SNH48 female idol group
fan circle, I believe everyone is familiar with this novel online word. The "fried" here is the transliteration of fans in English, which is the fan circle. In 2021, the whole country launched an action to rectify the chaos in the "fan circle" by , severely rectifying some crazy fans without any limit, and the entertainment industry is a clean sky.
Fan circle culture is a deformed phenomenon that evolved under such an ecological environment. From the beginning of fans simply supporting their idols to now using a lot of money to help them realize their dreams, the entertainment industry has become a trend that the younger generation pursues.
The young man spent a lot of money and energy to pursue his idol. The hundreds of thousands of yuan of efforts made him the "single push king"
Xu Hanwei
Zhengzhou young man Xu Hanwei is one of thousands of fans. Born in 1994, he is already a professional "fan boy". He often appears at the airport. His idol is SNH48, a popular female idol group at that time.
He is not an ordinary fan, but is recognized as the "single push king", which means the fan with the most votes for his idol. As of the beginning of 2020, his spending on idols had reached hundreds of thousands of yuan.
According to Xu Hanwei, he has watched SNH48's live concerts with less than 300, and almost every one of them has not fallen. His voting amount of hundreds of thousands of yuan is not the most generous on the list in this fan circle. There are many more rich people than him, and some of them have more than one million.
SNH48 signature photo obtained by Xu Hanwei
In addition to various voting, he also has other expenses for idols, such as live streaming gifts and rewards, shaking hands with idols, signing photos with idols, spending money to help queue, traveling tickets, watching concerts, etc., which adds up to a considerable expense.
Fans like Xu Hanwei will spend at least 10,000 yuan to interact with their idols in a year before they can shake hands with them. The organizer sells the so-called "handshake coupon" with the opportunity to shake hands with his idol. The price of a "handshake coupon" ranges from 20 to 40 yuan, but there is a time limit. The communication time between the two parties of a coupon is about 10 seconds, which is very short.
Before communicating with your idol, you must queue up first. It is your turn. A staff member next to you will calculate the number of "handshake coupons" in the hands of fans and obtain the total communication time, which is to count the time in seconds. Once the time comes, you will leave, and then the people queuing behind will continue in this form.
seconds count the time when fans and SNH48 member Huang Tingting communicate
, but only 6 "handshake coupons" can be used for one communication. If you are still unsatisfied, you need to queue up again and buy coupons. The scene of a handshake exchange meeting like
is very popular, with a crowd of people. The only thing that can match such a large scale may be the only scene of the festival market. The more popular the artist, the more fans there will be, and the later the exchange meeting will be held. Some of these fans come from far away, and some even come from abroad.
The live exchange meeting between idols and fans starts from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., 9 hours of long wait. For these fans, as long as they can get in touch with their favorite idols, everything is worth it.
The crowded fans shake hands with their idols and communicate with their idols
Among them, some fans specially wore strange costumes to show off their talents in order to attract the attention of their idols.
You can spend some money to follow your idol on the social platform. If she finds out, she may follow your account updates. If she happens to see the cold message you posted recently and sees you some impression at the exchange meeting, she will take the initiative to care and ask if you have a cold better. This sentence is very heartwarming for fans.
When Xu Hanwei was communicating with SNH48 member Zhang Yuxin, he asked the other party directly whether his sleep quality has been poor recently, his skin care has not been very good, and whether he has used his ex-boyfriend's mask.Zhang Yuxin replied to him with awkward smile, asking if he was a beauty blogger?
Xu Hanwei communicated with Zhang Yuxin
For Xu Hanwei's idol-obsessed hobbies, his father felt that it cost a little more money, and his friends could not understand his behavior, and even his students expressed incredible.
In 2012, due to his excellent grades, Xu Hanwei was admitted to a key university in Beijing. After graduating for four years, a classmate invited him to Shanghai to watch the SNH48 concert. This was also the first time he met SNH48, a female idol group.
At that time, he got a ticket to the concert with a relatively high position, and the distance between him and his idol was at most about one and a half meters. Such a close distance made him very excited that even the acne on his idol's face could be clearly seen. After meeting him, he felt that he was better than on the screen, but his dance was not that outstanding.
