Chapter 633: Too Amateur

On the 13th, I returned to Seoul and went back to the dormitory to sleep to adjust the jet lag. After getting up at noon, Chi Jingyuan and the captain Kim Junmyeon went to SBS to record a radio program. He was warming up for the recently popular "Signal", and Kim Junmyeon was promoting his movie "Glory Days".

EXO has to promote, so they may not appear on many other variety shows, but the radio program is definitely full.

"Do you have any schedule tonight?"

"No, but don't we have to go back to practice dancing later?"

After recording the radio program, the two said goodbye to the MC and PD of the program group, came out of the studio with their bags on their backs and prepared to leave, chatting casually in the corridor.

Because they came directly from the dormitory before, the camera of this radio program was also blurry, so Chi Jingyuan didn't put on much makeup, just wore a white baseball cap and a pair of black-framed plain glasses to cover it slightly. Kim Junmyeon was similar, but he specially made a hairstyle because his hair was long.

"Let's go get something to eat?"

"Sure, what places do you recommend?"

"You asked the right question. I'm telling you, there's one in Dongdaemun..."

Speaking of places to eat, Kim Junmyeon is the best expert. He immediately introduced them.

He likes to research restaurants and treat people to meals. He is the catering captain that all XO members like very much.

"I'm a little thirsty. Let's go buy a glass of water first..."

As they were talking, the two passed by the self-service convenience store inside SBS. At Kim Junmyeon's suggestion, they went in and picked a bottle of drink each, and then started queuing to pay.

There were two or three people in front of them who were paying at this time. They were wearing field hats and seemed to be the action staff inside SBS. Chi Jingyuan and the other two deliberately stood a few steps away from them and chatted quietly.

"I really envy you for being able to make a movie."

He looked at Kim Junmyeon, who had a hairstyle and was obviously much more energetic, and said with envy.

But Kim Junmyeon didn't feel flattered at all. Instead, he frowned and looked at him: "Ah, do you think I will be happy if your female fans give me some compliments? I can't tell that you are not sincere?"

"Ani, it is true. I heard that there is a big difference between filming movies and TV series... How do you feel about filming movies?"

"If you say so... it is very tiring, especially when the PD is very strict, but I don't know how to meet his requirements. At that time, it is very torturous. Everyone in the crew is looking at you..." Kim Junmyeon recalled the experience during the filming, shook his head with a lingering fear, and it seems that he does not have very good memories of the profession of movie actor.

"It's okay, brother, the first movie is a very formal drama, and it's a collaboration with Kim Ji-soo and Yoo Jun-yeol... It's much better than "Flower Boy Horror Chain Incident"?"

"Hahaha, that's right." When mentioning this legendary movie made by SM that directly cut off the film and television career of half of SJ members, Kim Junmyeon couldn't help laughing.

At this time, everyone in front of them had left, and it was their turn to pay. He scanned the code and asked, "What about you? "Signal" is so popular, and the company will probably receive a lot of scripts next. Will you take another year off like before?"

"Not necessarily. "Signal" started filming last year. This year..."

"Oppa, Aniha Saiyo..."

Before Chi Jingyuan finished speaking, a voice came from behind to greet him. He looked back and found that it was five people from Twice who came to the back at some point. Lin Nayeon, Yu Jeongyeon, Park Jihyo, Zhou Ziyu and Kim Dahyun. Kim Dahyun took the lead in greeting and calling him oppa. She had a side ponytail and smiled sweetly.

In addition to her, several people next to her also looked at Chi Jingyuan with some surprise. Obviously, they were also surprised to meet producer Chi here. At the same time, some of them looked at his baseball cap and black-framed glasses without showing any expression.

After Twice also greeted Kim Junmyeon, Chi Jingyuan paid and looked back at them, and asked with a smile: "Just a few of you? Come to buy drinks too... Have a stage at SBS today?"

At this time, the five members of Twice were all wearing colorful clothes, and it was obvious that there should be a stage performance.

Zhou Ziyu was still wearing a belly-exposing outfit, and the skin color of her waist was even darker against the white short sleeves. She seemed to feel Chi Jingyuan's sight, and instantly understood something from his eyes. She couldn't help but pursed her lips, took a step back, and inadvertently reached out to pull the corner of her clothes down.

"Yes, we have a special cooperation stage in "Gayo Daejeon" today." Park Jihyo responded with a smile.

"What dance?"

"Guess?" This is what Lin Nayeon said, she blinked and looked at Chi Jingyuan, and kept it a secret.

Chi Jingyuan glanced at him, and felt that after the recording, this girl with rabbit teeth was not so afraid of him anymore. Last time, she treated him to potato chips, and this time, she took the initiative to talk to him.

