Chapter 642 What Happened?

Although Chi Jingyuan said he was optimistic about it, to be honest, if he really collided with Twice... he was actually not that optimistic.

Jung Eun Ji's solo songs this time are really good, especially the title song "Hopeful Sky", which she participated in writing and composing, is also of high quality, especially the timeless affection for her father, which is interpreted by her voice and singing skills. Very contagious.

Because the quality of the song is very high, Chi Jingyuan thinks that the sound source performance should be very good. However, in terms of market response, including popularity and hit songs, this kind of soothing ballad has no inherent advantage, especially if it is composed by Ai This is especially true when Doulai sings, and red velvet has a strong say in this.

As for Twice, although Chi Jingyuan was not very optimistic about their return at the beginning, firstly, after personal experience, he clearly realized that the average strength of the nine members of Twice, except for a few two, was really good. It was a bit green, and secondly, he didn't think the song "cheer up" was very good at first.

But after being in contact with Twice for so many days, and at the same time completing "Cheer Up" bit by bit with their efforts, his current thoughts have changed a lot from what he had at the beginning.

It's not because of how much Zhou Ziyu and the others have improved in terms of their abilities, nor because of how well he made this song... Of course there may be some reasons for this... but because he found that the girl group Twice is really suitable. The transformation of this comeback is very suitable for the song "cheer up", which includes cute, pure, and energetic styles. When I saw them practicing and performing in private, the pure atmosphere overflowing even looked at Chi Jingyuan. will be infected all the time.

And after changing to a new look, it feels even better. Several members performed very well, and they feel like they are at home in this style.

To put it bluntly, idol groups still look at people, showing themselves through music, dance, variety shows, personality and other aspects, and ultimately achieve the goal of attracting fans. Music is very important, but the charm of people is also very important.

In Chi Jingyuan's eyes, the group Twice actually has very high standards in all aspects of its members. This level is not just about singing and dancing, but also includes appearance, figure, personality, topicality, memory points, etc.

To put it bluntly, they are charming and easy to attract fans, so that fans can support them even more vigorously. This is really a very important point for idols... Chi Jingyuan himself has a strong say in this.

You can actually tell from the sales volume. Twice's debut album "THE STORY BEGINS" has sold 60,000 copies this month. This is a very good result for the new girl group. The main theme of this album The response to the song "Like OOH-AHH" was actually average when it was first released. Although Twice's hard work later led to a counterattack in terms of music, overall it was not a very popular song.

Gfirend, which has become the first girl group of the new generation, has only sold 40,000 copies of its mini-3 album at the beginning of the year when the title song "Time Passes" became a hit.

It can be seen from this aspect that although Twice is a newcomer, there are already a considerable number of fans who are willing to spend money for them and buy their albums within a few months of their debut.

Of course, the sales data is only one aspect. This data will be affected by the operating company and sales channels. Moreover, the music performance of "Time Passage" has crushed Twice.

After several months of getting along and feeling each other, Chi Jingyuan has changed his initial view. He now feels that Twice’s performance in this comeback should be pretty good. There should be no problem in being a little popular. Music performance is difficult to predict. But at least in terms of playing songs, it would be difficult for Jung Eun Ji to do well against them.

But of course you have to stand firm and support your relatives in front of them, and to be honest, Chi Kyung-won actually prefers Jung Eun-ji's song "Hope in the Sky"...

After chatting with Jung Eun-ji for a while, we had dinner together in the evening. Then Ji Kyung-won said goodbye and returned to the company. Immediately after the "fire" MV was finished, they would shoot the "monster" MV. In the past two days, they also Always preparing.

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Twice shot the MV from morning to night. They didn't sleep much at night and got up early the next morning. However, today's MV shooting was placed in the afternoon and evening. In the morning, they had to continue shooting their group variety show "Elegance". 's private life".

"My face turned red when I saw it just now. I was still thinking about how such a thing could happen, kissing in front of others."

