Korean entertainment superstar era

The Korean people have gradually discovered that Enid, their nation, is proud of her, and doesn’t particularly like to go back to Korea. Her work focus is always on North America and Europe, and she seldom goes to Asia.

There are multiple factors involved, but the media blamed Xia Zhen's reluctance to return to Korea on Xia Zhen's former employer SM.

Said that because of SM's domineering, Enid Xia was heartbroken, and she was unwilling to return to Korea.

That's right, it's the former owner!

In 2015, the contract between Xia Zhen and SM Entertainment expired, and then the cooperative relationship was terminated.

This is probably the longest contract termination lawsuit that SM has fought since TVXQ, because SM is unwilling to let people go.

Xia Zhen entrusted all matters to her own lawyer team.

The lawsuit between the two parties lasted for a whole year from the beginning of 15 to the beginning of 16.

Because of the popularity and influence of both parties, this lawsuit has attracted the attention of all Korea and the world.

SM is accusing Xia Zhen of being unconscionable in both inside and out, and its artists also accuse Xia Zhen one after another.

Xia Zhen originally wanted to return the favor of SM Company. After all, she is indeed an artist promoted by SM Company, and the company has spent a lot of resources on her. It is not easy to train a trainee. For a big company like SM, a The company has hundreds of trainees, the trainees eat and drink are all paid by the company, and the company also provides corresponding subsidies to the trainees, and the brokerage company is not a charity. Who does the company earn these money from?Of course, it is the artists who have already made their debut, which has caused a unique phenomenon in Korea. Some outsiders look glamorous. Artists with famous watches and luxury cars actually don’t have much money. Their income is far less than that of the working class. many.

So at the beginning of the termination of the contract, Xia Zhen hid, and she didn't say anything about what SM Ren said.

But SM's announcements are getting more and more excessive. They don't say a word about Xia Zhen breaking away from SM a long time ago and turning to CAA. The words imply that Xia Zhen's achievements in these years cannot be separated from the support of SM company.

It's really a big joke in the world.

After hiding for a month, Xia Zhen finally started to fight back. She didn't say anything, she just posted that she had terminated the contract with SM a few years ago, proving that she was no longer an artist under SM, and then lightly dropped a sentence " If the cowhide blows too much, you are not afraid of flashing your tongue."

As soon as Xia Zhen's contract termination agreement came out, public opinion was in an uproar. All SM's previous accusations against Xia Zhen were based on the fact that Enid was still an artist under SM. terminate the contract.

Then CAA also issued a statement, confirming the authenticity of the contract termination, saying that Enid Xia is now a client of CAA, and the relationship with SM is just a cooperative relationship, and SM's so-called resources are simply impossible to talk about.

As early as 2010, Enid and SM Entertainment had terminated their contract and turned into a cooperative relationship.

This lawsuit was initially ignored by SM company, but SM company occupies Xia Zhen's fan club.

Xia Zhen can leave on her own, but her fan club still belongs to the SM company, and SM has registered the name EVE. The lawsuit between the two parties is mainly aimed at the fan club and the name EVE.

For outsiders, this is just a trivial matter, as long as Xia Zhen's fans change their name, it's fine to call it something else instead of EVE.

But for the fans, it's a big deal, because they're used to calling themselves EVE, posting and replying in the fan club, they've been using "EVE" for ten years, they've been in the club for ten years, let them go, They can't do it.

During that time, under Xia Zhen’s twitter, fans left messages saying “Don’t leave us behind” every day. When Xia Zhen was interviewed, she also said that “I will do my best to keep EVE and the fan club.”

For Xia Zhen, this lawsuit is just a lawsuit. She is a contracted client of CAA, and her main venue is not in Korea, not even in Asia. No matter how long SM's hand stretches, she can't cross the ocean to reach North America and Europe.

But for SM, this was a vicious battle. Because of Enid Xia's huge appeal and commercial value, SM's stock fell all the way, and the rival company also took the opportunity to step on it a few times, mocking SM for being ugly.

