Always keep the faith

Monday, January 04, 2010

Hey all! for this post, I'm going to translate the biography of DBSK. As in, jiayan bought for me this book in China ^^ thanks love. And i forced myself to read the whole thing in Chinese and i have one word to describe it.. OUTRAGEOUS! Yea, i do know some facts about their past, but then there's more dirt!
I shall start.

2004 that autumn was probably the most depressing autumn ever for DBSk and cassiopeia, something which both parties will remember for the rest of their lives.
One may have heard that when a singer first debutts, they would have to go through a series of grueling training. One will not understand how hard and horrible it is, till they have experienced it for themselves.
On a day in July, Yunho nad Yoochun left the dance studio earlier than Junsu and Changmin, hoping to drop in on JaeJoong, who was in hospital. Midway, yunho received a call from Junsu saying 'Hyung! Changmin fainted!" Yunho was stunned momentarily and Yoochun had to pull Yunho towards the hospital which Changmin was admitted in.
In the ward, Changmin laid pale faced on the bed. Yunho was furious and helpless as he saw his youngest member, so frail and exhausted. He vented his anger against the wall by punching it. "DAMN IT!", he yelled. Yoochun partically saw Yunho's vein trobbing from his arm. He felt saddened.
infact, Changmin had been ill for days, running a fever but SM was unwilling to grant him MC and made him continue to train, resulting in the break down. in the end, Yoochuun stayed by Changmin's side while Yunho left unwillingly to visit Jaejoong.
When changmin woke up, he saw Yoochun and forced a weak smile.."Hyung, i'm sorry. Becuase of me, DBSK cannnot be as one" This broke Yoochun's heart. For a 16 year old Changmin to go through all these pain then, was simply to inhumane. Yoochun quickly turned away to prevent his younger brother from seeing him cry.
An hour later, the people from SM came and ordered Yoochun to leave. Yoochun knew that he had to continue to promote DBSK as they have just debutted not long ago. As for Changmin, he was forced to continue to take part in activites, despite his poor health.
That night, the atmosphere at DBSK's dorm was sullen. Their manager informed that that Changmin will continue to carry out activities with them the next day. Yunho didn't speak but Yoochun saw Yunho's fist clenching and felt worried. At this point of time, Yoochun realised that Yunho needed Jaejoong around to persuade him not to do anything stupid. But JaeJoong wasn't there! Yoochun knew that now, he was the only person who could stop yunho was acting recklessly. Yoochun also remembered on that eventful day when yunho confronted their boss to demand more rest time for Jaejoong when his broke his leg and hot yunho was punished (infact, tortured) for his behaviour. the scars on Yunho's body sent chills down Yoochun's spine. He didn't want Yunho to go throught that for Changmin now.
Yoochun told Yunho " Hyung, i'm sure changmin wouldn't want you to go through the pain for him, like you did for JaeJoong" Yunho glanced at Yoochun and returned to his room without a word. But Yoochun saw Yunho's fist unclenching. "Yoochun, Yunho hyung wouldn't be confronting SM company again, right?" Junsu asked anxiously. "No, he wouldn't" Yoochun replied.
Yoochun believed that all would be fine the next day, but it felt as if God was playing a mean trick on them. The next morning, Yunho woke up all his members as usual. Yoochun tried to wake up but felt a sharp pain around his stomach area. The pain was so unbearable that beads of sweat started to fall from his forehead. Yunho saw it and knew that Yoochun was in great pain. He immediately admitted Yoochun into the hospital. Turns out, Yoochun had acute appendix. Luckily, SM gave yoochun 4 days of MC. That was the most humane thing SM had done so far.
11 August: when DBSK thought that they have overcomed the worst, they met with a car accident when rushing from one location to the other. Even their driver was so exhausted, he crashed the car on the highway. The car was smashed, almost beyond recognization. Yoochun and Yunho suffered the most injuries and leader-shii (yunho) broke his neck. SM quickly tried to hush up the whole thing and labelled it as "AN ACCIDENT NOONE EXPECTED" (yea right) In fact, it was SM's fault for overworking DBSK+the helpers.
When yoochun was recuperating in the hospital, he suddenly missed his mother and younger brother who were in LA like hell, he often cried for them. Sometimes, he thought wildly to himself that maybe lying in hospital was a blessing in disguise because he gets to rest. For the rest of the members, they resumed activities shortly after the accident and did not even have time to visit lonely Yoochun.
The first member who paid a visit to Yoochun was JaeJoong. Not only did Jaejoong bring comfort to Yoochun, he also brought warmth into Yoochun. Jaejoong told Yoochun " hey you, you have to get well soon! We arent used to not seeing you with us!" This made Yoochun realised his importance in the band. It made him feel as if he was valued and loved by this members, that gave him the will to recover soon and he no longer felt lonely. Shortly after, Yunho and Changmin came to visit Yoochun despite their heavy schedule. When Yoochun saw Yunho's neck still in the cast and the scars on his arms and chest, he felt sorry for his Leader, whom has always protected every single one of them unfailingly. He suddenly resented SM for everything. This was not what they imagined to be when they signed up for. They knew the route to success will not be easy. But at such a young age, they are trading their dreams for their health? That was not right..But what kept that perservering was each other, and cassiopeia. When autumn was about to end, their single 'the way you are' soared up the billboard charts, enabling them to clinch the first spot and encouraged DBSK a lot, as they knew that Cassies will continue to support them.
