"You...do you want her to die?"
Such a straightforward reply made the room chief a little speechless. At the same time, the various looks from around him also made him feel that he might have thought a little less.
"Yuan has the largest number of fans among all EXO members, and his popularity and popularity are also leading the entire team. And because of many reasons including his outstanding appearance advantages and charisma, as well as his successful actor status, etc. , making his fans very loyal but also very crazy.”
"It would be fine if they were just random rumors without evidence on the Internet, and fans would just criticize them. But if the company personally promotes it subjectively and releases some vague materials at the same time, the consequences and repercussions will be difficult to predict and Controlling it is likely to have a huge negative impact on Seulgi himself and Red Velvet."
Although this person from the publicity department thought the room manager’s suggestion was stupid, he patiently explained it and finally made a serious joke: “Yuan’s status and popularity in EXO are not the same. Well, we can’t look at it from the perspective of ordinary members. If it was him who was revealed to be in love instead of Baekhyun a few days ago, then we probably wouldn’t be in the mood to discuss red velvet’s promotion matters here in a relaxed way.”
"Because they may debut in June..."
"Hehehe..."
This joke relaxed the atmosphere in the conference room, and people in several departments couldn't help but chuckle.
Although it was not mentioned, everyone present actually knew that in addition to what was mentioned above, Chi Jingyuan's own opinions must also be considered when implementing this kind of thing. It is necessary to know whether he likes the arrangement in the company. Are you willing to use your popularity to bring heat and attention to others?
As he said just now, Yuan is not an ordinary member.
"In addition to the original plan, in terms of publicity, we will follow what I said before and add a little more energy."
A group of company elites had a heated discussion for a while, and finally Jin Min made the decision:
"As for the hype with Chi Jingyuan... just put out a few materials. The company shouldn't push it on its own."
"Understood."
…………
"Anihasay..."
Seeing Sun Shengwan who quickly saluted and said hello as he walked in, Chi Jingyuan smiled and stood up and saluted back.
It was already evening. He was waiting in the music room inside SM company to practice with Son Seung-wan for the SMtown collaboration stage on the 15th. After arriving, he waited for less than ten minutes before red velvet’s manager Jeon Hye-young came. Came here with Sun Shengwan.
Even if they are all artists from the same company, their manager still has to follow them during private stage rehearsals, at least for the first few times.
It was obvious that Son Seung-wan was really afraid of their manager because they had only been in contact for a short time. Even though there were only Chi Kyung-won and Park Jae-hyun in the music room, she was very nervous as soon as she walked in with Jeon Hye-young following her. The formal salute is not as lively as when friends met before.
After greeting Quan Huiying and Sun Shengwan, and chatting for a few words, Chi Jingyuan turned his head and winked at Park Jae-hyun.
Park Jae-hyun understood instantly, stood up and enthusiastically made an excuse to pull Quan Hui-ying out of the music room and went outside to chat, leaving the space for Chi Jingyuan and Son Shengwan.
Quan Huiying smiled and nodded at Chi Jingyuan before going out. Obviously she knew who meant it, but she still followed him out in a dignified manner.
"Well..." After seeing his manager leave, Sun Shengwan opened his mouth exaggeratedly and breathed a sigh of relief. He kept patting his chest as if he was surviving the disaster.
"Are you so afraid of your agent?" Chi Jingyuan asked speechlessly after taking a glance.
"Of course I'm scared! Don't look at the friendly smile on Huiying's face when she faces you. She is very fierce in private and is very serious when she criticizes and teaches others. Now that I see her face and her serious face, I feel like It’s ridiculous, and she has to take care of everything..."
Sun Shengwan replied as expected, then frowned and began to complain about their manager's strictness and unkindness. He talked a lot. Judging from her state at this time, she looked like a tethered animal. The husky has a bad neck and is whining.
Seeing her like this, Chi Jingyuan also shook his head and smiled helplessly.
