Starting every text message with an emoticon is also a tacit understanding between Mingjing Nan and Chi Jingyuan.
After Chi Jingyuan sent a (smiling face) expression, the two started chatting casually.
After that chance encounter in the cinema, the relationship between the two people suddenly became much closer. The two people who have the same hobbies actually have quite a lot of topics to talk about. Especially after Nai Minami officially debuted, she experienced various situations that were either novel or embarrassing.
, even after a tiring and tiring trip, it brought her a lot of complex emotions such as pressure, disappointment, excitement, etc., giving her a lot more desire to talk than before.
After chatting for a while, Chi Jingyuan saw that the girl seemed to have something on her mind and was a little embarrassed to say it, so she took the initiative to ask: "What problem did you encounter?"
After waiting for a while, I received a belated reply from Najing Nan: "Well... have you watched our program recently?"
"No."
"...(wink)." She was obviously choked: "After we debuted, we recorded a lot of variety shows, but after they were broadcast, most of my scenes were edited... In fact, sometimes I feel that my performance
It was pretty good, but it didn’t have any effect. Last time my manager and teacher criticized me, but it was still like this when I was recording the show today..."
"But I've really, really tried hard to do it."
"You...are there anything I need to pay attention to sometimes when it comes to variety shows?"
Chi Jingyuan looked at the phone and exhaled.
Judging from the several intermittent text messages sent in succession, this girl must have been shocked.
Because some situations after her debut were not as good as she had imagined. She was not popular enough, was not conspicuous enough in the team, and did not receive any positive feedback for her hard work. All kinds of negative movement speeds accumulated a lot of pressure on her. It depends on the situation.
There was even some self-doubt.
Chi Jingyuan has not specifically studied the popularity of ice, but it is easy to see through news and exposure that Zhou Ziyu is now a standout in the team. In addition, jyp, in addition to following the popularity of Zhou Ziyu, is also promoting Lin Nalian.
This local c bit.
As for Mingjing Nan, he is somewhat inconspicuous in the team.
After this period of contact, he also got to know Mingnan. He felt that although this girl had a gentle personality, she was actually quite confident in herself. However, it turned out to be like this after her debut. Maybe it was because she was under a lot of pressure.
blow.
Unfortunately, Chi Jingyuan is not good at this either.
"You asked me this... Well, actually when I was on a variety show, I rarely spoke if the MC didn't cue me... And every time I would take the initiative to find a position away from the MC or the camera, and sit quietly if nothing happened. Wait there for get off work."
Nai Minami, who was backstage at the TV station, sitting on a chair waiting for her makeup to be put on, looked at the reply on her phone, blinked and pursed her lips.
There is some brilliance in her eyes, because she actually has the same personality and habits. She doesn't really like to steal the spotlight in the show, be in the limelight, etc. It would be really nice if she could just sit quietly next to her and wait for get off work.
But despite this, she still wants to be strong in her heart, and she doesn't want to become an idol to increase her popularity. Who can watch the other members of the group being so dazzling and brilliant, while she is unknown and can still maintain a calm and unruffled mood.
People with this kind of mentality are not very suitable to be idols.
She read the message again and tapped the screen to reply, "Actually, I like this too, but..."
"Then just do it according to your own ideas... Although I can do very well if the cue comes to me, I'm actually not very good at variety shows. If any of the members like it, I'll leave it to them.
And I personally feel... don’t tell others... I don’t think variety shows can increase the popularity of idols very much, and trying too hard to express yourself will have some counter-effects."
"For idols, just focus on the essence. The important thing is that you need to figure out what your strengths are."
Seeing the magnificence in Ming Jingnan's heart, the soft girl seemed to be confused in front of her eyes. Chi Jingyuan did not comfort her, but seriously imparted her experience.
He didn't know if it was useful or not, but he thought it suited him and Ming Jingnan quite well.
Because the two people are really similar.
"Then what do you think my advantages are?" Najing Nan bit her lip and asked with some anticipation.
After sending it, she kept holding her phone and waiting for a reply. Soon a vibration came. She picked it up and saw that there were only a few words in the text message: "You will know after you look in a mirror."
"Pfft..."
