Chapter 4 Her name is Zheng Xiuyan (change)
Time passes!
14 years ago, in 2000, Zheng Xiuyan was only 12 years old, and she had a nice English name, Jessica. Pen~fun~Ge www.biquge.info Zheng Xiuyan was born in San Francisco, California, USA, into a sports family, her parents are Korean-Americans, her father is a boxer, and her mother is a gymnast. She also has a lovely younger sister, Zheng Xiujing, who was born in 94, and her English name is Krystal, which means crystal.
In February 2000, Jung so-yeon's family returned to South Korea to visit relatives. In their spare time, the family went shopping at Lotte Department Store Shopping Plaza.
"Crystal, don't run around, look at the road~"
Six-year-old Crystal came to Korea for the first time and was amazed by everything around her. Because there are no longer white-skinned and blond-haired people around, but people with yellow skin and black hair like themselves. Happy little crystal is like coming home, running and jumping everywhere. Zheng Xiuyan, who was afraid that her sister would be injured, followed Xiao Jing all the way, her face full of worry.
"These two children, what are you running around?" said Zheng's mother, but she was not worried at all. Zheng Xiuyan, who is 12, can take care of herself, and Zheng Xiuyan, who has shown the attribute of "sister control" since she was a child, is even less likely to let her sister get hurt. So Zheng's mother just watched and said a few words of enjoyment.
"Children, let them play, this place is so big, there will be no danger. ”
Xiao Jing was still young, and she was tired after playing for a while, and was led back to her parents by Zheng Xiuyan.
"Hello~"
"Oh, hello~"
Walking on the road, Zheng's father and Zheng's mother were suddenly blocked by a person, and the other party greeted him very politely. Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, Father Zheng returned the salute very politely.
"I'm a scout from S.M, and this is my business card~"
Father Zheng took the business card and looked at it to see that it didn't look fake. S.M company, although Zheng's father has lived abroad for a long time, he still has heard of this famous entertainment company in China.
"How?"
"That's right, I see that your daughters have a lot of talent to become celebrities, I wonder if you are interested in taking them to our company for an interview?"
"Qinjia?" Zheng Xiuyan on the side was very happy, she likes to sing, her dream is to become a singer, and now this opportunity is in front of her.
"Doll mother~" Zheng Xiuyan's family is basically Zheng's mother who has the final say. Zheng Xiuyan planned to take her mother's route, so she coquettishly played to her mother.
"Just let the child try it~"
"Okay~" Father Zheng agreed.
"Yay! Daddy is the highest!"
Two days later, Zheng's father and Zheng's mother took Zheng Xiuyan and Zheng Xiujing, who came noisily to S.M Company for an interview. To the surprise of the Zheng family, not only Zheng Xiuyan passed the interview, but even the 6-year-old Zheng Xiujing passed the interview. Through proper consideration, 12-year-old Zheng Xiuyan met the criteria for signing a trainee contract, and Xiao Jing could only wait until she was 12 years old to sign a contract.
In order to take better care of their daughter, Zheng's father and Zheng's mother handled the affairs of the United States and moved back to South Korea with their family. Jung so-yeon enrolled in the local Kent Foreign Chinese School, where she participated in S.M's practice while attending school. So in 2000, Jung so-yeon officially became a member of the S.M trainees.
After 7 years and 6 months of intensive training, Jung so-yeon finally debuted in August 2007 as a group Girls' Generation and officially became an artist. There are a total of 9 girls in the group, and in just 1 year, with the cute appearance and cute singing voice of 9 people, they are all popular in Korea. The feeling of being liked and worshiped made Zheng Xiuyan very happy. Zheng Xiuyan often cried with joy, and her dream for many years finally came true.
But the good times didn't last long, at the dream concert on June 7, 08, Girls' Generation suffered the biggest crisis since its debut, and when performing on stage, Girls' Generation was boycotted by fans of other artist groups by extinguishing glow sticks and silently, and the stands that were originally flashing fluorescent lights turned black in an instant, and this incident is commonly known as the "Black Sea".
After the "Black Sea" incident, Girls' Generation fell into a short window period, with no announcements, no itinerary, and a decline in popularity. Jung so-yeon once thought that Girls' Generation would be disbanded. But Jung so-yeon and the members of the group persevered, but fortunately, the hard work paid off, and 8 months later, the girls ushered in the release of a new mini album "Gee". After winning the title song "Popular Ballads" three times in a row, the title song "Gee" then dominated the nine consecutive championships in "Music Bank", setting a new record. The song "Gee" pushed Girls' Generation to the position of a first-line girl group, and after WonderGirls left South Korea to develop in the United States, it was the first Korean girl group.
After that, the development of Girls' Generation was even smoother. From 2010 to 2011, Girls' Generation ushered in its own peak, and on October 9, Girls' Generation won the 25th "Golden Disc Awards-Record Awards" with the album "Oh!" became the first singer in Korean history to win both the Record Awards and the Music Source Awards, and the first female singer in history to win the Record Awards. On January 20, 2011, Girls' Generation won the 20th "Seoul Music Awards-Grand Prix", becoming the first female singer in Korean history to win the Grand Award for two consecutive years. In June 2011, they released their first Japanese album "Girls' Generation", which was officially certified by the Japan Recording Industry Association as a million album, making Girls' Generation the first Korean girl group in history to receive double platinum certification for albums in Japan, and the third Korean singer to win this honor after BoA and TVXQ. On August 19 of the same year, Girls' Generation was also invited by the president's wife to visit the Blue House...... Girls' Generation is in the limelight, and no one can beat it.
