Peninsula Asteroid

Although Chi Jingyuan said he was optimistic about it, to be honest, if he really collided with Twice... he was actually not that optimistic.

Jung Eun Ji's solo songs this time are really good, especially the title song "Hopeful Sky", which she participated in writing and composing, is also of high quality, especially the timeless affection for her father, which is interpreted by her voice and singing skills. Very contagious.

Because the quality of the song is very high, Chi Jingyuan thinks that the sound source performance should be very good. However, in terms of market response, including popularity and hit songs, this kind of soothing ballad has no inherent advantage, especially if it is composed by Ai This is especially true when Doulai sings, and red velvet has a strong say in this.

As for Twice, although Chi Jingyuan was not very optimistic about their return at the beginning, firstly, after personally experiencing it, he clearly realized that except for a few of the nine members of Twice, the average strength of the others was really good. It was a bit green, and secondly, he didn't think the song "cheer up" was very good at first.

But after being in contact with Twice for so many days, and at the same time completing "Cheer Up" bit by bit with their efforts, his current thoughts have changed a lot from those at the beginning.

It's not because of how much Zhou Ziyu and the others have improved in terms of their abilities, nor because of how well he made this song... Of course there may be some reasons for this... but because he found that the girl group Twice is really suitable. The transformation of this comeback is very suitable for the song "cheer up", which includes cute, pure, and energetic styles. When I saw them practicing and performing in private, the pure atmosphere overflowing even looked at Chi Jingyuan. will be infected all the time.

And after changing to a new look, it feels even better. Several members performed very well, and they feel like they are at home in this style.

To put it bluntly, idol groups still look at people, showing themselves through music, dance, variety shows, personality and other aspects, and ultimately achieve the goal of attracting fans. Music is very important, but the charm of people is also very important.

In Chi Jingyuan's eyes, the group Twice actually has very high standards in all aspects of its members. This level is not just about singing and dancing, but also includes appearance, figure, personality, topicality, memory points, etc.

To put it bluntly, they are charming and easy to attract fans, so that fans can support them even more vigorously. This is a very important point for idols... Chi Jingyuan himself has a strong say in this.

You can actually tell from the sales volume. Twice's debut album "THE STORY BEGINS" has sold 60,000 copies this month. This is a very good result for the new girl group. The main theme of this album The response to the song "Like OOH-AHH" was actually average when it was first released. Although Twice's hard work later led to a counterattack in terms of music, overall it was not a very popular song.

Gfirend, which has become the first girl group of the new generation, has only sold 40,000 copies of its mini-3 album at the beginning of the year when its title song "Time Passes" became a hit.

It can be seen from this aspect that although Twice is a newcomer, there are already a considerable number of fans who are willing to spend money for them and buy their albums within a few months of their debut.

Of course, the sales data is only one aspect. This data will be affected by the operating company and sales channels. Moreover, the music performance of "Time Passage" has crushed Twice.

After several months of getting along and feeling each other, Chi Jingyuan has changed his initial view. He now feels that Twice's performance in this comeback should be pretty good. There should be no problem in being a little popular. Music performance is difficult to predict. But at least in terms of singing, it would be difficult for Jung Eun Ji to do well against them.

But of course you have to stand firm and support your relatives in front of them, and to be honest, Chi Kyung-won actually prefers Jung Eun-ji's song "Hope in the Sky"...

After chatting with Jung Eun-ji for a while, we had dinner together in the evening. Then Ji Kyung-won said goodbye and returned to the company. Immediately after the "fire" MV was finished, they would shoot the "monster" MV. In the past two days, they also Always preparing.

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Twice shot the MV from morning to night. They didn't sleep much at night and got up early the next morning. However, today's MV shooting was placed in the afternoon and evening. In the morning, they had to continue shooting their group variety show "Elegance" 's private life".

"My face turned red when I saw it just now. I was still thinking about how such a thing could happen, kissing in front of others."

"I kind of want to fall in love...

