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Chapter 1064 What the hell?

"It's not a serious injury, what's the point of not seeing it..."

Sensing Kim Taeyeon's dissatisfaction, Chi Jingyuan waved his hand casually, but before he finished speaking, he saw Kim Taeyeon pointing at the bandage on his head with an expression that said 'this is not serious'.

Chi Jingyuan was speechless for a second, then immediately changed the topic and said, "Besides, I'm already very busy, so don't make things more complicated."

"Yeah, you think I'm causing trouble by visiting you, Gu Lei?"

Kim Taeyeon was extremely dissatisfied when she heard this. Her thick eyebrows stood up and she raised her fists to wave twice in protest. However, she soon understood what Chi Jingyuan said, put down her fists, stretched out her head, and asked tentatively, "It's lively? Are all your good friends going there?"

Seeing Chi Jingyuan stand up and shrug his shoulders, with a noncommittal look, Kim Taeyeon instantly became interested, came over, and asked in a low voice like a thief: "Who are they? Did Irene go too?"

"Did you really go?"

As soon as she asked, she was shocked when she saw Chi Jingyuan raised his eyebrows slightly. She stared with her eyes wide open and said in disbelief: "Irene really went? You two have been in contact for so long after breaking up? She rushed over as soon as you were hospitalized?"

"She is just that kind of person, caring about this and that like an old nanny. You know that."

Chi Jingyuan went to the side and got two cups of coffee, put them on the table and said with a smile.

"Hey, I don't even know where you were hospitalized, how did she know? Didn't you tell her on purpose?"

Taking a deep breath, Kim Taeyeon stared at Chi Jingyuan and uttered a few words one by one: "Scumbag! Devil!"

"Why are you saying such harsh words?"

"There are even more unpleasant things to hear, do you want to hear them?"

Kim Taeyeon pursed her lips in disdain, then rolled her eyes and asked, "So, your current girlfriend, Mina, is there too?"

"Hmm..." Chi Jingyuan hesitated for a second and nodded: "I'll go too."

"She and Irene didn't run into each other?"

"Noona, do you think I'm a rookie?"

"Haha, you're actually quite proud of it."

After sneering twice, the sister sighed with regret: "What a pity~ Otherwise, I really want to see your expression in that scene."

“That might be a little difficult.”

"Humph……"

With a light snort, Kim Taeyeon stopped worrying about it and asked about Chi Jingyuan's injury with concern. After knowing that he was almost healed, she continued the previous topic and asked, "By the way, what did you talk about today? Why did you have such a long meeting? I heard that you started in the morning and it only ended just now?"

"What else can I say? They've been talking about the group's arrangements for this year."

Upon hearing this, Chi Jingyuan stretched tiredly, sat on the sofa next to him and drank a sip of coffee.

"Oh? What do you say this year?"

Hearing this, Kim Taeyeon also picked up the coffee and asked curiously.

It has been a long time since EXO released an album last year. Especially since the beginning of this year, except for the ongoing third tour, the EXO group has not had any activities for several months. Fans outside have been very anxious and have been paying attention to it, but no specific news has been released so far.

Not only EXO's fans and people working in the industry, but even she, a senior in the company who is also an idol, is curious about EXO's future development, because there seems to be no precedent in Kpop history for a boy group of EXO's level, and she is also curious about the future development of Ji Jingyuan and the others.

Especially this year, EXO has been in trouble, with members' dating news breaking one after another, which feels very similar to their Girls' Generation in 14.

"It has been decided that the focus of activities in the next few months will be on Neon,"

This sister was not an outsider, so Chi Jingyuan did not hide anything and casually talked about the results of today's meeting.

The company has already decided that EXO's activities this year will focus on the overseas markets of Japan and Amei, but it has not yet been determined whether to go to Japan or Amei first.
However, after some discussion, especially with the strong request from SM's Japanese partner Avex, it was finally decided that EXO will go to Japan for activities this year.

Although EXO debuted in Japan in 15, it was actually just a nominal debut. After releasing a debut album, they didn't have many activities in Japan. But this time is different. This time they are starting to make their debut in Japan in earnest. From now on, Chi Jingyuan and his friends will basically focus all their attention on Japan for the entire first half of the year.

Fortunately, SM also has experience in developing in Japan. Its predecessor groups TVXQ, Shinee, and Girls' Generation have all thrived in Japan. SM's partner company in Japan, Avex, is also very powerful locally. This time, it was Avex that strongly proposed for a long time before SM finally decided to focus on Japan in the first half of the year.

