Peninsula Asteroid

The schedule is very tight, there is only one week of promotional time from the prelude song to the title song, and there is not enough buffer for the opening of the album pre-sale, everything seems a bit urgent.

But there is no way, no one can predict the sudden situation.

And the comeback date really can’t be postponed any longer. After a few more days, EXO will officially start the concert plan in late May. At that time, it will start a devil’s itinerary of playing songs + ordinary activities + variety shows + concerts. Even the iron man may not be able to bear it.

So the final confirmed time is already the best return date that can be won.

Even this date actually has a lot of deficiencies. For example, the company obviously didn't intend to make the pre-release song "dope" a song, because according to the announcements of major TV stations, the week when "dope" was released on May 8, except for "dope" m! Except for c", the other three major TV stations have not resumed their song-playing programs and are still on hiatus.

When the program resumes in the next week, EXO will start the singing stage of "overdose".

That is to say, there is one and only one singing stage for the prelude song "dope", which is "m! c", can be described as extremely pitiful.

Moreover, "overdose" probably won't play songs for a full month, because if there is a conflict in the schedule, of course the concert is more important in comparison.

It can only be said that a month was vacated in vain, which disrupted many plans and preparations in advance.

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JYP building practice room.

"Is it open?"

"It's still a few minutes before the ticket sales start... You've been urging for a long time, it must have been opened long ago, then."

While talking, Minasaki Saka waved the mobile phone at Mingjing Nan, and let her look at the Gmaket webpage that had been opened on the screen, indicating that she was working hard.

After seeing it, Mingjing Nan smiled sweetly at her and expressed his heart.

After she joined JYP as a trainee at the beginning of the year, she was very confused and uneasy for a few days when she was unfamiliar with the place and Korean, but fortunately, she quickly found her own organization.

The foreign trainees of JYP are all in a group. The senior Neon trainees also welcomed the arrival of Mingjing Nan, and decisively pulled her into their small group.

The peninsula is a relatively xenophobic place. They are all wanderers from the same country who came here to work hard to keep warm. They naturally feel close to each other. They basically mix together every day. After getting along for a few months, they are already familiar with each other. up.

"Mina, you are really a fan of EXO. You have been urging me since just now. Didn't you say that you like 2PM's seniors? Why haven't you snatched their concert tickets?"

Minozaki Saka was a little bored sitting there with her mobile phone in her hand, she looked at Najing Minami curiously, and asked with a smile.

"It's not anymore... I just like their stage better, and think it's very beautiful."

Minami Minami shook her hand, hesitated and pointed to Momo Hirai next to her, and pulled her into the water: "Didn't momo-chan also say that she likes EXO, and want to grab tickets to go to the concert together?"

"yes."

Hearing that she was called, she looked up from the phone, Momo Hirai looked at them and blinked, her tone was natural: "They are the hottest boy group on the peninsula now, EXO is so handsome, of course I like it, I'm eu-reu -reong eu-reu-reong eu-reu-reong you..."

While talking, Momo Hirai, who was sitting on the floor, sang a sentence on his own initiative, and at the same time twisted his upper body to cover the dance of "Roar" and made a signature hammering movement, which looked quite impressive.

"Right."

Nai Minami's eyes were bent into crescent moons and she smiled at Minozaki Sasha, showing her upper gums, and then waved her hands to cover with Hirai Momo for a while, but she couldn't jump down after twisting a few times and made a fuss.

"All right."

Minazaki Saka sighed softly, sat there smiling and watching the dance of the two, and after a while they calmed down, she mentioned something: "By the way, I heard that the MV of the title song of Li Junhao's new album We are selecting actors among the trainees, let's try together."

"Senior Li Junhao?" Mingjing Nan looked at her.

"Yes, I heard that this is Neon's solo album. We are all Neon people, so we have an advantage."

Minozaki Saka is a cheerful girl in their neon line, who likes to socialize very much, has a more likable personality, and is the most well-informed.

"Okay, then let's try it together."

Momo Hirai nodded, looking forward to it.

Being able to appear in and show up in the MV of their debut seniors is something that most trainees are willing to do. Not only can they accumulate performance experience in front of the camera, but they can show their faces after the broadcast, and maybe they can attract some fans and increase their popularity. Increase the chances of getting out.

You can also get on the line with those seniors to build a good relationship, whether it is vanity or improving your network, it is very helpful for them in some ways.

For example, Jiang Seulqi and Sun Seungwan are just two ordinary trainees who have not made their debut but have a close relationship with Ji Jingyuan. I don’t know how many female trainees are envious of them, and after the news spread, the bullying and domineering in front of them Ling disappeared in an instant... Of course, there must have been more gossip and yin and yang behind the scenes.

And even the head of the trainee room has a better attitude towards them.

