Peninsula Asteroid

"Haha, it's a girl group that you are very familiar with..." Hearing Chi Jingyuan's question, Li Chenghuan smiled very interestingly and answered directly without any hesitation: "It's Twice."

"The last thing is the Baeksang Arts Awards on the 3rd of next month." Turning over the memo in his hand, Lee Seung-hwan glanced at it and then looked up: "All the related things on the company side have been prepared, and the brand side is sponsoring Remember to take the time to choose a few sets of clothes... How about this, are you confident that you will make a breakthrough this time and win a more important award than last time?"

"No." Chi Jingyuan didn't think much about it. He leaned lazily on the back of the sofa and responded weakly.

This year's 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards will be officially held on the 3rd of next month. The nomination list for each award this year was announced on May 2nd, and the Popularity Award was launched the next day. Online voting.

And Chi Jingyuan was once again a candidate for several heavyweight awards after Zhang Klai in "The Unborn". In addition to the Popularity Award, which will always be selected, he also won the Best Actor in the TV Series category with Zhao Zhenxiong. With the nominations of actors, plus Kim Hye-soo who was selected as the best actress, the three protagonists of "Signal" have all been nominated for the most important awards, which can be said to be very outstanding.

Unfortunately, Chi Jingyuan was pessimistic about winning the award because he looked at his competitors and took into account the actual situation.

This year, there has been an explosion of outstanding TV dramas in Peninsula, with many outstanding works appearing, such as "Reply 1988", "The Signal", "Six Flying Dragons", "Descendants of the Sun", "Long Ba Yi", "Martial God Zhao Zilong", etc. All of them are popular dramas that dominate the moment, which makes the competition for awards in the Baeksang TV drama category this year very fierce.

Although "Signal" is also very successful and can be regarded as the pinnacle of Peninsula suspense dramas, what is more impressive is the script and overall structure of this drama. Moreover, although the three protagonists were all selected for the best actor, the three protagonists The settings still distract a lot of attention.

Although Chi Kyung-won is very confident in his performance in "Signal" and has received a lot of praise, but to be fair, he actually feels that Zhao Zhenxiong, who plays Lee Chae-han, performs better and more maturely than himself in the drama. Yes, several impressive scenes are very contagious.

Even in internal competitions, the chances of winning are not very high, and it becomes even more dangerous when it is taken out.

"Don't be so unsure..." Apparently he had understood the situation. Li Chenghuan also understood the award format very well, but he still laughed and said haha: "I have been paying attention to the voting for the Popularity Award. Yesterday, your vote count was still Even if we are ahead of Song Joong-ki, this time there will still be a popularity award guaranteed."

"Stop talking, brother."

Speaking of this, Chi Jingyuan smiled helplessly, leaned over and waved his hand: "I have won the Popularity Award several times, it doesn't matter whether I win it or not... And this year's Male and Female Popularity Award, Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo They are all the favorites to win the award. When the time comes, the two Song Dynasty CPs will go on stage together and hold the cup together to win the popularity award. How romantic, the meaning is good, and the gimmicks are full. All the audience and even the guests are looking forward to it. It will definitely be the one of this Baeksang. Explosive point.”

Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo fell in love due to their drama. After their relationship was exposed, they became the focus of countless viewers and passers-by, and became a good story in the film and television industry. Song Joong Ki immediately rose to the top after leaving the army, and Song Hye Kyo also swept away the negative impact of the previous tax evasion scandal. Song CP has become the most popular male and female group in the peninsula. Countless fans have long been looking forward to the two of them taking the podium together at the Baeksang Arts Awards.

Chi Jingyuan drank the rest of the coffee in one gulp, burped lightly, and then added as if he had experienced it: "Song Hye Kyo's vote for the Popularity Award is already far ahead. On the men's side, Song Joong Ki and I My votes have always been slightly ahead... But even if my votes are slightly ahead by then, I guess the program team will definitely give the award to Song Joong-ki in the end... When they participate in the show now, they sit together openly and hold hands. Yes, when the awards are given, one of them will stand up to receive the award, and the other will sit there and watch. It’s not good. Even Aili will probably be a little disappointed by this..."

This year's Baeksang Arts Awards has not even started yet, but Chi Jingyuan has almost thought of the final outcome. He actually already understands the awarding logic of these award ceremonies very well.

In fact, if it weren't for the warm invitation from the organizer of the Best Actor selection and the fact that he, as last year's Newcomer Award winner, was to be the guest presenter for this year's Newcomer Award, he actually didn't really want to go this time...

"Shuang Song... is indeed quite popular." In fact, Li Chenghuan also agreed with Chi Jingyuan's analysis. He nodded helplessly: "This time, Song Hye Kyo and the previous dramas did not seem to be in love. Same, I heard that the two of them are getting married..."

