Have you ever noticed that many idols in today's Hallyu circle are sons of rich families and wealthy daughters pursuing their dreams in the entertainment industry? Many four-generation artist families are either rich or noble. For example, the four members of Blackpink, jennie’s family are three-generation business families, Rosie is from an Australian lawyer’s family, Lisa is from a Thai aristocratic family, and Jisoo’s family is secretive but his father is also a wealthy family. investors.
SM's NCT is a group of young men from rich families. WayV member Liu Yangyang 's family background was ripped off, and his family is quite wealthy (not ordinary rich). Liu Yangyang's father earns more money in a year than Li Xiuman There are many . The family background of Shanghai boy Zhong Chenle has become a matter of concern to Koreans. Yangyang and Lele are both low-key and have never taken the initiative to reveal their family backgrounds. People just picked them up out of curiosity.
twice Ming Jingnan was born in the United States. His father is a medical professor. Zhou Ziyu’s mother runs a chain of medical beauty clinics. Among the five members of ITZY, LIA attended an aristocratic school since she was a child. The mansion of Li Cailing's family has also been exposed. It is said that the five members have good family backgrounds.
does not mean that there is anything wrong with having a good family background. These children are all people from a good family background but work hard on their own. This is actually related to the general environment of KPOP. Today's Hallyu has a worldwide influence. Only children from wealthy families in Thailand, Japan, and China have the financial means to go to South Korea to become trainees.
In the Hallyu circle back then, many idols were actually children from poor families. This statement is not absolute. Choi Siwon, Choi Sooyoung, sunny, Kim Junmyeon, Jung Soo Kyung, Jung Soo Yeon. There are also children from wealthy families, but most of them are children from ordinary families or poor families.
wonder girls member Sunmei , she is the eldest daughter in the family. Her father, who is the mainstay of the family, is seriously ill. Sunmei also has two younger brothers to raise. In order to treat her father's illness and take care of the family, she participated in interviews with entertainment companies everywhere, and was finally selected as a trainee by JYP. The two younger brothers helped take care of their father, and Sunmei concentrated on training and finally made her debut at the age of 15.
Three months after she debuted and started making money, her father became seriously ill and passed away. After Sunmei debuted, she earned money to raise her two younger brothers. Now they have a very good relationship with Sunmei, and they treat Sunmei like a princess.
Recently, AM member Zhao Quan also talked about his sad past. Zhao Quan's family went bankrupt when he was in fifth grade, and his family moved to a single room underground. My mother is engaged in the insurance industry, and my father is a bus driver. He incurred debts due to investment mistakes. My mother was violently raped by her creditors. My mother suffered a ruptured eardrum, deafness, and dislocated mandible.
In order to save hot water, Zhao Quan's mother used cold water to wash her hair in winter. There was no food at home and she could only eat rice soaked in water. With such a family background, Zhao Quan desperately wanted to make money to support his family. In 2001, 12-year-old Zhao Quan became a trainee under JYP. In 2008, 19-year-old Zhao Quan made his debut. However, he had zero income for the first three years of his debut because all his income had to repay the company's seven-year training expenses.
Jo Kwon called JYP president Park Jin Young : "I will participate in any program, I just want to work." Back then, Zhao Quan was a complete workaholic. In addition to participating in university activities, he only had one hour of rest every day and had to attend 4 or 5 celebrations. When
was liquidated for the first time, he got 200,000 won (11.63 million RMB). Since then, he still worked hard to rent a full-rent house for his parents. Two years later, he finally bought a house for his parents, equipped with a brand new house. Home appliances. In the era of Jo Kwon and Sun Mi, they were children who had experienced the economic crisis of 1997. Many families went bankrupt at that time, so at that time some children would choose to drop out of school and become idols to support the whole family.
The older generation of poor idols like Jo Kwon and Sunmi, and there are many others, T-ARA members Soyeon, SJLee Donghae, APINKJung Eunji, IU, etc.Their road as artists was very difficult, but after all the hardships, they were rewarded, and now they are all "little rich".
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