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Chapter 865 What are you looking at?

"...We really didn't expect to win the grand prize. Just now, I didn't either..."

"Congratulations to Mina-chan from the girl group Twice~"

"Haha... seeing that we won the award... are you a little disappointed, Gen-chan?"

"Yeah, I'm so pissed off. You don't even know how other people are blaming me."

"Hee hee~"

"…By the way, when the Shinhwa seniors were performing, I called out to you. Did you hear me?… At that time, I saw that you guys didn’t stand up. I felt something was wrong. I was so worried."

The empty and narrow stairwell was a little quiet compared to the bustling backstage. Ming Jingnan clung to her boyfriend, holding his hand, and recalled what happened at the party just now, and whispered with some concern.

At this time, the MMA had ended almost half an hour ago. He accepted the interview and finished the finishing work. After changing into private clothes, he had nothing to do. Because he felt some urgency from his girlfriend in the text message, and also because the glimpse of her crying on the stage made him feel a little itchy, before leaving, Chi Jingyuan found a chance to go to the bathroom and made an appointment with Ming Jingnan to meet secretly in the stairwell.

Ming Jingnan's fair face was flushed, and her eyes with black eyeliner were also red, with some lingering traces of tears from winning the award, but her eyes were sparkling when reflecting the light, and with the exquisite little sweatshirt she was wearing, she looked extremely fresh and beautiful.

"Well, I didn't hear it...but I felt it then."

While organizing his response, he admired his girlfriend in front of him.

Looking at Ming Jingnan's delicate appearance, Chi Jingyuan's fingers gently stroked her cheeks. As his fingertips passed by, the fair and tender skin under a layer of sparse transparent fluff showed a visibly red mark. Wherever Chi Jingyuan touched, it began to change color. After two or three times, even the earlobe that was not touched began to turn slightly red.

"Itchy~ Stop it, I'm going back soon."

Mingjing Nan gently moved her face away and resisted a little, then glanced at him charmingly with watery eyes, still concerned about what happened just now: "What happened?"

"I guess someone is doing something bad. The company is already dealing with it... Don't worry, it's okay."

"That's good."

Hearing her boyfriend say this, Ming Jingnan didn't ask any more questions. She pouted her upper lip slightly, raised her head and looked at Chi Jingyuan without blinking.

I just won the grand prize at MMA, and then I saw EXO's stunning performance. I've had a lot of things to say to him. Although the time is short now and it's not enough for me to say everything, I'm happy to be able to watch him from such a close distance.

Then, Mingjing Nan remembered something that he had been thinking about for the past few days...the anniversary which was less than four days away.

Although she felt relieved after knowing that Chi Jingyuan had forgotten, as time was approaching, she still had a little expectation in her heart.

Pursing her rosy lips, Xiaonan cautiously asked, "By the way, in a few days..."

Just as he opened his mouth, he suddenly heard a cough outside.

Her voice stopped abruptly. The two of them paused, looked at each other, and shrugged helplessly.

It was the person who gave the signal, it must be about time.

The words he was saying were stuck in his mouth, and he didn't get to ask the question he wanted to ask. Ming Jingnan felt a little depressed and pouted unconsciously.

Looking at the delicate little girlfriend in front of him, Chi Jingyuan, who had been itching in his heart, raised his eyebrows, hugged Ming Jingnan in his arms, lowered his head and kissed her pouting upper lip, including the small mole on the tip of her mouth, in his mouth.

It smells nice and soft, and the lipstick has a slightly sticky touch. The small bumps you feel when your tongue tip sweeps over the mole give you a unique sense of stimulation.

It was just that because the location was wrong and people outside had given a warning, Chi Jingyuan let go of her after just a quick glance and a two-second kiss. Looking at his girlfriend whose face was flushed and whose body was obviously softening, Chi Jingyuan squinted his smiling eyes and took the initiative to help her tidy up her drooping bangs.

"Disgusting~"

Letting Chi Jingyuan stroke her hair, Ming Jingnan pouted and patted him lightly with some dissatisfaction. It was unclear whether she was complaining about the sudden kiss on her... or complaining about the short kiss time.

"Okay, let's go back first and talk to you in the evening."

"I still need to go to the bathroom...my lip makeup is a little smudged~"

"It's on my mouth...do you want me to fill it up for you?"

"Humph~"

Communicating in low voices, the two walked out of the stairwell one after the other. When they pushed the door open and came out, Ji Jingyuan saw Wu Sehun standing against the wall with his arms folded, communicating with Son Chaeyoung beside him, while looking at him speechlessly.

The cough just now was his voice.

Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips at him, and then looked at Sun Caiying next to him.

When they went out for secret dates, both of them brought a wingman with them. Ji Jingyuan's wingman was naturally Wu Sehun, and Ming Jingnan did not bring Minatozaki Sana this time, but brought Son Chaeyoung out for the first time... But it was not surprising, because Ji Jingyuan knew that she had a close relationship with this girl in the team.

Sun Chaeyoung is very interesting. It seems that this is the first time that she is brought out by her sister to help keep watch. She seems to have a special sense of mission in her heart. She stands there straight like a tall pine tree, with alertness flashing in her eyes and eyebrows, just like a real special forces soldier on guard. It looks very funny.

And when Chi Jingyuan looked over, the little girl giggled again, and looked at him in a very intimate manner, revealing her little gap teeth. She looked so cute that Chi Jingyuan couldn't help laughing and felt a sense of intimacy in his heart.

He nodded and smiled at Son Chae-young, exchanged glances with Ming Jingnan, and the two groups said goodbye. Together with Wu Sehun who also waved goodbye, the two returned to the lounge.

When we returned to the lounge, some members like Park Chanyeol and Kim Jong-in hadn't returned, but everyone else had packed up their things and were ready to leave. When they saw Ji Kyung-won and Oh Se-hun coming back, they didn't ask much. Kim Junmyeon, who was chatting with Bian Baekhyun and the others, waved:

"Oh, I'm back... We were just talking about what happened at the artist's table. Baekhyun was just asking, "We didn't feel anything wrong at the time. Jingyuan, how did you see the idols at the back stand up?"

"Forehead……"

Unexpectedly, he was asked this question suddenly. Feeling the curious gazes of several brothers, Chi Jingyuan laughed and said, "I just heard some movement behind me, so I turned around to take a look."

...Of course he wouldn't say that it was Lim Nayeon who reminded him deliberately, saying so would be purely asking for trouble.

“Tsk, aren’t you usually distracted at times like this? How come you noticed it this time?” Byun Bo Hyun looked at him in surprise. “We’re so lucky. If it weren’t for you, we’d definitely be scolded later… The goddess of luck is taking care of us.”

"Hehe...I hope so."

"...By the way, we just discussed planning to have a meal together to celebrate, Jingyuan, are you guys going?" Jin Junmyeon thought of something and asked;

"..." Chi Jingyuan and Wu Shixun looked at each other and nodded without much thought: "If everyone goes... of course, but it's my brother's treat?"

He actually planned to go back to bed early...but if everyone was going, he wouldn't stand out.

"Of course~" Jin Junmyeon patted his chest, his captain's posture was very steady.

After a while, everyone came back and packed up their things to leave. Coincidentally, after walking out of the lounge, they ran into Red Velvet who was also about to leave. Since we were already familiar with each other and were seniors and juniors from the same company, we simply went to the underground parking lot together.

Ji Jingyuan immediately saw Bae Joo-hyun who was following Son Seung-wan. The cute pink sailor outfit she had worn on the stage before had been replaced with a large down jacket that was stretched to her knees. She was a little afraid of the cold, so she buried her whole body in the high neckline, with only half of her face exposed.

Come to think of it... Chi Jingyuan remembered that Ming Jingnan seemed to be afraid of the cold as well.

The young lady saw him at a glance, but Ji Jingyuan didn't say anything. He just smiled and nodded and greeted her, then walked side by side with Jiang Seqi behind her and talked about other things.

It was unknown whether Bae Joo-hyun knew about the cooperation with Chi Jingyuan at the end of the year. She just smiled and turned her head away.

"You guys are going to have a dinner party later? Where are you going to eat?"

"I don't know. In times like this, Junmyun usually chooses the place, and we just follow him."

"Envy... We still have to go back to the company to practice for the stage later."

"What kind of food should a female idol eat? Can't she just eat ice cubes?"

"Go to hell! Bye."

"See you."

The two groups came to the underground parking lot together. Ji Jingyuan and Jiang Seqi exchanged a few words and waved goodbye to each other. Just as Ji Jingyuan was about to step into XO's nanny car, another group of people suddenly came over. What a coincidence, it was Twice.
People over there also saw EXO getting ready to get on the bus and looked over, but since they were quite far away they didn't say hello.

Chi Jingyuan glanced at Zhou Ziyu and Ming Jingnan, then waved to Twice and prepared to get in the car. However, when he turned around, he suddenly noticed Lin Nayeon's gaze again, and their eyes met.

