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Chapter 838 All thanks to Yoona
"Could it be that I really made a mistake?"

"Humph, I don't believe it!"

Facing Chi Jingyuan's teasing, Zhou Ziyu snorted softly. At this moment, she seemed to have remembered something. The joy in her voice just now was suppressed. With a little reserve, she said in a very arrogant way: "I sent you a text message a few days ago, but you didn't reply. What do you mean by calling me so late!"

"What kind of nonsense are you sending? It's not worth replying to... and it was already very late when I saw it."

He said it casually, and before Zhou Ziyu could express her dissatisfaction, he immediately continued half-truthfully, "Just now when we were having dinner, I heard other members talking about you, and I suddenly wanted to give you a call."

"Oh? The members of XO? What did they say about me?"

The slight dissatisfaction that had arisen in the previous second because of Chi Jingyuan's perfunctory answer was instantly thrown behind her mind. Zhou Ziyu's attention was immediately attracted to it. Her tone changed and she asked softly with curiosity.

She was never really angry with Chi Jingyuan.

“They said you were good-looking.”

Chi Jingyuan stood in front of the window, looking at the night view outside, and said lazily, "What's not photogenic? They look better in private than on camera. What's the purple hair style is great? And their face is small. They said a lot of nonsense... I thought you had cast a spell on them."

"Really? Hehe, who said that?... Disgusting! What kind of black magic is that!"

Zhou Ziyu's voice on the phone was clearly filled with irrepressible happiness and pride, and even the complaints that followed sounded like a act of coquettishness.

After saying that, she seemed to remember something and brought up the past proudly: "Last time you said that my purple hair didn't look good!"

“But I still hold the same view now.”

Chi Jingyuan replied coldly.

At that time, because she was without makeup and had straight hair, she looked a little listless… But after seeing many of this girl’s later stage photos and photos with makeup, especially the one with big purple curly hair, he actually thought, well, she’s not bad.

But he would not show weakness in front of Chou Tzu-yu and remained stubborn.

"Hee hee~"

But he knew Chou Tzuyu, and Chou Tzuyu knew him too. She seemed to sense something from his tone and was not annoyed at his reply at all. Instead, she laughed happily.

Hearing the smug laughter in his ears, Chi Jingyuan did not argue, but laughed along and asked casually: "How do you feel about your recent comeback? Twice has really become a big hit this time."

"Yeah...really, it's good."

Maybe because she was excited about the explosively popular comeback, or maybe because it was Chi Jingyuan who was on the other end of the phone, Chou Tzuyu seemed very talkative and started babble in her sweet and sticky voice.

From the intense excitement when she saw the sudden results and reviews on the day of the release of "TT", to the hard work and fatigue she experienced when practicing the dance before.

There were many more people coming to their comeback showcase than before, and when it comes to "Music Bank", there were also many more fans waiting on the way to work, and she also received many gifts and letters from fans.

Since she participated in the TV station recording activities, even the attitudes of the PD and MC have become better, and it was not until the day before yesterday when she went to record a music show that some male idols approached her.

Anyway, she said whatever she thought of, and showed her emotions of the past few days in front of Chi Jingyuan without hiding anything.

Even through the phone, Chi Jingyuan could sense the happiness and a little bit of disbelief in her voice. The return of "TT" this time is a big transformation and sublimation for Chou Tzuyu or all the Twice members.

However, as she spoke, her voice gradually became lower and the excitement in her tone quickly dissipated.

"It's just that, although I'm very happy...I'm really tired recently."

"I have to get up at 4 or 5 in the morning to do my styling. My schedule is so tight that I don't have any time to spare."

"I often have to record variety shows all night long. Sometimes, even if I can rest at night, I can only sleep for two or three hours."

“And sometimes I can’t sleep well at all.”

"Really... I'm so tired."

Zhou Ziyu's increasingly weak voice came from the phone. The tone that had sounded radiant just now now sounded so sad and distressing.

She was not complaining, and Chi Jingyuan could tell that she was not dissatisfied.

It was just a way of confessing, I just wanted to tell Chi Jingyuan the thoughts that had been accumulating in my heart for a while.

Sometimes talking it out and sharing it with people close to you can make things much better.

Zhou Ziyu talked for a long time, and it sounded like she had no strength left and didn't want to hang up the phone, but Chi Jingyuan didn't give her the chance. After urging her to go to bed, he went straight to the point and hung up the phone.

