Peninsula Asteroid

"Of course it's Twice~"

Pei Xiuzhi said with a smile, her eyes curled into crescent moons and she looked quite happy, as if she was proud of the juniors in her company... But this expression made Chi Jingyuan, who knew him well, feel tight. What else is the woman up to?

"Well, the most popular girl group these days is indeed Twice~"

However, Chi Jingyuan did not deny it and nodded to confirm her statement.

Although the two groups Twice and Gfrirend are neck and neck this year, Twice’s latest comeback is relatively recent after all, and they actually have a lot of advantages in terms of popularity and sales.

Jin Beomlai's eyes lit up. He had also heard of Twice's name: "Twice? I've heard of them too. They're really popular... What's their most popular song?"

""Cheer Up"? Or "TT". In terms of popularity, the most popular song recently is "TT"."

"Then TT." Jin Beomlai confirmed it directly. Judging from his dexterity, it seemed that he had already thought about it before he came: "Then what do you think the ratings of the ratings contract should be?"

"In terms of ratings... this episode is 14.5%. I think judging from the ending of this episode, the ratings of the next episode should be improved, so let's set it at... 16%." Chi Jingyuan considered After a while, I feel that 16% should be a more appropriate number, which can not only motivate and promote fans and audiences, but also not be too difficult to achieve and become empty talk.

"OK, let's set it at 16%~" Jin Beomlai nodded immediately and settled, and then couldn't wait to say goodbye and leave: "I'll talk to other people and ask for their opinions... If it's confirmed, we Find a time to send the message out.”

"OK……"

Chi Jingyuan and Pei Xiuzhi said goodbye to the assistant director and watched her leave. After the brother left, Chi Jingyuan shook his head and sighed softly: "Oh, why are you suddenly doing some girl group dance~"

Of course, the ratings agreement doesn't matter. The higher the ratings, the higher the bonus he will enjoy as a starring role... But he is actually not very happy to cover "TT".

This kind of girl group dance didn't matter to him when he first debuted. He danced casually without any idol baggage, and there were special counter-dances at the concerts... But now that he has reached a level and a celebrity status, he can dance this little girl's dance again. It feels a little awkward.

Especially Twice's song, Zhou Ziyu and Ming Jingnan will definitely be happy to death when they see it.

It's a pity that Jin Bumrae and the director obviously have an idea, and Chi Jingyuan is not easy to refuse... and he can't think of any other contract that can be more gimmick than this one.

"Tsk tsk, "TT", such a cute song~"

However, Pei Xiuzhi seemed to be looking forward to it. As soon as Jin Beomlai left, before Chi Jingyuan could sit down, she lightly bumped her shoulder against him and blinked brightly:

"Hey, tell me, if I take the position of a trainee and bring some of the small jewelry you gave me, she won't be angry after seeing it, right?"

This woman was smiling, and although her face and makeup were pure, the smell of tea was completely overflowing from her body.

"Yeah..."

Chi Jingyuan slapped away the shoulder that was hitting him, stopped the conditioned reflex to curse, glared at her angrily, and sat down feeling exhausted:

"I've been really tired recently... I'm warning you, don't make trouble for me again."

"What are you doing? Are you feeling distressed?..."

Pei Xiuzhi snorted without being cowardly, directly exposing Chi Jingyuan's worries... However, after taking a closer look, he found that Chi Jingyuan was not joking, but was really tired and a little serious. The anger on her face disappeared instantly, and she immediately put on a smiling face. She clenched her fists and gave Chi Jingyuan's legs a couple of blows as if massaging them. At the same time, she shook her head with a playful smile:

"I'm just talking, Jingyuan Oppa is tired, Suzy can give you a hammer~"

"Oh... don't do it. Let me relax for a while. I have something else to do when I get back to the company."

"……Um."

…………

"Let's go."

Chi Jingyuan got into the nanny car and closed the door and said something tired. Cui Zhichang, who was in the driver's seat, nodded and drove directly towards the SM building.

Just like some time ago, after the crew finished filming for the day, Chi Jingyuan had to go back to the company to work on his album.

But today is a little different. In addition to the album, I mainly have to practice with the members of EXO and the kids from several other groups for the collaborative stage of the SBS Gayo Daejun at the end of the year.

