Chapter 24 Scandal 9/11.23.30
After finishing their drinks, An Rufeng and Quan Zhilong secretly bought some food for their aunt and then went home.
South Korea, YG Entertainment, President Yang's office.
President Yang looked at the photos he received in his email on his computer, then picked up his phone and dialed Kwon Ji-yong's number.
Kwon Ji-yong had just returned to his dorm after parting ways with An Yeo-feng when he saw President Yang's call. He answered it respectfully and said, "Brother."
President Yang asked Kwon Ji-yong in a friendly voice, "Ji-yong, where are you?"
Kwon Ji-yong hesitated for a moment before telling the truth: "Hyung, I'm in Tokyo."
President Yang's voice remained warm and friendly: "Who are you with?"
"Hyung, what happened?" Kwon Jiyong knew what had happened from his tone and simply asked back.
What do you think?
"Was I photographed?" Kwon Ji-yong thought for a moment and then knew what was going on.
Even if he dresses very casually, he's always photographed by the media because he's always around.
"Oh, you know that too!" President Yang's voice was irritated.
“I received photos from paparazzi in my email. They are of you and Ms. An. If you don’t pay hush money, the photos will be made public.”
"Tell me, what's going on? Don't tell me you and Miss An were sitting on the grass discussing business."
The photos didn't seem to contain anything ambiguous. President Yang didn't care whether the paparazzi exposed them or not; his main concern was figuring out what Kwon Ji-yong was doing.
"Brother, you already guessed it, why are you asking me?" Kwon Ji-yong said.
"Hey, don't you dare mess around, kid." President Yang knew the shelf life of his love. He didn't care about others, but Miss An was his business partner. If they broke up in a month or two, how could they continue their cooperation?
"Hyung, when have I ever acted recklessly? I'm always very serious," Kwon Ji-yong defended himself.
"Where are we now? If we haven't even started, we should give up now," President Yang said.
"Brother, matters of the heart are beyond my control," Kwon Ji-yong sighed.
"In short, be careful. I hope that after finishing the big city project with Miss An, we can continue to cooperate on other projects." President Yang was just joking about matters of the heart, knowing that it was useless for him to interfere, so he could only give him this advice.
"Alas." Kwon Ji-yong sighed and reluctantly agreed. Was he really that much of a jerk? Did he must have wronged someone?
Kwon Ji-yong then said, "Hyung, please help me buy out the photos."
President Yang looked at the photos: "There were other people present, and it doesn't seem like there's any ambiguous relationship. There's no need to buy it out."
Kwon Ji-yong insisted: "Hyung, let's just buy it out. Please buy out all the photos of me and Miss An from now on."
Any woman who gets involved with him will be criticized. If it's possible to avoid exposing him, it's best to keep it private.
"Damn it, you little rascal!" President Yang cursed, but finally agreed, "I'll have someone do it."
"Thank you, hyung!" Kwon Ji-yong said with a smile.
Unfortunately, not all media outlets are willing to pay. President Yang bought out the photos from this media outlet, but other media outlets broke the news about Kwon Ji-yong and An Yeo-feng without communicating with YG.
On the morning of February 13th, the day G-Dragon went to Yokohama for his tour, a slightly blurry photo appeared on the cover of a gossip magazine with the headline, "Breaking News! Top boy group leader G-Dragon secretly meets with a mysterious ordinary person at a restaurant, sparking rumors of a relationship!"
The media outlet used a photo of Anju Feng, Kwon Ji-yong, and Daesung eating at a sushi restaurant.
An Rufeng's face was blurred in the photo, but it was clear that she was chatting with Da Cheng across from her. Kwon Ji-yong was diagonally opposite An Rufeng, but there was no interaction between them, and no ambiguous behavior was visible.
Even when An Rufeng was with Da Cheng, the distance between them was just right, and their behavior was natural, which was a completely normal social interaction. Not to mention Quan Zhilong, who did not communicate at all.
VIPs cautiously opened the pages, and upon seeing such nonsensical reports, they took to social media to condemn the media's unethical behavior.
They angrily pointed out: "Look at the picture and talk nonsense, are you blind? Our Dacheng is so big, can't you see it?"
"If your eyes are damaged, go get them treated! This amateur lady and GD haven't even had any contact! She's clearly closer to Da Cheng, okay?!"
"You think writing like this will generate buzz? You unscrupulous media!"
"Secret meeting my foot! This isn't a private room, there are other people around!"
"These unscrupulous media outlets do nothing but spread rumors all day long!"
"Can't you have any bottom line? All you do is make baseless accusations and spread rumors!"
"Have some decency! They'll do anything to grab attention, spreading rumors without any evidence—it's outrageous!"
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Although this media outlet was heavily criticized by its fans, its magazine sold very well, so it didn't care at all.
On the morning of February 14th, the same media outlet released photos of Kwon Ji-yong and An Joo-fung.
The headline is still eye-catching: "Exclusive Entertainment Insider: Big Bang Leader Kwon Ji-yong's Secret Romance with a Non-Celebrity Girlfriend."
The accompanying photo shows An Rufeng and Quan Zhilong leaving a Chinese restaurant after dinner. It's just the two of them. Although An Rufeng's face is blurred, Quan Zhilong's is not, and you can see that they are chatting and laughing.
