Looking at the song title just written with a gel pen on the top of the lyrics sheet: "I", both Chi Kyung-won and Kim Taeyeon laughed, and a sense of accomplishment couldn't help but arise.
Today's work was done, so he folded the lyrics and put them in the drawer. Chi Jingyuan got up and started to tidy up the music room. Kim Taeyeon also looked like "I'm here to help too" and took the initiative to carefully clean the pillows scattered on the sofa.
They were arranged neatly, and the drink bottles on the table were thrown into the trash can. They worked quite neatly.
"I will finish the revision of the rap lyrics soon. I will have a meeting to confirm it after I come back from Xia Kingdom this time."
After finishing, Chi Jingyuan put on his bag and locked the door. The two left the music room and walked towards the elevator. As they walked, Chi Jingyuan said smoothly: "Nuna, you can start practicing singing now. Come on.
You can record directly at any time, which can save some time..."
"Including this song "I", I have already practiced several songs that have been included in the album I don't know how many times. I know them by heart, okay?"
When Kim Taeyeon heard this, she felt that she was being underestimated. She couldn't help but rolled her eyes, and then waved her hands grandly: "Don't worry, the recording will be absolutely fine by then."
"Well...I'm very strict." Chi Jingyuan felt that he should say hello in advance.
"No matter how strict it is, it doesn't matter! Don't you believe me when I sing?"
Chi Jingyuan nodded and didn't say much. Recording shouldn't be that difficult for Kim Taeyeon, but it might not be possible for other people from SNSD.
The two stood in front of the elevator and pressed the button. Chi Jingyuan took out his mobile phone and checked the time: "Okay... It's past twelve o'clock now. Do you want to go have a meal?"
"No, I don't have time today."
Speaking of this, Kim Taeyeon sighed: "I postponed my schedule this morning and came here. The other members are still waiting for me at the TV station. There will be a shooting soon. I have to rush there now... The comeback period is really
It’s so tiring.”
"really."
Chi Jingyuan nodded.
As soon as idols come back to their comeback period, they automatically enter a busy state. The more popular they are, the busier they are. Of course, he understands this, so he didn’t say more. He casually chatted about SNSD’s comeback while waiting.
Taking the elevator.
After a while, the elevator came down. There was no one inside, so it became a private ladder for the two of them. After pressing the 1st floor button, the ladder began to descend slowly.
Just after descending two floors, the elevator stopped again. With a "ding" sound, the elevator door opened. Chi Jingyuan and the two people in the elevator and the few people who were about to get on the elevator couldn't help but froze for a moment when they saw each other and looked at each other.
One second.
"Senior Aniha Saiyo..."
"Ernie!"
"Jingyuan/Oppa is such a coincidence?"
At this moment, the four people from Red Velvet happened to be waiting for the elevator outside. They were obviously a little surprised when they saw Chi Jingyuan and Kim Taeyeon. After recovering, they quickly took the initiative to say hello.
It's okay with Chi Jingyuan, they are already familiar with each other or are close friends, mainly because the senior Kim Taeyeon is here.
The four of them were all wearing casual sportswear, with sweat still dripping from their heads. At first glance, they had probably just finished practicing.
Chi Jingyuan, on the other hand, immediately caught sight of Pei Zhuhyun, who was standing in third place. This girl was wearing sports short-sleeves and denim shorts with a bear pattern, and a pair of white shoes of the same color as her legs. She was looking at
After seeing the person in the elevator, he blinked and looked over naturally.
Although my head was groggy yesterday, the song "Butterfly Girl" sung by Bae Joo Hyun was still very clear in my memory. I didn't expect to meet it by chance just after talking on the phone last night.
The two looked at each other, smiled tacitly, and then looked away in unison.
"Anu..."
Kim Taeyeon smiled and waved in response, and she and Chi Kyungwon moved to the side to give up their seats. Kang Seulgi, who was leading the way, and the others walked in while saluting. A gentle body fragrance immediately began to fill the airtight elevator.
, and also mixed with the smell of sweat.
"Irene!"
Kim Taeyeon's eyes lit up when she saw Bae Zhuhyun, and she pulled her to the side with a pull of her hand. She held her hand very intimately, smiled and admired the young lady's rosy face, and clicked her tongue twice.
After the sound, he asked: "Have you just finished practicing?"
"Neoni, I'm getting ready to have dinner right now."
Bae Joo Hyun seemed a little flattered when she was held by the hand. She nodded and stood next to Kim Taeyeon like a little sister.
The three people next to Ledebei were a little surprised when they saw this scene. As members, they didn't know when their captain had such a kiss with SNSD's senior.
Although SM likes to promote family ties, in fact, in private, the relationship between idols of different generations is far from as close as imagined. At least Jiang Seulgi and others seemed a little restrained after seeing Taeyeon and did not dare to speak loudly.
