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Chapter 348
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"First, each person's individual description shot, and then all the members stand in a row here, looking at the sun in the sky."

"It's right here, remember this location."

"This shot is very simple. It doesn't matter whether it's a smile, pursed lips, or a deadpan face, but remember that you don't need to have an exaggerated expression. Don't look at the camera, look at the sky, and look at the sun. Do you know it?"

The PD glanced around at the EXO members standing in front of him, constantly rubbing his hands and exhaling. He waved his right hand with great momentum and told him to wait for the key point of the shooting.

"Nei, got it."

The nine people quickly responded.

At this time, they were at the East Sea of ​​Gangwon-do. Dozens of staff, including EXO, dyed the chilly beach with a fiery working atmosphere early in the morning before dawn. The dark beach was illuminated brightly, and all kinds of shooting equipment had already been set up, and inspections were underway at this time.

Yesterday, the recording work of "Let It Be Natural" has been officially completed and the post-processing has started. EXO then started to shoot the MV.

Because it is a winter song and there is no choreography, the design of the MV is relatively simple. All the previous shots can be shot in Seoul as a real scene or as a set. Only the last shot needs to be shot on the spot in Gangwon-do and capture the sunrise. screen.

After returning to the dormitory after finishing work last night, I didn’t sleep very much. After a while, everyone got up and drove from Seoul to Gangwon-do with the staff who were already ready. Makeup and erection equipment.

Chi Jingyuan was still sleepy and dazed at first, but when the cold wind blew on the beach, he woke up in an instant. The sea breeze in the early morning hurt his cheeks a little, and he wrapped his coat in his coat and kept rubbing his hands there To keep warm, thanks to the assistant who handed everyone a cup of hot drink, it was relieved a bit.

"..." He noticed that Wu Shixun and Park Chanyeol next to him didn't feel cold, and each took a mobile phone to take a selfie there. He probably planned to upload it to his SNS in two days.

Walking a few steps forward and standing on the beach, Chi Jingyuan saw this unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar place, and couldn't help thinking of the time when twelve of them filmed EXO's first group show "EXO's Showtime" here. It seemed that playing in the water at the seaside was really fun.

I remember that at the end of the group show, twelve members were watching the sunrise on the beach, everyone shouted a word of blessing, what did he say at that time?

Chi Jingyuan forgot a little, but looking at the calm but dark and deep sea in front of him, he suddenly had a lot of feelings.

Speaking of filming the MV at the end, it was his suggestion to the company.

It’s all here, he also took out his mobile phone and found a place with good lighting to take two selfies. The last time he updated his ins was a certification photo he sent when he won the MMA awards trophy, expressing his gratitude to the fans and the organizer Thank you, it is a very business update, and the last one will go back a long time.

"The time is almost up, go check the makeup and change clothes again, Barry Barry!"

After taking a few pictures, the PD over there shouted twice with a megaphone, and the members hurried over.

Everything was ready, and the shooting after sunrise went smoothly. After shooting the last shot, I thanked the staff, got in the nanny car and started back to Seoul.

Seeing the empty nanny van, Chi Jingyuan felt a little unaccustomed to it for a while.

Originally, when the EXO team was active, the K and M teams usually took a separate car, but after the M team retired three people in a row, this habit suddenly became unnecessary. Now there are two nanny cars. Which one to get on, at this moment, there are only four people in their car, which is in stark contrast to the crowded situation when they were in the car before.

Originally, Chi Jingyuan was planning to go directly to the film crew, but just now Li Chenghuan said that he would go back for a small meeting first.

"According to our current progress, the return time of this winter single has been officially determined."

After returning to the company's practice room, Lee Seung-hwan also knew that the members had something to do later and didn't hold back, so he stood in the middle and clapped his hands and began to explain: "The official comeback time is set for next month, which is December 4th. day."

"We will perform a special stage of "Let It Be Natural" at MAMA on December 12, and then officially release the sound source and MV on the 3th. As long as the performance on the stage is impressive, we can use the influence of MAMA to directly Get the best publicity possible."

"On the stage of performing "Let It Be Natural" directly at MAMA?" Several members were a little surprised when they heard it, and Jin Junmian couldn't help asking repeatedly.

