Peninsula Asteroid

"Nice, that's great!"

"...Very good, just this look, a little sharper, a little colder!"

"This light is wrong!"

In the studio where GUCCI shoots advertisements, the director's shouts and the sounds of shutter clicks and flashes kept coming, and everyone was busy working.

Director Solve Sandbo, who shoots commercials and posters, is a standard Italian, but he also speaks very good English, so there was no language barrier during filming.

Chi Jingyuan had read some information about him before, and after listening to some anecdotes told by Park Jae-hyun, he thought the director was gay... According to him, this is very common in the fashion industry...

It was a little awkward at first, but after meeting him, I found that Sandbo was a very manly-looking man, a very neatly groomed bald man with a stubble. Although he dressed rather aggressively, his speech and style were gentle and approachable. Feeling good afterwards.

After working together for a few days to shoot commercials, Chi Jingyuan felt that compared to the local photographers who collaborated on the peninsula, there is actually no big difference from a technical perspective, but Sandbo is better at capturing the look of characters and lighting. When it comes to the use of background, many clothes may seem featureless, but after matching with the background, light, and a series of operations, the finished product will have a very elegant and high-end texture.

It may have something to do with Chi Jingyuan, who is a model, but he is indeed a very powerful and thoughtful fashion photographer.

Moreover, the team here from top to bottom is obviously more elite than the one on the peninsula, and they work very efficiently.

There are five product lines of advertisements that need to be shot in the past few days, but the most important thing is fashion. GUCCI provides all the latest fashions of the season for him to shoot, and as a spokesperson, he will also enjoy high treatment after returning to the peninsula, as long as If there is demand, Peninsula GUCCI and even the Italian headquarters will provide him with current or even super-season fashions and dresses as quickly as possible.

But to be honest... After replacing Michele as the design director, GUCCI's overall style has undergone a great change towards a younger look. The colors used in fashion in the past year are very bright and bold, and you can see it from the wardrobe at a glance It's all colorful, including the installation. Overall, it doesn't quite fit Chi Jingyuan's aesthetic...

But, that's fashion.

However, other glasses and accessories are very good. Compared with ordinary accessories, they do have a unique sense of design and preciousness of top luxury goods. In addition to letting Park Jae-hyun spend money to buy some, Chi Jingyuan also used his own spokesperson I asked for some of the latest styles of glasses and jewelry, planning to take them back as small gifts to my father or other friends.

"OK. Very nive, let's take a rest for now and get ready to go to the next studio."

After changing dozens of sets of clothes, glasses, handbags and even rings and accessories, after shooting for several hours, it finally came to a short break. Even Chi Jingyuan, who was already familiar with shooting commercials, was already a little tired and numb. In the dressing room After changing clothes and coming out, he took the drink from Park Jae-hyun's hand and took a few sips, breathing a long sigh of relief.

"The work schedule of fashion professionals here in Italy is really tight." Park Jae-hyun glanced at the staff who were swarming around and starting to pack their things, as if they were turning clockwork, and sighed in a low voice: "And the atmosphere is actually great. Quite serious... I thought they were quite relaxed in this fashion category."

"I heard that they are very competitive." Chi Jingyuan put down the water glass and licked the corners of his mouth happily.

"By the way, your phone..." Thinking of something, Park Jae-hyun handed Chi Jingyuan's phone over: "It vibrated a few times just now. Take a look."

"Um."

Chi Jingyuan nodded and took the phone. He opened it and found that there were several unread text messages in his inbox, all of which were sent while working.

"You said you had an overseas trip, why haven't you come back for so long? What happened?" This was sent by Zhou Ziyu.

Chi Jingyuan just casually told her that he had an overseas trip and was going out for a few days, but he didn't say what he was going to do. The girl didn't pay attention to it for the first two days, but now she didn't know what she saw, but she was a little confused. Worried, I took the initiative to ask him.

In addition to Zhou Ziyu, some other friends also sent several text messages asking questions. It seems that Chi Jingyuan, who has been away from team activities for nearly a week, has become a topic of discussion.

"I went to audition again yesterday, and I felt pretty good...but I still haven't confirmed it yet, but today "Wandering Attachment" premiered."

This was sent by Bae Suzy, very straightforwardly talking about the progress of the competition for the heroine of "Goblin".

Hmm...it also has some hints.

"(Selfie) This is my new look today, what do you think kkkk?" This is the daughter Bae Zhuhyun. Her tone and words are much more natural in comparison. With the beautiful selfie, she has a sense of humor at first glance. The passionate taste of a kiss.

