On January 26, 1986, a boy was born in Pyongyang, North Korea. When he was two years old, his parents divorced. He was sentenced to be given to his mother, but her mother was unable to raise him and had to give him to someone else. In 2001, this boy said goodbye to the city where he had lived for 15 years. He packed his luggage resolutely, left his family of eight sisters who loved him and his adoptive father and mother who loved him equally, and boarded the train to Seoul. When his family sent him to the train station, they all cried. The boy heard their cries, but he did not dare to look back because he was afraid that the moment he looked back, he would be heartless and give up this opportunity; he was also afraid that his family would see him. His own tears. In this way, the boy wearing a shabby and shabby coat, in order to realize his dream, left his hometown alone at the age of 15 and went to a prosperous city that he had never even seen to find his place to stay.
Finally, the train arrived at the station and the boy got off the train. He looked at Seoul's gorgeous high-rise buildings, noisy streets, and the night lit by neon lights - so many things he had never seen before rushing toward him like waves, and his heart couldn't bear the load at all. Does he really want to find a place for himself in this proud and gorgeous city like a queen? The boy hesitated, his confidence in himself shaken.
However, the ideal he had always held in his heart made him certain that if he went home like this, he would never be able to forgive his cowardice. So, without any support, the boy found a small and pitiful apartment for himself and lived there.
When South Korea's largest music entertainment company S.M. held its 2nd singing competition, the boy participated. The hall was crowded with young people who, like the boys, wanted to take advantage of this competition to be hired by the company and become tomorrow's stars. They all dressed themselves up carefully, wearing the most popular clothes, wearing high-quality headphones on their ears, listening to the songs to be sung during the interview, and looking at the other contestants with cold eyes. The boy looked at his rather large dark gray top and trousers, feeling as if he had already lost half of them.
He was contestant No. 12. When he entered the interview hall, there were five stern-faced judges sitting there. He was a little at a loss until the one in the middle asked him to get ready to sing.
Then, he moved them with his voice, which was the clearest, gentlest and most powerful voice they had ever heard. Listening to it made them feel unspeakably sad. But at the same time, I still hope to be able to listen to him singing forever and be immersed in his singing forever. Even so, his voice was still too soft and fragile to the ears.
The reason why the boy was able to win this game was because he had a charming face. On the face that is not stained with glamour, but is still refined and smooth, there are facial features that are even more delicate than those of a girl. The watery eyes are large and soft, and the gray pupils are shyly half-covered by long eyelashes. The lips are small and full, and their rosy color accentuates the paleness of her face. Everyone says that this face was born for entertainment.
In this way, he was accepted by the company and signed a seven-year cooperation contract: he worked as an apprentice for the first two years, paid his own tuition to take music and dance classes, and officially became an artist in the next five years. The boy who was getting closer and closer to his dream quickly signed the contract. Although he knew that the next two years would be very hard, he could never give up for the sake of his ideal.
So, he began to live a life that was not human for two years. Because his family was not very wealthy, he never asked for a penny from his family and worked two or three casual jobs every day. When everyone was sleeping soundly, he fetched newspapers from the printing factory that were almost as heavy as his own body, and rode a rotten old bicycle to deliver newspapers from house to house. At noon, he went to a nearby construction site to do temporary hard work. His suffocating face was covered by dust and cement, and his soft voice was suppressed because he did not dare to offend other construction workers. After taking music lessons in the afternoon, he would rather walk 3 hours to work as a waiter in a restaurant in order to save money on transportation. Silently doing the work at hand, silently bearing the burden that a 15-year-old boy should not bear, silently praying for the day in two years when I can walk out of the dark tunnel and let the light surround me.
The boy tried his best, but still could not live a life with three meals of food and clothing. Every time he gets a salary, the first thing he does is pay tuition, even if the remaining money is not enough for food and clothing, it doesn't matter.
Finally one day, the boy found that he had no money to buy anything to eat. He was hungry for two whole days, and his exhausted body should not have worked hard anymore, but in order to be able to pay his tuition on time every month, he still worked regardless of rain or shine. That night at the restaurant, the boy picked up most of the noodle soup left by a customer. The soup was still lukewarm. He was so hungry that he couldn't bear it. Even the hand holding the bowl was shaking. Without thinking about it anymore, the boy took it. Pick up the spoon and drink up all the remaining noodle soup in one mouthful.
