"How are you doing, Senior Soo-yeon?"
On the roadside of an alley in Cheongdam-dong, Chi Jingyuan, who was sitting in the nanny's car, felt his mouth was a little dry. He picked up the mineral water next to him and took a sip. After putting it down, he exhaled and twisted the lid while talking with him. asked Zheng Xiujing, who was sitting in the back of the car with him.
They had made an appointment to meet and chat at some time in the evening. It was already past ten o'clock after the live broadcast of "Baeksang Arts Awards" was completed, and then they attended a dinner hosted by the organizer. After that, Chi Jingyuan and Jiu Jingyuan The missing friends from the "Misborn" crew chatted with director Kim Won-seok for a while, and it was already close to midnight after all the schedule was sorted out.
After saying goodbye to the seniors and explaining to her manager, Jung Soo-jung went home and changed her clothes. Chi Kyung-won also went back to get dressed first, and then asked Park Jae-hyun to drive to pick her out, and they took a casual drive while chatting. After circling around, they found a place close to their dormitory and stopped. Park Jae-hyun opened the door and disappeared automatically. The two of them were left in the nanny's car, very similar to the way they met last year.
After saying this, he stretched out his hand and gently rubbed his temples. He drank a lot of wine while having dinner with the seniors just now, especially after another round of dinner, which made him feel a little heady now, and The slight drunkenness also aggravated the fatigue of working hard all day. After stopping the car and sitting down, a wave of sleepiness came over me.
In fact, after getting his driver's license, Chi Jingyuan rarely asked Park Jae-hyun to follow him on such private dates. After all, he was used to driving alone and being alone with him, so he felt a little uncomfortable following him, but he couldn't help it because he drank today.
"In general, the situation is not very good. Although she quit SNSD and unilaterally announced the contract, Ernie's contract is actually still signed with SM, so she can't receive any schedule on the peninsula. Can’t appear on the show.”
Hearing the conversation about her Ernie, Zheng Xiujing put away the fingers she had been playing with for a long time, glanced out the window and sighed in a low tone, obviously worried about the current situation of her Ernie.
But after a few seconds, she seemed to think of something again. She turned around and took a look, and then said: "But... her own fashion career has made some progress, and because she can't be photographed on the peninsula, she has now decided to shift the focus of her activities. I went to Xia Kingdom and Southeast Asia. I just held a fan meeting in Bangkok two days ago. I heard that she also picked up a flying guest from a variety show in Xia Kingdom."
"Um……"
Chi Jingyuan opened his eyes and took a breath, then nodded after listening:
"Sooyeon sunbaenim's fashion career is complementary to her own fame and exposure. Under such circumstances, it would be good to have a development path. SNSD's popularity and die-hard fans in Xiaguo and Southeast Asia are still There are a lot of them, and there are also a lot of senior fans, so it would be a good choice for her to develop there."
As he said that, he turned to look at Zheng Xiujing, who was sitting next to her. The sexy black dress she wore when attending the award ceremony had been replaced by casual clothes, a very ordinary pair of denim shorts and a white shirt, and thin white pairs. With her legs together and wearing a pair of light-colored sneakers, the slightly plain outfit looks very appropriate and natural on her body.
Although the combination of jeans and shirt is ordinary and simple, it is actually very attractive. Zheng Xiujing is one of the few girls Chi Jingyuan has seen who can wear this combination with style.
If Zhou Ziyu had fairer skin, it would probably be OK...
When we made an appointment to meet this afternoon, Chi Jingyuan was originally a little itchy, thinking about revisiting the old high-rise apartment in the evening or something, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do it.
Although the two of them did have this kind of relationship in the past, they had no contact or communication for such a long time. After finally meeting, Byte dragged someone into doing it. He felt that it was really inappropriate, and it was something he had never seen before. Same as women.
At the same time, since they have been separated for so long, the previous enthusiasm has faded a lot, and both of them now have new situations and ideas. He doesn't know what Zheng Xiujing thinks, but Chi Jingyuan is very interested in reconnecting with each other. This kind of thing is always unintentional.
Otherwise, the two would have gotten back together long ago when Sun Na-eun had expressed her desire to date again so many times in the past two years.
