Chapter 718 Yujin

On the afternoon of July 22, a girl who looked like a student walked into the Seoul Olympic Park and followed the signs to the gymnastics arena on the east side of the park.

It was still a sunny afternoon, and the temperature was the highest in the hot summer, but many people had already come to the outside of the gymnastics arena.

The large square was full of audiences and fans who had arrived in advance to watch the concert. Although they were divided into countless small groups, they still looked like a sea of ​​people, and the buzzing noise was like thunder hovering over the square.

At first glance, most of them were girls dressed in fashionable clothes, but there were also many boys among them. Most of them were holding cheering items such as light sticks, banners, and posters. Even the second-generation Aili sticks, which had just been on sale for less than a month and were expensive, were everywhere. There were also special stalls and storefronts selling some EXO-related peripherals. Although there was still some time before the concert started, the whole square was already brewing a strong and hot atmosphere.

After the girl came here, she stood on the steps of the large square outside the venue. She was a little confused, but also looked around with curiosity.

She was young, with thick short hair, a pair of eye-catching black-framed glasses on her nose, light-colored shorts and short-sleeved shirts, and a slightly darker skin color that made her look a little plain.

She didn't hold any EXO support items in her hands, but just a small bag on her back with some personal items such as a water cup. She didn't look like a fan who came to see the concert, but a bit like a student who was going to travel.

She first stood on the steps and looked at the bustling crowd. Because of the large number of fans and the warm atmosphere, she sighed sincerely, and 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, which looks very beautiful in the sun. The appearance of the Olympic Gymnastics Arena is really good, which immediately attracted the girl's attention. However, what made her eyes linger was a huge poster of EXO's third tour on the front of the venue. The poster occupies a large area of ​​the front. The area is so large that everyone's face can still be seen clearly even from such a distance.

The style of this poster is similar to the dark style of "Monster". The black background with red blush makes everyone look very feel with the signature battle-damaged makeup. Above the artistic EXO LOGO, the slogan of the third tour concert "EXO PLANET # 3 - The EXO'rDIUM" is written on a white background with black edges.

On the left side of the poster is a giant vertical banner of all members. Nine vertical banners are lined up in a row, swaying gently with the breeze.

It's really pretty...

The girl stared at the posters and banners carefully for a long time, and sighed in her heart...It's just that the sun is 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. In addition, the friend she was waiting for never came. The girl who came to Seoul from other places seemed a little restrained at this time.

"Yuzhen!"

Just then, a familiar shout came from not far away. The girl turned her head and found that it was the friend she was waiting for. The girl who seemed a little restrained and out of place just now relaxed all of a sudden.

"Oh, why are you so slow? I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

Seeing the friend coming, An Yuzhen and Xiaonan immediately complained.

"Oh, my mom talked to me for a long time, and they were worried. I came here as soon as she left."

The friend is a little girl of the same age. Although she is dressed differently, she also has a simple student flavor...but her skin is a little whiter.

These two don't look like locals in Seoul, and they look like they are from the same place.

The two are actually junior high school students in Daejeon, and they are classmates. They are now on vacation... Originally, they were enjoying their own boring vacations. Until the end of last month, when the tickets for EXO's third tour concert were on sale, my friend, as a die-hard fan, did not get a ticket. She was disappointed when SM announced that EXO would add a show on the 22nd. So she encouraged Ahn Yu-jin, and the two of them tried to grab tickets when the new show was on sale.

Ahn Yu-jin certainly knows EXO. There are basically no students in the peninsula who have not heard of EXO.

But she is not their fan, or she has not been exposed to Kpop...

But anyway, she is free, and she is still interested in watching the concert. After being encouraged by her friends, she tried to grab a ticket.

Originally, she just wanted to join in the fun, and she didn't expect to succeed - even if she is not a fan, she knows that XO's concert tickets are very difficult to grab. As long as they are on sale, they are basically sold out in one second. As long as the ticket sale is opened for two days, "Fans scold SM" will definitely be on the hot search.

But things happen unexpectedly, as if it was destined, they actually got the tickets for the extra show, and the seats they randomly got were actually the first row of standing seats in the front row, which was a very good position very close to the stage.

Big luck!

An Youzhen was fine, just happy for his luck. But my friend was really excited. Under her instigation, the two junior high school students, who were only teenagers, begged their parents for a long time. Finally, they were taken to Seoul by their parents a few days ago. They walked around happily for two days. Queen, today is finally the day for the two of us to go to the 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.

There is also a DIY EXO cartoon logo on it, and there are two photo stickers of Chi Jingyuan next to it, which already shows the little girl's fandom.

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 will be despised...Here, you will get this later."

An Youzhen took the Aili stick, gestured with it in his hand, and then saw several photo stickers on it. The friend next to me was still muttering: "Don't break it, it's very expensive, and it's not easy to buy."

