After finishing the casual chat, Lee Soo Man laughed for a while. He took a sip of coffee and took the initiative to bring up the topic: "The matter of EXO's next comeback has been put on the agenda. I have been paying attention to this matter since I came back. The planning department before

There was a plan proposed there, but after reading it, I thought it was not feasible and rejected it.”

As he spoke, he seemed to feel that his vision was a little blurry. He took off his glasses and took out the glasses cloth to wipe the lenses. At the same time, he asked: "Jingyuan, you should know the company's situation and situation this year, right?"

"Inside." Of course Chi Jingyuan knows that there have been a lot of bad things from the beginning of the year to now, including SNSD, EXO and other leading groups all having troubles, the new girl group red velvet being criticized after their debut, and everything in the company

When something goes wrong and the stock price plummets, it's like what the Internet says is Mercury retrograde.

"The end of the year is coming soon. There will definitely be no chance this year...but next year is very important for both the company and EXO."

Li Xiuman put on his glasses again and nodded: "The company needs to satisfy shareholders and investors and rekindle confidence. It needs to stabilize and raise the stock price again. In order to achieve this goal, it will definitely carry out a lot of planning and arrange for the return of many of its portfolios... But even if

Other groups will also return, but in my mind only EXO is the best weapon to stimulate stock prices."

"And you must also know that the return of this regular album is very crucial for XO."

Lee Soo Man is right, the next regular second album comeback is very important for EXO.

Since last year's regular album follow-up "Roar", EXO has had a sky-breaking momentum, breaking the long-standing million sales. At the end of the year, all the winter special ballads sold very well, and this year's mini-2 "Addicted" is even more popular.

Hitting new highs again, several songs became hits, and the group was about to officially reach the top spot.

But things started to take a turn for the worse in June. First, Byun Baekhyun's relationship was exposed, then Luhan, a popular top line member, quit the group, and today Tao quit the group again. A series of blows made the originally unstoppable EXO's prospects suddenly no longer clear.

A little darker.

In order to make up for this, the next comeback is really crucial. It is related to whether XO can wash away the negative effects of this year and stabilize the fan base that has been hit hard by the storm.

Whether we can even return to the grand situation before the members left the group, or even go further, depends on this comeback.

The company will definitely attach great importance to EXO's comeback and invest a lot of resources. The members have also been looking forward to it for a long time. Countless Ariel's hearts are sad after several rounds of blows, but they are also holding back their emotions.

I hope EXO proves that they will not sink like the outsiders and passers-by who are looking down upon them, and they will definitely open their wallets and provide crazy support.

If this comeback fails, then EXO may really lose the possibility of reaching the top as many people expected, and can only be reduced to an ordinary top or first-line boy group, but this is definitely not what the company, members and fans want.

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And there is no telling what will happen in the future. The competition among idols in the Peninsula music industry is so fierce. Even if EXO can have another hit song and become famous in the future, the market no longer wants to benefit them as it is now. Who knows whether it will happen in the next two years?

Then a second 'exo' comes out and knocks out EXO just like they did last year when they defeated the older boy groups at an unimaginable speed?

So I still have to focus all my energy on my next comeback.

"This time around EXO's return, I will personally oversee the overall situation and act as the chief producer. The company is also planning to hire professional and well-known European and American musicians to participate in the production. At the same time, Jingyuan, you will also join in as a producer."

Looking at Chi Jingyuan who was nodding and lost in thought, Li Xiuman stood up and leaned over to pat him on the shoulder, as if he valued him very much: "I have listened to some of the songs you put in the music library, and some of them are very good."

It is suitable for XO, but the specifics will depend on the style choice after planning. You have also come up with a plan in the past two days, including the method of comeback, the overall style and the selection of songs. I will focus on it for reference.

your opinion."

"hurry up."

Feeling the strength on his shoulders, Chi Jingyuan pursed his lips and nodded.

Although the amplitude was very slight, Li Xiuman could feel the seriousness in his heart.

"The other thing is about the winter special in December. The company's original plan for EXO was to have a winter special return every December. The response and sales of "December Miracle" last year were also very good."

Then Lee Soo Man said another thing: "But this year's situation is very special. XO has a lot of things going on during this period, and the time is not right. At the same time, the next comeback is too important, and all fans will definitely be looking forward to it."

Support, if a winter special is released, it will weaken or waste the enthusiasm of fans to some extent, and have a bad impact on the official comeback next year."

When Chi Jingyuan heard this, he looked at him with approval. He also felt that what Li Xiuman said was quite reasonable.

"The current plan is to cancel the winter special this year and not release a physical album but release a winter digital single. The song is currently tentatively titled "December, 2014" and is expected to be produced through the company "Super Star SMTOWN'"

The open format in the game can also provide some publicity for the game, what do you think?"

