Chapter 17: The Loser

The plot of this chapter was originally in the outline, and I thought about deleting it later, but I still wrote it out, and I want to serve the plot in the future...... I tried my best to simplify it, so it might seem a bit rushed, just make do with it!

Thank you Royyi for your tip!

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Ahn Jun-hyuk returned to Seoul at noon and had lunch with his sister before he received a call from Kwon Bo-geun and learned about the Internet.

"I don't know about this matter, there were dozens of people in the audience at the time, and there were a lot of secretly filmed them, and I really can't remember who uploaded these video screenshots. In Kwon Bo-gen's office, he hurried back, and after reading those posts on the Internet, Ahn Jun-hyuk helplessly spread his hands and said with a wry smile.

Recently, he seems to be a little able to "cause trouble", first "provoked" Ha Ji Won, and this time "provoked" Bao'er, and the crazy fans of the two must hate him to death now. Of course, more importantly, he and Bao'er may collaborate on this song in the future.

This is the company's consistent strategy, whether it is true or not, as long as its artists are involved in the scandal, they will immediately cut off the relationship between the two sides of the scandal, not allow each other to contact each other, and even block one of them if necessary.

Kwon Bo Gen didn't look worried at all, Ha Lu Ha smiled: "It's okay if you can't remember, this time it's not necessarily a bad thing, unlike Ha Ji Won, you and Boa are from the same company, even if you pass on something, the relationship with the company can make a big fuss, and you only collaborated on a song, it's not a big deal." โ€

As he spoke, his expression was a little meaningful: "Even if you really have an affair with Bao'er, it will only be good for you!"

An Junhyuk frowned slightly, feeling as if he was planning something, and was about to ask, when he saw Quan Baogen waving his hand: "Forget it, don't mention these, tell me about your song, you kid, make such a good song, why don't you tell me?"

"I'll tell you later. Ahn Jun Hyuk laughed, of course it was impossible to understand that it was a temporary copy from him last night......

Quan Baogen sighed: "Alas, how many times have I told you, I am your agent, you have to tell me in advance if there is anything, so that I can be prepared, every time I am caught off guard, my agent is no different from an assistant." Which agent have you ever seen me so aggrieved?Junhyuk, it's not that your uncle wants to force you to do anything, but many times you have to think about me......"

Long-winded, long-winded.

It was another tirade, Ahn Junhyuk listened to him with a smile, and nodded from time to time, but in fact, both of them knew what to do next time, and they had to sigh and resent.

Then he stopped mentioning this stubble, and instead talked about the incident when Bao'er's assistant came to his office in the morning:

โ€œโ€ฆโ€ฆ Don't say it, that idiot really stabbed the president, hehe, call you here, that is, the president temporarily convened a management meeting for this matter to discuss how to deal with it, you and Bao'er are parties, and you must also attend. โ€

Ahn Jun-hyuk was stunned, calling a management meeting for this kind of thing? It's a bit of a fuss, and Lee so-man won't be so uncontrollable.

Seeing his expression, Quan Baogen, who knew what he was puzzled about, smiled slightly: "The president has already made a deal to cut off contact between you and Bao'er, but the representatives of the other directors did not agree with this decision, so they had to hold a meeting to vote." โ€

When he said this, although he was smiling, his expression was complicated, and in the same way, Ahn Junhyuk also showed a complicated expression after being slightly stunned.

When management disagrees on a decision, holding a meeting to vote seems to be a normal process, but in reality, different companies have different situations. M, a company built and operated by Li Xiuman for many years, going through the voting process means that his control of the company has fallen to the bottom, and the vast majority of the management no longer obeys his will, and even begins to resist faintly, otherwise, even if there is a difference in decision, it will not be to the extent that he wants to vote - Li Xiuman, who knows that his control is weakened, cannot hold a meeting to slap himself again when the handling opinions are rejected, and this meeting is the pursuit of other management. โ€ฆ,

As a person who "had" also presided over a listed company and also confronted external capital, Ahn Jun-hyuk can understand Lee so-man's current feelings, he must be lost and resentful!

Ahn Jun Hyuk looked at Kwon Bo Geun with a complicated expression, he believed that Kwon Bo Geun also played some role in it, otherwise those directors would not have reacted so quickly.

Thinking about it, Ahn Jun-hyuk then suppressed the thoughts in his mind, which was actually a good thing for him, because of the previous conflict, he had long stood on the opposite side of Lee so-man, weakening the enemy is strengthening himself, and there was no sympathy on the battlefield.

After waiting in the office for a long time, a phone call came to inform him and Quan Baogen to go to the conference room to attend the meeting, and the two sorted out their emotions, and when they arrived, Bao'er and her assistant had already arrived.

Seeing Bao'er, Ahn Jun-hyuk smiled at her apologetically, speaking of which, she was innocently involved in this incident, no matter how things develop on the Internet, the result is good or bad, she will not get any benefits, but may suffer the loss of fans.

Unexpectedly, Bao'er didn't care at all, and when she saw him smiling apologetically to herself, she leaned over and said in a low voice: "It's okay, the assistant thinks that you are making fun of me, but I know that it is not, Sister Xiche pointed to his face in the morning and assured me that you are not that kind of person!"

"Uh...... Sister Xi Che?"

