Peninsula Asteroid

It was already three or four o'clock when Chi Jingyuan returned to the dormitory. Under the silence, his movements of changing shoes became much lighter. After washing up, he walked in and found that Wu Shixun was still awake, lying on the bed with the dark circles under his eyes. Quickly tapping on the phone, looking at the brows illuminated by the phone, he must be in a bad mood.

Judging by his appearance, if he guessed correctly, his father should have had a conflict.

However, he has been with this girlfriend for several months now, and based on Chi Jingyuan's understanding of him, it is almost time for his enthusiasm to dissipate.

After Chi Jingyuan walked into the room, he exchanged glances with him, but didn't communicate with him, and lay down on the bed, flipped through his phone, and just when he was about to go to bed, his hands suddenly trembled, and he received a text message at such a late hour.

The light in the dark night was a bit dazzling, Chi Jingyuan squinted his eyes and looked at the sender, it was Mingjing Nan who sent it.

"Thank you (smiley face)."

Just now, Zhou Ziyu didn't send text messages after he said that he was going back to the dormitory after get off work. According to the time, Twice should have just returned to the dormitory not long ago.

When I was in the practice room after get off work just now, I actually had time, but Mingjing Nan specially picked this time to send a text message, and I don't know if he noticed Zhou Ziyu's movement before, and deliberately staggered the time.

Chi Jingyuan typed a few words and replied to her: "Why don't you go to bed so late?"

In fact, he could probably guess what Mingjing Nan was thanking for. Most likely, it was because she added a lot of parts to her just now, which made her, who was originally ranked last, jump directly to the third place in terms of singing time.

It may also be thanks to Chi Jingyuan for her praise, and also specially designed exclusive actions for her bridge.

I know it, but it doesn't make sense to say it directly.

"You know (wink)..."

Mingjing Nan was also very smart, he didn't follow up with Chi Jingyuan, and played him off in a playful way.

"mina xi, are you talking about assigning parts, and just now complimenting your good bridge singing?"

Chi Jingyuan didn't feel embarrassed at all, instead he asked back.

"Yeah (puckers lips)."

"Actually, it's not a boast, it's just telling the truth. One of the parts of "Like OOH-AHH" that impressed me the most is your two bridges."

"Really?"

"I gave it to you because I think you are really good at singing bridge. Do you think it's because you have a good smile?"

Najingan, who was half lying on the bed, was covered with a quilt, watching the news on the screen, and when he grinned his mouth, his teeth were exposed, and his glasses were curved to look good.

She read the text message twice again, and the noise from the side disturbed her thinking a bit, Mingjing Nan glanced aside, then retracted her gaze, smiled and replied quickly:

"Hee hee... Now I suddenly feel a little hopeful because of the reason behind."

"That's such a pity... Don't think about it so much, go to sleep."

"Good night."

...

On February 1st, Chi Jingyuan returned to work on the set as usual.

The crew of "Signal" is already on the right track. Both the staff and the actors have gotten along very well with each other. In addition, the results of the two-week broadcast are gratifying. Although they will be a little tired during filming, the atmosphere of the entire crew is very good. People are talking and laughing.

Just two days after filming, Chi Jingyuan got off work a little earlier on the 2nd, but this time he didn't go to JYP, but went directly back to the dormitory.

"Finally, let's discuss the situation of this album's songs. If you have any opinions, please confirm them quickly and report them to the company tomorrow. The songs included in the third album will be finalized soon."

When Chi Jingyuan came back, other people were already waiting for him in the dormitory. After a little tidying up, all nine members of EXO gathered in the living room of the dormitory and sat on the sofa, and a few of them simply sat cross-legged on the ground. , and the manager Lee Seung-hwan clapped his hands after seeing everyone arrived, and presided over the private meeting of the members.

As EXO's debut time became longer and their popularity exploded, after they became the new pillars of SM, their right to speak in their activities and comeback has gradually increased. The company now refers to the members' own suggestions in many aspects.

For example, for the selection of the regular third album this time, the company has let go of the right to choose some songs, and the opinions of EXO's own team will play a very important role.

This time we got together to discuss this matter, but all the members present were very familiar members, far less formal than in the company meeting, all of them were sitting loosely in slippers, and some people just unpacked two packs of snacks and came out. Eat and chat.

