Peninsula Asteroid

After arriving on the peninsula, Chi Jingyuan went back to the company directly first, held a meeting with several middle and high-level managers of the company, responsible for overseas affairs and artist management, and several managers of planning, docking and summarizing the past half a month. The harvest and influence of Xiaguo trip.

"Wuli Jingyuan is back."

"Thank you, I'll be back for a meeting as soon as I get off the plane."

"Sit down, sit down."

As soon as they met, they were warmly welcomed by the directors and directors. The group of people had sincere and enthusiastic smiles on their faces. Everyone's eyes were shining when they looked at Chi Jingyuan, as if they were looking at a bright star. diamonds.

In addition to Chi Jingyuan's background, what's more important is that they all saw how terrifying the profit brought to the company by a popular idol and popular actor. The income from the contract signed in half a month really made them dumbfounded .

Chi Jingyuan also smiled and returned the salutes one by one, sat there and began to listen, he didn't need to say anything, just listened to the manager and the company chatting.

After this meeting, Chi Jingyuan and the SM staff went directly to JYP, and the two sides agreed on the specific matters of this collaboration comeback.

All the preparations for this collaboration single have been completed, even the promotional poster Chi Jingyuan has already filmed with Pei Xiuzhi before going to Xia Guo, and now we are waiting for the official announcement of the cooperation and the specific time for the comeback , and arrange a singing stage and some itineraries.

After these are agreed upon, the two company bureaus can begin to invest resources and increase publicity.

It was supposed to be discussed a week ago, but it was only because Chi Jingyuan's trip in Xiaguo was postponed that today it was really confirmed.

Pei Xiuzhi went on a trip and didn't come today, but Park Zhenying came in person. He must be dissatisfied with SM's delayed time, but he wouldn't show it in person. On the contrary, after seeing Chi Jingyuan, he patted enthusiastically He pulled him by the shoulder, talked kindly for a while, and asked about Chi Jingyuan's activities in Xia Guo in detail.

Regarding Chi Jingyuan's two activities in Xiaguo in recent months, many people in the industry on the peninsula have noticed. Although they don't know the specific income figures, they know from some internal sources that SM is definitely making money this time. The pours are full.

It can be seen that Park Zhenying is also very keen on Xia Guo's market.

The huge market size of Xia Kingdom has always made the entertainment brokerage companies of the peninsula very coveted, and they have been looking for opportunities to enter this market.

With the debut of EXO in 2012, the K and M teams hit two markets respectively, and the participation of the three Xiaguo Line members lit up a bright guiding light for many companies.

Obviously, EXO was pre-cooled in the peninsula market in the first year of debut, but the M team with Xia Guo members was still active there and created a lot of value.

This successful example has to be studied by many companies. Since then, many companies have begun to increase the number of Xia Guo trainees, and many of the male and female groups who debuted later will add one or two. Xia Guo member.

Like GOT7, BTS all refer to this setting to a certain extent.

Especially the latter, BTS's management company Big Hit is itself a small company, so it naturally hopes to expand the Xiaguo market to increase income, and Wu Sai Ke himself is a member of EXO's debut group, but he was not selected because of some special reasons.

At that time, EXO-M was already in full swing in Xiaguo, and bighit was naturally envious. They originally wanted to form a local group of all peninsula people, but after thinking about it, they decided to insert Wu Saike for the Xiaguo market.

Although he is not from the Xia Kingdom, if no one gets to the bottom of it, no one will care, and his fluent Chinese will make BTS's activities in the Xia Kingdom more smooth.

If there are no accidents, they should try to "break through the summer" this year.

The meeting with JYP went very smoothly this time, the general plan had already been discussed before, but this time it was just the final completion and finalization of some details.

After discussions between the two parties, it was confirmed that the temporary group composed of Chi Jingyuan and Pei Suzy was named 'Yuan\u0026amp;suzy'. The sound source and MV of the collaboration song "some" will be officially released on February 21, and their warm-up stage It is scheduled for February 20th in the "M! Countdown".

The two companies will officially disclose the news a week in advance, which is Valentine's Day, February 14.

In addition to being Valentine's Day, February 14 this year is also the Lantern Festival, which is commonly known as the "New Year's Day", and making public on this time will definitely have a multiplier effect in publicity.

Afterwards, a series of supporting promotional activities will be carried out until the cooperative single is officially released. The follow-up resource investment will depend on the quality of the song "some" and whether they will achieve satisfactory results.

