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-He was a complete lunatic all this time?
-I’m the idiot for believing him lolol He’s a total gangster
-Looking for those people who will shield him from this too…lolol Looking for a scapegoat to get him out of this violence incident too lol
-The incident from high school is probably true too
-He really isn’t human, he’s the devil
-crazy *beep*
-Very scary ㅠㅠ
-He’ll probably come out while smiling again even after doing that!!!
-He’ll probably appear with an apology letter, squirming
-His image is going in the gutter lol
-They’ll probably settle with money. One law for the rich and another for the poor.
-How are they going to take responsibility for the life of the victim who wrote that letter ㅠ
-Is he really going to jail? lololol
-GOAT illness is severe…lol How did he survive as an idol until now when he’s been itching to use his fists?
-It seems like Ara Entertainment decided to not curb their celebrity lolol
-He’s a prison idol~~~~ There’s a bunch of M2M albums out in the middle school/high school world right now lol
-What will happen to the other M2M members???
-Birds of a feather flock together, you don’t need to worry
-The most useless thing in the world is worrying about celebrities lol
-Looks like Seo Jun will have to leave the entertainment world. Leave, go go
Seo Kang Jun, who assaulted the waiter, was taken into police custody that day.
The club Manager tried everything he could to cover things up, saying it was just a light quarrel between an employee and a customer and that there were no problems, but there were already too many witnesses.
Even the diehard fans who were camping at the entrance were shocked at the sight of the star being taken away in a police car. They were people who boasted that they could recognize most celebrities even at a glance.
His manager ran to him after hearing that Seo Kang Jun was getting investigated at the police station, but there was nothing he, who was just a dog that licked Seo Kang Jun’s feet, could do.
The news reached Director Seo Joong Won quickly, but there was no time for Director Seo Joong Won to even try anything.
Before he could collaborate on a story with the victim and police or block the media, one post after another was already being uploaded all over the internet. The internet was turned upside down by the photos the witnesses were circulating.
Furthermore, an article including a picture was posted online at dawn. The first round of reports were published, so other media outlets were urgently trying to pour out provocative articles.
A current idol group’s assault case: it was already a provocative enough topic without them writing it in a provocative style.
As what happened in high school became a fait accompli, the opinion that ‘Seo Jun’ should be expelled from the entertainment industry grew stronger. As someone said, it was a situation where nobody could even shield him anymore.
In the morning, Ara Entertainment was completely turned upside down by Seo Kang Jun’s misdeeds.
Employees were hit with hundreds of phone calls as soon as they got to work. Even among those who weren’t in the department in charge, it was all talk about Seo Jun. Although they tried to keep things hush-hush, words kept leaking out. The atmosphere at the company was a mess.
Even the trainees were whispering about Seo Kang Jun’s situation. Previously, the lesson instructors would have scolded trainees who were whispering about their sunbae singer who had already debuted, but it was very difficult to enforce any sanctions on them.
Rather, because they were closely related to the place where everything was happening, the Ara Entertainment officials were all the more curious.
“What did they say is going to happen?”
“I don’t know. Man, I saw this coming ever since he started acting high and mighty because of his backing.”
“Oh, Instructor Jung. Back then, you were praising him that not only was he handsome, he could sing well too.”
“Well, I said that because I didn’t know he was this bad to that extent.”
The choreography instructor and vocal instructor who had taught Seo Kang Jun before gathered at one side of the rehearsal hall and were chatting amongst themselves.
Then, they saw the M2M manager passing through the hallway. He looked so gaunt, like he didn’t even have time to say hello. Of course he would be like that since he was going back and forth from the police station all morning dealing with not only the victim but reporters too.
“Wheeew, he looks terrible. He’s not even the one that messed up but he’s the one fixing it.”
“I know. Manager Park is being put through the wringer. He’ll probably get blamed for not managing him well.”
“It’s probably going to be a pay cut at the least.”
“He might even get fired. What did they say is going to happen to M2M? I feel bad for the other members.”