At the end of October, the company had already negotiated with the organizer of MAMA. At that time, EXO had already decided to attend this year's MAMA awards ceremony, and the specific songs for the stage performance had also been determined, except for Kai's solo dance used to transition In addition, they will perform "dope", "black pearl" and the title song "Addicted" from this year's second mini-album.

For this stage performance, they have spent a lot of time practicing since the beginning of the month. Recently, they are still rehearsing the 9-person version of the dance. They did not expect to change the song suddenly when the time is approaching.

But this decision is also quite good. The winter song itself is not very valued by the company this time, and it will take about a week to play the song. Although the reputation and credibility of the MAMA award ceremony is not very strong, compared to the actual award ceremony It pays more attention to stage performances. Every year, both the gimmick discussion and the audience are very impressive. Being able to perform "Let It Be Natural" at this year's MAMA can be regarded as a blessing.

As long as the stage effect can make people's eyes shine, its publicity effect is hard to compare with the song playing program.

"Nei, I haven't decided on the plan for the winter single before, so I didn't think about it so much, but since I decided to return to the company with the winter single, I must re-plan. After seeing that the preparation progress of our comeback can be completed before MAMA , the company communicated with the organizer about changing the song, and the organizer is also very willing to hit it off, after all, it is the first release of our XO song, which can also have a good publicity effect on MAMA."

"The teachers of the company are planning the specific stage performance and effect display, and we can start practicing in a few days."

Seeing several members nodding their heads to understand what they meant, Lee Seung-hwan also smiled in satisfaction, and then told him: "Tonight we will fly the neon lights, and after returning from Tokyo this time, we must hurry up and start the final shooting of the MV. There is not much time left for post-production.”

Several people looked at each other and responded together:
"Arathor..."

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On the morning of November 11st, Ji Jingyuan, who had just finished the three-day Neon Tokyo tour, followed the members of EXO and the company's team and landed at Incheon International Airport. At the end, surrounded by the assistants, he walked towards the outside of the airport step by step.

The Tokyo concert was held at the Yoyogi National Arena, and the number of viewers in the three-day statistics was slightly higher than that of the Fukuoka concert in Shanghai. A total of 4 people bought tickets to watch.

EXO, who has never made their debut in Neon, but has only held two showcases, can hold a concert with tens of thousands of people in Neon and hold it for three consecutive days, which also shows their popularity in Neon from a positive perspective In terms of popularity and market potential, the enthusiasm of the fans here is no less than that of the fans in the peninsula, and some of the most loyal fans are even more fanatical and generous.

As far as Chi Jingyuan himself feels, fans of Peninsula, Xia Guo, and Neon each have their own characteristics, and the latter two will be more affectionate in chasing stars, but generally speaking, as long as XO fans are in the hearts of idols like them All the best.

The process this time is not much different from the one at Fukuoka Station, and at the same time, Chi Jingyuan is still the member's translator. This approach has become a topic of discussion in the Neon local fans and even became a hot search, because His proficiency in language also made him gain a lot of favor.

The three days went very smoothly without any unexpected episodes. After the trip, they got on the plane and returned to the peninsula early the next morning.

At this time, there were quite a few reporters around them, who seemed to be watching them. As soon as they saw EXO passing through the security check, they immediately aimed at them. After counting from the beginning to the end, they found that there were only 9 people in EXO. Photograph.

As stated in SM's previous announcement, after the Neon tour in November, member Lay began to focus on activities in mainland China, and no longer participated in EXO's group itinerary.

After the concert last night, Lay took the initiative to invite all the members to have a meal together, which can be regarded as a formal farewell in front of the XO members.

Because it was his break-up meal, no matter whether they were dissatisfied with him in their hearts or were unhappy with him, everyone temporarily let go of their grudges and went together to save face, and restrained some negative emotions, at least on the surface. Everything is passable.

Although the overall atmosphere of the meal was not very good, but it can be seen that Lay himself has a lot of emotion. No one persuaded him and took the initiative to drink a lot of wine. From time to time, he recalled the period of trainees and some things that happened in the past two years after his debut. matter.

Many things were nothing special at the time and I thought they were just ordinary, but they were suddenly talked about after so long, and the pictures of the past flashed by in front of their eyes really aroused the feelings of many people.

The relationship between Chi Jingyuan and Lay has always been neither far nor close, not as good as Luhan's. Generally speaking, they can only be regarded as relatively familiar colleagues.But even so, he was affected by the atmosphere and drank a lot of wine, which can be regarded as a farewell to the last member of the Xia Kingdom line.