It's broken, it's broken. It's really a rare thing to get together and part ways.
Unless the relationship and bond between each other is really deep, and there are many unforgettable experiences and shared memories, it’s another matter that can’t stop talking about it...
And Zheng Xiujing's performance and reaction also proved that his approach was quite appropriate. Although Zheng Xiujing didn't say much when she first got in the car, she seemed to feel a little awkward in her heart, and she also felt a little restricted and uncomfortable. She could always see that It was only when Chi Jingyuan didn't mean that that he became visibly relaxed.
Maybe she had other thoughts in mind, but she probably just wanted to chat today.
"Hmm..." After hearing Chi Jingyuan's analysis, Zheng Xiujing also nodded.
"What about you?" He asked again casually.
Zheng Xiujing did not answer directly, but glanced at him with a strange smile: "Are you asking about me or fx?"
"..." Chi Jingyuan said nothing, just shrugged.
He and Cui Xueli would send text messages every now and then, but the other party didn't really like to discuss the group anymore. Every time, apart from exchanging greetings and joking, they would just casually talk about the recent life and economy, and almost never talk about fx. Obviously My thoughts are no longer on idol career.
As for Jung Soo-jung, Park Jae-hyun would occasionally talk to Chi Kyung-won at first, but then gradually stopped mentioning it after seeing the situation.
It's just that Chi Jingyuan has heard that Zheng Xiujing is relatively withdrawn in the company now. Several people from Girls' Generation who had a good relationship with her in the past, as well as some friends in the company, have not been in contact much. Especially the former, there is a kind of turning against each other. The feeling of drawing a clear line.
But it's quite normal. After all, these ordinary friends can't be compared with pro-Ernies.
"In my opinion, it's pretty good. Although I don't have as many trips as before, I feel a lot more relaxed." After Zheng Xiujing experienced the turmoil and changes for more than half a year, she looks much more mature than before: "The combination is okay, just Well, I'm preparing Neon's special album these days, and then Peninsula's comeback... By the way, I actually have to thank you for this comeback. I heard that the company didn't plan to invest any resources in FX at first. ”
"What does it have to do with me?" Chi Jingyuan opened his eyes slightly, looking innocent, as if he didn't understand what the other person was suffering.
"..." Zheng Xiujing glanced at him, chuckled and said nothing.
"shock……"
At this time, Chi Jingyuan's mobile phone placed next to him suddenly vibrated. He reached out and glanced at it and found that it was Pei Zhuxuan who sent it.
Sent it again?
He was a little surprised when he saw the sender's name. After "Baeksang" ended, he had received many congratulatory text messages from friends. However, he was busy attending a dinner and couldn't hold his phone all the time, so he just picked it. I have replied to a few people who are not close to me and who are more senior.
He did not reply to Bae Zhuhyun's congratulatory message.
Not only her, but also Zhou Ziyu’s news was crossed out after just one glance.
Generally speaking, because we are already very familiar with each other, and this is how the idol industry is, if there is no reply to messages, it usually means that there is something at work. If there is nothing special, we will not send endless messages.
'Still busy? '
Seeing these words, Chi Jingyuan vaguely felt some emotion contained in them. Chi Jingyuan pondered for a while, recalling tonight's award ceremony, and seemed to understand something.
"Haha..." He blinked, leaned back on the driver's seat, laughed softly, and began tapping the screen with his fingers to reply: "Guess."
Since her phone vibrated just now, Zheng Xiujing began to look sideways to observe Chi Jingyuan's movements. After seeing the other person's expression and smile, she paused for a moment, then smoothed her hair and asked casually: " What, my girlfriend is on duty?"
The tone was very calm, as if he was just asking casually.
"Ani..."
Chi Jingyuan lowered his head and typed on his phone without looking at her. He kept his smile and shook his head to deny the statement. Zheng Xiujing also nodded and smoothed her hair.
However, before she could say anything else, Chi Jingyuan, who had finished sending the text message a few seconds later, raised his head, looked at the lights on the roof of the car, raised his eyes and pursed his lips, thought for a moment, and then spoke again: "But... …That’s right.”
