Hong Kong's first-day group MIRROR originally planned to hold a concert in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 28th of this month, allowing local Chinese fans to get a glimpse of the superstars of the new era in the Hong Kong circle, but unexpectedly last week, the local organizers suddenly announced the cancellation of the concert, and those who have purchased tickets will either merge into Singapore, or accept a full refund + travel expense compensation, which shocked the fans who were intoxicated with the dream of "MIRROR successfully ended the US-Canada concert, but Luohu is popular all over the world".
There is no doubt that this is quite a slap in the face for MIRROR, perhaps in order to be angry, or to maintain the dignity of the Hong Kong circle, some of the Hong Kong entertainment media and self-media who love the group have carried out crazy attacks on the organizers in the past few days, especially the "AM730" entertainment columnist and entertainment blogger "No. 8 Typhoon Signal Duber" is the hardest.
In this article published on the 22nd, titled "Who Canceled the MIRROR Malaysia Concert?", "Typhoon Signal No. 8 Duber" said that MIRROR's world tour was successfully held in 6 cities in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, and was interviewed by two internationally renowned media, proving that their popularity overseas is really high, and the cancellation of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is by no means a normal phenomenon.
According to him, singers who go to other places to sing generally cooperate with local companies, and the latter will set up venues, solicit sponsors, and be responsible for ticket sales, and their own companies only need to provide singers and give appropriate assistance, and other things are completely out of their control. Therefore, the problem with this cancellation must lie with the Malaysian organizers.
Immediately afterwards, "Typhoon Signal No. 8 Duber" said that the success of the artist's concerts around the world depends entirely on the judgment of the organizers. MIRROR is no exception, for example, the venue in Canada is too small to meet the needs of the locals for MIRROR, proving that the local organizers are too conservative and underestimate their popularity, while the organizer of the Malaysian venue is also the organizer of the Singapore venue, and only sees the extremely popular and commercial value of MIRROR, but does not see the problem of the narrow market of the two places, and even makes the dates of the two sessions too close, which has caused serious consequences.
Later, "Typhoon Signal No. 8 Duber" refuted some netizens' comparison of MIRROR's concert with the concert held by Taiwanese band Sue Wu on a similar date, arguing that this does not explain the problem, because MIRROR's tickets start at RM488 and the tickets for Sue Five start at RM238, which is completely incomparable.
"To give you a reference example, South Korean diva IU, came to Hong Kong for the first time to hold a concert, and the organizers chose a nine exhibition venues with about 2,000 people. The organizers of the MIRROR concert are so aggressive in Malaysia, venue and ticket price, are they too confident, or are they too eager to make a lot of money?"
Finally, he also pointed out that the largest shareholder of the Malaysian organizer is the well-known MM2 in Hong Kong, which once invested in "My Paradise City" starring Jiang Tao, a popular member of MIRROR, as the largest financier, and also put a large number of people on stage at the Hong Kong premiere to squeeze out the chaos of other actors competing for photos, the company's quality and professional level are debatable.
All in all, "Typhoon Signal No. 8 Duber" means that the cancellation is entirely the responsibility of the Malaysian organizers, which is caused by their greed and amateurism, and has nothing to do with MIRROR and its companies MakerVille and ViuTV, nor does it mean that MIRROR's popularity in the local area is fake.
But is this really the case? Editor's "Hong Kong and Taiwan Entertainment Link" believes that anyone who has read the reports of the local media in Malaysia and the comments of local Chinese netizens will know that he is talking nonsense and reversing black and white. To tell the truth, if MIRROR's business ability and appearance are half as good as he said, he will not be ridiculed so badly by the entire Chinese circle, so it is better to be down-to-earth, improve his ability and go to sea again.