Chapter 229: The Concert (I)

On August 7th, August 8th, and August 9th, following Mcountdown, JAJ performed the final farewell special stage on the remaining three song stages, performing all four songs from the Mini album live, and the farewell show was all in reverse eagerness for four consecutive days.

Of course, this is not the end of the picture, and the end of the project that Hook has planned for JAJ2009 is a concert that has not yet taken place.

As the end of JAJ's 2009 group-style activities, hook made a series of arrangements for concert planning as early as June. The venue for the concert was chosen at the Seoul Olympic Stadium, which was jointly funded by hook and JAJ, and will accommodate nearly 20,000 fans.

In 2008, JAJ's free concert with a ticket price of 0 caused a stir in the music industry, and the popularity of the three of them was raised to a high level. After the concert, the elves touted the concert as "our pride".

In 2009, thanks UbyJAJ's concert was hot. On August 10, the day after the farewell show of the three JAJs in the music industry, hook, Mnet TV, and KBS TV jointly broadcast a 30-second promotional video for JAJ's concert.

In just 30 seconds, the three JAJs in their lives and the three JAJs in practice were recorded, and the momentary images of the three of them in their previous wonderful performances were played. It was this 30-second promotional video that had a rating of 9 percentage points, which means 50 million South Korean people. Nearly 4.5 million people tuned in.

The broadcast of the promotional video caused a fierce reaction within the fanclub, and a discussion about the "ThankUbyJAJ" concert was hotly developed. Our pride - this slogan is taken out again. There are very few artists in life who can give free concerts as generously as JAJ, and they are rarer than the most cherished protected animals in that country.

JAJ is once a year. Last year's concert in 2008 still seems to be vivid, but now there is another one like a storm. Not long ago, the hot talk was about the dissolution of TVXQ, and now there is suddenly a new news to keep pace with it.

As soon as the promotional video came out, S.M company obviously had a happy attitude, and now it is being forced by TVXQ Kim Jae-jung to get all kinds of public opinion pressure, and the artists and employees who are under pressure have been very low-key recently, and for a while, S.M was extraordinarily low-key after the outbreak of the incident, and this time JAJ suddenly showed up for them S.M, which is a good thing, and it can really be low-key.

As for the rest of the entertainment companies? YG Entertainment's Yang Juhua summoned another Bigbang. After some education, but Yang Ju Juhua suddenly felt itchy again, no way, JAJ and hook company's generosity YG is difficult to learn at all, even if YG does this kind of thing, it can't do it a few times. Alas! It's good to educate these Bigbang kids, and the reason is simple!

"Yikes! Look at it, other people's hip hop music is doing so well, do you know that Bigbang is not the best hip hop group in Korea. If you know, don't give me practice! ”

GD Kwon Zhilong was still numb when he was standing, and after complaining about Kim Sung-han and them in his head. began to "curse" Yang Chrysanthemum again, it was a big chrysanthemum, and sooner or later it was exploded by someone! In response to Yang Juhua's last complaint, the members of Bigbang complained tacitly: "Who didn't let us practice and called us over!" ”

JYP looks like it's in retreat, and it's preparing something. It's like a thief who hides his ears and steals the bell, enjoying himself. It's just that since 2009, JYP's earnings have obviously exceeded its means. The formation of Wondergirls in the United States requires strong support from the Korean side. So far, we haven't been able to recover the cost of throwing it out. 2pm and 2am are two boy bands that are in a slightly better position in the music world right now, especially at 2pm. With that figure, he has already stepped into the ranks of the first line. It has gained a lot of popularity, and it is now the biggest source of income for the entire JYP music industry!

It's just that people are so low-key because they understand, and JAJ's popularity must be no different from scum? It's like a comparison with TVXQ's recent events, just imagine, in the whole of East Asia and Southeast Asia, something happens like a twelve-magnitude tsunami earthquake, except for TVXQ and JAJ, who else?

You let 2pm break up and see the reaction of the whole of Japan? Even if it's homegrown, it won't get so much attention.

These are still some large-scale entertainment companies, some small companies have felt helpless, and those presidents can only scold the street angrily in the office: "Once an album released in the European and American markets earns money, you give me the money, and I dare to hold a free concert every year!" ”

It's a bit extreme, but it's really a reason, hook can throw money into this free concert so calmly, and it is also on the basis of JAJ's great benefit after entering Europe and the United States, which is nearly 100 million US dollars in revenue. This time JAJ's concert only needs an investment of 8 billion won, and this amount of money is enough for all three JAJs, not to mention the hook company. Hook insisted on getting involved in JAJ's free concert, just to create a reputation for the family, and generously invested 5 billion won into it, and the remaining 3 billion won could be distributed by the three JAJs.

The audition for the 20,000 fan quota was conducted by the hook company. Of the 20,000 allocations, 10,000 places were given to Korean fans, and as for Japanese fans, the Japanese company teamed up with Universal Music to promote and arrange, providing 5,000 places - JAJ's contract in Japan was signed to Universal!

The remaining 5,000 places were given to China and Southeast Asia. Because the strength in these regions is weak, after all, in Japan, it relies on the alliance with Universal Music, and in China and Southeast Asia, Hook has no record companies that can cooperate. It's just that Universal Music has done some necessary publicity in Taiwan, China.

On August 11th, the three JAJs appeared in front of the screen in a different form to narrate the final time for the upcoming ThankUbyJAJ concert on August 16th. In fact, on the afternoon of August 11, an hour before the broadcast of the promotional video by Mnet and KBS2, all 20,000 free tickets were handed over.

The concert will be broadcast on Mnet and KBS TV's KBS2 channel on the 16th. This is the opportunity for cooperation between hook company and TV stations, and there is no need to give four TV stations, after the limited quota will make the TV stations that have obtained the quota more moved, and the cooperation will be much more convenient in the future. Mnet TV is definitely going to cooperate, and KBS TV is the TV station that unexpectedly stood out from the two TV stations SBS and MBC this time, and then this opportunity is to pave the way for in-depth cooperation in the future, as for SBS and MBC, in the future, they can reconcile with each other by giving some sweetness alone.

In addition, hook announced on JAJ's official website that artists will be featured in this free concert. Hook's Davichi, Kara, and Lee Seung-gi will all be on the front line at the concert, and this is the list that has been announced, and with some fan jokes, it will be changed to a hookfamily concert.

The essential difference between the Family concert and this concert is that this concert is exclusive to JAJ, so the performance time of the JAJ group accounts for more than 80%, while at the family concert, JAJ's performance time will be greatly reduced. I don't know if this fan is too talkative, Quan Zhenying really has such a mind! It seems that the arrangements have already begun...... Efficiency!

As for whether there are any other guests who will surprise people, hook and JAJ are both tight-lipped on both sides, and behind the announced list, just followed by a long list of ellipses, little by little...... That's it.

Since August 10th, JAJ has been actively practicing for the concert, including Lee Seung Gi and Kara, who is now very busy, have frequently appeared in the hook company, which makes the trainees curious, how many times they have seen them recently! As for Davichi, who had a lot of vacation time in 2009, they have been showing up at the office these days to practice with JAJ.

The impact is upward and downward, and a seemingly diligent atmosphere suddenly spreads from within the hook company, and President Jeon Jin-young is very happy.

The tense day of August 16 seems to be a signal, and from the morning, this day seems to be a different existence. In the afternoon, the fans who flocked to the stadium were like black clouds, one by one, aiming for the Olympic Stadium. Fans from Korea, Japan, China and Southeast Asia come together – it is said that airports are always at peak times these days! (To be continued......)