peninsula asteroid.

Afterwards, EXO, who was the grand prize winner, accepted an interview with the organizer alone, and took a photo with the award presenter, Kim Kwang Rae, the representative director of Seoul Sports, and today's trip was officially over.

"Thank you (smiley face)."

When Chi Jingyuan followed the team back to the dormitory in the nanny car, he received a text message from Pei Zhuxuan.

The members who had just won the grand prize were very excited. They were chatting enthusiastically in the car. Chi Jingyuan leaned on the back of the chair and leaned his head on the window to watch the messages on the phone. He chuckled and gave her the exact same expression back : "(smiley face)."

"How many awards did we win this year? MMA didn't, but Jing Yuan and Suzy had an annual song, barely half of it, MAMA two, one gold record, one song, a total of four and a half, more than last year There are more." Park Chanyeol was very interested in counting the results of their EXO awards at the end of the year, the more they counted, the happier they were.

"Don't get too excited. There are so many awards because our Mini 15 was very successful last year, but...it would be great if we can still achieve this result at the end of [-]." Jin Junmian felt that his buddy seemed to be a little drifting , Bia Bia mouth made a tactful reminder.

In fact, all members of EXO know that the results in 2014 are on par with last year's regular first album, largely because the return of the second mini album "Addicted" in May is very good, and the award ceremony at the end of the year is actually just to watch the year They won so many big awards because they did not consider the predicament of EXO members after consecutive withdrawals.

Even if they don't want to admit it, they are actually clear in their hearts. They all know that XO has actually declined a lot compared to the same period last year. Three members left the group, and a sub-group almost collapsed. An ordinary boy group can directly declare the combination Disbanded, and thanks to EXO's thick blood, the decline is not obvious until now.

But if this comeback can't maintain the results of last year, or even the decline is very serious, then all the negative feedback will come out immediately, making them fall from the altar in an instant.

Just be clear, let's talk about the future, they still want to celebrate now.

"Hey, why do you keep mentioning this, Jin Leader, don't be so disappointed, can't you be happy for two days after winning a big award?" Park Chanyeol seemed a little dissatisfied when he heard Jin Junmian's words, tilted his head and looked at him, and complained.

"That's right, while I'm happy now, I suggest that I go back tonight and order some takeaway pizza and barbecue to celebrate!" Bian Boxian also answered in a booing manner.

"Second, second, and give Oh a cup of pineapple milk tea."

"OK, pretend I didn't say..." Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Jin Junmian directly raised his hand to cover his mouth to express that he had no opinion.
Seeing Jin Junmian raised his hand to express that surrender was no longer a disappointment, several people immediately cheered twice as if they had won the war, and began to chat happily again.

"Singing well tonight."

After a while, Pei Zhuxuan's message came again, and Chi Jingyuan knew at a glance that she was referring to EXO's stage "Let It Be Natural" at night.

"You said it well tonight." He also quickly replied, and the other party must have understood in seconds that what he said was a hint from Pei Zhuxuan's acceptance speech when he won the rookie award tonight.

"(smiling face)."

"(smiling face)."

…………

The news of the Seoul Music Awards was already on the hot search that night. After a night of fermentation, it became a hot topic of discussion among major entertainment boards and fans of the group. Most people did not have much controversy about EXO's winning the award. After all Before the members left the group last year, their achievements were there. Mini [-] had another extremely faulty sales of one million, which really made black fans unable to say too much. They could only hold back except for two sour words. The nose indicates no opinion.

The focus of discussion this time, apart from the bright stage of the re-performed "Let It Be Natural", is all focused on the news that EXO is preparing for a new album and will soon come back as revealed in Ji Jingyuan's award acceptance speech.

"The group is coming back? I thought they were going to disband."

"It's not possible to disband, but this return of the group is probably going to be life-or-death. This time, the results have dropped a bit. If there is no obvious improvement compared with the last time, they will definitely have no hope of reaching the top. I don't know if I wrote a song this time to try to save it."

"EXO, hurry up and die. They quit the boy group of three members. I am really convinced that fans can still be so arrogant and dance on the Internet every day. I predict their comeback this time. Ji fans and group fans go straight to the end, and then the whole group returns once a year half-dead to hang on their last legs, and the most profitable performances go solo."

'Di Tuan' is a popular name for fans of some other families, or Anti's name for EXO, which is derived from Xia Guo's name. EXO was called a 'day group' by fans when it was the hottest in 13 and 14, very proud of it.But now that the popularity and popularity have declined significantly after quitting three people in a row, many people think that this boy group must be going to flop, and the black fans over there directly force their faces to say that EXO does not deserve to be called "Tiantuan" anymore, and it is directly called an antonym. Chowder' well.

Then a lot of black fans called EXO members and now they don’t call names anymore, it feels like calling names is helping the other party’s publicity.They now refer to the members directly by the black name of the combination plus the super power of each member. For example, Chi Jingyuan has more than one black name, because his super power is light, so he is called "earth" by some sunspots. Light', but also because he was very successful in transforming into an actor, he was also called 'Earth Acting'.

