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Chapter 1166 It’s done
The car door opened, and when Chi Jingyuan got out of the car behind the members, he felt a glaring sunlight that flashed his eyes. Before he could observe the surrounding situation, he was instantly attracted by a strong scream:

"Ah ah ah..."

"Ah..."

“E!X!O!”

The roar that erupted nearby immediately shocked several members of EXO, and they looked at the cheering fans behind the fence next to them with some disbelief.

The excited screams gathered together, creating a feeling of being in the mainland of the peninsula, making Chi Jingyuan feel as if he was not attending the BBMA in Las Vegas, but attending the MAMA in Seoul or Hong Kong Island.
Of course, there are definitely not as many fans coming as those from the local area. Looking around, there are only about dozens or hundreds of people. But they seem to be more fanatical than fans at local events, and their shouts are more excited.

It was as if they were worried that other people might not know EXO and the atmosphere would become dull.

Chi Jingyuan looked around and immediately felt something. With the passionate shouts of the die-hard fans around him and the bright sunshine, he didn't know why, but some of his previous tension suddenly subsided a lot, and he suddenly relaxed.

He found that whether it was Peninsula, Neon, or Amei, they were all the same. As long as they had enough popularity and fan support, it didn’t matter whether they were niche or not. Even if they were niche, as long as their popularity continued to grow, they would slowly become mainstream.

I was a little too boastful before, always looking up to Amy and BBMA, and always felt that I was lucky to be able to participate... But in fact, considering the profit-seeking nature of the organizers and capital here, and the fact that the mainstream American music market looks down on Kpop, the reason why EXO was invited to participate in this awards ceremony is because they already have enough fans, and they voted one by one, making them eligible to participate.

So there's nothing to worry about.

The sudden screams from the surrounding fans startled the uninformed audience. This kind of fanatical screams usually only appear from big-name stars, but when these few people got off the car...

I've never seen it before...

Many people were confused. They really had no impression of these nine young men, but the enthusiasm of the group of fans next to them did not seem fake. They looked at EXO and then at the screaming fans, wondering if they had missed something.

"who are they?"

Countless audiences around looked at each other and asked questions while watching the EXO members walking on the red carpet.
As soon as the nine EXO members got out of the car, they all wore dark suits. This color combination is very common in the Peninsula, but it seemed a bit old-fashioned on the red carpet of BBMA. After all, these first-line singers in the United States flaunt their individuality and some even walked the runway in their underwear.

But when nine handsome men with straight bodies stand together, the overall effect is very eye-catching...and among them, Chi Jingyuan, wearing GUCCI haute couture, is the most dazzling.

The sharply cut peaked lapel outlines the broad shoulders and narrow waist, and the satin fabric has dark patterns under the sunlight, as if the entire starry sky is worn on the body.

The question of "who are they" has not been clearly answered, but several female viewers watching EXO on the red carpet, and the most eye-catching Chi Jingyuan, could not help but give their praise:
"My God, he is the most handsome Asian man I have ever seen in a suit."

"Oh, shit, he should go to the Louvre!"

At this time, many fans in Asia, Japan, Japan and even the mainland are paying attention to this year's BBMA. Because of EXO's participation, this year's BBMA has received far more attention than other years, at least in East Asia.

Many people came just to see EXO. Although it was not prime time, the comments online were very enthusiastic. After waiting for a while, the live broadcast finally started. I saw several EXO members getting off the car. Seeing the nine handsome guys walking on the red carpet, the live broadcast webpage immediately began to refresh the screen:
"I'm coming!!"

"Ahhh, aren't the Oppas so handsome?"

"XO has so many fans in the United States too? The support is really great. Is Beauty (American Aili) also so powerful?"

"I think I underestimated XO's popularity in Amei."

"I have to say, their aura is really strong, like an international star, especially Yuan. Why does it seem like she is the center of attention wherever she goes?"

Although both are red carpet shows, many fans had a completely different feeling when watching the BBMA live broadcast than watching the red carpet shows at Peninsula Awards Ceremonies such as MMA and MAMA.

There is a kind of passion and pride.

"Wow, the cheers you guys elicited shocked me, it was like an earthquake."

After walking the red carpet and coming to the interview stage, host Ryan Seacrest held the microphone and looked at the group of EXO members with a smile on his face. His expression was a little exaggerated, but also a little real.

“Hello everyone, we are EXO.”

The nine members of EXO faced the camera without any shyness. They introduced themselves openly and loudly.