However in September, all 5 of them were in the studio when JaeJoong was asked to leave and go to the office. After 2 hours, JaeJoong did not return and Yunho received a call from his friend in the company that 'JaeJoong's in trouble'. Yunho froze and took a glance at this younger members. Junsu and Changmin were practising hard. Only Yoochun was standing at a corner, watching Yunho with great concern. Yuncho immediately told Yoochun to follow him. Junsu and Changmin stopped practising and called out "HYUNG! WHERE ARE YOU GOING!" but Yunho ordered them "STAY!DON'T FOLLOW ME!"
Finally, they arrived at the entrance of the office, but the door was locked. From outside, they heard JaeJoong's plea " PLEASE! NO!" Yunho turned frantic and started banging the door. " OPEN UP! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HIM?!" Yoochun grabbed Yunho and told him "Hyung! don't do this!. Remember what JaeJoong Hyung said? At times like this, there's no point for people who aren't involved to do anything because it wouldn't change things!" Yunho sat on the floor and covered his face, sobbing uncontrollably (he knew jaejoong was being tortured, because that was what happened to him last time). Throughout the 20 minutes, Yunho was clutching onto Yoochun's hand so tightly that Yoochun felt as if his hand was going to get crushed. Finally, the door opened and a high ranked supervisor from SM came out and smirked at Yunho " who do you think you are? the boss?" and walked away.
Yunho ignored him and dashed in. Right before his eyes, he saw JaeJoong sprawled on the floor. Apart from his face, the rest of this body was covered in bruises and cuts. ( After the Shinhwa incident, the company learned to preserve the looks of their singers, least that they will get hounded by fans and the paparazzi)
JaeJoong cried out to Yunho "YUNHO! HOW? THEY ARE GOING TO REMOVE ME FROM DBSK!" Yunho and Yoochun felt as if they were punched in the stomache. It was ridiculous... Without further hesitation, they carried JaeJoong out of the darn room and back to their dorm. It was all quiet, except from the occassional sniffs from JaeJoong. Yoochun held JaeJoong's icy hand and glanced at Yunho. Yunho was absolutely furious! His eyes were burning with so much intensity, Yoochun felt scared. He finally understood that this was what happened to the seniors and he was experiencing this hell right now, at this very moment.
Back in the dorm, Yoochun volunteered to clean JaeJoong's wounds. When he assisted to take of the bloodstained shirt, he saw the cuts and bruises all over JaeJoong and teared. "hyung.. you are not going to leave us. DBSK will not be the same DBSK if all 5 of us aren't in it together". After the wounds were cleaned and JaeJoong fell asleep, Yoochun went out of the room and saw Junsu and Changmin waiting anxiously outside.
Junsu asked Yoochun worriedly about JaeJoong's condition and Yoochun said that he's alright and sleeping. "let's go to the living room. Yunho's there, isn't he?" "No, Hyung's not there.."Changmin replied. It then dawned on all 3 of them that their leader was about to confront the company once again. Changmin was told to stay behind to look after JaeJoong while Junsu and Yoochun rushed to the office. Right outside the office, they heard Yunho's voice "Please, let JaeJoong stay.." Yoochun pushed open the door to peep in and to his horror, he saw yunho on his knees! He wanted to rush in but was stopped by Junsu, indicating for him to wait a while more.
"JaeJoong? he's going to affect your band's popularity!"
(Yoochun felt so indignant for JaeJoong)
"No! please believe in us! JaeJoong will be more popular!" yunho protested
"no, i'm not going to take the risk"
"If JaeJoong is leaving... I quit" Yunho said it very calmly
SLAP! yunho staggered upon being hit. Yoochun couldn't bear to see it any longer, rushed in a kneeled on the floor "Me too! if he leaves, i'm leaving too" yoochun naively thought that if everyone left, the company would not be able to stop them but all the rest receieved was just a slap in the face.
27 September: Yoochun thought that this was going to be DBSK's last performance together on stage and he changed the last sentence of MIDUHYO (i believe) to "We are the only one". That sparked some controversy between Cassiopeia, as in, they sensed something was wrong. Yoochun was almost punished for that by the company, luckily, he was just slapped. After the performance, dongwan SHINHWA (DBSK's senior) gathered all of them and advised them to always stay by Yoochun's side, least that the company will punish Yoochun, like what they did to SHINHWA's andy last time. ( i'm not sure about the shinhwa scandal with company).
Fortunately, because of Cassiopeia, it made SM realised that DBSK's popularity was not wanning and that allowed JaeJoong to continue to stay in DBSK and persue his dreams as a singer.

THE END.

sigh. what a LONG POST HAHA. oh man, i seriously feel like becoming a lawyer and sue SM. Maybe this inhumane treatment is being inflicted on SUJU, SNSD, SHINee? yea... DBSK isn't the first. Shinhwa suffered a lot too.. but alisius told me that one of the member was rich and bailed everyone out of the contract they signed with SM.

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