Peninsula Asteroid

When "Infinite Challenge Music Festival" was playing and the music was airborne and became a hit, Chi Jingyuan, one of the protagonists, was not in the peninsula. Just two days after returning, EXO rushed to Chang'an, the mainland, and opened on the 22nd After a second tour of the concert, I took a flight back to Seoul the next day.

"Ah~~"

In the conference room on the fourth floor of SM Company, Park Chanyeol took a deep breath, rubbed the tears from his eyes, and sat there slumped against the back of the chair, with a sleepy look on his face.

He breathed a little loudly, and Chi Jingyuan, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but glance in his direction. After seeing that he looked like he hadn't rested well, and that he had some obvious dark circles under his eyes, I thought about it with some malice in my heart.

Today is August 25th, and 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 leave immediately dispersed and did not regroup until this morning.

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

It's just a thank you, but it's actually nothing special. After all, we are already so familiar with each other. In fact, some of Pei Xiuzhi's tricks and tea art Chi Jingyuan have already understood very clearly.

When he returned to the dormitory full of energy the next morning, he saw several other members who had returned at about the same time and looked tired. Among them, Park Chanyeol showed the most obvious performance. He cheered from the dormitory to the company meeting. room, it looked like he didn't sleep last night.

At this time, everyone in the meeting had not arrived yet, and even the manager of the agency, Lee Seung-hwan, had not arrived yet. The members of XO were sitting on the side, some dozing, and some were chatting quietly or playing on their mobile phones.

"Why don't you just take a nap, brother? We'll call you after the meeting."

Chi Jingyuan looked at this brother and cheered up again, and took the initiative to show concern with a smile.

He could guess what Park Chanyeol was doing last night, who didn't know who he was.

"Hahaha……"

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

"Axi..."

Park Chanyeol, who wished he could close his eyes and fall asleep, cursed, looked up at Chi Jingyuan, shook his head uncontrollably, and laughed helplessly.

Sleeping was impossible. If he slept during a meeting, he would probably be scolded by Li Chenghuan, who could tell at a glance what he was doing yesterday. He had to make it through the meeting no matter how hard it was.

After a few jokes, Chi Jingyuan said nothing more. He drank some water, lowered his head and fiddled with his phone. He saw the text message Zhou Ziyu sent her a few minutes ago.

"Are you still using your cup (smiley face)?"

At a glance, this girl knew that she had watched Girls' Generation's drama and recent hot searches, so she just pretended to use a question to test her, making Chi Jingyuan shake his head in contempt after seeing it.

"Nonsense, nothing to do, did you throw it away?"

After casually replying, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but think of the unexpected warmth he had felt over the past two days.

His brand endorsement ability, or his ability to bring goods to the brand, has always been very strong. This has been the case since his debut. With his extremely positive image and increasing influence and nationality, he has basically become All the brands he endorses have achieved considerable improvements in sales and many other aspects. Among them, brands such as LG have seen extremely obvious improvements. This is why Chi Jingyuan is so popular and favored by brand manufacturers and advertising companies. Many brands seek to renew their contracts every year, and the contracts also give a lot of fundamental reasons.

LG, for example, has basically identified Chi Jingyuan. Their entire line of electronic product spokespersons have not been changed for two years, and they are expected to continue to renew their contracts.

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

Even Chi Jingyuan himself felt a little strange. He actually didn't know about this at first. Later, he heard from Kim Taeyeon that she asked her agent to buy his cup but didn't grab it, and then sent him a text message asking him. Where did he buy it? Only then did he notice that he was not on the peninsula and it had become a hot spot.

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

However, although it is a bit unexpected and sudden, it can be regarded as a reflection of Chi Jingyuan's popularity and ability to bring goods. At least after this water cup explosion incident, he will be more concerned or coveted by many brands, and it will also make the company more popular. When negotiating contract benefits for him, he will be more confident.

For example, after the product sold out, the brand owner of this water cup first expressed his gratitude on SNS, and then directly contacted SM company Ji Jingyuan to be their spokesperson.

