A Chinese actor by the name of Neo Hou (also known as Hou Ming Hao) recently gained attention for his interaction with f(x)’s Victoria. Victoria, who is now more commonly known by her Chinese name Song Qian, is currently starring in a variety show with Neo Hou.
Victoria spent most of her youth in South Korea under SM Entertainment. She later debuted in the girl group f(x), later returning to her home country China to promote there. It has been years since any association or activity with f(x) and SM Entertainment. On the variety show, Neo Hou candidly mentioned that he used to be an SM Entertainment trainee too.
송치엔한테 냅다 자기 SM연생이엇다고 얘기하는게 개웃기넼ㅋ 그때 자기만 중국인이엇고 자기 나가고 나서 동스청이 들어왓대
근데 후명호 연생 왜 관둿는지 첨 들엇다
그냥 집에 일잇어서 돌아갓다가 외롭기도 하고 어쩌고해서 관둔듯? 그치만 배우하길 잘하셧어요😁😁 pic.twitter.com/eBkEUfNBGx— 누룽 (@mrisbaby) September 18, 2024
He had never run into Victoria at the company as the trainees were kept separate from the singers. Victoria had already debuted then. He lamented that he had been lonely as the only Chinese trainee back then. It was only after he left the company that NCT’s Winwin entered.
Neo Hou left the company due to family matters. He previously shared in an interview that his mother’s health had been failing, and he had returned to take care of her. In addition, he also found the loneliness hard to bear. He eventually made a debut in 2014 as part of the group Fresh Teenager Geek. He left the group in 2016, making a drama debut in Funny Soccer the same year.