Peninsula Asteroid

"Tch, why don't you die?"

Zheng Endi was caught by his tone, and cursed viciously.

Just when Chi Jingyuan was about to reply, the elevator door opened not far ahead, and five members of fx walked out from inside.

After seeing them, Chi Jingyuan, who was holding the phone, hurriedly stepped aside and made a gesture of saluting. Several people from fx also saw that he didn't bother him after calling, so they waved their hands with a smile.

Zheng Xiujing, who was walking in the third place, had been locking eyes on Chi Jingyuan since she saw him, her eyes were filled with joy and displeasure, but because she didn't say anything on the phone, she flicked her hair and left quickly after glancing at him.

On the other hand, Cui Xueli smiled and gestured to Chi Jingyuan to make a phone call. After getting Chi Jingyuan's nod in reply, she shook her hand happily, gave him a wink, and then followed the teammates in front of her.

"What's wrong?" Zheng Endi asked on the phone seeing that Chi Jingyuan hadn't spoken for a long time.

"It's nothing, I met a few seniors in the company and said hello... What did you say just now?"

"Forget it, nothing."

Based on Zheng Endi's understanding of Chi Jingyuan, he guessed that he didn't intend to get back together, so he didn't bother to talk about it, and switched to another topic: "Has your comeback been postponed?"

"Yes, the exact time has not been determined, but I estimate that it will be postponed for one to two weeks."

Chi Jingyuan walked into the elevator and pressed down on the 3rd floor: "If I had known that your apink would be coming back soon, we would not have postponed it. When the time comes, I will directly hit you and fly. I think you are still arrogant."

"Aixi, you are really... come here if you have the ability, and see who knocks who into the air, hahaha..."

Zheng Eundi sprayed back without showing any weakness, and after a while, her hearty laughter came from the phone. You don't need to look at Chi Jingyuan to imagine how big her mouth is.

"Okay, I will start working immediately in the practice room, let's not talk about it."

Chi Jingyuan stepped out of the elevator and came to the door of the practice room, and finally explained to the phone: "By the way, aren't you going to join the group to shoot a TV series soon? It seems to be a KBS drama. I remember... then oppa will send you The aid car will make you look up."

"Hey, you are the only one who is 94 and still oppa, who cares."

Zheng En said disdainfully, but his tone sounded cheerful, obviously happy because Chi Jingyuan paid attention to his itinerary.

"Goodbye then."

"goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Chi Jingyuan shook his head with a smile, pushed open the door of the practice room and walked in.

After finally resting for a few days, EXO started to work overtime every day.

But as long as he doesn't get sick, Chi Jingyuan doesn't care. Idols are like this.

…………

Because there are a lot of things going on recently, besides the final progress of the album, as well as various preparations for the neon fan meeting and the concert, the whole EXO has started to work hard like a clockwork again.

In order to allow them to fully prepare, the company has basically stopped accepting any team schedules and variety shows during this period, not even commercial performances, only some new members have received personal information, such as Park Chanyeol, Byun Bo Yin these.

But they are also very hardworking and conscious, because all the practice progress that their schedules delay will make up for the time in the early hours of the night, just like Chi Jingyuan in the past, they will not leave work until three o'clock in the middle of the night.

And Chi Jingyuan has no other schedule except for some personal advertisements, and devotes himself to work and practice.

In the past few days, they have finished filming the MV for "overdose", and the re-recording of "dope" has also been done, and the MV is halfway through shooting, and the progress is quite fast.

Fast forward to March 29th.

"Here, help me bring Zhuxuanxi tonight."

In the stairwell on the second and third floors of the SM company building, Chi Jingyuan handed Jiang Seulqi a wrapped gift box, and then gave instructions.

"You really don't have time for Joohyun O'Neill's birthday tonight?"

Jiang Seulqi took the gift, looked at him with some regret and said.

Today is Pei Zhuxuan's birthday, she specially called Chi Jingyuan the day before yesterday, but it's a pity...

"I even took time out to ask you to bring gifts now, you know how busy we are these days."