"Is it true?" Upon hearing this news, Chi Jingyuan, who didn't have much ambition for awards, immediately shifted his attention, leaned over and asked curiously.

He thinks it's quite normal for Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo to have a romantic relationship. Getting married...isn't it a little too much?

So far, he feels that the word marriage is very far away from him.

"I also heard from friends in the industry. I heard that the news came from Song Hye Kyo's manager..." Li Chenghuan also became interested and vividly told Chi Jingyuan the gossip he had heard.

After talking for a while, it ended with some unfinished thoughts. Chi Jingyuan was about to say goodbye and leave. At this time, Li Chenghuan remembered that there was something else he had not said, and quickly gave a final reminder: "By the way, the character problem in "Goblin" is... You need to hurry up and make a decision. The crew is already urging you because they seem to choose the heroine to play with you based on your role after you audition and the role is confirmed. You may not be able to decide yet. , they are not easy to operate in the future.”

Chi Jingyuan stood up, thought about it for two seconds, nodded and responded;

"I understand... Then I'll go and get busy first."

…

"Then let's go first."

After practicing together twice in the practice room in the afternoon and performing on stage for a few days, Byun Baekhyun, Kim Minseok, and Kim Jongdae stood up and said goodbye. They have been confirmed to become the three members of EXO's first sub-unit CBX. There have been a lot of team-related meetings to be held recently.

"I have nothing to do this afternoon. What are you going to do? Go out to play or go back and play games?" After the three people left, the remaining EXO members who had no personal schedules gathered together to chat about the meeting. Wu Shixun looked at the operations next to him. Chi Jingyuan, who was holding his cell phone, asked.

"I can't play..." Chi Jingyuan wrote a text message and clicked to send it before shaking his head: "Taeyeon asked me to go over there for something...and then I have to sort out the songs. The company has produced a few songs. Let me listen to the song myself.”

"You're really busy."

After exhaling and ignoring the weird math guru, Chi Jingyuan took a sip of water, stood up and said hello to the others, then walked out of the practice room with his bag on his back.

In previous meetings, Ji Kyung Won has been confirmed to be the first member of EXO to debut solo, and Byun Baekhyun, Kim Min Seok, and Kim Jong Dae are also confirmed to debut as members of EXO's first sub-unit. In accordance with SM's past traditions and practices, the team name is based on the initials of three people's stage names: CBX. It has been confirmed that they will officially debut in October. Before that, they will also work on the TV series "Bu Bu Jing" starring Byun Baek Hyun. Heart: Li" sang the OST to warm up.

In fact, the company cares about their own opinions on the matter of the sub-unit. The selection was discussed at a meeting within the EXO team. Some people were very interested, such as Byun Baekhyun and Kim Min-seok, while others said they didn't care. , such as Ji Kyung Won and Do Kyung Soo.

After several discussions, the current CBX was finally chosen based on the company's suggestions.

According to SM's concept of forming sub-teams for its groups, a very popular member is usually the leader of the team, and then suitable members are selected. CBX chose Byeon Baekhyun, a member in the upper echelons of popularity, to lead the team...Excluding the faulty Ji Kyung-won, he is now one of the most popular members in the EXO team.

Although the sub-unit will have many more activities, more exposure opportunities and even income, it will naturally give many members ideas and fights. However, in fact, the sub-unit is not a place for the back members of the team to gather and compete for opportunities to appear. Even though EXO is popular It's very high, but everything has the possibility of failure, so this is a safer method, like the former Girls' Generation TTS.

AOA's sub-unit at the beginning of the year was a very good negative material. Instead of letting popular members lead the team, they selected the three most popular backs in the team to form a back sub-unit, and then disbanded after their debut without causing any splash.

…

"how do you feel?"

In the music room, looking at Chi Jingyuan who took off his earphones after listening to the song, Kim Taeyeon next to him stared at her. Sitting next to him, she remained reserved and asked with some expectation.

In the morning, Chi Jingyuan received a call from this sister. Her new album, which will be released next month, is almost ready. She wants Chi Jingyuan, a good friend and a trusted producer, to listen to it. Regarding the quality of the album, it would be better to give some opinions and reference. If you think it is good, praise it and give it some confidence.

After Chi Jingyuan finished his work in the afternoon, he called Kim Taeyeon and took the staff to the music room to start tasting her new album.

Different from the subway song "Rain" at the beginning of the year, this "Why" is Kim Taeyeon's real second mini-album. This time Ji Kyung-won did not participate in the creation of the song, but the album is still well-produced and the resources provided by the company are also very good. The title song "Why" was composed by LDN Noise, a well-known British composition duo.

