Siblings Working in Business (218)
[「“Famous Sibling Idols Targeted, ‘School Bully’ Controversy Surfaces Online”」
「“[October 2nd Week Entertainment Hot News] Lee Eun-ji, School Violence Allegations Surface, NRY ‘Confirming Facts’”」
What is this?
This isn’t about Eun-ji, is it?]
A post appeared on E-FAN.
This single post fanned the flames, creating a storm.
[I just saw the article, is it true?]
└ No way, absolutely not! There’s no way Ji-ji would do that.
└ OMG lol Lee Eun-ji, I knew she looked shady. She was a total thug lol
└ I’m reporting you.
└ Yeah~ report me~ fangirl lol
└ It’s best to refrain from commenting until the facts are confirmed.
└ Right, let’s keep E-Per clean ㅠ
└ Clean my ass~ lol
└ Why are you being like this?
└ E-Per, ignore the trolls and just report them.
[They were disgusting anyway~~~]
└ What do you know about Ji-ji?
└ Exactly lol
└ This person has been leaving hateful comments everywhere. Ignore this jobless troll and just report them!
└ Lol yeah~ I’m not jobless. And Lee Eun-ho and Lee Eun-ji don’t even know your face.
└ They don’t even know you exist, insect.
└ Lol they do~ Lee Eun-ho was my errand boy in school.
└ Screenshot taken, enjoy your lawsuit.
└ Lol go ahead.
└ Bit Chang-seok, please destroy this person ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
└ These bastards, they can’t sue anyway because they have to protect their image~
[E% everyone! As someone who works in the industry, I looked into the information, and the article defaming Eun-ji-nim wasn’t written by a real reporter!
It’s a fake article created to maliciously target Eun-ji-nim!
Ignore the trolls and just report them!]
└ OMG
└ Chills
[Cleaning up Eun-ji’s related search terms!
Please check the image file below!
「Cleaning up Eun-ji’s related search terms
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PC
― Internet Explorer
InPrivate Mode (Ctrl + Shift + P)
…
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Mobile
― Android
Internet Browser > More > Settings…」
「※Important Notes※
One keyword at a time!
No auto-complete! Type it manually!
PC and mobile counts are separate!
(Please participate on both!)
Focus on recent posts and articles!」
「One! > Log in to a portal site like NaveX
Two! > Search ‘Lee Eun-ji’! (No auto-complete)
Three! > Search ‘Lee Eun-ji + keyword’ (No auto-complete)
[Keywords: fancam, love you, siblings, genius, composing, nails, DUO]
Click on positive posts and articles!
Leave positive comments and messages of support!
Close the window.
Repeat the steps above!」
Let’s stay calm and do what we can!
E% fighting! E-UNG fighting!
Ji-ji, don’t give up!]
└ Yes!!!!
└ Thank you, angel ㅠㅠ for organizing this!
└ We’ll work hard!
E-FAN was in chaos.
It was especially chaotic because of one person with a chick mark who was causing a ruckus.
The chick mark indicated a new member of E-FAN, and their disruptive behavior suggested they joined solely to troll.
Although it started with one person, the number of troll chicks quickly grew to about five.
Fortunately, most fans decided to wait for NRY Entertainment’s official statement.
And in the meantime, the E% prepared for a coordinated attack to protect Eun-ji’s related search terms from being tainted.
Some E% used the messaging feature on E-FAN to contact NRY Entertainment, Eun-ho, and Eun-ji directly, asking what was going on, if Eun-ji was okay, and so on.
They expressed their concern for Eun-ji and demanded clarification.
Soon, in response to their pleas, NRY Entertainment released a statement.
「Greetings.
This is Park Chang-seok, CEO of NRY Entertainment.」
The statement seemed ordinary at first glance, but its message was simple and firm.
First, a warning that all malicious comments and posts written with the intention of criticizing, not just critiquing, would be subject to legal action.
Second, they asked fans not to waste their precious energy on such posts and announced the creation of a new ‘report board,’ where they could submit evidence as PDF files for the company to handle.
And lastly, they asked E% to trust in the Eun-ho and Eun-ji they knew.
NRY Entertainment’s confident statement swayed some of the wavering fans back to Eun-ji’s side.
Although some remained neutral, they weren’t a problem.
If the situation was this bad internally, it was only natural that it would be worse outside E-FAN.
…Or so the perpetrator thought.
But in reality, the outside world was eerily quiet, with no articles being published anywhere.
On the contrary, thanks to the unexpected coordinated attack from the E%, Eun-ji, E-UNG, and related keywords easily trended on portal sites.
A few days after his conversation with Eun-ho, Chang-seok sighed deeply, looking at CEO Uh Seok-bae of DI Music, who had, once again, shown up uninvited.
“CEO Uh.”
“Yes. Are you ready to accept my offer today?”
“Not exactly… Think of it as an ‘opportunity’ to be accepted, and let’s talk in my office for a moment.”
Although Chang-seok deliberately emphasized the word “opportunity,” Uh Seok-bae beamed as if he had already secured it.
‘Is his blood circulation getting worse?’
