On the afternoon of July 22, a girl who looked like a student walked into Seoul Olympic Park and followed the signs to the gymnastics arena located on the east side of the park.
It was still a sunny afternoon, the hottest time of the day in the hot summer, but there were already many people outside the gymnastics arena.
The large square is filled with audiences and fans who have arrived early to watch the concert. Although they are divided into countless small groups, it still feels like a sea of people, and the buzzing noise is like thunder.
hovering over the square.
At first glance, most of them are girls dressed in fashionable clothes, but there are also many boys among them. Most of them are holding support items such as light sticks, banners, posters, etc., and even less than one has just been released.
In August, the expensive second-generation Alisticks can be seen everywhere. There are also special stalls and storefronts selling some EXO-related peripherals. Although there is still some time before the concert starts, the whole square is already brewing.
With a strong and fiery atmosphere.
After the girl came here, she stood on the steps of the large square outside the venue. She was looking around in a confused but equally curious way.
She is young, has thick short student hair, eye-catching black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, light-colored shorts and short sleeves, and a slightly darker complexion, which makes her look a little plain.
She didn't hold EXO's support items in her hands. She just carried a small bag on her back with water bottles and other personal belongings in it. She didn't look like a fan coming to see a concert, but rather like she was going on a trip.
Students on an outing.
She first stood on the steps and glanced at the bustling crowd. She let out a heartfelt sigh because of the huge number of fans and the warm atmosphere. Then her eyes were attracted by the gymnastics arena in front of her.
Covering an area of more than 30,000 square meters, the entire exterior is covered with fiberglass. It shines in the sun and is very beautiful. The appearance of the Olympic Gymnastics Arena is really good, and it immediately attracted the girl's attention, but it was even more confusing.
What she was looking at was a huge poster of EXO's third tour spread out in front of the venue. One poster took up a large area in the front. It was so large that even from such a distance, everyone could still be seen clearly.
Face.
The style of this poster is similar to the dark style of "Monster". The red background with black background and the signature war-damaged makeup make everyone look very happy. The artistic style is above the EXO LOGO, and the writing is written on a white background with black borders.
The slogan of the third concert tour of "EXO PLA #3 - The EXO'rDIUM".
On the left side of the poster are giant vertical banners of all the members. Nine vertical banners are lined up in a row, swaying gently in the breeze.
It's really pretty...
The girl stared at the posters and vertical banners carefully for a long time, and sighed in her heart... It's just that the sun was a little too strong, and she forgot to bring a hat. She was a little uncomfortable in the sun and could only cover her eyes with her hands.
The friend I was waiting for never came, and the girl who came to Seoul from other places seemed a little nervous at this time.
"Excuse me!"
At this moment, a familiar shout came from not far away. The girl turned around and found that it was the friend she was waiting for. The girl who had seemed a little reserved and out of place just now suddenly relaxed.
"Oh, why are you so slow? I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
Seeing their friends arriving, An Youzhen and Xiaonan immediately started complaining.
"Oh, my mother held me and talked for a long time, and they were worried. I would come over as soon as I left."
My friend is a little girl of the same age. Although she is dressed differently, she still looks like a simple student...but her skin is a little whiter.
These two don't look very much like locals from Seoul, and they look like they are from the same place.
The two of them are actually junior high school students in Daejeon, and they are classmates in the same class. They are both on summer vacation... Originally, they were living their own boring vacations, until the tickets for EXO's third tour concert were released at the end of last month.
At that time, my friend, who is a die-hard fan of Ai Li, did not get a ticket. She was disappointed when SM announced that EXO would add an extra show on the 22nd, so she encouraged An Youzhen, and the two of them tried to grab a ticket when the new show was on sale.
ticket.
Of course An Youzhen knows EXO. There is basically no student in the peninsula who has not heard of EXO’s name.
But she is not their fan, or she has not been too exposed to Kpop...
But she was idle anyway, and she was quite interested in watching the concert. After being encouraged by her friends, she tried to grab it.
Originally she was just joining in the fun, and she didn't expect it to succeed - even if you are not a fan, you know that XO's concert tickets are very difficult to get. Once they go on sale, they are basically sold out in one second. As long as the ticket sales are open for two days, fans are furious.