EXO has a very good fan base in Japan. Although they don't have many activities, they have accumulated a large number of fans in Japan. In particular, "Boy with Luv" is a rare hit song by a Kpop boy group in Japan. Even now, two years later, it is still the most widely sung Kpop song and ranks at the top of the KTV song list.

The company is powerful and the group is very popular, so the company currently has high expectations for EXO in Japan. Basically, all the major activities have been arranged, and they can appear on various programs and interviews as soon as they arrive.

Of course they have to release an album for the event, and the album has been discussed almost completely, but this time SM does not plan to release a brand new album during the event in Japan, but a best-of album, because EXO has accumulated many hit songs in Japan over the years, but has only released one album in Japan so far, and they have a lot of popularity and many fans, so it would be a waste if they don't use it.

So after discussing with Avex this time, we planned to re-arrange several songs that are very popular in Japan and add Japanese lyrics to them.

Of course, a few new songs and title songs will be added, and the new and old songs will form a best-of album to celebrate this comeback.

"It's a good selection. It's also good." Kim Taeyeon thought for a moment after hearing this: "Have you chosen the title song?"

"Avex recommended a song to be the main theme of this album."

Chi Jingyuan nodded, but his tone sounded a little hesitant: "But I think this song..."

Avex has specially prepared a song for EXO to be used as the title song. Chi Jingyuan also listened to the demo of this song called "Electric Kiss" today, but after listening to it several times, Chi Jingyuan felt that the song was OK, but not very eye-catching, and it did not seem to have the potential to become a big hit.

However, there is still a big difference between the styles of Japanese songs and K-pop songs. The music preferences of the people and fans there are also very different from those on the peninsula. Chi Jingyuan has not done any special research on the style of Japanese songs. He has tried to listen to several songs that were at the top of the charts in Japan, but he felt that they were not very much to his taste.

Avex has been deeply involved in the Japanese music industry for many years and is very familiar with the situation and style there, so it was quite confident in recommending this song. So even though Chi Jingyuan felt that the song was a bit mediocre, he did not directly raise any objections.

"As for EXO's songs, I don't know much about their style, but the entertainment industry in Japan... to be honest, it's quite xenophobic. Some fans like us very much, but some artists think we're taking up their living space, so many people's attitudes are not very good. When we went there, we actually received a lot of cold stares..."

"Besides, the relationship between our two countries is not good, so we need to pay special attention to these issues there. Many things are very sensitive."

Kim Taeyeon didn't offer any opinions on the songs, but as a senior from Girls' Generation who had worked in Japan, she was willing to pass on some experience to Chi Jingyuan: "You have to be careful when you go to the TV station to record. There are no fewer etiquette and unspoken rules there than here, and there are business social events from time to time. Today it's the president, tomorrow it's the senior. Anyway, it's a bit troublesome. Some of the artists there have very bad attitudes, and some even have gangster backgrounds... But you shouldn't be afraid~"

Kim Taeyeon started talking incessantly, her eyebrows twitching as she spoke, her expression very vivid, and she vividly told Chi Jingyuan the secrets of their past activities.

Chi Jingyuan was also listening very seriously, and was also concerned about the things and secrets that this sister was talking about. After all, he had not been active in Japan much, and everything was relatively unfamiliar and new to him.

But compared to what she said... Chi Jingyuan was actually very interested in some gossip about Girls' Generation's activities in Japan.

"...Noona, I heard that your activities in Japan overlap with 2PM's, so you often hold social gatherings and things like that. It seems that several members have paired up and go on dates frequently. Is that true?" Chi Jingyuan looked at the teacher-like Kim Taeyeon without blinking.

"Hey, could you read less gossip in newspapers and magazines?" Kim Taeyeon was stunned when she heard that, and then her face immediately changed color, staring with displeasure and disgust.

“Is it true or not?”

"Fake!" The sister curled her lips, and then her voice suddenly became a little softer: "How can there be so many pairs? It's too exaggerated."

"Qingjia? So it's true?" Chi Jingyuan was immediately surprised when he heard it, and asked curiously: "Then who were you paired with, Noona? What about Yoona and Noona?"

"Ah Xi, how long ago did it happen? And without me, how could Gu Lei be here?"

Kim Taeyeon didn't really want to talk about this topic. She glared at him with her teeth bared, and waved her hand to signal to quickly skip this topic: "And then what? Will it be in Japan this year? Not returning to the mainland?"

"Of course it's impossible..."

Chi Jingyuan felt a little bored as he didn't get the information he wanted to know. He shook his head, stood up and walked towards the computer. He sat in front of the computer and talked to Kim Taeyeon about the rest of the arrangements.