Chi Jingyuan sighed.

Preparing the album itself is already busy enough, and now I have added the concert.

He really underestimated the work intensity of the concert rehearsal, the stage movement and rehearsal of nearly 20 songs, as well as the preparation of many personal stages, and the VCR dedicated to the concert. It can be said that it really killed people up.

Before Jiang Seulqi and Son Seungwan's birthday, it was because it was their 94line adult birthday, which was more important, so Chi Jingyuan took the time to go there.

Pei Zhuxuan has been an adult for a long time, and he is not a boyfriend or girlfriend, so he doesn't need to pay too much attention to his birthday.

But people couldn't get there, so he specially prepared a Pokémon figure, which was very delicate, and he thought Pei Zhuxuan would like it more.

"It must be past midnight after I finish my work today, and Joohyun's birthday should be over by then, so let's forget about today, next time."

"Oh well."

Jiang Seqi nodded, pouted slightly, thought for a while and said, "I was planning to tell you good news tonight, but I guess you already know..."

"What good news?" Chi Jingyuan looked at her.

"..."

Mentioning this, Jiang Seulqi's face was filled with joy, and it became more and more obvious, the whole person seemed to be surrounded by happiness, waving her hands vigorously, as if wanting to express the emotions in her heart, holding back for a few seconds Zhong couldn't help laughing out loud and told him with great joy:

"The company has launched a new girl group project, and has selected many trainees to enter the shortlist. Me, Seungwan, Joohyun and Oni, we were all selected."

Jiang Seqi's entire face smiles like a flower, her eyes are like crescent moons, her cheekbones are bulging, her mouth is wide open, her face is full of unparalleled excitement, and the cold stairway seems to be covered by her. Her enthusiasm raised the temperature of the infection a little.

"Jinjia?"

Chi Jingyuan's eyes widened a little, very surprised.

"Inside, it was made public during the meeting a few days ago, and the list of candidates was announced at that time."

She nodded vigorously to confirm, and then asked in doubt: "Jing Yuan, don't you know?"

"I'm so busy these days that my head is getting dizzy and I didn't pay attention to the news in this regard."

Chi Jingyuan shook his head, bluntly smiled knowingly, looked at Jiang Seqi and congratulated seriously: "Congratulations to you all."

Debut is the most dreamed-for thing for any trainee. These trainees have entered the company and practiced hard for so many years just for such an opportunity.

And suddenly this opportunity appeared in front of him, Chi Jingyuan could imagine how excited and excited they were when they heard the news, it was a trembling and unbelievable feeling.

It may be difficult to control your emotions.

"Hey..." Facing Chi Jingyuan's blessing, Jiang Seqi smiled happily, her naive smile was really contagious, and Chi Jingyuan couldn't help laughing.

"You didn't cry when you heard the news that day, did you?" He asked curiously.

"Of course I cried. How could I not cry about this kind of thing? Seung Wan hugged me and cried for a long time, and Joohyun also did the same. The crying was ugly."

After thinking about it, Jiang Seulqi looked at him and retorted.

"Then you are crying now, what should we do when we really debut?"

"It's time to cry again."

"Haha, makes sense."

Chi Jingyuan smiled and shook his head looking at her natural look, gave her a thumbs up, and then said: "Come on."

"Call me if something happens."

"Guess!" Jiang Seqi replied with a smile.

"Then I'll go first, don't forget to give the gift."

"Don't worry, you should also pay attention to your body. The news two days ago was really scary."

"Haha, I see."

Chi Jingyuan and Jiang Seulqi waved goodbye, turned and went up the stairs.

The fact that SM has a new girl group project really surprised him. Based on his judgment, he thought it should be a little later, but he didn't expect it to be brought up so soon.

For some reason, he suddenly thought of Girls' Generation.

At the end of March, Girls' Generation ended their comeback Dage.

After "some" went on for a week, it fell into the strangulation of various girl groups. Until the end, it won a total of 5 first-place trophies.

This achievement is considered very successful for other girl groups, but for Girls' Generation, it can only be said to barely save face.

