Chapter 25 It’s just a disparity in popularity
In October 2012, SM's popular female singer Yuna just held a fan meeting for a special project to celebrate her third anniversary of her debut. She announced that she would release a new solo album at the end of the year and revealed her upcoming new activity plans to the fans present.
For an artist who has just debuted for three years and is in the rising stage, both he and his fans are in a stage of enthusiasm, and it is a period of strong determination to pursue their careers.
Function Group and Yuna, who debuted in 2009, were not like their predecessors in the company. They achieved huge success and were loved by many people right after their debut. However, due to the company's contract termination controversy, they had more black fans than fans right after their debut.
It took the Function Group nearly two years to obtain the first rank, and Yuna a year.
But three years later, the girls from 2012 were all very happy because everything had changed for the better.
At the meeting, Yuna personally announced the news of her comeback. All of Yuna's fans are looking forward to the good days to come. This is a two-way agreement between the host and the fans!
However...the day after the fan meeting, the rumored relationship was exposed without any warning.
A news headline, with its captivating title, caught the attention of all netizens: 'YG artist G-Dragon and SM popular female singer Yuna's date photos along the Han River leaked', instantly setting the Internet on fire.
The mere fact that YG and SM artists were exposed to be in a relationship was enough to shock the fan circle and everyone.
Two equally powerful large entertainment companies, two of the three largest entertainment companies in South Korea~
The person involved is one of the most popular ace artists today. Kwon Ji-Dragon started his comeback activities last month and it was very strong, making him the talk of the town for a while.
So what about Yuna from SM?
Just after announcing his return at the end of the year, news of his relationship was exposed. It was obvious that the reporter broke the news at a precise moment in order to maximize the explosiveness of the news.
Public opinion was in an uproar for a while, and countless reporters called the two entertainment companies to verify the facts.
YG's traditional public relations style has always been to play dead, but it seems that this trick of playing dead is no longer effective during Kwon Ji-Dragon's promotion period. When reporters ask him in person, they have to choose between waiting for a clear answer or timely crisis public relations. Both companies have to make one of the two choices.
"Will you admit it?" asked little Xueli, who had never been in love and was still a little girl looking forward to having a beautiful love affair after she grew up, naively.
When it comes to fantasies of publicizing a relationship, the feeling of beauty outweighs the fear.
As soon as the news broke, Song Yu was ordered by the company to return to the company for a meeting. She was a singer who debuted as a solo artist, and unlike other groups, it was the captain who was called back late at night.
It is an old tradition in SM that when a team member makes a mistake, the captain gets scolded. Song Yu works alone, so she has to bear all the scolding by herself.
"That's crazy. How could the company possibly admit it?"
This is Xiao Shuijing's rebuttal to her teammates.
Except for the oldest member, the rest of the group hasn't reached the stage where they can be involved in scandals. But even if you haven't eaten pork, you've always seen pigs run.
Crystal has an older sister who was in Girls' Generation, a group known for its numerous scandals. After hearing about the scandals her sister and her teammates had, she can count them on ten fingers.
Most of them are arranged by companies to hype up the news, and there are very few real couples. The common point is: they will never admit it, even if it is true.
Song Yu, who was exhausted after coming back from the meeting, was listening to the chatter of the function group members around her. The girls were all worried about her, knowing that Song Yu would definitely be scolded if she returned to the company, so they came back to the dormitory so late and were still waiting for her.
On June 13, 2012, f(x) released their second mini album "Electric Shock" and carried out comeback activities for several months. All the members are relatively young and full of energy. After returning from the schedule, they can still have tea parties in the dormitory and have late-night secret talks with their sisters.
Song Yu often joins them. Tonight, except for the team leader Da Song who went to China to promote the TV series, the other four were all present.
The girls chatted at once, each expressing their own opinions in an attempt to help her share her worries.
"Okay, the company has already discussed it."
The person involved finally spoke, and it was a response plan that both she and Quan Zhilong agreed to.
The exposed news photos only showed a blurry back view of the two people, with their mouths and eyes covered tightly. It was a winter photo taken at the beginning of this year.
At that time, the two of them... were indeed not in a romantic relationship. They officially confirmed their relationship in April of the following year.
So in response to the news, it is not wrong to say that the romance is not true.
"Ah~ Can we still play like this?"
