Chapter 2955 is not easy
"But even so, it is precisely because I didn't have any popularity or influence at that time, and I was young, Baodao Universal Records didn't pay much attention to me at that time. To put it bluntly, I didn't care about my insignificant role. The reason why I helped me release records was that it was the strength of the DSP company behind me, especially the training model of training Korean trainees to debut as an artist. As a certain exchange of interests, I arranged to release records for me."
Speaking of this, Kim Yu-fan shrugged: "Of course, I am not saying this now, but I am not complaining or complaining. After all, this is human nature. If it were me, a fourteen-year-old child in another country would help him release a record. I probably wouldn't have any hope or expectation at all, and would definitely pass it casually."
"After all, a child from another country who is fourteen years old, even if the language is not a big problem, it is basically impossible to get strong support and full support from the company. If you are lucky, just just perfunctory. The middle level is to occasionally arrange company artists to take you on the show, or let you show your face with the company artists, and almost ignore you directly and completely forget that you are like you."
Kim Yu-fan smiled and continued, "You know, Baodao Universal Records only produced a thousand albums for me at that time. I believe everyone understands what this means. I don't expect my new album to achieve any good results. I just plan to perfunctorily and comfort me."
Everyone at the scene couldn't help but sigh, as if they didn't expect that even Kim Yu-fan would have such a tragic and pitiful time. Although everyone came from newcomers and slowly worked hard with their own efforts, as long as they thought of Kim Yu-fan, who was so awesome as awesome as Kim Yu-fan, when he first debuted, he released his first regular Chinese album, with only one thousand albums, which is definitely a pitiful number.
Especially when thinking about Kim Yu-hwan's current achievements, even Kim Yu-hwan's current achievements will not be mentioned for the time being. Thinking about Kim Yu-hwan's sales results of his Chinese album, let's see how big it looks like he had only prepared a thousand albums at the beginning. It's definitely not an exaggeration to say that he was pitiful.
"Fortunately, fortunately, Xiao Jin's first Chinese album was of very good quality, and it can even be called a classic. The album sales exceeded one million copies." As Wang Han said, everyone couldn't help but burst into warm applause. Who could know that Kim Yu-fan's first regular Chinese album, an album with a horror score of more than one million, was done in such a hurry and inconspicuous situation. This is indeed very difficult.
Especially as a singer, Hua Chenyu looked at Kim Yu-fan at this time, and he was a 100% small fan. As a singer, Hua Chenyu knew very well how difficult it was to sell million albums to the extent of Kim Yu-fan. Even before that, it was probably completely unbelievable.
Even without considering the sharp decline in sales of physical albums, Hua Chenyu thought about it in his mind. If it were him, first of all, in less than a month, he would definitely not be able to create a regular album alone. Secondly, at the beginning, he only prepared 1,000 albums, and then spoke with the quality of the album, let alone one million, without any publicity, it would be a very impressive result.
Thinking of this, Hua Chen-woo looked at Kim Yu-hwan with infinite admiration, and then she came to her senses. Although Kim Yu-hwan was all-round, there was no doubt that Kim Yu-hwan was a singer first and an actor second. Kim Yu-hwan's strength and talent in music are beyond doubt.
"At that time, I made 1,000 Chinese albums, which shows that there was no so-called publicity resources or help at that time, or there was no publicity help at all. The reason why this album was able to exceed one million in sales was completely due to the support and love of fans. Here I would like to thank all fans for their support and love for me. If it weren't for everyone's support and love for me, or I wouldn't have really continued to stick to it, maybe I would have left China and developed in Japan at that time."
After saying that, Kim Yu-fan stood up and bowed to the fans on the scene to express his gratitude, which naturally caused a burst of warm applause to be heard.
"Haha, Xiao Jin said that this is also great. You have released several Chinese albums. The quality of each album and every song is there. The so-called classic albums must be purchased and collected. This is not something that anyone can get casually. Although there is no promotion, the quality of the songs is there. Sometimes promotion is very important, but more importantly, the quality is still quality. As long as the quality is good, the things are good, and the songs are good, naturally more and more people will like it, and everyone will also promote it for you. Therefore, the sales of albums that exceed one million are nothing. This is entirely what you work hard on your own, relying on your own strength and the quality of the album, and it is what you deserve."
Amid the applause, Wang Han seemed to remember something: "By the way, you just said that it was because of the success of the first Chinese album that you continued to develop in China. If the first album fails, you will leave China and go to Japan to develop?"
Damn, this is definitely a story! In an instant, the studio scene became quiet, and everyone wanted to hear what Kim Yu-fan said.
