Peninsula Platinum Era

Chapter 276 Let's help Jiang Huiyuan
Chen Shijun was unaware that a woman was waiting for his next move. In his view, this was not an urgent matter, as the formal establishment and investment of ADOR had taken up a lot of his time.

Now that Ms. Min has officially been promoted to Representative Min, the development of Team N has entered a new phase. However, in terms of debut order, they probably can't keep up with Source Music's schedule.

During this time, Miyawaki Sakura was not idle. She officially returned to the HKT48 theater for a performance and announced her graduation from the group on the same day. After a grand graduation concert at the Fukuoka Marine Museum, she officially ended her 10-year career as a 48-group idol.

HYBE didn't waste her popularity and buzz. Instead, they immediately created a YouTube channel for her, hoping she could interact more with fans about fashion and beauty. This would be more relatable to her fans than her previous channel which only focused on gaming.

Kim Chae-won officially became the second person from Moolim to join HYBE after Eunbi, and there were rumors that she might join a new group. Under these circumstances, fans were shocked to find that the company had an absurdly high proportion of IZ*ONE members.

This is exactly what HYBE wanted to do. The popularity of the "crippled" group can guarantee the group's minimum performance level, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, they can achieve steady results.

In fact, Chen Shijun could somewhat guess what Fang Pangzi was thinking. He wanted to use the mysterious combination of Team N to push the limits, so he gave Min Xizhen a great deal of autonomy.

However, this great autonomy also brought great unease to the fat man. The investment in this project and the use of hidden resources far exceeded those of Team S, and the shadow of failure never dissipated.

Min Hee-jin is not a patient and composed person; on the contrary, she has typical flaws of female leaders, such as double standards and emotionality, which are weaknesses that she cannot hide.

Chen Shijun felt that this kind of person actually had certain moral blind spots, and he had received many accusations against her for her bad character, especially for being particularly harsh on female employees.

"Kim Chae-won is great! Kim Chae-won is definitely an excellent idol, and I support Kim Chae-won as the leader."

Chen Shijun expressed his appreciation for Jin Caiyuan a long time ago, and Representative Su also gave some consideration to the future captain of Team S.

After all, the most senior Miyawaki Sakura is a foreigner. Although there have been foreign captains in K-pop history, that was more than ten years ago.

While Sakura's past controversies are things of the past, they sometimes have to be taken into account, and she has never proven herself in terms of leadership.

In conclusion, Chen Shijun felt that Kim Chae-won was the most suitable candidate to be the team leader. Apart from Sakura, Kim Min-ju's personality was just like his own nymph sister, and she was nymph-like in her behavior.

Regardless of her true intentions, she has absolutely no leadership qualities. Even if she has some cunning, she's still a hypocrite.

Besides these few people, Xu Yunzhen, who participated in a talent show but failed to debut, is even less likely to be included. She is also a foreigner and has never proven herself. The remaining trainees are not even worth mentioning.

"There has been some progress on Jin Jialan's case, but further confirmation is still needed as this matter is very sensitive."

Representative Su frowned, clearly indicating that this trainee, whom everyone had high hopes for, had encountered some tricky issues, and the kind that were difficult to resolve.

"Very sensitive? What did she do? Did she mess around in school or bully others? It couldn't have been marijuana, could it?"

Sometimes all questions boil down to these two answers, and these answers are often very fatal. If the evidence is truly solid, it cannot be suppressed by bribing some key figures.

After all, you can't bribe everyone. Someone might come forward to testify at any time, and confidentiality agreements can't completely keep things secret.

“During junior high school, some witnesses provided evidence of participation in group bullying, but the specific details still need further confirmation. We hope to receive a notice of disciplinary action from the school's self-governing committee on countermeasures against violence.”

South Korea's "School Violence Countermeasures Self-Government Committee" has a well-designed disciplinary system aimed at addressing different types and degrees of school violence. The system has nine levels of punishment, but these are not strictly ranked by severity. Levels 1, 2, and 3 are considered minor offenses, and are punished with measures such as a written apology, prohibition from contacting the victim, and school service, respectively. These punishments are typically not documented.

Levels 4, 5, and 6 are much more severe, resulting in penalties such as community service, special education and psychological treatment, and suspension from school.

Punishment number 7 is an exception, while punishments 1, 2, and 3 are minor, requiring only a change of class.

Penalties 8 and 9 are the most severe, generally resulting in mandatory transfer to another school or expulsion. Such judgments are only made when there is a violation of the law or serious harm to others.

Depending on the circumstances, the committee may impose multiple different levels of punishment on the perpetrators in a single incident, and the parents of some of the students who receive punishments may also have to receive special education.

"Even the slightest penalty could have a significant impact, given the extremely low tolerance for such things in the industry these days."

In fact, once those two words are involved, the problem is no small matter. Representative Su was already considering replacing him, since both the No. 1 and No. 9 punishments were seen as bullying by outsiders.

"If that doesn't work, then this is the only option. Let her go as soon as possible; maybe she can find opportunities at other companies."

Chen Shijun felt that Starship might have ulterior motives, almost ruining HYBE's legacy of the Golden Age. Fortunately, with An An as a little undercover agent, the company's losses were reduced to some extent.

"While waiting for the results, we should also pay attention to tapping into internal potential or preparing to reduce the number of people in the team."

Apart from the Japanese girl who hasn't joined yet, the rest of the members are basically confirmed. In addition to Heo Yoon-jin, one trainee has been transferred in from Pledis Entertainment.

Chen Shijun had just met this person a few days ago. He had a round head and a round face, and was very cute. He was also quite young, two years younger than Xiaoyuan, and was at a very tender age.

"The results should be out soon. Fortunately, it's not too late to make corrections in time. Nobody wants their group to be labeled as a bullying group."

Zhao Meiyan's group is suffering greatly from this. Chen Shijun also heard some inside information from her. If nothing unexpected happens, CUBE will soon expel her from the group.

The reason for the delay is that the group has been around for three years, and the relevant settings and concepts have been completely changed to a six-member system. Not only do so many of the songs and dances released before need to be re-adapted, but some of the things that have already been released also need to be revamped.

At this point, cutting off this member is extremely difficult, but there's no other way. No matter how difficult it is, if you can't save it, you can't save it. This time, CUBE will feel the pain of losing a piece of their flesh.

If it weren't for Tian Xiaojuan's unwavering presence as a core member, and the fact that it's not easy for a small company to create a popular group, large companies would quickly replace them with projects featuring new groups.

"Let's see if Paradox Interactive has any good prospects. If not, we'll have to hold another draft."

Representative Su was somewhat troubled. The main problem was that Kwon Eun-bi was too old to be suitable, otherwise she would have been a rather excellent candidate. Kim Min-ji was taken away by Min Hee-jin, otherwise there would have been no trouble at all.

"Should we see if there's anyone from IZ*ONE we can get? Kang Hye-won? Is there still a chance for Jo Yu-ri?"

Chen Shijun felt that since there was already such a deep IZONE imprint, it didn't seem to matter if there were a little more.

(End of this chapter)