Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 372 The World is Focusing Here
No matter from which dimension, the first performance of the much-anticipated Leviathan Era Tour can be called a success.

From "Underrated" which made its mark in the European and American music scene to "Leviathan" which slaughtered the music world.

Top equipment, top stage design, top stage presence.
During the event, there were also many new things that the audience had never seen before, such as performing songs in the form of a stage play.

For example, he brought his sister-in-law onto the stage and introduced her to the audience through a lip-syncing performance.

I can only say that what Xue Zhiqian said is absolutely right.

If other singers use the same hardware equipment as Shen Juan when they go on tour, there is a high probability that they will not even be able to recover their costs.

Only singers who only perform in large stadiums with an average capacity of 70,000 people dare to use the best equipment.

In addition to the total of 70,000 tickets, Shen Juan specially reserved nearly 5,000 tickets for overseas fans.

This is also the requirement of the Magic City government.

Promoting economic circulation within the country is good for the economy, but it is still not as cost-effective as earning money from foreigners.

Therefore, influenced by the comments of a large number of foreign Alovers, it must have appeared on many foreign Twitter trends.

The reviews and feedback they left on major social media platforms were also very good, which greatly boosted the enthusiasm of passers-by.

【More than three hours, more than 40 songs, and a heart-stirring performance! I even lay on the bed in the hotel until more than three in the morning and still hadn't walked out. I think I will remember this day forever! Just like Juan Ge said, every time I hear these songs in the future, I will think of the beautiful memories of tonight. 】

[It's amazing. He's only in his early twenties and has so many albums and so many hit singles that have sold over 10 billion copies. I fell in love with his confidence after just watching this concert. He is simply my god! There will be no explanation. There will just be leviathan.]

[This is definitely the greatest opening I have ever seen! There is no need to refute or defend or fight back against those hater comments. When the supermodels spread their wings on the stage, the light shone down, like a god coming out, Shen Juan directly announced that his era has arrived. ]

[This is a feast for those who love beauty. I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but I think Shen Juan has reached a new level of handsomeness. Considering that most male stars reach their peak appearance at the age of 25-30, I even think that he is not yet perfect now and will look even better in the future! ]

[I hope that an official video or concert movie can be released soon. Every time I watch the fan-filmed opening intro and ending part, I can't help but feel tears in my eyes. He really realized his ideal and kept his promise to us, and went from humble beginnings to greatness step by step. As for what will happen next? To quote his words: Let's wait and see. ]

[My Juan's speech really touched my heart. Other stars only play the victim and beg fans for sympathy and money, but my Juan always reports good news but not bad news. His core is so strong that people can't help but want to become his followers. As for the concert, I can only say: an epic is born, a new god is coming! ]

[There were 70,000 people in the venue, and at least 40,000 to 50,000 people outside. If the police hadn't come to chase people away, I even suspect that the surrounding streets would have been blocked. Hahahaha, on the night of the concert, almost all the outdoor screens in Shanghai were Shen Juan. Is this the appearance of the son of Shanghai? It's really too exaggerated. ]

[This should be the concert with the most participating stars I have ever seen, but they were not given a single shot during the entire concert. Now it seems that Shen Juan is really different from other stars. Other stars rush to play the main theme, but Shen Juan is the main theme. Other stars rush to give shots to their peers to show how popular they are, but Shen Juan is the most important protagonist.]

[I can't see concerts of this scale in my hometown of Vietnam. I almost cried and screamed the whole time. This is the Chinese dream in my mind. This tour has pushed my yearning for China and Shanghai to the peak. I am worthy of being a man of the times and a true representative of the Chinese dream! ]

[A well-deserved light of Asia! Alex's existence has shown all Asian artists their upper limits. I really hope that our South Korean artists can reflect and learn from him. It is definitely a blessing to be born in the same world and era as Alex and witness him gradually move towards a legendary state! ]

[I didn't know much about Shen Juan originally. I only knew that he was very popular, his works were very successful, and he had many girlfriends. But I didn't expect that after being dragged by my friends to watch the performance, my opinion of him was completely changed. Shen Juan was very relaxed and charming on the stage. His every move and every look was full of appeal. The atmosphere of the whole performance was also very good, allowing everyone to immerse themselves in the music and enjoy this audio-visual feast. Although I am still not his fan, I have planned to listen to every album and every song of his! His fans did not follow the wrong idol. ]

Many colleagues in the entertainment industry also expressed their opinions.