Chi Jingyuan browsed through it, and when he was about to reply, he suddenly saw an unread message below. He clicked on it and saw that it was from Park Souna.

Park Souna is one of his biggest fans. She squatted in front of Chi Jingyuan before his debut. She is considered one of the earliest fans of Chi Jingyuan.

I heard that not long after she became a fan of Chi Jingyuan, she closed her small milk tea shop and became a professional fan. Now she runs a fan site of Chi Jingyuan and is very famous among his fans. ring.

Idols and some big fans are very close to each other. They may have contact information with each other and even convey some relatively secret inside information from time to time.

But the same is true for Chi Jingyuan. He also has several big fans who are familiar with him. These fans also know him very well. Some of them also know that he has a good family background and lives in a well-known luxury villa area in Longshan District. He even looks like Park Soo Na even vaguely knew that he was in love with someone...

But compared to other members of EXO, he doesn't usually have much contact with fans. Big fans also understand his character very well and rarely bother him.

Chi Jingyuan clicked quickly and saw the text message:

"Have you read the recent news about Oppa? You have been absent from activities for a week, but SM has not made any announcement. Now there is a lot of discussion outside, and the fan base is starting to get a little panicked... Do you want to explain?"

At the request of the brand, Ji Jingyuan came to Italy to sign contracts and shoot commercials. It has been kept secret. Except for EXO, few people in SM even knew about it. Bae Zhuhyun told her because of her close relationship with Ji Jingyuan. Faced with Chi Jingyuan was suddenly absent from the event, and his usually well-informed fans also had dark eyes at this time.

No, now I'm taking the initiative to ask

"Is my absence from the event a hot topic on the peninsula?"

Seeing what she said, Chi Jingyuan, who hadn't paid much attention to the news on the Peninsula these days, took out his mobile phone and clicked on several web pages on the Peninsula, and asked Park Jae-hyun a strange question.

Before waiting for the other party to answer, he casually clicked on a well-known Kppop forum and immediately saw an appalling post title:

"Internal news, the reason why Chi Jingyuan was absent from EXO group activities without any reason was because he accompanied his girlfriend to the United States to have a baby."

Below, the whistleblower used the taste of an SM insider to describe the very mysterious reason for Chi Kyung-won's absence from the event, and also described in detail SM's shock and helplessness after learning about it. He said it so vividly that it was just like the truth.

Ai Li, who flooded the comments with comments, already scolded him to the point of falling to the ground. Moreover, because it was so outrageous, even the black fans did not quite believe the news and just watched it for fun.

Chi Jingyuan resisted the strong sense of speechlessness and continued reading. Finally, he understood why he received so many inquiring text messages from friends.

A Kpop sweep at this time, there were not many people discussing the songs, but quite a few people were discussing the reasons for his absence from the event. There were all kinds of speculations, including illness, conflicts and fights, injuries, and rejection of unspoken rules. There are even those who are recovering from plastic surgery...

Not to mention, compared to several other conjectures, the market for the theory of plastic surgery recovery period is really not small. Many people left messages expressing their belief and felt that this speculation was very reasonable. For a while, many black fans jumped out and made all kinds of weird comments. It's like dancing and having a carnival.

After watching it for a few minutes, Chi Jingyuan felt exhausted and even a little hurt...

Everything else was easy to say. Sickness, conflicts, injuries, etc. were all reasonable guesses. He even thought about going to the United States to have a baby, but... plastic surgery?

Although it seemed to be a reasonable guess, he felt awkward no matter how he looked at it. Chi Jingyuan, who had never cared about the comments of anti-fans, actually felt like he was being attacked.

Assi!

This was the worst time he had ever been hacked.

"What's wrong?" Park Jae-hyun asked strangely, seemingly sensing some fluctuations in Chi Jingyuan's mood.

"nothing……"

After gritting his teeth, Chi Jingyuan touched his face, then shook his head to calm his emotions.

In order to keep the news timely and popular, the cooperation with GUCCI must be kept confidential, and his itinerary in Italy cannot be made public. SM doesn’t know what reason to find. He has withdrawn from team activities for so long. No wonder there are all kinds of strange things outside. Fans are also a little worried about the speculation.

"Hurry up and take pictures...these remarks will naturally disappear after we go back."

After muttering to himself, Chi Jingyuan closed the forum and prepared to reply to these text messages.

It's morning here in Italy, and it should be early morning to midnight over there in Seoul. They shouldn't be asleep yet, right?

