The fourth season of "This is Street Dance" began broadcasting, and the four captains of Han Geng, Liu Xianhua, Zhang Yixing, and Wang Yibo were assembled, all four of whom were trainers in South Korea and successfully debuted. I believe that if lee so-man, the boss of South Korea's SM Entertainment Company, sees this show, his mood should be mixed, because three of the captains were once SM artists.
Han Geng, Liu Xianhua, Zhang Yixing are now very successful in their careers, and their fame and status in the entertainment industry are remarkable. They also open their own companies, engage in entertainment industry-related business, and are likely to become entertainment industry bigwigs who stand side by side with Mr. Li Xiuman in the future.
At that time, these three artists who were strictly trained and debuted in SM agency can be said to have cultivated them by Li Xiuman, and it was Li Xiuman who sent them into the public's vision.
Han
At the age of 12, Han Geng was admitted to the dance department of the secondary school affiliated to the Central University for Nationalities, majoring in ethnic dance, minoring in ballet and martial arts. Han Geng has very superior innate dance conditions and often performs abroad.
South Korea SM selected potential talents in China, and at a glance, he fell in love with Han Geng, who was the first Chinese to work as a trainee in South Korea.
At that time, SM did not have the experience of training foreign trainees. Han Geng taught himself Korean while practicing hard. The elimination system for trainees by Korean brokerage companies is very strict and harsh. However, Han Geng's dance talent far exceeded that of others, and he jumped from the basic class to the debut class with a grade of C in only half a year.
In November 2005, Han Geng and 12 other members of the Super Junior debuted.
Although Li Xiuman did not directly express his opinion on Han Geng when he first debuted, in the previous albums of Super Junior, Han Geng was not only responsible for the opening, but also responsible for the lead dancer in the team. This can fully show that Li Xiuman is very satisfied and appreciative of Han Geng. After all, at that time, Li Xiuman attached great importance to Super Junior, which was the first boy band he built to enter China and even Asia. Super Junior's selection and choreography, as well as stage presentation, were approved by Lee So-man.
Another point that can be seen is that Lee So-man valued Han Geng, because at that time, The laws and regulations of South Korea stipulated that foreign singers could only be on two TV stations. Therefore, Li Xiuman was under tremendous pressure to let Han Geng wear a mask and also want to go on the show. Although Han Geng's heart is suffocated and tormented, it has allowed Han Geng to appear in front of the public with Super Junior as a whole.
Many Koreans are very impressed with Han Geng, his dancing skills on the stage are exquisite, and he is brisk and free, so that the audience can't help but wonder what kind of handsome face is behind the mask.
In 2009, Due to han geng's growing age and continuous health problems, there were many differences between the future development and the company. Han Geng proposed to terminate the contract with SM.
But at that time, Super Junior's fame was in full swing, and Li Xiuman, a very shrewd businessman, could not give up this fortune tree. Dissatisfaction with the current situation and the growing contradiction in the backlog of plans for the future, after arduous arguments, Han Geng was finally terminated at the end of 2009.
Han Geng got the free body he wanted, although he was dissatisfied with the company before and had many differences with Li Xiuman. But he never forgot Li Xiuman's cultivation of himself. Standing on the podium with Li Xiuman for the first time after leaving the company for six years, Han Geng, standing on the podium, said, "Without Teacher Li Xiuman, I would not stand here as a singer today." ”
Time will always take away each other's complaints, and when Li Xiuman sees that Han Geng, who has painstakingly cultivated, is so excellent, he must also have a pride and pride in his heart.
Liu Xianhua Henry
Liu Xianhua was born in Canada, his father is from Hong Kong, China, and his mother is from Taiwan. Liu Xianhua has studied classical violin and piano and dance since childhood. He studied electronic violin in middle school and was very talented in music. Attended the Berkeley School of Music. However, in 2006, Liu Xianhua participated in the draft of SOUTH Korea's SM company and was successfully discovered by star scouts.
Li Xiuman called Liu Xianhua a "child who has never seen before." This means that a talented, innately intimate "self-made" child like Henry is a type he has never seen before.
Henry entered South Korea SM Entertainment after only one year of professional dance training, and Lee So-man couldn't wait to put him on stage. Because of the SuperJunior fire, Lee so-man wants to set up a Super Junior-M squad, and Henry and another Chinese member join the team, with Han Geng as the captain.
Henry, who "airborne", was greatly hostile to SJ fans at the time. From the moment he debuted, he was hacked all over the Internet, and at that time, SJ's fans didn't care how musically talented Henry was, how much he could dance, and how attractive it was to play the violin. Just blindly resisting him, Henry was turned off by the audience when he appeared in the performance, shouting "ANTI".
Henry spent ten years of his youth in ANTI and mockery. Looking at the screen sometimes handsome, sometimes funny, and sometimes seriously immersed in the performance of music, many people think that he has been living in the happy sunshine, and it is difficult to imagine how he spent those dark years. He didn't give up, he kept creating, and kept sending more than 100 songs he created to the company. Even the arrangement of many singers in SM company is taught by Liu Xianhua. Liu Xianhua only asked for a chance to be a SOLO singer.
