Peninsula: Big Sister Is Truly Beautiful

Years later, after SM Entertainment, founded by the entertainment mogul Lee Soo-man, who helped make K-pop popular across Asia, was acquired, a reporter asked him: "Mr. Lee Soo-man, as the entertainment mogul who helped drive the Korean Wave, is there anything you regret to this day?" Lee Soo-man thought for a moment, then replied solemnly, "There's only one thing I regret." The reporter asked, "What is it?" Lee Soo-man said, "Not letting Lin Jixing debut at SM Entertainment back then." The reporter asked, "Why didn't you let him debut?" Lee Soo-man sighed. "It's a long story." When the same reporter was lucky enough to interview Lin Jixing, he asked the very same question. The reporter said, "Mr. Lin Jixing, as the head of Asia's largest entertainment company and a pioneer who helped popularize the Korean Wave around the world, is there anything you regret?" Lin Jixing smiled and nodded. "Nothing I regret, but there is one thing I feel sad about." The reporter asked, "May I ask what it is?" Lin Jixing replied, "That I didn't get to debut at SM Entertainment back then." The reporter said, "But that led to the success you have today." Lin Jixing sighed. "It's a long story." The reporter asked, "May I ask you one more question?" Lin Jixing said, "Of course." The reporter said, "I think not only I want to know the answer, but your countless fans do too: which girl inspired the first song you wrote, 'Noona Is So Pretty'?" Lin Jixing smiled mysteriously. "That's a secret."