"What's the use of you?"
Zhou Ziyu, who was sitting on the bed in the dormitory, applying a facial mask and not missing any opportunity to whiten her skin, paused for a moment when she saw the words displayed on the screen. The next second she wrinkled her nose and spat softly. The originally flat blue There were some wrinkles on the mask, and he stared angrily at the phone. He quickly tapped the screen with both hands and entered a line of words: "Why are you so smart..."
But halfway through typing, her hand stopped. She paused for a moment and then quickly clicked back to erase all the words she had just entered. After thinking for a few seconds, she pursed her lips softly and typed another reply. Past: "Do you want me to ask for you?"
Although she didn't know it very well, Zhou Ziyu felt that her mother should know. After learning that Chi Jingyuan went to Wanwan to find a place to eat late night snacks, as a half-host, she suddenly felt a passionate sense of mission in her heart. , I feel that I should play some positive guiding role in Chi Jingyuan's winding journey.
It was a pity that two pieces of news came out a few seconds later, which made her excitement flow out like a flood:
"Forget it, the members checked online and found the place,"
"Let's not talk about it for now."
"cut."
Some cold words instantly dampened the enthusiasm in her heart. Even though she was wearing a facial mask, Zhou Ziyu couldn't help curling her lips. She hummed softly and threw the phone on the quilt aside as if to vent her anger. She picked up a fat man lying on the bedside. The Din doll started to play with.
In less than two minutes, she glanced at the phone not far away from time to time. She always had the urge to pick up the phone and send a message to ask Chi Jingyuan what he was eating now.
Twenty minutes later, Zhou Ziyu took her phone to the bathroom, took off the mask and gently washed her face. Just as she was wiping her face with a towel, the phone next to her suddenly rang twice. She quickly picked up the phone. , as expected, it was discovered that the message was from Chi Jingyuan.
Click on it to see a lot of pictures of late night snacks.
Braised pork rice, meatballs, and oyster omelette are all familiar local delicacies, and they are all things Zhou Ziyu often ate before coming to the peninsula.
As she watched, a warm smile appeared on her face, and her dimples jumped out mischievously, but her eyes were slightly absent-minded as if she was lost in memories.
A few seconds later, another message was received, a selfie.
In the photo, Chi Jingyuan looks at the camera, holding a round dumpling and eating it with a smile. His expression is enjoying the delicious look, which makes people salivate.
Zhou Ziyu knew at a glance that he was eating roasted mochi, a common street snack in the Wanwan area.
The smile returned to her face. She held up her phone and typed quickly: "It looks delicious. I want to eat it too (drooling)."
"I won't give it to you."
"cut."
Chi Jingyuan's reply was quick, but still not as she expected. Zhou Ziyu snorted again after seeing it, but it was obviously much happier than the previous time.
…………
Early the next morning, SM's large team rushed to the Hsinchu County Stadium to conduct advance rehearsals and positioning drills.
This is the first SM family concert held in 2015, but it is still one of the fourth SM town world tour concerts held last year. Both the program and the process are actually the same as before. period tour.
Ji Kyung-won still has a duet with Son Seung-wan in "All for You" and a stage collaboration with Son Seung-wan, Luna, and Henry.
As one of the main members, EXO's stage performance is no different from last year. In addition to the many collaborative performances by the members, the XO group also has a six-song stage. The only difference is that this year "Addicted" has been replaced by "Call Me" "Baby" is all.
I have participated in four shows last year. The specific stages and procedures are very different and everyone is already familiar with them. The rehearsal in the morning was quickly completed. During the break, all the idols gathered together in twos and threes and waited for a while. Lunch and second rehearsal in the afternoon.
Chi Jingyuan and several members found a seat in the stands on the left side of the stage and sat down. While looking down at the busy staff on the other side of the stage and the scenery in the venue, they fiddled with their mobile phones and sent text messages to Zhou Ziyu. .
It seems that Chi Jingyuan came to Wanwan. Zhou Ziyu became a little lively and enthusiastic after knowing it. After making her angry and greedy with delicious food last night, she took the initiative to send a message this morning, but just now EXO has been rehearsing and has no chance to reply, so now they are finally free.
