Chapter 741 Lively

"You said you wanted to look at the stars, so you dragged me away."

After a month, Chi Jingyuan came to Neon again to participate in SM Twon, but the location was changed from Tokyo Dome to Osaka Dome.

This time, the two performances at the Osaka Dome are also the last performances of the SM TOWN family concert in 2016.

Familiar brisk music echoed around. Under the watchful eye of the on-site PD, Ji Kyung-won, Kang Seul-gi and Park Chanyeol were rehearsing the song "Rooftop Room" on the stage of Osaka Dome.

Although they are not the original trio of the song festival, the song was performed vividly by these three people after the rearrangement, and it seems that the audience here likes this kind of band style song very much. Since "Rooftop Room" "After this song was put on SM TOWN as a special stage, the effect and response every time it was performed was very good, and the support was obviously higher.

It’s so good that Chi Jingyuan is considering whether to release a Japanese version of this song

"Thanks for your hard work."

At the end of the stage rehearsal, the three of them saluted and thanked the staff and then quickly walked off the stage towards the backstage. Chi Jingyuan glanced at Jiang Seulqi next to him, and then gave Park Chanyeol a gentle wink.

And Park Chanyeol got the idea instantly. He seemed to have remembered something. After saying hello to the two of them as if something was wrong, he quickly left with quick strides. In an instant, only Chi Kyungwon and Jiang Seulgi were left. Go backstage.

Chi Jingyuan secretly praised it in his heart... In this kind of situation, working with a partner like Park Chanyeol is really a tacit understanding.

"what?"

Although she didn't see the eyes of the two people, she felt the gaze from the side. Jiang Seqi paused, took a step back, and glanced at Chi Jingyuan warily: "Do you want to find out from me? What happened to Joohyun Unnie?”

"What's your reaction?"

Chi Jingyuan was a little dissatisfied with Jiang Seulqi's reaction: "What's the point of prying? Didn't I just meet her backstage?"

As for that, it makes me want to do something...and the word 'inquiry' is too ugly, it's just a chat between relatives and friends.

Chi Jingyuan frowned, then waved his hand, looked ahead, and asked casually: "You guys are still practicing these days?"

"Pfft..."

Jiang Seqi suddenly laughed, covered her mouth and puffed out her cheeks, looking at Chi Jingyuan, with crooked eyes: "Your tone is so funny... I've never seen you like this before."

"ah!"

Even with Chi Jingyuan's mentality, it was a bit intolerable to be stared at and laughed non-stop by this "silly" relative, who looked at her like a fool, and couldn't help but glare at her fiercely.

It's just that Jiang Seulqi wasn't afraid of him at all. This lustful look in his eyes made her smile even more.

"If you want to ask, just say it..." After laughing twice, Jiang Seqi patted him: "Didn't I tell you when I sent a text message the day before yesterday? I went home that day and was not in the dormitory. There was only Sheng in the dormitory. I was alone, and I heard her say that Joohyun Oni cried so much when she went back, that no matter how hard she tried to persuade her, it was useless..."

As she said that, she glanced at Chi Jingyuan secretly with a somewhat unkind look, then shrugged and continued: "

"But when Xiurong and the others returned to the dormitory the next day, they didn't cry anymore. They were talking and laughing, and it was no different from before. It was impossible to tell that... there was something wrong with you."

Chi Jingyuan nodded slowly when he heard this... Of course he knew that Pei Zhuxuan could not be the same as before. Not being able to see that something was wrong was the biggest problem.

It's better to have spies.

After a few seconds of silence, Jiang Seulqi poked him quietly with her elbow, bringing Chi Jingyuan back to his senses, who was thinking about something, and then asked in a tentative tone in a low voice: "Jingyuan...you and Zhu Hyun Unnie is really separated?"

"That's it for the time being." Chi Jingyuan didn't hide anything from his close friends.

"For the time being?" After chewing the word for a while, Jiang Seulqi seemed to have thought about it: "It means that it is still possible in the future..."

"Who knows?"

Chi Jingyuan shrugged and looked at the several staff members with work badges who were hurriedly passing by in front of him. He didn't know why he suddenly didn't want to talk about this.

No matter what happens in the future, since we are separated now, it is enough to simply ask about the situation and show concern.

He has experienced too many breakups, both active and passive. Although this time it was indeed beyond his control, there was no need to dwell on it.