It has been confirmed that EXO's overseas activities will have two major markets this year. In the first half of the year, it will be Japan, and after that, it will be Ami in the second half of the year.

However, unlike Japan which has deep roots, although EXO already has a fixed fan base in America thanks to the accumulation in previous years, K-pop is still a niche there. SM had no successful experience in entering the US before, and its groups such as BOA and Girls' Generation had all failed.

Even all the companies and artists in the entire Kpop music industry have no experience in the United States, so even if they sign with a local company in America, EXO will have to redefine many things after they go there, and they may have to start with small programs and small radio stations.

This time, the US trip is the same as the Japanese trip. They will also release a compilation album of old songs and new songs. However, the content of old songs is relatively small. They chose several songs that EXO received good responses in the United States, especially "Boy with Luv", which is currently the most popular in the United States, and rewrote the lyrics and sang it. They also found a well-known American female singer to sing the feat.
Among them, "ON" by Chi Jingyuan is tentatively selected as one of the main songs because it fits the style determined this time. The other songs are currently being selected. The company has been seeking demos from many well-known Amei musicians since half a year ago, and has prepared quite a few songs for them to choose from.

Although EXO has placed its focus entirely on overseas this year, they have not given up on the domestic market completely. They will still release an album this year, but it will no longer be a re-release of the original version like before. This time they will only release one album with two main tracks.

They are still in the process of selecting songs, but Ji Kyung-won and Jiang Xiaoxin have completed a song called "DNA" a long time ago, and he is planning to push this song up.

However, the specific time for EXO's comeback with a local album has not yet been confirmed. Currently, there are two ideas within the company. One is to return in the summer after the neon in the first half of the year, or to return at the end of the year after the Ami activities in the second half of the year.

SM has not yet reached a consensus, but preparations for the album have already begun.

But before that, the song "Fireworks" by Ji Kyung-won and Najing Minami is also very important. According to the news, Twice and EXO seem to be going to Japan to develop this year, and the time is very overlapping. Both companies have seen the potential of this song, so they attach great importance to this cooperation, especially JYP.

After the meeting in the next two days, Ji Jingyuan will officially start this cooperation after he fully recovers from his injury. However, before that, he will have to attend several meetings with SM and JYP to discuss some details.

Finally, today we also discussed who will be the next solo member of EXO.

Because Ji Jingyuan's solo debut was a huge success, as the first member of EXO to debut solo, it was a very good start. Everyone else saw the heat and popularity of Ji Jingyuan's solo, so the resources for his next solo instantly became a hot commodity.

Of course, other members would not expect to be as popular as Chi Jingyuan, but even if they cannot compare to Chi Jingyuan, the popularity of the big group cannot be too bad here... If they don’t solo when the group is the most popular, do they have to wait until the group becomes obscure before doing so?

Therefore, all EXO members, except Do Kyung-soo who has little desire, are basically competing for resources for the next solo... Do Kyung-soo is now concentrating on being an actor and does not have much ambition for a solo.

At present, the company is more inclined to Bian Baekhyun's next solo, and Ji Jingyuan helped Wu Sehun to make some arrangements, but there is no need to tell Kim Taeyeon about this...

"EXO is finally going to the US... Yeah, yeah, come on, Fighting!"

Upon hearing that EXO was going to the US this year, Kim Taeyeon paused, rolled her eyes, raised her fist, and cheered Chi Jingyuan with a smile.

However, this time she didn't say nearly as much as she did before when talking about Japan... Girls' Generation's performance in Japan was OK, but that trip to the United States was just pure tourism, and could basically be seen as SM and Girls' Generation's self-entertainment, with no successful experience to share at all.

So... I can only cheer for you.

After talking about Chi Jingyuan's side, the two chatted for a few more words, and Jin Taiyan suddenly changed the topic and talked about the main purpose of her visit this time:
"By the way, the company has already prepared the title song for our tenth anniversary album. Jingyuan, do you want to listen to it?"

"Oh? You've already chosen the song. Do you have a demo? I want to listen to it."

"I have it on my phone... but you should be able to connect to the company's music library. I'll tell you the name and you can search directly."

"OK." Chi Jingyuan nodded and turned on the computer directly: "What's your name?"

Kim Taeyeon also moved her stool to the side, her expression looking a little subtle: "Two main hits, 'Holiday' and 'All Night'."

Chi Jingyuan did a quick search and soon found the demo audio source. He put on his headphones and started listening.

After a few minutes.

"What the hell is this?"