After the meeting was over, Chi Jingyuan could rest for a while, and he went back to the dormitory, summed up his things, and took a good night's sleep in the dormitory after tidying up.

He didn't get out of bed comfortably until it was time for dinner, and rushed to EXO's practice room after eating something.

"Come, come, welcome Wuli actor Chi Jingyuan back to the company..."

"Hey Yigu, you're finally back. It's been half a month, right?"

"Jing Yuan, why do I feel that you have gained weight again? It seems that every time you go to Xia Guo activities, you will gain weight."

As soon as they entered the door, the EXO members who happened to be taking a break saw Chi Jingyuan and immediately got excited. They grabbed him and greeted him, complained and said a few sour words.

Chi Jingyuan greeted the members with a smile.

However, when he was saying hello, he found that Luhan and Park Chanyeol were not in the right state, they seemed not energetic, and their complexion was not very good, but after seeing Chi Jingyuan, he squeezed out a smile and nodded.

"Jing Yuan, hurry up and return to the team for practice, your progress has fallen far behind."

Jin Junmian patted Chi Jingyuan on the shoulder, and said worriedly: "Also, halfway through the choreography of "dope" and "I NEED U" you leave, hurry up for the rest, time is really important very nervous."

"Don't worry brother, I'm ready to work overtime, the progress will catch up soon, and my return will not be delayed."

Chi Jingyuan raised an eyebrow at him, expressing that everything is under control.

He has long been used to working overtime. During the choreography of the regular series "Roar" last year, lying on the bed before three o'clock every day was already considered as leaving get off work early.

After chatting lively with the members for a while, several dance teachers came in soon, greeted Chi Jingyuan with a smile, and then began to supervise and guide their dance practice.

This time, the choreography for the title song "overdose" of the second mini-album has already been completed very early. This time, in cooperation with EXO, the choreographer for the title song is SM's Queen Tony Testa.

The choreography of "wolf" was very successful before, and the tree of life is still the classic shape of the EXO stage in the minds of countless fans.

Tony Testa is worthy of the name of a dancing genius. The choreography of "overdose" this time is also amazing, and several signature moves are very characteristic.

It's like a choreography where half of the people kneel and half of them stand behind like controlling puppets.

During the rap stage, everyone formed a circle, the choreography was manipulated by the member in the center, and the cute face-knocking dance was eye-catching during the transition.

Before Chi Jingyuan went to Xia Guo for activities, the company had divided the members into their respective parts. Chi Jingyuan had also learned the general dance and practiced with the team for a few days.

It's just that he is still very unfamiliar with his own part and position, and needs to work overtime to catch up with other people's progress.

Under the guidance of the dance teacher, EXO practiced again and again until everyone was so tired and sweaty that they couldn't move, and then they entered the rest time.

"Gudu..."

Chi Jingyuan took a bottle of mineral water and took a few sips, wiped the sweat from his brow and sat down on the floor, glanced at several members not far away, and asked Do Kyungsoo and Oh Sehun next to him softly. One sentence: "What about them?"

When he was practicing dance just now, he noticed that Luhan and Park Chanyeol were weak all night, their movements were not very standard, and they seemed to have no energy at all.

"Brother Chanyeol's leg was injured during Wanwan's rehearsal, it's not a serious injury, and he hasn't recovered yet."

Wu Shixun also took a look there, leaned over and said in a low voice: "Brother Luhan has had a cold and fever since you went to Xia Guo. It's been several days, and it hasn't improved after taking medicine. Recently, he is in a bad state."

Chi Jingyuan nodded clearly when he heard the words, injuries are quite common for idols, high-intensity exercises and continuous rotation schedules, and rest is not good, the body is prone to problems.

And because of the rush of the schedule and the urgency of time, there is no time for them to recuperate, so they can only continue to work with their injuries.

This is a very common thing in the peninsula music industry. Everyone was like this when they were trainees. Practicing while sick is the norm.

"Luhan is not because of this..."

Listening to the two talking, Do Kyungsoo also leaned over and interjected at this moment: "We are used to being sick... He asked his manager to rest in the dormitory for a few days because he felt unwell the past two days. Oh my god, I was a little unhappy when Brother Chenghuan rejected me."

"That's it..."

Chi Jingyuan nodded slightly, without saying anything.

He is the member who has some privileges in EXO. No matter how popular other members are, or whether they are the main pusher or not, the management of the company and the manager is very strict. Minor injuries and illnesses are not allowed to ask for leave. There are many requirements and Norms may seem a little impersonal to outsiders.

