Chapter 693: So-So

Pei Zhuxuan was used to being picked up often in private. Although he exclaimed because of the suddenness, he quickly and naturally sat astride Chi Jingyuan's lap.

Chi Jingyuan looked at his father's contrasting face wearing glasses and was about to say something, but his eyes were attracted by the position of the shoulder, neck and collarbone next to him - maybe because of the action just now, the strap on the left side of her black suspender belt I don't know when the reflective shoulder line slid to the side, and one side of the clothes slid down, revealing the snow-white flesh.

If something like a sling is not hung on the shoulder, it cannot be lifted...

Pei Zhuxuan noticed the look in her father's eyes, glanced down, burst into laughter, and was not shy. Then she pulled up the belt, adjusted her glasses, and looked at him with a smile.

Chi Jingyuan withdrew his gaze with some regret, put it on Pei Zhuhyun's face again, looked at her retro round glasses and asked: "Are these the glasses worn by the character in the web drama you filmed?"

"Yes, this is the look in the play. Didn't I send you a photo last time...does it look good?"

The young lady sat astride her boyfriend's lap, leaning very close to him, and her tone was sweet.

"Don't tell me...it looks good on you." Chi Jingyuan nodded and told the truth.

Bae Joo-hyun does have a different kind of charm with her hair tied up and glasses on. She has a cute and intellectual feeling at the same time, which is quite sultry... but the black suspender outfit is actually quite good-looking.

"Hehe..." With a proud smile, Pei Zhuxuan took off his glasses and put them on Chi Jingyuan's face. He said expectantly: "Then wear them too and let me see... Wow, kiyo ~”

Seeing Chi Jingyuan wearing Harry Potter glasses, Pei Zhuxuan's eyes lit up, she clapped her hands and praised him with a smile.

Hers were flat glasses without prescription. Feeling her father's satisfied gaze, Chi Jingyuan put her glasses on without caring about her. At the same time, he asked with concern: "How does it feel like filming?"

"It's pretty good..." As soon as he mentioned this, Pei Zhuxuan became interested: "The atmosphere on the set is pretty good. Although the PD is a bit impatient, he doesn't curse too much. I remember all the experiences and skills you told me before. Now that I’m down, I don’t know how much I’ll show it, but I feel like the filming went pretty smoothly. There was a scene last time…”

She was chattering. It was obvious that this first experience as an actor was a good feeling. She told several interesting things during filming with great interest. Finally, she paused and then added casually: "It's just that some actors don't feel very good." I like the look of idols..."

"It's like this. Some TV drama actors always have an inexplicable sense of superiority. Sometimes people with lower status care about this more. I also encountered this when I was first filming..."

Chi Jingyuan chuckled and warned with experience: "I took a look at the cast of your show before. They said they are actors, but in fact there is not even one person with serious masterpieces. You are the one who attracts the most attention. , in addition to the gimmicks of the original work, the whole show will rely on you to attract attention... Don't pay attention to her when you meet this kind of person."

"Don't worry, I know. I'm the captain. I've been in the industry for two years and I've seen a lot."

Facing her boyfriend's reminder, Bae Zhuhyun nodded, but still reiterated her identity as the captain of Red Velvet.

But what she said is that she is no longer a newcomer after two years of debut. The entertainment industry is the best training place for people. Compared with the rookie and trainee days two years ago, Bae Zhuhyun has matured a lot.

"Xiurong seems to have... broken up."

After being gentle for a while, Pei Zhuhyun was studying Chi Jingyuan's profile, gently stroking it along the jawline with his fingers, when he suddenly mentioned Park Sooyoung, and his tone sounded a little inexplicable.

"Breaked up? How did you know? She cried in the dormitory?" Chi Jingyuan repeated a little surprised and asked a little gossip.

"No..." Pei Zhuxuan shook his head and explained briefly: "We can see it ourselves."

This can all be seen... Chi Jingyuan tasted the word in his heart and felt a little emotional. For someone as discerning as him, it is difficult for him to tell which member of the EXO team is in love and who is breaking up. Most of the time, he only finds out after listening to them chatting for a long time.

I remember that Park Soo Young was noticed by them when they first started dating, and now that they have broken up, they are noticed again. The girl group is indeed wonderful, and both of them are amazing.

"Well..." Chi Jingyuan sighed in his heart, but he didn't show it. However, he raised his head and thought about it, and said very understandingly: "According to what you told me before, we have been dating for almost a year. Well… after such a long time, it’s quite normal to break up.”

As soon as the words came out, he felt Pei Zhuxuan glance at him with a strange look, and at the same time, his fingers caressed the side of his face a little harder.

It felt like the young lady was a little dissatisfied with his answer.

