wavenovel Chapter 1180 Come quickly
Chapter 1180 Come quickly
Chapter 1180 Come quickly
When all the idols dispersed and Ji Jingyuan followed EXO back to SM company, various news about today's Dream Concert also spread on the Internet.
Although there was no live broadcast, the 5.7 live audience members, the already high online attention and EXO's award-winning first stage combined to make the event very popular. From the red carpet in the afternoon to the entire concert, there were all kinds of news and videos all over the Internet.
For many audience members at the scene, having just experienced extremely shocking support, it is time for them to vent their emotions online.
"Today's stage was pretty good, and the atmosphere was great. It was the best Dream Concert in recent years."
"I came here for EXO after hearing a lot of news these past two days. The stage was indeed pretty good, and the center was very handsome, but I didn't see a big difference from other groups. However, their support was really exaggerated. It felt like the whole venue was filled with their fans, and they were all going crazy."
"Ahhh, was Yuan serious about covering his face?! That smile really made my heart stop for three seconds!! Yin Hai is so amazing, I cried like a dog when the director cut to the panoramic view. This is the difference between EXO and Aili. Fans of other groups can watch it carefully."
"Yuan's hip twisting should be made illegal!!!"
"It feels so boring without YG idols, all of them are assembly line idols with fake smiles, and no one is discussing TWICE's lip syncing throughout "SIGNAL"? "
"The open mic police are here again. Go check the data yourself. Among all the artists promoting their songs, YG artists have the lowest open mic rate. Blackpink is the first to directly turn 'pre-recording', which was once done only in special circumstances, into a complete norm."
"Sana is so beautiful. It feels like her eyes can speak. I am a fan of her. I really want to kiss her."
The lineup for this year's Dream Concert is still very strong. The top boy group EXO and the top girl group Twice both have multiple stages. Except for YG artists who did not come, many other first-line groups also participated, which naturally caused a great response.
Most of the audiences who watched the live concert online expressed their approval of the performance of the Dream Concert, especially the support from A.I.M., which made many passers-by who came to such an event for the first time feel extremely shocked. The immersive feeling of the whole place cheering and screaming, calling out the name of the same group, making the whole venue seem to vibrate, was really too shocking.
But at the same time, among the numerous comments, there were also many discordant remarks whose popularity continued to rise. Many male audience members at the scene expressed their indignation and dissatisfaction with the director's deliberate switching of close-ups to women's slogans, and denounced the organizer for linking the irrelevant concert with politics and women's boxing.
"Today's experience was really terrible and thrilling. My sister fell into a coma due to shortness of breath during EXO's performance. I found out immediately and called an ambulance.
Everything was fine, but the organizers didn’t prepare an emergency plan, no staff took the initiative to help, the signs for the emergency exits were unclear and even blocked, so it took nearly ten minutes to get my sister out of the venue, and several audience members who fainted encountered similar situations... Although they were sent to the hospital and found to be fine, I still want to question why the organizers behaved so low-level and negligently. "
"I heard from my usher that her ticket cost more than 300 million won. I heard from her that there are even mainland fans who spent nearly 2000 million won to buy seats in the first row of the EXO encore area. Where did they buy their scalped tickets? Aren't all tickets authenticated by real names? Can the organizer give us an explanation?"
At the same time, some negative news also came. The popularity of the two terms "the organizer's negligence and lack of security personnel" and "scalper tickets" also rose rapidly, making the already heated discussion even more chaotic and casting a shadow on the follow-up of the originally grand concert.
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The next day, on the morning of June 6, in the conference room on the 4th floor of the SM building, EXO and their agent were meeting with their operations team and many board members.
"We have officially signed a contract with Sony regarding music production and distribution. They will be responsible for the physical album distribution and radio chart placement of our upcoming album in the US. They are also optimistic about EXO and hope to participate in their next album."
"Live Nation is already responsible for touring and live performances."
"Our SM Ami branch has also been actively expanding recently and will be responsible for EXO's future specific matters in Ami..."
"After winning the BBMA, EXO's popularity in the U.S. has skyrocketed. They've been urging us to do this, so we have to hurry up..."
Chi Jingyuan was sitting among the EXO members on the left side of the conference room, leaning back in his chair, listening attentively to the meeting reports of other department heads.
This time, I didn’t talk too much about the honors and praises for winning the awards. I had already mentioned these things when I just returned to Seoul.
Today we mainly discussed EXO's schedule and planning for the next period of time.
Because of the unexpected BBMA award, EXO's popularity and fame in Europe and the United States soared. This was something that completely exceeded SM's expectations and was not in line with previous plans for EXO.
But everyone could still see that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After seeing this, SM, who had never had much confidence in entering the United States, seemed to have taken Viagra and his fighting spirit was ignited, as if he really saw that the American market he had long dreamed of was opening its doors to the company.
As a result, the pace of many previous tasks was accelerated instantly, including booking of trips to the United States, contracts with various partner companies, etc.
It was just because of the previous arrangements that EXO had to be active in Japan during this period, and their trip to the US was scheduled for around September in the second half of the year, which resulted in many things, especially the most important album, not being prepared.
"…After difficult negotiations, Avex made concessions and agreed to shorten EXO's activities in Japan. The activities were originally scheduled to end in mid-August, but can now end a month earlier."
"They have almost finished discussing with the Osaka Prefecture Tourism Bureau. Two summer festival promotional songs, including "Fireworks", have been submitted for review. If nothing unexpected happens, they will be promoted and released in mid-July."
"But we can't interrupt our schedule at Neon because many activities were arranged in advance. Avex is pushing us very close. Our schedule is very urgent this time. We need to go there to continue the activities in a week."
In fact, many things had been almost agreed upon, and Chi Jingyuan soon knew the final result.
Because of the award, SM changed the original plan, shortened the activity time in Japan, and will let EXO release the album in the US in advance and go to Japan for activities.
However, Japan will not ignore it. The release plan of the previously most promising "Fireworks" series has been confirmed. It will serve as the promotional song for the Osaka Summer Festival and will be officially released in July.
At the same time, the previously scheduled itinerary cannot be changed. After a week, EXO will return to Japan for activities...
"Time is really tight."
"Does that mean we can only stay in Seoul for a week before returning to Japan? During this week we have to attend various activities and prepare for our album in the US?"
"No, I want to stay a few more days..."
After walking out of the conference room and parting with the company's directors, when EXO was alone, several members couldn't help but complain. Their recent schedule was too tight. They had finally returned to Seoul after being away for almost a month, but they didn't expect to have to leave again after only two days, and they had been very busy in the past two days.
When Chi Jingyuan heard that they were going to Neon soon, he frowned. If they were leaving on June 6th...
Just as he was thinking about it, Chi Jingyuan, who was about to enter the elevator, felt a shock in his pocket. He took out his cell phone and saw a new text message:
"Are you free tonight? Come on over and have a meal to welcome you... and by the way, I have something to tell you."
I will update that chapter later tomorrow