Chapter 3 NRG Forever

The name of the group NRG is not unfamiliar to Koreans, although it is far from reaching the peak of the Korean music industry, but since its debut, the group has experienced far more stories than the singers who debuted at the same time.

Debuted in 1997, Fang caused a lot of sensation in South Korea as soon as he debuted, and was regarded as the most beautiful singing group by many industry insiders at that time, and won the best newcomer award of the three major TV stations that year, and released the second album in 1998, which made their singing career to a higher level, and in the same year, it entered the Chinese market and became a representative of the Korean Wave in the Korean song industry.

But just when NRG climbed to the top, it encountered one accident after another, first the members Lee Sung-jin and Cheon Myung-hoon were kicked out of the group by the agency without warning, and Lee Jun-hee, who served as the lead singer, was also refrigerated for two months because of this practice against the company, and finally returned to the group the day before the recording of the third episode.

Although the third series was a success, in 2000, member Kim Hwan Seong died suddenly due to illness, and members Lee Sung-jin and Cheon Myung-hoon returned, and held a concert tour in China that year, which was a great success.

In 2001, NRG released its fourth album and held 32 concerts across Korea, with sold-out venues, and at that time, almost everyone thought that NRG had come out of the pain of the members' death, and was going to compete with Shinhwa and GOD for the throne of Korea's No. 1 boy group left behind after the disbandment of HOT.

But at this time, the agency to which NRG belongs once again made a brainless move, because of the Korean artist desertion incident caused by Bae Yongjun, the MF agency arranged for NRG's lead singer Lee Jun-hee to serve in order to eliminate the pressure brought by public opinion.

Without Lee Jun-hee, although NRG won the song "HIT" in 2003

G won the coveted Top 10 Singer Award, but it failed to reach the next level after all, and the fifth album released this year did not achieve the expected success.

Now, Lee Jun-hee is back!

"Have you been in touch with the members?" Cui Zhen knew that Jin Huancheng and the original promise was Lee Jun-hee's taboo, "Today in the barracks, I saw them, who knew that you left early!" ”

Li Junxi shook his head: "Not yet, I don't even know how to face them now, I was a deserter in the first place." ”

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It was Kim Hwan-seong's last wish before he died, and Lee Jun-hee and the other members swore together, but for two years, he hid in the army, leaving the other four members to support this incomplete combination.

Although it is said that it was forced, after all, every man can't avoid military service in South Korea, but if he escapes, he escapes, and no matter how he explains, he can't get around the fact that he broke his oath.

Cui Zhen heard this, and glared at Li Junxi angrily: "You kid, you want to fight alone, do you think we don't know anything?" All right! During the day, Li Chengzhen asked me, if I see you, be sure to call him, you can decide this matter yourself! Now, I want to know, you come back and know, what are your plans, if you want to continue to be a singer, I don't think you can do it without compromising with the agency. ”

"So when I came back this time, I was going to terminate the contract, although I didn't want to be sorry for Huancheng, but I also didn't want to sell myself and my brothers to those two vampires as slaves!"

Cui Zhen was stunned when she heard it, although the Lee Jun-hee she knew was a very stubborn person, but it was rare for her to be so intense, you must know that in the Korean entertainment industry, no matter how successful an artist is, no matter how famous he is, in front of the brokerage company, he will always be only the weak party, and the relationship between the mutual teams is basically irreversible.

Of course, if an artist wants to get rid of the accusation of the brokerage company, there is still the road of resorting to law, but once he takes this road, then basically the road of acting will be broken.

Now all the exclusive contracts of brokerage companies and artists are basically full of loopholes, even first-line artists will inevitably be exploited by brokerage companies, and only at the level of Cui Zhen, maybe it can be avoided, once this kind of exclusive contract goes through legal channels, it is easy for artists to win the lawsuit, but what about after winning the lawsuit?

Which agency will accept an artist who violates the rules?

When the time comes, it will inevitably end up being shouted and beaten by everyone.

Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, Cui Zhen does not want to see Lee Junxi and MF brokerage company go to court, this kind of lawsuit is won, and it is also a lose-lose situation.

"Jun-hee! I hope you can think about this matter clearly, you have fallen out with the brokerage company on impulse now, what will you do in the future? Are there other members who think the same way as you? Even if you agree and win the lawsuit, what about in the future? Without the help of the brokerage company, how can you survive in the entertainment industry, you haven't thought about these questions now, so you made a decision, how will it end up then? ”

These problems that Cui Zhenzhen said are all for the good of Lee Jun-hee, and Lee Jun-hee has also considered them before, and some problems are indeed difficult to solve, but his determination to leave MF will not be shaken.

If you want to keep NRG and fulfill your promise to Kim Hwan Seong, you must leave MF, since NRG's debut in 1997, the agency has only regarded them as a cash cow, and has not considered their ideas at all, first drove Lee Sung-jin and Cheon Myung-hoon out of the group, and then banned Lee Jun-hee, and even Kim Hwan Seong's death is not unrelated to the brokerage company.

It can be said that those two people did not want to cultivate NRG into a first-class group in South Korea at all, they were just for money, and even what they did directly led to the current situation of NRG.

"Sister Real! I know it's hard, but do you think there is a way out if we don't resist now? Those two people simply wanted to ruin the NRG. ”

Cui Zhenzhen sighed and looked at Li Junxi helplessly: "You! is still so stubborn, how can a person with a temperament like you survive in the entertainment industry! ”

Li Junxi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "If I weren't such a character, would we still be sisters and brothers?" ”

Cui Zhenzhen was really speechless when he heard this, speaking of which, the relationship between the two of them can become so close is not because their personalities are the same stubborn.

"Forget it! I don't care about you, don't come to me when the time comes, it's really annoying! Cui Zhenzhen said and grabbed her hair with both hands, she is under enough pressure now, although the divorce lawsuit with her ex-husband is over, but things are not so simple, after all, there are still children, and it is impossible for the two of them to really break off the relationship completely.

Li Junxi also knows Cui Zhen's current situation: "Sister Zhen, you will get better!" ”

Saying that, Li Junxi grabbed Cui Zhen's hand, Cui Zhenzhen was stunned, and then smiled bitterly, feeling the temperature from Li Junxi's palm, for a while, she couldn't support it anymore, and fell on the table in pain.

Li Junxi watched, got up and walked around Cui Zhen's side, and hugged her shoulder, as a sister and brother who is not a relative, but is better than a relative, what kind of pressure Cui Zhenzhen is under now, Li Junxi knows very well.

After crying, Cui Zhenzhen also felt much happier, wiped away his tears, and looked at the time, it was already late at night.

"Jun-hee! The guest room is already tidied up, so let's go and rest! Cui Zhenzhen said and stood up, with her back to Li Junxi, she didn't want Li Junxi to see her vulnerable side, even though she had cried just now, she didn't want Li Junxi to see her now, and after walking two steps, Cui Zhenzhen suddenly turned around and looked at Li Junxi with a frown, "Junxi! I remember you used to laugh a lot, why is it a little gray now, laugh more! ”

Li Junxi was stunned for a moment, and tried to squeeze out a smile, but it turned out to make Cui Zhen disgusting enough: "I think you should continue to pretend to be cool!" ”

Li Junxi was speechless, watching Cui Zhen enter the room, he walked to the mirror in the living room alone, looked at himself inside, wanted to laugh, but couldn't laugh, in the barracks for two years, every day was faced with endless training, and the instructor's almost harsh requirements, he forgot how to laugh.

I entered the guest room, just about to go to bed, looked at my phone, dialed a number according to my memory, and the phone was connected after a while.

"Jun-hee!? Is that you? You kid speak! ”

Li Junxi felt that his eyes were a little sour, and he held back his tears to prevent them from falling: "Brother Chengzhen!" ”