Chapter 667 She's Coming Soon

"Haha, it's a girl group that you are very familiar with..." Hearing Chi Jingyuan's question, Li Chenghuan smiled very interestingly and answered directly without any hesitation: "It's Twice."

"The last thing is the Baeksang Arts Awards on the 3rd of next month." Turning over the memo in his hand, Lee Seung-hwan glanced at it and then looked up: "All the related things on the company side have been prepared, and the brand side is sponsoring Remember to take the time to choose a few sets of clothes... How about you, are you confident that you will make a breakthrough this time and win a more important award than last time? "

"No." Chi Jingyuan didn't think much about it. He leaned lazily on the back of the sofa and responded weakly.

This year’s 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards is confirmed to be officially held on the 3rd of next month. The nomination list for this year’s various awards was announced on May 2nd, and the Popularity Award was launched the next day. Online voting.

And Chi Jingyuan was once again a candidate for several heavyweight awards after Zhang Klai in "The Unborn". In addition to the Popularity Award, which will always be selected, he also won the Best Actor in the TV Series category with Zhao Zhenxiong. With the nominations of actors, plus Kim Hye-soo who was selected as the best actress, the three protagonists of "Signal" have all been nominated for the most important awards, which can be said to be very outstanding.

Unfortunately, Chi Jingyuan was pessimistic about winning the award because he looked at his competitors and took into account the actual situation.

This year, there has been an explosion of outstanding TV dramas in Peninsula, with many outstanding works appearing, such as "Reply 1988", "The Signal", "Six Flying Dragons", "Descendants of the Sun", "Dragon Bayi", "Martial God Zhao Zilong", etc. All of them are popular dramas that dominate the moment, making the competition for awards in the Baeksang TV drama category this year very fierce.

Although "Signal" is also very successful and can be regarded as the pinnacle of peninsula suspense dramas, what is more impressive is the script and overall structure of this drama. Moreover, although the three protagonists were all selected for the best actor, the three protagonists The settings still distract a lot of attention.

Although Chi Kyung-won is very confident in his performance in "Signal" and has received a lot of praise, but to be fair, he actually feels that Zhao Zhenxiong, who plays Lee Chae-han, performs better and more maturely than himself in the drama. Yes, several impressive scenes are very contagious.

Even in internal competitions, the chances of winning are not very high, and it becomes even more dangerous when it is taken out.

"Don't be so unsure..." Apparently he had understood the situation. Li Chenghuan also understood the award format very well, but he still laughed and said haha: "I have been paying attention to the voting for the Popularity Award. Yesterday, your vote count was still Even though he is ahead of Song Joong-ki, there is still a popularity award guaranteed this time.”

"Stop talking, brother."

Speaking of this, Chi Jingyuan smiled helplessly, leaned over and waved his hand: "I have won the Popularity Award several times, it doesn't matter whether I win it or not... And this year's Male and Female Popularity Award, Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo They are all favorites to win the award. When the time comes, the two Song Dynasty CPs will go on stage together and hold the cup together to win the popularity award. How romantic, the meaning is good, and the gimmicks are full. All the audience and even the guests are looking forward to it. It will definitely be the one of this Baeksang. Explosive point.”

Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo fell in love due to their drama. After their relationship was exposed, they became the focus of countless viewers and passers-by, and became a good story in the film and television industry. Song Joong Ki immediately rose to the top after leaving the army, and Song Hye Kyo also swept away the negative impact of the previous tax evasion scandal. Song CP has become the most popular male and female group in the peninsula. Countless fans have been looking forward to the two of them getting on the podium of this Baeksang Arts Awards for a long time.

Chi Jingyuan drank the rest of the coffee in one gulp, burped lightly, and then added as if he had experienced it: "Song Hye Kyo's vote for the Popularity Award is already far ahead. On the men's side, Song Joong Ki and I The votes have always been slightly ahead... But even if my votes are slightly ahead by then, I guess the program team will definitely give the award to Song Joong-ki in the end... When they participate in the show, they sit together openly and hold hands. Yes, when the awards are given, one of them will stand up to receive the award, and the other will sit there and watch. It’s not good. Even Aili will probably be a little disappointed by this..."

This year's Baeksang Arts Awards has not even started yet, but Chi Jingyuan has almost thought of the final outcome. He actually already understands the awarding logic of these award ceremonies very well.

In fact, if it weren't for the warm invitation from the organizer of the Best Actor selection and the fact that he, as last year's Newcomer Award winner, was to be the guest presenter for this year's Newcomer Award, he actually didn't really want to go this time...