Chang-seok, looking at his black lips, which seemed artificially colored against his pale face, wondered.
His pale face and dark smile were unsettling, like something out of a horror movie.
While CEO Uh went to his office, Chang-seok, as a safety precaution, gave a designated employee 200,000 won and sent everyone on a mandatory break.
“Go get some snacks.”
“Thank you, CEO Park!”
The employees cheered, delighted by the unexpected break.
“How about donuts?”
“Krispy Kreme?”
“Oh, Krispy Kreme sounds good. Should we buy out all the nearby stores and fill up the freezer in the break room?”
“Haha. That sounds great!”
“Let’s go together. It seems like CEO Park is sending us away because he has something important to discuss.”
“That’s right. That’s right.”
The employees chattered excitedly about what snacks to buy and left the building.
Only after all the employees left, and the office was quiet, with only CEO Uh and Chang-seok remaining, did Chang-seok speak,
“What important matter requires you to send away all my employees?”
“It is an important matter. If you help me with this, I’ll accept your offer for the collaboration we discussed earlier.”
“Oh? Do the E-UNG siblings agree with this? I was under the impression that you refused my offer because of them.”
“That’s right. Eun-ho specifically said that it would be possible if it were CEO Uh Seok-bae of DI Music.”
Chang-seok honestly didn’t trust CEO Uh’s power.
He had experienced it in the past, but covering up a story with a new article was different from preventing it from spreading in the first place.
「“…We can stop it if we use CEO Uh Seok-bae.”」
Eun-ho spoke as if he had prior dealings with DI Music.
The problem was, although he intended to follow Eun-ho’s plan, he was worried about whether Uh Seok-bae would agree.
“Then let’s get to the point. What do you want me to help you with?”
“Prevent a leak.”
“A leak? What kind of leak?”
Chang-seok briefly explained the situation regarding E-FAN.
Without going into details, he just said someone was trying to defame Eun-ji by spreading false rumors and asked him to prevent it.
“Alright.”
Uh Seok-bae readily agreed, much to Chang-seok’s surprise.
“If I do that, will you give our Aeseul, I mean, DI Music and the E-UNG siblings, the ‘opportunity’ to collaborate?”
Uh Seok-bae subtly emphasized their power dynamic.
It felt like a veiled warning that he was making a big concession, so Chang-seok gulped and replied,
“Yes. If you handle it well, let’s collaborate.”
“Alright.”
Just then, Chang-seok added,
“Wait a minute. Even if we collaborate, there are conditions.”
“What kind?”
“We won’t accept a collaboration where DI Music covers all the expenses. DI Music is much larger than us, but I’m still the CEO, and I don’t like being completely reliant on others.”
Uh Seok-bae smiled warmly at Chang-seok’s reply.
“Very well. That’s actually why I liked CEO Park in the first place. I’ll accept any terms as long as we can collaborate.”
Uh Seok-bae smiled, his pale face almost glowing.
“I can finally face Aeseul with pride.”
Perhaps because they had met several times…
Chang-seok felt like he was starting to understand Uh Seok-bae.
He revered his ‘sister,’ the founder of DI Music, almost like a goddess.
That reverence naturally extended to her daughter, Aeseul, and unable to express his affection properly, he had been trying to give the young Aeseul everything she wanted with money.
If this continued, he would inevitably have to work with Eun-ho and Eun-ji regularly, whether he wanted to or not…
Chang-seok didn’t want to work with someone so spoiled.
‘Those two are already prone to causing trouble if they feel even slightly wronged, who knows what they’ll do if they learn bad habits from her…’
It was a concern, both as their CEO and as their guardian.
So he spoke,
“…Like I said before, giving kids everything they want will spoil them.”
“Is that so?”
Surprisingly, CEO Uh didn’t seem averse to being lectured.
It was the first time Chang-seok had met someone who listened to his nagging attentively for seven hours straight.
Honestly, Chang-seok had even been impressed, thinking that this was how Uh Seok-bae was able to run a large company like DI Music.
But perhaps because of his social standing, no one around him had been able to talk to him like this.
He had said he revered his sister like a goddess because she was his ‘mentor,’ who taught him many things.
“But CEO Park also wants to give Lee Eun-ho and Lee Eun-ji everything they ask for, don’t you?”
“…”
Chang-seok had nothing to say to that.
This current situation was also the result of Eun-ho’s first, and only, somewhat forceful request.
「“CEO Park, then how can we make the ‘rewards’ outweigh the ‘risks’?”」
And from there, he had spilled the beans.
「“After resolving the issue internally, we could sponsor people with similar experiences, and use the perpetrator as the face of the campaign.”」
「“Oh?”」
「“But that’s only if we can prevent the issue from leaking outside. Which is impossible.”」
「“We can stop it if we use CEO Uh Seok-bae. He has the power to quickly suppress any leaks, and since he’s been offering us a collaboration, we can use this as leverage—”」
Although Chang-seok, unaware of Eun-ho’s past dealings with Aeseul before the regression, found it hard to understand his reasoning, it wasn’t a bad plan.
And now that things had unfolded as Eun-ho predicted, all that remained was to handle the aftermath.