Peninsula Asteroid

Seeing Chi Jingyuan walking into the meeting room, many people cast their gazes over, and Chi Jingyuan also squeezed out a smile while walking in, bowing lightly to the room chief and representatives he knew. After nodding in return, he walked over to the XO members, found a vacant seat in the middle and continued.

Obviously the members reserved a seat for him in the middle, Park Chanyeol and Kim Junmyeon sat on his left, Oh Sehun on his right, and several others sat in the row directly behind them.

He wasn't the last one to arrive, and some staff members didn't come because they were preparing documents. At this time, the company staff in the room had been chatting and discussing something in twos and threes.

After sitting down, Chi Jingyuan and the members next to him glanced at each other, but they didn't speak. The ten people just sat there quietly without making a sound, and there was a low air pressure visible to the naked eye.

This time when Tao left, it was obvious that the members of EXO, including Chi Jingyuan, were not as angry and excited as before when Luhan left, but everyone seemed to be preoccupied, very silent, and had no desire to communicate.

On the one hand, it is because Tao's popularity and influence in the team are far less than Luhan's, and his interpersonal relationship and communication are not as popular as Luhan's, so the discomfort he brings to others is not enough.

On the other hand, the XO people had already predicted such a day before.

Chi Jingyuan turned his head slightly and glanced to the left from the corner of his eye.

When he entered the door just now, he noticed that the last member of the Xia Guo line, Lay, was sitting on the far left edge of the back row. Although the five members were side by side, he was clearly separated from the others. , and the nearest Xiumin sitting next to him was half a meter away.

He sat there silently like the others, playing with his fingers with his head down, but the focus of his eyes was a little blurred, obviously thinking about something.

Although the distance of half a meter is not long, it looks very obvious and dazzling, like a cut off horizontal ditch.

I don't know whether he pulled the stool himself or Xiumin pulled it.

According to Chi Jingyuan's understanding of Xiumin...

In fact, after Luhan left, Tao and Lay have been trying to communicate and negotiate with the company, asking for more resources and opening a personal studio, and paying more attention to activities in Xiaguo. Other members of EXO are aware of these things.

Although these things are very private, and the company has not announced that they have been doing it in private, but the members of XO are not fools. They have been in the company for so long and each has its own news channel. Even if the specific details are unknown, but Probably the news can still be obtained.

I heard that in order to retain the two members of the Xia Kingdom line, SM made a lot of promises, including resources, and made some concessions on key issues such as opening a personal studio in Xia Kingdom. The Xia Kingdom continues to develop and move, and the two remaining Xia Kingdom lines are very important.

Although it was only a verbal concession and promise, many things were not implemented, but this kind of differential treatment has clearly occurred.

We can't compare with the royal family like Chi Jingyuan, after all, he has a background, but he is also very powerful and talented. We don't want to compete with him, but why are these two people not very popular and not very conspicuous? Can everyone have this kind of special treatment? They didn't even dare to think about such a thing as a personal studio before.

This incident made many members very dissatisfied, and the estrangement that had been covered up with great difficulty rose up again.

In addition, because they have been secretly caring in their hearts, they also know that after Luhan left, he had a prosperous life in Xia Guo, and he took over TV dramas and movies in a short period of time, and became one of the hottest stars of the new generation. His popularity and popularity in the mainland are much lower than Chi Jingyuan's, and he is slowly catching up.

Seeing that the former teammates have developed better after leaving, think about it differently, if they were Tao and Lay, how would they choose?

After waiting for about ten minutes for everyone to arrive, this relatively hasty meeting finally started, and it was to report and discuss the matter of tao suing for quitting the group.

However, Chi Jingyuan spoke eloquently and made a big push. Chi Jingyuan heard that Luhan left the set of plans and rhetoric in general, asking members not to express opinions, and the company is preparing to issue a statement, control public opinion, and see the reaction of the outside world. .

It is almost exactly the same as before, but because of the different impact, even some aspects are not as strict as last time.

Moreover, the expression and tone of Li Xiuman and the representatives of the directors are not as anxious and hasty as three months ago. It is obvious that she, like the members of EXO, seems to have expected this event a long time ago.

