Chapter 455 – #66. Comeback (5)
[Achieved 100 million views in 20 days of music video release!]
[At the splendid comeback stage, the officials also exclaimed…]
[This sharpened airplane, is it really going to fly into the sky?]
[Airplane knocking on Billboard again, is it possible to win first place this time?]
[Air Plane is crazy about love calls from abroad, and Honey Enter stock prices are bursting with laughter!]
People who watched our stage evaluated that this time, Airplane made a comeback with a determination.
In fact, even when we think about it, the performance was a great stage.
It’s hard enough that you have to gasp for almost 5 minutes after performing once.
As if such a high level of difficulty boosted the dancers’ motivation, cover dance videos started to become popular.
Usually, an easy dance becomes a challenge, but since it is too difficult for us, a strange phenomenon is occurring where we try to cover it.
Whatever it was, it was a good thing that our stage was creating a trend.
“A famous dance cover YouTuber on UTV says that we are suspicious of our physical condition as we continue to dance this dance.”
“Our dancing is tough.”
“I heard that if you go to the hospital and get a test, you’re sure the cartilage is all out?”
“We’ve been tested.”
“So.”
“We are rather strong.”
Even though they danced like that the whole time, the members were on the healthy side.
I couldn’t wear it out at all because I had a lot of exercise, but I didn’t have much pain compared to that much movement.
Of course, it was all thanks to me.
“The fans must be worried about our health because of those words.”
“There are so many things.”
Happenings of this kind happen and then calm down.
Because it is a job that attracts so many people’s attention, all sorts of things happen.
After the comeback, Wooyeon, who was the most worried, worked briskly as if he had been sick.
Even when the fans came closer, there was no sign of fear or fear.
It wasn’t that I was forced to endure it.
He sleeps well and doesn’t look like he’s having nightmares.
Time flies so quickly that I wonder how the long-awaited comeback day went.
As soon as our song was released, it topped all music charts in Korea.
An achievement that can be taken for granted now.
Nevertheless, the reaction on the day of the comeback is still watched nervously.
It is because we do not know how long we will be able to keep our position at the top.
“It’s a new word, but I’m glad the response is good.”
“It’s going so well that I wonder if it’s okay to do well like this.”
We gained a foothold in overseas recognition as Amazing Stars, and since then, we have steadily expanded our range of activities.
It was never easy to embed our faces into memories in a world where people who are not good at distinguishing Asian faces live.
Racial discrimination that sometimes happens without you even realizing it yourself.
What are they? Ignoring and belittling gazes.
We pushed those people with our skills and dug into gaps.
“Can we win first place this time?”
“Can’t you do it with this kind of momentum?”
“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t expecting it.”
“Public opinion has completely changed in Korea as well.”
“Oh, I saw it. Articles were plastered with our compliments?”
“Sometimes, while swearing at the figure arm… Anyway, the media…”
Before the comeback, there were a lot of comments, but after the comeback, I was completely distracted as I only received favorable reviews.
The company was used to this kind of attention now, so I didn’t do things in a clumsy way.
“The response has been good so far, but doesn’t it feel a bit different this time?”
The reaction to this album was exceptionally explosive, as if we were trying to drive all the results of our efforts so far.
“I guess we did really well.”
“The song was good. Jeki hyung and Haesol hyung really worked hard.”
“Admit!!!!”
While the company is frantically adjusting the schedule for love calls from overseas that keep getting caught.
As we predicted, we started the fan signing event.
The figure I prepared for the fans also went to the owner.
You don’t know how proud I was to see a post posted on the fancafe with a proof shot.
‘I don’t even care about the figures I used to bite and tear like that.’
The press criticized us for selling figures and selling albums.
Now we were making money by selling our success.
‘Well, since they’ve always been like that, there’s nothing new about it.’
We are the ones who get tired if we pay attention to each article.
They just sell our unhappiness and sell our success to make a living.
It was too much of a loss for me to be unhappy with cheap words without guilt and without responsibility.
While reassuring the mentality of the members who were shaken, they beat the busy schedule.
While enjoying the fan signing event, which is very helpful for mental healing, even though it is a schedule.
“Hae, Haesol…”
“Hello~ Welcome.”
“That… This… I wish I could write, Joe, I wish…”
Seeing my face, I smiled kindly at the fan who was stiff and stuttered when he spoke properly.
Not one or two fans were like this, so I took the headband in her hand and put it on my head without panicking.
I was a proficient idol who had worn cat ears on my head and had experience wearing a veil worn by brides.
It’s like an angel halo.
Not even to the level of hesitation.
“Braided. How is it? Is it pretty?”
There were a lot of fans who especially prepared an angel halo because he was blonde during this promotion period.
It appears to have been prepared as an angel halo, but it was a headband shaped like a crown studded with fancy cubic zirconias.
After putting it on my head and checking it in the mirror, I smiled at the fan, and the fan who took a direct hit let out a moan.
“Huh!”
He grabbed his nose as if he was getting a nosebleed.
Aaaaa!!
From behind, I heard other fans screaming as if they had seen me.
The members, who were concentrating on the fan in front of them, turned their heads in surprise when they heard the commotion, then checked my face and nodded as if they were convinced.
“Is there anything you want to say to me?”
“Uh… Uhh… Therefore… It’s my first time winning a fan signing event.”
