Peninsula Asteroid

"Is it just after school again?"

Chi Jingyuan saw that Zhou Ziyu was still wearing the same school uniform as last time, so he took the gift and lowered his head to look at it.

The long gift box has been packaged. It is quite light to hold it up. It looks like a cup when you look at the shape.

"Didn't you say that you were very busy today and didn't have time after this afternoon, so I came over right after school."

Zhou Ziyu smiled with her little white teeth exposed. The starched school uniform fit her perfectly. Suddenly, the ends of her hair were blown by a breeze and lightly scratched her face. She looked quite youthful and energetic.

It's a pity that the whiter her teeth are, the darker her skin is in contrast.

However, seeing that she was smiling so happily, Chi Jingyuan resisted the idea of ​​complaining and hitting her, accepted the gift, and nodded: "I am indeed very busy. I have been busy for a long time this morning because of the music leak. You know this, right..."

Seeing Zhou Ziyu nodding repeatedly and looking at him with tentative concern, Chi Jingyuan chuckled and waved his hand: "The impact is not very big, it is mainly related to the sound source and sales..."

"Forget it, you won't understand even if I say it..."

Ignoring her wrinkled face, Chi Jingyuan took out his phone and checked the time, then breathed out: "I can't treat you to a drink today. I have a lot of things to do when I get back."

"Well, you go and do your work first. I'm going to the company soon."

Zhou Ziyu held her schoolbag to get the strap, nodded obediently, then looked at Chi Jingyuan and said again in her crooked accent: "Happy birthday."

"Thanks……"

Chi Jingyuan smiled and imitated her crooked accent and said something back. They looked at each other and smiled. He waved and turned around to leave and return to the company.

"Bye-Bye……"

…………

After the meeting in the morning, SM quickly issued multiple statements to the outside world. The first was that it was "investigating the leakage route."

Then he waited for a while and continued to announce: "EXO's "Overdose" was scheduled to be released at the "EXO Comeback Showcase" held at Jamsil Indoor Stadium on the 14th. However, due to this leak of the music source, there is a possibility of discrepancies and changes in EXO's comeback schedule. "

Before fans could exclaim and worry, the company issued another announcement two hours later: "The relevant image is a walking recording version shot for MBC Music Center broadcast, and the music is not a complete version."

Then he immediately stated that "the illegally leaked images are being deleted, and the illegal leaks are under investigation." "Based on the current investigation, criminal proceedings have been filed against the illegal uploader and disseminator of this image, and the damage has been done." Compensation claims and other civil and criminal responsibilities are implemented, and the policy of taking legal measures is implemented..."

This set of serial announcements is really dizzying. From the morning until now, EXO and SM companies have been on the hot search. One will be posted every once in a while, and the popularity will be really high. It's really good to eat, at least now almost everyone knows that EXO's music source has leaked and "EXO is about to return".

The publicity department of SM Company really understands that no matter good or bad, as long as there is attention, everything will be OK, and anything can be promoted by taking advantage of the situation.

Their reaction and actions probably made some people wonder if this was something SM did to promote themselves.

However, Chi Kyung-won was quite surprised that MBC found the source of the leak so quickly, which also shows that SM's connections and relationships are indeed quite powerful.

Because of this matter, Team K was also very busy. In addition to preparing the temporary stage for the evening, they also cooperated in other aspects for the company's publicity.

After returning to the company with the gift, Chi Jingyuan took the elevator to the third floor and walked towards EXO's practice room. When he was almost there, he suddenly saw a figure wandering next to their practice room. After walking around twice, Standing in front of the door of the practice room, he was secretly observing the situation inside through the crack in the door that was not closed tightly.

He recognized the figure at a glance and smiled in his heart. Chi Jingyuan took the initiative to walk quietly behind her, imitating her, and looked into the crack of the door.

What's interesting is that Chi Jingyuan was already eager to stand behind her and almost press against her. Before the person could react, he still poked his head inside. Chi Jingyuan lowered his head and glanced at her, then suddenly leaned over and said, "Zhu Hyun xi ?”

"ah……"

A scream that pierced his eardrums made Chi Jingyuan grin and take a step back to cover his ears. Pei Zhuxuan suddenly trembled, his whole body shook and he couldn't stand still, and he leaned softly against the wall next to him. Turning his head, his face turned pale, and he looked over in shock.