"Shuang Song... is indeed quite popular." In fact, Li Chenghuan also agreed with Chi Jingyuan's analysis. He nodded helplessly: "This time, Song Hye Kyo and the previous dramas did not seem to be in love. Same, I heard that the two of them are getting married..."

"Is it true?" Upon hearing this news, Chi Jingyuan, who didn't have much ambition for awards, immediately shifted his attention, leaned over and asked curiously.

He thinks it's quite normal for Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo to have a romantic relationship. Getting married...isn't it a little too much?

So far, he feels that the word marriage is very far away from him.

"I also heard from friends in the industry. I heard that the news came from Song Hye Kyo's manager..." Li Chenghuan also became interested and vividly told Chi Jingyuan the gossip he had heard.

After talking for a while, it ended with some unfinished thoughts. Chi Jingyuan was about to say goodbye and leave. At this time, Li Chenghuan remembered that there was something else he had not said, and quickly gave a final reminder: "By the way, the character problem in "Goblin" is... You need to hurry up and make a decision. The crew is already urging you because they seem to choose the heroine to play with you based on your role after you audition and the role is confirmed. You may not be able to decide yet. , they are not easy to operate later.”

Chi Jingyuan stood up, thought about it for two seconds, nodded and responded;

"I understand... Then I'll go and get busy first."

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"Then let's go first."

After practicing together twice in the practice room in the afternoon and performing on stage for a few days, Byun Baekhyun, Kim Minseok, and Kim Jongdae stood up and said goodbye. They have been confirmed to become the three members of EXO's first sub-unit CBX. There have been a lot of team-related meetings to be held recently.

"I have nothing to do this afternoon. What are you going to do? Go out to play or go back and play games?" After the three of them left, the remaining EXO members who had no personal schedules gathered together to chat about the upcoming meeting. Wu Shixun looked at the operation next to him. Chi Jingyuan, who was holding his cell phone, asked.

"I can't play..." Chi Jingyuan wrote a text message and clicked to send it before shaking his head: "Taeyeon asked me to go over there for something...and then I have to sort out the songs. The company has produced a few songs. Let me listen to the song."

"You're really busy."

After exhaling and ignoring the weird math guru, Chi Jingyuan took a sip of water, stood up, said hello to the others, put his bag on his back and walked out of the practice room.

In previous meetings, Ji Kyung Won has been confirmed to be the first member of EXO to debut solo, and Byun Baekhyun, Kim Min Seok, and Kim Jong Dae are also confirmed to debut as members of EXO's first sub-unit. In accordance with SM's past traditions and practices, the team name is based on the initials of three people's stage names: CBX. It has been confirmed that they will officially debut in October. Before that, they will also work on the TV series "Bu Bu Jing" starring Byeon Baek Hyun. Heart: Li" sang the OST to warm up.

In fact, the company cares about their own opinions on the matter of the sub-unit. The selection was discussed at a meeting within the EXO team. Some people were very interested, such as Byun Baekhyun and Kim Min-seok, while others said they didn't care. , such as Ji Kyung Won and Do Kyung Soo.

After several discussions, the current CBX was finally chosen based on the company's suggestions.

According to SM's concept of forming sub-units for its groups, a very popular member is usually the leader of the group, and then suitable members are selected. CBX chose Byeon Baekhyun, a member in the upper echelon of popularity, to lead the team...Excluding the faulty Ji Kyung-won, he is now one of the most popular members in the EXO team.

Although the sub-unit will have many more activities, more exposure opportunities and even income, which will naturally allow many members to have ideas and strive for it, however, in fact, the sub-unit is not a place for the back members of the team to gather and compete for opportunities to show their faces, even if EXO is popular It's very high, but everything has the possibility of failure, so this is a safer method, like the previous Girls' Generation TTS.

AOA's sub-unit at the beginning of the year was a very good negative material. Instead of letting popular members lead the team, they selected the three most popular backs in the team to form a back sub-unit, and then disbanded after their debut without causing any splash.

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"how do you feel?"

In the music room, looking at Chi Jingyuan who took off his earphones after listening to the song, Kim Taeyeon next to him stared at her. Sitting next to him, she remained reserved and asked with some expectation.

In the morning, Chi Jingyuan received a call from this sister. Her new album to be released next month has almost been produced. She wants Chi Jingyuan, a good friend and a trusted producer, to listen to it this time. Regarding the quality of the album, it would be better to give some opinions and reference. If you think it is good, praise it and give it some confidence.

After Chi Jingyuan finished his work in the afternoon, he called Kim Taeyeon and took the staff to the music room to start tasting her new album.

Different from the subway song "Rain" at the beginning of the year, this "Why" is Kim Taeyeon's real second mini-album. This time Ji Kyung-won did not participate in the creation of the song, but the album is still well-produced and the resources provided by the company are also very good. The same name The title song "Why" was composed by LDN Noise, a well-known British composition duo.