An Chengyuan mentioned before that now that the cooperation plan is out, several groups just have time today.

"Jingyuan had dinner at five o'clock in the afternoon, right... Do you want to go have something to eat first?" Cui Zhichang asked with some concern as he drove the car.

"I'm a little hungry, forget it, it's a little late now, I'll just eat some snacks to make up for it."

The phone in Chi Jingyuan's hand suddenly lit up. He opened it casually as he spoke.

When I opened the photo, I saw a selfie of my little girlfriend. Najing Nan's right hand with the ring on it was making scissor hands, smiling sweetly under the light, and her fair face still looked very cute even though she was completely bare-faced.

...I have met countless female idols over the years since my debut. Many of them look completely different when they put on make-up and no make-up. Minami Nai is one of the rare ones who does not change much after completely removing make-up.

This is actually a very important aesthetic standard for Ji Jingyuan to choose a partner. Bae Joo-hyun is also one of the best... and Bae Suzy.

... Zhou Ziyu doesn't count.

The selfie was accompanied by very warm cheering text and cute penguin emoticons, which made Ji Jingyuan, who was originally exhausted, smile knowingly after seeing it, and his mood improved a little.

It was just after midnight, and his girlfriend was obviously keeping time to cheer him up. Although Ji Jingyuan didn't care about the results of this winter special, the feeling of being cared for at this moment made people feel warm in their hearts.

He typed a few words directly and replied, smiled and put down the phone. Just when he was about to say something to Cui Zhichang, the phone suddenly rang again. He picked it up and saw that it was the director of the record department of the company:

"Yo, no problem..."

"Yes, let's put it in early January, the 4th or 5th is fine..."

"Okay, that's it."

After a few simple words, he hung up the phone. Chi Jingyuan yawned slightly because he was sleepy.

It was the director of the company who was in charge of selecting the female lead for the MV. The audition for the female lead for the MV, which was originally scheduled to be held in two days, was postponed to after the end of the year, and was pushed back for more than a week.

It was supposed to be held this weekend, but Chi Jingyuan was too busy. The audition of five or six children could not be done in a few minutes. At least a whole afternoon had to be taken out. Unfortunately, the pressure of the shooting schedule has increased recently, and coupled with a series of activities at the end of the year, Chi Jingyuan could hardly find any free time from the 21st to the last day of the year. He even had to go to the company to work overtime in the middle of the night for recording.

It was mainly because there were too many parties and various activities at the end of the year... It would be much better after the New Year.

"Right."

While waiting for the red light, Cui Zhichang seemed to suddenly remember something, fumbled in the bag on the co-pilot, and then handed it to Chi Jingyuan: "This is, um, this is Red Velvet's SEASON'S GREETING calendar this year, it seems to have been released yesterday... I met their agent at the company yesterday and gave me a few copies, and asked me to bring one to you..."

"Oh? A new calendar?"

Chi Jingyuan took it and opened it curiously.

Idol groups including EXO will release some peripherals every year to bind fans, and this calendar is one of them.

The Red Velvet calendar in his hand is well shot. The five members are standing together in exquisite dresses and posing in various beautiful poses. It's pleasing to the eye in his opinion, and fans will definitely like it even more.

However, after a quick glance, Chi Jingyuan put the other people aside and focused on one of them. He flipped through the photos and laughed to himself: "Purple hair? When was it taken? During the Russian Roulette period?"

"Hmm..."

She's pretty pretty...

…………

"Senior Aniha Saiyo~"

"Senior Aniha Saiyo~"

After returning to the company, Chi Jingyuan went straight to the prepared practice room. As soon as he entered the door, he felt a warm current rushing towards him. The practice room was noisy and lively, and there was a series of polite greetings.

This time, the collaboration stage was between EXO, Red Velvet and NCT127. As the younger groups, Red Velvet and NCT127 have already arrived.

...The senior EXO members have not arrived yet. In addition to Chi Jingyuan who just arrived, CBX has not arrived yet.

"Hello~"

The door was full of NCT members. Facing a group of children bowing and greeting, Chi Jingyuan smiled and nodded to them. He also stopped to chat with the more familiar Lee Taeyong.