"Yeah, that's right, that's it." Kim Yu-fan smiled and said lightly: "I just said that in fact, in order to increase the international market, DSP planned to let me take into account the development of South Korea and overseas. The first choice for overseas choice was the Japanese market. After all, Japan is the second largest record market in the world, so the company wanted me to go to Japan to develop at that time."
"It's just that I prefer China. Because I received my grandmother's education when I was very young, I was not unfamiliar with Chinese. I even liked the history and culture of China. I had read and learned it myself, so I was born with a kind of intimacy with China. So, when the company arranged for me to go to Japan to open a second market, I strongly opposed it and asked to develop in China."
"At that time, I also knew that your Korean agency was very strong towards artists. Although you were considered a newcomer supported by DSP at that time, you would be very angry if you were not obeyed the company's arrangements and asked to go to China, right?"
"Of course!" Kim Yu-fan nodded with a smile: "Don't say that I just debuted at that time, nothing was wrong. In fact, even if I have become a top Korean singer, the arrangements and requirements of the agency, the artists basically have no resistance. This is not just DSP. This is a very common phenomenon in the Korean music scene. I don't know when the agency company is very tough on artists, which has basically become a habit. The agency company is used to it, and artists are used to it, and even the media and fans like it."
"I was almost the same at that time. Of course, the company would not care about my thoughts, or ignored my thoughts. But in the end, with my efforts and the help of several sisters of Fin.K.L, the company reluctantly agreed to develop in China and choose my overseas market first in China."
Although Kim Yu-fan said it very easily, everyone understands that it is definitely very difficult and extremely difficult for Kim Yu-fan to develop in China first, and even pays a great price.
This also made the applause even more enthusiastic. After all, Kim Yu-fan has a tendency towards China, and the scene is full of Chinese people. Of course, he feels close to Kim Yu-fan and is particularly fond of China.
"Haha!" Wang Han directly led everyone to the next topic: "By the way, Xiao Jin, you said you are very kind to China and understand it very well, and it was completely influenced by your grandma."
"That's right, that's it." Kim Yu-fan nodded with a smile, not denying it.
After all, as Kim Yu-fan becomes more and more famous, Kim Yu-fan's family situation has been announced long ago with the efforts of the media, and it is not bad at all. Even many things that Kim Yu-fan doesn't know, and even grandma forgets will be dug up again by the media.
Kim Yu-fan's grandmother Lee Ji-na was a soldier from the Northern Dynasties when she was young. She was a soldier who participated in the Korean Peninsula War. Finally, she settled in South Korea for a series of reasons and changed her name to Kim. It was not until the tension between the north and the south passed, or when her grandmother was sixty years old, she had no ability to move, and with Kim Yu-fan's rise and joined the army, and even a member of the Hanang Brigade, she completely became a member of South Korea, that her grandmother's identity was announced.
For those of Li Zhina's era, China was a brother. Such a major event in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea was definitely the largest war with the largest number of casualties and injuries after World War II. In terms of cruelty, or not as good as the Bosnia-Herzegovina civil war, compared to its influence, it was absolutely impossible to compare with the Zhenbao Island War of the Sino-Soviet conflict. After all, China and the Soviet Union were both major powers at that time. Even if China was much worse than the Soviet Union in all aspects, its bones and courage would definitely not be worse than the Soviet Union. Moreover, it was not the period when the United States pushed Iraq and completely eliminated the sea of people with high-tech weapons. If China's huge population base really fought to the death with the Soviet Union, even if the Soviet Union won, it would probably be sterile. Therefore, the Sino-Soviet conflict was definitely the most influential war after World War II.
The Vietnam War in the United States is definitely a qualitative improvement and breakthrough of modern weapons, the extensive use of helicopters, the emphasis on jungle warfare, etc., which has opened a new model of war.
But there is no doubt that the largest one is the Korean Peninsula War, both sides paid millions of casualties, and the military strength of both sides and the material consumption and damage in all aspects were very large.
Although the scale of the Iran-Iraq War is also large, the number of deaths is really impossible to compare with the Korean Peninsula War.
The relationship between North Korea and China was definitely as close as a family. Many Chinese soldiers would speak Korean after they had been in contact with North Korean soldiers for a long time. Similarly, many North Korean soldiers also learned Chinese and sincerely thanked and respected China who helped them resist the United States, and were full of worship.
Therefore, as a North Korean soldier and a soldier of that era, Li Zhina was intimate and recognized China, knew Chinese and liked everything about China, which was very normal. After all, at that time, it was not just Li Zhina, but this situation was very common among North Korean soldiers.
