Chapter 380: Coming-of-Age Ceremony Plan
Bae Joo-hyun ultimately chose not to respond, letting the public discuss.
With both parties involved making that decision, DM Entertainment began playing dead.
Silence equals default.
DM Entertainment is also known for its extremely fast response to public opinion, so this silence was naturally taken as an admission.
There was an impact, but it wasn't significant.
It was still for the same reason: alleged unrequited love and alleged romance are two different things. One-sided love and a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship are worlds apart.
Although Bae Joo-hyun's alleged unrequited love for Jiang Shu somewhat shattered her goddess image, it was replaced by a more vivid character.
After all, who doesn't have a crush at some point in their life?
This situation, on the contrary, gave a reasonable explanation for the two people's situation.
The public wasn't particularly bothered by this; instead, they all felt like they were following an officially certified CP.
If a CP is a real couple or a real husband and wife, it becomes less interesting.
Only those with a connection that isn't close, or even completely unrelated, are fun to follow.
And the unrequited love CP of Jiang Shu and Bae Joo-hyun also feels quite interesting and worth following.
Based on this psychology, many people joined the so-called unrequited love CP army, leaving the fans and the DM Entertainment public relations office, who were secretly observing, stunned.
How to put it, it's just ridiculous.
As for Red Velvet, the day after the unrequited love incident broke out, they announced their comeback with their fifth mini-album on October 10th, after a year-long hiatus.
This news, on the contrary, made many fans who weren't interested in following CPs feel that this so-called unrequited love was probably news created to preheat their comeback, wasn't it?
DM Entertainment did indeed have this idea when releasing the news of Red Velvet's comeback at this time, and it was exactly what DM Entertainment wanted for fans to notice this point.
Such remarks naturally received support from some people, but those who were following CPs continued to follow CPs; they didn't care about this or that.
CP fans may not be good at other things, but their self-persuasion ability of 'ignoring everything else and only following my CP' is max level.
People outside the circle can say whatever they want; they follow their own CP, completely disregarding the opinions of others, primarily focusing on their own self-entertainment within their circle.
Compared to the fans of unpopular artists, these CP fans have a stronger ability to self-entertain within their circle.
However, this buzz will not last forever; the sustained attention for alleged unrequited love and alleged romance is vastly different, and as aespa's comeback stages came one after another and their comeback schedule continuously emerged, the buzz and attention ultimately concentrated on aespa.
The buzz of this unrequited love incident also slowly faded from memory with the passage of time.
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Time quietly entered August, Seoul Olympic Theater.
Jiang Shu brought a group of people to the theater and saw the busy workers.
“Give me the plan.” Jiang Shu stood on the highest level of the stands, overlooking the busy workers below like ants, and stretched out his hand behind him.
Choi Ji-yeon stepped forward and placed the plan in Jiang Shu's hand.
“Currently, the planning department has provided three proposals: one is a dreamy coming-of-age ceremony planned according to IZONE's style, one is a coming-of-age ceremony planned according to the former IVE's style, and the third is planned according to the scene of IZONE's ascension and coronation,” Choi Ji-yeon said while Jiang Shu was looking at the plan.
“The third one. IVE and IZONE are both gone; using their styles is not appropriate now,” Jiang Shu ordered without raising his head.
“Yes.”
It's just the beginning of August now, and the infrastructure is still under construction, so there's still nearly a month of ample time for stage design.
“Has Xiao Yuan been informed?” Jiang Shu asked.
“Won-young xi knows the location and exact time of the birthday party, but she is not yet clear about the style,” Choi Ji-yeon felt that Jiang Shu asked a rhetorical question; you just decided the style less than half a minute ago, how would Zhang Yuanying know?
“Prepare to release tickets.”
“Is the pricing still the old rule?”
“Raise one tier,” Jiang Shu said.
The old rule refers to DM Entertainment's pricing habit, which has five tiers: 100,000 korean won, 150,000 korean won, 200,000 korean won, 250,000 korean won, and 300,000 korean won.
Raising one tier means canceling the lowest tiers of 100,000 korean won and 150,000 korean won, incorporating them into the 200,000 korean won price point, while other tiers remain unchanged, leaving only three tiers.
IZONE's disbandment concert followed the pricing of the old rule with one tier raised, which is generally used for special concerts, fan meetings, birthday parties, and other events.
“Yes.” Choi Ji-yeon agreed, writing it down in her portable notebook to avoid forgetting.
A bad memory is better than a good pen. She could remember one or two things in her mind, but if Jiang Shu said more, she still needed to record them.
“Still on our platform?”
“Yes, there are only a few thousand seats, and if we put them outside, scalpers will take them all.”
Korean scalpers are not as ruthless as those in China. It's not that they have a conscience; it's that there are too many Korean artists, and the public simply doesn't buy into it, so there aren't as many scalpers, nor do they overcharge as much.
But!
This is limited to groups below the first tier.
However, for any group above the first tier, Korean scalpers will show you what a capitalist society's scalpers are like.
For instance, during IZONE's concerts, there were a few times when DM Entertainment did not sell tickets on its own platform, and the scalpers for inner seats increased prices by more than tenfold. The highest price for the front row, center stage, even sold for an absurd 27 times the official price.
Some special performances for boy groups even saw prices dozens or hundreds of times the official price.
This is not an exaggeration; the concerts of artists under DM Entertainment do not have this issue because DM Entertainment genuinely suppresses scalped tickets, forcing these scalpers to honestly engage in proxy photography.
There's nothing that can be done about proxy photography.
If they also had to check for proxy photography bots, the cost would be too high, and it's not necessary.
Three-in-one verification + proprietary platform is sufficient.
“Where did all these workers come from?” Jiang Shu looked at the busy people and suddenly felt that their clothes looked familiar.
“The concert department under Daewoo Construction. They've collaborated with us many times, and they're in charge this time too,” Choi Ji-yeon said from the side.
“If partners collaborate frequently, then a third party should be assigned to keep an eye on them,” Jiang Shu said, looking down at the Daewoo Construction workers below.
Choi Ji-yeon understood Jiang Shu's meaning. Their chairman usually turns a blind eye to minor internal corruption, as long as it's not too excessive. But when it comes to things that affect project progress and quality, he would rather kill by mistake than let one go.
“I'll contact S.M.’s supervision department to come over,” Choi Ji-yeon said immediately.
S.M. Entertainment, which is a sister company to DM Entertainment, is undoubtedly the best choice.
“Mm.”
Jiang Shu looked at the interior of the Seoul Olympic Theater, wondering what he was thinking.