Deng Chao, Lu Han and Cheng He released a photo of the three of them in the same frame, and added the same caption: [Amazing! ]

Zhang Yixing said very modestly that every aspect of this concert was close to perfect. Many of the equipment were money-burning machines that he had not dared to mention after knowing the prices before. There is no doubt that Shen Juan is at the forefront of this era, and all Asian artists need to learn from him.

Wang Jiaer was so excited that he posted 6 Weibo and 7 Instagram posts in a row, saying that this was the greatest concert he had ever attended in his life! The three minutes he spent on stage with Shen Juan singing "Guo" was the most exciting moment for him this year! He also added the hashtag #Walking with Legends#.

In order to develop Shen Juan's fan base into passers-by fans who have a good impression of him (this is necessary for singers on tour and actors in movies), Xue Zhiqian published a thousand-word article after the concert, detailing how he and Shen Juan met and how they became friends.

Shen Juan was praised crazily from many angles without any blind spots, which made the little spring rolls smile happily.

G.E.M. shared her story of meeting Shen Juan in LA, and being moved by him and finally deciding to join Starlink. She said that some people are born with the magic to convince people, and Shen Juan has proved his uniqueness through practical actions, so she would not doubt him.

Huang Zitao posted a photo of a giant dragon hovering above Shen Juan’s head on Weibo, and claimed that they are all descendants of the dragon!
Yang Ying released a photo of her and Shen Juan backstage at the concert, saying that Shen Juan has become her new idol.

Tao Zhe said that he was completely conquered by Shen Juan after watching the concert. He was embarrassed to claim that Shen Juan was his former student. His achievements made him ashamed. He also revealed at the end of the long article that he would meet everyone at the Guangzhou show of the Leviathan Era tour.

Taylor Swift said that Alex's concert tour was destined to be a pop feast that would sweep the world. From the first time they met, she knew that Alex was destined to be extraordinary, and it turned out that her guess was correct. She then said that the title song of her new album was co-written by her and Alex.

Ariana Grande has now completely determined and affirmed that Alex is a strong contender for the top pop superstar of the contemporary era, so in order to continue their CP popularity as long as possible, she naturally took the first opportunity to post a message to send her blessings to Shen Juan and his The Leviathan Era Tour.

South Korean national singer IU posted a message saying that she secretly went to China to watch Shen Juan's concert, and claimed that many of the arrangements and decorations of the concert opened her eyes, and the atmosphere on the scene was also very impressive. She did not expect that an Asian singer could also hold such a grand concert tour.

Justin Bieber posted on Instagram: The tour is very cool, proud of my brother, he is getting better and better.

Guli Nazha, Zhang Tianai, Ni Ni and others also posted their ticket stubs as well as photos and selfies they took at the scene.

In addition, a large group of celebrities who have no connection with Shen Juan also bought hot searches in an attempt to get traffic.

According to incomplete statistics from the fan circle, this concert attracted nearly a hundred celebrities from the entertainment industry, big and small.

Most of them treated the concert as a fashion week show, wearing expensive clothes and posing for various photos.

Then tickets for Shen Juan’s concert were also regarded as the most popular and most show-off fashion items at the moment.

Fortunately, Zhalang temporarily raised the price of hot search today, raising the threshold for being on the hot search, otherwise Weibo would have been dominated by Shen Juan’s concert all day long.

Of course, many music critics also gave their comments.

For example, Ding Taisheng, who had always been optimistic about Shen Juan and would post a video every now and then to flatter Shen Juan and please his fans, and who also liked to use him to belittle and drag down Zhang Jie, immediately recorded his thoughts about the concert in the hotel where he was staying and posted it after watching the concert.

"After watching the concert, I couldn't calm down for a long time. I have to say that Shen Juan's Leviathan Era Tour combines business and art very well. His commercial influence can be seen from the hot ticket sales, and the situation that tickets are hard to come by is enough to prove his super popularity."

“But this tour is not just a commercial activity. It also performs well in terms of art. The ingenuity of the stage design and the careful arrangement of the songs all demonstrate Shen Juan’s love and pursuit of music. Every movement and expression he makes on the stage, and even every word he says during his performances, is full of unique charm, which makes the audience completely immersed in it. They can’t help but like him and even become his fans.”

"And as far as I know, the tour has also driven the development of the surrounding economy. From the carefully prepared support items by fans to the various peripheral products sold at the concert, a unique cultural phenomenon has been formed. When I was leaving the venue, I saw many young girls exchanging their support bracelets. It was obvious that they had made like-minded friends through this concert. This strong cohesion among fans is enviable."

“So even though the Leviathan Era Tour has just begun, I can already confidently conclude that this is definitely a successful music event. It allows us to see the infinite possibilities of pop music and maximizes Shen Juan’s artistic and commercial value.”

