Peninsula Asteroid

"It's not a serious injury, there's nothing to see..."

Sensing Kim Taeyeon's dissatisfaction, Chi Jingyuan waved his hand casually, but before he could finish speaking, he saw Kim Taeyeon pointing at the bandage on his head with an expression of 'it's not heavy'.

Chi Jingyuan was speechless for a second, and then immediately changed his words: "Besides, I'm already very busy, Nu, don't make any more trouble."

"Yeah, do you think I'm causing trouble by going to visit you, Izurui?"

Kim Taeyeon was extremely dissatisfied when she heard this. She raised her thick eyebrows and raised her small fist twice in demonstration. However, she quickly got what Chi Jingyuan said, put down her fist, stretched her head, and asked tentatively: "It's lively." ? Aren’t all your good friends gone?”

Seeing Chi Jingyuan stand up and shrug, looking noncommittal, Kim Taeyeon instantly became interested. She came over and asked in a low voice like a thief: "Who are there? Isn't Irene going too?"

"Did you really go?"

Just after asking, she was immediately shocked when she saw Chi Jingyuan slightly raising his eyebrows. Her eyes widened and she said in disbelief: "Irene really went there? You two have been separated for so long and you are still in contact. ? She rushed over as soon as you were hospitalized? "

"That's the kind of person she is. She cares about this and that like a mother. It's not like you don't know that."

Chi Jingyuan went to the side to get two cups of coffee, put them on the table and said with a smile.

"Yeah, I don't even know where you are hospitalized. How did she know? Didn't you tell her on purpose?"

Taking a deep breath, Kim Taeyeon stared at Chi Jingyuan and uttered a few words one by one: "Scumbag! Devil!"

"Why do you say it so unpleasantly?"

"There's something even worse, do you want to hear it?"

Kim Taeyeon pursed her lips in disdain, then rolled her eyes, and then asked: "Then, your current girlfriend, Mina, is also here?"

"Well..." Chi Jingyuan pondered for a second after hearing the words, and nodded: "I'm going too."

"She and Irene didn't bump into each other?"

"Nuna, you think I'm a rookie?"

"Haha, you are actually quite proud."

After sneering twice, the girl sighed with regret: "What a pity~ Otherwise I really want to see your expression in that scene."

"That might be a little difficult."

"snort……"

With a slight snort, Kim Taeyeon stopped worrying and asked about Chi Jingyuan's injury for a while. Knowing that he was almost healed, she continued the topic and asked: "By the way, what did you say today?" Such a long meeting? I heard that you started in the morning and ended just now?"

"What else can I say? I've been talking about the arrangements for this year's group."

When Chi Jingyuan heard this, he stretched a little tiredly, sat on the sofa next to him and took a sip of coffee.

"Oh? What do you think this year?"

Hearing this, Kim Taeyeon also picked up the coffee and asked curiously.

It has been a long time since EXO released an album last year and has not released a comeback. Especially since the beginning of this year, except for the three tours that are still going on, the EXO group has not been active for several months. Fans outside are also very anxious. I've been paying attention, but no concrete news has come out until now.

Not only EXO fans and industry practitioners, but also a senior in the company who is also an idol are very curious about EXO's next development, because there seems to be no precedent for a boy group of EXO's level in the history of Kpop. She is also curious about Chi Jingyuan and their next development.

Especially this year, EXO's situation has been frequent, and members have been breaking love news one after another. It feels very similar to their Girls' Generation 14 years.

"It has been determined that the focus of activities in the next few months will be entirely on neon,"

This sister was not an outsider, so Chi Jingyuan didn't hide anything and casually talked about the results of the discussion at today's meeting.

The company has already determined that the focus of EXO's activities this year will be on the overseas Neon and Ami markets, but it has not been determined whether to go to Neon or Ami first.

However, after this period of discussion, especially the strong request from SM’s Neon partner Ai Hui, it was finally decided that EXO would go to Neon for activities this year.

Although EXO made their Neon debut in 2015, it was actually just a nominal debut. After they released a debut album, they didn’t do much activity in Neon at all, but this time it’s different. This time it’s serious. Starting from now on, Chi Jingyuan and the others will basically focus all their attention on Neon throughout the first half of the year.

Fortunately, SM also has a lot of experience in the development of neon. Senior groups TVXQ, Shinee, and Girls' Generation all thrived during the development of neon. SM's cooperative company in neon, Aihui, is also very powerful in the local area. This time It was Ai Hui who made strong suggestions for a long time before SM finally decided to focus on neon in the first half of the year.