If you scold SM', you will definitely be on the hot search list.
But things happened to be unexpected. Some things seemed to be destined. This time, they really got tickets for the additional performance, and the seat they got randomly was actually the first row of standing seats in the front row, which was a person away from the stage.
Very good location very close.
Dafa!
An Youzhen was okay, just happy for her luck. But her friend was really excited. Under her instigation, the two junior high school students, who were only teenagers, begged their parents for a long time, and finally got married a few days ago.
My parents took me on a trip to Seoul. After two days of shopping with great interest, today finally came the day for the two of us to watch a concert together.
"Why didn't you prepare anything? I knew..." Seeing An Youzhen's empty hands, his friend looked like he had expected it. He took off his backpack and rummaged through it, and then took out a brand new second-generation Airli.
Great.
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She first held it in her hand and looked at it reluctantly, and then handed it to An Youzhen reluctantly: "Our Aili's support atmosphere is the best among all Kpop fans. If you come to XO's concert without bringing anything,
You are going to be despised...Here, you can take this later."
An Youzhen took the Aili stick and gestured with it in his hand, and then saw a few photo stickers on it. The friend next to him was still mumbling: "Don't break it, it's valuable, and it's not bad either."
purchase."
Although I cherish this Ali stick very much, this is the first time I have taken it on an expedition, but... anyway, An Youzhen grabbed the ticket this time, and it was such a good seat. She is still very grateful to this little sister.
Yes, I am willing to give up my precious love.
"What about you?" An Youzhen looked at the Aili stick in her hand, and saw her friend's reluctance. She didn't really want to take away someone's favor, so she was ready to give it back to her.
"I still have this." The friend took out another light stick and waved it, and then took out a banner with a support slogan written on it. His hands were instantly occupied, and he raised it up as if to show off.
: "I will hold up this Yuan Oppa banner when the time comes, maybe he can still see me."
"Okay, thank you."
An Youzhen nodded and waved the Ali stick, as if he wanted to feel the atmosphere of support.
Two little girls were chatting there in whispers, one was explaining EXO's deeds, and the other was listening with interest.
Although he was interested, the temperature was really hot. After a while, An Youzhen couldn't help it anymore: "It's so hot, why can't I go in?"
"It's almost four o'clock, we should be ready to enter the venue soon." My friend checked the time, and before he could finish speaking, there was a burst of noise in front of him, and the people who were originally scattered across the square began to move around in an instant, heading towards
The entrance to the venue has been crowded with people in the passage surrounded by guardrails.
"It's started. We're about to enter the venue. Let's go queue up first."
When the friend saw it, his eyes lit up, and he immediately grabbed An Youzhen's hand and rushed over. After a while of running like rabbits, the two energetic little girls finally grabbed a good place in the queue and lined up to enter the venue.
"I will help you connect to Bluetooth later, and then the central control can change colors uniformly. This is the first time that Obama has shown the central control effect at a large-scale concert after the release of the second-generation Alistick. The atmosphere must be particularly good..."
While we were queuing up, my friend kept introducing me, and his words were full of expectations for the performance he was waiting for.
"Hey, look at the front."
At this time, An Youzhen seemed to have discovered something. He patted her, came over and whispered, "The girl in front is so beautiful."
She didn't seem to be devalued or jealous because of the same sex, and her tone was surprised and sincere, like a boy.
"Which one?"
"It's the one in front, the one taking a selfie with her cell phone..." An Youzhen gently pointed to the girl in front of the queue, who was wearing pigtails and was pointing her cell phone at herself to find an angle to take a selfie. There was some surprise in her voice.
.
"Oh..." The friend saw her target, observed it and curled her lips: "It's okay... I think the clothes are just better-looking and the outfit is good."
After a pause, he complained softly: "There are so many people crowded together and you still have to take selfies. It's so narcissistic... Let's not talk about her now. After we go in..."
Although her friend talked about other things, An You really seemed to be paying attention to the girl in front of her. She was grinning and lingering for a while. However, the team soon surged forward and she disappeared after she entered the venue.
"Wow, it's really big."