What is different from the self-acceptance in Peninsula is that they shouted 'EXO' instead of 'XO'... Since we are new here, there is no need to emphasize the silent pronunciation of 'E'.

The most important thing is to make people remember these combinations first, remember this combination.

"Oh wow, EXO!"

The host repeated it with a smile, following the cheers from the audience, and then continued to ask: "As a first-time nominee, are you more excited or nervous at this moment?"

"We are really excited. We were still excited until just now..." Kim Junmyeon answered various questions skillfully, and other members cooperated with the filming of various cameras.

After a few questions, the interview session ended. EXO said goodbye to the host and prepared to leave. When Ji Jingyuan followed the team downstairs, he suddenly heard someone calling his name.

"Yuan!"

I turned around and looked for a while. I found a middle-aged man holding a camera in the crowd, shouting at me in Korean. When he saw me, his voice got even louder. He also clenched his fist and made a cheering gesture: "Peninsula fans have been staying up late to vote! You have to fight!"

"..."

There was a lot of noise around, but Chi Jingyuan still heard his shout. After a moment of pause, he immediately laughed, gave him a thumbs up to show his gratitude, then waved goodbye, turned around and followed the team.

This scene was also photographed by many people.

After walking the red carpet, I was guided by the staff into the main venue of the BBMA, T-Mobile Arena, and went backstage to the lounge.

I was quite excited at the beginning. After I came in, I looked at this and touched that. It felt very novel... The interior design and decoration of this lounge are much better than many stadiums on the peninsula. It even has 5G signal coverage throughout the venue. The artist channel is equipped with a holographic projection welcome system, which is like "black technology". When Chi Jingyuan walked in, he clearly saw the welcome word "EXO", which was amazing.

After all, it is a top-notch multi-functional venue that was built only last year, and all its facilities are state-of-the-art.

Unlike on the peninsula, here the juniors don't need to visit their seniors one by one backstage, but to be honest, many members actually want to go out and visit them, and posting a group photo on SNS can attract the attention of fans.

But soon, this novel feeling dissipated, and was replaced by bitterness and helplessness... because Chi Jingyuan and his friends found that although EXO had nine people, their lounge was half the size of the lounges of other European and American artists.

Although I know there is nothing wrong with the organizer's arrangement, after all, they are just a group from Asia that doesn't even have a stage...but the reality still makes people uncomfortable. After all, after EXO became popular, they have basically not encountered this kind of treatment.

But this time, as soon as I entered the lounge, I truly felt the disparity in the world...Except for those true fans, they are really still non-mainstream here.

After a short rest in the lounge, he officially entered the venue under the guidance of the staff. When walking out of the artist passage, Chi Jingyuan already felt a burst of noisy sounds and a hot atmosphere.

The moment we walked out of the passage, the whole vision became brighter, a strong wave of heat and a unique smell hit our senses, and the T-Mobile Arena, which can accommodate 20,000 people, was packed.

"Ah ah ah..."

"EXO!!"

Just like when they were walking on the red carpet, when EXO entered the venue, the fans in the audience instantly started screaming, as if they were worried that no one recognized them, so they were deliberately trying to support them.

But this kind of cheering and screaming did give Chi Jingyuan and the others a lot of confidence and strength, and they smiled and waved to the fans.

Chi Jingyuan also felt that many people were looking at them strangely, and many of them were confused, with emotions like "Who is this?", "What's going on?", "Did I miss something?" written all over their faces.

But even though many people don’t know EXO, they look very powerful at first glance… After all, they have so many fans, and they are so enthusiastic and excited, and they were at the BBMAs. Those third-tier artists wouldn’t have such great charm.

Fans' support has indeed played a big role in publicity, and is even more effective than EXO introducing themselves a hundred times. Some people took the initiative to greet EXO, and some people started asking each other about EXO's situation... When a person or a group seems to be very popular, if you don't know it, it may not be someone else's fault.
EXO's seats were arranged in the sixth or seventh row, but Chi Jingyuan sat down without counting clearly. According to convention, he sat at the very edge.

"Ah Qingjia, we are at the Billboard event~"

“EXO in Las Vegas!”

"Ah ha ha……"

The VJ who shot the vcr is still working hard. If he wins an award, these shots will be very good memories and commemorations.