And today, the results of this comeback can also be concluded. The sales volume has been cut in half, the sound source has declined seriously, and the overall situation is obviously going downhill.

Most of the popularity of Korean idols on the peninsula is caused by the first explosion of music sources, and then the explosion of sales.

The same is true for recessions, as the music sources also decline, and then sales decrease.

It shouldn't have fallen so fast, but last year's "i got a boy" really hurt their word-of-mouth and popularity, and this year's continuous love affair made it worse, and fans didn't know how many ran away.

It can be seen that the company didn’t pay much attention to this album, and this year is the contract year of Girls’ Generation. It is estimated that this time is the time of intense negotiations. Whether all 9 members can renew their contracts is very important. Still a question mark.

In the situation where Girls' Generation had just come back to the unfavorable situation, at this time, a new girl group project was suddenly launched, and I don't know if there is a certain relationship in the middle.

Well, I hope these sisters are doing well.

Chi Jingyuan gave a blessing in his heart, and returned to the practice room to start the heavy work again.

…………

"Haven't you celebrated all this, why are you waiting for me for so long?"

Chi Jingyuan sat opposite to Cui Xueli, watching her face flushed, she looked like she had drunk a lot of wine, and leaned on the back of the chair tiredly.

It is already the early morning of the 30th, and the two of them are in a small bar in Sinsa-dong, Jiangnan District. The area is small but the decoration is not bad. The atmosphere of the store is very warm.

At this time, there were not many customers around, and one or two people were sitting far away, and there were only Chi Jingyuan and Cui Xueli in this area.

What a coincidence, Cui Xueli's birthday is also March 29.

She had called Chi Jingyuan in advance to celebrate. After knowing that it was difficult to spare time, she asked him when the practice would end, and then agreed to wait for him here.

As a relative of the same year, Chi Jingyuan naturally didn't say anything. When he got off work today, it was already past one o'clock and almost two o'clock. After talking to his agent, he rushed here in Park Jae-hyun's car.

"Of course I have to celebrate my birthday. Why don't you let me celebrate if you don't come?"

Cui Xueli glanced at him, a little dissatisfied that Chi Jingyuan couldn't come before, but she quickly laughed out loud: "Don't worry, that's just enough wine, there's nothing wrong with it."

She obviously only came of age this year, but her tone was as cheerful as a hero in wine.

"You don't have to wait for me after the celebration. I've already given you the gift."

"Who called you to celebrate? I just want to chat with you and talk to you."

"Can't those friends at the party just now? Do you have to tell me? It's so late." Chi Jingyuan was a little helpless. He was actually quite tired after practicing all night and was just waiting to go back to bed.

Moreover, Cui Xueli had held a birthday party with her friends before. Chi Jingyuan didn't ask who it was. Everyone had their own social circle, so there was nothing strange about it.

"Of course, do you think I can't tell who is a friend we can only play with and who is a friend we can really talk about our concerns?"

Cui Xueli looked at Chi Jingyuan seriously: "You are my most important relative of the same age, so of course I can only talk to you... It's my birthday today, so you shouldn't be disrespectful."

Feeling that although she was a little drunk, her eyes were unusually clear. Chi Jingyuan shook his head angrily and glanced at her sideways: "Don't make any mistake, it's two o'clock in the morning, and your birthday was yesterday. ."

As he spoke, he poured a glass of warm water from the kettle on the table and handed it to her.

Although the tone was not very good, this action and demeanor made Cui Shirley smile, took the water glass and took a sip happily.

The table suddenly fell into silence. Cui Shirley seemed to be organizing her words, while Chi Jingyuan was waiting quietly for her to speak.

"I don't want to be an idol anymore."

After a minute of silence, she suddenly spoke, holding the water glass and speaking softly.

"..." Chi Jingyuan didn't show any surprise, he just nodded silently to indicate that he was listening.

"Every day is very tiring, and we have endless schedules. Our team has reached a bottleneck now. We can't get up or down, and we can't see any hope of going further."

