HPDBC Chapter 1132 July
Chapter 1132 July
Chapter 1132 May
"At sunset next year, spring will bloom, and it will be a midsummer night's dream."
"Autumn is sad, and winter is snowy."
"The seasons change, and warm spring is coming."
"..."
Listening to the demo playing on the speakers, Kim Taeyeon gently shook her head and enjoyed it. She felt the melodious and warm melody, the exquisiteness and delicacy of the lyrics, and what she liked very much, the strong nostalgia and faint sadness brewing between the lines of the whole song.
At the same time, I was extremely surprised, and my eyes widened when I looked at Chi Jingyuan... I didn't expect that just last night when we were drinking together and I told him about the stories and experiences of Girls' Generation, I didn't expect that in just one day, he would call me and start listening to this new song.
And it wasn't one of those shoddy songs. Although the arrangement wasn't rich enough, she felt it suited her taste as soon as she listened to it. It was in line with the style of the farewell album that she and Chi Jingyuan had discussed before... More importantly, the theme and lyrics of the song even used the metaphor about seasons that she had casually mentioned when they were drinking yesterday.
In less than 24 hours, she had come up with a song of such high quality and to her liking, and she even recorded the demo herself...
Is it that fast?
Kim Taeyeon's eyes changed a little... After all this time, you didn't brag, are you really Chi Taylor?
"…How do you feel?"
After listening to one song, Chi Jingyuan looked at Kim Taeyeon and asked with a pout.
“…Awesome!”
Kim Taeyeon clearly sensed some arrogance in Chi Jingyuan's tone, but she did not refute him. After a pause, she began to praise sincerely, looking very satisfied: "This style is great. In my mind, the main song for this 10th anniversary is going to be a song with this flavor, with a recollection of the past and a sad farewell, but not particularly negative... This song is completely my style!"
"And the lyrics are also very well written. How did you come up with the idea of using 'spring, summer, fall, and winter' to refer to the peaks and troughs of a person's or a group's life?"
She looked at Chi Jingyuan with burning eyes: "Do you really have inspiration after breaking up?"
"Do you think I'm bragging to you?"
Chi Jingyuan was indeed very proud of himself for producing a satisfactory demo in less than a day...but the word "break up" was indeed a bit harsh. He smacked his lips twice after hearing it, and suddenly felt that it was a bit boring and not worth being happy about at all.
The happiness in his heart suddenly disappeared. He took a breath and began to explain business: "If you think it's okay, Nuna, I will make the arrangement more complete... At present, I think the songs suitable for the main hits are NCT... No, Girls' Generation's "Beautiful", and this "Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter". Let the other sisters of Girls' Generation listen to the demo. If there is no problem, these two songs will be the double main hits..."
"OK, I'll tell them right away..."
Kim Taeyeon gestured and said confidently, "Actually, there's no need to say anything. How could the songs we chose have any problems? My vision is much better than theirs! Especially this song "Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter". If anyone dares to say it's not good, I'll kick her out of the group!"
"Ha, we're about to disband, why are you still showing off your authority as the captain?"
Seeing this sister's confident look, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help laughing: "As for the songs that the company prepared for you before, don't waste them, just put them in the collection... Once the songs are done, you can start practicing officially."
"The album will definitely be released on August 8th, so there's still plenty of time... but you still have to negotiate with the company about the album's configuration. This kind of album can definitely have a good effect on fans if it adds some sensational elements to the cover or configuration."
Chi Jingyuan looked at the date and gave some suggestions for Girls' Generation's disbandment album, but after talking for a long time, he felt that Kim Taeyeon was staring at him.
"Are you listening?...Why are you looking at me?" he asked puzzledly.
"...Jingyuan, you have so much inspiration, why don't you... write another song?" Kim Taeyeon's eyes were shining.
She might feel that she is very attractive like this...but Chi Jingyuan feels a little disgusted, mainly because their ages really don't match.
"Ah? What to write?"
"It's our collaboration song! You listened to Lee Ji-eun's song yesterday. Don't you have the urge to collaborate with her?"
"No, I think too much about you."
Seeing Kim Taeyeon's rightful excitement, Chi Jingyuan was speechless and chose to refuse temporarily: "Inspiration doesn't just come out of thin air..."
"Well……"
Kim Taeyeon looked a little disappointed, but she didn't force it. After all, she was already very satisfied with the songs "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter" and "Beautiful".
Girls' Generation's disband album is currently the top priority for them. Now that the biggest problem has been solved, she is in a good mood.
It was so good that a very deliberate idea suddenly popped up in his head. He wanted to ask Ming Jingnan out for shopping, dinner and some intimacy, to thank her for the inspiration she gave Chi Jingyuan.
Unfortunately... this idea was too ridiculous and despicable, and it just flashed through Kim Taeyeon's mind and was immediately denied by her rationality.
"...You helped me make both hits... or..."