While talking, Chi Jingyuan felt that there was a strange look next to him looking at him. He glanced casually... It was NCT's Nakamoto Yuta.

Why is he looking at me so strangely, and it feels a bit hostile... Oh, I remember.

Chi Jingyuan felt a little strange, but he quickly reacted.

With a kind smile, he took the initiative to turn around and nodded to this Japanese kid, and turned around and left with a smile in the other party's evasive eyes.

After a few casual greetings with Lee Taeyong, Chi Jingyuan walked inside. Several old members of EXO had already come and were all sitting in the innermost part, noisy and noisy. When they saw him walk into the practice room, they just waved casually and didn't even bother to say hello.

Some people haven't seen each other for several days, and their feelings have faded a little.

"Oppa~"

However, when passing by Red Velvet, Ji Jingyuan stopped, exchanged glances with the smiling Kim Ye-rin and Jiang Seul-gi, and then looked at Sun Shengwan who was standing next to him.

This girl was hugging her chest and observing him secretly, with half of her face wrinkled together, looking very funny.

"Shengwan..."

He squinted his smiling eyes and wanted to tease this former friend who was always picking on him every time they met, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was glared at by the threatening eyes of the other party, and he took back the honorific 'xi' at the end.

"What a coincidence, you are here too?"

Just the words he said still made Sun Shengwan furious. She was stunned at first, with a look of disbelief on her face, thinking that she had heard it wrong, and then she started to sneer: "Ah, what do you mean! What do you mean I am here too, am I not a member of Red Velvet? Shouldn't I be here? Shouldn't I be here?"

"Shouldn't it be?"

While shouting, Son Seungwan laughed angrily and pulled Jiang Seulqi beside him, pointed at himself angrily and asked her, curling his eyebrows and nose, with an expression on his face as if he had heard some shocking joke.

"Hahaha~"

But her expression might be a little too funny, and the only response she received was the uncontrollable laughter of a few people next to her.

"Yeah~"

Pei Zhuxuan on the side also smiled nervously, angrily stretched out his hand and pulled Chi Jingyuan away from Sun Shengwan... pulled him in front of him, and complained dissatisfiedly: "Why do you like to tease Shengwan so much now?" Finished?”

"ah?"

Chi Jingyuan was stunned when he heard this, and then directly imitated Sun Shengwan's movements and expressions, pointed at himself and asked with his mouth wide open: "Shouldn't it be right?"

"You...poof, hahahaha..."

Pei Zhuhyun, who had deliberately suppressed her face to help her sisters get justice, couldn't hold back in an instant. A bright and bold smile immediately bloomed. She smiled so fiercely that she even bent down. At the same time, the young lady seemed to be a little unsteady and reached out to help her. On Chi Jingyuan's body.

However, Chi Jingyuan didn't have time to appreciate the beauty's charming smile. He immediately jumped to the side with alertness and agility, dodging a big flying foot.

When he turned around, he saw that Son Seungwan was hysterical after missing a single hit, but he was quickly stopped by the other members who were laughing together.

After finally holding back his laughter and comforting Sun Shengwan, Pei Zhuhyun came over and patted Chi Jingyuan playfully. Although his tone was complaining, his eyes were smiling: "Ah, you are so annoying."

Pei Zhuhyun was wearing a lavender sportswear lined with white tights. Looking at the exact same facial features and eyebrows, Chi Jingyuan vaguely had the illusion that the young lady in the calendar he had just seen in the car had stepped out of it.

...that is, the hair color is different.

"That's her. I'm too lazy to tease the others."

Chi Jingyuan didn't feel that his behavior was bad at all, but instead pouted a little arrogantly.

"Tch, I don't want you to tease me after I win."

"Then do you want to?"

"Go to hell!"

"...By the way, have you read the script? Don't run into problems when the time comes."

"Why, you think I am you, I don't know how to..."

"..."

After a few laughs and slaps, Chi Jingyuan said goodbye to Bae Zhuhyun and came to the EXO area.

The response to him was far less enthusiastic than the two groups just now, just a few lazy hands and voices.

"How do I feel about you and Irene..."

Not long after Jingyuan sat down, a chirping voice came from next to him. Wu Shixun clicked his tongue lightly, looked at Bae Zhuhyun who was joking with the members in the distance, and asked a little strangely: "It seems not as embarrassing as before? "

"Who knows." Chi Jingyuan glanced at him, then looked at Pei Zhuxuan, and said casually: "Maybe she is in a good mood today?"