Chi Jingyuan looked at the text message she sent before and replied casually: "Started recording?"
Just now, Zhou Ziyu took the initiative to mention their survival talent show. After such a long time of preparation, the official recording has finally begun.
"Yes, after the people were selected some time ago, the company started special training, and then they have been practicing the opening dance. The day before yesterday, they finally started taking the makeup photos and recording the opening dance. After the opening, the official recording of the program and grouping will begin. "
"I heard from the director that it should be officially broadcast in May. One or two episodes may be recorded before the broadcast."
It felt like Zhou Ziyu was under a lot of pressure. At this time, he obviously had some desire to talk. Chi Jingyuan happened to be happy and nothing happened. He raised his head and glanced at the side. Park Chanyeol and Bian seemed to be arguing over who was better at playing "League of Legends" last time. Baekhyun complained with contempt in his heart, crossed his legs and tapped the screen: "Group?"
"Well, the rules of the show have come out..."
"This survival talent show will divide all participating trainees into two groups, the major group and the minor group. Then each period will have a task for us to complete. PD Park Jin Young will regroup them according to each person's performance. Those who perform well go to the major, and those who perform poorly go to the minor.”
"And one person will be eliminated from the minors in each round, and only the few who survive to the end can debut. It's super cruel!"
'major'
'Minor, minor minority? '
Chi Jingyuan silently recited the names of the two groups, tasted the elimination rules of this survival show, and couldn't help but nod to confirm Zhou Ziyu's statement. In each episode, people must be assigned to the "poor students group", and they must also It is indeed cruel to eliminate someone.
Especially the trainees who participated are all teenagers. For example, Zhou Ziyu who was born in 1999 is only 16 or 17 years old this year. I heard that there are also post-00s who are several years younger than her. Such little brats are suddenly selected. Come out to compete with each other and then be brutally eliminated one by one.
Almost every performance in this show is related to years of hard work and sweat. Once eliminated, the chance to debut will disappear instantly. Just thinking about it is quite torture.
But having said that, the music industry in Peninsula is so cruel. Only a few ordinary people can enter a big company as a trainee, and only a handful can last for several years as a trainee and make a successful debut. Even if they make a successful debut, they can With a name and popularity, it is very rare to become a first-line group or even a top Top group. It has a lot to do with the company's operation and luck.
The competition is really fierce.
EXO was selected from many younger generation male trainees in SM. Although Chi Jingyuan did not experience the suffering and hardship at that time, he could hear members remembering and complaining about the period of selection and competition from time to time. You can imagine how cruel it must be from his tone.
This is also the reason why Chi Jingyuan has just joined the company, because his status as an "airborne soldier" is very disliked by some people. The more he has that experience, the more he hates this kind of relationship.
To be honest, it is actually good for these female trainees to be exposed to the reality of the industry earlier. If they are eliminated or realize that they are not suitable for this industry, they should change companies earlier to seek other opportunities to debut or simply leave the industry to change careers or go to school. , it can also be regarded as an early stop loss.
But if it is Zhou Ziyu...
Thinking of his 'little' friend, Chi Jingyuan's previous free and easy heart became a little dry. He looked at the screen of his mobile phone for a few seconds and fell into silence.
"... There is absolutely nothing wrong with my Amumu, Axi, but your Ezreal will hide behind and watch, unable to kill anyone at all. Do you blame me?"
Park Chanyeol's somewhat excited voice came to his ears and Chi Jingyuan came back to his senses. He turned his head and glanced at the two people who were fighting more and more fiercely and seemed to be about to fight, as well as Wu Shixun who was standing next to him and kept fighting, and Do Kyung-soo smiled and watched the excitement.
After watching them quietly for a few seconds, Chi Jingyuan lowered his head and typed: "How many people will participate in your show? How many people will be able to debut in the end?"
"Sixteen, didn't I tell you?"
Hearing this question, Zhou Ziyu seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then quickly sent another message: "There are sixteen people in total. The name of our show is "Sixteen". It seems that there will be seven people in the final debut. I remember the room I’ve always said so.”