They lined up and walked into the gymnastics arena according to the instructions of the staff. When An Youzhen walked down from the fourth floor bleachers, he looked around the inside of the venue and sighed in surprise,
The entire four-story grandstand of the gymnastics arena has been filled with seats. Stars surround the stage like a moon. The venue is full with a capacity of 15,000 spectators. At this time, the audience has not yet fully entered the venue. When it is slightly empty, watch
It looks extremely broad.
"Is this big?"
However, my friend disagreed: "The gymnastics arena is fully booked and only has a capacity of 15,000. During the 2014 tour, XO was able to open such a venue to full capacity. Now the popularity of Obamas is much higher than before. Aili
The number of tours has also increased countless times, but the third tour in Seoul still uses this venue.”
"The capacity of 15,000 may be a lot for other idols, but it is not good enough for EXO now? I don't know how many people couldn't get tickets. Some time ago, all the fan clubs were criticizing the company.
SM is really careless and doesn’t do any statistics. Do you know how many people want to see XO’s concert? They should use Gocheok Dome this time... That’s not right. Gocheok Dome only has over 20,000 people.
, the same is not enough, if you want me to say you should go directly to the main arena, 60,000 people will definitely be able to fill it up..."
The venues on the peninsula that can hold concerts, in descending order of capacity, are 60,000 people at the Olympic Main Arena, 40,000 people at the Sangam World Cup Stadium, 20,000 people at the Gocheok Dome, which was opened just last year, and
Today's gymnastics arena ranks fourth, with 15,000 people.
So far, no idol group has held a solo concert in the first two large venues. Although there are not many seats in the Gocheok Dome, there are also no seats because it is only open for a short period of time.
The capacity of the gymnastics arena is already sufficient for the vast majority of men's and women's groups. There are not even many artists who are qualified to sing here and can still fill the seats.
But obviously, this venue is no longer enough for EXO. I don’t know how many times Ari scolded S after announcing the venue and not getting tickets.
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But it seems too conservative.
After the ticket sales situation came out some time ago, the company has already started discussing during the meeting whether to put the Seoul Encore Stadium, which will definitely be held at the end of the third tour, in the Olympic main arena... to make EXO the first to be in the main arena.
A solo concert was held in this venue with a capacity of 60,000, setting a milestone in the number of Kpop idol groups mobilized...
There are quite a few people who agree with this proposal, including EXO themselves.
At this time, listening to her friend's complaints, An Youzhen nodded in agreement... But this was her first time to see such an idol's concert. She had never been to other Kpop events before.
, she really felt that this place was already very big and very impressive.
Soon, the two people came to their seats, or standing positions.
The stage design this time is very avant-garde. The hexagonal main stage symbolizing the EXO LOGO is in the center of the venue. Behind it is a tens of meters long, one large and two small large LED screens, even on the highest four floors.
You can also see very clearly from the top of the mountain.
It is surrounded by a circular sub-stage, with the edge directly adjacent to the second-floor stands. It is connected to the main stage in the middle through a cross-shaped passage, and at the same time, the front row ticket area is divided into four areas.
An Youzhen and An Youzhen are in the upper left corner.
"Dafa, this place is too close to the stage. I'll definitely be able to see the Oppas in the gathering. Maybe I can clap and interact with them. I don't know if it will be Yuan Oppa..."
After arriving, my friend seemed very excited, standing there dancing and looking around.
An Youzhen reached out and touched the side of the stage in front of her... It was indeed quite close. She felt like she could flip onto the stage just by raising her legs. With her skills, it didn't take even a second.
Some of them gestured eagerly, but forget it, it would be bad if they were kicked out...
"Here, let me help you connect the Ali stick to the Bluetooth. The support starts before the concert starts." With that said, the two of them put their heads together and started operating.
As time goes by, more and more spectators enter the venue, and the sound in the venue gradually becomes noisy. There are more and more fluorescent sticks like stars in the dim light. The atmosphere is gathering and the enthusiasm is there.
Brewing, the scene that everyone is looking forward to seems to be coming soon.
When the hour hand reached the right time, the lighting on the ceiling suddenly dimmed.
An Youzhen only felt a dull thunderous buzz around her, which made her brain a little blurry. However, the surrounding atmosphere and the screams next to her, as well as the Aili stick in her hand that was silver just now and now turned pink automatically, made her feel a little confused.