On 21st December 2009, Han Geng proposed one-sidedly to Korean
Company, SM Entertainment to terminate his contract. It has been a year
and the case of contract termination finally had an outcome on the day
of Han Geng’s first anniversary being a solo artiste. On his first
anniversary, the team of carried out an exclusive interview. Han Geng
also showed his innermost feelings to , revealed the details of the
whole case and all the things he went though. He even exposed that he
once had suicidal thoughts because he was really stressed out.
Han Geng’s first anniversary as a solo artiste
Revealed every single detail of the contract terminiation
21st December is a normal day many people, but to Han Geng, this was
a very important day. It was not only his first anniversary as a solo
artiste, it was also the press conference for his new book. And at the
same time, the one year old ‘contract termination case’ finally had an
outcome, this outcome decided the complete freedom of Han Geng.
However, Han Geng’s reaction towards the outcome was really calm, and
facing the producer of , he revealed every detail about the case of
contract termination.
One year ago, in 21st December 2009, Super Junior-M (Han Geng was
still in the group then) took part in a certain music award
presentation ceremony in Beijing Wu Ke Song Stadium. After the event
ended, neither did Han Geng have any signs nor did he tell anyone, he
just suddenly left the team and disappeared for a total of 108 days.
Shortly after he left, news of him terminating his contract with SM
Entertainment came out. Both China and Korea were reporting vastly on
‘Han Geng’s contract termination’, causing uproar.
Han Geng’s decision to leave
Cried when talking about his old friends
The sudden departure of Han Geng also brought up some unhappiness.
For the five years in Korea, Han Geng stayed with members of Super
Junior and developed a strong and deep brotherly love. But Han Geng did
not tell them about his decision to leave beforehand, causing
misunderstanding and anger in certain members. This was also a scar
that will never heal in his heart after his contract termination. Han
Geng said that many brothers who lived with him for so long did not
understand his decision. ‘It doesn’t matter if they understand me or
not, I understand them. Even up to this day, I still think of every
single one of them.’ After being a solo artiste for one year, Han Geng
is still not relieved, talking about this, Han Geng cried……
Han Geng revealed tough times overseas
Was really stressed out and had suicidal thoughts
The cruel living environment in the Korea entertainment industry was
what made Han Geng decided on leaving without thinking about his
brothers. At 17 years old, Han Geng graduated as a dance major from the
Central University for Nationalities. He took part in an audition held
in China by SM Entertainment and winning on the ratio of 3000:1. He
started his 6 years journey in Korea at the age of 19. Behind this
lucky back, the hardships he went through were something that we would
not experience. In this competitive Korea entertainment industry,
before any debut, they would need to go through a really tough and
strict training. The training period could go up to 4 or 5 years. In
the training process, trainees are not allowed to apply for leaves, not
allowed to fall sick, not allowed going home for normal reasons. Under
these strict trainings, there are people who are eliminated and people
who give up every day, but Han Geng was the lucky survivor in this
strict training system. In 2005, Han Geng debuted with Super Junior as
the only Chinese member in the group. In 2008, he brought Super
Junior-M to China as their leader.
In those good times, Han Geng suddenly decided to leave. Han Geng
expressed that this decision to leave was made after two years worth of
consideration, a decision that some people would not understand. As for
the real reason behind the contract termination, Han Geng is still not
willing to say much. But Han Geng’s manager, Sun Le, revealed the
truth during the first media interview. Sun Le said that Han Geng had
been suppressing himself for quite a while already. There was a period
which he called his friends every day, it was either complaining or
venting his frustrations. It was only up to a day when Han Geng said to
him: ‘The suicide rate in Korea is so high, do you want me to be like
them? It was then I realized how severe it was!’
Source:
http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/2010-12-29/10423191785.shtml Shared by: onewhomust @ geng-bao.net
Translated by: huiwensg @ geng-bao.net
Labels: contract, Hangeng, SME, Super Junior
