[fan cam][Eng trans][acct] World Water Day backstory: Gangnam mayor expresses her appreciation to Rain.
— Cloud cover by: Stephe, Managing Editor ^@@^
(Rain with Gangnam District head Shin YunHee on his right. Image credit: Gangnam District Office @ FB)
Huge thanks to CloudUSAer Sonya for bringing this to our attention. We appreciate your hard work!
As we understand it, before Rain and the World Water Day Event participants came up on stage that Friday (3/20), Gangnam District mayor Shin YunHee shared a story with the audience about Rain’s generosity four years ago.
The very 1st Gangnam Hanryu Festival was coming up, and although the district budget was tight and they had no money with which to pay him, she asked Rain if he would help them by please ending the festival with a free street concert, which he did, two days before reporting to the Army. (They roped off seven lanes of Yeongdong Boulevard for it and called the concert Rain: The Last of the Best. Remember? Some 20,000 people showed up.)
He graciously said yes without hesitation and not only performed for free, but forked over his own money for erecting the stage and set-up costs. Talk about doing the district a huge favor. What a guy. ^_^
In the clip, Mayor Shin shared this story publicly, and the way the audience applauded while Rain dipped his head respectfully to her from his seat warmed my heart. ❤
» Clip LINK: Rain in his seat at World Water Day, on Daum TVpot.
This is why we don’t understand when pea-brained netizens hate on him. Hate on him for what? Mayor Shin also said that when time for the 2nd Hanryu festival came around, other singers offered to have the concert — for a huge paycheck. 🙂 Don’t get me wrong. I don’t begrudge anyone the right to get paid for their talents. We’ve all got to eat. BUT. I’m just sayin’, what a guy. He’s not perfect, but him having that kind of character is why we’re in his corner in the first place.
There is plenty of Last of the Best rehearsal and concert goodies here for those of you who didn’t find Rain until his military duties or after. Just put “last of the best” in the search box near the top of our blog sidebar, and enjoy.
Thanks again, Sonya. You are a gem.^^
You can read Sonya’s English translation of the Daum TVpot fan cam below. ↓
Stephe @ cloudusa.wordpress.com / CloudUSA.org
(Rain and Gangnam-gu head Shin YunHee the week before the 1st Gangnam Hanryu Festival, September 2011.)
Hello, everyone. This is Sonya.
I found a touching story about the Gangnam free Hanryu Festival on Yeongdong Boulevard.
As you remember, Rain gave his final concert before enlisting in the military at the Gangnam Hanryu/K-Wave Festival on October 9, 2011.
The woman who is speaking on the video is the head (chief) of the Gangnam District Office. She was also chief back when Rain performed the final concert before entering his military service.
She expressed her appreciation to Rain and thanked him for helping her.
» Clip LINK: Rain in his seat at World Water Day, on Daum TVpot.
[Korean → English translation by Sonya @ CloudUSA]
Mayor Shin: “When entertainers are performing in a general way, the tickets aren’t free, right? You have to pay money for the concerts (buy the tickets). But when I asked Rain to perform a street concert on Yeongdong Boulevard at the Gangnam Hanryu Festival for free, he answered ‘Okay’ on the spot.
I added that I couldn’t afford to stage the event (that there was no money). What can we do with this situation?
Rain said, ‘I will try to do it well.’
He performed the concert for free, even covering the cost of setting up the stage. This was our first K-Pop concert (Hanryu/K-Wave Festival).”
[not filmed by the fan cammer, written by Sonya from the fan’s account ↓ ]
Mayor Shin: “After Rain’s concert, when we tried to hold our second K-Pop concert because the first one (Rain’s) had been such a hot topic [success], some singers visited us and said that they wanted to hold the concert. But they demanded a huge performance fee. I can’t tell you who the singers are [mention their names], here.”
If the Gangnam District Office head hadn’t mentioned this, we wouldn’t know this behind-the-scenes story! Whoever works with Rain, they compliment him on his behavior and personality.
I think he is such a genuine person.
Cloud USA 
Merci de nous apprendre cela !!
Je suis encore et toujours aussi fier de Notre Rain !!
Toujours aussi généreux , je l’admire énormément pour cela .
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Wow..rain!!your are very kind..kind of all kind!!you have a big heart and what more can i say?i salute you…
Im so proud to be one of your fan..
Thanks sis sonya.. 🙂
You made my heart today *smile*
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Rain is really a wonderful man, I admire him more and more~
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Thank you Stephe for your hard work!
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You made it possible, Sonya. I can never thank you enough!^^
You’re welcome. We make a good team. 🙂
Stephe ^@@^
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