It's hard to be an idol

Chapter 121 Merry Christmas

The first episode of Xu Lai's program filmed in mainland China received a better response than expected. Perhaps it was because of Xu Lai's song "My Name" or his greetings in the interview that made people feel better.

Therefore, Xu Lai's new album release plan has been advanced several days, from January [-]th to January [-]th. The promotion that was originally planned to start at the beginning of the new year has been actively launched this Christmas, lasting for half a month. Months of long-term publicity, which will consume a lot of media resources of SM company, but the value that Xu Lai has shown right now fully matches the effort.

After all, Xu Lai had already made a great success before their public relations efforts were very strong. Coupled with SM Company's excellent media resources, didn't Xu Lai's popularity and popularity skyrocket?
Moreover, Xu Laina's greeting to fans is also a point that SM company is going to hype.

In South Korea, fan culture is much more extreme than in other countries. As an idol artist, you must be perfect, not just in appearance and body, not just in business ability, but also in the moral character and character displayed. Too many flaws.Although they can't guarantee that their own can be that good, it doesn't prevent them from demanding idol artists like this.

Moreover, they have extremely strict requirements on idol artists and are extremely lax on actors. They can be called tolerant. If there is a scandal involving a third party cheating on an idol, he will definitely never get ahead in his life. But there are After becoming the third actor, the actor was able to win the title of Blue Dragon Best Actress, changing his reputation in one fell swoop.

Just don't go too far.

Xu Lai is a singer who was born as an idol. South Korean fans (mostly passer-by fans) have the same strict requirements on him. You are handsome, your figure is fine, and your business ability is so good that it explodes, but your moral character and personality Still have to pass the test, this is the request of passerby fans.

And everyone has nothing to criticize about Xu Lai's business ability and the external conditions that can be seen with the eyes. The only thing that can be picky is his character. SM company hype Xu Lai's greeting fans is also true. It is to establish a more positive image for Xu Lai, let him harvest the favorability of passers-by, and when the favorability of passers-by increases to a certain level, his road will be much easier.

For example, when promoting Xu Lai's new song, when most passers-by see it is Xu Lai's new song, they may listen to it out of goodwill for Xu Lai and if they are not interested; or when there are some rumors about Xu Lai, they will Think again, read the follow-up before speaking...

In short, it is self-evident that a high opinion of passers-by is beneficial to the development of an artist.

The filming of "Singer-Composer" has temporarily come to an end. The next thing to do is to let the program team discuss the contract with Xu Lai's company. Of course, as long as the price is right, Xu Lai will continue to sign the contract, and will not do that kind of waiting price After all, the matter of Gu is based on the popularity gained by other people's program groups. If you ask for money too much, it will not suit Xu Lai's temperament, and it is not very authentic.

Of course, the company knows all the things that Xu Lai can think of. He has just started to open up the mainland market and participate in the cakes in the mainland. It is best not to have such troubles that damage his character at this time.

Money can be earned at any time, SM company can clearly distinguish between earning once and earning countless times.

The company's publicity has already been arranged on the itinerary, and Xu Lai is not as free as he was when he participated in "Singer and Composer". Now his quota on the show has basically been determined. There will be replacement singer-songwriters who will come to challenge them. No matter how confident they are in certain singer-songwriters, there is still a process to go.

But Xu Lai is not worried about the contract. That is what the company should be busy with. What matters to him now is not entirely work. He has other things to consider.

For example, the few messages he received now.

"Today is Christmas. I don't know where you spent it, so I gave the gift to Chanye and asked him to carry it back to the dormitory. I hope you like it after seeing it."

"By the way, he didn't know that the person who gave it was me."

"And then, Merry Christmas."

Xu Lai looked at the big characters "Senior Yuner" displayed on the phone screen in a daze, then returned to the message page and clicked in, and found that the news was indeed true. His senior Yuner not only wished him a Merry Christmas, Gave him a Christmas present...

At this time, he didn't care about what gift he gave, but Lin Yuner's act of giving the gift...

Isn't it just based on the relationship between senior and junior?
Xu Lai is not an emotional fool who doesn't understand anything, he can probably guess that Lin Yuner also has a good impression of him, although it may be more of love for the younger generation, but it should also have feelings for him about the relationship between men and women, right?
However, Xu Lai was very happy to receive the gift from Lin Yuner. After all, he had already prepared a Christmas gift for her, and he had no reason to send it out before. He was practicing the reason for giving her a gift, and now he has For good reason, for good reason.

Reciprocity.

But Xu Lai is still in the waiting room of the airport, the plane is delayed for a few hours for some reason, he may not be able to fly back to Seoul on this Christmas Eve, and his gift cannot be delivered to Lin Yuner on Christmas In hand, Christmas presents are no longer Christmas presents.

