Korean Entertainment: Perfect Cheating Life

After revealing Kim So Min, the pre-sale link for Red Velvet's first mini album "Ice Cream Cake" was released along with the preview video.

The album sold 20.9 copies in the first week, which shocked everyone.

Among them, Kim So Min's Peninsula, Flower Planting, Island Country, and Overseas fans posted big-character posters, and purchased a total of 19.2 copies.

When this number came out, everyone was surprised and felt it was very reasonable.

After all, that’s Kim So Min!

There is a saying among idol groups in the island country: boy groups are judged by sales, while girl groups are judged by their music sources.

What this means is that boy groups’ strengths lie in sales, but their sound sources are poor; girl groups are the complete opposite of boy groups, with poor sales but strong sound sources.

Digital albums were only sold in 2015. K-POP is a niche market, and not many people buy physical albums. The basic buying base is not large. In this case, SM's boy and girl groups can be said to dominate the album sales market.

Among the three major entertainment companies in the idol industry today, SM's overall music source is not particularly strong. Bigbang from YG next door is a major music source company. It is a basic operation for Bigbang to release songs that break the charts.

However, SM has many loyal fans who are willing to spend money on the group, and its physical album sales far surpass those of YG and JYP.

The boy group SJ only sold 16 albums in the first week, TVXQ sold 40, and SHINee sold 17.

Among boy groups and girl groups, EXO and Girls' Generation are outliers in their respective fields, with sales far behind the second place.

EXO is at its peak, with sales reaching the next level. The album "Exodus" exceeded 50 in pre-sales alone.

Compared with boy groups, girl groups have lower album sales. A girl group that sells over 2 copies in the first week is considered to have a good result, while more popular groups only sell around 4 to copies in the first week.

The one with more than 4 fans is Girls' Generation. They are not on the same level as other girl groups.

Red Velvet sold 20.9 copies in the first week, a result that is almost comparable to that of popular boy bands!

Apart from the seniors from Red Velvet, few groups can sell so many physical albums, not to mention that Red Velvet is a new girl group that debuted not long ago!

The results that they never dared to dream of suddenly became a reality. After learning about the sales volume, the members couldn't believe it and cried for a long time while hugging Kim So Min.

Not only did Red Velvet's sales volume reach an outrageous level, the album's audio sources also swept across the island country, all of which broke the charts.

It ranked first on Korea's Gaon weekly album chart this week, and its title song "Ice Cream Cake" topped the download chart.

It ranked first in the comprehensive album charts in countries such as Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia;

It ranks first in the K-POP comprehensive album rankings in regions such as China and the island country, and is very popular.

The title song MV also ranked first on the Youtube K-POP charts.

Compete with boy groups for sales and compete with girl groups for music sources.

Red Velvet's all-round performance shocked the entire fan circle.

The extent to which the people of the Peninsula dote on Kim So Min is beyond comprehension, and the island country of long-lasting love is Kim So Min's second happy home.

Many aunt fans and real grandparents fans started to learn how to chase idols for Kim So Min. While doing all the hard work, they also used their newly learned clumsy melon-cutting techniques to brush up on Red Velvet's music sources.

On the Internet, Kim So Min's fan "Taigoo" is as powerful as ever, controlling comments, clearing entries and fighting against black fans, and is extremely skilled in a series of processes.

From time to time, fans of seniors from the same company would come to cheer for the little princesses in the hearts of their older brothers and sisters.

After all, over the years, Kim So Min has often supported and promoted her older brothers and sisters, and is well-known in the SM team's fan circle.

The one-sided situation made fans of other groups who returned at the same time shut up and think they were unlucky.

At the tail end of summer, Red Velvet counterattacked and changed their fate to become a summer girl group, and was promoted to a top-tier celebrity.

Kim So-min was not surprised by this situation. To be honest, if she couldn't get this result, all her years would have been in vain.

The high frequency of winning awards and the positive marketing soft articles for decades are not for nothing. With this level, even a pig can become popular, let alone her.

At the beginning of the public video, Kim So Min received the reward for completing the task: forever thick and healthy hair.

When she received the reward, she immediately touched her restored hair and thanked the system with gratitude.

After getting used to blonde hair these past few days, she particularly likes light-colored hair, and the new reward is much more practical than money.

Decided!

Next time I come back I'll dye it pink!

She likes pink so much recently!

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[Discussing the SM 3.0 era, how do you view the princess joining the new girl group, SM company's new boy group trailer]

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Officials said that they will replace the company building with a new one in 16 and enter the "SM 3.0" era.

The company has five production centers and internal and external labels to divide the centers, each of which produces music independently, forming a multi-line production system.

The system adopted by SM is to turn the centers into labels. Previously, the companies under SM Entertainment were inactive and some employees were seriously incompetent. This time, the system was changed to allow various centers to compete in order to better serve the artists.

The official centers currently announced are as follows.

【One Center ONE Production】: Kangta, BoA, Girls' Generation, (new girl group to be determined)

[Second Center Prism Production]: SHINee, Raiden, F(x), NCT (Neo new boy group to be determined)

【Three Centers Red Production】: TVXQ, Red Velvet, NCT (Neo new boy group to be determined)

【Four Centers Neo Production】: NCT (Neo new boy group to be determined)

【Five Center Wizard Production】: Super Junior, EXO

--ACE, the visual center, plays all the important roles of the princess.