“Why do you feel sorry for them? The rest of them are just as bratty after they debuted. It’s just that they couldn’t make a peep because they were oppressed by Seo Jun’s temperament. Our company needs to start with educating the kids in ethics.”
“True. Still, Oh Bin? Wasn’t he pretty ok?”
“Well, it’s a bit…of a pity for him.”
At the time when even the people within the company were turning their backs on Seo Kang Jun, Seo Kang Jun, covering his face with a hat and mask, left the detention center and got in the car under the protection of the road manager.
People were already dying to cover this story. It was hard to stop reporters from flocking, even with Director Seo Joong Won’s power.
Thanks to this, even though he had completely covered his face, Seo Kang Jun’s face, looking haggard and sunken, was plastered all over the internet. His distinct features work against him in this situation.
Words related to Seo Jun were plastered in the trending section like never before.
“What about the settlement money?”
“It’s taken care of and I received word that Kang Jun went to the dormitory.”
“What were you doing when you were supposed to keep an eye on him? Huh?!”
Unable to control his frustration, Director Seo Joong Won grabbed the folder that was on his desk and threw it at the M2M general manager. The file hit the manager’s chest with a thump and fell to the floor.
“I’m ashamed to face you.”
The manager, who knew Director Seo Joong Won’s temper well, bowed his head.
Director Seo Joong Won, who had picked up other items to vent his anger, soon sighed and put them down.
He was actually planning to hold a press conference.
He was thinking of waiting until the public opinion died down, like he had said to his son, but looking at how the situation was developing, it wasn’t going to calm down by them ignoring it.
It might actually be better to have a head-on fight. He was considering facing it head on and turning on the full waterworks, saying the rumors were getting too much and he couldn’t take it any more. If Seo Kang Jun claimed his innocence while crying, there would be plenty of people who would waver and change sides.
Also, if there was no evidence like Seo Kang Jun said, the controversy might continue, but they just had to avoid it a bit and carry on with their activities.
It was Seo Kang Jun himself who had thrown a wrench in Director Seo Joong Won’s plans.
At that moment, there was a knock and the Director’s office door opened. The secretary came in.
“The President is asking how you’re going to resolve the recent incident…”
Director Seo Joong Won wasn’t looking at his phone because of the number of calls pouring in. It seemed he had missed a call from the President by doing so.
Director Seo Joong Won had plans to swallow up Ara Entertainment as a whole. He planned for M2M to be the springboard for that. His son was at the center of M2M, which would be the main product to succeed Sa Bang Shin Hwa, and the only person who could get his son to do what they wanted was he.
However, at some point the plan had started to go awry. He didn’t do all that dirty work and get to where he was for this to happen. Director Seo Joong Won pressed his throbbing head.
“I’ll contact him myself.”
The secretary nodded his head to Director Seo Joong Won’s reply. After trying to read the room, he closed the door again and left. Director Seo Joong Won said to the manager,
“Scour the internet and contact the bastard who wrote that letter.”
“What? What are you going to do…”
“I need to butter him up and get him to write another article saying it was just paranoia or something.”
It was the last method Director Seo Joong Won could think of. He had to somehow fix at least something no matter what.
“M2M has a concert scheduled in one month…what should we do about that?”
“A month? What kind of performance is it?”
“It’s a Hallyu concert held in Seoul.”
If it was a month later, that would have been plenty of time for self-reflection. It was a festival that a lot of different singers participated in, so it wasn’t a bad festival to attend.
“Make Seo Jun write an apology letter, and have them participate in the concert for now. Let’s see what the reactions are like.”
“Okay.”
***
One month later.
As Director Seo Joong Won thought, unlike a month ago when Seo Jun was plastered all over the trending topics, the internet was pouring their attention into various other events and accidents, completely forgetting about Seo Jun.
During that time, Seo Kang Jun wrote a handwritten apology exactly as the agency wrote it for him and posted it on the fan cafe.
