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Chapter 262 Are You Dating

After arriving on the peninsula, Chi Jingyuan went back to the company directly first, held a meeting with several middle and high-level managers of the company, responsible for overseas affairs and artist management, and several managers of planning, docking and summarizing the past half a month. The harvest and influence of Xiaguo trip.

"Wuli Jingyuan is back."

"Thank you, I'll be back for a meeting as soon as I get off the plane."

"Sit down, sit down."

As soon as they met, they were warmly welcomed by the directors and directors. The group of people had sincere and enthusiastic smiles on their faces. Everyone's eyes were shining when they looked at Chi Jingyuan, as if they were looking at a bright star. diamonds.

In addition to Chi Jingyuan's background, what's more important is that they all saw how terrifying the profit brought to the company by a popular idol and popular actor. The income from the contract signed in half a month really made them dumbfounded .

Chi Jingyuan also smiled and returned the salutes one by one, sat there and began to listen, he didn't need to say anything, just listened to the manager and the company chatting.

After this meeting, Chi Jingyuan and the SM staff went directly to JYP, and the two sides agreed on the specific matters of this collaboration comeback.

All the preparations for this collaboration single have been completed, even the promotional poster Chi Jingyuan has already filmed with Pei Xiuzhi before going to Xia Guo, and now we are waiting for the official announcement of the cooperation and the specific time for the comeback , and arrange a singing stage and some itineraries.

After these are agreed upon, the two company bureaus can begin to invest resources and increase publicity.

It was supposed to be discussed a week ago, but it was only because Chi Jingyuan's trip in Xiaguo was postponed that today it was really confirmed.

Pei Xiuzhi went on a trip and didn't come today, but Park Zhenying came in person. He must be dissatisfied with SM's delayed time, but he wouldn't show it in person. On the contrary, after seeing Chi Jingyuan, he patted enthusiastically He pulled him by the shoulder, talked kindly for a while, and asked about Chi Jingyuan's activities in Xia Guo in detail.

Regarding Chi Jingyuan's two activities in Xiaguo in recent months, many people in the industry on the peninsula have noticed. Although they don't know the specific income figures, they know from some internal sources that SM is definitely making money this time. The pours are full.

It can be seen that Park Zhenying is also very keen on Xia Guo's market.

The huge market size of Xia Kingdom has always made the entertainment brokerage companies of the peninsula very coveted, and they have been looking for opportunities to enter this market.

With the debut of EXO in 12, the K and M teams hit two markets respectively, and the participation of the three Xiaguo Line members lit up a bright guiding light for many companies.

Obviously, EXO was pre-cooled in the peninsula market in the first year of debut, but the M team with Xia Guo members was still active there and created a lot of value.

This successful example has to be studied by many companies. Since then, many companies have begun to increase the number of Xia Guo trainees, and many of the male and female groups who debuted later will add one or two. Xia Guo member.

Like GOT7, BTS all refer to this setting to a certain extent.

Especially the latter, BTS's management company Big Hit is itself a small company, so it naturally hopes to expand the Xiaguo market to increase income, and Wu Sai Ke himself is a member of EXO's debut group, but he was not selected because of some special reasons.

At that time, EXO-M was already in full swing in Xiaguo, and bighit was naturally envious. They originally wanted to form a local group of all peninsula people, but after thinking about it, they decided to insert Wu Saike for the Xiaguo market.

Although he is not from the Xia Kingdom, if no one gets to the bottom of it, no one will care, and his fluent Chinese will make BTS's activities in the Xia Kingdom more smooth.

If there are no accidents, they should try 'Crossing Summer' this year.

The meeting with JYP went very smoothly this time, the general plan had already been discussed before, but this time it was just the final completion and finalization of some details.

After discussions between the two parties, it was determined that the temporary group composed of Chi Jingyuan and Pei Suzy was named 'Yuan&suzy'. The sound source and MV of the collaboration song "some" will be officially released on February 2, and their pre-heating stage will be set. In the "M! Countdown".

The two companies will officially announce the news a week in advance, on Valentine's Day, February 2.

In addition to being Valentine's Day, February 2 this year is also the Lantern Festival, which is also known as the "New Year's Day", which is commonly known in the peninsula. Making public at this time will definitely have a publicity effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.

Afterwards, a series of supporting promotional activities will be carried out until the official release of the cooperative single. The follow-up resource investment will depend on the quality of the song "some" and whether they will achieve satisfactory results.