"I kind of want to fall in love...

At this time, several members were sitting around a long wooden table, exchanging something in a low voice with some excitement. The program team had just set up a hidden camera link, asking them to take turns one after another when going upstairs. Take an elevator, arrange for a couple to kiss intimately in front of them in the elevator, and then film each member's reaction.

Only Zhou Ziyu sat next to him and looked extremely calm, while looking at the sisters next to him curiously.

She was too slow just now, and wanted to exercise a bit, so she took the initiative to ask for the stairs to go up.

This was their first group photoshoot after changing their looks. Everyone looked at each other with a rather novel feeling.

The nearby filming crew gathered around with cameras and radio equipment. The PD came up and explained to a few people, and then the filming continued.

"Now, it's time to understand Twice's ideal type!"

"Let's conduct an ideal World Cup for a film and television drama character!"

"Wow, this is my first time doing this, it's quite refreshing."

"Curious!" Maybe it was because they had just started filming and hadn't gotten into the mood yet. The reactions given by several members after hearing this topic felt a bit perfunctory. Only Lin Nalian, who was most interested in the TV series, suddenly became energetic and shook her forehead. I combed my bangs specially today, looking very expectant.

Each of them holds a sign with A on the front and a red background, and B on the back with a blue background. This sign is used to show their choice.

"The first group, A's Jin Guo played by Ok Taecyeon in "Dream High" VS Song Sendong played by Kim Soo Hyun in B's "Dream High"."

As soon as the program team came up, they joined in the selfishness and chose the two protagonists in "Dream High", a TV series that JYP Company participated in filming.

Seeing that Ok Taecyeon, a senior from the same company 2PM, was there, the members of Twice immediately knew how to choose.

"1, 2, 3..." As Park Ji Hyo counted down, all the members stood up their signs in front of them. At a glance, they all showed "A", which showed the team spirit of JYP and the respect that Twice members have for their seniors in the same company.

Only the two maknae, Sun Chaeyoung and Zhou Ziyu, had blue ‘B’s in their hands that stood out.

Seeing that her sisters were all looking at her with strange eyes, Zhou Ziyu quickly explained sincerely in somewhat broken Korean: "I actually like Taecyeon Oppa... But when I was watching this TV series, I was even more attracted to him. I like the character Song Sendong.”

Sun Chaeyoung sat next to her and kept nodding, as if I thought the same thing.

"It is indeed the maknae..." Park Jihyo sighed as she looked at the two of them. She felt that these two people were kind of cute in their honesty.

However, with the completion of the first group, the twcie members who seemed to be lacking energy just now are also interested. As young girls, of course they are still very interested in handsome senior actors. This ideal World Cup feels quite interesting.

"Okay, next group!"

"A Kim Tan played by Ji Kyung Won in "The Heirs" VS Choi Young Do played by Kim Woo Bin in "The Heirs"."

Seeing this duel on the screen, especially a familiar face and name, several members' eyes lit up and they couldn't help but smile.

"Ah, it's so hard to choose!" Sun Caiying saw these two people and started to complain: "Both of them are my style, it's super hard to choose!"

Lin Nalian glanced at her in surprise: "Is it difficult to choose?"

She thought it was a good choice.

Zhou Ziyu next to him did not speak, staring at the photos on the monitor with big eyes and blinking. The program team chose a famous still photo of Chi Jingyuan when he played Jin Tan, with his head half tilted and a smile. He tilted his head slightly and paired with a high-quality suit and tie, he looked extremely noble.

I don't know why, although the clothes and hairstyle were completely different, Zhou Ziyu was inexplicably reminded of the moment when he sat in the passenger seat of Chi Jingyuan's car last year and suddenly saw his side face with smoky gray hair.

"1, 2, 3..."

After Park Ji Hyo finished counting down, everyone put up the cardboard, and eight red 'A's instantly filled the screen. At a glance, only the blue 'B' in Lin Nayeon's hand looked extremely awkward.

