When he visited China two weeks ago for a promotional event of Tongyi Chinese Eels were captivated by his handsome appearance in the event organized by Tongyi. He also managed to share his private moments around Beijing with Chinese Eels through SNS Weibo which made fans feel closer to him.
And when he returned to China last week many fans waited hours together in the airport and enthusiastically welcomed Asia Prince. Jang Keun Suk created history by holding a Weibo live interview with fans which reeled in 312,578 questions in just one hour and 15 mins.
Jang Keun Suk also guested in the most popular Chinese variety show Happy Camp. The Chinese Eels’ most expected this show. Many non-fans of Jang Keun Suk were also curious about this young man with an eccentric attitude towards life.
And when his show Happy Camp was screened on June 16th many were mesmerized by his performance. They fell for his cute,sexy,dorky and intelligent acts in the 90 min long show. It was reported that 350,000 fans watched this show online which was a major feat. After Weibo live interview Jang proved once again he can break records within a blink of an eye. He managed to capture China through world wide web not just once but twice within a very short interval.
And today the ratings for the Saturday’s show of Happy Camp was revealed. It secured an astounding 6.49 percent viewership rating to make it place first and even beating the Shanghai International Film Festival coverage which recorded a 2.54 percent viewership rating.
Thus Jang Keun Suk proved his power by soldering Chinese audience to their TV with his appearance in Happy Camp and even making them forget to watch a grand Film festival. He further proved his power by showing a huge increase in fan numbers. Following the episode’s broadcast, Jang Keun Suk’s Weibo account also saw an explosive increase in followers by some 500,000 followers.
Jang Keun Suk’s Baidu fan club also rose in popularity from third to first place while the number of searches on Weibo for ‘Jang Keun Suk’ rose by some 20.2 million and 1.4 million on Youku.com
He has indeed manged to make the Chinese fall for him hard and the Internet views and TV ratings prove just how far Asia Prince has come from a small 5 year old boy who won the local beauty pageant.
2012 marks Jang Keun Suk’s 20th year anniversary into the entertainment industry and his powerful career expansion this years is indeed an awesome way to celebrate it.
Eels’ lets look forward to Cri Show 2 and am sure Asia Prince will again surprise us all.
Source : Enewsworld via korea.com
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