Her mouth was slightly open, her eyes were wide open, her brows were furrowed, and the fear in her pupils looked like a chicken about to be caught making soup.

"..."

But when she saw it was Chi Jingyuan, she let out a sharp breath, and her fear disappeared. She leaned against the wall next to the door and slapped her chest with her hands, panting, and then quickly straightened her expression. , looked over angrily.

"What's wrong?"

"What happened?"

At this time, the sound of rapid footsteps came. In the practice room, the other members of Team K who had returned after hearing Pei Zhuhyun's screams, all ran out quickly. When they opened the door, they saw Chi Jingyuan and Pei Zhuhyun in a tense atmosphere in front of them. The person's hurried look immediately became extremely weird.

"Well, I'm joking with my friends..." Chi Jingyuan's mask had already been removed when he entered the company, he smiled at the members and explained.

"Nai, I know, I know, it's nothing, nothing."

Park Chanyeol nodded knowingly, raised his eyebrows at Chi Jingyuan with a strange smile, then took the other people back with his arms around him, and closed the door with his feet, leaving a sentence through the gap: "You go on open……"

The door of the practice room was closed with a 'bang', leaving only Chi Jingyuan smiling and Pei Zhuxuan looking at him viciously.

"Zhuxuanxi?" Chi Jingyuan waved at Pei Zhuxuan who was leaning against the wall and was about to sit on the ground, and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

"you……"

Pei Zhuxuan gritted her teeth and looked at her, with an obvious murderous look in her reproachful eyes, her chest heaved and suppressed for a long time, and finally she couldn't hold it back, she pushed Chi Jingyuan and pushed his body to the side, then stretched out her hand to touch her. He patted his back hard several times in a row, and shouted in a low voice while patting:

"ah……"

"ah."

"ah!"

Pei Zhuxuan was so frightened that her soul flew out just now, she was a little embarrassed looking inside like a thief, but she didn't expect to be sneaked behind by Chi Jingyuan at some point, when suddenly a voice came from her ear. With a low voice, she felt her heart suddenly stopped, almost shutting down.

She kept her voice down at first, and then it became louder and louder with each clap, gnashing her teeth to vent out all the fright and panic just now.

"Ha ha……"

Chi Jingyuan covered his face with his hands as if dodging, but he didn't really dodge. He honestly let her take a good photo. While being photographed, he saw Pei Zhuxuan's beautiful face that didn't change much. Son, but now he is staring with his mouth pulled at his eyes, his whole face is wrinkled together, he suddenly finds it very interesting, and burst out laughing.

This expression can be compared with Sun Seung Wan.

The quiet and mature temperament of the previous few meetings disappeared, but it became much more lively.

Chi Jingyuan suddenly understood the mentality of the second brother, and now he really regrets not having a camera or DV in his hand.

"Yeah, are you still laughing?"

Pei Zhuxuan looked at Chi Jingyuan who was laughing out of anger, gritted his teeth, stared at him fiercely, and patted him hard again.

"Ani, you heard wrong."

Chi Jingyuan looked at her seriously, looked up and down, held back a smile and said, "I just didn't know that Zhu Xuanxi would react so strongly, it seems a little timid."

"Then Jing Yuanxi, do you know now?"

Looking up at him, Pei Zhuxuan asked word by word.

"Nai, I got it." Chi Jingyuan nodded solemnly, and suddenly saw a few hairs on the back of the opponent's head blown up due to the violent action just now, and couldn't help turning around and laughing again.

I never knew Pei Zhuxuan looked so comedic at this time.

"You..." Seeing Chi Jingyuan like that, Pei Zhuxuan stood pinching his waist for a while, then closed his eyes and let out a deep breath, lowering his head and laughing himself, covering his face with his hands and shaking his shoulders of.

At the same time, I didn't forget to stretch my hands behind my head a few times to straighten my hair.

After that, the two looked at each other, and the laughter gathered together. Pei Zhuxuan gave him a hard look, and didn't bother to mention what happened just now.

"Why did you come to our practice room, looking for me?"

Chi Jingyuan noticed that Pei Zhuxuan was holding a bag in his left hand, glanced at it and asked, "Just send a message or make a phone call."

"Our practice room has been moved to the second floor some time ago, and it will come up after two steps."

Pei Zhuxuan glanced at him, took out the bag in his hand, opened it and said angrily, "Isn't it Jing Yuanxi's birthday today, I brought the presents for them, it wasn't in advance I said I wanted to give you a surprise, but I didn't expect..."

