Chapter 142

Chapter 142

Raise Three Idols Well And They’ll Launch a Confession Attack.

Episode 142: It’s As If I Had Chosen Both Options.

-Entertainment establishment employee involved in the ‘celebrity drug case’ sent for additional prosecution.

-The celebrity drug list that began with Park Min-ho and Oh Byeol has also implicated Woo Soo-hyun, Best Actor at the Pil Film Festival.

-[From the Journalist’s Perspective] To avoid drug countermeasures becoming a ‘blind man feeling an elephant,’ how should we respond?

The entertainment industry was in turmoil as the drug scandal involving actors spread across all media.

I nodded as I read those articles.

“It’s effective.”

It seemed like Reporter Lim Song-a’s urgency had increased.

It was clear she was in a hurry to release the article this early. Compared to my past life, when the article was released seven months later without my involvement.

That’s right. The reason this drug scandal broke now was because of me.

In fact, the two options Cheon Jonghoon gave me, getting DJs to play Girl Revolution’s song or causing a big issue to shift attention from the Jin Yeoreum scandal, were not equally valuable choices.

Choosing the latter, if a drug issue were exposed involving SS’s artists, would cause stock price drops or brand damage, but that also had significant value. While SS and Cheon Jonghoon might face similar risks, it was different for me.

Of course, connecting with DJs around the world was something I couldn’t do, but sparking controversies like drug issues was not difficult for me as a reincarnate.

Of course, it had to be the right time and conditions for it to be possible.

But, fortunately, the timing was just right for that now.

About seven months from now, Reporter Lim Song-a from Cherry Daily would break the news about the drug controversy involving Woo Soo-hyun. However, I didn’t have the evidence, so using this issue to cover up the Jin Yeoreum scandal now would have been difficult.

Unless, in the future, I had a drink with Reporter Lim Song-a and heard the full story.

At this point, actor Woo Soo-hyun had already used drugs, and Reporter Lim Song-a had secured evidence of it.

However, the reason she hadn’t released the issue yet was because she intended to negotiate with Woo Soo-hyun’s agency using the evidence.

When the deal would fall apart, Reporter Lim Song-a would release the article seven months later, but I had no intention of waiting for that long.

So, I called Reporter Lim Song-a and said, “I have evidence that Woo Soo-hyun used drugs. Would you be interested in buying it?”

Of course, I didn’t have such evidence, but by mentioning the price of the information and hinting that I might sell it to another media outlet, I must have made Reporter Lim Song-a anxious.

The evidence of Woo Soo-hyun’s drug use, which she thought she was holding exclusively, was now with someone like me, and the fear that she might hold onto it too tightly, only for it to be wasted in some meaningless follow-up report.

Reporter Lim Song-a felt that sense of crisis, and the result was now.

A schemer like me chose to expose the issue and make it public before writing the article.

Our TwoBear staff didn’t miss that opportunity.

While maintaining the firm stance of prioritizing Jin Yeoreum’s protection, they made clarifications and statements, doing their best to quell the issue while also trying to retain the incoming fanbase.

In the meantime, it was naturally accepted that Sunny was Jin Yeoreum, but the backlash, while expected, didn’t explode as much as anticipated across all communities.

The focus shifted to the more provocative issue of Woo Soo-hyun and the actors’ controversy.

…However, it was true that the number of malicious opinions and antis about Girl Revolution had increased significantly.

The level of hate was so severe that the members’ social media accounts and the internet had to be restricted once again.

But compared to the earlier situation where we debated whether to keep or expel Jin Yeoreum, things had certainly improved.

Seok Hyun-woo, who had been running around in that media war, took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes as he spoke.

“Sigh, at the beginning of Yeoreum’s scandal, I honestly prepared for delayed pay, but now that the drug issue with top actor Woo Soo-hyun has broken out, I’m really relieved. I can breathe easy now.”

After finishing her music show performance, Jin Yeoreum said she would briefly stop by the restroom and secretly vomitted.

Having eaten nothing since the morning, only stomach acid flowed, but the nausea continued.

“Heave… Heave…”

Thinking that the other members and Seon Taeyang were waiting, Jin Yeoreum hurriedly finished, tidied up at the vanity to look as nonchalant as possible, and left the restroom.

“Are you okay?”

At that moment, as if waiting for her, Oh Yoori, standing outside the restroom, spoke up.

“Uh? Oh, the restroom? I just stopped by, I’m fine…”

“Not that. The throwing up.”

“…”

To the silent Jin Yeoreum, she asked.

“I think the way you look now is similar to the trainee sister I saw before.”

“What was she like, the sister you’re talking about?”

“She had stage fright.”

“…”

Instead of rebutting or denying, Jin Yeoreum remained silent, and Oh Yoori spoke.

“If you leave it unchecked, it’ll spread, creating more pain. And overcoming it alone is virtually impossible.”

“…”

“I can help you, but it would be better to talk to Team Leader Seon than to me…”

“No, please don’t do that.”

“Why?”

Jin Yeoreum stiffened her pale lips and spoke firmly.

“I don’t want to worry him.”

After finishing the music broadcast schedule and returning to the company, TwoBear’s staff were gathered around a monitor.

Curious, I approached and asked.

“What’s going on? Why are you all gathered here?”

Then Park Miso, nervously lowering the mouse with trembling hands, spoke up.

“Team Leader Seon, do you think you could believe that Girl Revolution charted on the Billboard?”

“Of course, I can’t believe that.”

“Right?”

Billboard charting wasn’t something that could be easily called.

Even the giants who dominate number one on Korean charts can’t even knock on its door.

“But I think you’ll have to believe it.”

When I heard that, I remembered that, thanks to the deal with Cheon Jonghoon, Girl Revolution’s song had been played by DJs all over the world.

It was a decision made to increase the views on their music video and attract international fans, but if it was a big hit, I thought it was possible to chart in other charts against international artists, not just the Billboard Hot 100.

After all, there were so many different types of global music charts.

I mentioned the chart I thought had the highest possibility.

“Ah, maybe it charted in the Global 200 category? Wow, that’s amazing!”

“That’s not what I meant.”

“Then, was it the Global Excl. United States category? That’s also impressive.”

“That’s correct.”

“Or was it the Radio Songs category?”

“No, not that one either.”

I thought I had mentioned all the likely categories.

What else could it be?

In fact, I had already guessed extremely high.

As I didn’t respond and continued thinking, Song Johan, who had been looking at the monitor, moved aside and spoke.

“It might be better if you just see it yourself.”

I stepped into the spot where he had moved and checked the monitor.

[Millboard Hot 100 – Albatross_English version (Girl’s Revolution) This Week 46]

“…”

Staring at the screen, I was so stunned that I unconsciously said,

“…It’s the main chart, Billboard Hot 100.”

“Yes. It’s one of the world’s top charts, where artists who chart here are considered among the best in history.”

“But it’s 46th.”

“Yes. It’s Girl Revolution’s ‘Albatross,’ composed by Team Leader Seon.”

“…”

Not noticing the staff’s blank stares, I blurted out the words that came to my mind without filtering them.

“What the hell is this?”

A miracle that I never even considered possible was right in front of me.