""Heaven" must be included, my brain is about to explode just writing lyrics." Park Chanyeol started with some urgency.

Apart from Chi Kyung-won, there are several members of XO who have been trying to create songs, but some of the things that ordinary companies don’t like. This time, out of market considerations, Park Chanyeol and Kim Jong-dae Several people have their own songs that participated in the writing of the lyrics and entered the collection candidates.

"That song of yours should be fine... The recorder put it aside first, and unifies the opinions on the title song first." Li Chenghuan frowned and interrupted him loudly, bringing the focus of the discussion to the title song.

Holding a cup of coffee, Jin Junmian flipped through the materials with his head lowered and said, "This time, we will adopt a double title. "Monster" has already been confirmed to be the first title. Which song do you think is more suitable?"

After the comeback plan for the third series was proposed, many production meetings have been held, and the format of this review has been determined before. This time, the third series of EXO will not be divided into four months like last year's second series. The monthly release is so impressive, but it will return to SM's consistent routine again, releasing two albums every two months in the form of original and reprint.

However, SM Company did not do badly either, this time the original version and the re-version will both adopt the form of double titles, just for selecting songs, they have purchased hundreds of songs that match the style from the music library and outside for selection.

"The discussion last time is almost the same. Among the remaining candidate songs, there are only a few of the main quality, and there are only a few excellent ones."

"'Fire', 'Lucky One', and 'Missing', 'Lotto'..." Bian Baekhyun also flipped through the materials and read out the names of several candidate songs one by one.

In fact, they don't even need to look at the materials. They have already heard these songs many times when they selected them, and many of them already know how to sing.

"I think "lucky one" is good, the style is amazing." Do Kyungsoo raised his hand and expressed his opinion directly.

Bian Baekhyun's eyes lit up, and he also echoed, "I also think "lucky one"."

"I think "lucky one" is average... I like "Missing" the most. The sound source of this song must be very good, and it is really nice." Jin Zhongda is a loyal fan of ballads, and he couldn't help it after speaking Hummed a few words: "I miss you, I miss you..."

"I like "fire"..."

They have actually discussed this topic many times in private, but everyone likes different styles, and they have not been able to get a unified opinion.

"Jing Yuan, what do you think?" Jin Junmian looked at Chi Jingyuan.

In terms of music, EXO members still believe in Chi Jingyuan's professional ability and vision. In this regard, Chi Jingyuan's suggestions are very important.

"Me? I can do whatever I want."

Just as he stuffed a potato chip into his mouth, his name was called, and Chi Jingyuan answered vaguely while swallowing.

"Don't be casual, "monster" is the title song that has already been confirmed. Among the other candidates, "fire" and "Missing" are all composed by you. Among them, "fire" is still the song you proposed to include. Give me some advice."

Seeing Chi Jingyuan's tired and unscrupulous appearance, Bian Boxian complained a little dissatisfied, then glanced this way, then got up and walked over and unceremoniously took a bag from under his feet. Potato chips sat back unopened.

"'Fire' is not my own composition."

Hearing this, Chi Jingyuan quickly swallowed the snack, coughed, and then seriously emphasized: ""Fire" is a song written by Jiang Xiaoyuan's producer, I just participated in the arrangement and lyrics, at most it's a second work... ..."

Last year, Chi Jingyuan provided a comeback model, designed some publicity programs and participated in determining the overall style, and included several self-composed songs, including "Spring Day" and "boy with luv" which are of high quality. Big Bang.

But this year's third series, he didn't participate as deeply as last year.

One is because last year's second album somewhat emptied his music library.

Ordinary songs are easy to make, but high-quality songs are not unlimited. He has only had so many inspirations in the past two years, such as "boy with luv", there are not even two songs in total.

The second is because Li Xiuman has already communicated with him. His solo project should officially start in the second half of this year, or at the end of the year, so he has to save a few songs for recording, but it’s okay if the title song hasn’t been found yet. inspiration.

Even so, Chi Jingyuan still made a lot of efforts in selecting songs this time. In addition to recommending "fire" with a unique style, he also came up with three self-songs including "Missing". Composed, but the other two songs may be of general quality and were not selected by the company.

"Then you wrote Missing, right?"