To be honest, they were quite envious when they saw Bae Joo Hyun and Kim Taeyeon.
Pei Zhuxuan nodded in response and then turned to look at Chi Jingyuan: "Where's Unnie?"
"I just finished working with Jingyuan, and I'm going to go to the TV station now."
Kim Taeyeon explained briefly.
As the elevator door closed, there was a roaring sound of descending. Chi Jingyuan took a glance and realized that there was one missing person. He poked Jiang Seulqi next to him with his elbow curiously: "Where's JOY? Why didn't you see it?"
she?"
"She has the filming of "My Knot" today and went out early in the morning." Seulgi seemed a little happy after being poked, and replied quietly with a smile.
"Oh "I Knot", I'm so envious... How are you preparing for your album?"
"I have been practicing the dance for the title song these past two days. Jingyuan, let me tell you, this time we..." As if she had thought of something interesting, Jiang Seulqi chatted with Ji Jingyuan in a low voice with lively eyes.
After a while, the elevator reached the first floor. After a few final words, several people were about to say goodbye. Before leaving, Kim Taeyeon suddenly remembered something and waved to Bae Zhuhyun: "Irene, that manicure you mentioned last time
store, let’s go together when we’re free in two days.”
"Okay, Unnie." Of course Pei Zhuhyun would not refuse and nodded obediently.
Chi Jingyuan, who had just walked a few steps aside, heard this and turned around without looking back. Looking at the smiling Kim Taeyeon, he felt speechless.
Are you two so close now? It's a little too fast.
Moreover, wasn’t it promised that during the return period, there would still be time to team up and get nails done?
…
After traveling for more than a day, Chi Jingyuan and the EXO team boarded a flight to Xia Kingdom on July 16th. The next 16 and 17 will have some exclusive activities in the mainland and two games that fans have been looking forward to.
There will be a long autograph session, and XO’s concert will be held on the 18th and 19th.
For this reason, Chi Jingyuan also missed the recording of "Music Bank" on the 17th. However, the young lady once said that even if she was absent due to her schedule, she hoped that it would be best not to find someone else to take over. Chi Jingyuan simply did not find anyone.
Let her host this issue alone.
The program team also means this. Now the unique hosting style of "Yinyin" CP has long made his name, attracting a large number of fans, and bringing a huge increase in ratings and attention to the program. If among them
If one MC is absent and another person is randomly found to take his place, regardless of whether the temporary MC combination can achieve the same effect as before, even the large number of CP fans will definitely not be satisfied.
Moreover, it is difficult for them to find a popular and popular male artist like Chi Jingyuan to replace them.
In fact, when Ji Jingyuan was first invited to be the regular MC and the contract was negotiated with SM, the program team and the company had already communicated. They knew that due to EXO's extensive overseas schedule, Chi Jingyuan would probably miss some recordings, but the show
The team didn't have any objections at the time, but now that the ratings are so high, they are naturally more happy with it.
After flying to Jiangcheng on the 16th, we stayed at a hotel. After getting up the next day and accepting two interviews and recordings, the XO crowd came to CapitaLand Plaza, where today's autograph session will be held.
"You are a cold and hot devil~"
"Bath with summer showers~"
There is still more than an hour before the official start of the autograph session. At this time, the nine XO people are making preparations in the lounge provided by the organizer. In the large and well-decorated room, they are currently using their mobile phones to broadcast what they just said yesterday.
A song released, the title song "Devil" of the comeback album released by the company's senior group Super Junior on the 16th
At this time, not only the sound source of this song was echoing in the room, but it was also often mixed with XO members singing along with their heartfelt songs. Obviously, this newly released song has many fans here.
Chi Jingyuan is also one of them. He likes this song very much. He is sitting on the sofa and scrolling through his mobile phone. He is shaking his head along with the rhythm and melody. When it comes to the chorus, he will hum a few lines along with it. It looks very interesting.
Have fun.
In recent months, Peninsula's music industry has been really hot. The peak battle between the two generations of TOP boy groups in May and June has just come to an end. As soon as summer enters July, the summer girl group war begins.
There are also various boy groups taking advantage of the troubled waters, which can really be said to be a lively mess.
MAMAMOO, AOA, sistar, nine muses, Girls' Generation, and Girls Day returned one after another and performed well. Among them were popular boy groups like Infinite, which disrupted the situation, and EXO, which refused to leave.
In the past two days, some new artists have released songs and returned. On the 13th, JYP boy group GOT7 announced their comeback with their third mini-album. On the 14th, Goo Hara of Kara made her solo debut.
Until yesterday, the 16th, Apink, which reached its peak last year but had been silent for more than half a year, also joined the girl group war. At the same time, SJ also released an album commemorating the 10th anniversary of their debut. The song that Chi Jingyuan and the others are listening to now is SJ
This time the title song.