These are real benefits.

Of course, getting to know other debut artists won't have the immediate benefit of getting to know Chi Jingyuan, but it will definitely bring some help.

After chatting for a few words, they quickly took out their mobile phones when they saw the time:

"It's about to start, it's about to start!"

"The time is coming, ready to start grabbing tickets."

Several trainees on the neon line were holding mobile phones, on which were pages that had been open for a long time, and everyone was waiting nervously.

At exactly eight o'clock in the evening, the ticket window for EXO's concert appeared on Gmarket immediately. At this moment, countless clicks swarmed in, and the line was immediately crowded.

"Have you snatched it?" Hirai Momo's phone was a little stuck, and there was no response after clicking the link for a long time. He raised his head anxiously and asked the friend next to him.

"I didn't... have you run out of tickets in just a few seconds?"

"I grabbed one..."

"Neither have I..." Minami Minami looked at the words 'sold out' on the screen, her voice a little low.

"Several of us grabbed a concert ticket, SM is too much, is it really so popular?"

A friend said something in displeasure.

"There are no tickets for the two-day shows on 24 and 25..."

Minazaki Saka saw that Minami was a little disappointed, and after thinking for a while, she comforted her: "The tickets are selling so hot, it is estimated that their company will add more venues, and then we will grab them together."

"OK……"

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The news came out the next day, EXO’s first concert tour, two concerts in Seoul on May 24th and 25th, with a total of 36,000 tickets, all sold out in just 1.1 seconds after they went on sale at the ticket window.

1.1 seconds, if the hand is slower, it is estimated that the link has not been clicked yet.

Countless fans who have been waiting with their mobile phones for a long time have run out of tickets before they can react.

Some were stunned for a second, or the mobile phone network froze for a while, and when they turned around, they were declared to have lost the opportunity.

This feeling of long-awaited and ready-made but not being able to get tickets is naturally full of resentment and annoyance. Some fans who were more angry even smashed their phones in a rage.

As a matter of course, SM was overwhelmed by countless fans who couldn't get tickets.

"SM go to hell! SM goes bankrupt!"

"If you don't know how to plan, can you get out? I've been looking forward to this for a long time?"

"Don't you guys know about the popularity of oppas or what's going on? Can't you rent a bigger venue? Is there enough space for your whole family to fit in a venue with more than 10,000 people?"

"Is EXO a male group from our peninsula? Is SM a company from our country? Why are there only two concerts for EXO in the peninsula this time? There are more than a dozen concerts in Xiaguo? Xiba's Thailand There are two games, %...\u0026amp;SM apologizes to all the people!"

"Add field! Add field!"

The official website and SNS were filled with the anger of planetary fans flocking to them, some were purely venting their anger and insulting, and some were urgently requesting to join the show.

Seeing this situation, the department of SM company responsible for planning EXO's first tour also felt that they seemed a bit too conservative.

EXO's last official album "XOXO" sold nearly 1.5 million copies, and the number of sales is the best data to measure how many diehard fans an idol group has who are willing to spend money for them.

It is also the most intuitive data to evaluate the tour box office and mobilization numbers.

Many idol groups sound very popular and famous, but there are not many diehard fans who are really willing to spend money on them. Those passer-by fans are usually very lively on the Internet, and they seem to like this group very much. But when it came time to buy tickets and albums with real money, they all disappeared.

As for EXO's millions of sales, even if the number of Xiawen versions is removed, and many fans buy many copies, there are at least hundreds of thousands of die-hard fans in the peninsula who are willing to spend money on XO consumption.

Under the influence of the star chasing culture, the concert tickets of Peninsula are not expensive, and many fans have developed the habit of going to the concert. Compared with the huge number of XO fans, the 35,000 tickets for these two shows are really a drop in the bucket up.

The whole family who was scolded wanted to go to the concert together. The staff of the SM planning department quickly held a meeting to discuss. After a series of discussions and communication, the company issued an announcement, acknowledging that the previous planning was a bit conservative, and to the fans of XO. apology.

At the same time, it was announced that at the request of fans, there will be a new concert on May 23rd, which was originally scheduled to have only two concerts in Seoul. .

Although the act of adding concerts made some fans feel relieved, many people still scolded SM for having too few local concerts, even if they added concerts, there were only three concerts in total.

And even with an additional 18,000 tickets, it still cannot satisfy the huge demand of EXO fans.

But there is no other way, the overall planning has been done a long time ago, and the venues are rented about half a year in advance. It will take a lot of time and energy to renovate the venues, and a temporary addition will already require a lot of coordination Yes, the overall planning process is really difficult to change.

Faced with the torrent of accusations, these concert planners shrank their heads and pretended not to hear them.

Just scold them, they are used to being scolded anyway.

