Chapter 7 Late-night Korean call
The Song family has two children. The eldest son is three years older than the younger daughter. The elder brother of the Song family has always been regarded as an excellent and good son since he was a child.
When she was a child, Song Yu realized very early on and was glad that she was a girl. Otherwise, as the second boy in the family, she would have been compared to others since she was a child, with an older brother suppressing her.
When they grow up, the mildest outcome is psychological imbalance, and the worst is direct psychological abnormality.
The two children of the Song family are half Korean. When their grandparents were alive, they would go back to Korea with their mother every year to spend the winter and summer vacations. They could choose between winter and summer.
Because of the eldest son's intelligence, relatives from Song's mother's side often suggested to her, intentionally or unintentionally, that her brother should go to school in Korea.
In their eyes, the education level in the capitalist society of South Korea must be better than that in China!
He is confident that he can stay in Korea to study until he goes to college. According to his brother's academic performance, he will have no problem getting into one of the SKY universities. It would be best if he could choose his nationality independently before the age of 18. Perhaps the eldest son of the Song family can also become a Korean citizen.
Mother Song was tempted, but her son didn't like it and refused to go to school in Korea.
Song Yang, the eldest son of the Song family at that time, went to school in South Korea for a period of time when he was a child.
This is a problem that all couples in transnational marriages have to face, that is, both parties work in different places. It is definitely not acceptable to live apart in different countries after getting married.
Fortunately, Mother Song was able to apply for a job transfer and was approved to transfer to China, but at that time it was said that she would have to wait for a while, so the eldest son's schooling problem was first solved in South Korea.
The adults thought that it was just kindergarten anyway.
Don’t underestimate this short kindergarten experience. It will be one of Song Yang’s unforgettable experiences in his long life.
Even he himself had an international marriage and married a Korean wife.
After getting married and having children, he faced the same problems his parents had gone through. He would rather live a pseudo-single-parent life, with his wife working in Korea for a small part of the year, forced to live apart and raise the children alone, than let his children go to school in Korea.
Privately, Song Yu's sister-in-law complained to her, "It's just about sending the child to kindergarten there first, what's the big deal?"
Then her brother started talking, "Look at the latest Korean school news, it's so scary."
"If they're dating in kindergarten, they'll be collecting protection money in elementary school."
"I absolutely cannot let my child suffer this kind of childhood trauma."
And then...well, her sister-in-law was speechless.
South Korea's culture of school bullying is indeed ahead of the three East Asian countries...
Only Song Yu guessed it clearly. Her brother might have suffered a similar trauma of bullying when he was in a Korean kindergarten when he was a child.
Later, two years after Song Yu was born, Song's mother quit her job and started a small family business with her father. Before the two children came of age, they took advantage of the development boom of that era and earned a considerable fortune.
This also enables the family to develop and live completely in China.
Without having to wait until they were 18 years old to make their own choice, the children all became Chinese citizens at an early age, and all the thoughts of their Korean relatives about the family staying in Korea to develop were completely dashed.
After living here for so many years, I still have to go back to visit my relatives once a year.
If I hadn’t been able to speak fluent Korean since childhood.
If it weren’t for my family, I would have eaten Korean food since I was a child.
If not...
Well! The two brothers and sisters of the Song family had almost forgotten that they were half Korean and were mistakenly considered to be of Korean ethnicity.
Oh~ Compared to his brother Song Yang, Song Yu, who was later obsessed with the dream of singing and dancing, is the outlier among the siblings.
The brother didn't like going to school in Korea, but the sister accidentally made her debut in Korea and became a singer.
Whenever Song Yu thinks of her willfulness back then, she can still remember the time when her parents were so angry that they wanted to beat her, and the only cold war she had ever experienced with them.
During that time, they directly cut off her financial resources. Many seniors who debuted in SM talked about the difficult trainee life, and Song Yu also experienced it.
Before becoming an artist, he relied on sweet talk to get food and the help from his cousins who grew up on his mother's side. It was normal for him to go hungry, but it was not as bad as a senior in the company told me about, that he was so hungry that he had to donate blood.
Fortunately, my parents’ anger passed in half a year.