Ah this...

Before, he thought that he could return to Seoul on Christmas Day and bring the gift with him. He wanted to deliver it to Lin Yoona in person to show his sincerity. But looking at the situation today, his sincerity is estimated to be It's going to be wasted.

What he can pass on now seems to be only words and voices.

"Thank you senior. Senior, are you free now?" Xu Lai hesitated typing.

"uh-huh?"

Unexpectedly, Lin Yuner responded to the message very quickly. He typed "Merry Christmas" but he quickly deleted it, and then typed "Merry Christmas" again and clicked send.

"Thanks, you too."

"Senior, is it convenient for you now?"

"What? What's the matter with you?"

"I want to ask senior, is it convenient for you to answer the phone now..."

"I'm spending Christmas with the members in the dormitory. If I call..."

When Xu Lai saw such a line of words, his heart tightened a bit. He wrote and deleted the word "Okay", and finally typed out a sentence "I have nothing to say, just thank you for the gift from senior. Then...Senior and Let’s celebrate, fellow Girls’ Generation seniors! Have a great day!”

Before clicking send, he saw the page of the phone call from Lin Yun'er, which was a cross-border call, Xu Lai quickly clicked to answer.

"Hello? Is there anything you want to say to me?"

"But senior, aren't you spending Christmas with other seniors from Girls' Generation?" Xu Lai asked something he was curious about, but it wasn't very appropriate.

"Just now we stayed together in the living room. It was inconvenient to answer the phone. Now it's convenient. I'm in my room. What? What do you want to call and say to me?"

"That's right... Thank you senior for giving me the gift, but I'm still at the airport in Sujiang. Because of the delay of the flight, I probably won't be able to arrive in Seoul tonight. I originally prepared a gift for the senior. Maybe it's for today." It's not here..."

Better late than never, but that wouldn't be a Christmas present.

"I didn't give you the gift because I wanted you to give it back to me. I know what you mean now. It doesn't matter."

Although Lin Yun'er was saying that it was okay, Xu Lai didn't feel that way in his heart.

"I'm really sorry, senior..."

"It's okay." Lin Yun'er's voice was gentle and bright, and there was no hint of disappointment, as if it was a very common thing.

"It's really unlucky, the flight was delayed suddenly, and it's too late to change the flight now..."

"It's said that the flight was suddenly delayed, so it's okay."

"If you really feel sorry, then sing a song to me? Anyway, you are just waiting for the airport notification, so sing a song to me! Can you think of this as my Christmas gift? Find some quiet time Sing it quietly."

Lin Yuner changed her tone and suddenly laughed, helping Xu Lai with a remedy.

"Senior, what song do you want to listen to?"

Hearing Lin Yuner's suggestion, Xu Lai's frowning brows relaxed, thinking that what he can pass on to Lin Yuner now is voice and text, and singing... is a good way, and it happens that he is also good at it.

"Sing what you want, in any language, I can understand Chinese, Korean, and English."

"Then...can I sing a part of "Xiaoyu"? I like this song very much."

"Okay, why don't you find a quieter place to sing." Lin Yuner's voice was full of laughter.

"Senior, wait a moment."

Xu Lai left his assistant to look at the luggage. He left his seat and walked to the remote stairwell. Everyone was taking the elevator, and the stairs were rarely used. It was a relatively quiet place.

"Senior, are you still there?"

"I'm listening, where are you?"

"I'm in the stairwell, there are very few people here, so I started singing?"

"Okay." After finishing speaking, Lin Yun'er fell silent, listening to Xu Lai's gentle singing voice coming from the earphones.

"There are always surprises
like when i met you
your gentle clear eyes
appeared in my dream"

……

Lin Yuner listened to Xu Lai's singing quietly, her room was also very quiet, it was a completely different world from the noise in the living room outside, outside the door was lively, inside was quiet.

However, Lin Yuner felt that it was quite lively.

She heard Xu Lai's singing, heard the sound of the plane taking off, heard the announcement in the airport, and heard the approval of Xu Lai's singing from the passers-by who passed by him when Xu Lai sang half of the song.

"It sounds good." After Xu Lai finished, she heard Xu Lai thank the passers-by for their compliments, and said this into the microphone.

"It's good that senior likes it. I was a little embarrassed to be overheard by the passing staff just now."

"(laughter)"

At this time, another plane flew over the airport.

"I heard the plane take off." Lin Yuner said.

"Yes."

"Xu Lai, Merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas, senior."

"understood."

"By the way, Xu Lai..."

"Senior, tell me."

"Next time, I said the next time we meet, call me sister."

"Okay... Senior."

"Fool."

"(laugh)"

　There is only one update today, and I guess people won’t pay much attention to it on Double Eleven.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)