Why is the noodle soup getting saltier and saltier? The boy was confused, and then he found that his tears had fallen into the bowl without his knowledge. A 15-year-old child shouldn't have to endure this, but for his dream, he endured it.
Later, the boy fell ill. He had a fever. For three days in a row, he could only lie in the apartment, which was much smaller than the apartment with several pieces of clothes. He felt that he could not sleep. The tuition fee had just been paid, but the three-day work allowance was missing. The boy once again dragged his hungry and weak body and walked three hours to work in a restaurant. At one point, he went into shock and passed out.
On the way back, he saw a blood station. While hesitating, his stomach began to throb unsatisfactorily. The boy finally couldn't bear it anymore and walked into the blood station. An hour later, holding the few hard-earned banknotes tightly in his hand, he went to the food store to buy the cheapest biscuits to satisfy his hunger despite his heavy dizziness and bloodless lips. In order to save money on buying water, he even drank water from the Han River to quench his thirst.
After two years of hard work, the boy was selected into a five-member chorus dance group. The company announced that this would be the strongest group. After unanimous approval from all the teachers in the company, although these 5 people have very different sound qualities, they will definitely work together seamlessly, so the boy was lucky enough to join. This group, which the company attaches great importance to, avoided the bad luck of being refrigerated; at the same time, as the elder, he also gained four younger brothers who cared about him very much.
When they released their first single, it was only a two-song album that topped various music charts in South Korea. The boy finally tasted the sweetness of success. When he saw the increasing number of letters from fans, he felt that all the hardships he had endured were worth it.
However, good things are always so short-lived and far away for boys. During their first autograph session, none of the fans who got the chance to enter the factory were his fans. The boy looked at the long queue in front of the other four people and felt as if he had been beaten. There was no one in front of him. The staff finally pulled a few fans in front of him in order to prevent the atmosphere from being too embarrassing. When the boy tried hard to hide the sadness in his heart and greeted the fans by their names cordially, The girl's arrogant and disdainful words: "I was forced to come here, and I don't like you at all." His heart was broken again, but the boy did not cry. He would rather bite his lip than face anyone. In front of you, even in front of yourself, leaving a tear.
The boy didn't know why the fans disliked him so much. He didn't know that his fans were outside in the hall, as heartbroken as him.
Later, he found out on the company's official website that everyone didn't like him, not because he did anything wrong, but because he was too beautiful, so beautiful that even the girls hated him. Yeah itchy. A feeble wry smile raised the corner of the boy's mouth. It turned out that the bargaining chip that made him better than others to enter the entertainment industry in the first place, this green and handsome face was the reason why everyone hated him.
The boy did not give up. He still accepted interviews with a smile every day, hoping that everyone would be attracted by his human side and his voice. However, the harder he worked, the heavier the burden on his heart became. Big, there are frequent small mistakes in the performance. I tighten my emotions every day and control my words and deeds very strictly.
He did not expect that his silence in front of the camera would lead to dissatisfaction from fans who said he was pretending to be cool, or the company's decision to oust him. The boy was really scared. He didn't want to leave this place that was his second family, but he had no choice. To put it bluntly, the artist was just a puppet making money for the company. If the audience doesn't like this puppet, the company must replace it with a puppet that the audience likes more, Bojun Yixiao.
But in the end, he didn’t realize that his fans protested on the street in front of the company for several days and nights for him, demanding that the company stay in the group; it turned out that the youngest in the group member, the younger brother he has always doted on and cherished, regardless of the obstruction of his manager, cried in front of the camera and announced to everyone that if the company transferred his brother, he would rather break the contract and go back to being an ordinary high school student --- --The boy was moved. He knows that everyone in this group is full of enthusiasm for the fans, and the youngest brother, like him, also went through a lot before becoming a singer.
As a result, the boy cherished everything he had even more. He practiced very hard in order to repay the fans for their kindness to him, and he wanted to present the best to his fans. During the concert, the boy always glanced back and forth in the audience. The music teacher in the company accused him that if he did this, he would not be affectionate at all, as if he was deserting. The boy smiled and nodded, but the next time he sang, his eyes still glanced back and forth. The boy said that when artists sang, they would stare at one place for the effect, but he couldn't do it because he wanted to see each fan's face clearly, so even if the effect of the captured image was not good, he would still do it.
