45 Variety Show Invitation
Song Qixian wrote down his thoughts in his notebook:
Fang Xiyu still didn't understand his feelings for Jiang Zhu, but he gradually began to see her strengths. This carefree girl never brought bad vibes to others. She was always optimistic and enthusiastic, like a little sun warming everyone around her.
He was at ease with her.
When he saw Meng Tingtai outside the coffee shop, he suddenly realized that his feelings had changed.
He developed feelings for the girl that went beyond friendship; in other words, he fell in love with her.
His feelings for her began when she stood in front of him in the hospital. She stood by him unconditionally without asking any reason, just because he was her friend.
Fang Xiyu fell.
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A light rain began to fall outside. Song Qixian opened the window to get some fresh air. Park Youen, lying on the bed, mumbled in her sleep. It was one in the morning. Song Qixian put away his notebook and lay down to rest.
Song Qixian woke up very early after a dreamless night.
The air was filled with the familiar scent of flowers, sent by the staff of the Fifth Branch on his birthday. Song Qixian found a vase and placed a few flowers in it. They were still blooming beautifully.
Thinking of his birthday, Song Qixian became happy again.
Many friends came to celebrate his birthday that day, and Song Qixian was deeply moved. Busy with survival since childhood, he had never made any friends outside the orphanage. His birthday was only remembered by his mother, the now-deceased director.
In the past, the director's mother would remember to bring him a small palm-sized cake every year. The cake was not as exquisite as the ones now. It was an old-fashioned cream flower cake, sweet.
Speaking of his birthday, it wasn’t really his birthday. It was his first day in the orphanage.
Unexpectedly, more than ten years later, he had new friends who would remember his birthday and send him their blessings.
That night, they took many photos together. Kaleido's official account posted a group photo and a photo of the five Kaleido members.
Song Qixian carefully captured and saved the comments under the photo, just like a child who always tries to hide the extra candy after eating it. Song Qixian is that child. He didn't have much candy in the first ten years of his life, so every candy was precious.
Park Yoo-eun suddenly turned over, interrupting Song Qixian's thoughts. He got out of bed quietly and left the room to wash up.
After washing up, he sat for another hour before knocking on the doors of several rooms.
Zhou Heyu came out of the room yawning, "Good morning, Qixian."
Song Qixian looked up from his phone and said with a smile, "Good morning, brother.
Ming Shangyu stayed in the company last night and didn't go back to the dormitory, so only four of us went to the company together today.
Park Yoo-eun leaned on Song Qixian's shoulder with misty eyes, and Shin Myung-hyuk excitedly told the brothers that there were Kaleido fans waiting outside M agency today!
This is indeed unusual. In the past, most of the people standing outside were fans of G-girls or B-boys. In recent months, there have also been fans of Nexus.
Song Qixian curiously observed the situation at the entrance of M Society through the transparent glass.
Fans were seen gathering in groups according to their favorite groups, and there was even a small group of fans holding Kaleido to cheer.
The three heads came together and sighed in unison.
“It’s really not easy.”
This time last year, they were still drooling over other people’s fans. It’s great to be famous now.
Look at the senior sisters group, there are always fans who travel thousands of miles to see them. Nexus from the same branch debuted later than them but has more fans than them.
Kaleido used to be very transparent, but now it is slightly transparent.
Before getting off the bus, everyone straightened their clothes and got off the bus with energetic idol smiles.
"Money and Magic" was a hit at the time, and four or five Kaleido fans were all following this hit drama. As soon as the voice of "Fang Xiyu, Song Qixian fighting!" came out, it instantly attracted everyone's attention.
"Fang Xiyu, is he a character in the recent drama?"
"Yes, he's the second male lead in Ha Mi-sook's new drama."
"Huh? It's from M Company? My sister really likes this drama."
"It looks a little different from the drama. It has the feel of an actor."
Song Qixian skillfully took the stack of letters. As expected, they were letters from Chinese fans.
The four of them bowed politely, said goodbye to the fans, and then went in.
Shen Minghe bumped into Song Qixian and teased, "Hiong's popularity has surpassed that of Youen. Just now, many people were only looking at you."
Song Qixian doesn't care much about popularity, but he still said: "Thanks to the director and screenwriter Ha Mi-sook, they have made the greatest contribution."
After saying that, Song Qixian looked at the youngest member seriously and said, "Minghe, I always feel that you have a talent for acting. Why don't you try it one day?"
Shen Minghe seemed to understand, but not quite, and seemed to have really listened to Song Qixian's words and was thinking about the possibility of becoming an actor.
Zhou Heyu and Park Youen, who were walking behind, were making faces at each other. The sun was rising from the west, Qixian was also joking, and Minghe actually believed it!
Park Yoo Eun stepped forward and added fuel to the fire, "How about this, Minghe, we'll give you a topic later, and you'll perform it in front of us. He Yu and I will be the judges, and we'll just review your acting skills."
Park Yoo-eun's expression was extremely serious, and Zhou Heyu next to him also looked agreeable.
Shen Minghe was initially skeptical: "Is this really possible?"