"Ugh……"

He closed the window and sat back on the bed, Zhou Ziyu's voice still echoing in his mind. Thinking of Yu Jeongyeon's call just now, he couldn't help but sigh.

Being popular brings its own burdens, and being low popular brings its own worries.

No matter when, everyone will always face various troubles...but after being tempered and growing in these troubles, they will become mature.

Chi Jingyuan could feel that both Chou Tzuyu and Yu Jeongyeon had become much more mature than before just one year after Twice debuted.

Chi Jingyuan can do nothing about Chou Tzuyu's recent heavy schedule. After all, this is something that all popular idols must go through.

But it looks like she should be able to get a good night's sleep today at least.

Seeing the "good night" message Zhou Ziyu sent after hanging up the phone, Chi Jingyuan smiled and replied to her with an emoticon.

Feeling the residual heat from the phone, Chi Jingyuan thought for a moment and called Ming Jingnan again.

Alas, I suddenly feel that time is running out...

…………

While EXO was busy holding their concert in Japan, the music scene on this side of the peninsula was also in turmoil. It was also the peak season for idols to return. Twice's immense strength and CBX's huge popularity did not stop the enthusiasm of various brokerage companies and idol groups. In just one week, many popular first-line artists released songs and returned one after another.

First, the popular boy band VIXX, who were once EXO's rivals, released their sixth single album "Hades" on October 31st. This is the final chapter of their concept project trilogy, and both fans and idols themselves responded with great enthusiasm.

Although the title "EXO's Rival" has a somewhat sarcastic meaning, as their fifth single album in May was a direct clash with EXO's, and then was directly crushed by the similarly dark "MONSTER" in style, VIXX's total album sales in 2016 have exceeded 2016 copies so far, ranking sixth in the total album sales of Peninsula singers in . They are still a very powerful and popular boy group.

Then there is the much-anticipated Blackpink, a new girl group from YG Entertainment. After their official debut in August, they released their second single album "SQUARE TWO" on November 1.

Considering YG's past habit of "not feeling comfortable if there isn't a year or two between each artist's comeback", Blackpink's lightning-fast comeback this time is an exception to the norm.

As a monster rookie who has lived up to expectations after years of promotion and won both the weekly and monthly music titles with their debut song, Blackpink's comeback this time is certainly sharp and determined to strike while the iron is hot.

Their songs are indeed eye-catching.

The title song "Playing With Fire" became a hot topic as soon as it was released. Although the sound source explosion was not as amazing as the debut song "Whistle", it still demonstrated strong popularity and audience appeal. Not only did it directly debut at the top of the seven major music charts in real time, it also maintained a high position on the daily chart.

Unfortunately, even with the huge popularity of the new song, "Playing With Fire" still failed in its attempt to top the daily chart... because it was topped by the even more outrageous "really really" and "TT", both of which had dozens of AKs and PKs, firmly occupying the top two. "Playing With Fire" could only compete with ioi's "Naomu Naomu Naomu" for the third place.

But this performance is really amazing... I can only say that Teddy is really amazing.

However, the other song in this single album, "Stay", performed very averagely, and was far inferior to "Playing with Fire" in terms of various data.

On the second day after the release of the song, Blackpink held an album release commemorative interview in a shopping mall auditorium in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Interestingly, when asked in a media interview, "What do you think about competing with subway songs such as Twice, EXO-CBX, and "Really Really", member Jennie publicly expressed her love for "Really Really".

"I really like the style of this song. I watched the MV many times after it was released. It's really cool."

At the request of the reporters on the scene, she also smiled and simply danced a part, making the signature pistol dance with her hands, tapping and turning in circles. Her movements were very standard and it was obvious that she really liked it.

Compared to Jennie's sincerity, Jisoo's answer seemed more businesslike: "Because many people don't know us, rather than competing with our seniors, we hope to use this promotion period to let more people know us."

Boring...

After Blackpink, Kim Taeyeon also released her new song, the autumn single "11:11" on the same day.

It was just a lyrical single with no physical album, no excessive preheating, and no overwhelming publicity. She simply released the song and then reposted the link on her Instagram to tell everyone that she had released the song.

Everything seemed so bland.

The song was only released at 24 o'clock in the evening, and the number of listeners in the first hour was only . However, after midnight, the number of listeners instantly doubled. After a day and hours, the number of listeners exceeded the record, and the cumulative number of listeners was close to one million.

