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

It's still a sunny afternoon, and the temperature is the hottest time of the day in the hot summer, but there are already a lot of people outside the gymnastics arena.

The large square was filled with audiences and fans who had arrived early to see the concert, and although they were divided into countless small groups, they seemed to feel like a sea of people, and the buzzing noise hovered over the square like thunder.

At a glance, most of them are girls dressed in fashion, but there are also a lot of boys, most of them are holding support items such as light sticks, hand banners, posters, etc., and even less than a month after they were released, the expensive second-generation Alice sticks can also be seen everywhere, and there are special booths and facades next to them that are selling some EXO-related peripherals, although there is still a period of time before the concert starts, but at this time the whole square has been brewing a strong hot atmosphere.

And when the girl arrived, she stood on the steps of the large square outside the venue, looking around a little confused, but also very curious.

She is not very old, with heavy short student hair, a striking black-framed glasses on the bridge of her nose, light-colored shorts and short sleeves, and a slightly darker complexion that makes the whole person look a little plain.

She didn't have any EXO support items in her hand, but she just carried a small bag on her back with a water cup and other personal belongings inside, which 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 stairs and glanced at the bustling crowd, exclaimed heartily because of the large number of fans and the warm atmosphere, and then her eyes were drawn to the gymnastics arena in front of her.

Covering an area of more than 30,000 square meters, the exterior is covered by fiber glass as a whole, which looks very beautiful in the sun, and the appearance of the Olympic Gymnastics Arena is really good, which immediately attracted the attention of the girl, but what made her eyes linger was a huge poster of EXO three tours laid on the front of the venue, a poster occupies a large area on the front, and the area is so large that you can still see everyone's face even if it is so far away.

The style of this poster is similar to the dark style of "monster", the black background with the signature battle damage makeup makes everyone look good, and the art style EXO LOGO has the slogan "EXO PLANET #3 - The EXO'rDIUM" written on top of the white background and black edges.

To the left of the poster is a giant vertical banner of all the members, nine of which are lined up and gently swaying in the breeze.

It's really good-looking......

The girl stared carefully at the poster and vertical banner for a long time, and sighed in her heart...... It's just that the sun is a little too big, and she forgot to bring her hat, and she can only cover her eyes with her hands because of the sunburn, and the friends who are waiting have not come, and the girl who came to Seoul from other places seems a little restrained at this time.

"Youzhen!"

At this moment, a familiar shout was heard not far away, and the girl turned her head to see that it was the friend she was waiting for, and the girl, who had just seemed a little restrained and out of place, suddenly relaxed.

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

Seeing that his friend was coming, An Youzhen and Xiao Nan immediately complained.

"Oh, my mother pulled me to talk for a long time, they didn't worry, I won't come over as soon as I leave."

My friend is a little girl of the same age, and although she is dressed differently, she also has a simple student flavor...... It's just that the skin is a little whiter.

These two don't look very much like Seoul locals, and they look like they're from the same place.

Both of them are actually junior high school students in Daejeon, and they are still classmates, and they are both in the middle of the summer vacation... Originally, they were living their own boring vacations, until the end of last month, when the tickets for the EXO third tour went on sale, my friend as a hardcore Ellie didn't grab the tickets, and I was disappointed to wait for SM to announce the news that EXO would be added on the 22nd, so I encouraged An Youzhen, and the two of them tried to grab the tickets when the tickets for the new show were on sale.

Of course Ahn Yujin knows EXO, and there are basically no students on the peninsula who haven't heard the name EXO.

But she's not a fan of them, or she hasn't been exposed to Kpop yet......

But anyway, she is idle, she is still very interested in watching the concert, and she was encouraged by her friends twice and tried to grab it.

Originally, she was just joining in the fun, but she didn't think she could succeed - even if she is not a fan, she knows that XO's concert tickets are very difficult to grab, as long as the sales are basically sold out in one second, as long as the ticket sales are opened for two days, 'fans scolding SM' will definitely be able to hang up the hot search.