At this time, several members were sitting around a long wooden table, exchanging something in a low voice with some excitement. The program team had just set up a hidden camera link, asking them to take turns one after another when going upstairs. Take an elevator, arrange for a couple to kiss intimately in front of them in the elevator, and then film each member's reaction.

Only Zhou Ziyu sat next to him and looked extremely calm, while looking at the sisters next to him curiously.

She was too slow just now, and wanted to exercise a bit, so she took the initiative to ask for the stairs to go up.

This was their first group photoshoot after changing their looks. Everyone looked at each other with a rather novel feeling.

The nearby filming crew gathered around with cameras and radio equipment. The PD came up and explained to a few people, and then the filming continued.

"Now, it's time to understand Twice's ideal type!"

"Let's conduct an ideal World Cup for a film and television drama character!"

"Wow, this is my first time doing this, it's quite refreshing."

"Curious!" Maybe it was because they had just started filming and hadn't gotten into the mood yet. The reactions given by several members after hearing this topic felt a bit perfunctory. Only Lin Nalian, who was most interested in the TV series, suddenly became energetic and shook her forehead. I combed my bangs specially today, looking very expectant.

Each of them holds a sign with A on the front and a red background, and B on the back with a blue background. This sign is used to show their choice.

"The first group, A's Jin Guo played by Ok Taecyeon in "Dream High" VS Song Sendong played by Kim Soo Hyun in B's "Dream High"."

As soon as the program team came up, they joined in the selfishness and chose the two protagonists in "Dream High", a TV series that JYP Company participated in filming.

Seeing that Ok Taecyeon, a senior from the same company 2PM, was there, the members of Twice immediately knew how to choose.

"1, 2, 3..." As Park Ji Hyo counted down, all the members stood up their signs in front of them. At a glance, they all showed "A", which showed the team spirit of JYP and the respect that Twice members have for their seniors in the same company.

Only the two maknae, Sun Chaeyoung and Zhou Ziyu, had blue ‘B’s in their hands that stood out.

Seeing that her sisters were all looking at her with strange eyes, Zhou Ziyu quickly explained sincerely in somewhat broken Korean: "I actually like Taecyeon Oppa very much... But when I watched this TV series, I felt more... I like the character Song Sendong."

Sun Chaeyoung sat next to her and kept nodding, as if I thought the same thing.

"It is indeed the maknae..." Park Jihyo sighed as she looked at the two of them. She felt that these two people were kind of cute in their honesty.

However, with the completion of the first group, the twcie members who seemed to be lacking in energy just now are also interested. As young girls, of course they are still very interested in handsome senior actors. This ideal World Cup feels quite interesting.

"Okay, next group!"

"A Kim Tan played by Ji Kyung Won in "The Heirs" VS Choi Young Do played by Kim Woo Bin in "The Heirs"."

Seeing this duel on the screen, especially a familiar face and name, several members' eyes lit up and they couldn't help but smile.

"Ah, it's so hard to choose!" Sun Caiying saw these two people and started to complain: "Both of them are my style, it's so hard to choose!"

Lin Nalian glanced at her in surprise: "Is it difficult to choose?"

She thought it was a good choice.

Zhou Ziyu next to him did not speak, staring at the photos on the monitor with big eyes and blinking. The program team chose a famous still photo of Chi Jingyuan when he played Jin Tan, with his head half tilted and a smile. He tilted his head slightly and paired with a high-quality suit and tie, he looked extremely noble.

I don't know why, although the clothes and hairstyle were completely different, Zhou Ziyu was inexplicably reminded of the moment when he sat in the passenger seat of Chi Jingyuan's car last year and suddenly saw his side face with smoky gray hair.

"1, 2, 3..."

After Park Ji Hyo finished counting down, everyone put up the cardboard, and eight red 'A's instantly filled the screen. At a glance, only the blue 'B' in Lin Nayeon's hand looked extremely awkward.