Although the idol is not perfect, for Xu Hanwei, the first meeting has fascinated him. The idol performs on the stage, and the fans in the audience scream with the fluorescent sticks in their hands. After the performance, fans will go to the backstage to queue up, shake hands with their idols one by one, and say thank you for your hard work.
Fans shake hands with their idols in the background
This kind of idol who has close contact with them is a form of winning the favor of the majority of fans, making them feel that their idols have no sense of distance and are as approachable as friends in life. This method first appeared at the meeting between Japanese idols and fans, but it is still quite fresh for domestic fans. The "cultivation record" of members of the female idol group is the process of gradually transforming from an ordinary person into a star. In this process, the support of fans plays a key role. As the popularity and popularity of the group gradually increase, the company has successively developed many similar "sister girl groups", with a number of 300.
They have five to seven public performances every week, as well as handshake exchange meetings every quarter. Such activities can maintain a sense of activity and closeness with fans, and can make the future career path of acting career go longer.
Online sales ticket price for SNH48 performance
In Xu Hanwei's view, the members of SNH48 are definitely not as good-looking as professionals in singing and dancing, but attracting their fans is not only the talent in this area, but more importantly, a sense of familiarity and a relationship of common progress.
Xu Hanwei believes that they don’t give fans the feeling they feel like idol stars, but more like girls next door, which is easy to get in touch. They even believe that whether their future idol career will be successful is inseparable from the support of their fans.
Although idols have a dazzling halo, they are kind and friendly. It is because of these advantages that Xu Hanwei decided to join the "fan circle" and become a member of this big family in the circle.
"Fan Boys" stand up for the idol to cheer for their idols. The phenomenon of "burning money" has become a common pathological
Xu Hanwei collects idol photos
After Xu Hanwei became "Fan Boys", he became enthusiastic about idol performance activities. Every time there is their performance, he will know it as soon as possible, and he will run to the scene without falling to the front and shout the slogan of support.
In 2016, after graduating from university, Xu Hanwei was preparing to take the postgraduate entrance examination. He planned to delay the exam for one year because he went to Shanghai to see idol performances every week. At that time, he met fans from all over the country, and his age range was roughly between the 1970s and 2000s. There were all kinds of reasons and ways to like idols.
Some fans, they can collect photos or posters of their idols, and they have been collecting them all the way since their debut. After a year, there are more than 20 sets of photo albums. They will show these albums to their idols when they have the chance, and they feel that it makes sense to do so.
has an obvious effort to become a member of the "fan circle", that is, "burning money". In the eyes of ordinary people, this kind of investment is a cost-effective investment, but in their eyes, it is willing to support the development of idol career.
Xu Hanwei at the handshake exchange meeting
Some people spend the most money on overdraw credit cards and mortgage houses.Xu Hanwei, who had just started working at that time, worked part-time as an English teacher at a study abroad examination institution, earning 600 yuan an hour. After becoming a "fan boy", his main expenses were idol handshake exchange meetings, performances, voting, foreign affairs pursuits and group photos, which accounted for three-quarters of his income.
Of course, the more money you "burn", the better the benefits you give back to your idol. For example, fans who spend more than 120,000 yuan can have a privilege when their birthday comes, and can spend 15 minutes alone with their idol to celebrate their birthday together.
According to Xu Hanwei, the birthday party with your idol is held in the theater. The staff will find you a separate room that is not disturbed. They will not follow in, but there is a monitor in the room. Under normal circumstances, you will not give you the chance to have physical contact with your idol. You have to prepare the cake yourself. In addition to this, you also have to prepare additional foods that your idol loves. While chatting, you will feel quite happy.
Zhang Yuxin (left)
What impressed Xu Hanwei the most was Zhang Yuxin, one of the members of SNH48. At that time, she was not very conspicuous, but her handwriting was very good, which was why Xu Hanwei initially attracted Xu Hanwei's attention. After learning about her in detail, Xu Hanwei found that she had a serious illness before, and she became very bloated. She had no chance to participate in the performance activities for a whole year, and her income became smaller, and she still borrowed the tuition from her roommates.
