Chapter 319 Conquer the Audience
"Wow!"The audience in the audience couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
In front of the TV, countless TV viewers were staring in amazement.
I have never seen such a passionate dance!
On the stage, Jiang Shihua was wearing a tight miniskirt and dancing the same dance moves as Hyuna. Compared with Hyuna's later twerking dances, the scale of this set of moves was still a bit conservative.
However, when "Trouble Maker" was first released in 2012, this set of dance moves received unanimous praise from Koreans, and Hyuna became the sexy goddess of the Korean group thanks to this dance.
But now it is 2007, and the dance of Korean groups has not evolved to that level. At that time, for girl groups, wearing shorts or short skirts was already the limit of the standard.
The shorts mentioned here are not the kind of hot pants that go above the thighs. From today's perspective, the street shots of beautiful internet celebrities in Chunxi Road in Chengdu are much more casual than what the girl groups wore at that time.
For audiences in 2007, the makeup and choreography in Trouble Maker were simply amazing.
What’s more, these are Chinese audiences. They have never seen such a scene before!
Before 2007, the main way for Korean Wave to invade the Chinese market was through film and television dramas. The market for Korean songs was much smaller than that for film and television dramas. Even the more popular Korean songs were theme songs or interludes for film and television dramas.
It was not until the rise of the second-generation girl groups that Korean groups began to become popular in the Chinese market, which also led to the popularity of Korean pop songs in the Chinese market.
With the popularity of Korean bands, those charming Korean boys and Korean girls who shake their buttocks have become the objects of pursuit among young Chinese people.
Next, Korean clothing, Korean cosmetics, and Korean fried chicken became the darlings of Chinese consumers. Even the sales of Hyundai cars continued to rise. Traveling to Korea has also become the choice of many people.
If you only think of the invasion of Korean Wave as Korean stars conquering the entertainment industry, that would be too superficial. The real invasion of Korean Wave affects all aspects of life, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, and even cultural cognition. It is affecting you and even assimilating you.
Fortunately, Chinese civilization has always been a dominant culture. It is impossible for a weak culture to be assimilated by a dominant culture. Throughout history, it is always the dominant culture that assimilates the weak culture.
Back to the point, in July 2007, the second generation of girl groups had just started to emerge in Korea. Wonder Girls had only released one single, Girls' Generation would not debut until next month, and the other second generation girl groups were still trainees. Even the most Korean-loving young people in China had not seen the power of the second generation of girl groups.
So when the song "Trouble Maker" appeared, this cross-era performance immediately amazed everyone.
The audience at the scene exclaimed in amazement, and in front of the TV, countless viewers stared at the TV screen intently, afraid that they would miss the wonderful moments if they blinked.
After all, this is the best song during the peak period of Korean Wave. For the audience of this era, it is like seeing the 2000D version of Avatar in a cinema in 3, which is bound to be jaw-dropping.
Ordinary audiences just watch for fun, while professionals look for the tricks.
In the guest lounge, several dance teachers who had just finished their performances were staring at the screen on TV, all of them were stunned. This unique performance style was the first time they had seen it.
Korean pop music focuses on rhythm in dance choreography, and when paired with a suitable Korean song, the expressiveness is really strong!
K-POP dance performances do not mind repetitive movements. A set of movements can appear many times in a song, but this set of movements must be very distinctive and expressive.
It’s just like the horse-riding dance in Psy’s “Gangnam Style”; it’s just a few simple movements, but combined with the melody, it’s easy to remember after repeating it a few times.
In order to increase the expressiveness of the dance, many choreographers will even design some large-scale movements, such as turning their backs to you, turning their heads, spinning in circles and twisting their buttocks. This is one of the classic moves and is also included in the dances of many Korean girl groups.
Domestic dancers have never seen this kind of choreography before.
At this moment, several dancers who were resting backstage suddenly discovered that dance could be choreographed in this way!
Although I don’t understand what this Korean song is about, the stage performance is so strong!
This is also the feeling of all the audience. The only thing they can understand is the phrase "Trouble Maker" that appears repeatedly in the song. But this strong sense of stage impact can be felt for real.
