Thailand and even Southeast Asia as a whole are one of the important activity areas for kpop. Many famous and emerging idol groups will try to come here to carry out some activities to increase their awareness in Asia.
Although EXO has been limited to a boy group that mainly operates in Peninsula and Xiaguo since before their debut, they also attach great importance to the Southeast Asian market, and their popularity here is also quite good.
After returning from Thailand, Chi Jingyuan returned to the crew of "Misheng" without stopping. Seeing his return, both the director, writer and other actors breathed a sigh of relief.
The lead actor was injured and left shortly after filming started. Many people who didn't know the specific situation were a little uneasy. Moreover, even if they had been filming other people's scenes for more than eight days, there was not much to shoot, even group portraits. However, the protagonist Zhang Kelai's appearance in the movie is too frequent, and it would be almost impossible to film without Chi Jingyuan.
Chi Jingyuan received a warm welcome as soon as he entered the 15th floor of Lotte Plaza. A group of seniors gathered together, applauded and cheered him back from injury. Such enthusiasm made Chi Jingyuan himself feel a little embarrassed.
Although I have been absent for more than a week, fortunately, the crew started shooting relatively early, leaving nearly two months of filming before the premiere. In addition, the previous filming went smoothly and progressed very quickly. At present, the remaining time is It's still enough, but Chi Jingyuan will definitely be busy in the next few days.
At the same time that Ji Kyung Won returned to the crew and started filming again, SNSD's relationship was exposed one after another, Byun Baekhyun's relationship was exposed, Luhan quit the group, FX ended the activities early, Red Velvet was boycotted after their debut, and other such unsatisfactory things. , SM company finally announced a good news on the 15th.
An announcement was made at noon that the girl group Girls' Generation has reached a contract renewal for all members, and will continue to carry out activities as members of Girls' Generation and singers affiliated with SM for the next three years.
An insider said that this contract renewal is completely different from the model they signed together as rookies before their debut. This time it was the result of negotiations between the members and their agency. Girls' Generation members who have already entered the ranks of big-name stars each offered different conditions based on their own needs. After many rounds of negotiations, the contract renewal for all members was finally completed.
Some insiders also revealed that the contract renewal between Girls' Generation and SM Entertainment was actually completed quite early, because the news was not made public at the time.
As for why it was suddenly announced now, the specific reason is unclear.
As soon as the news came out, sm's stock price rose immediately, and the excitement of the sones who still persisted on the Internet was palpable.
This year's Girls' Generation is actually experiencing a bit of Mercury retrograde. From the beginning of the year until now, few things have gone well. The contract year has already reached September and there is no certainty. This has made many young fans a little on tenterhooks, fearing that they might wake up. I heard totally unacceptable news like 'Girls' Generation will not disband as they continue their solo career if the contract is not renewed'.
Seeing that all members have been renewed this time, many of the previously suppressed ones became elated and made various comments on the Internet: "Even if this year's results are indeed not as good as in previous years, as long as the nine girls are together, there will be no problem, no matter what We will always support them through high mountains and low valleys!”
"No matter how much Girls' Generation declines, there will always be a mountain standing in the way of all girl groups. I know that this golden signboard is something that SM will never give up."
"As expected, how many people in the entire peninsula don't know Girls' Generation's name?"
"Taeyeon, you should have received solo resources with this contract renewal, right? We fans have been waiting for many years, hurry up and sing your favorite songs solo, Wuli Golden Singer!"
“It’s Girls’ Generation now, it will be Girls’ Generation from now on, it will always be Girls’ Generation!”
Looking at these speeches through the screen, Chi Jingyuan could feel the joy and relief of the SONES. They had really been suppressed for too long.
He didn't pay much attention to this matter during this period. Although the contract renewal may have been reached long ago, Chi Jingyuan was still very happy for Taeyeon and Sunny after seeing it. He also took time out to give Jin Tae special care when the crew was taking a break. Yan and Sunny called to express their congratulations.
But the call process was a bit beyond his expectation. Neither Kim Taeyeon nor Sunny seemed to be very happy about this matter. Although they both smiled when facing Chi Jingyuan's congratulations, He expressed his gratitude and made a few jokes without any unusual tone, but he felt keenly that there seemed to be a trace of reluctance in the laughter between the two of them, as if they were not in a good mood these days.
But it may be that Chi Jingyuan thinks too much and feels wrong.
Sunny didn't say anything else. They chatted about the recent situation, paid attention to Chi Jingyuan's recovery from injury, and then hung up.
They had already spoken on the phone separately on the day Chi Jingyuan had the accident.
