing her feelings to others, but prefers to keep some things and emotions in her heart.
Not only do I understand her habits, but I also understand her personality.
Recalling that I had always had vague expectations before, suddenly and inexplicably, the anger just now dissipated like a tide for some reason, and a strong numbness suddenly surged out of my heart as if I had been electrocuted, and it quickly spread throughout my body.
up and down.
Neither party spoke for a while and fell into a short silence. Only some faint breathing sounds could be heard in the receiver of the mobile phone.
Chi Jingyuan didn't say anything else. Although he did think that Aili did something too much, from his standpoint it was definitely impossible to scold or blame his fans.
Even apologizing on their behalf would seem inappropriate, because these fans are people who truly like and support him unconditionally, and he feels somewhat inadequate if he does this.
"How do you know..." Pei Zhuxuan spoke slowly, and her voice suddenly dropped again. The momentum that was so angry that she wanted to kick Chi Jingyuan away immediately dissipated, and it was as weak as a gust of wind.
It's like blowing.
She wanted to ask Chi Jingyuan how he knew that he had been holding back his anger and grievances.
"Anyone who is scolded like this will feel bad. It was obvious that you were not abnormal at all when MBC was recording "Music Center" today... And I don't know about you? You are so small-minded that you care about everything you say.
, why are you still pretending to be open-minded and cheerful?"
Chi Jingyuan leaned against the window and looked outside, remembering the meeting with Bae Zhuhyun at MBC today, and said lazily.
After hearing Chi Jingyuan's words, even though it was a sarcastic comment, Pei Zhuxuan was not angry at all, and could not help but bite her lip with a smile.
The several times she lost control of her emotions and collapsed happened to be in front of Chi Jingyuan, and it was really difficult to refute what the other person said.
But in fact, Pei Zhuhyun didn't mean to refute, instead, a happy emotion rippled between her eyebrows.
It feels really good to be understood by someone, especially this person.
Just when her mind was agitated, and the surging emotions were driving her to say something sentimental and thoughtful, she was interrupted by another sentence in her ear: "Have you eaten well tonight?"
Pei Zhuxuan couldn't help being amused by this perfunctory change of topic, and she snorted and replied angrily: "What do you think?"
"If I were you, I would definitely not be able to eat..." Chi Jingyuan walked back from the window and sat down on the bed. He watched the TV series playing on the TV in the room and smacked his lips and said, "Actually, I thought you wouldn't
It's so sad. After all, fans' smears are just like jokes, some 'ugly girl' or something like that. You don't know whether you are ugly or not. You are so good-looking. Shouldn't you laugh at such ridiculous attacks?
And passed?"
"That's true, it's just..."
Pei Zhuxuan smiled and accepted the compliment of 'good-looking' without politeness, but her tone obviously paused for a moment, as if it was a bit difficult to say. Finally, she muttered in a small voice: "Everything else is fine, that's it.
That...that 'aunt' is really a bit..."
"a ha ha ha……"
Chi Jingyuan couldn't help laughing loudly after hearing this. He didn't know whether he was laughing at Aili's talent or Pei Zhuhyun's coquettishness.
Ai Li was really stunned. How did they know that one of the things this sister cared about most was her age.
"Yeah, stop laughing, don't say this word in front of me again..." Apparently dissatisfied with his laughter, Pei Zhuxuan warned her in a dull voice.
"I understand." Chi Jingyuan nodded while looking at the TV, with seriousness in his relaxed tone.
"..." After these words, both parties fell into silence, as if they were reminiscing about the phone call and the aftertaste of their emotions. For a while, they could only hear the conversation coming from the TV.
After being quiet for a while, Pei Zhuhyun suddenly said: "Next time when you perform "Music Bank", please put down your bangs."
Hearing her voice and strange request, Chi Jingyuan didn't ask her why she said that, but smiled softly as if she understood: