Chapter 196: Wind and Rain (Part II)
PS: These two days have been a bit busy, alas!
The time of late August has passed, and the most important thing in the Korean entertainment industry is still the "condemnation" of Ahn Junhyuk by some media, as well as the MV of "No More Love" being implicated, which was boycotted by conservatives and asked for a ban on satellite stations.
The two sides fought for a while on the positive and negative effects of same-sex themes, and what made the media and conservatives who condemned them depressed was that they did not bring losses to J.H, Ahn Jun-hyuk, and even the culprit "No More Love".
At present, human rights activities in South Korea are becoming more and more frequent, especially in June this year, a deaf and dumb school called Inhwa in Gwangju revealed that the school's principal, Although the sexual assault case of the deaf-mute student by the head of the administrative office and the teacher was so bad that it would seriously affect the overall image of the country, and it was limited to the interference of certain aspects, the media could not report it on a large scale, and many people even did not know that there was such a thing, but the National Human Rights Commission, which had always been weak in human rights work before, suddenly ushered in a new life after this incident, and began to receive the tilt of government resources and the attention of society.
The condemnation of the same-sex theme of "No More Love" by the media waving the banner of conservatism undoubtedly touched the sensitive nerves of the newly reborn Human Rights Commission.
The conservatives' dominance in public opinion lasted only a few days, as the Commission for Human Rights published an article in the Chosun Ilbo in which it openly bombarded a magazine with excessive rhetoric. The unfavorable situation of J.H. began to change.
Magazines and newspapers are not afraid of J.H, they are not afraid of Ahn Junhyuk, they can use some ambiguous words to publish some offensive articles, and even false news, because they know that whether it is J.H or Ahn Junhyuk, and even everyone in the entertainment industry, they can't do anything about them, and they can't sue them, and the more noisy they are, the more they help them make a reputation.
But there is such a force as the Human Rights Commission. But they have to scruple – a big hat of human rights discrimination is covered. No one can stand it.
After the Human Rights Commission's article condemning human rights discrimination was published, I don't know how many reporters involved in the gambling contract were so hated that they were helpless. The media is not someone's private tool. The first articles such as Daum. The media that attacked J.H and Ahn Joon-hyuk. The reason why I agree to publish an article is because it brings eyeballs and clicks, and it creates benefits. Once it creates trouble instead of profit, the editorial office will naturally give it away.
However, since J.H opened, it has been right in public opinion for more than half a month, and after gambling and provocation, these media have really made a noise, even if they don't dare to entangle themselves with same-sex themes, they still can't help but laugh at the achievements of "No More Love".
"Where is the one Ahn Joon-hyuk used to talk about?"
"Anyone can brag, and mentioning one in private can be barely regarded as ambitious, but making it a condition publicly will only make people despise your arrogance!"
The reason why they have the confidence to say these words is because the current music industry is still ruled by Kim Jong Kook, "Standing Still" is like a big mountain, firmly pressing on the heads of all singers, BoA's impact on one failed, MC Dream failed, and Baek Ji-young's "No More Love" is also in the two periods of the song score rankings, and is pressed down by Kim Jong Kook and MV Dream Death, only hovering in the top three, and the results fluctuate greatly.
And the music source chart, physical record sales chart, and single EP are obviously unable to compete with the regular albums carefully prepared by Kim Jong Kook, and even MC Dream and BoA.
It is precisely because of such reassurance that some people dare to play tricks and find a step down for themselves.
However, just like one of the indignant fans said after the faintly mocking comments above, when the results are undecided, no one knows whether they can laugh the least.
On August 26, Baek Ji-young returned to "Music Bank" as a return to the stage with "No More Love" for the third time, ending the triple championship of "Standing Still" with a slight score advantage, and finally won the first place.
In the stunned dumbness of those media, this one seemed to herald her new life, and the next day later, on the live broadcast of SBS's "Popular Songs", "No More Love" once again slashed the competition for one place "I.love.U.oh.thank.U" (MC Dream) under the horse and won another championship. The only regret - mainly the regret of Baek Ji-young's new fans - is that "Standing Still" has reached the limit of three consecutive championships in popular songs, and this time it will not be able to compete against each other, and it will not be able to stage the god-killing glory of the music bank again.
Moreover, Kim Jong Kook's second main song "Likable" is about to start singing, and it is really hard to say how many places "No More Love" can get.
But no matter what, some people planted it this time.
On Sunday, the day the "Popular Ballads" ranked out, the gloating Yahoo Entertainment ridiculed his colleague Daum in the report, asking the reporter who had been named by Ahn Joon-hyuk at the J.H opening site to fulfill the gambling contract and publicly apologize to Baek Ji-young for his inappropriate remarks.
Naver dominates the Korean Internet search engine market, but when it comes to portals and community services, it is a situation where hundreds of schools of thought are in contention. Among them, Daum, Nate, and Naver account for most of the market share of the portal based on their own core business, but Yahoo Korea and Google Korea are not weak, relying on their rich news resources to survive under the impact of local enterprises, which is probably the only business they can survive in South Korea, so the contradictions between the two sides are irreconcilable, and the competition in the past is very fierce, not to mention that this time finally caught the small tail of the opponent.
After Yahoo Korea's report was issued, Google Korea also followed up as soon as possible, in the face of the aggressiveness of these two foreign companies, as the main force to attack J.H some time ago, Daum and Nate had a rare trace of silence and did not respond, Daum even hinted that Ahn Junhyuk's bet was only a unilateral proposal, and no one at the time agreed.
This result made the onlookers very dissatisfied, and some of them were radical. Accusations of a lack of responsibility on the part of both portals have already begun.
What kind of losses did it bring to Daum and Nate, and what kind of benefits did it bring to Yahoo and Google, Ahn Junhyuk didn't bother to care, and now, the hype has been over, and Baek Ji-young, who has two first-place honors in his hands, is enough to get rid of the adverse effects of his past experience, in this case, there is naturally no need to be reckless and sideways.
Daum and Nate are struggling to shore up Yahoo and Google's offense. When I think hard about how to resolve the situation. At Ahn Jun-hyuk's initiative, J.H. held a small celebration banquet for Baek Ji-young.
At the Ribeira Hotel in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul, Ahn Joon-hyuk took Baek Ji-young and enjoyed the blessings of the company's employees. Enjoy the lights. Food aroma. At this time, Park Young-jun stayed in New York, starting his busy day with coffee early in the morning.
Since accepting Ahn Jun Hyuk's arrangement. After taking the opportunity to the United States and joining up with the team here, Park Young-joon began to intervene in crude oil futures, and it was not until he entered the intraday that he found that his previous forecast was quite optimistic. He arrived in the United States on the 24th Eastern time, although in just two days, the price of crude oil has risen to $62 per barrel, but the situation of selling pressure is more serious than he imagined.
Some of the main forces are in such a hurry that it is obvious that some people can't hold on anymore and can't wait to get out.
After studying some of the data, he is even more cold sweat about the inflated crude oil market, the United States has regulated the virtual market price more deeply than he previously thought, not only raising interest rates to limit liquidity, and even the intervention of the international energy organization, the strategic petroleum reserve is also gradually decreasing, in the foreseeable future, the higher the price of crude oil, the worse the death.
He couldn't see where the living face was!
It was not until the 25th that such panic subsided slightly.
Something he hadn't noticed before, a tropical storm named Katrina suddenly intensified into a hurricane and made landfall in Florida.
Crude oil prices rose on the day, and the market panicked for a while, but unfortunately, it didn't take long for NHC to release the latest report, saying that the hurricane had passed through Florida and entered the Gulf of Mexico, and may soon turn north.
This news has undoubtedly eased people's panic, because if the U-turn north, the oil production and refining industry located in the central and eastern parts of the Gulf Coast will greatly reduce the risk of shocks, and the most direct expression of such optimism is that although the price of crude oil is still soaring, has exceeded $67 per barrel, the profit-taking selling pressure is still increasing, and the closing price is down throughout the day.
"Could it be that this is the opportunity that Junhyuk is waiting for?"
Thinking about the hurricane called Katrina, Park Young-joon thought a little ridiculously.
This is simply impossible, the most advanced instruments and computing systems in the world have no way to accurately predict the specific weather, and he does not think that Ahn Junhyuk will be a gambler who gambles all his assets for the sake of an illusory "natural disaster".
But if Joon-hyuk really ......
It's something he's been struggling with lately.
As time went on, the group of people in the room on the exchange gradually arrived, and a middle-aged white man in a suit greeted him: "Hey, Park!"
"Hey!" responded a little absentmindedly, with a perfunctory attitude towards him, the middle-aged white man didn't mind, he knew what he was for, and asked with a smile: "Are you still worried about the boss's intentions?"
Park Yingjun sighed, "You have also seen the difficulty of the board, and we also analyzed it the day before yesterday, this game is really who comes in and who dies." ”
"But the boss is resolute!" the middle-aged white man shrugged, "and, perhaps, unlike those people predicted, Katrina will turn around and head north, and pounce on New Orleans instead?"
Because everyone knows that it is impossible, no one believes that anyone can see the impact of this hurricane on the crude oil market a week in advance, and then use nearly $300 million to enter the game, if ...... If it's true, then that person must be God!
“…… Maybe......" Shaking his head bitterly, Park Young-joon stopped talking and habitually went on the NHC website to follow Katrina's movements.
Then, he froze.
At the same time, a middle-aged white man who also landed on the NHC on the other side let out a moan:
"Oh God...... It's literally rushing into New Orleans......"
This is August 29th, this day, Katrina unexpectedly pounced on New Orleans with a level 3 intensity, on this day, one-third of the national oil production in the United States was destroyed, and on this day, the price of crude oil futures broke through to 70 US dollars, a full year earlier than predicted by major analysts, and everyone was caught off guard......!