The hot girls wearing tight short skirts dancing on the stage is a visual feast in itself.
What's more, there is also very rhythmic music.
Many viewers were only focused on watching the young lady's passionate dance and did not notice that the melody of the song itself is of very good quality.
Sinsadong Tiger is indeed a very talented musician. His song "Trouble Maker" skillfully combines various musical elements such as pop, dance, hip-hop, etc. This style has become the mainstream of K-POP after several years.
After the performance of "Trouble Maker", the audience burst into unprecedented screams.
That’s right, not cheering, not applause, not shouting, but screaming!
Before this, no matter how wonderful the performance was or how beautiful the singing was, the audience had never had this kind of reaction.
Obviously, this time's "Trouble Maker" is not just a wonderful performance for the audience, but more like a shot of adrenaline, making people energetic and excited.
The audience in front of the TV picked up their mobile phones and started voting. This was probably the only way for them to express their support.
Let’s not talk about whether this song is good or not, or whether we can understand it or not. Just looking at this girl with a good figure dancing on the stage in a tight miniskirt, shouldn’t we vote for her?
This kind of scene is not seen in domestic entertainment variety shows. Even the leading dancers in nightclubs in big cities rarely perform this kind of twisting dance, and rarely dance in a way that deliberately shows off their good figures.
What's more, this dancer's figure is really good, even better than most female stars in the country.
This dance alone is enough to make Jiang Shihua a sexy goddess in the eyes of countless young people. Another otaku killer is about to be born.
……
Backstage, the program planner's expression became embarrassed again. The performance of the audience showed that they were conquered.
Although he is not a music major, he has been doing variety shows for so many years that he can still tell whether a show is good or not. Apart from anything else, when the young lady was dancing just now, he couldn't take his eyes off her and still felt unsatisfied after watching it. Even he, who has a prejudice against Zhang Wei, thinks the show is good, so how could the audience not give it a good review!
The planner subconsciously took a look at the latest SMS support data, and saw that Zhang Wei's votes were rising rapidly, and the rising momentum was getting stronger and stronger, quickly leaving the other three contestants behind.
“How could this happen!” The planner’s eyes became empty, and his whole person could be described in one word: sad!
I thought that assigning Zhang Wei a Korean partner was definitely a dead end. Apart from the communication, the partners of the other three contestants were all well-known dancers, while Zhang Wei's Korean partner was a nobody.
But no one expected Zhang Wei's performance to be so stunning. The unknown Korean dance partner became the most handsome guy on the stage with his sexy dance.
Originally, he was going to be a burden to Zhang Wei, but now he has become Zhang Wei's greatest help.
"Did you arrange this dance partner for Zhang Wei?" The voice of music director Hu Li sounded from the side.
"She signed with Haotian Entertainment last year. Haotian Entertainment has always had business dealings with us, so we allowed her to be on the show." The planner decisively put the blame on the business dealings. In this way, even if there was a problem with the decision, it was a business need, not his mistake.
Hu Li said, "I don't think it's right to assign this Korean girl to be Zhang Wei's dance partner. Korean actresses can definitely accept a larger dance scale. If it were another dancer, they probably wouldn't be able to accept this scale of performance. The outfit and dance moves are a bit like the performance style of a nightclub hottie."
Famous dancers all have their own style. Even if they want to show off their sexiness, they have to go for the elegant route. It is impossible for them to show off their charm like nightclub dancers.
After realizing this, the planner felt even worse. It turned out that he was the one who gave this assist to Zhang Wei!
Is there anything worse than a goalkeeper passing the ball to the opposing striker?
Of course there are, for example, the person who passed the ball to the opposing forward was the Chinese team's goalkeeper.
……
After the performance, Zhang Wei breathed a sigh of relief as he listened to the screams of the audience around him. The audience had already told him through their actions that this was a very amazing performance.
Although his dance partner is not a professional dancer and his understanding of dance is far inferior to that of other dance teachers, Korean stars have their own advantages when it comes to dancing.
As we all know, Korean idols all start as trainees, undergo years of professional training, and then pass selection before they can finally make their debut.
