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Chapter 978 Pulling and Trampling

Chapter 978 Pulling and Trampling

"Ouni, you're back? Where did you go?"

As soon as Bae Joo Hyun pushed the door and walked into the lounge, she was immediately spotted by Kang Seul Gi. She came over in two or three steps, first asked curiously, and then leaned in and whispered, "The manager just called you, saying that they need to take a certification photo later."

"Oh? Now?"

Jiang Seqi deliberately lowered her voice, but Pei Zhuxuan became very calm and did not hide anything. As she walked inside, she said naturally, "I just chatted with Jingyuan outside."

"..."

After she said this, Jiang Seqi, who was about to ask something else, suddenly stopped.

The other members couldn't help but glance sideways. It was just a simple sentence, but several people were able to keenly sense some subtle changes in the captain.

In the past, even when Bae Joo-hyun was dating Ji Kyung-won, this eldest sister rarely talked about her boyfriend in the team, and never told anyone when they went out on a date. Even if she whispered something, she only told it to members like Son Seung-wan who were closer to her. She kept her mouth shut in front of everyone else, as if she had something shameful to show.

Anyway, it just feels a bit shy and awkward.

As for the period after the breakup, there is no need to say anything. She was in a bad mood during the period just after the breakup. Other members would avoid her when they talked about Ji Jingyuan. After things got a little better, they stopped avoiding her. However, Bae Joo-hyun never participated and would remain silent when the topic came up.

That is, when we were working together as MC at the end of last year, she seemed to be in a much better mood. We chatted for a few words in the dormitory, but she returned to her normal state not long after.

Why did you suddenly change your personality today?

However, after hearing her say this, the agent who was about to say something opened his mouth but suddenly swallowed his words back. After a second of hesitation, he quickly picked up the mineral water next to him and took a sip to cover up the slight embarrassment.

This detail was also noticed by Pei Zhuxuan out of the corner of her eye. She raised the corner of her mouth and picked up the water cup on the table and took a sip.

Jiang Seul-ki looked at the unnie who walked to the side and picked up the cup to drink water with a slightly strange look in her eyes, her eyes flickered, as if she sensed something.

However, after Bae Joo-hyun said this, she didn't talk in detail, as if she just mentioned it casually. She soon smiled and asked about the online fans' reactions to today's stage. Then several people took a certification photo together holding the trophy.

After taking the photos, when Red Velvet was about to pack up and leave, Bae Joo-hyun suddenly seemed to remember something.

"Oh, right."

She walked to Jiang Seqi and patted her gently, looking at her with a smile: "Oh, by the way, Seqi, I didn't have time to say it just now, Jingyuan asked me to say happy birthday to you~"

"what?"

Seeing the captain with such a beautiful smile, Jiang Seulgi was slightly stunned, as if she didn't expect Bae Joo Hyun to say that. But she quickly reacted, puffed up her cheeks, and laughed innocently: "Hehe, I thought he forgot... Then, sister, do you have a gift?"

"Then go ask him~"

……

After Chi Jingyuan and Bae Zhuxuan said goodbye, they returned to their own lounge.

He seemed relatively calm... Although the straight shot from the young lady just now caught him off guard, he soon calmed down.

Or maybe he wasn't too surprised by Bae Joo-hyun's behavior. He knew that the girl still had deep feelings for him until now... He just didn't expect it to be today, and he didn't expect the change to be so big.

He had just sat down when his cell phone vibrated and a text message came in.

It was sent by Liu Zhimin.

She came to congratulate Ji Jingyuan on the successful first stage of his solo debut, and used a lot of modal particles to praise his part of playing the piano while standing on a stool. Moreover, this busty girl did not use standard words like "big" and "most Zzang", but used several words that Ji Jingyuan had never seen before. He looked at it for a long time before he roughly understood that several words were simply connected together by omitting the beginning and the end of the syllables. After figuring out the logic, he realized that what Liu Zhimin said was probably something like "super handsome".