Just remember to pay for the tickets.

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Due to the suspension of entertainment programs, schedules such as events and commercial performances are naturally unavailable. Except for a few members with personal qualifications, such as Park Chanyeol and Byun Baekhyun, who are busy with their own schedules every day, other EXO members also I am happy to stay in the company's practice room every day.

All the work for EXO's second mini-album has basically been completed. In addition to practicing every day to familiarize themselves with the dance, the focus of work has shifted to the concert.

"Jingyuan, during EXO's tour in Seoul this time, what do you think about your solo stage?" Li Chenghuan called Chi Jingyuan into his office, gave him a cup of coffee, and the two sat there and talked. Get down to business.

EXO's concert is expected to last two hours, with a total of about 20 songs on stage. Naturally, it is impossible for twelve people to dance from beginning to end in such a long performance. There will be many other programs interspersed in the middle, such as chatting with the audience. Fart, and prepare some special stages.

"Gee" and "Say Your Wish" that EXO has been practicing in the past few days are one of them.

In addition to increasing the enthusiasm and atmosphere of fans, the most important thing about these shows is to give other members time to change clothes and take a little rest.

The members' individual solo performances are a very important part of it. Many members had their own solo stages at the first Seoul show, and Chi Kyung-won was naturally one of them.

"Are you going to choose a song or a solo dance?" Li Chenghuan took a sip of water, opened his notebook and continued.

"How do you choose the individual stages of other members?"

"kai is a solo dance performance, and tao is a personal martial arts performance. Except for the two of them, everything else is a solo stage."

Li Chenghuan flipped through his notebook and said while reading: "A few of the children performed self-composed music, such as lay and chen... They have always been interested in composing, and they had previously applied to the company to have their own songs written. It was for EXO, but the company didn’t approve it because of quality and style issues.”

"It just comes in handy for this concert. It's a good idea to compose your own music, and it's easier to get closer to fans. And if it's used exclusively for concerts, it's quite a gimmick."

Thinking of this, Li Chenghuan's eyes flickered and he stared at Chi Jingyuan, and asked tentatively: "If it's you Jingyuan, I think it's definitely suitable for you to compose your own music for a solo performance. It's definitely better than the songs the company chose for you... Have you recently been suitable? Works?"

"What kind of song do you need?" Chi Jingyuan raised his eyes and thought about it, feeling a little moved.

"The style doesn't matter. The styles of the songs written by the other children are all very different... After all, the songs performed at the concert don't need to be too complete. The melody just needs to be more pleasant. If the lyrics can be related to the concert or fans, That’s even better.”

After Li Chenghuan said it, he looked at Chi Jingyuan and laughed: "But if it's you Jingyuan, the fans' expectations may be a little higher, but don't worry too much, they are already satisfied if you just stand there and compose your own music."

"Um……"

Chi Jingyuan nodded slightly, took a sip of coffee, lowered his eyes and began to ponder, thinking about whether there was a suitable song in his memory.

After two minutes, Chi Jingyuan looked up with a calm expression: "There is one song that is pretty good, but the lyrics are a bit inappropriate, and it has nothing to do with concert fans or anything like that..."

"Just this one, I'll change some of the lyrics."

"OK, Jingyuan, just hurry up and finish it in these two days, and then just give me the accompaniment..."

Li Chenghuan gestured happily. The more successful EXO's concert is, the happier his manager will naturally be.

Then he explained: "By the way, a VCR for this concert needs to use photos of your childhood. Jingyuan, you should have them there, right?"

"Of course, how small do you want it to be?"

I couldn't help but laugh when I mentioned this Chi Jingyuan. There were countless photos of him when he was a child.

As the youngest son, he was loved by everyone in the family. Almost every period of his growth was recorded by photos and videos.

"If there are any, please take a few photos of children, elementary school, middle school and high school. Even if some of them are not used for this concert, they will be used for many variety shows in the future. Prepare them now to avoid trouble next time."

Li Chenghuan thought for a while and said: "And if the growth photos are relatively complete, it can also be a good proof that Wuli Jingyuan is a natural and handsome boy. If not, those anti-fans who scold him every day will have nothing to say."

As a very popular idol, Chi Jingyuan naturally has a lot of negative fans. These people make all kinds of negative comments about him online every day. Although most of them are scolded by his fans for not having perfect skin and not dare to show their face when diving. , but there are also some determined people who persevere in blackmailing Chi Jingyuan no matter how they are sprayed.

These people often slandered Chi Jingyuan's 'boy band look' as a result of plastic surgery, and even brought out several people who claimed to be Chi Jingyuan's high school classmates to prove it, saying that it really happened on his face when he was in school. Changes abound.

And because of the atmosphere in the entertainment industry on the Peninsula, many people still agree with this view.