She bit her lip at first to hold it in, but after reading these words a few times, she couldn't hold it back and chuckled. A strange feeling surged from her heart, causing the frown she had just been frowning to follow.
Soothed, the bright black eyes looked a little more vivid.
"Ice has just debuted and has only released one album. The style of your group has not yet been determined, so there is no need to be so anxious about popularity. For variety shows, just follow your own heart. It is not good to force your performance.
, idols of our genre don’t need to work so hard in variety shows, just sitting there quietly is already showing off... Finally, I would like to give a xi a quote from my most admired senior, 'Popularity has its season.
', look, how well said..."
"I have something to do here and we'll talk about it next time. By the way, the kid did a good job and danced "Call Baby" very well."
Najing Nan looked at the long list of replies seriously, and his smile became brighter and brighter. Until he read the last sentence, his eyes curled up, and his little white teeth were exposed.
Of course she knew what Chi Jingyuan was talking about. In their v live broadcast two days ago, ice played the role of a kindergarten child, wearing children's clothes and a hat for a cute live broadcast. Later, they also played small games on random stages.
She danced EXO's "Callbaby" with OO, and she happened to dance Yuan's part.
Unexpectedly, Chi Jingyuan also watched it.
Didn't you say you haven't watched our show...
Mingjing Nan's smiling eyes blinked, and he looked back at the few messages sent by Chi Jingyuan just now, and he seemed to be in a trance as he read them.
………………
"Exid, who returned today, and a candidate vixx all need to record an interview,
"Then Jingyuan, you and Irene will review the script for this issue later. It will be the same as before. You don't have to follow the above exactly. There will be a few impromptu interactions interspersed in the middle."
After a busy few days, the 20th arrived, and it was the recording day of "Music Bank". As usual, as soon as the two MCs came in the morning, they went to the conference room to have a meeting with the program team, get the script and get to know today's guests and
process.
"Got it." Chi Jingyuan nodded and took a stack of script information from the PD's hand. Pei Zhuxuan next to him responded and reached out his hand to make the same movement.
However, Chi Jingyuan inadvertently glanced at his partner next to him out of the corner of his eye. After they met backstage at KBS, he felt that although this sister had a smile on her face today, she seemed to have something on her mind. She was clearly dressed in the same clothes.
It is a very festive bright red solid color sweater, and a black collar around the neck is a little sexy, but the whole person always looks lackluster.
Speaking of which, since he was absent from the concert in the last issue, apart from sending text messages from time to time, he has not seen Bae Zhuhyun for half a month.
This is the case for idols, especially when their schedules increase at the end of the year. Even if they are artists from the same company, it is not easy to bump into each other without common activities.
After the morning meeting, the two MCs returned to the lounge. After carefully reviewing today's script and process, they entered the break time. The two of them did not communicate much. Bae Zhuhyun was called out by her manager, and
Chi Jingyuan sat on the sofa in the lounge and began to study the LG v10 CF shooting plan that he received yesterday from the advertising company. The CF shooting process and plot were clearly marked on it.
With the suggestions given by Chi Jingyuan and others, and the activities of jyp later, the so-called audition was just a formality. Within two days, it was confirmed that his partner for this v10 mobile phone advertisement would be Zhou Ziyu, and the shooting
The time is set for tomorrow morning.
About ten minutes later, Pei Zhuxuan, who had just left, opened the door again and came in. After taking a look, he came over and sat on the same sofa as Chi Jingyuan as usual, but there was a slight distance of half a meter between them.
Although noisy sounds came from the backstage corridor outside the door from time to time, the lounge was somewhat quiet. Except for the occasional entry of agents and staff, there was only the sound of turning pages of paper.
She may have also noticed that Chi Jingyuan, who was reading the information, was very serious, so she didn't say anything. She also picked up a stack of information from somewhere and looked at it.
It's just that I haven't turned a page for a long time. A pair of eyes are either in a daze, or they are quietly glancing to the side, not knowing what they are looking at.
There was a heavy walking sound next to him, which was a bit loud. Chi Jingyuan raised his head and glanced at the last staff member who walked out of the lounge. When he was about to lower his head and read the information again, Pei Zhuhyun's voice suddenly came from next to him: "I heard from Hui
Ying Oni said, because you are about to join the cast for filming a TV series, you, you may have to get off the train soon?"