"Wow, the other girls are really amazing. There are a few girls who are obviously valued by the company and teachers. Some of them have been practicing for ten years! Ten years...but there are also some who have only practiced for one year. , I think I should be considered average..."
"By the way, my final makeup photo has been taken. Do you want to see it?"
When Chi Jingyuan read the first two text messages, he was still thinking that the name "sixteen" was really random. It was named after the number of people. At the same time, he was also thinking about the mechanism of choosing seven out of sixteen, which had a relatively high chance. Zhou Ziyu finally A message was sent.
He smiled when he saw it, and without thinking, he sent the message "don't look at it". Unexpectedly, he just sent it one second, and the other party sent the photo the next second.
If you want to send it, just send it. Why bother asking? It's really unnecessary.
Sure enough, Zhou Ziyu was a little dissatisfied after seeing 'Don't look' and sent an emoticon:
"(glare)."
Chi Jingyuan ignored her and looked at the makeup selfie she sent.
The light during the shooting was a little distorted. He couldn't tell whether Zhou Ziyu's obviously dyed hair was red or brown. She was wearing a black vest with her navel exposed, and two metal chains hanging around her neck. He didn't know what to hang. What is the style and intention?
In the photo, after putting on makeup, she opened her eyes hard at the camera, turned her face slightly to one side and pursed her lips, smiling, as if she was trying hard to make herself look prettier in the photo and at the same time look like an idol, but I don’t know why Chi Jingyuan You can always feel a sense of stupidity on her face.
"Is this the look that JYP's cody made for you?"
"Yeah, what do you think (smiley face)?"
"Why does it feel so vulgar? Is this the original aesthetic of JYP?"
"..."
"(angry)."
Chi Jingyuan's true senses did not satisfy Zhou Ziyu, but perhaps annoyed her a little. After returning his expression, she couldn't say a word for a long time.
"Hey Yigu, why are you sitting here? We walked around for a long time before we came up..."
Just when he was complaining that this little kid couldn't hear the truth, several familiar but slightly panting voices and some heavy footsteps came from a distance at the same time, interrupting the argument next to him that was presenting facts, reasoning, and data. Park Chanyeol and Byun Baekhyun's endless chat also attracted Ji Jingyuan's attention.
When I looked up, I saw several members of the senior group SJ. Donghae, Eunhyuk, Shindong, and Leeteuk were all there. Kim Junmyun and other EXO members were also with them. The group of people were chatting and laughing towards them. Come this way.
Among them, the prodigy was carrying a camera and dressed like a VJ.
"The scenery is nice, and the wind is very comfortable." Chi Jingyuan and others stood up and greeted these brothers with a smile, then glanced at the prodigy in full uniform and said curiously: "Brother , will you shoot it here?”
"The location doesn't matter, it can be anywhere, as long as people come."
Shindong waved his hand and said that this was all secondary. Then he looked at the EXO people with some exaggeration and said, "Wuli ”
"Indeed, it's really a trend." Li Donghai also praised him somewhat, and also complained a little: "That's why we don't have any of them until now."
"Hahaha……"
"Ah Ni, Ah Ni, that's too exaggerated." EXO burst out laughing and quickly waved his hands to deny it. Jin Junmian was overwhelmed and lifted the prodigy's arm from his shoulders, and hurriedly explained Two sentences.
Several people from SJ came to EXO to help shoot the MV.
D&E, a small unit composed of SJ Donghae and Eunhyuk, released their first mini-album on March 9 and made their comeback at the same time as EXO. However, the response can only be said to be mediocre, and it was basically completely covered up by EXO's "Call Me Baby".
These two brothers may want to shoot MVs for some of the songs included in the album because they like it, or to give back to their fans, and put them online to promote the reissued album released on the 24th.
It's a pity that SM Company is obviously not very optimistic about their team, and the investment in various resources is not large. They even refused to apply for reshooting the MV.
