Chapter 499 Heavy Rain

Author: Chicken and rabbit in the same cage

Chapter 499 Heavy Rain

"live streaming?"

Facing the new name proposed by the manager, several members repeated it in surprise.

This is not a high-level meeting at this time, but a small meeting held internally by EXO and their management group. It is mainly to discuss and explain the recent itinerary and the things that need attention. Among them, as the head of the main management office, Lee Seung-hwan is the leader.

Highest.

"Um."

Li Chenghuan nodded, looked at a stack of documents skillfully, and introduced to them: "It's NAVER... Don't tell me you don't know about NAVER... It's about to launch an APP with celebrity video content called Vlive. This APP is said to contain a lot of

functions, but the main function is celebrity live broadcast.”

"Why do I think hyung is so serious? Live broadcasting is not very common. We have done it a few times, such as the third anniversary event of debut." Park Chanyeol seemed a little disappointed and laughed and interrupted.

"There are still many differences from some of the live broadcasts we have received before. In addition to the live broadcast of the event that includes previews, the main focus of this Vlive is the surprise live broadcast, which is more casual and natural than the regular broadcast. Please tell me the specific differences.

You will know when the time comes.”

"This APP will start external testing on August 1st, and we XO will be the first batch to experience it. It will be officially launched on September 1st. In order to promote it, the operator has invited us XO to conduct live broadcasts for several days while it is online.

It can be regarded as the greatest possible way to gain fame and occupy the market..."

Although Li Chenghuan's last two sentences were not directly bragging, they still made everyone in the conference room feel comfortable. Some people couldn't help but smile reservedly and proudly.

This is indeed the current market situation. Among the Peninsula boy groups, EXO is at its peak, and its popularity and influence are visible to the naked eye. Vlive may have invited many artists in the days after it was launched, but EXO is the one that attaches the most importance to it.

"The other party attaches great importance to us and is very sincere. We will have a lot of preferential treatment and more resources when using Vlive in the future. The company is very optimistic about the prospects of this APP and has already taken it. The other party will continue to work with the company after the APP is officially launched.

Other artists under the banner will launch more collaborations..."

"I'm just going to tell you in advance now that we will be the first batch to use it after the test starts in August. After the official launch, the company will definitely hold a meeting to discuss the specific live broadcast content, but suho, you should also consider it yourself, after all, the live broadcast content

You still have to do it yourself, and remember to put forward your own opinions when the time comes."

After passing out the A4 papers in his hands, Li Chenghuan made one final statement.

"I know, brother."

The members of XO responded a few times, and several of them seemed to be very interested in this live broadcast.

However, Chi Jingyuan didn't think there was anything special about it. He didn't feel much about this 'surprise live broadcast', and now it was treated as an ordinary work schedule.

Next, after introducing and explaining the important schedule and group activities of the EXO group in the past half month, I started to focus on the personal information and solo variety shows that each member has been busy with during this period.

"Chanyeol, you haven't forgotten tomorrow's "Law of the Jungle" production press conference. Remember to be prepared..."

"SUHO, the last recording of "The Masked Singer" requires a few additional shots..."

"XIUMINI's Mickey Mouse Club will shoot a new episode the day after tomorrow..."

"There are also magazine shoots for Jongdae, Sehun, and Baekhyun..."

With EXO's popularity surpassing Big Bang and officially becoming the TOP of the new generation of boy groups, and with its increasing popularity, it is now the harvest season. Now the entire group is very popular with various endorsement brands and advertising companies.

The cost alone is obviously much higher than before.

This is especially true for variety shows. Although the EXO group cannot appear on some programs due to schedule and cost, invitations from individual members are still very popular, because basically any appearance by an XO member will significantly boost the ratings.

Recently, other members of XO except Chi Kyung-won have collaborated on a lot of variety show schedules, including "Law of the Jungle" with very good ratings.

The third brother of the group, Lay, is a regular in "Extreme Challenge" in Mainland China, and XO now seems to be on the trend of transforming into a variety show group.

At the same time, the same is true in terms of fashion. Many members have received shooting schedules for fashion magazines. Except for Ji Kyung-won, Kim Jong-in and Oh Se-hun have relatively the best resources. However, currently, the other members have not received invitations.

There is no shooting for first-line publications, and there is a clear gap from the cover shooting of the top magazine VOGUE that Chi Jingyuan took before.

However, the cover he shot at that time was placed in the most important September issue of VOGUE Korea, so it has not been released until now.

No wonder he was asked to wear autumn clothes during the filming...

Finally, it was Chi Jingyuan's turn.

"Jingyuan will be recording "Infinite Challenge Music Festival" tomorrow. This time it will be recorded at MBC. He will rush to the studio of the TV station in the morning. Remember to prepare... By the way, the third episode of "Gayo Festival" will be broadcast on the 18th.

Have you read it yourself?" Li Chenghuan said and looked over.

"Not yet, I don't have much time in the past two days." Chi Jingyuan blinked, indicating that he hadn't read it yet.

"Nowadays, the ratings of each episode of "Gayo Festival" have increased significantly. The episode the day before yesterday caused a lot of discussion, especially about the final style of your group's songs and what kind of songs you and IU will come up with.

