Peninsula Asteroid

Chapter 859 Face Control~

"It seems a little bit..."

"Why aren't there those large main waiting rooms arranged?"

When Byun Baekhyun said this, Kim Jong-in and the others immediately echoed. The EXO members did not find a place to sit, and frowned slightly as they observed the slightly narrow waiting room.

Today's MMA is held at Gocheok Dome in Guro District. EXO has held concerts here for several days and is very familiar with the backstage of Gocheok Dome. They all know that there are many suitable lounges backstage. .

To be honest, the area of ​​this waiting room is okay and spacious, but for a large group of nine people like EXO, as well as a management team and many cody who will always be around, it will seem a bit small.

But even if it might be crowded, it doesn't mean it can't be used...it's just that the organizer should know such details.

Manager An Chengyuan also felt that there was a slight problem. He looked around and frowned slightly. He waved his hand and said something before walking out: "You guys sit down first. I will go and communicate with the on-site PD..."

The other members nodded and sat down without paying much attention to it. Chi Jingyuan was too lazy to care about such things. He found a seat next to the sofa and started to catch up on his sleep as soon as he put his things down.

While half asleep and half awake, I heard some noises, it seemed that An Chengyuan was back.

"I went to take a look. So far, the combinations on site are all similar to this kind of lounge, which is the bigger one of Crystal Boy... Forget it, if it's smaller, just go smaller."

"I asked the on-site PD. We will start rehearsal in half an hour. You should prepare first and someone will notify you later... By the way, remember to call Jingyuan..."

... Chi Jingyuan felt like he was woken up before he could even sleep for two minutes after closing his eyes. He followed the team with hazy eyes and prepared to go to the rehearsal. Until he walked out of the backstage and came to the front of the stage, the heater disappeared and the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped. Afterwards he woke up a little, and the proficiency that had formed muscle memory drove him to stand in a good position on the stage, listen to the on-site PD's command, and sway to the music.

As for rehearsal, the main thing is to rehearse the process, the movements don't need to be so specific.

After going through the process three times in a row, EXO's today's rehearsal has come to an end. PD Chi Jingyuan saluted and walked off the stage. As he was walking through the cold metal sound cabinet area behind the stage, suddenly there was a wave of greetings from the side. Voice: "Senior Anihasay~"

Chi Jingyuan shuddered and opened his eyes. He looked to the side and found that it was actually I.O.I. He smiled and nodded along with the other members: "Oh, hello~"

After saying hello to each other, they walked past each other without saying much. Chi Jingyuan felt that there might be too many metal sound cabinets here and it was a bit cold. He quickened his pace and left the area. When he immediately walked to the backstage, he suddenly remembered What? He asked casually out of curiosity: "What are they doing here? Why don't they go to the waiting room? Haven't the rehearsals been finished yet?"

"No, the rehearsal has been finished a long time ago. Well, I just asked..."

Park Chanyeol, who was standing next to him, shook his head when he heard this, pondered for a second, then moved closer and whispered: "IOI seems to have... not arranged a waiting room."

"Ah? When did you ask me?"

"Just before we went on stage to rehearse, you were dozing off."

Chi Jingyuan was surprised when he heard this.

Their EXO waiting room is just a little smaller, but when it comes to IOI, it’s gone?

He has been in the industry for so many years, so of course he understands Xiao Jiujiu. The Gaoche Dome is so big and there are so many empty rooms backstage, it is definitely not enough space, and the organizer will never miss such important guests when arranging the waiting room. ...So there must be some dark reasons why he deliberately did not arrange it for them.

It feels a bit like the 2012 Gayo Daejeon, where the PD deliberately did not arrange a seat for Tara and asked them to stand in the aisle...

"It's only after five o'clock now. Don't they have to stand here for more than ten hours? The red carpet doesn't start until six o'clock in the evening, right?" Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but look back, but the sound area was dark and there were no lights, so it was hard to see. Clearly, only a few dark figures could be seen.

"Um..." Park Chanyeol raised his eyebrows with a strange expression: "It seems like... they didn't arrange a red carpet."

"ah?"

Chi Jingyuan was a little surprised and speechless when he heard this...

He knew that the organizer of MMA and CJEM of 101 were not very good at dealing with each other, but he did not expect that they would be close to this level.

"That's not the case. How could he be so stupid? I'll probably go to the nanny's car in a while... Anyway, it's definitely better than staying here."

Seeing the discussion among XO and others, team leader Jin Junmian quickly interjected: "We'd better leave this kind of thing alone...go back quickly."

