Put the phone away.

"SM just called me and asked you to go back for a meeting." Park Jae-hyun looked at Chi Kyung-yuan who was obviously in a bad mood and took the phone back. After calming down for a while, he whispered a reminder in his ear.

"Now?" Chi Jingyuan opened his eyes and turned his head to look over.

"Hey, it's an important meeting over there. Lee Soo Man is also back. I have some things to tell you about his return." Park Jae Hyun nodded and gave a brief summary.

"Brother, please go and ask for leave for me and the crew, and tell me the reason."

Chi Jingyuan stood up and packed his things, and smiled and said hello to the actor he noticed next to him. After waiting for a while, Park Jae-hyun came back and told him that it was done.

It's relatively easy for him to ask for leave, because the recent filming has been going smoothly and quickly, and the crew has already retained a lot of credits.

After saying goodbye to director Kim Won-seok and other crew members, Chi Kyung-won got into the nanny car and started heading back to SM.

Neither Assistant Cui Zhichang nor Park Jaehyun spoke. One was driving silently, and the other was silently operating his mobile phone, presumably to communicate with SM. The entire car seemed a little quiet.

But no matter how no one spoke, the noisy traffic outside was still constantly coming in and surrounding it. From time to time, there was a harsh sound of brakes that made people frown, giving people a feeling that the trees were trying to be quiet but the wind was not stopping.

Chi Jingyuan was sitting in the back seat, holding his cell phone and reading online comments. This news was only exposed less than half an hour ago, but now it has become the headline news on major news websites, and the search rankings are also very short.

It has climbed to the first place in the time, and several entries and titles have been painted in eye-catching bright red to indicate its popularity.

It stands to reason that Tao's popularity would normally not be able to attract the attention of the whole network, but EXO's size is there, and there are things like members quitting the group. In just a few months, the second

This time it happened, he still resorted to suing and left in a decisive way, which made people even want not to pay attention.

Tao may not have thought that he has always been on the fringes since his debut in EXO. For the first time, he became the number one trending topic, and the focus of the entire network's attention would be at this time when he left the group.

I don’t know if this is luck or irony.

His contract termination statement was not posted on Peninsula's SNS, but on Xia Guo's scarf, and Peninsula quoted the original text of the scarf.

After Chi Jingyuan found out, he went straight to the bib and took a look. In addition to the 'termination' statement on Tao's personal account, he also posted a long article a few minutes later, describing in detail how he was 'forced' to quit the group.

reason.

The writing is a bit long, but Chi Jingyuan still read it with patience.

The reasons for quitting the group expressed in Tao's article can be summarized in three points. One is that the company's resource distribution is uneven, with too much emphasis on Peninsula members and highly popular members. He communicated with the company several times but did not get a satisfactory answer.

Secondly, after Luhan left, the company promised to open a personal studio for him, but it took a long time to implement it. Later, the communication between him and his father and the company was also perfunctory.

In the end, he was overwhelmed with work and after suffering a bone fracture, the company forced him to end his recovery period early to prepare for a concert without considering his physical condition.

This was also the most important reason why he decided to leave.

After reading this long article, Chi Jingyuan is unconvinced about several of the reasons given by Tao.

Maybe some of the situations Tao mentioned do exist, or he may have fabricated or exaggerated them himself, but whether they are true or not is actually not that important to him.

As for those insinuations...

Chi Jingyuan also took advantage of the situation and looked at the reactions of netizens and fans on both sides.

Even though the news had only been out for 20 minutes, the Internet was already in a frenzy. All kinds of rumors and comments were pouring in, and they were increasing rapidly every second. Every time you clicked refresh, you could see an entire page.

the same.

"I thought XO would be able to settle down after Luhan left, but I didn't expect that Tao would leave less than three months ago. I'm really feeling a little uncomfortable now."

"SM is really having Mercury retrograde this year, so nothing good will happen."

"I predicted at that time that the remaining two people in the Xia Kingdom line would definitely stay for a short time after Luhan left. It was exactly what I said before."

"First Luhan, then Tao, I just want to ask when will Lay leave? Or when will EXO disband."

"Tao also said that the company favors 'popular members'. Everyone knows who this 'popular member' is, right? After Yuan squeezed Luhan away, he squeezed Tao away, really, tsk tsk..."

"You idiot, do you believe what a traitor just made up in order to quit the group? How much does Tao need to be favored by the company because of his popularity? Can you not think too highly of yourself... Also, do you dare not to be anonymous?

If you make such remarks, please make your ID and private messages public!"

"I don't want to comment, he is just another traitor like Luhan!"

"I don't know why, but this time I saw the news about Tao suing and quitting the group. As a fan who has been with EXO since their debut, I am not as sad and excited as when Luhan quit. Maybe he is used to it...I don't know why.

, my feelings for XO are not as intense and passionate as before, maybe I am a little tired."

Unlike when Luhan left the group, countless fans were sad and sad. This time, Tao does not have as large and loyal fans as Luhan. At this time, there are not too many fans who are sad and unable to accept his departure from the group, at least not as much as before.

That directly caused division among XO fans.

But this time it is more troublesome, because it is more about the confusion and pessimism among fans about the future of EXO as a group.

EXO, who clearly returned with their second mini-album in May, is extremely strong. While selling another million copies, several songs have become extremely popular, beating all their opponents at the same time. Their momentum is unparalleled and they are only one step away from reaching the top of the three-generation boy band.

Unexpectedly, in July, Luhan, a popular top line member, quit the group.

Even if one person quits, the fans comfort each other and can barely hold on.

After a while, the storm was about to pass and XO was about to get back on track, but within a few months they had to withdraw for the second time.

And discerning fans also have a hunch that the third one is probably not far away.

Among all the previous top groups in the Peninsula music industry, there is no precedent for a member to quit before reaching the top. Even if a member quits, it will be after they officially become a top group.

And now, just over a year after EXO became popular, members have left the group, and not just one has left, but one after another.

Will someone leave next? Will that person be my favorite member?

If so what should I do? Can we still keep going?

Countless Ariels feel this kind of bitterness in their hearts right now, a little panicked, but also a little dignified. They don't know what happened to their beloved EXO and where they are headed.

In addition to the complicated emotions of the fans, there is also the carnival of black people. The news of Tao's withdrawal from the group almost made them hold a party online. All kinds of sarcastic and sarcastic remarks can be seen everywhere, as if they are about to leave the group.

It’s like EXO was buried in the ground and sent away.

The rise of EXO in the past two years has indeed blocked the way of too many people. It has squeezed out many male idol groups and has no room for survival. Aili and others are also too strong and arrogant on the Internet, which makes many fan groups feel disgusted.

It’s not surprising that he is being insulted now.

After roughly reading the comments on the Internet and fans' reactions, Chi Jingyuan returned to the company in a bad mood, took the elevator upstairs and walked into the conference room on the fourth floor.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw the heads and representatives of various departments already present, as well as the EXO members gathered together and sitting in two rows.

And sitting at the top was Lee Soo Man, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
Chapter completed!