Peninsula Asteroid

"It can't be cut too short. You still have to keep some bangs. Even policemen have long hair, and there are quite a few of them..."

"And if it's completely cut to size, it doesn't look like a policeman, but more like a serving soldier..."

"However, Jingyuan, your face shape is really good, and your short hair is actually very handsome. With softer facial features, it can also neutralize the sharpness of short hair, making the whole person feel less aggressive."

"perfect!"

Sister Cody was working non-stop on Chi Jingyuan's head with various tools, while chatting with him very enthusiastically. After more than an hour, Cody clapped his hands in admiration, and Chi Jingyuan stood up from the chair with a completely different appearance from yesterday, and looked closely at himself in the mirror seriously.

The previously long hair has disappeared, replaced by a hair of moderate length, which is much shorter than before but not as short as the board inch. There are some fragmented bangs on the forehead, and the sideburns on both sides are obvious. Shaved a little shorter to show the entire jaw line, while the top of the hair was treated by cody to create a fragmented style with some ripples, which added a lot of fashion sense.

On the whole, there is a sense of refreshment, which is completely different from the previous style. It is hard to say who is good and who is bad. At this time, he is obviously much more energetic, and under the background of short hair, the already excellent facial features are outlined. The highlighted ones are more photogenic.

As an idol, hairstyle is very important. Many times, you change your idol’s style by changing various hairstyles. There are also some idols who are not good in appearance and have a relatively average appearance. They need various hairstyles to cover up their appearance. blemishes, to hide the ugliness.

Speaking of which, this is the first time that Chi Jingyuan has cut his hair so short since his debut. Although he has trimmed it in the previous few filmings, he has never cut it so short.

Although it doesn't look like an idol style, but fortunately, the effect is quite good.

Chi Jingyuan looked left and right in the mirror, nodded secretly and was quite satisfied.

And at least for a long time to come, hair care will be much more convenient.

"Hey Yigu, Jing Yuan, your look..."

After getting his hair cut and returning to the dormitory, seeing Chi Jingyuan's new look, other EXO members immediately exploded, gathered around to admire and observe, and kept expressing their opinions and evaluations.

"This is too short, haha..."

"I think it's quite handsome, and it's very tasteful." Do Kyungsoo pinched his chin with his hand, and looked very satisfied with Chi Jingyuan's hairstyle: "That character is a policeman, right? It really suits."

"Will the fans be dissatisfied?"

"How is it possible, brother, don't you know the fans? If they knew that Jing Yuan cut her hair short for filming, they would just proudly show it off to the fans of other groups... and I think Jing Yuan's look is very good-looking, It made me feel a little bit like trying…”

"Don't, you think you are Jing Yuan? Cutting your hair short for your face shape will make your face look too long..."

"Tooth one west eight..."

The second round of auditions for "signal" was scheduled on November 10, the day after EXO came back from Neon. Perfect and Chi Jingyuan's schedules there were staggered. Obviously, SM had also communicated with the crew.

This time the audition will determine the final candidate for the leading actor Park Hae Young. In addition to Chi Kyung Won, Lee Je Hoon is also here.

Another candidate, Lee Jong Suk, may have gotten inside information, and he gave up the audition after knowing that he had little hope for the role. After all, he has been popular in recent years, and he is considered the most popular among young actors, and there is no shortage of Acting, there is no need to spend so much effort for a role that is sure to have no chance.

"Jing Yuanxi is here, hey Yigu, he is really handsome, sit down."

"Senior, Aniha Sai."

"You don't need to be so polite, I've wanted to know you for a long time..."

The two candidates, Chi Kyung Won and Lee Je Hoon, met in the lounge of tvN, but even though they are the biggest competitors for the actor position, and Lee Je Hoon should have known through his own relationship that he has already fallen into a disadvantage in the competition , but he didn't seem to be upset or obviously hostile. On the contrary, after seeing Chi Jingyuan coming, he waved and greeted him naturally, and his attitude was quite enthusiastic.

