peninsula asteroid.

When "Infinite Challenge Song Festival" was playing, and the sound source was airborne and exploded, Chi Jingyuan, one of the protagonists, was not in the peninsula. EXO, who had just returned two days ago, rushed to Chang'an in the mainland, and held an event on the 22nd. A concert on the second tour, and returned to Seoul by plane the next day after the end.

"Ah~~"

In the meeting room on the [-]th floor of SM Company, Park Chanyeol let out a big breath, rubbed the tears from his eyes, and sat there limply against the back of the chair, with a troubled expression on his face.

The sound of his breathing was a bit loud, and Chi Jingyuan, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but glance at him twice. After seeing his unrested face and some obvious dark circles, I pondered maliciously in my heart.

Today is August 8th, at this time the EXO group is preparing for a meeting in the conference room.

After returning to Seoul after the concert the day before yesterday, the company gave all the members who had no schedule a day off. Those who got the holiday immediately dispersed and did not regroup until this morning.

Chi Jingyuan took advantage of the holiday to go home first, and then had a meal with Pei Xiuzhi who had made an appointment before, and accepted the other party's thanks.

He said he was grateful, but there was nothing special about it. After all, he was already so familiar. Some of Pei Xiuzhi's tricks and tea art pool Jingyuan had already been understood very clearly.

When he returned to the dormitory full of energy the next morning, he saw several other members who came back at about the same time with a tired look on their faces. Among them, Park Chanyeol showed the most obvious performance. He kept breathing from the dormitory to the company meeting It looked like he didn't sleep last night.

At this time, all the people for the meeting have not arrived, and the manager Li Chenghuan has not arrived yet. The members of XO are sitting on the side, some dozing off, some chatting quietly or playing with their mobile phones.

"Why don't you just sleep for a while, bro, we'll call you after the meeting."

Chi Jingyuan looked at this brother and let out a sigh of relief, smiling and taking the initiative to care.

He can guess what Park Chanyeol did last night, who doesn't know who.

"Hahaha……"

As soon as these words came out, Wu Shixun and the others next to him couldn't help but laughed directly. They had also observed Park Chanyeol for a long time.

"Axi..."

Park Canyeol, who wished to close his eyes and fall asleep, cursed, looked up at Chi Jingyuan, shook his head uncontrollably, and smiled helplessly.

Sleeping is impossible. If you sleep in a meeting, you will probably be taught a lesson by Lee Seung-hwan, who can tell at a glance what he did yesterday.

After joking a few words, Chi Jingyuan didn't say anything more, took a sip of water and lowered his head to fiddle with the phone, and saw the text message that Zhou Ziyu sent her a few minutes ago.

"Is your cup still in use (smiley face)?"

The girl knew at a glance that she had watched Girls' Generation's group show and the latest trending searches, so she pretended to use a question sentence to test it out, making Chi Jingyuan shake her head contemptuously after seeing it.

"Nonsense, why don't you throw it away?"

After replying one casually, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but think of the unexpected heat on him in the past two days.

His brand endorsement ability, or the ability to bring goods to the brand has always been very strong. It has been like this since his debut. Under the influence of an extremely positive image and growing influence and nationality, basically All the brands he endorsed have achieved a considerable increase in sales and many other aspects. Among them, brands such as LG have increased significantly. This is why Chi Jingyuan is so popular and favored by brand manufacturers and advertising companies. Many brands are seeking to renew their contract every year, and the contract also gives a big root cause.

For example, LG has basically identified Chi Jingyuan. Their spokesperson for all electronic products has not changed for two years, and it is estimated that they will continue to renew their contracts.

But those are very formal endorsements, which are promoted through advertisements and then increase product sales.However, this time, the water cup that only appeared on the scene by accident suddenly became a hot item, and the scene where the brand was sold out of stock was really unexpected.

Even Chi Jingyuan himself felt a little strange, he didn't know about it at first, but later he heard from Kim Taeyeon that the sister asked his agent to buy him the cup but didn't get it, and then sent a text message asking him Where did he buy it, which made him realize that he was not on the peninsula, and it became a hot topic.

To be honest, he almost forgot that he participated in the filming of the Girls' Generation TV show.

However, although it was a bit unexpected and sudden, this is also a manifestation of Chi Jingyuan's popularity and ability to carry goods. At least this time, after the explosion of the water cup, he will be more concerned or coveted by many brands, and it will also make him more popular in the company. When negotiating contract treatment for him, I have more confidence.

For example, after the product of this water cup sold out, the brand first expressed its thanks on SNS, and then directly contacted SM Company for details, Chi Jingyuan, to be their spokesperson.

But it is estimated that there may be no agreement, this brand is a little bit small for him now.

"Hee hee, are you willing to..."

Zhou Ziyu was probably in a good mood, and was not annoyed at Chi Jingyuan's complaints.

