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Chapter 105 Album Release (Subscription Request)

Two days later, Gong Cheng finished filming for the day on "Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo" and immediately met with Kim Eun Sook again.

However, compared to the ease of the last meeting, he was inevitably a lot more nervous for this audition.

In the audition room, director Lee Eung-bok and writer Kim Eun-sook looked directly at the tall boy in front of them. His superior appearance made the director quite attracted.

The truth is, he was a little anxious and angry about the drama "Goblin".

The filming was supposed to start some time ago, but due to the insistence of writer Kim Eun-sook, the male lead has not been decided yet.

Now that the writer has finally relented and set his sights on another actor for the male lead role, he's naturally happy about it. He's also been on the phone with his good friend Oh Hyun-jong these past two days, and he speaks highly of this guy.

She is not just a vase, she is also very serious and dedicated when taking photos.

"I think Gong Chengxi is pretty good. His performance just now really captured the loneliness of the male protagonist, Jin Quan, who endures for a thousand years. Besides his age, appearance, and height, he fits perfectly with the setting in the drama. What do you think, writer?"

Director Li Yingfu commented that the content of these words was not said against his will out of desperation.

He really thought Gong Cheng's performance was good, and with the current tight schedule, he couldn't wait to cast the role.

"What about the female lead? The setting also needs to be changed. Otherwise, our originally planned Kim Go-eun and Gong Sung-xi standing together seem a bit mismatched." Jin En'e flipped through the script in his hand, turning the pen as he thought.

The drama has been delayed until now, and she is under a lot of pressure. After watching Gong Cheng's performance, she is really tempted to change the role setting and replace the original actor with Gong Cheng to play Jin Quan.

What Cheng Xizhen said is right. In essence, it is just an idol drama disguised as a fantasy drama. It would be better to replace it with Gong Cheng, who is more handsome.

Gong Cheng, who was sitting next to him, raised his eyebrows.

He was still waiting for the results of the audition, but he didn't expect that the writer and director had already discussed changing the script.

Doesn’t that mean it’s done?
"Heroine, find someone sweeter." Kim Eun-sook looked up at Gong Sung in a trench coat. His handsome face seemed to still have the scent of Kim Jung. The loneliness in his eyes was like the depression of late autumn.

"Nu Na?" Gong Cheng raised his head hesitantly and asked.

"Xiao Cheng, wait for the call. You'll be joining the crew in a week at the latest." Jin Eun-sook put down her pen and then smiled, "Have your agency sign the contract. I'll revise the script and send it to you in the next two days."

"Yes, thank you Nuna and Director Nim."

……

10 month 20 number.

Kim Dae-woo drove a nanny car to the set of "Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo".

Gong Cheng flipped through the revised script by writer Kim Eun-sook. In the script, Uncle Kim's character had been replaced with an immortal, ageless Goblin. As for the female lead, the director was still auditioning. If nothing went wrong, they'd be deciding within the next couple of days.

"Bombardment Meteor's album is out in 5 days..."

"The company has recently picked up a lot of fashion endorsements for you, but they're all local brands. Oh, and XT Jewelry has invited you to collaborate again. They'd like you to shoot their new winter jewelry collection..."

As Jin Dae-woo drove, he reported on his work schedule. With Gong Cheng's popularity gradually rising, and pre-sales for Bombardment Meteor's album about to exceed 30 copies, as his manager, he naturally saw a bright future ahead.

Full of energy!

"Turn it all off, brother. From now on, apart from group and crew matters, don't take any filming or commercials." Gong Cheng closed the script and then asked, "By the way, what are Brother Lay and the others busy with recently?"

"Lay, he went back to China. As for Park Jae-bum, he is also busy with some schedules recently. As for Lim Young-woong, he seems to be preparing for his next solo album." Kim Dae-woo thought for a moment and replied. Regarding the schedules of other members, their agents are in contact with each other.

"Are you going to push Armani too?" Then, he forced a smile on his greasy face and glanced at Gong Cheng's expression in the rearview mirror, as if he wanted to see his surprised expression.

"Armani?" Gong Cheng was quite familiar with European luxury brands. Armani was considered one of the top luxury brands in Europe. In short, there were many intricacies involved.

"A close friend of the brand, currently in the investigation stage." Jin Dayu said with a smile. He believed that Gong Cheng had entered the sight of all the top luxury brands.

