Chapter 17: Signing Event

The place where the records were signed was not far from the Sony Music headquarters, just an indoor stadium two blocks away. This place was originally for citizens to play basketball and badminton, but most of the time it was requisitioned by artists. Usually, any press conference or handshake meeting was held here.

When Luo Quan arrived, quite a lot of fans had already gathered outside the stadium. Most of the fans were male fans.

Everyone didn't react much when they saw the car suddenly stop on the periphery, but when they found a team of security personnel in black running out of the venue, the fans finally boiled over.

"Miss Izumi is here!" I don't know which fan let out a roar, and everyone immediately leaned toward the location of the car, and the nearby reporters also heard the news and came, holding their cameras high, wanting to take the first-hand photos.

The scene suddenly became crowded. Fortunately, the security personnel were prepared and had formed a circle, protecting the car inside. No matter how the fans on the periphery impacted, they remained unmoved.

Seeing this, Miki got out of the car, holding a megaphone, and shouted: "Please fans, don't crowd, keep order. Everyone will have a chance to see Miss Izumi later!"

The more rational fans also shouted: "Don't crowd", "Give Miss Izumi a path" and other words.

After the initial excitement, the fans calmed down a little and began to retreat gradually, giving Luo Quan a direct path to the stadium.

"Miss Izumi, you can get off now." Miki said, opening the car door.

The reporters who were closer immediately put their fingers on the shutter, and the flash was like the stars in the night sky, shining constantly.

Luo Quan lifted her skirt, carefully lifted her feet to step out, and then walked out of the car with Miki's help and stood still.

"Click click click click!"

The shutter sounds were one after another, and the flashing white light made Luo Quan feel a little dazzling. However, she still showed a smile, raised her hand to greet the fans and reporters in front of her, and said: "Good afternoon, everyone."

"Oh! Izumi-san! I love you!"

Many male fans held up the cheering signs in their hands. They were wearing a white cloth on their heads, but in the middle, it was not a red dot, but two black Chinese characters—Izumi.

Luo Quan was also a little surprised to see them. She didn't expect that she would have her own cheering group in such a short time. However, the positions of the cheering fans were relatively scattered, and there was no unified slogan. They were probably organized spontaneously by fans as individuals.

"Thank you for everyone's love and support, please pay attention to safety and keep order." Luo Quan covered her chest and bowed to the fans. This was a basic etiquette in daily life in Japan. If you don't know what to do on an occasion to express gratitude, bowing is always right.

Surrounded by security personnel, Luo Quan and Miki followed the passage surrounded by fans and entered the stadium, while the reporters also followed in because of their special status.

As for the other fans, under the command of the security personnel, they lined up in queues. After the reporters finished the interview, they could enter the stadium one by one for the record signing and selling meeting.

Unlike the crowded and noisy environment outside, the interior of the stadium was empty and quiet.

A row of tables was placed in the center of the venue, and behind the tables was a huge plastic poster with a row of eye-catching black characters written on it: Izumi Fan Signing Meeting!!

Several rows of square stools were placed in front of the table, which was where the reporters would sit later, and on the right side of the table were several large cardboard boxes filled with records.

With Luo Quan's arrival, the staff in the stadium also acted immediately. After checking the lights, pens, and various electrical circuits, they confirmed that there were no mistakes and signaled that everyone could take their seats.

As the protagonist of this signing meeting, Luo Quan sat in the middle generously, while Miki, as the manager, stood behind her side, outside all the reporters.

After the reporters took their seats, the staff placed a microphone stand filled with microphones of various logos in front of Luo Quan. Luo Quan coughed lightly, and the sound system was fine.

"Thank you to all the reporters and media friends for coming here to participate in my first signing meeting after debut. This is my honor!"

With Luo Quan's scene words, the interview officially began.

