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Chapter 309 Uproar
As soon as the news came out, it immediately attracted the intense attention of the media in Xia Kingdom and the peninsula, and instantly made it to the headlines of the real-time trending list.

EXO is not a second- and third-tier boy group like BTS. They are now one of the most popular and popular groups in Southeast Asia, especially in Xiaguo and Peninsula, the two most frequently active markets. A top idol combo that doesn't even have a suffix in the former.

Luhna is also one of the most popular members, the captain and main promotion member of EXO-M, and occupies a pivotal position in the activities of the entire team in Xia Guo, but it is only slightly worse than Chi Jingyuan.

It can be said that as soon as he left, the popularity of the entire M team lost more than a third. As for the adverse impact on the peninsula and the chain reaction of members leaving the group, it is even more difficult to estimate.

Not to mention that it was not an ordinary exit, but like Wu, he left with the decisive method of suing.

Since its rise, EXO has become the latest pillar and cash cow of SM Entertainment. In recent quarters, its revenue has accounted for the bulk of the company's total revenue. Now, the withdrawal of important members has caused a strong shock in the stock market.

After the news that Luhan filed a contract invalidation lawsuit came out, SM's stock price plummeted sharply. In just 15 minutes, SM's stock price fell to 37050 won, an overall drop of nearly 700%. Therefore, nearly [-] billion won was dropped substantially.

I received the news yesterday, and the SM company that has already filed a record hastily stood up and said after seeing such a terrible drop:

"I received a lawsuit from Luhan through the legal person today. He once said that due to his health and that he wanted to focus on activities in Xiaguo more than EXO's activities, he is currently in the process of discussing future activity plans, but he suddenly received The termination pleadings are very confusing."

"We believe that filing a lawsuit without any reason, relying on the group to gain popularity, and then filing a contract termination through a legal person in a way that violates the contract is an act that ignores the group's activities and the interests of the company and other related contract parties. It is an approach taken to prioritize personal interests."

At the same time, in order to stabilize the stock price and reassure fans, he added a special sentence at the end: "EXO's future activities will continue as usual."

But this kind of official response really didn't play a big role at this time. On the contrary, it added a lot of firewood to the already raging Internet.

"First, Girls' Generation's explosive love affair declined rapidly, and then it was EXO's turn. What happened to SM this year?"

"SM should want to sing 'someone call the doctor!' right now kkkk"

"To be honest, Luhan is one of the most popular members in the team, once he leaves Team M can be disbanded... unless SM asks Yuan to take his place and take care of the activities of both teams.

"This kind of thing is most afraid of someone taking the lead. Before Wu's termination of the contract, I thought that EXO would not last long. Sure enough, I now predict that after Luhan, there will be the other two Xia Guo members... At that time, the twelve people will quit directly. One quarter, EXO is over."

"Hahahahaha, last time when Wu terminated the contract, Xingxing Fan was still gloating about his misfortune. This time it's his idol's turn, right? Hahaha what about 'we are one'? I laughed so hard kkkkk."

The sudden resignation caused all EXO fans to fall into shock and panic. They didn't know what happened so suddenly, and the black fans who had dived before also popped up one after another, and joined the passersby watching the excitement on the Internet. Have a lively discussion.

Even if they are not black fans, given EXO's popularity, ordinary passers-by would like to see this kind of bustle, and it feels more exciting than idol's exposure of love.

When there was a lot of buzz on the Internet, after a two-hour flight, EXO's flight also landed at Seoul Incheon International Airport. After a series of procedures, eleven people lined up in a row under the escort of their managers and assistants. Slowly walked outside.

EXO's itinerary is not a secret. Just a quick check reveals that they had a concert in Xiaguo two days ago, and today's flight came back, so at this time the outside of the airport was already surrounded by reporters who had been waiting for a long time.

The fans who originally came to pick up the plane also gathered not far from the airport in panic, but at this time, even if they knew that their idol had already got off the plane, it was difficult for them to let out the kind of selfless cheers and screams when they were about to walk out. cry.

When they saw the reporters crowding past and the EXO members slowly coming out, their faces were a bit dazed, not knowing what they should do now.