Although Apink has not returned to the peninsula for a long time, the momentum of its regular second album is quite hot this time. The sound source has been airborne in the inner ring, and pre-sales have reached a new high of nearly 70,000. Although it has only been back for one day, in terms of results
, should be considered second only to Girls’ Generation.
But speaking of Apink's summer-style title song "remember", even though their makeup for this album is very eye-catching, each member looks very good, and it is one of the pinnacle makeup looks since their debut, but to be honest, Chi
Jingyuan prefers SJ's "Devil", which sounds so dynamic that it makes you want to shake your legs.
These groups are not some unknown groups, they are all popular groups with their own names and fan groups. It is exciting to watch dozens of groups come together and fight together.
Oh, it’s so lively. I really want to sing and join in the fun.
In the girl group battles in the past two weeks, every time Ji Kyung-yuan won first place in front of sistar, AOA, and SNSD on "Music Bank", I actually felt a little funny in my heart. I wanted to laugh. Such people are so passionate about competition.
, it feels really interesting that the last one is myself.
Unfortunately, I don’t know how long the popularity of “Boy with Luv” can last.
"In other words, you are busy every day?"
Chi Jingyuan sent a text message back to Zhou Ziyu.
He had nothing to do at the moment but was waiting for the autograph signing to begin. He had been listening to music, shaking his legs, and sending text messages for a while.
As he expected, Zhou Ziyu had signed a contract with JYP a few days ago. According to her, all nine Twice people selected for "Sixteen" had signed the contract without exception.
It's normal. After all, everyone has been working hard for so long, and they have even won the debut spot through competition. They are one step away from realizing their dreams. No one will not sign a contract at this time and waste all their efforts, even if it does seem a bit harsh.
.
Now, including Zhou Ziyu, the nine members of Twice have begun preparations for their debut. They are working hard and studying every day for the final debut.
"Yes, I have to go to school every morning. When I come back, I have to practice the songs from my debut album and learn a lot of things that artists need to know. Because I am a foreigner, I have to take Korean classes, and I have to do more
, I still want it every day!”
She replied quickly, and the long string of text showed a slightly irritable mood and small complaints, but Chi Jingyuan also felt a strong sense of fulfillment and strong expectations for the official debut of the flavor.
The same was true before EXO's debut. Compared to Zhou Ziyu, Chi Jingyuan had a period of devilish attack because of her poor dance foundation. She was even more exhausted every day. But even so, she was still very energetic every day. After all, she only had one more day left before her debut.
The last step is both painful and happy.
Now, it's Zhou Ziyu's turn to enjoy this process.
"We also moved into a new dormitory. What kind of dormitory do you think it is?"
She seemed to have nothing to do at the moment and replied quickly. Before Chi Jingyuan could speak, she sent another one.
"What kind? The one used by the "Sixteen" major group?"
Chi Jingyuan made a reasonable guess. The two groups of "Sixteen" have their own dormitories. It is normal for the debut group's house to be directly extended to Twice.
"It would be great if it was the one used by the major group! We thought the same way before, and we were looking forward to it for several days. It turned out that our dormitory was the same one on the first floor that the 'poor student group' used to use. It was old and old. I heard
It was used by a senior in the past. After sorting it out, we moved in. It is much smaller than the dormitory of the major group in terms of area and decoration, but it just has an extra basement..."
"So stingy?"
Ji Jingyuan also didn’t expect JYP to be so prudent.
But when I just debuted, I really shouldn’t use a good dormitory as a house. It’s not conducive to hard work. Bae Zhuhyun said that the dormitory in red velvetJB district was very average. XO also lived in Jiangbei at the beginning. The dormitory was small and old, and nine people lived there.
It’s so chaotic. It was only after DaBao became a top group that they moved into the big house this year. Now XO’s dormitory is one of the top among the entire Peninsula idol groups in terms of area, decoration and supporting facilities.
.
Moreover, JYP has not had much money in the past two years, and it is normal to save as much as possible.
"Yeah, a lot of people privately say that the company is stingy, hehe... But after living here for a few days, it's fine once you get used to it. By the way, we've reassigned the dormitory, guess who I share a room with now?
Ha, I share a room with Dahyun and Chaeyoung now, the three of us need to go to school, and we are the youngest maknae line!"
"Both of them have very good personalities, and luckily the three people in our room love cleanliness and will take the initiative to clean, unlike others..."
After signing the contract, I entered a state of preparation for debut, practiced new songs, moved into a new dormitory, had new roommates, and formed a new group with eight people who were familiar, unfamiliar, or even unfamiliar to each other. All the experiences during this period
Zhou Ziyu is obviously very excited and has a great desire to talk. Compared with the "Sixteen" competition in the past few months, she is obviously much more lively.