"It's just a matter of fact." Chi Jingyuan glanced at her and pursed his lips: "The idols in the circle have known each other for a long time, and the relationship itself has not been long. Most of them lasted only a few months, and some even lasted less than a month. Months, like Wu Shi...forget it...a year is already a long time."

"Humph." Not hearing the answer she wanted, but having difficulty refuting Chi Jingyuan's words, the young lady snorted dissatisfiedly: "You know that."

Although she seemed dissatisfied, her hands did not stop at all, rubbing back and forth on Chi Jingyuan's neck, making Chi Jingyuan feel itchy. Looking at the bloody drama on TV in front of him, he reached out and patted it gently.

Bae Joo Hyun was not interested in this TV series at all. She got down from Chi Jingyuan's legs and sat next to him for a while.

Then, she didn't know what she remembered, and she didn't care that she was not wearing pants. She lifted her feet and stretched her toes, then poked Chi Jingyuan's waist: "Speaking of which, it has been 18 days since the last dream concert... Has your passion faded a little?"

"Hmm..."

When Chi Jingyuan suddenly heard his mother ask this, he paused for a second, thought about it carefully, and couldn't help blinking, and didn't hide it: "It seems to be a little bit"

When she said this, it seemed to be true. After returning to work, she didn't even have time to call. She was so tired every day that she went back to the dormitory and slept on the side of the head. She used to call and text almost every day, but now the frequency of contact has become slower involuntarily, and she didn't think there was anything wrong. Unconsciously, she got used to it.

We haven't seen each other for more than half a month. Now when she thinks back, Chi Jingyuan finds that compared to when they just started dating, the passion during the passionate period seems to have naturally faded a little.

However, feeling the little feet on his waist, Chi Jingyuan tried to explain himself: "It's quite normal. After all, idols are busy, and it's been so long, so it's normal to decline a little. This is one of the inevitable periods that men and women will experience when they are dating... How can anyone not be affected and not lose their enthusiasm at all?"

"Me."

The experienced Chi Jingyuan said it very rationally, but as soon as he finished speaking, he heard Pei Zhuxuan responded crisply as a matter of course, and then took the initiative to get up and kneel on the sofa, and the pink lip lines came over and kissed him on the face.

The white legs knelt on the sofa, black suspenders. One of them even slid down the shoulder to the side because of the previous action, smiling at him, smiling beautifully.

Turning his head to look at the little sister's smiling eyes, Chi Jingyuan, who was very confident just now, felt a little guilty under his round-frame glasses. He couldn't help but hesitate in his heart, and opened his mouth but didn't say anything.

Two seconds later, he also laughed and exchanged glances with Bae Joo Hyun, but did not talk about this topic anymore. Instead, he seemed to remember something, stood up and walked to the side, took out a wrapped bag from the cabinet, and handed it to her:

"By the way, I brought you a gift last time I went to Busan, but I haven't had time to give it to you..."

"Qingjia?" The young lady's eyes lit up immediately when she heard it. Before Chi Jingyuan came over, she started waving her hand non-stop, and took it as soon as she approached.

"Busan? Is it the one you went to Busan for a book signing event last week? What bag? Let me see... Why is it a backpack..."

After opening it, Bae Joo-hyun, who was originally very surprised, took it and looked at it. Seeing this black backpack that was obviously in school style, she couldn't help but complain in a delicate voice: "I haven't carried a backpack since I left school. Only children carry it... But

Although she kept complaining, she was very happy to take it and look at it with her eyes bent.

"I suddenly saw it when I was strolling on the pedestrian street with the members, and then asked my assistant to buy it back... Did you see the little rabbit on it? I don't know why I think it suits you..." Chi Jingyuan looked at her movements and explained with a smile.

"Are you saying that I look like a student?" The little sister found the point and looked at her with a smile.

"Well, you can understand it this way. ”

“Bobo~”

………………

They didn’t stay in the apartment at night. Bae Joo Hyun still had to film tomorrow, and they also had a trip out of town tomorrow. After a while, when it was time, Ji Jingyuan sent Bae Joo Hyun back and returned to the EXO dormitory.

Although there was an unexpected incident, which made the entire SM company tense, the external performance was calm and there was no movement. At the same time, it did not affect the subsequent comeback activities of EXO and its artists.

After a short rest for half a day, Ji Jingyuan and the group continued to start the comeback activities. No matter what, the work that should be done still needs to be done.

I went to Suwon the day before yesterday and participated in the Suwon Kpop Super Concert. Today, I went to Andong to participate in the public concert hosted by KBS-both are promotional places, with some official concerts. At this time The most popular boy band EXO is an indispensable part of the concert. They appeared on the second to last stage before the final chorus in both concerts, and they played the role of the finale steadily and completed it very well.

After returning from Andong, I ran for two more days. During these two days, SM also held countless closed-door meetings for this emergency. It seemed calm outside, but the strings of the middle and senior management of the entire company were all tense.

