"cheer up baby! cheer up baby!"
"Try harder!"
"Girls shouldn't show their feelings easily."
"This way you will like me more."
On February 7, in the practice room of Twice in the left building of JYP, Chi Jingyuan was standing on the left side with several dance teachers and managers, carefully watching the performances of the nine members of Twice in the middle of the practice room.
At this time, the nine girls were dancing "Cheer Up" very immersedly. Although there was electronic accompaniment and no live singing, at the request of the producer, everyone treated it as a real stage, whether it was expression management, The intensity of the movements is no different from a formal performance. They keep moving to the beat, switching positions skillfully. Some members even use the audience's eyes as lenses, giving sweet winks from time to time.
But there was also someone who seemed a little unable to let go in front of Chi Jingyuan. Occasionally, he looked a little embarrassed when he looked at each other, and his teeth were exposed.
The audience was also watching attentively, and everyone else was actually a foil. The main focus was Chi Jingyuan, whom he hadn't seen for a while, reviewing the results of Twice's training.
I have been practicing the dance for the song "cheer up" for a long time. Although I have changed a lot of choreography, the foundation is still there. After another week of practice, I have obviously made much greater progress than before. Except for Occasionally, the neatness is still a little bit worse, but the expressiveness is almost close to that of performing on stage.
Chi Jingyuan stood in the middle on the left, taking in all nine people from Twice, carefully watching everyone's expressions and movements, trying to see everyone's strengths and weaknesses.
But I have to say that although it is the same song and the same dance, different members have different levels of digestion and control of this song and this style. Some people's performances lack highlights and are a bit ordinary, but Some people just smile along with the dance and music, which always attracts the attention of the audience involuntarily.
In addition to Zhou Ziyu and Ming Jingnan who are paying close attention, Lin Nayeon is indeed known as JYP's best trainee in recent years, and has the honor of being a C-position main member from her debut album to this album. When she performs on stage There is indeed a distinctive shining point, smooth movements and natural expressions. Especially the style of the song "cheer up" is well mastered, allowing people to notice her at a glance among the nine people.
After looking at the bright and sweet smile on Lin Nalian's face and the pair of twin ponytails tied behind her head for a while, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but nodded in his heart, feeling that JYP's decision was still correct. .
There were too many members to watch at once. Twice only stopped after dancing three times in a row. He stood there panting tiredly. After wiping his sweat gently, he looked at Chi Jingyuan in front of him with some anticipation and nervousness.
"Although there is still a lot of room for improvement, overall it is still pretty good." Chi Jingyuan faced the different gazes of nine people, glanced around, nodded and said directly: "The uniformity needs to be improved. , sometimes the difference in intensity and accuracy seems obvious in some parts, and more practice is needed... However, MOMO’s lead dance in the middle sections was good and danced very well.”
Chi Jingyuan found that Park Jinying was right in choosing the lead dancer for Twice. Her dancing ability and flexibility were obviously better than those of the other back members. The few clips where she leads the dance look very interesting, quite akin to the feeling when Kim Jong-in leads the dance in EXO.
The part assigned to her before seemed to Chi Jingyuan to have no difficulty and no highlights, but after adding the choreography and accompaniment, it looked quite dazzling under her performance. No wonder Park Jinying performed in "Sixteen" At that time, she was shameless and wanted to resurrect Momo Hirai and join Twice despite criticism.
But you had already planned for her to debut before, so why did you eliminate her at that time...
"Kang Sang Mita..." Upon hearing the compliment, Hirai Momo immediately saluted and thanked her. After standing up, she held her mouth together, as if she wanted to hold back her smile to look more mature and steady. Unfortunately, everyone could see the grin. Clear as day.
"Besides, Jihyo..." After praising everyone, Chi Jingyuan's expression became more serious and he looked at Park Jihyo next to him: "The lead dancer's movements in the chorus part are good, and the 'come on dance' is very energetic and expressive. The style of this song..."
