Chapter 340 You need to participate

Seeing Chi Jingyuan walking into the conference room, many people cast their gaze over. Chi Jingyuan also walked inside while squeezing out a smile and bowing lightly to the director and representatives he knew. Under their warm greetings,

Nodding in return, he walked over to the XO members and found an empty seat in the middle.

It was obvious that the members had specially reserved a seat for him in the middle. Sitting on his left were Park Chanyeol and Kim Junmyeon, on the right was Oh Sehun, and several other people sat in the row directly behind them.

He was not the last one to arrive, and some staff members did not come because they were preparing documents. At this time, the company employees in the room had been quietly communicating and discussing something in twos and threes.

After Chi Jingyuan sat down, he glanced at each other and the members next to him. They looked at each other but did not speak. The ten people just sat there quietly without making any sound, and there was a low pressure visible to the naked eye.

With Tao leaving this time, it is obvious that the members of EXO, including Chi Jingyuan, are not as angry and excited as when Luhan left before. It is just that everyone seems very worried, very silent, and has no desire to communicate.

On the one hand, this is because Tao's popularity and influence in the team are far less than Luhan's, and his interpersonal relationships and social interactions are not as popular as Luhan's, and the discomfort he brings to others is not that great.

On the other hand, people at XO had actually anticipated that such a day would come.

Chi Jingyuan tilted his head slightly and glanced to the left out of the corner of his eye.

When he entered the door just now, he discovered that Lay, the last member of Xia Guo Line in the group, was sitting on the far left edge of the row behind him. Although the five members were side by side, he was obviously far away from the others.

, and the nearest xiumin sitting next to him was half a meter away.

He sat there in silence like everyone else, lowering his head and playing with his fingers, but the focus of his eyes was a little blurry, and he was obviously thinking about something.

Although the distance of half a meter is not long, it looks very obvious and dazzling, like a cut-off natural chasm.

I don’t know if he pulled the stool himself or if xiumin pulled it.

According to Chi Jingyuan's understanding of xiumin...

In fact, Y has been trying to communicate and negotiate with the company after Luhan left, asking for more resources and opening a personal studio, and paying more attention to Xia Guo's activities. All other members of EXO are aware of these things.

Although these matters are very private and the company has not announced to the public that they have been carried out privately, the members of XO are not fools. They have their own channels for information after being in the company for so long. Even if the specific details are not known,

Rough news can still be obtained.

I heard that in order to retain the two members of Xia Guo line, SM company made a lot of promises, including resources, and made some concessions on key issues such as opening a personal studio in Xia Guo. After all, they wanted to

Xia Kingdom continues to develop and move, and these two remaining Xia Kingdom lines are quite important.

Although they were only verbal concessions and promises, and many things were not implemented in practice, this kind of differential treatment has clearly occurred.

We can't compare to a royal family like Chi Jingyuan, forget it. After all, he has a background and is very capable and talented. We don't want to compete with him, but why are these two not very popular and not very conspicuous?

Can everyone get such special treatment? They had never dared to think of such a thing as a personal studio before.

This incident made many members very dissatisfied, and the estrangement that had been hard to cover up before resurfaced.

In addition, because they had always been secretly concerned about him, they also knew that Luhan had flourished in the Xia Kingdom after leaving. In a short period of time, he had been filming TV series and movies, and became one of the hottest new generation stars. Originally,

His popularity and popularity in the Mainland are much lower than Chi Jingyuan's, but he is slowly catching up.

Seeing that my former teammates have developed better after leaving, I think about it from my perspective, what would they choose if they were Y?

After waiting for about ten minutes for everyone to arrive, this rather hasty meeting finally began, with a report and discussion on Tao's lawsuit and withdrawal from the group.

However, after he made a big push, Chi Jingyuan still heard that Luhan still left the same set of plans and rhetoric, asking members not to express their opinions. The company was preparing to issue a statement to control public opinion and see how the outside world reacted.

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It is almost exactly the same as before, except that because of the different impact, some aspects are even not as strict as last time.

Moreover, looking at the expressions and tone of Lee Soo Man and the room chief representatives, they are not as angry and rushed as they were three months ago. It is obvious that she and the others, like the EXO members, seemed to have expected this incident to happen.

Li Xiuman, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, didn't say much. He just sat there listening and nodding. He seemed to be quite satisfied with the solution given by the staff.

To be honest, SM has relatively good experience in dealing with the issue of members quitting the group. From H.O.T. to TVXQ to SJ, this has happened to every mainstay boy group.

The closest ones are EXO's Luhan and Girls' Generation's Jessica. Even if SM didn't have any good solutions at first, it's time for a long-term illness to become a good doctor.

It is nothing more than showing the innocence of the company, placing all the blame on the departing members, and at the same time guiding the online trend to discredit the other party and reduce the negative impact.

Speaking later, someone mentioned Tao’s article on Xia Guo’s scarf insinuating that the company favors ‘popular members’.

Who this "popular member" is talking about is very clear to fans, SM and even XO members themselves.

In front of Chi Jingyuan, no one else in EXO dares to say that he is a popular member.

In fact, when I saw the content of Tao's article just now, Chi Jingyuan was a little speechless and didn't know what to say.

Why do you still have to say this kind of thing after you've already left? Will saying this step on him and damage Chi Jingyuan's image in the hearts of Yuan fans? Or will it make his departure more legitimate?

At this time, Li Xiuman, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke:

"Public opinion in this area must be controlled well, and it cannot have a worse impact on Jingyuan, other members, and the entire EXO. You must pay attention and direction when guiding online, and control it yourself."