"Although the relationship between the members is good and there are no conflicts, sometimes it always feels a bit awkward, and Xiujing and I are always in competition."

"The most important thing is that people scold me every day on the Internet, and the scoldings are very unpleasant. It feels like no matter what I do, it is wrong. Do they really hate me that much?"

"besides…………"

Cui Xueli began to vent her grievances. It seemed that she had been holding back a lot of resentment recently and wanted to vent it all out.

After waiting for her to finish speaking, Chi Jingyuan pondered for a moment, looked at her and said, "Then have you decided what to do as an idol?"

"I want to be an actor." Cui Xueli seemed to have already considered it.

"Actor? What are you playing? "To the Beautiful You"?" Chi Jingyuan blinked.

"Ah, why are you mentioning this again?"

Cui Xueli slapped him dissatisfied and glared at him angrily.

"hehe……"

Chi Jingyuan chuckled, and his expression returned to seriousness: "Have you thought about it?"

"Not yet. Actually, I don't want to be an idol...but I really can't let it go and I'm very confused."

Cui Xueli frowned and pursed her lips, looking like she couldn't make a choice.

"Well...have you saved enough money?" Chi Jingyuan asked.

"No, my expenses are not low, and I am planning to buy a property recently."

"Will SM support your withdrawal from fx?"

"…………"

"Then do you think SM will continue to provide you with film and television resources after you quit the group?"

"Probably not, maybe."

"Then you want to change the agency? Have you contacted me?"

"No……"

"Um, do you have any connections with TV stations or film and television production companies?"

"…………"

Her voice became quieter and quieter until it was inaudible.

"Hey, you didn't have any preparation, did you just think of it and become an idol? There is no way out?" Chi Jingyuan looked at Cui Xueli in disbelief.

"Isn't this...isn't this something that hasn't been decided yet, so I came to have a heart-to-heart talk with you."

Cui Xueli smiled coquettishly at him and poured a glass of water for Chi Jingyuan in a flattering manner.

Glancing at her sideways, Chi Jingyuan took a sip from the water glass, thought for a moment and said, "Look, you are not prepared for anything. In this case, you have to risk everything, and it also depends on luck."

"Although many people scold you, there are also many people who like you, and the number of fans of fx cannot be underestimated, right. If you personally quit, you will actively abandon the fans who support you in this aspect, which is a bit more gain than loss."

"I think you have to wait at least until you have a relatively popular TV series or movie masterpiece before you have the confidence to communicate with the company and join an actor who has officially changed careers. Otherwise, even if you are no longer an idol, your development will be very difficult."

"fx debuted in 2009, and it's already been five years this year. There are still two years until the contract year. The time is neither long nor short, enough for you to prepare slowly."

Chi Jingyuan gave his own opinion.

He can understand Cui Xueli's thoughts, not everyone has the confidence of a family like him, and ignores all levels in the entertainment industry. It is a normal idea for idols to want to change their careers to become an actor. Isn't Senior Yooner also trying Walking on the road.

Although it is not very smooth.

It's a bit of a gamble just to get out of the group, and he's not very promising unless he's prepared.

"Um……"

After listening to the words, Cui Xueli held the water glass and thought seriously for a while, then nodded lightly, looked at Chi Jingyuan, and sincerely thanked: "Thank you."

She can tell who is perfunctory and who is really thinking about herself.

She hadn't thought about it that much before, and she hadn't made a decision. It was just that when she thought about it, she kept it in her heart and felt bored. Not only did it affect her mood, she even felt a little absent-minded about her daily practice and schedule.

This made her feel a little clearer.

"Thank you for the early..."

Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips, tilted his head and looked at Chi Jingyuan: "And I don't like your actor's route very well."

"Why?" Cui Xueli was a little moved just now, but now she couldn't help wrinkling her nose and staring at Chi Jingyuan.

"Because of your acting skills."

"What happened to my acting skills?"

"The acting skills are not good enough, what's the matter?"

"Why do you say that?"

"To the Beautiful You"

"You!"