N-M Chapter 946 Taking off
Chapter 946 Taking off
Chapter 946 Taking off
"On the 19th, EXO won the grand prize at the 2013th Seoul Music Awards again, and has won the grand prize for four consecutive years since !"
"The 16th awards ceremony ended perfectly. The super popular boy group EXO swept all the awards at the five music awards ceremonies in 2016, including AAA, MMA, MAMA, Golden Disc, and Seoul Music Awards, achieving All Kill! Demonstrating unparalleled popularity."
On the morning of January 1, in the VIP waiting room of Incheon Airport, Liu Zhimin was sitting in her seat waiting for the plane. At first, she sat there cautiously and did not dare to do anything. She just carefully observed the people next to her.
After sitting for a while, she felt a little bored. Seeing that the head of the trainee room who went with her didn't care about her thoughts at all, she took out her phone to refresh the news.
"The heyday of girl groups has arrived again! In January and February this year, many girl groups including TWICE, IOI, AOA, LOVELYZ, etc. announced that they would hold their first solo concerts."
"The national girl group IOI has officially announced that it will end its limited group activities with the concert held from the 20th to the 22nd, and will officially disband after the concert."
"IOI was formed in April last year and has been active for ten months. During this period, the advertisements endorsed by the members involved mobile communications, finance, games, cosmetics, school uniforms, online shopping malls, ramen, beverages, snacks and other fields and products. The team has more than ten advertising contracts. IOI's music distribution company also revealed that 'the music source benefited more than 10 billion won.' According to insider statistics, IOI's total revenue during the ten-month activity period reached 10 billion won, which can be called a mobile small and medium-sized enterprise."
The limited girl group IOI, which has been popular for almost a year, is finally disbanding. Seeing this news, Liu Zhimin couldn't help but sigh.
She also watched the "PRODUCE 101" which was popular all over the country last year. Although some of the contestants she supported did not debut, after seeing the formation of the last limited group, she was looking forward to it and even had some fantasies, wondering if she would have the opportunity to sign up for the same program next year.
Unexpectedly, a few months later, I joined SM company as a trainee, and thus completely lost my connection with talent shows. Big companies like SM have their own self-esteem, and unless the trainees lose the chance to debut and leave the company, they will not allow them to participate in such talent shows...except for JYP.
However, Liu Zhimin was also surprised to see the media reveal that IOI's income from activities exceeded 10 billion won in less than a year. 10 billion is really a very high number. With only ten months of activities, they can have such high revenue. IOI is worthy of being the national girl group.
But when she looked down and saw the next piece of news, this thought immediately disappeared from her mind.
"A sky-high price! The media revealed that Ji Jingyuan signed a contract with the well-known ice cream brand Haagen-Dazs to become the new spokesperson. It is reported that the signing fee broke Kim Soo-hyun's record and reached 260 billion won."
what?
Seeing the numbers revealed in this news made Liu Zhimin stunned, and he was extremely surprised.
IOI is already considered a national girl group and their popularity is already very high. Their revenue during the ten-month activity period was only around NT$260 billion. How could Chi Jingyuan earn NT$ billion directly from just one advertising endorsement?
Even if boy band idols naturally earn more money than girl band idols, the gap shouldn't be that big... Shocked, she quietly raised her head and looked at Chi Jingyuan who was a few meters away. When she saw his plain face that made people unable to look away, her heart suddenly paused.
Uh……
If it was him...it should be considered normal.
Secretly observing Chi Jingyuan over there, Liu Zhimin couldn't help but recall the experiences of the past few days.
After the audition that day, there was no clear conclusion. Chi Jingyuan didn't say anything, and Li Meizhu, the director, didn't say anything either. She just asked her to come back and wait for news.
But this matter is what all the female trainees are paying attention to. As soon as she returned from the audition, other people started asking about it, familiar and unfamiliar people, including a few close friends, were all asking about the results. Under so much attention, even the girl's vanity made her feel a little uneasy.
Moreover... after seeing the long-awaited Ji Jingyuan up close, the impressive temperament and appearance instantly broke the bad impression of EXO members left by Kim Jong-in in her mind, and even directly reversed her perception of male idols. At the same time, it also made her feel uncontrollably excited for some reason, and she wanted to get the opportunity to work with this senior even more.
It was not until the next afternoon that Lee Mi-joo told her that her audition was successful.
Although Liu Zhimin has always been very confident in herself, she still felt an irrepressible excitement when she heard that she had passed the audition.
After the news spread, she instantly became a star among the trainees. Not only the girls, but also some male trainees and even a few NCT seniors who had debuted came to see her. The envious eyes of her good and bad friends really satisfied her vanity.
The 16-year-old girl, who was a popular little beauty at school, became a bit lost in the crowd after entering the company where she was surrounded by beauties. In the past two days, she has experienced the feeling of being the focus of everyone again. To be honest, she has been in a state of extreme excitement these days. She couldn't even sleep last night. She was so excited that she is not sleepy at all until now.
Thinking of this, she stopped checking the news on her phone and instead began to quietly observe the people around her.
First up is this time's core actor Chi Jingyuan... He sat in the middle seat, dressed very casually in a hoodie jacket, jeans and a baseball cap, not much different from the last time he auditioned.
However, the halo around him is too dazzling: the TOP of EXO, the most powerful male idol, a popular actor, and the recent hit "Goblin". Even if he is dressed simply and without makeup, looking like an ordinary college student, no matter what, as long as he sits there, he is the absolute focus.
At this time, there were several people surrounding Chi Jingyuan, and the group was discussing something seriously, including the director of this MV.
Some of the advance personnel have already gone there. This time, there are thirty or forty members who flew to LA together, including Chi Jingyuan and his agent's assistant, as well as two groups of people responsible for the main filming. One is the filming team responsible for shooting the MV, and the other is the filming team responsible for shooting personal variety shows. There are quite a lot of people.
Then there was herself, and a manager who was managing trainees and who followed her to take care of her. Originally, because Liu Zhimin was not yet an adult and it was her first time to film overseas, her mother was worried and wanted to ask for leave to go with her, but gave up after the company's promise. However, before she left yesterday, she still held her hand and talked to her for a long time.
And finally... it's the heroine of another MV...
Liu Zhimin looked to the left, and saw the girl with a short face sitting quietly and reservedly beside her. Like her, she was also quietly looking at the people around her with her eyes.
A second after she looked over, the girl seemed to notice something and looked over at her. The two female trainees looked at each other, smiled politely, and then looked away tacitly.
Although the two of them were not shooting the same MV, as the only two female trainees here, they unconsciously had a sense of competition... and as a member of SM, Liu Zhimin still couldn't help but have a little sense of superiority.
Just as she was about to continue to secretly look at Chi Jingyuan to feast his eyes, Chi Jingyuan stopped talking to the person next to him, looked at the time and stood up from his chair:
"Let's go, get ready to board the plane."
There's still half a chapter later.