When the manager takes over the management of a group, in order to establish his authority and facilitate future management, he will usually be very strict at the beginning. Moreover, the new group will also encounter many problems when they first debut, and they need to be tightly restrained. when.
It was the same when EXO first debuted. Both Lee Seung-hwan and Lin Hyun-kyun were very strict and reprimanded the members at every turn. Even though he had nothing to do with Chi Kyung-won, he had seen it many times as a bystander, but after so long, he still It’s vivid in my mind.
However, as we get along with each other for a while, after the artist has been in the industry for a long time, most managers with normal personalities will restrain their temper and approach a lot. Unless they make more serious mistakes, Lee Seung-hwan rarely lectures people so seriously anymore. .
In the past two days, red velvet has been so black on the Internet that no red can be seen. But now that I see Son Seung-wan looking so energetic, I feel that she is not affected much.
Of course, it might just be that he didn't show it.
De Beibei's debut was very unsatisfactory, and the Internet was full of ridicule, but of course Chi Jingyuan would not take the initiative to mention such a sad and revealing thing, even though both of them were very clear about their psychology.
After not seeing Chi Jingyuan for a few days, he didn't rush to practice directly. Instead, he went to the small refrigerator next to him and got two cans of coffee. After opening it, he handed it to the other party and sat on the sofa to chat casually, "Have you had dinner tonight?" "
"Eat, salad and fruit." After thanking him and taking the coffee, Sun Shengwan also sat down and took a sip.
"Aren't you hungry?"
"Manage your body shape. The company has required this from a long time ago. The manager said that other groups were like this when they debuted, weren't the seniors of XO at that time?"
"It seems so..." Chi Jingyuan raised his eyes and thought about it, then said uncertainly: "Other members may be like this, but I am not. I can't get fat."
"You can't get fat by eating? Jinjia? Ahhh..." Hearing that Chi Jingyuan had the physique that he had dreamed of but not getting fat by eating, Sun Shengwan went crazy with jealousy. He yelled hatefully while covering his face and rubbing it hard. A few times.
After venting her unhappiness, she seemed to suddenly think of something. She turned away with a stern expression and raised an eyebrow at Chi Jingyuan: "Although our manager asked us to manage our figures, we are not allowed to eat many things, even convenience stores. We are not allowed in, but I will tell you quietly, Seulgi and I sneaked out secretly the day before yesterday and bought two large bags of snacks from the convenience store. We were so happy after being hungry for the past two nights."
As she said this, she suddenly laughed: "The funniest thing is Joohyun Unnie. He said it's better not to eat and gain weight easily. But when we were halfway through eating, he opened it while we weren't paying attention. A bag, while looking at us, he quietly took a few bites, his mouth movements were very small when chewing, it made me laugh to death, hahaha..."
"..." Chi Jingyuan imagined the scene and couldn't help but laugh: "You bought so many things, where did you hide them in the dormitory without being discovered by the agent?"
Hearing this, Sun Shengwan raised an eyebrow at him proudly: "Secret!"
After chatting for a while, Chi Jingyuan got to know their current situation. After about ten minutes, he stood up and took the music score over: "It's almost done, let's start practicing.
Sun Shengwan looked around curiously: "Don't we need a teacher to guide us when we practice?"
"No need, I'll just listen."
Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips: "XO's current recording, sometimes I am in charge."
It was a very dull sentence, but it showed that Chi Jingyuan was different from other idols in terms of identity and personality. Hearing this, Sun Shengwan blinked and gave a thumbs up in admiration: "zzzang!"
"Let's try the sound first."
"Wow, I don't know why I'm so nervous about performing on stage with you Jingyuan. I feel like I'm about to take an exam..."
Chi Kyung-won turned on the accompaniment of "all for you", and Son Seung-wan sighed, then walked into the soundproof room and sang into the microphone.