Then many industry insiders also made a preliminary analysis of the stage layout of the Leviathan Era Tour through limited video materials, and claimed that this was a great tour of a cross-era level. Many arrangements and details were groundbreaking and set a benchmark for the entire industry!

In addition, many foreign media also made relevant news reports on the successful holding of Shen Juan's concert.

"Alex Shen launches The Leviathan Era Tour with three-hour，42-song set-BBC News" mentioned that the first performance of Alex's The Leviathan Era Tour was a grand performance lasting three hours and fifteen minutes and including 42 songs.

Demand for tickets was so great that it crashed Ticketmaster's systems, but it still broke the record for the most concert tickets sold in a single day, with more than 70 fans attending the first show in China's Magic City, which featured a beautifully designed stage with 000 dancers and multiple set and costume changes.

America's midday news pointed out that many of Alex's fans claimed to have experienced "post-concert amnesia" after the Leviathan tour. Well-known black psychologist White Pigg said that emotions and time may be the causes of this phenomenon. When fans are immersed in the performance, they will feel that time flies and cannot fully process everything they see, hear and feel, so they will not remember certain details of the performance.

After watching the concert in Shanghai, the CEO of a South Korean company publicly stated that he would do his best to bring the "Leviathan Age Tour" to South Korea. He wanted all the citizens of the Great Cold Kingdom to hear "Hello, Seoul" instead of "Hello, Shanghai". However, he also mentioned the difficulties South Korea encountered in hosting large-scale performances, including challenges in concert staff, stage construction and presentation, and believed that South Korea lacked suitable venues.

Neon TV Asahi announced that they would bring Shen Juan to Neon at all costs to let audiences all over Neon see his wonderful performance. They also said that they have successfully invited Shen Juan to be the singer-songwriter of this year's summer Koshien theme song, and the song will be released to everyone at the end of July.

At the same time, many Alovers went to the comment sections of the social media accounts of Masaki Suda and Satomi Ishihara, asking them to use their personal relationships with Shen Juan to bring him to Japan.

In response to this, Soda, who had long known that Shen Juan would definitely come to Japan for a tour, said that he believed Shen Juan would not disappoint his Japanese fans. Ishihara Satomi cleverly used this incident to win the favor of passers-by, claiming that even if Shen Juan hated her, she would still bring Shen Juan to Japan.

After all, Shen Juan's soul-stirring concert was there, and it had become an objective fact that could not be changed.

In such an unfavorable situation, even the most aggressive haters could not find a suitable point to attack him.

so.
Forbes, which recently caused quite a controversy by ranking Shen Juan at the top of the global celebrity list, once again said:
[The contemporary pop star Alex brought his phenomenal concert tour The Leviathan Era Tour to the world. He is gifted and talented. I don’t know who can enter his inner world, but we may be able to get a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg of the world of genius through this tour. 】

The British Times, which has always disliked the United States, took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire: [The Leviathan Era Tour of Alex Shen, the king of Generation Z, is about to travel across the ocean to North America, shocking the arrogant Americans. If one day the US authorities ban Alex from entering the country on the charge of endangering national security, I would not be surprised, because they are such a stingy country, but that might anger the rebellious Generation Z and provide votes for their competitors. ]

Rolling Stone also published its views on Shen Juan's concert on its official website, or rather, gave him a definition.

Alex Shen is the music industry.
Shen Juan is the music industry.

In fact, they had already said this a few months ago when "Leviathan" was launched and became a huge hit.

But at that time it was because we received public relations fees from Republic.

I was definitely not as confident as I am now!

It was definitely not as unquestionable as it is now!
So for now, there is no doubt that Shen Juan has become an undisputed important symbol of this era.

He is the music industry itself of this era.

On the second day of the Shanghai Station, 70,000 people also flocked to the Shanghai Stadium, and tens of thousands of people stayed outside the stadium to listen to the music.

Overall, it continued the framework of last night's concert.

The opening intro and the order of song performances will basically not change unless there are special circumstances.

Of course there are also differences.

For example, before the show started, the well-known Shanghai girl idol group SNH48 was invited to perform a half-hour warm-up performance.

Sun Zhenni, who successfully escaped from the Siba Park, also took this opportunity to introduce her friends to Shen Juan.

People like Fei Qinyuan, Wang Yi, Lin Shuqing, and Yuan Yiqi seem to be members of SNH48 Team HII.

For example, Shen Juan and Deng Ziqi collaborated on an extra song called "Rose in the Palm", which prompted Lin Junjie to repost the fan-shot video and proudly stated that Shen Juan had covered his song.

This is the gap between Warin and Valen.

