N-M Chapter 959 Shooting and Chatting
Chapter 959 Shooting and Chatting
Chapter 959 Shooting and Chatting
During the time of shooting the MV in LA, Chi Jingyuan and SM company were not idle. Through phone calls and video conferences, they had almost discussed all the details of this solo album, including the album title, cover, version, promotion plan, etc.
After returning to Seoul from LA in the morning, he made some minor adjustments and went straight to the company for a meeting. The final pre-sale start and specific song release time were also confirmed.
"If it's February 2th, we've missed the date by more than half a month, so it shouldn't have much of an impact, right?"
Originally, she was a little worried that everyone would meet in February. Kim Taeyeon was very aware of the explosive popularity of Ji Jingyuan's solo debut, and as a person from the same company, she had also heard how much resources the company invested in this album. Although her own regular album was also carefully produced with a lot of resources and effort...but if she were to meet Ji Jingyuan head-on, she really didn't think she would have much competitiveness.
But when she heard that the difference was more than half a month, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest: "Although there is no doubt that your solo will be very popular, it is impossible that it will still dominate the charts after nearly 20 days..."
"..." Chi Jingyuan smiled without saying anything. When an idol releases a song, the popularity is usually the highest on the first day or even the first week. Most of the sales of the entire album are concentrated in these two days. Although the sales may pick up later due to promotion, no one can predict the effect. A phenomenal song like last year's "Cheer Up" is really rare.
But, who can say for sure...
After relaxing a lot, Kim Taeyeon's eyes turned and she immediately became interested again: "By the way, you just listened to my song. I haven't listened to the songs in your album. I heard from producer Li that the quality of your songs is very high, especially the title song, which will become popular as soon as it is heard. Is it true... Let me see, they are still setting up the camera over there. It will probably take a while. You must have the audio source on your phone, right? Let me listen to it."
"Okay."
As he had nothing to do at the moment, Chi Jingyuan didn't refuse and responded directly. He took out his mobile phone and adjusted it twice. He was too lazy to look for headphones in his bag, so he directly unplugged Kim Taeyeon's headphones and plugged them in. Before he handed it over, the girl snatched an earphone and put it in her ear, then looked at him expectantly and urged him to "hurry up, hurry up", like a kindergarten kid who was anxious for the teacher to serve lunch.
Chi Jingyuan glanced at her speechlessly, pressed the screen, and the studio version of the title song "Love Scenario" began to play. There was almost no prelude. His clear voice was accompanied by a light piano accompaniment, with a very pleasant and relaxing melody.
"We once loved each other, and we met~"
As soon as she heard the beginning, Kim Taeyeon's expression suddenly changed. She raised her eyebrows as if she was quite surprised by the pleasant beginning and introduction. The slightly artificial expression just now immediately disappeared.
As she listened, her legs began to sway, and during the second chorus she even hummed along...
"Your title song... Producer Li was right. It's really a song that will become popular as soon as you listen to it."
After listening to it once, she did not ask for the song to be changed. Instead, she took off her headphones and looked a little surprised. Even with her ability to distinguish, she felt the specialness of this song after listening to it for the first time.
I didn't see the final photos, the MV, the choreography, and I don't know what the concept is. It is a very rare Kpop song, the kind that has no other bells and whistles, and it is very intuitive to listen to the 'good' song.
She looked at Chi Jingyuan with extremely strange eyes.
No wonder she heard several producers she knew say from time to time that Chi Jingyuan's album was of high quality and would definitely be a hit. She thought it was a bit exaggerated before, but now after listening to it, she even felt that the two of them released the song half a month apart was a little too late.
Are you kidding me? It's such a good song, even if he is from Royal Company, it's too biased.
Oh, he wrote it himself...that's fine.
but……
"And your lyrics... do they have lyrics?" she said with a sigh.
Upon hearing this, Chi Jingyuan pulled out the lyrics and handed the phone directly to Kim Taeyeon. After receiving the lyrics, she carefully read it from top to bottom, and then her expression became interesting.
"'Once loved'? ... Is this about an ex-girlfriend?" The surprise she had just felt faded away, and Kim Taeyeon's expression became more and more strange: "Could this song be... about Irene?"
She felt something was strange when she heard it just now, but the style of this song is really light-hearted so she didn't think about it that way. Now after reading the lyrics, she realized that the lyrics are actually describing past feelings and are written about her ex-girlfriend.
And the lyrics are really well written. Based on her understanding of Chi Jingyuan,
"Noona, you said it was written about an ex-girlfriend, so it definitely doesn't belong to Irene alone. Also, lyrics don't represent real emotions, they must be artistic processing."
Chi Jingyuan leaned back on the sofa and replied lazily, looking nonchalant.
But just after he finished speaking, he seemed to remember something. The memory of the breakup last year suddenly came to his mind for some reason. He paused for a moment, and added with a slightly changed tone: "However, the inspiration for this song... did come from her."
After the words fell, Kim Taeyeon's gaze towards Chi Jingyuan changed slightly.