As a fresh newcomer, there was quite a lot of news to dig out on Luo Quan. Her information was basically blank before her debut, and now it was a great opportunity to enrich her personal resume, so when the reporters asked questions, they wished they could dig out Luo Quan's story from birth to the present.

The interview process lasted for nearly half an hour. Although Luo Quan was not yet familiar with dealing with these sharp-tongued reporters, overall there was no big problem, and the answers were very appropriate.

And the reporters also learned quite a lot of information about Luo Quan through inquiries.

For example, she is currently studying at the Language Institute of the University of Tokyo, all knowledge about music is self-taught, and the lyrics and music of the three songs in the record are all created by herself, etc.

Most of them had no explosive points, but the news that she was studying at the University of Tokyo was definitely a point that could attract the public's attention. After all, no one would not like a talented, beautiful, and highly educated singer.

After the interview, all the reporters bought a record and asked Luo Quan to sign it. This was also one of their purposes for coming here. Although interviewing Luo Quan was work, her songs were also really good to listen to.

Luo Quan's signature was a wild cursive font she designed herself. Just the two characters "Izumi" cost her more than 1,000 popularity points, making her curse the profiteer in her heart.

After the reporter's interview, it was the turn of the long-awaited fans.

Through the mobile phone lottery, all the fans who came to the signing meeting site got a number. Every 100 people were a group, and they paid and entered the stadium in order from low to high.

There were more than 1,000 fans who came to the signing meeting site this time, and the lucky one who got the first signing quota was a little chubby boy with glasses who looked very young. He had the significant characteristics of a Heisei fat house: shy, greasy, and there were a few bright acne on his round face.

"Your songs are really too good to listen to, Izumi-san, I will buy every album of yours in the future!" The little chubby boy said with an excited face.

"Thank you for your support, really thank you very much." Luo Quan signed her name on the surface of the record while saying with a smile.

After getting the record, the little chubby boy left reluctantly and walked forward, leaving the position to the next fan.

The second fan was a girl who looked very young and was probably still in high school. As soon as she walked in front of Luo Quan, she expressed her admiration excitedly and said she wanted to take her as an example and get into the University of Tokyo.

Luo Quan certainly encouraged the girl's dream. After signing, she said a few words of encouraging chicken soup, and then sent the girl away happily.

At first, Luo Quan was not very skilled, but as the signing meeting proceeded in an orderly manner, she wrote the cursive script of the two characters "Izumi" more and more smoothly. It was just that repeating the same words with fans over and over again was really a bit boring, and she had to keep smiling, and her apple muscles were sore from keeping the fake smile.

Any interesting thing will feel annoying after repeating it many times, and Luo Quan's threshold in this regard was slightly lower. However, she did not show any impatience, because this was her first signing meeting, but it might also be the last one.

After signing all the records of thousands of fans, nearly three hours had passed. After sending away the last fan, Luo Quan's whole body softened, and her right hand kept shaking like a chicken claw.

Miki also hurriedly sent Luo Quan a glass of lemonade to quench her thirst. Just now, in order to catch up with the efficiency, Luo Quan didn't even drink a sip of water.

"Miki-kun, there shouldn't be any fans, right?" Luo Quan was weak, and she didn't even want to turn her eyeballs because of exhaustion.

She felt that her right hand was probably useless. It started to feel numb an hour ago, and now it was almost unconscious.

Miki smiled: "No more, today's itinerary ends here."

"Then trouble Miki-kun to send me home..." Luo Quan said, trying to support her body. At this time, she remembered the Kobe beef that Wen Xia wanted to eat when she went out, so she asked: "By the way, Miki-kun, do you know where there is Kobe beef for sale nearby? I want to buy two portions to pack."

Miki thought for a while, nodded and said: "I know, there is a Michelin restaurant next to it, and the steak there is Kobe A5 Wagyu."

"Then let's go." Luo Quan took a deep breath and said.

As soon as she mentioned eating, her spirit recovered more than half. ===== CHAPTER 18 =====