If you come in to visit, you will find that many staff members look a little impatient and are in a hurry everywhere.

As for the meetings about discussing EXO, Chi Jingyuan and Jin Junmyeon also participated in many of them as representatives. After the initial panic after receiving the news, the company found that it was impossible to do anything and it was a force majeure factor, so they quickly lay down, and then calmed down and began to seriously think about the measures to make up for it.

The first task is to hold an emergency meeting to cancel all the more than ten concerts originally planned in the mainland for EXO's third tour, and re-plan the number of concerts, time and location... This is the most important task now.

The third tour will start next month. Originally, EXO had many concerts in the mainland, and they were there for several consecutive months. Many concert venues had to be booked several months in advance. Now they are suddenly cancelled, and many things have to be done again. The selection and booking of venues alone is a very troublesome job.

In addition, after losing the mainland market, the group's positioning is directly missing a leg. EXO's future development direction is also an important part. This matter was mainly discussed during the meeting in the past few days.

In fact, there is nothing to discuss. It is nothing more than to open up another huge market to make up for it in addition to ensuring the local market. The candidates are also obvious. The only ones who can take on this important task are Japan and Amei.

Fortunately, EXO is popular enough, has a large territory, and has already established a firm foothold in Japan and Europe and the United States. It is not too late to turn around now.

Now it is a question of which side is more important, Japan or Europe and the United States.

After a few days of crazy overtime, EXO gathered in the practice room again on the afternoon of the 22nd. The 24th was the more important mid-year special of "Music Bank". They took advantage of this time to chat and prepare for the stage the day after tomorrow.

In fact, it was not just the group's activities that were affected, but the personal schedules of many members were affected even more.

Needless to say, there were so many endorsements that Chi Jingyuan had to lose. For example, Wu Sehun, who had boasted about his acting skills for a long time before, saying that he played a half-human, half-cat movie "I Love Cats" to perfection, has been confirmed to be withdrawn, and there will be no time limit after the official release date. There should be no chance to meet again.

The first movie in which he played the leading role ended in vain. Wu Sehun sighed these two days and didn't know how many times he complained.

However, with Chi Jingyuan's understanding of his acting skills, his acting skills, which were somewhat exaggerated in "My Neighbor is EXO", and the film crew only took two or three months of filming time before and after... Perhaps, not releasing the movie may be better for him than releasing it.

Park Chanyeol is luckier. His leading film "Marrying an Anti-Fan" is scheduled earlier and will be released at the end of this month. He has escaped a disaster. He has to travel back and forth between the peninsula and the mainland to participate in promotions recently. He hopes that the performance of his first film can be better and he can have a final glory before the news comes out.

But how to say it, although the girlfriend of the male protagonist in this movie is named Irene... but Chi Jingyuan, who has read the script, is still not optimistic.

The impact on film and television is not only that. Just now, when Chi Jingyuan came back from the bathroom, he was greeted by someone. After seeing him, he recognized that it was Yoona's personal agent.

Because Yoona's activity focus shifted, this brother has been active in Xiaguo for some time. I didn't expect that he is back now... Obviously, it is not only EXO that is affected.

Ji Jingyuan heard that Yoona's acting career has been greatly expanded after the success of "The Martial God Zhao Zilong". Some time ago, she has confirmed that she will take on a big production, which seems to be called "Three Ways", a mainland fantasy fairy tale TV series... It seems that this type of TV series is the hottest theme in the mainland recently, and there have been several hit dramas... The fact that she can take it means that Yoona has established a firm foothold.

It is said that she has rejected several TV series invitations from the peninsula for this reason, including "THE K2" that Ji Jingyuan had also received an invitation for before.

Now that something happened, the fairy tale TV series will naturally fail. The development path there is blocked. Now that she has returned, I don’t know if the "The K2" crew is willing to let Yoona go back.

Yoona is so beautiful, there should be no problem...

"Didn’t I hear from Seunghwan that you and Irene were going to perform "Dream" together? Why did you cancel it again?"

During the break, a group of people sat on the ground drinking water and chatting. Jin Junmyeon remembered something and looked at Ji Jingyuan and asked casually.

The mid-year special is an important special of Music Bank in a year, with cooperation and special stages as the main gimmicks. In addition to the performance of the three songs of the big group, EXO also arranged some cooperation stages, Park Chanyeol and Lim Nayeon, Kim Jong-in and Taemin. Originally, the "Music Bank" program team wanted the former Music Bank CP to cooperate, but after some consideration, it was jointly rejected by the company and Ji Jingyuan.

"That's right, show your love on the stage, tsk tsk, it's interesting just to imagine." Wu Sehun immediately responded.

"Our fans have finally diverted their firepower and stopped scolding her, so just be quiet for a few days."