He is Chi Jingyuan...

"By the way, do you want to eat?"

Jiang Seqi seemed to notice it, so she didn't continue to talk about the matter. Instead, she rummaged through the pockets of her private server and took out two lollipops. After asking, she took the initiative to hand over one.

"You also like to bring snacks with you now?"

Chi Jingyuan reached out to take it, glanced at the packaging, opened it and put it in his mouth, and said interestingly: "This brand...isn't it one that our XO has endorsed before? I also liked to eat it for a while. "

"I didn't buy it. I don't like bringing snacks..." Jiang Seulqi looked at Chi Jingyuan who was happily eating a lollipop, showing her signature innocent smile, but her eyes seemed to be flashing with cunning, as if Just waiting for him to ask: "Juhyun Oni bought them before and gave me some when I was packing my things yesterday."

"you……"

Of course Chi Jingyuan understood what she meant. He turned to look at Jiang Seqi's pretending to be naive but was actually a shrewd smile, and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"never mind,……."

After thinking about it, Chi Jingyuan rolled the candy in his mouth, remembering the wall he encountered with another relative of the same age two days ago. The sweet mango taste comforted him a little: "Seulqi, can you remember to give me a lollipop?" It’s already very good. Shengwan and I sent text messages a few days ago and she didn’t even reply to mine..."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Now among the few of us, we are the only two who are in the same group, and Sun Shengwan is already on the other side."

As expected of a veteran member, Ji Kyung-won is very satisfied with Kang Seul-gi... unlike the other one, who has been brainwashed by Bae Joo-hyun. When they first met, he knew that Unni, who was holding her in his arms, could not stand still. .

"Pooh!"

But Chi Jingyuan's heart-warming sigh made Jiang Seqi unable to bear it any longer. She stopped pretending to be stupid, frowned in disgust, stretched out her leg and gave a weak kick:

"Yi~ Who is with you? I am not with you."

…………

At this time, in EXO's lounge, assistants and managers were sitting in the corner, and a few other scattered members were playing with their mobile phones. Kim Junmyeon and Byun Baekhyun were sitting on the sofa holding a selfie stick. He was chirping and looking at the camera while doing the V live broadcast.

The news of the re-release of the album released today, especially the concept photo of "Blood, Sweat and Tears" caused a big stir among fans. Although it is already common for EXO, the interest in this concept photo has generated a lot of enthusiasm. Even SM itself didn't expect it.

After arriving at Neon, Kim Jun-myeon and several other people who paid attention to the fans on the peninsula watched the live broadcast at the instruction of their manager, communicated with the fans, and gave some minor spoilers.

"...Hey Roben, guess where we are now... Dang Dang Dang Dang! We are now backstage at the Osaka Dome. There is a SM TOWN concert tonight."

"Oh, everyone has watched today's news..."

Although EXO's live broadcasts on V LIVE are not very frequent, they are the largest traffic on the live broadcast channel. At present, almost all the live broadcast data records of V LIVE are created by EXO. Coupled with the popularity of today's news, it is only Not long after the live broadcast was started, the live broadcast room was already full of people. Jin Jun forced the two of them to look at the screen, blinking to see clearly the barrage that was flowing too fast.

"Talk about this return?"

Seeing that many people were asking about the news just announced today, Kim Junmyun and Byun Baekhyun looked at each other. They started the live broadcast to say this: "In fact, we started preparing for this comeback very early, and we will still use it." In the form of a double hit, both title songs were voted for by ourselves..."

"Let's talk about "Blood, Sweat and Tears", the style is so cool!!"

"'Blood, Sweat and Tears'" Baekhyun, who is very talented in live broadcasting, smiled and started talking: "There are so many things I can say about this song, this song is PD... hyung, you can say Bar?"

Halfway through, he pretended to look in the direction of Li Chenghuan and asked if he could reveal it in advance. After receiving the confirmation, he nodded exaggeratedly and continued: "This song was arranged by the producer PDOGG and Jingyuan. , and all EXO members participated in writing the lyrics...it is a song that is really thoughtful.”

As he spoke, he raised his brows and showed off to the camera: "There are some words in it that I wrote."

This news really excited the fans, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the messages exploded.

It's so normal for Chi Jingyuan to participate in composing music. All Aili has long been used to it...but this is the first time that all EXO members have participated in composing lyrics. This kind of stunt immediately aroused the expectations of all fans. feel.