The world's black fans are a family. I don't know when this name has flowed into the peninsula from the outside. It is widely used in discussions by fans who are unhappy with EXO.

So even black fans need to do their homework in advance to understand the actual situation of the combination they are anti. If they don’t understand the concept of EXO and everyone’s superpowers, they probably won’t even be able to call the black name right.

But this kind of black name with "ground" will definitely not be used by Aili. On the contrary, many Aili will get angry when they see this name, because in their hearts, even if they quit the team, EXO is still the hottest in the peninsula and even in Asia. Tiantuan, so because of this name, there will often be a scolding war on the top.

"Does Yuan mean by that that XO is finally coming back? This is the best news I've heard recently, and it's been a long time coming."

"This time it should be the regular second album. I hope to replicate the brilliance of the regular first album. Yuan should also provide some self-composed songs this time. Before the regular one and mini two, and the winter single a few days ago is his own. The composition is very popular, it would be great if there was a song like "Roar" this time."

"This time XO must make a big fuss and slap those idiots Heizi hard in the face!"

"Barry, Barry! Hurry up and make an official announcement, I can't wait, the money for the album has already been saved, EXO fighting!"

The Allies were obviously very excited when they saw the news and expressed their excitement and expectation, but judging from the overall trend of the comments above, except for EXO's own fans, most of the passers-by are actually not optimistic. There are only 9 people left. EXO recreates its former glory.

Excluding the malicious curses and deliberate underestimation of those black fans, a more objective evaluation generally thinks that EXO's comeback performance this time will remain the same or slightly decline compared to the previous one. There is a big difference. Progress should be impossible.Then there will be a significant decline in each subsequent return, and a return to mediocrity step by step.

The mainstream opinion is that EXO's second mini-album "Addiction" in 2014 is the pinnacle of their group.

This is actually the mainstream opinion of people in the industry. Even though EXO's fan base is still very strong, it would be a big blow to any group if a member quits, let alone three people quitting in a row.

External comments and fans' expectations and worries are actually noticed by all members of XO. Although they cannot have a substantial impact on them, they will actually affect their mood quite a bit.

But this time all the members are very confident about the comeback of the official second album, including the four title songs, all of which are of high quality, and even the included songs are above the level or even not inferior to the title song, plus With excellent planning and production and a lot of resources invested by the company, everyone believes that this comeback will definitely surprise fans and everyone.

After the end of the Seoul Music Awards, the members who hadn’t finished filming their individual teaser early in the morning followed the team and boarded the plane again to go to Europe. A few days later, the members of the American group also left Seoul and flew to the United States for filming. In the end, Chi Jingyuan also flew to Xiaguo Yunnan to join the members, and the nine of them filmed the teaser video of the last region together.

It took nearly a week, but the actual shooting time was not much, most of them were traveling back and forth on the plane, which was very torturous, but after so many days of hard work, this huge teaser project is finally complete, waiting for the members It was almost the end of the month after returning to Seoul from Yunnan.

At this time, everyone gathered in the practice room to rehearse the MV that was about to start shooting. The company had taught them the specific shooting process and shot design of the MV before, and Chi Jingyuan and the others had practiced many times for this.

Just finished dancing, Chi Jingyuan was panting and took a bottle of mineral water and was pouring it. There was a loud noise and the door of the practice room suddenly opened. Li Chenghuan came in from the outside and stood at the door. After sweeping aside, he looked at Chi Jingyuan and waved : "Jing Yuan, come out for a while... the others rest for a while."

"..."

At this moment Chi Jingyuan was still drinking water with puffed cheeks, he was stunned for a moment, quickly swallowed the water in his mouth and wiped it with the back of his hand, put the bottle aside and quickly followed out.

Li Chenghuan took him out and walked a few steps casually, stopped at the corner of the corridor, pondered for a while and said, "It's like this..."

……

An hour ago, in the small conference room of the company building, Li Xiuman, the chief producer of EXO's comeback album, was listening to the work reports of several department heads and staff.

I have already talked about other preparations before, but at this time the director of the recording department in charge of communication raised a question: "Director nim, the parking lot for EXO's "call me baby" MV shooting has already been rented out. Yes, and the set that needs to be built is also ready. But according to the previous bad news, there are some problems with the few luxury sports cars that need to be used for filming the MV.”

"..." The room chief's words caught everyone's attention, and Li Xiuman also cast his gaze over there.

The director smiled wryly, and introduced the situation: "Because the background of EXO's MV design needs to use many luxury cars, we have contacted several car owners before, and it happens that these car owners seem to be fans of EXO, but they Although he agreed to sponsor the car for free, he put forward a lot of requirements, including watching the whole process of filming the MV, not allowing any friction or damage to the car, and also putting forward the condition of taking pictures with XO members, and possibly asking Bring friends to watch the MV shooting..."

"Is this considered a fan?"

"It is impossible to agree to these conditions. The MV shooting itself cannot be opened to outsiders. What should I do if the owner of the car privately released the photos taken in advance? And will there be other requirements? For example, let XO members, like Is it Yuan or Sehun to accompany her for a meal or something? Do we agree?"