Screaming as passionately as before?
But at this moment, he couldn't shout at all.

Several of them were Luhan's fans. They came here early to meet their idols and waited to be picked up at the airport. Unexpectedly, they didn't wait, but what they waited for was the news that their idol had left the group.

Like a bolt from the blue.

At this time, they were holding Luhan's banner and pictorial in their hands, but they didn't lift it up high, nor threw it on the ground, they just held it tightly in their hands but didn't know where to put it.

A few girls even cried out straight away, tears flowing across their faces onto the pictorial they were reluctant to throw away, and gently dripping on Luhan's folded face.

The star fan who used to show extremely high combat effectiveness and full of enthusiasm no matter where he appeared, now looks like an eggplant beaten by frost, which makes people feel distressed.

"Can you tell me something about Luhan's resignation from the group?"

"Is it true that Luhan left the group because his body couldn't bear the burden of busy activities?"

Every member was surrounded by quite a few reporters. Chi Jingyuan, who was at the back of the team, had the most people around him, and the flashlights kept shining on their faces, while the assistant next to him stretched his hands and tried to isolate them. They protect the safety of the members, but it is a bit strenuous to move forward with so many people.

Chi Jingyuan was wearing simple gray shorts and short sleeves with canvas shoes, a black baseball cap on his head without a mask, and his plain face without makeup was still bright, but he looked a little tired at this time.

"Yuan xi, can you tell me something? What do you think about this matter? Will Luhan's resignation have a big impact on EXO?" A reporter kept pushing to block his assistant and questioned him loudly .

Chi Jingyuan stretched out his hand and gently blocked the interview microphone that was about to reach into his mouth, shook his head and didn't speak, lowered his head and followed closely behind Wu Shixun in front, pursed his mouth and said nothing.

The addition of Luhan's resignation and EXO's own popularity did have a big impact. It is estimated that the entire entertainment media in Seoul lined up reporters to come and stay.

It took a lot of effort and finally moved out of the airport step by step. Chi Jingyuan turned his head and glanced at the sad fans who came to pick up the plane beside him, but looked at the confused expressions on their faces. , with red eyes and bewildered eyes, sighed and followed the nanny car without stopping.

There's nothing he can do now.

The nanny drove directly back to the SM company building, and they quickly sat in the small conference room again, vaguely remembering that they also had a meeting here when Baekhyun fell in love not long ago.

In addition to the head of the brokerage office, there are several company managers and directors present.

Li Xiuman did not come. Recently, he seems to have put a lot of energy into taking care of his family because of his wife's illness. He has a lot less management of the company. Although he still communicates with Chi Jingyuan on his mobile phone from time to time Caring, but he hasn't been in the company for a while.

I asked those repeated questions again, many of which were actually asked by Lee Seung-hwan yesterday.

Most of the members actually didn't know anything about this matter, and they couldn't find anything out of it. Even Chi Jingyuan only found out about it when he had dinner with Luhan last night, and he knew beforehand that he was going to run away. There are only two Xia Guo line members.

And now that everyone has run away, it doesn't make much sense to say these things anymore. The most important thing now is how to deal with the current situation.

"Don't express your opinions to the outside world, the company is still discussing about this matter."

After nervously asking around, several high-level executives discussed in a low voice, leaving Lay and Tao alone and letting the others leave first.

"Do you still want to try to contact Luhan?"

"I've filed a lawsuit, obviously I've made up my mind, what's the use of contacting?"

"The main thing now is to control public opinion first, stabilize the stock price and stop it falling..."

When I walked out of the office, I could vaguely hear the discussions of several managers coming from behind.

It's a pity that the company said it a little late. It seems that Lay has already published a blog post of farewell and support to Luhan on Xia Guo's scarf before. I don't know if Tao has posted it.

As for the control of public opinion...it has already fermented like this, it is probably dangerous.

Has the withdrawal of EXO members today become the biggest hot spot on the Internet? Park Chun, who has been paying attention to banned drugs for a while, is instantly listed below. Apart from the discussions of ordinary passers-by, the entire Internet forum and EXO fan club are all in a hurry Panicked, Xing Fan, who was injured not long ago because of Baekhyun's love, was hit again.

