Chapter 429 Seoul

"Welcome to this flight. The plane has arrived. Passengers please take your luggage and pay attention to safety Smecta."

As the flight attendant's announcement in Korean came to his ears, Luo Quan and everyone from Girls' Generation unbuckled their seat belts and walked towards the aisle.

Their luggage is checked and delivered to the hotel where they are staying.

This time I came to Korea to perform, it was Penguin who took the lead in contacting these singing stages and variety shows in Korea.

Although Penguin looks like the source of all evil in China and everyone screams for beatings, as the largest entertainment giant in Asia, its international reputation is actually quite good.

Especially in terms of investment, Penguin has always been known as an angel investor. Many large foreign companies have investments from Penguin, and Penguin has always only voted and not interfered with the development of the company.

Therefore, foreigners’ impression of penguins is not as bad as that in China.

A giant with a market value of nearly one trillion US dollars is an enviable existence in most places in the world.

Although Internet companies have reaped the benefits of the times and their valuations will be more watery than those of physical companies, Penguin's size is definitely one of the few large capitals in the world.

Compared with the glory of the parent company, Penguin Interactive Entertainment is much less famous in the world, but it is definitely quite famous in Asia.

Needless to say, China has the best and most entertainment resources in China. With the development of film, television and audio, no one can find a rival in all walks of life.

In recent years, Penguin Interactive Entertainment has begun to seek development abroad after being alone in China.

Although they don’t sign many artists, they like to invest in many foreign entertainment companies.

Major companies including SM and JYP have received investment from Penguin Interactive Entertainment and have conducted considerable cooperation with each other.

It’s just that in the past, it has been imported from abroad, but this time it was exported for the first time, which means that Penguin Interactive Entertainment has opened a new page in the Asian entertainment layout.

Of course, Penguin Interactive Entertainment can do something, and Girls' Generation and Luo Quan are the key.

Especially in Girls' Generation, their popularity made Chinese entertainment go abroad for the first time after Peking Opera, the quintessence of Chinese culture, and young girls all over Asia began to follow them crazily.

Now Goose Factory's second season talent show has begun auditions across Asia. The program is called "Creating Boyhood", and the group's name was also inspired by Luo Quan.

It is said that Luo Quan blurted out "EB BOY" without even thinking about it. The full name is "EXO BIGBANG BOY". Later it was translated as Planet Big Bang Youth League, or simply called Planet Big Bang.

The name can be said to be quite domineering, and it is so loved by many middle school girls that the boy band has just started auditions and the group has already become popular in China.

Because last year's "Create Girls' Generation" was an unprecedented success, this year's "Create Boys' Generation" can be said to have attracted much attention. As soon as the audition announcement was released, the official website was paralyzed by countless contestants who signed up.

This time, in addition to the three East Asian countries, there are also many powerful idols from Europe and the United States who have announced their participation.

In fact, boy bands were quite common in Europe and the United States at the beginning of the century, and many of them became popular around the world.

However, as each of the top groups disbanded, the newly formed boy groups were far less powerful and good-looking than their predecessors, and gradually became less popular.

However, this time Goose Factory is recruiting globally, which has directly set off a craze for idol groups around the world. There are as many as 100,000 contestants. The media and self-media are vying for the melon. It has been searched countless times in various countries and regions.

The biggest news is that Goose Factory officially announced that EB BOY’s debut album will still be solely responsible for the talented songwriter Luo Quan.

Luo Quan claimed that this album will be the best boy band album in the history of the world, and it will be available in five languages: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English and Spanish, with global coverage!

If you don't say such big words, I'm afraid that no matter how rational the melon-eaters are, they will think it is just talking nonsense.

But considering that this came from Luo Quan's mouth, most people chose to believe it.

No one knows how much Goose Factory paid Luo Quan for this album.

When I made an album for Girls' Generation before, it was because of Wen Xia's relationship.

The members of the Love Music band are Luo Quan’s classmates and club friends.

Leon is Luo Quan's biological brother, and Ivy is an artist in her company.

These are all people close to Luo Quan.