Although I cherish this Ali stick very much, this is the first time I have taken it on an expedition, but... anyway, it was An Youzhen who grabbed the ticket this time, and it was such a good seat. She was 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 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. People who had dispersed in the entire square instantly began to move towards The entrance to the venue has been crowded with people in the passage enclosed by guardrails.

"It's started. We're about to enter the venue. Let's line up first."

When the friend saw it, his eyes lit up, and he immediately grabbed An Youzhen's hand and rushed over. After a period of rabbit-like running, the two energetic little girls finally grabbed a good position in the queue and lined up to enter.

"I will help you connect to Bluetooth later, and then the central control will change colors uniformly. This is the first large-scale concert for Obamas to show the central control effect 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 ahead."

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 being of the same sex, and her tone was surprising and sincere, like a boy's.

"Which one?"

"It's the one in front, the one taking a selfie with her cell phone..." An Youzhen gently pointed at the girl in front of the queue, who was wearing pigtails and was pointing her cell phone at her to take a selfie at an angle. 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 I still want to take selfies. It's so narcissistic... Let's not talk about her now. After we go in..."

Although her friend was talking about other things, An Youzhen's attention seemed to still be on 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 entire venue has a capacity of 15,000 spectators. At this time, the audience has not fully entered the stadium. 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 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 can't get tickets. Some time ago, the fan club was full of people criticizing the company.

SM is really heartless. They didn't even do a statistics. Do you know how many people want to watch XO's concert? They should use the Gocheok Dome this time... No, there are only more than 20,000 people in the Gocheok Dome. It's still not enough. I think they should go directly to the main arena. 60,000 people can definitely be filled..."

The venues that can hold concerts in the peninsula are ranked from high to low in capacity, namely the Olympic Main Arena with 60,000 people, the Sangam World Cup Stadium with 40,000 people, and the Gocheok Dome, which was only built and opened last year, with 20,000 people. 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, and although the seats in the Gocheok Dome are not many, it has not been opened for a short time.

The capacity of the gymnastics arena is already very sufficient for most boy and girl groups. There are even few artists who are qualified to perform here and can fill the seats.

But obviously, this venue is not enough for EXO. I don't know how many idols have announced the venue, with and scolded SM after failing to get the tickets.

However, SM has also noticed this problem. They also found that this venue, which is enough for all idols and even not full, seems too conservative for EXO.

After the ticket sales situation came out some time ago, the company had already discussed in the meeting whether to put the Seoul encore show that will definitely be held at the end of the third tour in the Olympic Main Arena... Let EXO become the first to hold a solo concert in the main arena with a capacity of 60,000 people, setting a milestone in the number of people mobilized by Kpop idol groups...

There are quite a lot of people who agree with this proposal, including EXO itself.

At this time, listening to her friends' complaints, Ahn Yu-jin nodded in agreement...But it was her first time to watch this kind of idol concert. She had never been to other Kpop activities before. She really thought it was already very big and imposing.

Soon, the two came to their seats, or standing positions.

This time the stage design was very avant-garde, symbolizing EXO The hexagonal main stage of LOGO is in the center of the venue. Behind it is a large LED display screen that is dozens of meters long, one large and two small. It can be seen very clearly even on the top of the fourth floor.

And the surrounding is surrounded by a circular secondary stage. The edge is directly adjacent to the second-floor stands. It is connected to the main stage in the middle through a cross-shaped passage. At the same time, the standing area in the front row is divided into four areas, and Ahn Yujin and the other person are in the upper left corner.

"Great, this place is too close to the stage. I will definitely be able to gather and see the Oppas when the time comes." , maybe we can clap and interact, I wonder if it will be Yuan oppa..."

After arriving, my friend seemed very excited, standing there dancing and observing the surroundings.

Ahn Yujin reached out and touched the side of the stage in front of her... It was really close, she felt that she could flip onto the stage with just a lift of her leg, and it would not take a second with her skills.

She gestured eagerly, but gave up, it would be bad to be kicked out...

"Come, I'll help you connect the Ai Li stick to Bluetooth, but the cheering must start before the concert starts. "As they said that, the two heads gathered together and started to operate.

As time passed, more and more spectators entered the venue, and the sound in the venue gradually became noisy. There were more and more glow sticks like stars in the dim light. The atmosphere was gathering, the enthusiasm was brewing, and the scene that everyone was looking forward to seemed to be coming soon.

When the hour hand reached the exact time, the lighting on the ceiling suddenly dimmed.

An Yuzhen only felt a buzzing sound like thunder around her, which made her a little confused, but the surrounding atmosphere and the screams beside her, as well as the love stick in her hand, which was silver just now but now automatically turned pink, clearly told her:

"It's started!"