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Chapter 601: Idol, it’s not as simple as you think
Listening to Zhu Minxi talking about the period of the 'girl group war', Zhang Junyi was still very touched. Although the management company's weight management of artists still exists, it is not as perverted and harsh as before. It used to be every day. There are weight management inspections, but now, it’s almost once a week!
Moreover, the company leaves the body management of artists after their debut to the artists themselves. Anyway, if you're not in good shape, you won't get the company's resources. It's that simple. So occasionally you can see one or two fat idols standing on the stage.

For example, Apink's Pumei and Hongbeibei's Wendy are all recorded with photos taken by fans. Especially Wendy, she looked so fat when she was on the singing stage. Even she felt embarrassed after looking at the photos.

But in the era when girl groups were fighting, everyone's perception of beauty was...thin and white! So in that era, losing weight became something every girl group member talked about every day, and the girl group had a marked weight of 45 kilograms! At that time, it seemed that all the girl group members wrote that their weight was 45KG! !
There are many female idols who have cried because of weight loss, including Taeyeon. When she was a trainee, she couldn't stand starving because of weight loss issues, so she secretly ran away to Jeonju.

There is also Seolhyun. She was very chubby when she first debuted, but then she was scolded every day... This is how Seolhyun is today! ! Losing weight is definitely the most painful thing for girl groups! !
In 18, Red Edge Asia’s talent show, PD48, filmed a team variety show after forming a group. Everyone’s food in the refrigerator in their dormitory was filled with salad! Vegetable salad, chicken salad, this is the diet every day! ! Not only are you eating fat-reducing meals, but you also have to keep exercising every day! !

Yes, losing weight has become scientific now, and it is not like before that it all depends on dieting. Give you only fat-reducing meals every day. Even if you have vocal practice today and no dance practice, then you must participate in exercise to manage your body! !
Listening to Zhu Minxi talking about weight loss, Zhang Junyi nodded and said: "Not only do idols and weight loss go hand in hand forever, to be precise, the profession of an artist is linked to weight loss for life!"

Zhu Minxi nodded and said: "Yes, after all, the artist profession requires us to show a perfect image in the camera! So the company also has management on makeup, hair styling, etc. For example, who can't cut their hair short, and who can't keep it long. Hair. The company has regulations on the length of hair, and you can’t just change it if you want to change the style!”

Zhang Junyi continued to ask: "Um... idol, are you doing a lot of plastic surgery?"

Zhu Minxi answered without any concealment: "Many, many, because Korean idols... have a fixed appearance! Of course not everyone is the same, it is just that there is a pattern, and this pattern changes with the times. Different means different adaptations. You understand what I’m saying, right?”

"Understood... I remember someone on the Chinese Internet once said that Korean celebrities sometimes seem to look a bit familiar at first glance, but if you look closely, you will find that they are different. This is what you call that kind of thing. Pattern, right?”

Zhu Minxi said: "Yes, every company has a very familiar plastic surgery hospital. Wasn't it once rumored that there was a plastic surgery hospital on the first floor below S.M? In fact, it was just a hospital in Jiangnan, but these hospitals are all Those who have signed a confidentiality agreement. You must not use the reputation of an artist to attract clients, or even tell the outside world that so-and-so has also made fine-tuning with us!"

Zhang Junyi said: "There are still people in the entertainment industry who have never had plastic surgery, right?"

"Yes, and there are quite a few of them. Some people are born with good conditions! Some people just make up for it the day after tomorrow. Kim Yu-jung, the representative of nature, knows, right? She was like that when she was a child, and it doesn't change much when she grows up! It's the day after tomorrow. The representatives are Yoo In Na and Park Min Young!”

In Korea, let alone artists, even ordinary people are very willing to undergo plastic surgery. And the appearance-first mentality is very serious here in Korea! !
As for the plastic surgery of idols, the company has a standard, but some people make minor adjustments, and some people make major changes! Of course, there are also very good congenital conditions!
Zhu Minxi continued: "You may not know that the plastic surgery market in South Korea may have been dominated by Korean plastic surgery in the past, but now it is the Chinese who hold up the entire plastic surgery market in South Korea! I have a friend who is a nurse in a plastic surgery hospital. There are over [-] people who came to the plastic surgery hospital from China for plastic surgery!"

