Flowers are at the bottom

The Korean film "Ugly Woman Turn Over" released at the end of 2006 was a smash hit. The film tells the story of a fat woman who can only hide behind the scenes and lip-synch for a beautiful singer. After some plastic surgery and weight loss, she became a red star. Having a perfect appearance is the first condition to enter the Korean entertainment circle.

How much pressure do Korean stars face when they commit suicide one after another? What is the root cause? Recently, Cui, CEO of South Korea's G 1 Entertainment Company (owned by MBC), accepted an exclusive interview with our reporter in his company in Seoul, South Korea (he signed a contract with/KLOC-0 in 1997, which made him famous in one fell swoop, and also signed a contract with Korean first-line artists such as Ahn Jae Wook, Chae Rim, Song Hui, Jeong-eun Kim and Jin Zaiyuan). The growth history of Korean stars comes from his mouth. Stress, it turns out, has a source.

Star story

Before they became famous, they lived an inhuman life-

Beaten, but also apologize for debut, can only be hard.

Three people from China who have experienced Hanyu Circle show their feelings.

past tense

Interviewer: Prince.

(Chengdu people, almost became a member of the "TVXQ!"! )

I don't regret not joining TVXQ!! .

Prince, whose real name is Xu Mingfei, was the first person to dance street dance in Chengdu. In 2003, the prince was selected by a Korean brokerage company and went to Korea for a one-year study and life. At that time, he once performed with Rain, who was then a dancer. Because he didn't want to leave his parents, the prince gave up the opportunity to join TVXQ!! . However, he does not regret it, because his study and life in Korea benefited him for life, and also made him feel the cruelty of the Korean entertainment circle.

Recalling his training life in Korea, the prince said, "We have to dance for eight hours every day, starting with some basic skills. For example, you can see the vibrating movements that I often jump. I have been practicing for almost a month, and I have to do 4 to 6 groups every day. Each group has to practice 3,000 times, and every part of my body has to shake. " In order to check whether each student works hard, the teacher came up with an abnormal method: prepare a small bucket for everyone, and ask everyone to wring out their clothes after practice every day, and sweat must be filled in half a bucket before they can pass. "There is really no way, I can only spit some saliva or pour some mineral water to get away with it." The prince can't have his own mobile phone there, because the company doesn't allow it, so he can only call home from the company.

The prince said, "Teachers usually hit students with slippers. Although the hands are heavy, the Korean trainees will not resist at all, nodding and apologizing while being beaten. " In Korea, the status of dancers is very low. In addition to top dancers, "many people have no income. I often see Korean trainees picking up cigarette butts thrown on the ground by others outside the rehearsal room. "

perfect tense

Headed by the teacher,

I can't go shopping until half a year later.

Interviewee: Ma Xueyang.

(Korean artist, trained in Tian Yue for half a year)

Ma Xueyang, a native of Chengdu, entered the entertainment circle because he participated in Happy Boys in 2007. Different from other fast men's solo development, he formed a "top combine" singing group with Bird, Liu Zhoucheng, Li Mao and Korean artist Tanas, and went to Korea to study for half a year.

It is a good thing that many young people in China dream of studying in South Korea, where the performing arts are very developed. However, it is not as easy as everyone thinks. Sweat and tears accompany their lives every day. "Get up at 9 10 every morning, go to the fitness center after breakfast, and exercise with the help of a fitness instructor according to your own characteristics!" The fitness time is almost two hours, then everyone goes home for lunch and comes to the classroom to learn vocal music around two o'clock in the afternoon. After the vocal music practice, it was 6 o'clock in the evening, and Ma Xueyang and his party hurried to the dance classroom. On the way, they had to eat some fast food to satisfy their hunger. Dance practice at night is very tiring. I will jump from 8 o'clock to 12 o'clock. Back to the apartment, exhausted, they didn't even take a shower, so they fell asleep ... life at three o'clock and one o'clock was boring, which made these energetic boys want to sleep most on the rest day. After half a year's study, Ma Xueyang didn't have time to go shopping, and even went to Lotte World, the largest indoor amusement park in Korea, when recording the program.