The domestic entertainment industry is different. In 2007, there was no trainee system in the domestic entertainment industry. Except for a few stars who were amateurs, all others were trained in professional schools. Movie stars studied acting, singers studied vocal music, and even crosstalk had special training schools.
In comparison, Korean idols are trained using a pure assembly line method, from being trainees at the beginning, to passing through layers of selection, to successfully debuting, and finally becoming famous. Each layer is an assembly line, and each assembly line will eliminate some people, and those who successfully advance will enter the next stage of the assembly line.
As a Korean artist, your songs, your dances, your looks, what style of clothes you wear, and even your personality are all decided by your agency.
It is no exaggeration to say that if the agency arranges a gay persona for you, even if you are straight, you have to pretend to be gay in front of the public.
So Korean idols are just a group of mindless machines. You have to do whatever your agency tells you to do and how you are told to do it.
We often see girls from Korean pop groups performing in very little clothing in such cold weather, or jumping around on the stage in more than ten-centimeter high heels. The crazy fans will say, "Look how dedicated my idols are. They are still shirtless and showing their thighs in such cold weather. They work so hard!"
In fact, do you think they don't want to wear a coat, a mink coat, and woolen trousers? It's all because of the agency, they have to do it.
Moreover, the obedience culture in Korea also makes artists afraid to say no. In Korean culture, subordinates are unconditionally obedient to their superiors, and the older ones can bully the younger ones. If you dare not obey, they will beat you without any discussion. It is precisely because of this culture that there are so many bullying incidents in Korea.
If this kind of culture is applied to the entertainment industry, low-level artists will not have any say at all and must obey the agency unconditionally, even if the agency arranges for you to wear revealing clothes or perform some large-scale dances; even if the agency arranges for you to go to a training station or even do some unspeakable things, the artists dare not resist and can only obey.
As for those famous artists, even if they can say no to their management companies, there will be bigger financial backers or even chaebol forces behind them. Apart from committing suicide, they still cannot resist.
Nowadays, this kind of culture has actually made things convenient for Zhang Wei.
The dance performance of "Trouble Maker" is considered to be quite explicit in Korean entertainment, but Korean stars will not say no. Even if they feel disgusted, they will grit their teeth and insist on finishing the performance.
If it is a dancer from the domestic entertainment industry, even if he is a new and unknown person, he will also talk nonsense to you.
When it comes to obedience, Korean stars are impeccable.
……
The fact that Korean Wave has been so popular in China is not luck or coincidence. To be fair, Korean Wave does have its own unique way of pleasing the audience.
In an era without big data, Koreans were able to collect and analyze information to know what the audience liked to watch and listen to, and thus make adjustments that suited the audience's tastes in the shortest possible time.
The popular songs during the years when Korean Wave was most popular may not have high artistic value, but they definitely catered to the audience's tastes, and many of them were even brainwashing hits.
It is precisely because the songs are brainwashing enough that even if Chinese people don't understand what the lyrics are about, Korean Wave can still occupy half of the domestic entertainment industry. In the end, it depends on policies to suppress the trend of Korean Wave.
Today, Chinese audiences who have not yet experienced the baptism of Korean Wave can no longer resist the magical songs from the heyday of Korean Wave!
Especially the vast number of young people, who are the group that watches the most Korean dramas and has the most direct contact with Korean culture. Now that they encounter this song "Trouble Maker", it is no exaggeration to say that they fall instantly for it.
This is the most authentic Korean song, full of Korean style, a trend, a fashion, and a vane of entertainment! Compared with this song "Trouble Maker", the performances of the previous few people are simply tacky!
The audience's favorable impression of Zhang Wei instantly increased. In this dance competition, the audience's impression of the other contestants was completely shattered by the song "Trouble Maker", and the audience only had the young lady dancing in a tight skirt in their minds.
We can’t blame the young people for being fond of Korea. Among those young people who were fond of Korea back then, which one of them is not the backbone of society today?
If we have to blame someone, we should blame the domestic entertainment industry at that time. It was indeed lagging behind and was indeed somewhat out of touch with the market.
In that era, apart from Jay Chou, who could guarantee that they could resist the Korean wave?