EXO has a very good fan base in Neon. Although they don't have many activities, they have accumulated a large number of fans in Neon. Especially "boy with luv" is rare. Kpop boy groups are big in Neon. The hit song, two years later, is still the most widely sung Kpop song, ranking at the top of the KTV song list.

The company is very capable and popular, so the company currently has high expectations for EXO in Neon. Basically, the general activities have been arranged, and you can appear on various programs and interviews as soon as you go.

Of course, an album must be released for the event, and the album has been discussed almost. However, this time SM does not plan to release a new album in this Japanese event, but a best-of album, because EXO has accumulated many popular songs in Japan over the years, but has only released one album in Japan so far. Many of them have a lot of fans, and it would be a waste if they are not used.

So after discussing with Avex this time, we plan to re-arrange several popular songs in Japan and add Japanese lyrics to them.

Of course, we will also add a few new songs and the title song, and the new and old songs will form a best-of album for this comeback.

"It's a good selection, and it's pretty good." Kim Taeyeon thought for a moment after hearing this: "Have you chosen the title song?"

"Avex recommended a song to be the title song of this album."

Chi Jingyuan nodded, but his tone sounded a little hesitant: "But I think this song..."

Avex specially prepared a song for EXO to be the title song this time. Chi Jingyuan also listened to the demo of this song called "Electric Kiss" today, but after listening to it several times, Chi Jingyuan felt that the song was OK, but not very eye-catching, and it didn't seem to have the potential to become a big hit.

However, the styles of Japanese songs and Kpop songs are still very different, and the preferences of the people and fans there are far different from those on the peninsula. Chi Jingyuan has not studied the style of Japan in particular. He tried to listen to several songs that were at the top of the charts in Japan before, but he didn't think they were very suitable for him.

And Avex has been deeply involved in Japan for many years, and is very familiar with the situation and style there. He is also more confident in recommending this song, so although Chi Jingyuan thinks this song is a bit mediocre, he did not directly raise any opinions.

"I don't know much about EXO's style in terms of songs, but the entertainment industry in Japan... to be honest, it's quite exclusive. Some fans like us very much, but some artists think we have taken away their living space, so many people's attitudes are not very good. When we went there, we actually received a lot of cold stares..."

"And the relationship between our two countries is not good, so we need to pay special attention to these issues there. Many things are very sensitive."

Kim Taeyeon did not make any comments on the songs, but as a senior of Girls' Generation who had been to Japan, she was not reluctant to teach Chi Jingyuan some experience: "You should also pay attention when you go to the TV station to record. There are all kinds of etiquette and unspoken rules there, which are no less than ours, and there will be some business entertainment from time to time. Today, the president, tomorrow, the senior, anyway, it's a bit troublesome. Some artists there have very bad attitudes, and some have gangster backgrounds... But you shouldn't be afraid~"

Kim Taeyeon started talking, her eyebrows twitching as she talked, and her expression was very vivid. She vividly talked to Chi Jingyuan about the secrets of her past activities.

Chi Jingyuan was also listening very seriously. He was also concerned about the things and secrets that this sister said. After all, he had not been active in Japan for a long time, so everything was unfamiliar and new.

But compared to what she said... Chi Jingyuan was actually very interested in some gossips about Girls' Generation's activities in Japan.

"... Noona, I heard that your activities in Japan overlap with 2PM, so you often hold social gatherings and so on. It seems that several members are paired up and often date. Is this true?" Chi Jingyuan looked at Kim Taeyeon, who was always good at teaching.

"Hey, can you read less gossip newspapers?" Kim Taeyeon was stunned when she heard this, and then her face changed immediately, staring with displeasure and disgust.

"Is it true or not?"

"Fake!" The sister curled her lips, and then her voice suddenly became a little smaller: "How can there be so many pairs? It's too exaggerated."

"Qingjia? Then it's true?" Chi Jingyuan was immediately surprised when he heard it, and asked with great curiosity: "Then who was your partner at that time, Nuna? What about Yoona Nuna?"

"Ah, how long ago was it? And there was no me, Gu Lei?"

Kim Taeyeon didn't want to talk about this topic. She glared at him with a grin and waved her hand to signal to skip this topic quickly: "Then what, then what, will it be in Japan this year? Not returning to the mainland?"

"Of course it's impossible..."

Chi Jingyuan didn't get the news he wanted to know, and felt a little bored. He shook his head and stood up to walk to the computer. He sat in front of the computer and talked to Kim Taeyeon about the remaining arrangements.

