Korean Entertainment: Perfect Cheating Life

Red Velvet's first concert tour was not decided suddenly. They had already started planning it in advance since the time when Going to Cupid was very popular.

At that time, SM company just wanted to prepare their first concert, but unexpectedly, Cupid's performance was so outstanding, and the Chekora stage became popular, so it was directly upgraded to the "Asia Tour".

No one expected that Kim So Min's solo album in March would be a huge hit and even win the monthly championship. Lee Soo Man deeply believed that she was a superstar in Europe and the United States, so he temporarily added a North American show for Red Velvet in May.

The "Asia Tour 1" was upgraded to the "World Tour 1".

For this concert, the company and Red Beibei held several meetings to discuss the venue rental, including the location and rent of the venue. After many discussions, the time and place of the tour were finally decided.

Concerts are not something that can be easily arranged.

From the large-scale stage design, to every hairstyle, costume, song selection during the performance, to the interaction with fans, the connection between songs, etc., these are all details that need to be considered.

All the preparations have continued until now, and will not be completely completed until Kim So Min's SOLO is over.

During this process, the members of Red Velvet attended more than dozens of meetings. They participated in the planning of the concert throughout, and everyone put forward opinions on the concert process.

The company had made a lot of previews and publicity for their concert in advance.

Early this morning, SM Entertainment released a preview video of Red Velvet's concert on various official platforms, revealing to fans the name and meaning of the concert's "first tour", as well as the specific time and location, and also announced how to purchase tickets.

Red Velvet's first independent concert tour was named "Red ROOM".

The theme and concept of this concert are "Yeri's Room" and "Somin's Wish", and the captain Irene serves as the "setting character" of the entire concert.

「Red ROOM」将于8月19日至20日在蚕室主竞技场举行，还会于8月29日至30日在岛国、9月10日在印度尼西亚雅加达、9月20日在菲律宾马尼拉、9月30日在种花澳门、10月10日在泰国曼谷等亚洲六个地区，以及美国的五个城市进行巡回演出。

Since Red Velvet currently has the highest popularity and fame among all the artists in the entire peninsula, as soon as this news came out, it immediately attracted the attention and expectations of many fans and passers-by.

Kim So Min's popularity has undoubtedly greatly increased the public's expectations for them. Some fans even began to worry that there would be too many people scrambling for tickets and they were afraid that they would not be able to get tickets for the concert.

The venue chosen by Red Velvet this time was actually very bold. The venue for their Seoul concert was the Jamsil Main Arena, with 4 seats available for a single show. In the island country, they directly opened the Tokyo Dome.

Jamsil Main Arena is the top concert venue in the Peninsula. Among all idol groups in the Peninsula's music industry, only the top groups can hold tours here.

The number of fans of most idol groups is simply not enough to support such a large venue, and the concerts they hold can only accommodate a few thousand people. Sometimes the seats are not even full, and they have to find a good angle when taking pictures, or lay black cloth on the audience seats.

The reality is always so cruel: they can't sell enough tickets, and if they choose this place, they may not even be able to recover their costs.

In Kpop, which is characterized by bubble data and false prosperity, some fans are frantically brushing data, posting big-character posters, and controlling comments online, as if every idol is as popular as the world-famous superstar Taylor and is famous all over the world.

In fact, if you compare the income of real world superstars and then look at the financial statements of Kpop companies, you will understand that real money never lies.

The small size of the local market on the peninsula means that the development of Kpop is difficult to sustain.

The so-called prosperous data of "the world's number one woman" and "the world's number one man" can be faked, and it's just fans praising each other in the comment section, but the company's financial statements cannot be faked by fans no matter how hard they try.

A true superstar like Taylor Swift earned $2016 million in 1.7, and this is just the amount she is willing to expose to the public.

This year, Kim So Min earned a building for SM just through her solo, copyright fees, albums and music source fees.

She put a lot of effort into this first concert, spending a lot of money to hire a concert design team that Taylor was familiar with, and the company also allowed her to spend money at will.