Li Xiuman, who hadn't seen him for a long time, didn't say much, just sat there listening and nodding, as if he was quite satisfied with the solution given by the staff.

To be honest, SM is quite experienced in dealing with things like members leaving a group. From H.O.T. to TVXQ to SJ, this kind of encounter has happened to every pillar boy group.

The closest ones are EXO's Luhan and Girls' Generation's Jung Soo-yeon. Even if SM didn't have a good solution at the beginning, it's time to become a good doctor after a long illness.

It is nothing more than to show the innocence of the company, push all the responsibilities to the members who left, and at the same time guide the trend on the Internet to discredit the other party and reduce the negative impact.

Speaking of the latter, someone mentioned that Tao's article on Xia Guo's scarf alluded to the company's preference for "highly popular members".

Whether it is the fans, SM or even the XO members who this 'highly popular member' refers to, they all know very well.

In front of Chi Jingyuan, no one else in EXO would dare to say that he is a popular member.

In fact, Chi Jingyuan was also a little speechless when he saw the content of Tao's article just now and didn't know what to say.

Why do you still have to say such things after walking away? Could it be possible to step on him and damage Chi Jingyuan's image in Yuan Fan's heart? Or is it possible to make his departure more legitimate?

At this time, Li Xiuman, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke:

"Public opinion in this area must be well controlled, so as not to have a worse impact on Jing Yuan, other members, and the entire EXO. When you guide online, you must pay attention to the degree and direction, and grasp it yourself."

Seeing the response from several directors of the publicity department, Li Xiuman nodded and looked to the other side, but he stopped talking about Tao, but talked about EXO's next comeback: "XO's comeback plan must be done quickly. Come out, let’s go into more detail. This comeback is very important to both XO and the company, I believe you all know it.”

"Don't be so mediocre as last time."

"Make it as soon as possible and bring it to me." He knocked on the table vigorously, looking a little dissatisfied.

"Understood." With a more serious attitude, several directors who were subjective about this matter quickly stood up and responded.

After talking for a while, the meeting came to an end. Li Xiuman made a brief summary and announced the end. He stood up and glanced at the members of EXO, and finally explained: "Lay, wait for a meeting with the artist department to discuss your matter. Jing Yuan come with me, the other members go back to the practice room first."

"..." Lay and Chi Jingyuan stood up and nodded. The other members didn't care much about Li Xiuman calling Chi Jingyuan over. Anyway, this kind of thing is so common that they have long been used to it. And just now I mentioned the comeback, it is normal for Chi Jingyuan to participate.

They all looked at Lay, and they made eye contact with each other, as if they were wondering what was the matter with him.

After nodding goodbye to the staff and other members, Chi Jingyuan walked into Li Xiuman's office while talking with him.

It was still the luxurious and spacious director's office, the general decoration hadn't changed much from the last time Chi Jingyuan came.

Li Xiuman hadn't been to the company for several months because of family matters, and Chi Jingyuan hadn't been in this office for a long time because the Lord didn't hinder him.

"sit."

Li Xiuman pointed to the sofa next to the desk with a smile, put the document bag in his hand on the table, then went to the coffee machine next to him to pick up two cups of coffee, walked over slowly with the cup and handed it to Chi Jingyuan, letting him Having just sat down, he quickly stood up and took it with both hands to thank him.

However, looking at Li Xiuman's appearance, he didn't feel panic or unhappy because of EXO members leaving the group. Instead, he seemed very calm, as if there was no accident at all in today's drama.

"How about it, did you feel a familiar feeling when you came in, and you suddenly miss this place?"

Sitting on the boss chair, Li Xiuman gently blew on the boiling hot coffee and took a sip enjoying it. The pair of small eyes under the black-rimmed glasses were slits, and the tone was easy-going and very natural, chatting with Chi Jingyuan about homework.

"It's true that I just unconsciously remembered the last time I came to your office."

Chi Jingyuan put the coffee on the table without drinking it, and answered after looking around.

"Yeah, me too." Li Xiuman also took a look around the office he had used for several years, touched the soft and tactile armrest of the chair and sighed: "It's been used for so long, it's really a little bit awkward to move. I'm not willing."

