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Just as Chi Jingyuan expected, today the crew lined up until 12:30 in the morning before finishing work. It was almost one o'clock when they got in the nanny car and drove out of the set.

This is considered to be leaving get off work early, but it was because the director knew that he would wake up very early tomorrow morning, so he humanized it. Usually it was almost two or three o'clock.

Around midnight is the usual closing time for artist idols, and it is also the time when they are most active after work, so Chi Jingyuan is not sleepy at all. He is actually quite energetic sitting in the car, and he doesn’t even feel cold. Open the windows to let in the cold wind blowing all the way.

Park Zhenying probably knew that EXO's dormitory was in Gangnam District, and the place where they made an appointment was also nearby. It was a stone barbecue restaurant.

After meeting so late, they were more relaxed and didn't carry anything. After saying hello, Park Zhenying directly served the food, and then chatted casually.

After eating something and drinking a few glasses of wine, he was almost in the mood, and after evaluating the new arrangement of "Come on" with Chi Jingyuan, he also got to the point.

"Jingyuan, what do you think of Twice's debut this time?" The brother put one arm on the table, holding the chopsticks in his right hand with the vegetables in his eyes, but looked at Chi Jingyuan. Know if your eyes are open.

"It's okay, it was a success."

Chi Jingyuan thought for a moment and replied.

Twice’s debut is not a monster rookie who exploded, but the statistics are already quite good for a newcomer, and the campus schedule that they have been running desperately since their debut, which is not looked down upon by various popular groups, has actually played a lot. As a result, the popularity and popularity have been obviously increasing recently.

"It's really okay..."

Park Zhen heard the words noncommittal, nodded and said some internal news: "The financial report has not yet been announced, but Twice is actually very profitable. It has already recovered its operating costs after debuting for more than a month. The response from fans is very good. Some members, like It’s Tzuyu, who also has great potential in the advertising market, and our financial report for the fourth quarter should look better..."

"Of course, it's nothing compared to XO." He looked at Chi Jingyuan who was listening, and made a joke while talking.

"Hehe..." Chi Jingyuan also smiled, picked up the beer and took a sip.

He actually wanted to say 'GOT7 is actually okay', but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

"but……"

Immediately afterwards, Park Jin-young changed his temper: "The success of the debut is actually due to the popularity accumulated by the previous "sixteen". So many preparations have been made before, and a large number of schedules after the debut can only have this effect... Although the popularity Both the company and the market have performed well, but in fact, there are still some that have not met the company's expectations..."

Then your expectations are really high, red velvet has achieved such a result in their debut, it is estimated that there will be no song "Let It Be Natural"...

Chi Jingyuan took a look at Park Zhenying, nodded lightly and picked up a piece of meat, and then heard the brother ask: "Jingyuan, what do you think of Twice's current style?"

"It's okay. At present, there are very few girl groups with such a handsome, sweet and stylish style in the peninsula, and the market is still quite considerable."

Style is very important for a group, especially for a girl group, it determines whether your audience is a public or a minority, whether it is male fans or female fans.

The style of girl groups in the peninsula music industry is actually quite clustered. Some small companies just go with whatever is popular. In the past two years, the sexy style has become popular, including girlsday, AOA and the like. , but this year this trend has obviously changed. Almost none of the newly debuted girl groups with good momentum is taking the sexy route, and the groups that were popular because of the sexy route before are also obviously changing.

The sweet and cool style of twice "Elegant" is quite rare.

"If you were to run it, what style would you let them have? Is it still like this?"

"Am I coming..." Hearing this, Chi Jingyuan paused for a moment and did not answer directly.

His reply just now was somewhat polite, but seeing Park Zhenying asking so carefully, this question aroused some interest in him, he tried to substitute the feeling of 'he will run twice', and thought about it for a while.

In his opinion, twice is indeed the essence of JYP's female trainees in recent years. The overall appearance is far above the level. There are also members with outstanding characteristics, recognition and appearance in the team. In terms of configuration and hardware, they are actually Excellent.But the overall strength of the members is really average. Whether it is singing or dancing, not to mention comparing with other groups, the gap in the team is actually quite obvious.

After thinking for 2 minutes, Chi Jingyuan said with some uncertainty: "If it were me, based on my impression of their age and appearance, I should let them take the youthful and cute route...but it's not simple Pure, after all, there are too many girl groups with this style, to find characteristics that are different from other girl groups, I think they still have great potential in this respect..."