He glanced at the clothes of these girls again, and raised his eyebrows: "GEE?"

Except for Lin Nayeon, who was wearing ultra-short shorts, the other four were wearing lettered short-sleeved shirts with colorful pencil pants. This outfit, combined with their special imitation makeup of Girls' Generation, gave off a decadent and outdated taste as if they were stuck in the last century.

"Nei..." Lin Nayeon stuck out her tongue with a giggle.

Obviously they are not in the comeback period, and there is still more than a month before the release of the song. Twice is also a group member, and they are performing one special stage after another. A new girl group is really busy.

"Okay, you go ahead and buy it. Let's go first..." After paying the bill, Chi Jingyuan chatted with them for a few words without saying much. He nodded and left before preparing to leave with Jin Junmian.

"Wait a minute..."

But just when he glanced back and waved his hands to leave, he suddenly stopped. He looked at Zhou Ziyu who was hiding behind, his eyes were on the chest of her clothes, and his brows furrowed.

Twice also noticed Chi Jingyuan's abnormality. They looked at each other and didn't understand what was going on. Zhou Ziyu, whose eyes were locked, blinked and looked down at his chest in confusion - Chi Where Jingyuan's eyes were locked, he mumbled a few times without making a sound.

"..." Chi Jingyuan made a waving gesture, signaling Zhou Ziyu to lift her hair away from the front of her clothes. After she did so carefully, Chi Jingyuan saw the complete picture printed on the chest of her clothes. After arranging the English letters, he laughed a little angrily: "Who chose the clothes for you?"

"Sister Cody from the company chose it." The other four people in Twice also looked over. After looking for a long time, they couldn't find anything wrong. Lin Nalian even put her face directly on Zhou Ziyu's chest and observed her makeup. After a while, he turned around and asked strangely: "What's wrong?"

"Do you know what this sentence on your clothes means?"

"..." Zhou Ziyu glanced down and shook his head.

Seeing her confused look, Chi Jingyuan pointed at her speechlessly and said: "'Hoes take off your clothes', 'take off your clothes' means to take off your clothes, and 'Hoes' in English lingo means X female It means, so what is written on your clothes is..."

Girl, take off your clothes...

He didn't say the complete translation, but of course Twice understood it after listening to it, and looked at Zhou Ziyu in horror.

Zhou Ziyu immediately frowned after reacting, and her face turned ugly. Knowing that there was such a humiliating sentence on her clothes made her feel very ugly for a moment, and she immediately pulled her hair back. He covered it in front, and then reached out to cover the place where the words were written on his chest.

Chi Jingyuan could understand seeing her with a sad face, feeling aggrieved and not knowing what to do.

A little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, even if she is more mature, must be a little overwhelmed wearing this kind of clothes. She remembered that she was walking around in this kind of clothes just now, and maybe some people who saw it would laugh secretly. It doesn't work, and the rehearsals are all over, and it will go on stage in a while. If it is really broadcast, wouldn't it be more embarrassing?

The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt.

Especially being pointed out in front of Chi Jingyuan would make Zhou Ziyu feel extremely embarrassed at this time. The only thing he could do was to cover up the words and hide his ears.

Chi Jingyuan's expression was normal. He looked at them and asked, "It hasn't been recorded yet, right?"

Several people around him shook their heads, and at the same time they all looked down at the words on their clothes with great vigilance.

After receiving the reply of shaking his head, he continued: "Then go back quickly and let your cody change Zhou Ziyu's top before it's too late... I really don't know what you cody do for food, can no one notice such simple English? Even if it's too late... I don’t understand the lingo of ‘Hoes’, but I think junior high school students can understand the sentence after that. You JYP employees don’t have academic requirements, right?”

SM's entry requirements are very high. Many positions are not from prestigious universities, and people with certain qualifications will not even apply for them.

"Kang Sangmita..." Several people sincerely saluted Chi Jingyuan and thanked him. They were not in the mood to buy drinks. They took Zhou Ziyu and said goodbye and left: "Then Oppa, let's leave first."

When leaving, Zhou Ziyu still clutched her chest and glanced back at Chi Jingyuan, looking a little sad.

"You must be scolded if you wear such clothes on stage, right?"

Jin Junmian didn't know Twice very well, so he stood by and watched the whole process without saying much. At this moment, he watched Twice and the others leave the gloomy backs, and then he shook his head and sighed with emotion.

"Of course, everyone from the company to Cody to the idol will be scolded."

Chi Jingyuan shook his head and complained with some disdain: "Too amateurish."

"Let's go and eat."