………………

I stayed in Italy for a total of 11 days, shot all the advertisements, and finished all the work. After seeing the results of the advertisements, the brand made several suggestions and made modifications, and expressed satisfaction with the final product. Next, they will begin to make all necessary preparations and pavements for the official disclosure in September.

After having another meal with Pizzari, Chi Jingyuan also officially bid farewell to GUCCI and boarded the plane to Seoul with his team.

Speaking of which, this is the first time that he has left the team for such a long time when the group is in the period of returning to active activities. Not to mention the public comments, he himself actually feels that it is a little too much.

"ah……"

Chi Jingyuan, who stepped down from the boarding stairs and stood on the ground again, stretched out in relief. The more than thirteen-hour flight was really torture for him.

"What do you say now? How is the company arranged?"

After putting on the mask and hat, Chi Jingyuan looked at Park Jae-hyun who was carrying a bag next to him and asked.

The agent had obviously contacted the company. While pulling the box forward, he said fluently: "It has been arranged over there. Let's go back to the dormitory to put things away and take a rest, and then go to the company for a meeting and handover. We’ll talk about GUCCI’s work and the rest of the schedule later.”

"Let's go..."

Nodding, Chi Jingyuan followed the team out with soft steps... The news of his return to Seoul was not revealed. Fortunately, there seemed to be no popular male and female groups entering or leaving the airport today, and there were not many reporters at this time. Hang out with fans.

Otherwise, due to the heat generated after he disappeared in the past few days, he might not have been able to get out so smoothly...

The company was actually not in a hurry and knew that he was very tired after flying back, so they gave him plenty of rest time. When Chi Jingyuan returned to the dormitory, there was no one else around. He took a shower and slept for a while, then rested for a while. Return to the company.

…

Sitting energetically in the high-rise conference room, it was not yet the agreed time and no one had arrived. Chi Jingyuan was bored and simply took out his mobile phone and scrolled through the news to see what recent comparisons were in the peninsula music industry. Interesting news.

The first is the company’s new generation boy group, NCT 127, which finally made its official debut on July 7. Unlike NCT U in the past few months, which was a group with small units and limited combinations, NCT 127 is a serious new generation of large boy groups from SM.

The momentum is said to be quite good. As soon as the debut album was released, it topped the iTunes comprehensive album chart in Asia and South America. It can only be said that he is worthy of being a newcomer to a big company like SM, and his popularity is higher than that of many first-line groups...

But it is still far from the level of EXO.

And just like when EXO debuted, they were angrily reviled by fans of SJ and Shinee, calling them the ugliest and most money-losing boy group, Red Velvet was attacked by fans of FX and Girls' Generation when they debuted, calling them "four-color parrots" and quickly disbanded.

Inheriting SM's excellent tradition of newcomers being attacked by senior fans when they debut, Ariel is very unhappy with this new group that is obviously trying to steal the resources of the Oppas and want to replace their own Oppas. Recently, they have been frantically attacking this new boy group on the Internet. , all kinds of dirty words and physical attacks can be seen everywhere. With Aili's current huge size, it has brought great pressure to EXO's younger brother in the company.

Chi Jingyuan didn't know what to say about this.

All I can say is...the company's good habits cannot be broken. Every combination is like this, so just get used to it.

At the same time, EXO's activities for the third album, which lasted for a month, were officially stopped the day before yesterday. The title song "Monster" this time has swept most of the music industry in this month, and both sales and music results have been completely broken. , during their comeback period, there was basically no group that could compete with them in singing. Whether it was the former music source Sister Dawu or Kim Taeyeon who returned with a new album, they were no match.

This kind of coercion is proudly nicknamed by fans as the ‘big devil’ of Kpop.

As of the day before yesterday, "Monster" had won a total of nine top spots from all three major TV stations in the past month of song competitions. The rest still depends on whether "Music Bank" can win a few more due to its follow-up momentum.

After EXO ended their activities, the trend in the peninsula music industry is now Gfriend - after they soared into the sky with "Time Passage" at the beginning of the year, they released the group's first regular album on the 11th, with the title song "You Still" "You Have Me" is of excellent quality and immediately became a new favorite in the music industry upon its release.

I don’t know if the agency specifically chose this time to release the song after EXO finished their activities. There are no strong opponents recently, so it directly blocked most of the heat and attention.

With the two hit songs "Time Passes" and "Cheer Up", Gfriend and Twice have clearly formed a competitive trend in the new generation of the first girl group, and the overall situation is considered to be on the same level.

Judging from the momentum of this comeback, Gfriend is one position ahead of Twice.

The reason why Chi Jingyuan is more concerned about Gfriend’s return is because the title of their regular album is eye-catching and impressive:

It's called "LOL".

