Chapter 688: Disdain

"What do you recommend?"

Kim Eun-sook asked with a smile, and then added without waiting for Chi Jingyuan's answer: "Although we have never cast actors for this drama because the most important male lead has not been decided yet, but you also know that our drama , haha... So she is relatively well-known in the industry. The crew has received many actor lists and resumes submitted by agencies, such as Park Bo Young xi, Yoo In Na xi, Park Shin Hye xi, etc..."

After a pause, she adjusted her glasses: "The crew has also considered and imagined many candidates who are more suitable for the character and suitable for you, such as the original Kim Go Eun xi, IU xi, Lee Hye Ri xi, Bae Suzy xi... We even thought about Lin YoonAxi, but many people didn’t support it. After all, she and you are from the same company, and SM, haha...

Chi Jingyuan listened to these names very seriously, especially a few familiar names that made his heart move. However, after listening to it, he had no intention of answering. He just looked at Jin Enshu and shook his head with a bitter smile: "I don't understand this kind of thing." I don’t have any opinions now, it’s definitely based on the thoughts of Nuna and your crew.”

His own role hasn't been finalized yet, so how could he directly give any advice on the casting of the heroine? Even if Kim Eun-sook is very optimistic and appreciates him, and it's just a private discussion, he won't go too far.

And Chi Jingyuan actually doesn’t have any suggestions now. He hasn’t studied the setting of the heroine very much, and he doesn’t know who is more suitable... Although in most TV dramas on Peninsula, ‘suitability’ is not actually very important, as connections and Relationships, the resources and communication of the brokerage company are the most important.

Even if he wants to give suggestions, he should wait until his own role is determined and he has a clear idea...

"You……"

Hearing what Chi Jingyuan said, Jin Enshu looked at Chi Jingyuan helplessly and smiled. She stretched out her hand and nodded at him a few times. She obviously understood what Chi Jingyuan meant and did not continue to ask. She took a sip of coffee and nodded: "Then let's decide your role first and then talk about it..."

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After saying goodbye to Kim Eun-sook, I took the car back to the company. The traffic in Seoul was still so frustrating. There were congestion in many places on the way back, and the stop-and-go was very inconsistent.

Chi Jingyuan, on the other hand, was not bothered by the traffic jam. He was sitting in the back seat of the nanny car, thinking about the information he had just received from Jin Eunshu.

The two male leads were determined to be Gong Yoo and him, and the script was also given to them. After a period of consideration, Chi Jingyuan already had the intention to agree, while Gong Yoo had already rejected it once before, and then There has been no further reply for a long time, so I'm probably not interested.

According to this sister's tone and statement, if there are no changes in Gong Yoo's future, there should be no problem for him to take over the male lead position if he makes some moves here.

But I still have to watch the meeting with director Li Yingfu and the subsequent audition.

On the contrary, the news the heroine heard was quite interesting.

The crew originally planned that the heroine who will play the role of 'Loli' is Kim Go-eun... Ji Kyung-won met her at the Baeksang Arts Awards a few days ago and chatted with her for a few words. This girl's acting skills are indeed quite good. , but she is not a beauty in the standard sense in terms of appearance. If she takes off the "uncle and lolita" setting, it would seem a bit inadequate in a love drama that has high requirements on appearance.

Chi Kyung-won recalled Jin Go-eun's short hair style that night at Baeksang. It would be a bit inappropriate to act with him.

After Kim Go Eun, most of the candidates mentioned by Kim Eun Sook are well-known young actresses, and the most familiar ones are naturally Lim Yoon Ah and Bae Suzy.

The crew of Yoona sunbae already felt that it was not suitable. After all, it is impossible for the male and female protagonists to use actors from the same SM company to make it look like a self-made drama.

However, the focus of senior Yoona's recent activities has shifted to mainland China. The income there is much higher than that on the peninsula. I heard that she has confirmed to accept a large-scale TV series in the mainland and is about to enter the mainland. We are now in the stage of preparing to start filming. For this reason, we have rejected several scripts from the peninsula. "The K2" that Chi Jingyuan got last time was one of them.

Maybe seniors still don't like this "Ghost".

As for Bae Suzy...after "Introduction to Architecture" became a hit, her performance in the films she filmed in the past two years was not particularly good. JYP's resources in the film and television industry were not good enough. After a lot of hard work, she received the role of "Any Attachment". It seems like a pretty good drama, but based on Bae Suzy’s feelings and complaints after filming, it seems that this drama is very likely to be a hit.

Although I feel that she fits the character setting quite well, if "Wandering Attachment" does not perform well, the crew of "Goblin" may not necessarily use her.

But who to choose as the heroine is a later matter. We still have to wait until he confirms his role first...

After walking around and finally returning to the company, Chi Jingyuan first went to the coffee shop on the first floor to buy a drink, and was going to go to the practice room to get some things, and then go to Park Jae-hyun to discuss the TV series.

He took the elevator upstairs while drinking a drink and scrolling through his cell phone. Instead of reading the news from the peninsula, he scrolled through Weibo from the mainland.