As Kim Yu-fan's grandmother, especially when he was raising Kim Yu-fan alone for a while, he had nothing to do to tell Kim Yu-fan about China, teach Kim Yu-fan Chinese, and learn Chinese culture. This is normal.
Kim Yu-fan was a child at that time. Under his grandmother's words and deeds, he fell in love with China. This is very normal, and there is nothing wrong with it!
"If my first album in China failed at that time, then according to my previous agreement with the company, I had to leave China, and then obediently follow the company's arrangements and go to Japan to develop. At the same time, I had to automatically renew the contract with the company for ten years. Including the previous contract, it would be 17 years. If I counted this way, it would probably not be until 2018 that my contract with the company would expire."
Kim Yu-fan's words immediately made everyone exclaim. It is no secret that Korean brokerage companies forced their artists to sign slave contracts with the company and sell their bodies. Now, everyone thinks it is very exaggerated to stop Kim Yu-fan's words. In 2017, Kim Yu-fan was not even 14 years old at that time.
More importantly, Kim Yu-fan took his future completely and took the next ten years as a bet to win the opportunity to develop in China first. This was an amazing gambling that made everyone admire him.
After all, if you think from the perspective of others, no one dares to think of Kim Yu-fan and dares to make such a decision easily. After all, it will be tied up in the next ten years, basically allowing his youth to be tied up in the most golden time.
There was nothing to say, and warm applause suddenly burst into the scene. Although facts have proved that Kim Yu-hwan has achieved great success, it can even be said to be unprecedented success. Even many Chinese local singers cannot achieve Kim Yu-hwan's level. At least every album is a classic album, and the sales of each album can maintain a sales of 2 million copies in Asia. Moreover, they are not Chinese and do not promote much. They really rely on the quality of music works. It is estimated that no Chinese local singer can do this.
"So, when did you plan to establish a MC China branch?" This issue's guests were not only Kim Yu-fan, but also Zhou Dongyu and Hua Chenyu, so Wang Han could only change the topic and bring the matter to the MC China branch, so that Zhou Dongyu and Hua Chenyu could be pulled out.
"Haha, in fact, this idea came into being very early. It should have been when I first came to China Baodao to develop. I also said before that I came to China Baodao to develop. The company was unwilling to do it. The Universal Records on Baodao didn't expect me, so I just did it perfunctorily to cooperate with the company's arrangements. At that time, I was still very unhappy and unwilling to say anything about it. But in my heart, I was still particularly unhappy and unwilling to accept it. I thought that when I have the ability and conditions in the future, I must create my own company in China. When my development in China, I have my own company and can do my best to help me develop and promote it. And no one will restrict me. I will do whatever I want and can no longer be controlled by others."
Everyone was sighing that from Kim Yu-hwan's words, you can imagine how difficult Kim Yu-hwan's life was. Without any publicity resources, it was so difficult for an artist, especially a young artist who had just debuted and was considered a child in his teenage years old, and even was completely unfamiliar with a foreign country. He could persevere and achieve success.
Wang Han also sighed for a moment, and then continued to ask: "So, MC China Branch was established, and then Zhou Dongyu, Hua Chenyu and others became artists signed by MC China Branch?" Seeing Kim Yu-fan nodding with a smile, Wang Han also asked: "So, is there any story in it?"
With Wang Han's inquiry, let alone the audience at the scene, even Zhou Dongyu and Hua Chenyu became particularly curious. Because they were also curious about how the company found itself and signed it with great sincerity. After all, there was no one paying attention to it at that time, and there were no works. They were just an ordinary person or a student.
Although now, everyone is sighing that Zhou Dongyu is the best among Chinese actresses born in the 1990s and has unlimited potential. Hua Chenyu is also known as the best among Chinese male singers born in the 1990s. MC China Branch has such two artists with unlimited potential, which is really profitable and has a promising future. But everyone is the same as Zhou Dongyu and Hua Chenyu, and they don’t understand one thing, that is, how did the MC China Branch find the two and sign them down.
"Of course there is a story, that's for sure." Kim Yu-fan smiled and said lightly: "After all, there are so many people in China, there are so many excellent and talented people. Although our MC China Branch was first established to look for talented and potential newcomers to train, it was aimed at those professional schools and selected among the schools. But everyone knows that there are too many similar schools in China, which is also a very difficult thing."
Wang Han also nodded decisively: "Yes, there are too many schools in China with similar majors. There are nine major conservatories in China alone, but in addition to this, there are dozens of famous and excellent conservatories. There are relatively fewer film and television colleges, but there are also several. Each school has hundreds of students. It is really not easy to select talented and potential students from such many schools and so many students. Just a screening is a big project!"
Chapter completed!