Chapter 62 Love Scandal
The clock goes back two years.
Two years ago, on the night when Amanecer announced his comeback schedule, several photos circulated on x.
With their comeback imminent, the members’ daily schedules have been readjusted. They need to strictly manage their body shape and skin condition before their official comeback, reduce social activities outside, and ensure that they can welcome their comeback in the best condition.
When those photos on X were posted, Jiang Shen was tidying up his room in the dormitory and preparing for the live broadcast, waiting for his agent and company staff to come over. He had no idea that a storm was brewing on the Internet, nor did he know that he was about to be caught up in a storm of public opinion.
This dormitory was the new residence arranged by the company for Amanecer after his fame gradually spread. As everyone grew older, teammates moved out one after another, and now only Jiang Shen lives here permanently.
Only during the return period, when the schedule is extremely tight, some teammates will come back and stay for a short time for convenience.
Once the permanent guest Jiang Shen moves out, the dormitory will be taken back by the company.
This is the reason why Jiang Shen has not moved out yet.
A few days ago, he applied to the company for tonight's live broadcast and was approved, so he stayed up late to clean up the dormitory.
Although they have their mobile phones in their hands and can start a live broadcast at any time, starting a live broadcast without prior notice will cause trouble for company employees.
Company employees need to pay attention to their words and actions during live broadcasts, and remind them in time when they say inappropriate words.
However, after so many years of debut, everyone is no longer the insecure young boy they once were. Who would still speak nonsense casually? The words had already been going around in my mind for several times before I said them out loud.
Therefore, Jiang Shen often feels that the process before starting a live broadcast is too troublesome, which affects the frequency of his communication with fans.
For example, now, his live broadcast area has been set up and the tablet has been set up, but his agent and company staff have not arrived yet.
At this time, the cell phone rang. It was a call from the agent.
"Shine, tonight's live broadcast has been cancelled," the agent said delicately, and then added, "You should have a good rest at home and don't let things on the Internet affect your mood. I can't go to your place for the time being."
"But let me confirm first, you are indeed not in love, right?"
Jiang Shen listened in confusion, frowning and said, "What do you mean by love or not? Of course I'm not in love. My schedule is so full, and I spend my rest time in the practice room and recording studio. Don't you know that, brother?"
The agent said, "Of course I know that, but you know, people who want to be in love can always find time no matter how busy they are."
He added: "Okay, I understand. I will discuss countermeasures with the public relations department."
The agent's call came out of nowhere, and the hang-up was also unexpected.
Jiang Shen felt a little uneasy, and had a bad premonition in his heart.
He turned on his phone, typed in his name, and searched what had happened.
Soon, a tweet with over 10,000 retweets came into his sight.
"This is Shine, right? Is that his girlfriend next to him?"
In the photo, a black-haired boy wearing a mask stands in front of a mirror and takes a photo with a petite girl. The girl smiled very happily, and the boy lowered his head and leaned slightly towards the girl, kissing you in an extremely happy manner.
The boy's hair was a little long, and only his eyebrows and eyes could be vaguely seen. His expression was quite similar to Jiang Shen.
The comment section has exploded.
Jiang Shen continued reading.
Many people dug out the girl's identity information and frantically analyzed the photos or videos that appeared on the girl's SNS, trying to find more boys.
The incident just happened, and a photo in which the face cannot be clearly seen does not count as solid evidence. Many fans in the comments were explaining for him.
"He's just a guy with a similar vibe. His face is not clear in the photo. Is it too much to assume it's Shine?"
"I'm going to drag my boyfriend to take a photo like this, which means Shine is also my boyfriend."
The fans thought it was outrageous, and Jiang Shen felt the same way. This absurdity made him unable to hold back and laugh.
Any hat can be put on his head.
Jiang Shen kept refreshing the page.
Subsequently, new content appeared under his name.
Someone sorted out all of the girl's SNS accounts, dug out the clothes she had worn, listed the same places she and Jiang Shen had been to, and made a long puzzle. Roughly speaking, there are probably dozens of photos in the puzzle.
"They are definitely in love, right? How can a normal person find so many of the same items?"
"The girl is a trainee who has not yet debuted. She is indeed very pretty and can be a face of the idol group. Don't idols like to digest her internally?"
Seeing this long puzzle, Jiang Shen frowned slightly.
After the photos came out, I believe his fans were gradually shaken.
Within a few hours, his love affair rumor appeared on the hot search list on Korean Internet, and the news also began to ferment in China, where foreign Internet is less sensitive.
"Shit, can the idols control themselves? They are all like dogs in heat."
"There's a girl in my circle of friends who's chasing private things. She said Jiang Shen started dating a few years after his debut, and she doesn't even know how many girlfriends he has had."
"Toxic fans love to tear down the company the most. They criticize the company every day for not giving them screen time and resources. What resources do your romantic fans want?"