Chi Jingyuan nodded lightly. The news had already spread within the company. He had heard about the SM company's upcoming building change. The new address is not too far from here, and it's also in Gangnam District, Samseong-dong.

There is also a reason for EXO to change to a new dormitory.

"However, the new building and office will be much better than here, and you will definitely be satisfied." Li Xiuman patted the handrail, and the reluctance just now was swept away, and his tone was flat with a trace of rebelliousness: "Just Like changing to a new building, everything is going in a good direction, SM is still SM, and EXO is still EXO."

Chi Jingyuan knew that the other party wanted him not to be entangled in the matter of Tao's departure and to let him take a long-term view, so he smiled approvingly.

Li Xiuman also hadn't communicated much with Chi Jingyuan for a long time because of family affairs, so he was not in a hurry to talk about serious matters. Instead, he dragged him to talk about some recent developments, and talked about "Weisheng" while chatting: "You choose This drama is really hot, I couldn't help but watch an episode yesterday."

As he said that, he squinted his eyes and nodded, and gave a thumbs up: "Jing Yuan, you acted really well in it. I thought it was great after watching it. Those companies that praised you on the Internet are really not very good. Participate in the guidance... and the script is also very discerning, I heard it was your own idea?"

"Nai, at the time I thought the script and setting were quite attractive to me, and I really wanted to try a workplace drama." Chi Jingyuan nodded and explained.

Li Xiuman laughed when he heard it, and lifted his glasses frame: "Haha... By the way, Jing Yuan has such a good eye for selecting scripts, why don't you take up a position in the SM film and television department, or SMc\u0026c, and help me out with some Opinion?"

SMc\u0026c is one of the subsidiaries of SM. It was renamed from the AM company that acquired Jang Dong Gun a few years ago. It mainly signs contracts with the host MC, comedians and actors.

This subsidiary has many well-known actors, including Jang Dong Gun, Kim Ha Neul, Kong Hyung Jin, Kim Soo Ro and so on.

The lineup of hosts is not too much, because of the tax incident, Kang Hodong, Shin Dongyeop, Kim Byungman, who quit the entertainment industry for a year and returned, and the MC of EXO, and Jeon Hyunmoo, who has collaborated with them many times, and so on.

Chi Jingyuan didn't refuse, and squinted his eyes with anticipation: "Okay, isn't Senior Zhang Dongjian going to call me Director Chi?"

"Hahaha..." Li Xiuman was overjoyed when he heard that, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Chi Jingyuan and laughed out loud.

Both of them knew that they were joking, SM couldn't ask him to raise any opinions, the company's operation naturally has its own process, and those contracted actors also have their own teams, and they won't pick a few popular drama scripts just because of his good vision Just like that.

And even Chi Jingyuan had no interest in it.

The two squinted their eyes and laughed together. The laughter circled around the office continuously, and the atmosphere suddenly heated up. The negative emotions caused by the members leaving the team seemed to be dispelled all at once.

After chatting about the gossip, Li Xiuman smiled for a while, took a sip of coffee, and took the initiative to bring up the topic: "The matter of EXO's next comeback has been put on the agenda, and I have been paying attention to this matter since I came back. Before the planning department There was a plan proposed there, and after I read it, I thought it was not feasible, so I rejected it.”

As he said that, he seemed to feel that his vision was a bit blurred. He took off his glasses and took out a cloth to wipe the lenses. At the same time, he asked, "Jing Yuan, you should know the situation and situation of the company this year, right?"

"Inside." Of course, Chi Jingyuan knows that from the beginning of the year to the present, the bad things have never stopped, including SNS, EXO and other pillar groups all have accidents, and the new girl group red velvet has been scolded in the street after their debut. If things go wrong, the stock price will drop sharply, just like what is said on the Internet that it has encountered Mercury retrograde.

"The end of the year is coming soon, and there is definitely no chance this year...but next year is very important for both the company and EXO."

Li Xiuman put on his glasses again and nodded: "The company needs to satisfy the shareholders and stockholders and rekindle their confidence. It needs to stabilize and raise the stock price again. In order to achieve this goal, it will definitely carry out a lot of planning and arrange many of its portfolios to return... But even if Other combinations will come back, but in my mind only EXO is the best weapon to stimulate the stock price."