LDN Noise is a foreign composition team that has been very active and successful in Kpop in the past two years, including SHinee's "View", red velvet's "Dumb Dumb", FX's "4 Walls", and even EXO's upcoming title song "monster" They are involved in composing or arranging, and their abilities and characteristics are outstanding. What they are best at is the fashionable electronic style that uses a lot of EDM.

However, this album is very different from the previous debut album "I", especially the style of the title song "why" is completely different from the once popular "I", abandoning the ballads that she is best at.

Ji Jingyuan also participated in the song selection and gave a lot of opinions. In the end, Kim Taeyeon chose "Why" as the title song with her own approval. She gave up on repeating the previous path as an insurance card and took away the "Lyric Taeyeon" song. ' label, stepping out of their comfort zone, trying more styles, more freestyles.

It’s amazing to have this kind of awareness and challenge.

It was just that she was very satisfied when she was choosing songs. Now that the album is ready, she suddenly becomes a little nervous. Her debut album "I" was a big hit, so she is actually under a lot of performance pressure now. This time she is calling Chi. Jingyuan came over to listen, and asking for opinions was secondary. The main thing was to gain some confidence from him.

Chi Jingyuan could tell it at a glance.

"Didn't I hear it during the demo before?" Chi Jingyuan scratched his cheek.

"How can the demo and the finished product be the same? At that time, you didn't even hear the arrangement!"

Looking at the round and round eyes of this girl, he was of course good-natured and said with a serious face: "Tropical House arrangement style is the most popular in Europe recently and has a large audience. Although it is Tropical House, it does not abuse electronic music. , I really like the introduction of this guitar. The moment the chorus comes out, it gives people a sense of surprise that the genre has changed. Noona’s voice really suits the style of this song. It’s hard for me to imagine if this song would be changed. What does it feel like to sing alone?"

“The bridge before the last chorus is wonderful, but it’s a pity it’s a little short.”

"The vocals are very intense and I feel I have improved a lot compared to before..."

"Taeyeon Noona, the style of your title song this time is very bold. It's a bit European and American, but it's very exciting. You can choose the style you want to try and stick to it. Compared to Pani sunbae's "I Just Wanna Dance", I I think your song is the real ‘I Just Wanna Dance’.”

Finally, he nodded vigorously:

"There's definitely going to be a lot of people who like it."

Although what he said was very beautiful, at the same time, there was actually an irony in his heart that he didn't say... that is, there are probably many people who don't like it.

Like Huang Meiying's solo song, Kim Taeyeon's title song this time is also somewhat biased toward European and American styles. Although some special adjustments have been made in the arrangement and singing for the sake of the market and the audience, Chi Jingyuan feels that the audience It may still not be as good as expected.

He felt that it would be difficult to surpass "I", and the distance might even be a little obvious.

However, there are many people working on this album around, and Kim Taeyeon also needs confidence. It is useless to say that the album is ready. Of course, he will not say this in an annoying way.

If there are no outsiders in private, he can seriously talk about some shortcomings and regrets.

"Qingjia?" Kim Taeyeon blinked several times in succession.

It could be seen that Chi Jingyuan's professional praise made her very excited and satisfied, and her eyes were as wide as a hamster's.

"Of course……"

"Uh, um...ah ho ho ho ho..." After being depressed for a long time, she still laughed. Kim Taeyeon looked up to the sky and laughed a few times. The laughter penetrated the clouds and cracked the rocks, making Chi Jingyuan who was too close After hesitating for a moment, he still chose to cover his ears.

After finishing laughing, the sister rolled her eyes at Chi Jingyuan with a smile, stretched out her hand and hit him: "What about the other songs..."

She knew Chi Jingyuan well and had a good eye. Of course, she could tell that the boy might not have said everything because there were people around him.

But I understood it very well and didn't care.

"Other words..."

After chatting about the album in a good atmosphere for a while, Kim Taeyeon proudly crossed her short legs on the chair, and while drinking the drink that her assistant had just bought, she asked casually: "What do you want Jingyuan to do later? let's have dinner tonight?"

"I'm going to my music room to sort out the songs later, and listen to a few songs the company asked me to choose." Chi Jingyuan didn't hide it either.

"Would you like to choose a song for Solo?" Kim Taeyeon became interested and looked over.

Chi Jingyuan was sure that many people in the company had heard about the solo, and she was naturally one of them.

As the first solo member of a top group like EXO, it will certainly attract a lot of attention, not to mention the solo of a member like Ji Jingyuan, who has made great achievements in music and is at a loss of popularity, even among peers or working in the industry. The staff couldn't help but feel a lot of anticipation when they learned the news.

"Well, the company has been planning to debut for a long time, but the progress is not very fast. I can't find a song I like."

