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Chapter 741 Lively
Chapter 741 Lively
"You said you wanted to see the stars and dragged me along."
A month later, Chi Jingyuan came to Neon again to participate in SM Twon, but the venue was changed from Tokyo Dome to Osaka Dome.
The two shows at Osaka Dome this time are also the last performances of the SM TOWN family concert in 2016.
The familiar and cheerful music echoed all around. Under the watchful eyes of the on-site PD, Ji Kyung-won, Kang Seul-gi and Park Chan-yeol were rehearsing the song "Rooftop" on the stage of Osaka Dome.
Although they are not the original trio of the Song Festival, the song was performed vividly by these three people after the re-combination, and it seems that the audience in Japan likes this kind of band-style song very much. Ever since the song "Rooftop" was performed as a special stage on SM TOWN, the effect and response of each performance have been very good, and the cheers are obviously higher.
It's so good that Chi Jingyuan is considering whether to release a Japanese version of this song
"Thanks for your hard work."
After the stage rehearsal, the three of them bowed and expressed their gratitude to the staff, then quickly left the stage and walked towards the backstage. Ji Jingyuan glanced at Jiang Seulqi next to him, then gave Park Chanyeol a slight wink.
Park Chanyeol also got the meaning instantly. He seemed to have remembered something. After greeting the two of them as if he had something to do, he strode away quickly. In an instant, only Ji Kyung-won and Kang Seul-ki walked into the backstage.
Chi Jingyuan secretly gave a thumbs up in his heart... In this kind of occasion and this kind of thing, he and a partner like Park Chanyeol really have such a tacit understanding.
"what?"
Although she didn't see the eyes of the two, she could feel the gaze from the side. Jiang Seulqi paused, took a step back, and glanced at Ji Jingyuan warily: "Are you trying to find out about Zhu Xuan unni from me?"
"What's your reaction?"
Chi Jingyuan was a little dissatisfied with Jiang Seqi's reaction: "What's there to pry into? Didn't we just see each other backstage?"
As for that, it makes me feel like I have to do something... and the word "insight" is too harsh, it's just a chat between friends.
Chi Jingyuan frowned, then waved his hand, looked ahead, and asked casually, "Have you guys been practicing these days?"
"Pfft..."
Jiang Seqi suddenly laughed, covered her mouth with her hands, puffed her cheeks and looked at Chi Jingyuan with curved eyes: "Your tone is so funny... I have never seen you like this before."
"ah!"
Being stared at by this relative who was known for her 'silliness' and laughed at her like a fool, even Chi Jingyuan couldn't stand it and couldn't help but glared at her fiercely.
But Jiang Seqi was not afraid of him at all. This fierce but weak look made her laugh even more happily.
“If you want to ask, just tell me…” After laughing twice, Jiang Seulgi patted him and said, “Didn’t I tell you the day before yesterday when I texted you? I went home that day and was not in the dormitory. Seungwan was the only one in the dormitory. She heard that Joohyun cried so hard when she went back home, and no matter how she tried to persuade him, it was useless…”
As she spoke, she glanced at Chi Jingyuan with a somewhat unfriendly look, then shrugged and continued: "
"But when Xiurong and the others returned to the dormitory the next day, they stopped crying and were talking and laughing, just like before. It was hard to tell that...something was wrong with you."
Chi Jingyuan nodded slowly after hearing this... He knew, of course, that Pei Zhuxuan couldn't be the same as before. The fact that there was no sign of a problem was the biggest problem.
It's good to have spies.
After a few seconds of silence, Jiang Seul-ki quietly poked him with her elbow to bring Ji Jingyuan back to his senses. Then she asked in a tentative tone, "Jingyuan...are you and Joohyun unnie really separated?"
"That's it for now." Facing his close friends, Chi Jingyuan did not hide anything.
"For now?" After chewing on the word, Jiang Seqi seemed to come to her senses: "It means that there may be a possibility in the future..."
"Who knows?"
Chi Jingyuan shrugged and looked at the staff members with work badges hurrying past him. For some reason, he suddenly didn't want to talk about this anymore.
No matter what happens in the future, now that we have separated, it is enough to simply ask about the situation and show concern.
He has experienced too many breakups, both active and passive. Although this time it was indeed beyond his control, there was no need to dwell on it.
He is Chi Jingyuan...