The things in the dormitory have already been sorted out. This time, Lay did not go back to the peninsula with Datuan, but went back to Xiaguo on the same flight as them. I heard that his personal studio has been established very smoothly. I received a lot of cases for the official event, and I will start recording a variety show immediately after I go back this time.

Speaking of which, the three members who returned from XO are better than the other. Whether it’s advertising endorsements, variety shows, or TV dramas, they have picked up a lot, especially Luhan who was the first to go back. He was originally the captain and main promotion member of the M team. , EXO's popular TOP line is the highest in terms of popularity and popularity.

After he went back, he immediately became a top star after the short-term turmoil was over. All kinds of big-name resources were softened, and the living space of Wu Saik, who had been very nourished after returning because he was the first to eat crabs, was directly The backlog is exhausted.

Chi Jingyuan was also a little dissatisfied with the three members who quit the team, but anyway, it was considered a team match. Although he didn't say it clearly, he still passed on what he had said to Luhan to the other members in his heart. For the two of them, it can only be said that there are dreams in life, and each is wonderful.

As EXO walked out of the airport and got into the nanny car, it didn’t take long before online posts such as:

"Lay officially returns to China, and there are only nine EXO members left."

"All members of the Xia Kingdom have withdrawn, what will be the future of XO." Headline news like this.

Then I will follow a bunch of my own analysis, from the various things and various data that EXO has encountered recently, it shows that this once popular boy group is now in a rapid decline, and it is no longer the best of the new generation of boy groups. With the momentum, the other three generations of boy groups have a tendency to catch up.

Finally, a boy group was mentioned for promotion and comparison, or infinite, or B1A4, or GOT7 and the like.

The gesture of stepping on one another is very obvious.

I don’t know how much money the economic companies of the other boy groups have invested in marketing. Since the beginning of the month, there has been no interruption of such news on the Internet. It’s like EXO is about to disband on the spot. It’s no wonder that before Those fans ran to the entrance of the production team to stop. After all, these marketing news seemed quite convincing.

Anyway, there are not many media or marketing accounts that are optimistic about the continued glory of the nine-person EXO, and one or two will step on it and praise other groups by the way. Needless to say, the real purpose.

Recently, Ari and the fans of these boy groups have been fighting each other very hard. SM has not responded, and I don’t know whether it is too lazy to respond or it is unnecessary. The members of XO are also very angry when they see it. For example, Park Chanyeol and others even posted ins to insinuate these marketing accounts, but now they get used to it after watching a lot.

However, when EXO returned to the peninsula from Neon today, SM Company also officially announced to the outside world that EXO will return next month with the winter single "Been Through (Let It Be)" and will present the awards at MAMA on December 12 A special stage will be performed at the ceremony, and the sound source and MV will be released on the 3th.

At the same time, it is also noted that the winter single "Let It Be Natural" was composed and written by EXO member Yuan. It is a pop ballad that combines soulful piano melody, drums and other sounds full of rock sensibility.

Ever since the members left the group, there has been no sound. Surrounded by various speculations and rumors, EXO, which has been silent for a long time, finally has news of its comeback. As soon as the news came out, it immediately aroused widespread attention from fans and countless passers-by.

"The best news I've seen in this period of time, I'm finally looking forward to the news of the return of the Obamas, I've been waiting so anxiously..."

"Is this another song written by Yuan? The title of "Let It Be" is also very nice. It feels like the members are expressing their views and emotions about the XO scene. I'm really looking forward to it."

"But last December was still a winter special, a mini-album released! Why did it become only a single this year, and there is no physical album yet, which is obviously a downgrade of resources. These things that happened in EXO in the second half of the year seem to have a real impact. It's so big that it doesn't even have winter specials, alas..."

"I'm really disappointed that I can't buy specials to support Obama as Ellie, but we will definitely work hard to be on the list!"

Fans are very happy with the news of EXO’s comeback in winter. The return to nature proves that the upside-down disbandment rumors on the Internet are full of nonsense. However, there are also many fans who are very dissatisfied with the behavior of only releasing digital singles for this return to SM. This is an ironclad proof that EXO's resources were taken away by the company.

As for the fans of Heizi and other boy groups, there was a crowd of ridicule: "When are you still doing winter specials? You don't have any brains?"