According to this listening data, in the whole of 2016, there are only a few super foggy songs, such as Park Hyo-shin's "Breath", Lim Chang-jung's "The love I commttted", and Akdong's "Re-Bye".

The subsequent explosion even pushed this song directly to the top, dethroning Chi Jingyuan's subway song and Twice's "TT", and stayed in the first place on Melon for more than a day.

Although she was soon surpassed by two other songs, the short-lived first place already made many of Kim Taeyeon's fans very satisfied.

Before the release of Kim Taeyeon's song "11:11", the top four songs on the melon chart were "really really", "TT", "Playing with Fire" and "Naomu Naomu Naomu". Except for the subway song at the top of the chart, the other three were all songs by new girl groups. The scene of several small girl groups that debuted within a year dominating the chart is also a microcosm and proof of the extremely strong performance of new girl groups in 2016.

Kim Taeyeon's career has not been very smooth this year. Except for the good results of "Rain" at the beginning of the year and the collaboration with Crush, her subsequent development has been a bit dull. Her second solo album "Why", which carried the strong momentum of last year's "I", did not perform well. The OST of "Scarlet Heart: Ryeo" released some time ago was also beaten by the OST of "Moonlight Drawn by Clouds" released in the same period.

And there has been no sign of Girls' Generation's comeback for a whole year. Apart from releasing a commemorative subway song on their debut anniversary which did mediocre work and not much attention from many fans, the group has been silent. The military flag incident involving Hwang Mi-young some time ago made the situation even worse.

At the same time, new girl groups are more fierce than each other, so many people are saying that Girls' Generation has died out and they should disband quickly to make way for them.

However, the release of the song "11:11", seemingly ordinary, turned the tide.

This ballad suddenly and quietly appeared in front of everyone. Although Kim Taeyeon did not speak, her performance of pushing "Really Really" and "TT" off the top of the charts seemed to leave a light and calm voice in the ears of all those who doubted her:
"As long as I am still here, I will not die anytime soon."

What's even more interesting is that in the 'TOP10' voting that was launched a few days before this year's MMA, which is the Melon Music Awards, Kim Taeyeon was always ranked outside the top ten, hovering between 11-15.

But one day after the release of "11:11", he jumped directly to the eighth place thanks to the popularity of the single, becoming the only solo singer in the 'TOP10'.

One cannot help but sigh that the senior is indeed a senior.

The highly anticipated and heavily promoted solo album "why" ended up being disappointing, whereas the less-publicized "11:11" turned out to be so amazing.

Inexplicably, it just happened to echo what Chi Jingyuan said during the live broadcast:
'A small single with no content, but it performed well!'

In addition to these members, BTOB, TARA, and Block B sub-groups have also released trailers and will be releasing songs and returning within a week.

These are all popular ones, but there are even more third- and fourth-tier groups that are unpopular.

Also making solo comebacks at the same time are sistar Hyolyn and SJ Kyuhyun.

Together with IOI, Twice, and EXO-CBX, the Kpop music scene in November was in turmoil, with all the groups making their debuts.

I don’t know who will have the last laugh when so many popular groups are crowded together…

At the same time, in November, various award ceremonies at the end of the year have begun to warm up. MMA announced the list of this year's 'TOP10' artists on November th.

MAMA also opened the voting channel for various awards on the 1st, and the entire fan circle instantly became lively, with everyone online trying to canvass for votes and vying for votes.

However, the channel has just been opened, and EXO has taken the lead in votes among all the nominated candidates. The huge strength of A.R.Y. is fully revealed at this moment. Currently, no group has the strength to compete with them in "voting".

Compared with previous years, there is an additional large-scale award ceremony at the end of this year, called the 'Asia Star Awards', abbreviated as AAA, formerly known as the 'Gaon Chart K-POP Awards', and this year is the first session after the revision.

Different from several other award ceremonies, AAA not only awards awards to singers and idols, but also involves related awards for actors. It has already announced the participation of many popular idol groups and actors, and has done a lot of publicity, making it quite a big event and attracting a lot of attention.

The music industry is extremely lively, but the other side is also not idle. "Goblin", which has been filming at a rushed pace, has finally come to light. On November 11, the crew released stills of the male lead Ji Kyung-won and the female lead Bae Suzy.

The photo released this time is the scene in the rain that left a deep impression on the two of them during their previous filming. It is also the first time the male and female protagonists met in the entire TV series.

