"Variety show?"
After reading the beginning, Chi Jingyuan knew what type of case this was. It was clearly written at the beginning of the information:
""Unlimited challenge"?"
"Well, MBC's "Infinite Challenge" is not an ordinary flying guest, it is a special edition of the 'Gayo Festival' held every two years." Li Chenghuan sat across from him and took out an identical document and opened it.
"I remember, there seemed to be some problem with "Infinite Challenge" some time ago?" While looking at the information, Chi Jingyuan recalled the news he had seen before, and lowered his head with some uncertainty and asked.
"Well, the 'Tutu Song' special episode of 'Infinite Challenge' at the beginning of the year was very popular, but when the sixth person was selected in April, it was revealed that the candidate Jang Dongmin demeaned women."
"Even though Jang Dongmin later apologized and quit the show, "Infinite Challenge" still received a lot of criticism. Then the show team quickly added Huang Guangxi as the sixth MC, but the audience's acceptance of him was still not very high, and The recent programs may also lack interest. The ratings and reputation have continued to decline in recent times, and even the top four ratings in the same time period that have been maintained for a long time are no longer guaranteed."
Li Chenghuan obviously had done some special research and gave Chi Jingyuan very little detail, and casually got to the point: "Maybe because of the recent poor situation, the program team thought of holding a song festival. The song festival is " "Infinite Challenge" is a very famous special episode. It has been held every two years since 2007. Every time, popular guests are invited to collaborate with MC, create songs and then perform them. You should know Jingyuan, but I won't go into details... …”
"Well, I've read two issues. It's quite interesting." Chi Jingyuan nodded in agreement.
"Nowadays, the music festival has a good reputation. Every time it is held, in addition to the steady and skyrocketing ratings, it will cause great repercussions. Not only will the performances of the guests become a hot topic, but the music produced in the program will also become a dominant source of music. Guaranteed popularity in the market’s top circles…”
"This song festival is the best way for the "Infinite Challenge" program to improve the current bad situation. According to the program team, this year's event is the largest in history, and the invited guests are also the most popular and powerful. Top notch ever.”
After saying that, Li Chenghuan looked at Chi Jingyuan and smiled a little self-consciously: "No, we are invited."
"Am I the only one invited?"
"Because the guests are required to cooperate with the MC and the guests need to know how to write songs, so..."
"Then Brother Chanyeol also... forget it."
After hearing this, Chi Jingyuan made a joke reflexively, but he stopped mid-sentence and felt it was a bit too much. He raised his head and looked at Li Chenghuan, and the two laughed together.
"The program team attaches great importance to us. I have also seen the lineup of guests to be invited. There are popular singers, veteran artists, and powerful singer groups. They are matched in terms of popularity, popularity, and quality. Very balanced, overall looks very good and promising.”
Listening to the other party's explanation and looking at some lists on the information, Chi Jingyuan nodded to confirm, then suddenly raised his head and asked, "Brother, which faction do you think we belong to?"
"Of course we are popular and powerful." Li Chenghuan spread his hands and said matter-of-factly.
"Ha ha."
The two laughed a few times, and Li Chenghuan seemed to remember something: "By the way, it's not written in the information, but I heard that in addition to you, the program team is also planning to invite Big Bang, it should be GD."
"Ah?" Chi Jingyuan was a little surprised when he heard this: "Is it so creative?"
Although the competition between EXO and BigBang, which recently returned in June, has been vaguely divided into advantages and disadvantages, the competition and hype between each other is still very fierce, and it is still one of the hottest topics in the music industry nowadays. "Infinite" "Challenge" program team actually wanted to invite all the core members of the two groups to come, which can be said to be really ambitious.
"Yes, but it's not confirmed yet, but I think based on the current situation of our XO and BigBang, if YG knew that you would participate, they might not let you come."
Li Chenghuan also laughed and felt that this program group was really interesting: "But if there is a conflict of principles between the guests on both sides, the program group will favor our side. With the popularity of EXO now, you will definitely become a guest. It will cause a lot of discussion...and gd has participated several times before."
"Um."
Chi Jingyuan read the information roughly from the beginning. After listening to Li Chenghuan's introduction, he didn't think much about it. He closed the information in front of him and pouted at him: "The company will arrange it. I don't have any objections."
Although Chi Jingyuan is treated better than other SM members due to special reasons. SM will discuss some personal itineraries with him and ask his opinion before picking up some personal itineraries. However, if Chi Jingyuan does not particularly hate that itinerary, under normal circumstances, It will not be specifically refused.
After all, although it has privileges, if it is used frequently, it is actually somewhat inappropriate.
