In recent years, it is not uncommon for fans to chase celebrities at airports. Whether it is at the arrival exit, check-in counter, boarding gate, pick-up gate, or even on the flight, fans from the economy have appeared. People flocked to the first-class cabin to ask for autographs, photos, and pictures.
Do you still remember "The First Sister of Hongqiao"? This is what she does at the airport.
According to relevant information, taking the Capital Airport T3 Terminal as an example, in 2017, the terminal recorded 20 police incidents related to fans picking up the plane, and the number of fans was more than 50. ; There have been 7 police incidents recorded this year. In Terminal T3, there is an average of one fan pick-up every two or three days, and up to ten fans can come to pick up the plane a day.
People who talk too much tend to get confused. When you see your idol, you will definitely scream and take pictures desperately, and that’s not all. They even bought their own tickets and got on the plane. After takeoff, fans in the economy class rushed to the first class cabin. The most important job of the flight attendants on the plane was to intercept them. When the flight landed and taxied, the fans did not listen to the dissuasion and got up to block them. At the exit of the cabin...
If there are too many people doing this together, the order will be easily disordered. For example, if the glass guardrail is crushed and some blood comes out, it is not surprising. What's more serious is that stampedes can easily occur and cause accidents. Do you really have the heart to be so close to your idol and not care at all about your own safety and the safety of others?
On the surface, this is a simple thing for fans to pick up idols on the plane. But things are far from being as simple as we see. Hidden behind this airport pick-up is a complete industrial chain.
For fans who are picked up at the airport, how can they meet their idols? Of course it’s the idol’s flight and the specific time. So how did fans know such private information?
First of all, many fans gathering at the airport to pick them up are actually encouraged and funded by idol's agency, hoping to increase their celebrity's "presence" and increase their popularity. If a star is not popular, then make him popular. The number of people picking you up at the airport directly determines whether your popularity is high or low. What to do if you have few fans? What to do if you have no fans? Make it! Dangdang, the fan maker makes a grand appearance.
It should be noted that this airport star-chasing industry chain is based on the infringement of artists’ privacy rights (of course this is partly intentional by the agency). If an artist relies not on his strength but on his exhausted airport photos to gain fans, then he is not far away from quitting the industry.
A real artist should be a force that encourages you and supports you. Their success inspires you to succeed in life. This is what idols are like.