"Let Yuan accompany her for dinner? Just kidding, no, absolutely not."

Hearing these conditions, several people present couldn't help frowning, complaining about the excessive demands of these car owners.

It's just that the room chief who raised this matter spread his hands: "But this kind of supercar with billions is a few billions. There are not many people in Seoul, most of them are members of rich families, and they need connections. The communication is also very troublesome, and the MV will start shooting soon, the car rental company may have resources, but even the car rental company’s level of supercars must not be many, it is a rare resource, and the corresponding cost will increase , because all the car owners contacted so far agree to sponsor for free.”

After hearing the words, everyone was silent for a while and then started discussing and put forward a lot of suggestions, but in the end there were only a few that they wanted.

"..."

Li Xiuman was silent for a while, then lightly tapped on the table, making the whole conference room quiet, looked at Li Chenghuan with narrowed eyes and smiled: "Well, you can ask Jing Yuan to see if he has any suggestions .”

"...Jing Yuan?" Li Chenghuan was slightly taken aback when he heard the name, feeling that the director's thinking span seemed a bit too large.

"That's right, just tell him about the matter, just say I said it." Li Xiuman didn't explain in front of everyone, picked up the teacup and took a sip, looking quite relaxed.

"Uh, okay." Li Chenghuan nodded and responded directly.

"By the way, if Jing Yuan has a way, remember to take the initiative to tell him about the rental fee. If he is willing to help, the sponsor company will pay for it... But I guess he is too lazy to ask for it."

"……I see."

…………

"Is that so?"

After listening to Li Chenghuan's words, Chi Jingyuan nodded clearly, he didn't seem to be under any pressure, pouted his lips and thought for a few seconds, and asked a little casually: "Then what brand and price of car do you need to shoot the MV? Are there any requirements for the model?"

"Eh..." Seeing Chi Jingyuan so relaxed, it seemed like a small thing, Li Chenghuan opened his mouth and paused, feeling that he had a deeper understanding of the member he managed: "Actually I don’t really understand this, but it should be the kind of sports car that looks very expensive and luxurious. The more expensive and handsome, the more it can improve the style of EXO and MV... By the way, the one you parked under the dormitory Mercedes should be fine."

Chi Jingyuan didn't think much about it, and nodded directly: "Then I know, let me tell my family, brother, you can ask the PD to send someone to take a look, and if you think the model is suitable, you can lend it to the company for a few days , this is not a problem, anyway, it is for us to shoot the MV."

"Okay, I'll contact the director right away."

Li Chenghuan felt a little surprised when he heard it, but he didn't show it on the face. After nodding his head, he felt that the matter had been resolved, and Chi Jingyuan, who turned around and was about to return to the practice room, remembered what Li Xiuman had explained, and quickly stopped him: " By the way, about the rental fee..."

"Brother, Teacher Li Xiuman didn't ask you to ask this?"

Chi Jingyuan, who had already walked two steps, looked back at the manager, with a faint smile, although it was a question, but his tone seemed a little firm, and he didn't need Li Chenghuan to answer. He glanced at the other person's expression and then waved his hand casually: "It's better for the company to send someone to see if it's suitable..."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Li Chenghuan's reply, Chi Jingyuan turned around and walked towards the practice room. Li Xiuman's eyes narrowed and he smiled in front of him, and he shook his head helplessly:

"I feel like I've been seen through..."

……

On January 1st, in a parking lot on the second floor of the basement in JB District, Seoul, the staff of SM Company were busy at the moment, checking the lights and radio while setting up cameras, the whole parking lot was full of people coming and going A very lively scene.

This is the shooting site of EXO's "call me baby" MV. At the moment, the members of XO are doing the styling in this MV in a temporary beauty room next to the set.

At this time, the stylist Cody Jin Youna was holding a hair dryer to put the finishing touches on Chi Jingyuan's new look, while Chi Jingyuan was sitting on the makeup chair and looking at his new image in the mirror.

As an idol, every time I come back, I must have a different style of makeup, a new look to show my charm and the concept of the album, from the rainbow hair in "The Wolf and the Beauty", to the silver hair in "Roar", and then When "Addiction" and "dope" became popular under the dark lights, Chi Jingyuan's comeback style is also constantly changing.

And this time his return style, even if it is more mature, avant-garde and fashionable.

At this time, in the mirror, his long hair has been cut short, and the medium-length hair has been specially fluffed up. The accumulation and overlapping on the head look very layered. The sideburns on both sides and the cochlea The appearance stops abruptly to reveal a clear jaw line.

This time, I didn’t do the modeling that completely exposed the forehead. Under Cody’s operation, the bangs specially made a slightly airy style hung messily in front of the forehead. Showing the smooth forehead below.

The biggest highlight is the hair color this time. Chi Jingyuan’s original black hair has undergone a huge change after bleaching and dyeing. The combination of silver and gray smoky gray hair and fluffy and messy design highlights a strong fashion With Shangchi Jingyuan's facial features, he is very conspicuous in the whole beauty salon.