"Many fans say so too."
Talking about her boyfriend, Bae Juhyun’s smile became much more genuine, though she still responded vaguely.
"Alright, it’s time to start makeup, put this on."
At 7:30 a.m., after breakfast, Liu Xin’an drove Li Chenglu to KBS TV station, where the pre-recording for today’s Music Bank was about to be held.
After parking the car, Liu Xin’an didn’t get out immediately. Instead, he made a phone call to Seong Taekyon.
After briefly explaining the situation, Liu Xin’an and Li Chenglu got out of the car and waited at the entrance for the staff.
There were already quite a few fans waiting in line at the entrance. Although it was a pre-recording, some lucky fans were still invited to watch the performance live to ensure there would be fan cheers during the broadcast.
Unlike the fan signing event last time, they didn’t have to queue up painstakingly this time because Liu Xin’an had shooting tasks today.
What? You ask about Li Chenglu?
She was the assistant, responsible for carrying the camera!
"Ah, Mr. Liu, over here."
It wasn’t their first time working together. The staff member picking them up this time was an assistant they already knew.
The assistant spotted Liu Xin’an right away and hurriedly waved at him.
Soon, under the assistant’s guidance, Liu Xin’an and Li Chenglu arrived at the door of a dressing room marked [Red Velvet].
The assistant first raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door. Then, the door was opened from inside, and Seong Taekyon appeared in front of Liu Xin’an.
"Morning, Taekyon hyung."
"Ah, morning, Xin’an, and Miss Li, come in."
The dressing room wasn’t big. Although Red Velvet was quite popular, since there were only five members, they didn’t get a particularly large dressing room.
So the room only had the five members and Seong Taekyon, the manager.
Plus, Liu Xin’an and Li Chenglu, who were visiting. Thɪs chapter is updated by novel⚑fire.net
Liu Xin’an moved his gaze from Seong Taekyon and scanned the room, finally fixing his eyes on the beautiful woman sitting on the couch in a pink and white outfit, looking at him.
Her formal stage makeup was stunning. Just one glance and Liu Xin’an found he couldn’t look away.
Especially when Bae Juhyun smiled, her upturned lips lifted everyone’s mood.
"Is this for the stage later? It looks so beautiful."
Liu Xin’an didn’t hold back his praise, which made Bae Juhyun quite pleased.
"Fake, so fake! You didn’t even glance at us!"
Son Seungwan, standing nearby, complained speechlessly about Liu Xin’an’s obvious flattery.
"Oh, Seungwan, you look beautiful today too."
Since Son Seungwan had openly criticized him, Liu Xin’an complied by glancing at her and "praising" her in a deliberately perfunctory tone.
This made Son Seungwan quite upset.
If she weren’t afraid of ruining her makeup, she would definitely roll up her sleeves and fight this guy.
Hmm... but speaking of which, her outfit didn’t have sleeves...
"What are we shooting today?"
"Just some behind-the-scenes footage before going on stage, not much, just a quick shoot." Liu Xin’an replied simply and then, under the curious looks of a few people, smiled and looked at Li Chenglu, who was standing aside, unable to stop looking around curiously. "Assistant, where’s the camera?"
"..." Li Chenglu stayed silent for a while but finally took the camera out of her bag helplessly.
This was what they had agreed upon. Otherwise, she wouldn’t even have been able to come!
Despicable Liu Xin’an, using "access to Music Bank backstage" to threaten her!
"Puhaha, has Chenglu-ssi become Liu Xin’an’s assistant?"
"Don’t mention it, should we start filming now?"
Li Chenglu replied in a deadpan voice and then turned to Seong Taekyon to ask.
Seong Taekyon didn’t nod directly but looked at a few others.
After Bae Juhyun and the others tidied up their appearances, he finally nodded.
Ordinary behind-the-scenes footage didn’t require anything special, just capturing the preparations in the dressing room was enough. Some editing and splicing would be done later.
So the shooting didn’t last long.
"That’s it, let’s wrap up the filming here."
Looking at the time, Liu Xin’an signaled Li Chenglu to stop filming.
The latter cooperatively ended the recording and put the camera away.
Bae Juhyun was puzzled. If it was just simple recording, couldn’t they just use their own camera?
"Hmm... we’ll be shooting later too, even from the audience area."
"What? Are we filming during rehearsal too?"
This news made the members of Red Velvet twitch their lips.
Rehearsal was just a walk-through, and they would still need to focus on the pre-recording afterwards.
"Wow, it’s true we don’t get to do many variety shows, but we definitely don’t have any lack of filming."
Son Seungwan mocked absurdly, glancing toward Seong Taekyon in an attempt to show their discontent.
But unfortunately, Seong Taekyon had long become accustomed to such things.
Being the manager of Red Velvet was a high-pressure job. While these girls weren’t as extreme as their seniors in Girls’ Generation, they were definitely a noisy group.