Before Park Jihyo could be happy, Chi Jingyuan changed the topic: "But the problem is also quite obvious. Your expression management is a bit inadequate, especially pouting less. The frequency of pouting is too much, which gives people a very uncomfortable look." It's obviously like pretending to be cute...if you like this kind of wink action, practice it in front of the mirror."
"I...got it." Although Park Jihyo nodded honestly to show that he understood, he moved his mouth slightly and looked a little unhappy, maybe because Chi Jingyuan's words were a bit blunt.
However, Chi Jingyuan didn't mean to take care of the other person's psychology when he was working. He just talked about any shortcomings directly.
Pouting is a very common action. Not to mention female idols, even many male idols like to do it, but some people do it very well, and some people do it a bit awkwardly. Just now he saw After spending a long time, I decided that Park Ji Hyo was the latter.
"Then, Ziyu..." As he said that, he looked at Zhou Ziyu again.
When Zhou Ziyu heard her name suddenly being called, she immediately looked at the other person nervously with her big eyes open, her mouth slightly opened with an uneasy expression, and she looked a bit innocent.
"You are relatively tall, and some of the group dance parts are quite abrupt. You can make your movements a little stronger at this time." Chi Jingyuan looked at Zhou Ziyu who looked dumb and frowned slightly. " Smile more naturally when performing, don't keep giggling like this..."
As he spoke, the corners of his mouth turned up, and with a grin, he imitated Zhou Ziyu's look just now and smiled. Although it was not as refined and restored as the pair of big fangs, the smart imitation and the familiar sense of stupidity also made the two people around him smile. The other members immediately couldn't help but chuckle.
"Pure doesn't mean this kind of silly smile. What is needed is that kind of pure smile. Aren't you very good at this? Don't think about acting, be sincere."
"Oh...I know." Zhou Ziyu, who was imitated ruthlessly, responded dully, and glanced at Chi Jingyuan quietly, seeming to be a little unhappy.
"Then Dingyan..."
After commenting on several members in succession, Chi Jingyuan felt that it was necessary to popularize their main styles this time to the nine members of Twice:
"When you debuted, you had a sweet and cool girl style. This time you returned to a style that has undergone a clear transformation, becoming mainly pure and cute. The song "cheer up" and the choreography are the best. It embodies that style.”
"But there are too many pure and cute girl groups. It can be said that as long as it is a Kpop girl group, except for the sexy style when they debut, and the hip-hop style, basically all girl groups have tried The pure style, the distant Girls' Generation, Apink a few years ago, and a large number of girl groups that debuted in the past two years are all in this style. There are too many... The quality of the songs is one thing, what else is there? Being able to stand out from so many homogeneous cute styles is what we need to pay most attention to."
Feeling the sights and looks of the nine girls in front of him, Chi Jingyuan quickly glanced at them all and then said: "Did you listen to Gfriend's new album last week? They are also a pure girl group, but they obviously show differences. Based on the highlights of ordinary girl groups, through choreography and performance, they have created a style of 'youth power'. With its own characteristics, this time it has directly become a trend through "Time Passage"."
Minatozaki Saka and others nodded. As a girl group that debuted in the same year, they and some members of Gfriend knew each other. They were familiar with each other, but they were also competitors. They knew best how popular Gfriend was recently. Although they don't say it, many members are actually a little envious in their hearts.
"Then besides being pure and cute, what other characteristics do you Twice need to have?" Chi Jingyuan paused and crossed the faces of several members: "Jinying hyung and I discussed this topic, JYP I also discussed it for a long time, and finally I summarized it and felt that in addition to the necessary factors of purity, cuteness, and liveliness, Twice can more actively transform into a vigorous girl style this time around."
"What does Yuanqi Feng mean? It means conveying a kind of power and emotion to fans and audiences through songs, dances, movements, expressions and even mental states. People will feel happy after listening to your songs and watching your stage. , I can laugh when I’m stressed, and I can be encouraged when I’m tired and unhappy. After listening to “CHEER UP”, I really feel like I’m being cheered on by the girl next door.”