"XO is really pitiful. In the first half of the year, it was only a little short of reaching the top. The most popular boy group in Asia will not even be released by a mini-album company by the end of the year. They can only make do with a digital single to fool them. Fans, I almost died laughing when I saw it kkkk, Allies are so happy! Envy!"

"Digital single...kkkkk, this kind of comeback at no cost shows that the company doesn't expect much from them, otherwise they wouldn't be so perfunctory. In the past six months, SM should only be played by a bad group like red velvet who just debuted. Will they come back in the form of a digital single? Anyway, it doesn’t matter if there’s no cost to lose, I didn’t expect EXO to be reduced to this level, so which of these two groups will disband first?”

"It should be red velvet. Even though XO is more muddled than before, the fan base is still here. Few boy groups on the peninsula can catch up with them. The parrot group is still unable to touch porcelain. I guess they will come back next year and they will still look like this It should be disbanded."

"Who will disband first? EXO said I don't know either, just let it be kkkkkk."

Chi Jingyuan felt helpless and amused to see these black fans performing like a carnival after seeing the digital single. Knowing how to contact red velvet.

It's true that red velvet can be scolded for anything.

As for the downgrading of resources questioned by fans, it is not necessary. Although the planning plan submitted by Chi Jingyuan is still being discussed by the company, but regardless of whether it will be adopted or not, it is obvious that EXO's return to the company will definitely invest the most resources.

But in other respects, the Ailis are right. The time for the winter single is running out this time, and the company doesn't take it too seriously, and this is already after Chi Jingyuan and the company fought for it. It must be made public in the form of a 'game promotional song', that is the real fool.

In fact, it is mainly because Chi Jingyuan likes the song "Let It Be Natural" this time, and the lyrics are also very special to him, otherwise he would not bother to fight for anything with the company. The point, and now the time is already so tight.

But since we have already done it, we must do our best within the framework, and this time the company also won them the opportunity to perform this song on a special stage at MAMA. Generally speaking, it is not too perfunctory .

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"Have you chosen the song for the winter single? "Let It Be Natural", I feel as if I have heard this word before. Does this name have any special meaning?"

Chi Jingyuan, who was working overtime on the crew of "Weisheng" at night, saw a message from Pei Zhuxuan an hour ago. Just now, it happened that he didn't have time for the scene, and now he saw this message when he was taking a break after filming. .

After relaxing by the river at the beginning of the month, the negative emotions hidden in Pei Zhuxuan's heart have dropped a lot, and it can be regarded as returning to normal.

Although it is not as frequent as sending messages to Chi Jingyuan as before his debut, but from time to time at night when he gets his phone, he will take the initiative to chat with him.

It can be seen that Pei Zhuxuan still held his breath in his heart due to professionalism and self-esteem.

"The meaning may be a little bit, you will know the specifics after listening."

After taking the coffee prepared by Cui Zhichang and taking two sips, Chi Jingyuan sat there and quickly replied.

"Have you just finished filming? Is the crew very cold? (Curiosity)"

Pei Zhuxuan seemed to be quite idle. Chi Jingyuan came back in less than 30 seconds, and she knew that she should have been playing with her mobile phone all the time.

red velvet has entered a half-snow state after appearing in several variety shows last month but without any improvement. The whole group has no schedule and activities. The song "Be Natural" has also ended with zero. Now they Every day he is not practicing dancing in the practice room or picking his feet in the dormitory, preparing for the end-of-year stages of several TV stations, and waiting for the news of his next comeback.

Chi Jingyuan held the coffee in one hand, and tapped on the screen with the other: "I just took a break for a while before the filming was finished. It may be one or two o'clock tonight. After the end, I will go to shoot the MV. I guess I will be spinning around today... It's not cold, but the crew's heating is fully turned on, and it's even a little hot."

"That was really hard work (poor)... I read the company's announcement that your winter single this time is Jing Yuanxi's self-composed song again?"

Seeing this question, Chi Jingyuan hesitated for a few seconds, swallowed the coffee in his mouth and laughed:

"The tune is yes, but the lyrics... no."

Pei Zhuxuan replied in seconds: "You didn't write it? Who was it? The company's announcement said it was all done by you."

"The company also thought that I completed it alone, but in fact some of the words were not, and I heard them from others."

"who's that?"

"You'll know it when you hear it."

(End of this chapter)