It's hard to be an idol

Chapter 169
During the days when the practice was going on, because of Park Chanyeol's support, Xu Lai's relationship with other South Korean members improved a lot, especially Byun Baekhyun, who was optimistic and out-of-the-box, and his whole person was a bit childish, which made people feel It feels like he is easy to get close to, and Xu Lai's sense of him has improved a lot. He used to think that Byun Baekhyun was not very responsible, but now that he thinks about it carefully, he guessed that it was because his debut was too short and the company was suppressing him. He, he didn't dare to move at all.

What a pitiful child.

However, Xu Lai also saw himself from Baekhyun's previous deeds. He has just debuted, and he knows that SM company is admiring him now, but he doesn't know if one day he and Lin Yuner are together, the company's reaction What will it be, will it end as badly as Kim Taeyeon and Byun Baekhyun?
Xu Lai suddenly wasn't in such a bright mood. It seemed that his career was starting to take off and his life was slowly improving. His simple wish before his debut (buying a house) was also realized, but his feelings were not like his. Just like in imagination.

And... now he and Lin Yun'er haven't had a word, they haven't been together, and there hasn't even been a scandal, so how can they be exposed and made public?
Xu Lai always thinks far ahead, but sometimes he is just embarrassing himself. In fact, things may be much easier to deal with than he imagined, as long as he maintains his own value.

Moreover, his voice is slowly increasing.

Maybe Xu Lai didn't feel much about it, but in the eyes of Park Chanyeol and others, it was very obvious that Xu Lai was able to choose shows to appear in, and he even took the initiative to ask the company to reduce his lyrics and camera allocation. The other people in the group, maybe the company gave them just one word - "Get out", anyway, it is impossible to be safe and sound like Xu Lai, and even arrange their own working hours freely.

The recording of songs for the album came before recording the MV. During the recording, everyone finally got to see Xu Lai's strong sense of sound and singing skills. Basically, his parts were done several times, only five or six times at most. Of course, this is different from There is a reason why he has so few words, but there are a total of ten songs in an album. It took Xu Lai less than two hours to record his part, which is outrageous. Everyone else was standing by saying "Wow", and in the end all he could say was Something like "Xulai beef beer".

They might have been even more surprised if they had seen Xu Lai perform his own songs live.

Compared with before, after their relationship eased, everyone recognized Xu Lai's strength more. It was not just the evaluation of Xu Lai from the outside world that made everyone recognize Xu Lai, but they saw Xu Lai's super high recording efficiency on the spot. Picking the "thorn" in the song arrangement made them really feel the gap.

Moreover, after Xu Lai finished recording his part, he began to play the role of recording teacher for other members. This was actually Yu Yongzhen’s whim. Seeing that Xu Lai was so professional, he wanted to test him, but Xu Lai recorded this The teacher did an excellent job, and Yu Yongzhen could only smile and say nothing for a while, feeling a little embarrassed.

This isn't a test, it's just letting him shine.

However, although Xu Lai stole the limelight when recording the song, everyone did not have any bad opinions on Xu Lai. The main reason is that he gave everyone a strong sense of accomplishment during the dance rehearsal, and his dancing ability It was even worse than the weakest Bian Baekhyun before, and this contrast suddenly made everyone feel balanced.

Well, there's nothing wrong with being in the limelight when he's recording, at least he can't dance.

People who are too perfect always make people feel pressured, so Xu Lai's polarizing singing and dancing skills are quite recognized by everyone. No one dislikes his poor dancing skills. For example, Kim Jong-in has been helping Xu Lai. To make up for it, Xu Lai’s final MV shooting was very good, and Kim Jong-in also had part of the credit.

Seeing Xu Lai getting along more and more harmoniously with the members, Park Chanyeol also felt relieved. His hard work was not in vain. At least the members no longer rejected Xu Lai, and the team atmosphere was a bit like before. He was very happy.

……

Huang Zitao has also become a little abnormal recently. Anyway, in Xu Lai's eyes, Huang Zitao seems to be complaining more and more about SM these days, especially when his leg injury recurs and Zhang Yixing has a new variety show invitation in mainland China. After that, his negative energy increased day by day. Xu Lai was still in South Korea during this time, so he knew a lot.

He didn't know before that Huang Zitao had accumulated a lot of complaints. Leaving aside his physical injuries, he seemed to have exploded after the company treated him differently.

"I don't quite understand what's wrong with me? Am I not working hard enough? Or is my popularity low?"

Huang Zitao is very irritable now, he doesn't know where he is wrong, why SM company can't see his existence, so they don't want to see him?

He could understand that Lu Han and Wu Sir couldn't see his existence when Lu Han and Wu Sir were there before. The lights of the first two were too dazzling, he was blocked too much, and he didn't get much resources. He recognized it, but now Wu Sir He and Lu Han left one after another, leaving only him and Zhang Yixing among the previous four mainland members, why is he still unpopular?

Xu Lai is not counted as a new member. His resources are basically earned by himself, not specially given to him by SM Company. At least the invitations to Xu Lai from popular TV variety shows are beyond the reach of SM Company. There are also olive branches from the European and American markets that SM can't say anything about.

Speaking of which, Xu Lai's future does not have much to do with SM, so SM is particularly tolerant of him.

But things are different here with Huang Zitao. In terms of popularity, he is no less popular than Zhang Yixing. He has not failed to work hard, and he also attaches great importance to this team. Otherwise, when Sir Wu left, other mainland members would not have spoken out. It's time to confront Sir Wu, but he cares so much about tea eggs, but SM company doesn't take him seriously. He feels very angry about this. It's simply a realistic portrayal of "I originally wanted to be in the bright moon, but the moon is in the ditch."

"Brother Taozi, how about you collaborate with me on a single? I've also written a lot of songs recently..."

Xu Lai wanted to comfort Huang Zitao, so he probably could only use this method to soothe Huang Zitao's heart that was hurt by SM's unfair treatment.

"What nonsense are you talking about? You are you, the company is the company... No matter what happens between me and the company, there will be no change between the two of us."

"Brother Taozi, you are..." Xu Lai seemed to hear something hidden.

"Harm, it's nothing, it's okay."

"Seriously, do you want to work with me?"

"Stop making trouble, Brother Taozi doesn't want to hold you back, okay? Brother still has self-respect."

　Ugh.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)