"And you must be aware that the return of this regular album is very important for XO."

Lee Soo Man is right, the comeback of the next official 2nd album is very important for EXO.

Originally, from the follow-up "Roar" of the regular first album last year, EXO had the momentum to break through the sky, breaking the long-lost million sales, and the winter special lyric at the end of the year sold very well. It reached a new high, several songs were all popular, and it was about to become a top group to officially reach the top.

However, the situation has taken a turn for the worse since June. First, Baekhyun’s love affair was exposed, then the popular top line member Luhan left the group, and today’s Tao left the group again. A series of blows made the originally unstoppable EXO’s prospects suddenly no longer clear. It's getting darker.

And in order to make up for this, the next comeback is really crucial. It is related to whether XO can wash away all the negative effects of this year and stabilize the fan group that has been hit hard by the storm.

Whether it can even return to the grand occasion before the members left the group, or even go further depends on this comeback.

The company will definitely attach great importance to EXO's comeback and invest a lot of resources. The members have been looking forward to it for a long time and can't wait. After several rounds of blows, countless Allies feel sad but at the same time hold back their breath I hope EXO proves that they are not as sinking as the sunspots and passers-by who look down on the outside world, and they will definitely open their wallets and support wildly.

If this comeback fails, then EXO may really lose the possibility of reaching the top as many people expected, and can only be reduced to an ordinary top or first-line boy group, but this is definitely not what the company, members and fans want. .

And what will happen in the future is even more uncertain. The idols in the peninsula music industry compete so fiercely. Even if EXO can make another hit in the future, the market doesn't want to be in their favor now. Who knows if it will happen in the past two years? Then a second 'exo' pops up, like they beat the older boy groups at an unimaginable speed last year, knocking their EXO into the air?

So we still have to put all our energy on the next comeback.

"This time EXO's comeback, I will personally take over the overall situation as the chief producer. The company is also planning to hire professional and well-known European and American musicians to participate in the production. At the same time, Jing Yuan, you will also join in as a producer."

Looking at Chi Jingyuan, who was nodding and lost in thought, Li Xiuman stood up and patted him on the shoulder with a look of great importance: "I've listened to some of the songs you put in the music library, and some of them are very good. It is suitable for XO, but how it is depends on the style choice after planning. You have to come up with a plan to plan in the past two days, including the way of return, the overall style and the choice of songs. I will focus on reference your opinion."

"hurry up."

Feeling the strength from his shoulders, Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips and nodded.

Although it was very slight, Li Xiuman could feel the seriousness in his heart.

"The other thing is about the winter special in December. The company's original plan for EXO was to have a winter special come back every December. Last year, the response and sales of "Miracle in December" were also very good."

Immediately afterwards, Li Xiuman said another thing: "But this year's situation is very special. XO has a lot of things during this period, and the time is not right. At the same time, the next comeback is too important, and all fans will definitely look forward to it. Support, if the winter special is released, it will weaken or waste the enthusiasm of fans to some extent, and it will have a bad impact on the official comeback next year."

Chi Jingyuan also looked at him in agreement when he heard the words, and he also felt that what Li Xiuman said was quite reasonable.

"The current plan is to cancel the winter special this year, not to release a physical album but to release a winter digital single. The song is currently tentatively scheduled to be the song "December, 2014", which is expected to be produced through the music company "Super Star SMTOWN" The public form in the game can also promote the game, what do you think? "

"I don't think it's very good."

He pondered for a few seconds after hearing this, Chi Jingyuan didn't shy away, but looked at the other party and said truthfully: "Even if it is a single, there should be a supporting MV and more publicity, and it shouldn't be for the purpose of promoting the game. Publicly, a little perfunctory."

SM really has a big business, besides the entertainment industry, it is also involved in many industries, and now I don't know why it went to develop games.

When you think about it, you get it.

"There is indeed one point, and I am also considering it." Seeing Chi Jingyuan's blunt words, Li Xiuman also echoed with a smile, and he shook his hand casually: "It's not confirmed yet, Jingyuan, you can think about what plan you have. , or if there is any suitable song to offer, I will adopt your opinion if it is beneficial to the company and the group. However, if it is to be released in December, this matter must be completed within these two days.”