Choosing to hold a concert in such a large venue was not only Kim So-min's personal suggestion, but also a decision made by SM Entertainment after careful consideration based on the stickiness and purchasing power of Love and Sunshine's fans.

The venue was naturally very happy to cooperate.

Kim So-min thinks that fans' worries about not being able to get tickets are unnecessary, but no one else thinks so.

The generally recognized evaluation of Red Velvet in the fan circle is "a world-class girl group that does not need to serve in the military". In the male-loving Peninsula, this is their highest recognition for girl groups.

8 followers in two days at Jamsil may seem like a lot, but Kim So Min's album is still firmly on the Hot 120 list, and the official Fan Club, which requires a fee to join, already has million fans, more than double the number of the second place.

Compared with the exaggerated and fake number of 120W, 8W seems insignificant.

You should know that members of the Fan Club must use their Peninsula ID cards to register with their real names, and they must pay membership fees every year to maintain their fan status!

Thinking of this, especially Kim So Min’s only fan Sunshine, they felt even more anxious.

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All the Red Velvet members gathered in the studio to record a short VCR for their upcoming concert. In order to achieve a better performance effect, Kim So Min and Red Velvet shot several minutes of VCR just for the interlude.

There are less than two months left until the concert, which is really not a lot of time for them.

During this period, they had to travel back and forth between different filming locations. After shooting the VCR, they also had to attend variety shows, interviews, and radio live broadcasts. Their schedule was packed and they had almost no time to rest for the entire day.

When they wake up every day, they are greeted by countless cameras. Once they return to the company, they have to practice their new song "Red Flavor" repeatedly in the practice room.

Yes, on July 7th, they will return with their mini album "The Red Summer".

Everyone tried to postpone other things as much as possible, and even a comeback could not stop them from devoting more energy to the concert.

During those years as trainees when they worked hard to make their debut and stand on the stage, what they looked forward to most was their own concert.

Their first concert was a world tour, and even if the word "world" is an exaggeration, it is a feat that many small groups dream of but find difficult to achieve.

Hong Beibei and the others closed their eyes as soon as they got on the bus, trying to find some extra sleep.

Kim Ye-lin, who usually manages to liven up the atmosphere in the car, was overwhelmed by fatigue this time and became listless.

Kim So-min couldn't maintain her image either. She put on headphones and whispered a few words to Luo Jae-min, then fell drowsy.

She has the greatest work pressure in the team. While other sisters still have some free time to relax, she needs to use this free time to create songs for her own artists.

July 7th is the day for the 8 SM Family Concert “SMTOWN LIVE” superstar show, which will be held at the Sangam World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea.

NCT 2017 and Fay will then make their public debut on stage.

Ah——it’s so hard to be her boss!!

The tight and suffocating schedule made Kim So-min, a workaholic, feel physically and mentally exhausted. She wanted to put down her work and have a good rest, but it was impossible.

For people like them, rest is too much of a luxury.

There are idols making their debuts almost every few days on the Peninsula. If they don’t want to work hard, they will naturally be replaced by others.

She whispered softly and slowly fell asleep to the gentle whispers of the man.

Hearing her hazy voice disappear, Luo Zaimin closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Compared to her, Luo Zaimin's situation was not much better.

Luo Zaimin is still unable to perform for a long time, but in order to return to the group, he must learn NCT 2017 songs, and also master the new songs released by NCT ​​DREAM during his illness.

The phone call between two people is also their way of expressing love and communicating with each other in their busy lives.

There was no so-called honeymoon period for the two of them. It was just that after confirming the relationship, there were more responsibilities and expectations in life.

I feel safe when we are together, and when we are not together, we are busy with our own work.

Sometimes they would miss each other, and when they wanted to share their feelings, they would take the initiative to contact each other. Luo Zaimin liked to express his love obviously, and in this respect he was much more proactive than Kim So Min.

If they both feel too exhausted from their daily work and want to be alone, then don't bother each other for the time being.

The concept of a couple with absolute possession, relative freedom, and superb tacit understanding is very suitable for Kim So Min.