for a few days.

However, the company has already made a complete plan at this time, and today is the day to officially announce it with EXO and relevant departments.

The twelve members of EXO were divided into two rows and sat on the left side, listening carefully to Li Changcan's words. Everyone is also looking forward to the upcoming comeback plan.

Chi Jingyuan also attaches great importance to it. The cooperation with Bae Suzy is just an attempt in his personal capacity. His real roots are still with XO.

After last year's big hit, whether this year's comeback can continue the popularity of last year and reach a higher level is something that every member and fans are very concerned about.

Li Changcan glanced at everyone and said the key point: "This time EXO's second mini-album comeback will no longer be in the form of 12 people like last year's regular first album, but will return to the two EXO-K and EXO-M when they debuted."

Activities are carried out separately in the form of detachments."

"Team K focuses on the peninsula market, and team M still focuses on the Xiaguo market. They also participate in singing shows and daily schedules as separate teams, each participating in their own activities without interfering with each other."

After hearing this, the members couldn't help but look at each other and exchanged glances.

When the K and M teams debuted, the simultaneous activities of the two teams was really an innovation. It attracted a lot of attention at the time, and this model of activities also had very good returns.

At that time, when Team K was in the cold in the peninsula, Team M was not affected and became very popular in Xia Kingdom, which created a lot of benefits for the company and also accumulated a considerable fan base in Xia Kingdom for the entire EXO team.

It was just because of the failure of Peninsula that the company canceled the separate activities in the first regular album last year and changed it to a 12-member unit in order to make progress in the Peninsula market and change the awkward situation of being neither popular nor popular during their debut.

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This goal has been achieved. The explosion of "Roar" and the popularity of Chi Jingyuan's TV series have made the entire EXO extremely popular in Peninsula, Xia Kingdom and even Asia. Seeing this situation, the company decided to return

In the previous team activity model, both sides attracted fans and made money at the same time in order to maximize profits.

This model has a lot of benefits, but in fact there are also many hidden dangers, at least in terms of team atmosphere, it has a very bad impact.

One sub-unit and two teams have not seen each other for a long time. It is easy to cause conflicts when there is a difference in popularity. In the year of debut, the members had many quarrels and fights because of this.

However, the company may not care much about this kind of estrangement between members. Revenue is the most important thing.

After pausing for a few seconds to give the members time to accept, Lee Changcan continued: "The title song "overdose" will be filmed in multiple versions of the MV, including the Korean version for 12 people, the summer version for 12 people, and the K-Team

The 6-member Korean version and the 6-member Xiawen version of Team M. Each version of the MV will have different emphasis on the performance of the members."

"Except for the title song, other included songs that require MV shooting, including the prelude song "Dope", will only be shot in K and M versions, not the 12-member version."

"Do you understand?" Li Changcan asked.

"Director nim." Chi Jingyuan raised his hand to say hello, and when Li Changcan smiled and nodded in response, he said: "The company means that except for the title song, all other songs included will not be combined by twelve people.

Is it just K, or the six-player version of M?”

"Yes."

"The same goes for the choreography. Except for "Overdose" which has 12 choreographers, the others are all 6?"

"This is the current early plan. In the future, 12 people may be added to the stage choreography for some songs for special stages."

"I understand."

Chi Jingyuan nodded to express his understanding, pursed his lips and sat down.

As soon as this plan came out, Chi Jingyuan no longer had to worry about the things that had troubled him before.

If there are no accidents, the choreography work for the two songs "Dope" and "I NEED U" he submitted must be the same as "Roar". He took the company's dance teachers to do it together.

But he had no idea about the 12-person choreography for these two songs, because the number of people on the stage that he ideally wanted to achieve the best results for these two songs would be smaller.

Now I only have to choreograph the 6-person version, which is naturally much easier.

Except for the title song, all other songs are not available in 12-member ensemble versions. This time, the company's intention to separate activities and develop two markets at the same time is really urgent.

"The choreography of the title song in the album has been completed. As for the choreography of the two songs "dope" and "I NEED U", Jingyuan, it is still you who will do it, and you will still cooperate with the company's dance teachers."

As expected, Li Changcan immediately handed over this task to Chi Jingyuan.

After seeing Chi Jingyuan nodding in confirmation, he continued: "It is already January 18th. Excluding the post-production and promotion time, we only have about two months to prepare. Although it is a six-song mini album,

This time is also very tight. I hope that we XO can devote ourselves wholeheartedly and use our own efforts and enthusiasm to prepare for this return."

"Nai, we will work hard."

The members responded together to express their attitude.

"Very good, the preliminary work for the album has been completed. After this meeting, the project will be officially launched. I hope you will hurry up."

Li Changcan nodded with satisfaction. After talking about his return to the album, he mentioned another important point:

"In addition, the company has confirmed that after you return and end your singing career, EXO's first Asian concert tour will be officially launched in May this year. It is expected that at least 20 consecutive concerts will be held in six countries across Asia. The company has moved ahead of schedule.