In the Peninsula music industry, these entertainment and management companies compete secretly, and troubles and various petty tricks often occur. If the company is not strong enough, its idols will always be ignored or even receive some unfair treatment.

Artists affiliated with major companies have some guarantees in this regard. EXO had some bad things happen to them when they first debuted, but in recent years they have basically not encountered them.

...Today's lounge is indeed a little smaller, but Chi Jingyuan doesn't think there is any problem.

Kim Junmyeon was right. This kind of thing had nothing to do with idols. Chi Jingyuan sighed softly and said nothing more. He followed him into the backstage.

...But he was not very familiar with them. If it was Zhou Ziyu or the group that Ming Jingnan was in encountered this kind of thing, he might have to find a way to help.

After returning to the backstage, the heating was everywhere, which seemed to dispel some of the chill just now. After walking a few steps, he came to the waiting room area. When Chi Jingyuan turned a corner, he saw a few familiar faces in the small rest area on the side of the corridor in front.

Red Velvet's Jiang Seulgi and Son Seungwan, as well as TWice's Lin Nayeon, Minatozaki Sana and Yu Jeongyeon, these five people didn't know how to get together and were chatting there.

The people on both sides greeted each other after seeing them. The other members didn't say much and went straight to the waiting room. Wu Sehun and Chi Jingyuan, who originally wanted to leave directly, stayed and said a few words because they saw acquaintances.

Red Velvet probably came early, and Jiang Seulgi and the others were all wearing casual clothes. Lin Nayeon and the others also took off the name tags they wore when they met just now. Their faces were ruddy and they looked like they had just finished eating.

"Jingyuan Oppa!"

"Oppa, you look so bad~"

"I have a slight cold"

After the meeting just now, Yu Jeongyeon and Minatozaki Sana asked Ji Jingyuan with obvious concern after seeing him, and Ji Jingyuan replied in a buzzing voice, especially facing Minatozaki Sana who looked like she was not an outsider and came to look at him closely, and took the initiative to step back two steps: "Don't get too close to me..."

The cold is indeed a little serious. I can't smell anything even though I'm so close.

In addition to Lin Nayeon, Ji Jingyuan and the other two people of Twice said a few words, and then looked at Jiang Seulgi and Sun Shengwan, who suddenly stopped talking and secretly observed after EXO came: "When did you come?"

Sun Shengwan hesitated for a moment and didn't say anything. Jiang Seulgi replied with a smile: "We came a long time ago. We got here at three in the morning."

"Well, it's really hard... By the way, is Yeri still not well?" Ji Jingyuan remembered something, looked around, and didn't ask Bae Joo-hyun, but asked Kim Ye-rin instead.

Kim Ye-rin had a traffic accident with Bae Joo-hyun last month. Bae Joo-hyun was lucky and nothing happened. She resumed activities the next day, but Kim Ye-rin was a bit unlucky and was sent directly to the hospital. .

Although SM issued a notice, it vaguely said that Kim Ye-rin's injury was not serious, so that concerned fans could rest assured.

But as an insider, Ji Jingyuan knew that in fact...her injury was quite serious. It was said that her spine was injured, which was quite troublesome. It has been almost two months and she has not recovered yet.

After Bae Joo Hyun asked, Chi Jingyuan helped her transfer to a professional professor, and later received a thank-you call from the girl.

Although her tone was as bright and cheerful as before, Chi Jingyuan could hear that Kim Ye-rin's injury had a great impact on her.

She was already unpopular in the team, and was scolded by black fans every day. When she was on the rise, she had a car accident and had to rest for three months. Some people believed that she would be kicked out of the group.

Not to mention the impact of injuries in the spine on future life...

"Not yet..."

With a sigh, Jiang Se-ki was a little depressed when she talked about this, but she immediately changed her mood and added: "But I heard from the agent that Yeri has recovered well and will be able to return to the team in a while."

"That's good..."

Chi Jingyuan has always had a good impression of Kim Ye-rin, who has a very cheerful personality. He nodded and felt a little better... He also noticed that Lin Nayeon seemed to have the same reaction as him, and she also looked relieved.

He seemed to have heard from someone that Lin Nayeon and Jin Yelin had a good relationship.

"Okay, you guys chat, I'm leaving first..."

"Goodbye, Oppa~"

After a brief greeting, Chi Jingyuan didn't stay any longer. He nodded slightly to several people, especially to Minato Saki Sana who waved goodbye sweetly, and left directly towards the waiting room.

Several people watched Chi Jingyuan leave, but Sun Shengwan's face was obviously dark. Chi Jingyuan came for a few minutes and had no communication with her at all. She felt that Chi Jingyuan might have left first because he had some opinions about her.