"Can you sing a part? I'm really curious."

"Daihatsu! The title song composed by the oppas themselves!!"

"I can't say much else now..."

The number of comments went crazy, but there were many questions asking for specific details, but Baekhyun couldn't say much. It took him a long time to pick out a message and read it out: "This version of the promotional photos for "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" was taken very well? Haha, I remember it. In order to take this photo, the company prepared dozens of suits and various accessories, and it only took us an hour or two to change clothes..."

"Well, it was already very late when we were shooting the cover. We were all very tired after a day of shooting... but because there were so many clothes, it was dazzling and all the members were very interested, so they didn't feel sleepy."

After hearing this, Jin Junmian recalled it, nodded and said a little.

"By the way, bro." Bian Baekhyun turned around and asked, "Whose suit do you think looks best in this concept photo? If you had to choose, whose suit would you want to wear?"

"Well, you and Jingyuan's clothes are the best. If you want to wear them..."

The captain hesitated with his eyes wandering for a while, then said the truth: "It's better to wear the maknae's. I always feel that he looks particularly good in this kind of suit."

"I also think that Cody Nuna is really biased..."

Because the song has not been officially released yet, we cannot say too much about spoilers. After answering some questions that could be answered, the two began to read the messages and chatted:

"What are you doing recently? I just watched "Train to Busan" with Chen and Xiumin a few days ago. Is it good? Of course it is good. The zombies and human feelings are really well filmed. Gong Yooxi's performance is great. We are planning to find time to watch it again before our return."

Kim Junmyeon talked about his impressions of "Train to Busan" with great interest, and then he saw a message with sharp eyes and read it out immediately: "Why didn't you invite Yuan to join? Of course I invited him, but he said he didn't have time... Actually, he was too lazy to go."

Bian Baekhyun interrupted with a look of understanding: "Brother, if you invite him to watch the cartoon, he will probably go..."

"In that case, it will be our turn to have no time..."

Unable to help laughing twice, Kim Junmyeon pouted and shook his head with some disgust: "Maknae is like this, a very boring person."

The topic turned to Chi Jingyuan, which immediately aroused the interest of many fans, who left messages and quickly asked various questions.

"Is Yuan boring?"

"Why do you say that!!"

"Not boring, Jingyuan is actually very nice, he knows a lot of things, such as archery, horse riding, surfing, and he can even skateboard. He is also very interesting to talk to. He is a very interesting person who makes people feel relaxed when they are with him..."

First, he corrected what he said just now, and then Kim Junmyeon shrugged: "But if he is not interested in many things, he will not bother to pay attention to you. Usually, he will not go out when you ask him to go out to play when he is free. He likes to stay in the dormitory and play games alone."

"Ah? Go out to ride a bicycle?"

At this time, Byun Baekhyun suddenly started to act and began to imitate the way they invited the youngest member to go out to play, but Chi Jingyuan refused.

He first made a sound of surprise, then his eyes moved around very vividly, and finally squeezed out a sincere smile. He imitated Chi Jingyuan's appearance of being too lazy to go out and making excuses: "Brother, I just happen to have something to do now, I will definitely do it next time!"

"Haha..."

Kim Junmyeon and the fans watching the live broadcast laughed together

After the sly imitation, Byun Baekhyun thought for two seconds, looked at the captain and asked, "The only thing that can steadily call Jingyuan out is eating, right?"

"I think so too..."

The two of them sang in unison to criticize Ji Jingyuan, and Kim Junmyeon smiled and began to read the messages again:

"Where is Yuan? Jingyuan and Chanyeol went to rehearse, "Rooftop"... Why are they the two? This is a special stage of SM TOWN, Jingyuan, Chanyeol and Seulgi collaborated, a very exciting stage."

"Speaking of collaboration..."

Seemingly remembering something, Kim Junmyeon was about to talk about another thing when the door of the lounge was suddenly pushed open. Seeing the face that came in, the two broadcasters' eyes suddenly lit up and turned their phones over.

Ji Jingyuan, wearing dark private clothes, black-framed glasses, puffing his cheeks and holding a lollipop, instantly appeared in the camera.