Thinking of the anxious "ah" before, Chi Jingyuan hesitated for a moment, then pursed his lips, and nodded gently at her under the gaze of the girl with big blinking eyes.

…………

If EXO eats with three or four people, they may find a more upscale place to enjoy the food, but if the whole team goes out, they usually choose hot pot restaurants or barbecue restaurants, which have a better atmosphere and are more casual. They want to be lively and relaxed, and have a large space.

Apparently everyone has been quite tired recently and they were very happy to have won the grand prize today. In the private room of the barbecue restaurant, the smoke of charcoal fire and cigarettes was lingering. A group of people with greasy faces were eating and chatting. Park Chanyeol, Kim Jong-in and a few others drank some wine and excitedly talked about all kinds of gossip in the circle.

"... Is Kai still pursuing Sana? I saw that she didn't communicate with you at night, not even eye contact."

"Uh, it's still there..."

"Brother, when did you get this news? Sana saw that Easy was surprisingly strong once he got close to him, and he didn't get any benefits from him...Now he's having a hot relationship with EXID's Hyerin."

"Tsk tsk, Hyelinxi... But didn't Hani just break up? That sister looks so charming... Why doesn't Jongin give it a try?"

"Do you think he is Jingyuan? Whoever he wants to date?"

"Then you're wrong. Jingyuan doesn't date anyone he wants. He's the opposite of Chanyeol. He only dates people with small breasts."

"Didn't I tell you... forget it, go to hell!!"

"Hahahaha...but Jingyuan really has good taste. I couldn't tell last year, but this year...especially this time when Mina xi came back with TT, she was really stunning. When Twice was performing on stage tonight, I heard the kids from Seventeen behind me discussing her looks."

"…So Seolhyun is really paying for you? Chanyeol, how did you know that?"

"Zico said it himself during the last dinner party. They actually got together at the beginning of the year. Originally, Zico just wanted to play around with ambiguity. He likes girls with rounder legs and a little more plumpness. Seolhyun's figure, wow, so he started to think of being a one-night stand... But it seems that Seolhyun took it seriously later."

"I said their company issued that kind of statement... But showing off this kind of thing is a bit..."

"Rappers are all like this. When they get together privately, they talk about everything once they get excited. This kind of thing is their last chance to show off... I heard that he seems to have fallen in love with a new female idol these days..."

Chi Jingyuan was scrolling through his phone while listening to gossip with great interest. Many things in the circle were really exciting... He was actually a little curious about how other people discussed him when they gathered privately.

At this moment, Wu Se-hun next to him reached out and patted him. When Chi Jingyuan looked over curiously, he looked at his phone and said, "Blackpink's Caiyingxi asked me for your contact information, saying that Jenniexi wanted to... give it to her?"

"Well……"

Chi Jingyuan thought about it and shook his head: "Give it to her."

Although Jennie Kim was obviously interested in him and came here with a purpose...it was just a way to contact him, it didn't matter.

“Hmm…” Wu Sehun nodded and quickly tapped the phone screen to communicate with Park Chaeyoung.

They were really efficient. In less than two minutes, Chi Jingyuan received a text message from Jin Zhini.

"Oppa, I'm Jennie~"

The text is short, and there is a picture of a cute cat saying hello at the end. Considering her face, it is hard to have any bad feelings towards her.

"(Penguin waving)." Chi Jingyuan was eating in a hurry and it was halftime, so he replied to her directly: "Very cute expression~"

"Hey hey... Oppa, can you add me on KakaoTalk?"

"Okay, my account number is..."

After sending a few text messages to Jennie Kim, Chi Jingyuan said he was eating and temporarily ended the conversation. However, he did not put down his phone. He continued to scroll through the news and seemed to be waiting for something.

He was actually waiting for a text message from Chou Tzuyu... He could clearly feel the girl's happiness when they looked at each other when Twice went on stage to receive the award tonight. Based on his understanding of this little brat, she would most likely send him a text message tonight.

But...it seemed that he had predicted wrong again.

"What are you looking at?" As if he noticed that he had been looking at his phone, Wu Sehun next to him came over and asked curiously.

"Look at the reviews of MMA tonight."

"Does it look good?"

"Of course, it was all crazy."

……

At this point, the MMA live broadcast had been over for nearly three hours. As the first large-scale Kpop awards ceremony at the end of the year, it naturally attracted the attention of all Kpop enthusiasts and fans. At this point, there were so many comments and messages on the Internet that it was impossible to keep up.

The highlight of MMA tonight is that the stages are all very exciting, including Ikon, GFriend, Seventeen, Twice, Red Velvet, and even H.O. All the idols' stages are carefully prepared. They are not ordinary standard stages. They have added a lot of special choreography and segments, which gave the audience great surprises.