When Xiao Xueli heard this, her eyes widened even further, and she looked at the two companies playing word games, as if to say, "Is this lying really okay?"
"It's right not to admit it."
Little Luna raised her phone, shook it, and said, "Do you know how badly the comments in the news below scolded Unnie?"
Only a little girl of Xiao Xueli's age would dream of publicly admitting their friendship and then accepting blessings from fans?
That could kill people.
"Alright, alright, don't mention the news anymore. Once this matter is resolved, everything will be fine."
In fact, Xiao Shuijing has also read the following malicious comments. Each one is extremely vicious. Many Korean swear words that they cannot say in real life are used on Yuna.
"Shit!!! Die, bitch."
"She must have seduced my oppa."
"The women in SM are all vixens! Did they debut just to fall in love?"
"You bastard!!! This Chinese woman is just as cheap as her predecessors."
"SM should terminate her contract quickly. Chinese people are untrustworthy anyway."
'kkkk~SM's female artists are all big scandal-mongers.'
........
There were even extreme fans who threatened to find Song Yu offline and scratch her face, which made the girls shudder with fear.
The members of the function group have witnessed this kind of large-scale negative comments from their captain who participated in the program "We Got Married" for more than a year.
Although she left the show last year, she still continues to receive massive abuse and bad reviews. At the year-end event she attended, while the girl was standing on the stage hosting her work, male fans below openly insulted her.
Knowing that she was a foreigner, they specifically used words that she could understand to scold her. The then team leader Da Song lowered her head and held back tears. This scene was captured by the fans' camera. Whenever the camera of the event was given to her, she continued to put on her signature sunny smile and went up to host the event as if nothing had happened.
At that time, Song Yu didn't understand and felt extremely angry for his compatriots.
It was not until that day that I understood the feeling and grievance of being scolded.
Everyone was claiming to like her yesterday, but today it seems like the whole world wants her to die.
Are the people who say these things the same group of people?
Song Yu, who was young and inexperienced at the time, got stuck in a dead end when thinking about this problem and could not find a solution until many years later.
After returning to China to develop her career, Song Yu's popularity only remained high in the initial stage. She had to start all over again. She was arranged by the film and television company she signed with at the time to be with a male artist under their company, and they hyped up the couple in the drama, which later extended to rumors of scandals outside the drama.
Interestingly, Song Yu discovered that the person being scolded this time was not herself.
Song Yu's fans came in waves, overwhelming the other side both in terms of numbers and the volume of their online comments. The fans didn't care whether the scandal was true or not. As long as the other party dared to scold Song Yu, they were doomed.
In the era when the Chinese internet was still not clear, Song Yu's fans were like bullies on all major online platforms. There was also the captain of the function, Da Song, who behaved in the same way as her fans.
The title of "Returning Twin Stars" was later passed down as "Returning Twin Heroes".
Is the main character involved in a scandal?
Then spread it~
Dare to scold them?
It was just right for us to vent the frustrations we had experienced in Korea that year through a new team-building activity.
Every time they curse, they have to bring out the Korean Oppas of that time and whip their corpses. Popularity is a cycle. Some people are constantly improving, while others are on the decline. It is only a matter of time before they are beaten back by the female fans.
The question that Song Yu had thought about back then already had an answer. In the final analysis, it was just the imbalance in popularity at that time. Kwon Ji-yong was the king idol among young girl fans. He was more famous than Song Yu, so his fans had the upper hand in scolding him.
This rule actually does not distinguish between men and women.
However, in the verbal battle, female fans often use more vulgar words against women. As women, they know how to be vulgar and how to use it.
Of course, among so many Korean Oppas, Kwon Ji-Dragon is not one of those who have become out of date.
At that time, the two companies not only jointly denied the relationship, but also issued a statement saying that they would collect evidence and sue all those who had been insulting their artists for a long time.
The artist’s fans had been suffering from bad reviews for a long time, and for a moment, everyone shifted their focus, which was very gratifying.
In November of the same year, a suspected new relationship was exposed in the Korean entertainment circle. Compared with the blurry back photos, this time it was a photo of two popular male and female singers. The last SM company’s public relations strategy was no longer useful, and a new round of verbal battles began.
At the end of the year, Yuna released a new album as scheduled, but compared to her previous sweet girl style, the title song was changed to a dance song, and her personal image changed from a sweet girl to a cool and handsome lady, and the transformation was seamless.