Chi Jingyuan had just walked in and was happily eating a lollipop when he felt a strange gaze as if he was being looked at. Then, Kim Junmyeon, who was sitting on the sofa, ran over with a selfie stick and pointed the camera at him, chirping, "Yuan xi, say hello to the audience of V live!"

Chi Jingyuan, who was facing the camera, blinked and froze for a second. He suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. He flattened his bulging cheeks, bit off the candy stick in his mouth, forced a smile and waved to the camera:

"Aniha Saiyo, EXO. Yuan Yimi Da~"

…………

The two-day SM TOWN ended successfully after mobilizing more than 100,000 viewers. All the artists did not stay and flew back to Seoul on the 14th.

But EXO did not follow the big group because they still had fan activities that had been scheduled to be completed.

Although they debuted in Japan last year, they didn't have many activities in Japan. They just released an album and participated in a few programs to promote it.

At that time, the popularity of the whole group was high, and they were too busy with activities in China and South Korea. Even if they debuted, they didn't have extra time to be active in Japan. SM didn't pay much attention to the market here.

But since losing the market in the mainland, SM company has learned from its mistakes and held many meetings and discussions. It is no longer arrogant at the beginning and has determined that the focus of EXO's activities will shift to Japan and Ami.

Ami's activities are scheduled to start from next year and the next album, while Japan has increased a lot since the second half of this year, and a new Japanese album has been put on the agenda.

After another busy day in Osaka, it was finally settled for this trip to Japan. The eight EXO members directly dispersed and acted separately. Park Chanyeol took two people to experience the nightlife, while Chi Jingyuan followed his roommates Line and Kim Junmyeon to go out and stroll on the street.

Recently, there are the most summer activities in Japan. When Chi Jingyuan went to Tokyo for SM TOWN last month, he was very interested, but he didn't go out to play because of time constraints. This time, the event happened to be over and he had nothing to do. After two days, he saw that Osaka seemed to be more lively than Tokyo. A few of them hit it off, and after dinner, they went out together before it got dark.

"It's really lively... This summer festival was already being held when we came here last month, and it's still being held this time. How long will it last?"

Looking at the bustling crowd on the road ahead, and the many men and women in traditional costumes on both sides of the road, Wu Se-hun looked around and kept asking questions.

At this time, several of them were in Shin-Kitano in Yodogawa District, Osaka...They came out to play and also read the travel guide. It is said that there will be a fireworks festival around 7:40 tonight, and it is said to be very lively.

I don't know if it's true or not. Many things are not written in the travel guide, and they also heard it from the hotel staff.

This place is not close to their hotel in the West District, but the transportation is convenient. It took less than 30 minutes to take the tram.

"July to the end of August...It should be over in a few days."

Chi Jingyuan also looked around with interest and answered uncertainly.

All his knowledge of these summer festivals came from anime and the travel guide he just read. It was his first time to come to such a place to participate in such an event.

It was still early, the sky was still bright, and there were not too many people on both sides of the street, but at this moment, he felt the lively atmosphere around him, the hot temperature, and the thunder-like sound of countless voices gathered together. He couldn't help but feel a kind of restless excitement in his heart.

It must be said that EXO's popularity in Japan is indeed much worse than that in the peninsula. Just the fact that a few people got off the car and walked on the road for a long time without anyone recognizing them can be seen.

Although "boy with luv" is very popular in Japan, it is the most popular song of Korean groups here in recent years. EXO is also one of the most popular boy groups in Kpop, but EXO's activities here are still too few, and they have not appeared on many shows. Their popularity is basically concentrated in the fan group. Beyond this range, there are very few people who can recognize them at a glance.

Wu Se-hun had put on a baseball cap and a mask to pretend, but after getting off the bus, he found that no one cared about him. Even Kim Jun-myeon and the others who were not disguised at all did not recognize him. After wearing it for a while, he could not stand the heat and took it off in a huff.

But they were happy that no one knew them, and they were happy.

"Oh, that squid looks good..."

Kim Jun-myeon looked at a small cart stall with a long queue in front of him, smelled the smell, and his eyes lit up, and he went over.

Because it was the first time and he had no experience, he was afraid of wasting time, so he just ate at the hotel and saved his stomach to try the snacks here. .

Chi Jingyuan's attention was attracted by a stall selling traditional handicrafts next to him. After looking at the ceramic art on the frame, he followed the members slowly.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a shock in his pocket, and his phone rang.