Tao recently made an appearance in Beijing, China, to promote a Chinese mobile game. Chinese media has reported that the solo endorsement deal is worth USD 1.6 million. It is the first time that Tao has signed on a deal that does not include other EXO members.

The EXO Chinese member flew in from the U.S. to participate in the promotional event, and according to Soompi's report (via Chinese media), he seemed to have fully recovered from his leg injury. Earlier, it was reported that Tao is staying in Los Angeles to get treatment for his leg injury as well as to pursue his studies.

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Tao attended the promotional event on the same day, June 03, when his other EXO team members were busy releasing their repackaged second album EXODUS.  The new album, "Love Me Right," contains the original songs from the second album as well as four new songs. Tao did not participate in the recording of the new songs and has not been included in the activities to promote and release the new album.

At the event in Beijing, Tao greeted fans and the media with a smile. It is, however, not clear whether he received the permission from his agency SM Entertainment before signing on the solo deal. Tao and his father continue to negotiate with the agency, and SM Entertainment said in an earlier statement that they cannot confirm whether Tao is leaving EXO or is staying.

Meanwhile, EXO's repackaged album's new title track "Love Me Right" has been topping music charts, according to Korea Boo, though they failed to win last week's "M! Countdown." EXO fans, however, were more disappointed when Mnet and M! Countdown removed the group's performance video from You Tube. The video has since been uploaded, and Korea Boo reported that the original video was deleted to upload a better quality video.

The latest report is that EXO team members will be appearing on "Yoo Hee Yeol's Sketchbook." They will be filming their episode on June 09 and are expected to perform "Love Me Right" and other songs. Tao will not be part of this program as well.    

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