Volume 5 2013 Chapter 951: Cheng Xiao in the New Semester (Part 1)
In the new semester, Li Dabin is not the only one who has changed.
Kim Nam-joo has also significantly increased the frequency of her visits to the tutoring group this year, but logically speaking , she shouldn't be like this.
On the one hand, Nam Joo has good grades and is considered a top student among celebrities, so at least there will be no problem for her to graduate. On the other hand, Apink is currently very popular due to its recent comeback with "NoNoNo", so she should be very busy. How could she have the time to come back for tutoring?
"Oppa, I want to go to college too."
Faced with Yi Haoyan's question, Nanzhu was speechless.
"Being an idol is just a job. I still have to take the college entrance exam. I also want to go to a better university."
"Which school are you going to?"
Idols usually apply to relatively easier colleges to study acting or vocal music, and the academic requirements are not that high, so Yi Haoyan was a little curious.
In his opinion, with Nanzhu's grades, she can go to these universities without tutoring.
"Sungkyunkwan."
"Oh, that does require a little more effort."
Sungkyunkwan is not like any other university. Even if an artist wants to get in, the requirements are much higher than those of an ordinary university. Last year, Krystal Jung's admission to Sungkyunkwan was hyped up by the media. Although SM was behind the scenes, it also shows that this university is not easy to get in. You have to be a little cool and a top student to get in .
In addition to Kim Nam-joo, there is another person that Yi Haoyan pays close attention to who has also changed.
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One and a half years after coming to Korea, Cheng Xiao was finally able to attend classes normally.
This makes the little girl look a lot more lively.
Although my Korean is still very poor, it’s only my ability to express myself that’s lacking . My ability to listen to lectures and read books can already meet the needs of normal classes.
In addition to the girl's own efforts, Qiu Zhaozhen, who later transferred to Starship, also helped a lot.
The two are now working in the same company, attending the same school, and in the same tutoring group. Lao Qiu is a warm-hearted woman with a cold face. Although she has had some rough experiences, she has a good personality and has always helped Cheng Xiao, the beautiful little sister from China.
In addition to Qiu Zhaozhen, there were others who also provided a lot of help.
Xiaoxiao is actually very popular because of her strong professional ability and cute personality.
Now the school's big brothers, Park Soo-young, Wu Xia-young and Zheng Yi-lin, are the little girl's backers. In the absence of Yi Hao-yan, those who once excluded her no longer dared to bully the little girl, and these "terrible" sisters took turns to ensure Xiao Xiao's safety in school.
Moreover, the arrival of Zhou Jieqiong, the second Chinese girl at Seoul Arts High School, also helped Xiaoxiao have more friends. After all, being in a foreign country, it is a happy thing to have a familiar fellow countryman.
In fact, Yi Haoyan also thought about introducing Victoria Song or other Chinese artists who have debuted to Cheng Xiao, but he gave up in the end.
Debuted idols are too busy and may not have time to meet up often.
Moreover, Xiaoxiao is too young and has not made her debut yet. In fact, they don’t have many common topics, and forcing a connection is not a good option.
Anyway, there were two other girls who came to Korea with her, and with Zhou Jieqiong, it was quite a lot.
After all, she is active in Korea, and staying with people from her own country all the time is not conducive to her career development.
The problem of integration can only be solved slowly over time.
To be honest, among these Chinese girls who came to Korea to develop their careers, Yi Haoyan cares about Cheng Xiao the most.
The degree of bias was so high that even Lin Jingzhi couldn't stand it.
"I say, Xiaoxiao is the most outstanding talent in our company, but the others are not bad either. Aren't you being a little too partial?"
Lexing Group arranged several people to come to Korea for training, but Yi Haoyan ignored everyone except Cheng Xiao.
"You know nothing! Whether this project can be successful in the future depends on this stubborn little girl. No one else can compare to her."
Yi Haoyan was not so polite to Lin Jingzhi. As the manager of Lexing, this guy couldn't even tell who was the most important. He was simply derelict in his duty!
"She is the only one with the strongest strength, the most solid basic skills, the youngest age and the purest mind. If she can't succeed, it will be useless no matter how many others come. Look at how Victoria Song fought hard back then? That was with the full support of SM. Starsh ips today can't be compared with SM. The success or failure of your project depends on Cheng Xiao. If I don't favor her, who else should I favor?"
However, Cheng Xiao was unaware of Yi Haoyan's partiality.
The boy didn't want her to know.
When Cheng Xiao was receiving training at the company, he asked the teacher to treat her the same as other trainees, not to give her extra practice but also not to relax the standards.
Giving up the Chinese dance foundation of ten years to start over here is not a small matter. Yi Haoyan hopes that the girl must realize this herself. Only by maintaining her inner faith and motivation can she face the various pressures that will follow in the future.
It's never easy to succeed abroad, especially in the fiercely competitive Korean idol industry.
Song Qian's success was not only due to her own efforts, but also to SM's China strategy. In comparison, Cheng Xiao is facing a more difficult situation. Starships certainly has the idea of developing business in China, but it cannot compare with SM in terms of strength and ability. Lexing's cooperation project must have been mainly developed in Korea at the beginning. Only when it has some popularity and foundation in Korea can it make more money in China.
For this bilateral cooperation project, Lexing's purpose is of course to make money, but Yi Haoyan's goal is not here.
Although the idol industry is highly profitable, it is small in scale, and it is difficult to generate huge economies of scale like the manufacturing industry by relying on a single star or artist. Therefore, South Korea, which has been calling for a "culture-based nation" in recent years, has gradually turned the idol industry into an assembly line, hoping to change this situation of relying on luck for food.
This is an attempt at industrialization, just like the film industrialization in Hollywood, the beacon country. The entire industry is constructed with perfect processes and detailed and specific division of labor, so that it can form an upstream and downstream connected industrial chain, form an overall sustainable development momentum, and slowly grow into a large-scale industry with clear standards and overall output.
Currently, "Korean Wave" has achieved success in Japan and Southeast Asia and is increasing its influence around the world.
And this kind of influence is exactly what Yi Haoyan values.