"There's nothing to be reluctant about a cup...but the manufacturer of that cup should really thank you."

"Haha, do you think so too?"

"It's a meeting, I won't tell you anymore."

Seeing Li Chenghuan leading a few managers into the conference room and closing the door, Chi Jingyuan finally replied and put the phone back on silent.

"Jing Yuan, because of the popularity of "Rooftop House", MBC sent an invitation to perform. I want you to perform a special stage with IU and Jung Hyung-don on next week's "Music Center". What do you think?"

Holding the memo, Li Chenghuan looked at Chi Jingyuan and asked as soon as he came up.

Although several songs from "The Rooftop Room" and "No Picking Song Festival" were very popular after the show was broadcast, and they were at the top of the music source list, the popularity and popularity were very high, but because they were only variety songs, the singers did not Did not participate in playing songs.

Other TV stations may not be very good, but MBC, as the production TV station of "Unchallenged", is obviously a bit greedy for this popularity.
"The special stage of "Rooftop Room"?" Chi Jingyuan thought for a while: "Where are Brother Heng Dun and Senior IU?"

"I communicated with you yesterday, and it seems that they are not very interested, but I also said to see your opinion."

"Only "The Rooftop Room", and there are no other songs in the Gayo Festival?"

"Well, only "The Roof Room."

"Then, forget it."

After thinking for a few seconds, Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips to reply.

This time he has no intention of participating in playing songs, and the variety show songs themselves are not suitable for playing songs.If it’s a song festival, it’s not easy for him to recommend all the songs together. If there is only “Roof Tower”, he has no interest, and it’s not suitable at the same time.

And no matter how special the stage is, whether it is the stage effect or the audience's reaction, it is definitely impossible to compare with the first performance of the song festival, and there will be no more heat and benefits.

"Well, I actually thought so too, so I'll definitely push it."

Li Chenghuan raised his eyebrows. It seemed that Chi Jingyuan's reply was exactly as he expected. After writing two strokes on the memo, he looked over and added: "By the way, Jingyuan, your song is really popular. The company is considering adding "Roof Tower Room" as a special stage to perform in SMtown or XO concerts. Please remember to take the time to design the process of the stage. As for the internal cooperation artists, the company should arrange it. make a suggestion."

"Okay brother, I understand."

Chi Jingyuan nodded, indicating that he remembered it.

Although it is a collaborative variety show, IU and Jung Hyung-don are just a collaboration, and the copyright is in his own hands. Originally, SM may not have cared much about it, but seeing that "Roof Tower" has become a big hit, adding stage performances will also help. As expected.

"DO, the filming of "Pure Love" will wrap up in mid-September, and the company has given you the chance to audition for the comedy movie "Brother". You should prepare during this time." Lee Seung-hwan looked at Do Kyung-soo again: "This film Although the investment in the play is not large, if you can participate in it, it should be a good exercise for your acting skills."

"Okay bro." Do Kyungsoo nodded quickly when he was called.

Since Do Kyungsoo debuted as an actor in "It's Okay, It's Love" last year, under the arrangement of the company, he has participated in and guest starred in several TV dramas and even movies. It caused too much splash, but in any case, I got a lot of exercise. With my own personal connections, I successfully walked on the road of an actor.

Although it is not as lucky as Chi Kyung Won's consecutive blockbuster dramas, Do Kyungsoo is also the only member of EXO who has successfully transformed so far besides Chi Kyung Won.

Others who originally had a lot of ambitions for actors, such as Park Chanyeol, Byun Baekhyun, and even Oh Sehun, although they were criticized by the industry for their exaggerated and greasy acting skills in "My Neighbor Is EXO" at the beginning of the year, but after all EXO’s popularity is booming, and the company still hasn’t given up on the plan to transform them into actors. It has given them a lot of chances to audition. I heard that Park Chanyeol is auditioning for the lead actor in a movie co-produced by China and South Korea. When I was in the dormitory, I heard that he seemed to be young. Xu Xian will also participate, and it is said that there will be a kiss scene...

Needless to say, the personal resources provided by SM to EXO members are really quite sufficient, whether it is songs, variety shows or even film and television, it is not comparable to a Frappuccino company.

"Then there will be the 'Aihui "a-nation" summer family concert on the 30th. The teachers have already designed the special stage for the performance. After returning home, we will start to practice quickly..."

He explained one after another, and finally Lee Seung-hwan talked about the main point of this time. He signaled his assistant to send the information in his hand, while looking at the information in front of him, he said: "The last thing is what I mentioned before. On September 9st, we will be on Naver The live broadcast event of the developed V live has been agreed to be broadcast for three consecutive days, and the daily collection time is no less than one hour. The general process is written above, please take a look..."

Chi Jingyuan got the information sent by the assistant, and followed the others to read it seriously.

This three-day live broadcast project is named 'Three Days Together'. According to the company's arrangement, nine members of EXO will be on camera together, doing some small activities and games.