She glanced at it, and paused for a second on the gift box in Chi Jingyuan's hand, her eyes flickered for a moment without asking, and she just skipped over it as if she hadn't seen it.

"Mi Ah Nei, haha..."

Glancing at him, Pei Zhuxuan opened the bag and showed him several wrapped presents inside: "This is Seul Qi's, this is Seung Wan's... this is mine."

"Remember it well, don't make a mistake, they told me for a long time just now..."

The sizes and colors of the three gift boxes are different. The packaging in red, blue and light yellow looks quite delicate.

"Suddenly I don't want to give it to you anymore..." Pei Zhuxuan looked at Chi Jingyuan angrily, looked at him for a few seconds, then covered his mouth and smiled, passed his hand forward, his eyes curved with a smile: "Forget it Already had... a rough birthday card."

"Kangsang Mita." Chi Jingyuan took it with a smile, and after flipping through it, he held it in his hand without taking it apart: "Speak to Seulqi and the others for me."

As he spoke, he looked at Pei Zhuxuan. At this time, the blush on his face due to the excitement just now had gradually dissipated, revealing his original complexion.

She should have put on some light makeup before she came, but from a close distance, she can still clearly see that Pei Zhuxuan's complexion is a little yellow, a small pimple has grown on the left side of her forehead and the outside of her cheek, and there is also some foundation around her eye sockets No dark circles covered up.

It can be seen that she hasn't had a good rest recently, but from her eyebrows and body, she can feel that she is still full of energy. Even though she is in poor physical condition, she is very angry and energetic.

Recently, she should have been really fulfilled.

"Then I'm going first, and I'm going to start practicing soon."

After flicking her hair, Pei Zhuxuan took the initiative to leave after giving the gift to Chi Jingyuan, and waved her hand to leave.

"Um."

Chi Jingyuan looked at her and waved his hand, then made a cheering gesture with his fists:

"fighting!"

Pei Zhuxuan turned her head happily when she heard the words, tilted her head, and gestured 'yes' with her hand next to her cheek.

"Inside!."

Seeing her leaving back, Chi Jingyuan smiled and walked into the practice room with the bag.

As soon as Chi Jingyuan entered, several people from Team K immediately surrounded him and began to listen for gossip.

The other people are really curious. Pei Zhuxuan is very famous among the company's trainees. First, she is old and second, she is good-looking. Many people in EXO know her, and some of them knew each other before.

It's just that Chi Jingyuan is watertight, that is to say, it's a friend who came to give a birthday present, and casually perfunctory the curious questions of the members, regardless of whether they believe it or not.

He probably didn't believe it very much, Park Chanyeol and Wu Shixun looked at him with narrow smiles.

whatever they want...

…………

Today the company held a special birthday party for Chi Kyung Won’s coming-of-age birthday, rented a small exhibition hall in the IONC building in Cheongdam-dong near the SM building, and selected 300 fans to come to the scene to watch through lottery and other methods.

The company, EXO-K, and Ji Jingyuan also prepared a lot of small gifts in advance, including member peripherals, autographed pictorials, etc., which are prepared to be given on-site as benefits.

All processes are free, purely by luck... However, according to the unspoken rules, the chances of spending more rich fans should be higher.

Of course, it is free on the surface, but it is not clear whether there are secret reselling transactions and scalpers behind the scenes.

The selection of the quota had already started a week ago. As soon as the news came out, it immediately aroused strong reactions among the fans of EXO and Yuan. To the SM company.

I feel that if tickets are sold, the number of people present at this small birthday party is not much less than that of the showcase or even the concert.

300 quotas are completely insignificant for Chi Jingyuan's huge number of personal fans, a drop in the bucket, not enough points at all, two days later the quota is confirmed, and his multiple fanclubs mourned, all for a while full of disappointment and resentment .

EXO has held several events for the members’ birthdays since their debut, Baekhyun and his famous ten-person birthday party is one of them, but Ji Jingyuan is the first such event in the two years since his debut It was held once, and it was his very commemorative coming-of-age birthday. Naturally, all his fans were eager to participate in this birthday party.

Immediately after the quotas came out, many fans with good family conditions who did not get the chance to purchase quotas through various channels, and the prices offered were higher and higher, even far exceeding the highest price among EXO's first concert tour in Seoul. A few infield tickets.