She felt very uncomfortable that her good friend had become like this.

"...Don't think too much~"

The strange look in Wu Se-hun's eyes seemed to have noticed something, and he explained in a natural tone: "He is too sleepy. He has not woken up since morning. He was in a daze during the rehearsal just now. He must have gone back to the waiting room to sleep."

Sun Shengwan looked over after hearing this, and his mood seemed to be better, and Jiang Seulgi also nodded: "Jingyuan looks particularly listless, with dark circles under his eyes... I rarely see him with dark circles."

"He has been busy with his unfinished collaboration song these days, and he has been working overtime at the company until midnight every day... There seemed to be problems with the filming yesterday, and he was busy until the early morning and didn't sleep much at all."

Wu Se-hun said very understandingly, and then rubbed his nose: "And he seemed to have caught a cold when he was working overtime the day before yesterday, which was quite serious. I don't know what he was rushing to do. He had to go to the company to work overtime to compose music when he had a cold. He must be crazy... I feel like I have a little bit of it, maybe I was infected by him."

"Well, it's really hard..."

Minato Saki Sana sighed quite sincerely, her sweet voice accompanied by a small sigh, it sounded like she really cared about Chi Jingyuan, and then she seemed to have discovered something important, blinked her eyes, and looked at Wu Se-hun: "Collaboration song? Jingyuan Oppa is going to collaborate with someone again?"

"!"

Hearing her say this, Lin Nayeon, Yu Jeongyeon, and Son Seungwan looked over curiously.

This is the first time they have heard of this...Didn't they just collaborate on "Really Really"? It's still on the inner circle of the melon list.

"Uh..."

Wu Se-hun felt that he seemed to have said too much, paused for a second, and pretended to be dumb and directly passed the topic: "It seems so, I don't know much, I heard him mention it occasionally..."

He was good at playing dumb and fooling people, and although Sana Minatozaki was not very familiar with her, she was not as familiar with Wu Se-hun as Yu Jeongyeon, so it was not easy to ask more. She smiled sweetly and remembered it in her heart without asking again.

As the main axis, Lim Nayeon and Sana Minatozaki were also more lively and sociable. At this time, they just had nothing to do, so they just chatted here:

"... We heard that SM has a Halloween party every year and we envy it. Nayeon likes this kind of party. At that time, she complained that our company didn't have it."

"Next time Jeongyeon, you can come directly. The company will definitely welcome you. But it's not very lively this year... In fact, I suddenly feel that if the two companies hold a Halloween party together next year like the previous trainee showcase, it must be very interesting!"

"Wow, I'm looking forward to it!!"

"... Did you exchange contact information with him? I remember Seungwan didn't I am quite obsessed with looks, just a little worse than Jingyuan. "

"... Is Jingyuan also obsessed with looks?"

"Of course, even though he always pretends to be so, he is actually the most obsessed with looks, and he has his own aesthetics. When he thinks you are not good-looking, he is the most polite person in the world."

"Hahaha, it is actually like this..."

…………

Chi Jingyuan could not hear the discussions and complaints behind him. After returning to the waiting room, he continued to find a place to sleep. He was woken up a few times for something occasionally, and he had a good sleep in the day. When he started to put on makeup in the afternoon, he finally had some energy while his dark circles were covered by makeup.

It has been raining in Seoul in recent days, and the temperature has dropped sharply. It was still drizzling in the evening today. The organizer did not arrange fans to watch the event on site, and all the reporters were wearing transparent raincoats and were serious. The whole red carpet session was a bit lackluster. The only thing he heard was the host Jin Shenying trying her best to stir up the atmosphere in front of the camera.

However, it is a pity that last year, Twice did not even qualify to participate in MMA, let alone the red carpet. They were just a nobody. But this year, in just one year, they were able to appear on the red carpet. Among so many guests and groups, they only appeared before EXO, the last main group. The replacement is really a bit shocking.

While waiting for the red carpet, there were many people and no chance to communicate, but Chi Jingyuan saw the dresses of his girlfriend and several others...

Although the black and white sequined hip skirt is a bit weird, the off-shoulder look and the combination of black silk calf socks are still quite eye-catching, especially the black thin striped collar on Mingjing Nan's neck, which makes people look at it...

It's just that the temperature today is really low, and Chi Jingyuan feels cold even when wearing a coat. It's really hard to imagine what it feels like for these female artists and idols to walk the red carpet in skirts in the open air.