However, Kim Taeyeon made an invitation that surprised Chi Jingyuan:
"We are currently recording a TTS reality show. There are several plans to invite our friends to come over and record together. Jingyuan, do you want to come over and have fun?"
Chi Jingyuan was stunned for a second, then reflexively said, "Reality show? Are you going to come back, Nuna?"
"Didn't I tell you a long time ago? The company also announced a lot of news and concept photos in the past few days..." As she spoke, Kim Taeyeon realized something was wrong, and her voice suddenly became louder: "Ah, Chi Jingyuan , have you not paid attention to the recent situation of Nuna at all? As a friend, you don’t even know about such an important thing as our tts is about to return?"
"Ani, how could you not know? I've already seen the MV trailer released today. It's pretty good, tts!"
Chi Jingyuan ejected the call page, quickly opened s, and then glanced at the news on the top headlines, and replied with a clear tone in his heart: "There is no problem with the reality show, Nu, then you let me Your manager will send me a rough recording schedule, and I will definitely come if I can spare the time."
"Okay, then I'll ask him to send it to you then."
Kim Taeyeon's voice sounded quite happy, but she still added: "But Jingyuan, aren't you filming recently? Just come in your own time. If there is no schedule, forget it."
"Arathor."
Chi Jingyuan said he understood and hung up the phone after chatting for a few more words.
Regardless of all the speculation, SNSD's contract renewal is indeed good news, both for fans, the company and the members themselves.
Just like the food, this is already a golden brand.
But just caring and congratulating me is enough. I haven't had time to think about other things in the past two days.
After returning to the crew, it took more than two days of reshoots in the dark. From the start of the morning until the end at midnight, basically all the scenes were Chi Jingyuan's. It was completely like making up for the eight o'clock break before. Same as coming back.
However, after two busy days, Chi Kyung-won said goodbye to the crew again and returned to EXO to start preparing for the Incheon Hallyu Tour Concert and the opening ceremony of the Incheon Asian Games to be held on the 17th and 19th respectively.
Fortunately for the former, EXO has participated several times and is very familiar with it. The song "Overdose" will be fine with a little rehearsal. The main purpose is to rehearse and practice for the warm-up stage of the Asian Games later.
This is a task assigned by the above. From the company to the group, they pay special attention to it and cannot tolerate any mistakes. Everyone in exo has spent all their time on this in the past few days. They have rehearsed it countless times.
It’s not just them, it’s the same with several other groups that also have stage performances. For example, BigBang doesn’t play with mystery and personality this time. They spend all day in the venue rehearsing together like EXO these days. They have a lot of interactions with each other. We met countless times in the past two days.
It's just that the seniority and age gap between the two groups is a little big. The relationship between SM and YG is average. The relationship between the members of the two groups cannot be said to be very good. Except for Li Shengli, Park Chanyeol and team leader Kim Junmyeon, they often chat and socialize. , the others are just saying hello.
In addition to the warm-up stage, exo-m's Lay and two others were also invited to guest star as Xia Guo TV's special reporters for the Asian Games. They will participate in the live broadcast and interviews of the Asian Games, which is considered to be relatively prestigious. .
In fact, they initially thought about letting Chi Jingyuan work with Lay as the special reporter, but after some consideration and discussion, they decided to choose someone from Team M, and finally selected the best member of Xia Wen.
Chi Jingyuan himself does not lack this exposure. He himself has been so busy these two days that he can almost breathe.
On September 19, the Asian Games was officially held at the Incheon Asian Games Main Stadium. On the warm-up stage before the opening ceremony, exo, which many fans had been waiting for, finally made its debut.
Chi Jingyuan and the members were all dressed in gray suits and stood in the middle of the empty stadium. Eleven people posed in the classic "Tree of Life" pose. All the eyes of the 60,000 spectators in the surrounding auditorium were focused on them. There are many people with high status among them, and there are countless thousands of people watching them on the TV that is filming them live in front of them.
There is really a feeling of being noticed by everyone.
To be honest, when Chi Jingyuan was just standing here waiting for the opening, his legs were shaking a little, and his breathing was very rapid in his chest. He lowered his head and kept exhaling. Even though he had rehearsed countless times, he was really standing on this stage. At that time, my whole body was very nervous.
He had never felt so cramped on stage before, and he hadn't felt this kind of heart-beating feeling for a long time.
Chi Jingyuan could tell that he was not the only one who had this experience. He could clearly see the hands of Wu Shixun standing in front of him, Luhan who replaced Luhan who had left, and Bian Baixian who was holding arms with his partner to play the branch. His legs and legs were shaking, and he was obviously very panicked. He no longer had the disdainful look on his face before he came on the field.
It took a long time for these people to show their calmness before they appeared, but they were all just pretending.