They are all people who have been in the circle for so long, and there are no substantive contradictions. No matter what, they can survive on the surface.

And Chi Jingyuan naturally responded with politeness and a smile, sitting next to Li Dixun and chatting with him.

This brother also has short hair, obviously cut for this role, but the length is slightly longer than Chi Jingyuan's.

From Li Dixun's words, it can be heard that he is still very optimistic about this "signal". After all, after retiring from the military, he has not yet had a representative work that can be produced. This is a special project for the 10th anniversary of tvN with an excellent lineup and a high hope of success. It's still very important to him.

It's a pity that I met such a powerful director as Jin Yuanxi and such a well-connected family as Chi Jingyuan.

Chi Jingyuan responded with enthusiasm on his face. Through the exchange, he felt good about this brother, and felt a little sorry for him.

But since being able to sit here to audition means that they are all related, but his relationship has to be a little bit stronger, and everyone tacitly understands each other, so there is no need to be embarrassed.

This time, the four main creative members of the crew who participated in the audition were still the same as last time, and the process was not bad. Apart from performing a few scenes of Park Hae Young, they changed a few more costumes for the characters.

After the audition, Kim Won-seok, Chi Kyung-won, and Lee Je-hoon communicated with each other, but they did not confirm the ownership of the role on the spot, but asked them to go back and wait for news.

I don't know how Li Dixun's mentality is, anyway, Chi Jingyuan is quite confident.

After the audition, I went to the company to be busy all afternoon, and then returned to the dormitory at night.

"How was the audition?"

The few members who didn't go out seemed to be very concerned about Chi Jingyuan's audition results. As soon as they saw him coming back, they looked at him curiously. Some were embarrassed to speak, but some asked directly without any shyness.

Although the big group of EXO has been on vacation for the past two days, many members have their own personal itineraries. For example, Do Kyungsoo joined the group to film a movie yesterday afternoon, and those who have been bored watching TV in the dormitory so early, obviously It's a bit unsatisfactory.

"Okay."

After casually waving his hand, Chi Jingyuan went to the bathroom after changing his shoes: "I think it's OK, but the result hasn't come out yet."

After casually chatting with them in the living room, Chi Jingyuan returned to his room. Do Kyungsoo and Wu Shixun were not there. After closing the door, he was left alone in the huge dormitory, but he was happy and at ease.

Chi Jingyuan was planning to review the textbook for a while, but he paused as soon as he took out the book, as if he remembered something, then picked up the phone with a smile, pointed the camera at himself and took a selfie without any attachment , directly sent it to Pei Zhuxuan.

Every time the young lady has a nice new look, she will remember to send a beautiful selfie for him to admire. Although Chi Jingyuan doesn't have this habit, it's not good that he didn't respond at all.

"Did you cut your hair?!! (round eyes)"

Red Velvet, who is not in the event period, should be quite free. Pei Zhuxuan replied very quickly. It can be seen from the series of question marks that she was surprised to see Chi Jingyuan's new look.

"(Smiling face)" Chi Jingyuan replied with an expression.

"When was it cut, and why was it so short?"

"I cut it yesterday, for the audition for a new TV series, because the role setting requires short hair."

"New TV series, did you pass the audition?"

"about there."

After Pei Zhuxuan sat cross-legged on her bed and sent a short message, she directly clicked on the selfie sent by Chi Jingyuan just now, and stared at this very novel short hair style seriously with blinking eyes, although the light on this selfie Usually, the angle is very casual, but it still made her smile and watch it for a while, and finally clicked to save, and tapped the screen with her fingers nimbly: "Is the new drama confirmed? It's rough! And this new look is also very handsome, Moshida, the light is a bit dim..."

Chi Jingyuan on the other side saw the news and immediately understood the meaning of the other party. He smiled and was about to say something when the phone rang suddenly. It was his manager Li Chenghuan.

Connect directly.

"You're not stuck."

