Peninsula Asteroid

"When it comes to the reservation, Jingyuan, you can just go up..." The person in charge of preparing this preview live broadcast was Kim Taeyeon's manager Jin Che. Not long after Chi Jingyuan arrived, she came over to say hello, and then He explained the details of the live broadcast: "The process is like that, just chat casually and tell some interesting things about album preparation. The details will depend on the two of you on the spot..."

What Kim Taeyeon did this time on V APP was not a surprise live broadcast, but to promote her solo album. There had been a preview of the live broadcast a few days ago. It was not as casual as the former, and the specific process was set by the company.

"I understand, don't worry." Chi Jingyuan made an OK gesture. This kind of live broadcast activity was not difficult for him.

Jin Che was also relieved. After saying a few words casually, he left and went to communicate with the on-site staff to prepare. The studio has been set up as a live broadcast venue. The main stage is a rectangular table with flowers on it. This time's album, as well as some props, the background behind it is the promotional poster for Kim Taeyeon's "I" this time. In order to echo the theme, specially prepared light-colored dim lights illuminate the small live broadcast stage in a warm and dreamy way.

It can be seen that SM worked hard on Kim Taeyeon's solo and did not let her just find a practice room and squat there to start the live broadcast.

It was not yet time for the live broadcast to start, and the staff on site were still preparing. After a while, Kim Taeyeon finished her work, and when she saw Chi Jingyuan, her eyes lit up and she came over.

The two of them have been busy with their own things in the past few days after the Platter Concert, but they haven't seen each other very often. At this moment, this sister has golden-gray hair with two braids, and her outfit is the same as in the MV for "I" The set is very New Zealand style, similar to the set of the Shepherdess. The makeup is exquisite, and even the eyelashes have been specially modified.

Chi Jingyuan, on the other hand, wears a more casual hooded sweatshirt with a denim jacket. The weather has been getting colder recently, so he wears something warmer.

After saying hello, one person moved a stool and started chatting. Chi Jingyuan asked with concern: "How many pre-sales are there now? I saw it was more than 80,000 a few days ago."

He has been busy with EXO and his own affairs recently, and he doesn't pay much attention to Kim Taeyeon.

"Well..." Upon hearing this question, the sister's expression suddenly became subtle, she pursed her lips reservedly, and answered in a very calm voice: "Not much, almost one hundred thousand already."

"..." Chi Jingyuan could see that this sister was pretending. She was obviously very happy because of the pre-sale data, but she was still pretending. A pair of smiling eyes drooped down and looked at her speechlessly, pretending to be dead fish eyes.

After being stared at for two seconds, this sister couldn't help but break out. Her previous reserve and modesty were immediately thrown out of the window, and she laughed boldly. Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but laugh along with her signature laughter, which she didn't shy away from. got up.

"Is it so much? The pre-sale alone is almost the highest sales for a solo singer this year..." Chi Jingyuan was a little surprised when he heard this number. The sales volume of 100,000, let alone a solo singer, is definitely high for an idol group. It's a top-notch performance, and it's even top-selling among girl groups.

Chi Jingyuan thought for a while and looked at the other party with an inexplicable color: "If it sells more in the first week, I feel it can even surpass Girls' Generation."

As of today, we can already intuitively judge the results of Girls' Generation's summer comeback. Although the momentum is not small, they also fought hard to defend their style in the encirclement and suppression of other girl groups. One of them also won more than ten awards. , but in fact the decline is already very obvious.

The two hit songs have mediocre sound stamina, and their listening and rankings have dropped quickly. As for sales, which SNSD is best at, under the luxury configuration of first release + double hit, and different covers, the total sales volume is still only 150,000. The decline and shrinkage are uncomfortable.

However, the decline is only compared with the previous SNSD. After all, it has been eight years since their debut, and the cycle of the girl group has also reached the end. At this time, they can still maintain a first-line or even top level in terms of return data. Even if it is inevitable to decline, but the It's still an honor.

At this time, the sales volume of new singer Kim Taeyeon, who is about to debut solo, has almost caught up with Girls' Generation's group.

"That's not enough...Actually, it's all thanks to you. I heard from the marketing department that quite a few of them were bought by XO fans Allie. They all bought the album because of you..." She smiled. , patted Chi Jingyuan on the shoulder gratefully, with a naive expression: "Nuna will remember you!"

"Then...remember to treat me to dinner." Chi Jingyuan originally wanted to joke, 'remember to introduce me to my girlfriend,' but then he remembered that Kim Taeyeon should always think that he and Bae Zhuhyun were a couple, so he changed his mind after a pause. .

The atmosphere at the scene was very good. Regardless of the subsequent development of the album release at midnight, now that pre-sales have reached 100,000, this solo can be said to be half successful.

