"I guess your expression has calmed down a bit. You're already in this state and it's so ugly. It doesn't make sense for you, Unnie, to return to SNSD. Moreover, the disputes over interests between members are not for you to come to. Anyone can reconcile it."
"It's a very simple truth, you should understand."
Chi Jingyuan stood by the window in the backstage corridor, looking at the pouring rain outside, and spoke gently to Zheng Xiujing standing next to him.
Today is October 4th, and Chi Jingyuan and the others are currently at the Ajinomoto Stadium in Neon Tokyo, where two consecutive SMTon family concerts will be held today and tomorrow.
It has been four days since Jessica quit the group. Ji Kyung-won has not been in contact with Jessica since the phone call that night. After returning to the backstage after rehearsal today, he gave her a look and called her out. come out.
Zheng Xiujing leaned against the white wall next to her, pursed her lips and said nothing, intertwined her hands in front of her, and stared at the ground with her head lowered.
Regardless of whether she heard it or not, Chi Kyung-won glanced over there and then looked out the window and continued: "Because of the contract and SM's blockade, Jung Soo-yeon's career as an artist may be difficult to maintain here on the peninsula. , but this is probably not the most important thing to her anymore..."
"I asked someone to investigate your Ouni fashion brand. It only started in August, right...I won't comment on how well it did. I helped her contact several high-quality cooperative brands and manufacturers. It can help her get off to a smoother start, but what happens in the future still depends on her specific business capabilities."
Feeling that Jung Soo-jing looked up at him after hearing this, Chi Jingyuan spread his hands towards her and said, "But senior Jessa must have some skills because of what she could do on her own before to make several other members unhappy and jealous. "
Seeing Jessica's eyes twinkling, she bit her lip as if she wanted to say something, but Chi Jingyuan didn't give her this chance. She took a breath and continued: "As for Xiujing, after Jung Soo-yeon retired, what are you doing?" The company’s treatment is definitely not as good as before, and this is a matter of course... But don’t worry about someone deliberately looking for trouble, I will ask Brother Zaixian to pay attention to it..."
"Okay, that's it, go back first, it's about to start."
After speaking, Chi Jingyuan took out his phone and checked the time, smacked his lips and glanced at Zheng Xiujing, waved and walked directly towards the backstage lounge.
Although Zheng Xiujing remained silent, Chi Jingyuan could probably guess what she was thinking.
"you……"
Zheng Xiujing opened her mouth to say something, but just as she spoke, she saw Chi Jingyuan's back turned to him, raising his right hand and waving it casually. She could only hold back her complicated emotions in her chest before she could speak.
Feeling a little moved but also a little empty, she quickly followed after hesitating.
After opening the door, the two of them returned to the large lounge. Almost half of the SM artists who participated in the performance were there. In addition to them, there were also their respective assistants and managers. They all gathered together and whispered something. What.
After Chi Jingyuan glanced at it, he walked directly in the direction of EXO.
He didn't notice that as soon as he opened the door and walked in, Bae Zhuhyun, who was sitting on the side of redvelvet, seemed to have been waiting specially. As soon as she saw him coming in, she immediately followed him and looked at him and Zheng Xiujing. They walked into the lounge one after another, their eyes following Chi Jingyuan until he sat down, his eyes full of inexplicable emotions and meanings.
After seeing Chi Kyung-yuan come back, Do Kyung-soo and Oh Se-hun moved over twice to make room for him. Chi Kyung-yuan sat down and leaned comfortably on the back of the soft sofa and let out a long breath.
At this moment, several members nearby were complaining about the weather.
"It's raining so heavily that the view outside the window is almost blurry. How can we perform in this kind of weather?" Park Chanyeol said with some dissatisfaction after looking at the window all day.
"I don't know why it rained so heavily today."
"What does this mean? It's fine even if it rains.
Yes, do you still remember those outdoor stages at the end of 2012? It's been below zero several times to dance outside in a singlet, and it's not much more uncomfortable than it is today. "
"Too."
"I remember, I almost froze to death.
What Bian Baekhyun said resonated with several members, and Chi Jingyuan was also very impressed.
It was at the end of the year when they first debuted. It was freezing cold in the middle of winter. Because the temperature was so low, the white air produced by breathing was very conspicuous. It was even cold outside even when wrapped in thick cotton jackets.
However, EXO could only dance in thin leather jackets and casual pants because of their stage performance. Chi Jingyuan remembered that he was almost freezing at that time. Even though he was dancing intensely, his hands and feet were so cold that he couldn't feel anything. He finally finished the dance and was anxious. When they hurried back to put on clothes and keep warm, the host kept talking nonsense to them. At that time, he was so angry that he wanted to kick the MC who didn't even wink at all.