Although Chi Jingyuan said it lightly, Jin Taeyeon felt the hidden complexity... In addition, after listening to this song and hearing Chi Jingyuan say this, her most intuitive thought at this time was:
This brother is really attractive to both men and women.
His personal conditions are already insurmountable, but he can still bring extremely strong emotional value to girls, and even write some memorable experiences and memories into songs... Which girl would not be confused after seeing this?
As far as she knew, Bae Joo Hyun and Ji Kyung Won had a song called "Let It Be" to express their love, and now there was this song "Loved"...
When she saw the lyrics of this song, she couldn't help but recall the sweet scene she had witnessed with her own eyes of Ji Kyung-won and Bae Joo-hyun showing their love in front of her.
Then listen to this song "Loved"...
She once read a sentence in a magazine that described a scumbag: "Even if he won't linger on one person, even if he shares his love with many people...I am willing to be one of them."
I thought it was quite funny when I looked at her at that time, but now I suddenly thought of this sentence.
Maybe...Chi Jingyuan is such a person.
After a few seconds, she waved her hands, as if to dispel the subtle feeling in her heart, and then acted with contempt and fear, grinning and muttering: "You are such a terrible person. You make me feel uneasy after breaking up, and make me think about you every day."
"Is it that exaggerated?" Chi Jingyuan tilted his head, not quite believing it.
"Do you know how Irene would feel if she heard this song, saw these lyrics, and knew that they were all written because of her?"
Kim Taeyeon stared at Ji Jingyuan with gritted teeth. She knew Bae Joo-hyun very well and could guess how her sister felt and felt after hearing what she heard. Seeing Ji Jingyuan like this, she felt angry.
"Anyway, if it were me... forget it, there's nothing to say to a player like you."
She tried to put herself in their shoes, but as soon as she imagined herself, she felt like she was about to explode. The entanglement, happiness, grievance, anger... She quickly shook her head, not daring to put herself in their shoes.
"If no one specifically reminds you, who would listen to the song and read the lyrics? Nun, what is written in "GEE"? Can you tell what the lyricist wants to express?"
After a few experienced rebuttals, Chi Jingyuan waved his hand: "How could she know this? I definitely won't tell her..."
"Hehe, we'll see then. You're still dating that kid from Twice, right? Be careful or you'll end up getting into trouble..." Kim Taeyeon cursed viciously, then temporarily turned the page on the song and started listening to other songs.
This sister seems to really like the songs in Chi Jingyuan's album. She praised them while listening. From her expression, it seems that she wants to snatch some of Chi Jingyuan's songs and put them in her own album.
Twenty minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Just when the two were chatting with great interest, the PD next to them came over and reminded them to get ready and start filming. Only then did they quickly get ready.
The shooting of a personal variety show is actually very simple. It is just two people drinking coffee and chatting together, talking about how they got along with each other, some interesting things in the past and in private, or other small gossips about close friends. There is not even a specific script and it is entirely up to them to perform... However, the audience of personal variety shows is generally Chi Jingyuan's fans, and fans just like to watch these things.
Ji Jingyuan’s talent for variety shows is actually very average. When he first debuted and often appeared on variety shows, he was just a marginal figure in EXO. If the MC didn’t know that he was very popular and often CUE him, it would be as if he hadn’t been there.
But Kim Taeyeon is different. She used to be famous for her strong sense of variety. She was good at acting crazy, silly, cute, and even had a "chubby persona" and "auntie smile" that were talked about by fans. These are lifelong labels that have accompanied her to this day. Although she has been in the industry for a long time and is getting older and more mature, she no longer has to deliberately clam up like she did in the first few years after her debut, but her variety show literacy is still there...
Moreover, besides being quiet, her personality actually has some crazy qualities, which doesn't make it a character setting... So she was very relaxed and proactive during the filming, even more natural than Chi Jingyuan.
After the main part of the filming, there was an interview session where the PD handed over a small bucket full of questions, and Kim Taeyeon picked a few to answer... in front of Chi Jingyuan.
"Taeyeonxi, what kind of person is Jingyuanxi in your opinion?"
"This is the problem..."
Seeing the question at hand, Kim Taeyeon turned her eyes very smartly, and then held back her laughter, staring at Chi Jingyuan seriously. Chi Jingyuan felt a little scared when she looked at him, and forced himself to keep smiling and look at her.
"I won't talk about what everyone knows... In my opinion, Jingyuan is a very lazy person."
After looking at Chi Jingyuan's face for a long time, Kim Taeyeon coughed lightly and began to evaluate him very seriously: "He is really lazy. Normally, when you invite him to hang out with friends or drink coffee, he simply ignores you. He would rather sleep at home and play games. Sometimes he stays at home more than me. No matter how hard you try, he won't respond..."
"But..." Kim Taeyeon, who is experienced, of course knows this, so she took the opportunity to complain for a long time, then suddenly changed the subject, glanced at Chi Jingyuan, and said seriously: "If you really encounter something, he will be faster than anyone else when you call him... He is really a very loyal and kind friend..."
"Once upon a time..."