"Of course your solo album has higher requirements." Kim Taeyeon raised her right foot as she should.

"..." Chi Jingyuan also agreed with this statement. He looked at the sister in front of him, thought about it for a while, and then asked: "How about we go and listen together? You can just give me some advice."

Upon hearing this invitation, this sister's eyes lit up.

"It seems that you also know that Nuna has good taste."

He put the coffee on the table, jumped on the ground with his feet in the air, and waved his big hand vigorously:

"Set off!"

…

"Your music room is really nice. It's much better than the ones shared by the company."

Both of them took the elevator down to the first floor without an assistant, walked through the corridor and walked into Ji Jingyuan's dedicated music room. Kim Taeyeon sat on the small sofa that Chi Jingyuan had pulled out for him in front of the computer and looked around. All around, people opened their mouths in admiration.

After moving to the company building, the company naturally prepared a brand new personal music room for Chi Jingyuan. Compared with the one in the old building, it has made all-round progress. The area alone is almost twice as large, and there is a central The various equipment and equipment on display are all the latest top-notch products, and they smell like money just by looking at them.

The decoration is even more exquisite and high-end. It is in line with the building's usual decoration style. The light yellow walls look very comfortable when paired with the floor. There are several Pokémon dolls standing on the computer desk and coffee table, as well as what should have been on the walls. The place where the mural is hung is occupied by a carefully framed oil painting portrait of Doraemon, which demonstrates Chi Jingyuan's strong personal style.

Kim Taeyeon looked a little envious.

"Well, if the treatment is not good, what would you call a royal family?"

Chi Jingyuan responded with a smile, went to the refrigerator nearby to get a glass of iced Americano and a glass of orange juice, walked over and handed the coffee to Kim Taeyeon, and then sat in front of the computer next to him.

He always felt that the title of royal family was a compliment... and he was actually quite satisfied with this music room.

"When I come out, I need to select songs that may be included in my solo, as well as a stage song that will be used in concerts... There are many candidates now, some written by myself, and some prepared for me by the company. Nu, which one do you want to listen to first? ?”

Chi Jingyuan turned on the computer and operated it skillfully, then asked.

"Of course I'll listen to you first!" Kim Taeyeon didn't hesitate at all.

She has listened to the songs in the company's music library many times. Most of them are of very average quality, nothing new, and many of them are demos without much arrangement. The listening experience is very average.

Of course, the songs prepared by the company for each group and each person are different. As for Ji Kyung-won... Although Kim Taeyeon doesn't really want to say it, the songs prepared by the company must be of good quality, but no matter what Said that she is still most interested in the songs written by Chi Jingyuan himself.

"My own... I haven't written many songs myself. I haven't felt much about it recently. I picked out a few..." Chi Jingyuan nodded and operated the mouse: "These two songs are the most complete. The arrangement Everything has been done, so you can listen to this "Music Box" first. This is a song that I like very much and is a candidate for the solo album. I sang it myself in the DEMO."

"Hurry up!" Kim Taeyeon put on her earphones and urged expectantly.

Chi Jingyuan tuned up the song and was about to click play when the cell phone next to him suddenly rang.

He paused, stopped what he was doing, picked up his phone and looked at it.

"What's wrong?" Kim Taeyeon took off her headphones and looked over.

"Well..." Chi Jingyuan swiped the screen up and down and shook his head: "Zhu Hyun and the others have finished their practice and are fine now. Send me a text message to ask me what I am doing."

"Tsk, tsk, you call me 'Joo Hyun', you're calling her so intimately, aren't you a teenager? Why don't you call her Noona?" Kim Taeyeon's voice was very disgusting. This sister's focus is a bit different from ordinary people.

Chi Jingyuan shrugged and did not reply.

Normally when we get along in private, he wouldn't call her "Joohyun" because it feels a little weird, but in front of other people, he doesn't hesitate to show his intimacy.

"Irene should be in the company, so why don't you ask her to come over and listen together." Kim Taeyeon quickly came up with a good idea. After seeing Chi Jingyuan's lack of reaction, she asked with some suspicion: "Aren't you worried about others leaking your music source?" Bar?"

After Chi Jingyuan heard this, he stopped replying and couldn't help the weirdness in his heart. He turned his head and looked at Kim Taeyeon with a strange look.

I am willing to let you come, why would you still worry about your father?

And...do you even need to say that?

"Yeah, what's in your eyes?"

Chi Jingyuan's look made her a little unhappy, and the girl who instantly understood what he meant was a little angry.

"..."

As long as you understood the meaning, Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips and did not reply. He quickly tapped the screen a few times and sent it. After seeing the reply that came instantly, he said:

"She'll be here soon."