Boy group: In order to survive, I have to open business

In the past, when Xia Xinglang was on group variety shows, he would only focus on his own shots, because after all, he is actually a very self-centered person. It is better to say that as an idol, paying attention to oneself and being self-centered are very important traits. Who in this line of work would not be self-centered?

So in his eyes, the group variety show shots are divided into two parts. The part with his own shots can be watched carefully, and the part without his own shots can be skipped.

This is how Xia Xinglang watched the previous few group variety shows, but now watching it again, he has a completely new feeling.

There is a big contrast between Xiao Yu's early and late stages. In the early stages, there were shots of him alone. As it was difficult to divide the seven people into groups, they all automatically withdrew and became outsiders. In the first group recording, he brought a lot of cosmetics from home. He didn't talk much to the camera. He was very serious when there were shots when playing games, but he was just slacking off when there were no shots.

In the first episode of the group variety show, I interacted more with Youngji, because it was basically filmed in the dormitory. We only had separate dormitory rooms, purchased ingredients, and finally everyone had hot pot together.

The second group variety show was about tent camping, picnics, barbecues, and birthday celebrations.

I remember that the target of the mission during that period was Hong Zhanglin, so the camera would often show Zhang Lin being hugged by me, holding his hand, hugging his shoulders, and being very close to him. Usually, when Zhang Lin and Che Zaixun were chatting, I would interrupt them, and Che Zaixun would tactfully avoid them and find other things to do.

Preparing barbecue skewers, Che Zaixun, a 186cm tall man, sat on a small stool, but he didn't sit firmly and fell on the lawn, with grass clippings in his hair. There were also birthday wishes, and the birthday song was sung very loudly.

In the third episode of the group variety show, they were skiing on the snowy mountains and indoor skating. The target of the task this time was Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu simply became the brother with a not-so-good brain. Whenever he had time, he would come to hug him and even tried to force a kiss on him several times. Xia Xinglang kept avoiding them, even blocking them with his hands, leaning back and trying his best to avoid them.

Che Zaixun tried to talk to himself, but was interrupted by Xiao Yu several times. Che Zaixun was not angry, and the camera then only showed him talking to Zhang Lin.

The fourth episode of the group variety show, a Christmas special, dormitory games, gift exchange, Xiao Yu stole the show, and the first season of the group variety show ended.

Cha Jae-hun and Yoon Dong-ho were in the same group. Jae-hun's movements were very effective. He pretended to be various animals and even imitated the calls of gorillas. Everyone was laughing as he worked together to create the effects.

The third episode of the new season of "Just Jup1ter!" was recorded. The first two episodes were shot during vacation. The theme of the new episode is to find childhood memories, so everyone needs to prepare early photos.

Xia Xinglang had artistic photos taken when he was a child. The photos were collected by his assistant. No one confided in each other. They had to match the childhood photos with themselves in advance. Everyone entered the room in turn, looked at the photos and did the connection questions.

Xia Xinglang did a good job in the connection questions. In fact, the photos everyone provided were easy to identify. It seemed that he intentionally used good-looking photos to prove to his fans: I look like this and I have been good-looking since I was a child.

Producer: "Star Wolf, enter the results on the computer."

Xia Xinglang was concentrating on doing a connection puzzle when a ghost face suddenly popped up on the screen.

"..."

"Ahh——!" The female ghost dressed as a staff member jumped out from behind the screen.

Xia Xinglang calmly instructed: "You acted badly, and the timing of scaring was wrong."

Producer: "Then you play it."

Xia Xinglang gladly accepted it. The next person to come in was Xiao Yu. Xia Xinglang hid under the table and waited for the opportunity silently. Before the producer spoke, Xiao Yu bent down and looked under the table: "Is it Xiaolang?"

Xia Xinglang: “…”

Before the producer could ask how he found out, Xiao Yu said, "I can smell the scent of the little wolf."

"Come here," Xiao Yu looked at him expectantly, "Aren't you going to scare me? Come and jump on me, into my arms—"

Xia Xinglang was so scared that he didn't dare to pretend to be a ghost anymore. He took off his wig and ran away.

There were already two people sitting in the preparation room, Kim Seung Hyuk and Yoon Dong Hao. They were expecting who would be scared next, but so far no one had been scared.

Hanayamain Eiji is also the type who won't be scared. When the staff member dressed as a ghost came up to him, he said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Five people gathered in the preparation room and watched the scene in the interview room through the camera.

It's not funny at all! A prank is about having someone screaming in fear. The audience was expecting screams. Perhaps knowing this, the next singer, Hong Jang-rim, perfectly presented the lead singer's powerful scream and was so scared that he covered his face and stayed in the corner.

The last one, Che Zaixun, came in and spent quite a long time doing the connection questions. When he entered the connection results into the computer, he was so scared when a ghost face popped up that he fell to the ground. Then when the staff member dressed as the ghost came out, Zaixun screamed in fear and rushed out of the room at flying speed.

The producer shed tears of relief. Finally, there was a decent variety show response. This guy is the god of variety shows!

Che Zaixun was leaning against the wall and breathing heavily. They also came out of the preparation room and prepared to officially record the group variety show. Everyone was amused by that reaction just now. Xia Xinglang went over to hug him: "Brother Zaixun, you are really easily scared, just like a rabbit."

"The rabbit will be scared to death." Che Zaixun looked at them reproachfully.

"We've all been scared," Xia Xinglang said, "it's not just me."

Next, everyone expressed their thoughts on their childhood photos, such as how old they were in the photo and the differences between other members' photos and their current ones.

The recording of the group variety show is over. The producer of this episode has been hiding a secret from them. It turns out that playing a prank was the ultimate goal.

At the end of June, it was Hong Zhanglin’s birthday. Everyone prepared a surprise party in advance, recorded a variety show on the same day, set off a salute as soon as they returned to the dormitory, and held a birthday live broadcast.

Che Zaixun and Xia Xinglang were preparing a cake and they talked about Zhang Lin.

Xia Xinglang: "What flavor does Brother Zhang Lin like?"

"Zhang Lin doesn't like sweets," Che Zaixun said, "and he is lactose intolerant. Eating fresh cream or cheese will cause diarrhea, so he always has probiotics on hand."

"Then let's buy a fruit cake," Xia Xinglang asked curiously, "Brother Zhang Lin, has the company ever held a birthday live broadcast before?"

Che Zaixun laughed: "I've driven there before, but it looked very pitiful. The dormitory is not soundproofed and inconvenient. I was live streaming at the company, and people were practicing dancing next door. The music in the dance studio was very loud, and the cakes were small and cut into pieces."

"Let's not talk about this," Che Zaixun said, "Zhang Lin doesn't like to talk about it, so I won't talk about it either."

"Talk to me in private. It's okay."

Che Zaixun looked at him with a bright and honest smile: "Xiaolang, I'm sorry, I said before that the limited group will only last for two years, and there is no need to develop feelings, but in fact, everyone has a good personality, and I don't think they are bad."

Xia Xinglang: "What are you going to do in the future?"

"After what?"

"After the limited group disbanded."

Che Zaixun couldn't help but sigh: "I haven't thought about it that far yet. It's not even a year yet, there's still a year and a half left."

"Brother Zaixun, will you go back to your previous group?" Xia Xinglang knew that this question should never be asked, but he just wanted to know the answer.

"Maybe." Che Zaixun didn't remain silent for too long, "Sometimes, I also pay attention to their news."

The "they" here refers to the brothers who stayed in the group to develop, for Jae-hun.