Hanging up the transatlantic call from Fergie, Lee Kyung-won took out his memo and looked at the itinerary for the next few days, then took out the phone again and dialed Kim Tae-ho, the main PD of MBC's "Infinite Challenge".

"Brother Tae-ho, I'm Jingyuan, Happy New Year!!" Because it is the New Year, Kim Tae-ho is of course also going to rest, and at this time he also gets together with his family.

"Oh, it's Jing Yuan, so are you, Happy New Year!" Hearing Lee Kyung-won's greeting, Kim Tae-ho was also very happy and also replied with an auspicious word.

"Brother Taehao, when is our next recording, or Thursday, February 9th?" Li Jingyuan didn't say much else, and went straight to the topic and asked his question.

"Well, if there are no accidents, this should be it. What's wrong, is there a problem with your itinerary? Although Kim Tae-ho is also quite young, he is also very discerning, and when he heard Lee Kyung-won ask such a question, he probably guessed what he was going to say next.

"Eun, it's a bit of a problem, but it's not an itinerary." Li Jingyuan was a little embarrassed, and he was still a little too hasty to promise Fernie just now. Under normal circumstances, the recording time of "Infinite Challenge" is on Thursday, which is also the result of several hosts discussing together, and only in the few special circumstances will the recording time of the show be changed. For example, a member took over a trip a long time ago and the trip conflicted with the recording of the Infinite Challenge, or a member was pulled by a government department to do a public service campaign, or a member was injured. In short, these situations are not caused by external factors that can be decided by the hosts themselves, and there are basically no cases like Li Jingyuan that affect the filming time because of his own personal affairs.

"I just received an invitation, and the timing of this invitation is a bit conflicting with the recording of "Infinite Challenge"." Li Jingyuan apologized while explaining.

Kim Tae-ho did not interrupt Lee Kyung-won's words, but continued to listen. He also knew what kind of person Li Jingyuan was, if it wasn't for something very important, he wouldn't just make such a leave call.

"February 9th is the time of the American Grammy Music Festival Awards Gala, and I just received an invitation from the Black Eyed Peas, and they want me to go to this gala with me." Kim Tae-ho didn't lose his temper casually, and the result was to get such a huge shocking news.

"Wait! What did you say?? As if he couldn't believe what he heard, Kim Tae-ho took his phone and left the noisy room, went to the balcony, and asked again.

Li Jingyuan didn't know the situation on the other side of the road, he heard Kim Tae-ho's voice a little loud, so he thought that the other party was angry, although with Li Jingyuan's personal strength, he could actually not care about Kim Tae-ho's reflection, but after all, Li Jingyuan was a good old man with a good personality, and today's incident was also a little wrong with him, so in the face of Kim Tae-ho's loud voice, he said a few words of apology again.

"Stop, stop, Jing Yuan, don't apologize, I'm not angry, I couldn't hear what you said just now, it's too noisy in the house, you can say it again, who invited you? Looks like you just said you were going to some party? ”

"Eun, the invitation of the Black Eyed Peas, to the American Grammy Festival on February 9th." This time, there was no noise around him, and Kim Tae-ho finally heard clearly.

"......, Jing Yuan, I'm glad you could call me during the New Year, but I don't want to hear such a lie after the New Year's Day, you're a bit too big to brag, if you were invited to an Asian music festival, I think it's still possible, but the Grammys, isn't it too much?" The first thing that came to Kim Tae-ho's mind was that Lee Kyung-won was joking, what is a Grammy? That's the world's No. 1 music festival, who can participate in that party, who is not the top person in the music industry, as far as he knows, although it can be seen from the fact that Li Jingyuan can write songs for Li Xiaoli, Li Jingyuan has a certain musical ability, but to say that Li Jingyuan has the qualifications to participate in the Grammys, it is still a long way off. Not to mention Lee Kyung-won, there is really no one in the Korean music industry who is qualified to go to such a place.

"Brother Taehao, I'm really not kidding, I did get a call just now, Fergie gave me an invitation." Lee Kyung-won also expected Kim Tae-ho's reaction, but he didn't have any good explanation now, which was really an embarrassing situation. ,

"Okay, Jing Yuan, although my brother is a variety show PD, I can be regarded as a person in the entertainment industry, even if I don't understand anything, I still know the status of this party. It is said that winning the Grammy Awards, and the Broadway stage is a musician's biggest dream, so it is really hard for you to believe that you are going to participate in the Grammys so suddenly. I also know that you can write songs, but it's a little too incredible to convince me that you have the qualifications to be a Grammy. Kim Tae-ho had already confirmed that Lee Kyung-won was talking nonsense, so he said something like that.