For some reason, I couldn’t speak properly and was shaking.
It was the first time at a fan signing event, so it wasn’t the first time I’d seen a fan who couldn’t do anything, so I said it to appease the fans who were accustomed to panic.
“Haha, is it because it’s your first time that you’re trembling like this? Haven’t you written anything down? Write down what you want to say to me.”
“Ah! There is!”
At the fan signing event, there were quite a few fans who wrote down questions on a piece of paper because their heads could go blank after seeing my face.
This time, the fan seemed to have forgotten even that, but he was overbearing.
Fortunately, when I said it, I took out a piece of paper from my pocket.
The fan said the words written on the paper while shaking, and after smiling contentedly, he quietly said his name and got his autograph.
Even when I saw the next member, I seemed to give up, but I wasn’t as hardened as I was and I was doing well.
‘I’m glad.’
I hoped that there would be no fans who came to our fan signing event and left with regret.
The members were also having a conversation while calming the panicked fans appropriately.
“Can you hold my hand?”
“Of course.”
This fan’s face is quite familiar, probably because he often attended autograph events.
For me to remember the face of a fan meant that I was a fan who needed to keep an eye on it.
As nonchalantly as possible, he smiled without pretending to recognize her face.
“Hey~ Aren’t my hands a bit hot? You must be sweating a bit.”
“No! I love it!”
Excited breath.
It was a sign that anyone could see that he was getting hotter sexually.
It was a pleasure to meet the fans, but it didn’t just give me happiness.
There are fans who fainted from excitement after meeting me, so this was a level that I could pass it off with a smile.
The fan, who was worried about what to do if he behaved unexpectedly, did not show any unusual behavior and finished the order more smoothly than expected.
An ongoing fan signing event.
“Could I possibly sign here?”
There were fans who offended me, but there were certainly fans who made me happy.
“Uh? Figure!”
“Yes.”
“Did you win?”
“Yes. Lol.”
A fan who won a fan signing event and even won a figure.
I was a very lucky fan.
The figure was protected by a transparent protective plate.
The fan wanted me to sign the transparent protective plate.
I brought something special like this, but I couldn’t not do it.
Malevolent malevolent-
“Uh? Isn’t this a figure made by you?”
The members also paid attention as if they were interested when the figure that had been delivered to the fans reappeared.
“Huh. That’s right. He said he won and brought it to me to sign.”
“Wow~ It’s definitely cool that you did it like this.”
It was a figure that the members wanted to have, but other fans would be shocked.
An uproar broke out among the fans who were holding cameras.
“Everyone seems to want to see it, so can I show you for a second?”
“Yes! Are you okay.”
I thought I wouldn’t like to see it up close, so I put the figure on a high table for a while.
Click click click-
The fans cheered so passionately that the autograph session was stopped for a moment.
“Ah~ I want to see the other kids’ figures too.”
“Compared to Haesol, he’s so good, so good!”
“Thank you. I thought you would only be able to see the figure in pictures.”
“No. Lol.”
“I envy you. From signing events to figurines. You must have saved a country in your previous life.”
After a brief photo time, the figure with my autograph and the autographs of the members was completed.
The fan went back happy as if he had the whole world.
Since I was the one who made the figures, I was naturally happy.
‘It’s worth the time I made. He said he made it because I wanted to see him.’
I mean, it wasn’t made to prank reporters.
“Please look forward to our future activities, and thank you for coming to the fan signing event today. I love you! Air!”
It felt really good to be able to confirm that the figure, which had many twists and turns, was finally paying for itself.
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What is a successful idol activity?
From the company’s point of view, it would be said that a successful activity is to recover the money invested and recover more than several times that amount.
So, what are the criteria for successful activities for us?
“Wow~ finally!”
8 on the Billboard.
There is no one who doesn’t know how difficult it is to get a song into the Billboard Top 10.
Moreover, songs that are not in English are even more difficult.
It was good to see it as a successful comeback that a song like that entered the Billboard charts.
With this much recognition for the song, no one would say it wasn’t a success.
“Is 1st place even possible?”
“There is nothing that can’t be done.”
However, we had a name value, so we were in a position to hit the jackpot beyond success.
Because the expected value is so high, the standard for others to be successful just by being on the Billboard is not the same for us.
To be honest, winning #1 has a lot of symbolic meaning, but how long our song lasts on the Billboard chart was also a very important factor.
It was better in terms of both practicality and meaning to consistently stay on the charts even if we didn’t win first place, rather than suddenly reaching number one and then going down.
In that sense, we were able to relieve the burden of our hearts by having a song in the Billboard Top 10.
“You have to decide which of these you want to do.”
“Hey~ Look at the money written here. How much is this in our money? 1.1 billion? Wow, that’s scary. Are you really giving this to us?”
“Why did we come up like this? It was in the billions during the last activity.”
Now that this promotion has been acknowledged as successful, it is time to eat fruit worthy of what you have been anxious about.
In fact, our standard of success was not very different from that of the company.
The fact that our song entered Billboard is part of the joy in that as many people listen to our song, but also part of the joy in that the amount of money we earn becomes staggering.
We’ve made enough money so far, but the number of recruiting requests pouring in on us is beyond our imagination.
The unit that has been earned so far has gone up by one more.