But there are accidents, some things seem to be doomed, this time the extra show was really grabbed by them, and the seats randomly arrived in the first row of the front row, which is a very good position very close to the stage.

Daihatsu!

An You is really okay, but she is happy for her luck. But my friend was really excited and couldn't help herself, under her instigation, two junior high school students who were only teenagers begged their parents for a long time, and finally were taken by their parents to travel to Seoul a few days ago, and after two days of shopping with great interest, today finally waited for the day when the two of them came to see the concert together.

"Why didn't you prepare anything, I knew ......" Seeing An Youzhen empty-handed, his friend looked like he had expected it, took off his backpack and rummaged through it, and then took out a brand-new second-generation Alie stick from it.

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

She first took it in her hand and looked at it reluctantly, and then handed it to An Youzhen: "Our Ellie's cheering atmosphere is the best among all Kpop fans, and if you come to XO's concert without anything, you will be despised...... Here, you'll take this later. ”

An Youzhen took the Alie stick, took it in his hand and gestured for a while, and then saw several big headstickers on it. And the friend next to him was still muttering: "Don't break it, it's expensive, and it's not easy to buy." ”

Although I cherish this Alestick, this is the first time I have taken it to the expedition, but ...... Anyway, this time the ticket was grabbed by An Youzhen, and it was such a good seat, she was still very grateful to this little sister, and she was willing to give up her precious love.

"What about you?" An Youzhen looked at the only one in her hand, and saw her friend's reluctance, she didn't really want to take the favor of others, and was ready to return it to her.

"I still have this." The friend took out another glow stick, swished and waved it, and then took out a hand banner with a slogan written on it, and the two hands were instantly filled, and he raised it as if showing off: "I'll hold this Yuan Oba's hand banner when the time comes, maybe he can still see me." ”

"Okay, thanks."

Ahn Youzhen nodded and waved her Ali stick, as if she wanted to feel the atmosphere of support.

The two little girls were chatting in a whisper, one was about the deeds of popular science EXO, and the other was also listening with interest.

It's just that although I'm interested, the temperature is really a little hot, and after a while, An Youzhen couldn't help it: "It's so hot, why can't you go in." ”

"It's almost four o'clock, and I should be ready to enter." My friend looked at the time, and before he could speak, there was a commotion in front of him, and the people who had been scattered throughout the square instantly began to move around, crowding towards the passage that had been fenced out at the entrance of the venue.

"It's going to start, it's going to be in the arena soon, let's go to the queue first."

When my friend saw it, his eyes lit up, and he immediately grabbed An Youzhen's hand and rushed over, and the two energetic little girls finally grabbed a good position in the queue after a bunny-like run, and lined up to prepare to enter.

"I'll help you connect to Bluetooth later, and then you can change color in the central control uniformly, this is the first large-scale concert of the Obas after the release of the second-generation Aili Stick to show the central control effect, and the atmosphere must be very good......"

When I was in line, my friends were still introducing me, and my words were full of anticipation for the next performance.

"Eh, look ahead."

At this time, An Youzhen seemed to have discovered something, patted her, leaned over and whispered, "The girl in front is so beautiful." ”

She didn't seem to be demeaning or jealous because of her same sex, and her tone was surprised and sincere like a boy.

"Which one?"

"It's the one in front, the ......one who is taking a selfie with a mobile phone" An Youzhen lightly pointed to the one in front of the queue, tied with braids, and was holding a mobile phone to take a selfie at an angle, and there was actually some surprise in her voice.

"Oh......" The friend saw her target, observed it for a while, and then pouted: "It's okay...... I think it's just that the clothes are better looking and the outfits are good. ”

After a pause, he gently complained: "So many people are so crowded and still take selfies, it's really narcissistic...... Let's not talk about her yet, we'll ...... when we get in."

Although the friend talked about other things, An Youzhen's attention seemed to be on the girl in front of her, grinning a little, but soon the team rushed forward, and after she entered the field, she couldn't be seen.

"Wow, that's huge."