He actually felt that Pei Zhuhyun behaved a little differently today, a little... too normal, too natural.

Of course, it's not that normal and natural are bad, but she used to feel a little awkward and awkward every time she got along with him. Now she suddenly becomes normal, and it's obvious that she feels different when she compares them.

...This was the first time the two met since the last time in the coffee shop on the first floor. I don’t know if it was because learning about Mingnan’s existence had some kind of different stimulation and influence on her.

However, this is a good change.

probably.

"not……"

Wu Shixun, however, looked deep in thought, and guessed with some hesitation: "Could it be that she has given up on her relationship with you... and has someone new that she likes?"

Although this speculation was shocking and shocking, Chi Jingyuan just shrugged and said noncommittally: "Maybe."

"Assi."

But looking at Chi Jingyuan's expression made Wu Shixun a little angry: "Yeah, your arrogant tone is really unpleasant. Don't think that my idea is impossible. Irene is so beautiful. Do you think that in this world? You are the only man."

"Who is arrogant? I am not agreeing with you. Why are you so anxious..."

Chi Jingyuan was a little surprised by Wu Shixun's sudden anger. He thought his reaction was quite normal.

But just as he was about to say something, his cell phone rang suddenly, so he had to put it down temporarily, looked at the caller, and answered the call.

It was Li Xiuman who called.

"Teacher Lee Soo Man?"

"Jingyuan, are you in the company..."

After a brief exchange of greetings, Li Xiuman got to the point directly.

"Jingyuan, do you know that the rules of this year's Golden Disk Awards have been changed... So do you want to add one more song to your solo album?"

Hearing this, Chi Jingyuan knew what Li Xiuman meant.

The most intense quarrel among Ally's circles these past two days is the sudden and temporary changes to the selection rules for this year's Golden Disc Awards. A few days ago, the organizers of the Golden Disc Awards issued an announcement when announcing the candidates, stating that in this award The rules of some awards stipulate that a mini-album must contain more than five and at least six different songs to be a candidate.

At the same time, the weight and proportion of sales scores have been reduced in some awards such as the Record Awards.

As soon as the announcement came out, everyone in Ellie immediately went into an uproar...because anyone who saw the change in these two rules would know what it was for.

The first one is obviously aimed at CBX... Although CBX was badly beaten by Twice, in fact, the overall performance is considered to be the top among all boy groups. If nothing unexpected happens, they will definitely be selected for the gold record award and win. won many awards.

The organizers seemed unwilling to see this situation... CBX's debut album had exactly five songs. As soon as this rule was announced, their possibility of winning the award was immediately cut off.

This number card is very interesting... Apart from CBX, Chi Jingyuan couldn't think of any other combination affected by this rule after thinking about it for a long time.

The second article is clearly aimed at EXO.

A complete disconnect, not a single style of sales, is now EXO's biggest source of confidence to make all groups despair.

As soon as the temporary changes to this rule came out, not only the SM and EXO members themselves, but also many people in the industry, and even those fans who took a closer look could see that the organizer was targeting EXO and seemed not to want to see them win so many awards. Continue to dominate.

Also, SM artists have won the Golden Disk Record Awards for eight consecutive years.

This is actually okay, since they are different artists after all... But EXO alone has already won three consecutive Golden Disc Awards.

Starting from 2013, they have completely dominated Kpop for four years, and have almost won all the year-end awards for four years.

If you dominate for a year, others will be surprised and say that this new boy group is so awesome and has the momentum to soar into the sky.

After you have ruled for two years, other people will be surprised, wow, this boy band is so dominant.

But if you rule for three or four years and look like you want to continue to dominate, everyone will start to get bored and wonder why this boy band is not dead, why it has been you for several years in a row, and there is no freshness at all. Everyone Do we want to develop and do we want to give others a way to survive?

The goal of the Golden Record is easy to understand.

Lee Soo Man's intention was obvious. He wanted to add another song to Ji Kyung Won's solo album, so as not to have any problems next year and not be able to participate in the gold record selection.