"If we can really achieve this vitality effect, then this transformation will definitely be successful."
Feeling that the eyes of the girls in front of him seemed to be warming up, Chi Jingyuan immediately poured cold water on them: "But at present, there is still a lot that is lacking. Many members have not yet digested this style. Now It seems that the person who does the best is..."
As he said that, he glanced around and saw some expectant colors on the faces of several girls. Finally, his eyes moved past Mingjing Nan and stopped on Lin Nalian: "It's Lin, it's Na Lian."
Suddenly hearing her name, Lin Nalian was stunned, her eyes widened, and she pointed at herself in disbelief, her mouth slightly opened to reveal her white front teeth, like a confused rabbit.
After confirming that Chi Jingyuan was looking at her, she blinked, seemingly suddenly, and quickly lowered her head.
"The wink is just right, the smile is natural, and it makes people feel good. You are very suitable for this style."
Chi Jingyuan turned his head and looked at Lin Nalian, who was standing on the left side of the team. He lowered his head and raised his eyes, looking at him at a very magical angle: "Keep it up, come on."
After saying that, he looked away and looked at the others: "In my opinion, the expression and smile of a vitality girl are very important. You should be more natural and practice more."
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"Oh, energetic girl, I feel like I'm not very suitable for this style. The company positions me as more handsome and more charismatic. These two styles seem to be completely conflicting..."
After practicing for a while, it was time to rest. After Chi Jingyuan told them and walked out of the practice room, the room became lively, with people drinking water and chatting. Yu Dingyan, who had just returned from the bathroom, remembered Thinking of what the producer emphasized just now and the character design given to him by the company, he scratched his head in distress.
"Chi Kyung-yuan looked really serious just now, and what he said was really... I almost couldn't breathe because of one sentence." Park Ji-hyo, who had just recently been exposed to Chi Kyung-yuan's shortcomings, complained angrily. He said: "You asked me to practice in front of the mirror... I have been practicing for a long time, okay..."
The two people discussed the comments and knowledge points they had just heard in low voices. After talking for a few minutes, they slowly stopped.
Yu Dingyan suddenly realized that she hadn't heard the person next to her for a long time. She turned her head and listened.
“Hmm hum hum hum~~”
First, there was a soft humming sound. It was too blurry to hear which song it was humming. Then he saw Lin Nalian sitting cross-legged on the wooden floor next to her, leaning against the wall and holding a mobile phone. She tilted her head and looked at it, her lips trembling slightly, it was obvious that the sound came from her.
"Why are you in such a good mood? Didn't you complain in the morning that Chi Jingyuan was coming over again today?" Yu Dingyan looked up and down at the eldest sister's state at this time and asked with a dumb smile.
"Uh huh huh..."
Lin Nalian did not turn her head after hearing this. She was still looking at the phone, humming something softly in her mouth. At the same time, she straightened her neck, shook her head left and right, and her body also swayed, like a pendulum telling time.
"I just complimented you a few times. Are you so happy?" Yu Dingyan didn't know how to evaluate the member with whom he had the best relationship. He frowned and looked at the unsatisfactory eldest sister: "Maybe Chi Jingyuan didn't An is kind-hearted."
“Hmm hum hum hum~~”
Lin Nalian seemed not to hear, and hummed the same tune as before.
Yu Dingyan was left speechless by Lin Nalian's pretentious movements. With a fierce flash in his eyes, he rushed forward and lifted up her ponytail.
What are you humming? Can you sing it more clearly?
…
Chi Jingyuan first went out to chat with Twice's manager for a while, and then returned to the practice room after replying to a few text messages from friends. He did not communicate with Twice, who was chatting and doing his own thing during the break. I found a seat far away and sat down. I took out a stack of XO return marking documents and oil-based pens from my bag, and started writing and drawing on them while looking at them.
After looking at it for a while, Chi Jingyuan felt that something was missing. After thinking about it, he picked up the shoulder bag next to him, took out a bag of chocolate bars, tore open the package, and looked at it while eating.
