Chapter 69 I love you. I love you too.
On September 2, 2006, Bigbang, which had just debuted and signed a six-month advertising endorsement contract with Tony An's school uniform company SKOOLOOKS, held its first fan signing event.
The weather is gloomy and it looks like it's going to rain. On the way to the concert, they were still nervous about whether there would be any fans at all.
As the team leader, Quan Zhilong was actually very nervous, but he tried to comfort the team members, "We just debuted, it's normal even if we don't have fans. Besides, don't we have helpers? Are they all here?"
Jin Duxuan was contacting his friend, and after receiving a reply from the other party that he had stood up, he sighed, "Are there still 30 medical staff and 60 security guards? If there are no fans later, let them help us hold the venue."
Several people sighed at the same time. In this weather, their friends had rejected them. They hoped that the fans could come.
Ye-eun, who came without hesitation to act as a host, held her mask tightly and waited quietly in line among the fans who were shoulder to shoulder with her. After all, since she was already here, wouldn’t it be a loss if she didn’t sign autographs?
But she turned around and looked at the posters in everyone's hands, hesitation revealed in her eyes. Hey, do I need to bring so many things to the autograph session?
Ye-eun has a good figure, so even with a mask showing only half of her face, she still attracts attention, not to mention the way she looks around. The girl behind her noticed that her hands were empty, so she stood on tiptoe and patted her on the shoulder. Facing her friends who were all here to chase stars, she smiled friendly and said, "Well, did you not read the information on the official website carefully? Because the physical album has not been released yet, we asked everyone to buy the poster before coming here."
Due to the developed entertainment industry, the cost of chasing stars in Korea is not high. There are many unknown groups where you can participate in autograph sessions by just buying a poster. Many Koreans even randomly tour some groups every month.
The girl just pulled out two posters to share, but she paused, looked at her exposed eyes, and asked seriously: "You must be a fan, right? Who is the leader of our Bigbang?"
Ye-eun replied immediately: "Kwon Ji-ryong."
OK, it seems you have some understanding. The other party smiled and handed the poster to Ye-eun, "I bought a few extra copies, so I'll give you two."
"Thank you. I'll give you whatever you want." Ye-en thanked her quickly, holding the two posters and looking at them carefully. It was their debut promotional photo, with Kwon Ji-yong standing in the middle while the remaining four were scattered on both sides. If it weren't for their casual movements, it would have looked like a photo of an e-sports team.
The girl lowered her head and rolled up the remaining posters. She shook her head and refused, "It's very cheap. No need to pay. By the way, what's your name?"
Ye-eun, who had already signed "G-Dragon" to others, said with a smile without blinking, "My name is Lee Ji-bong."
"..." The girl's mouth twitched. No wonder everyone called the captain GD, but this kid called him Quan Zhilong with his full name. It turned out there was such a connection. "What a good name."
The two were chatting when there was suddenly a slight commotion nearby. Ye-en turned around and saw that the company car had arrived.
When Kwon Ji-yong led the members to bow and get off the car, there were bursts of screams at the scene.
Being in the middle of it, Ye-en could hear everyone's screams better than them. The cheers and shouts around her were almost equally from boys and girls, and even a few male fans' voices stood out from the more penetrating voices of the girls.
Seeing this bustling scene, the five members of Bigbang were a little surprised. They were still a little bit in disbelief as they bowed and moved towards the stage.
After the five people sat down in their seats one by one, the staff began to direct the fans below to line up for autographs.
South Korea's Meteorological Bureau is notoriously unreliable. Although they predicted heavy rain today, as the autograph session progressed, the originally gloomy sky slowly began to clear up.
Because the number of people was greater than expected, every fan's words received a response, and words like "Thank you", "I love you too", "I'm happy to see you", "We'll keep working hard" and so on were constantly spoken from their mouths. Those who are brave enough can even get a TO visa.
The team moved quite fast, and it only took Yeen an hour to reach the front row.
"Oppa, I will always cheer for you!" Ye Eun started signing from right to left. When she stood in front of Kang Daesung and said this in a pinched voice, Daesung didn't even recognize her. And with Dong Young Bae in between and Kwon Ji Yong who was signing with his head down, his mouth corners raised a little.
He glanced to the right and saw the hand pressing on the poster, which made him more certain that it was someone.
"Thank you. We will also work hard." Jiang Dasheng lowered his head and signed his name. He did not look up with a smile and returned the poster to Yien until he looked at it twice more in confusion.
Ye-eun also spoke to Dong Young-bae in a pinched voice: "I'm so happy to meet Oppa!"
