Chapter 274: The Unsolved Mystery of K-Pop
The audience didn't understand what Jiang Shu meant by his last statement, but there were many sharp-witted media personnel monitoring the live broadcast.
After listening to what Jiang Shu said, some people immediately thought of IVE's disbandment.
IVE, which was at its peak, disbanded just over half a year after its debut with DM Entertainment, and no specific reason has been given to this day. Even now, with IVE's members leading their own groups and shining individually, IVE remains the 'white moonlight' of K-Pop for many.
Initially, the reasons were thought to be Soo-jin's bullying incident and internal conflicts among members. However, after a series of reversals, it was discovered that these were not significant issues at all and could be easily resolved, thus not being the fundamental cause.
This also made IVE's disbandment an unsolved mystery of K-Pop.
Jiang Shu's meaningful words sparked endless speculation, and this content was the biggest highlight of the live broadcast!
Jiang Shu stopped there, answered a few more questions, and then announced the end of the broadcast.
Xue Yun was quite frightened and immediately ran away after saying goodbye to Jiang Shu.
This live broadcast would likely give her psychological trauma.
The broadcast ended, but its content caused a huge stir on the internet.
At first, Jiang Shu was just answering some routine questions, promoting the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala tonight and the Double I Century War next month.
Later, Jiang Shu's prediction of DWG winning started to gain significant hot topic status.
Last year, Jiang Shu predicted FPX would win, and LPL viewers supported Jiang Shu, helping him fiercely criticize LCK. This year, it was the opposite; LCK sided with Jiang Shu, helping him criticize LPL.
It was truly a turn of events.
Facts proved that LCK, without SKT in the World Championship, was quite united.
Later, Jiang Shu's revelation about BLACKPINK members and Yang Hyun-suk's poor imitation of Jiang Shu sparked countless discussions.
YG naturally became aware of this heated discussion, but even by the next day, YG had not made any moves.
Such a huge stir only began to subside when the video of DM Entertainment's first Mid-Autumn Festival Family Concert was released.
The reason it subsided was...
#Winter Suspected of Bullying Ning Yizhuo#
When Jiang Shu woke up, he saw this trending topic, ranked second in the entertainment section.
The reason it was second was, firstly, it was only a suspicion, not confirmed. Secondly...
The top trending topic in the entertainment section was #Jiang Shu Reveals K-Pop Unsolved Mystery#
With such a trending topic, other hot topics would be suppressed.
Jiang Shu opened various apps, and everywhere he looked, there was content about his live broadcast last night and Kim Minjeong's 'bullying' of Ning Yizhuo.
"It seems there's a lot of buzz," Jiang Shu said with a smile, looking at these messages. Everything was proceeding as expected.
His words last night were not said lightly. Originally, he hadn't intended to mention YG, but the viewers in the comments brought it up, so Jiang Shu went with the flow.
In fact, even if he hadn't taken advantage of the situation last night, he would have found an opportunity to reveal these things sooner or later.
Those useless people at YG were secretly stirring up trouble again. If he didn't warn them, they would cause trouble for him again.
"Next is the main event," Jiang Shu unconsciously rubbed his right thumb and index finger. Thinking of this, Jiang Shu opened a folder on his computer.
The content inside was clearly related to (G)I-DLE.
The 'showdown' between IZONE and ITZY was next month, and everything had been arranged. All that remained was (G)I-DLE.
As the second half of the year began, various awards ceremonies started preparing to invite artists and groups. However, this year was different. Due to the Double I War involving the first group to top the charts after the release of the White Paper, major awards ceremonies were still in preparation, waiting for the results before issuing invitation lists.
The phone next to the computer suddenly rang. Jiang Shu picked up the phone. The name displayed was "Security Office."
He answered the call casually.
"Hello?"
At the same time, at the main gate of the residential area, a tall and sturdy security guard instantly stood at attention upon hearing the voice from the landline phone.
"Hello, President Jiang! I'm the security guard on duty!"
"What is it?" Jiang Shu's voice came again from the other end of the line.
The security guard looked back at the lady who was stopped outside, her entire head wrapped, with only her eyes exposed, and then spoke: "A lady claiming to be your subordinate wants to come in. I'm calling you to confirm."
"Give the phone to her."
"Yes!" The security guard immediately handed the phone to the girl with both hands.
"President nim." A gentle, mature female voice entered the receiver.
"It's Bae Joo-hyun," Jiang Shu's voice came through.
"Yes, it's me." Bae Joo-hyun on the other end of the phone was a little surprised that Jiang Shu recognized her by her voice.
"Give the phone back to him."
"Yes." Bae Joo-hyun returned the phone to the security guard.
"Send her over," Jiang Shu said.
"Okay, I'll bring this lady over right away!"
The security guard put down the phone, then bowed to Bae Joo-hyun.
"Hello, madam, please come this way."
"Mm."
...
A few minutes later, the doorbell at Jiang Shu's home rang.
When Jiang Shu came to open the door, he saw Bae Joo-hyun, with only her eyes visible, holding a plastic bag.
Her red baseball jacket, at first glance, looked a bit like a Korea University uniform. Paired with tight-fitting jeans that highlighted her figure, even though Bae Joo-hyun's proportions were challenging, the visual effect was quite good.
Jiang Shu stepped aside, and Bae Joo-hyun walked in, carrying the plastic bag.
"Wendy made some pastries for the company executives. President nim, you weren't at the company, and I happened to have nothing to do today, so I came to visit you and deliver the pastries Wendy made," Bae Joo-hyun explained her purpose as she walked further inside.
"Pastries?" Jiang Shu closed the door casually and walked over, surprised.
Bae Joo-hyun had already taken out the packaging box from the plastic bag.
Upon opening it, beautifully crafted pastries were revealed inside.
"Teacher Sun made all of these herself?" Jiang Shu picked up a macaron and asked in surprise.
"Yes, my friend owns a dessert shop, and Wendy specifically learned from her," Bae Joo-hyun confirmed with a chuckle.
"Our company truly has a wealth of talent," Jiang Shu took a bite of the macaron. "Sakura can weave and made me a hat."
Bae Joo-hyun looked in the direction Jiang Shu pointed, where a knitted wool hat sat on the TV cabinet.
"Now Teacher Sun has learned to make desserts too."
"When DM Entertainment goes bankrupt, with talents like you, we can seamlessly transition into other fields," Jiang Shu joked.
"Then I'll have to go home and inherit the family business," Bae Joo-hyun also played along with Jiang Shu's joke, laughing.
"Hahaha, then you'll have to work hard, otherwise, if the company goes bankrupt, you'll have to go back and inherit the family business too."