In addition, it is a bit regrettable that Kim Taeyeon, who released the second mini-album at the end of June, did not meet expectations this time around. Similar to Ji Kyung-won's original views, a considerable number of fans who came from "I" are not satisfied with this return. The style of the album is unacceptable, making this comeback, especially the title song, somewhat polarizing.

Of course, the reason why she did not meet expectations is compared to herself and last year's "I". If compared horizontally, Kim Taeyeon's performance is still the best among all female soloists. Except for IU, she is also completely broken. .

Chi Jingyuan did not miss these disturbing news for too long. He soon saw the most important news: Third Brother Lay's new TV series "Old Nine Gates" was officially broadcast!

After seeing the news, he nodded expectantly, put down his phone with satisfaction and started the meeting.

…………

This meeting was mainly about docking the work of GUCCI and briefly describing the experience in Italy during this period. Now this groundbreaking cooperation makes everyone very happy, and it has become a watch. Gong conference.

The atmosphere was good for more than an hour. After Chi Jingyuan smiled and talked to several familiar room managers and agents for a while, he followed his manager Li Chenghuan to his office.

"Hey Yigu, Jingyuan is finally back."

When Li Chenghuan saw Chi Jingyuan, his eyes narrowed in laughter. He took the initiative to pick up a cup of coffee and handed it to him. He even patted his shoulder intimately and sat down on the sofa next to him: "I went for a trip. Italy, how do you feel about it?”

"It's not bad, I just visited it two days ago, and then I was busy shooting commercials." Chi Jingyuan took the coffee, thanked him, and briefly told...

"You don't even know that there has been a lot of discussion with fans outside in the past few days since you left. Because it needs to be kept secret, the company doesn't know how to explain it..."

Li Chenghuan sighed. It was obvious that he had been troubled by various speculations from the outside world during this period, but he quickly laughed again: "But it's okay to come back. As long as we start public activities again, those speculations will soon pass."

"We have already arranged your schedule. Since you have just come back, let's take a good rest first. In the evening, we will go back to the team to practice with the children. Tomorrow we will start shooting the MV for the re-released album's title song...the set over there. It has been reserved for you for a long time. Are you already familiar with the process and progress of the MV?"

"Well, I've seen it before."

Seeing Chi Jingyuan nodding, Lee Seung-hwan smiled and continued: "Because the return period of the third album is over, there are not many team activities these days. Recently, we are mainly preparing for concerts, including your third tour and SM Town .

Then there is your personal schedule. "Weekly Idol" is going to record the fifth anniversary special. They want to invite all the artists who have served as MCs to come back and shoot the special. Because you were the substitute for several episodes last year, and they have already sent it to you. Invited several times.

But because you are in Italy and we don’t know the specific time, we rejected them all. They had no choice but to ask someone else to take your place... I heard that the recording has not officially started yet. If you are interested, we You can also communicate with the program team. "

""Weekly Idol"?" Chi Jingyuan heard the name and read it again.

"Well, the program team is really optimistic about you... I heard that this fifth anniversary special has invited several groups to shoot together. It is a quite big project. They also invited the EXO group... But you also know that the company has great expectations for EXO setting, so I refused." Li Chenghuan added with a smile.

"..." After thinking for a few seconds, Chi Jingyuan shook his head: "I've already found a good person, let's forget it."

"Okay...I guess you're too lazy to go."

With a confident smile, Li Chenghuan nodded, his expression became a little excited, and he let it slip mysteriously: "Then the good news... Jingyuan, you have another endorsement?"

"New endorsement? Which brand?"

Chi Jingyuan was not very excited after hearing this. This is true for anyone who carries dozens of endorsements and advertisements. This kind of thing is too common for him. If it is not a very high-end brand, it will basically not be too much. excited.

"you guess!"

Li Chenghuan was still pretending, but Chi Jingyuan immediately frowned and glanced at him speechlessly: "Brother, why have you become so childish?"

"Haha..." He smiled coquettishly. Li Chenghuan stopped playing. He stood up and took out a file from the cabinet. He said happily: "It's Mercedes-Benz! It's the brand of the car you usually drive - Mercedes-Benz." Des Benz has decided to choose you as the spokesperson for the peninsula, and the contract will be officially signed soon."

"Mercedes attaches great importance to the endorsement of this new model. In order to promote the effect, the brand asked us to release an advertising song... The company has agreed to this project and is ready to leave this project to you. If it is suitable If so, you can also release this commercial song as the 'subway song' you scheduled for this year...haven't you still not decided what song to choose for the subway song?"