Park Yoo Eun repeatedly affirmed: "Of course, Qixian auditioned in front of us before auditioning for this drama. You have seen that this drama is very popular now."
Park Yoo-eun lied. Song Qixian would think about the character on his own before joining the crew every time, and there was no such thing as performing in front of him.
So the poor youngest member was deceived, and Zhou Heyu was an accomplice.
Song Qixian, who was walking in front, had no idea that Shen Minghe believed his casual joke, and he had no idea that the two unkind brothers took the opportunity to coax their younger brother to take a picture of the dark history of his life.
It's been two months since the last comeback, and the Kaleido members have been relatively quiet, though invitations do pop up from time to time. For example, the online variety show "Super Baby" has invited Park Yoo-eun and Song Ki-hyun to be the star guests for episode 206.
"Super Baby" is a variety show about taking care of children. In each episode, celebrity guests are invited to take care of children aged 2-6. The program team is committed to observing the wonderful sparks that collide between the guests and the children.
Of course, they couldn't refuse the variety show invitation. Moreover, when the show "Super Baby" was first broadcast, it ranked among the top three in the history of ratings in South Korea. Although it has not been as popular as before in the past two years, it is still a resource that Kaleido can rarely obtain.
When the news of recording "Super Baby" came out, fans were both happy and worried.
Park Yoo Eun's fans were naturally overjoyed, and they also asked why Song Kye Hyun was going with them. However, Song Kye Hyun's fans were worried because Kye Hyun might have to take care of more than just two children on the show, but also Park Yoo Eun, an adult.
That’s right, although Park Yoo Eun has a childish look among the group’s fans and the fans of the only member of Song Kyung Hyun, in the hearts of many of Song Kyung Hyun’s fans, he is an idiot who has not grown up.
After more than half a year since their debut, Kaleido's fan base has gradually taken shape. Thanks to their early obscurity, they had relatively few celebrity fans. But after Death's merger with M Entertainment, fans of all stripes joined, and the fan base began to become less peaceful.
Park Yoo-eun naturally has the most fans, and his appearance always gets the most attention. His handsome face is enough to make many K-pop fans who are wandering around list him as a walled garden.
Park Yoo-eun's top fans initially didn't take Song Kye-hyun seriously, considering his debut skills were poor and his looks were not good, making him a complete back-up tool. They even gave him the image of a "male mother" because of his performance in the group variety show.
Unexpectedly, within six months, Song Qixian had completely transformed on stage upon his return. His back-up vocals, once considered gifted only for their facial expressions, had seen significant improvements in their dancing skills, and even surpassed them in first-day livestream views. Even though they later surpassed this small back-up again, some still harbored resentment.
That’s not all. This unknown little guy in the group actually quietly got a role in Ha Mi-sook’s TV series...his popularity is rising.
It was too late to be vigilant now. The bonus brought by a popular character was not comparable to the appearance of a small, obscure group. Fortunately, the other party attracted mostly fans of the drama, who didn't pay much attention to boy bands. They still had a chance.
As for Song Qixian's fans, they are not as uneasy as Park Yoo-eun's fans. Perhaps because of his status as a debut backer, most fans have not yet felt the actual increase in popularity.
It’s just because Song Qixian appeared too gentle and easy to bully in group variety shows and various materials, which caused his fans to worry about him.
Hey, the tonic is so good for them. You are also one of the brothers in the line, and you are the one who needs to be taken care of!
Also, because of the subtle friction between the fan circle and Park Yoo-eun's fan circle in private, fans of both sides began to compete secretly.
Compare empty bottles, surrounding areas and super topic data.
Park Yoo-eun's side won most of the time, but Song Qixian's side was not weak either. The data of the two gradually widened the gap with the three people behind them.
Song Qixian naturally had no idea about the friction between fans. He looked at the letters given to him by fans with relish.
Of course he couldn't understand it, but he would check it sentence by sentence. But there were some encrypted languages that he just couldn't understand.
So he asked Zhou Heyu.
"What does 'I declare you' mean? Does it mean I'm declaring you?"
"And this U1S1, does it have any special meaning?"
Zhou Heyu sighed. "Fans, please don't make things difficult for this pure-blooded Korean." If it weren't for his half-Chinese heritage, Qixian would never understand these internet buzzwords.
Soon, with Zhou Heyu's help, Song Qixian understood the meaning of these words. He thought that this was the love of his fans, so he had to remember it and tell them at the next book signing event.
A week later, Song Qixian and Park Yoo-eun started recording "Super Baby".
This time, they were facing a pair of two-year-old twin brothers and sisters.
The two young men greeted the siblings excitedly but carefully.
"Anihasayo!"
The elder sister opened her big, bright eyes and looked at the two handsome older brothers curiously. The younger brother's attention was on his mother who had just left. When he saw that his mother had disappeared and couldn't find her anywhere, he suddenly burst into tears.
Song Qixian and Park Yoo-eun’s inner thoughts: It’s over.
【Author’s words】
Variety shows about taking care of children are really interesting and more healing than ordinary variety shows.
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