"Hey~~" Li Jingyuan couldn't cry or laugh here, he was a little depressed and was about to scold the street, there was really no way, he had to say to Kim Tae-ho: "I said Brother Tae-ho, or I'll let them send a formal invitation, so it's always okay." Or let the company confirm it directly for you. ”

"That's it, that's okay, if there's a formal invitation, then I'll believe you're not bragging, and the company can confirm it, anyway, I don't believe it now." Only then did Kim Tae-ho feel that Lee Kyung-won might be telling the truth, and said it in disbelief.

After hanging up the phone, Li Jingyuan really had no choice, so he had to contact the company and the black-eyed peas on the other side of the earth again, which could be regarded as solving such a misunderstanding.

Not long after Li Jingyuan's phone call was made, the black-eyed peas over there quickly sent a formal invitation, although it was not an official Grammy invitation, but there was also the contact information of the black-eyed peas on the invitation, so this invitation was still very convincing. And S.m's actions are not slow, and they quickly got an internal proof and handed it over to the program team of "Infinite Challenge".

When Kim Tae-ho got these two faxes from the left-behind personnel, he believed Lee Kyung-won's reason for asking for leave, and he immediately contacted Lee Kyung-won again, at this time, the New Year and everything was put aside, such a big thing is a big thing for Kim Tae-ho and the entire "Infinite Challenge" program team.

"Jing Yuan, I've already confirmed, my brother was not good just now, I didn't believe you, don't worry, since you're not joking, then I will definitely arrange the time, and then you can rest assured to go to this party."

"Hehe, that's good, but on Brother Shi's side, fortunately, Brother Taihao, you can help explain, I'm afraid that if I tell them, they won't believe me like you, and I'll have to get these proofs then."

"Hehe, isn't that too exaggerated, I'll tell them later." Thinking that he had just insisted that Lee Kyung-won was joking, Kim Tae-ho was also a little embarrassed, so he directly took over the task, and patted his chest to promise to help explain.

"By the way, Jing Yuan, do you want to take advantage of this opportunity and let us do an American special directly?" As a PD of a variety show, Kim Tae-ho doesn't want to just let go of a great opportunity, if he can directly record a Grammy special through the line of Lee Kyung-won, not only will "Infinite Challenge" become a big hit, but his own identity and status will also improve a lot.

For Kim Tae-ho's proposal, Lee Kyung-won really didn't think about it. He also knew that "Infinite Challenge" would record several episodes of special episodes in the United States in the future, but that time was already a very influential period for "Infinite Challenge", far from being comparable to the current "Infinite Challenge", which has only been on the air for less than a year.

After thinking about it, Li Jingyuan said: "I think the American special is still okay, but the Grammy special is still okay." ”

"For what? Tell me why. Kim Tae-ho still didn't want to give up this idea, but he also knew that Lee Kyung-won wouldn't have any reason, so he asked directly.

"There are several reasons for this. First of all, let's talk about whether we are qualified or not, you also said just now, that party is the first in the world, I estimate that our program group has no chance to appear on that occasion and time, and people will definitely not agree to our application. Besides, in Brother Shi, they are all artists, although they are far less famous than those world-level singers, but they also have the self-esteem of artists, so don't let them do the show in a low voice. Li Jingyuan didn't say much, but the meaning was already obvious. If you want to do a Grammy special, then Liu Zaishi and others will inevitably become the only characters in the show, after all, the status of those world-level stars is not comparable to them. Li Jingyuan also doesn't want such a situation to happen, although it can increase the ratings a little, but such a show will definitely not be very happy. ,

"Then can't it have anything to do with this party at all?" Kim Tae-ho is still a little unwilling, he really doesn't want to give up a rare opportunity just like that.

"It's really not good, so be it, I'll invite a few friends to the show in my personal capacity, but I can't guarantee that they will agree to my invitation. By the way, even after the invitation, I don't want the program team to use indoor interviews to record the program, and it is better to use outdoor competition games. After all, if you record the show indoors, not to mention that the atmosphere is too depressing, the brothers may be suppressed by the momentum of the guests, and if you don't go outside to see it in the United States, it will be too wasteful. ”

"Alright then, I'll listen to your advice, then I'll start gathering people to prepare now, and you'll help contact friends over there to see if anyone can come to our show." After getting Lee Kyung-won's statement, Kim Tae-ho was satisfied, although he was not sure whether Lee Kyung-won could bring in guests, but he had already begun to prepare in advance. Li Jingyuan can bring people to participate in the show is the best, if he really can't pull in, then it is the same to do an American special directly, anyway, you can't waste this opportunity to go abroad, you must know that the approval of Ludao MBC is not so simple, if you want to go abroad to record a show, it means a large amount of production costs, and these funds are dozens of times the investment compared to the usual expenses.

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PS: Today is still a change, is slowly recovering, everyone understands, the health is not good, there is really nothing to do.