After chatting for a while, Kim Taeyeon suddenly thought of something, her eyes lit up and she said an idea: "How about you just be the producer of our album?"
The more she talked, the more she felt that this suggestion was good: "You also understand the style of this album and the situation of Girls' Generation. You wrote the title song, so it's really suitable... and I think the company can't find anyone better than you!"
"I can't think of a higher exaggeration. Please don't flatter me too much, Nuna!"
Chi Jingyuan first frowned and argued, but he didn't mind helping Girls' Generation... But after thinking about it, he was not sure:
"We're going to have an event at Neon soon, and then at Amei's, so the work schedule is really tight."
"It's not certain whether I will be in the peninsula in June or July, so don't delay your actions then... Let's talk about it later."
…………
"Fireworks come into view..."
"Summer must not be over yet."
"Very good, full of emotion, and the singing is impeccable!"
""
Walking out of the soundproof room in the recording studio, Chi Jingyuan immediately received praise and compliments from the recording teacher: "The progress is too fast! Much faster than before."
After several days of hard work, the re-recording of "Fireworks" was completed.
But this time the gentle female voice was missing, and it became Chi Jingyuan's solo.
"Thanks……"
Facing the praise from the recording teacher, Chi Jingyuan behaved very restrainedly. He just smiled and thanked him, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
Without the inexperienced girl with limited singing skills holding him back, with only him left, the progress was indeed much faster. He could usually pass it in one or two takes each time, so there was no need to go back and practice.
But...even though the progress was so fast, Chi Jingyuan was not happy at all. Instead, he felt a little burdened.
Before, he was worried that Mingjingnan’s live performance would turn into a car accident... Now he doesn’t have to worry about it.
But to be honest, he suddenly lost interest in the song "Fireworks"... If he had previously considered this song as a commemoration and a gift, and wanted to make it well, now he unconsciously just treated it as a job, as a song that could help him open up the situation in Neon.
Minatozaki Sana also called him yesterday and asked about the situation tentatively.
"…Mina-chan has been feeling listless lately, and often becomes distracted for no apparent reason. She sometimes becomes dazed even during practice or work."
"She was also very emotionally unstable. When we were having a meal together, she would even suddenly put down her cutlery and start crying... It was really heartbreaking."
"Oppa Jingyuan, you..."
Minatozaki Sana didn't finish her last tentative question, but it was obvious that she was trying to see if she could persuade them to reconcile.
This girl is very smart. Through the last contact in the gym, she obviously realized that although Chi Jingyuan took the initiative to break up, he was obviously very hesitant and still had feelings for Ming Jingnan, or rather, he felt guilty.
She talked a lot about Ming Jingnan's recent situation on the phone. She didn't lie or exaggerate. She just told the truth... because the truth was enough to make people uncomfortable.
She was not wrong. After hearing what she said, Chi Jingyuan felt really uncomfortable... but he did not show it on the surface.
The decision has already been made, so Minatozaki Sana's attempts to reconcile are naturally in vain...but she doesn't know if she is still unwilling to give up, and she still calls from time to time to tell Chi Jingyuan about Ming Jingnan's matter, and still wants to reconcile the two of them.
After Chi Jingyuan and Ming Jingnan separated, the two people who rarely contacted each other privately before due to the existence of Xiaonan in between actually had more contact with each other, which sounded a bit ironic.
Soon, when Ji Jingyuan completed the recording of "Fireworks", the production of EXO's new album was basically completed, and the turbulent and eventful April has come to an end.
"Why do you seem to be in low spirits?"
In EXO's practice room, Wu Sehun looked at Chi Jingyuan who seemed to be in a daze next to him, put down his phone, and asked curiously.
"..."
The voice startled Chi Jingyuan, who was in a daze. He glanced at his phone, which had just received a text message from Zhou Ziyu, and waved his hand without saying anything, "I'm a little sleepy."
Wu Se-hun doesn’t know yet that he and Ming Jingnan have broken up… but judging from the look in his eyes, he will probably sense something strange soon.
But he didn't say anything. Because of the album progress in the past few days, EXO's practice and workload increased greatly. They were so tired every day and had little sleep. They were indeed tired and sleepy.
"..."
Wu Sehun gave Chi Jingyuan a strange look, but didn't say anything more and continued to scroll through his phone.
And no one knew what news he had seen. He clicked his tongue, with an expression of disdain and amusement.
"What are you looking at?" Chi Jingyuan asked curiously.
"The 'April Advertising Spokesperson Brand Ranking' was just released today. It was released by the Enterprise Evaluation Research Institute. It ranks the personal value of artists in the field of advertising endorsements..."
He introduced it casually, and then his tone turned sour: "How come you are still ranked first? There were so many things going on in April, and it didn't affect you at all? How did you rank first?"
Chi Jingyuan became interested after hearing this and searched it on his mobile phone. Sure enough, he soon saw the list of hot searches.
