The warm touch disappeared quickly. After bowing deeply and standing up, everyone naturally let go of their holding hands. After the warmth in the hands suddenly disappeared, Pei Zhuxuan stretched out his left hand and put it in front of him to make a fist. The surroundings were obviously very... There was a lot of excitement and screams and cheers, but there was a strange feeling of sadness in my heart.
Just looking out of the corner of his eye, he saw Chi Jingyuan showing no nostalgia, smiling and waving. Pei Zhuhyun hummed in her heart and forcefully suppressed those feelings, imitating the other person's behavior and acting as if nothing had happened. He laughed out loud and turned to say his final goodbyes to the audience.
After the show, the performance officially ended. The artists walked off the stage and rushed to the backcourt. Dozens of people crowded together. Chi Jingyuan and Bae Zhuhyun happened to walk together in the crowded crowd.
"You guys are still resting in the hotel later?" he asked casually, turning his head and looking over. The first thing that caught his eye was the thin beads of sweat under the blond hair on Pei Zhuhyun's forehead, and there was some dazzling incandescence in the backcourt. It is particularly conspicuous under lighting.
"Well, I guess we will go out to have a meal together later, and then go back to the hotel." Pei Zhuxuan nodded, raised his head, blinked, and looked at him with a smile: "What about you?"
Redvelvet has only debuted for six or seven months now. It is still relatively strict as a newcomer. If you want to be as free as other seniors in the company, you will have to wait at least two or three years.
"They might go out to play for a while, probably at a club or something." Chi Jingyuan glanced at Park Chanyeol and others who were chatting happily not far away, boldly guessed the content of their conversation, and then took out his mobile phone Checking the time: "But I already went out to eat local food yesterday, and I might just rest in the hotel room tonight."
Pei Zhuxuan nodded, and the two of them followed the crowd, talking quietly.
As Chi Jingyuan expected, just after returning to the hotel after the concert, several members of I don’t know where I found out the destination.
By the way, can they understand other people's speech, just relying on Admiralty's half-baked Chinese?
Chi Jingyuan happily lay on the bed in his room and played games all night. He was very happy and hatched several Pokémon eggs with specific personalities.
Great harvest!
Early the next morning, all the artists who had no local activities took the bus to Taoyuan Airport and chartered a flight back to the peninsula. After landing in Seoul, they went back to the company to refresh themselves and then separated. Several other EXO members went to run their schedules, while Chi Jingyuan was Called into the company's small conference room.
"..."
"Wait until the flowers bloom."
"Wait for me right there."
"Wait for me there."
In the small conference room, several producers of EXO's album and the company's record and staff from the publicity department were all present. They were all looking attentively at the high-definition screen connected to the laptop, which was playing the "Spring Day" MV.
Although this song has not yet been released to the public, everyone here has actually heard it many times. At this time, the end of the MV was played, and the clear and soft sound of the last part with the background harmony was still heard by many people in the conference room. He nodded slightly to the beat, obviously sinking into it.
"How about it."
After watching it three times in a row, Li Xiuman asked his assistant to pause the MV. When he saw that the video played on the monitor was fixed on the 'sm' logo, he nodded and looked at the staff around him and asked: "Everyone thinks that the "Spring Day" MV How is the finished product? Do you have any comments or thoughts?”
After hearing this, the people around them lowered their heads and whispered to each other, discussing in a low voice. Chi Jingyuan also thought for a while and exchanged opinions with the producer next to him.
The music video for the song "Spring Day" needed a lot of snowy scenes to serve as the background, so the shooting was completed in early February. Some of the shots were even collected and shot when the company had heavy snow in January, but the focus of the action was just before. It has always been focused on "Call Me Baby". The main focus of the first single is naturally more important, so some related work has been pushed back. After the finished product of the mv was completed yesterday, Lee Soo Mandi, as the chief producer, A discussion meeting was held immediately.
However, as the title song of the single album "x", "Spring Day" naturally receives great attention from the company, and as a song with a mainly lyrical style, the MV is one of the important channels and means to exaggerate and condense emotions. It requires special attention.
"I think the rendering of the picture could be a little softer..."
"Did the editing and splicing of the several shots in the middle be too fast? They were switched before the faces could be seen clearly, and the key points were not highlighted..."
After some discussion, several people expressed their opinions.
Li Xiuman glanced at the assistant who was recording, nodded after thinking for a few seconds, and then looked at the member sitting next to him: "Jingyuan, what do you think?"