Songs are two topics that are very hotly debated... Do you have an idea of ​​the songs you want to use now?"

"Well, it's almost finished. All that's left is the arrangement and arrangement."

"So fast?"

Li Chenghuan didn't know the specific situation of Chi Jingyuan's variety show recently. He was obviously a little surprised by his progress. He glanced at Chi Jingyuan in surprise, nodded and continued: "It's okay if the song has already been released... This time "Gayo Festival"

The attention and popularity it attracted was much greater than the company had expected. In particular, the team formed by you and IU attracted many viewers who had not watched the show before. It is considered one of the hottest topics in the variety show industry and even the music industry nowadays...

…”

"However, although this kind of popularity is a good thing, the audience's expectations and interest have been heightened. At the same time, your external persona, or the public's impression of you, has always been that of an excellent and talented composer. If you finally put it out

If the quality of your songs cannot meet the public’s requirements, or if the quality of your songs is obviously worse than IU’s... you understand?”

"Yeah, I know, brother." Chi Jingyuan nodded.

He knows what the other party means. Of course, external expectations and attention are a good thing, but it is also a burden. If the quality of the final song is too poor and fails to meet the audience's psychological expectations, it will disappoint many people and create negative emotions.

, and it will also affect Chi Jingyuan’s very positive image.

And because they are in a group with IU, both of them have a "genius" or "musical girl" type of personality. If one of them writes a song that is too bad, it will be easy for the outside world to reject it.

Although it is just a variety show song, it does not have to be excellent, but it must not be too bad. Like some of the songs in the previous song festivals that were just superficial, they will definitely not meet the requirements.

Fortunately, Chi Jingyuan feels pretty good about the songs he prepared this time.

"Are you confident?"

Li Chenghuan looked at Chi Jingyuan and asked, then watched him nod casually and breathed a sigh of relief, laughing: "That's good. If you have any problems with arrangement or production, feel free to communicate with the company... By the way.

, let me listen to it after you finish it, I'm really looking forward to it..."

"So are we."

"Hahaha, let's listen together then."

With the last burst of laughter, the meeting also came to an end with Lee Seung-hwan clapping his hands. There were no large group activities in the past two days after returning to Seoul. After greeting each other, the members went off to run their own business or go about their own business.

Chi Jingyuan went to the music room after having something to eat, intending to take advantage of his free time today to perfect the song for the song festival.

However, sitting in front of the computer, he did not start working directly. Instead, he went online first, opened the replay of the third phase of the "Infinite Challenge Music Festival" on the 18th, adjusted the progress bar and looked at their group's share of filming.

But having said that, the entire episode was recorded for nearly ten hours that day, but in the end, the portion of their group that was played was only about ten minutes. It was really difficult to make this variety show.

This episode was recorded when the three of the group met for the first time after they were grouped. The shooting location was the music room where he is now. The main content is that the three of them met and discussed the theme and style of the song.

Although it was a long time ago, he still remembers that recording session. IU really left a deep impression on him that day.

Seeing IU walking into the music room again carrying that iconic guitar that could crush her body, with a timid expression and a bit of fear of strangers, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but laugh again.

This girl is really interesting.

What follows is a scene of the trio chatting and then communicating about song creation.

As an onlooker, it is easy to see that in the group, apart from Jung Hyung Don, Ji Kyung Won and IU were obviously not very familiar with each other at the beginning. They were a bit reserved in their dialogue, and their speech and movements were deliberately kept to the same level.

polite.

But when it came time to discuss the theme and style of the song at the end, the two people who were so good to each other immediately became tough again. Although they laughed and expressed their opinions while discussing, one insisted on pop and the other insisted on lyricism.

He refused to take a step back, as if this matter was related to his own self-esteem.

Until the end of their weight in this issue, they still failed to convince anyone, leaving the remaining suspense to the next issue.

This contrast between before and after, as well as the scene of the confrontation between the two people who looked polite but were actually confident and persistent, made the audience find it very interesting and at the same time they were very interested in the final result.

Moreover, the editing of the program specially left suspense, so it is no wonder that it aroused heated discussion after it was broadcast.

"Among these groups, this one is the most interesting. Although it looked a little awkward at first, it looked very interesting before and after... The two people disagreed. One insisted on fast songs and popular songs, and the other insisted on slow songs and lyrical songs. In the end, they didn't agree.

Know who can convince the other person.”

"I'm really looking forward to the cooperation between these two people. Well, by the way, there are three people, and there is Zheng Hengdunkkkk"

"Wow, after Yuan noticed that IU was wearing a short skirt, he directly handed her a pillow. This was so attentive."

"They match each other! When I saw this scene, I wanted to give Yuan and IU a thumbs up. Wow, I suddenly feel like they are a good match..."

Chi Jingyuan, who was reading the comments below, couldn't help but laugh when he saw this offensive message.

This audience's hope may be a bit difficult to achieve. IU currently has a boyfriend. Although it has not been disclosed to the public, it is not a big secret in the industry. Ji Kyung Yuan heard Park Chanyeol mention it a long time ago. I heard that he already has a boyfriend.

Been dating for a long time.

After casually reading the comments for a while, Chi Jingyuan put down his phone and started to work.
To be continued...