The comeback of H.O.S. was touching, and EXO’s final medley of hit songs also received rave reviews.

In addition, there were quite a lot of wonderful shots in the numerous reaciton shots throughout the show, especially the close-ups of Chi Jingyuan, the playful little bubbles of reaciton on the 10CM stage, and the two shots of him tilting his head to adjust his earphones when he went on stage to receive the award. They instantly became super classics in the hearts of countless Aili. Even passers-by were amazed by the famous scenes after seeing them. It can be predicted that these two shots will appear in a large number of various edited videos in a very short time.

But this is the only remaining advantage. What MMA gained the most tonight was actually controversy.

Very controversial.

First of all, the Song of the Year was given to Twice, which made many radical EXO fans dissatisfied. They felt that their award was stolen and angrily criticized the organizer for dividing the pork and JYP for behind-the-scenes manipulation.

The fan photos of Aili performing in the dark were also posted online. After seeing them, Once immediately felt that his T baby was being bullied. Because the number of teams has increased significantly recently, they have become more confident and started to criticize Aili directly online.

Although they were defeated after just a few rounds...but compared to before, they at least started to resist.

However, most passers-by and even many rational Ailis actually think that there is nothing wrong with Twice taking the grand prize, so the controversy only remained at the fans venting their anger and the influence did not spread.

Compared to this, the real negative impact began to spread, and the biggest controversy was actually caused by the Newcomer Award.

There are two main factors in the scoring of the MMA Newcomer Award: one is voting, and the other is the accumulation of audio sources in the year of debut.

In these two public data, IOI is obviously higher than Blackpink, especially in terms of voting. In the last list before the deadline, IOI received 49% of the votes, while Blackpink received 14%. The former crushed the latter by nearly half of the data.

Voting for the MMA Rookie Award requires real-name voting with a Peninsula mobile phone number and ID card. It is difficult to participate overseas, so the vote is very valuable and very convincing in reflecting local popularity and national recognition.

As for the second data, the sound source is like a black and white comedy. When the MMA first announced the rules, the sound source score was selected as 'debut year sound source accumulation'.

But if you calculate it this way, IOI still beats Blackpink... With a complete win in the two most important statistics, there is no reason why IOI cannot win the New Artist Award, leading to growing controversy.

So now comes the interesting part. Seeing such a big debate online, the MMA organizers hurriedly released an announcement in the evening, directly slapping themselves in the face, and changed the selection rules overnight, changing 'accumulated sound sources in the debut year' to 'accumulated sound sources in the debut song'.

However, even if the rules are changed, according to the new rules, the rookie award should not be given to Blackpink, but to the blushing puberty...

However, at this point, IOI finally couldn't beat Blackpink. Their debut song collided with Twice's "Cheer Up", and their popularity and various data were severely suppressed, not as good as Blackpink's monster rookie debut song.

...So after going around in circles, it was all thanks to Rabbit Gas.

Then various secret news broke out, such as IOI's rehearsal was scheduled at 2 a.m., the organizer did not prepare a waiting room, did not arrange a red carpet, did not arrange any seats for artists in the entire venue, and IOI's photo was specially photoshopped into black and white in the opening introduction video. He was also the only artist among all the singers participating in the evening who did not win any awards.

The targeting and exclusion are written all over their faces.

This made IOI's fans very angry, and they were cursing the MMA organizers and arguing with Blackpink's fans.

"Compared to the MMA that divides the pork, Blackpink's fans are even more hateful. They act as if they are superior because they came from a big company like YG. They pretend to be very professional and know how to say that their own music is more advanced, but they can't clearly explain why those nightclub-style songs are advanced. Then they look down on other idols and say that their songs are all sloppy. They are really arrogant and shameless."

"Some Blackpink fans are really invincible. They only see what they want to see. After arguing for a long time, everyone finally put out the real data and started talking about the musicality. Then they couldn't argue with the musicality, so they said that the trophy is in hand, what can you do..."

In addition to the quarrels between fans, some people have even posted that they are collecting evidence and preparing to formally sue MMA for voting fraud.

It’s probably useless… but as a fan, this is a powerful channel for us to voice our accusations and protest against those behind the scenes.

Chi Jingyuan has been browsing these online controversies and arguments. While he finds them exciting, he also feels a little sad about IOI's situation and cannot stand the behavior of the MMA organizers.