After the meeting was over, Chi Jingyuan could rest for a while, and he went back to the dormitory, summed up his things, and took a good night's sleep in the dormitory after tidying up.

He didn't get out of bed comfortably until it was time for dinner, and rushed to EXO's practice room after eating something.

"Come, come, welcome Wuli actor Chi Jingyuan back to the company..."

"Hey Yigu, you're finally back. It's been half a month, right?"

"Jing Yuan, why do I feel that you have gained weight again? It seems that every time you go to Xia Guo activities, you will gain weight."

As soon as they entered the door, the EXO members who happened to be taking a break saw Chi Jingyuan and immediately got excited, grabbed him and greeted him, complained and said a few sour words.

Chi Jingyuan greeted the members with a smile.

However, when he was saying hello, he found that Luhan and Park Chanyeol were not in the right state, they seemed not energetic, and their complexion was not very good, but after seeing Chi Jingyuan, he squeezed out a smile and nodded.

"Jing Yuan, hurry up and return to the team for practice, your progress has fallen far behind."

Jin Junmian patted Chi Jingyuan on the shoulder, and said worriedly: "Also, halfway through the choreography of "dope" and "I NEED U" you leave, hurry up for the rest, time is really important very nervous."

"Don't worry brother, I'm ready to work overtime, the progress will catch up soon, and my return will not be delayed."

Chi Jingyuan raised an eyebrow at him, expressing that everything is under control.

He has long been used to working overtime. During the choreography of the regular series "Roar" last year, lying on the bed before three o'clock every day was already considered as leaving get off work early.

After chatting lively with the members for a while, several dance teachers came in soon, greeted Chi Jingyuan with a smile, and then began to supervise and guide their dance practice.

This time, the choreography of the title song "overdose" of the second mini-album has been completed very early. This time, in cooperation with EXO, the choreography of the title song is SM's queen Tony Testa.

The choreography of "wolf" was very successful before, and the tree of life is still the classic shape of the EXO stage in the minds of countless fans.

Tony Testa is worthy of the name of a dancing genius. The choreography of "overdose" this time is also amazing, and several signature moves are very characteristic.

It's like a choreography where half of the people kneel and half of them stand behind like controlling puppets.

During the rap stage, everyone formed a circle, the choreography was manipulated by the member in the center, and the cute face-knocking dance was eye-catching during the transition.

Before Chi Jingyuan went to Xia Guo for activities, the company had divided the members into their respective parts. Chi Jingyuan had also learned the general dance and practiced with the team for a few days.

It's just that he is still very unfamiliar with his own part and position, and needs to work overtime to catch up with other people's progress.

Under the guidance of the dance teacher, EXO practiced again and again until everyone was so tired and sweaty that they couldn't move, and then they entered the rest time.

"Gudu..."

Chi Jingyuan took a bottle of mineral water and took a few sips, wiped the sweat from his brow and sat on the floor, glanced at several members not far away, and asked Do Kyungsoo and Oh Sehun next to him softly. One sentence: "What about them?"

When he was practicing dance just now, he noticed that Luhan and Park Chanyeol were weak all night, their movements were not very standard, and they seemed to have no energy at all.

"Brother Chanyeol's leg was injured during Wanwan's rehearsal, it's not a serious injury, and he hasn't recovered yet."

Wu Shixun also took a look there, leaned over and said in a low voice: "Brother Luhan has had a cold and fever since you went to Xia Guo. It's been several days, and it hasn't improved after taking medicine. Recently, he is in a bad state."

Chi Jingyuan nodded when he heard the words. Injuries are quite common for idols. With high-intensity exercises and continuous rotations, the rest is not good, and the body is prone to problems.

And because of the rush of the schedule and the urgency of time, there is no time for them to recuperate, so they can only continue to work with their injuries.

This is a very common thing in the peninsula music industry. Everyone was like this when they were trainees. Practicing while sick is the norm.

"Luhan is not because of this..."

Listening to the two talking, Do Kyungsoo also leaned over and interjected at this moment: "We are used to being sick... He asked his manager to rest in the dormitory for a few days because he felt unwell the past two days. Oh my god, I was a little unhappy when Brother Chenghuan rejected me."

"That's it..."

Chi Jingyuan nodded slightly, without saying anything.

He is the member who has some privileges in EXO. No matter how popular other members are, or whether they are the main pusher or not, the management of the company and the manager is very strict. Minor injuries and illnesses are not allowed to ask for leave. There are many requirements and Norms may seem a little impersonal to outsiders.