"When will you guys debut?" Chi Jingyuan asked curiously.
"It's not confirmed yet. The company said it will depend on the progress of our preparations. It seems that it should be around October... I heard them say that the company will find a time period where the competition is less competitive and there are no major artists coming back.
Arrange for our debut."
This should indeed be the case. Even though the group Twice has its own popularity due to the draft, they are still newcomers with a small and not very loyal fan base. If they find a time period with less competition, they will indeed have a higher chance of success.
But in October...
"That……"
Chi Jingyuan felt inexplicably familiar when he saw this time. He paused and was about to say something more when Li Chenghuan came over and stopped him. He handed over a stack of documents and said generally: "This is for today's autograph session.
Jingyuan, you, as the translator and host, will go through the general process and script again."
"Oh, okay brother."
Chi Jingyuan immediately took the file and responded. Since he came to work, he had no time to chat. He put his phone aside and read it seriously.
…
"We are one, hello everyone, we are EXO."
"Hello everyone, I'm Yuan from XO... I heard it, I heard it, ah, it's so enthusiastic, thank you, thank you... Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to come to our book signing. In today's session, just
I will be the host and translator, so everyone should know that I speak Chinese very well...haha."
Chi Jingyuan held the microphone and smiled brightly, and spoke the opening remarks of this autograph session in extremely fluent Mandarin. Almost every sentence was followed by a burst of cheers.
"We have actually always wanted to have more activities such as book signings here in the Mainland, so that we can meet more fans... I am really, really happy today... I just knew backstage that so many people came today.
, the members are quite nervous..."
"..."
In addition to the highlight of the autograph session at the end of the autograph session, there is also an interactive session between the idols and the fans present, including chatting, playing small games, and sometimes singing and dancing to liven up the atmosphere.
, fans will be happy as long as they are happy.
Compared with the final autograph signing, the previous part is actually very important. Many fans who came to the scene came just to interact with their idols up close.
Because of his popularity in the mainland and his proficiency in Chinese, SM directly asked Chi Jingyuan to be the host and translator for the two autograph sessions held here.
This decision is obviously very wise, as you can see from the excitement and fiery atmosphere of the fans below.
In addition to hosting, he also has to translate some of the words spoken by the members.
"Brother Jun Mian said that Xia Guo's fans are so enthusiastic that he doesn't even know how to thank him... How about letting him act like a spoiled brat? Do you want to see it?"
After listening to what Jin Junmian said, Chi Jingyuan modified it a little and translated it. Then he added some words of jealousy behind him, and then followed the fans in the audience, laughing at Jin Junmian who was acting awkwardly and cutely.
.
"Um?"
“…the food here is really great, I really like eating here…um…um,”
At this time, Bian Baekhyun next to him said a few words in Korean. Chi Jingyuan immediately came over and listened, but he got stuck in the middle of speaking. He couldn't hold back the next word, and Chi Jingyuan based on the context
and breakfast, and immediately followed the trend: "Doupi?"
"Yes, Doupi, I like eating this very much..."
After he said it again, Chi Jingyuan laughed, turned around and faced downwards and understood the word "doupi". The curious fans translated:
"Brother Baekhyun said he likes it very much. There are so many delicious foods here in Jiangcheng, and he especially likes to eat three fresh bean curds... This is what we ate this morning."
After finishing the translation, Chi Jingyuan put his hand to his mouth, with a mysterious look, deliberately lowered his voice and asked for credit: "I recommended it to them."
"Ahhhh..."
This statement was obviously very endearing, and all the fans in the audience screamed with excitement.
After chatting, we played a few small games. Finally, Chi Jingyuan sang two lines of a Chinese song under the cheers of some fans. Finally, the book signing officially started in an excellent atmosphere.
After the two book signings, there were two concerts. On the 18th and 19th, at Tianjing Mastercard Center, nearly 20,000 people attended the venue for two consecutive days.
Whether it’s the disgusting scalping tickets that have been sold at sky-high prices, or the widespread discussion and attention caused in the mainland Kpop circle, as well as the many online complaints about SM’s choice of venues that are too small, all of them show that among idol groups nowadays, EXO
It is still uniquely popular and well-known in the mainland.
Although there are so many groups and fans in the music industry who brag about their overseas popularity every day, they can really hold a tour with 20,000 people in Xia Country without worrying about not being able to sell out the tickets and the venues are sold out. Now that is
EXO and BigBang, other groups are weaker than these two.
After finishing the concert, EXO returned to Seoul the next day. Before getting off the plane, they were pulled into the company's conference room for a meeting.
Facing the important itinerary that their manager introduced to them just now, Chi Jingyuan and several members were a little surprised and repeated it