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Chapter 1515 Different
Chapter 1515 Different
"...Senior, you must be exhausted from recording for so long. Here are some snacks I prepared, they might help you get some energy."
In the studio's mentors' seats, Chi Kyung-won looked up at Kwon Eun-bi, who walked to his side, bowed slightly, and then offered him several beautifully packaged snacks.
The older trainee in front of me had a very sincere smile, respectful eyes, and was very polite. He also spoke quite appropriately.
Thank you~
Chi Jingyuan glanced at her, smiled gently, and took the bag from her: "I am indeed a little hungry."
In Ji Kyung-won's opinion, Kwon Eun-bi's appearance was not particularly outstanding, and she was also a bit short. He only knew that she had debuted before, but he hadn't really paid much attention to her.
However, taking advantage of the opportunity to bring food to her mentor, a closer look revealed that her figure, especially her feminine features, was quite outstanding.
"Thank you for your hard work, senior."
After giving the snacks to Ji Jingyuan, Quan Enbi smiled shyly at him, thanked him, and didn't linger. She had brought a lot of snacks and thoughtfully distributed them to the other mentors.
When Zhaoyou, Li Hongji, and the others saw that Ji Jingyuan had accepted the gift, they all smiled and accepted it as well, naturally offering a few words of praise.
...After recording for so long, everyone was exhausted and hungry. Even though the organizers had prepared food, it was still heartwarming to have someone bring it to us.
Chi Jingyuan glanced at Quan Enbi, who was distributing snacks, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw her bowing down to hand snacks to Bae Yunjin. Even the usually cold-faced Instructor Bae smiled and nodded.
Chi Jingyuan looked at the snacks in his hand and was about to open them when the light in front of him was suddenly blocked by a slender figure, and a faint fragrance wafted from the side.
Looking up, he saw a tall figure standing beside him, and a delicate, youthful face close to his eyes.
It was Zhang Yuanying.
Zhang Yuanying looked at Chi Jingyuan in front of her, and her pupils suddenly flickered. For a moment, she felt her fatigue lessen.
I was originally excited to bring this senior colleague some food and, incidentally, show off my cuteness to curry favor with her.
I never expected that halfway there, that older woman would beat me to it.
Seeing her smiling as she handed snacks to Chi Jingyuan, she instantly became so angry that her toes hurt.
The first gift was somewhat endearing, while the second gift was just copying what others had given.
Even though Zhang Yuanying was young, she understood this principle.
But since we've come this far, there's absolutely no reason to back down.
Moreover... Zhang Yuanying observed the enemy situation and felt that she was a little bit more lovable than this older sister, so she cheered herself up, stuck out her head, pouted, and walked over anyway.
"Senior Yuan..."
Zhang Yuanying smiled sweetly, revealing her cutest expression, and handed over a bag of potato chips with both hands: "Senior...would you like some?"
"..."
Chi Jingyuan looked at Zhang Yuanying in front of him and was speechless for a moment, but a strange sense of amusement arose in his heart.
One left just moments ago, and another one immediately came. In that short time, it felt like they were being fed in a line.
How could cars crash like that?
His gaze first fell on the bag of potato chips held in her fair and slender hands, then slowly moved upwards, sweeping over her slender and long arms, and finally resting on her still-childish face.
Kwon Eun-bi was very polite and courteous, saying "Thank you for your hard work" while bowing.
You, Zhang Yuanying, just came over, bowed slightly, and offered it with both hands, even asking so bluntly, "Want some?"
But this face... it really does look so youthful, with delicate and lively eyebrows and eyes, a clean and soft smile, and an adorable girlish charm that's overflowing.
Being young is wonderful.
Looking further down, her height and long legs, along with her excellent proportions, made her stand out among the trainees.
Since he was already there, Chi Kyung-won certainly wouldn't play the bad guy.
"Um, thank you."