In 2016, the SM company that couldn’t afford it was finally willing to give up the name of Xia Zhen’s fan club and “EVE”. The right to use was sold to Xia Zhen.

100 billion won! !

Not to mention ordinary people and the media, even people in the industry think that this money is too much.

Although the money may not mean much to Enid, in the eyes of the industry, it is too much.

It just depends on whether Enid is willing to pay the money.

When the outside world believed that Xia Zhen would definitely hesitate for a while, Xia Zhen took out the money happily. 100 billion won is equivalent to 1000 million US dollars. For ordinary people, this is an astronomical figure, even for Hollywood. Superstar, he had to hesitate to take out such a large amount of money in one go. At first, Xia Zhen really felt distressed, but in order to prevent SM from changing his mind, she quickly agreed.

SM Lion opened his mouth to ask for 100 billion won, which once again made the rival company laugh at the embarrassing appearance of the giant Korean brokerage company.

The outside world's evaluation of Xia Zhen is generally positive, and it is really touching to spend a lot of money for fans.

But at the same time, the public is also very curious about Xia Zhen's family background, 100 billion won, some people can't earn this money in their lifetime, Enid paid the money so happily, it shows that the family background is strong.

Some media began to calculate Xia Zhen's net worth, and the result was an astronomical figure.

Seeing so many zeros, netizens shouted that Enid is really a rich man who doesn't look like a mountain.

And Xia Zhen's much-criticized broken car was also reposted by the troublemaker, pointing out that Enid's green car is a limited edition antique car in the world that Lamborghini has discontinued, and only the auction house can see it.

Just when the Korean media were all feeling that Enid was the limit of being an artist, another news about Xia Zhen blew up the Korean media.

Enid signed a contract with Tree-Jpany in South Korea. Tree-J will replace SM's cooperation status and become Enid Xia's new agency in South Korea. Artist Jang Keun Suk, as we all know, Jang Keun Suk and Enid are good friends who have known each other for many years.

However, in the hearts of the public, Tree-J is not a big company after all, it is still surprising that Xia Zhen left SM and jumped to Tree-J.

Because there is a certain distance between Tree-J and SM in terms of resources and fame.

Many media called Xia Zhen's agent and asked why Enid chose to cooperate with Tree-J. To this question, Cui Sung Wook answered very directly, because Tree-J was the most sincere.

Then Xia Zhen explained this matter in his Twitter, ["Compared to the agency that approached me in the past two years, Tree-J found me five years ago, and Mr. J kept brainwashing me, making me feel that Tree-J not bad."】

Jang Keun Suk also tweeted that what Ha Jin said was indeed true, "I really hope to be a company with Enid. Even though the hope is very slim, I decided to give it a try. The result seems to be good. I hope to have the opportunity to film with Enid."

Fans on both sides shouted that this is the ultimate state of good friends. Of course, there are some CP fans calling for the two to be together, but since Xia Zhen's official CP is too firm and powerful, the same people can only stand aside.

After signing with Tree-J, Xia Zhen did not return to South Korea to develop. She is very clear that South Korea is the rear, and her market is in North America and Europe, which is a good place to make money.

But since signing a new company, it must bring benefits to the new company. Tree-J's signing Xia Zhen is also risky, after all, he has to bear retaliation from SM company.

At the end of 2016, Jang Keun Suk released the Christmas single, and Xia Zhen served as the MV art director. Although it was just a name, Xia Zhen did participate in it, even though it was only a short week.

This is also Xia Zhen's first time filming an MV for another artist. Previously, she only filmed MVs for herself. Many American music jj j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j The collaboration fell through.

From the perspective of Koreans, although Jang Keun Suk is well-known in Asia in Korea, it is far from the level of the popular music queen in Europe and America. It can be explained by "very personal friendship".

This is the first collaboration between Jang Keun Suk and Ha Jin after 14 years.

