"I'll make a middle audition pro" is the chairman of Lee Soo-man sm, who is the China fans "take care of EXO."
sm Entertainment's Lee Soo-man, who led the popularity of K-pop, has been reacting coldly in China Social media after he announced plans to make a Singer audition program in China. Various reactions have been poured out, from the reason why I want to come to China and make money to the existing idol group or the complaint to take care of it.
Lee, a general producer of sm Entertainment, said in an interview released on the 9th in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, "I want to raise a star who can be loved by the public for a long time, not a popular audition program for a short time." He said he hoped that China, especially Music, could realize this plan in Chengdu.
After the broadcast, China Social media was controversial about Lee's remarks. In China's largest Social media Weibo, the Chinese hashtag, which means #Lee Soo-man is trying to make an audition program in China, exceeded 67.48 million views at 11 am (local time) on the 10th.
There were thousands of comments on the post that conveyed the interview of Lee. Some Weibo users have expressed disapproval of the Korean entertainment company's coming to China to create a Korean-style idol group.
The reactions are Why I want to make the China entertainment industry a model for the Korea (Idol) factory, Why I want to make China money, and Korea hates and insults China while making money from China. There was also an opinion that Choi Si-won, a member of sm's idol group Super Junior, had a sympathetic attitude to Hong Kong's anti-China protests some time ago.
Fans of sm's group have posted their opinion that they should manage better from the group they are now in at the time of selecting the new Singer. sm includes EXO, Super Junior, Girls' Generation, F-X, and Red Velvet, especially the backlash from Boyloop EXO fans.
There are complaints among EXO China fans that EXO is not receiving support from its agency as much as BTS, a member of Big Hit Entertainment. It is lacking in growth strategies for its entertainers and not enough support. Fans posted on Weibo such as EXO is the worst at sm, Daewoo is the worst, EXO is miserable, and make a solo album.
China's official Global Times also announced on October 10 that Lee plans to produce the China audition program, saying, "In Social media, China's EXO fans asked Lee to take good care of the existing group."