In the South Korean music program "Yoo Hee-yeol's Sketchbook", Liu Xianhua said that he had been very resistant to going to variety shows, thinking that it was wrong for him to go on variety shows as a musician. But Lee So-man didn't give him a chance to be a musician, and in 2014, Liu Xianhua became popular on the Korean variety show "Real Man". Not only did it detonate the ratings of the show, but it also made everyone like him, so as to realize that Henry was so talented.
In a variety show in South Korea, the famous Korean musician Yoon Jong-shin saw that Liu Xianhua could not only compose and sing by himself, but also skillfully use many professional music tools, and his appreciation and praise for Henry were endless. Yin Jong-shin repeatedly told Lee So-man that Henry was very surprising and should grasp him well.
Li Xiuman only said yes at that time, because in his eyes, Liu Xianhua's variety value was far better than the musical value he created. Since he was successful in variety shows, why risk letting him give up variety shows and then do music. Lee So-man has always let him seriously manage a funny persona.
In 2018, Henry's contract with SM expired and he did not renew, and he posted a long article on Weibo, mainly to thank those who have helped him in the past decade, and one of the sentences shows his helplessness.
In fact, before Henry debuted, he was an all-round musical genius that Li Xiuman valued very much. But at that time, Li Xiuman pushed Super Juior-M, pushed Henry to a position that was not suitable for him, and frustrated him at a young age, and later let Henry frequently appear on variety shows, which has shown that Li Xiuman gave up his support for Henry in music.
It can be said that Li Xiuman is very appreciative and likes Henry, but unfortunately there is no reason in the end. Lee So-man once said, "Henry is the only idol who can live well without fans." Because he will be recognized by all professionals. No matter what kind of major. ”
In fact, this sentence is not exaggerated at all, if you have seen Henry playing an instrument or a stage performance, it is impossible not to like him.
Zhang Yixing
In 2008, Zhang Yixing became a trainee under his team through SM selection in China. Zhang Yixing himself is really like his screen name "Hard Work Hard and Hard Again", during SM's period as a trainee, it can be said that Zhang Yixing's life is training in addition to training. If you want to stand out as a foreign trainee in Korea, you must work harder than a local trainee in Korea.
Zhang Yixing said that sometimes hard work may not be able to achieve corresponding gains. He went through a very low period. Ten hours of practice a day, but on the monthly quiz, he ranks the bottom few in his class.
It can be said that Li Xiuman was not very satisfied with Zhang Yixing at that time. In his eyes, Zhang Yixing's appearance, height, strength, and talent are not very outstanding. But the "silly child" Zhang Yixing is not a person who gives up easily, he reviewed the misunderstandings he walked into in the practice and the "useless work" he did, adjusted the practice method, and finally became a member of EXO in 2012, and he was also the main dancer in the group.
His efforts changed Li Xiuman's view of him, and Zhang Yixing was called a "god-like trainee" within SM. With the popularity of EXO in Asia, several Chinese members of the team have successively terminated their contracts and returned to China to seek better development. Zhang Yixing, the only one who insisted on staying, was carrying too many crimes at the time.
Zhang Yixing and Li Xiuman agreed not to break the contract, but wanted to return to China to open a studio. Jang Yi-hing's idea was unprecedented for South Korea's SM Entertainment Agency, but it coincided with the announcement of the "Korean Restriction Order". Li Xiuman considered repeatedly agreeing to Zhang Yixing going it alone.
At that time, no one believed that Li Xiuman would agree so happily, and many people speculated that Li Xiuman must have taken a stake in the company opened by Zhang Yixing, or that Zhang Yixing would give Li Xiuman a few percent of his annual income in return.
But Li Xiuman not only did not benefit from it, but also personally recorded a video for Zhang Yixing to call "LAY finally did what he should do." "Yixing is a very smart and sincere child, and his practice attitude is very serious. Congratulations on the establishment of an entertainment culture company in China, he has also realized many of his own innovative ideas, he has the ability to make, with full strength. I also think that in this period in China, there is a need for such a powerful producer, and I believe that he can build the world's number one company. ”
There was no complaint or tearing, leaving only blessings, and Teacher Li Xiuman must have seen some of the successful qualities that Zhang Yixing had.
It is said that "no adultery is not business", Li Xiuman is both a musician and a businessman, he is very shrewd and accurate in looking at people. He once said that Zhang Yixing was very sincere and his character was also very noble. He is very moralistic to his friends, teachers, and colleagues, and he is dedicated to guarding and helping them.
In fact, no matter who it is, he will hope that no matter whether he is poor or rich, there will be a sincere person around him to treat himself, and Li Xiuman may see zhang Yixing's shining point.
Li Xiuman should be proud to see that Han Geng, Liu Xianhua, and Zhang Yixing are gathered on the stage of the fourth season of "This is Street Dance", and they can be said to be his disciples. When they exude a dazzling light, they can't help but sigh that Li Xiuman is really a wise eye.