And this time it's not as simple as falling in love. The withdrawal of one of the core members is a great loss for any group, and it is an indescribable blow to loyal fans.

The whole fan club howled.

"Hajima... why did you do this..."

"Everyone has been working hard together for so long, can't we discuss it carefully? Why why why?"

"SM hurry up and communicate with Luhan again, it's okay to start over after you come back, is EXO still EXO without one person?"

Many fans were lost by the sudden news. Many people still have this misunderstanding in their hearts. Everyone can come down and talk about Luhan's naive idea of ​​returning to the team.

This is also the thinking of most fans, no one wants to see their favorite combination split.

"I'm worried, why are you protecting Luhan? NCs, can you wake up? This is a betrayal, a merciless betrayal of fans and members!"

There are also more extreme fans, some members of Du Wei immediately drew a clear line with Luhan, after the news of Luhan's promotion came out, in their hearts there were only eleven EXO members left.

"We are still here, exo cheer up, come on! I saw Yuan's expression on the news is really sad, I really want to cry."

"Indeed, I've never seen Oppa so sluggish. It must be really hard to leave because of being close to my brother."

The last true fan is sad, but is very concerned about the status of other EXO members.

After EXO returned to the peninsula from Xiaguo and came out of the airport, it didn’t take long for many media to keep up with current events and published press releases such as ‘member Luhan quit the group, EXO showed up at the airport in a worrying state, Yuan kept silent and looked haggard’ .

All the pictures above are photos of EXO members taken at the airport, there are photos of everyone, and all of them have ugly expressions.Among them, the clearest and most impressive one is the picture of Chi Jingyuan being questioned by reporters, with his mouth pursed and his head bowed silently.

Even if the brim of the hat is very long, it can't hide the helplessness and exhaustion on his face. It is very different from the usual sunny image that Chi Jingyuan left for fans with a smile. Many fans immediately feel distressed after seeing it.

Just looking at the photos can make them empathize.

In this way, many of Yuan's only fans couldn't help complaining and blaming Luhan, and many people directly became hostile to him, and their words were full of accusations and insults.

They don't care about luhan or not.

This photo was also reposted on many media headlines and various forums, and became the best proof that SM suffered from Mercury retrograde, the atmosphere in the EXO team was not good, and the members were in a bad mood.

Even Chi Jingyuan couldn't laugh anymore, doesn't that prove anything?

……

"Are you alright there?"

"It's hard to avoid things like members quitting the group. Didn't we also encounter it at the beginning? Don't worry about him being overheated for a few days and he will go down. Next time he comes back, just work harder (laughs) (come on)."

Chi Jingyuan looked at the message received on the phone, smiled and pursed his lips.

This was sent by Zheng Endi. The first one was sent when the news first appeared in the morning. At that time, Chi Jingyuan was on the plane, but he didn't reply after seeing it.

Later, she just sent another message to comfort Chi Jingyuan. She used herself as an example to speak out, and her persuasive power is indeed quite strong.

Today's news is too explosive, as long as people in the peninsula music industry basically know it immediately, so after the news of Luhan's resignation from the team was exposed, many of Chi Jingyuan's friends sent messages to care and condolences, familiar There are unfamiliar ones.

It's just that because I'm in a bad mood and I don't know what to say at this time, Chi Jingyuan has never replied, and even some of them have not been opened to read.

However, most of them came to greet politely, and some of them were closer and more concerned, such as Zheng Endi, seeing that there was no reply, they would try to send two more after a while.

"So free and easy? But I remember that you had a drink with me because Hong Yukyung quit the group. If I remember correctly, you looked very uncomfortable at that time, as if apink was about to disband. .”

Chi Jingyuan sat cross-legged on the floor, smiled and quickly typed a message on the phone to send back to her. At this time, Park Chanyeol came over and handed him a glass of iced drink.

"Thanks." He raised his head to take it and thanked him, twisted it away and took two gulps.

Right now they are in EXO's practice room, taking the time to rehearse many songs and dances. Luhan's departure will not only affect XO's reputation, image, and fans, but also a lot more intuitively. of.