The Golden Record is the oldest award among the major award ceremonies in the peninsula. At the same time, the initiator and organizer is the "Korean Recording Industry Association". It has a very high gold content. It is even said to be the highest among several awards. No one will question it. a lot of.

One of the signs that Girls' Generation reached the top that year was winning consecutive gold records as a girl group.

"Um……"

But Chi Jingyuan pondered for a few seconds and then declined softly: "No need."

Before Li Xiuman could speak, he chuckled again: "Even if I add it, what if they change the rules again next year, haha."

After seeing the news, Chi Jingyuan carefully considered this matter in private.

Although the golden record is very valuable, this is not the first time that this kind of secret operation of changing the rules has occurred.

In 2011, Girls' Generation defeated the boy band and became the number one single-edition sales leader. However, in the end, they didn't even get a candidate for the record category award. The annual chart performance of "The Boys" was the worst in those years of SNSD. Instead, I was given the Sound Source Grand Prize.

In 2014, a ridiculous rule was temporarily proposed for SJ: "If you have won the Grand Prize for three years, you can no longer win the Grand Prize, so the waiting list will be cancelled."

So the selection rules are like this. If you have something, you will get it. If you don’t, you won’t have it.

Chi Jingyuan is sure that even if he adds a song, there is a high probability that the rules will be changed next year... so there is no need.

Reminiscent of the last MMA incident and various minor episodes during this period, in fact, the members of SM and EXO already know it very well. Because of their excessive glory in the past few years, it seems that it is not a company that is targeting them, but It's half an industry.

The Peninsula music industry has a habit of upgrading. No matter how popular you are, you should give way to the next generation in a few years, so that everyone can develop healthily.

In the eyes of many people, it's time for the men's team to undergo an update.

"..."

Li Xiuman, who originally wanted to say something, hesitated for a second, and then couldn't help laughing. The laughter was hearty and full of fun, and then he said no more: "Then forget it, let's do it."

After hanging up the phone with a smile, Chi Jingyuan also shook his head as he felt the subtle change in form.

Noticing Wu Sehun's curious gaze next to him, he explained casually: "Teacher Lee Soo Man came to me and asked me if I wanted to add songs to my solo album."

"Because of the golden record rules?"

Wu Shixun also understood instantly: "Add it, why not add it? With your popularity, as long as you are among the candidates, you will have a high probability of winning the award."

"do not add."

Chi Jingyuan leaned back, looking nonchalant: "It doesn't matter."

"So arrogant?"

"Hmm~"

Facing Wu Shixun's somewhat admiring gaze, Chi Jingyuan shook his head with an expression that was as it should be.

It’s understandable that he or EXO have such a high profile. No matter how others target them, their achievements cannot be discredited. Throughout 2016, no boy group can compete with them. Even last year’s rival Big Bang was busy with tours. Not much activity in the local area at all.

The only one that can compete with XO in terms of popularity... after all, it's a girl group like Twice.

Thinking about it, even if the awards are targeted by the industry, the gaps in EXO's data and performance are real. Even if the scoring weight of some awards is reduced, there will be no opponents if there are no opponents.

It's impossible to create a boy group out of thin air.

"Hey, you say..."

As if he had thought of this, Wu Se-hun suddenly sat up, a little worried, and looked over with interest: "Now it's obvious that some other companies are targeting us... It's not that we don't have any opponents now, but they create a competitor for us, and several companies will unite to form a boy group to fight against us next year?"

"Oh, how is it possible?"

Chi Jingyuan laughed when he heard it, sneered and shook his head in contempt: "A TOP group is not so easy to create, and even if a TOP group with good results really appears, many fault data are not so easy to achieve, and it can't affect us much. We must have problems ourselves..."

Just kidding, let alone the big EXO group, Chi Jingyuan alone is now far superior to a so-called TOP group.

"Bang!"

But before Chi Jingyuan finished speaking, a muffled sound suddenly interrupted his words... The door of the practice room was pushed open.

Looking up in surprise, I saw their manager An Chengyuan standing at the door, scanning the idols inside as if looking for something. His usual good-natured expression now looked a little serious.

He quickly found his target and shouted in a muffled voice:

"Kai, come with me."

I'll take a day off tomorrow to rest and recuperate for the great 71. Pei Pei, love you