And the entire team, including Chi Jingyuan, is very confident in the quality of this album, especially the title song.

"The album release has been delayed for a week. There are a lot of people releasing songs these days. Kyuhyun and Oppa are also back, and BTOB, and FX in two days. Ah, it's so stressful!..."

"Nuna, when you say you are worried, can you stop smiling on your face? Pretend to be a little bit...and you are Kim Taeyeon, and I am the producer. No matter what, they should be the ones to worry about, right? ?”

"Hmm...hahaha, hohoho... Oh yes, there is a new girl group from JYP that will debut next week, what is it called, let me see, Twice, there are a lot of news about them these days, it seems It's also pretty awesome."

"Taeyeon xi, if you can't beat a rookie girl group, why don't you consider becoming a gagman?"

"Ah, last time you mentioned that you knew the members of this girl group, I just said that...By the way, Jing Yuan, are you sure you don't want to play songs with me? You are a feat! Many fans must want to see you of."

"It's feat, but actually it's just those two lines of rap. It didn't take more than ten seconds to sing and then it came down, and I have to stay on the TV station for a day..." Chi Jingyuan waved his hands when he heard this, but he didn't say anything dead: " This week is too busy, forget it, there will be a concert in Xiaguo in two days... I will find a day after I come back, next week, next week's "M! Countdown" no, I will go to record a stage with you .”

Although I don't want to go, Chi Jingyuan is feat no matter what, no stage will make fans regret, and next week on the 22nd of "M! countdown", he remembered...

"OK, there is no problem if there is a stage." Kim Taeyeon also nodded in satisfaction and gestured.

The staff over there were almost ready. They chatted for a while and it came to an end. The time was almost up. Kim Taeyeon walked to the small live broadcast platform and started to prepare. After a while, it was seven o'clock in the evening, and the live broadcast officially started. Chi Jing Yuan sat on the opposite side of the live broadcast station, watching Taeyeon enter the state and start communicating with the audience, waiting for his own appearance.

This kind of live broadcast in front of a group of people actually makes people feel a little awkward, but this sister doesn't seem to care at all, and she seems to be very good at live broadcasting. She is clearly in front of a group of people, but she communicates with fans cordially like no one else, Make two jokes from time to time, which makes the atmosphere great.

"Today's preview live broadcast, I also specially invited a guest, everyone guess who it is..." After about half an hour, it was finally Chi Jingyuan's turn to play, and Kim Taeyeon began to sell mysteriously to the camera It's closed.

"Wow, many people have guessed it right, that's right, today's guest is my very good junior relative, the producer of this album, and the creator of the title song "I", Yuan xi from XO Woo!!"

At the same time, Chi Jingyuan walked quickly to the live broadcast station, greeted the camera with a smile, and sat beside him.

As soon as Chi Jingyuan entered the country, the messages in the live broadcast room began to increase rapidly. Whether it was passers-by or Kim Taeyeon's own fans, they were all surprised when they saw him.

Even though there were dating rumors before, after clarifying and announcing that Chi Kyung Won was the producer of Kim Taeyeon's solo album, co-wrote the title song and sang the feat, he was already a sone, especially the favorite among Kim Taeyeon's only fans There is no one among male idols.

The task of Chi Jingyuan's preview live broadcast this time is to show his face, chat casually about the album production, and stir up enthusiasm for "I", which will be released tonight.

After saying hello, Chi Jingyuan chatted with Taeyeon, talking about some interesting things about the preparation of this album, and he also praised Taeyeon's level of lyrics,

The two of them sang and harmonized very well.

...

At the same time, on the other side, in a mid-to-high-end restaurant in Cheongdam-dong, Park Zhenying sitting in the middle of the table was eating with nine people from twice.

This can be regarded as a habit of JYP or Park Zhenying himself. Whenever there are artists in the company who are about to debut, he will have a meal with each other in private, understand the mood of these artists before their debut, and then tell the stories of the past and his own experience. , can be considered as the president and senior, to give them some guidance and encouragement.

Although as the company's executives and managers, Park Zhenying must put profit first most of the time, but as an artist of the older generation and the creator of these groups, he still has some human touch for these artists under his banner.

At this time, this habit is the turn of the company's new girl group twice, which will debut in a week. The long dining table is full of various dishes, and the goblets and exquisite knives and forks complement each other perfectly.

Although it was a chat, in fact it was Park Zhenying himself who was talking about it all the time. The other nine girls who were at the same table as him were obviously a bit cramped, and it was a bit uncomfortable to eat.

"When you are on a variety show, the most important thing is not to intentionally try to be funny. From the moment you think 'I'm going to be funny', the audience will feel tired...so be natural and start from a place you didn't realize It’s good to be funny. Even if no one laughs at that time, or it’s not funny at all, it doesn’t matter. We are singers, and the problem is that we can’t sing or dance. ..."