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After the official work was over, the crew packed up and prepared to leave, but Ji Jingyuan and Kim Taeyeon hadn't left yet. The two people who hadn't seen each other for a while were still in high spirits and bought a drink and sat for a while.
"I remember that you found a female trainee from your company to be the heroine in your title song's MV, right?"
Kim Taeyeon took a sip of coffee and suddenly remembered something. She got interested and moved closer: "I heard that the kid has become a little star among the trainees... How is he? Is he good-looking?"
"You'll see it after the MV comes out, won't you?... Well, it's okay."
Chi Jingyuan originally wanted to say a few perfunctory words, but in a flash, Liu Zhimin's appearance that day appeared in front of him vaguely. He paused for a moment, but still gave a compliment in spite of his heart.
"Not bad? Just okay, can you appreciate it? I don't believe it... There must be something special about it~" Kim Taeyeon sneered, and curled her lips as if she knew Chi Jingyuan very well.
It must be more...special than you.
I reflexively complained in my heart...
"Even if I have something special, I'm still a trainee. I might not be able to debut in the future..."
Thinking of the declaration that the girl had made in front of him two days ago, Chi Jingyuan thought about it, laughed twice, and then changed the subject, tentatively asking: "That girl does hope to debut... but the company should not have much chance now, right?"
Should I say it or not... After just a few days of getting along, especially the close contact on the last day and the memorable declaration under the moon, Liu Zhimin, a girl who was originally just a passer-by in Chi Jingyuan's heart and should have been forgotten after the cooperation, successfully left her own mark.
The last trainee who Chi Jingyuan was concerned about regarding her debut was... Chou Tzuyu.
"Red Velvet has only debuted for three years now, and their momentum is pretty good. The company probably hasn't planned any girl groups in recent years. We have to wait at least a few years for a new girl group. How can we know now?"
Kim Taeyeon glanced at him lightly, as if she sensed something, but she didn't ask any more questions. She knew that Chi Jingyuan had only been preparing for his debut for more than a month and had never been a serious trainee, so she probably didn't know much about him, so she introduced him very clearly:
"But that's not necessarily the case. Although it's still early for the official debut, if there's a new girl group project, the selection of members starts very early. We, Girls' Generation, selected members several years in advance and started practicing our debut song very early."
"What's the trainee's name?"
"Um, Jimin... Liu Zhimin"
"What a popular name, but it sounds ordinary..."
As if she was a little dissatisfied, Kim Taeyeon casually complained: "It's a very good opportunity for that girl to shoot your MV. If the company doesn't think highly of her, they won't let her audition. Being able to participate means that they want her to debut... If the MV's response and exposure are good, plus her personal conditions are OK, she should be able to reserve a debut spot."
“That’s right…” Chi Jingyuan nodded upon hearing this. He was very confident about the exposure of his MV.
"But it's not necessarily the case. Our company is not like other small companies. SM doesn't really like trainees to have a lot of exposure before their debut. For the sake of management, they specifically forbid trainees from using SNS. Except for the rookies, all other trainees will have planned exposure before their debut...
So it’s hard to say whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing for Jiminxi to film the MV. It’s hard to say whether she can debut, but she will definitely be envied by a lot of people among the trainees, and she might even be ostracized.”
After explaining it carefully, the sister seemed to remember something, and sneered, "And even if she is booked for a debut spot, after practicing hard for a few years and about to debut, who knows if a royal family member will suddenly appear and take her place."
"Things like 'the company is optimistic' and 'the core concept' are useless in front of the royal family background... Jingyuan, you should understand it very well, right?"
Faced with such a straightforward ridicule, Chi Jingyuan blinked innocently: "How should I know? What are you talking about, Noona?"
"Cut~"
In her heart, she despised his shamelessness. She took a sip of coffee and raised an eyebrow at Chi Jingyuan: "What do you think of this script... When the kid works so hard to make his debut, he is suddenly replaced by someone else. At the moment of despair, you, the senior who used to work with him, help him get his position back. He wins the heart of the person and becomes devoted to you from then on. Tsk tsk, it's so romantic just thinking about it."
She took a sip of coffee, glanced at Chi Jingyuan, and talked excitedly.
"What a coincidence..."
Chi Jingyuan couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Besides, even Yuner Nuna wouldn't accept such a vulgar script."
"You are not pretending to be Hei Yun'er at all now. I don't know why your relationship is getting better and better..."
Shaking her head in disbelief, Kim Taeyeon shrugged: "But if it's you... if you want to promote a trainee, it's just a matter of calling Teacher Lee Soo Man...
As she spoke, she shot him a disdainful look again: "Why, do you have another idea?"
Chi Jingyuan bit the straw and laughed:
"Who knows~"
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As the New Year was approaching, both of them had a lot to do. After sitting in the cafe for half an hour, they were ready to leave. However, after standing up and walking a few steps, Kim Taeyeon suddenly thought of something and said:
"Oh, by the way, there is another important matter that we haven't yet reached an agreement with the company... but when the time comes, I may need your help and advice."
"Oh? What's the matter?"
Chi Jingyuan looked over curiously when he heard this.
"It's about our Girls' Generation's 10th anniversary album."