Lined up and walked into the gymnastics arena according to the instructions of the staff, and when An Youzhen walked down from the stands on the fourth floor, he looked around at the inside of the stadium and sighed in surprise.

The four floors of the upper and lower stands of the entire gymnastics arena have been fully arranged, and the stars surround the stage like a moon, with a full capacity of 15,000 spectators.

"Is this still big?"

However, my friend disagreed: "The gymnastics arena is only 15,000 capacity, and XO can open this kind of field when it is full of 14 years, and now the popularity of the Obas is much higher than before, and the number of Ellie has also doubled I don't know how many times, and the third tour of Seoul still uses this venue." ”

"The capacity of 15,000 may be a lot for other idols, but isn't it good enough for the current EXO? I don't know how many people can't grab tickets, some time ago, the fan club was full of scolding the company.

SM really doesn't have a heart, and I don't do statistics, I don't know how many people want to watch XO's concert, this time I should use the tall dome...... It's not right, there are only more than 20,000 people in the tall dome, which is not enough, if I want to say that I should go directly to the main arena, 60,000 people will definitely be able to fill it casually......"

The number of venues that can hold concerts on the peninsula is 60,000 at the Olympic Main Stadium, 40,000 at the Sangam World Cup Stadium, 20,000 at the Takaku Dome, which opened last year, and 15,000 at today's Gymnastics Arena.

So far, there have been no solo concerts in the first two large venues, and although there are not many seats in the Tall Arena, there are also no seats due to the short opening hours.

The capacity of the gymnastics arena is very sufficient for the vast majority of men's and women's groups, and they are even qualified to sing here, and there are not a few artists who can still sit full.

But obviously, this venue is not enough for EXO at all, I don't know how many Ellie scolded SM after the venue was announced, and she didn't grab the ticket.

However, SM has also noticed this problem, and they have also found that this venue is enough for all idols, and even the venue that is not satisfied with it seems too conservative on EXO's side.

After the ticket sales came out some time ago, the company had already begun to discuss at the meeting whether to put the Seoul Encore Stadium, which will definitely be held at the end of the third tour, in the main Olympic arena...... EXO became the first solo concert to be held in the 60,000-capacity arena of the main arena, setting a milestone for the number of Kpop idol groups mobilized......

There are quite a few people who agree with this proposal, including EXO himself.

At this time, listening to his friend's complaints, An Youzhen nodded in agreement...... However, it is the first time for her to watch this kind of idol concert, and she has never even been to other Kpop activities before, she really feels that this place is already very big and very imposing.

Soon, the two men came to their seats, or rather standing.

The stage design is very avant-garde, the hexagonal main stage symbolizing the EXO logo is in the center of the venue, and the rear is dozens of meters long, with a large LED display screen and two small ones, which can be seen very clearly even on the top of the highest four-story mountain.

It is surrounded by a circular sub-stage, with the edge directly adjacent to the grandstand on the second floor, connecting the main stage in the middle through a cross-shaped passage, and dividing the front row of standing tickets into four areas, and An Youzhen and the two people are in the upper left corner.

"Dafa, this place is too close to the stage, I will definitely be able to gather to see the Oba people at that time, maybe I can clap my hands and interact, I don't know if it will be Yuan Oba ......"

When he arrived, his friend looked very excited, and stood there dancing and observing the surroundings.

Ahn Youzhen reached out and touched the side of the stage in front of him...... It was really close, and she felt like she could flip onto the stage with a single leg lift, and with her skills, she didn't need a second.

Some of them were eager to make a gesture, but they still forgot it, and it was not good to be kicked out......

"Come, I'll help you connect the Alice stick to Bluetooth, but the support should start before the concert starts." As he spoke, the two of them put their heads together and operated.

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

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

An Youzhen only felt a thunderous buzz around her, and her brain was a little cloudy, but the surrounding atmosphere and the screams next to her, as well as the Alice stick in her hand, which was still silver just now, but now automatically turned pink, clearly told her:

"Here we go!"