Another two years have passed. In two years, the boy broke the music teacher's notion that his voice was too soft with a song "The way u are". He naturally changed his gentle and pure voice into a brutal and domineering roar, which won him the hearts of more fans. The boy smiled stupidly.
Later, the boy fell down during a dance practice class. He thought that falling was a common thing. But he couldn't stand up, his knees hurt too much. He could only shrink back and tremble on the ground holding his injured right knee. The captain didn't care about saying anything, picked him up, and ran to the nearest hospital for treatment. The moment he was pushed into the emergency room, the boy saw four familiar figures breathing heavily and looking at him worriedly outside the door.
The doctor said that the boy suffered a comminuted rupture and needed surgery as soon as possible. This was not a minor operation and required a long period of rest, but the boy refused to rest. On the second day after the operation, he and other members went to the Seoul Olympic Stadium and held their fan meeting as scheduled. Before the meeting, the team leader carefully supported him from the van to the backstage of the stadium. She refused to leave even half a step, for fear that he would suddenly feel pain. At the meeting, when the youngest brother was asked what gift he wanted to receive in the coming year, his answer was that he hoped his brother's leg would get better soon.
The boy never liked to shed tears, but this time he felt tears welling up in his eyes. He buried his head and tried not to let the tears fall. Later he saw the fans crying for him. The boy felt heartbroken and picked up the microphone and said to everyone: "Actually, I don't feel any pain at all. It really doesn't hurt at all..." Please don’t cry for me, but be like me, let’s face each other with a smile, okay?” The boy lied to the fans for the first time. He had just had surgery on his leg, less than 24 hours later, how could he not? pain? But he still endured the pain with strength and faced 50,000 fans with a smile.
Later, the boy's leg finally healed, and he happily gathered with his friends to celebrate. On the way home, he was arrested for drunk driving. When the captain picked him up at the police station, he said nothing, but the boy knew that his behavior must have disappointed everyone.
The boy was refrigerated by the company for two weeks. The boy knew that this punishment was already very lenient. He knew that the members and fans must have interceded for him to prevent him from being permanently sealed in a corner of the company. For this reason, he resolutely insisted on admitting his mistake to everyone at the next fan meeting, although the company believed that it was not obligated to do so.
That was the first time the boy cried in front of fans.
A boy, a boy who was stronger than the pain of having his knee just peeled off, smiled and persuaded the fans not to cry for his injury, and the boy who did not shed a single tear during the whole process actually heard the fans stop blaming him for a few words. He was moved to tears by his words. At this moment, who is not heartbroken for him?
After so much, the boy finally gained everyone's recognition. Everyone finally discovered that the boy's advantage was not only his charming face, but also his singing voice that was so changeable, so sentimental and soft. It turns out that he is also a person who has the courage to admit his mistakes. It turns out that under his stubbornness and unwillingness to shed tears, he is actually such a touching person.
This boy is Kim Jaejoong of TVXQ, and the company gave him the stage name "Hero Jaejoong". The boy always reminds himself when he wants to cry that he cannot cry because he is a hero. Heroes do not cry. Heroes will always fight against difficulties to the end and then defeat them.
A fan of TVXQ said that when she first saw Jaejoong, she felt that his fragile appearance like a crystal doll was not suitable for the grand name "Hero" until she understood After learning all about him, I discovered that underneath his gentle and delicate appearance, there was a heroic spirit. The hero is in the heart, and the hero is in the heart.
Don’t other fans feel the same way? After experiencing so much, the boy has grown up. He no longer had the childish arrogance when he first debuted, but now has a maturity and vicissitudes of life that people will remember. It's just that gentle voice that always moves people and makes them want to be immersed in his singing forever; and that gentle and beautiful smile always makes people feel that he is an angel who has fallen into the world. His frank and frank personality, his peculiar logical thinking, his calmness, melancholy, fun, and childishness--all make the hearts of fans laugh and cry for him. This boy is so touching. The hero is in it, he really succeeded.