Having learned a lot of fan rhetoric, after Kwon Ji-yong signed the poster of the previous fan of Ye-eun, he unconsciously turned the pen and waited with his eyes curved for the next "fan" to come forward.
A poster with two names signed on it was placed in front of him. Quan Zhilong lowered his head and wrote his own name on it first. The signature that I practiced for a long time looks like a butterfly, with a small heart at the end on the right.
When Ye-en saw him practicing, she couldn't tell what was being written, and even now she still can't tell what the words are. For a moment, she forgot to say the lyrics while watching.
Quan Zhilong glanced at her and asked directly, "What's your name?"
Is this for To signing? The two fans in front and behind looked at Quan Zhilong curiously, and one of them even asked the fan's name.
Yi-eun noticed the gaze of the girl behind her. She seemed to be looking forward to how Quan Zhilong would react when she said her name. She paused, took a deep breath and said, "Li Zhifeng..."
"Puchi." Quan Zhilong couldn't help but cover his face, but he couldn't hide the upturned corners of his mouth. He tremblingly wrote "To Li Zhifeng" and asked with a smile, "Your accent sounds like Chinese? Did you come from China on purpose?"
The two fans next to her were confused again. How could this girl have an accent? He is obviously Korean!
Unexpectedly, the other party nodded and said, "Yes, I am Chinese..."
Quan Zhilong wrote "Li Yien" in Chinese stroke by stroke under "Li Zhifeng" and explained: "My Chinese is not bad. Thank you for coming to our autograph session."
Other fans suddenly realized that, indeed, Chinese was one of GD’s specialties in the debut record. Even the girl behind sighed, it turned out that they were fans who came all the way from China, no wonder they didn’t even prepare a poster.
Is our Bigbang so popular?
She was happy and touched. When she saw Kwon Ji-yong handing the poster back to the fan in front of him and saying "I love you" in a clear and loud voice, she nodded frantically. That's right, this is the Chinese language that idols are most familiar with, and even fans like them have learned it.
There was a serious look in Kwon Ji-ryong's eyes, and Yi-eun's figure was reflected in his amber pupils. Ye-eun also smiled, she is really good at flattering her fans! When singing "We belong together", both parties had sung "I love you" several times. Ye Eun didn't find it strange this time. She took the poster from his hand and casually replied in Chinese, "I love you too."
After saying that, she turned and walked towards TOP. Quan Zhilong watched her walk forward with trembling eyelashes. Damn it, she actually replied to him like that, "I love you too".
I must let her say this more often in the future.
His cheeks were hot and the corners of his mouth were curled up wildly. Although he knew that Yien only said it casually, he felt as if she had really "confessed" to him. The hormones in his brain began to soar, and suddenly the world seemed to have turned pink.
"Um, Oppa?" The fan looked at Quan Zhilong who seemed to be in a daze and asked in confusion, "Can you give me an autograph?"
"Ah? Ah, okay!" Quan Zhilong turned his gaze back, raised the corners of his mouth, and there was a hint of excitement in his eyes. He lowered his head and began to sign on the fans' posters. He had already been signing for an hour and his hands were starting to ache, but at this moment he suddenly seemed to be full of energy again.
He signed autographs and said with a smile, "The sun suddenly came out."
Seeing Quan Zhilong like this, the fan also laughed. Although she didn't know why Oppa was so happy all of a sudden, she suddenly felt extremely happy when she saw him like this, "Yes, I thought it would rain, but I didn't expect the weather to suddenly clear up just now."
When Jin Duxuan saw the poster with "Li Zhifeng" written on it, his expression was indescribable. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Yi Eun: "This fan's name is really unique."
After meeting Yien's eyes, he smiled, lowered his head, and signed his name on it with a big stroke - "Jin Buxuan".
The corners of Ye-en's mouth curled up behind the mask. He had joked before that the word "Xuan" (Xuan) in his name sounds the same as "Xuan", and it sounds like everything he does is dangerous, so he joked that he wanted to change it to "Jin Bu-xuan".
"Please keep it well for this fan." Jin Duxuan handed the poster to Yien. The friend who was only one month older than her spoke casually, "Lee Chi-bong."
"Okay. Got it." Yeen took back the poster and walked out without looking back. After all, it would take a long time for Bigbang to sign, and she couldn't wait any longer.
On September 10, Bigbang held another fan meeting, and a few days later held their first showca*se. Until September 23, they officially took the stage of MBC Music Center as a new group.
In October, they signed a three-month cooperation contract with Italian brand Fila, and in November they were selected as the October Newcomer by CY World.
Bigbang's schedule began to progress in an orderly manner, and they began to spend more time outside than in the company. Although I am exhausted from running every day, I am always smiling when I return to the dormitory.