For example, basically most of the dance moves have to be rehearsed, some songs even have to be re-choreographed, and his previous parts have to be assigned to other people.

Several big hits, such as "Roar", "Addiction" and "Wolf and Beauty" have to be rehearsed in many places.

For example, the tree of life in "Wolf and Beauty", Chi Jingyuan was paired with Luhan before. The two stood in the second and third places in the queue, holding hands and relying on each other's strength to lean down and pretend to be branches.

Now that Luhan is gone, he has no one to help him, and the tree of life can't even be displayed, and he has to wait for the dance teacher to arrange someone to cooperate with him.

Especially on the stage of Team M, because Luhan is the main pusher member, he has the most part and C positions. The dance moves from six people to five people are completely different. It will be a very big job to re-practice after suddenly being vacant. quantity.

But the workload is heavy and it is necessary to re-rehearse. Although EXO's group activities are temporarily suspended, the next concert will be on the 27th, and there is only one week for them to re-rehearse.

After the previous meeting, lay and tao, who were left alone for about half an hour, came back. They went back to the practice room to say hello to others, and they didn't say anything else.

Soon Lee Seung-hwan and the management of the company also went to the practice room to announce the temporary processing results. The group activities of the EXO team are currently temporarily suspended, and personal schedules will not be affected.

It has been like this for the past few days, and then it will be adjusted accordingly according to the reaction from the outside world.

After this incident happened, the atmosphere in EXO's team obviously changed. The two Xia Guo lines were full of worries, and they kept silent no matter where they were, and they didn't have much desire to communicate.

The others didn't know whether it was because of anger or irritability, the overall mood was not very good.

It didn't take long for the dance teachers who were in charge of helping them to be in place soon, and everyone began to hurry up and re-arrange. The most important thing now is to re-play all the songs in the concert. .

After several hours of continuous practice, it was time for a break. The members sat on the wall and the floor. They were not in a good mood and they didn’t have much interest in talking. A few of them were talking in low voices, while others were minding their own business. .

Park Chanyeol handed him the drink and nodded without saying anything. He went back and took a few bottles and handed them to other people, then sat back in his seat and fiddled with the phone without making a sound.

An uncomfortable heaviness permeated the entire practice room.

Chi Jingyuan shook his head, shook off the sweat on his forehead, took another sip of the drink, and Zheng Eundi's reply came.

"You are really annoying, you are kind enough to comfort you and expose my scars, right? (Shouting) Don't think about me caring about you again the next time someone of you quits the group (lip curls)."

After watching it, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help laughing, put the drink aside, and quickly went back to the past: "Next time someone quits the group... Curse us, right? Then I also congratulate you for breaking the 6% rating of your new drama." Guan, I forgot to congratulate you before, it is simply a milestone honor, it will surpass "Please Answer 1997" in the past, you are worthy of the young actor Zheng Eundi nim!"

"Ah! Chi Jingyuan, do you want to fight? Next time..."

The speed of this reply was very fast, and Chi Jingyuan could imagine the picture of Zheng Endi pressing the phone hard angrily with a bloody grin across his phone.

After probably looking at it, I didn't have time to reply. When the break time came, the dance teacher clapped his hands to signal them to keep in touch. The members stood up one after another and walked to the middle to start a new round of practice.

In the evening, the members scattered around and had a quick meal, and then returned to the practice room. They practiced until after one o'clock in the morning before disbanding and returning to the dormitory.

For the rehearsal of the concert, one week is barely enough time. If there is only one or two days, it may be too late for the whole night these days.

After going back, the atmosphere in the dormitory was obviously a bit dull, and everyone was not in the mood to talk. Enough was said last night and this afternoon, and it would be useless to say more.

This time it is completely different from the love affair some time ago.

As soon as the Luhan incident happened, it really shook EXO's fundamentals. The group's bright future suddenly became a lot blurred. Each member also had different ideas and had many things in their hearts.

And even if Chi Jingyuan didn't say it face to face, it was obvious that many people had a lot of opinions on Tao and Lay, the two members of Xiaguo Line who knew about this matter before.

Although it is not considered isolated, but that kind of estrangement has clearly arisen.