But in fact it’s not just SM, basically all entertainment companies are like this, some companies have even more demanding management and requirements for their idols, the strictness is unbearable.

As a big company, SM is already pretty good, at least the management is much looser than those years at the beginning of the century. It is almost impossible to see such things as brokers or company executives taking the initiative to teach lessons, and there is no need to be like some small companies. There are some messy things outside of work.

Without asking any more questions, Chi Jingyuan changed the subject with them and chatted about some interesting things about the company after he left.

After saying a few words, Chi Jingyuan's cell phone rang, he took it out to look at the caller, said to the two next to him, "I'm going to answer the call, I'll be right back", and then walked out quietly.

"You're not stuck."

"Jingyuan, have you returned to the peninsula?" As soon as the call was connected, Jiang Seulqi's voice came over, sounding quite cheerful.

"Are you following me? You called me just after I came back today?"

Chi Jingyuan smiled and talked to her for a few words, asked about the current situation, and then took the initiative to ask: "I'm practicing right now. The one who sneaked out will go back soon. What does he want from me?"

"That's it. Are you free on the night of the 10th?" Jiang Seqi pondered for a second and asked expectantly.

"The 10th? The day after tomorrow? What day is that?"

"This is just a close relationship, it's really..."

Jiang Seulqi couldn't help but curled her lips and said dissatisfiedly: "The 10th is my birthday. I have invited a few friends to have dinner together. Do you have time that day?"

"Forehead……"

Chi Jingyuan was a little ashamed. Someone wished him a happy birthday on time on May 13th last year, but he really didn't know that February 10th was Jiang Seulqi's birthday.

However, he has been very busy recently and really doesn’t have much time. In addition to the last minute collaboration with Bae Suzy, the most important thing is EXO’s album preparation. He has fallen behind a lot and needs to catch up. There is also the arrangement of two songs. The dance is not finished.

But just when Chi Jingyuan was about to speak and said, "I don't have time, the gift will be delivered," he suddenly remembered that Jiang Seulgi was born in 1994 like him. This year happens to be the day of adulthood, which is considered a relatively important birthday. .

Chi Jingyuan hesitated for a moment, thinking about the time schedule for that day.

"If you're busy, forget it, but don't skimp on gifts, they must be in place."

Listening to the silence on the phone, Jiang Seulqi smiled and eased Chi Jingyuan's embarrassment, and took the initiative to make a joke.

"It's okay...it's the 10th, right? I should be free in the evening, but I can't stay too late."

Chi Jingyuan thought for a while, and finally agreed with a smile, and finally added jokingly: "Remember to order some delicious dishes. If they don't taste good, I won't go there next time."

"Hehe... I will definitely satisfy you."

Jiang Seulqi was obviously very happy to hear that Chi Jingyuan could come, her voice rose to a higher pitch, and she laughed innocently twice.

After hanging up the phone, Chi Jingyuan returned to the practice room. Before they could figure out how to arrange the time the day after tomorrow, they started a new round of practice under the supervision of the dance teacher.

…………

"Do you rarely come here to Hongdae?"

Pei Zhuxuan stretched out her hand to tuck the bangs that escaped her eyes behind her ears, and turned her head to look at Chi Jingyuan next to her.

"I've been here a few times before, but very few times, and I didn't move around much."

Chi Jingyuan retracted his gaze and turned to her and nodded. Although his entire face was mostly covered by the lowered hat brim and mask, his exposed eyes were very bright and looked at Pei Zhuxuan. Take a look.

He was wearing a dark sweatshirt, a jacket, casual warm pants and sneakers, with his hands in his pockets. Apart from his outstanding figure and temperament, and the somewhat conspicuous Gengar hat on his head, he looked like he was on vacation. College students who come here for shopping.

It's the night of February 10th, and the meal of Jiang Seulgi's birthday party has just ended.

However, after the meal, Kang Seulgi, whose birthday was today, was very excited and still had some unfinished thoughts, so she proposed to go shopping in Hongdae together. Son Seungwan supported her with both hands and feet, and Bae Joo Hyun also seemed to agree.

Chi Jingyuan checked his watch and followed him as there was still time.

As for Wu Shixun, who also attended the dinner, he was not as free as Chi Jingyuan. After glaring at him, he reluctantly left and went back to the company to work.

At this time, they were walking on the streets of Hongdae after having had enough wine and food, and looked at the lively scene around them comfortably. Except for being a little cold, everything was fine.