There is actually nothing wrong with MMA dividing the awards. Most award ceremonies on the peninsula divide the awards, and MAMA is even more famous for dividing the awards. Company activities and operations do play a big role. Idol groups that come from big companies already have a great advantage in terms of awards. As the vested beneficiaries, it is actually difficult for EXO to say anything.

But the most unpleasant thing about MMA this time is not the distribution of awards, but the conflicts between the companies behind it. Because the IOI members are all from small companies that are powerless to resist, and because they are about to disband, they are bullying a girl group so blatantly.

The way he eats is so ugly that it is really disgusting.

In addition to these, there are many other hot topics, such as 'Blackpink's only stage pre-recording', 'Jennie's GUCCI stage costume was dubbed the human Gucci by fans', 'Park Ji-hyo's broken voice and Twice's car accident scene', 'Sechnika's 16-year reunion with fans'. These popular tags are also very attractive.

An MMA event caused a stir in the music industry.

…………

The next morning, Ji Jingyuan followed several members to the wilderness in the southern suburbs of Seoul...which was also the filming site of their winter album's title song "For Life".

Not all members will participate in the filming of this MV, because each member of EXO is very busy and can't get together. Even Wu Sehun has work recently, so after asking about the time schedule, only Ji Jingyuan and Kim Junmyeon were confirmed to shoot this MV.
Chi Jingyuan actually didn't have time, but he was specially designated by the company to come, and Jin Junmyeon just happened to be able to make time in the past two days.

...From this we can also see that the company really doesn't take this winter album too seriously. It's not as serious as last year's concept album and double main album. It's almost completely treated as a gift area.

Here comes the interesting part. When the first version of the MV for two people was planned and he met his co-star Nanami Sakuraba at the company, Park Chanyeol suddenly said that he also wanted to shoot and could make time.

...He said he was free, but Chi Jingyuan always felt that this guy had ideas after seeing Sakuraba Nanami and came for the heroine.

But since he said so, OK, let’s add him in. The planning department then came up with a three-person version of the shooting plan.

Then Kai said he also wanted to shoot...

(*~︿~)
Okay, add more, but the planning department was a little overwhelmed and asked all the EXO members again. After confirming that no one would be added, they finally came up with the final version of the filming with four people.

This is also the version that Chi Jingyuan and his team are filming at this time.

"so cold……"

Chi Jingyuan was wearing a coat and holding a hot pack in his hand, but he was still shivering.

The temperature has been very low recently, and the MV was filmed in the suburbs. The sun hasn't come out yet, and he felt a thorough chill when he walked to this station.

Fortunately, there are warming equipment prepared by the assistant, and there are also pretty girls who are pleasing to the eye.

"Ariado~"

Chi Jingyuan smiled and greeted Sakuraba Nanami who was walking over, and the other party also nodded with a smile.

The company is really good at selecting people. When Chi Jingyuan saw her photos before, he actually thought that Sakuraba Nanami was quite ordinary. However, he changed his mind when he met her in reality. She is much prettier in person than in the photos, especially after being carefully dressed up by SM's CODY. Her temperament has also improved and she looks really good.

...Chi Jingyuan felt that her temperament was a bit similar to that of Mingjing Nan. After seeing Nanami's makeup photos, he suddenly felt that if Xiaonan were to be the protagonist of this MV, it would actually be quite suitable, and it would definitely turn out well.

But after thinking about it, he decided to give up. He and Xiaonan will be collaborating on other songs in the future. If they collaborate too much, it will make fans suspicious.

As the member who speaks the most Japanese in the group, he has been communicating with the other party since the first time they met. This time is no exception. Ji Jingyuan held the hot pack and chatted with the MV heroine standing next to the camera, but most of the exchanges were polite and they didn't say anything else.

However, Ji Jingyuan was called away by the MV director after he had just said a few words. After listening to the PD talk about a few key points of today's shooting, he was about to return to his previous position. He walked a few steps and looked up, only to find that Park Chanyeol had replaced him at some point and was standing next to Sakuraba Nanami, talking and laughing, and constantly gesticulating, making her laugh.

No, how come this guy speaks Japanese so fluently?

Chi Jingyuan was surprised, and at the same time, he curled his lips in disdain. He didn't walk any further and just found a stool nearby and sat down.

Never mind, he already has a girlfriend.

…It seems like this brother is here too.

……

The MV for "For Life" was filmed for two days. After freezing in the suburbs for two days, Ji Jingyuan finally returned to Seoul. However, he was not idle after returning. He came to the company at noon on the 23rd, first packed up some materials in his music room, and then went straight to the meeting room.

After the winter album is completed, the planning of his personal album will officially begin, and this is an extremely important production meeting.