"Chi, has A advanced..." Lin Nalian looked around. The confident smile on her face dissipated and turned into surprise. She looked left and right: "Isn't there anyone who chooses B? Don't you know the famous lines?"

Maybe she felt that her choice was a bit too conspicuous, or maybe she really felt that B was the right one. She waved her right hand and gestured, trying to explain to the members: "Cui Young Do is really handsome... and there is another sentence. Haven’t you heard the famous line ‘Why are you like this? It makes me want to protect you’? It’s so tear-jerking!”

She almost cried when she said this line. Unfortunately, the people next to her didn't react at all. Najing Nan glanced at her and licked her lips lightly, then turned her head and looked at the monitor again.

"Okay, okay, no matter what, Jin Tan advanced!" Park Jihyo waved his hand to end Lin Nayeon's explanation and went directly to the next group of opponents.

Lin Nalian glanced around with a little disgust, especially Zhou Ziyu and the three Neon members. She felt that these people had probably never watched the show. Since they couldn't understand the charm of the characters, they just chose whoever was handsome. Which.

"A Han Yi Ahn played by Nam Joo Hyuk in "School 2015" VS Gong Tae Kwang played by Yook Sung Jae in "School 2015"."

"Wow, this is so hard to choose!"

"I like both of them very much!"

Several local members immediately became excited. Compared with some distant chaebols, this kind of campus emotional drama is closer to their lives.

"Well...who can give me a brief explanation?" Zhou Ziyu also felt that this game was very interesting and involved, but she had not watched "School 2015" and pointed to the screen and asked her sister next to her for help.

"Han Yi'an is a very kind-hearted type, kind and a bit boring. He is a close relative and a close relative. He is the kind who is silent and does not speak..."

When someone asked about this, Lin Nalian immediately forgot her little dissatisfaction and immediately introduced her to the maknae.

While she was summarizing accurately, she extended her right index finger to make gestures with wisdom in her eyes, and her rabbit teeth reflected the light. She looked like a knowledgeable professor who was giving a lecture, and she looked extremely confident.

There is no TV series that she has not watched.

"Don't speak? Ani..." Upon hearing this, Zhou Ziyu waved his hands in disgust.

Lin Nalian didn't care and continued: "Kong Taiguang is a bit arrogant..."

"What does tsundere mean?" Zhou Ziyu didn't quite understand this Korean word.

Sun Caiying, who was next to her, explained it to her very understandingly: "It means that I obviously take good care of you, but pretend not to take care of you...or sometimes I help you a lot and take care of you, but I don't care about you. I still have to use my poisonous tongue to make you feel uncomfortable..."

"Forehead……"

Zhou Ziyu suddenly paused after hearing this explanation. A figure appeared in her mind like a conditioned reflex. She pursed her lips and looked at the stills of Kong Taiguang on the monitor, but her eyes were filled with shadows of other people.

‘Would you like to find a rooftop room for you to go up and watch the stars? ’

‘Things that elementary school students know. ’

‘What’s your score in math? ’

Some previous memories involuntarily came to mind, and Zhou Ziyu couldn't help but complain in her heart, thinking about those feelings that made her unable to breathe after listening to them.

People with this kind of personality... are really annoying.

Just thinking in her mind, after Park Jihyo finished counting down, she raised the 'B' side of the sign at an extremely fast speed without hesitation. At the same time, she didn't know what she was thinking of, and she grinned. got up.

"Mina also choose B? Why?"

Park Jihyo looked around, and finally looked at Mingjing Nan next to him. He was a little curious and gave Mingjing Nan, who had not spoken much, a burden.

"Because I have a relatively cautious personality. According to what Nayeon Oni said just now, if you are dating someone who doesn't take the initiative to speak, the two of you probably won't do anything."

Najing Nan seemed to be a little serious, pouted, frowned slightly and did not explain. After speaking, she raised her eyes and swayed for a moment, as if she was imagining something, and then used the hand in her hand with some embarrassment. The sign covered half of his face and smiled and whispered: "Actually, I like the kind of people who can guide me."