"Jing Yuan, are you in the dormitory?" Li Chenghuan's voice was very neutral, and his tone sounded obviously excited.

"Yes, I just came back."

Hearing this tone, Chi Jingyuan had a premonition in his heart that this brother was going to say something on the phone. When he replied casually, he looked around, then stood up and went to the cabinet next to him to get a pack of chocolate bars, and sat down again. When I came back, I opened my textbook and started eating while talking on the phone.

"Just now the company has received news from the crew of "Signal", and the results of the audition have come out..." Li Chenghuan stopped abruptly at this point, obviously wanting to make a fool of himself.

"Hmm, crappy..."

But Chi Jingyuan, who could be heard from his voice, was very calm and didn't speak. He just ate the chocolate bar, making a crunchy chewing sound.

"Haha..." Lee Seung-hwan didn't feel embarrassed when he failed. After laughing a few times, he directly told the news he just received: "The results of the two auditions are great, and the male number one in "Signal" The role of Park Hae-young is definitely ours, haha, I heard from my friends over there that in fact, the crew almost decided to let you play the role during the first audition, and this audition is just a formality."

"Are you sure? I thought it would take a few days. It's good."

Hearing that the matter was settled, Chi Jingyuan was also a little relieved. During this period of time, he carefully memorized various scripts and figured out the characters to prepare for the audition, which was considered to be the best result.

"Yes, it is said that director Kim Won-seok played a big role. Remember to call and thank him when the time comes. The relationship in this aspect must be maintained."

"Understood, brother, it's up to you to say."

"Tomorrow we can start negotiating the contract, and the company will send someone to talk to there." Speaking of this, Lee Seung-hwan's voice became a little deeper: "By the way, your salary this time should not be very high, although tvN The support from A Story and A Story is huge, and the investment is not small, but most of the resources are spent on filming, and the salaries of the other two leading actors, Zhao Zhenxiong and Kim Hye-soo, are not high..."

"I inquired about it. Kim Hye Soo is very optimistic about this script, and she played the heroine with a lower salary."

"How much did it drop?"

"I don't know the exact number, but it's about 55 million won per episode."

"It's really not many."

Hearing this number, Chi Jingyuan paused for a moment.

Fifty-five million won per episode is already a great number for most actors, but it depends on who it is, not to mention others. When Guangchi Jingyuan filmed "The Heirs" in 2013 The salary is already close to this figure.

Although actresses are generally paid much less than male actors, compared with her status, Kim Hye-soo's salary has indeed dropped a lot.

The film salary is not the most important part for Chi Jingyuan, but the economic company must attach great importance to it. Chi Jingyuan thought about it, and then told Li Chenghuan: "The company can handle it according to the film salary. But it's better to stay in line with the other two leads."

"Don't worry, the company knows which is more important." Li Chenghuan also responded seriously.

Compared with film remuneration, after the TV drama broadcast became popular, the various endorsement activities that followed under the huge popularity are the bulk of the revenue.

After chatting a few more words about TV dramas, Chi Jingyuan remembered when he was about to hang up, and finally asked, "When will you join the group? Is there any news over there?"

"I specifically asked, and I heard that the preparations are still in progress, and the estimated time to enter the group and start filming is estimated to be around mid-December."

"Mid-December... isn't that when our Winter Special comes back?"

"Yes, but don't worry, the company will coordinate the time. Compared with the filming of TV dramas, it is acceptable to be absent from the singing activities when necessary."

"Okay, thank you brother."

Chi Jingyuan hung up the phone after thanking him, raised his eyes and thought about sorting out the news he heard from Li Chenghuan just now, and wrote it down. The call came in a timely manner, and it made him less worried.

He took a breath and lowered his head, only to find that when he was on the phone just now, Pei Zhuxuan finally sent another message. He was chatting just now, but suddenly received a call for a long time. It seems that the young lady didn't get a response because of the last hint. He was dissatisfied, and probably guessed that Chi Jingyuan had something to do temporarily, so he didn't say anything, but just said nicely:

"Hmph...I'm going to take a shower."