Chi Jingyuan smiled and nodded, reaching out to take the chips from Zhang Yuanying's hand, and casually asked, "Have you had any potato chips?"
As he spoke, the moment his fingertips touched the packaging, he vaguely felt a very faint sense of sluggishness, as if the potato chips had been subconsciously squeezed lightly by their owner.
The subtle movements were fleeting, and I don't know if it was just my imagination.
"I just secretly ate a little bit...it was delicious."
Zhang Yuanying watched as Chi Jingyuan took the item, paused for a second, then smiled and nodded repeatedly.
"Really?"
Upon hearing this, Chi Jingyuan raised an eyebrow and nodded slightly.
The girl's voice was peculiar; it was low and had a youthful quality, but her tone was very strong. Hearing her speak with such certainty, I actually felt a little anticipation for the bag of snacks.
"Then I'll try it later."
Chi Jingyuan smiled and glanced at her before looking away, assuming that after she thanked him, she would do what Quan Enbi did and distribute snacks and greet the other mentors.
"Um……"
But one second, two seconds, three seconds passed, and the girl beside him remained standing steadily, without moving an inch.
He noticed that Zhang Yuanying was just standing there casually next to him, glancing at his face with her little eyes, showing no intention of leaving.
"Um……"
Chi Jingyuan raised his head, his gaze meeting Zhang Yuanying's eyes. He subtly gestured to her with his eyes to greet the other mentors.
only……
"..."
The girl, perhaps not quite realizing what was happening, was still smiling cutely, though it was unclear what she was laughing about.
Looking at her matter-of-fact gaze, a somewhat absurd thought popped into Chi Jingyuan's mind.
There are seven mentors here, so why would she only bring food to him?
Isn't this offending all the other mentors?
Looking at her hands with some surprise, Chi Jingyuan's lips twitched... Her hands were empty; she hadn't brought anything else with her.
Well, they really came just for him.
"Kamsammida~"
"Thank you for your hard work, senior."
Just then, after greeting the last mentor and bowing, Quan Enbi, who was about to return to the stage, circled around and passed by Ji Jingyuan again. She raised her eyes and glanced at Zhang Yuanying next to Ji Jingyuan with a somewhat subtle look.
He then calmly withdrew his gaze and left indifferently.
At this moment, the 13-year-old girl, who had been laughing and joking, seemed to finally realize what had happened. Her expression suddenly changed, and she glanced at the instructors next to her. Her smile faltered, and a hint of panic and unease flashed in her eyes. Her hands and feet tensed slightly, clearly indicating that she had realized she had done something wrong.
Chi Jingyuan sighed.
She knows to give him gifts to curry favor, but forgets about the other mentors. I don't know whether to call her scheming or just adorably naive.
Seeing Zhang Yuanying's somewhat flustered state, Chi Jingyuan shook his head inwardly, but smiled outwardly. He proactively took out his backpack, pulled out several bags of snacks he had brought, and along with the gifts Zhang Yuanying had given him, distributed them to the mentors beside him.
"Come on, everyone, try the snacks the children prepared."
The other mentors also looked over with smiles and praised Zhang Yuanying a couple of times.
The girl seemed a bit dazed, standing there unsure of what to do. After a few seconds of hesitation, she suddenly bowed deeply to express her gratitude.
"Go."
Chi Jingyuan gestured towards Zhang Yuanying with his lip.
It's a bit intimidating to have someone that big standing next to me all the time.
Zhang Yuanying felt as if she had been granted a pardon. She quickly bowed deeply again, then ran back to the trainee group and sat down next to An Youzhen.
"How did it go? Was it successful?"
Ahn Yoo-jin immediately leaned closer, lowered her voice, and looked at him with curiosity and eagerness, impatiently asking for the result.
"Too cunning!"
It would have been better if she hadn't mentioned it. Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuanying immediately pouted, her cheeks puffed out, and she complained indignantly, "It was clearly our idea, but she beat us to it."