"Best friend? Then I'd better turn it down." Gong Cheng curled his lips, not wanting to take it to heart. To put it bluntly, being a brand best friend was no different from being a backup. They needed to go through a probationary period, usually lasting a year, and then collaborate with the brand on promotions. And there was no compensation for this kind of promotion, so the benefits were pitifully minimal.

Moreover, with his current status, it is unlikely that he would have access to top luxury brands in Europe.

He is still self-aware of this.

"I heard they're still in contact, your Chinese Hu Ge... Just listen to me and don't rush to refuse. They know you recently accepted writer Kim Eun-sook's new drama and want to try out a different form of cooperation. This is a trial period."

Jin Dae-woo looked as if it was just as I expected. I knew that this brat would refuse after hearing about the brand friend.

This is a guy who won't release the eagle until he sees the rabbit.

"In what way?"

"They want to use the sponsorship of clothing to include the clothes they've custom-made for you in the drama. This is partly for advertising, and partly to see how much sales you can generate. If 'Goblin' explodes in the ratings and sales, they'll immediately announce you as the spokesperson for their clothing line in the Peninsula region, and even the Asia-Pacific region."

Jin Dayu thinks this way of cooperation is quite good. Putting aside the long inspection period, everything depends on sales.

The company also has confidence in Gong Cheng's ability to bring in sales. This is mainly due to his arrangements, with almost all of his popularity surge concentrated in the second half of this year.

The album is coming out at the end of the month, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo is coming out in November, Goblin is coming out in December, plus the year-end awards show...

"Then let the company talk about it, brother." Gong Cheng thought about it and nodded. This way of cooperation is unique.

He will wear the personal wardrobe created for him by Armani while filming the scenes in Goblin. Once the show becomes a hit, both Armani's sales and his own value in the eyes of major luxury brands will increase, which can be said to be a win-win situation.

After telling the writer of Goblin, Kim Eun-sook, about the Armani collaboration, this sister was a little excited.

"Oh! Xiaocheng, you're such a lucky star for Nuna!" Jin Eun-sook's grinning voice came through the receiver. "Don't worry, the director and I have no objection to this matter. I'll send you the outfit you need later. What style do you need?"

You have to know that in the plan of this drama, she and director Lee Eung-bok, the cost of clothing for the male lead, Kim Jung, is several times that of the female lead. This is not only a cost saving, but more importantly, even if you multiply the cost several times, you may not be able to buy custom Armani clothes.

……

As the weather turns cooler, autumn in Seoul becomes less romantic with falling leaves.

"Oppa, put it on."

Zhao Meiyan stepped on the stone steps by the roadside, stretched out her hands and put a white scarf around Gong Cheng's neck.

"Couple's edition?"

Gong Cheng felt the warmth on his cheeks, and the fluffy threads were a little itchy.

"Oppa, I'm a little nervous..." Zhao Meiyan shrank her little face wrapped in the scarf, and her fair hands squeezed Gong Cheng's cold palms hard.

"Why are you so nervous? It's not like you haven't met my parents before." Gong Cheng patted her on the back, trying to ease her nervousness.

"Ah! I'm talking about a formal meeting! Don't mention that incident again!"

Zhao Meiyan stomped her feet in shame and anger, recalling the first time she met Gong Cheng's adoptive mother and the embarrassing scene she experienced.

At that time, I was at his house... I didn't expect his mother to come back...

"Okay, let's not talk about it. Haha." Gong Cheng looked at her blushing face, and a hint of warmth appeared on his smiling face.

Didn’t you post a photo of banana milk last time?

How come this pabo is still so stupid?
As far as he knew, this pabo had probably met his adoptive parents at least three times. The first time he and her were caught by their adoptive mother at home was the first time, the second time she secretly ran to the hospital and slipped 20 Korean won, and the third time was the carton of banana milk...

Do you really think I don’t know?

Still performing!

Ah Xi! When did our Miyeon become such a drama queen?
The two of them were playing and joking along the streets of Yeongdeungpo District...

On October 23, at the summons of his adoptive parents, Gong Cheng took Zhao Meiyan home for a meal.

At the dinner table, the adoptive father drank two cups of wine happily: "Xiao Cheng, don't think that just because you're a big star, you can..."

"It's because I'm a big star that I have to treat Miyeon better..."