This time for the return of XO's third regular album, he is also one of the producers. In addition to arranging the production of the self-composed song "Miss You", he will also participate in the overall planning and production of the album. This has also become a way for EXO to return. It’s normal.
Although the song "Missing You" is a ballad, it has a beautiful style and a catchy melody. Chi Jingyuan is still very optimistic about the market performance of this song and has a lot of thoughts about this song in his heart.
Just as he was writing and drawing on the document with a chocolate bar in his mouth, there was a faint sound of footsteps next to him, and soon a voice sounded next to him: "PD nim, do you want some water?"
Looking up, Kim Dahyun’s faces were squeezed together, his eyes were small and his smile was a little cute, and he held a glass of pure water in his hand and handed it over.
"Thank you." Chi Jingyuan glanced at her, paused for a moment and thanked her. He took a sip and at the same time glanced at Zhou Zi who was sitting in the opposite corner with his big round legs stretched out and his head lowered, not knowing what he was studying. Yu.
Look at how charming people are and how attractive they are.
Chi Jingyuan put down the water glass, then picked up the snack packaging bag as if he were reciprocating, squeezed out a chocolate bar from it, and shook it at Kim Dahyun: "Would you like to eat it?"
"Is that okay?" The girl looked a little surprised.
"Try it, it's delicious." Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips.
"Kang Sang Mita." Kim Da Hyun's eyes lit up, he thanked him, took out the chocolate bar, and found a seat next to him to sit down.
"Did you just call me PD nim?" Seeing Kim Dahyun taking some snacks and eating them, Chi Jingyuan remembered the title just now and suddenly felt a little awkward.
"Nai, senior is the producer."
"Then what did you call Brother Zhenying?"
"Well, it's also PD nim."
"Do I look like him?"
"Pfft..." This question almost made Kim Dahyun burst out. He quickly suppressed his smile and covered his mouth with his mouth. After a while, he calmed down and then he suppressed his laughter and looked over tentatively: "Then, should I call you senior or Oppa? "
"what ever."
Chi Jingyuan shrugged, picked up the water glass and took another sip.
Don't tell me, he was really thirsty.
"Come, Oppa, what are you looking at?"
"Some of XO's comeback plans."
"Ah? Are the XO seniors coming back?"
"Yeah." Chi Jingyuan nodded and didn't hide anything. At the same time, he glanced at Kim Dahyun, who had his mouth wide open and looked surprised: "Don't worry, I won't bump into you."
According to SM's estimated time, EXO's comeback will be much later than twice's comeback. If nothing else happens, even if it happens, twice should have almost finished their singing period.
"Hey Yigu, that's great."
Here Kim Da Hyun and Ji Kyung Won started chatting, and other members of Twice quickly noticed the situation here. Some people looked at it from a distance, and some, like Son Chae Young, also came over. .
In addition to Zhou Ziyu and Ming Jingnan, the other members of Twice have met Chi Jingyuan many times before in the show, backstage and other places, and often discuss him in private, but in fact, until now, they have not met each other. They are still not very familiar with each other. This time Chi Jingyuan mostly works as a producer when he gets along with them, so he has a natural sense of oppression towards them.
Especially after understanding his serious attitude in work, I can't help but feel a little more alienated and afraid.
However, when they talked in private at this time, many people discovered that Chi Jingyuan was actually far less serious than he was at work before. Instead, he was quite a casual person. Although there was no feeling of closeness in his words, there was not much. The airs of seniors.
Senior artist, legend in the industry, TOP idol, dazzling talent, handsome appearance, interesting talk, and also shares delicious snacks...
So many attributes really make people feel good, and they have an urge to get to know and become familiar with each other. After a while, Kim Dahyun, Son Chaeyoung, and Minatozaki Saka who sat over slowly became familiar with each other.
"Oppa, is the final ending of "Signal" a happy ending? Are guard Park Hae-young and police officer Lee Chai-han okay?" Sun Chae-ying looked at Chi Jingyuan with great curiosity and asked, her eyes were big and smart.