The VIPs originally went to criticize the media, but hesitated after seeing the photos.
"Wait, a Chinese restaurant?!"
"Oppa's social media recently has Chinese elements, and he seems very happy. He seems like someone who's in love!"
"Could this really be my girlfriend?"
"Oppa's smile is so sweet, his face is full of happiness, he must be in love."
"After observing Tapu Oppa and the others, it seems that only GD Oppa went back to Tokyo alone! Maybe his girlfriend is in Tokyo!"
Although Anru Feng's face was blurred, her hair was very distinctive, with long, straight hair that fell smoothly down, making her easily recognizable at a glance.
When Anru Feng went to South Korea to attend a concert, quite a few fans took photos of her face.
As soon as the gossip media reported the news, someone posted on the fan forum.
I think I photographed what appears to be my oppa's rumored girlfriend?!
OP: I have such mixed feelings right now, and I really can't wait to share them with everyone!
Here's what happened: During the Big Show concert in Seoul, a very beautiful woman sat next to me. I thought she was incredibly beautiful because she was sitting in the support group, and I assumed she was a trainee watching the performance.
Because she's so beautiful, I took a few photos, thinking that once she becomes famous, I can share some precious photos from her trainee days with her fans. Of course, if she's talented, I'll become a fan too.
Unexpectedly, when I saw the media report today, even though it was blurred out, it felt so familiar. It took me a long time to remember that I had seen her at the Seoul Big Show. Her straight hair and temperament are really similar to the pictures in the media.
[Image][Image][Image][Image] Take a look, doesn't it look very similar to the pictures in the gossip media?
Looking back now, I realize how stupid I was. I just thought she was pretty and assumed she was a trainee without even considering that she might be my oppa's girlfriend!
As soon as she posted this, many fans clicked in.
Once people entered the post and clicked on the pictures, they were so stunned by the beauty that they forgot everything else!
"Wow! It's gorgeous!"
"It's not my fault you only think about her because she's a celebrity! If I were you, I would think the same way!"
"Is this really Oppa's rumored girlfriend? Are you sure it's not some celebrity??"
"In the photos from the gossip media, the oppa and she don't seem to be in a very ambiguous relationship, right? They could be friends, right? Maybe she's a junior who's going to debut?"
"That's possible!"
"Let's wait for Oppa to clarify!"
Now that the photos were available, Anru Feng's social media accounts were also exposed.
Anru Feng's account, which had several thousand followers, suddenly gained over a hundred thousand.
Anru Feng's latest post is about learning to take photos like Quan Zhilong.
The VIPs immediately recognized it as the photo pose their idol liked!
They looked at Anru Feng's social media posts and found that she was not a trainee or a celebrity, but just an ordinary person.
Looking closer at the photos in the latest post, isn't the background the same as Oppa's dorm?!
They've even entered the inner chambers!
They weren't really angry about the pictures posted by the gossip media, but now that they've seen this photo taken in their oppa's dorm, they're absolutely furious!
Although Anru Feng stated in her post that she was a friend, some extreme fans have already started to criticize her.
February 14th is the first day of the Lunar New Year, so we had to get up early. Anru Feng was woken up by her parents very early and couldn't go back to sleep, so she played on her phone on the sofa.
While she was playing, her phone suddenly started ringing incessantly and became incredibly laggy. After a while, the phone finally responded, and An Rufeng realized it was because her social media account had suddenly gained a large number of followers and comments.
When An Rufeng clicked in, she found that they were all fans of Kwon Ji-yong. Some asked about her relationship with Kwon Ji-yong, some directly thought she was Kwon Ji-yong's girlfriend, and many directly cursed at her.
She read the comments and realized that some gossip media had been spreading rumors about her relationship with Kwon Ji-yong, which is why her fans came to her senses.
Just as An Rufeng was beginning to understand what had happened, her doorbell suddenly rang.
An Rufeng went to open the door, and was surprised to find that it was Kwon Ji-yong: "Weren't you in Yokohama? What brings you here?"
She made way for him to come in.
Kwon Ji-yong didn't move. Seeing that An Ru-feng's expression was normal, he assumed she was unaware of the scandal and said, "Ru-feng, come out for a moment. I have something to tell you."
Seeing his serious face, An Rufeng assumed something serious had happened, so she followed him out and straightened her expression as well.
Only after learning that he had only returned because of the scandal and nothing else of great importance did An Rufeng relax her tense expression.
An Rufeng said nonchalantly, "It's just a rumor, what's the big deal? Don't you celebrities have these kinds of things all the time?"
“I don’t really care, I’m used to it, but they’ll insult you, did you see that?” Kwon Ji-yong said, then reached for her phone. “You should turn off the comments section and stop looking at it.”
An Rufeng dodged the question and smiled, "I've already seen it."
Kwon Ji-yong looked at her as if she were in the same state as usual and was somewhat incredulous.
"Do you think I'd be upset by their insults? They're strangers to me, they don't affect me at all, so why should I care?"
It's them who are creating bad karma through their words, not me.
Moreover, the people who should be hurt are the ones who criticize me, not me.
Shouldn't they be ashamed of themselves for being jealous, petty, and unable to distinguish right from wrong?
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