But in fact it’s not just SM, basically all entertainment companies are like this, some companies have even more demanding management and requirements for their idols, the strictness is unbearable.

As a big company, SM is already pretty good, at least the management is much looser than those years at the beginning of the century. It is almost impossible to see such things as brokers or company executives taking the initiative to teach lessons, and there is no need to be like some small companies. There are some messy things outside of work.

Without asking any more questions, Chi Jingyuan changed the subject with them and chatted about some interesting things about the company after he left.

After saying a few words, Chi Jingyuan's cell phone rang, he took it out to look at the caller, said to the two next to him, "I'm going to answer a call, I'll be right back", and then walked out quietly.

"Yo not stuffy."

"Jingyuan, have you returned to the peninsula?" As soon as the call was connected, Jiang Seqi's voice came over, and it sounded quite cheerful.

"Are you following me? You called me as soon as I got back today?"

Chi Jingyuan smiled and talked to her, asked about the recent situation, and then took the initiative to ask: "I'm practicing now, and those who sneaked out will go back soon, what do you want me for?"

"That's it, do you have time on the night of the tenth?" Jiang Seqi pondered for a second, then asked with some expectation.

"Number ten? The day after tomorrow? What day is that?"

"That's how close we are, really..."

Jiang Seulqi couldn't hold back her lips, and said dissatisfiedly: "The 10th is my birthday, I invited a few friends to have dinner together, do you have time that day?"

"Forehead……"

Chi Jingyuan was a little ashamed, he was wished a happy birthday on time last May No.13, but he really didn't know that February 2th was Jiang Seulqi's birthday.

However, he has been very busy recently and really doesn’t have much time. Apart from the last-minute cooperation with Pei Suzy, the most important thing is the preparation of EXO’s album. His progress has fallen behind a lot and he needs to catch up. The dance is not done.

But just when Chi Jingyuan was about to speak and said, "There is no time, the gift will be delivered", I suddenly remembered that Jiang Seulqi was born in 94 like him, and this year happened to be the day of adulthood, which is a relatively important birthday .

Chi Jingyuan hesitated for a moment, thinking about the schedule for that day.

"It's fine if you're busy, but gifts can't be saved, they must be in place."

Listening to the silence on the phone, Jiang Seulqi relieved Chi Jingyuan's embarrassment with a smile, and took the initiative to make a joke.

"It's okay... On the tenth, I should be free in the evening, but I can't stay too late."

Chi Jingyuan thought for a while, and finally agreed with a smile, and finally added jokingly: "Remember to order some delicious dishes. If the taste is not good, I won't go there next time."

"Hey...you must be satisfied."

Hearing that Chi Jingyuan was able to come, Jiang Seulqi was obviously very happy, her voice raised a tone, and she smiled naively twice.

After hanging up the phone, Chi Jingyuan returned to the practice room. Before he could figure out how to arrange the day after tomorrow, they started a new round of practice under the supervision of the dance teacher.

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"Do you rarely come to Hongdae?"

Pei Zhuxuan stretched out her hand to brush the fringe behind her ear, and turned her head to look at Chi Jingyuan next to her.

"I've been here a few times before, but the number of times is very small, and I didn't go around much."

Chi Jingyuan withdrew his looking eyes, turned around and nodded at her. Although most of his face was covered by the pressed hat brim and mask, his exposed eyes were very bright and looked at Pei Zhuxuan glanced.

He was wearing a dark sweater suit with a coat over it, casual thermal pants and sneakers, and his hands in his pockets. Except for his outstanding figure and temperament, and the conspicuous Gengar hat on his head, he looked like he was on vacation. College students who come to shop in the future.

It's the night of February 2th, and the dinner of Jiang Seulgi's birthday party has just ended.

However, Kang Seul Gi, who had her birthday today after dinner, was very excited, and she was a little bit unfulfilled, so she proposed to go shopping in Hongdae together, and got the support of Son Seung Wan's hands and feet, and Bae Joo Hyun seemed to agree.

Chi Jingyuan looked at his watch and came along as he still had time.

As for Wu Shixun, who also participated in the dinner, he was not as free as Chi Jingyuan. After glaring at him, he reluctantly left and went back to work in the company.

At this time, they were full of wine and food, and they were walking on the streets of Hongdae, watching the lively scene around them comfortably. Except for a little cold, everything else was fine.

Hongdae is a business district in front of Hongik University. It is one of the favorite places for young people in Seoul to visit. It gathers all kinds of youthful, sensual and unique young people, and it can be said to be very lively every day.

