“XOXOXOXO!“

"Ah ah ah Yuan, look here, look at me!"

"I love you Chanyeol, I love you..."

The continuous withdrawal of members from the group did not seem to affect EXO's popularity on Hong Kong Island. When they walked out of Hong Kong Island International Airport, they were still enthusiastically picked up by fans. Aili stood in a square formation holding posters and

As soon as the banners saw EXO coming out, they burst into cheers, making the already noisy airport even noisier.

There were a few people who looked like reporters next to them, holding cameras and taking pictures of EXO and the fans who were picking them up at the airport. It felt like they had found good news materials.

Chi Jingyuan followed the team and looked at the numerous posters of himself held up by the local Ai Li. He clasped his hands together under the assistant's supervision and slowly squeezed forward, generally facing both sides.

The fans bowed slightly to express their gratitude, and the screams from everywhere they looked at immediately became louder and louder.

Such a warm reception made many members feel happy on their faces but also a little confused in their hearts. It seems that the welcome EXO received this year was much warmer than when they came last year.

Isn’t the food here affected by the withdrawal?

After getting on the bus that had been prepared, the group went directly to the hotel. On the bus, manager Lee Seung-hwan said some things to pay attention to as before. XO has also been a group for two and a half years since their debut.

I was confused. It was my third time to participate in MAMA and I already had a lot of experience. Li Chenghuan simply explained his schedule for today and tomorrow and didn’t say anything more.

What's interesting is that this year he didn't ban EXO members from leaving the hotel like before. He didn't even mention this. He just said not to run around during the break and remember to report to him wherever they go.

Several members looked happy after hearing this. The company's management of EXO is obviously much more relaxed than when they were new members.

Coincidentally, this year's venue is the same as last year's 2013 MAMA at the AsiaWorld-Expo, so the hotel booked by the company for EXO is exactly the same as last year. When he walked in and saw the fountain at the door, Chi Jingyuan said

It also gave rise to a familiar feeling.

After leaving their luggage at the hotel, and after a little repair, they got in the car and went directly to the venue, AsiaWorld-Expo, for the actual staging and rehearsal.

I have practiced many times in the practice room before, and I am already familiar with the dance and positioning of several songs on stage. However, there are many things that need to be paid attention to in the formal performance, including the production of scenery and some special effects that match the company.

, the use of lifts, the timing and route of changing clothes during transition, etc., these all need to be rehearsed on site.

"I've told you the specific process before, but there will still be some differences when you get to the scene. When EXO opened, we practiced some moves while standing in the nine-square grid with special effects. I won't go into details..."

After arriving at the venue and waiting for a while, all EXO members and teams went on stage to start rehearsing. The nine members gathered in a circle and listened carefully to several stage instructors from SM Company explaining the detailed process.

"After the opening nine-square grid performance, the lights will be turned off. At this time, everyone will pull the curtain out and enter the first stage "dope". Needless to say... after the performance of "dope", there will be dancers pulling

It takes about forty seconds for the colorful silks to come up for the performance, and it takes almost a minute for the colorful strings of lights to fall. At this time, you should get off the stage as quickly as possible and go directly to the elevator. On the way, the assistant will help you hold the stage of "dope"

Take off your uniform jacket, and then Jingyuan goes up first to start the special stage of "Let It Be", and the other members go up one by one in order."

"Remember that the stage will be full of colorful light strings that have fallen from the ceiling. It's best not to touch them with your hands. Whether they are of poor quality, leakage, or are not tied tightly and are pulled off, it will cause an accident on the stage. Do you understand?

"

"knew."

The nine people nodded together to express their understanding.

This time, SM Entertainment has made a lot of preparations so that the special stage effect of the winter single "Let It Be" can be impressive.

During the stage performance of this song, in addition to the specially matched lights, there will also be dozens or hundreds of colorful light strings hanging from the ceiling, directly covering most of the stage, and at the same time, the music will follow the song.

The colors change as the stage progresses, which not only sets off the atmosphere but also creates a dreamlike stage effect.

The organizer doesn't care about these things, these things are prepared by SM itself.

"After "Let It Be" was Kai's solo dance, the others took advantage of this moment to transition. This transition had more time. They got off the stage to change clothes and then went directly to the elevator. Finally, it was the stage of "Addicted". This was not a big deal.

special……"

"The process is nothing complicated. Let's go through it first and we'll talk as we practice."

The instructor gestured towards the stage with his hands for a long time and said a lot. Chi Jingyuan and others, who kept it in mind while listening, also hurriedly responded:

"knew."

"let's start."

…

Because there were many performing guests who needed to rehearse, EXO was not given too much time, but fortunately, the main thing was to get familiar with the process, and after practicing it a few times, there was basically no problem.

Chi Jingyuan thinks that the difficulty is that they have to run faster when transitioning. It takes ten or twenty seconds for the elevator to go up. There is not much time left for them to transition. If they accidentally fall when they get off the stage to change clothes,

That would be interesting.

In the afternoon, after finding time to queue up again, EXO left the venue and went to have a meal together, and then returned to the hotel to start free activities.

"Want to go out for a walk in the evening?"

"Would you like to come over tonight?"

In the hotel room, Chi Jingyuan's cell phone, which was leaning on the bedside and playing games, suddenly rang continuously. He paused and picked it up and found that he had received two invitation text messages, one from Pei Xiuzhi and Jin Yarong.

of.