"Hmm..." Chi Jingyuan was asked, put down the potato chips in his hand, raised his eyes and thought about it seriously, and then said: "Actually, I like "Missing" the most among the title songs, but this song is too sweet. It tends to be lyrical. In terms of style, it doesn’t match the theme of our comeback this time. It’s not very suitable as the main album, and the company intends to let us test the overseas market this time. Kpop lyrical songs are not popular in the English-speaking region...”

"Actually, this song is very suitable as the title song of our winter album, but the songs included in the three albums this time are too strong in style, so I recommend it to neutralize it, and take care of fans who don't like too explosive styles, and All dance music will affect the sound source score, I think at least the sound source score of "Missing" should be good."

"I recommend "fire" because of its unique style. If it is paired with excellent choreography, it will be more appealing to European and American fans... Otherwise, "monster" is already very good as the main song, and its style belongs to Kpop dance music. Groundbreaking, very high quality, so I don't care if the other main track is "fire" or "lucky one", but if I really have to choose..."

Speaking of this, I felt that all the members around me were looking at me, but Chi Jingyuan didn't show any nervousness, and picked up potato chips and fed one into his mouth: ""fire", "lucky one"...It's a bit ordinary, After listening to the whole song, I think there are only two lines that are more eye-catching, not as good as "lotto."

Hearing his words, several members around nodded slightly, apparently influenced by him, even Do Kyungsoo, who likes this song very much, was not so persistent.

"That's right." At this moment, Do Kyungsoo remembered something, poked him and asked, "What's the name of the song you asked me to record the demo last time?"

""answer"" Chi Jingyuan gave the answer after a short memory.

"I think this song is very nice, and the song is also a dance song for a boy group."

"It's too late now, it's already reached this stage." Chi Jingyuan shrugged after thinking about it.

"Actually, I think the song we wrote the lyrics is actually quite suitable as the main feature." Kim Min-seok made an opinion beside him.

"Oh?" Hearing Chi Jingyuan's interest, he looked over and asked, "Brother, how is the progress of your song?"

This is the task given to them by the company and kenzie, to write lyrics for a song provided by the new musician PDOGG, but because of the limited style, Chi Jingyuan didn't participate much, and left the work to other members. attention.

But this song is very good. Although he didn't take much part in writing the lyrics, he has a part in the arrangement. He must check the quality of the final product.

"I was just about to tell you, but it's basically done."

"That's pretty good, let me have a look later." Chi Jingyuan nodded and asked casually, "What's your name?"

""Blood and Sweat", we have been thinking about the name for a long time, what do you think?

"Um, isn't that a little exaggerated? Even if the debut is not very smooth, it won't be 'blood and sweat', right?"

"Artistic technique, as long as the fans like it..."

"Okay...that's it for now."

In the end, everyone in EXO unified their opinions in a friendly atmosphere.

The quality of last year's second album was too high. Except for a few hit title songs, all the songs in the album were excellent, and a huge amount of resources were invested in publicity, and a new and special comeback mode was adopted, plus The gimmick of competing with bigbang, under various conditions, has created an album that is unsurpassed in the history of Kpop and is almost a milestone.

And this year, although SM has also given a lot of resources, it is already very supportive to choose hundreds of songs from the music library, but it seems that no matter the mode or the songs, compared with last year, it always feels a little bit pale in comparison. , whether it is the company or the members of XO, they all have this feeling.

But this is the reality. It is not so easy for a high-quality hit song to appear. Songs like "Roar" and "Boy with Luv" can only appear every few years in the entire kpop.

If it is a little weaker, let it be weaker, Chi Jingyuan thinks it has no effect.

Today's EXO has already passed the period when if you can't sing well, you can't play well.

At this time, they are really able to make people sing songs at will, and no matter what song they post, they will be popular. If the debut song "MAMA" that was so disgusted at the time was released now, it would not only win more than a dozen places, at least It can also sweep the music industry for a period of time.

Even now, the song "MAMA", which was extremely poorly evaluated at the time, has been regarded as one of the "greatest debut songs" by fans. If the audience of 12 years were to look at today's evaluation, he would have a kind of It's not an illusion to hear a song.

And in fact, the quality of the songs in the third album this time is already very high. There are several songs of the same standard as the title song alone, especially the two songs "monster" and "Missing". Chi Jingyuan thinks that the quality is very high. A small company like this will be jealous after seeing this kind of song resources, and even SM's other internal groups are very greedy for EXO's treatment.

