Peninsula: You've been chosen here for producing girl groups.

Starry Sky Entertainment, Conference Room.

Lee Ho-yeon, president of DSP Entertainment, led the DSP Entertainment team to participate in this response meeting.

After the previous night's deliberation and communication, the two sides came up with a specific solution in just half an hour.

"The bullying allegations at this forum may seem aggressive, but their impact on our council members is actually limited."

"Currently, the spread of posts mainly relies on forums, and the debates between netizens and fans have not gone beyond the forums."

"In the thirteen hours since the first post was published, not a single related term has trended on social media."

"As long as our response is timely and effective, we should be able to quickly quell the controversy."

In South Korea, the bullying of juniors by seniors is as common as drinking Ganges water causing vomiting and diarrhea.

If an ordinary celebrity encountered such bullying posts, they would be severely injured, if not killed.

But Han Shuo is different.

Firstly, thanks to the previous swift counterattack against Ji Zhonghua and others, some self-media and tabloids were afraid that things might go wrong and dared not report on it privately.

Mainstream media outlets, including the three major terrestrial television stations, either have close ties with Han Shuo or are in no hurry to get involved and have not followed up on the matter.

This reduces the reach of the whistleblower post.

Secondly, thanks to his titles such as "Father of Farm," "Entrepreneurial Idol," "Korean Wave Evangelist," "Creative All-Round Talent," and "Top-Selling Album Pre-Sale," Han Seok enjoys excellent public favor and image.

Such a revelation, without even a single picture, is unlikely to shake his foundation.

"Okay, let's get started."

"A team contacted Seoul Arts High School and Seoul Arts Middle School to obtain relevant certifications from the schools to refute these unfounded rumors."

"One team went to communicate with SM Entertainment to see if they could obtain a similar certification from them..."

Just as Li Zhongshuo was assigning tasks, the conference room door was pushed open.

Han Shuo strode in, nodded to the crowd, and said, "Your response was correct, but it was too weak."

"We can't always be the ones passively clarifying things whenever someone throws mud at us, can we?"

He took his seat in the main seat with an air of authority: "I'm going to launch another public opinion counterattack similar to the last one, so that these scoundrels will have to carry us on their backs from now on."

"Director Han, don't act rashly."

Li Haoyan tried to dissuade him.

The previous resounding victory in the public opinion counterattack was due to Ji Zhonghua's lack of knowledge and Han Shuo's extraordinary creative talent. In the end, he used his work to catch the opponent off guard in a fair and square manner.

This time is different; bullying is something that's hard to clarify.

"The best approach is to act swiftly and decisively, issuing statements from the school and SM Entertainment to quickly quell public opinion and prevent the incident from escalating further."

He glanced at Li Zhongshuo, hoping the other would persuade Han Shuo.

"President Li is right."

Li Zhongshuo said respectfully, "During the time we've spent working with you, we all know your character very well."

From Fanxing Entertainment's relaxed company system to its generous treatment of trainees, Han Shuo's tolerance and magnanimity are evident in every aspect, and the entire company trusts him unconditionally.

"I know you might feel indignant about this kind of dirty water, but..."

Han Shuo looked away from the message on his phone: "I am well aware of your concerns."

"But you've overlooked a crucial question: how do you know I don't have conclusive evidence?"

"Is there?"

Li Zhongshuo's eyes widened.

His mind was a bit of a mess.

In fact, not only him, but everyone present looked on incredulously.

No matter how they think about it, they can't imagine what evidence could prove that the bullying doesn't exist, or what evidence could definitively prove it.

For example, even if you get statements from the school and SM Entertainment, some people will still think it's a public relations tactic.

How could there possibly be evidence that could silence all the doubters?

Unless all of Han Seok-yeong's classmates, juniors, and trainees who trained at SM Entertainment are called in to help clarify the situation.

However, this method involves a lot of work and takes too long, which is not conducive to clarifying the truth.

Yes, there are.

Han Shuo's phone rang: "The evidence you wanted has arrived."

"what?"

"Should we send someone down to help move it?"

"Are there that many hard drives?"

He didn't understand how many private photoshoots the little girl had taken, that it would require three or four people to help carry the cabinet.

The other party didn't explain clearly, instead keeping everyone in suspense: "You'll find out soon enough."

Until two CD cabinets, each about half a person tall, appeared in the conference room.

"Aren't hard drives pretty common these days?"

"Hard disks have a large storage capacity, but the number of storage media is small, making it impossible to label the time of each one."

Shin Yoon-joo took out a CD and gave it to Han Seok.

A sticky note was attached to the disc bag, with neat handwriting indicating the time period of the disc's contents and the important events that occurred during that time.

Han Shuo considered himself knowledgeable and well-informed.

But this time he was genuinely surprised.

He hesitated, then stopped himself from speaking, and finally sighed, "Why are you still a singer? You should be my secretary."

"whee."

Shin Yoon-joo put her hands on her hips arrogantly: "But you used to tell me not to film."

"It was my fault."

Han Shuo humbly admitted his mistake: "You can film as many movies as you want in the future."

Li Zhongshuo stepped forward: "Director, these discs are...?"

"These discs almost record my daily study and life during the four years I transferred here. They give you a glimpse into my daily interactions with my classmates and fellow trainees."

hiss!

"Are there so many?"

"How many shots were taken?"

As the person being photographed, Han Shuo was at least mentally prepared.

The people present were different. They had seen examples of people using DV cameras to record life before, but this was the first time in their lives that they had seen a video recording of this scale.

Even ancient records of an emperor's daily life couldn't have been more detailed than this.

Project it onto the screen.

Perhaps due to limited equipment and lack of shooting experience, the first video, dated May 7, 2004, had mediocre picture quality and the camera was shaky.

However, everyone could still spot Han Shuo, who was at the center of their field of vision, at a glance.

He was so dazzling, yet so inexperienced.

Running hard on the basketball court.

Dribble past your opponent, then make a layup.

Goal!

All his teammates and cheerleaders rushed over to celebrate with him, and even his opponents got along well with him, putting their arms around his shoulders.

A few guys were carrying him... well, groping the basketball hoop.

People can't help but laugh.

The next video shows a group outing and outdoor barbecue.

Han Shuo is simply a heartthrob. Female classmates ask him for help, male classmates invite him to hang out, and almost everyone who appears on camera has a carefree smile on their face.

You're saying this person is bullying their classmates?

They don't believe it.

This is just two videos from one disc.

If you calculate the contents of these hundreds of discs, you'd probably include everyone connected to Han Shuo.

"There really is conclusive evidence."

"..."