"It's been a few hours since the incident started, and the company hasn't responded yet. The answer is clear, right?"
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Jiang Shen looked at X from time to time, and checked Weibo from time to time. He stared at the insults, and his heart seemed to be pressed down by a heavy stone.
He didn't care about people who didn't like him scolding him, but he cared about people who liked him starting to doubt him, and he cared even more about how they believed these unconfirmed things so easily.
Jiang Shen called his agent.
The agent took a long time to answer the phone, and the sound of staff discussing could be faintly heard from the other end of the line.
"Brother, when and how does the company plan to respond?" Jiang Shen asked straight to the point.
The agent was silent for a moment, and finally sighed and said, "Sorry Shine, the company does not intend to respond at this stage."
Jiang Shen was stunned. He didn't expect to get such an answer.
"The company believes that discussions among fans and passers-by can add heat to the team before the team's return, and that clarifying the situation after public opinion has reached its peak can also help solidify the team's loyal fans."
Jiang Shen didn't say anything, and there was silence.
This was the first time their team had a love scandal, and it was also the first time they had been on the trending search list for something other than a good name.
He didn't expect that the company would choose this way to respond when something like this happened.
The agent consoled him, "Don't let this affect you. A person who is innocent will be innocent, right?"
Jiang Shen smiled bitterly and replied, "Thank you, brother."
The phone call was hung up.
After they became famous, each of them got an agent. This agent had been following him for a long time and they got along like friends. He knew that the other party must have fought for him with the company.
He looked back at the phone screen.
This was not the first time Jiang Shen had seen insults against him.
There are eight people in their team, and each of them has black fans. As they become more famous, more and more people hate and attack them. They know that this is the price of fame, but it does not mean that they can accept these insults calmly.
He didn't sleep all night. He sat in a chair in front of the tablet he was going to use for the live broadcast, refreshing the page silently and watching how things would develop.
After looking for a long time, Jiang Shen put down his phone tiredly. He rubbed his eyebrows and stared at the tablet in a daze.
Originally, he wanted to share interesting things that happened recently with his fans and chat with them tonight.
He picked up his phone again and opened other apps to divert his attention.
When he opened KakaoTalk, his teammates and friends in the circle sent him messages one after another, either to comfort him or to send some interesting topics to divert his attention.
After he went in one by one to express his gratitude to everyone with a heavy and tired heart, he once again thought of what his agent had said.
He sat in the quiet and empty dormitory for a while.
In order not to affect his condition for returning later, he tried to cheer up, washed up and prepared to go to bed, not thinking about these things.
But when all the lights were turned off and the dormitory returned to darkness, he sat on the bed and somehow picked up his phone again.
He clicked on Weverse. Unlike X and Weibo, there were not many outsiders here. There were only him, his teammates and fans.
But seeing that the usually harmonious and warm weverse had now turned into a smoky battlefield, Jiang Shen couldn't help but sigh softly, and his mood became even heavier.
Fans who believe in him and fans who don’t believe in him are swearing at each other.
His fans started quarreling with other teammates' fans.
Jiang Shen suddenly turned on the live broadcast.
This was the live broadcast that was originally planned.
As soon as the live broadcast started, a large number of fans flocked in instantly, and the messages scrolled like crazy. Even so, he still saw those messages with similar content.
"Jiang Shen quits the group!"
"Love lovers get out of here amanecer!"
"Go with your sister-in-law, why do you want to do a live broadcast!"
He didn't speak.
The room was dark and his face could not be seen in the camera.
Almost as soon as he started the live broadcast, his cell phone vibrated. It was a call from his agent.
Jiang Shen took a look and put the phone aside without hanging up or paying any attention.
The only sounds that could be heard during the live broadcast were his shallow breathing, the vibration of his phone, and the tapping sound of his nails accidentally touching the screen when he touched it to stop the comments.
The vibrating phone rang for a while and then returned to silence.
Soon after, it rang again.
This cycle repeated several times.
After the phone was silent for a while, the screen lit up.
The lit screen brought extremely weak light into the room, but it was not enough for the people in the live broadcast room to see Jiang Shen clearly. They could only very vaguely see the lines of his jawline when he turned his head to look at his phone.
Jiang Shen picked up his phone and it vibrated. It was a text message from his agent.
"You deliberately didn't answer the phone, didn't you? The company is in a mess because of you doing a live broadcast. Call me back when you see the text message, or I'll go straight to your dormitory."
Jiang Shen looked at the text message, feeling empty inside and feeling that everything was meaningless.
He turned his phone upside down, and the live broadcast room, which had finally had some light, returned to darkness again.
"I'm sorry for worrying my fans who love me."
"Please believe me."
The hoarse voice sounded softly and low in the room like a murmur, and like a thin mist that would disperse with a wave of the hand.
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