"..." Hearing this, Zheng Xiujing, who was flipping her hair, paused for a moment, but she quickly recovered. After saying "oh", she asked casually: "New friends? Who are you? Idol?" ?”
"hehe."
Faced with this question, Chi Jingyuan just smiled and did not answer.
As soon as Zheng Xiujing looked at his look, she knew that he wouldn't say it. Her expression changed a few times and then she looked out the window:
"It's getting late, take me back."
Chi Jingyuan looked at the message he had just received from Pei Zhuxuan on his mobile phone. I didn't want to guess. Go to sleep. Good night. , chuckled lightly and put the lock screen away, then turned his head and glanced at Zheng Xiujing, paused for a second and nodded:
"good."
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On the 27th of the next day, most of the news and hot searches on the entertainment section early in the morning were naturally occupied by the "Baeksang Arts Awards" held yesterday.
"At the 51st Baeksang Arts Awards, Choi Min-sik and Na Young-seok won the film and television awards respectively, and "Flower Burial" unexpectedly won the best film."
""The Myeongryang Sea Battle" lost to "Flower Burial"!"
"The horror influence of "Misaeng" still exists, winning four awards, with Chi Jingyuan taking two."
"Luo Yingshi won the grand prize..."
Every large-scale award ceremony of this kind, whether it is in the film and television industry or the music industry, will cause a lot of discussion after it is held. Whether it is movie fans or fans bragging about the awards and achievements of their brothers and sisters, the biggest problem is It is to discuss the issue of award ownership, why the organizer is unfair, sharing the pork, who deserves the award the most, who does not deserve the award, and who shamelessly steals the award. Topics such as this will always last forever.
For example, in the movie category, "The Battle of Myeongryang" was released last year with 17 million viewings, surpassing "Avatar" to become the most watched movie in the peninsula over the years. However, it lost to an unknown movie in the Best Picture nomination. , the romance film "Flower Burial", which has just been released for a month and has attracted over 100,000 viewers, has surprised many passers-by and fans and found it completely unbelievable.
Most of them have never even heard of the name of the drama "Flower Burial", even though it stars Ahn Sung-ki.
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This caused dissatisfaction among many movie fans. Even if Choi Min-sik won the final grand award for "The Battle of Myeongryang", many people began to question the fairness of the awards and denounced this year's "Baeksang" judges.
In the TV series department, "Misborn" became the biggest winner, with the entire crew winning four awards including Best Director, Best Actor, Best Newcomer and Popular Actor.
Excluding those awards that are specifically awarded to people in the variety show industry, the "Misborn" crew accounted for one-third and nearly half of the awards in the entire television department, and their dominance and influence are undoubtedly evident.
However, even though it won many awards, no one questioned it. The vast majority of the audience felt that "Misei" deserved to win. At the same time, people online recalled the time when "Misei" was broadcast last year and sighed. It's been so long since there's been another eye-catching workplace drama.
As for Chi Jingyuan's achievement of winning two awards and the Best Newcomer award, all the fans were in a state of revelry, and they started discussing it with the passers-by who saw the news pouring in.
"Chi Jingyuan has been in the industry for so many years and is he still a newcomer? I remember watching him in "Reply 1997" a few years ago. That drama was so popular, haven't you seen it?"
"Of course I have, but the rules of "Baeksang" are like this..."
"Chi Jingyuan has already acted in several dramas, such as "Reply", "The Heirs", "Unborn"... Oh my god, these dramas are all hits and each one is more popular than the last. , the company is really good at choosing dramas, but why are the other TV dramas under SM acting in such terrible dramas? What about "Zongli and Me" and "Love Rain", look at what bad ones they chose for Wuli Yoona script?"
"Why do I feel that it is unfair to compete with those nominated candidates for newcomers with Chi Jingyuan's current position? The gap in development is too big."
"Indeed, Zhang Kelai, the leading actor in "Misheng", could compete with him for the role of the TV star, but he ended up running to grab the Newcomer Award. It's really shameless..."
"There is no way, our Yuan Oppa is so popular, he is top as an idol, and he is so successful as an actor!"
It can be seen from some comments that many passers-by already have different views on Chi Jingyuan from other new actors. They regard him as one of the representatives of the younger generation. They are very disappointed to see him actually win the Newcomer Award. It's inexplicably weird.