However, SJ is a senior who has been in the industry for so many years. He is no longer a newcomer who can do whatever the company says. The company does not provide resources and they do it themselves. They mobilize many friends they know in the company to become actors. They have always been very interested in photography. The child prodigy, who was always interested in studying, acted as the director, formed a grassroots team and started filming.
They asked EXO to shoot a song called "Can You Feel It (Touch)". They had already told Chi Jingyuan and the others a few days ago, but EXO was very busy at the time and had no time.
I heard that they not only searched for EXO, but also almost all the groups in the company, including the senior BOA and the newly debuted Red Velvet.
No one would refuse such a small thing like a casual help from a senior in the company, and it was only for one or two shots anyway.
"It's very simple, it's Chen, Chanye, you four just stand here and dance, it's the one I demonstrated to you before..." A few people found an open space next to the stands and started filming, PD The child prodigy explained the process. At the same time, he put both hands on his head, stretched out his index fingers and shook them constantly. He jumped twice in a normal manner to demonstrate to them.
He was quite fat and jumped up on the spot, with the fat on his body and face swaying. When his index finger was waving on his head like a rabbit's ears, his expression was very serious, which looked awkward no matter how he looked at it.
"You know, brother, we have practiced it in private." The child prodigy looked really funny, and several people laughed.
"OK!" The prodigy made two gestures nonchalantly, looked at Chi Jingyuan and continued: "Then Jingyuan, you will appear in front of the camera from the left and cross across. You don't have to jump, just make gestures with your hands on your head. ”
"I know." Chi Jingyuan smiled and made two gestures.
It's really simple, just one shot, without any difficulty standards and very low. The only requirement is to look crazy, the crazier the better.
Each filming only lasted a minute or two, and after only two or three takes, the Prodigy PD called out. After looking at the shot with Donghae Eunhyuk and others, he smiled with satisfaction and began to pat hard with thanks. Chi Jingyuan stood on the shoulders of others and praised their acting skills greasyly.
"Don't just praise me, brother, please invite us to have a meal together when you have time." Jin Junmian did not accept this and made the request with a smile.
"No problem, pick a good place to eat whatever you want. Just call Eunhyuk after dinner and ask Eunhyuk to pay for it." Li Donghai made a gesture and helped Eunhyuk to take care of the meal without saying a word.
A few people laughed and chatted in the stands for a while. A few minutes later, there was another crisp sound of footsteps. Chi Jingyuan turned his head and saw five people from Red Velvet walking towards this side in a row. Five dazzling blonde hair seemed to be shining in the sun.
After walking only two steps, Pei Zhuxuan, who was originally second in line, seemed to notice something. He obviously slowed down a little and soon fell to the last one.
She followed Park Soo-young in front, her back tightly blocked. She lowered her head and quickly moved her hands in front of her head twice. She smoothed the thick golden bangs that had gathered in front of her forehead to both sides of her face, and held her forehead. After shaking vigorously, he raised his head again and walked over at a faster speed.
Today's red velvet performance outfit happens to be the one in "Ice Cream Cake". Bae Zhuhyun, who has already changed clothes, has a golden ponytail that sways as she walks, and her plain blue sweater has Yellow and blue striped sleeves, a pair of smooth legs under the white shorts, and a pair of white shoes under the blue and white striped waist socks, she looks refreshing and has a youthful and lively feeling.
To be honest, in the MV of "ice cream cake", Ji Kyung-won thinks that Bae Joo-hyun's best-looking outfit is this outfit.
"You were also called to shoot the MV?"
After red velvet smiled and said hello to the seniors and chatted for a while, Pei Zhuxuan took the initiative to take two steps and sat next to Chi Jingyuan. Chi Jingyuan glanced at her because her bangs were pushed aside, leaving her empty. He only rubbed his hairy forehead a few times and asked casually.
"Yes, senior, please help me." Bae Zhuhyun nodded, then looked at Jiang Seulqi and others who had jumped up next to him, stretched out his index finger to make signs on his head twice, and chuckled twice: "The choreography of this song is really interesting."
"Indeed." When Chi Jingyuan saw this, he made a few gestures to blend in with the environment, put his hands on his head, looked at the two rabbit-like people, looked at each other, and smiled.