"Chi, has A advanced..." Lin Nalian looked around. The confident smile on her face dissipated and turned into surprise. She looked left and right: "Isn't there anyone who chooses B? Don't you know the famous lines?"

Maybe she felt that her choice was a bit too conspicuous, or maybe she really felt that B was the right one. She waved her right hand and gestured, trying to explain to the members: "Cui Young Do is really handsome... and there is another sentence. Haven’t you heard the famous line ‘Why is it like this, it makes me want to protect you’? It’s so tear-jerking!”

She almost cried when she said this line. Unfortunately, the people next to her didn't react at all. Najing Nan glanced at her and licked her lips lightly, then turned her head and looked at the monitor again.

"Okay, okay, no matter what, Jin Tan advanced!" Park Jihyo waved his hand to end Lin Nayeon's explanation and went directly to the next group of opponents.

Lin Nalian glanced around with a little disgust, especially Zhou Ziyu and the three Neon members. She felt that these people had probably never watched the show. Since they couldn't understand the charm of the characters, they just chose whoever was handsome. Which.

"A Han Yi-an played by Nam Joo-hyuk in "School 2015" VS Gong Tae-kwang played by Yook Sung-jae in "School 2015."

"Wow, this is so hard to choose!"

"I like both of them very much!"

Several local members immediately became excited. Compared with some distant chaebols, this kind of campus emotional drama is closer to their lives.

"Um...who can give me a brief explanation?" Zhou Ziyu also felt that this game was very interesting and involved, but she had not watched "School 2015" and pointed to the screen and asked her sister next to her for help.

"Han Yi'an is a very kind-hearted type, kind and a bit boring. He is a close relative and a close relative. He is the kind who is silent and does not speak..."

When someone asked about this, Lin Nalian immediately forgot her little dissatisfaction and immediately introduced her to the maknae.

While she was summarizing accurately, she extended her right index finger to make gestures with wisdom in her eyes, and her rabbit teeth reflected the light. She looked like a knowledgeable professor who was giving a lecture, and she looked extremely confident.

There is no TV series that she has not watched.

"Don't speak? Ani..." Upon hearing this, Zhou Ziyu waved his hands in disgust.

Lin Nalian didn't care and continued: "Kong Taiguang is a bit arrogant..."

"What does tsundere mean?" Zhou Ziyu didn't quite understand this Korean word.

Sun Caiying, who was next to her, explained it to her very understandingly: "It means that I obviously take good care of you, but pretend not to take care of you...or sometimes I help you a lot and take care of you, but I don't care about you. I still have to use my poisonous tongue to make you feel uncomfortable..."

"Forehead……"

Zhou Ziyu suddenly paused after hearing this explanation. A figure appeared in her mind like a conditioned reflex. She pursed her lips and looked at the stills of Kong Taiguang on the monitor, but her eyes were filled with shadows of other people.

‘Would you like to find a rooftop room for you to go up and watch the stars? ’

‘Things that elementary school students know. ’

‘What’s your score in math? ’

Some memories from the past involuntarily came to mind, and Zhou Ziyu couldn't help but complain in her heart, thinking about those feelings that made her unable to breathe after listening to them.

People with this kind of personality... are really annoying.

Just thinking about it in her mind, after Park Jihyo finished counting down, she raised the 'B' side of the sign at an extremely fast speed without hesitation. At the same time, she didn't know what she was thinking of, and she grinned. got up.

"Mina also choose B? Why?"

Park Jihyo looked around, and finally looked at Mingjing Nan next to him. He was a little curious and gave Mingjing Nan, who had not spoken much, a burden.

"Because I have a relatively cautious personality. According to what Nayeon Oni said just now, if you are dating someone who doesn't take the initiative to speak, the two of you probably won't do anything."