Seeing the words, Chi Jingyuan seemed to think of her expression, shook his head with a smile, put down his phone, and finally started tonight's review.

...

"Recently, Jing Yuan, you have done a lot of CF work..."

"The Lotte duty-free shop needs to update a new vertical billboard. Mainland China Chow Tai Fook, Mobile Taobao, Penguin Video and many other brands need to shoot special advertisements for the New Year..."

In SM's conference room, Chi Jingyuan was discussing with his team about his personal itinerary for the end of the year. His personal manager, Park Jae-hyun, was introducing Chi Jingyuan one by one with a stack of documents. Several assistants were sitting next to him. He was also sitting and recording with materials and a pen, while Chi Jingyuan listened carefully, nodding and interjecting from time to time to confirm.

The end of the year is the busiest time of year. Not only EXO’s entire group’s TV station activities, but also personal matters, especially for an artist like him who endorses a lot in the mainland. There are many special plans for the New Year of mainland brands that need to be involved .

"...In addition, the closest one is now, and the one who is pressing the most urgently is LG. Their V-series flagship model LG V10 released in Asia this month has performed well. Now they are preparing to shoot the second wave of TV commercials. This time the commercials It is divided into several editions, which are respectively aimed at the mainland, Asia and the mainland of the peninsula.”

"Shooting the second version of the ad so soon? It seems that this V10 is selling well in Asia?"

After receiving the stack of materials that Park Jae-hyun handed over, Chi Jingyuan roughly flipped through it and asked a question.

He has already shot an advertisement for this LG mobile phone before, but that advertisement was aimed at the American market, and besides Chi Jingyuan, the spokesperson, there were many black and white people participating.

I didn't expect to shoot a new commercial after a month.

"After the mobile phone went on sale in October, the sales volume in the US did not meet expectations. It only maintained a daily shipment of 10,000 units for nearly a month. However, the response of the V10 in Asia surprised the brand. , the response in many places is very hot, because there is an event called 'Double Eleven' in the Mainland, the online sales platform is directly sold out... That's why they rushed to shoot new advertisements to meet the publicity needs, and you In Asia, mainland China, local influence and popularity are also the most important things for brands.”

Park Jae-hyun has obviously talked with LG more than once, and he knows all kinds of data like the back of his hand, and he is very fluent in introducing it to Chi Jingyuan.

As he spoke, he took out another stack of bound materials from the file bag next to him and handed it to Chi Jingyuan: "This time, you will still be the protagonist in the commercial shooting, but according to the plan, there will be other artists of the opposite sex." Matching with a model will also appear in promotional activities, so it can be regarded as half a spokesperson... This is the list of cooperation partners prepared by the advertising company, and it is recommended by major economic companies. After screening, they think it is a good artist or Models... They attach great importance to our opinions, you can see if there is one you like and think it is suitable..."

"It's not suitable for us to intervene in this kind of thing. Let the advertising company choose. I don't care who I work with."

This time Chi Jingyuan didn't answer, but waved his hand to show that he was too lazy to participate.

For normal work, if there are no special circumstances, he doesn't like to get involved too much in this kind of thing, and most of the time, the advertising company is just polite because LG values ​​him. If it is often intervened, it will be unavoidable produce some contradictions.

"or……"

But at this moment, Park Jae-hyun didn't take it back obediently, instead he kept the posture of handing it over, his eyes flickered and suggested and repeated: "Why don't you take a look at Jing Yuan?"

"...Anyone in particular?"

As soon as Chi Jingyuan stood up, he understood what this brother meant tacitly. He curled his mouth and stretched out his hand to take the documents, placed them in front of him, turned his legs up, and asked in a low voice.

Park Jae-hyun didn't reply, but kept smiling and shrugged.

It didn't take two minutes for Chi Jingyuan to understand what this brother meant.

Because he didn't turn two pages, a familiar name and face appeared in his eyes.