(End of this chapter)
"Wow!"The audience in the audience couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
In front of the TV, countless TV viewers were staring in amazement.
I have never seen such a passionate dance!
On the stage, Jiang Shihua was wearing a tight miniskirt and dancing the same dance moves as Hyuna. Compared with Hyuna's later twerking dances, the scale of this set of moves was still a bit conservative.
However, when "Trouble Maker" was first released in 2012, this set of dance moves received unanimous praise from Koreans, and Hyuna became the sexy goddess of the Korean group thanks to this dance.
But now it is 2007, and the dance of Korean groups has not evolved to that level. At that time, for girl groups, wearing shorts or short skirts was already the limit of the standard.
The shorts mentioned here are not the kind of hot pants that go above the thighs. From today's perspective, the street shots of beautiful internet celebrities in Chunxi Road in Chengdu are much more casual than what the girl groups wore at that time.
For audiences in 2007, the makeup and choreography in Trouble Maker were simply amazing.
What’s more, these are Chinese audiences. They have never seen such a scene before!
Before 2007, the main way for Korean Wave to invade the Chinese market was through film and television dramas. The market for Korean songs was much smaller than that for film and television dramas. Even the more popular Korean songs were theme songs or interludes for film and television dramas.
It was not until the rise of the second-generation girl groups that Korean groups began to become popular in the Chinese market, which also led to the popularity of Korean pop songs in the Chinese market.
With the popularity of Korean bands, those charming Korean boys and Korean girls who shake their buttocks have become the objects of pursuit among young Chinese people.
Next, Korean clothing, Korean cosmetics, and Korean fried chicken became the darlings of Chinese consumers. Even the sales of Hyundai cars continued to rise. Traveling to Korea has also become the choice of many people.
If you only think of the invasion of Korean Wave as Korean stars conquering the entertainment industry, that would be too superficial. The real invasion of Korean Wave affects all aspects of life, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, and even cultural cognition. It is affecting you and even assimilating you.
Fortunately, Chinese civilization has always been a dominant culture. It is impossible for a weak culture to be assimilated by a dominant culture. Throughout history, it is always the dominant culture that assimilates the weak culture.
Back to the point, in July 2007, the second generation of girl groups had just started to emerge in Korea. Wonder Girls had only released one single, Girls' Generation would not debut until next month, and the other second generation girl groups were still trainees. Even the most Korean-loving young people in China had not seen the power of the second generation of girl groups.
So when the song "Trouble Maker" appeared, this cross-era performance immediately amazed everyone.
The audience at the scene exclaimed in amazement, and in front of the TV, countless viewers stared at the TV screen intently, afraid that they would miss the wonderful moments if they blinked.
After all, this is the best song during the peak period of Korean Wave. For the audience of this era, it is like seeing the 2000D version of Avatar in a cinema in 3, which is bound to be jaw-dropping.
Ordinary audiences just watch for fun, while professionals look for the tricks.
In the guest lounge, several dance teachers who had just finished their performances were staring at the screen on TV, all of them were stunned. This unique performance style was the first time they had seen it.
Korean pop music focuses on rhythm in dance choreography, and when paired with a suitable Korean song, the expressiveness is really strong!
K-POP dance performances do not mind repetitive movements. A set of movements can appear many times in a song, but this set of movements must be very distinctive and expressive.
It’s just like the horse-riding dance in Psy’s “Gangnam Style”; it’s just a few simple movements, but combined with the melody, it’s easy to remember after repeating it a few times.
In order to increase the expressiveness of the dance, many choreographers will even design some large-scale movements, such as turning their backs to you, turning their heads, spinning in circles and twisting their buttocks. This is one of the classic moves and is also included in the dances of many Korean girl groups.
Domestic dancers have never seen this kind of choreography before.
At this moment, several dancers who were resting backstage suddenly discovered that dance could be choreographed in this way!
Although I don’t understand what this Korean song is about, the stage performance is so strong!
This is also the feeling of all the audience. The only thing they can understand is the phrase "Trouble Maker" that appears repeatedly in the song. But this strong sense of stage impact can be felt for real.
