Chapter 36 (including a real-time forum format) The company's...
"This is a decision I made after considering the company's interests."
When Yang Hyun-suk tried to appeal to emotions, Han Sang-hee would simply and quietly explain the benefits her actions would bring to the company.
Han Sang-hee works at YG, but that doesn't mean she has to take responsibility for Yang Hyun-suk's emotions.
Isn't a purely business relationship good enough?
Some people, having been patriarchal for so long, become spoiled by the respect others show them.
Yes, she was talking about Yang Hyun-suk.
Han Shangxi was not surprised at all that Director Jiang had sided with President Yang this time.
ETE's agent is Jiang's person.
What did the other party do? They informed ETE of the company's handling of the scandal just before she went on stage.
This behavior almost explicitly told her that the company's senior management had reached a consensus.
Director Jiang also believed that she needed to be reprimanded.
If she had made even the slightest mistake on this adapted version of "Empire," the situation she would have faced would have been far more complex.
Perhaps the company is thinking that the entire ETE group can make a comeback, and they want to balance the previously unbalanced popularity.
The company can do that.
But isn't it a bit stupid to achieve your goal in this way?
However, Han Shangxi didn't guess all of them.
If Han Sang-hee doesn't clarify, today's meeting will still take place, and Yang Hyun-suk will use the fan comments that have already gone viral to make her feel guilty.
Fans felt that she was affecting the group, blamed her for dragging her teammates down, and even hoped that she would go behind the scenes to write songs for her teammates.
Some fans' affections are constantly changing; one second they'll be cheering for their idol, and the next they'll change their attitude.
The company wanted to use this fragile affection on Han Sang-hee, an idol who had just debuted and had never faced this situation before, to provoke her and manipulate her.
Once Han Shangxi feels guilty, the company will generously forgive her.
It's not just about giving them a talking-to, but also about strengthening Sanghee's "sense of responsibility" towards the group as the leader, so that Sanghee is willing to give more to ETE.
Unfortunately, the company's plan backfired.
Han Sang-hee was much bolder than they had imagined.
They didn't actually want to hear about the benefits Han Sang-hee was talking about.
Because that's not what they want.
However, the company's shady intentions cannot be openly stated.
When you've been in a high position for a long time, you start to care about your reputation.
As the higher-ups in the room pondered how to break the deadlock, another piece of bad news emerged.
Lee Min-jin and Sung Ji-hye also opened personal social media accounts, and the first thing they did after opening them was to repost Sang-hee's clarification video message.
Han Sang-hee, as the leader of ETE, has seen all the efforts she has made for the group.
Rather than relying on external forces, the two of them wanted to increase their popularity legitimately, rather than becoming beneficiaries for no reason.
The senior executives in the conference room were mostly taken aback when Lee Min-jin and Sung Ji-hye suddenly expressed their support for Han Sang-hee.
How did they end up being the bad guys?
Han Shangxi had anticipated her teammates' actions, and she simply sat there calmly, observing the changing expressions on the faces of the higher-ups.
In the end, Han Sang-hee's act of leaving the company to issue a clarification was merely a case of being praised high and then gently put down.
With the help of others mediating, Han Sang-hee and Yang Hyun-seok's relationship returned to a superficial peace.
However, after this incident, the company became more wary of Han Shangxi and gave up on any thoughts of causing trouble.
Because they felt that Shangxi's words made some sense, the company adopted her suggestion when dealing with the matter later.
As for the face lost because of Han Shangxi, that's not important.
In any case, no one except the people in the conference room knew what was happening here.
Having achieved his goal and left the meeting room, Han Shangxi found the whole thing rather uninteresting.
An idol's freedom belongs to the stage.
Away from the stage, surrounded by noise, where is there any sincerity? she thought.
A sense of world-weariness and alienation clearly appeared in Han Sang-hee's lyric book these past few days, and also surfaced on her account, paracosm.
Although Han Sang-hee almost never mentions her personal life on Paracosm, she uses sharing songs as a way to express her feelings.
Most of the shares don't attract as much attention as the promotional content. Besides being a promotional account, paracosm is also Han Shangxi's personal space.
This time, a comment appeared unusually below the share.
—Are you in a bad mood lately?
The garbled name and the seemingly casually taken profile picture made Han Shangxi a little wary, so she chose not to reply.
The account didn't pursue the matter further, but subsequently followed the account paracosm and started praising GD in various ways under promotional posts, just like most followers.
This behavior gave Han Shangxi the illusion that the other party was trying to make amends for something.
However, she didn't pay much attention to it, thinking she was just overthinking it.
ETE is still preparing for their second comeback.
