Chapter 61 : Government Support Project(8)

In any problem, it’s crucial to have a correct understanding of the situation to solve it.

If you try to solve a problem before understanding it, you won’t get a proper solution.

You might end up hammering a nail where a screw is needed, or screwing in a screw where a nail is needed.

So, what is the problem Ha Su-yeon is facing?

‘First’

The immediate crisis.

Someone leaked rumors about ‘Ha Su-yeon’s bad past to the judges.

Because of that, the judges are waiting for Ha Su-yeon to explain.

Overcoming this crisis is very easy.

Because the ‘victim’ hasn’t come forward.

There’s only talk of ‘hearing rumors’, but no actual evidence or testimony.

So, she can deny that such things happened, or even if they did…

She can reveal what she has been doing and say, ‘I’ve been reflecting this much’.

Since the report that came in is just a rumor, that should be enough to convince the organizers.

But if things were that easy, the world wouldn’t be in this state.

‘Second.’

The crisis that will come later.

When Ha Su-yeon starts her activities in the entertainment industry, such as auditions, it’s something that will ‘definitely’ come up, although it’s uncertain when.

Something that Ha Su-yeon couldn’t even think of touching while diligently working to clear up ‘Ha Su-yeon’s past.

The existence of ‘Seong Ju-hee’.

‘It doesn’t matter how things happened.

If that kid opens her mouth.’

It’s no use saying that she also drank alcohol, smoked cigarettes, and extorted money.

The sensational story will break first.

Articles like ‘Rising new band vocalist’s school violence controversy?’

will start popping up, and until Ha Su-yeon explains…

No, even after that, they will continue to make a fuss, saying it’s a controversy or a debate, to get views.

Because of that ‘Seong Ju-hee’, Ha Su-yeon “Concerned” countless times.

How should she respond?

What position should she take?

No, before that, is there even a way to respond?

Unlike the other kids, who she could apologize to and somehow resolve the issue, ‘Seong Ju-hee’ has a grudge against ‘Ha Su-yeon’.

Give her money?

Reach a settlement?

From what she heard, Seong Ju-hee was the type of person who would break a settlement and open her mouth just to spite ‘Ha Su-yeon’.

In the end, Ha Su-yeon decided to take a direct approach.

Leaning on the apologies of her friends, and pushing the narrative of ‘you also drank alcohol and extorted money from others!’.

The damage to her image that would come with that, she could only say, “This is how real rock bands are.”

That was, until just before she heard what was said.

“The victim…

didn’t report it directly?”

At Ha Su-yeon’s question, the judges looked surprised.

But they composed themselves as if it couldn’t be helped.

“Yes.

That band…

No, well, anyway, the direct victim.

Yes, that’s right.”

A slip of the tongue in her nervousness.

Good.

A band reported it, and there’s no victim.

“If I give up on explaining, what happens?”

At Ha Su-yeon ‘s words, the judges briefly discussed.

They talked to the staff for a few words, and then the person in charge and the director came in to talk.

“Su-yeon.

Are you quitting?”

During a short break, Lee-seo asked with a slightly anxious look.

Ha Su-yeon smiled wryly instead of answering, and immersed herself in thought again.

‘Premise.

Even if I explain here and it’s accepted and resolved, Seong Ju-hee will definitely appear next.’

And if Seong Ju-hee appears, she will probably dismiss all the explanations made during Band Pioneer as lies.

This is all too obvious.

Of course, it will be revealed that it’s a lie.

But by then, her image will have already been tarnished.

But now, Seong Ju-hee hasn’t appeared, so there’s no one who can refute Ha Su-yeon’s words.

But the ‘suspicion of school violence’ remains.

The public doesn’t know anything, and there are many people who can testify for her.

Then…

“We haven’t made an internal decision yet.

We heard about it during filming.

But it will probably end with you saying you gave up.”

The judges answered as if a short meeting had ended.

Ha Su-yeon took a short breath and opened her mouth.

“I’ll quit.”

In this situation, she would back down for now.

When public opinion is favorable to her,

When she is a ‘promising guitarist’, a ‘band to look forward to’, and a ‘regrettable talent’.

When Ha Su-yeon image is still good, and when she hasn’t said anything ‘officially’ that can be criticized.

“…Yes.”

“But there are conditions.

You won’t reveal the reason why we quit, and you’ll release the TOP 6 video.”

At those words, the judges started discussing again.

After waiting for a while, they answered that they would do that much.

When Ha Su-yeon nodded, the atmosphere became a little subdued.

He patted the shoulders of the kids who looked dejected.

She felt sorry for these kids.

But don’t be too sad.

And don’t worry.

“Su-yeon.”

“Yes.”

While she was comforting the kids, a judge approached her in the subdued atmosphere.

The leader of a famous rock band.

“Did you really commit school violence?”

Because, it’s going to start now.

To overcome the threat of ‘Seong Ju-hee’ that will come in the future, and to escape the controversy itself…

To put it in modern terms, to ‘build up’.

“Honestly…

As I said before, I don’t remember much because it was before I lost my memory.

But I went around apologizing for what I did before, as sincerely as possible.”

“Really?

Then why are these rumors spreading?”