Anyway, he is quite looking forward to this comeback... It should be much better than Twice's "Cheer Up".

...

Another two days of filming schedule, on the afternoon of the 4th, Chi Jingyuan took half a day off to leave the film crew and returned to the company.

But this time it’s not the old building in Cheongdam-dong. Since yesterday, most of SM’s employees work, as well as the workplaces of all artists who debuted under it, have officially moved to the new building in Samseong-dong, and Chi Kyung-won today I'm going to see the new building and the environment of their new EXO practice room, and by the way, attend the final production meeting of the third series.

The location of the new SM building is very good, and it is also very convenient in Gangnam District. After exiting Exit 6 of the Samseong Subway, turn left and you will find SM COEX where they often have some activities, and then walk for ten minutes to the new building SM communication, and coincidentally, the new building and the old building are actually very close, and it takes less than ten minutes to walk.

The three buildings where the main activities are located are all very close to each other, and they are all in the Jiangnan District, where every inch of land is expensive. SM's wealth and wealth are undoubtedly exposed.

After Chi Jingyuan came down from the parking lot, he looked up at the new building. He couldn't count how many floors there were, but the decoration of the exterior walls looked very good. The whole body was still the same sea blue glass wall as the old building. On the front, the bottom two floors still have floor-to-ceiling windows specially made of tempered glass, and some decorations and figures inside can be vaguely seen.

"The first floor is a coffee shop and a restaurant. Currently, it is only for employees and artists within the company to eat." The assistant who was waiting for him at the door welcomed Chi Jingyuan in. Seeing him watching from the side, he also introduced him enthusiastically. Get up: "However, the company has plans to open the restaurant on the first floor to the public in the future, and at the same time, the basement floor will be opened as a gift shop, which will also be open to tourists and fans in the future, but the first floor is the internal area.

"Isn't it easy to be squatted by fans?" Chi Jingyuan looked at the interior decoration and asked casually.

"Artists and staff will have special passages, which are not the same as tourists." The assistant replied, and then said with a smile: "However, for stars like Jing Yuan who are too popular and have too many fans, it is indeed possible There will be more food for squatting."

Not in a hurry to go up, Chi Jingyuan smiled and walked around with his assistant.

The decoration is stylish and exquisite, and the bright and warm-toned walls make people feel very comfortable. The bright lighting makes the entire floor comfortable and dazzling.

In many places, there are various peripherals of artists under SM, pictorials, wallpapers and other things that represent the culture of the entertainment company. Chi Jingyuan also saw his peripheral dolls and the large posters of him and EXO hanging on the wall.

When passing by the bathroom, did you go in and take a look? Even the bathroom is decorated with marble patterns and gold edges, full of strong ins style.

No matter where it is, the decoration, lighting, lining, or even the atmosphere, the new building has opened up several grades of the old building. Changing from the old building to work here is like EXO changing from the cramped dormitory of the trainees to the current one. Like a large apartment with hundreds of square meters, it is a kind of spiritual sublimation.

I finally bid farewell to the practice room with blue sky and white clouds where the air conditioner broke down from time to time.

After walking around Chi Jingyuan, he couldn't help but feel better. With a sense of relief, he followed the assistant into the elevator.

Although the decoration of this building is good, it doesn't really make Chi Jingyuan feel amazing. After all, he has seen too many good places, not to mention anything else, this place is much worse than his home.

But in any case, it is really a happy thing to improve the working environment and bid farewell to the old building where the elevators often creak.

"Our XO's practice room is on the fifth floor, and other artists' practice rooms are also concentrated on the fifth and sixth floors."

"The size of the practice room for each group of artists is different. We should belong to the largest one... In addition to the exclusive practice room, there is also a large public practice room dedicated to external work such as filming..."

According to the assistant's introduction, the elevator stopped on the fifth floor. Chi Jingyuan walked out and looked to the left under the assistant's guidance. From a long distance, he saw the door of the practice room with a white EXO nameplate on a black background.

But when he got closer, he saw that the door was not closed, and there was a sound of laughing and fighting inside.

When Chi Jingyuan walked to the door and was about to go in, he seemed to hear his footsteps, a figure leaned out from inside, saw him at a glance, then his eyes lit up, and he laughed.

mother!