The tone of her speech was very interesting, with a cadence. In the end, when Chi Jingyuan looked at her, her voice would become smaller unconsciously.
The fifth and sixth episodes of "Signal" were aired the day before yesterday and yesterday respectively. The third case, the lamentable 'Grand Robbery', was presented to all viewers. The plot was full of ups and downs, and even the heroine of Kim Hye Soo was involved in the episode. He was killed by a bomb in the sixth episode, which caused a wave of exclamations. After that, the audience's enthusiasm for discussing the plot was extremely high online, and it became a hot topic.
At the same time, the ratings officially reached the 10% mark in the fifth episode. However, the increase in the sixth episode was not much, but it stabilized at the 10% threshold.
"Hmm..." Chi Jingyuan looked at the girl who was looking forward to it and was obviously a fan of "The Signal" and hesitated.
Where he didn't notice, there was a fan who really liked watching TV series. Although he didn't come over, he couldn't help but pricked up his ears.
Chi Jingyuan thought for a while but did not reply directly: "You will know after reading it."
Because actually he doesn’t know either.
The script is relatively vague. He is still a little dizzy about some of the concepts and contradictions of time travel. He has not filmed this part yet. The screenwriter will probably have to change the script based on the response. As a starring actor, he is actually a little unclear.
"But it should be good." Chi Jingyuan added at last.
"Oppa, when will we start recording?" Minatozaki Saka asked, blinking at him.
She did not sit down, but stood beside him, slightly hunched over, with her hands supported on the armrests of the sofa.
Originally, they used to greet each other as seniors, PDs, etc. an hour ago. After hearing Kim Dahyun call them just now, these people also changed their words.
But the name is different, and the feeling is indeed different.
Chi Jingyuan thought about the upcoming itinerary: "Actually, that's fine now, but don't you guys have to take a vacation too... I have a lot of things to do here after the new year. I have a series of overseas trips, so you should start other ones first. The recording of a few songs, including "cheer up", will probably be done after I come back, which will probably be in the middle or late of the month."
"Oh." Minazaki Saka opened her mouth slightly and nodded like a puppy.
She actually doesn't care much about when to record.
She just wanted to come up and have a few words with Chi Jingyuan to get acquainted with him.
At this moment, Park Jae-hyun pushed the door open and walked in. He had rushed back overnight after seeing Bae Zhuhyun off yesterday. The six or seven-hour drive from Seoul to Daegu was quite tiring.
When Chi Jingyuan heard the movement, he raised his head and glanced at him, knowing that this brother had something to say.
"What's wrong?" He looked over and asked
"Director Chi called just now..." Park Jae-hyun walked over and whispered, and Kim Da-hyun and the others next to him also looked at each other and became quiet.
"My brother? What's wrong?"
"He asked Jingyuan to go back and have dinner together as soon as possible."
"Didn't we agree on seven o'clock in the evening?" Chi Jingyuan looked at the time with some confusion. It was only after four o'clock.
Today is New Year's Eve. EXO disbanded the day before yesterday, and the crew also gave everyone more than a day off. He had already discussed with his family to go back together to celebrate the New Year.
"He said Ms. Ji Xianjing came back early." Park Jae-hyun explained briefly.
"Nuna? I understand." Chi Jingyuan understood after hearing this and nodded to show that he understood. He looked at the time again, and after a brief consideration, he stood up and clapped his hands: "That's it."
"Something, let's stop here today. You need to practice more for "Cheer Up". In addition to dancing, expression management is also very important. Not only Jihyo, everyone else must practice in front of the mirror and think. Let’s take a look at how you can show your own charm in the vitality style. I should start recording when I come over next time, so you should also prepare during this time.”
"But this is something that will happen later. Let's forget about it today. Today..."
After giving a few final words, looking at the slightly serious expressions of the nine twice people who also stood up in front of him, Chi Jingyuan suddenly laughed, put on his shoulder bag, and waved to them:
"Happy Spring Festival."
