Half a month passed quickly, and with the passage of time, EXO's popularity has obviously increased a lot. News about their upcoming debut can be seen in many places, and I heard that Xia Guo has also published a lot of advertisements.
At this time, manager Lee Seung-hwan was talking to the members in the practice room:
"Today the company has released the preview of your Showcase. The official Showcase will be held on the 31st. The debut stage of both your teams is set for April 8th. Everyone will have a day off after practice tomorrow to go back and get together with their families. Get together and tell them the news that you are going to debut. After this holiday until the end of the debut activities, there will be no rest time."
"Guilty!" everyone replied at the same time.
"Okay, let's disband. Go back and have a good rest tomorrow and share the joy with your family and friends." Li Chenghuan clapped his hands with a smile and left the practice room. The 12 members who were standing in a row immediately dispersed. Several groups.
'We have a holiday tomorrow and we can't leave today. Where can we go to have something to eat later? Chi Jingyuan sat in the corner and leaned against the wall, took out his phone and flipped through it.
I originally wanted to treat Sunny to a meal in return, but I remembered that when they sent messages two days ago, the other party said that they were going to the countryside to film the variety show "Invincible Youth 2" in the past few days.
Chi Jingyuan heard that filming this variety show was very tiring, and the ratings this season were very poor. They had dropped to 4% in the past two days, and there was no sign of recovery. He continued with an irreversible attitude. Falling.
With such poor ratings, he estimated that the group of MCs and guests were tired of this show, and the atmosphere between the MC team and the production team must be very bad every day during filming.
It's a pity that the contract is still in place and they can't get out of the contract, so they will continue to torture each other for several months.
"Jingyuan." Wu Shixun ran over at this time: "Do you have a date tonight?"
"No, I'm just thinking about where to go for dinner at night. What suggestions do you have?" Chi Jingyuan raised his head and asked.
"Let's have dinner together tonight and introduce you to a friend." Wu Shixun patted him on the shoulder.
"Okay, call Kyungsoo?"
"Arnie, let's not call you Kyung-soo hyung today. That friend was also from 1994. Today is a meeting of S.M94Line."
"OK, GO! Tell Kyung-soo by the way, I'll get the mask." Chi Jingyuan stood up and put the phone back in his pocket.
He has been in SM for more than a month, and his social circle is limited to EXO members, and half of them don't speak much. Outside of the group, he only met Sunny from Girls' Generation, and not much else.
The main reason is that practice is really busy and tiring. When he first came here, he had to do surprise training, and later he was busy filming MVs and recordings, so he didn't have much time to get to know anyone.
However, although he doesn't know many people, the quality of them is quite satisfactory to him. Although Do Kyung-soo and Oh Se-hun each have their own shortcomings, they are both pretty good people. They are close in age and get along well with each other, and they are already close friends. There is also Sunny, who formed the 'Airborne Line' with him. The two of them often send messages to chat and complain, and they have a good relationship.
People born in the same year on the Peninsula are natural relatives and friends, and there are not so many etiquette when getting along together. Although Chi Jingyuan is not a Peninsula citizen, he is also willing to get to know some people of the same age.
The two walked out of the practice room. Wu Shixun was sending messages frantically on his phone. After sending a few messages, he put the phone away and chatted casually with Chi Jingyuan about other things.
They waited at the back door for a while, and a figure jumped over.
The visitor was wearing a white and green color-blocked sports hoodie. The material was generally of a different brand. It must have been worn for a long time and there were balls on the elbows. The lower body was ordinary blue sports pants and black sports shoes. , the overall clothes may be one size too big, and they look very loose on her body.
She was wearing a high ponytail. She had already run in front of the two of them, and the ponytail was still floating in the sky the day after tomorrow.
"Ah Neha Thiyo, Jiang Seulgi Yimeda!" Although it was the first time to meet, the visitor did not look out, but glanced at the two of them, watching Chi Jingyuan salute and introduce himself.
