Chapter 262 Are you dating?

After arriving at the peninsula, Chi Jingyuan went directly back to the company and held a meeting with several middle and senior management personnel of the company, responsible for overseas affairs, artist management, and planning, to discuss and summarize the work of the past half month.

The harvest and impact of the Xia Kingdom trip.

"Wuli Jingyuan is back."

"Thank you for your hard work. I will be back for a meeting as soon as I get off the plane."

"Sit down, sit down."

As soon as we met, we were warmly welcomed by these room directors and directors. The group of people all had sincere and enthusiastic smiles on their faces. Everyone looked at Chi Jingyuan with sparkling eyes, as if they were looking at a bright star.

of diamonds.

In addition to Chi Jingyuan's background, what's more important is that they all saw how terrible the profits a popular idol and actor brought to the company. The income from the contract signed in this half month really made them dumbfounded.

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Chi Jingyuan also smiled and returned the gifts one by one, and sat there to listen. He didn't need to say anything, he just listened to the chat between the agent and the company.

After this meeting, Chi Jingyuan and SM staff went directly to JYP, and the two parties discussed the specific matters for the return of this cooperation.

All preparations for this collaborative single have been completed. Even the promotional poster Ji Kyung-won and Bae Suzy had already shot it before going to Xia Kingdom. Now we are waiting for the official announcement of the collaboration and the specific time of return.

, and arrange singing stages and some itineraries.

After these are agreed upon, the two company bureaus can begin to invest resources and increase publicity.

It should have been discussed a week ago, but it was only finally decided today because Chi Jingyuan's schedule in Xia Kingdom was postponed.

Bae Suzy had a schedule and didn't come today, but Park Jinyoung came in person. He must be dissatisfied with SM's delay, but he wouldn't show it in person. On the contrary, he patted Ji Kyungwon enthusiastically after seeing him.

He held his shoulder, held him and talked cordially for a while, and asked Chi Jingyuan in detail about his activities in Xia Kingdom.

Regarding Chi Jingyuan's two activities in Xia Kingdom in recent months, many people in the industry on the peninsula have noticed it. Although they don't know the specific income figures, they all know through some internal information that SM will definitely make money this time.

The pots are full.

It can be seen that Park Jinying is also very keen on Xiaguo's market.

The huge market size of Xia Guo has always made Peninsula Entertainment Brokerage Covetous, and they have been looking for opportunities to enter this market.

The debut of EXO in 2012, the setting of two teams, K and M, to hit two markets respectively, and the participation of three members of Xia Guo Line have given many companies a bright guiding light.

It was clear that EXO was in the peninsula market during their debut year, but they still created a lot of value with the M team, which has members from Xia Guo, still active there.

This successful example had to be studied by many companies. From that time on, many companies began to increase the number of Xia Guo trainees. Later, many male and female groups who debuted would also add one or two.

Member of Xia Kingdom.

For example, GOT7 and BTS all refer to this setting to a certain extent.

Especially for the latter, BTS's management company Bighit is itself a small company, so it will naturally hope to expand the Xiaguo market to increase income. Wu Saek himself is a member of EXO's debut group, but he was not selected because of some special reasons.

At that time, EXO-M was already in full swing in Xiaguo, and Big Hit was naturally excited to see it. They originally wanted to form a local group with all the people from the peninsula, but after thinking about it again and again, they decided to put Wu Saike in for the Xiaguo market.

Although he is not of Xia nationality, no one will care if no one gets to the bottom of it, and his fluent Chinese will make BTS activities in Xia country smoother.

If there are no accidents, they should try to "break into summer" this year.

This meeting with JYP went very smoothly. The general plan had already been discussed before, but this time it was just a matter of finalizing and finalizing some details.

After discussions between the two parties, it was determined that the temporary group composed of Ji Jingyuan and Bae Suzy would be named 'Yuan&suzy'. The sound source and MV of the collaborative song "some" will be officially released on February 21, and their preliminary stage will be set

In "M! Countdown" on February 20th.

The two companies will officially announce the news one week in advance, on Valentine's Day, February 14th.

This year's February 14th is not only Valentine's Day, but also the Lantern Festival, which is commonly known as the "New Year's Day" on the peninsula. Making it public at this time will definitely have a publicity effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.

After that, a series of supporting promotional activities will be carried out until the collaborative single is officially released. The subsequent resource investment will also depend on the quality of the song "some" and whether it will achieve results that satisfy them.

After the meeting, Chi Jingyuan could rest for a while, so he went back to the dormitory, sorted things out, fixed them, and then had a good sleep in the dormitory.

He slept until it was time for dinner before he got up comfortably from the bed. After eating something, he rushed to EXO's practice room.

"Come, come, welcome Wuli actor Chi Jingyuan back to the company..."

"Hey Yigu, you're finally back. It's been half a month, right?"

"Jingyuan, why do I feel that you have gained a little weight again? It seems that you gain weight every time you go to Xia Kingdom for activities."

As soon as they entered the door, the EXO members who happened to be taking a break immediately became excited when they saw Chi Jingyuan. They grabbed him and said hello, made complaints and made some sour remarks to him.

