Hi, I was wondering if you could tell me the connection between Hangeng and UNIQ and how much of an involvement he had in the group? And anything else you feel I should know. Thank you!
Howdy,
Hmmm, from what I know, in a way, UNIQ sort of wouldn’t exist without Han Geng? He’s one of Yue Hua Entertainment’s biggest stockholders, so he has decision-making power in the company and is more than just one of its contracted artists.
I remember in some interviews with Du Hua (Yue Hua’s founder/CEO), she talked about how in 2010, she had planned on having the company branch out into the U.S., but it was Han Geng who convinced her to instead invest in ventures in South Korea and to work on Chinese-Korean collaborations. That was when they made a branch office in South Korea for trainees and reached out to other S. Korean companies (e.g. YG) for collaborations and help with training. If you look inside Yue Hua’s branch office in South Korea, you can see posters/albums of both YH and YG artists, showing that there’s definitely a strong relationship between the two in terms of how they’re planning on promoting one another in the future.
I don’t think Han Geng necessarily handpicked UNIQ’s members, but it was his idea to form these Chinese-Korean collaborations. He’s had some kind of relationship with the members ever since they were trainees (they were even backup dancers at his concerts), and would at least visit them from time to time to check up on how they were doing. YIxuan and Wenhan have also said in some interviews that they’re thankful that Han Geng’s been looking out for them.
That’s about all I know since Yue Hua’s been pretty good at being stealthy and surprising everyone. I hope Han Geng and UNIQ get to do more things together in the future!