LDN Noise is a foreign composition team that has been very active and successful in Kpop in the past two years, including SHinee's "View", red velvet's "Dumb Dumb", FX's "4 Walls", and even EXO's upcoming title song "monster" They are involved in composing or arranging, and their abilities and characteristics are outstanding. What they are best at is the fashionable electronic style that uses a lot of EDM.

However, this album is very different from the previous debut album "I", especially the style of the title song "why" is completely different from the once popular "I", abandoning the ballads that she is best at.

Ji Jingyuan also participated in the song selection and gave a lot of opinions. In the end, Kim Taeyeon chose "Why" as the title song with her own approval. She gave up on repeating the previous path as an insurance policy and took away the "Lyric Taeyeon" song. ' label, stepping out of their comfort zone, trying more styles, more freestyles.

It is amazing to have such awareness and challenge.

She was so proud when she was selecting songs, but now that the album is ready, she suddenly becomes a little nervous. The debut album "I" is a big hit, which has caused her to have a lot of pressure on performance. This time, she called Chi Jingyuan to listen and ask for his opinion, but the main reason is to gain some confidence from him.

Chi Jingyuan saw it at a glance.

"Didn't I listen to it during the demo before?" Chi Jingyuan scratched his cheek.

"How can the demo and the finished product be the same? You didn't even listen to the arrangement at that time!"

Looking at the sister's round eyes, he of course followed suit and said seriously: "Tropical House arrangement style is the most popular in Europe recently, and there are many audiences. Although it is tropical house, it does not abuse electronic music. I really like the introduction of this guitar. The moment the chorus comes out, it gives people a sense of surprise of the change of style. Noona's voice is really very suitable for the style of this song. I can hardly imagine what it would be like if someone else sang this song."

"The bridge before the last chorus is wonderful, but it's a pity that it's a bit short."

"The vocal is very tense, and it feels a lot better than before..."

"Taeyeon Noona, your title song this time is very bold, a little bit biased towards European and American style, but it is very wonderful. You can choose the style you want to try and stick to it. Compared with Tiffany's "I Just Wanna Dance", I think your song is the real 'I Just Wanna Dance'. Dance'."

Finally, he nodded vigorously:

"There will definitely be a lot of people who like it."

Although he said it beautifully, at the same time, he actually had another word in his heart...that is, it is estimated that many people will not like it.

Like Huang Miying's solo song, Kim Taeyeon's title song this time is also somewhat biased towards European and American style. Although some special adjustments have been made in the arrangement and singing for the sake of the market and the audience, Chi Jingyuan feels that the audience may still not be as good as expected.

He thinks that the results should be difficult to surpass "I", and the distance may even be a little obvious.

However, many people around are staff members of this album, and Kim Taeyeon is in urgent need of confidence. It is useless to say this when the album is ready. Of course, he will not be annoying to say so.

If there are no outsiders in private, he can seriously talk about some shortcomings and regrets.

"Qingjia?" Kim Taeyeon blinked several times in a row.

It can be seen that Chi Jingyuan's professional praise made her very excited and satisfied, and her eyes were wide open like a hamster.

"Of course..."

"Well, um...ah, ah, ah, ah, ah..." After a long time of not being able to hold back, Kim Taeyeon laughed a few times, her laughter piercing the clouds and cracking the rocks, making Chi Jingyuan, who was too close, hesitate for a moment, and had not yet chosen to cover his ears.

After laughing with a sense of satisfaction, this sister rolled her eyes at Chi Jingyuan with a smile, and stretched out her hand to hit him: "What about the other songs..."

She knew Chi Jingyuan, and she was also very perceptive. Of course, she could see that this kid might not have said everything because someone around him was talking.

But she also understood and didn't care.

"Others..."

After chatting about the album in a good atmosphere for a while, Kim Taeyeon proudly crossed her legs on the chair, drinking the drink that the assistant had just bought, and casually asked: "Jingyuan, what's going on later? Dinner together tonight?"

"I have to go to my own music room to sort out the songs later, and listen to the songs that the company asked me to choose." Chi Jingyuan did not hide it.

"Solo song selection?" Kim Taeyeon looked over as she became interested.

Many people in the company had heard that Chi Jingyuan had confirmed his solo, and she was one of them.

As the first solo member of a top group like EXO, it would certainly attract a lot of attention, not to mention that Chi Jingyuan, who has made great achievements in music and has a huge popularity, would go solo. Even colleagues or people in the industry could not help but feel a lot of anticipation when they heard the news.

"Well, the company has been planning to debut for a long time, but the progress has not been fast, and we can't find a song that we like."