"Is that Kwon Eun-bi? I just saw her go there first, also delivering snacks?"
"that is!!"
Zhang Yuanying frowned: "And she brought some for everyone else too, we didn't even think of that... Unnie, you have no idea how burdened I was just now."
"If it weren't for... ah, she's so cunning."
She kept muttering to herself, her gaze fixed on Kwon Eun-bi in the front row, secretly casting murderous glares at her with a cute yet fierce look.
"But unnie..."
After grumbling indignantly for a while, Zhang Yuanying gradually calmed down, blinking her round eyes as she looked at the instructors' seats in front of her.
Suddenly, he leaned close to Ahn Yu-jin's ear, lowered his voice, and his warm breath brushed against her ear:
"Oppa is kind of handsome~"
.........
After a break, recording resumed.
The highlight of the final recording, and the biggest gimmick deliberately reserved by the production team, was the solo stage performance of Miyawaki Sakura, the most popular trainee from Japan.
Although I had been looking forward to it for a long time, I was still somewhat disappointed when I finally saw it.
Miyawaki Sakura is arguably the best among the Japanese trainees, but she still falls short compared to everyone else.
According to Chi Jingyuan's standards, her rating should be B or C, which is much lower than those A-level trainees.
However, throughout the entire recording, the Japanese trainees performed poorly overall, with their ratings generally being low and almost all of them ranking at the bottom.
Miyawaki Sakura is the core visual and biggest highlight of the Japanese trainees. If even she is given a low rating, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among Japanese viewers and generate huge public controversy.
The mentors deliberated and discussed the matter in hushed tones for a long time, while the director backstage also intervened in the communication in real time through a headset.
After careful consideration, in order to maintain the balance of the program and avoid public opinion risks, Miyawaki Sakura was given an A rating as an exception.
Thus, the intense recording, which lasted for a full twenty-five hours, finally came to an end.
Whether they were mentors or trainees, everyone was exhausted, both physically and mentally, with bloodshot eyes and a general sense of weariness.
The host walked onto the stage and officially announced the conclusion of the first round of recording, while also outlining the next phase of tasks: all participants would prepare for the theme song rehearsal, be grouped according to their ratings, and begin targeted practice sessions.
The noisy studio gradually quieted down, and the trainees bowed goodbye and dispersed in an orderly manner.
After the recording was completely finished, the chief director, An Junying, gathered all the mentors and directors together to review and summarize the recording, and also to explain the follow-up work arrangements.
"...Next, everyone will enter the theme song rehearsal stage and start the class division mode, with each mentor guiding each group and providing targeted guidance to the trainees on stage performance, singing skills and facial expression management."
After explaining the process, Ahn Joon-young specifically asked, "After today's recording, did any of the mentors think there were any trainees with good potential?"
The other mentors spoke up one after another. They all had good judgment and could tell at a glance who was outstanding and who was ordinary.
"Where's Jingyuan?" An Junying asked, looking at Ji Jingyuan.
"Hmm... for me, Wang Yiren and Zhang Yuanying."
Chi Jingyuan thought for a moment, paused after speaking, and then added, "And Jiang Huiyuan."
As soon as he finished speaking, the mentors present subconsciously looked up at him.
"We'll give more screen time and close-ups to trainees who have more potential..."
Ahn Joon-young nodded: "The next recording is on the 18th, and we will conduct class-based teaching. I will contact everyone's managers about the specific details."
"Everyone has worked hard today. The recording has been going on for too long. Go back and rest and recuperate as soon as possible."
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"The title track is divided into shots according to the ranking. Group A has the most shots in the center position, while Group F has the fewest shots."
"We're already pretty good off being B!"
"And we're both in Group B, and we're even together."
"I wonder which professor taught us?"
"Hopefully it's Kyungwon oppa~"
"Hope...is there..."
On the bus back, Ahn Yoo-jin and Jang Won-young sat side by side, chatting quietly about the fun things that happened during the day's recording and complaining about the various little incidents that occurred during their first recording session.