As soon as she started singing, she seemed very involved. She would cover her ears with her hands from time to time, as if she was officially recording. There was a clear difference from the playful and laughing look just now, and you could tell that she had sang this song before. I must have practiced it, there is nothing wrong with the rhythm or pitch.
After listening, facing Sun Shengwan’s pretending to be reserved, but actually looking forward to asking for praise, Chi Jingyuan clapped cooperatively: “It’s great... I don’t think you need to practice at all. This song is already here, let’s practice it together a few times to get familiar with it, and then we can go on stage directly.”
"Really?" She blinked nervously, with 'praise me again' written all over her excited face.
"No." Chi Jingyuan smiled: "You should know that I'm going to watch the pre-recording of your debut stage, right?"
"Well, Joohyun Unnie told us."
"After watching your stage, the most impressive thing is that I beat your part. Jinjia, that high-pitched part, she sang really well..."
Chi Jingyuan's sincere compliment obviously made Sun Shengwan extremely happy. Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a burst of singing.
Hearing what he said, Son Seung-wan shook his head and sang in a high note: "shi shine on me yeah~"
Hearing the familiar high-pitched voice, Chi Jingyuan laughed and clapped, watching her shaking her head and tail in dismay.
Although I don’t know what will happen in the future, it’s good that Son Seungwan can maintain this bright state under the current situation of red velvet.
…
In the next few days, Ji Kyung-won practiced several times on stage with Son Seung-wan, Luna, and Henry in preparation for the smtown family concert.
This kind of stage with no dancing and only chorus is relatively the easiest. The songs are all very classic. I have sung them many times before and are already familiar with them. It only takes a few people to divide the parts together and practice together several times. It's almost ok.
Except for Son Seung-wan, who has just debuted, the other members are also relatively experienced seniors, and are naturally familiar with this kind of easy chorus stage.
At the same time, Chi Jingyuan also completed the filming of the MV for the cover song "Hope" for the first episode of their new group show "exo 90:2014" under the arrangement of the m program team. It's said to be a music video, but it actually means singing in a well-decorated house, playing the piano in front of the camera, and then posing in some handsome poses. The overall process is very simple.
After all, it is just a variety show, and it is impossible to shoot a music video as formally as an album.
In addition, after several rounds of communication and negotiation, SM Company also officially signed a contract for "Wei Sheng" on behalf of Chi Jingyuan, confirming that he will play the leading actor Zhang Kelai in this TV series.
After signing the contract, the crew of "Unborn" also sent the revised and detailed script to Chi Jingyuan, and informed him that the formation of the crew was about to be ready. The first script seminar was scheduled for August 18th. After the meeting, they will officially join the crew and start filming. The first scene is to go to Jordan for filming. The crew has already rushed to Jordan in advance to check out the locations and apply for filming regulations.
This timetable is really good. According to the notice from the crew, their filming time in Jordan will last about five days. If everything goes well, it will not delay EXO's concert held in Xia Guosha City on August 27. I want to do this The non-conflicting time plan must also be the result of communication and discussion between SM Company and the crew.
Although the drama "Misheng" is very famous in the industry and is favored by TV stations, because most of the cast are relatively capable actors, the entire cast lacks some attention and gimmicks. In terms of publicity before the broadcast, the cast It still relies more heavily on Chi Jingyuan's own popularity and popularity.
The news of his appearance has not yet been released. After discussion with the company, the crew and the company are planning to announce it when filming is about to start. This will have the best publicity effect and stimulate the ratings of the premiere.
Chi Jingyuan has been preparing since he got the script. In addition to studying the script, analyzing characters and reciting lines in his free time every day, he also found a medium-sized foreign trade company through family connections and joined as a temporary employee. Come and experience for yourself the real appearance of Peninsula Company’s workplace, and observe the living habits and characteristics of the white-collar class.
It started the day after I got the script, and it has been several days since today.
After all, he has never been a white-collar worker, nor has he been involved in any workplace. He doesn't even know a few friends in this profession. His understanding of people in this class is still very one-sided, so he went to film "Misheng" like this. 》This kind of workplace drama that focuses on realism is a bit difficult to grasp.