Ye-eun continued to practice in the company until the end of November, when Bigbang was successfully nominated for the Best New Group Award at the 2006 KM Music Festival. Yang Hyun-suk could not control the smile on his face.
"We are planning to launch a girl group next year," he said.
All the trainees suddenly stood up straight, including Ye Eun. She looked at the president in shock. Bigbang just debuted this year, and he was planning to launch a new group? Could the rumors be true? Our president is a sadomasochist?
In order to compete with TVXQ, Bigbang was launched. I heard that S/M will also launch a girl group next year, so they also want to launch a girl group quickly to compete?
She couldn't help but think that our small company also has big dreams.
Seeing Ye Eun staring at him in a daze, Yang Hyun Suk carefully swallowed the prefix "Female Bigbang" in his mouth. After all, according to her personality, she would definitely criticize him for it.
Even though he is so mean to me, his popularity and good relationship with others are still so high. Yang Hyun Suk called out a few names, "Ye Eun, Cailin, Park Chun, Minzhi, the rest of you come out with me."
"!" Several people looked at each other, with joy and shock in their hearts. Even though they got along well, they never thought about debuting together. After all, the youngest one, Minzy, and Park Bom, were 10 years apart in age.
However, Yang Hyun Suk gave them a positive answer. When bringing the four people to the office, Yang Hyun Suk looked at the four children. Not only were there big differences in age, but even their styles were completely different. However, what YG was least afraid of was being unique.
In other words, they love nothing more than to break the routine.
"You four, and the other child that the board of directors will bring back from the Philippines in a few days. She has already debuted abroad, so there is no problem with her ability. We will have a meeting at the end of the month to discuss planning and song selection." He was satisfied after saying this. She had already notified them several days in advance, so Ye-eun shouldn't say that she didn't have time to plan.
Ye-eun indeed didn’t say anything, she was still immersed in the joy of being able to debut with her best friends. She met the girl named Park Sandara on the day of the meeting. Like Park Chun, Park Sandara was born in 1984 and has the same baby face as Park Chun.
The five of them sat among the company's top executives, and Ye-eun was still amazed, "We're not fighting a survival war?"
So you decided to let them debut? The company went crazy.
Yang Hyun Suk also felt that he was crazy. According to common sense, he couldn't have started thinking about a new group right after Bigbang debuted. However, he always felt that considering Ye Eun's popularity and the strength of the others, dragging it out would be disadvantageous.
Especially after he heard that S/M was planning to launch a new girl group next year, he felt a little uneasy after hearing the news.
He had to seize the opportunity before the market was divided up, he thought. After all, with TVXQ being so popular, the release of Super Junior last year made him nervous.
However, even though he cursed S/M in his heart for pushing groups one after another like crazy, in response to Ye-eun's question, he still smiled and said, "You guys are always ranked at the top in every assessment, so let you try first. Of course, it is also possible that whoever falls behind in the later stage will be eliminated."
Yien breathed a sigh of relief, this is more like a president. If she was told that she could debut with 100% certainty, she would really think the president was crazy.
"But we..." Li Cailin glanced at them, "our styles and ages are so different, how can we form a group? What style should we debut with?"
This was exactly what today's meeting was about. From the style to the name of the girl group to the song selection, the various processes took several days of meetings. Yeen felt like her head was about to explode.
So when Yang Hyun-suk asked her tentatively if she wanted to be the captain, she said with a fake smile: "President, do you think I look like I can be the captain?"
Yang Hyun Suk also breathed a sigh of relief. Do you think I really want you to be captain? Aren’t you just afraid that you’ll think I don’t give it to you and I’ll be scolded by you again?
With her head filled with a bunch of "style", "planning" and "schedule", Ye-eun was still confused when she returned to the dormitory, "Ji-ryong, how can you be the captain? I feel dizzy just listening to you."
Bigbang will be holding its first solo concert at the end of the month, and Kwon Ji-yong is exhausted after rehearsing every day. Seeing her like this, he smiles and shakes his head. She is obviously very organized in her studies and takes notes of all kinds at one, two, and three points, but she can mess up her schoolbag and has no idea when it comes to arranging other people's affairs.
He smiled and said, "You are indeed not suitable to be the captain."
If a straightforward person like this becomes captain, won’t he offend the entire entertainment industry?
Ye-eun nodded seriously, and then she remembered something, "Oh, and what was the name of the skit that the president told me to shoot with you guys after your concert?"
"...the secret cohabiting girl." Quan Zhilong held his forehead helplessly. The president was really crazy in order to give them more topics to talk about.
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