However, looking back on the painful experience at that time, I still find it quite interesting. When mentioning some of EXO's tragic experiences, several members were somewhat reminiscing for a moment.
"Although it's raining, it's okay. The main reason is that the floor of the stage should be very slippery. Why don't Tao stop doing somersaults today? It's too dangerous." Jin Junmian thought for a while, looked at Tao and made a suggestion.
"It's okay." Tao waved his hand with a smile, patted his chest and looked like a strong man: "Don't worry, I'm a professional at somersaults."
A few people were chatting quietly and in good spirits, and were not affected by the overall bad atmosphere backstage.
The atmosphere in SMton today is not very good, because the company has been a little worried about Girls' Generation for the past two days, and even some other groups have not received any benefits. Many people, including EXO, have been squatted by reporters. Trying to interview and dig out some of the inside story of Jessica’s withdrawal from the group.
SM's stock price fell immediately after 930, falling by nearly 5% within a few hours of opening. It has been fluctuating repeatedly in the past few days, with a small amplitude but still falling.
Although the stock price drop is not as severe as Luhan's, after all, EXO has replaced Girls' Generation as the latest cash cow, but the previous sharp drop has not yet eased. This time it was hit hard again, which really made SM shareholders unable to bear the loss.
After the fermentation in the past few days, public opinion on this incident has basically taken a clear direction. Jessica, who quit the group, bears the main responsibility to a certain extent.
Ordinary people don't know the rights and wrongs of specific things and the process, but as the base camp of SM, Peninsula is definitely very good at controlling the direction of public opinion. Of course, an idol cannot be SM's opponent.
In addition to guiding through various statements and materials, some other media have also made a lot of special reports on this matter that everyone is paying attention to in the past two days. For example, many romances in Girls' Generation have been exposed, and the infamous Dispah has also I did an interview called "18 Questions from D Club".
They interviewed several Jessica who did not want to be named, as well as "related people" around Girls' Generation members. During the interview, it was revealed that Jessica quit the group because she had already quit the group twice and had a romantic partner who planned to get married. information.
For most KPOP fans, the most disgusting thing is idol romance. This kind of thing is so serious that you have to leave your job and turn back. In some cases, girl groups are more affected than male groups.
Affected by this interview with D agency, Jessica immediately became the outcast, "She selfishly developed her own career, wanted to marry her lover, and had long planned to quit the group regardless of the group's development."
However, regardless of the comments of passers-by, the fans who were hurt the most were Girls' Generation fans. After all the sones showed up in unison in the past two days, they left crazy messages and posts online expressing the need for the truth and the urgent need for other members of SNSD to come forward and explain. Find out what's going on.
Chi Jingyuan has also read a lot of this kind of discussion on the Internet. The anger, despair, sadness and sadness contained in it are even worse than the feelings of Ariel when Luhan left the group not long ago.
and.
In fact, as a loyal fan, he also wanted to post a question, but after thinking about it, he decided to be sensible and not cause trouble.
It just makes SNSD fans a little disappointed. I don’t know if it’s because of the company’s strict requirements or if there’s really nothing to say. Apart from SM’s official statement, as of today, the other eight members of Girls’ Generation have not released any news to the outside world. revealed, maintaining an unspeakable silence.
Of course Chi Jingyuan can also understand them. At this time, whatever they say to the outside world based on their status and position is actually wrong. The more they say, the more wrong they are. The less they say, the less wrong they are. If they don't say anything, it is good.
And just like EXO at the time, the company must have issued a hush order against SNSD.
When I saw Girls' Generation again backstage today, the atmosphere in their team was very normal. Everyone was doing their own thing and no one was talking to each other. Taeyeon didn't wave to Ji Kyung Won to chat with him when she saw him like before. , today I just shook my head and said hello with a smile from several meters apart.
It can be seen that these sisters are in a bad mood, their complexions are not very good, and some of them do not communicate much with each other.
The entire backstage was a little deserted because of these things, but the groups with longer experience were fine. Those like redvelvet, who had just debuted, and the trainees from SMrookies were trembling with fear when they came in, and they didn't dare to take a breath.
In this somewhat stiff atmosphere, today's SMton family concert began.
The music and cheers outside were booming, and the heavy rain outside was getting heavier and heavier. Finally, it was EXO's turn to appear:
"XO is ready!"