Chi Jingyuan also saw a lot of posts like this when he checked the news. It doesn't matter if he has plastic surgery. Some idols on the peninsula who look better have said so. He knows very well that this kind of purely fabricated black Criticism can't attack him, on the contrary, it can let him pass the time like having fun.

It's just that he was really speechless about the few people who anonymously said they were his high school classmates.

Before high school, he went to school in Xiaguo and the United States. After coming here, his high school on the peninsula is a high-end private noble school, and ordinary people can't get in at all. There are not many students in it, and everyone is either an individual, or It's that the family basically all know each other...

You said it’s okay to be my college classmate, and you’re still in high school, so who are you and what’s your name?

One mouth is my high school classmate, do you know which class I am in...

Too lazy to think about the YY of those black fans, Chi Jingyuan made an 'ok' gesture.

"Okay brother, I'll call back and ask my family to send some over."

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"'My clumsy heart may also be able to touch you'... Well, change it to 'in fact, I have already been touched by you'."

"'It's actually just holding hands', changed to 'it's actually just looking at each other'.

Chi Jingyuan sat alone in a music room of the SM building, while playing the demo he had recorded before, he spread out the lyrics book and tried to change the lyrics he had filled out.

The song he is going to change is a song that was put in the music library a long time ago. It is called "you=I". It is in line with what Lee Seung-hwan said about performing solo songs in concerts.

It's just that the original lyrics express a girl's love and attachment to her lover. Except for some inappropriate wording, the overall feeling is a bit too sweet.

However, the melody and the overall style feel very suitable, and a slight change in the lyrics can transform those attachments to lovers into passionate feelings for fans.

And in the hearts of most fans, the idol they like is their own lover, and in private, they are all husbands and wives dear wuli.

"If I can be like you, become the kind of person with a wider heart..."

"Well, change it to what..."

Chi Jingyuan turned the pen, writing and drawing on the paper from time to time, playing the song demo in his ear over and over again.

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Although all entertainment activities on the peninsula have been suspended, the biggest impact on the artists is that the programs cannot be broadcast, and they cannot be announced on the itinerary. cannot be broadcast recently.

Moreover, the peninsula cannot be used for activities. Many people left the peninsula directly to go on overseas trips. For example, Girls’ Generation started the third neon concert tour directly. Has the employee contract renewal been negotiated?

BTS is even more straightforward. After a month of activities in Xiaguo, they returned to the peninsula and released the follow-up song "just one day" of the second mini album. The activity encountered a suspension of the entertainment industry within two days.

But he wasn't sad at all, he happily returned to Xia Guo to continue his activities with a flick of his butt, and his development should be pretty good.

Instead of preparing albums, the work intensity of EXO who only prepares for concerts has dropped a bit compared to before. Although they are still quite busy, at least they can spare time to do some personal things from time to time.

A week later, on April 23, the tickets for the extra concert of EXO went on sale on Gmarket.

This time, there are still many fans who did not get tickets, but even if they rushed to SM's official website and SNS company again, there is nothing they can do. The plan has been fixed and cannot be changed. They can only post a message on behalf of EXO to thank the fans for their support, saying that next time The number of sessions will be appropriately increased, and I will definitely work harder in the future.

And just an hour after the concert tickets were sold out, Chi Jingyuan received a call from Zhou Ziyu.

"What are you doing?" Zhou Ziyu's bay accent sounded sweet even though the tone was not deliberate.

It's a pity that Chi Jingyuan didn't like her, glanced at the members who were doing their own things, and switched to Xia Wen: "What am I doing? I'm calling you, what am I doing...I have something to say thing."

Every time I sent a message to contact her, but now she suddenly called and obviously something happened, and the little girl insisted on going around in circles dryly.

Chi Jingyuan guessed that she must have hesitated for a while before dialing the number, thinking about what to say after dialing, but after thinking for a long time, she thought of 'what are you doing'...

Zhou Ziyu was not annoyed by being slammed for a few words, he hummed and hesitated for a second before continuing, still in a greasy tone: "Can you buy tickets for your EXO concert there?"

"Tickets? You want to come to our concert too?" Chi Jingyuan was a little thirsty, stood up with his mobile phone and went to the drinking fountain to get a glass of water.

"Yeah, my friend and I want to see..."

Zhou Ziyu responded crisply.

"You didn't look for me a few days ago, but you called me today because you didn't get a ticket for the last show?" Chi Jingyuan felt much more comfortable after taking a sip of water to moisten his throat.

"They were too fast. We prepared ten minutes earlier at night and didn't get it. Your XO is really popular, and the fans are crazy." A small complaint came from the phone.

Chi Jingyuan took a breath and replied easily.

"Okay, small things, don't buy anything, I'll give you a few directly..."