But the effect was very good, far exceeding the company's expectations and her original expectations.
The scandal between SM's popular female singer Yuna and GD seems to have never happened.
Later, the two had no more public interactions and no photos were exposed. By the time of the likes incident in 2023, only a few people knew that they had been rumored to be in a relationship.
Many new fans on both sides were confused, thinking that this was the first time that their fan circles had been fighting each other online.
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During the day, Song Yu learned about the turmoil caused by Quan Zhilong's likes in China. The Chinese Internet is her territory, and her team is very skilled in responding to it. She has no problem using tactics to change public opinion.
So how was the situation in South Korea resolved?
After learning the reason for the calming down, Song Yu was speechless.
Judging from Kwon Ji-Dragon's behavior of liking posts over the years, it is estimated that Korean fans have become desensitized to him. He has been slow to return and has been scolded by younger fans for being a shut-in, but fans still have an expression of watching the fun, saying, "This is the result of not returning."
That night, after realizing the trouble his actions had caused Song Yu, Quan Zhilong did not cancel it, as this would have made it even more obvious that he was trying to cover up his mistake.
He simply continued to like... and specifically picked out his own negative pictures to like.
'GD is still that SNS addict!'
"I was wondering why Oppa would quit the internet~"
"In China, fans of popular actresses are scolding him to death. GD should be more careful!"
"Oppa, stop obsessing over likes. Didn't you say you're coming back this year? Are the new songs ready?"
So the solution is to give her a solution by making fun of herself?
Song Yu smiled, shook her head and sighed. Thinking this way seemed like she was being too sentimental.
Song Yu finally agreed to the suggestion of taking Xiao Taotao out.
A child is a living person, not a pet that can be fed, drunk, defecated, or urinated by just putting a litter box in the house.
If Xiao Taotao stayed here from now on, instead of suddenly appearing out of nowhere and then disappearing like when she came here, then she and Quan Zhilong would have more problems to solve in terms of the child's future life.
He’s three years old now, so he should go to kindergarten, right?
When you grow up a little bit, you will go to school, right?
Should I stay in Korea or China?
Oh, right! This child has no legal identity in this world, so Song Yu can't take her to China or other countries.
So, what should be done about her identity and household registration? Her biological parents are not officially a legal couple. Does that mean she should marry Quan Zhilong?
Are you crazy?
How long can the child hiding in Quan Zhilong's house stay hidden? A month? Three months? Half a year? A lifetime...?
It’s not a big deal if people around them like Lee Joo Hyuk and Tiger Brother know about it, but what about the families of both parties?
After the Quan and Song parents learn about this, will they start a war for the child?
For parents who cannot get married in their thirties, it would be best if she and Kwon Ji-yong had a ready-made child, so they could skip directly to having a granddaughter.
As for the daughter/son who doesn’t want to get married?
Who cares about them~
The mentality of the older generation is that everything is easy now that we have the next generation.
Song Yu said: I am tired, let’s explode!
The two adults, dressed warmly, looked at the little Taotao jumping in front of them. They decided not to go to a place with too many people but close to home, so they chose a nearby parent-child restaurant. The consumption in Hannam-dong is very high, and it has a sophisticated style.
After the two arrived, they thought they would have to take care to avoid suspicion, like one taking the child to play while the other watched from a distance. But after arriving, Song Yu was dumbfounded.
"Do Koreans really stop having children?"
There are only two or three children in a family restaurant?
Or the time they came was at night, when people with children don’t go out.
“Are you sure it won’t go bankrupt?”
Quan Zhilong, on the other hand, complained that the space here was too small. There were only a few facilities suitable for children to play. It was more like a place for mothers who were tired of taking care of their children to find a place to rest and have coffee with friends.
"Next time, we'll take Taotao to First Garden."
Mr. Kwon has already begun to plan his next trip. First Garden is a large amusement park located in Gyeonggi City. It has courtyards and amusement facilities of various styles. The courtyards have many themes and different charms in each season. It is most suitable for taking children to experience.
Of course, he had also heard about it from his friends.
Song Yu listened without saying anything.
Looking at Xiao Taotao in the bubble pool, she quickly started playing with a little girl in it. The child's mother was sitting next to them and watching like them.
She will not be able to escape from future plans.
As for the results of the paternity test, Song Yu was mentally prepared.
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