Najing Nan seemed to be a little serious, pouted, frowned slightly and did not explain. After speaking, she raised her eyes and swayed for a moment, as if she was imagining something, and then used the hand in her hand with some embarrassment. The sign covered half of his face and smiled and whispered: "Actually, I like the kind of people who can guide me."

"Oh..." Several members nearby started to cheer, and then looked at Najing Nan's slightly red face and became more and more bold.

Next, we did several duels, including "Kill Me Heal Me", "Reply 1988", "Descendants of the Sun", and "Signal". The main characters of several popular dramas all appeared in Twice's ideal World Cup. Among the candidates, every group of choices appears. As long as someone has not seen it, Lin Nalian will take the initiative to introduce it to her enthusiastically. She can summarize the personality of each character very incisively.

Again, there is no drama that she has not watched.

If you haven't even seen her...

After several rounds of selection, we entered the finals, Kim Tan played by Ji Kyung Won in "The Heirs" VS Yoo Si Jin played by Song Joong Ki in "Descendants of the Sun".

Although Descendants of the Sun is very popular right now, Chi Jingyuan himself has some very loyal fans among Twice, so the competition is still fierce. But just when the members were looking left and right, ready to choose, PD suddenly The recording was stopped, and then the manager came up to explain something to them.

"Although these two characters are both outstanding and handsome, Jingyuan Xi, the main character, is an idol like you and you often encounter him. Choosing him in the end may cause some misunderstandings, so..."

Of course, the members will do whatever the manager and PD say, and they also know very well about the fans of boy groups and girl groups. In the end, through deliberate manipulation, Jin Tan came in second, and Yoo Si Jin became the second in twice. An ideal World Cup winner.

Just what you think in your heart is naturally not enough for outsiders to understand.

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"Thank you to Mr. Lee Soo Man, thank you to SM Company, thank you to the staff who have been helping us, thank you to all EXO-L who like us, thank you to the fans in the mainland who have always supported us..."

Today is April 9th. The EXO group followed the company's employees to the mainland of China to attend the 16th Music Chart Awards Night. SM still attaches great importance to these ceremonies and activities in the Mainland. Just for this music chart, this is the third time EXO has participated in it in the four years since their debut. EXO-M even arranged their debut stage at this party. .

They were standing on the stage of the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, and Chi Jingyuan, who was in charge of Chinese, was delivering his acceptance speech for the ‘Most Popular Overseas Group of the Year Award’.

Chi Jingyuan looked at the many mainland fans in the auditorium holding EXO banners, words of support, and Ali sticks, and laughed happily, and finally said in smooth Chinese:

"I am really honored to receive this award. We will continue to work hard to become a better EXO..."

Then it was time for the stage. The organizer obviously regarded EXO as one of the heavyweight guests to attract fans and talk tonight, and gave them a performance of three and a half songs for nearly 17 minutes. Fortunately, there was a little chat in the middle. The first session is for rest, otherwise they may not be able to persist because they are too tired.

Because of the setting of a Sino-Korean boy group, almost all of EXO's title songs and albums since their debut have been specially made into Chinese versions, and when they performed in Xiaguo, they naturally performed the Chinese version. However, Chi Jingyuan felt that the company did not put much effort into the Chinese lyrics for some songs. Some songs were okay for other members, but he, who is proficient in Chinese, would feel very awkward and awkward when performing.

"My love grows every day... Mom!"

Named "Call Me Baby", what was filled in for rhyme.

When EXO received the award and performed, several people in the third row of the artist seats below stood and listened and watched the whole time, showing great respect and politeness.

They came together and will officially debut today. They are SM's new generation boy group after EXO, the first sub-group of NCT to debut, NCT U.

NCT is the abbreviation of "Neo Culture Technology", which was a long-standing idol group of Lee Soo-man, and finally opened up to the openness of vision this year, and expanded infinitely.

There are many members in NCT and several sub-groups. NCT U, which debuted today, is one of them. Its characteristic is that the members are not fixed. Each time they return, the members will change according to the style.