"Oh..." Several members nearby started to cheer, and then looked at Najing Nan's slightly red face and became more and more bold.

Next, we did several duels, including "Kill Me Heal Me", "Reply 1988", "Descendants of the Sun", and "Signal". The main characters of several popular dramas all appeared in Twice's ideal World Cup. Among the candidates, every group of choices appears. As long as someone has not seen it, Lin Nalian will take the initiative to introduce it to her enthusiastically. She can summarize the personality of each character very incisively.

Again, there is no drama that she has not watched.

If you haven't even seen her...

After several rounds of selection, we entered the finals, Kim Tan played by Ji Kyung Won in "The Heirs" VS Yoo Si Jin played by Song Joong Ki in "Descendants of the Sun".

Although Descendants of the Sun is very popular right now, Chi Jingyuan himself has some very loyal fans among Twice, so the competition is still fierce. But just when the members were looking left and right, ready to choose, PD suddenly The recording was stopped, and then the manager came up to explain something to them.

"Although these two characters are both outstanding and handsome, Jingyuan Xi, the main character, is an idol like you and you often encounter him. Choosing him in the end may cause some misunderstandings, so..."

Of course, the members will do whatever the manager and PD say, and they also know very well about the fans of boy groups and girl groups. In the end, through deliberate manipulation, Jin Tan came in second place, and Yoo Si Jin became the second in twice. An ideal World Cup winner.

Just what you think in your heart is naturally not enough for outsiders to understand.

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"Thank you to Mr. Lee Soo Man, thank you to SM Company, thank you to the staff who have been helping us, thank you to all EXO-L who like us, thank you to the fans in the mainland who have always supported us..."

Today is April 9th. The EXO group followed the company's employees to the mainland of China to attend the 16th Music Chart Awards Night. SM still attaches great importance to these ceremonies and activities in the Mainland. Just for this music chart, this is the third time EXO has participated in it in the four years since their debut. EXO-M even arranged their debut stage at this party. .

They were standing on the stage of the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, and Chi Jingyuan, who was in charge of Chinese, was delivering his acceptance speech for the ‘Most Popular Overseas Group of the Year Award’.

Chi Jingyuan looked at the many mainland fans in the audience holding EXO banners, words of support, and Ali sticks, and laughed happily, and finally said in smooth Chinese:

"I am really honored to receive this award. We will continue to work hard to become a better EXO..."

Then it was time for the stage. The organizer obviously regarded EXO as one of the heavyweight guests to attract fans and talk tonight, and gave them a performance of three and a half songs for nearly 17 minutes. Fortunately, there was a little chat in the middle. The first session is for rest, otherwise they may not be able to persist because they are too tired.

Because of the setting of a Chinese-Korean boy band, almost all of EXO's title songs and albums since their debut have been specially made into a Chinese version. When they performed in Xiaguo, they naturally performed Chinese versions, but Chi Jingyuan felt that the company gave some The Chinese lyrics for the songs were not very carefully written. Some of the songs were fine by other members, but a person like him who is proficient in Chinese would find them very awkward and awkward to perform.

"My love grows every day...mom!"

The roll call of "call me baby" was filled in just to rhyme.

When EXO was accepting awards and performing, there were several people in the third row of the artists' seats below who stood listening and watching the entire process, and they were very respectful and polite.

They came together and will officially debut today, SM’s new generation boy group after EXO, NCT’s first sub-unit to debut, NCT U.

NCT is the abbreviation of "Neo Culture Technology". It is an idol group that Lee Soo Man has had for a long time, and finally opened his eyes this year, and has unlimited expansion.

There are many members in NCT and there are several sub-units at the same time. NCT U, which debuted today, is one of them. The characteristic is that the members are not fixed. Every time they come back, the members will change according to the style adaptation.