The hot girls wearing tight short skirts dancing on the stage is a visual feast in itself.
What's more, there is also very rhythmic music.
Many viewers were only focused on watching the young lady's passionate dance and did not notice that the melody of the song itself is of very good quality.
Sinsadong Tiger is indeed a very talented musician. His song "Trouble Maker" skillfully combines various musical elements such as pop, dance, hip-hop, etc. This style has become the mainstream of K-POP after several years.
After the performance of "Trouble Maker", the audience burst into unprecedented screams.
That’s right, not cheering, not applause, not shouting, but screaming!
Before this, no matter how wonderful the performance was or how beautiful the singing was, the audience had never had this kind of reaction.
Obviously, this time's "Trouble Maker" is not just a wonderful performance for the audience, but more like a shot of adrenaline, making people energetic and excited.
The audience in front of the TV picked up their mobile phones and started voting. This was probably the only way for them to express their support.
Let’s not talk about whether this song is good or not, or whether we can understand it or not. Just looking at this girl with a good figure dancing on the stage in a tight miniskirt, shouldn’t we vote for her?
This kind of scene is not seen in domestic entertainment variety shows. Even the leading dancers in nightclubs in big cities rarely perform this kind of twisting dance, and rarely dance in a way that deliberately shows off their good figures.
What's more, this dancer's figure is really good, even better than most female stars in the country.
This dance alone is enough to make Jiang Shihua a sexy goddess in the eyes of countless young people. Another otaku killer is about to be born.
……
Backstage, the program planner's expression became embarrassed again. The performance of the audience showed that they were conquered.
Although he is not a music major, he has been doing variety shows for so many years that he can still tell whether a show is good or not. Apart from anything else, when the young lady was dancing just now, he couldn't take his eyes off her and still felt unsatisfied after watching it. Even he, who has a prejudice against Zhang Wei, thinks the show is good, so how could the audience not give it a good review!
The planner subconsciously took a look at the latest SMS support data, and saw that Zhang Wei's votes were rising rapidly, and the rising momentum was getting stronger and stronger, quickly leaving the other three contestants behind.
“How could this happen!” The planner’s eyes became empty, and his whole person could be described in one word: sad!
I thought that assigning Zhang Wei a Korean partner was definitely a dead end. Apart from the communication, the partners of the other three contestants were all well-known dancers, while Zhang Wei's Korean partner was a nobody.
But no one expected Zhang Wei's performance to be so stunning. The unknown Korean dance partner became the most handsome guy on the stage with his sexy dance.
Originally, he was going to be a burden to Zhang Wei, but now he has become Zhang Wei's greatest help.
"Did you arrange this dance partner for Zhang Wei?" The voice of music director Hu Li sounded from the side.
"She signed with Haotian Entertainment last year. Haotian Entertainment has always had business dealings with us, so we allowed her to be on the show." The planner decisively put the blame on the business dealings. In this way, even if there was a problem with the decision, it was a business need, not his mistake.
Hu Li said, "I don't think it's right to assign this Korean girl to be Zhang Wei's dance partner. Korean actresses can definitely accept a larger dance scale. If it were another dancer, they probably wouldn't be able to accept this scale of performance. The outfit and dance moves are a bit like the performance style of a nightclub hottie."
Famous dancers all have their own style. Even if they want to show off their sexiness, they have to go for the elegant route. It is impossible for them to show off their charm like nightclub dancers.
After realizing this, the planner felt even worse. It turned out that he was the one who gave this assist to Zhang Wei!
Is there anything worse than a goalkeeper passing the ball to the opposing striker?
Of course there are, for example, the person who passed the ball to the opposing forward was the Chinese team's goalkeeper.
……
After the performance, Zhang Wei breathed a sigh of relief as he listened to the screams of the audience around him. The audience had already told him through their actions that this was a very amazing performance.
Although his dance partner is not a professional dancer and his understanding of dance is far inferior to that of other dance teachers, Korean stars have their own advantages when it comes to dancing.
As we all know, Korean idols all start as trainees, undergo years of professional training, and then pass selection before they can finally make their debut.