Start preparations and the advance venue has been booked.”

"At that time, there will be professional concert stage effect designers and dance teachers to teach you about the concert stage exercises. However, it is still early. I just want to tell you in advance that the most important task now is the return of this mini album.

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When they heard the news about the concert, all the members' eyes lit up and their interest was obviously rising.

Whether a concert can be held and how much box office it can generate are very important indicators to measure whether a Peninsula idol group is popular.

Especially large-scale concerts with more than 10,000 people can only be held if the artist's popularity and reputation are very high, and there are also a lot of die-hard fans willing to spend money for you.

This is really not that easy to do, because many combinations seem to be very popular, but when it comes time to spend real money to support, all the passers-by who used to make noises disappear in an instant.

For example, sistar, which has become popular in the past two years, has very good music performance, and has a lot of popularity and fans. However, their sales have never been high, and they cannot hold large concerts because they have too few die-hard fans. Really

There are not many fans willing to pay.

As for a Peninsula idol group, where they really make money is in concerts and overseas trips.

The first contract the idol group signed with the company after their debut was very demanding, especially for the local trip in the peninsula. After deducting the company's fees and costs, and then dividing them equally among the large number of members, everyone would get nothing at all.

money.

However, the revenue sharing from overseas concerts is different from that of local events on the Peninsula. Compared with the local events on the Peninsula, the income sharing will be significantly higher by several levels.

As long as the idols become popular and can start a business, the first thing most groups do is to hold tours and concerts, because this is where they can really make money.

And the company is also happy about this, because the idols have made money, and the company's income will only be higher.

Performance fees from local tours and album sales only account for a small part of the revenue of most idol groups. The real bulk is advertising endorsements and overseas tours.

The members were naturally very excited when they heard that EXO would hold a tour this year. This is not only a reflection of their popularity, but also because no one wants to make money.

Chi Jingyuan may not care much about profits, but he is actually also very interested in concerts, where tens of thousands of fans stare at him performing on the stage, standing in the center of the stage and listening to countless people roaring his name.

It feels like he has always wanted to try it.

After saying some other things to note, Li Changcan sorted out the manuscript, whispered a few words to several other managers, and looked at EXO and finally asked: "That's pretty much what I want to talk about in today's meeting. What are the details?"

The documents and travel schedule will be handed over to your agent after the meeting."

"Do you have any other questions?"

Most of the members shook their heads and said no. Basically, they would not say anything in this kind of meeting. At present, they have been in the industry for less than two years and are still in a situation where they do whatever the company says.

Even if they have any questions, they can just ask their agent privately.

Chi Jingyuan remembered something at this time. He glanced aside and raised his hand: "Chief nim."

"Jing Yuanxi, tell me." Li Changcan smiled at him.

"When I visited our fanclub some time ago, I found that our fans do not have an official name. Fans in many different fanclubs call themselves different, and fans in Peninsula and Xiaguo also have different names."

"Many of our fans call themselves 'Planet Fans'. This is a name they came up with based on our EXO setting and concept, but there are also many fans who don't like this name."

"This situation is a bit inconvenient for both support and normal communication. Does the company have any arrangements?"

Chi Jingyuan asked a question he discovered a few days ago.

As a tradition in the Peninsula music industry, all idol groups with names will determine their fan names, support colors, support items, etc. when they debut, or after a period of time after debut.

Because idol groups are all about fans, these things can greatly increase the cohesion and loyalty of fans. Moreover, the company can also take advantage of the trend to launch support peripherals and make another fortune.

For example, the seniors of the same company as SM and TVXQ fans are called "Fairy Queen" and they are quite famous. SJ's "E.L.F" and Girls' Generation's "sone" are both very famous in the fan circle.

However, there are also people who have not had official fan names for many years since their debut. For example, FX does not have one. I don’t know what SM company thinks.

It has been nearly two years since EXO debuted. Apart from the silver-white support color, they still don’t have an official fan name. In the Peninsula Fan Club, Chi Jingyuan has seen a variety of self-proclaimed names, and Xia Guo is currently the most popular.

The approved name is 'Planet Rice'.

As soon as Chi Jingyuan's words came out, the members nearby also nodded immediately. Many members often communicate with their big fans and station sisters, and they all know this problem.

"Jingyuan, the company has also noticed what you said. Because of your EXO's popularity, we are discussing the establishment of an official XO fan site. However, the XO fan name is still under discussion. You members can discuss it among yourselves after you return. Do you think so?

If it's suitable, let us know through your agent."

SM obviously also understood this matter, and Li Changcan also assigned them the task of coming up with names.

After that, there were no more problems, and the other party said a few more words of encouragement before adjourning the meeting.

After the meeting, the manager went to contact the company, and the members returned to the practice room, sat on the sofa and the floor, and started discussing enthusiastically:

“Isn’t our slogan ‘we are one’? Our fans just call us ‘Xone’. What do you think?”

I've been a little stuck these past two days.

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