V live’s surprise live broadcast mode is currently a relatively new way of content dissemination for idol groups. It is similar to the previous live broadcast event for the third anniversary of EXO. All scripts are written and a host is arranged to follow the program. There are still many differences in the modes of performance, so neither EXO itself nor SM company actually have much reference experience at the moment.

What kind of appearance and posture should be used for this live broadcast? It should be as formal as doing a program, or it should be more casual. What kind of broadcast has high traffic and audiences like to watch it, and what can be done to gain the favor of the audience and attract fans. These issues can be said to be still in a state groping stage.

According to the long-term cooperation agreement between SM and Naver, and the amount of manpower and material resources that Naver has invested in promoting the V line APP, in the future, EXO and even many idols in the music industry will often open the live broadcast of this APP Communicate with fans and promote yourself, so these issues are still very important.

After about ten minutes, after the members read the information, everyone began to express their own opinions, because they had already been reminded in advance last month, so EXO obviously did a lot of work in private , like Byun Baekhyun, Kim Junmyeon, and even Park Chanyeol, who was too sleepy, said a lot of their own thoughts, obviously they all valued them very much.

"Jing Yuan, what do you think?" After the people in front had talked, Li Chenghuan and the others looked at Chi Jingyuan at the end.

"I think since it's this type of live broadcast, it's best to be more natural and different from the way we usually do shows."

Chi Jingyuan had also seriously prepared and thought about it before, without much hesitation, and said it directly: "We are doing a show, the stage and the camera look the same, and we should show a different look when we are broadcasting privately. The location should not be limited to practice rooms and prepared studios as written in the materials, places such as nanny vans, hotels, and even dormitories can be tried... As for the content, chat among members, read a It’s OK to read messages, play small games, sing songs and even eat.”

"Fans should have seen our appearance on stage a lot. I think what they want to see most is our more natural appearance in private. Even if we just sit there and chat casually, we are very interested."

"You think it's about being easy-going and natural, and different from doing shows?" Li Chenghuan looked at him with small eyes.

"Well, it doesn't have to be so formal, but you still need to pay attention to maintaining your own personality, keep a certain distance, and don't get too close."

Chi Jingjing nodded, but added something later.

No matter how much you can be friends with fans and chat easily and naturally, you still have to keep a certain amount of mystery and distance, because for idols, the aura and filters on your body are very important, you can be natural, you can be cute , can be funny, but if you get too close, let the aura of your body and the filter of fans disappear, and let fans find that you are just an ordinary person like them, in addition to making people lose fans, it is easy to become a fan As a funny character and a variety show guy, the gain outweighs the loss.

According to experience, a variety show star or a funny idol in the team may be easier to gain the favor of passers-by, but it is difficult for people to spend real money for him.

"I think it makes sense, and the suggestion on the location of the live broadcast is really good. According to your idea, places like nanny vans and dormitories are very suitable. I think it can be added..."

"If we are in the dormitory, will it be easy to expose the location of our dormitory?" Jin Junmian interjected a little worried at this time: "And the conditions of our dormitory... are a bit too good in comparison, whether it is decoration or electrical appliances. The grades are very high, will there be some bad influence after being seen by fans?"

"It's simple, just clean up in advance and don't take a panoramic view."

Lee Seung-hwan thought about it, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it: "For the latter, the current popularity of EXO actually doesn't have a big impact. Both fans and passers-by can understand it, but just be careful not to take too many pictures."

"I think it's good to eat something live, chatting while eating, ah, that feeling is pretty good when you think about it."

"The idea of ​​singing is great..."

"Can we play games live, like "League of Legends"..."

Others also made suggestions one after another, especially the idea of ​​playing games together was approved by most people.

"OK, your ideas are very good and highly feasible. After a while, the company will hold a meeting to discuss changing the plan and adding some new content in the first live broadcast at that time... I think the eating broadcast and dormitory live broadcast that Jing Yuan said are the same. very nice."

At the end, the discussion was almost done, Lee Seung-hwan clapped his hands in satisfaction and concluded: "Our cooperation with Naver is long-term, and everyone will often use V Live in the future. The audience’s response is used to adjust the content and process. The next step of the big group is the surprise live broadcast of individual members. The company is very optimistic about this app, and it must be an important channel to increase exposure and publicity.”

"It's not just us this time. Companies like Shinee and red velvet will start their own live broadcast plans one after another. Artists from other companies will definitely follow along. You must pay attention to it."

"The most important thing is that no matter what content is broadcast live, or the prohibition that has been said countless times before, you must not say or express any sensitive content or ideas. This is not a program, and there is no post-editing. You must remember and understand. Yet?"

"understood."

Everyone responded.

SM attaches great importance to this matter, and every time there may be a problem, it will remind all its artists.

"Okay, just remember, let's go here."