In the photo, the rain was falling. Chi Jingyuan, wearing a long black windbreaker and holding an umbrella, was on the left, while Bae Suzy, wearing a green sweatshirt and a hat on her head, was on the right. In the heavy rain, the two people met again by chance but fatefully, and then passed each other by.

This was the first time that the "Goblin" crew released stills for promotion, and the photos immediately became a hot topic as soon as they were released.

The exquisite stills are impressive, and Chi Jingyuan's long trench coat and the serious and calm expression on his face have attracted the attention of many fans and passers-by.

"Why do I feel such a strong sense of beauty and fate from such a simple photo?"

"This outfit suits the protagonist so well, doesn't it? He looks so handsome."

"Why does Chi Jingyuan look so mature? What a big contrast to his usual self. But his clothes and temperament are really to my liking."

"Suzy is amazing! She looks so good even in such simple clothes!"

"Fans are really enough. In the photo, Bae Suzy is completely covered by a hat, with only her chin showing. How do you think she is pretty?"

Just posting a still has caused such a big sensation. The popularity on the Internet has made the "Goblin" crew very satisfied. The production team proudly posted a bunch of posts on SNS such as:
"Although the first encounter between Ji Kyung-won and Bae Su-ji was only a brief moment, it hinted at the fateful love in 'Goblin'..."

'Sometimes it's heart-pounding, sometimes it's poignant, please look forward to the collaboration between the two who are about to write a fateful love story..."

After some commercial flattery, the broadcast schedule of "Goblin" was officially announced.

"Goblin" will take over the currently popular "The K2" and will premiere on tvN at 12 pm on December 2.

This news also made many fans and passers-by happy and expectant. This TV series has attracted a lot of attention and love because of its main creators and cast before it even started airing, and the cast will be available to see in less than a month.

...Speaking of "The K2", Ji Jingyuan has of course been following it...Even if he didn't have time to watch it when it was broadcast, he would take time to watch the replay later.

At the very least, I will watch Yoona’s cut!

After the show's stunning debut, the ratings peaked at 6.6% in the sixth episode, but then it became somewhat controversial. The subsequent performances of the plot and characters were somewhat disappointing, and the ratings fell instead of increasing amid doubts about some of the female leads.

However, the popularity accumulated when the show was first aired gave it a good foundation, so even if it dropped, it didn’t fall much, and has been hovering around 5%… This is a very good result for a cable TV station.

It is said that Yoona has posted on SNS that she will soon fulfill the "5% viewership agreement" set before the broadcast, and will distribute coffee to fans and passers-by in Gangnam, Seoul on the 11th with the male lead Ji Chang Wook.

It’s so heartwarming!

Ji Jingyuan was really moved after seeing this...but he didn't know if this was the first time that senior Yoona had the opportunity to fulfill the "ratings agreement" since she started working as an actress.

However, when he was browsing the comment section of The K2's official SNS, he accidentally saw a very eye-catching comment that made him feel a little indignant:
"It's all thanks to Song Yuner."

…………

While the peninsula was bustling with activity, EXO's nearly week-long concert schedule in Neon finally came to an end, and Ji Kyung-won returned to Seoul with the group on the 7th.

"so cold."

In the music room, Chi Jingyuan took a breath of cool air, rubbed his arms, walked to the side and turned on the heater, and complained to Zheng Endi next to him: "Why has the temperature in Seoul dropped so much recently?"

After returning to Seoul, his first schedule was to record two OSTs for "Goblin". After a short rest, he came to the company early the next morning and recorded "Stay with Me" with Jung Eun-ji who had been preparing for a long time.

After returning from Neon, Chi Jingyuan's biggest feeling was that the temperature in the peninsula suddenly dropped. Before leaving, he was wearing a coat and didn't feel cold at all, but at this time, he was wearing a long black windbreaker and a turtleneck sweater, but he felt chilly all over.

"You don't need to wear anything thicker..."

Zheng Enji, who was wearing a plump down jacket, drank hot coffee, gulped it down, and exhaled comfortably. She looked at Chi Jingyuan with a smile, looked him up and down, and raised her eyebrows: "But he is handsome enough."

"You still need to tell me?"

Glancing at him, Chi Jingyuan was still very confident about his "Goblin" style outfit.

He stood up and swayed twice, then quickly walked to the computer: "No, it's too cold, let's play a song to warm up."

Soon, a fiery melody was released from the speakers, and Chi Jingyuan followed the music, shaking his hands and dancing, singing enthusiastically:

"Our love is like playing with fire~"

(End of this chapter)