Peninsula Asteroid

"10th anniversary album?"

After a brief conversation, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but murmured and repeated a sentence after hearing the words. Although he used a sentence, his tone was surprised and emotional.

If you don’t tell me, you don’t know. When Kim Taeyeon said this, Chi Kyung-won suddenly remembered... Also, it was debuted in 2007, and it is now 2017. It turns out that Girls’ Generation has debuted for ten years.

Ten years is an extremely long journey for anyone, and for the idol profession, it represents the entire career, all the excitement and youth.

But after he reacted, the way he looked at Kim Taeyeon became slightly strange.

If it's been ten years since she debuted... isn't the girl in front of me almost thirty? ...I am about to enter middle age.

Kim Taeyeon seemed to feel something, but Chi Jingyuan's expression was very obscure, so she just looked at it strangely, then nodded and continued: "Yes, this year is the tenth anniversary of our Girls' Generation, so no matter what The fans’ expectations and our idea are all to come up with a tenth anniversary album.”

"This is what it should be. There are very few idol groups, especially girl groups, that can reach this level of ten years. SNSD is the first one. Nuna, your fans should also be looking forward to such an album. Fans, and since SNSD didn’t come back for the entire last year, it’s really time to release a solo album this year, so the company shouldn’t have any objections... eh~”

Chi Jingyuan nodded in agreement after hearing this. He thought there was nothing wrong with this idea, and it was time for Girls' Generation to release a song.

He just suddenly paused at the end. He seemed to remember something. Thinking of Kim Taeyeon's tone when she told him that she had something serious to do, he raised his eyebrows as if he understood something. He looked at Kim Taeyeon and asked in a low voice, "By the way, Noona." I remember this is the contract year of SNSD, you guys..."

The financial benefits of commemorating the tenth anniversary may not be obvious, but it is very meaningful to any idol group and their fans who have followed them for many years. In addition, since they did not come back last year, it is logical for SNSD to release a song this year. That's right.

But Kim Taeyeon still came to talk to him, and her expression was a little ugly... After Chi Jingyuan thought about it for a moment, he guessed that there was a problem with the contract renewal.

"……well."

Sensing what he meant, Kim Taeyeon didn't hide it anymore. She sighed and nodded: "There is a problem with the contract renewal. There are a few children... and we have not reached an agreement. I guess the contract will not be renewed."

Hearing her words, Chi Jingyuan was still a little surprised even though he expected it. After a few seconds of silence, he curiously asked: "Who are the seniors?"

"Xiuying has confirmed that she will not renew her contract, and Zhuxian is still negotiating, but it is probably difficult to reach an agreement. They both want to go in the direction of actors, and you know the situation at the company very well, so~ "

Although it was news that would make headlines as soon as it was revealed, Kim Taeyeon had no intention of hiding it and directly revealed the secrets and progress of the group's contract renewal to Ji Kyung-won.

Chi Jingyuan nodded lightly when he heard the names of these two sisters, feeling clear in his heart.

After a girl group develops to a certain level, they will start to focus on individual activities. At this time, the best route is either solo or filming... As for fashion, the fashion route of Peninsula Idol has not yet been opened, and currently only Chi Jing A person has the title and resources of a top luxury brand.

There are several people in Girls' Generation who want to be actors, including Choi Soo-young, Seo Joo-hyun, and Kwon Yuri. These seniors have more or less participated in film and television shootings in recent years. Their ambitions are very obvious... but it's a pity that they are all in vain. Not very big.

All the film and television resources, acting skills, talents, etc. of the entire Girls' Generation are all concentrated on Jung Ling Yuxiu's Yoona senior. Even if she fails in the street, there will still be resurrection coins, and the other members can only pick up some scraps. Once the reaction is If it's not good, I won't get any roles for a few years. It's impossible not to have some opinions in my heart after so many years. Maybe I'm smiling on the surface, but I can't say how much I hate it in my heart.

At this time, it's really time to start seriously considering your own development, and it's natural to leave.

Chi Jingyuan originally thought that Kwon Yuli would not renew her contract.

After a second's pause, Kim Taeyeon added another sentence, but this time her tone was slightly lower: "And Pani~ She means to go to the United States to develop, and she probably won't renew her contract."

"Senior Pani?"

Ji Kyung Won was a little surprised to hear this name. Huang Mi Young has always been very popular within SNSD and has always been the number one person under the TOP. Although her solo performance last year was beaten by Jung Soo Yeon in a vindictive way, to be honest, the statistics in all aspects are She is already pretty good among female solo artists. Logically speaking, she can renew her contract and continue her solo career.