"By the way, do you want to eat?"
Jiang Seqi seemed to have seen through it, so she didn't continue talking about this matter. Instead, she rummaged through the pocket of her private clothes, took out two lollipops, and after asking a question, she took the initiative to hand over one.
"Do you like to carry snacks with you now?"
Chi Jingyuan took it, glanced at the package, opened it and put it in his mouth, and said with interest: "This brand...isn't it one that our XO has endorsed before? I also liked it for a while."
"I didn't buy them. I don't really like to bring snacks..." Jiang Seulgi looked at Ji Jingyuan who was happily eating a lollipop, showing her signature silly smile, but there seemed to be a sly flicker in her eyes, as if she was waiting for him to ask this: "Joo Hyun unnie bought them a while ago, and gave me a few when she was packing up yesterday."
"you……"
Of course Chi Jingyuan understood what she meant. He turned around and looked at Jiang Seqi's smile which pretended to be silly but was actually shrewd, and couldn't help rolling his eyes.
"never mind,……."
After thinking for a while, Chi Jingyuan turned the candy in his mouth, remembering the rejection he had received from another friend of the same age a few days ago. The sweet mango taste comforted him a little: "Seulgi, you still remember to give me a lollipop, it's good enough. A few days ago, when Seungwan and I sent text messages, she didn't even reply to my text messages..."
At this point, he couldn't help but sigh: "Now we are the only two of us left who are on the same team. Sun Shengwan is already on the other side."
As expected of a veteran member of the 94 line, Ji Kyung-won is very satisfied with Kang Seul-ki... Unlike the other one, who has been brainwashed by Bae Joo-hyun. When they met just now, she knew that she was hugging her sister and she couldn't stand still.
"Pooh!"
But Chi Jingyuan's heartwarming sigh made Jiang Seqi unable to hold back. She stopped playing dumb and frowned, stretched out her legs and kicked in disdain:
"Who is in the same group with you? I am not in the same group with you."
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At this time, in EXO's lounge, the assistant and the agent were sitting in the corner, and a few other members were playing with their mobile phones, while Kim Junmyeon and Byun Baekhyun were sitting on the sofa with a selfie stick, chattering at the camera and doing a V live broadcast.
The news of the comeback with the re-released album announced today, especially the concept photo of "Blood Sweat & Tears", caused a big sensation among fans. Although it is common for EXO, the level of interest in this concept photo was something that even SM itself did not expect.
After arriving in Neon, Kim Junmyeon and a few others who had been following the fan updates on Peninsula watched the live broadcast at the suggestion of their agent, communicated with the fans, and gave some small spoilers.
"… Yo Robin, guess where we are now… Ding ding ding ding! We are backstage at the Osaka Dome, and there will be an SM TOWN concert tonight."
"Oh, everyone has watched today's news..."
Although EXO does not broadcast live on V LIVE very often, they have the largest traffic on the platform. Currently, almost all records of V LIVE's live broadcast data are created by EXO. In addition, with the popularity of today's news, the live broadcast room was already crowded not long after the live broadcast started. Jin Junmian looked at the screen with two people, blinking his eyes to try to see the barrage that was flowing too fast.
"Can we talk about this return?"
Seeing that many people were asking about the news just announced today, Kim Junmyeon and Byun Baekhyun looked at each other. They started the live broadcast to say this: "We actually started preparing for this comeback a long time ago. It will still be a double main song. Both main songs were selected by our own voting..."
"Let me talk about Blood, Sweat and Tears. The style is so cool!!"
"Blood, Sweat and Tears?" Bian Baekhyun, who is very talented in live broadcasting, smiled and began to talk: "Speaking of this song, there is a lot to say. This song is PD... Brother, can you tell me?"
Halfway through his speech, he even pretended to look in the direction of Lee Seung-hwan, asking if he could reveal it in advance. After getting confirmation, he nodded exaggeratedly and continued, "This song was arranged by producer PDOGG and Jingyuan, and all EXO members participated in writing the lyrics... It's a really heartfelt song."
As he said this, he raised his eyebrows and showed off to the camera: "Some of the lyrics in it were written by me."
This news really hit the excitement points of fans, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the comments exploded.
It's normal for Ji Kyung-won to participate in composing music, and all the EXO members have long been accustomed to it...but it's the first time that all EXO members have participated in writing lyrics. Once this gimmick came out, it immediately aroused the expectations of all fans.