This is the list data released by the Peninsula Business Evaluation Institute. The survey was conducted between March 3 and April 27. It analyzed more than 4 million big data of 28 popular advertising spokespersons loved by Peninsula audiences, and drew conclusions based on statistics in areas such as audience participation value, communication value, media value, and social value.
It basically talks about the popularity and value ranking of artists in the advertising field in recent times. It is not completely standard, but it is also somewhat authoritative.
Chi Jingyuan took a quick look and immediately found his own name at the top of the list, with a comprehensive score of 460.4907, which was the highest by a large margin.
He is ahead of the second place Park Bo Gum by nearly one million points, 375 million points. The gap is so exaggerated that it is scary.
Don’t think they are first or second, but in terms of value, they are not even on the same level.
Following closely behind is Bae Suzy in third with 340 million, and Park Bo Young in fourth with 310 million.
There is another gap further down, with Baek Jong-won, Lee Hye-ri, Kim Sejeong, Kim Taeyeon, Seolhyun, and Lee Min-ho all having over one million points.
Although they are all in the top ten, the advertising value of Chi Jingyuan, who is ranked first, is greater than the sum of the following ones.
Although the suspected relationship between Wen Taiyi and EXO in April caused a great shock to EXO's fan base, it seems that it has not damaged Ji Jingyuan's image and commercial value in the hearts of the people and brands.
This made Wu Sehun feel a little discouraged because he had dark thoughts and thought that Chi Jingyuan, who was affected by the scandal in April, might lose popularity, giving him the opportunity to catch up.
Realizing the ridiculous thoughts of this hanged man, Chi Jingyuan immediately showed his reserve and sneered with disdain in his heart.
"And there's been a lot of discussion these days. Many people are analyzing the candidates for this year's Baeksang Arts Award. Your fans' analysis is very convincing..."
Wu Se-hun was mumbling again: "Namgoong Min, Park Bo-gum, Han Suk-kyu... their performances were good, but... I feel like they don't have much competitiveness. They're far behind Goblin... You're not really going to win the Best Actor award this year, are you?"
Wu Sehun raised his head and looked at Chi Jingyuan in disbelief, feeling quite uncomfortable.
It’s okay that there’s a big gap in popularity within the team, after all, they’re in the same group... It doesn’t matter if they act well, because one movie might flop.
But the Baeksang Award for Best Actor is not just an ordinary award; it is the highest honor for an actor in a Peninsula TV drama.
The other members of EXO, including him, are still in the initial stage of trying to transform themselves into actors. They have appeared in some bad movies, but they are still not embarrassed to call themselves actors. Only Do Kyung-soo is slightly better.
But Chi Jingyuan actually seemed to be on his way to becoming the TV King... It made him feel that the career levels of the members of the same group had suddenly widened.
The movie "I Love Cats" starring Wu Se-hun last year could not be released due to force majeure, so his representative work to date is still "My Neighbor is EXO..."
The other party is from "Goblin" and has a chance to become the Best Actor... This made him, a person who has always had a good attitude but is relatively indifferent, a little unbalanced, and he became envious and jealous.
"Um……"
Chi Jingyuan certainly felt Wu Shixun's envy, and he was quite pleased. He waved his hand modestly and said in a low-key manner: "It's just that the possibility is relatively large, but it's still very unstable. It still depends on the judges..."
...You are right, there is great hope. When the trophy comes down, I will lend it to you to smell it.
Chi Jingyuan, who appeared modest but actually meant what he said, was just about to say something to provoke him when the dance teacher came in and clapped his hands, indicating that practice was about to begin again.
A group of members stood up one by one, and soon the melody of "ON" echoed around.
Their Neon album is almost finished, so the focus of recent practice has actually begun to shift towards the Chuangmei album, especially the title song "ON".
The time for their activities in Japan has also been set. After this year's Baeksang Arts Awards, the entire EXO group will fly to Japan to officially begin their activities. Several music programs and interviews in Japan have been booked, and the locations and times of the consecutive fan meetings have also been selected. The schedule is very busy.
Chi Jingyuan doesn’t even know if he can celebrate his birthday in Seoul this year.
Ji Jingyuan actually doesn’t have much feeling about this entry into Japan. In comparison, he is actually more interested in and more confident about venturing into the United States. After all, that is the ultimate goal of all Kpop artists and management companies.
But SM company is just the opposite. It seems that they are just taking advantage of EXO's popularity and peak period, and that they have reached the end of their way in the domestic market so they are trying their luck. Although they have given them a lot of resources and invested a lot of money, it seems that the company has no confidence at all in entering the US.
But SM is very confident in the Japanese market, and has a complete plan for various activities, processes, publicity, and hype, as if they are determined to make EXO a big hit in Japan.
Chi Jingyuan didn't take it seriously before, but now he has focused on it and increased his enthusiasm and motivation.
...When you’re having emotional problems, just focus on work.
Soon, May has arrived.