When Wu Saike was running before, they could happily watch the excitement, but now it's Luhan, and after they run away, they are all doing well. The one thing they have in common is that they are all members of Xia Guo.

Who is next?

Anyone who has been through these turbulent months can't help but ask themselves such mental questions.

After queuing up to wash up, they went back to their rooms. Today, Do Kyungsoo didn't go to the set because of this incident.

"It's Okay, It's Love" he starred in will premiere soon, and the amount of filming before is almost enough. The shooting tasks in the past few days should not be so heavy.

The three of them in the dormitory were playing with their mobile phones, watching various comments on the Luhan incident on the Internet, and chatting with each other at the same time.

"Didn't you call the girl today?" Chi Jingyuan sat cross-legged on the bed against the wall, fiddled with the phone and looked up at Wu Shixun.

"When is it time? How can I be in the mood..." Wu Shixun rubbed his temples speechlessly as if he heard a joke, and shook his head: "I sent her a message during dinner tonight, saying that I won't talk to her for two days."

"Two days? If only this matter could end in two days."

Do Kyungsoo on the upper bunk put down his phone and sighed, "I'm afraid it's just a start..."

He didn't finish the sentence, but both of them could understand the meaning.

After a brief silence, they chatted about other lighter topics by coincidence.

After saying a few words, Chi Jingyuan's cell phone vibrated suddenly, and when he picked it up, it was sent by Pei Zhuxuan.

"What you said yesterday is something, is it today?"

Chi Jingyuan found that since Pei Zhuxuan was selected for SM's new girl group project, contacting him has gradually become more frequent, especially in the recent period, after becoming a four-member group that has confirmed his debut, he likes it from time to time. Just send two messages.

I don't know if I want to share my feelings or for other reasons.

Chi Jingyuan didn't care either, and quickly replied with his head down: "Nai, I was having dinner with brother Luhan when I was talking to you."

"Jingyuan, why is there no sound?" Do Kyungsoo was on the opposite side of the bunk, his sight was blocked and he couldn't see what Chi Jingyuan was doing, and he suddenly couldn't hear his voice while chatting, so he couldn't hold back his doubts and asked.

"He's texting girls over there."

Without waiting for the master to speak, Wu Shixun glanced at him and said it directly.

"Then post it, the business is more important." Do Kyungsoo laughed and stopped talking.

"How do you know it's a woman?" Chi Jingyuan looked at him.

"Who do you look down on? Could it be a man?"

Wu Shixun glanced at him angrily, shook his head and stopped looking at him, but stared at his mobile phone, and said with a determined look: "Although I haven't seen you calling, but you send text messages every day, ordinary friends? There are so many conversations...and you are talking to more than one person, right?"

"Hehe..." Chi Jingyuan raised an eyebrow at him with a smile, and looked down at the message returned by the phone.

"We've read the news, and we've seen the photos at the airport, um...you guys, are you okay now?"

He has received countless similar concern text messages today. Although he is very grateful, he is indeed a little tired. The corner of his mouth twitched and he casually replied: "I can't tell if it's okay..."

After sending the message, Chi Jingyuan flicked the phone aside, didn't bother to sit down and lay down, staring at the wooden boards on the upper bunk in a daze.

But before he could think about so many things that happened in the past two days, the phone next to him started to vibrate again. Chi Jingyuan reached out and groped twice to get the phone over, and clicked on the message sent by the other party. The screen flickered suddenly. one light.

Pei Zhuxuan directly sent a selfie.

In the photo, Pei Zhuxuan is still in the brightly lit practice room, the bangs on the forehead are a little messy, it should be that there is obvious sweat on the face and forehead after the practice, and the red face looks like the body should be quite hot.

A head and a face accounted for more than two-thirds of the entire photo. She seemed to want to make an expression of scrutiny, but the corners of her mouth were slightly curled up with a sweet smile, which broke the serious atmosphere that she was trying to create.

At this time, she was half squatting on the floor, her eyes wide open, her head stuck out and staring at the camera, and the reflection of her mobile phone and hands that took pictures can still be vaguely seen in her pupils.

There is also a line of words under the selfie: "If I can't tell, then I will take a look for myself."

(End of this chapter)