"..." He turned his head and looked to the side. Although he was obviously talking to him, Pei Zhuxuan still kept looking down at the information.
Although the voice sounded quite calm and without any fluctuations, the young lady's somewhat abnormal state after meeting today, as well as her pretentious and calm movements at this time, directly betrayed herself.
Chi Jingyuan understood immediately. He glanced at it and then withdrew his gaze. Like the other party, he lowered his head and continued to look at the information in his hands. He leaned on the back of the sofa and turned the pages lightly with his right hand while nodding lightly.
: "Well, almost."
"..."
Quiet.
Before asking, Pei Zhuhyun seemed to be a little tentative, but after receiving the confirmation of the answer, she suddenly became quiet, pursed her lips and stopped talking.
The bright red sweater is bright and eye-catching, and it is extremely eye-catching on her body. It matches perfectly with the black collar and leather skirt, but the liveliness of the clothes seems a bit out of place with her somewhat low pressure at this time.
After hearing the news from her agent two days ago, she has been in a bad mood. Although she knows that it is quite normal to quit her job because of filming a TV series, she can only comfort herself with this kind of words.
, but my mood never got better.
Since May, her weekly job as a regular MC for "Music Bank" has become her most important, favorite and most enjoyable schedule. She is very relaxed and happy every time she records, even when she usually does other things.
During the trip, I would feel clearer when I thought about the recording I would have to do in two days.
In the past two days, she had actually wanted to send a text message to ask Chi Jingyuan, but she hesitated and still did not speak. At this time, when no one was around, she finally asked out loud after thinking for a long time, but found that Chi Jingyuan looked very relaxed.
She didn't seem to take it too seriously, which made her suddenly become a little irritable and uncomfortable.
"Oh, that's alright……"
After two minutes of silence, Pei Zhuxuan managed to speak out with some difficulty. The sound he spoke was a little too strong. He paused, cleared his throat gently, and then continued.
"Indeed, if you are filming a TV series, it will be really tiring to find time every week. You are already so busy."
"If you don't have enough rest time, it will really affect your condition."
"You haven't filmed for a long time. I see that many of your fans are looking forward to it. You should really take it seriously. You even cut your hair for this drama..."
"It's just... our average ratings are just a little bit lower... it's a bit of a pity."
She seemed to be encouraging Chi Jingyuan and herself, but she didn't give Chi Jingyuan time to respond. She kept talking there by herself.
"And...the company has also taken some trips for me recently. In fact, I am actually quite busy..."
At the end, probably because of her pride, she spoke intermittently in a somewhat jerky voice, as if she was comforting herself or proving something.
Hearing this, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but put down the advertising materials in his hands and turned his head to look over.
Miss, when did you have the attributes of Sui Sui Nian?
And you don’t think I’m a newcomer, do you? I don’t know that although you are very popular in red velvet, you have never had any personal resources? I don’t know that this fixed MC is already the most important part of your schedule?
But after he turned around, what he saw was Pei Zhuxuan still lowering her head and pretending to read the information, trying her best to maintain her self-esteem. The stiffness of her body could be felt without touching it, just by looking at it, which made Chi Jingyuan's teasing mood go away immediately.
few.
He sighed secretly in his heart and interrupted the other party: "Not for now."
"ah……"
Hearing this, Pei Zhuhyun, who was about to say something, paused for a moment, screamed in surprise, and at the same time reflexively raised his head and looked over.
Chi Jingyuan glanced at her, lowered his head again, flipped up a page of information and flicked it around casually: "Originally, the company said they would get off the bus as soon as they joined the team, probably in early December, but... and I had just joined.
There was still enough time for the group, so I pushed it back a few days until the TV series was officially released, filming and broadcasting at the same time, and then resumed filming when the filming tasks resumed."
"..."
After listening with pursed lips, Pei Zhuxun blinked and looked at Chi Jingyuan for a while, then became quiet again. She sat there quietly, no longer talking to herself as before, but she seemed to be in a trance.
It's just that she didn't know when it started. Her legs, which were originally together, changed their position, and then swayed slightly. At the same time, the low pressure that had been surrounding the two of them clearly gradually dissipated.