In 2017, after Zhang Yuxin recovered from illness, her ranking was always behind No. 66, and was close to the final election. This time she set a goal to rank first in No. 32, but the ranking of these idol members was voted by fans, and the number of votes was bought for money. The higher their rankings, the more resources the company will give them in the second year.
For this reason, in order to strongly support Zhang Yuxin's votes, Xu Hanwei spent 60,000 yuan to buy two thousand votes for her. It was indeed a true fan.
Zhang Yuxin (right)
Xu Hanwei's money was earned by him in Beijing during the summer vacation. In order to vote, he had to work hard, at least 12 hours a day and 168 hours a week. That day, he rushed from Beijing to Shanghai to witness the success of his idol.
In the end, Zhang Yuxin stood out in front of many competitors and ranked 20th with a vote of 32,986.2. After that, Zhang Yuxin's acting career was on the right track, and he kept inviting foreign affairs, and became popular on variety shows.
. Xu Hanwei made a contribution to Zhang Yuxin's success, and he won the highest number of votes for two consecutive years. This is how he got the title of "Only Push King".
It is beyond ordinary people's imagination to pay money, energy and time to your idol. In order to see your idol at close range, even if it takes dozens of seconds, it is not hesitating. These huge efforts will not reward fans, and the only thing that is beneficial is that they will help their idol's acting career.
SNH48 members slapped high and interacted with fans
. Idol groups that debuted in an elimination system are prohibited from falling in love, allowing artists to not get their own emotional freedom. However, for their fans, it is a good thing, because only in this way can they fantasize about having more emotional communication with their idols.
However, entertainment stars are also ordinary people. They have emotions, desires, joys, anger, sorrows and happiness, and once rumors spread, they will be kicked out of the circle.
The selection of idol groups today is inseparable from the silent support of the fans behind them. They spend a lot of money to canvass their votes and use money to pave the way for their idols to perform their acting dreams.
Xu Hanwei said that he didn't know that he would invest so much money for his idol in the future at first. He simply thought that it would be enough to spend some tickets for the performance, but he didn't expect that there would be handshakes, exchange meetings, voting, etc. to be spent later. At the end of the year, he looked at the total amount of the expenditure bill and was shocked.
Xu Hanwei is holding a photo of him and his idol in his hand
Knowing that this is a routine in the entertainment industry and is taking money from obsessed with fans chasing stars crazy, they are still willing to be "scaught".Xu Hanwei said that he felt that the sweetness of his idol was processed by industrial sugar, which could be seen at a glance, but he liked this routine and was immersed in the life of having an idol and could not extricate himself.
In order to facilitate the performance of idols in Shanghai, Xu Hanwei decided to move from Beijing to Shanghai to work. But not long after, four months later, he felt that he could not fall too deep, and that the normal lifestyle would be disrupted, so it would be better to return to his original lifestyle.
In August 2019, Xu Hanwei, who had found a job in Shanghai, returned to Beijing. A few months later, he unexpectedly met Zhang Yuxin at an idol handshake exchange meeting held in Guangzhou. Xu Hanwei politely greeted her how she had been doing recently. She said it was okay, and then Xu Hanwei left the scene and no longer communicated with each other enthusiastically and freely as before.
Xu Hanwei, who was waiting at the airport, picked up his idol for
Now he is still working in Beijing, and his idol has been replaced by a branch artist in Beijing. However, one thing has not changed is that once there is news of a celebrity getting off the plane, he will always be seen shuttled through the airport.
1993's sketch "Star Chaser" interprets the current star-chasing phenomenon well. Actor Cai Ming plays a crazy star-chaser with his home covered with idol posters, showing off his idol's various advantages in front of his grandmother and father, showing the generation gap between the new generation of young people and elders.
In this era of star-making in the assembly line, it is said that chasing stars should be appropriate and not over-indulge. Admiration may be a spiritual pursuit, but it cannot replace real life. On the road to following your idol, you have devoted your youth, money, wealth, time and energy, but in the end you find that all this may be a dream like a bubble.