But he reacted in the next second... The impact of last year's military flag incident was indeed too great. It caused Huang Meiying to dive for four or five months. After her tentative appearance at the Variety Show Awards at the end of the year, she received a lot of scolding. It will be difficult to recover after a few years.

That scandal had a huge impact on her reputation and image. It can be said that it directly cut off her future development in the peninsula. It also affected Girls' Generation. The lack of any activities in the second half of last year's SNSD was partly related to this.

Unlike the other two people who pursued the development of actors, Huang Meiying's departure was a bit helpless.

"well……"

Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, Chi Jingyuan can see clearly that although Choi Sooyoung and others left the group for their own development reasons, the main reason is that they all know that Girls' Generation no longer has much vitality.

The 2014 Love Era and Jessica Jung's withdrawal from the group were devastating to Girls' Generation. The popularity, fans, and various data of the entire group were all cut in half.

The comeback in 2015 was actually SM's best effort to save the golden signboard of Girls' Generation. SM invested a lot of resources, with a super luxurious configuration of the fifth regular album first + two main albums with different covers, and all kinds of publicity were thrown in without spending any money.

The result was not satisfactory. "Standing out in the face of being sniped in the summer girl group battle and showing the style of a female emperor" and the announcement of a dozen or so first place in the song promotion sounded impressive, but the reality of the 150,000 sales that were cut in half again, the departure of die-hard fans, and the sharp decrease in passers-by actually announced that SM was powerless to save Girls' Generation.

Moreover, Girls' Generation spends far more resources on a comeback than other groups. The investment and return are not proportional. It is better to invest in a new group with this money.

So since 2015, SM has obviously reduced its investment in Girls' Generation. There were no activities for the whole 2016. Anyone can see that this once glorious girl group has come to an end, and the members know it better than anyone else.

... If Girls' Generation is still at its peak, even if there are no resources and they can only play as a sideline, those sisters probably won't leave.

"What will Girls' Generation do in the future? Disband directly?"

After a few seconds of silence, Chi Jingyuan asked.

"At present, the company means that it will not disband and continue to maintain five-member activities, but..."

Kim Taeyeon shrugged, and Chi Jingyuan understood immediately.

Brokerage companies rarely announce the disbandment of their groups. Even if all the members have left, they must put on a sign saying that they will not disband.

But the original group of nine people now has only five people left, and there will be no activities in the future. What is the difference between this and disbanding?

FX also said that they would not disband, and now there is still some movement.

Thinking of this, even Chi Jingyuan, who has been in the music industry for so many years and is used to seeing the breakups and reunions in the circle, couldn't help but sigh deeply with some loss.

Looking back to 2012, when he debuted, Girls' Generation was still at its peak. At that time, the entire music industry was full of Girls' Generation's voices, and Girls' Generation's advertisements and shots could be seen everywhere. The company also specially arranged for Girls' Generation's sisters to work with them to support their juniors.

At that time, even for Chi Jingyuan, Girls' Generation was a big star, and he couldn't help but have some filters for these Girls' Generation sisters.

Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, this once glorious group has also come to the end and disbanded.

The profession of idols is really almost dazzling when it is glorious. Standing under the lights of the stage, exuding charm, surrounded by countless fans, as if they are the center of the world.

But life is also terribly short. It is always tied to youth and will disappear from everyone's sight inadvertently... and it is not only short, but also very fragile.

"..."

The ending of Girls' Generation made Chi Jingyuan feel a little empathetic, but after a little disappointment, he quickly adjusted his state, exhaled and looked at Kim Taeyeon: "What do you want to talk to me about, Nuna?"

"Now we want to release a tenth anniversary album, because this may be the last album for all of us, and the fans are also very much looking forward to it and have been waiting for a long time, and we also want to hold a tour this year... But because we can't renew the contract for all members, the company is not very willing."

Back to business, Kim Taeyeon also became serious and talked about the current situation: "But we are still discussing this, the attitude of the company is good, and there is room for compromise, so Jingyuan doesn't need your help for the time being, and I actually think it's not good for you to interfere in this kind of thing..."

"Well, Nuna, you guys talk first."

Chi Jingyuan knew what Kim Taeyeon meant and nodded gently. It was really not easy for him to get involved in the affairs of Girls' Generation and the company.

But then she reminded him: "If you really can't reach an agreement, tell me again."