Chi Jingyuan, who was cueed, actually had an idea in his mind when he just finished watching it. He just said that he glanced at the VJ who was standing in the corner of the conference room with a camera and was filming.
I don’t know what Lee Soo Man and the company thought about, but they actually arranged for someone to film such an important internal meeting. It seems that after editing and coding, it may be included in the behind-the-scenes footage of the production of EXO’s regular second album that will be released later.
Chi Jingyuan briefly organized his words, glanced at the paused big screen, pursed his lips and said: "I feel that the ending was a little rushed, and its role in the important sublimation of emotions was slightly weaker. "
This was his most intuitive feeling after watching the MV three times.
He was involved in the entire process of the "Spring Day" music video from planning to filming, and also provided a lot of input.
Because of its lyrical characteristics and somewhat mimetic nature, this song does not specify the suggestive lyrics, which will cause many people who hear it to have different feelings and understandings. Therefore, the main emotional focus to be expressed and reflected in the filmed MV It also went through a lot of discussions at the beginning.
Some people think that this is a song written to an ex, a sad emotional song that should express the reluctance and nostalgia for the past relationship. Some people think that it is about the departure and growth of youth and needs to express some sad emotions, but in the end it has to return to positivity, expectation and gratitude.
Some people even want to express some metaphors, hints and memories of certain events in the MV.
After research and consideration, it was finally decided by Lee Soo Man that Ji Kyung Won's opinion was adopted as the main body, and the main emotion reflected in the song's MV was determined to be the theme of expressing youth, which is exactly in line with EXO's return this time. style and concept.
But after watching the finished product, Chi Jingyuan discovered a problem: "The MV of our song mainly talks about the passing of youth. It reflects a person's growth and maturity while remembering the past. But after watching it, I feel that the final ending of this version of the MV feels a bit abrupt, the arrival of 'spring' and the hopeful flavor are not reflected, and some of the feelings held in my chest are not sublimated and cannot be expressed."
"The ending at the station is a bit abrupt. It should be the last part when everyone should get off the train. The nine members are in the early spring day, in an empty and desolate place, but are enveloped by the rising warm sun. Walking in the bright wilderness, strolling wantonly, and then the camera gradually zooms up to aerial photography, and finally freezes. While suggesting a summary of past youth, it can also express some hopes and longings for the future... "
"... Such a scene should be shot later and edited into it. This is my first reaction and most true thought after watching this version of the MV."
Chi Jingyuan, who was in working mode, was too lazy to care about the vj filming next to him. He described his intuitive feelings in more detailed language and made suggestions at the same time.
After Chi Jingyuan took the initiative to eliminate some suggestive and metaphorical scenes, the previously set MV shooting plan was actually somewhat different from the scenes Chi Jingyuan saw in his dream, but now he really feels that this version of SM The finished MV has some flaws.
"..."
After carefully listening to his suggestion, Li Xiuman's narrow eyes lit up slightly, and he nodded in agreement, which was obviously much larger than before. He seemed to agree with Chi Jingyuan's opinion.
Others looked at the monitor thoughtfully, as if they were also considering it, some nodded in agreement, and some frowned.
"Watch it twice more."
After another quiet discussion, no unanimous opinion was reached. At Li Xiuman's signal, the assistant quickly played the MV again, and the pleasant melody reverberated in the conference room that had become quiet:
"I miss you."
"After I said it, I missed you even more..."
…………
"Hey Yigu, why do you suddenly need to reshoot the MV scenes? Wasn't "Spring Day" already finished filming?"
"Is it possible that our MV data is also damaged?"
After stepping out of the nanny car, the cold morning breeze instantly caused the XO members in single clothes to hug their bodies and keep beating for warmth. Bian Baekhyun raised his head and glanced at the deep sky, which was dark and the moon was still hanging. There was also a strange complaint in his mouth.
Last night, exo suddenly received a notice from their manager, saying that the company had made a decision to temporarily change the schedule. They needed to reshoot a set of "Spring Day" MV shots this morning, and because they had to capture the light of the sunrise So get up very early.
I went to bed very late at night. I had just gone to bed and had not slept for two hours before I was picked up and rushed to the beauty salon for styling.
It's not even five o'clock in the morning, and everyone in EXO has already arrived at the outskirts of Yz City, Gyeonggi Province. Several members, including Ji Kyung-won, can't open their eyes at this moment, and most of them have drooped heads and sleepy eyes. The cold wind was blowing lightly, and I looked at the busy staff setting up camera equipment next to me in a daze.
