Korean Entertainment's Survival War

At the same time as X1 was active, the "Truth Commission" of the fourth season of "produce101" was also active, and the investigation of the voting results of the show, which was generated by CJ's invitation to the police, was also constantly advancing.And by the time October rolled around, progress that was pleasing to some, not so good for X1, was made.

——The police started to investigate starship, woollim and MBK.

Perhaps in the case of chaebol investigations, there are too many cases of failure because of "no evidence", and the progress made by the police is particularly encouraging.But this is really not good news for X1 and X1 fans. There are also different voices among the fans, such as the withdrawal of the top voters.

This is obviously not feasible. Even Xu Minghe, who has an unquestionable number of votes, does not think that he is completely innocent in this show full of insider transactions.If the members of the idol group quit the team, if the party concerned Li Lingzhi fainted to leave voluntarily, or if the quitter violated the law and discipline, he must leave the group to avoid being implicated in the group, so that the group spirit in the hearts of fans will not be destroyed.It’s not easy to say things like knowing the shady scene but keeping silent. Knowing that I don’t have enough votes but being promoted to the debut position because of the deal between the company and the program group, and knowing that the company has won more shots for me, knowing that I will definitely debut, Or, in order to get better treatment in the future, they agreed to sign the contract before the finals. What is the essential difference?

Instructing the company to tell the program crew, "I want to make my debut, replace XXX" definitely needs to be criticized, but who among X1 has such a great ability?No matter how bad you think about people, at most there may be some people who are glad that they became one of the final debut members in the transaction.Some companies want the camera but not the debut position, some companies want the debut position, and some companies send people to train if they can't afford the money. The program group also needs to control the number of people who make their second debut, leaving enough lead singer candidates, following the " There is an unspoken rule that only one person can make debut in the same group. In the end, whoever gets the popularity gets to debut, who gets the camera but has to be brought back to the event, who is left out or even edited by the devil, it is up to the trainees to decide.

Let’s also take starship, the most obvious relationship in this season, as an example. Starship sent five people, Song Hyung Joon has the most scenes, Xian Won Jin and Jiang Minxi also have story lines, Gu Zhengmo has few scenes but just meets the taste of fans, and the popularity is also good. , Moon Hyun Bin is a bit unlucky, he doesn't have the luck of the company, nor the luck of the fans.In the end, there were so many starship trainees and four of them entered the top [-]. It must be shameful not to make a debut. Starship is about to launch a new boy group, and they must keep as many people as possible for their own use. It turned out that Song Hengjun made his debut.What role did the middle trainee play?

Xu Minghe felt that CJ should want to start from this aspect, otherwise there would be no starship in the police investigation list.From the point of view of whether the number of votes matches the debut position, there is no problem with starship. Although Song Hyung Joon's popularity is not as high as Xu Minghe's, there is no doubt that he entered the debut list. The problem with starship is that there are too many lenses, and they are investigated, which proves that someone wants to make a fuss about "buying lenses".

But there are an unusually large number of shots, and it's not just the company where the debut group is located.

Xu Minghe knew that this was a fluke. If he debuted as X1 two months ago without seeing the contract, he really had the hope that "maybe it will be as thunderous and rainy as the previous two years". October isn't looking too good.Not only the progress of the police, the MBC program "PD Handbook" also took the opportunity to do a special feature on the production series of fraud. Although Xu Minghe watched the program, he just talked about things that were not so important or that he already knew about the fight, which was of no value. However, if the produce series cannot be knocked down this time, MBC will be very embarrassed. Therefore, "PD Handbook" made such a program, which still explains some problems, and shows that MBC has already dared to add insult to injury.

——People have high and low morals, but organizations formed for the purpose of pursuing interests do not. The larger the organization, the more so. It applies to capital plutocrats, and of course it also applies to TV stations. It has long been an open secret in the industry to make deals in the debut position of the produce series. MBC only jumped out after the condemnation of Mnet formed a trend. It can't be said to be a messenger of justice.

In October, X1's schedule was a little empty, but the lack was mainly due to invitations to appear in variety shows. The previously recorded programs were broadcast normally, and there were still performances.Although Xu Minghe felt something bad was going on, firstly, CJ was considered a colossus, secondly, there were very few capitalists in the entertainment industry, so they couldn't really pin everything they did on artists' heads, and thirdly, he was nothing but A small character can't even protest against things that haven't been signed up to now, let alone wrestling with behemoths.So he still practiced, created, and opened his business step by step, and the members of X1 were almost the same. Although he didn’t see him when he looked down in the dormitory, the deeper chat was about the future development of the group, and he didn’t talk about sensitive things. When shooting various videos, he also looked cheerful and happy. Idol's professional ethics is that no matter how bad it is, don't take the initiative to make fans feel bad. Fans think of bad things and talk about it.

But there are some cases where exceptions will be made.

After November, the situation that had started to get worse suddenly fell into the abyss at a speed of subduction.