The company's arrangement for NCT U is very interesting. It also arranged the official debut stage on the Music Billboard. At the same time, one of the songs performed was specially written in Chinese lyrics, which has an inexplicable similarity with EXO-M, which also debuted here four years ago.

Perhaps they have tasted the sweetness from EXO and have a feeling of wanting their juniors to copy it. And it can be seen that SM Company, or Lee Soo Man, attaches great importance to this super-large and unlimited expansion men's project that has just started. Even Lee Soo Man himself came to the scene, and brought Kangta with him.

At this time, EXO had finished their performance and sat down below. Chi Jingyuan looked at the boys of NCT U who were performing on the stage, and suddenly felt something in his heart. He recalled some things when EXO just debuted. I remember hearing the people from Team M complaining that they were squeezed out when they debuted on the Music Billboard. Some music seniors in the mainland looked down on them...

Unknowingly, so much time has passed. Today, even the next generation of boy bands have debuted.

Seeing the debut stage of SM's next generation boy band, watching the familiar members such as Lee Taeyong dancing with great vitality but immaturity, at that moment, Chi Jingyuan suddenly had a sense of reality that "it turns out that he is also old" and "I have become a senior". This feeling occasionally existed before, but it has never been as clear as today.

"Jingyuan, what do you think of the children's performance today?"

At this time, Lee Soo-man, who was sitting next to him, came over, pointed his lips at the stage, and asked with a smile.

Ji Jingyuan looked at Ten, who had just fallen on the stage and made a mistake when Lee Soo-man finished speaking, and laughed softly, but said in appreciation: "Very good, very energetic."

He was not saying it in a sarcastic way, but he really felt so.

In fact, he had no prejudice against NCT, which was about to debut one after another. Although the debut of a new boy group would inevitably cause some problems in the company's resource allocation, EXO is not just a return or two, and it can't be shaken by one or two songs. They are now the real pillars of SM. One group plus Ji Jingyuan accounts for a large proportion of the company's annual revenue.

And even if they were to grab resources, they couldn't grab them from Ji Jingyuan, so he was quite natural.

At the same time, the people under SM were really polite. Ji Jingyuan had met the NCT group many times in the company. No matter what they did in private, everyone showed great respect to him, a senior who was famous in the company. The kind of politeness that made you feel that he really admired and respected you was still a good feeling.

He has met several members many times and is quite familiar with them, such as Lee Taeyong, who has starred in Red Velvet's MV, and he is almost always in SM Town, and he always comes to say hello.

Although NCT has debuted, the local boy group market in the peninsula has been almost divided up. EXO is like a mountain pressing on it, occupying the largest share, and many boy groups are suffocating. I don't know what these junior groups will develop into.

Watching NCT U performing on the stage, Chi Jingyuan's thoughts slowly drifted to other places and thought of something else.

It's a bit regrettable that Luhan didn't come today. Originally, Chi Jingyuan thought he could see this former member who had a good relationship with him today. I heard that the personal album released by this brother last year received a good response. There is a song "Medal" in it that he likes quite a lot...but I feel that this brother's ability seems to have regressed a bit.

When the past grievances were cleared away by time and only some dust remained, he actually sometimes missed the previous period of twelve members. On Chi Jingyuan’s birthday last May, this brother liked a birthday post sent by domestic fans for Chi Jingyuan.

What a pity.

After the party in China, the EXO group returned to Seoul the next day and continued to work hard on the progress of their third regular album.

Just after lunch, Chi Jingyuan and Wu Sehun returned to the company and were chatting in the practice room. They were discussing fiercely about who should be the center and who was the center thief in the "PRODUCE 101" that had ended. Suddenly, his cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Son Seungwan calling.

Chi Jingyuan answered the call casually. His tone was familiar and relaxed. He asked directly without saying hello,

"What's wrong?"

"..."

"Are you sick?"