However, there are also energetic people such as Byun Baekhyun and Park Chanyeol. They have even thought of Girls' Generation's glorious deeds of reshooting the MV overnight a week before their comeback due to data corruption during the "." period.
"Jingyuan is the producer, so he should know."
Jin Junmian looked at Chi Jingyuan and found that he was about to fall asleep with his eyelids drooped. He poked him with his elbow, which made Chi Jingyuan jolt back to his senses, and then asked him again. .
"Well, there were some problems with the previous version of the MV. The ending was too hasty and a few more scenes needed to be added. After watching it yesterday, we had a meeting to discuss it and the company may have made a decision."
Chi Jingyuan nodded, maybe because he didn't have a good rest, his voice was a little hoarse.
"Ah, why is it "Spring" again..."
Park Chanyeol couldn't help but complained in a low voice.
I say they are complaining because many people in EXO had a lot of complaints about the filming process of the music video for the song "Spring Day", which left a very bad impression.
Because this song describes "spring", although the clothing during the MV shooting included warmer clothing such as turtleneck sweaters, the clothing was generally a bit thin, and some members even wore long-sleeved shorts. Match.
But it happened that the MV was shot in February, when it was snowing in the middle of winter. When I was shooting in that outfit, I was really cold and shivering. Just standing in front of the camera was so cold that I wanted to tremble all over. I had to You need to manage your expression as if nothing is happening.
So even though the MV does not have any dancing scenes, many members still feel that it is much more tiring than filming "Call Me Baby", cold and tired.
After exchanging a few words with exo in a low voice, I was asked to go to the car to change clothes. Now in late March, the temperature has risen a lot and it is not as sad as before. I changed clothes and waited for a while. After the PD explained the shooting process and general location Start practicing in advance.
Unlike the almost pure dance version of the "callmebaby" MV, which was shot purely indoors, the "Spring Day" MV is much more complicated. It took a lot of trouble to go to many places for filming, such as the abandoned swimming pool of Seoul National University, Seoul Forest woodland playground, Tongque Bridge, East River Bridge and other places.
Among them, there are two that have more shots. One is the seaside in Jumunjin, Gangneung City, Gangwon Province, where many seascapes were shot. SM specially built a station on the seaside for filming.
The other is Yangju Ilyoung Station, which is a train station located in Yz City, Gyeonggi Province, on the outskirts of Seoul. However, the mission of the passenger station here has been abandoned long ago, and now only trucks occasionally stop by.
EXO shot a lot of scenes of railroad tracks and trains here, which is considered one of the most important shooting locations.
When the sky was bright and the sun was about to rise, under the command of the PD, the reshooting of the MV shots officially began.
It is said to be a small reshoot, but in fact, in order to make the final effect better, they shot for several hours continuously, including close-up close-ups of the members, and shot many sets of shots in different time periods and different lighting from various angles. As for the aerial shots mentioned by Chi Jingyuan, the company also specially used drones to shoot. For the final effect, it can be said that all aspects were done quite well.
"Card."
"ok, done!"
"Thanks for your hard work."
"Thanks for your hard work."
When the sun gradually rose, PD finally announced the completion of the reshoot. Everyone on the scene breathed a sigh of relief. After thanking the staff repeatedly, the members of EXO went to change clothes first, and then got into the nanny car and returned to Seoul.
Maybe it was because they woke up too early today and didn't get enough rest. Most of the members were closing their eyes to rest or catching up on sleep. No one spoke quietly along the way.
Chi Jingyuan was leaning on the back of the chair and taking a nap with his head half pressed against the window. Suddenly the phone in his pocket rang. He came to his senses and quickly took it out and set the vibrator. Then he looked at the screen with half-squinted eyes and found that It was Zhou Ziyu who sent a message:
"areyouastar?"
Neuropathy.
After seeing it, Chi Jingyuan immediately cursed in his heart, casually typed "nonsense" and sent it before closing his eyes.
But when he was about to put the phone back, it vibrated twice in a row.
"This is the title of the first episode of our program. What do you think it means?"
"Nonsense?...I didn't talk about you, this is our topic!"
Zhou Ziyu, who may not have known that she had just been scolded, sounded innocent and explained anxiously.
"Then you won't send them together? Do you have to send them separately?"
After taking a look at the message, Chi Jingyuan frowned and replied speechlessly. Then he breathed out with a sigh. After stretching, he seemed to be less sleepy than before.
He cheered up and ignored Zhou Ziyu's "hey" message that he wanted to brush off. He looked carefully at the topic she mentioned before:
"areyouastar?"