Of course, if you go in as him, you will definitely not be able to see the most real things, but I have to say that this kind of experience really helped Chi Jingyuan a lot when he understood the characters and the script, allowing him to understand the characters and the script. I gained a deeper understanding of some of the plots described in the drama "Wei Sheng", as well as the character and image of the leading actor Zhang Kelai.
Chi Jingyuan feels that it is very helpful, so this kind of real workplace experience will continue as long as he has time, until the official filming starts.
Although he is indeed very talented in acting and several of the directors he worked with praised him, Chi Jingyuan is not very proud. In order to do his best, these preparations that are helpful to him are also necessary. of.
Today is August 11th. Although they sleep together every day, the exo-k team, which has not been together for several days, finally reunited and prepared to shoot a new commercial for them. At this time, they were sitting on the bed In the busy nanny car, some of the members were playing with their phones, sleeping, and chatting.
At the moment, Chi Jingyuan was lazily leaning on the back of his chair, looking at some news and revelations about red velvet on his phone.
Red Velvet officially released the sound source of their debut song "Happiness" on August 4th. Due to its high degree of discussion and the high attention that comes with the title of SM's new girl group, their sound source became very popular after it was released. Not bad, it immediately topped several music charts and ranked very well on the iTunes charts in several countries.
But it is a pity that the quality of "happiness" can only be said to be okay, but it has nothing to do with the hit song, so the stamina of the sound source is very average.
Moreover, not many people here on the peninsula really pay attention to Red Velvet's music. Most people are following the trend of boycotting them on the Internet, and the rest are just watching and enjoying the fun.
There may be supportive fans, but they are almost negligible.
In recent days, the insults and slander against Red Velvet on the Internet have not decreased with time, but have intensified.
Because there have been a lot of seemingly true and false revelations recently on many online forums, these so-called inside information are circulating online at a very fast speed, and some of the secrets directly make relevant fans furious after reading them.
"The royal family of Red Velvet is really powerful. I heard that they stole a lot of resources from FX and EXO. Do you know why? Because the green guy named Joy is Kim Young-min's niece. It must be great. Insiders can reliably break the news."
"Not only that, I heard from a friend who was a trainee in SM that some members of this girl group have a very bad lifestyle. When they were trainees, they had several boyfriends who were seamlessly connected. They were so mean. , that ugly girl named Seulgi heard that she also fucked EXO’s Baekhyun and Sehun, and used it as bragging rights to brag to everyone in the practice room..."
"I also know about this. Jiang Seqi is such a stinky bastard. I will fight against her for the rest of my life. The thought of me makes Xiba% so angry...&&￥"
"The same goes for leader Irene. She is still debuting at such an old age. I read in the information that she was kkkkk in 1991. She doesn't have any characteristics at all. If you think about it, you will know that there must be something wrong. Maybe it's someone from a higher-up position in SM. .”
"I really wish these four parrots would disband tomorrow and give us fx."
"What a disgusting girl group. If you want to die, then die quickly."
"..."
Seeing these various 'insider revelations' and countless dirty words, Chi Jingyuan sighed in his heart.
Originally, he thought that he would just forget about the scolding in the two days after his debut, but he didn't expect that the situation was getting worse and worse.
If these disgusting comments were all about exo or himself, even with Chi Jingyuan's mentality of not caring much about other people's opinions, he would probably be a little angry and uncomfortable after seeing it, let alone the four girls who had just debuted in red velvet. .
Suddenly he remembered something, turned to look at Wu Shixun next to him, and asked curiously: "When did you get kicked in the leg by Seulgi?"
Wu Shixun, who was happily messaging and chatting with an unknown girl, was interrupted. Hearing this, he frowned and looked over, confused: "What are you talking about?"