Hongdae is a commercial district in front of Hongik University. It is one of the favorite places for young people in Seoul to hang out. It is crowded with all kinds of young people who are full of youth and unique sensibility. It can be said that it is very lively every day.

In addition to various cafes, bars, fashion stores, handmade paper shops, accessories, clothing, cosmetics and other places where young people shop and consume that reflect the sensibility and cultural tendencies of the younger generation, it is also filled with rich entertainment and music elements.

Many bands formed by college students, underground hip-hop singers, independent bands, not-so-popular idol groups, and undebuted trainees can often be seen performing street performances. It is also a good stage to express yourself.

It can be said that everything that young people like and need can be found here, and Chi Jingyuan was a little attracted by the lively atmosphere here when he was walking on the street. After arriving, he looked around with interest until he was attracted by Pei Zhuhyun's voice. attention.

"I see... I thought you would come here often...

Pei Zhuxuan glanced at him and asked with a smile.

Today, she wears a light-colored down jacket lined with a black tights, a pair of thick-soled shoes under the light gray pants, and her favorite Duck baseball cap on her head. The overall look is mature with a hint of freshness and liveliness. breath.

The thick-soled shoes made a lot of contributions, bringing her and Chi Jingyuan's original height difference closer, otherwise she would have to raise her head to speak now.

"Did Zhuhyunxi misunderstand something?"

Chi Jingyuan looked a little puzzled, as if he didn't understand what the other party meant.

"…………"

Pei Zhuhyun glanced at him with her beautiful eyes, wrinkled her nose and did not answer.

The corners of Chi Jingyuan's mouth curled up, and he blinked at her. The two looked at each other and laughed out loud.

"Hey, you two, hurry up, why are you walking so slowly!"

At this time, Jiang Seulqi and Son Seungwan, who were very excited walking in front, turned around and found that they were the only ones left. After scanning their eyes for a long time, they found Chi Jingyuan and Pei Zhuxuan who had dropped behind the old man.

The two frowned and turned back, complaining dissatisfiedly, walked behind the two and pushed their backs to make them speed up.

Chi Jingyuan and Pei Zhuxuan were helplessly pushed forward by these two over-excited people.

"As soon as the two of you came here, you ran arm in arm and disappeared. Is it because we walked slowly?"

Chi Jingyuan, who was pushed forward a few steps, looked at the two of them angrily.

Jiang Seulqi could really see that she was very happy, and Sun Shengwan was also very interested in following them. As soon as they came, they rushed out excitedly, ignoring the two behind them.

"Oh, don't worry about it so much, hurry up, I remember there is a very good drink shop in front of you."

Jiang Seqi smiled and made jokes, and kept waving her hands to signal the two to hurry up. When she turned her head, she suddenly noticed the hats of Chi Jingyuan and Pei Zhuxuan. She looked left and then, and said in surprise: "Jinjia, just now I haven't found out yet, Jingyuan, you and Zhuxuan Oni's hats are of the same style, are they couple hats?"

Sun Shengwan also widened his eyes, examining the hats of the two suspiciously.

"Guess, you discovered all of this."

Chi Jingyuan smiled generously and nodded generously, patted her on the shoulder, as if entrusting her with a difficult task, "Be careful to keep it secret!"

Pei Zhuxuan smiled lightly and straightened the hat left and right, tilted her head and did not refute, but only gave Chi Jingyuan a reproachful sideways glance.

"cut……"

Jiang Seqi glanced at it and snorted disdainfully, and didn't bother to ask any more, and led a few people to the drink shop that she had been thinking about for a long time.

It's really not Jiang Seulqi's bragging. This store seems to be doing a good job, and the queue alone is quite a long distance.

"Jingyuan, you and Zhuxuan O'Neill wait here, there are quite a lot of people queuing up over there, it's not good if you are recognized, I will go with Shengwan."

She turned around with a smile and asked, "What to drink? My treat!"

"Hot cocoa." Chi Jingyuan said that he doesn't drink cold drinks in winter.

"Where's Joohyun Oni?"

"Same as you, but I don't drink coffee."

"OK."

Jiang Seulqi made a gesture, pulled Sun Shengwan and the two ran over to line up.

"It's really energetic."

Looking at the backs of the two, Chi Jingyuan sighed.

"Nai, the relationship between Seul Gi and Seung Wan is really good." Pei Zhuxuan nodded and said something envious.

"Does Joohyun have a bad relationship with them?"

Chi Jingyuan turned to look at her.

"It's pretty good, but I'm still a little older, not like they are relatives of the same age." Pei Zhuxuan nodded slightly, her tone sounded a little depressed.