As soon as I opened the hot search, I saw a familiar name:

"The press conference for Lay's new drama "Old Nine Gates" was held today"

Chi Jingyuan clicked on the stills and the comments from fans below, and was amazed. It is said that the development of the third brother Lay is getting better and better. Not only has he been attracting fans with a regular variety show, but also film and television resources are coming one after another. It feels that his momentum is not worse than that of the original M team TOP Luhan.

The people they XO out are really more powerful than each other, which makes these old teammates feel extremely proud.

With the nostalgia and blessings of the old members in his heart, Chi Jingyuan read for a while and then browsed other news. He actually saw a blog post related to himself:

"To watch EXO's comeback performance, I went to the Peninsula with my friends. Unfortunately, I didn't get the qualification to enter the music show (crying)... By the way, EXO is really popular in the Peninsula. We went to Dongdaemun and Hongdae. We could hear "Miss You" and "Monster" in many restaurants and shops. It was really everywhere in the streets and alleys. The substance of the TOP popular boy group was full. I personally felt that "Miss You" was played more, but the pictorials of "Monster" were more.

But a blessing in disguise, I got the qualification to participate in X yesterday. O was at a signing event in Busan. I finally saw Yuan and talked to him (laughing). My heart is beating wildly when I think about it now. He looked really good up close. His temperament was super super good. He really was a sunny young man. I'm not exaggerating at all... Sisters, if you have a chance, you must go and see him in person. He is completely different from what you see on TV.

He really dotes on his fans. When he heard that I was speaking Chinese, he spoke to me directly in Chinese. His Chinese is really great. His Mandarin is more standard than mine (I still speak a little dialect). When he knew that I was a fan from the mainland, he was obviously very interested and very happy. He even stopped the staff from urging him to come and extended the time to talk a lot. And when he heard that there were three of us, he spoke Chinese to me. There were two people who didn't get the chance to get the autograph, but they took the initiative to sign for us.

His original words were "We can't let them come for nothing."

Do you know how I felt when I heard this? I almost cried.

The two Ailis who went with me were also very excited and moved after getting the TO autograph. One of them even cried... But I understand her very well.

This trip to the Peninsula was really meaningful. I will never forget it.

Unfortunately, I heard that SM activities don't allow idols to shake hands, so I didn't dare to mention it. Now I think about it and feel a little regretful. I feel that if I had said it at that time, Oppa would have agreed...

I also regret it a little. I had planned to ask, but I was too excited at that time. , I forgot to ask him if XO has a follow-up album this time...

(Attachment: Selected conversations between Yuan and me)

(Attached photo: TO signature)

This blog post is very long and written very seriously. Chi Jingyuan roughly browsed it and soon realized that it was the one from yesterday's autograph session. It should be a post from a female fan of Xiaguo named Liu Zilu. He also saw his own TO signature in the picture below.

I didn't expect that she would brag about it online after she went back, and it even became a hot search post, and was watched and liked by many fans of Xiaguo in the mainland.

"From this point of view, the news that was circulated before should be true. Yuan is indeed a person who loves fans very much, and he really values ​​Xiaguo fans. There is really nothing wrong with being a fan of him."

"Yuan is too good. How can he say such words so naturally and easily, "I can't let them come for nothing"? Does he know how many fans' sentimental female hearts will be shaken?"

"What kind of fairy luck is it to win an autograph session when traveling? I can actually chat with Yuan Oppa and get a TO autograph... Woohoo, sister, stop talking, I'm so envious. "

"You're jealous, Yuan's TO autograph is really rare, he seems to sign it when he's in a good mood... Sister, is it out? PM me if it's out."

The comments below were full of amazement, envy, and jealousy. Countless Aili heard the news and came to admire Chi Jingyuan's TO autograph below. It's getting more and more popular... And this blog post seems to have firmly established him as a fan-favorite, which seems to help his reputation.

Chi Jingyuan also smiled after seeing it. He may have been a little enthusiastic yesterday after knowing that the other party was a fan from Xiaguo who came from afar, but in fact it was just a normal feedback from the idol to the fans. If this can become a memory that this female fan will "never forget for a lifetime".

He is really honored.

With a ding, they arrived at the practice room floor. Chi Jingyuan arrived at the floor and walked out of the elevator. He drank a sip of his drink and looked at his phone in a good mood. He just walked forward and didn't After two steps, Yu Guangzhong felt that there seemed to be several figures standing in the corridor in front.

He looked up and was stunned for a moment, and the straw in his mouth stopped.

If he was not mistaken, the person standing in the corridor at the door of EXO's practice room in their SM company was Lin Nayeon. He had also seen the man and woman following her, who seemed to be the managers of JYP.

These people obviously heard the footsteps and movement, and saw Chi Jingyuan coming over. The two managers smiled when they saw him, and walked a few steps towards this side as if to say hello, while Lin Nayeon was also stunned for a moment, glanced at Chi Jingyuan who was carrying a shoulder bag and wearing casual clothes, and the orange juice drink in his hand, and also approached.

After a simple greeting, Chi Jingyuan saw these people and asked in confusion: "Why are you..."

