"Absolutely! Absolutely! Absolutely! Absolutely!"

The next day, while eating out with the members of Team K, Chi Jingyuan took out his vibrating phone and took a look at it just after ordering and waiting for the food to be served.

It was a message sent by Bae Zhuhyun. When I opened it, there were four words "Jeue" at the top.

Looking back, the following is a photo that was sent at the same time. On it, Bae Joo Hyun, Kang Seulgi, and Son Seungwan are all wearing loose sportswear, and each poses some of Ji Kyung Won's poses in the "dope" MV.

part action.

Bae Joo Hyun smiled and tilted her head, Kang Seulgi compared her hands to shooting a gun, and Son Seungwan was the funniest, with an exaggerated expression and a wrinkled face, and crossed his hands in front of his chest in a special rapper pose.

I knew he was imitating Chi Jingyuan's way of rapping.

I don’t know how many times they have watched the MV and stage of "Dope", but does Son Seungwan know that her expression is ugly...

The expressions of the three of them looking at the camera were all funny, but it seemed like they were all smiling happily. I just didn't know who took the photo of them.

"Haha..." Chi Jingyuan couldn't help laughing after seeing it.

Thinking of what Jiang Seulqi had told him about their recent situation, Chi Kyungwon raised his eyes and pondered for two seconds, stood up and said to the members, "Make a call, I'll be right back." Then he walked out of the box and dialed Bae Zhuhyun's number.

.

The phone clicked and was quickly connected.

"Hey..." Pei Zhuhyun's voice came from the phone, a little hoarse, and his voice didn't sound very energetic, but there was a hint of surprise.

"Zhu Hyun xi." Chi Jingyuan shouted.

"Within." Pei Zhuhyun made two twists in the pronunciation of the word "inside." She seemed to be in a good mood.

"I saw the photo you just sent me. Thank you for your support..."

After Chi Jingyuan came out of the box, he looked around and found an empty window. At the same time, he said to the phone: "It's just that you have some idol baggage. Why can such funny photos be taken so well?"

nice?"

"puff……"

A crisp laugh came, and after a dull moment, her tone became a little bit laughable: "Guess, there's a little bit, hahaha..."

She laughed to herself before she finished speaking, and she didn't know whether it was because she was really burdened or because she was happy to be praised.

Listening to the other party's smile, Chi Jingyuan also smiled and held the phone without speaking. He waited until her laughter subsided a little before asking: "Have you eaten?"

"Well, I just returned to the company after eating. After taking a rest, I will prepare to start the afternoon practice." Pei Zhuxuan replied briskly with a summary and a smile.

After exchanging a few simple greetings and looking at the street outside through the window, Chi Jingyuan thought for a while and then spoke softly:

"I heard from Seulgi that the preparatory team for the girl group project works hard every day and is under a lot of pressure... How are you, seniors?"

Hearing his question, Bae Zhuhyun seemed to be choked by something. There was obvious silence for a few seconds on the phone, as if he was hesitating.

"I feel... I'm a little guilty..." After a few seconds, she spoke slowly, and her relaxed tone unknowingly carried a touch of sourness.

"Yeah." Chi Jingyuan responded...

"..." After being quiet for a few seconds, as if she felt Chi Jingyuan's concern, and as if she really wanted to find someone to talk to, she pursed her lips and finally sighed, and began to ramble.

Got up:

"My ranking dropped in the end-of-month assessment last month. I have been practicing very hard and have to stay in the practice room for fifteen or six hours every day..."

"I am the oldest among all the trainees in the preparatory group, and some of them were actually born in 1999... I don't know how the company arranges this age difference. Can we really debut together when we are so much older? Sometimes

I felt quite awkward when practicing with them..."

"I'm very tired and stressed every day. Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to just relax a little bit..."

"..."

Pei Zhuhyun couldn't hold it in as soon as she opened her mouth. It was obvious that she had been very hard and depressed during this period. She had been depressed in her heart for a long time, and the suffocation was always held in her chest.

At this time, in the face of Chi Jingyuan's active questioning, I finally had a way to vent, and talked a lot.

She obviously hasn't organized her language well, her expression of meaning and word order are a bit messy, she seems to just say whatever comes to mind.

From her tone and somewhat agitated mood, it seemed that she was really under a lot of pressure.

After all, this is almost her last chance in SM. If she can't be selected for this girl group project, she will either choose another path, go back to school or become a backup dancer, manager, etc., or she will leave SM.

Try another company.