As they were talking, Ahn Yoo-jin noticed that Jang Won-young had fallen silent. When she turned around, she found that she had already fallen asleep.
The long recording session exhausted Zhang Yuanying. She tilted her head and leaned softly on Ahn Yoojin's shoulder, completely losing her composure.
Her dark eyelashes drooped gently, covering her clear eyes. Her small mouth was slightly open, her breathing was even and long, and her fair cheeks were flushed with a faint tiredness.
Meanwhile, her slightly parted lips seemed to be trembling, as if she were muttering something indistinctly.
Ahn Yoo-jin blinked and brought her ear close to her mouth.
His warm breath gently brushed against Ahn Yoo-jin's neck.
Listening intently, the soft, delicate murmurs of a dream reached my ears clearly…
"So~ cunning~!"
…………
Even someone with extraordinary energy like Chi Jingyuan couldn't withstand the strain of a 25-hour marathon recording session.
After getting home, I took a shower and slept all day.
The heavy curtains blocked out the outside light, and the room was quiet. He didn't know how long he had been asleep until a series of urgent cell phone rings finally woke him from his slumber.
Chi Jingyuan fumbled for his phone, opened his eyes, squinted at the somewhat glaring light, and saw that the caller was Cui Zhichang.
woke up?"
When the call connected, Cui Zhichang's familiar voice came through, his tone light and cheerful: "I knew you stayed up all night recording, so I made sure not to bother you earlier."
"The recording schedule for PD48 has been finalized. The second recording will be on the 18th. I've postponed all your work from yesterday to now. There are no urgent plans, so you can rest well."
As Chi Jingyuan listened, he got up, drew back the curtains, stretched, and headed to the bathroom.
After finishing discussing routine work coordination, Cui Zhichang changed the subject and got down to business:
"By the way, the promotion for 'The Spying' has officially started. The official SNS of the production team has already released the first trailer poster and text, but the production team's account is not very popular at the moment. Could you take some time to help forward and promote it to boost its popularity?"
"understood."
Chi Jingyuan walked to the sink, squeezed out the toothpaste, and brushed his teeth, making a muffled sound.
Netflix offered him such good terms because they valued Ji Jingyuan's popularity and national recognition. A large part of the pre-release promotion and buzz surrounding the entire series "The Spy" rested on his shoulders.
After simply agreeing, Chi Jingyuan hung up the phone, unlocked his phone screen, and discovered that during the entire day he had been asleep, his phone had accumulated countless missed calls and unread text messages, densely covering the screen.
The most noticeable messages were from Chou Tzu-yu and several missed calls, clearly indicating that she had been unable to reach him before.
Thinking something was wrong, Chi Jingyuan opened the text message to take a look... but it was all nonsense and selfies.
She rolled her eyes, quickly finished brushing her teeth, and casually logged into her personal official SNS account, finding the official account of the "Spying" production team.
The pinned post is the latest promotional blog post, accompanied by the series' concept poster and his individual character poster. The poster features Chi Jingyuan in a community police uniform, looking seriously at a close-up from a slightly upward angle. The image quality is very high, creating a great atmosphere.
The tagline is: "Mouse | Spying," the ultimate test of human nature's good and evil, a 19+ high-energy suspense thriller with twists and turns, the truth awaits to be revealed.
However, the production team's account had a small fan base, and within two hours of the official announcement, there were very few comments, likes, and reposts, resulting in dismal popularity and almost no attention from casual viewers.
Chi Kyung-won first followed the official account of the production team, then edited and forwarded the post with one click.
The accompanying text reads, "I'm watching you."
The official account of "Spying" has few followers; the message has been posted for two hours with no comments.
However, he is currently the top celebrity in the peninsula's entertainment industry with the largest number of SNS fans, and his activity level and popularity among casual viewers are unmatched.
When Chi Jingyuan made his move, everything changed immediately.