"Can you sing a song? I'm really curious."
"Great! A title song composed and written by the oppas themselves!!"
"I can't say anything else now..."
The number of comments increased rapidly, but Baekhyun could not say much about the many questions asking for specific details. He picked out one comment after a long while and read it out: "Is this version of the promotional photo for Blood, Sweat and Tears well taken? Haha, I remember that in order to take this photo, the company prepared dozens of suits and various accessories. We spent an hour or two just changing clothes..."
"Well, it was already very late when we were shooting the cover, and everyone was very tired after shooting for a whole day... But because there were so many clothes, it was dazzling and all the members were very interested, so they didn't feel sleepy anymore."
Jin Junmyeon recalled what he had said, nodded and said a little.
“By the way, hyung.” Byun Baekhyun turned around and asked, “Whose clothes do you think are the best in this concept photo? If you were allowed to choose, whose suit would you want to wear?”
"Well, you and Jingyuan's clothes look the best. If you want to wear them..."
The captain hesitated for a while, then said the truth: "Let the youngest wear it. I always feel that he looks particularly stylish in this kind of suit."
"I also think that Cody Nuna is really biased..."
Because the song has not been officially released yet, they can't reveal too many spoilers. After answering some of the questions that can be answered, the two of them started reading the comments and chatting:
"What are you doing recently? I just watched Train to Busan with Chen and Xiumin a few days ago. Was it good? Of course it was good. The zombies and human relationships were really well filmed. Gong Yoo-xi's acting was great. We are planning to find time to watch it again before our comeback."
Kim Junmyeon excitedly talked about his impressions of Train to Busan, and then he noticed a message and immediately read it out: "Why didn't you invite Yuan to join us? Of course I invited him, but he said he didn't have time... Actually, he was just too lazy to go."
Byun Baekhyun interrupted with a knowing look: “Brother, if you ask him to watch cartoons, he will probably go…”
"If that happens, we won't have time..."
Unable to hold back a laugh, Kim Junmyeon pouted and shook his head in disdain: "Maknae is like this, quite boring."
When the topic turned to Chi Jingyuan, it immediately aroused the interest of many fans, who left messages and quickly asked various questions.
"Is Yuan boring?"
“Why do you say that!!”
"It's not that he's boring. Jingyuan is actually very nice. He knows a lot of things, such as archery, horse riding, surfing, and even skateboarding. He also talks in an interesting way. He is a very relaxed and interesting person to get along with..."
He corrected what he said before, and then shrugged: "But if he is not interested in many things, he will not bother to pay attention to you. Usually, when he is free, he will not go out to play with you. He likes to stay in the dormitory and play games by himself."
"Huh? Going out for a bike ride?"
At this time, Byun Baekhyun suddenly started to act and began to imitate them inviting the youngest member to go out and play, but Ji Kyungwon refused.
He first uttered a surprised sound, then his eyes moved around very vividly, and finally he forced out a sincere smile. He imitated Chi Jingyuan's appearance of being too lazy to go out and making excuses: "Brother, I just happen to have something to do now, I will definitely do it next time!"
"Ha ha……"
Kim Junmyeon laughed out loud along with the fans who were watching the live broadcast.
After his cheesy imitation, Byun Bo Hyun thought for two seconds, looked at the captain and asked, "The only thing that can consistently get Jing Yuan to go out is eating, right?"
"I think so too……"
The two of them joined in insulting Chi Jingyuan, and Jin Junmyeon began to read the messages with a smile:
"Where is Yuan? Kyungwon and Chanyeol went to rehearse for Rooftop... Why the two of them? This is a special stage of SM TOWN, a collaboration between Kyungwon, Chanyeol and Seulgi. It's a wonderful stage."
"Speaking of cooperation..."
As if he remembered something, Kim Junmyeon was about to talk about another thing when the door of the lounge was suddenly pushed open. Seeing the face walking in, the two broadcasters' eyes suddenly lit up and they turned their phones over to look over.
Chi Jingyuan, wearing dark casual clothes, black-framed glasses, with his cheeks puffed out and a lollipop in his mouth, instantly appeared in the camera.