But it's possible that they can't reach an agreement. This brand is a little too small for him now.

"Hehe, are you willing to..."

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

"There is nothing to be reluctant to part with 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.

"D.O., the filming of "Pure Love" will wrap up in mid-September, and the company has given you an audition opportunity 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 'Ai Hui "a-nation" summer family concert on the 30th. The teachers have already designed the special stage that needs to be performed. After returning home, we will start practicing 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 1st, 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 appear on the scene together and do some small activities and games.

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

What kind of appearance and posture should be used for this live broadcast? Should it be more formal like the show, or should it be more casual? What kind of broadcast will have high traffic and the audience will like to watch it? What should I do to gain the favor of the audience and attract fans? It can be said that these issues are still at the same level. Exploring stage.

Judging from the long-term cooperation intention reached by SM and Naver, as well as the amount of manpower and material resources Naver has invested in promoting the V line APP, it is expected that EXO and even many idols in the music industry will regularly start live broadcasts of this APP in the future. Communicating with fans and promoting yourself, so these issues are quite important.

After about ten minutes, after the members read the information, everyone began to express their opinions. Because they had already reminded them in advance last month, EXO had obviously put in a lot of effort in private. , such as Byun Baekhyun, Kim Junmyeon, and even the sleepy Park Chanyeol expressed a lot of their thoughts, and they obviously took them very seriously.

"Jingyuan, what do you think?" After the previous people talked, Li Chenghuan and everyone looked at Chi Jingyuan at the end.

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

Chi Jingyuan had prepared and thought carefully before, and without much hesitation, he said it directly: "When we are doing a show, we should look the same on stage and in front of the camera, but we should look different when we are broadcasting privately. The location should not be limited to practice rooms and prepared studios as written in the information. You can try places such as nanny vans, hotels, and even dormitories... As for the content, the members chat with each other and read it. Reading messages, playing mini-games, singing and even eating are all OK.”

"Fans must have seen a lot of our appearance on stage. I think what they want to see most is our more natural appearance in private. Even if we are just sitting there chatting, they are very interested."

"You think it should be more easy-going and natural, and it should be 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 Dingding nodded, but added something later.

No matter how much you become friends with fans and chat in a relaxed and natural manner, you still have to pay attention to maintaining a certain degree of mystery and distance, because for idols, the aura and filters on your body are very important. You can be natural and cute. , can be funny, but if you get too close, the aura around you and the filter of fans disappear, and fans realize that you are just an ordinary person like them, in addition to making people lose fans, it is easy to become a fan. For a funny character and a variety show star, the gain outweighs the loss.

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

"I think it makes sense, and the suggestions for live broadcast locations are really good. According to your ideas, nanny vans and dormitories are all suitable places. I think they can be added..."

"If we are in the dormitory, will it be easy to expose the location of our dormitory?" Jin Junmian interrupted with some worry at this time: "And the conditions of our dormitory... are a bit too good in comparison, whether it is decoration or electrical appliances The quality is very high, will it have a bad impact if fans see it?"

"It's simple. Just clean it up beforehand and don't take panoramic photos."

Lee Seung-hwan thought about it and felt that there was no problem: "As for the latter, EXO's current popularity actually has little impact. Both fans and passers-by can understand it, but we still have to be careful not to take too many photos."

"I think it's good to live stream eating. Chatting while eating, it feels 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, especially the idea of ​​playing games together, which was approved by most people.

"OK, your ideas are very good and very feasible. The company will hold a meeting later to discuss changing the plan and adding some new content in the first live broadcast... I think what Jingyuan said about eating broadcasts and dormitory live broadcasts is very nice."

At the end, the discussion was almost done. Lee Seung-hwan clapped his hands with satisfaction and concluded: "Our cooperation with Naver is long-term. In the future, everyone will often use V Live. This time it is a live broadcast of the group. We will base it on it afterwards." The content and process will be adjusted based on the audience's response. The next step for the group is to conduct surprise live broadcasts by individual members. The company is very optimistic about this APP, and the next step 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?"

"knew."

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."