As the captain of "top combine", Bird said frankly: "He must have been beaten at that time. Our teacher is a mythical dance teacher. Although he is not tall, he is very strict. If he can't do it well, hit us on the head! "

present tense

Dancing like crazy,

I didn't know until two months after the fracture.

Interviewee: Han Geng

(Northeast China, member of South Korean SJ Group)

The myth of China boy Han Geng began at 200 1. SM Company, the largest star-making factory in South Korea, held an open selection in Beijing, and Han Geng, a young man from Northeast China, was selected to go to South Korea for training.

SM Company handles tourist passports for foreign trainees and must return to China to renew them every three months. In SM Company, the competition among trainees is fierce, and people who are eliminated and abandoned by themselves are found every day. After several renewals, only Han Geng was left among the companions who arrived in Korea together. "When you are a student, you should practice continuously every day for up to 20 hours." The devil's practice made Han Geng very hard, but he never gave up. He has been so strong that he doesn't even know that he has been broken for two months. "At that time, I really didn't know where I was hurt. One day, when I was doing push-ups, I felt my arm hurt. After I went to the hospital for a film shoot, the doctor said you had a fracture here. I asked when it was broken, and he said it was long two months ago. "

In June, 2005, 165438+ 10, and other Korean boys formed a large group and made their official debut in Super Junior. There is a rule in Korean entertainment circle that foreign artists can only sign performance contracts with three Korean TV stations, and Han Geng's performance opportunities are limited. Because of the low appearance rate, Han Geng's popularity at that time was always tepid, and he even dared not show his face on TV. "Because I can't let the relevant personnel see my public performance, if I find out, I will be fined. If it is serious, I won't let you enter Korea. " The clever Han Geng later came up with an idea, that is, wearing a mask on the stage. "So I was wearing a mask and hat and performing on the stage with the players."

Han Xing was tempered like this-

Three years, hundreds of millions of won, early plastic surgery.

Study, exercise, thoroughly remould oneself from head to toe.

Male stars want abdominal muscles, and actresses want to lose weight.

Exclusive decryption

According to Mr. Cui, although the entertainment industry in South Korea is very prosperous, most of the top stars are concentrated in some big entertainment companies, including SM, JPY, HQ, FANTOM and STAR.

M and other major entertainment companies have been listed, and they are basically giants in the industry: they not only participate in the production of film and television dramas, but also sign their own stars.

In Korea, major TV stations, music companies and film and television production companies have formed a long-term and effective selection mechanism. They publicized the selection activities through the Internet and the media. Candidates have no conditions, no threshold and equal opportunities. However, these selections are not public drafts, and they are completely decided by the company and are not affected by fan voting. Mr. Cui said that when looking for a singer, the company will conduct a selection once a month. Generally speaking, look at resumes, looks, basic skills and looks. There are many ways to select actors, including street scouts, school recommendation, insider recommendation, beauty pageant and so on. There are not many professional film and television performance schools in Korea, and many actors are from the performance departments of comprehensive universities.

After formal employment, the newcomers are greeted by comprehensive and systematic company training. According to the different foundation of each person, the training duration is different, usually three years. To train a new person, the company needs to spend hundreds of millions of won (equivalent to millions of RMB).

Performance training is mainly based on the combination of individual guidance and group learning, 1 3 times, 3 hours per week. At the same time, newcomers, both men and women, need to keep exercising and keep healthy. Almost all artists in Korea can maintain excellent figure. Few men don't have abdominal muscles, and women mainly aim at losing weight.

In addition to basic skills, brokerage companies attach great importance to the basic knowledge of newcomers. Newcomers are forced to watch news reports every day. The agent believes that to be a star, you must be clear-headed and be a man. Watching the news can keep them out of society. In addition, how to face the media is also an important course for newcomer training. Regarding the general experience of Han Xing's plastic surgery, Mr. Cui said: "In fact, before a star enters the business, he usually has to undergo plastic surgery himself, and after perfecting himself in all aspects, he will enter the company training." (Reporter Yuan Pan Ren Hongwei reports from Seoul, South Korea)