This year, it has been confirmed that EXO's overseas activities will have two major markets, Japan in the first half of the year, and after that, it will be Japan in the second half of the year.

However, unlike Japan, which has a deep foundation, although EXO has a fixed fan base in America based on the accumulation of previous years, Kpop is still a niche there. SM had no successful experience in the United States before that. Its groups such as BOA and Girls' Generation all failed.

Even all the companies and artists in the entire Kpop music industry have no experience in the United States, so even if they will sign with a local company in America, EXO will have to re-explore many things after going there, and may have to start from small programs and small radio stations.

This time, the US visit is the same as the Japanese visit. It will also release a collection of old songs + new songs, but the content of old songs is relatively small. Several songs that EXO has received good responses in America have been selected, especially the most popular "boy with luv" in America, which will be rewritten and covered, and a well-known American female singer will be found to collaborate and sing the feat.

Among them, "ON" by Chi Jingyuan is tentatively selected as one of the main hits because it fits the style determined this time. Several other songs are currently being selected. The company has been seeking demos from many well-known Amei musicians since half a year ago, and has prepared quite a lot of songs for them to choose from.

Although EXO's focus is completely on overseas this year, it has not said that it will completely give up the local market. There will still be a return of an album this year, but this year it will not be the same as the previous original reprint. This time, only one album will be released with two main hits.

Currently, the song selection is still in progress, but Chi Jingyuan and Jiang Xiaoxin have a song "DNA" that has been completed for a long time, and he plans to push this song up.

However, the specific time for the return of EXO's local album has not been confirmed. At present, there are two ideas within the company, one is to return in the summer after the neon in the first half of the year, or to return at the end of the year after the Amei activities in the second half of the year.

SM has not yet reached a consensus, but the preparations for the album have already begun.

But before that, the song "Fireworks" by Ji Jingyuan and Mingjing Nan is also very important. According to the news, Twice and EXO seem to be going to Japan this year, and the time is very overlapping. Both companies have seen the potential of this song, so they attach great importance to this cooperation, especially JYP.

After the meeting in the past two days, Ji Jingyuan will officially start this cooperation after he is completely recovered from his injury, but before that he has to attend several meetings with SM and JYP to discuss some details.

Finally, today we also discussed who will be the next solo in EXO.

Because Ji Jingyuan's solo debut was a big hit this time, as the first member of EXO to debut solo, it is a very good start. Others have seen the popularity and popularity of Ji Jingyuan's solo this time, so the resources for the next solo have instantly become a hot commodity.

Of course, other members will not expect to be as popular as Ji Jingyuan, but even if they are not as popular as Ji Jingyuan, after all, the popularity of the big group here will not be too bad... If they don't solo when the group is the most popular, will they have to wait until the picture is blurred before so?

So all EXO members, except Do Kyung-soo who has little desire, are basically competing for the resources for the next solo... Do Kyung-soo is now concentrating on being an actor, and has no big ambitions for solo.

At present, the company prefers Bian Baekhyun's next solo, and Ji Jingyuan helped Wu Sehun to operate, but there is no need to tell Kim Taeyeon about this...

"EXO is finally going to the United States... Yeah, yeah, come on, fighting!"

Upon hearing that EXO is going to the United States this year, Kim Taeyeon paused, rolled her eyes, and then made a fist, smiling and cheering for Ji Jingyuan.

However, this time she didn't say much more than when she talked about Japan before... Girls' Generation's performance in Japan is OK, but that trip to the United States was pure tourism, which can basically be regarded as SM and Girls' Generation's self-entertainment, and there is no successful experience to pass on.

So... I can only shout "Come on"

After talking about Chi Jingyuan's affairs, the two chatted for a few more words. Jin Taeyeon suddenly changed the topic and talked about the main purpose of her visit this time:

"By the way, the company has prepared the title song of our tenth anniversary album. Jingyuan, do you want to listen to it?"

"Oh? The song has been selected. Do you have a demo? I want to listen to it."

"I have it on my phone... But you should be able to connect to the company's music library. I'll tell you the name and you can search it directly."

"OK." Chi Jingyuan nodded and turned on the computer directly: "What's the name."

Jin Taeyeon also moved the stool to the side, and her expression looked a little subtle: "Double main song, "Holiday" and "All Night."

Chi Jingyuan searched quickly and soon found the demo source. He put on headphones and listened directly.

A few minutes later.

"What is this?"