"Got it." Kim Taeyeon made a scissors hand gesture, as if she was relieved, and then continued: "I want to find you because... if we can reach an agreement with the company and we will release the 10th anniversary album this year, I want you to help me choose the songs..."

"Songs?" Hearing this, Chi Jingyuan, who had just looked like "I need you to help me", immediately looked bitter: "But I can't write girl group songs."

"Yue~" Kim Taeyeon looked over with disdain: "You can't write songs, but Twice's "Cheer Up" got this year's annual song? Do you have to pretend like this?"

This topic seemed to have aroused her long-buried dissatisfaction in her heart, and then she whispered vaguely and naggingly: "I feel that without Twice and this song, we wouldn't have ended so quickly..."

Hearing this sister's mumbling, Chi Jingyuan almost laughed out loud, and looked up and down at this self-deceiving senior.

Twice is 18 or 19 this year, and you are almost 30. Whether or not you have this song, you are not on the same track.

"I'm not asking you to write your own song. Of course, Jingyuan, it's good if you have inspiration. It would be best if it's a song of the level of "Loved"..."

Kim Taeyeon was drooling in her daydreaming, and then she immediately became serious, showing the demeanor of a mature woman: "Based on my understanding of the company, given the current situation where the contract cannot be renewed, even if we release an album, we will definitely not be given a lot of resources, and the music library will probably not be fully open... So if you don't have any inspiration and can't write, I mainly want you to pay attention to whether there are any songs suitable for us in the music library. You now have more authority in the company than us."

"Just looking for songs?"

After hearing this, Chi Jingyuan seemed to be relieved as if he had unloaded a burden: "I thought you wanted me to be your producer."

"What's with your expression? Is it embarrassing to be a producer for us?" Seeing his expression, Kim Taeyeon immediately got angry.

"It's mainly because the seniors of Girls' Generation are too senior, and I'm afraid I can't protect them."

Chi Jingyuan smiled and waved his hand. He has heard about the wonderful situation in this former TOP girl team.

If he was helping them as a producer, and they were busy and had a quarrel, would he watch the fun or try to stop the quarrel?

Before Kim Taeyeon could frown and explain, he immediately continued to speak, making an OK gesture: "Okay, I know, I'll try to see if I have any inspiration... Then I'll go and look through it in a few days to see if there are any good songs that suit you."

"Then I'll leave it to you..."

Kim Taeyeon was also relaxed a lot, she knew Chi Jingyuan's musical aesthetics and reliability very well.

Although they were very familiar with each other, she felt a little embarrassed when she saw him agree so readily, so she asked tentatively: "Do you want me to treat you to dinner tonight?"

Chi Jingyuan shook his head: "I'm going to go back to bed after I'm done, I just landed in the morning, and I haven't adjusted to the jet lag yet."

"What about tomorrow? The day after tomorrow is the Spring Festival, and you don't have any activities recently, so you must have a holiday, right?"

"Not tomorrow, I have an appointment with my girlfriend to go to the movies tomorrow."

Chi Jingyuan said with a smile...Yes, it's the Twice member who accelerated the curtain call of your Girls' Generation.

"Heh~"

It's not known whether she was upset with Twice or the word "girlfriend" from Chi Jingyuan's mouth. Kim Taeyeon snorted when she heard it, and immediately became gloomy: "Your popularity... and Twice is really popular recently. How dare you, a popular idol couple, go to the cinema to watch a movie? Are you trying to save your life? Do you really think the company's public relations are omnipotent? Chanyeolxi was just exposed, do you want to be the next one?"

"Who said going to the cinema? Let's go to my house to watch it."

"Tsk... Chaebols are so great... What are you watching? Do you have any good movies to recommend recently? I just plan to watch one in the next two days Watching a movie."

"Nuna, are you watching a movie alone?"

"Chu Gu Lei? Don't ask about Nuna's private life. I don't know how many people are chasing me... Don't interrupt me when I ask you which movie to recommend."

Chi Jingyuan looked at Kim Taeyeon who was sticking her head up and talking nonsense, and held back his laughter, and said righteously:

"Of course it's Yoona's "Cooperation" which just came out. I'm her loyal fan!"

…………

"What are we going to watch?"

In the speeding Mercedes, Ming Jingnan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, tilted her head and looked at her boyfriend who she hadn't seen for a long time who was driving. Her delicate eyes were shining, and she asked expectantly.

Chi Jingyuan looked at the road ahead without turning his head, but he said as a matter of course:

"Of course it's "Your Name", didn't we agree on it before?"