"By the way, please go to the music room to listen to the demo of the song "December, 2014" some time, and I will say hello."

"I know Teacher Li Xiuman, I will think about it."

Compared with next year's official second series, the winter special is not that important, but Chi Jingyuan doesn't want to deal too much with fans.

He was in a bad mood after seeing all kinds of messages from Allies on the Internet, and felt that even if he released a song, he should be more serious, at least expressing some of XO's mood and attitude at this time.

"Very good, I'm very impressed with your performance in the future..." Li Xiuman looked at him with a smile, and comforted him kindly: "Filming must be very tiring, it's really hard for you."

"Kangsang Mita." Chi Jingyuan also smiled and saluted.

At the end of the chat, it seems that the main business has been finished. After chatting casually about some family affairs, Li Xiuman suddenly mentioned the last Xiaguo member of EXO:

"By the way, what do you think about Lay's matter?"

He pushed down the glasses frame again, and looked at Chi Jingyuan with twinkling eyes, as if he wanted to hear the other party's opinion as a reference.

"If Lay..."

Speaking of this, Chi Jingyuan was a little silent.

Now no matter who it is, it is quite clear in the heart, after Luhan and Tao left successively, it will be sooner or later, if Tao also develops better and better like Luhan, maybe this time will be delayed very close.

He thought about it for a long time, and finally sighed in his heart, raised his head and said to Li Xiuman: "I think it's best to come out with all these bad things at once, even if it may be a big blow to us and the fans, but at least there will be no harm in the future." There are hidden dangers. We may close all the previous holes if we work hard for the next return. But if we run one today, another tomorrow, and another two days later or when we return next time, then... "

He spread his hands and did not finish speaking, but Li Xiuman obviously understood what he meant, nodded slightly in agreement, and made a promise: "I will consider it."

…………

Chi Jingyuan chatted with Li Xiuman for a long time, put forward a few opinions and received several tasks before leaving his office, taking a nanny car and rushing to the crew in Seoul Plaza.

Today's events are really one after another. After Tao's resignation, next year's comeback and the winter special will follow. Chi Jingyuan must be involved in all these matters.

However, no matter whether it is Li Xiuman or SM, he really values ​​him enough. It is unimaginable to participate in other members to such a degree at this time.

Therefore, Chi Jingyuan also felt that the task on his shoulders was quite heavy, and he needed to carefully consider what kind of regulations should be.

Although there are a lot of things on the company's side, as the leading actor, he certainly can't delay the filming. The momentum of "Weisheng" has always been very good, and it is impossible for him to affect the crew and himself because of the things here.

After rushing back in the afternoon, he was busy until ten o'clock in the evening before Chi Jingyuan got off work from the film crew and returned to the company.

In the past few days, the shooting progress has been very fast, and the accumulated weight has gradually increased, and the end time is relatively earlier.

Moreover, Jin Yuanxi may know that Chi Jingyuan has a lot of things recently, so he specially moved forward the leading actor's scenes to focus on shooting, so that Chi Jingyuan can get off work earlier.

He really took good care of him, and Chi Jingyuan was very grateful to him in his heart.

After returning to the company, he went to the music room. Before next year’s comeback, he had made some preparations in private. This time, he needed to sort out and improve the materials he had prepared before. He worked overtime in the past few days to write a The planning plan is handed over to the company.

Regarding next year's official second album, he already has some ideas and drafts.

He was busy until it was close to the early morning, when Chi Jingyuan stretched his waist and packed up the things in the music room and prepared to go back to the dormitory. He had to get up early tomorrow to go to the filming crew. For the sake of efficiency, he still had to make sure of the rest time.

Putting his bag on his back, after closing the door, he took the elevator to go downstairs, but the elevator stopped at the third floor just after going down one floor.

The elevator door opened with a sound of 'ding', and Chi Jingyuan looked out of the door in surprise. At this time, a familiar figure stood outside with his head lowered. He also raised his head after hearing the sound of the door opening, and met his eyes. .