"Jingyuanxi, don't you know? There is a collaboration stage..."

When the male manager said this, Chi Jingyuan hesitated for a moment, and suddenly realized: "Oh, you mean that."

When he said this, he remembered that his manager Li Chenghuan had mentioned to him a few days ago that there would be a mid-year special of "Music Bank" at the end of the month. At the invitation of the program team, SM and JYP, two companies with a good relationship now, discussed and arranged a special stage. The song was confirmed to be "some", the popular collaboration song of Yuan and Suzy in 2014. At the same time, they would imitate the original singer's combination and select one member from each of EXO and Twice to collaborate on this stage.

Twice's choice is Lin Nayeon. EXO's choice is not suitable for Ji Jingyuan because he is the original singer of this song, and fans definitely don't want to see him and Lin Nayeon's collaboration.

Finally, XO chose Park Chanyeol.

"Are you here to practice today?" Chi Jingyuan looked at the others and understood, and took the lead to walk into the practice room: "Have you contacted our agent... Why are you outside? Come in."

"Inside, we will have the first practice today..." The agent nodded and followed behind: "We have already told Seunghwan xi that we just came from his office. Chanyeol xi may have something to tell him, so he was a little delayed."

Park Chanyeol, he remembered that he was going to fly to Xiaguo today...

Chi Jingyuan nodded, and a thought flashed in his mind, but he didn't say it out loud.

Although EXO officially returned a few days ago and is now in the return period, the personal schedule of each member will not stop, and the company will also stop the schedule of the big group to leave time for each member's personal information. For example, Bian Baekhyun's "Scarlet Heart" is still being filmed, and he is running back and forth even in the return period.

As for Park Chanyeol, he remembered that this brother said yesterday that he would fly to the mainland today to attend the press conference of the movie "So I Married an Anti-Fan", but he didn't expect that there would be a special stage practice in the afternoon.

That flight should be arranged in the evening.

The reason why I remember it so clearly is that when it comes to the movie "So and the Anti-Fans...", the company wanted him to play the male lead at the beginning, which is the role that Park Chanyeol plays now. However, when Ji Jingyuan read the script, he was shocked by the script structure, plot development and the name of the protagonist, and immediately found a few excuses to decline. Later, the company replaced him with Park Chanyeol, who was also developing in the film and television industry.

"Come in." Ji Jingyuan knew that there were not many people in the practice room at this time, so he took the lead and opened the door to let Lin Nayeon and others come in first, and casually pointed and asked them to sit anywhere.

Lin Nayeon has not spoken since they met just now except for a greeting. She doesn't look as lively as in the show. She follows the agent very obediently, just occasionally looking at the back in front of her, and then looking around to look at EXO's practice room.

To be honest, whether it is decoration, lighting, area, facilities, or everything else, it is much better than the practice room on the JYP side.

Although I don't want to admit it, I am a little envious.

Following the agent, Lin Nayeon sat on a small sofa not far from the door, watching Chi Jingyuan walk over there, take a stack of documents and put them in his bag, then take the initiative to walk to the small refrigerator next to him, take a few bottles of water and come over to hand them to them.

"Kangsangmida..." Lin Nayeon quickly stood up and took the water, pursed her lips and held it in her hand.

After giving the water, Chi Jingyuan glanced at Lin Nayeon. The girl was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and long pants, a sports outfit, her hair tied behind her head and a hairpin, and she looked quite fresh without much makeup, but her rabbit teeth were still too conspicuous.

Looking at her honest appearance holding the water bottle, he thought about it, walked to the small cabinet next to him and rummaged through it, and took out two packs of seaweed crumbs, which he usually deposited here and liked to eat. He walked over and handed one pack to the male agent first, and then gently threw the other pack to Lin Nayeon from a distance of one or two meters.

"I just happened to have nothing to do, so I'll give it a try. It tastes pretty good..."

"Then you guys wait here for a while, they'll probably be here soon." Chi Jingyuan didn't wait for them to say anything, he waved goodbye after taking the things: "I have something to do over there, so I'll leave first."

"Okay, okay, Jingyuan, go get busy." The agent looked at the snacks in his and Lin Nayeon's hands, got up quickly, and said goodbye with a smile.

Lin Nayeon looked at the back of Chi Jingyuan who waved his hand and quickly walked out of the practice room with a shoulder bag on his back. The "thank you" that was on the tip of her tongue paused for a moment and swallowed it back.

"Jingyuanxi's personality is really good... and he still likes to share snacks with others, hehe, just like when he was in our company."

"But by the way, the decoration of SM's new building is really beautiful..."

Lin Nayeon sat down again. She heard the two agents talking to each other. She glanced at the unopened seaweed in her hand, blinked, looked at it carefully for a while, and then carefully put it into her bag.

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"How was the meeting with writer Kim Eun-sook today?" In the office, Park Jae-hyun looked at Chi Jingyuan who was sitting casually on the sofa. Seeing that he was holding a half-drunk drink in his hand, he smiled and did not take the initiative to take the water. Instead, he sat next to him and asked.