An SM family concert in 2015 officially started at 4 o'clock in the afternoon at the Hsinchu County Stadium.
As the most popular group under the company today, EXO performed "Lucky", "I need you", "MAMA", "Roar", "Wolf and Beauty" and "Call Me Baby" throughout the performance. Among all the groups today, It has the largest number of stages, not counting other individual collaboration stages.
To be honest, EXO's solo showcase has almost as many stages. After a normal performance, both Chi Kyung-won and other members are very tired. After "Call Me Baby" ended, they seemed to feel relieved and ate big food backstage. Drink water and catch your breath.
The concert, which lasted for more than an hour, came to an end. After TVXQ's "Catch Me" performance, which was the last one on stage, it came to the end of the concert. The last song was "Hope", which was performed by all members on stage.
This .T.'s classic song has become like "Unforgettable Tonight" for SM family concerts. Without exception, every time SM Town ends, all the idols will appear together, singing this song while singing Spreading out on the stage to interact with the audience is a way of saying goodbye and thanking you.
At this time, everyone also changed into family short-sleeves of the same style. The white mirrored short-sleeves had a pink bear pattern printed on them, and the words '2015 SMtown live' were written on the bear's belly.
This is also the uniform that he changes into at the end of each session. Chi Jingyuan remembers that the last time he wore this outfit, it had '2014' written on it.
Amidst the sound of music, EXO divided into several groups and walked off the main stage. When they got to the middle, they sang and waved and interacted with the audience. The screams did not stop wherever Chi Jingyuan went, and the hands of countless fans He stretched out his long arms across the fence and kept shaking, wanting to high-five.
And Chi Jingyuan did not disappoint the fans. He squinted his eyes and stretched out his hand to quickly run across the fence in front of him. He touched the hands of most of the fans and it was regarded as a high-five. In an instant, the fans were so satisfied that they even exploded. Deafening cheers.
"I've always been around, but I didn't realize how important it was."
"Those precious people who are always by my side."
"..."
The song came to an end amidst the music, and the idols returned to the stage to prepare for the curtain call. All the idols were divided into several directions to stand in a row, holding hands with each other and bowing to the audience.
EXO's people were not completely together. Chi Jingyuan and the four members stood at the front left side of the main stage, waving to the bottom while waiting for other idols to come over and prepare for the final farewell. At this moment, the person who was originally standing Park Chanyeol, who was on his right, seemed to have seen something and took the initiative to give up his position. He also smiled and waved to the place next to him, as if asking someone to come over.
Chi Jingyuan had been interacting with the audience and didn't pay attention at first. After a few seconds, a faint fragrance hit him and he realized that someone had changed to his right. Pei Zhuhyun with golden ponytail was standing next to him, seemingly I didn't see him waving to the audience below.
Chi Jingyuan glanced over and found that the three people from red velvet came over and stood next to him under Park Chanyeol's greeting. Park Chanyeol noticed Chi Jingyuan's eyes and said, "You don't need to thank me." He raised an eyebrow at him, with a hint of obvious narrowness in Sunshine's smile. After looking at him, he took the initiative to stand at the edge of the queue. On the right side of Park Xiurong, he also started waving.
Chi Jingyuan knew what he meant and smiled secretly in his heart.
When the final music ended, countless silver sequins began to float from the ceiling of the venue, like a combination of snowflakes and moonlight, rendering the sparkling stage a touch of beauty. At the same time, all the idols of the SM family on the stage and the idols next to them People held hands with each other and bowed deeply to the audience to express their gratitude.
The hands of Chi Jingyuan and Pei Zhuxuan also held each other naturally, but judging from the wrinkles of the fingerprints and the extent of the fit, they seemed to hold a little tighter than the others.
Bae Zhuhyun, who was bending down and bowing, showed no emotion on her face, but her heart was beating fast. Not only that, some embarrassing comments and thoughts that made her cheeks blush suddenly appeared in her heart for no reason:
"Warm...and a little sweaty..."
(End of chapter)