…

When he and Kim Junmyeon were looking for a grilled beef tongue restaurant for dinner, Chi Kyung-won used his mobile phone to watch today's live broadcast of "Inkigayo". The timing was perfect and he arrived within two minutes of watching it. Twcie's special stage, this stage is a collaboration with five people from Twice and four Gfriends. The dance is youthful and full of vigor.

He also paid special attention to Zhou Ziyu. She did not change into pencil pants on the stage, but the short-sleeved top had been replaced by an ordinary white one with a love heart painted on it, and her waist was not exposed. , the corners of his clothes were tucked neatly into his pants.

She smiles sweetly in the camera. Although her skin is slightly darker, she still has a sense of innocence. I guess no fan would have imagined that there was such an interlude before performing on stage.

While eating, Chi Jingyuan also received a call from Twice's manager Jin Shangmin, who was thanking him for the clothes incident in the afternoon. Chi Jingyuan didn't say anything, and hung up after a few casual greetings.

This kind of thing is definitely not the company's explosion-proof or something. Zhou Ziyu, a minor, wore such slut-shaming clothes to perform. In addition to those black fans who already hated her, most of them would definitely just curse the company, so it must be a mistake by Cody.

But JYP's episodes and mistakes are really too many. The previous school uniform endorsement incident and this time's clothes, Twice has encountered several times since its debut. It can only be said that although JYP is known as the top three in the music industry, it has a small workshop and informal feeling everywhere.

If Twice's next one or two comebacks are not popular, or not popular enough to satisfy people, Chi Jingyuan estimated that they will not be able to hold on for long.

When he returned to the dormitory at night, he received a text message from Zhou Ziyu as expected.

"...Thank you."

The tone was awkward. She was grateful and wanted to tell him, but she couldn't bring herself to tell him. She was already a high school student and she was still like this.

"Thank you for what?" Chi Jingyuan was bored, and the content of the chat with his roommate next to him was boring. He suddenly wanted to tease her.

After all, she changed her clothes later, so there was nothing to do anyway. Otherwise, she would probably comfort her.

"What are you doing?" Although Zhou Ziyu was already familiar with Chi Jingyuan's routine, she couldn't help complaining every time at this time.

She sometimes enjoyed Chi Jingyuan's habit of teasing her like a child every time he talked to her, but sometimes she was distressed.

She obviously wanted to complain to him about the afternoon, complain a little, and then be comforted, but every time she did this, the atmosphere was disrupted.

"You don't think that what I said this afternoon was just about JYP staff, right? Such simple English, can't you understand it yourself?"

"You just put on the clothes that sister Cody distributed out of habit, and you didn't look carefully... And I'm not the only one who didn't recognize it, the manager oppa and other unnies didn't recognize it either... Everyone's English is as good as you."

Chi Jingyuan actually saw a little complaint in her tone, and sneered and asked directly: "This is a junior high school student, junior high school students can recognize it... How many points did you take in English?"

"You... why are you so weird?"

It's obvious that Zhou Ziyu's academic performance is average. Every time Chi Jingyuan bullies her with grades, it will stimulate her uncomfortable place. After this reply, she is probably angry again, and there is no movement for a long time.

Just as Chi Jingyuan smiled and took back his phone, preparing to do something else, she sent another message:

"I'm going to take a shower now, I won't talk to you anymore... Thank you, I'll treat you to dinner next time!"

Chi Jingyuan curled his lips, snorted and threw his phone aside.

qi~Who cares.

…………

In the next two days, in addition to preparing for the final encore of the second tour, EXO spent most of their time practicing the album, especially "fire", which had been changed to a pre-release song.

"fire~~~ohh"

"fire~~ ohh ei ohh~"

At this time, not long after lunch, the music of "fire" kept playing in EXO's practice room. The members began to practice with the music over and over again, panting. There was also a special dance teacher watching them, finding out their mistakes and correcting them, and giving some suggestions on stage effects.

Originally, EXO was mainly practicing Monster, and they were almost ready to start the next step. However, due to the change of plan, they suddenly switched to practicing Fire, and they were exhausted these days.

The choreography of Fire is in line with the overall standard of EXO's third album. It is a difficult type of dance moves. There are not only a lot of small movements, but also frequent movements.

Some changes of positions even rely on jumping. This kind of movement requires proficiency and tacit understanding between members. If you are not careful or make a mistake, you will easily bump into the people next to you. This situation has happened many times since the beginning of practice. Once, Bian Baekhyun stepped on someone's foot when jumping and sat on the ground and almost got injured.