The members of XO also forced themselves to smile and chat awkwardly... After entering the venue, they were surrounded by people of all races, with scrutinizing and surprised looks, a dark atmosphere, and those big-name artists in front of them. All kinds of privacy became a huge pressure.
Chi Jingyuan was sitting in his seat in a daze. He didn't know why he suddenly thought of Zhou Ziyu inexplicably. He wondered what the black girl's expression would be if he really lost everything in the casino and asked her to borrow money...

Amidst all kinds of sounds and emotions, this year's BBMA officially began soon. He also managed his expression and watched the performance with other members.

Nicki Minaj, who was the first to appear on stage, immediately made these innocent male idols of the Peninsula feel the directness and unrestrainedness of Ami's music.

The diamond battle suit on Nicki Minaj looks like it weighs more than ten pounds, and she also has a diamond mask on her face. She looks like a gangster, which is visually shocking.

The dancers were also wearing strange helmets and were shirtless... To be honest, Chi Jingyuan felt that this outfit really looked like the humanoid monsters in a game he had played called "Borderlands".

The performance style is indeed completely different from Kpop. Apart from the clothing, the most straightforward thing is the lyrics. The words are extremely vulgar and violent, and the performance is even more unrestrained.

It is already very impactful when listened to live. If it were broadcast live, Chi Jingyuan estimated that at least one part of every sentence would need to be muted.

As he was listening, he suddenly became distracted... He was thinking, would it be interesting if the muted sound effect was used specifically in the song?
Unconsciously, his thoughts were somewhat distracted, but when he felt the VJ filming him, he immediately came back to his senses and smiled at the reaciton.
Of course, singers like Amei are obviously much stronger, they are really amazing.

It's trendy enough, and the excitement is also exciting.

But if you say I like it...Chi Jingyuan really doesn't like this style very much.

The ceremony officially began, and there were already a lot of viewers on the peninsula watching the live broadcast online. Some people were not interested in the performance on the stage, but just wanted to see EXO to see if they could win the award.

"Why don't you come out yet?"

Some people were mumbling in the comments. At this moment, the first stage performance was over and the big screen began to broadcast the VCR of the performance of tonight's party:

“…This is the 2017 Billboard Music Awards.”

"The guests performing tonight include Bruno Mars, The Chainsmokers, E.D. Sheeran,

…Halsey, Imagine Dragons, Julia Michaels, Lorde…”

“And the global television debut of Miley Cyrus’ new single ‘Malibu’.”

"Camila Cabello will make her solo debut."

"Celine Dion sings "My heart will go on" in the music video to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the movie "Titanic""

One stage performance after another was played from the VCR, and listening to the names of those familiar, big-name European and American artists one after another, the Peninsula fans and the audience who were watching the live broadcast could not help but feel an inexplicable emotion in their hearts.

This is BBMA, this is the Amei Entertainment Industry, right?

Bruno Mars and Ed. Sheeran are all world-renowned top stars. They will cause a sensation when they come to the Peninsula and are top artists who are specially received.

In the past, these stars would just watch the top award ceremonies for fun, with a pilgrimage-like mentality, and they were always very far away from them.

But at this time, their oppa/country’s artists also appeared here, and appeared on the same stage with these previously high-ranking stars.

This kind of performance on the same stage and this kind of closeness made many fans and audiences feel a strange feeling.

Must win a prize!
At this time, many people, whether they were EXO fans or not, were shouting in their hearts as they watched the familiar faces occasionally appear among the black and white faces in the live broadcast.

Except for the rap at the beginning which was not Chi Jingyuan's cup of tea, the other performances were all wonderful, but to be honest, because my mind was not on it, I couldn't really appreciate the stage.

In the tense atmosphere, the more than one-hour performance passed quickly. After hearing the host's announcement, Chi Jingyuan, EXO, and all the audience who were paying attention to them instantly perked up.

Finally it was their turn to win the only award they were shortlisted for.

The award presenters Lindsay Stirling and Logan Paul came to the stage, looked at the camera and spoke the award speech:

“Social media has impacted the music industry, and all of us.”

“That’s why the next fan voting category has over 3 million votes…these artists’ names can be seen in the Billboard Social Top 50.”

“This is all thanks to your fans using social media!”

As the two were talking, screams from the audience rang out. All the beauties were releasing their enthusiasm and anticipation. The cheers were obviously much louder than when they were receiving a more important award.

"Here are the nominees for Best Social Artist!"

As the presenter's voice fell, the candidate's VCR began to play on the big screen:

"Justin Bieber~"

"Selena Gomez~"

"Ariana Grande~"

Each candidate's appearance was accompanied by their recently released song MV and the cheers of fans on the scene.