Zhang Junyi smiled and nodded. Indeed, there is also a trend in China where appearance comes first, so whether they are men or women, there are also a lot of people who choose plastic surgery. He smiled and said: "Because China has a large population base. So why do you think so many Chinese people come to Seoul for plastic surgery?"

After talking about weight loss and plastic surgery, these were the most basic topics, Zhang Junyi started to talk about their team: "By the way, Zhu Minxixi, have you ever had any discord in your team?"

"That's not true... because our group has never really become popular, so a girl group like us who is having a hard time is more united because everyone wants to work together to make the group more famous!"

"But when it comes to your girl group, Stellar, the first thing everyone thinks of is those banned MVs. Did your company discuss it with you at that time?"

Finally, we come to the point. When talking about their girl group, the first thing that comes to mind is those unsightly dances and MV scenes. Zhu Minxi said with a bitter look on her face: "Do you think there is a discussion?"

Zhang Junyi shook his head slightly and said: "I don't know about this, but I guess there should be discussions, right? Because if the company doesn't get your consent, there will be no way to implement it, right?" Zhu Minxi said: "Instead of saying It's a consultation, rather an order... Do you know AOA? And EXID?"

"Of course I know!" Zhang Junyi nodded.

"Yes, because there were too many pure girl groups at that time, including Apink, and many others were heading in the direction of youth and purity. Later, AOA suddenly changed their style and embarked on the path of sexy. The song "Short Skirt" made them gain attention. Then EXID's "Shang Xia" was just a sideline!"

Zhu Minxi continued: "At the beginning, AOA and EXID both had some off-the-wall moves. Especially EXID's moves were particularly obvious. They later changed their dance moves in order to appear on the show. After all, their dance moves were just the same. Indecent! So our company asked us to try it after seeing the new track 'Surname'."

"Before we shot the MV, we felt that it was normal to have a little bit of edge in the dance during practice. After all, AOA and EXID became popular because of such moves, didn't they? But it wasn't until we went to shoot the MV , the costumes we got... we didn’t want to take pictures at that time!”

Zhang Junyi continued what she said: "Since you saw the clothing is so revealing, you don't have to take the photo at all?"

"Is it okay not to film? The company said directly, everyone else is wearing revealing clothes, why can't you wear it? AOA's original "Short Skirt" was indeed very short, but it was not like us. We reasoned, and then the company directly That contract forces us to either obey the company’s arrangements or be considered a breach of contract! Do you know how terrible idol’s liquidated damages are?”

Zhang Junyi nodded and said: "I've heard that it's at least several billion! Some even have liquidated damages exceeding tens of billions!"

"Yeah, if we don't follow the company's arrangements, we're in breach of contract! The company gave us the songs and we didn't execute them, so we're in breach of contract! None of us can afford the liquidated damages, so we can only wear things we don't want to wear. Clothes! Just because I can’t afford the penalty!!”

Zhang Junyi continued to ask: "Later I remember that your clothes became more and more revealing, and even your dance moves and music videos became more and more exaggerated. Is this because the company is using liquidated damages to pressure you?"

Zhu Minxi sighed and said: "Hey, our company... made the wrong decision. Both AOA and EXID transformed immediately after gaining attention. Of course, AOA belongs to a large company, and they have the company's support in songs. And EXID’s boss, Shinsadong Tiger, is a well-known music composer in her own right. They transformed immediately after gaining attention. And the transformation was beautiful, mainly because the subsequent songs were very good!"

"But a small company like ours needs to buy songs in the market, but those good songs are all taken away by big companies. What is left to us are the songs that were popular in Sexy. When we were in "Muppets" After this song, we still gained a certain amount of attention. Even if it was because of the over-the-top MV images and dance, we still made everyone aware of our existence. So the company continued to increase the promotion in this area, as if to build us into Just like the 19-ban girl group..."

Zhu Minxi said mockingly: "Perhaps after everyone knows about our existence, even if we are known because of those..., we still know it. So we thought in our hearts that maybe we would succeed, so the following The song makes us feel less conflicted? It’s also our own fault..."

"Actually, for a long time, our family didn't dare to say what I was doing? We didn't even dare to say that I was a member of the girl group Stellar. Because as soon as someone searched for pictures of our girl group, as well as MVs, etc., That will happen. Until now, maybe this memory about the girl group has left us with negative memories and sadness!"

“Girl groups are really not that easy!!”

(End of this chapter)