Ji Jingyuan curled his lips and looked at the people who were making trouble next to him with contempt.

Because of a fixed MC of Music Bank, EXO fans Aili hate Bae Joo-hyun very much, and Red Velvet fans actually hate Ji Jingyuan very much. Fans on both sides extremely hate that the two continue to bind and hype CP. When they served as MCs before, they kept scolding each other.

After leaving the show, the company took the initiative to downplay the CP hype, and the two deliberately kept their distance and did not cue each other, which gradually calmed the anger of fans on both sides, and AIRY stopped scolding Bae Joo-hyun every day. Now that they have finally had some peace and quiet, doing this kind of collaboration stage again, apart from the CP fans being ecstatic, is actually not good for their personal development at all, especially Bae Joo-hyun.

There was no gossip on Chi Jingyuan's side, and several people raised the topic to Park Chanyeol: "By the way Chanyeol, don't you have a collaboration stage with Twice Nayeon? How does it feel? I remember you used to talk about Twice all the time. Nayeon in it is pretty?”

"Yes, how does it feel to cooperate? I saw Lin Nalian in the company two days ago and she greeted me."

"In terms of her personality, she's pretty good. I actually had some ideas... You know that I've always thought she is one of the most beautiful members in Twice."

Park Chanyeol has always been open to talking about this kind of topic. He clicked his tongue and reminisced before starting the conversation: "But after contacting me, I felt that it is not my style. She is pretty, but she is more cute. Yes, sometimes a bit strong..."

"It's really not your style. Who doesn't know that you like ladies and mature women?" Wu Shixun interjected.

Chi Jingyuan nodded gently after hearing this.

"Uh-huh..." Park Chanyeol didn't feel embarrassed at all, and shrugged proudly, then stroked his chin and continued: "In my experience, Lin Nayeon, or a girl with this kind of personality Although you are very girlfriend-like, you will most likely be very clingy and may call you three times a day to check on your job. I don’t like this kind of personality.”

"And it felt like she had some problem with me and deliberately kept some distance, so I let it go."

As he said that, he thought for a while and added: "Based on my experience with Twice, I feel that the most suitable people to date out of the nine people among them are Mina and Sana, the two neon people..."

Hearing this, Jin Junmian hesitated for a moment and then said something fair: "Maybe it's because your reputation is so bad that it has already spread in the circle."

Chi Jingyuan nodded gently after hearing this.

"Tch~" Park Chanyeol snorted disdainfully. He has never been short of girlfriends... Reputation is such a thing, doesn't it suffice to be handsome?

At this time, he seemed to have remembered something, and his smile became weird. He looked at Chi Jingyuan and raised an eyebrow: "By the way, I feel like she has some opinions on me, but she seems to be quite interested in Jingyuan. During the short chat, I even took the initiative to ask a few questions about you...I thought I was very smart and asked in a roundabout way, thinking I couldn't understand."

"Me?" Chi Jingyuan asked, pointing to his differences.

"Yes." Park Chanyeol nodded in confirmation.

Listening to the exchange between the two people, Jin Junmian looked left and right. After hesitating for a second, he took the initiative to modify his previous statement: "Then it has nothing to do with reputation..."

"No, brother..." Chi Jingyuan looked at this brother helplessly upon hearing this. Before he could say anything, Wu Shixun's arrogant laughter next to him could no longer be suppressed.

After feeling Chi Jingyuan's unfriendly gaze, Wu Shixun was not afraid at all, and reached out to pat his shoulder, looking like he was taking care of him: "If you are interested, didn't you always refuse anyone who comes? Didn't you always complain when someone takes the initiative? What?"

Chi Jingyuan is too lazy to pay attention to him. Will I tell you that Lin Nalian is a black man who speaks ill of me behind my back every day?

"It feels like Jingyuan thinks Nayeonxi is not good-looking." Kim Jongdae seems to understand Ji Jingyuan's aesthetics very well: "Every time he evaluated Twice's appearance in the past, didn't he always think Mina was the most beautiful?"

"Don't you think Lin Nalian is beautiful?" Wu Shixun turned to look at him and asked.

"I can only say that he looks quite distinctive, including his facial features and the pair of rabbit teeth, which are very recognizable..."

Chi Jingyuan thought about it for a while, and then expressed his thoughts objectively and impartially: "But if you really want to say something very beautiful, I don't think it would be so, just average..."

“I always feel like I’ve heard this comment somewhere…”

…………

In the large studio of the "Music Bank" mid-year special in the KBS Building on the 24th, EXO was sitting under the audience, looking at Park Chanyeol and Lim Nayeon who were rehearsing on the stage, Oh Sehun bumped Ji Kyungwon next to him with his shoulder, and whispered .

"Isn't this pretty?"