And compared to Tuanzhong and those radio stations, Chi Jingyuan is quite interested in this program.
"I see."
Li Chenghuan nodded and smiled, as if he had anticipated Chi Jingyuan's opinion. He did not take back the information and handed it to the other party: "Jingyuan, take this information back and look at it when you have time..." …This song festival is expected to have five to six episodes, and the first episode will be broadcast in early July, so once it is confirmed, the recording of the first episode will probably start soon.”
"It's still a model of six groups of guests and six MCs partnering with each other, but I heard that one of the MCs, Park Myung-soo, may be absent due to physical reasons. In this case, there will be an additional group of guests... But it's not confirmed yet. That’s it.”
"Okay, I understand." Chi Jingyuan gestured to Li Chenghuan, picked up the information in front of him and stood up: "I will make preparations in advance. Brother, please come and communicate the recording time. Is there anything else?"
Seeing Chi Jingyuan's look of being anxious to go back for vacation, Li Chenghuan also laughed, shook his head and waved his hands: "No, you go back first... By the way, remember to come back early tomorrow night."
"Don't worry, brother, I'm not...Kang Sangmita!"
…
Because the fact that they will have a holiday tomorrow has obviously excited the excitement of many members, and the disbandment time today is also relatively early. When Chi Jingyuan returned to the dormitory, there were not many people there at all. Park Chanyeol, Kim Jong-in and others had disappeared long ago, and even those who looked more honest had no idea where they had gone.
I heard that he seems to be getting very close to an amateur recently.
But it doesn't matter, they are all adults, and as long as they don't come back too late or stay out all night, the agent won't actually impose too many restrictions.
Wu Shixun stayed in the dormitory uncharacteristically. After seeing him, Chi Jingyuan was a little surprised: "You didn't go out? Where is the female ticket?"
"No, I'm too lazy to go. I'm a little tired recently, and she's not in Seoul either." Wu Shixun replied lazily while lying on the sofa watching TV, then turned around and asked, "Are you going tomorrow or not?"
What he was talking about was that he and Jin Junmian made an appointment to go to the movies and have a meal together tomorrow. Jin Junmian found a good restaurant again. He had called Chi Jingyuan twice before, but there was no clear answer. .
"Jingyuan will be together tomorrow. That hotpot restaurant is very good. I heard it was opened by a Xiaguo person. The taste is very authentic."
At this time, Jin Junmian, who had just finished taking a shower, wiped his head and walked out, also giving a warm invitation.
"Wait a minute, let me think about it."
Chi Jingyuan did not reply directly, but took out his phone and took a look at it, and then responded perfunctorily.
It is estimated that Bae Zhuhyun is busy, and there is no reply to the text message he just sent her.
"cut."
Pretending not to hear Wu Shixun's dissatisfied voice, Chi Jingyuan sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, and watched TV.
"By the way, the B list will be updated again in the early morning tomorrow. It won't be directly off the list this week, right?"
"Probably not. I think it's possible to move forward a few places."
While watching TV and chatting casually, Chi Jingyuan interjected from time to time. As he spoke, his phone vibrated and Pei Zhuxuan's reply came.
EXO has a holiday tomorrow. Chi Jingyuan originally thought that if he had time, he could ask Pei Zhuhyun to come out and watch a movie together. This would fulfill the previous agreement, so he just sent her a message.
It's just that xo is on vacation, but red velvet is not free. I heard from her that red velvet has been very busy preparing a new album recently and has to go to the company for a meeting tomorrow.
pity.
But this is actually the norm for popular idols, unless the two lake groups can't even pick up each other's schedule.
After sending a few text messages, Chi Jingyuan put down his phone, briefly thought for two seconds, glanced at the two people next to him, and said, "What movie will we watch tomorrow?"
If the date you originally wanted is not available, you have no choice but to settle for the next best thing.
"Jingyuan, you want to go too... of course to watch "Jurassic World". It has just been released two days ago. This is the hottest Hollywood blockbuster recently. We have been selecting it for several days."
Jin Junmian's eyes lit up when he heard this. He likes to have more people. Going out with more people makes it more interesting. Hearing this, he immediately leaned half a meter in this direction.
Wu Shixun glanced at it suspiciously, but he didn't think much about it and started chatting together.
The two teammates didn't know the twists and turns, and they had no idea that they were being spared. They probably thought that their enthusiasm impressed the maknae, and they began to enthusiastically talk to Chi Jingyuan about the recently released movies. .
Chi Jingyuan also acted as if nothing had happened. He listened carefully and nodded in agreement from time to time. The atmosphere was very harmonious.
