"Ah, EXO is here! EXO is here! EXO!!"
"Ah, Yuan Oppa, look at me, I'm here! Yuan Oppa, look at me! I love you..."
"Ah, Luhan, hey."
"EXO is the best, Fighting!"
"Ahhhhh..."
When EXO walked out of the airport, the fans who had been waiting for a long time at the door burst into enthusiastic shouts. The sound suddenly filled the surrounding space, pulling the entire area into the world that only belonged to 'EXO'.
The fans were shouting the names of their idols and were so excited that they couldn't help themselves. Some were probably too excited to speak complete words and just screamed unconsciously.
Most of the members wore little makeup and wore masks. Under the leadership of their manager, they stood in a row and bowed neatly to all the waiting fans, waving for a long time before getting in the car and leaving. The satisfied fans were left looking at the car's back longingly, and then gradually dispersed after a long time.
"When we get back to the hotel, we will rest first and do our own activities."
Chief manager Lee Seung-hwan stood in front of the car and told all the members: "It's best not to run around and just rest in the hotel. If you want to go out, you must report to me."
"Many artists and stars have come to Hong Kong these days, so there are a lot of reporters and paparazzi. A few years ago, Girls' Generation took some photos. If you are taken any bad photos, it will bring trouble to the company. of."
"Inside."
members responded.
They are still in a relatively excited state. In addition to the fans' pick-up just now, which satisfied many people's sense of honor and vanity, the local architectural style of Hong Kong Island and the high-rise buildings in the distance also attracted many people along the way. gaze.
Most of the members have never been here before, and it is very new to them.
If the agent hadn't been watching, some people might have been tempted to sneak out as soon as they got off the bus.
"The awards ceremony will be officially held tomorrow night. We have to get up very early to prepare. Because it is a full live broadcast, we will rehearse two or three times, starting in the morning."
Li Chenghuan looked at the schedule in his hand and said again, and finally raised his head and added: "It's best to rest your stomach these two days and don't eat too much, especially tomorrow. Don't make yourself look fat or bloated on the camera. Let’s have a good meal after the ceremony is over.”
"Inside."
"Let's talk about other things when we get to the hotel." Li Chenghuan nodded and sat down in the seat in front.
SM Company booked a relatively high-end hotel for EXO, which was not far from the Hong Kong Island Convention and Exhibition Center where the event was held. It also reflected the wealth of the large company.
Several groups from the same company who came together stayed in the same hotel, including SJ, SHINee, and F(x).
These are all senior groups who have been in the industry for several years. Their managers must be much more relaxed about their management than EXO. When Chi Jingyuan arrived at the hotel, he saw several SJ brothers going out together and didn’t know where they were going. Xiaosha went, but the other groups haven’t seen it yet.
"Well, it feels really good here."
In the hotel restaurant, Chi Jingyuan and several members sat here, each ordering drinks and some snacks to fill their stomachs, looking at the city scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, chatting in a comfortable mood.
"I heard that Hong Kong Island has many famous delicacies, and I really want to try them." Do Kyung-soo looked at the snacks in front of him and looked out the window with envy.
"I think so too." Chi Jingyuan took a sip of his drink and agreed.
"Let's wait until the ceremony is over. In order to be better on camera, we can only suffer a little these two days." Jin Junmian sighed.
"Girls' Generation's seniors didn't come this time." Park Chanyeol remembered something and asked.
"I guess there's not much hope of winning a big prize, so I'm just resting at home." Chi Jingyuan nodded in agreement.
Although Girls' Generation is very popular, they have not officially made a comeback on the peninsula in 2012. Their last comeback album was "The Boys", which was released in October last year. It has been more than a year since then.
The focus of their activities this year is on neon. In addition to participating in some variety shows and filming TV series, they also launched the sub-unit TTS.
If you don't return to nature, the chances of winning awards are slim. Considering Girls' Generation's popularity, there is no need to win those participation awards. Not winning one of the three grand awards is a kind of failure and will be ridiculed by other fans, not to mention this year The competition is extremely fierce.
In addition to the mutual hostility between BIGBang and SJ, PSY, who has become popular this year, will definitely gain a lot during the awards season with "Gangnam Style".
Girls' Generation doesn't have any special advantages compared to the above ones, and it didn't receive an award notice from the organizer in advance, so it simply didn't come.
After MAMA officially changed its name in 2009, it was not particularly popular in the past few years, and there were many problems.
In addition to the conflict between the organizers Mnet and SM, which resulted in mutual bans, in the past two years, there was also a conflict between the live broadcast time and SBS's "Inkigayo", which resulted in a large number of invited artists not arriving at the scene. He became the object of temporary ridicule by public opinion and caused many people to laugh.
However, with the efforts of the organizers in the past few years, MAMA's popularity and audience have also continued to increase. Each time it is held, it has become more and more popular and has attracted a lot of attention. By this year, it is already the end of the year for the Peninsula music industry. , the most important award ceremonies.
Although its gold content is not the highest, it is still inferior to the Seoul Music Awards and the Golden Disc Awards, two relatively fair and authoritative awards. However, it is only ranked behind them. Its grand award is still very important. of.
These three plus MMA are collectively known as the four major award ceremonies in the music industry on the peninsula.
It's just that MAMA has always had the scandal of sharing pork. For some invited artists, they will give a participation award if they come, but they won't give it if they don't come. Some awards are also very flexible.
Every time it ends, many people quarrel. They feel that the awarding of awards is unfair and shady. This is also a major feature of it.
After several members finished talking about Girls' Generation and several other girl groups participating in the awards, they went back to their rooms to play with themselves.
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EXO got up early the next morning and went to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, where the venue was held, and went backstage to prepare and wait for the rehearsal.
There may be several rounds of rehearsals today, the time is quite tight, and every artist and staff member seems to be in a hurry.
At around nine o'clock in the morning, EXO went on stage for the first round of rehearsals. They rehearsed the title song and a few covers for a special stage. It was a success and there were no problems.
They have been practicing for a long time, and if there are no other problems, the stage performance usually goes smoothly.
However, when everyone returned to the lounge panting slightly, waiting for the next rehearsal, Chi Jingyuan frowned as he took the program schedule sent by the organizer. After looking at it carefully, he came to the side next to him. Lee Seung Hwan:
"Brother Chenghuan, if you look at the schedule of this show, you won't be able to make it in time."
