Peninsula Asteroid

"EXO won the grand prize at the 26th Seoul Music Awards on the 19th, and has won the grand prize for four consecutive years since 2013!"

"The 16th awards ceremony ended perfectly. The super popular boy group EXO swept all the grand prizes of the five music awards ceremonies, including 201A, MAMA, Golden Disc, and Seoul Music, achieving All Kill! Demonstrating unparalleled popularity."

On the morning of January 20, in the VIP lounge of Incheon Airport, Liu Zhimin was sitting in her seat waiting for the plane. At first, she sat there cautiously and didn't dare to do anything, just carefully observing the people next to her.

After sitting for a while, she felt a little bored, and saw that the head of the trainee room who went with her didn't care about her thoughts at all, so she took out her mobile phone to refresh the news.

"The heyday of girl groups is here again! In January and February this year, TWICE, I.O.I, AOA, LOVELYZ and many other girl groups announced that they would hold their first solo concerts."

"The national girl group I.O.I officially announced that it will end its limited group activities with the concert held from the 20th to the 22nd, and will officially disband after the concert."

"I.O.I was formed in April last year and has been active for ten months. During the activities, the advertisements endorsed by the members involved mobile communications-finance-games-cosmetics-school uniforms-online shopping malls-ramen-beverages-snacks and other fields and products. The team's advertising contracts exceeded ten times. I.O.I's music source distribution company also revealed that "the music source benefited more than 10 billion won." According to insider statistics, I.O.I's total revenue during the ten-month activity period was as high as 10 billion won, which can be called a mobile small and medium-sized enterprise."

The limited girl group I.O.I, which has been popular for almost a year, is finally going to disband. Seeing this news, Liu Zhimin couldn't help but sigh.

She also watched the popular "PRODUCE 101" last year. Although some of the contestants she supported did not debut, she was looking forward to it and even had some fantasies after seeing the formation of the last limited group. She wondered if she would have the opportunity to sign up for the same program next year.

Unexpectedly, she entered SM company as a trainee a few months later, and she completely lost her fate with the talent show. Big companies like SM have their own self-esteem. Unless the trainees lose the chance to debut and leave the company, it is impossible for them to participate in such a talent show...Except JYP.

However, Liu Zhimin was also surprised to see the media reveal that I.O.I's income from activities exceeded 10 billion won in less than a year. 10 billion is really a very high number. With such a high income in only ten months of activities, I.O.I is worthy of being a national girl group.

But when she looked down and saw the next news, this idea in her mind immediately disappeared.

"A sky-high price! The media revealed that Chi Jingyuan signed a contract with the well-known ice cream brand Haagen-Dazs to become a new spokesperson. It is reported that the signing fee broke Kim Soo-hyun's record, reaching 26 billion won."

Ah?

Seeing the number exposed in this news made Liu Zhimin stunned, and she was extremely surprised.

I.O.I is already a national girl group, and its popularity is already very high. The income during the ten-month activity period is about 10 billion. Chi Jingyuan's advertising endorsement actually directly earned 26 billion?

Even if the boy group idols are born to make more money than the girl group idols, there shouldn't be such a big gap... In shock, she quietly raised her head and looked at Chi Jingyuan a few meters away. Seeing the face without makeup but making people unable to look away, her heart suddenly paused.

Uh...

If it's him...it should be normal.

Secretly observing Chi Jingyuan over there, Liu Zhimin couldn't help but recall the experience of the past few days.

After the audition that day, there was no clear conclusion. Ji Jingyuan didn't say anything, and Li Meizhu didn't say anything either. She just asked her to come back and wait for news.

It just so happened that this matter was still something that all the female trainees were paying attention to. As soon as she returned after the audition, others were asking about it, familiar and unfamiliar, including those close friends who were also asking about the results. Under such attention, even the vanity of a girl made her feel a little uneasy.

Moreover... after seeing the long-awaited Ji Jingyuan up close, the impressive temperament and appearance instantly broke the bad impression that Jin Zhongren had left on EXO members in her heart, and even directly reversed her perception of male idols. At the same time, she didn't know why she was uncontrollably excited in her heart, and wanted to get the opportunity to work with this senior this time.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that Li Meizhu told her that the audition was successful.

Although Liu Zhimin has always been very confident about herself, she still felt an uncontrollable excitement after hearing that the audition was successful.

After the news spread, she instantly became a star among the trainees. Not only the girls, but also some male trainees and even a few NCT seniors who had debuted came to see her. The envious eyes of her good and bad friends really satisfied her vanity.

Originally, she was a popular little beauty in school. After entering the company, she was surrounded by beauties and felt a little lost in the crowd. In the past two days, the 16-year-old girl has experienced the feeling of being the focus of everyone. To be honest, she has been extremely excited these days. She couldn't even sleep last night. She was excited all night and didn't feel sleepy at all until now.

Thinking of this, she stopped looking at the news on her phone and began to observe the people around her quietly.

First of all, the core of this time, Chi Jingyuan... He sat in the middle, wearing a sweater jacket, jeans and a baseball cap very casually, not much different from the last audition.

However, the halo around him is too dazzling. EXO's TOP, the most powerful male idol, a popular actor, plus the recent hit "Goblin", even if he is dressed simply and without makeup, he looks like an ordinary college student, but no matter what, as long as he sits there, he is the absolute focus.

At this time, there were several people around Chi Jingyuan, and a group of people were discussing something seriously, including the director of this MV.

Some of the early personnel have already gone. This time, there are 30 or 40 members flying to LA together, including Chi Jingyuan and his agent assistant, and two groups of people responsible for the main shooting, one is responsible for the shooting of the MV, and the other is responsible for the shooting of personal variety shows. There are still quite a lot of people.

Then there is herself, and a manager of the management trainee who followed her to take care of her. Originally, because Liu Zhimin is not yet an adult and it is also her first time to shoot overseas, her mother was worried and wanted to ask for leave to follow her, but after the company's promise, she gave up. However, she still pulled her to explain things for a long time before leaving yesterday.

And finally... it is the heroine of another MV...

Liu Zhimin looked to the left, and the girl with a short face was also sitting quietly and reservedly, and like her, she was also quietly looking at the people around her with her little eyes.

A second after she looked over, the girl seemed to notice something and looked over at her. The two female trainees looked at each other, smiled politely, and then looked away tacitly.

Although the two of them were not shooting the same MV, as the only two female trainees here, they unconsciously had a little sense of competition... and as a SM person, Liu Zhimin still had a little sense of superiority.

Just as she was about to continue to secretly look at Chi Jingyuan to feast her eyes, Chi Jingyuan stopped communicating with the person next to him, looked at the time and stood up from the chair:

"Let's go, get ready to board the plane."

There's still half a chapter later