Chi Jingyuan, on the other hand, glanced at the young lady who was silent, and then continued to look through the information in his hand.
After a while, there was some small movement next to him, and then he felt an elbow gently poke him. When he looked up, he saw Pei Zhuxuan's tentative expression and shining eyes. She was holding an earphone.
He handed it over and asked in a soft voice: "Would you like to listen to some music?"
Chi Jingyuan noticed that the information she had been reading for a while was gone and was thrown somewhere.
"Why has it changed so much? I've been showing off since morning..."
Chi Jingyuan tilted his head, looked at Pei Zhuxuan's sparkling eyes, and laughed dumbly.
He sat up and took the earphones, and looked into the other person's eyes: "And if we push it back a month or two, we will record about six or seven more episodes. It's not like we don't get off the car, so why do we feel so good all of a sudden?"
?”
"Ah……"
Pei Zhuhyun, who was depressed and a little confused just now, has disappeared. The young lady who has become brighter just chuckles, gives him a cute look, and without explaining, directly operates the phone and starts playing songs.
In fact, she knew very well that they would get off sooner or later, but she always felt that they were still far away from her. When she suddenly received the news, she felt that it was too sudden and she was very unwilling.
In particular, Chi Jingyuan's attitude just now seemed a bit perfunctory and casual, which made Pei Zhuxuan, who had a tacit understanding that Chi Jingyuan didn't want to get off the car, feel as if cold water had been poured on him, and he felt very uncomfortable.
She found that what she cared about most was not actually getting off the bus, but the other person's attitude.
And after knowing that Chi Jingyuan took the initiative to communicate with the company and postponed the time of getting off the bus, the irritability of being stuck in a traffic jam was instantly gone.
Especially the young lady understood the meaning of Chi Jingyuan's unspoken words just now after 'but'.
But...but what?
She felt as if she had been blown by the refreshing night breeze and suddenly became much more relaxed.
Although it was a pity, whether or not to get off suddenly became not so important.
And anyway, there are still a month or two left...
The music started playing. It was a very familiar song. After hearing the intro, Chi Jingyuan knew that it was "First Snow" by EXO.
"One year has passed in the blink of an eye."
"My heart is still full of nostalgia."
The somewhat low-pressure atmosphere just now disappeared. Two people were sitting on the sofa. One was reading the advertising materials again, and the other was fiddling with the mobile phone in his hand. A headphone cable in the middle was gently swaying, connecting the two to listen quietly.
Singing men and women.
…
About half an hour later, after listening to "4 Wall", Chi Jingyuan took off his headphones and stood up, taking Bae Zhuhyun with him to start today's work.
It's a bit regretful to say that he originally thought that he would be able to see FX in today's episode of "Music Bank", but it turned out that after FX returned with its regular fourth album on the 27th of last month, it ended this time only half a month later.
As for the activities of the album, the five members immediately started their own itineraries.
The event was too short, and there wasn't much related publicity. Chi Jingyuan also knew that there were many difficulties encountered during the preparation of this album. Due to the lack of resources and support from the company, FX seemed to have hired someone for the MV for the title song.
The one who helped with the shooting actually made a special phone call to help out a little bit.
SM really doesn’t take it seriously enough.
But I can also understand a little bit. Among the five members of FX, the three most popular ones are doing more and more activities in the mainland. Although they have not gone directly like the Xia Guole in EXO, on the contrary, Victoria has a very good attitude towards the group.
I am very concerned about it, but because I have learned from the past, SM cannot rest assured, and naturally cannot provide resources.
The other two, one, Cui Shirley, wanted to be an actress and was waiting to quit the group, and the other, Jung Soo-jung, had a serious conflict with the company because of her pro-Unnie relationship, which resulted in a bad situation in the company. If it weren't for the constraints of the contract, she would have left long ago.
Under such circumstances, the fact that fx can come back is indeed because it has achieved very good results in the past and has a group of die-hard fans of its own. If it were to change to other combinations, it would probably be hidden directly.
FX's title song "4 Walls" this time is really to Chi Jingyuan's liking. Although the MV is a bit cheap, the song is really good and sounds very comfortable.