In addition to the overall development of the group, Zheng Xiuyan's personal development is also blossoming in all directions. In July 2009, Jung so-yeon was invited by South Korean MC Park Myung-so to appear in "Infinite Challenge-Olympic Song Festival Special", and the song "Cold Noodles" became the first place on major music websites. On November 14 of the same year, he starred in the musical theater debut "Blonde Stunner", playing the leading role of "Ellie Woods". On May 10, 2010, Jung so-yeon served as a regular guest on the KBS variety show "Happy Birthday". On October 13, Zheng Xiuyan released her first solo single "SweetDelight". On January 4, 2012, Jung so-yeon participated in the KBS drama "Violent Romance", playing the role of Kang Jong-hee, the unforgettable first love of Park Mo-yeol, the protagonist in the play...... Looking back at her journey, Zheng Xiuyan is very satisfied and happy.
Jung so-yeon is glad that she returned to South Korea at the right time more than once, and maybe she will always live in this happy country in the future.
After 2013, the development of girlhood was put on hold. Many new girl groups have sprung up in the Korean music scene, and they are constantly dividing and eating away at the Girls' Generation market. Most of the girls in the group have crossed their 25th birthday and are moving towards their 30s. Idol eats a youthful meal, and now it is girlhood, so what about after the age of 30, after the age of 40? So the nine sisters have their own little ninety-nine in their hearts.
Jung so-yeon is one of the most active. Before her debut, Zheng Xiuyan's favorite thing was to hold a fashion magazine and lie under the air conditioner's air conditioner. This hobby has been inherited by her, and she has fantasized more than once, what would she do if she were a designer?
These were all in fantasy before, until after Hyoyeon's introduction, Zheng Xiuyan met a person named Kwon Ningyi. The two slowly developed from ordinary friends to acquaintances. Zheng Xiuyan told Kwon Ningyi about her dream more than once, and Kwon Ningyi also proposed that the two of them start a company together more than once.
The TVXQ incident is a typical example in front of Zheng Xiuyan. Losing the combination and the company's resources, Zheng Xiuyan knew very well that she would become nothing, so the matter slowly dragged on.
Time is slowly coming to the end of 2013, and Girls' Generation 9 is about to enter the contract year. There are already many sisters in the group who are secretly in love, but on New Year's Day 2014, the girls were caught off guard and their romances were exposed. On January 1, Lim Yoona and Lee Seung-gi, on January 3, Choi so-young and Jung Kyung-ho, on April 4, Pani and Nik-kun, and on April 20, Yoo Li and Oh Sung-hwan...... When they were in love, Lin Yuna and others reported to the company, but now they have been publicly exposed by S.M Company, in order to force the girls to renew their contracts again, or to lower the renewal fee.
Zheng Xiuyan saw that she couldn't help herself in the entertainment industry, and she couldn't eat idol rice for a lifetime. The dream of a designer in Jung so-yeon's heart germinated again, and with the encouragement of Kwon Yeong-il, it ushered in vigorous growth. Zheng Xiuyan wants to develop her personal career, but she also doesn't want to leave this combination that has spent more than 6 years, and the 9 people are a little stumbling, but the relationship between the 9 people has always been good, and Zheng Xiuyan is reluctant to let go of these sisters.
Thus, Zheng Xiuyan's lengthy contract negotiations began. S.M strongly opposes Zheng Xiuyan's establishment of a personal brand, and S.M does not want to affect its own prestige because of the privilege of one person, so that more and more of its artists will embark on this path.
It doesn't work twice, and it doesn't work twice...... Jung so-yeon can't remember how many times she went to the president's office.
One day in May 2014, Jung so-yeon knocked on the door of the president's office again......
This time, S.M Company did not come up to oppose Zheng Xiuyan's personal brand plan, but gave another condition: 50% of the personal brand income was handed over to S.M Company.
In her personal brand plan, Zheng Xiuyan is just a small shareholder and designer, and Quan Ningyi is responsible for most of the head. Subtract 50% of the income, and Zheng Xiuyan will almost be discounted...... It is conceivable that the contract was not negotiated again, and seeing that the sisters around her had renewed their contracts one by one, and her contract was only three months left, Zheng Xiuyan's mood was extremely bad.
Zheng Xiuyan at home tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, so late at night, Zheng Xiuyan drove her Land Rover out of the community, galloped on the road, and came to a remote street. Feeling the feeling of speedning, Zheng Xiuyan temporarily forgot her troubles.
However, at the intersection of the street, Zheng Xiuyan, who did not stop because of the red light, crashed into a vehicle passing by at another intersection, and Zheng Xiuyan's mind was blank in the process of the Land Rover spinning......