The main point in the apology was that he committed atrocities while drunk because he was mentally confused by the sudden events.
The fans’ responses were colder than expected. Of course, there were some comments that said they trusted Seo Jun and were cheering him on. However, there were very few such fans.
Most people asked how he explained the incidents from high school in that case. The atmosphere within the M2M fandom was very turbulent.
Online, there was a petition to kick Seo Kang Jun out. Even when the public forgot about Seo Kang Jun, fans did not forget and voiced their opinions that he should be punished.
It’s true that when a fan turns their back, they become an anti. As much as they liked Seo Kang Jun, that was how much they came to hate him. The main reason for the anger was the sense of shame in themselves for being completely deceived by Seo Kang Jun.
Of course, Ara Entertainment tried to approach Reporter Choi Sung Jun’s younger brother, but the reporter blocked them.
Reporter Choi Sung Jun was infuriated at Seo Kang Jun and his father, who, rather than genuinely apologizing, were only thinking of using threats, but it wasn’t as if he didn’t know they were that kind of people. He didn’t want to get an apology from them or forgive them.
When they were told that he was going to let the internet know if they continued to approach them like this, Ara Entertainment stopped trying to change Reporter Choi Sung Jun’s younger brother’s mind.
Instead, another victim he used to bully in middle school made a post, and the fact that Seo Kang Jun is a school violence perpetrator became an indispensable truth.
Reporter Choi Sung Jun’s brother was still gloomy, but he felt a little rewarded. Seeing the supportive comments say that no matter what the victim’s personality was, the victim didn’t do anything wrong and only the perpetrator was guilty, was healing the past that he blamed himself for.
“Will it be ok…?”
In front of the concert venue. M2M’s manager, who had parked the car in front of the entrance, muttered as if talking to himself.
Seo Jun had a blank expression when the manager briefly glanced over at him. Seo Kang Jun had been living like a snob for too long to be able to withstand the criticism pouring on him.
Typically, they would do whatever they could to make a comeback even after this kind of incident, because they once fought fiercely to make their debut.
Seo Kang Jun had an empty look in his eyes like had given up on everything. He was sick of getting criticized.
‘Only to me…they’re so cruel only to me.’
(TL note: Really Seo Jun? After everything you did, THIS feels cruel??)
That was what Seo Kang Jun was thinking. Everything felt so cruel.
The M2M members were silent about the downfall of Seo Kang Jun, who used to look down on them. There was nobody comforting him. It was unfortunate, but at the same time, they were also the ones who were currently feeling the most anger.
Future activities became uncertain. Everything was on the verge of collapsing because of one person.
Fans who had been waiting screamed as the car door opened and the M2M members got out.
“Bin!”
“Please look this way!”
“Han Yoo!”
There was a time when Seo Kang Jun was the most popular. However, that wasn’t the case now. Everyone was eager to call out the other members’ names.
“Get out! You crazy *beep*!”
At that moment, a raw egg came flying along with abusive language. With the ‘thud’ sound, a raw egg hit Seo Kang Jun’s head.
The cracked raw egg damped Seo Kang Jun’s head as it dripped down. The crowd grew rowdy. The bodyguard pushed the fan who threw the raw egg away, but it was too late.
“Get out!”
“Get out!”
The voices of the fans in front of the entrance screaming to get out became louder.
“*Beep*”
Seo Kang Jun quietly cussed between his teeth. He couldn’t take it anymore.
And in that moment, both the Manager and the M2M members could tell. Seo Kang Jun could no longer be an idol who sells dreams and hopes. It was over.
In the back, the KK members who arrived afterwards stood with their mouths open, dumbfounded by what had happened to M2M who went in ahead of them.
Even KK fans were looking at M2M this time, rather than calling out to KK.
Seo Kang Jun, who was being protected by the manager and was getting back in the car, made eye contact with Do Wook.
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Next chapter: Seo Jun’s downfall continues, his father is no longer protecting him. Our story still has 99 more chapters to go, will Seo Jun somehow turn things around?