First, Ahn Joon Young was investigated and detained. On November 11th, Ahn Joon Young admitted that the "produce" series' debut quota was fraudulent, involving the third and fourth seasons. On November 6th, the production team of the production team admitted to the petition for the ban on TVB TV stations of the season debut group IZONE and the fourth season debut group X11.

With the foreshadowing in October, Xu Minghe can already accept the fact that CJ did fall this time.On this basis, he already knew that there was a problem with the quota for the debut group in the third and fourth seasons, and it was announced that the quota and ranking before the finals had already been determined by default. The operation is to adjust the number of places according to the number of votes, but they did not expect them to be more courageous.But think about "29778", the number of votes designed in advance is not without trace.

However, having a certain amount of psychological preparation does not mean that Xu Minghe, as the person involved, can face the current situation calmly and freely.

"I said it was a counterfeit group."

"Whoever steals other people's lives should be exposed."

"Shouldn't the fake group be disbanded?"

"Support to find out."

"X1 disbanded."

"IZONE disbanded."

"The ticket-making members leave the group, and the dignified members are beautiful alone."

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Everyone can see these messages.Now that things have come to this point, Xu Minghe, who was very sure before that he would not disclose the real ranking and put a specific person on the fire, is also a little uncertain about this matter. CJ is planted, what else can't happen?

But if something like that really happened... According to the police announcement, there were two or three people who were not in the top eleven but entered X1. Xu Minghe, who even deserved his debut at C, was definitely not among them.But there is a kind of feeling called hurting other people, there is no big event related to life to persecute him, he will not commit crimes, so he does not resonate with artists who have ruined their future because of crimes, even if he does not approve of idol's love ban, but he can abide by it This unspoken rule similar to a contract can't empathize with idols who have gone downhill because of love, but if he is not popular enough, but is run by the company, he will not insist on "innocence" and "dignity".

When the capital is engaged in transactions, it jumps out and says that this is wrong. A pawn with such an idea will not be able to survive in the entertainment industry, no matter whether he is the victim or the beneficiary of the transaction.Xu Minghe knows what social life is, and understands the helplessness in it, but as an idol who creates dreams, how should he explain to fans who pursue stars in order to satisfy their fantasies, but are disillusioned by the behind-the-scenes transactions of the Produce series?

In the dilemma, he didn't want to speak, and he didn't want to express his position, but the reality didn't allow him to escape.

At this time, X1 has already set a combination itinerary including the performance event "KPOPFESTAIN 热KOK" in Bangkok, Thailand on November 11 and the awards ceremony "10VLIVEAWARDS'VHEARTBEAT'" hosted by the live broadcast software vlive on November 16.It's hard to say what will happen in the future, but right now they are determined to go to Thailand at this critical time.Before going to Incheon Airport to take an overseas flight, everyone washed and tidied up in the dormitory. When they met each other, their faces were gloomy, and their anxiety and fatigue were visible to the naked eye.

Jin Yushuo finally couldn't stand it anymore: "Clean yourself up a bit, if you haven't done anything wrong, don't make yourself look like a sinner."

He is an elder in the team, and he is also an "experienced person" who has suffered bad reviews. What he said has a guiding value of experience, which sweeps away the impetuous atmosphere among the members.

"Thank you brother." Xu Minghe covered his dark circles in the mirror, and then thanked Jin Yushuo in a low voice.In the past few days, many of his thoughts are helpless things, and it is difficult to open his mouth to communicate these sensitive and negative energy content with his teammates, but it is really not a wise choice to face the public in this state.Jin yushuo is right. If you don't think you are a sinner, don't pretend to be a sinner and ask for forgiveness, lest you be regarded as new "evidence" by interested people.

Jin yushuo shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I thought too much before and didn't dare to speak. It seems a bit late now."

Although some things can be guessed, for the sake of the relationship within the team, the X1 members have formed a tacit understanding not to discuss trades during the game, but now whether this tacit understanding is good or bad, everyone is a little unclear, but because of All kinds of scruples dare not come out first.As a member, the age and experience are different. They have only been in the army for three months, and they have not practiced together before. There are various deals and scheming groups behind the formation. The relationship between X1 members is already good, but When the storm hits, the already good relationship shows its shortcomings.

Xu Minghe remained silent, and Jin Yushuo had no intention of continuing to talk to him. He sighed "here again" in a low voice to himself, and put a knee-length black coat on board. He stood in front of the mirror with his hands in his hands. Put it in the pocket, revealing a dignified and arrogant expression.

Xu Minghe also tidied himself up, went downstairs with the big team, and got on the X1-only bus for the whole group to catch up on the trip together.Xu Minghe sat on a familiar seat, remembering that not long ago when he was sitting here, his mind was still full of thoughts on how to be a competent idol, acting in front of the camera in a way that fans love, and felt as if he had dreamed an absurd dream. Haven't woken up yet.

The author has something to say: What should come is still here.There are no major events in October, and the schedule is not too much, and the situation is starting to get worse, and it is not sure that it will definitely be worse.Zong Xin also didn't want to spend time and energy thinking about writing during this period of time.