Otherwise, she never wrote a single song for anyone else.

Although Goose Factory has always cooperated with Luoquan and the relationship is good, it is obviously not as good as Wen Xia.

So, the mysterious power that makes Luo Quan, a big salted fish in the history of celebrities, willing to spend time composing music for it, must be a power that most people cannot refuse.

And this power happens to be what Goose Factory or Penguin lacks most.

According to a Weibo V whose uncle is an executive of Goose Factory, Goose Factory paid Luo Quan a sky-high nine-digit production fee for making such an awesome boy band debut album.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately shocked the Internet.

Because there is no musician who can get such a high remuneration just for producing music albums, and this is the same in the world!

But if you think about it carefully, Luo Quan's songs are indeed worthy of such a price.

First of all, the copyright for these songs is owned by Penguin. They are put on their own platform for sale, and there is no middleman to make the difference.

Secondly, as long as the program "Creating Boyhood" is launched, no matter how much you invest in it, you won't be afraid that you won't be able to get your money back.

You know, on the night of the formation of the "Chuang Shao" group, the revenue generated by fans at home and abroad voting for their favorite contestants has exceeded several hundred million yuan, not to mention the revenue accumulated from several programs in advance.

The income created after forming a group is immeasurable.

Therefore, it seems reasonable for Goose Factory to offer such a sky-high price.

Interestingly, when this news spread, Goose Factory refuted the news and denied the sky-high production fee.

But he refused to tell me how much he had given out.

During Luo Quan's live broadcast, many people also asked in the live broadcast room, but she, who has always been loud-mouthed, actually managed to remain tight-lipped this time.

Therefore, no matter what the outside world says, there is no real concrete figure as to what the exact number is.

However, according to estimates of Luo Quan's commercial value, the production fee will definitely not be less than 80 million yuan.

Any lower would be an insult to her talent.

Against this background, Luo Quan and Girls' Generation came to Seoul, South Korea.

Although "Creating Boyhood" is now extremely popular, it has already become extremely popular before it even started airing.

But everyone in the industry and outside the industry knows who is the key figure that set off the trend of this era. Luo Quan and Girls' Generation are both founders.

When they announced that they would come to Seoul to perform together, all their fans in Korea were excited.

Especially after Luo Quan released the new song "Good Days".

This made the lifeless Korean pop market instantly full of vitality. On MELON (South Korea's leading music APP), it has directly topped the rankings, with frighteningly high playback and positive reviews.

At 8 o'clock this morning, Girls' Generation's official Twitter posted a message saying that the ten little ones have boarded a plane to Seoul.

Fans across the country immediately set off and gathered at Incheon International Airport, preparing to welcome their idol.

As a country of idols, South Korea is a normal thing for fans to pick up idols, and the bigger the battle is, the more traffic and popularity they pick up.

Perhaps even Girls' Generation themselves did not expect that there would be so many fans in Korea.

After the news of the plane's departure came out, a pick-up team of tens of thousands of people quickly gathered outside Incheon International Airport. More than half of the fans were wearing uniform pink T-shirts outside and holding support billboards.

Although the Seoul police had foreseen such an outcome and sent many police officers to maintain order outside the airport, they clearly underestimated the number of Girls' Generation fans.

In order to avoid traffic jams and accidents, the Seoul Police Department quickly dispatched a large number of police officers to the scene and sealed tapes at various intersections.

But as more and more fans arrived, the entire open space at the airport was occupied by them. It is not an exaggeration to say that the water could not be poured in.

Compared to the huge crowds outside, the airport seemed much calmer inside.

Ten girls wearing sunglasses were walking in the VIP channel talking and laughing with their agent, Sister Wang.

Through their mobile phones, they have seen everything happening outside.

It has already been trending in Korean searches.

If in China, fans picking up idols caused such a large-scale congestion, even Luoquan and Girls' Generation would probably be scolded this time.

However, in the comment section of Korean hot search, most people are amazed and disgusted.

Cultures are different, and this situation is all too common in Korea. Every idol group hopes that the fans who come to pick them up will be as enthusiastic as possible.