The company's arrangement for NCT U is very interesting. It also arranged the official debut stage on the music charts. One of the songs performed at the same time also had Chinese lyrics, which is similar to EXO-M who also debuted here four years ago. Inexplicable similarity

Maybe I got a kick out of EXO, and I feel like I want the younger generation to copy it. And it can be seen that SM Company, or Lee Soo Man, attaches great importance to this huge and infinitely expanding men's project that has just been launched. Even Lee Soo Man himself came to the scene, bringing Ahn Chi-hyun with him.

At this time, EXO had finished their performance and were sitting down below. Chi Jingyuan looked at the boys from NCT U who were performing on the stage, and suddenly felt something in his heart. He inexplicably recalled some things when EXO first debuted. I remember that time I heard people from Team M complain when they came back, saying that they were very crowded when they debuted on the music chart, and some senior music industry veterans in the mainland looked down on them...

Before I knew it, so much time had passed, and now, even the next generation of boy bands have already debuted.

Seeing the debut stage of SM's next generation boy group, and seeing the familiar members like Lee Taeyong dance with great energy but with a greenishness, at that moment Chi Kyung-won suddenly had a feeling of "originally He is also old and has a substantial sense that he has become a senior. This feeling has occasionally occurred before, but it has never been as clear as it is today.

"What do Jingyuan think of the children's performance today?"

At this time, Li Xiuman, who was sitting next to him, came over, pouted at the stage, and asked with a smile.

Chi Jingyuan looked at Ten who accidentally fell down on the stage and made a mistake just after Li Xiuman finished speaking. He smiled softly and said with appreciation: "It's good, very energetic."

He wasn't saying it ironically, he really felt it.

In fact, he has no prejudice against NCT, who are about to debut one after another. Although the debut of a new boy group will inevitably cause some problems in the company's resource allocation, EXO now does not come back once or twice. It can be as simple as one or two songs. Shaken, they are now the real backbone of SM. Together with Chi Jingyuan, they account for a large part of the company's annual revenue.

And even if he grabs resources, he can't grab Chi Jingyuan's head, so it's quite natural for him.

At the same time, people under SM are very polite, let alone others. Ji Jingyuan, a group of people from NCT, has met him many times in the company. No matter how he is in private, facing him, a big name with a great reputation in the company, Everyone among the seniors is very respectful, and the kind of politeness that makes you feel that he sincerely admires and respects you is quite nice.

There are a few members he has met many times and is quite familiar with, such as Lee Taeyong, who once appeared in red velvet's MV, and he is almost there every time in SM Town, and he comes to say hello every time.

Although NCT has made their debut, the domestic boy group market in the peninsula has been almost divided. EXO is like a big mountain, occupying the largest share. Many boy groups can't breathe, and they don't know these juniors. How will the group develop?

Looking at NCT U performing on the stage, Chi Jingyuan's thoughts slowly drifted to other places and thought of other things.

It's a pity that Luhan didn't come today. Originally, Chi Jingyuan thought that he could see this former member with whom he had a good relationship today. I heard that the solo album he released last year had a good response, and he liked the song "Medal" in it. ...It just feels like this brother's strength seems to have regressed a bit.

When the past grievances have been cleared up by time and only some dust is left, he actually sometimes misses the days of the Twelve People. On Chi Jingyuan’s birthday in May last year, this brother even sent a message to domestic fans for Chi Jingyuan. Like on a birthday scarf.

pity.

After the party in Mainland China, the EXO group returned to Seoul the next day and continued to work hard on the progress of their regular third album.

Just after lunch, Chi Jingyuan and Wu Shixun returned to the company and were chatting in the practice room. Several people were having a heated discussion about who should be Kim Se Jung or Jeon So Mi in the ended "PRODUCE 101". C position, who is the C position thief? His cell phone suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Sun Shengwan calling.

Chi Jingyuan answered the call casually, his tone was familiar and relaxed, and he asked directly without saying hello,

"What's wrong?"

"..."

"I got sick?"