Although MissA did not return this year, due to the popularity of "some", she will basically perform on several important stages at the end of the year with Chi Jingyuan. This MAMA is naturally no exception. In addition to performing on stage

This year's 'Best Collaboration Song Award' has almost been reserved for them.

After Bae Suzy arrived in Hong Kong in the afternoon, she texted Ji Jingyuan and told her that the hotel JYP had booked for her was quite close to EXO, near AsiaWorld-Expo.

Girlslday, as one of the most popular girl groups this year, also attended this MAMA. However, her special relationship with Chi Jingyuan has a feeling of aloofness. They haven’t had much contact with each other for a while. I just looked at her appearance and tone.

I didn't pay much attention to this.

Anyway, it’s just that they’ve met each other, and it’s not a formal relationship.

The two of them invited him together as if they had already discussed it. Chi Jingyuan was stunned for two seconds after seeing it, feeling a little funny in his heart.

Why do Bae Suzy and Jin Yarong have such a tacit understanding? He really didn't see it.

The company's management of EXO has been relaxed a lot and there is no restriction on their outings. Not long after returning to the hotel, Park Chanyeol, Kim Jong-in and others went out happily together. Looking at the time now, they probably went to some scenic spot to form a team to explore.

went.

"I'm a little tired today, maybe next time."

"We'll talk about it when we get back, I'm too lazy to go out."

After thinking about it, Chi Jingyuan sent a message to the two of them respectively. He didn't bother to read the reply, threw his phone aside, and continued to operate the game console.

Chi Jingyuan was not very interested in the invitation from the two of them. Going out for a stroll was really just a stroll without much meaning. For this kind of overseas trip, you definitely couldn't stay up all night and had to go back to the hotel. These two

It was the day of MAMA and the streets were full of reporters and fans. Hong Kong reporters are notoriously powerful, and it would be easy to get photographed if you went out with one of them, so it would be a bit hard to tell.

Speaking of which, Girls’ Generation seemed to have been photographed ugly by paparazzi reporters in Hong Kong a few years ago. According to the report, two suspected Girls’ Generation members went out to a bar with a rich man, and then fell down on the street as if they were drunk.

He fell down next to a rubbish dump and lost his manners. It is known as the "Lan Kwai Fong Incident" in history. Because only the back was photographed, it has not yet been determined who is in the photo. Even though SM and SNSD members have issued statements clarifying that it is not them.

There are still many people on the Internet who are talking about it and guessing who it is.

Although Chi Jingyuan never asked the familiar sisters from SNSD whether they were them, he had naturally seen the photo. From his perspective, if he had to choose one person from SNSD...

That person must be Yoona sunbaenim, because the shape of one of the people's legs in the photo looks very awkward from behind.

I don’t know when the few members who went out to play in the evening came back. Anyway, when Chi Jingyuan saw them when he got up the next day, he thought they looked pretty good. The water and soil of Hong Kong Island are really quite nurturing.

Today is the day of MAMA. Everyone in EXO got up early in the morning and continued to run to the venue for rehearsals, including "some" with Bae Suzy.

This rehearsal was a complete walk through the evening process. Basically all the guests were present, which made it look much more formal than yesterday's rehearsal.

After walking around in the morning, EXO and the others hurried to the beauty room and started doing styling work without even eating. At around three o'clock in the afternoon, they were picked up by a special car and started walking the red carpet, signing autographs, and accepting interviews. When they finally arrived at the venue, they were waiting.

When the show started, Chi Jingyuan felt a little exhausted. In order to be on camera for the evening ceremony, they hadn't eaten much since last night and were already very hungry.

I don’t know how those female artists who started dieting a week or even half a month in advance to manage their bodies in order to look better in custom-made dresses at large ceremonies persisted.

He couldn't do it anyway.

After grabbing a few biscuits from Oh Se-hun as a cushion, Chi Kyung-won did not go out to visit people like Kim Jun-myeon and Park Chan-yeol, but just sat in the separated lounge in the backstage, squinting his eyes and relaxing, waiting.

At the beginning of the ceremony.

"Come on! (smiley face)"

When the show started at six o'clock, Chi Jingyuan received a text message from Zhou Ziyu. Looking at the silly smiling face in the middle of the screen, Chi Jingyuan seemed to see Zhou Ziyu smiling in front of his eyes.

He exhaled and chuckled, returning a 'smiley face'.

At this time, Li Chenghuan quickly walked out from outside with a notebook and called him directly: "Get ready to start soon. Others are watching backstage and waiting for notification from the staff. Jingyuan, you can go directly to the artist booth to listen to the venue arrangements."

, there will be your prize at the beginning."

"Arasuo." Without checking whether Zhou Ziyu had sent another message, Chi Jingyuan put away his phone, stood up and made a gesture, then ran to the mirror and asked Cody to check if there were any problems with his style.

Then he quickly walked out with the steward waiting outside the door.

Because there are many guests at such a large-scale award ceremony, and there are several large boy groups such as EXO with a large number of people, the artist seats set up outside generally cannot seat so many people. The organizer will decide based on the number of awards and performances.

The seats in the artist seats are arranged according to time and the guests are staggered. They must sit in the artist seats before receiving the award. Artists who are about to perform on stage will come down in advance to prepare.

He followed the venue manager to the artist seat and found his seat. He glanced at Pei Xiuzhi who was placed next to him without saying a word. Chi Jingyuan smiled and nodded with the artists who were nearby.

call.

Compared with last year's MAMA, Chi Jingyuan saw many familiar faces in this year's MAMA, such as GD, INFINITE, sistar and many other popular artists.
To be continued...