It has to be said that among Chi Jingyuan's only fans, there are really a large number of local tyrant fans with good family backgrounds, all of whom are loyal fans who can spend a lot of money without hesitation.

To celebrate his coming-of-age birthday this time, a series of congratulatory activities funded by fans is the best proof.

"Your fans really bought the entire row of advertisements on Line 3 and Line 7?"

Wu Shixun, who was swiping his phone, saw a piece of news, and elbowed Chi Jingyuan, who was also looking at the phone beside him, his surprised tone was not lacking in envy.

For this birthday party, Chi Jingyuan and the K team also made a lot of preparations, and they came to the backstage of the arranged exhibition hall in the afternoon.

It is said that the backstage is actually a small lounge, which is used to touch up makeup, change clothes and take a short rest before the birthday party.

"Yeah, I'm also quite surprised, they really are..."

Chi Jingyuan nodded after hearing this, put down the phone in his hand, and pursed his lips with a complicated expression.

What Wu Shixun said was a rather surprising thing that happened today.

Ji Jingyuan's only fans, led by a few local tyrants and big fans, raised funds to transfer the two subway lines closest to the location of the SM company building, Cheongdamdong Station and Apgujeong Station of Line 3 and Line 7 , The entire row of 100-200-meter light box advertisements on both sides of the exit 2 and exit 8 subway passages that are the only way to the SM building are covered.

The advertisements are all pictorials of Chi Jingyuan, with the blessing words of "Birthday Card" written on it. Standing at the subway entrance and looking over, all the advertisements on both sides of the wall are exactly the same happy birthday to Chi Jingyuan. You can’t see the end at a glance. Chi Jingyuan’s face seems to be doubled in the eyes, which makes people feel excited. The shock.

This news and the photos of the real scene also caused great discussion on the Internet today, and XO's own fans naturally gave their blessings with honor.

The other fans were shocked by Yuan Fan's wealth and spending a lot of money, lamented that the popularity of Chi Jingyuan and EXO is really scary now, and then followed up with a few acid words.

There are also many people who can't understand this kind of behavior, and angrily denounced the fanatic behavior of the fans.

However, chasing stars and supporting idols are part of the culture of the peninsula, and most people are not surprised, it is nothing more than a little more generous this time.

In addition to subway advertisements, his fans have many other actions, including congratulations in newspapers, bus body advertisements, donations in Yuan's name, etc., including those sent to SM from all over the world. A birthday present that doesn't fit quickly.

He doesn't know what other people think, but as the protagonist of the incident, Chi Jingyuan really feels flattered when he sees the actions of these fans.

It's quite complicated.

Of course, I am really happy to be supported and liked by so many people.

"Oh, the popularity top is different."

Wu Shixun glanced at him and said something sour.

"Nai, it's indeed a little different." Chi Jingyuan looked back with a frank smile, and then curled his lips: "You are content, didn't you have a lot of support and blessings for your meal on your birthday? If you make other people angry Are you still alive?"

Wu Shixun’s birthday was in April this year. At that time, they were holding a fan meeting in Neon and didn’t have time to hold an event, but as members of EXO’s popular upper circle, fans on the peninsula and other places also did a lot of things to wish.

At this time, you can see the difference in the popularity of the members in a group. The level of fan support for birthday events with high popularity is different, and the level of support for fans with low popularity is naturally a lot worse.

It's obviously the same combination...

This is also one of the very real and cruel performances in the entertainment industry. Seeing other people are beautiful, but oneself is miserable, the feeling in it can only be said that everyone knows how well they are.

This is the case with EXO, needless to say about those groups that were close.

The birthday party officially started at 7 o'clock in the evening, and all the fans had already entered the venue 20 minutes earlier, and the exhibition hall rented by SM was fully occupied.

Due to the layout of the exhibition hall, the stage is not high, and it is very close to the auditorium. Standing at the front of the stage, you can even reach out to give the audience a high-five in the first row. There is a warm and friendly feeling on the whole.

The feeling of being so close to one's favorite idol and being able to reach it with one's hand is believed to be loved by every fan. It's no wonder that today's birthday party was overwhelmed.

Apart from the fans, only a few members of the K team participated, and Park Chanyeol was sent as a temporary MC.

"Aniha Sai..."