After seeing several heads of the publicity department respond, Lee Soo Man nodded and looked to the other side. He no longer talked about Tao, but talked about EXO's next comeback: "XO's comeback plan must be done quickly.

Come out and be more detailed. This return is very important to both XO and the company, and I believe you all know it."

"Don't be as mediocre as last time."

"Make it as soon as possible and bring it to me." He knocked on the table hard, looking a little dissatisfied.

"I know." The more serious attitude made several room directors who were subjective about this matter quickly stand up and respond.

After talking for a while, the meeting came to an end. Lee Soo Man briefly summarized it and declared it over. He stood up, glanced at the EXO members, and finally said: "Lay, your matter will be discussed at the artist department's meeting later.

Jingyuan, come with me, the other members will go back to the practice room first."

"..." Lay and Chi Jingyuan stood up and nodded. The other members didn't pay much attention to Li Xiuman calling Chi Jingyuan over. Anyway, this kind of thing is too common and they have long been used to it. And they also talked about returning just now, Chi Jingyuan

Participation is also normal.

They all looked at Lay, and several of them made eye contact with each other, as if they were wondering what happened to him.

After nodding goodbye to the staff and other members, Chi Jingyuan followed Li Xiuman and walked into his office while talking.

It is still the luxurious and spacious director's office, and the general decoration has not changed much from the last time Chi Jingyuan came.

Li Xiuman has not been to the company for several months due to family matters, and Chi Jingyuan has not entered the office for a long time because the owner did not hinder her.

"sit."

Li Xiuman smiled and pointed to the sofa next to the desk. After putting the document bag in his hand on the table, he went to the coffee machine next to him and picked up two cups of coffee. He slowly walked over with the cup and handed it to Chi Jingyuan.

He had just sat down and quickly stood up, took it with both hands and thanked him.

However, Lee Soo Man didn't look at all panicked or unhappy about the EXO members leaving the group. Instead, he looked very calm, as if nothing happened during the drama today.

"How's it going? Did you feel a familiar feeling when you came in, and suddenly you miss this place?"

Sitting on the boss's chair, Li Xiuman blew on the hot coffee and took a sip of enjoyment. Her small eyes under the black-rimmed glasses were slitted. Her tone was easy-going and natural, and she chatted about home affairs with Chi Jingyuan.

"It's true that I just unconsciously remembered the last time I came to your office."

Chi Jingyuan put the coffee on the table without drinking it, looked around and then responded.

"Yes, me too." Li Xiuman also looked around the office he had used for several years, touched the soft and tactile armrests of the chair and sighed: "I have been here for so long, it's really hard to move.

I’m reluctant to give it up.”

Chi Jingyuan nodded lightly. This news had spread within the company for a long time. He had long heard that SM Company was about to change its building. The new address was not far from here, and it was also in Jiangnan District, over Samseongdong.

EXO also had this reason for changing to a new dormitory.

"But the new building and office will be much better than here, and we will definitely be satisfied." Li Xiuman patted the armrest, and the feeling of reluctance just now was gone, and his tone was flat with a hint of defiance: "Just

Just like changing to a new building, everything is moving in a good direction, SM is still SM, and EXO is still EXO."

Chi Jingyuan knew that the other party wanted him not to worry about Tao's departure and to let him take a longer view, so he smiled in agreement.

Li Xiuman also hadn’t communicated much with Ji Jingyuan for a long time due to family matters. He was not in a hurry to talk about business. Instead, he asked him to talk about some recent developments, and while chatting, he talked about "Misheng": "You choose

This drama is really popular, I couldn’t help but watch one episode yesterday.”

As he said that, he squinted his eyes and nodded, and gave a thumbs up: "Jing Yuan, your performance in it is really good. I thought it was great after watching it. Those companies that praised you on the Internet really didn't say much."

Participate in the guidance...and the script was chosen with great discernment. I heard it was your own idea?"

"At that time, I felt that the script and setting were very attractive to me, and I also really wanted to try a workplace drama." Chi Jingyuan nodded and explained.

Li Xiuman burst out laughing when he heard this, and stretched out his hand to lift his glasses frame: "Haha... By the way, Jingyuan, you have such a good eye for selecting scripts, do you want to take up a position in the SM film and television department, or SMc&c, to help with some writing?

Opinion?"

SMc&c is one of the subsidiaries of SM. It was renamed from the AM company that acquired Jang Dong Gun a few years ago. It mainly contracts MCs, comedians and actors.

This subsidiary has many well-known actors, including Jang Dong Gun, Kim Ha Neul, Kong Hyung Jin, Kim Soo Ro, etc.

The lineup of hosts is not overly generous either. Kang Ho-dong, Shin Dong-yeop, Kim Byung-man, who retired from the entertainment industry for a year due to the tax incident and returned to the show, as well as the MC who previously served as EXO's group variety show, and Jun Hyun-moo, who has worked with them many times, are among them.

Chi Jingyuan did not refuse, he squinted his eyes with a smile and looked forward to it: "Okay, then senior Zhang Dongjian is going to call me Director Chi?"

"Hahaha..." Li Xiuman became happy when he heard this, and he stretched out his hand to point at Chi Jingyuan and laughed out loud.

Both of them knew they were joking. SM couldn't ask him to give any opinions. The company's operations naturally have their own processes, and the contracted actors also have their own teams. They wouldn't pick a few popular drama scripts because of his good taste.

Just like that.

Moreover, Chi Jingyuan actually has no interest in this.

The two of them squinted and laughed together, and the laughter circled around the office. The atmosphere suddenly became warm, and the previous negative emotions due to the members leaving the group seemed to be dispelled at once.
To be continued...