"Hehe, you still don't know what to do? I always call Xiche my sister, and I heard him say that you have a good relationship, right?"

"Ah, yes!" Ahn Junhyuk smiled, and was about to say something more, when he saw Bao'er's assistant come over with a hesitant face, as if he wanted to pull her away, Bao'er looked back and glared at him, but there was a strong sense of dissatisfaction.

Then she said to An Junhyuk, "We'll talk later", she and the assistant went back to sit down opposite, and whispered, Ahn Junhyuk, who had excellent ear strength, heard that it was her faint warning to the assistant: "...... It's not enough to poke out a Lou Zi, I still want to be nosy...... Then you will automatically resign......"

It seems that she also noticed that if it weren't for this assistant to sue, the fact that Li Xiuman's control over the company had weakened would not have been exposed now. Ahn Junhyuk thought about it, and always heard that Bao'er had a very deep affection for Li Xiuman, and she must have been very dissatisfied with today's meeting, but she didn't expect that this girl who was less than 20 years old could quite distinguish right from wrong, and she didn't get angry with him, and she talked and laughed with him.

Not long after the two ended their conversation, the people who received the notice to attend the meeting came one after another, Li Xiuman was the last to arrive, and his expression was still as indifferent as usual, but anyone who had a heart could see that he was unwilling to hide under indifference.

"Before the meeting begins, let me clarify the theme...... "Seeing that everyone had arrived, Li Xiuman, who had a cold face, began to read out the purpose of convening the meeting, and pointed out his controversial handling opinions, and invited everyone at the meeting to participate in voting.

"It's not a big deal!"

As soon as Li Xiuman's words fell, a young man in his early thirties opened his mouth and said with a smile: "It's just a chorus that has been exposed, there is no need to deal with it so seriously, it's too impersonal to cut off the relationship or something, we have always been committed to creating a harmonious family atmosphere, such a little thing has to be put on the line, how to make the artists harmonious? How to strengthen the sense of belonging? Of course, President Li, I'm not targeting you, it's just that your decision is contrary to the company's principles!"

The others nodded in agreement.

This young Ahn Jun-hyuk knows, named Kim Young-min, a very skillful person, according to Kwon Bo-geun once introduced, he joined the company in 99 to be in charge of overseas affairs, and in 01 he joined the Sยท Fandang-Korea, a subsidiary of M, served as the CEO, and now he has obtained the equity agency authorization of many shareholders to win over the major shareholders to fight against Lee so-man, and the establishment of The-Grace is inseparable from him. Li Xiuman believes that the current men's group is the trend, creating TVXQ and The-Trax, and in order to compete for artist resources, he went the opposite way and prepared the girl group as a confrontation. โ€ฆ,

Of course, the rumors behind the same vindictiveness are just rumors, which do not prevent Ahn Junhyuk from speaking highly of him, such a person who is both vertical and horizontal, and has political skills, is worthy of attention no matter what, and he was the first to accept Quan Baogen's refuge.

Hearing his speech, as well as the echo of the management attending the meeting, even with mental preparation, Li Xiuman still flashed a trace of anger, he lowered his eyelids, and said indifferently: "Then what does Director Jin mean?"

"Hehe, what I mean is very simple, since it has been exposed, then simply deepen it and really hype it up as a scandal. We Junhyuk has the strength of composing music and lyrics, and has profound singing skills, but what is lacking now is popularity! Popularity is based on the public's awareness of a star, and the accumulation of the company's awareness of the public has been stuck in posters and TV promotion, which costs a lot of money and takes a long time. activities, some specious scandals, with media attention, the public's awareness is easy to increase, so the popularity will naturally come. โ€

After a few words, someone nodded slightly, this is indeed a good idea, if it can be successful, it can greatly shorten the original accumulation period when launching new artists, and save a lot of publicity costs. But in the same way, there are also people who are aware of the hidden dangers in this - while increasing popularity and attracting popularity through scandals, it will also attract ANTI, which is a double-edged sword!

But no matter what everyone thought, they all knew that the main purpose of today's meeting was to completely suppress Li Xiuman's prestige, and everything else was secondary, so even if the person who sensed the hidden danger hesitated slightly, after a while, he nodded lightly and expressed his approval.

Seeing such a scene, Kwon Bo-geun, who was sitting with Ahn Jun-hyuk, couldn't help but smile on his face. Out of the corner of his eye, he was smiling, Ahn Jun-hyuk suddenly remembered the meaningful words of Kwon Bo-geun in the office before, thinking about it, he had long known that Kim Young-min would propose to hype up the scandal, or rather, maybe he proposed it......

Seeing that everyone except Lee so-man agreed, the smile on Kim Young-min's face became even gentler: "Of course, my idea is not mature for the time being, and there must be shortcomings, so take this opportunity to let Junhyuk and Boa test the operability first, if there is really no problem, you can follow this model to ......launch newcomers in the future."

The ensuing meeting time was spent in a chorus, sitting in the position of the chairman symbolizing power, but Li Xiuman, who was in power, was lonely and helpless. Ahn Junhyuk watched coldly, although he attended the meeting, but he didn't have any right to speak, he looked at Bao'er, who also had no right to speak, and the other party seemed to be aware of the sight, and also looked at him, those bright eyes, revealing a touch of involuntary sadness......