During zil's interview with reporters, Li Chenghao, IU, Cui Minjing, and Bae Jonghan were seated in the area.
Pei Jonghan went to say hello to the station ladies, Cui Minjing and Min Xizhen thanked the representatives of entertainment companies in the industry for coming, and Li Chenghao and Iu greeted other officials present.
The division of labor was clear and no guest present was neglected.
Nearly 20,000 fans poured into the venue. As far as the girl group is concerned, and as far as the showcase is concerned, there is no doubt that ZIL’s showcase tonight was a success.
night falls
At 6:50, the big screen began to introduce the members of zil and the title song of the new album.
The mv was also released in the last minute and a half.
stage right
MCs Yoo Jae Suk and Lee Young Ji, who are in charge of tonight's showcase, are already ready to take the stage.
Li Yongzhi kept taking deep breaths. Although Liu Zaishi had rich hosting experience, there were so many high-ranking officials and powerful people sitting in the audience tonight, and he was inevitably a little nervous.
He comforted Li Yongzhi: "Yong Zhixi can just follow the script. If there are special circumstances, I will make things right in time."
“Thank you Yoo Jae Suk nim”
"You can call me Oppa."
"My father was born in 1973"
"Just call me uncle."
At seven o'clock sharp, the stage lights went out, and Yoo Jae Suk and Lee Young Ji slowly took the stage. The spotlight shone on the two of them. Yoo Jae Suk, who was wearing a black suit, and Lee Young Ji, who was wearing a white dress, greeted the fans and VIPs present.
Yoo Jae Suk made a skillful opening, introducing the ZIL group, and reviewed the key events from the beginning of the talent show to the final formation of the group in one minute.
Lee Young-ji gradually lost her nervousness, and under the guidance of Yoo Jae-seok, she told some interesting stories about when they were trainees together before their debut.
Immediately afterwards, the stage belonging to zil is about to begin.
MC left the stage, and after a brief period of darkness, a white light lit up in the middle of the stage.
The six members of ZIL were wrapped in the light. The six members wore elaborately designed singing outfits mainly in white tones. The station ladies took photos frantically. When the camera was zoomed in, whether it was clothing, accessories or eye makeup, ZIL was stunned.
The six members shine like angels.
The prelude of the title song "next level" from the debut album sounded.
The music has a very strong rhythm, and with the drum beats, the six members of ZIL have completely lost their appearance in practice, and they are completely different people under the control of their expressions.
Backstage
The zis members who were watching the zil stage all clenched their hands nervously.
Yoo Jimin played a very stable role as the leader, and the other members also exuded their own charm.
VIP seating area
Min Hee Jin and Lee Soo Man beside her talked about the concept of creating the debut album.
Li Xiuman kept nodding his head. One of the things he regretted most was not keeping Min Hee Jin. Although Min Hee Jin had her own problems, no one in S.M Company could compare with Min Hee Jin in terms of concept creation.
Iu is focused on Zil's performance on the stage. I have to say that these children are really outstanding.
Although they have experience performing on stage, this is their own stage after all, and their performance is too stable with all the microphones on.
In Li Chenghao's eyes, although Zil did not make any obvious mistakes, he did not do the best in expression management during rhythm transitions.
There are also people who think Zil is impeccable, such as Cui Chenggen and the others, with their smiles and meaningful eyes. If Zil were not a girl group of Li Chenghao's company, it is estimated that after today's showcase, all six of them will appear in Cui Chenggen's. The dinner table they organized.
Never doubt the vision of the chaebol. This is also the most intuitive way to determine whether a female idol group has market value.
Li Chenghao noticed Cui Chenggen's expressions and eyes, Zil didn't need to worry about him anymore.
After the performance of the title song ended, the group members Zhang Yuanying, Shen Xiaoting, and Shen Youna performed a dance show, while Liu Jimin, Ahn Yoojin, and Shen Liuzhen performed a singing talent show.
Fans were surprised that Zil also performed "Twenty-Three" by company senior IU, "Sexy Love" by Tara, and "Shake It" by Sistar.
Other songs from the first album were also released to fans at a later time. In addition, each person also had a separate solo stage performance.
The entire showcase lasted for about an hour and a half. At the end, the fans reluctantly shouted for an encore.
Zis also appeared on the stage at the last moment and performed a special stage song with Lee Young Ji that the thirteen people had prepared together.
8:40 p.m.
After seeing off the senior officials and powerful people, Li Chenghao came to the backstage.
In addition to Shen Xiaoting, other parents of zil members also came to watch tonight's showcase stage.
He held his own child and praised them for their wonderful performance tonight. Although they didn't get along for a long time, they had a very good understanding.
The parents did not distinguish between each other, hugging each other and comforting the crying girls.
Li Chenghao clapped his hands: "Tonight's showcase ended successfully. You performed very well, but this is just the beginning. The next singing stage is the key to test your popularity and the key to your success in the industry."
"This month will be very busy, so busy that you may not even have time to sleep. Are you ready?"
"Ready."
"Okay, remember the work team that has been with you all the way. There will be no singing stage tomorrow. You can eat and drink at the celebration banquet tonight. Representative Pei is responsible for the arrangements, and all family members will participate together."
"Where's President Nim?"
"I won't go, Zhien represents me."
iu stood beside Liu Jimin and nodded. Li Chenghao did not go to the celebration banquet not because he wanted to see Bae Zhuhyun, but because he had just made an appointment with Yoon Hanki to get together alone.
There was no need for his own occasion, and he was obviously talking about other important matters. IU did not ask Li Chenghao, but he did not forget to tell Li Chenghao to be careful and pay attention to safety no matter what happened.
Ten minutes after the showcase ended, the front pages of all major entertainment news were all about zil.
Thanks to public support, Zil became the most dazzling new star from the moment he debuted.
The title of "monster newcomer" naturally fell on them, and they were all looking forward to the sound source being released at 12 o'clock in the morning.
Of course, there are also messages blaming Zion Entertainment Entertainment Company for why Zil’s first new album was not pre-sold.
In fact, it was Li Chenghao who refused to allow pre-sales. He was also worried that if the pre-sales data were not good before the topic became popular, it would lower ZIL's expectations in people's minds.
After all, people like to join in the fun. Maybe you don’t like Zil, and you are not familiar with this new girl idol group, but everyone around you is talking about it and buying albums, and you will also be brought into this group.
in the atmosphere.
Therefore, Li Chenghao's decision to disagree with the pre-sale of the new album was actually correct. This is why when the new album was officially released, sales exceeded 300,000 copies in one week, and the data continued to skyrocket.
The subsequent topic also led to everyone's participation. Can ZIL break the monopoly of boy groups like Girls' Generation did back then.
Will it surpass the fourth-generation girl group Twice and become the leader of the fifth-generation girl group since their debut in 2018?