The next day, they slept until three o'clock in the morning before the three people got up from the bed as they had made an appointment. Because there were not enough seats, Chi Jingyuan didn't drive, so a few of them sat in Jin Junmian's Audi and went to eat the authentic summer food he had been boasting about for a long time. Chinese hot pot, after a hearty meal, we went to the cinema.
Not to mention that the food tastes quite good, and not much localization has been done. It feels like Xia Guo, and Jin Junmian is really good at finding places to eat.
Three people in complete disguises, two tall and one short, wearing hats and masks, appear together. Usually they are quite eye-catching, but recently a new type of influenza is spreading in Seoul, whether on the streets or in shopping malls and movie theaters. Many people were wearing masks, which made them less conspicuous.
Of course, there are also many passers-by who don’t care about the flu at all and don’t take any protective measures.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard they disguised themselves, Chi Jingyuan and the others were still too conspicuous. As soon as they walked out after watching the movie, they were blocked by several female fans who had noticed them a long time ago.
Although the company stipulates that you cannot take photos with fans in private, when signing autographs for them, Chi Jingyuan really sighed in his heart. Fortunately, he was hanging out with the members, so being squatted was not a big deal at most.
If he and Bae Zhuhyun were recognized together, then I really don’t know how to explain it.
If we really wanted to go with the young lady, we would probably have to book the venue.
…
While the members of EXO were spending their own short holidays, their names once again made the headlines of many news.
As the only Peninsula boy group besides Psy that has its own voice on Ami, after EXO made a splash last week with the single "Boy with Luv" which debuted on the B-chart, many people were concerned about this expressed enthusiastic concern.
In addition to the many fans and citizens who are proud of this incident and hope that Chi Jingyuan and the others can continue to improve their performance, there are also many people who are unhappy, including most of their opponents, who are all very hopeful. I hope EXO is just a flash in the pan, flying off the charts within a week.
And because of this attention, they didn’t wait until the morning. Early this morning, not long after the B list was refreshed, there were already announcements and news on the Internet. What disappointed many black fans was that exo not only did not directly fly to the list this week, but directly It has moved forward ten places, climbing directly from 39 last week to 29, which can be said to be a great improvement.
Being able to climb up the list as a foreign language song at such a rate can already show that although kpop songs like "Boy with Luv" may still not be considered mainstream music, they already have a considerable number of fixed audiences. .
At least with this song, they have become EXO’s audience.
Moreover, according to the research and observation of SM and even some companies, it was found that after "boy with luv" was listed, the number of words such as exo, "boy with luv" and kpop appeared in many Ami forums and Google searches. A rapid increase in amplitude visible to the naked eye.
Judging from these data and the current market response from Aramco, the Peninsula media actually has no problem with XO’s rainbow farts and boasts. At least this time they are really promoting kpop overseas, especially in the US market. gained considerable popularity.
In the minds of many citizens and fans, opening up the market is better than Woliheng itself. With the addition of this honor and influence, coupled with exo's already outstanding local achievements, in the eyes of many people, this With the return of the two boy groups in the mirror, exo is already one position ahead.
And when many.com began to question SM's purchase of trolls, fans' crazy data-sharing, Americans' blindness, and even the value of B-charts and hot singles, Chi Jing felt refreshed after taking a day off. Yuan followed the members to the Summer Water Park after lunch the next day, preparing to shoot this year's Baskin Robbins commercial.
Baskin Robbins is an ice cream advertising brand that EXO has cooperated with since their debut. Although the endorsement fees have increased many times over the years as their popularity and status have increased, the brand owner is obviously very satisfied with the effect of EXO's endorsement, even if the price has increased a lot. The cooperation has also been maintained.
At the same time, they also hired three other SM groups besides EXO, Shinee, FX, and Red Velvet, all of whom became brand spokespersons to shoot commercials together.
Although the endorsement fees of the other three groups are quite different from those of EXO, the brand can be said to be wealthy if it can invite so many popular groups to serve as spokespersons.
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The theme of this time's advertisement is summer and ice cream, and the shooting location was the Summer Water Park. After EXO arrived, he followed his agent to say hello to the brand of the shooting group, and after chatting for a while, he went to the temporary fitting room. Change clothes and start getting ready after coming out.
"Jingyuan!"
Not long after Chi Jingyuan came out, he heard a familiar voice calling him. He shook his head and saw Cui Xueli, whom he hadn't seen for a while, standing not far away, waving to him with a smile.
And it wasn't just her. This shout also attracted the attention of several people nearby. It may be that they were secretly observing this place before. After Cui Xueli shouted, people like Bae Zhuhyun and Zheng Xiujing, Although they were standing in different places, they all glanced over at the same time.