"After debuting, no matter whether you are very successful, or you have some shortcomings, or you have never won the first place, you must maintain your original mentality, which is your original heart."

"Successfully gaining popularity will certainly make people happy, but at this time, it is even more important to be humble and calm."

Needless to say, JYP attaches great importance to twice. Park Zhenying is still more concerned about the mentality of these girls, because many times artists are extremely looking forward to and excited before their debut, but after their real debut, they will find that reality and their dreams are different. Different.

Before debuting, I fantasized that debut would be a big hit, with fans everywhere, shining brightly on the stage, one gets a soft hand, and is sought after wherever she goes.

But in fact, the reality of the vast majority of artists after their debut is that there is no splash after releasing a song, and there are few fans at all despite their hard work. In my dream, I am not qualified to be on the stage where everyone attracts attention. I can only go to some small performances such as remote commercial performances, road shows and campus raids.

In fact, many artists have always been under a lot of psychological pressure, and newcomers are prone to problems when they first debut, after they are excited and realize the difference between reality and dreams.

So Park Zhenying seems to have expected something, and focused on this aspect: "

"But if the debut is not smooth, you have to maintain a good attitude. You may run a lot of unknown itineraries for the accumulation of fans and popularity, or you may not be able to win the first place after a long time..."

"Actually, I think that singers and groups who make progress step by step will last longer than those who became popular when they debuted... Take one as an example. Although one is a proof that the singer is popular and has good grades, in fact, nowadays For some of the more popular groups, not many debuted very smoothly, and the time to get the first place was very late..."

Park Zhenying looked around and stopped the knife and fork. The nine members of twcie listened carefully and asked with a smile, "Which group do you think is the hottest right now?"

"Senior from GOT7?"

Lin Nayeon blinked and answered quickly.

"Hahaha, you..."

Park Zhenying was stunned for a moment, then immediately burst out laughing, and looked at the member he was most optimistic about in the whole group, who was grinning with rabbit teeth angrily: "Not only about the company, but also for the entire music industry."

Lin Nayeon's flattering mentality is well known, and after the other members beside him laughed, Park Jihyo tentatively asked: "For boy groups, XO?"

In fact, the answer to this question is very clear to everyone, but it is not easy to say.

"Yes, it's XO."

Park Zhenying nodded, and didn't shy away from talking about other companies' combinations, and said very naturally: "You can also see the popularity of XO. This year, their data in various aspects has obviously broken down among the boy groups. Although GOT7 has recently The comeback performance is good, but it’s actually not as good as XO, it’s still not on the same level... It’s the first time I’ve seen such an idol group whose sales of a single group account for almost half of Kpop’s annual physical album sales, and it’s really made history.”

This achievement is indeed extremely astonishing. Some girls who heard it for the first time widened their eyes and were obviously shocked.

"But don't look at them being so popular now, you may not have paid much attention to them, do you know what EXO was like when they debuted?" Park Zhenying took a sip of water, felt the curious eyes around her, and gave it off with a smile.

I know.

Zhou Ziyu, who was sitting on the farthest side, blinked and meditated in his heart.

"Didn't your debut go well?" Park Ji Hyo complimented her very well.

"Very bad." Park Zhenying nodded: "The evaluation and response of the debut song are very poor. There are a lot of people attacking on the Internet. Not long after their debut, they were half-refrigerated by SM. At that time, it was difficult for them to receive commercial performances. I relied on Chi Jingyuan to shoot CF, and happened to shoot "Please Answer" later to maintain a certain degree of exposure. Finally, the next album was released after more than a year. bit."

Seeing that the several twice members next to him were either real or cooperative, and showed surprise, Park Zhenying nodded in satisfaction. He thought this example was very good: "Looking at their current situation...so the performance of their debut is good. Being bad is actually not the most important thing, keep your original intention and work hard to improve yourself, so that even if your debut is not very smooth, with the help of the company, you will definitely be able to succeed."

"In my opinion, as long as you keep going with the attitude of debut, you will definitely succeed. If you keep walking with the original intention, I have never seen such a person who has no success, unless the mentality is not good when you debut..."

"Understood?" Park Zhenying had a smile on her face, but her tone was somewhat formal, giving the nine girls vaccinations.

In fact, at the beginning, Chi Jingyuan was the one who impressed him the most. This rich man really became a top idol because of his love for so long, and he became such a successful idol. No matter how you look at it, he is a good example.

But after thinking about it, he still didn't talk too much to these girls.

Even from Park Zhenying's point of view, Chi Jingyuan's charm is really quite big, it would be bad if he talked too much and made these girls whom he had high hopes arouse any curiosity.