"I don't think it's very good."

After hearing this, he pondered for a few seconds. Chi Jingyuan did not shy away but looked at the other party and told the truth: "Even if a single is released, there should be a matching MV and more publicity. It should not be for the purpose of promoting the game.

It’s public and a bit perfunctory.”

SM is really a big business. In addition to the entertainment industry, it is also involved in many industries. Now I don’t know why I went to develop games.

As soon as you think about it, it comes out.

"It's true, I'm considering it." Seeing Chi Jingyuan's blunt words, Li Xiuman also smiled and agreed. He waved his hand casually: "It's not confirmed yet, Jingyuan, you can think about what plans you have.

, or if there are any suitable songs provided, I will adopt your opinion if it is beneficial to the company and the group. But if it is to be released in December, this matter must be completed quickly within these two days."

"By the way, please go to the music room to listen to the demo of the song "December, 2014" sometime, and I will say hello."

"Now that I know Teacher Li Xiuman, I will think about it."

Compared with next year's regular second album, the winter special is not that important, but Chi Jingyuan doesn't want to deal with fans too much.

He was in a bad mood after seeing various messages from Ariel online, and felt that even when posting songs, he should be more serious and at least express some of XO's mood and attitude at this time.

"Very good, I'm very interested in your performance in the future..." Li Xiuman looked at him with a smile, and comforted him kindly: "It must be very tiring filming, thank you for your hard work."

"Kang Sang Mida." Chi Jingyuan also smiled and saluted to express his thanks.

At the end of the chat, it seemed that they had finished talking about business. After casually chatting about some family matters, Lee Soo Man suddenly mentioned the last member of EXO's Xia Kingdom:

"By the way, what do you think about lay?"

He pushed up the frames of his glasses again and looked at Chi Jingyuan with twinkling eyes, as if he wanted to hear the other person's opinion as a reference.

"If you lay..."

When it comes to this, Chi Jingyuan is a little silent.

Now everyone knows very well that after Luhan and Tao left one after another, it will be a matter of time or later for lay. If Tao develops better and better like Luhan, maybe this time will still pass.

Very close.

He thought about it for a long time, and finally sighed in his heart, raised his head and said to Li Xiuman: "I think it is best to come out with all these bad things at once. Even if it may have a big impact on us and the fans, at least there will be no more in the future.

There are hidden dangers. If we work hard next time we come back, it is possible to seal all the previous holes. But if we run one today, one tomorrow, and another two days or the next time we come back, then...

"

He spread his hands and didn't finish, but Li Xiuman obviously understood what he meant, and nodded slightly in agreement, making a promise: "I will consider it."

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Chi Jingyuan and Li Xiuman chatted for a long time, put forward several opinions and received several tasks before leaving the office where he was assigned, got into the nanny car and rushed to the crew in Seoul Plaza.

Today's events are really happening one after another. After Tao's departure from the group, there will be things like his return next year and the winter special. All of these things require Chi Jingyuan to be involved.

However, both Lee Soo Man and SM really value him enough. This level of participation is unimaginable for other members at this time.

Therefore, Chi Jingyuan also feels that the task on his shoulders is quite heavy, and he needs to carefully consider what kind of charter it should be.

Although there are a lot of things going on in the company, as the leading actor, he certainly cannot delay filming. "Misborn" has always had great momentum, and he cannot let the things here affect the crew and himself.

After rushing back in the afternoon, I was busy until about ten o'clock in the evening when Chi Jingyuan got off work from the crew and returned to the company.

The filming progress has been very fast in the past few days, and the accumulated amount has gradually increased, and the end time is relatively early.

Moreover, Kim Won-seok may have known that Chi Kyung-yuan had a lot of things going on recently, so he specially planned the filming of the male protagonist's scenes ahead of time so that Chi Kyung-yuan could get off work earlier.

He really took good care of him, and Chi Jingyuan was very grateful to him in his heart.

After returning to the company, he went to the music room. Regarding his return next year, he had made some preparations in private. This time he needed to organize and improve the information he had prepared before. He worked overtime in the past few days to write out a

The planning plan is submitted to the company.

Regarding next year's regular second album, he already has some ideas and drafts.

After being busy until almost early in the morning, Chi Jingyuan stretched out and packed up the things in the music room and prepared to go back to the dormitory. He had to get up early to go to the crew for filming tomorrow, so he had to ensure his rest time for efficiency.

After putting his bag on his back and closing the door, he got on the elevator and prepared to go downstairs, but the elevator stopped at the third floor just after descending one floor.

The elevator door opened with a 'ding' sound, and Chi Jingyuan looked outside the door in surprise. At this time, a familiar figure stood outside with his head lowered. After hearing the sound of the door opening, he also raised his head and met his eyes.

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Chapter completed!