"Actually, we also think so." As soon as Chi Jingyuan's words fell, the wine glass in Park Zhenying's hand made a muffled sound when he placed the wine glass on the table, and he said happily: "The company has held many meetings and has decided to Changing the style of Twice when we come back next time is consistent with the general direction you just said..."

"Actually, there was still controversy at the time and it was not completely confirmed. The company was also trying to collect songs according to several different styles to see if there were any suitable ones. Then I heard this song you sent..." Park Zhenying laughed as he said. Come out: "It really gave me a big surprise at that time."

"It's been confirmed now, Jing Yuan, your song will be the title song of Twice's next comeback, with this song as the core to change the style of the members and create a new concept of the group, and this song is all done by you, you The ability of XO and Taeyeon Xi was also very obvious in the comeback, so I think it is most suitable for you to be the producer of this song." Speaking of this, this brother finally talked about tonight On the theme of the theme, the invitation was officially issued.

Although Chi Jingyuan is somewhat interested, the producer itself is one of his recent development directions, and the target is Zhou Ziyu's girl group, but he did not agree, but smiled wryly, and declined: "It's not me. I don’t want to go, I really don’t have the experience of making girl group songs, that kind of cute songs and XO’s songs are completely two different concepts, if it fails... and there are indeed a lot of things recently, XO probably has to start preparing new ones The album is finished, and I still have to film..."

What he said was the real situation, but the lack of time is one aspect but not the main one. After all, the most important thing about Chi Jingyuan’s itinerary at present is the filming of "Signal". We have to wait for a while, so we can actually squeeze out time.

But he really has no confidence in this kind of girl group songs, and he has never tried any pure and cute songs before. As for Kim Taeyeon's "I", it is completely different from this style.

And he doesn't think the song "Come on" can be successful. After he originally wrote it, he felt that this song was very ordinary. The lyrics he filled out were not very careful, and this song was rejected by SM and Li Xiuman long ago. Already... If the album and songs do not perform well after the production and release, no matter whether it is Park Zhenying's side, Zhou Ziyu's side, or even himself, it will actually be quite embarrassing.

However, Park Zhenying was not discouraged, instead he analyzed it rationally: "According to your busy schedule, you may not be able to spare time for the whole album, but the production of just one song will not take too much time. Participate in a few production meetings in the early stage, and then you can let twice match your time later, I thought about it, a few hours at night is almost enough when you need it.”

"The issue of style and experience... The general direction of the company has been determined, and it is OK to go according to the plan, and there is still me, I will be the main producer of the entire album to check...Jing Yuan, your ability we It’s an absolute belief, so this song gives you a lot of freedom and control.”

"How big is it?"

"Let's not talk about the production of the song itself, other than choreography, part allocation, you can make the decisions, and you can even intervene in the styling..."

"So big?"

Chi Jingyuan ate two mouthfuls of food with a smile.

He doesn't understand such things as modeling, so how could he intervene in it.

And that being said, in terms of JYP's emphasis on twice, if his ideas are contrary to JYP's overall planning, for example, asking everyone to wear swimsuits to shoot MVs and the like will not match the expected style at all. Park Zhenying will definitely stop any nonsensical thoughts.

Of course Chi Jingyuan knew it all in his heart.

But this brother can say that, and it is indeed quite sincere.

Then the two sides quieted down in a tacit understanding. Chi Jingyuan needed to think about it, and Park Zhenying would not push him too much if he wanted to give him time to think. After the two were quiet for a while, they naturally chatted about other things, with various chopsticks mixed in between. The touch of plates and the crisp sound of clinking glasses.

When the supper was about to end, Chi Jingyuan put down the chopsticks in his hand, raised his head and asked, "Brother, do you JYP really like the song "Come on" so much?"

"Of course, otherwise, I wouldn't let you re-arrange the song, let alone make it the title song." Hearing this question, Park Zhenying gave Chi Jingyuan a strange look, and then said in a natural tone.

Immediately afterwards, he remembered something, and added: "By the way, we changed the name of this song. Instead of using Korean, we changed the name to English. It's called "Cheer Up""

The corner of Chi Jingyuan's mouth twitched twice, not knowing what to say.

Don't they all mean the same thing?Is it just a name change if it is translated into English?

For fashion?

After a strange pause for two seconds, Chi Jingyuan exhaled: ""Come on"... When will the production of "Cheer Up" start?"