The media is very interested in the collaboration between the two. Enid doesn’t expect to provide too many opinions. Jang Keun Suk can ask. When it comes to MV shooting, Jang Keun Suk’s expression is very subtle. It’s rare for him to say the truth, “Work status Enid is very serious and rigorous, which makes people feel pressure."

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Celebrities in their 30s are still very young in other countries, and they are proper uncles and aunts in the Korean entertainment industry.

However, in recent years, there have been many changes in the Korean entertainment industry. The first change is that the public is more and more open to idol love. The second is that the boundaries between the music industry and the entertainment industry are no longer clear. Making movies is not as difficult as it used to be. The third reason is that Korean people are becoming more and more tolerant of the age of celebrities. Many female stars are over 35 years old and are still active in the entertainment industry, rather than in a semi-retired state.

After Xia Zhen got married, she experienced marriage and childbirth, and has been in the United States. Apart from acting in movies, she is making movies. Occasionally, she will release a single or two singles in the form of play tickets. It has been a long time since she went to Asia to gain a sense of presence. Those who used to follow Xia Zhen crazily EVE has grown up now, and there are not a few people who are married and have children like Xia Zhen. The topic of the fan club has also begun to develop in a mature direction. Many fans have expressed their parenting experience from the club. Even if they are not married, they have reached the age of falling in love and getting married. , Xia Zhen fan club, to forums such as the emotional tree hole, and in the fan chat section, the most talked about is emotional issues.

At the age of 33, Xia Zhen, who won the Oscar for Best Director Award for her anti-war film "In a Foreign Land", decided to go to Korea for a while. She has been focusing on English films these years, and has never made a Korean film. Director Ang Lee of the first Chinese-language film, Xia Zhen's "Korean pride" is really too unqualified.

She went to Jeolla-do, the poorest place in South Korea, and lived there for a while in disguise. During this period, Xia Zhen secretly inspected the school that she and her fans jointly funded.

Look at the quality of teaching in the school and look at the mental outlook of the students.

Everyone has their own stories, the rich have their troubles, and the poor have their bitterness.

In the process of understanding and visiting, Xia Zhen, who didn't know what to shoot, began to have inspiration.

She focused on the little people at the bottom of the poorest society in South Korea, and wrote about the lives of three generations of two families.

In a poor mountain village, a patriarchal family, and a discriminated daughter, Yuzhu has to do a lot of work every day, but she can't get enough to eat, because the best food is left to her brother, and Yuzhu's neighbors are also very poor. The neighbor's elder has emphysema, his father is a gambler and alcoholic, he likes to beat his wife when he is drunk, the little boy Zhisheng silently likes the neighbor's girl Yuzhu, he would rather be hungry than take out his share of food Give Yuzhu half.

Yuzhu's brother doesn't want to go to school, he doesn't want his sister to support him, he wants to work, but his parents don't agree, the whole family gets into quarrels, and the neighbor, his wife who is often beaten finally can't bear it anymore, and leaves the house, a drunkard Dad started beating his son.

The two children clung to each other and licked their wounds. The new teacher at the school sensed the boy's mood and went to visit the boy's house, but was beaten up by the drunken imaginary father as his wife's concubine.

The kind teacher left, the beating father was also arrested, and Yuzhu's brother still couldn't hold back the family and went to school.

Yuzhu is still working, but she has a thought in her heart, look forward to growing up, and be with Zhisheng in the future.

Americans seem to have no problem with this theme, but it is quite dangerous in South Korea, just like the Japanese film master Akira Kurosawa and the early works of Chinese director Zhang Yimou. They show the most barren side of their country to foreign countries. For insiders It is said that this is an art, but for the natives, it is a kind of harm.

Everyone hopes to show the best side of their country to foreign countries, and no one wants foreigners to have the impression of their country as a poor country, a shrew, and a troublemaker.

This is the only movie that has not hired an editor since Xia Zhen became the director. Xia Zhen watched each scene several times before deciding to keep or delete it.