At the same time, he also felt a little pity for the people who were nominated with him this year. From the beginning of the nomination, he knew that he had no chance of winning. It was really not a comfortable thing.
It’s not that you don’t work hard, but your enemies are too shameless.
And because of their actual achievements, the Ariels are particularly confident in their rainbow farts. Now both EXO members have successfully transformed into actors. Needless to say, Ji Kyungwon and Do Kyungsoo have also opened a very good career. Head, this has become a topic that many exo-l often show off.
As for the members who starred in "My Neighbor is EXO", which has a very average reputation, they naturally wisely skipped it.
Don’t talk!
While the entertainment industry is becoming agitated due to the holding of "Baeksang", the music industry is also starting to become lively.
After SM announced the news of EXO's comeback in June and the first version of the promotional poster, YG was obviously not to be outdone. One day later, that is, yesterday, "Baeksang" held the "Baeksang" event at noon on the 26th at the same time as SM , also released the poster and related information for BigBang's second single album "a". Such tit-for-tat and fearless approach to challenge also immediately became a hot search topic under the ecstasy of .p and the attention of passers-by. The title song " The title of the song "bangbangbang" has really caused a lot of discussion.
The two companies also opened pre-sale channels for the two groups' new albums "L" and "A" at the same time. At the same time, SM released two versions of the trailers for the title song "Boy with Luv" in the early morning of the 27th and 28th.
The first version continued the background and actions from the previous promotional poster, with the nine members of EXO doing scattered poses on the sofa, while the background sound of the prelude played.
The second version quickly gave each member a close-up, and also showed a short dance on the stage background. The accompaniment was still just background sound without a aria. This time it was replaced with a chorus.
The duration of the two trailers is very short, one is more than 20 seconds and the other is 30 seconds, which adds up to less than a minute. The melody of the song has also been specially changed, so not much can be seen.
But in this comeback, the style of the MV was revealed. The watery pink suit showed a very different style from the previous one, and the colorful hair colors of the nine people overwhelmed many people and called them SM. Looking at the garden, Chi Jingyuan's blue hair caught everyone's attention.
The first version of the trailer was okay. He just sat on the sofa with the members, but the second version was different. In addition to giving Chi Jingyuan a close-up shot of Chi Jingyuan with backlight under the sun, in the trailer At the end, he also used the close-up of him turning around and looking back at the beginning of the music video, which took many takes.
The clip starts from where he stands and ends when he half-turns around to look at the camera. The highlight of this clip is that he slightly sticks out his tongue, but it is not cut out. It is probably because the company put this scene, which is destined to be a killing part, on the official screen. Among the mv.
But even so, the pictures and shots in these trailers still make fans talk about it. In addition to the other members' looks that have been widely praised, Chi Jingyuan's hair color and those shots have attracted the most attention.
Chi Jingyuan himself feels that it is very ordinary, and the color and somewhat exaggerated blue hair style make many fans and passers-by exclaim. It is just a turning scene in the trailer, which means that he has lost the ability to speak. Rainbow farts such as "I'm dead" and "so handsome" are flying all over the place. It seems that he really thinks he is very handsome with this hair color.
At the same time, they also expressed their strong expectations for EXO's final title song.
"Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up to June, I really can't wait after seeing the trailer." This most booked message also shows the fans' current mood.
SM and EXO took the lead, but YG was naturally not far behind. They also released various materials for follow-up promotions, as well as detailed plans for their comeback and the time of their first stage.
As the two companies exerted their strength, the previous competitive atmosphere cooled down a bit, and the music industry, which had become a lot gentler, seemed to have rekindled the war in an instant. Various announcements and reports could be seen everywhere, and the two men The group's name has also become a topic on the lips of kpop fans.
The actions of the two companies are continuous, and their respective meanings are also very obvious. It is obvious that both are very confident in the return of their own groups this time, and they are all similar to a 'play and see' attitude, and 'wait and see'. The competitions and battles that were not completed in May were moved to June.
Compared to May, when the competition was a bit anticlimactic due to the concert schedule, and there was no winner, this time both sides are extremely confident and have invested a lot of resources in June's return, which is really the final one. decisive battle.