The domestic entertainment industry is different. In 2007, there was no trainee system in the domestic entertainment industry. Except for a few stars who were amateurs, all others were trained in professional schools. Movie stars studied acting, singers studied vocal music, and even crosstalk had special training schools.
In comparison, Korean idols are trained using a pure assembly line method, from being trainees at the beginning, to passing through layers of selection, to successfully debuting, and finally becoming famous. Each layer is an assembly line, and each assembly line will eliminate some people, and those who successfully advance will enter the next stage of the assembly line.
As a Korean artist, your songs, your dances, your looks, what style of clothes you wear, and even your personality are all decided by your agency.
It is no exaggeration to say that if the agency arranges a gay persona for you, even if you are straight, you have to pretend to be gay in front of the public.
So Korean idols are just a group of mindless machines. You have to do whatever your agency tells you to do and how you are told to do it.
We often see girls from Korean pop groups performing in very little clothing in such cold weather, or jumping around on the stage in more than ten-centimeter high heels. The crazy fans will say, "Look how dedicated my idols are. They are still shirtless and showing their thighs in such cold weather. They work so hard!"
In fact, do you think they don't want to wear a coat, a mink coat, and woolen trousers? It's all because of the agency, they have to do it.
Moreover, the obedience culture in Korea also makes artists afraid to say no. In Korean culture, subordinates are unconditionally obedient to their superiors, and the older ones can bully the younger ones. If you dare not obey, they will beat you without any discussion. It is precisely because of this culture that there are so many bullying incidents in Korea.
If this kind of culture is applied to the entertainment industry, low-level artists will not have any say at all and must obey the agency unconditionally, even if the agency arranges for you to wear revealing clothes or perform some large-scale dances; even if the agency arranges for you to go to a training station or even do some unspeakable things, the artists dare not resist and can only obey.
As for those famous artists, even if they can say no to their management companies, there will be bigger financial backers or even chaebol forces behind them. Apart from committing suicide, they still cannot resist.
Nowadays, this kind of culture has actually made things convenient for Zhang Wei.
The dance performance of "Trouble Maker" is considered to be quite explicit in Korean entertainment, but Korean stars will not say no. Even if they feel disgusted, they will grit their teeth and insist on finishing the performance.
If it is a dancer from the domestic entertainment industry, even if he is a new and unknown person, he will also talk nonsense to you.
When it comes to obedience, Korean stars are impeccable.
……
The fact that Korean Wave has been so popular in China is not luck or coincidence. To be fair, Korean Wave does have its own unique way of pleasing the audience.
In an era without big data, Koreans were able to collect and analyze information to know what the audience liked to watch and listen to, and thus make adjustments that suited the audience's tastes in the shortest possible time.
The popular songs during the years when Korean Wave was most popular may not have high artistic value, but they definitely catered to the audience's tastes, and many of them were even brainwashing hits.
It is precisely because the songs are brainwashing enough that even if Chinese people don't understand what the lyrics are about, Korean Wave can still occupy half of the domestic entertainment industry. In the end, it depends on policies to suppress the trend of Korean Wave.
Today, Chinese audiences who have not yet experienced the baptism of Korean Wave can no longer resist the magical songs from the heyday of Korean Wave!
Especially the vast number of young people, who are the group that watches the most Korean dramas and has the most direct contact with Korean culture. Now that they encounter this song "Trouble Maker", it is no exaggeration to say that they fall instantly for it.
This is the most authentic Korean song, full of Korean style, a trend, a fashion, and a vane of entertainment! Compared with this song "Trouble Maker", the performances of the previous few people are simply tacky!
The audience's favorable impression of Zhang Wei instantly increased. In this dance competition, the audience's impression of the other contestants was completely shattered by the song "Trouble Maker", and the audience only had the young lady dancing in a tight skirt in their minds.
We can’t blame the young people for being fond of Korea. Among those young people who were fond of Korea back then, which one of them is not the backbone of society today?
If we have to blame someone, we should blame the domestic entertainment industry at that time. It was indeed lagging behind and was indeed somewhat out of touch with the market.
In that era, apart from Jay Chou, who could guarantee that they could resist the Korean wave?
(End of this chapter)