In addition to a variety of coffee houses, bars, fashion stores, handmade paper stores, jewelry, clothing and cosmetics that reflect the sensibility and cultural tendencies of the young generation, there are also rich entertainment and music elements.

Many bands formed by college students, underground hip-hop singers, independent bands, unpopular idol groups, and trainees who have not debuted are often seen on the street. This is also a good stage to show yourself.

It can be said that everything that young people like and need can be found here, and Chi Jingyuan was a little bit driven by the lively atmosphere here when walking on the street. After coming here, he looked around with great interest until he was attracted by Pei Zhuxuan's voice attention.

"Is that so... I thought you would come here often....

Pei Zhuxuan glanced at him, and asked with a smile.

Today, her light-colored down jacket is lined with a black tights, and she wears a pair of platform shoes under her light gray pants. She wears her favorite Kodak Duck baseball cap on her head. The overall look is mature with a touch of freshness and liveliness breath.

The thick-soled shoes made a lot of contributions, bringing her and Chi Jingyuan's height difference closer, otherwise she would have to raise her head to talk now.

"Did Joohyunxi misunderstand something?"

Chi Jingyuan looked puzzled, as if he didn't understand what the other party meant.

"........."

Pei Zhuxuan gave him a beautiful look, wrinkled her nose and didn't answer.

The corners of Chi Jingyuan's mouth curled up, and he blinked at her. The two looked at each other and laughed out loud.

"Hey, you two, hurry up, why are you walking so slowly!"

At this time, Jiang Seulqi and Son Seungwan, who were very excited walking in front, turned around and found that they were the only ones left. After scanning their eyes for a long time, they found Chi Jingyuan and Pei Zhuxuan who had dropped behind the old man.

The two frowned and turned back, complaining dissatisfiedly, walked behind the two and pushed their backs to make them speed up.

Chi Jingyuan and Pei Zhuxuan were helplessly pushed forward by these two over-excited people.

"As soon as the two of you came here, you ran arm in arm and disappeared. Is it because we walked slowly?"

Chi Jingyuan, who was pushed forward a few steps, looked at the two of them angrily.

Jiang Seulqi could really see that she was very happy, and Sun Shengwan was also very interested in following them. As soon as they came, they rushed out excitedly, ignoring the two behind them at all.

"Oh, don't worry about it so much, hurry up, I remember there is a very good drink shop in front of you."

Jiang Seqi smiled and made jokes, and kept waving her hands to signal the two to hurry up. When she turned her head, she suddenly noticed the hats of Chi Jingyuan and Pei Zhuxuan. She looked left and then, and said in surprise: "Jinjia, just now I haven't found out yet, Jingyuan, you and Zhuxuan Oni's hats are of the same style, are they couple hats?"

Sun Shengwan also widened his eyes, examining the hats of the two suspiciously.

"Guess, you discovered all of this."

Chi Jingyuan smiled generously and nodded generously, patted her on the shoulder, as if entrusting her with a difficult task, "Be careful to keep it secret!"

Pei Zhuxuan smiled lightly and straightened the hat left and right, tilted her head and did not refute, but only gave Chi Jingyuan a reproachful sideways glance.

"cut……"

Jiang Seqi glanced at it and snorted disdainfully, and didn't bother to ask any more, and led a few people to the drink shop that she had been thinking about for a long time.

It's really not Jiang Seulqi's bragging. This store seems to be doing a good job, and the queue alone is quite a long distance.

"Jingyuan, you and Zhuxuan O'Neill wait here, there are quite a lot of people queuing up over there, it's not good if you are recognized, I will go with Shengwan."

She turned around with a smile and asked, "What to drink? My treat!"

"Hot cocoa." Chi Jingyuan said that he doesn't drink cold drinks in winter.

"Where's Joohyun Oni?"

"Same as you, but I don't drink coffee."

"OK."

Jiang Seulqi made a gesture, pulled Sun Shengwan and the two ran over to line up.

"It's really energetic."

Looking at the backs of the two, Chi Jingyuan sighed.

"Nai, the relationship between Seul Gi and Seung Wan is really good." Pei Zhuxuan nodded and said something envious.

"Does Joohyun have a bad relationship with them?"

Chi Jingyuan turned to look at her.

"It's pretty good, but I'm still a little older, not like they are relatives of the same age." Pei Zhuxuan nodded slightly, her tone sounded a little depressed.

"Joohyun seems to care about her age?"