Even Chi Jingyuan, who participated in the choreography, was like this. He bumped into people and stepped on their feet many times during practice. Another time, he jumped and fell down without standing. At the same time, because there were too many small movements, he would sometimes forget.

The choreography of this song is indeed a bit difficult. It is really difficult to keep your own rhythm and make the whole group dance in unison. It is not the same as the garden dance in "Cheer Up" where people hold their heads and act cute.

Sometimes, because of mistakes and forgetting movements, Chi Jingyuan, who was criticized by the teacher, actually considered whether to change to the energetic style...

"This movement is to use the waist and abdomen to exert force. Jongdae, and XIUMIN, don't you feel strange when you dance?"

"There is also the 'Crazy One' part, which is a very impactful killing part. This continuous step on the ground requires strength. You have to be strong to look good. Look in the mirror. The way you dance..."

After practicing a few times, the teacher began to correct their problems: "At present, in the entire team, only Zhongren dances very well and feels good, Jingyuan is a little worse but still OK, and the others are having big problems now. "

"Chanye's limbs are too stiff. Why are you dancing with your head down? It looks very ugly and you don't feel anything at all. Just dance in front of the mirror and see for yourself."

"Sehun is also very awkward. His steps are obviously a little slower, and he is not on the same beat as everyone else. You are still standing in the front and leading the dance. It seems particularly obvious."

"The others, where is your strength? You are so soft, ah qingjia..."

"Baekhyun danced well. I already have that feeling. It would be OK if I could be a little stronger."

From now on, most members of EXO have quite a lot of problems with the dance of "Fire". Except for a few who are slightly better, there are a lot of others.

SM dance teachers are very professional.

Generally speaking, many dance teachers in various entertainment companies are people who have been eliminated from the practice room to idol. Because they are definitely unable to debut, they can only rely on their previous skills to become a teacher.

Although they are eliminated contestants on the idol road, basically speaking, the dancing level of dance teachers is much higher than that of idols. Many of them later transformed into professional dancers.

Many of the skills of idols are developed during the trainee period. Most idols have no time to hone their dancing or other abilities after their debut. In fact, many idols who have been in the industry for a long time are eating What I have built during my trainee years, after dancing for many years, may not even be as good as my trainee days, and then my fans euphemistically call it 'always improving'.

There are very few idols who have truly improved themselves over time since their debut. There are very few idols who have made progress.

Byun Baekhyun is one of them. From his shortcomings in dancing in the team when he debuted due to too short training time, now his dancing ability has obviously caught up. He is not as good as the main dancer, but at least he is not lagging behind.

In terms of popularity, it has also jumped from being average to low in the previous two years to becoming one of EXO's TOP lines except for Ji Kyung-won. It was only achieved after falling in love and becoming a fan. This change is not unobvious.

He is obviously a very ambitious person and is willing to work hard for his ambition.

In the face of criticism from the dance teacher, all the members are very modest. There are no outsiders here, and there are no beautiful female idols, so there is no face problem. They just point out the problems and correct them.

They practiced for more than two hours before entering the break time. The ultra-high-intensity dance made everyone sit on the ground and drink water while sweating profusely.

"Is your dance choreography a bit too difficult?" Wu Shixun complained as he looked at Chi Jingyuan after taking two sips of water.

"You're still leading the dance..." Chi Jingyuan glanced at this so-called dancer with great disgust, and sneered unceremoniously: "It doesn't matter if you can't dance well, just stand at the back during the group dance, anyway. Can not see you……"

"Axi..."

Amidst Wu Shixun's angry and unhappy voice, Chi Jingyuan suddenly remembered something, stood up and ran over to talk to the agent next to him:

"Brother, I have an idea about the dance of "Fire". This song pays great attention to the stage effect. The atmosphere at the end has been heightened. If there are only nine of us on the stage, the momentum will be a bit weak. I think we can add some backup dancers. ”

This was his thought during the past two days of practice. EXO rarely brings backup dancers on stage because it has so many members, but he felt that the song "Fire" was very suitable.

"No problem, you have the final say in this regard. How many backup dancers can we add?" Chi Jingyuan himself will participate in the production of "Fire", and his manager will not put any obstacles in this.

"It's a little bit too much. I imagine there will be about... thirty to forty people. They need to fill up the entire stage. This way it will look more powerful and the effect will be better... The backup dancers don't need to come on stage in front, and the last part of the subtitles Just come up during the song... We can also design a special scene..."

While Chi Jingyuan was talking, he suddenly felt inspired again and became excited and talked more and more.

"……no problem!"

…

While the idols are working hard for their respective jobs, a few days have passed by. With the anticipation of many red velvet fans, it is finally time for the release of velvet's second mini album "The Velvet" on March 1st.