……

10 month 24 day.

At night, the members of Bombardment Meteor finished their respective trips and got together again.

As the music in the club played to the beat of drums, rounds of drinks followed.

Park Jae-Bum took a sip of wine and felt a little tipsy: "This time, I'm really not nervous."

"Why, brother?" Lin Yingxiong asked curiously while eating the fruit in the fruit bowl.

"Because, just looking at the album pre-sale sales, we are definitely going to make a killing this time!" Zhang Yixing said happily on behalf of Park Jae-bum, looking at the three members drinking in the box.

He suddenly felt like he was back in the early days of EXO. He anxiously awaited the album's release, the reaction, and then, in top form, he'd take to the stage to win first place and grab the coveted grand prize...

"Ten more minutes, bro! Bombardment Meteor!" Gong Cheng glanced at the time on his phone. There were only ten minutes left before the release of Bombardment Meteor's first album. However, why did these ten minutes, 600 seconds, feel so long?

Is it because of the alcohol?
Afterwards, the four of them raised their glasses and lay down on the sofa, their eyes half drunk. As for the response to the new album?
There's nothing left to see, Bombardment Meteor, it's a done deal.

……

August 10, 25:00.

JYP, SM, AOMG, and Mulgogimusic, four entertainment companies, simultaneously released Bombardment Meteor's first album "Fireworks are eternal".

The soundtrack and music video for "Fireworks are eternal" were released simultaneously. At night, Cha Eun-hee curled up in bed, her heart pounding, her heart nearly suffocating with excitement.

On the cabinet beside her bed, there is a photo of her and Oppa. The first thing she does when she gets home from school every day is to wipe the photo to prevent Oppa's handsome face from getting dusty; the second thing she does is to go online to check all the news about Oppa.

The name Tarot, Gong Cheng, has long been inseparable from her life.

Cha Eun-hee also often reminisces about the days before Oppa debuted. At that time, the sisters spontaneously formed a fan group for Oppa, but after the release of Three of Swords' album, everything seemed to have changed.

There are fewer and fewer familiar sisters in the fan group, and some are even speaking ill of each other.

At first, she wanted to speak up for Oppa, engaging in intense online debates every day, only to be hounded and scolded. During that time, her biggest fear wasn't anything else, but that Oppa, pictured above her bed, would give up and fade from view.

So, she would make that call only after Oppa received the schedule for the first radio station.

Just like what they said on the radio, yes, there were no surprises. After that phone call, she was scolded again.

But now, the boy who was almost boycotted by the whole nation a few months ago has returned with a new album. This time, the online media that had been one-sided suddenly stood on Oppa's side, which made her feel a little overwhelmed and a little proud.

"Zila Zila~"

Suddenly, a sound came from the screen that had been loading. Cha Eun-hee rubbed her red eyes and waited expectantly for the MV to play.

The song "Fake Love" on the screen, written and composed entirely by Tarot, once again pierced her heart.

"You must walk on the flower path, Oppa..."

She begged, staring at the gradually unfolding images.

On the screen, what caught my eye were a pair of heartbreakingly beautiful eyes, their narrow eyelashes like fluttering butterflies, reflecting a bonfire full of sparks. The crackling sound of burning seemed to come from within the flames.

"If it's for you"

“Even when I’m sad, I can still pretend to be happy.”

The camera gradually moves away as Gong Cheng introduces the human voice.

The raging flames cast a warm orange glow around everything. Gong Cheng wore a black windbreaker, the hems fluttering gently in the night breeze and the flames, outlining his tall, slender figure. Beside him, a platform of albums, each covered in a three-piece sword, stood like a tower of fire. With a gentle push, he sent them cascading down from the heights, like dominoes, crackling and slicing through the sea of ​​flames.

"If it's for you"

"Even if it hurts..."

"..."

"Oh no~ No, Oppa!" Cha Eun Hee covered her mouth with tears in her eyes. The eyes that were originally prepared to appreciate Oppa's handsomeness were now filled with tears of heartache.

The scene flashed, and Gong Cheng stood in a room filled with flames and mirrors. As the flames burned, the smooth mirrors around him gradually outlined a series of heartbreaking words: "Go to hell!" "The biggest joke in K-pop history!" "Fake prosperity!" "Fake love!" "If only you hadn't debuted!" "If only..." "... "

These chains of barrages composed of blazing fire wrapped around Gong Cheng. He watched everything happening with a calm expression, but the attachment and sadness in his eyes almost overflowed the screen.