"Understood." The nine members of twice responded in unison. Although their expressions were serious, it seemed that they were really taught well by Park Zhenying, but after careful observation, most of them still had the excitement and anticipation of their upcoming debut. I don't know how much I listened to. .

"...By the way, don't worry about the controversy over school uniform advertisements on the Internet these days. The company will deal with it, and an announcement will be made tomorrow."

"Okay, let's eat, we're going to debut soon and get busy, fighting!!"

...

"What is your original intention to be an idol?"

It was almost zero o'clock, and Chi Jingyuan, who was waiting in front of the computer to see the results of Kim Taeyeon's album airborne, suddenly received a text message from Zhou Ziyu, read it a little strangely, and casually replied "make money" and put the phone away On the other hand, refresh the page.

The webpage is a bit stuck, obviously the traffic at this time is a bit heavy.

Among the returning artists in the music industry recently, there is no one like EXO and bigbang in the first half of the year. If it is said that the one that has attracted the most attention and has this potential is Kim Taeyeon's solo.

"Taeyeon's solo, or the collaboration with Yuan, is so exciting."

Similar messages can be seen everywhere, and represent the thoughts of most fans and passers-by.

"Really!"

Zhou Ziyu's reply came, and he obviously didn't believe it.

"Fake."

Chi Jingyuan picked up the phone again, sighed and went back, but after thinking about it, he always felt a little strange, frowning and added: "Crazy? It's so late. What is your original intention? You drank too much? And immediately You are about to debut, why do you still use your mobile phone? Doesn’t the company manage it?”

red velvet’s mobile phones have been managed since their debut, and they will be taken away during normal activities. Recently, they have loosened up a bit, but they will only be returned to them in private. I heard that the new girl group Gfriend even shares one with six members 2G mobile phones can't do anything except call with relatives.

"It is said that it needs to be managed, but I don't know how strict it is. If it is too strict and it is not allowed to be used at all, it will take a long time before I can send a text message..."

I just sent it and received a reply very quickly, and seeing these slightly sad words, Chi Jingyuan's previous thoughts of complaining could not help but dissipated a lot.

The initial stage of a rookie group’s debut is the busiest time, especially for a big company like JYP with good resources. Various schedules can’t be finished without stopping, and mobile phones are also managed. It is estimated that apart from joint activities Yes, during this period of time, it is difficult for him and this girl to contact casually like before.

Just when he was about to say something to comfort and encourage Zhou Ziyu, who was about to debut, the other party seemed to have come to his senses, and instead of being decadent, he sent another message: "You are waiting to see Kim Taeyeon's senior album Is it public?"

That’s right, compared to not being able to use a mobile phone, the temptation and excitement of debuting is a bit greater.

Chi Jingyuan paused, glanced at the bottom of the computer and the time had reached zero, refreshed it, clicked on the uploaded MV, and replied, "Yes, how do you know?"

"Because we're also waiting to see."

In the dormitory of twice, after eating and washing, many members gathered together, preparing to watch the MV of Kim Taeyeon's solo title song "I" which will be released soon.

After all, they are still newcomers. Although they don't say anything, in fact, many members have always thought that they will be popular when they debut, and they can quickly get a first place and directly become a first-line group.

And after knowing that their debut collided with this big senior, many members of Twice have already regarded Kim Taeyeon as the biggest stumbling block, especially the title song composed by Chi Jingyuan and the producer. Let them feel a heavy pressure.

Although rationality tells them that it is difficult to play the songs produced by the cooperation of these two top idols, who doesn't have some childish fantasies?

At that time, EXO still wanted to rely on "MAMA" to become a big trend.

Watching the MV at this time can be regarded as scouting the enemy's situation.

"here we go!"

"I don't know how the filming went. I'm actually looking forward to Taeyeon's solo. I like her very much."

"Chi Jingyuan's song should be very good, after all, there are so many hit songs..."

"But I hope I can miss this time."

After sending the text message, Zhou Ziyu held the mobile phone in his hand with a smile, listened to the exchange of the sisters next to him, did not interrupt, just hugged Xi Lu, curled his legs on the sofa, and a few other members Together, they looked seriously at the TV connected to the Internet in front of them.

With the title of the song "I" and the singer "taeyeon" appearing on the screen, the first thing that catches the eye is the fascinating black beach under the morning light, and the lively small bar in Kingsland, Auckland, where Taeyeon dressed as a waiter is in it Shuttle busy.

After a fascinating prelude, a close-up close-up of Kim Taeyeon in the wilderness emerged in the picture. The golden-gray hair made people's eyes shine, and it was accompanied by a stunning ethereal singing voice:

"The radiant Sky~~~"