Is this how all those born in the 00s send text messages now?

However, the fact that she sent a text message at this time clearly showed that she was watching the live broadcast specifically.

Chi Jingyuan looked at the emojis that the girl added at the end of the text message, and suddenly thought of something and asked Park Jae-hyun, "By the way, brother, does the company have any plans for the trainee Liu Zhimin who starred in my MV?"

Although Liu Zhimin left a deep impression on Chi Jingyuan on the last day before leaving LA, they didn't have much contact after returning from LA due to lack of social interaction. However, a few days ago, he suddenly received a text message from Liu Zhimin asking about pre-sales. After he replied, the girl immediately took advantage of the situation and playfully asked whether it was her contribution or any reward.

Chi Jingyuan was in a good mood and didn't refuse, so he said he would treat her to coffee when he was free.

It was just a casual remark originally, who knows when he would be free... Unexpectedly, Liu Zhimin called him immediately after hearing it, as if she had been waiting for him to say this.

But Chi Jingyuan didn't care... Seeing her text message at this time reminded him of this girl. With the release of Liu Zhimin's MV "Loved" these days, it caused a lot of discussion on the Internet because of her fashionable and beautiful outfit, exquisite profile, attractive figure and several ambiguous interactions with Chi Jingyuan... and Ai Li's resentment. Many people were asking about the news of this girl who only appeared on the screen for about ten seconds.

"Jimin ah..."

Hearing Chi Jingyuan's question, Park Jae-hyun seemed to have asked about it before. He paused for a moment without thinking and replied directly:

"SM originally planned to use this exposure opportunity to promote her, or directly enter the SM Rookies project... But after thinking about it again, they decided to keep it as it is. After all, she is just a trainee who has just joined the company. There are no girl group projects recently and it is not certain whether she will debut in the future. If they invest resources in promotion now, there is a high probability that it will be wasted... And SM has always disliked giving its trainees too much exposure."

After a brief talk, Park Jae-hyun glanced at Chi Jingyuan and added, "But it is said that the company has already given her a very high evaluation. If there is a girl group project in the future, she will definitely be one of the candidates for debut if nothing unexpected happens."

"so……"

Chi Jingyuan nodded upon hearing this and did not ask any further questions.

He just needs to pay attention to SM's arrangements for Liu Zhimin, he doesn't need to know too much.

Just as he was casually replying to Liu Zhimin, his phone started vibrating again.

"Congratulations to Jingyuan on his solo debut..."

"Why are you so handsome? How did you come up with the idea of ​​standing on a stool and playing the piano?"

"Congratulations, Oppa, on your solo debut~"

Many of his friends in the circle and close acquaintances sent him text messages to congratulate him on his successful solo debut. In addition to Jung Eun-ji, Kim Taeyeon, and Lim Yoona, several girls from Twice also sent him text messages, such as Yu Jeongyeon, Kim Dahyun, Minatozaki Sana, and Son Chaeyoung.

Even Lim Nayeon pretended to send a text message.

...But after all, Chi Jingyuan had been a producer for them before, and during the long period of cooperation, they had exchanged contact information and became quite familiar with each other.

Even in the big group of EXO, Park Chanyeol and a few others kept @ing him, praising him for being so handsome on stage, and it was hard to tell whether they were genuinely praising him or being sarcastic.

Chi Jingyuan browsed through them all with a smile, replying to those that should be replied to and ignoring those that should be ignored.

Among them, his girlfriend Ming Jingnan naturally also sent a message. Her wording was naturally much more intimate, and she also followed it with a beautiful selfie.

However, what Chi Jingyuan was worried about before did not happen. Ming Jingnan just said that the song was nice and the stage was cool. He did not mention the meaning of the lyrics of "Loved" at all. It seemed that he did not pay too much attention to the lyrics, and he may not have associated them with certain aspects. It seemed that he did not care at all.