If a group is so mixed up that no one even picks up the phone, it would be a failure.

Girls' Generation didn't go to Korea to develop in the past. Fans on the Internet were not organized and cohesive enough, so the voice was not very loud.

As a result, as soon as I arrived in Korea, fans immediately came out and the crowd was ridiculous.

But this is only reasonable. After all, Girls' Generation has reached the level of a popular girl group in terms of strength and song data. It would be weird to have no fans.

Walking out of the passage and into the hall, a large group of bodyguards in black suits greeted them.

These are the professional security teams that Goose Factory found for them in South Korea. They are also accompanied by a senior executive from YG Company and several of their subordinates.

Goose Factory is in South Korea and has the most cooperation with YG, so this time it is YG who is arranging the itinerary for everyone.

"This is Chief Kim of YG Entertainment. He will tell us about our schedule in the next month." Sister Wang introduced to the girls behind her.

"Hello, Chief Kim." The girls nodded in greeting in unison, but did not bow directly like other idols.

South Korea has a strict hierarchy, and the culture of seniors is very important. When you see leaders and seniors, you have to bow at a high angle and use honorifics when speaking. In comparison, China does not have so many rules. Just greet them politely, and do as the Romans do when you are in the country. See if this vulgarity is good or not.

Besides, if you are a big name, you should act like a big name.

"There are a lot of fans outside, and the police are maintaining good order right now. There may be entertainment tabloids doing interviews on the roadside later, so just ignore them.

We first took the car to the hotel, where there were reporters from major Korean entertainment newspapers who wanted to conduct a brief interview. "Chief Jin was walking and explaining at a fast pace.

In order to come to South Korea for development, Girls' Generation was collectively required to learn Korean as early as the beginning of their debut. Up to now, their level is quite good. However, faced with such a fast speaking speed, except for Luo Quan, On Ha, and Yoona, the rest It still sounds a bit laborious for people.

Fortunately, the manager, Sister Wang, is also proficient in Korean, so she also translated as Chief Kim spoke.

After saying the precautions, the girls walked out of the airport gate surrounded by a large number of bodyguards.

The overwhelming screams, accompanied by heat waves, immediately hit them.

After seeing the idols appear, fans felt as if they were intoxicated, expressing their love for them with their fanatical roars.

People who have never seen the scene may have a hard time imagining how heartbreaking the fans' roars would be. It was so exaggerated that they wanted to tear out their hearts and give it to their idols.

Those who can rely on this must be true fans. Maybe not everyone is willing to donate their heart, but it is definitely not a problem to donate their vocal cords.

Now comes the challenge from the Seoul police.

The tape that had previously stopped the fans in place suddenly became shaky. In order to resist the fans' advance, all the police officers and airport securitymen suppressed their faces and used up almost all their strength.

Girls' Generation had long expected this situation.

The girls took off their sunglasses, and their beautiful faces suddenly appeared on the huge electronic screen outside the airport.

As soon as this scene appeared, fans became even more enthusiastic.

But soon, Wen Xia's gentle and melodious voice immediately sounded on the radio: "Thank you everyone for your love for us, but please also maintain order and don't cause trouble to the police and security."

The power of idols is infinite. After Wen Xia finished speaking, the fans who were about to explode immediately calmed down. They all consciously stopped where they were, and the fans on the periphery stopped pushing in.

"We will perform in South Korea starting today, and there will be many stages and programs in the future. I hope everyone can support me, Kang Sangmita." Facing the fans, everyone in Girls' Generation did not feel like they just faced Chief Kim. It's so bland.

This time, he bowed down to thank the fans in a neat manner.

In the idol industry, fans are their food and clothing parents, and they cannot be respected enough.

After Girls' Generation, Luo Quan also took the microphone and said hello to her fans.

There were not many fans of hers who came to pick her up this time, and they didn't wear the same clothes, just as casual as their idols.

But she was very happy that these fans could come. It didn't matter if there were more people or less, there would be more of them sooner or later anyway.

After saying hello, the girls walked through the escort corridor composed of fans, got in the car and left the airport.