"Are you a star?"
After reading the question silently twice, he thought about it for a while and then tapped the screen and started typing: "Is this question asked by your president? I think it is to show your stardom."
"Yes, the question posted by Park Jin Young PD... What is celebrity sex?" Zhou Ziyu replied quickly, looking a little confused.
"There are many things about stardom, such as good appearance, cheerful and lovable personality, being generous and not having stage fright, and even having great singing skills or feeling good at dancing should all be considered."
"This topic should allow you to show your own characteristics, the kind of strengths that can attract the audience's attention at a glance."
I don't know if it was because he was afraid that she wouldn't understand, but Chi Jingyuan replied in more detail.
"If it were you, what would you perform?" Zhou Ziyu asked curiously.
Seeing this question, Chi Jingyuan curled his lips with some disdain, chuckled and replied, "If it's me, I just have to stand on the stage and don't have to do anything."
"cut"
Not surprisingly, she didn't see any reference value in this answer.
Zhou Ziyu didn't reply quickly after this time, and he didn't know whether he was thinking about what he just said or was delayed by something. Chi Jingyuan, who gradually woke up, looked out the window a few times, looking at the highway. The fences on both sides flashed past in my eyes and kept moving backwards, and the fields in the distance went back and forth, feeling a little the same every time I looked at them.
"snore……"
Several snoring sounds came from the back seat. Chi Jingyuan turned around and glanced. Kim Jong-in was the loudest, and Byun Baek-hyun and Kim Jun-myeon, who were sleeping in their seats, were almost close to each other.
At this time, the phone finally vibrated:
"...Then what do you think my characteristics are?"
Black and stupid.
When Chi Jingyuan saw this text message, he immediately reflexively wanted to send the words that came to his mind, but thinking that this was an important thing for this child to make his debut, he forcibly suppressed his desire to complain.
But speaking of Zhou Ziyu’s characteristics...
Chi Jingyuan suddenly hesitated. He found that he really didn't pay much attention to this aspect. Because she was only thirteen or fourteen years old when they met, this girl has always been a little brat in his mind, and her strengths and weaknesses have been covered up under this impression, even if two or three years have passed. Still nothing has changed.
She said it so suddenly...
Chi Jingyuan fell into thinking for some reason.
"If you don't want to say it, forget it!"
It seemed that no reply had been received for a while. Zhou Ziyu, who couldn't wait any longer, sent a message first, with a dull tone that was obviously dissatisfied. When Chi Jingyuan saw it, he paused and glanced at the screen where he hadn't received a reply yet. After typing in the words 'appearance, figure, and personality...', I shook my head and laughed.
He didn't go back, but put it in the draft box. Chi Jingyuan thought for a while and looked at the time, then casually sent a text message: "Isn't it still the morning? You don't have to go to class?"
"I have already asked for leave from school in order to participate in "Sixteen", and I have already discussed with my mother that I will take a break from school and wait for the show to end before resuming classes. She will come to Seoul in a few days to help me go through the formalities."
"...Do you think it's appropriate to take a break from school?"
Although Zhou Ziyu said that he had made a decision, there was obviously some worry and anxiety in his words. At this time, he asked Chi Jingyuan for his opinion as if he wanted to seek confirmation.
When Chi Jingyuan saw it, he pursed his lips, and couldn't help but look up at the scenery outside the window, which was almost unchanged from before. He turned back after dozens of seconds, without saying whether it was appropriate or inappropriate, he just said Two words passed:
"come on!"
…………
After a tiring journey all the way back to Seoul, we drove directly to the parking lot of the SM company building.
In order to reshoot this MV scene, the company also specifically canceled the recording of "Music Bank" that I was originally going to participate in today.
Fortunately, "Music Bank", as a Taiwanese singing competition program, has its own impartiality and value. Without the company's deliberate infusion, as long as you have achievements, even if no one is present to compete in singing, a trophy will be given out when it is due. , it won’t be as low-end as "theshow".
With EXO's current momentum and the results of "CallmeBaby", even if they don't lose one trophy, they are still a sure winner. This week's only competitor, Shinhwa, is indeed far behind them.
When he entered the company building and walked towards the practice room, Chi Jingyuan's cell phone suddenly vibrated again. He took it out and saw the caller's name and couldn't help but blink. He felt quite interesting for a moment.
The person I just mentioned actually called.
After saying hello to the members, Chi Jingyuan found a deserted place at the top of the stairs and clicked to connect:
"Don't stop the young, Brother Zhenying?"