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2009 was a year of major events that every veteran of the Korean entertainment industry who has followed Korean stars will never forget.
This year, compared to the exposure of celebrities' love affairs, drunk driving incidents, fan controversies, etc., none of them can be more explosive than the contract termination storms of members of SM's two ace popular groups.
It almost ignited the war in the Korean entertainment industry that year.
At the end of July, three members of TVXQ filed a complaint against SM Entertainment for slave contracts and unfair income distribution.
They pointed out that the contract signed with SM Company was extremely unfair, and filed a lawsuit with the court over issues such as the contract period, album contract terms, and contract work intensity, demanding that the contract be declared invalid.
Later in mid-December, the Chinese members of another group SJ filed a lawsuit in court, claiming that their exclusive contract with SM Entertainment was invalid.
Once the situation of falling out begins, it means that people with different opinions and positions begin to take their own sides.
Whether it is accusing the company of long-term unreasonable activity arrangements that cause artists to suffer tremendous mental stress and develop illnesses, unfair income distribution, slave contracts, or accusing those who have left the team of betrayal.
This is destined to be an extraordinary and turbulent year. Everyone's attention is on the extremely high-profile lawsuit. The return of artists at this time is undoubtedly the worst time, which is tantamount to being pushed out by the company to take the blame.
Not to mention debuting, fans of senior groups are like, "My group is about to disband, and you guys are debuting at this time?"
'Who wants to see you?'
But SM Entertainment is so confident that in the next few years, fans who have become fans of these debuted children will look back and give the same evaluation: what a crappy company with no humanity!
At this time, the newcomers who debuted were no longer called shields, but cannon fodder.
And these unfortunate kids who became cannon fodder, in a time that should have been one of the highlights of their lives, faced countless unwarranted insults and harsh remarks right after their debut, and raised their beautiful smiles that were in their youth, and walked towards the beginning of their career stage.
On September 5, 2009, the girl group f(x) officially debuted with "La Chata". The members include Victoria, Amber, Sulli, Luna, and Krystal. The oldest is 22 years old and the youngest is 15 years old. These five mischievous girls with different styles officially debuted.
But a month later, also on the 5th, SM launched another female solo singer Yuna, a girl who just turned 18. She is the company's third female solo singer after her senior BoA and another female singer Zhang Liyin from China.
At the same time, the company released her personal information. Although she is Chinese nationality, she comes from a friendly Chinese-Korean family. She has been able to speak fluent Korean since she was a child and loves Korean food the most.
The appearance is fresh and elegant, with a unique and cool charm like a cat. Although she is not a Korean citizen, she has Korean blood.
Such a beautiful child is unforgettable. Compared with the five children who debuted last month, this child seems to be more popular and more liked by Koreans.
As the company has deliberately downplayed her Chinese name, Song Yu, most people just call her by her English name, Yuna.
The children involved are unaware of these people's comments. They only know that they were walking on thin ice when they debuted in that turbulent year, unlike their predecessors who were able to quickly gain the public's love.
The only consolation is that the girls are all newcomers who debuted in the same company in the same year. They have a natural sense of companionship from their friendship during the same batch of trainees. One is in a group and the other is a solo singer. They are not competitors in the same track, so their feelings quickly heated up and they became close relatives in the company.
Years later, fans affectionately called them the "Twin Newcomers."
The saying that Song Yu is called the sixth person in the function group is still popular today.
In 2019, three years after she returned to China, a TV station was going to do an exclusive interview video with her reviewing her past acting experience. The introduction and pictures of this segment were played right in front of her.
Look! No matter how much time has passed, as long as you look back at the development history of artist Song Yu, you can't avoid the fact that they debuted in the same year. That often-joked statement has been brought up all the time.
Song Yu was not opposed to it, on the contrary, she was very happy.
With their presence throughout her acting career, she, a female solo singer who debuted in South Korea, is not alone!
Just looking at the adjectives that the company used to describe her in the early years, such as her favorite Korean food ~ kimchi ~
Fans who have been following her for more than three years would say, "Pah!" when they pass by her.
But none of this matters. Only by directly looking back at our past selves can we appreciate the value of our present selves. The stumbling girl in the video has gone through a ten-year career as an artist.