After waiting for an unknown amount of time, the music of "Wolf" finally started playing amidst the noisy sounds. The dance that had been performed countless times was smoothly displayed under muscle memory. After the performance officially started, the nervousness before was also unconscious. It faded a lot, and the members were all immersed in the performance on stage.
After "Wolf" ended, the members stood in a row and greeted the audience and introduced themselves. Then Kim Junmyeon took the microphone and said a few words of congratulations on behalf of EXO, and then continued the next performance without interruption. "Roaring Filial Piety"
After the electronic music intro that was very familiar to most of the audience sounded, the stadium was filled with a short burst of loud cheers.
Even though this year's "Addiction" performed very well, and "I Need U" and "Dope" are both very popular and have their own fans, when it comes to EXO's most representative classic song, "Paowiao" is still one that no one will listen to. Questioning this, the members themselves feel the same way.
After Luhan left, the 11-person version of Baoxiao was pretty much the same as before. It was just that when it was the second team's turn to perform the second verse, Chi Jingyuan would stand over and fill Luhan's place, but he would just dance along without his own part. , Luhan’s original part has been distributed to several other members.
After the performance, all the members bowed together, then quickly trotted out of the venue and headed backstage, as if they really didn't want to stay here for a second.
There is really a lot of pressure to perform on such occasions.
As soon as he entered the backstage, Chi Jingyuan took off his suit and gasped for air. Just two songs made him sweat a lot, and his legs and feet were still a little weak. He felt worse than dancing for a whole concert. Much tired.
"Hey Yigu...Hey Yigu...ah..." The people next to him and Chanye kept shouting to express their emotions. Judging from the looks of them, they must have been able to hold on.
"We watched it on TV and the performance was very successful. The director just had a phone call with me. The company is very satisfied with our performance."
I went back to the lounge and found a place to sit. After receiving the drinks handed over by my agent and assistant, everyone took a few gulps with relief, and then listened to Li Chenghuan standing there and summing up a little excitedly.
"Finally we have solved this case. The children have worked hard, but we have to fly to Xia Country later. The company has already booked the air tickets. When we get back, we will have a dinner together to celebrate."
Chi Jingyuan and several members drank water and gestured to indicate that it was OK.
It doesn't matter if they have a dinner party or something, the main thing is just like what Li Chenghuan said, I finally completed this important stage performance, and I feel a lot more relaxed all of a sudden.
That night, the EXO team flew to Xia Tianjing with the team, and held two concerts at the MasterCard Center on the 20th and 21st.
These two Tianjing concerts are the last two performances of EXO recently, and they are also the last two performances of this year's summer tour in mainland China. There will be a long time between the next concerts, and the latest one will have to wait until Neon Fukuoka in November. stood.
In other words, in the next two months, apart from the unavoidable advertising, Chi Jingyuan can focus all his energy on the filming of the TV series and some accompanying publicity.
After the performance, EXO went back to Peninsula without stopping. Chi Jingyuan had a meal with the members to celebrate and then returned to the set without stopping.
The next few days were continuous filming in darkness. The rest time in the previous few days and the time for rehearsing for the Asian Games were all made up at this time. Every day from the morning until the early morning when the crew got off work, Chi Jing Yuan, the leading actor, was the highlight of the filming.
Every day is busy and tiring. He once again felt the fatigue and busyness he had when filming "Reply" and "The Heirs". He felt that he had lost a little weight in the past few days.
However, Chi Kyung-won was quite happy with it. To be honest, it was really fun to shoot the workplace drama, and the atmosphere on the "Misung" crew was also very good. Director Kim Won-seok was often cheerful when he wasn't getting angry and lecturing people. He likes to make jokes, and it is also very interesting to invite several other actors. Li Xingmin just called Chi Jingyuan several times to go have a drink.
And it’s not just Chi Jingyuan who is tired. All the crew members, including the actors, are actually working hard, but no one said anything, and they don’t know what’s going on. I feel that the more we shoot, the more energetic we become. .
It may be that they are more in tune with each other, or it may be that everyone has more confidence in this drama.
Today is the 25th. At this time, the crew of "Misborn" is taking a break for dinner. Chi Jingyuan and a few seniors gathered together to eat noodles and burgers while watching the extremely popular news on their mobile phones.
There has been another big scandal recently, and several of their leading actors are gathering together to discuss it.
As he was talking, the phone in Chi Jingyuan's hand suddenly rang. He glanced at the caller, picked up a paper and wiped his mouth, then nodded to several senior actors at the table and walked to the side with the phone in hand. Connected.
As soon as the connection was connected, a very familiar voice came in. He said directly without even saying hello:
"Do you have time tonight? Come out for a drink!"