Warin has never been number one, so he can accept with peace of mind that his juniors will surpass him.

As for Ba Ge, he has been living in the flattery of those around him and cannot get out of it, so naturally he cannot allow anyone to challenge his throne and weaken his authority in the Chinese music scene.

For example, when performing the stage play "Seven", Tian Xiwei, who was not on the stage yesterday, was invited to come up.

Now, everyone who was still wondering yesterday instantly understood why Sister Tian didn’t make a fuss on Weibo last night.

It turns out that Sister Tian is not a loser, she is just great. She gave the chance to play first to the younger sisters born in 98.

She really is. She loves me so much. I cried so hard.
The fans of Spring CP were instantly moved to tears by Sister Tian's unusual generosity and concession.

Fertile fields are great, no need to say more.

Moreover, Sister Tian’s performance on the stage today really refreshed the audience’s perception of her.

Isn’t it said that Sister Tian is a gangster?
Isn’t it said that Sister Tian is a domestic abuser?

Isn’t it said that Sister Tian has a strong desire for control?

Why does she feel like a little wife now?
Especially when Shen Juan was chasing his wife, he rolled his eyes and looked disgusted. He really looked like a tsundere.

Isn’t this just a 24K pure cute tsundere soft girl?
At most, his mouth stinks and he's a little more aggressive.
So, Sister Tian, why did you lie to us?
So she packaged herself as a tomboy to attract the fans and tell them not to bother Shen Juan?
Have you reached this level already?

Wuuuuu Sister Tian, can you please not be so great? Now that your personality has collapsed like this, how can you still curse people?

She really loves me. I cried so hard.
For example, when performing "Dancing Girl", Shen Juan directly grabbed a pretty good-looking female fan from the backstage to come on stage to play the role of Zhou Ye yesterday, and stood in the front to lip-sync.

On the one hand, it is impossible for Xiao to participate in every concert, and it is impossible for him to sing "Dancing Girl" in every concert.

There are many songs in the Japanese EP that can be sung, for example, the song "Subtitle" can be performed on a snowy stage to gain traffic.

On the other hand, he wanted to increase interaction with the live audience and make the Leviathan tour more interesting.

In this way, everyone in the world will know that buying tickets for the inner field will not only allow them to see Shen Juan up close and appreciate his singing and appearance, but they may also be caught by him on stage to serve as his temporary performance partner and appear in front of the entire audience and even the global audience (relying on fan-shot videos taken by fans at the scene).

This will attract more fans and passers-by, especially internet celebrities who want to take advantage of Shen Juan's popularity to buy tickets and come to the scene.

Expand the global influence of the Leviathan Era Tour and drive further popularity and discussion.

With the whole world's focus on Shanghai, the performances in the next two days went smoothly.

During this period, Cheng Xiao's first solo album "Confession of Love" was released on her birthday, July 7th.

So Shen Juan followed the original arrangement and directly asked her to be the warm-up guest on the 15th and 16th.

We sing ten songs in a row every day.

Although the response from the audience was not enthusiastic enough, and although her singing skills still had a lot of room for improvement, this was, after all, a valuable experience that many singers dreamed of. It allowed her to gain the experience of holding up a stage alone in front of 70,000 audiences and she enjoyed the stage to the fullest.

Xiao Xiao herself was also very excited and said that she had never thought that she could perform in front of so many people!
Shen Juan smiled and rubbed her head, indicating that as long as she wanted, there would be many more opportunities like this in the future.

Isn’t it said that domestic entertainment lacks a stage?
Then Shen Juan would create a stage for her himself.

Just like what he said to the documentary camera:
If the person he likes wants anything, he can give it to him, then he is very happy that he has finally lost his mind.

Then on the 17th, Shen Juan continued to stay in Shanghai and filmed the Shanghai version of the MV for "Blinding Lights" with Xiaotian.

This matter had actually been decided a long time ago.

The reason why the filming was delayed until now is because Shen Juan wants to avoid peak travel times. After Old Town Road, which was invincible with the support of TikTok some time ago, goes downhill, he will push Blind Light back to the top of the list (although Old Town Road’s overall score is not as good as Blind Light, it is invincible during this period).

During the trip, he also took time out to meet with the senior leaders of the municipal government, where he was praised and recognized as an "outstanding youth representative." It was also said that photos of their handshake would be published in major newspapers and news media, further establishing Shen Juan's value and significance at the social level and his transcendent position in domestic entertainment.

Shen Juan doesn't care much about these false reputations.

But the things that come with the false fame, such as government endorsement and protection, are what Shen Juan urgently needs.

(End of this chapter)