--SM is what Korean websites complain about: "The biggest failure is people who like to add flowers";

Li Xiuman listened to the advice and said: "Okay, I won't add the flower grower, I'll add a half green card, okay."

--Why is the princess considered a semi-green card?

--Because the princess's mother is a flower grower, and everyone agrees that a girl with the same genes as the princess would not grow up to be such a beauty.

--6...It is still possible.

--I said before that SM likes to add green cards so much, why not add it to Red Velvet.

A princess has more than just a green card, it’s a King card!

--With a princess in the game, you are sure to lose.

--Ah? Are you so confident in the princess?

--The confidence to lose 8 in Tieba, the princess is the top in Asia, do you take her popularity as a joke?

--There are a lot of people whose avatars on Weibo are princesses, but the picture of the princess holding a camellia is so beautiful.

--Many people don’t even know the princess, nor do they follow Peninsula stars, they just use her as their avatar because of her beauty.

--Her face is divine and has the magic power to make people place orders.

--Breaking news, the latest numbers are out.

The total amount of money lost to China from the Peninsula, island countries, overseas countries and Canada is 19.2. Princess is awesome!

--I declare that the fourth-generation girl group Red Velvet has directly reached the top.

--Many people don’t understand why a princess would come down to earth to become an idol.

After watching the MV, I downloaded a few albums. The princess's platinum blonde hair was so beautiful that I could see a paper man. I was mesmerized.

--It's so funny, the princess's mom is so busy: she screams about the princess's beauty, scolds the company, moves bricks, and updates the audio source. In short, the princess must be at the top.

--I've told you not to mess with the widowed mom fans of Yun Yangwa.

Princess has never been on a variety show before. She is called the paper-like daughter who only lives in high-end magazines. Although she is very down-to-earth on the bubble, she is often not seen in person...

She would only appear in SM idol variety shows occasionally, but now that she has debuted as an idol directly, she will definitely have a lot more materials. Do you understand why her fans are so happy?

--Great, we can see her in more shows in the future.

--Speaking of which, the 3.0 sub-center is quite interesting. Will we be able to see several groups competing against each other in the future?

--Now when SM comes back, it’s still their own performance, which is a traditional performance.

--I really admire what their planners are thinking. I wonder if they will return separately in the future.

--There may have been some confusion between the teams before. The meaning of this center should be equivalent to fixing which teams are responsible for which groups.

-- Healthy competition divides resources according to performance, which feels pretty good.

--If we compete with each other, things will probably be much better.

--Performance KPI affects wages, so staff members have to do something, right?

--I don't understand how this division is made.

Why does that NCT occupy a center by itself?

--EXO hasn't even made their comeback yet, but they're already teasing a new boy group. Don't be so greedy.

--I don’t understand it either. No matter what happens next, it’s not like the new group will suppress the old group.

--It seems that it is divided according to the number of people, but if we just look at the number of people, are there too few people in the three centers?

Of course, the princess alone leads the entire group, and at present it seems that the status of the three centers is really big.

--So, what exactly is NCT?

Author: Here it comes, the name of NCT’s trailer is out.

A large group, "NCT" was formed by taking the first letters of "Neo Culture Technology".

There is no limit on the number of members, and they can be increased or decreased freely. Those who have followed the Japanese AKB48 should be more familiar with this mechanism.

This is how the center is divided after the update.

【Second Center Prism Production】：SHINee, Raiden, F(x), NCT WayV

【Three Centers Red Production】: TVXQ, Red Velvet, NCT DREAM

[Four Center Neo Production]: NCT 127, NCT U, NCT Year, NCT WISH (to be determined)

--Huh? What the hell is this? Why are there so many NCTs? I'm dizzy.

--Excuse me, is this NCT Candy Crush?

--It’s hard to explain. I don’t understand this 3.0.

--It was announced that there will be 18 members in NCT...

--Ha, has SM finally gone crazy?

--No wonder NCT occupies a center.

--I give up, SM Ruisibai.

--Honestly speaking, apart from SM, there probably isn't any other company that has the guts to create a group with so many members.

-- Wait and see the new boy band.

--How can NCT DREAM be together with Hong Jia and Red Beibei? Is their status so high?

--They are really not that big of a group, they are the youngest group. The official explanation is that this group is the youth group of NCT, and the members are all the youngest line in the company.

--The maknae group...it doesn't matter. By the way, is their name meant to drive people with obsessive compulsive disorder to death?

Can the name in front of NCT DREAM be changed to RED?

RED DREAM matches the name of the center.

--Laughing to death.

Poster: In addition to the division center, SM also announced that it has invested in building its own large-scale beauty salon and invited many well-known makeup and beautician artists.

It includes hairdressing, makeup, styling, manicure, massage and so on.

EXO will be returning with a new album this year, and all artists under SM will have their styling done in this beauty salon in the future.

The designs in Red Velvet ICE are made by their own beauty salon.

--Nice, Red Velvet's comeback look this time is really eye-catching and stunning.

--I have seen the list, it is quite good, all of them are well-known big names in the industry, this is really good!

--I am so envious of so many famous makeup artists. Is this the happiness of having a wealthy company?

--The current timeline is out. After Red Velvet's promotion is over, EXO will return. After EXO's return, Girls' Generation will follow up with Taeyeon's solo, then SJ and FX, and then G-Team.

Finally, NCT 127’s debut came to an end…

All the schedules overlap only at the end of the song promotion, there is no direct collision, is this the happiness I deserve to see?

--Oh my god, I’m crying, SM3.0, go for it!