Following the applause from the audience, Park Chanyeol took the microphone and walked onto the stage. Standing in the middle of the stage, he saluted first, and then started with a smile: "Everyone is very welcome, today is Wuli's maknae Yuan's coming-of-age birthday , really happy to be able to spend this moment with the fans."

"I won't say much more, please invite today's protagonist, wuliXO youngest, Yuan to appear..."

After Park Chanyeol said a few words, he immediately stepped aside, took the lead in applauding and cheering, and watched Chi Jingyuan coming up from the side.

Because it was a birthday party, it was not only a celebration for Chi Jingyuan, but also a kind of welfare for fans, so everything including the host was not very formal, and there was no script script prepared in advance, just a simple rehearsal of the process .

However, this kind of casualness and intimacy cannot be felt in other places, and it can be seen that the fans below are also very fond of it.

Chi Jingyuan's clothes are also very casual, a white hoodie made a simple shape, bangs combed to both sides to reveal the forehead in the middle, the original black hair without dyeing, looks like a boy next door or a college student a feeling of.

"ah……"

"Yuan..."

"oppa...

Chi Jingyuan took the microphone and walked onto the stage. Before he could speak, there was a sound of screaming and shouting, which instantly ignited the atmosphere of the entire exhibition hall.

Basically all the fans of Chi Jingyuan who were present today, many of them saw their idols at such a close distance for the first time. The still dazzling boy, many of them covered their mouths in disbelief, feeling as if in a dream, not real.

"Aniha Sai..."

Chi Jingyuan saluted standardly amidst the cheers, stood in the middle of the stage and looked at the fans below with a smile, beckoning them to stop being so excited, unexpectedly it had the opposite effect, and the screaming became louder.

After standing on the stage for a full minute, the voice dropped a lot. Chi Jingyuan held up the microphone and said sincerely: "I'm really glad that everyone came to celebrate my birthday today. I haven't been so close to Wuli fans for a long time. contacted..."

As he said that, he looked around for a week, took every fan's face into his eyes, looked at their sincere and longing eyes, suddenly licked his lips, and sighed: "Wow, everyone, take a good look, jinjia swooped clatter."

After finishing speaking, Chi Jingyuan lowered his head and covered his face in embarrassment.

"ah……"

The fans who were teased suddenly became agitated again, and couldn't help but want to reach out and touch their idols.

Standing there, the fans greeted and exchanged some pleasantries. After their excitement was under control, the staff brought a high stool up, and Chi Jingyuan sat on it and chatted with the fans for a while.

He talked about some recent things, including the fun of preparing the album, and some of his private hobbies, such as when everyone practiced dancing, he always forgot to move and was criticized by the teacher, such as his game getting stuck at a boss. I was in a bad mood all day, for example, Wu Shixun snored so loudly at night that he couldn't sleep.

It's like chatting casually with a friend you know, Chi Jingyuan said whatever he thought of, making a little joke from time to time, blinking to be a little wink and so on.

But the fans below listened very carefully. They felt that this kind of friend-like chat really made them enjoy and devote themselves more than the gorgeous stage. Looking at Chi Jingyuan who was so close to him on the stage, some people couldn't help but shed tears for some reason. tears.

Of course, we won’t chat all the time. After that, Chi Jingyuan performed a few solo solos, "Peter Pan", "Butterfly Girl" and other lyric songs included in the previous album.

"Even if it is the end of the world, I will follow you forward."

"Don't get out of my sight..."

"Butterfly Girl" is a song that is very popular among fans in the first regular album of EXO, and Chi Jingyuan himself is the same. When he first recorded it, he thought this song was pretty good.

At this time, when he was performing on a high stool, the fans in the audience sang in chorus. There was no hoarse roar, and everyone relaxed and hummed along. .

After the song ended, Chi Kyung-won saluted lightly and then retreated to the backstage. He watched Park Chanyeol, who was following along with him, come on stage at the right time, and hosted with a smile: "Everyone, don't worry, go change your clothes within a short time, and I'll be right back."

"Today is Yuan's coming-of-age birthday, and I am very grateful to everyone for coming. In addition, Sehun just came of age last month, so we, the two youngest members of XO, have prepared a special stage for everyone."

"Jinjia, this stage is really hard to come by. Jing Yuan didn't want to say anything at the time, and I guess you won't be able to see it from outside... Wait a minute, everyone must applaud and encourage them, okay?"

"Inside!"