Chi Jingyuan looked at the selfie behind her. Xiaonan was smiling with her eyes curved. Her makeup was very light. From the top-down perspective, he could see that she was wearing a gray short-sleeved shirt and a pair of very tight yoga pants. She should be in the gym at this moment.

Twice is about to return, and their first concert will be in two days. This is the time when they need to strictly manage their body shape. I heard from Xiaonan that the Japanese trio will go to the gym whenever they have free time these days.

Looking at her sunny and gentle smile in the photo, Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips in silence for a while, then gently curled the corners of his mouth.

He looked at his recorded schedule. Today was February 2th, and Valentine's Day was just a few days away... Although he had prepared gifts, these days were the first week of his return, and he had a lot of schedules, so he didn't know if he had time to meet or something.

"Oh yes……"

While thinking about the arrangements for Valentine's Day, Ji Jingyuan suddenly saw the notes for today recorded on the schedule, and then he remembered that today was actually Jiang Seqi's birthday.

Although they are good friends of 94line, if he hadn't seen this schedule... he really wouldn't have remembered it at all.

He took out his cell phone and sent a text message to Jiang Seqi:

“Are you still at KBS?”

"I just arrived at the parking lot. What's the matter?" Jiang Seqi replied quickly.

"Gone? That's fine... By the way, happy birthday to our Seulgi."

"Hey, thank you..." Jiang Seulgi looked very happy, but then added with some doubt: "But didn't you ask Juhyun unnie to bless you?"

Seeing her words, Chi Jingyuan paused slightly, and his hand, which was about to send some teasing words, suddenly stopped there.

Thinking of Bae Joo-hyun's proactive and direct shot in the stairwell just now, and Ming Jingnan's smiling face in the photo just now... and even Zhou Ziyu's bold confession in the car a few days ago, Chi Jingyuan sighed in his heart.

He didn't know if they had discussed it before, but several girls he was close to seemed to have undergone some changes in recent times. Some had grown up and matured, some had become more straightforward and strong, and all of them had done things that were beyond his expectations.

...I can’t say I’m bored, but I do feel it’s inexplicably complicated.

Everyone is growing, and everyone has their own ideas. Chi Jingyuan, who always felt that he had everything under control and was very confident in himself, was caught off guard and seemed to be no longer so at ease.

…………

When Chi Jingyuan left "Music Bank" and headed to the next event venue, the internet was already abuzz with news.

His solo debut itself was extremely popular, and whenever any idol returns, the first stage is what attracts the most attention from passers-by and fans. Whether the company put in enough effort, whether the makeup and styling are good, and what the quality is, can all be determined by watching one stage.

The attention on today's episode of "Music Bank" is so high that people have been discussing it online since I started working in the morning. All the fans and passers-by are looking forward to it. Even if they don't have time to watch the live broadcast, they will check out the fans' reactions and real-time reports online.

Although the ratings of "Music to Music" have not been made public today, the internal creative staff are already very happy. Today's ratings started much higher than usual, and they kept getting higher and higher. Especially when Chi Jingyuan appeared at the end, it even exceeded the peak period of Music to Music CP, reaching a peak in ratings in the past two years.

Director Han PD couldn't help but sigh at the summary meeting: TOP idols are so scary.

After Chi Jingyuan's stage performance ended, his refreshing, fashionable and handsome outfit, the stunning opening design, the perfect choreography, and the extremely relaxed and comfortable choreography caused the comments of passers-by online, especially the reactions of the fan group, to explode.

Just browse similar communities and you can see countless fans and excited fans.

“So handsome! Oppa is totally handsome. Those glasses, those earrings, ahhhh so handsome, so handsome, so handsome!!”

"The beginning was so amazing. When the light came on and the camera turned, and the image of Yuan wearing glasses and playing the piano on a stool appeared on my TV, I was really stunned. My heart was empty and I couldn't react for a long time."

"February 2th, 'Music Bank' Ji Kyung-won stage murder incident!"

"Those who were cursing the stage for not being good before, come out! Haters, speak up!!"