"Joohyun seems to care about her age?"

"You really... don't you care if it's you?" Pei Zhuxuan glared at him.

"Um……"

Chi Jingyuan glanced at Pei Zhuxuan up and down, pursed his lips, and asked tentatively with curiosity in his eyes: "Then do you care more about age or height?"

"You!"

Pei Zhuxuan was blocked by this sudden question, she only felt the blood rushing up, the calmness and gentleness just now disappeared in an instant, she couldn't hold back angrily shouted, then raised her foot and kicked Chi Jingyuan's on the calf.

I don't know if it's because he has a good control of his strength or because he has no strength at all, anyway, Chi Jingyuan doesn't feel any pain.

After the kick, she seemed to be still angry, and she gave him another hard look. After staring for a few seconds, she lowered her head a little bit madly, covered her face, and after a few seconds of slowing down, she burst out laughing. Come out, shoulders trembling constantly.

It took a while for her to raise her head again, with a smile in her eyes, but her tone was very solemn, she stared at Chi Jingyuan and said word by word:

"Jing Yuanxi."

"Inside." Chi Jingyuan pretended to be listening attentively.

"You're really annoying."

"Kangsang Mita."

Chi Jingyuan smiled and thanked him.

Pei Zhuxuan was teased again, she was laughing and angry, and was about to wave her hand to take a picture when Chi Jingyuan's cell phone rang suddenly, planning her action.

Chi Jingyuan took it out to see the caller, scanned Pei Zhuxuan from the corner of his eye without missing a trace, and connected.

"You're not stuck."

"I'm out shopping with my friends."

"Nei, you're right, it's your girlfriend, do you want to come together?"

"Okay, I know you still ask..."

"The 14th? What a coincidence, we flew to Xiaguo on the 13th of XO to participate in the Lantern Festival Gala of the TV station there, and there will be a live stage on the night of the 14th."

"What can I do? I just came back from Xia Guo. Do you think I want to fly around every day? Next time."

"Nei, got it."

"Bye-Bye."

Chi Jingyuan hung up the phone, locked the screen and threw it into his shoulder bag.

Pei Zhuxuan stood quietly on the side. After Chi Jingyuan answered the phone and said the first sentence, she resumed her previous calm demeanor and listened silently.

After seeing Chi Jingyuan hang up the phone and look over, she hesitated and pondered for a few seconds before speaking: "Jingyuan xi... are you dating senior Krystal from FX?"

While talking, Pei Zhuxuan looked at his face.

"…………"

Chi Jingyuan smiled softly when he heard this, shrugged at her, and said nothing.

Although the other party didn't say anything, Bae Zhuhyun still nodded to show that he understood. He looked away and stared at the ground for a while, then looked in the direction of Jiang Seulgi and the others.

Chi Jingyuan didn't say anything and looked over with her.

After a while, Jiang Seulqi and Sun Shengwan came back with drinks and handed them to them with smiles.

"Thank you." Chi Jingyuan took the hot cocoa and felt a lot warmer in his hands.

After getting the drinks, the four of them walked around Hongdae together. Jiang Seulqi obviously came here often and introduced Ji Jingyuan and Son Seungwan very familiarly.

Sun Shengwan, like Chi Jingyuan, had only been here a few times, and everything here felt quite new. Pei Zhuhyun followed and listened, interjecting from time to time. It was obvious that she was half Hongdaedong.

After walking for a while, Jiang Seqi saw a group of people gathering on the roadside not far ahead. It seemed that there was some kind of performance. Her eyes lit up and she walked over with a few people and stood on the periphery to watch.

It's a group of people, but it's actually not a lot. They are scattered around a seemingly crude stage. The sound quality of the speakers is not good, but the volume is quite loud. If you stand close, you will feel your eardrums being shocked. Every move.

At this time, a girl group, five girls, were singing and dancing on the stage.

The temperature today is very low, and you can clearly see the breath when you open your mouth, but this girl group is wearing shirts and short shorts, with their white thighs exposed. Everyone looks very involved, and they don't seem to feel the cold at all. .

But that doesn't matter. Being able to withstand freezing is a basic skill for artists. Most of the artists who debut have performed in the winter wearing thin stage clothes that are not warm at all. EXO also often have this experience.

After watching it for a while, Chi Jingyuan felt that the strength of this girl group was pretty good, both in terms of vocals and dancing. He suddenly discovered that he seemed to know this girl group, and seemed to have participated in the "Idol Games" with them before.