"Of course, your solo album has higher requirements." Kim Taeyeon raised her right foot as a matter of course.

"..." Chi Jingyuan also agreed with this statement. He looked at the girl in front of him, thought about it, and asked, "Why don't we go listen to it together? I can give you some advice."

Hearing this invitation, the girl's eyes lit up.

"It seems that you also know that Nuna has good taste."

Putting the coffee on the table, he jumped on the ground with both feet, and waved his big hands vigorously:

"Let's go!"

...

"Your music room is really good, much better than the public ones in the company."

Neither of them brought an assistant. They took the elevator down one floor, walked through the corridor and entered Chi Jingyuan's special music room. Kim Taeyeon sat on the small sofa that Chi Jingyuan pulled out for him in front of the computer and looked around, opening her mouth in amazement.

After moving to the company building, the company naturally prepared a brand new personal music room for Chi Jingyuan. Compared with the one in the old building, it has made all-round progress. The area alone is almost twice as large, and there is a place in the middle. The various equipment and equipment on display are all the latest top-notch products, and they smell like money just by looking at them.

The decoration is even more exquisite and high-end. It is in line with the building's usual decoration style. The light yellow walls look very comfortable when paired with the floor. There are several Pokémon dolls standing on the computer desk and coffee table, as well as what should have been on the walls. The place where the mural is hung is occupied by a carefully framed oil painting portrait of Doraemon, which demonstrates Chi Jingyuan's strong personal style.

Kim Taeyeon looked a little envious.

"Well, if the treatment is not good, what would you call a royal family?"

Chi Jingyuan responded with a smile, went to the refrigerator nearby to get a glass of iced Americano and a glass of orange juice, walked over and handed the coffee to Kim Taeyeon, and then sat in front of the computer next to him.

He always felt that the title of royal family was a compliment... and he was actually quite satisfied with this music room.

"When I come out, I need to select songs that may be included in my solo, as well as a stage song that will be used in concerts... There are many candidates now, some written by myself, and some prepared for me by the company. Nu, which one do you want to listen to first? ?”

Chi Jingyuan turned on the computer and operated it skillfully, then asked.

"Of course I'll listen to you first!" Kim Taeyeon didn't hesitate at all.

She has listened to the songs in the company's music library many times, and most of them are of very average quality, nothing new, and many of them are demos without much arrangement, which makes the listening experience very average.

Of course, the songs prepared by the company for each group and each person are different. As for Ji Kyung-won... Although Kim Taeyeon doesn't really want to say it, the songs prepared by the company must be of good quality, but no matter what Said that she is still most interested in the songs written by Chi Jingyuan himself.

"My own... I haven't written many songs myself. I haven't felt much about it recently. I picked out a few..." Chi Jingyuan nodded and operated the mouse: "These two songs are the most complete. The arrangement We’ve already done it, so let’s listen to this song “Music Box” first. It’s a song I like very much and is a candidate for the solo album. I sang it myself in the demo.”

"Hurry up!" Kim Taeyeon put on her earphones and urged expectantly.

Chi Jingyuan tuned up the song and was about to click play when the cell phone next to him suddenly rang.

He paused, stopped what he was doing, picked up his phone and looked at it.

"What's wrong?" Kim Taeyeon took off her headphones and looked over.

"Well..." Chi Jingyuan swiped the screen up and down and shook his head: "Zhu Hyun and the others have finished their practice and are fine now. Send me a text message to ask me what I am doing."

"Tsk, tsk, you call me 'Joo Hyun', you're calling her so intimately, aren't you a teenager? Why don't you call her Noona?" Kim Taeyeon's voice was very disgusting. This sister's focus is a bit different from ordinary people.

Chi Jingyuan shrugged and did not reply.

Normally when we get along in private, he wouldn't call her "Joohyun" because it feels a little weird, but in front of other people, he doesn't hesitate to show his intimacy.

"Irene should be in the company, so why don't you ask her to come over and listen together." Kim Taeyeon quickly came up with a good idea. After seeing Chi Jingyuan's lack of reaction, she asked with some suspicion: "Aren't you worried about others leaking your music source?" Bar?"

After Chi Jingyuan heard this, he stopped replying and couldn't help the weirdness in his heart. He turned his head and looked at Kim Taeyeon with a strange look.

I am willing to let you come, why would you still worry about your father?

And...do you even need to say that?

"Yeah, what's in your eyes?"

Chi Jingyuan's look made her a little unhappy, and the girl who instantly understood what he meant was a little angry.

"..."

As long as you understood the meaning, Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips and did not reply. He quickly tapped the screen a few times and sent it. After seeing the reply that came instantly, he said:

"She'll be here soon."