"You really... don't you care if it's you?" Pei Zhuxuan glared at him.

"Um……"

Chi Jingyuan glanced at Pei Zhuxuan up and down, pursed his lips, and asked tentatively with curiosity in his eyes: "Then do you care more about age or height?"

"You!"

Pei Zhuxuan was blocked by this sudden question, she only felt the blood rushing up, the calmness and gentleness just now disappeared in an instant, she couldn't help shouting angrily, then raised her foot and kicked Chi Jingyuan's on the calf.

I don't know if it's because he has a good control of his strength or because he has no strength at all, anyway, Chi Jingyuan doesn't feel any pain.

After the kick, she seemed to be still angry, and she gave him another hard look. After staring for a few seconds, she lowered her head a little bit madly, covered her face, and after a few seconds, she smiled with a 'poof' Come out, shoulders trembling constantly.

It took a while for her to raise her head again, with a smile in her eyes, but her tone was very solemn, she stared at Chi Jingyuan and said word by word:

"Jing Yuanxi."

"Inside." Chi Jingyuan pretended to be listening attentively.

"You're really annoying."

"Kangsang Mita."

Chi Jingyuan smiled and thanked him.

Pei Zhuxuan was teased again, she was laughing and angry, and was about to wave her hand to take a picture when Chi Jingyuan's cell phone rang suddenly, planning her action.

Chi Jingyuan took it out to see the caller, scanned Pei Zhuxuan from the corner of his eye without missing a trace, and connected.

"You're not stuck."

"I'm out shopping with my friends."

"Nei, you're right, it's your girlfriend, do you want to come together?"

"Okay, I know you still ask..."

"The 14th? What a coincidence, we flew to Xiaguo on the 13th of XO to participate in the Lantern Festival Gala of the TV station there, and there will be a live stage on the night of the 14th."

"What can I do? I just came back from Xia Guo. Do you think I want to fly around every day? Next time."

"Nei, got it."

"Bye-Bye."

Chi Jingyuan hung up the phone, locked the screen and threw it into his shoulder bag.

Pei Zhuxuan stood quietly on the side. After Chi Jingyuan answered the phone and said the first sentence, she resumed her previous calm demeanor and listened silently.

After seeing Chi Jingyuan hang up the phone and cast her gaze over, she hesitated for a moment, pondered for a few seconds before opening her mouth: "Jing Yuanxi... are you dating Senior Krystal from FX?"

While speaking, Pei Zhuxuan also looked at his face.

"........."

Hearing this, Chi Jingyuan smiled lightly, shrugged at her, and said nothing.

Although the other party didn't say anything, Pei Zhuxuan still nodded to show that he knew. He looked away, stared at the ground for a while, and then looked in the direction of Jiang Seulqi and the others.

Chi Jingyuan didn't speak, and followed her to look over.

After a while, Jiang Seulqi and Son Seungwan came back with drinks and handed them to them with a smile.

"Thank you." Chi Jingyuan took the hot cocoa, and holding it in his hand felt a lot warmer.

After getting the drinks, the four of them went shopping in Hongdae together. Jiang Seulqi obviously came here often, and introduced Chi Jingyuan and Sun Shengwan very familiarly.

Sun Shengwan, like Chi Jingyuan, has not been here a few times, and everything here is still quite new, while Pei Zhuxuan listens by the side, interjecting from time to time, it can be seen that she is also half a Hongdae.

After walking for a while, Jiang Seqi saw another group of people gathered on the side of the road not far ahead, as if there was some kind of performance, her eyes lit up, she pulled a few people over, and stood outside to watch.

It’s a group of people, but it’s actually not that many. They scattered around a stage that looks a little crude. The sound quality of the stereo is not good but the volume is quite loud. If you stand close, you can only feel your eardrums being shaken. Every move.

At this time, a girl group, five girls are singing and dancing on the stage.

Today's temperature is very low, and you can clearly see it when you open your mouth and take a breath, but this girl group is wearing shirts and shorts, with white thighs exposed, everyone looks very devoted, and it seems that they don't feel the cold at all .

But it’s nothing. Cold resistance is a basic skill for an artist. Most of the debut artists have performed in the winter wearing thin and thin stage costumes. They often have this experience in EXO.

After watching it for a while, Chi Jingyuan felt that the strength of this girl group was pretty good, both vocal and dance were considered excellent, and he suddenly found out that he seemed to know this girl group, and he seemed to have participated in the "Idol Games" with them before.

(End of this chapter)