“Iam so sick of this”

“Fake Love Fake Love Fake Love”

"..."

"I wanna be a good man just for you" Park Jae-bum wears a baseball cap backwards and breaks into the screen: "I will give you the whole world just for you"

"Completely change myself just for you"

"..."

Under his voice, the barrage of comments that emerged from the sea of ​​fire seemed to transform into yellowed entertainment newspapers.

2pm Captain Park Jae-bum quits 2pm

Park Jae-bum's inappropriate remarks revealed

"Get out of the Great Cold Netherworld!"

"Park Jae-bum ruined 2pm!"

'Go to hell!'

"Now I dunno me who are you..." Park Jae-bum shouted the lyrics at the barrage chain around him at the top of his lungs.

The scene jumped to Gong Cheng's handsome face. He smiled bitterly, reached out to touch the burning mirror in front of him, and opened his mouth.

"Forget the way I came"

"..."

“Keep asking questions in the mirror”

"Who am I?"

"..."

"Ooppa~" Cha Eun-hee paused the screen and sobbed painfully. She was too scared to continue watching and even wanted to skip the MV for this song.

When she pressed the play button again.

The vast sea of ​​fire slowly outlined 12 human-shaped flames, and the bewildered Zhang Yixing was surrounded in the center of the flames.

The human-shaped wall of fire suddenly transformed into a glittering screen. On the screen, a slightly immature figure stood on the stage, holding the microphone shyly. With a trembling voice, he spoke word by word: "I hope everyone doesn't hate me..."

"Shit, you're going to run away sooner or later, so why not just go back now?"

"Hey, he ran away anyway."

'What's the difference between a studio and running away?'

'EXO will always be just eight people'

'...'

"Love it's so mad Love it's so mad"

"I lost myself just to be your doll"

Gong Cheng's sorrowful singing voice follows the MV's images...

Inside the room, the fire grew more intense. Gong Cheng and the other two were forced to huddle together back to back by the sea of ​​fire, which seemed to hint at why they had gathered together.

"I hope love is pure"

“I hope my weaknesses can be hidden.”

"..."

As the progress bar scrolled, the camera suddenly fell into darkness.

As Lin Yingxiong's singing sounded, his anxious face appeared on the screen. He shook the figures of the three people on the sofa, as if everything was a false dream under the raging fire.

"..."

"kk~" Cha Eun-hee was amused by this sudden change of scene and cried and laughed at the same time. Fortunately, the scene was finally no longer so depressing...

The end of the MV.

On the rooftop of a Seoul skyscraper, a fierce wind raged across the rooftop. Four young boys stood there, their hair ruffled by the wind. Behind them lay a drum set, a guitar, an electric guitar, a piano, a violin, and a variety of other instruments.

"Lotte Tower?" Cha Eun-hee recognized the address of this skyscraper, the highest floor in Seoul, with a total of 123 floors and a height of 555 meters.

Gong Cheng and Park Jae-fan stood by the railing of the rooftop, silently roaring something at the sky.

These sounds were not recorded, and behind the two of them, Zhang Yixing and Lin Yingxiong were smiling quietly.

The four of them walked to their respective instruments. Gong Cheng, his sleeves fluttering in the wind, walked towards the piano. Under the moonlight, a face filled with sorrow squinted at the lens, and his slender fingers pressed down the piano keys with force...

"In an impossible dream"

"Giving birth to flowers that cannot bloom"

Immediately afterwards, fireworks rendered with special effects roared into the sky from the piano lid, the drum drum...

Colorful fireworks bloomed freely in the night sky, blending and interweaving, gradually condensing into the words "Bombardment Meteor" and printed on the starry sky.

And that face that was filled with sadness in the moonlight finally showed a smile under the light of the blooming fireworks.

This is the end of the MV...

Cha Eun-hee had already burst into tears before she knew it. Tears streamed down her cheeks, hitting the screen and splashing tears...

Sorry brothers, I’m late again. It took me a lot of time to look up information. The MV of this song was also written by me based on the previous plot, and I don’t know how it’s going to turn out.

Seeking monthly tickets, 10,000 a day, the ninth day...

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(End of this chapter)