Other YG artists are also preparing for the YGfamily concert.
YGfamily concerts were held in Seoul on December 3rd and 4th.
ETE's absence has sparked much speculation.
Is it due to the Sanghee scandal? Or is it because of Sanghee's self-proclaimed clarification video?
Anyone with eyes can see that the clarification wasn't orchestrated by Waiji Company.
However, contrary to the public's expectations that Sanghee would decide to suspend ETE activities, the media that initially published the Sanghee scandal apologized, the official ETE account continued to update its materials, and EBY was released as scheduled.
"EYB" is the name of ETE's comeback single album.
BYE reversed becomes EYB.
Saying goodbye can turn into a new beginning.
Originally, the content was broader, but with Han Sang-hee's approval, the concept of the song "Farewell to the New Life" was ultimately set in the student era.
BYE records the bittersweetness of high school romance, while EYB is a fantasy about romance in adulthood.
In songwriting, using love as a vehicle for emotion is the safest approach.
This time, the twin songs retain the individual creative characteristics of Lee Min-jin and Sung Ji-hye respectively.
Later, these two songs, along with their debut album "Emily", were recognized by the public as further evidence that "ETE's style of love songs depends on whose love story it is about".
To date, ETE's image remains that of a teenage idol group.
Would it be a bad idea for such a duo to write their own love songs?
Of course, some people disagreed, but these voices were quickly suppressed by their love for the song.
Released on Tuesday, EYB continues to cement the myth of ETE's unparalleled sales success in digital music.
It was later known as one of the three parts that led to ETE's rise to prominence.
Compared to ETE's mixed reputation when they debuted, the majority of the buzz now comes from fans.
542L: [Come in and recommend] Leaving a song in EE's album is as easy as drinking water.
Welcome to ETE, a creative girl group comprised entirely of talented and academically gifted members: the powerful vocal genius Sanghee, the cool and aloof rapper Minjin, and the adorable and sweet Jihye with amazing dance skills.
555L: The harsher the mockery was at the time, the more awkward the situation became after the reversal. However, this incident also brought a lot of attention to ETE.
567L: By the way, can group fans mute themselves in this thread? The title of this recommendation post doesn't read the thread.
It has to be said that some group fans are even funnier than those who hate S.
As soon as the rumors surfaced, everyone hoped the company would clarify, and the group's fans couldn't wait for concrete evidence. "If it's really a relationship, he should leave the group and work behind the scenes writing songs for the other two. I feel sorry for the other two teammates."
After the rumors were clarified, the group's fans jumped out again, pretending to relax. "So what if this princess is dating? We support our princess dating and writing songs to please our ears, just like her senior brother."
After the song release, while everyone was praising S for her decisive and capable approach to creating content, group fans started talking about her teammates. "Minjin and Jihye were also a huge surprise this time! Investing in them was definitely worthwhile!"
The above statements are supported by images and evidence. [Screenshots *3]
Everyone, if there's anyone more dissenting than EE's group fans, please let me see.
572L: Actually, I personally think that some group fans may really like S, but that liking is far less than one ten-thousandth of their feelings for their teammates.
Sometimes I really suspect that you guys put yourselves in your teammates' shoes, which is why you try so hard to prove that S isn't good enough, and keep saying that your teammates are more likable.
581L: A group fan passing by and completely bewildered. Can't the princess's solo fans understand the situation? They're promoting her, and you're here arguing, trying to drive away fans for the princess.
The real Emily treats everyone equally; she likes all three members of EE the same. Why do you all have to nitpick? I really don't understand.
If I had to say something, would it be considered favoritism towards the princess for spending money on her? I haven't seen Minjin and Jihwi's fans arguing.
586L: As expected, the peace between EE's group fans and S's solo fans lasts only three seconds~ [Group photo]
591L: Take me with you upstairs! [Finds a spot to stand]
601L: Passersby were already confused by the text. [Trying to join the group photo]
623L: After watching it, I personally lean towards the solo stan. Because I was really there during that scene where someone shouted to leave the group. Even though EE group fans said that person was an anti-fan, well...kkk [squeezes in, ready to film]
645L: Having followed this story from the bottom of my head, I can say that every moment has its own highlights [peeking out before the countdown].
651L: [Flash] I wonder how people will feel when they see this post later~
663L: People who do archaeology will definitely find this post hilarious. I suddenly remembered a comment about S: "No matter the topic, wherever S is, the final point of contention will always fall on her."
665L: Maybe I'll get tortured too kkk
666L: Very likely, after all, even my friends who were just casual acquaintances of S have all become her die-hard fans after this incident.
668L: It's human nature to like beautiful, strong, and tragic characters.
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