In the next three days, EXO-M, who had just returned to China, held three consecutive book signings at Gwangju Lotte Plaza in Gwangju Station, the Plaza Atrium in Omokkyo Station, and Yeongdeungpo Times Square in Incheon Station.
The scene... can only be described as average, very average.
EXO-M has not yet officially debuted on the peninsula, but it is only known to many people because of the name of the team EXO and its high popularity in Xia Kingdom.
Team M does not yet have the most popular Yuan. LUHAN, who is promoted and very popular in Xia Kingdom, is far less popular than Yuan in Peninsula. He does not have much popularity. The names of several other members are only Zhongzhong. Fans only know that in general, the signing scene of Team M is much worse than that of Team K.
The EXO-K team also returned to their dormitory in Seoul on the evening of the 9th after holding two more autograph sessions in Daejeon and Gwangju.
Team M was already asleep at this time, and they didn't make a sound. They quickly cleaned up and went to bed. There will be a singing show tomorrow tomorrow! Countdown needs to be recorded, and even if they just go to bed now, they will probably have to get up in the early morning.
Fortunately, he had rested for a while on the way back to Seoul, which was a powerful supplement to the lack of sleep time. Chi Jingyuan felt fine when he got up in the morning.
Before dawn, the manager Li Chenghuan and his assistant Cui Zhichang called out a few members of the K team. The sleepy people climbed out of bed with willpower, washed up quickly, followed the manager out and got into the nanny car.
They are the first team to take action, but it won't be long before Team M will also get up.
They have a book signing to be held today, and they have to get up early to prepare.
Cui Zhichang's driving skills were very good, and he didn't feel uncomfortable sitting in the nanny car twisting left and right on the road. Chi Jingyuan was resting with his eyes closed anyway. After a while, we arrived in front of a beauty salon.
This beauty salon is called Homestead Coffee, which sounds like the name of a coffee shop. It has a long-term cooperation with SM Entertainment. TVXQ occasionally does styling here, while SJ members are regular visitors here. Now EXO will basically do styling here after their debut.
In addition, this beauty salon also cooperates with many other small entertainment companies.
The entertainment industry on the peninsula is unprecedentedly developed and the competition is extremely fierce. However, there are tens of millions of people but there are 20,000 to 30,000 artists, and there are countless other trainees and employees in surrounding industries. Overall, the involution is very serious.
And the peninsula is a country that attaches great importance to appearance. As long as you are attending an announcement, a commercial performance or a program, you must first go to a beauty salon to get your hair styled.
With so many artists, beauty salons with excellent skills and reasonable prices will not be enough. Therefore, some artists or groups that have just debuted, are not big enough, and are relatively low-popular will make reservations for some relatively obscure times, early in the morning and early in the morning. Just come and line up.
Therefore, it is really hard to be an artist on the Peninsula, especially for those at the bottom of the pyramid, and even less popular artists.
However, if you become a top artist and become a big trend, then beauty salons will also compete for you to go to them for styling, and most of them will do it as you go, because the patronage of every popular artist is a very good thing for the beauty salon. advertisment.
And EXO-K is currently in the ranks of groups that don't have much popularity, but they take advantage of being in a big company like SM and the treatment they receive is pretty good.
When their nanny van drove to the beauty salon, there were already a row of seven or eight nanny vans, large and small, parked at the door. Basically, all the parking spaces were full, and several people from EXO-K were also waiting for Lee Seung Hwan. Under the guidance of his wife, he walked into the beauty salon to queue up, while assistant Cui Zhichang looked for a place to park.
This beauty salon feels a little older. The decoration looks good but a bit old. The exterior sign is black, while the interior is mainly in cold colors. It was already brightly lit before dawn.
At this time, there were already many people waiting in line in the beauty salon's lounge. Some of them Chi Jingyuan had met backstage when he was singing at the TV station, and many others he didn't recognize.
Basically all of them are without makeup, and they don't look as radiant as on TV. Instead, some of them look tired, with rough skin and hair, and even worse than amateurs.
Although there are many artists in Peninsula, there are not many who are truly outstanding in appearance. Most of them can only be regarded as average or above average.
To be able to look so dazzling on TV and in the camera, Peninsula’s unique and advanced makeup techniques have contributed a lot. Even a person with average appearance will be upgraded to a higher level after putting on makeup.
Others rely on adjustments, but even fine-tuning requires a good foundation to achieve good results.
Other artists cannot be saved by adjustments.
Although there were a lot of people in the lounge, there wasn't much communication. Only occasional whispers could be heard. Everyone got up in the middle of the night. Now they are very sleepy and have no desire to chat.
Because they had made an appointment in advance and were in a long-term cooperative relationship, EXO-K didn't have to wait long and it was their turn soon. Chi Jingyuan was usually the first to do the styling because he did it the fastest. quick.
"Hey Yigu, it's our garden." Stylist Jin Shanmei's eyes lit up when she saw Chi Jingyuan sitting on the barber chair.
"Nei, Shanmei Nuna." Chi Jingyuan greeted with a smile.
"Still so polite." Jin Shanmei looked at Chi Jingyuan in the mirror and quickly started to work. While moving her hands, she praised: "No matter how many times I see him, his temperament and appearance are too good."
"And your skin is really good. How do you take care of it?" Jin Shanmei carefully looked at Chi Jingyuan who was very close at hand. She didn't know whether it was admiration or curiosity.
As a stylist at a well-known beauty salon, she has styled countless artists. Whether they are comedians, male or female idols or actors, most of them cannot compare with the person in front of her even after putting on makeup, let alone She said she was bare-faced.
Many artists' bare makeup is very ordinary. Kim Sun Mi is very clear about it. Sometimes when styling, she will have the idea of 'I can debut with this look' in my mind.
But after styling Yuan several times, she, who had never been a fan of celebrities, actually felt the urge to become a fan for the first time.
"..." Chi Jingyuan smiled softly and did not answer.
Although Ji Jingyuan couldn't reply when she was doing the styling, Kim Sun Mi was very chatty and kept talking during the whole process. She would praise her a few times and talk about scandals casually. It was obvious that she enjoyed giving to Ji Jingyuan. The process of styling.
Soon, the styling was completed.
"Nu Na is really awesome." Looking at himself in the mirror, Chi Jingyuan praised with a smile.
"Okay, the main thing is that you are very good at it. It's easy and quick to style you." Jin Shanmei also looked at the mirror with a happy smile and kept nodding.
After Chi Jingyuan puts on makeup, the difference between him and without makeup is not that big, except that his facial features become more three-dimensional under the makeup, and his messy hair that he just woke up from sleep also becomes much more organized.
"Thank you, I'll take my leave now."