Chi Jingyuan had just walked in and was happily eating a lollipop when he felt a strange gaze as if he was being looked at. Then, Jin Junmyeon, who was sitting on the sofa, trotted over with a selfie stick and pointed the camera at him, chirping, "Yuan xi, say hello to the V live audience!"
Chi Jingyuan, who was facing the camera, blinked and froze for a second. He suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness filling his heart. He flattened his bulging cheeks, bit off the candy stick in his mouth, forced a smile, and waved at the camera:
"Aniha Saiyo, EXO.Yuan Yimi~"
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The two-day SM TOWN ended successfully after mobilizing more than 14 viewers. All the artists did not stay and flew back to Seoul on the th.
However, EXO did not follow the main group because they had already scheduled fan activities to complete.
Although they debuted in Japan last year, they didn't have many schedules there. They just released an album and participated in a few shows to promote it.
At that time, the popularity of the entire group was on the rise, and they were already too busy with activities in both China and South Korea. Even if they debuted, they would not have extra time for activities in Japan, and SM did not actually pay much attention to the market here.
However, since losing the mainland market, SM company has learned from its mistakes and after many meetings and discussions, it has lost its original arrogance and has decided that the focus of EXO's next activities will shift to Japan and A-Mei.
Ami's activities are scheduled to start from next year and the next album, while Japan has increased a lot since the second half of this year, and a new Japanese album is also on the agenda.
After another busy day in Osaka, they finally completed the trip to Japan. The eight EXO members dispersed and went their separate ways. Park Chanyeol took two people to experience the nightlife, while Ji Kyung-won followed his roommates LINE and Kim Junmyeon to stroll around the street.
Recently, there are the most summer activities in Japan. When Chi Jingyuan went to Tokyo for SM TOWN last month, he was very interested, but he didn't go out to play because of time constraints. This time, the event happened to be over and he had nothing to do. After two days, he saw that Osaka seemed to be more lively than Tokyo. A few of them hit it off, and after dinner, they went out together before it got dark.
"It's really lively... We were already having this summer festival when we came here last month, and it's still going on this time. How long will it last?"
Looking at the bustling crowd on the road ahead and the many men and women in traditional costumes on both sides of the road, Wu Sehun looked around and kept asking questions.
At this moment, they were in Shin-Kitano in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka... They came out to play after looking up travel guides. It was said that a fireworks festival would be held here around 7:40 tonight, and it was said to be very lively.
They don’t know whether it is true or not. Many things are not written in the travel guide, and they also heard it from the hotel staff.
This place was not very close to their hotel in the West District, but transportation was convenient and it took less than thirty minutes to get there by tram.
"July to the end of August...it should be over in a few days."
Chi Jingyuan also looked around with great interest and answered uncertainly.
All his knowledge of summer festivals came from anime and the travel guide he had just read. This was his first time to come to such a place and participate in such an event.
It was still early and bright, and there were not too many people on both sides of the street. But as he felt the lively atmosphere and hot temperature around him, and listened to the thunder-like sound of countless voices coming together beside him, he couldn't help feeling a sense of restless excitement.
I have to say that EXO's popularity in Japan is indeed much lower than that in the peninsula. This can be seen from the fact that after a few people got off the car and walked on the road for a long time, no one recognized them.
Although "Boy with Luv" is very popular in Japan, it is the most popular song of Korean groups in recent years. EXO is also one of the most popular boy groups in Kpop, but EXO has too few activities here and has not appeared on many shows. Their popularity is basically concentrated in the fan group. Beyond this range, few people can recognize them at a glance.
Originally, Wu Sehun pretended to wear a baseball cap and a mask, but after getting off the car, he found that no one cared about him. Even Kim Junmyeon and the others who were not disguised at all were not recognized by anyone. After wearing it for a while, he couldn't stand it because it was too hot, so he took it off in disappointment.
But no one knew them and they were happy.
"Oh, that squid looks good..."
Jin Junmyeon looked at a small cart stall in front of him with a long line of people. After smelling the food, his eyes lit up and he went over.
Because it was our first time here and we had no experience, we didn’t want to waste time so we just had a quick meal at the hotel. We left some space to try the snacks here.
Chi Jingyuan's attention was attracted by a stall selling traditional handicrafts next to him. After taking a few glances at the ceramic artworks on the carriage, he stopped walking and followed behind the members.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a vibration in his pocket and his cell phone rang.
(End of this chapter)