She is not Akira Kurosawa, she has her own movie style. In her movies, Kurosawa can never be as cruel as Akira Kurosawa. In Xia Zhen’s movies, good and evil coexist, but the overall tone is still positive.

It is worth mentioning that the actor of the "teacher" is Park Yoochun who used to be in the same company as Ha Jin. Park Yoo Chun who got this role has been criticized. Many people think that he got it through the back door. After all, he used to have a good relationship with Ha Jin. In fact, this is not the case, this role was won by Park Yoochun himself.

At that time, Xia Zhen, who was far away in the United States, did not know that Park Yoochun came to the audition. Seeing that the casting director handed Xia Zhen a list of actors with "Park Yoochun", Xia Zhen was really moved.

"Although Park Yoochun debuted as an idol singer, his acting skills are not bad. He has been active in the film and television industry these years, but he used to play the leading role. I didn't expect him to audition for a supporting role this time." The assistant director from South Korea laughed Hehe said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the other party suddenly thought that this big director from Hollywood in front of him was also an idol singer, and most importantly, she and Park Yoochun used to be in the same company!

TVXQ, that really has a long history. Nowadays, many young girls in Korea like new groups. Who remembers the former Asian supreme group.

"I'm sorry, I forgot that you should know each other..." the assistant director said awkwardly.

Xia Zhen shook his head, "It's been a long time since I've contacted you." Xia Zhen didn't remember whether the last contact was ten years ago or nine years ago.

Facts have proved that time is really good at erasing friendship, let alone Park Yoochun who was not very familiar with him, even Kim Junsu who was very familiar with him, when he met Ha Jin again many years later, he was in a state of silence.

Compared to Xia Zhen feeling emotional, Park Yoochun was much calmer. Compared to Xia Zhen who didn't know about it before, Park Yoochun who auditioned was obviously well prepared.

"Director, hello, I'm Park Yoochun." Then he solemnly bowed and saluted.

Xia Zhen just nodded, "Hello."

And then speechless.

The movie was only filmed for two and a half months, and Park Yoochun's role was less than a month. When entering the crew, both parties were still a little uncomfortable. When they left the crew, everyone returned to the state of laughing and joking, but we all know each other. The friendly seniors and juniors never saw each other up.

After Park Yoochun left the film crew, Xia Zhen asked him to send greetings to Kim Junsu, and Park Yootian readily agreed. That night, Xia Zhen received a call from Kim Junsu, but the two of them only exchanged a few words, and there was nothing to talk about, so they hung up After the phone call, Xia Zhen was full of emotions again. Many years later, Xia Zhen directed a short animation called "Mobile Phone and Letter".

Xia Zhen’s first film directed in South Korea, "Hometown" won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival the following year, and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. At the box office in US dollars, it is Xia Zhen's lowest-grossing film in North America.

However, the reputation given by film critics is very good. The Rotten Tomatoes index is as high as 89%. Among the more than 1000 comments, more than [-]% are positive. The "Hollywood Reporter" called it "the best Korean movie in recent years". Veteran movie fans in North America also believe that "despite the cultural differences between the East and the West, the film still maintains Enid Xia's consistent high level."

In Korea, due to the winter vacation, European and American blockbusters are overwhelming, and the theaters are very full. However, given the influence of Enid Xia and the good reputation of the film overseas, the theaters are still very face-saving and contributed to the prime time. "Hometown" "The attendance rate in South Korea reached [-]%, and it is impossible to say that the show was full, but it was true that during the initial release period, it was true that there were no good seats in the theater, and the two young actors who starred in Yuzhu and Zhisheng, because of this film, became Korean. The hottest actor of the new generation, his net worth has increased by more than ten times.

After the film was released, someone asked Xia Zhen what his biggest impression was when he made this film. After thinking about it, Xia Zhen said in Chinese: "There is always a feast that never ends."

The media thought that Xia Jin meant that she would eventually leave Korea for the United States, or that old TVXQ friends from the past would leave again.

In fact, Xia Zhen was only referring to such a state.

In life, people come and go.

what should be separated will be separated