"Well, this, let's talk about how Seulgi is having sex with you and Baekhyun." Chi Jingyuan moved his phone over and pointed to one of the 'reliable insiders who are trainees in SM' and showed him the information.
"This? Hahaha, do you believe this?" Wu Shixun burst into laughter as soon as he saw it, and looked at Chi Jingyuan as if he was mentally retarded: "Use your own brain and think about how it is possible."
"It's true what it said..." Chi Jingyuan also felt it was a bit nonsensical, but he still replied stiffly.
"I've also seen the news that you and Irene were in love. Just wait until I find out..." Wu Shixun became interested. He quickly slid and tapped on the screen with his fingers. After ten seconds, he opened a page and pointed at it. One of the messages was shown to Chi Jingyuan, and at the same time he said with a smile: "Look, this is it. What I saw two days ago is true... have you two been in a relationship?"
Chi Jingyuan leaned over and took a look:
"I have relatives in SM's trainee management department, and they reliably reported that Irene, the leader of Red Velvet, dated EXO's Yuan when they were trainees. I heard that she took the initiative to pursue him. The two often went out together in the company. Many people knew about this at the time, but they were separated for a while because EXO was too busy with their schedules, but it is said that they seem to be together again now."
It was another insider information that seemed to be true. Chi Jingyuan was speechless for a while. He had dated Pei Zhuxuan before. As one of the protagonists, this was the first time he knew about it, and he heard the news from others...
Suddenly he was stunned for a moment, because after reading it, his eyes glanced at a high praise message under this post:
"Go to hell, she deserves it? Our Yuan Oppa is the top member of EXO, the most popular boy group in the peninsula, the most successful young actor in transition, and the undisputed 'boy group beauty' even recognized by black fans. What is this Irene?" Huh? The leader of a lousy girl group that didn’t know when to disband. She’s ugly and short. How could Oppa fall in love with her? Stop being funny, okay? You’re not from the same world. Please don’t go to the moon and try to make porcelain. Thank you. "
Seeing this message full of contempt and insult, which was obviously coming from exo or his fan, Chi Jingyuan hesitated for a moment, pursed his lips and sat back.
Although this meal was to defend and praise himself, he still felt awkward after seeing it.
I don’t know how Bae Zhuhyun would feel if she saw this kind of comment.
Wu Shixun also saw this message, and the smile on his face softened a little.
After being quiet for a while, Chi Jingyuan sighed with emotion: "They are really miserable. It feels even worse than when we debuted."
Wu Shixun nodded: "After we debuted and before Seoljang, all kinds of schedules were still full. Seulgi and the others didn't seem to have many other schedules except singing songs. They didn't appear in variety shows very much. They were scolded like this on the Internet. It's true. It’s too ugly to say…”
"well……"
After sighing, Chi Jingyuan said nothing more and fell into silence while looking out the window.
Traffic in Seoul has never been very good, and traffic jams are commonplace.
It was the same today. The original twenty-minute drive took almost twice as long to reach the destination. After getting off the bus, the members of Team K quickly walked into the office building under the leadership of their agent, took the elevator to the fourth floor, and walked Entering the huge studio, this was also the location where they shot the commercial today.
As soon as he walked in following the team, Chi Jingyuan saw the person they were talking about in the car at a glance.
This advertisement was shot together by red velvet and exo-k. In other words, it would be more accurate to say that they were led by Team K under the arrangement of the company and received this advertisement case.
It's ugly to say that it's just a slap in the face, but in SM's tradition, it's normal for the seniors to support the juniors. The rest of Team K didn't have any objections, and Chi Jingyuan naturally didn't need to say anything.
The four members who came to De Beibei were standing by the side with some restraint. It seemed that they had just arrived and had just finished greeting the advertising PD and on-site staff.
Pei Zhuxuan, on the other hand, was standing on the far left side of the four people against the wall, with his head slightly lowered and his eyes staring blankly at his fingers tangled together in front of him, but his attention was obviously not on it.