In this industry, there have been ups and downs, but ultimately there has never been a flash in the pan, and I still stand in the public eye.
From 2009 to 2019, the tenth year since her debut, she reaped the first hit drama in her life after her transformation into an actor.
After being ridiculed for returning to China, he had no representative works in the field of actor transformation and could only rely on the popularity of the Korean Wave when he returned to China. He relied on it for several years. Every year, major marketing accounts predicted: "Sooner or later, he will be surpassed by the new stars in the domestic entertainment industry."
Her immature performance when she first started acting made her a target of criticism from her haters. She could be seen everywhere on social media platforms mocking and criticizing the acting skills of Chinese entertainers. This happened so frequently that even her fans became desensitized to her.
They can only rely on reminiscing about the past years of Korean Wave to retain their fans, but the influence of Korean Wave in the domestic entertainment market is no longer as strong as before due to the sensitive relationship between the country and is even restricted.
At that time, Song Yu was very keenly aware of the change in the development trend of entertainment.
What was his main job as a singer when he debuted became his side job after he came back. The disappointment of his fans accumulated to the point where they eventually stopped following him.
But at this time, Song Yu was at a critical juncture in her career as an actress. She knew that she could not go back to focus on being a singer. The environment for the development of singers in the domestic entertainment industry was already barren. After releasing new songs, there was no stage for singing and dancing singers like in South Korea, and it would be even more difficult for them to keep up.
Song Yu is not a singer who can create his own genre. It will be difficult for her to recover after an album fails.
Her predecessors have already given the answer to this question.
Grit your teeth and move forward. Don't look back just because you can't achieve results for the time being.
She knew that this would only lead to a situation where neither side would be able to reach the destination.
Not only she herself is proud, but also her old fans who have been with her for many years.
The more new fans become fans of actress Song Yu because of her works, the fainter the traces of her debut as a Korean female solo singer Yuna become.
"Yuna" became the nickname for Song Yu's English name used abroad.
Oh, right! Fans love to use this name when they're fighting with the new fans of SM Entertainment's younger generation.
In short, these new fans prefer to call her Song Yu, and they like her more as a domestic entertainment artist. The old fans who followed her from Korean entertainment to domestic entertainment are also happy that she can have more good development opportunities.
No longer a supporting role in Korean entertainment variety shows.
No longer being pushed for resources and endorsements by the former company.
It’s no longer a buy-one-get-one-free actor bundle gift package.
Over the years, he has been moving up step by step. His endorsements, both big and small, are all posted on the big pictures of fans' summaries. He has several top luxury endorsements. He has hit dramas every year, and he has starred in both ancient and modern dramas. He is invited to watch shows abroad several times a year.
'The Korean flavor in her is really gone'
This is a fact acknowledged by both the original poster and the fans.
Until 2021, the archaeology of Korean entertainment suddenly became popular on a certain video platform, and the name Yuna became the tear of the times for the archaeology fans and all the old Korean entertainment people, and it was on the hot search several times.
By the way, let’s take a look at the people Song Yu had scandals with during her years in South Korea.
There are several popular couples who are still insisting that they are secretly dating, and they post the same sweet snacks they have dug up for their own entertainment.
Some people have long since recognized the reality and just occasionally do sit-ups and eat a few expired candies.
It is impossible to verify whether it is true or false, because Song Yu has never publicly admitted to being in a relationship.
I just laughed it off and continued with the work at hand.
The new year of 2023 has begun. I am waiting for promotional materials for the drama I am about to shoot, and am discussing new endorsements. After the new drama is released, I will have to run promotional programs, attend several fashion weeks abroad, and I am currently selecting new groups to join... It is still a busy new year!
If it weren't for that strange late-night international long-distance call...
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The other party started the call in Korean. When Song Yu heard the male voice, she was stunned for two seconds. Apart from her family, who else would use Korean when calling her private number?
That person is definitely not her brother! But why... does he sound familiar?
If it was international business contact, she would not be found here.
.........
"Hello, is this Yunaxi?"
Men still use honorifics!
【Author’s words】
This chapter mainly introduces the identity and background of the heroine [Come on]
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