When many Ai Li were getting impatient waiting, Chi Jingyuan's face finally appeared on the big screen:
He stood at the center of the formation, stretched out his hand towards the camera, and the exciting music started playing, "You can call me Monster!"

Those who are familiar with it will know it is the MV of "Monster" at first glance.

"EXO~" the narration also announced the name of this candidate.

Even louder screams rang out instantly, moving many of the audience at the scene. At this time, many fans who were watching the live broadcast could not help but cheer.

"Wow."

In the babysitter's car, Lin Nayeon saw this scene on the live broadcast on her mobile phone, and the restlessness in her heart made her scream out.

The styles of these candidates are all different, okay? The first few are still well-known even in the peninsula, super popular young stars in Europe and the United States, while the latter EXO...

It was obviously the Peninsula group who often performed with them, the seniors who often met with them, and that very familiar person was also among them.

Now that we have come to this, can we compete with them on the same stage?

It gave her a sense of novelty and wonder as if she had broken through the dimensional wall.

Lin Nayeon glanced around quietly, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that no one noticed anything unusual... She was embarrassed to say that when she saw the MV of "Monster" appear in the VCR just now and saw the close-up shot of Ji Jingyuan standing in the center, her whole body was shocked and felt a little wet.

At this moment, the candidate's VCR finished playing, and the director suddenly cut to EXO in the artist seat, giving them a close-up shot for the first time.

"Ahahaha... look at him, he's drinking water all the time, he looks so nervous!"

Lin Nayeon was stunned for a moment, then looked at the screen and burst into laughter.

Chi Jingyuan appeared in the camera, staring at the stage while drinking quickly from a bottle of mineral water. When he found himself in the camera, he immediately lowered his composure and pursed his lips unnaturally... Although his outstanding appearance caught the eyes of some viewers, those who were familiar with him and even his fans could feel the nervousness in him.

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"Don't talk about him, I'm getting nervous." Lin Nayeon kept chattering with her teeth bared, which seemed to ease the accelerated beating of her heart. But Yu Jeongyeon, who shared a mobile phone with her, became impatient and tapped him with the back of her hand to shut him up: "Don't talk, the awards are about to be presented!"

"hen~"

She was a little dissatisfied with her little sister's lack of understanding of romance. She frowned and snorted softly, but did not say anything else. They huddled together to watch the live broadcast.

But I suddenly had some divergent thoughts in my mind... I don’t know if Mina is watching the live broadcast now, what mood she would be in?

Is she cheering for her ex-boyfriend, or cursing him with gritted teeth?
It is said that after a man and a woman separate, they will hope that the other person will not live a good life. It should be the latter, right?

But according to Mingjing Nan's personality, it could be the former...

While thinking, Lin Nayeon couldn't help but turn her head and take another look at Zhou Ziyu who was sitting in the back row. The big youngest member was sitting by the window with her legs together and her whole body looked a little tense.

At this moment, he was lowering his head, letting his soft hair fall down on both sides of his cheeks like a soft shadow, gently covering half of his face. He was staring at the mobile phone on his lap motionlessly and concentrating, as if he didn't notice her movements at all.

"The winner of the Best Social Artist is..." During the live broadcast, two award presenters stood together, keeping the audience in suspense and shouting the final words loudly.

Time seems to have stopped here.

The audience looked at the screen curiously, wondering if Justin would really lose. What was the background of this Asian group?
All the fans watching the live broadcast clenched their fists and gave their favorite idols unlimited support in their hearts.

The black fans clenched their big toes and shouted in their hearts for EXO to die. They were even more nervous than the true fans, and their breathing was so rapid that they dared not look at the big screen.

The XO members in the artist seats had different expressions, some had their eyes wide open, some pretended to be calm, but at this moment they all stopped breathing and stared.

Chi Jingyuan stared at the two award presenters quietly, but his pupils were a little out of focus. His right hand covered his mouth and the lower half of his face again. This was an unconscious action he often made when he was nervous.

The long-lost feeling of nervousness spread throughout my body, as if I had returned to the first time EXO competed for a grand prize...but at this moment, I didn't have time to think too much.

Attention and hopes from across the Pacific Ocean converge here.

Under the gazes of countless people, a second later, the two award presenters looked at each other, smiled and shouted in unison:
"EXO!"

I have something to do tomorrow so I need to take a day off

(End of this chapter)