"That earring is so beautiful. Is this Yuan's first time wearing earrings? Can anyone tell me where you bought it?"

“The background, lighting, stage, choreography, and support are all perfect, and most importantly, the people are also perfect.”

"I really cried when I saw this stage. What I miss most is EXO in 13. Although that was not their most popular time, it was a time when everyone was full of energy and spirit.

Although Yuan looked very polite at the time, I could sense his pride and his uniqueness from the details... But after debuting for a long time, this kind of eccentricity and sunshine gradually faded, and he became more calm and ordinary like an adult...

This time he returned with his long-lost youthfulness, which I like the most. More importantly, his many years of experience as a singer have made him more mature in his understanding of life, which has not made his sober and sunny style of work superficial, but has injected soul into his work. I really appreciate the attitude of this song "Love is enough"... This stage, this song "Love", and everything in this album are really an unbridled display of Yuan's brilliant talent. From any angle, he is really different from other male idols. The three million pre-sales are well deserved. "

Countless fans praised Ji Jingyuan's debut performance. In their hearts, this performance is enough to be recorded in the history of Kpop. Ji Jingyuan is almost blown out of the earth.

And because the stage of "Loved" did not follow the route of heavy choreography by the boy band, but used neat group dance to create a very comfortable atmosphere, the comments from passers-by were also very good.

Simply put, the performance was a success and word of mouth exploded.

But in fact, there were also some discordant episodes... The fans as a group have always been paranoid and crazy. How could they only praise and not criticize? At the beginning, most of the fans were praising Chi Jingyuan's performance.

But after a while, the wind direction was changed, and many people couldn't help but start to criticize others in a sarcastic way.

Moreover, fans of Yuan seem to think that there is no point in pulling down other boy groups, and the fans have no fighting power and it is not satisfying to confront each other.

So…the one they are criticizing is also a member of EXO, CBX.

"I can only say that it's really clear who is the top. Baekhyun's fans are still bragging about how he is second only to Yuan in popularity in the team, and how he is the vice-top of EXO... Look at the first day's results and data. Don't just talk about him, the entire CBX's all-round data is blown up. Even the big group can't catch up with Yuan's solo. Those fans are still using Baekhyun to rub shoulders with Yuan every day. They are really shameless."

“Redefining ‘second only to.’”

"There's no need to compare the performance of music sources. The songs in the entire album of "In the Mood for Love" are super good. "Loved" is an extremely rare and inherently good song that I have heard in the past few years of listening to Kpop. Today, the minimum number of listens has exceeded one million. It seems that the music source is about to explode. The CBX album is really not worthy of comparison."

"Ah, last year I thought we were all teammates in the same group, so I bought two CBX albums to show my support for their performance. But the three back players didn't live up to their expectations and were killed head-on by Rabbit Gas... I feel sick when I think about being attacked by Once."

"Last year's CBX has sold over 15 copies so far, and that's after who knows how long of promotion and countless book signings... I'm not going to say anything strict, I'll just do a random calculation, and I'm not counting group fans or single fans, but I guess more than half of CBX's fans are for Baekhyun, and out of the 5 copies sold, were sold by him, while Xiumin and Chen sold about and copies respectively.

Baekhyun is currently the most popular member in the group, Xiumin is in the middle, and Chen is the back. So, for every Baekhyun in the top group, there are 4 Xiumins and 12 Chens. By analogy, all of Yuan's albums were sold by him alone, and the pre-sale + first day sales exceeded 5 million. By comparing it with the conversion just now, we can draw the conclusion that: 20 Yuan≈60 Baekhyun≈ Xiumin≈ Chens.

Tsk, this is still the first day of Yuan’s album release. When the influence spreads out in a while, I’m really curious about how many Baekhyun and Chen he can equal~”

"The reasoning process is scientific and rigorous, the data is detailed and well-reasoned... EXO is essentially being dragged down by a few backers, and Yuan is working hard to lead the team alone. I really feel sorry for him."

Tomorrow's chapter may be updated in the afternoon