Chi Jingyuan didn't interrupt much, and responded from time to time to indicate that he was listening carefully, acting as a qualified observer.

After talking for a while, Pei Zhuxuan's mood seemed to gradually stabilize, and he suddenly felt a lot more relaxed after venting his worries.

At the same time, she realized that she had just thrown so much rubbish at the other party. She suddenly felt a little shy and hesitated: "I...did I say a little too much?"

"It's true that there are quite a lot. I didn't expect that senior can really pretend to be something."

Chi Jingyuan chuckled and glanced at a flashy sports car speeding by on the road below. Without waiting for the other party to respond, he added in a relaxed tone: "But actually, I can say more next time..."

"Anyway, I happen to be free."

Hearing the smile in the other party's words, Pei Zhuxuan felt at ease. She felt that some emotions were constantly surging in her heart. She held the phone and didn't know how to reply.

She pursed her lips and said softly: "Guilty."

"Okay, senior, let's talk to you next time. I won't tell you. They should have already started. If we don't go back, the food will be eaten up..."

"We XO don't have the habit of waiting for people to eat. I have suffered losses several times..."

Chi Jingyuan laughed, closed the window and walked back, talking casually, and gave the other party a final cheer when he was approaching the door:

"Joohyunxi,fighitng!"

After he turned the doorknob, a soft but firm voice came from the phone:

"Hey, I can do it...and so can you."

hang up.

When he opened the door, Chi Jingyuan saw at a glance that the members were scrambling to eat the dishes that had not been served for a long time. Everyone moved so quickly.

"I told you I'd be back soon, just wait for me." Chi Jingyuan looked bitter and couldn't help but complain.

"Your 'immediately' is really fast..."

Wu Shixun puffed out his cheeks and hadn't yet swallowed the food in his mouth. He looked up at Chi Jingyuan and waved: "Come and eat quickly. Don't waste time. We have something to do later."

"I'll hold you to death." Chi Jingyuan quickly ran back to his seat and grabbed it with chopsticks.

…………

"The ranking of "dope" has begun to fall."

In the nanny's car, Do Kyung-soo, who was looking at the music charts on his mobile phone, frowned.

Today is May 10th, two days have passed since the release of the sound source and the first stage broadcast. After two days of fermentation, "dope"'s performance on the sound source chart was a bit unsatisfactory, and its ranking began to slowly decline.

"The prelude is a dance song, so it's normal."

Park Chanyeol glanced at him: "You don't expect us to win the championship first, do you?"

"That's not true... I just feel..." Do Kyung-soo shook his head, not knowing what to say.

The sound source performance of a song basically depends on two aspects, explosiveness and staying power.

The sound source of "dope" has exploded very fiercely, and the best proof is that it topped the real-time charts just after it was released.

But given EXO's current popularity and huge fan base, this is a very normal result and an expected situation.

After all, with their current popularity, even if they post a variation of the nursery rhyme "The Three Little Bears", they will probably be able to get away with it.

It would be abnormal for EXO to not be able to leave one song alone when releasing a song as a large group.

It's just similar to the previous "Wolf", but the sound source power of the lead song "Dope" began to show its shortcomings. On the third day, it had already fallen to fourth place, and looking at its daily listening and download trends

, if there are no accidents, it will continue to fall.

It is impossible to win the weekly top spot on the melon chart with this trend.

Judging from its stamina, "dope", which has been released for three days, cannot compare to "some", which has been released for more than two months.

"Some" just dropped from the number one spot on the weekly charts a few days ago. Before that, this song had already topped Melon for eight weeks, which is an astonishing music performance.

Melon ranked first for 51 consecutive days.

The genie ranking has been ranked first for 720 consecutive hours. Among all songs in the first half of the year, it is firmly ranked first in the comprehensive ranking that adds up the number of online plays and downloads.

The second after "some" is the theme song of the Hollywood cartoon "let it go", and the third is "Friday Meet" released by IU at the end of last year.

In addition to this data, "some" also has an interesting achievement.

It is the song that ranks first...second and third among all songs in "Music Bank" in the first half of this year.

It's all it.

The sound source of "some" is so excellent that even Chi Jingyuan himself did not expect it, which can be regarded as an unexpected surprise.

But there is nothing Chi Jingyuan can do about the current decline of "dope".

This is also a common feature of kpop dance music. Taking into account the rhythm and explosive power of the stage, it is difficult to ensure the popularity and popularity of the song. At the same time, it occasionally adds some new concepts or tries some unique styles.
To be continued...