"Anihasay, Chi Jingyuan Yimeda." Chi Jingyuan returned the greeting with a squinted smile, while looking at the other person up and down calmly.
The first impression has already been formed in my mind. The appearance is very distinctive and very recognizable. I don't wear much makeup now, and my face is average, but my smile is quite cheerful.
"Let's go first and talk as we go." Wu Shixun clapped his hands and looked outside the door, reminding: "Jing Yuan, put on your mask and don't be choked by your food again. I really don't know why your food is like this." Crazy."
After this period of preparation, the number of Chi Jingyuan's fans has continued to increase. Although it is definitely not comparable to those hot groups that have already debuted, but as far as the team is concerned, his fans alone are already as many as those of other members. The total number of ten people except LUHAN is almost the same.
And many fans really like him and are obsessed with him. Because there has been no exposure at all recently, many fans took the initiative to come to the SM company building to guard him. Not many people came, usually only five or six, but they were very persistent. Almost every day, there were people squatting outside to take a look at him. As a result, he must now wear a mask when going out, otherwise he will encounter a lot of trouble.
Chi Jingyuan nodded, took out the mask and put it on.
There are many artists coming in and out of SM, so wearing a mask is not something that attracts attention. Because Ji Jingyuan has little exposure and fans have not seen him much, it is easy to hide his whereabouts.
The three of them set off from the company, with Wu Shixun taking the lead. They walked for about ten minutes and found a restaurant that mainly sold bibimbap.
The trainees have little financial income, and their families cannot be said to be rich. Their lives are naturally focused on finances, and they are not as proud as Sunny, who treated them to barbecue for the first time they met.
Chi Jingyuan's family conditions are very good, but he has no intention of showing off. He usually eats and wears the same as other members. Only when he goes out in private without training can you tell something about him from his expensive-looking private server.
The three of them each found a table to sit at, each ordered a piece of bibimbap and started chatting. Jiang Seulgi didn't show any stage fright and took the initiative to say, "Really, I feel like Kyungwonxi is even better in real life than in her debut video." You look good, you must not be wearing any makeup, right? Jinjia has really enviable skin."
"Jingyuan rarely puts on makeup in private." Wu Shixun went to get three bottles of drinks and returned, distributed them to everyone, and then said, "But he is not the only handsome guy here, can you be a little polite?"
"Tch..." Jiang Seqi curled her lips: "For the sake of this bottle of drink, I won't harm you."
After saying that, she looked at Chi Jingyuan: "Jingyuan xi..."
"We are all of the same age, just speak plain English. And I am born in May, so I should be younger than you." Chi Jingyuan interrupted her and said with a smile.
"Well, I am in February, so let's speak plain language." Jiang Seqi nodded: "Jingyuan, you are really famous among the trainees in the company."
"Oh? Really?" Chi Jingyuan chuckled: "I think they are all scolding me."
"Hmm... To be honest, when you first came to the company, most of them scolded you. After all, you are that...'connected person'." Jiang Seqi hesitated when she said this and glanced at Chi Jingyuan. , as if worried that he would be angry.
"Don't worry, Jingyuan's character is better than you think. He is a man who can recite his negative comments with a praising tone, and can also laugh and comment on whether the negative comments are better or not."
Wu Shixun shook his hand and said a few words in an admiring tone, but immediately added: "But his generosity is only in certain aspects, and even if he is angry, he will not let you see it. He is good at hiding his emotions. , is simply a born actor.”
"You actually know me so well?" Chi Jingyuan looked at Wu Shixun, a little surprised.
"Ah, you are looking down on me too much. We have lived together for so long. Do you regard me as a pabo?"
Wu Shixun pointed at Chi Jingyuan dissatisfied: "It's this squinting smile. I thought it was pretty good-looking at first. It really makes people want to get close to him, but once you get familiar with him, you will find it very awkward. By the way, he is hitting Wu When I was playing Seike, I kept this smile the whole time, wow, the memory is so profound."
"He beat the person, but he went over to slap the person in the face to ridicule him. He still has that smile. Jinjia is really a cold man."