"The album plan has almost been confirmed, and the preliminary preparations have already begun. The title song should start at the end of January and the beginning of February." Park Zhenying couldn't help laughing when she heard Chi Jingyuan's tone, and opened her eyes to form a slit .

"Well……"

Chi Jingyuan took out a tissue and wiped his mouth, then nodded lightly: "Then let me discuss it with the company."

……

It is said to be a discussion, but it has almost been agreed. SM has never set any restrictions on Chi Jingyuan's itinerary.

In fact, as an artist of SM, Chi Jingyuan is actually not very suitable to produce songs for artists of other companies. This kind of thing is fine in other small and medium-sized companies, and it will happen from time to time, but SM still has a little problem , In recent years, almost all the invitation companies from the outside world have been rejected, which can be seen one or two.

Of course, it’s not completely negative, some SM actually agreed to the invitation, but Chi Jingyuan didn’t pick it up after bringing it.

Although the relationship between SM and JYP has been good due to several cooperations, and there have been many exchanges and cooperations in the past two years, Ji Jingyuan probably needs to talk to Li Xiuman specifically,

However, "Cheer Up", or "Cheer Up" is a very ordinary waste song in the eyes of SM and Li Xiuman, and it should not hinder anything. Apart from cultivating his ability, he may even think about it. Let Chi Jingyuan miss, let JYP's new girl group go straight to the street with malicious ideas...

It was really a big challenge for Chi Jingyuan to lead a girl group song for the first time, but it also ignited his long-lost interest and enthusiasm, which made him sleepless for a while when he returned home after supper, lying on the bed His mind was full of thoughts about twice and this song, and all kinds of wonderful inspirations popped up one after another, making him toss and turn, mentally exhausted.

There are also some very weird ideas, such as what Park Zhenying said.Let him take the lead in dividing the lyrics into parts. In this case, can Zhou Ziyu sing the whole song without anyone else?

In this way, she won't be bullied by other members after going back...

Or don't say a word to Zhou Ziyu, let her be a backup dancer all the time, and make her mad...

As if imagining the girl pouting next to her, not daring to resist the wronged look of a doormat, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help laughing.

Although I envisioned a few very interesting scenes, but these are all things for next year, and the important work now is to get these few evening parties at the end of the year.

Early the next morning, Chi Kyungwon got up refreshed and followed the EXO group to COEX in Samseong-dong to participate in the recording of this year's SBS Gayo Daejeon.

This year's song battle is not a live broadcast, but is recorded in advance and played on the same day. The recording is finished on the 27th today, and it is scheduled to be broadcast on the 29th.

SBS’s song war at the end of each year will have some attractive gimmicks, the charity chorus of hundreds of artists the year before, last year’s team by color and so on, and the song war is usually the best and the best among the major TV stations, with the highest ratings a party.

But this year, uncharacteristically, they didn’t do any extravagant work. Although it is such an important year as the 25th anniversary of SBS’s establishment, there was no special way to celebrate it. Although some ancient artists’ cover special stages were added, from the process and links From the looks of it, it was just an ordinary year-end party.

But no matter what, it is also a ballad war, and the number of 32 groups of artists is already very impressive.

EXO has been a frequent visitor to the year-end party for several years, and is already very familiar with the various procedures. After coming, they will follow the steps of rehearsal, make-up, and pre-recording.

Their stage today is still the two most popular title songs of this year, "call me baby" and "boy with luv". In addition to the opening solo of Kim Jong-in in front of the stage, both songs are also remix versions. A brand-new special choreography was created, and the overall effect of the cooperation of more than a dozen backup dancers looks very good, and the company is very careful about this.

Some time ago, Chi Jingyuan didn't have time to practice together when he was filming. This is what he went back to the company to learn temporarily from his teacher two nights ago. Fortunately, there are not many new choreographers, so it can be regarded as coping.

Gayo Daejeon, or SBS can be said to be the home of the SM family. In the second half, the groups that held the stage at the end were all from SM. According to the order of the seniors, EXO came first, SHinee came after the performance, and girls last. era.

Compared to the only two groups that JYP participated in, GOT7's performance position did not take long at the beginning of the second half, and Twice only had 2 minutes of performance time. This comparison clearly reveals the strength of SM's company in the music industry this year, reaching the top from the previous generation From the group to the top group of this generation, to the new generation with good momentum, there are everything, which makes other brokerage companies jealous.