Ha Su-yeon had a very complicated and resentful expression at the seemingly reproachful question.

“So I think…

It’s a vague memory, but I fought with a senior who was extorting money from kids.

I think that senior is spreading it.

I fought with her because she was extorting money from kids, and I heard that she’s been badmouthing me ever since…”

Ha Su-yeon plan could be roughly summarized as follows:

1. Currently, Ha Su-yeon and the band ‘Group Sound’ are quite promising.

They recorded an OST, made it to the finals of Band Pioneer, and performed at Paradox.

1. In this situation, if they quit Band Pioneer, everyone will wonder what happened to ‘Group Sound’.

2. Even after quitting Pioneer, they will continue their activities normally.

Then people will inevitably ask why they quit.

1. She will wage a public opinion war from the bottom up against them.

She will stimulate the sympathy of her friends and subtly hint at it to her fans.

This will lower ‘Seong Ju-hee’s credibility before she appears.

1. Then, when she participates in auditions or other broadcasts, and Seong Ju-hee appears and testifies…

The fan base and friends that were built up during this time will destroy Seong Ju-hee’s credibility from the beginning.

It was more like a tightrope walk than a proper plan.

‘Group Sound’ quitting Band Pioneer!

It would be an issue at Lee Hye-in’s house, but not for other people.

Of course, if Ha Su-yeon stayed still.

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“…These days, I also think about that.

There are things that I can’t do no matter how hard I try.

And there are things that I can’t do anything about.

I have to accept even unfair things.

Well…

I guess I always thought that’s how it is.

But it’s inevitable that I feel a bit overwhelmed…”

-Unnie, what’s wrong 

• Is something wrong?

ᄂ I heard she quit Band Pioneer suddenly, so it seems like something bad happened ᅲ

ᄂAww, the song was so good;

“I’ll read one last question and go to sleep.

Ju-hyeon!

When are you going to introduce the OST band?

Ah…

That, um, something unfortunate happened.

It’s hard to reveal it right now.

Honestly, I was really looking forward to it.

Those kids were so good.”

=Aww ᅲᅲᅲᅲ

=Gasp

=I think I know that band

=Ah

=Gasp, who is the band?

“Ah, I don’t go around talking about those kids’ names, but somehow rumors are spreading.

My friends also asked me, ‘Hey, you worked on that OST with so-and-so, right?’

But I think I’ll be able to show you those kids somehow in the near future…”

“The band audition program you were doing, I heard someone quit?

Ha Su-yeon Seo’s disciple, was it?”

“Hey, I heard the story behind that.

It’s really unfortunate.

That kid is Ha Su-yeon Seo’s disciple, right?

But she was kind of like a delinquent, but she met Ha Su-yeon  and started learning the guitar, and she was just starting to turn over a new leaf.

But then the teacher passed away, and she was shocked and had an accident…”

“Hey, did you hear the rumors about Su-yeon?”

“Ah, that.

Hehehe..

Honestly, I thought it was a bit satisfying.”

“Hey, how can you say that when you know how much she apologized?

I heard she doesn’t even remember her past.

How can you say that to someone who apologized even though she doesn’t remember?”

[[2024 Band Pioneer Group Sound TOP 6 Online Competition]

The song is so good, why did they quit??

-I want to see them offline ᅲᅲᅲᅲᅲ

• They say it’s due to personal reasons, sigh, I hate those personal reasons…

• I heard there are bad rumors about the guitarist

ᄂNo, I want to know about those bad rumors too, damn it, what are the rumors?

ᄂ Don’t spread false rumors

 I heard something about a high school in Jongno-gu, my younger sibling goes to a high school in Jongno-gu, and they said that kid has completely turned over a new leaf?

They said there’s a story about her fighting a senior who was extorting money, and so on.

ᄂ Crazy vigilante

Ha Su-yeon used various channels to start the underground public opinion work.

Her YouTube, session connections, friends, and other things.

The downside of a public opinion war is that people get tired when there are opposing forces.

At first, they think, ‘Wow, this is an interesting story!’, but as the story goes back and forth, they start to think, ‘So what are you trying to say?’

Then they lose interest in the story and turn off their attention, saying they’re tired.

Of course, there are also public opinion wars that aim to ‘turn off attention’.

By constantly creating issues and stirring up public opinion, they eventually make people say, “Well, both sides were wrong!”

and try to escape from people’s attention.

But the public opinion war thaHa Su-yeon was waging now didn’t belong to either side.

‘Seong Ju-hee’, who would counterattack, didn’t know what was going on, and the band that leaked the ‘rumor’ to the judges’ ears was probably satisfied without thinking much because they had eliminated them from Band Pioneer.

In a truly empty state, the ‘public opinion’ that Ha Su-yeon created was spreading like wildfire.

To the point where people who were interested in bands or music had heard of ‘Group Sound’ at least a little.

But Ha Su-yeon wasn’t satisfied with that.

They needed more attention.

The kind of attention that doesn’t directly promote ‘Group Sound’, but still gets attention.

So Ha Su-yeon made a phone call.

“Yes, this is Ju-hyeon.

Ah, yes, Director.

Yes?

Uh…

Them?

Yes.

You’re saying they might be able to do a session at my concert?

Those kids?”