Chi Jingyuan smiled and greeted the members.

However, when he said hello, he found that something was wrong with Luhan and Park Chanyeol. They looked listless and their faces were not very good. He only squeezed out a smile and nodded after seeing Chi Jingyuan.

"Jingyuan, hurry up and return to the team to practice. Your progress has fallen behind a lot."

Jin Junmian patted Chi Jingyuan on the shoulder and said a little worriedly: "Also, you left halfway through the choreography of "dope" and "I NEED U". You have to hurry up with the rest. Time is really

very nervous."

"Don't worry, brother, I'm ready to work overtime. I'll catch up soon and won't delay my return."

Chi Jingyuan raised an eyebrow at him to show that everything was under control.

He has long been used to working overtime. When he was choreographing the regular series "Roar" last year, going to bed before three o'clock every day was considered as leaving get off work early.

After chatting lively with the members for a while, several dance teachers soon walked in. When they saw Chi Jingyuan, they smiled and said hello, and then began to supervise and guide their dance practice.

This time, the choreography for the title song "overdose" of the second mini-album has been completed very early. This time we collaborated with EXO, and the person responsible for the choreography of the title song is SM's regular Tony Testa.

The previous choreography of "Wolf" was very successful, and the tree of life is still the classic look of EXO's stage in the minds of countless fans.

Tony Testa is worthy of the name of a dancing genius, and the choreography of "overdose" this time is equally amazing, with several signature moves that are very distinctive.

It's like half of the people are kneeling and half of them are standing behind the choreography like controlling puppets.

During the rap stage, everyone formed a circle, and the member in the center was arbitrarily manipulating the choreography, and during the transition, it made people look at the cute face-slapping dance.

For this song, before Chi Jingyuan went to Xia Kingdom for activities, the company had already divided the members into their own parts. Chi Jingyuan had also learned the general dance and practiced with the team for a few days.

It's just that he is still very unfamiliar with his own part and his positioning, so he needs to work overtime to catch up with the progress of others.

Under the guidance of the dance teacher, EXO practiced over and over again until everyone was exhausted, sweating profusely and unable to dance before entering the rest time.

"Gudu..."

Chi Jingyuan took a bottle of mineral water and drank a few gulps. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and sat on the floor. He glanced at the members not far away and asked softly to Do Kyungsoo and Oh Sehun next to him.

One sentence: "What's going on with them?"

When he was practicing dance just now, he noticed that Luhan and Park Chanyeol were weak all night, their movements were not very standard, and they seemed to have no energy at all.

"Chanyeol hyung's leg was injured during Wanwan rehearsal. The injury was not serious and he hasn't recovered yet."

Wu Shixun also glanced over there, leaned over and said in a low voice: "Brother Luhan has had a cold and fever since you went to Xia Kingdom. It has been several days. He has not gotten better after taking medicine. His condition has been very bad recently."

Chi Jingyuan nodded understandingly after hearing this. Injuries are quite common for idols. High-intensity training and continuous rotation, coupled with poor rest, can easily lead to physical problems.

And because of the rush of the schedule and the tight time limit, there was no time for them to recuperate, so they had to continue working despite their injuries.

This is a very common thing in the peninsula music industry. Everyone is like this when they are trainees. It is normal to practice while sick.

"Luhan is not because of this..."

Do Kyung-soo listened to the two people talking, and at this time he also leaned over and interjected: "We are used to getting sick... He felt unwell two days ago, and asked for leave from his manager to rest in the dormitory for a few days.

Oh my God, I was rejected by Brother Cheng Huan, so I was a little unhappy."

"That's it..."

Chi Jingyuan nodded lightly and said nothing more.

He is the member of EXO who has some privileges. Regardless of the popularity of other members or whether they are the main promoters, the management of the company and managers is very strict. Minor injuries and illnesses are not allowed to take leave. Many requirements and

Standards may seem a bit impersonal to outsiders.

But in fact, it’s not just SM. Basically all companies in the entertainment industry are like this. Some companies have even more strict management and requirements for their idols, which is so strict that people can’t stand it.

As a large company, SM is pretty good. At least the management is much looser than at the beginning of the century. It is almost impossible to see agents or company executives taking the initiative to teach them a lesson, and there is no need to do it like some small companies.

There are some messy things outside of work.

Without asking any more questions, Chi Jingyuan changed the topic with them and talked about some interesting things about the company after he left.

After saying a few words, Chi Jingyuan's cell phone rang. He took it out and looked at the caller. He said to the two people next to him, "I'll take a call and I'll be right back." Then he quietly walked out.

"Hey, don't worry."

"Jingyuan, have you returned to the peninsula?" As soon as the call was connected, Jiang Seulqi's voice came over, and she sounded quite cheerful.

"Are you following me? You called me just after I came back today?"

Chi Jingyuan smiled and talked to her, asked about the current situation, and then took the initiative to ask: "I'm practicing right now. The one who sneaked out will go back soon. What's the matter with me?"

"That's it. Are you free on the night of the 10th?" Jiang Seqi pondered for a second and asked with some anticipation.

"The tenth? The day after tomorrow? What day is that?"

"This is just a close relationship, it's really..."
To be continued...