After all the foreplay including the red carpet and interviews was done, it was close to the official opening time. EXO walked out of the artist channel and came to the artist seat under the guidance of the venue staff.

This year, the artist seats of MMA were still arranged in a small area on the left side of the main stage, with four rows of long soft benches covered with silver sequins.

And EXO was arranged in the front, occupying the entire first row.

Chi Jingyuan and his group were the last to arrive. At this time, many people were already sitting in the rows behind the artist seats. In addition to the empty first row, Twice and the lonely Jung Eun-ji sat in the second row, and then Blackpink, Gfriend, ZIco, and red velvet.

After seeing EXO coming, Twice, who was closest, and Blakcpink behind them immediately stood up and saluted, bowing very politely... Under the gaze of the surrounding cameras and fans, they completed the customary etiquette.

EXO nodded in response and prepared to sit down. Chi Jingyuan was very experienced and directly took the seat on the far right. Just as he was about to sit down, he heard the stage attendant who brought them here calling him: "Jingyuanxi, please sit here." He turned around and saw that the stage attendant pointed to the C position in the middle of the first row, obviously wanting him to sit in the most eye-catching position.

The Twice members who hadn't sat down yet all looked over when they heard the noise. Chi Jingyuan, who happened to be facing them, looked up and glanced casually. In addition to Ming Jingnan who was looking at him with shining eyes, he directly looked at Zhou Ziyu who was gently pursing her lips.

... She had purple hair today and wore the same black thin strip necklace as Ming Jingnan. Her short face looked really good.

Except that it was a little dark.

"Ani, I'll just sit next to you." After a brief look, Chi Jingyuan retracted his gaze, but did not mean to obey the venue staff. He smiled and waved his hand, and sat down directly on the far right seat.

Kim Junmyeon was already sitting there. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for him to sit over there?

Moreover, he had participated in this kind of occasion many times and had already had experience. The more remote it was, the more relaxed it was.

The venue staff seemed a little dissatisfied with his insistence, but did not say anything more, and EXO sat down... After observing the seats of the members next to him, Chi Jingyuan turned around and looked at the acquaintance behind him.

Jung Eun-ji!

This Busan girl left the group today and came to MMA alone. She was wearing a beautiful and exquisite long dress. She looked like a goddess, sitting quietly and elegantly on the far right of the second row. She was two steps away from Lin Nayeon, who was closest to Twice, and just behind Ji Jingyuan.

"What a coincidence?" Ji Jingyuan half turned around and raised his right hand and shook it with a smile.

He slept all day backstage today and had not moved much. He had no chance to communicate in the waiting room during the red carpet session just now. He was in good spirits after a day of rest and saw his good friend behind him, and he was quite happy.

"Pa..."

Jung Eun-ji held back her laughter, stretched out her hand and clapped hands with Ji Jingyuan with a little force, then rolled up her hair, pursed her big mouth, and pretended to be a goddess without saying anything.

After all, she is a senior, and there are so many juniors eavesdropping around her, and she is wearing such a formal dress, of course she has to show some attitude... It's understandable.

"Tsk~"

The more he saw her like this, the more Chi Jingyuan wanted to tease her. He looked her up and down and said, "I'm not used to seeing you sitting here alone in this dress~"

"Heh..."

As a good friend, she could understand the sarcasm in his mouth. Zheng Enji gritted her teeth and laughed, and fought back: "Then who are you more used to seeing, it's..."

She was about to make fun of the name of 'Son Na Eun' as usual, but suddenly she thought of something and was blocked in her mouth. Then she turned her head slightly and glanced at Ming Jingnan, who was sitting in the same row with her on the left, four or five seats away, with an indescribable weird look in her eyes.

She reacted. The girlfriend of the dead man in front of her was sitting next to her. A TOP male idol and a popular female idol were not only in love, but also sat in the front and back rows at the award ceremony... These two people really know how to play.

Even she felt very exciting and inexplicably excited in her heart.

Seeing Jung Eun-ji turn her head, Ji Jingyuan also followed her gaze and looked over there reflexively, but he didn't see Ming Jingnan, because his sight was completely blocked by the profile of Lin Nayeon who was closest to him.

He didn't care much, and just when he was about to look over, he suddenly found that Lin Nayeon, who was originally smiling and looking forward, seemed to have felt his gaze at the first time.

Then I don't know what happened to this blackie, her whole person, even her eyes and expression, seemed to be frozen for a moment.

The next second, Lin Nayeon turned her head quickly and unnaturally, like a clockwork puppet, stumbling to the right, and deliberately turned the profile that was originally facing Ji Jingyuan into a three-quarter profile with a forced smile.