At the end of Girls’ Generation’s performance, all the artists reappeared. After the two MCs, Lee Ji-eun and Shin Dong-yeop, said a few closing remarks, the big screen cut to a video of PSY’s concert on the other side.
PSY is at the end of today's ballad war. This brother is really famous after his success with "Gangnam Style". The well-known Kpop singer, who is full of cards, did not come to the scene. The organizer of the song war still chose to record the video of his concert as the last stage of today's party.

All the artists on the stage looked at the screen next to them and cheered, especially when it came to the song "Gangnam Style" at the end. got up.

EXO stood at the back when queuing for the final stage, and didn't bother to squeeze forward when they got on the stage. They simply stood behind the crowd, and the crowd in front of them basically completely blocked the camera.

Standing in the crowd, Chi Jingyuan smiled and clapped his hands lightly, paddling lazily. His eyes were casually aiming back and forth among the artists in front of him. Twice happened to be in front of XO, and this rookie girl group didn’t even know it. Is it because they grabbed the front row for the sake of the camera, and they, EXO, have to go forward, making expressions in front of the camera in the gap between the crowd.

It's really scheming.

But it is probably the first time to participate in a party like the Ballad War, and many of them obviously looked a little nervous, like Mingjing Nan in front of him, Zhou Ziyu and the others' gestures of support were full of business atmosphere, When the camera came over, the action looked a little stiff.

But today their makeup is pretty good, especially Zhou Ziyu, her makeup today is just right, and her eyeliner is not obtrusive, making a pair of big eyes look lively, without the naive atmosphere of the past, It actually looks kind of pretty.

On the left of Chi Jingyuan and the others is red velvet. At this time, Pei Zhuxuan and the others are all wearing stage costumes. Five different colors of velvet cake princess dresses look very delicate.

Pei Zhuxuan and Sun Shengwan were standing close to each other, following PSY on the screen and shaking their bodies slightly, when Chi Jingyuan's gaze swept over, Sun Shengwan leaned into Pei Zhuxuan's ear and said something that made people feel uncomfortable If he said that, the expression on Pei Zhuxuan's face instantly changed to one full of disgust, frowning and moving his head to the side as if he wanted to stay away from her, but Sun Shengwan seemed to be motivated, making an exaggerated greasy expression and pushing upwards Posting, two people posting one and hiding the other, having a great time playing.

Chi Jingyuan glanced strangely for a few times, smiled and then looked away, glanced around and didn't look any more, but when he saw the familiar or unfamiliar faces around him, his heart really suddenly Some emotion.

The guests standing on the stage today have undergone great changes from the year EXO first debuted. Many familiar faces are no longer seen in such lively occasions as Gayo War.

What has happened in the music industry in the past two years, the second-generation groups that were once all-powerful are either declining or dissipating at an extremely fast speed.

Things like kara, 2NE1, and beast were still at their peak when EXO debuted, and the top or first-tier combination that used to fall down at an unexpectedly fast speed.

Others are still struggling to survive, such as Tara, who is still coming back but the situation is obviously not good. As a senior who debuted in 09, in today's song war with many newcomers, the order of the stage is actually ranked At the beginning of the first half, there were very few cheers.

Up to now, they are still able to maintain their status, that is, the former top group Girls' Generation, bigbang and the like.

The change is really fast.

This year, the peninsula music industry has obviously begun to change. In recent years, the newly debuted boy groups and girl groups are like crucian carp in the river. There are no fewer names and popularity. Before you know it, they seem to have replaced those who used to be The face has become the new protagonist.

red velvet, MAMAMOO, EXID, Apink, Gfriend, twice, GOT7, ikon...

Among them, EXO is the most brilliant, the most undisputed protagonist this year, and the one who ascended to the position of the new generation TOP group.

The loud music of "Ouba Jiangnan Style" kept coming to his ears, Chi Jingyuan clapped his hands lightly, looked over twice standing in front to the camera in front, but his sight was blocked by shadowy people a lot .

When they participated in this kind of party when they first debuted, they could only stand behind and watch those second-generation seniors, SJ, bigbang and the like become the center of everyone, and receive the cheers of fans and the envy of their juniors in front.

But this time, although he was still standing behind, the sights from around him from time to time reminded him that he was no longer the same.

Kpop, it's their time.

The last chapter of this volume