Chapter 74

PS: A group of people read my profile, latched onto the words 'caught a murderer,' and started spouting off. I’m just speechless. They came here to state facts and argue based on just reading my profile. Honestly, I understand myself better than you do. I don’t want to reply to these people; the more you reply, the more they get cocky. Delete, block, see how many of your accounts there are, or how fast I can delete them. This book is only for those who like it! If you don’t like it, just click the close button!

Thank you to Wangji Juzhong, Gunan Shouyue, A Jie Xi, and as327829 for the donations! Haha, thank you for the recommendations and favorites. I’m on the new book list of signed authors on the homepage. Although there are people eyeing me with the intent to take me down, I’m dodging them, hehe!

(2PM has finally started to act)

In TARA’s nanny car, Park Hyo-min leaned against Park Ji-yeon’s shoulder and casually said, "Hey... Mr. Park, did you call Oppa Ji-ho’s number that you got from Bora-ssi?"

Looking at Park Hyo-min, Park Ji-yeon suddenly smiled mischievously and said, "Rascal Min, is this interesting? You clearly saw me call Oppa, and now you’re deliberately trying to get me to talk. Forget it!"

"Ouch... Having Oppa is different, you dare to call me Rascal Min. What can I do, I just want to get you to talk because I always feel that Oppa Ji-ho looks at you strangely. I’m afraid you might get hurt!"

"Thank you for your concern, but I don’t know why, every time I see Oppa Ji-ho, I can’t help but feel a sense of dependence on him. Honestly, I’ve never had this feeling before. It feels like I should have known him in a past life, and we were very close!" Park Ji-yeon also expressed her confusion.

Hearing Park Ji-yeon’s words, Park Hyo-min exclaimed, "OMO, it feels like love at first sight!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Park Ji-yeon was speechless, "It’s just an Oppa feeling!"

"An Oppa feeling? That’s right. Didn’t that couple start with an Oppa? Those Oppa feelings are dangerous signals!" Park Hyo-min immediately looked at Park Ji-yeon and warned her.

"You’re overthinking it!" Park Ji-yeon said dismissively.

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At 8 PM, Park Ji-ho sent the demo of the song "A Woman Who Can't Break Up, A Man Who Can't Leave" that he had written to Ji via email, and then sent a text to notify him. Since Park Ji-ho knew that Ji had a recording for "Come and Play" with Yoo Jae-suk in the evening, he didn’t want to disturb him too much.

After finishing this song, Park Ji-ho didn’t take a break. He had to start writing songs for Girls' Generation. For Lin Yun-er, Park Ji-ho would go all out. Similar to writing "MR" for KARA, Park Ji-ho first listened to the debut song "Into the New World" and the first album "Baby Baby" of the girls. The efforts of the nine girls in the MVs made Park Ji-ho like them, and their fresh and cute appearance made him exclaim. At that moment, a lightning-like inspiration struck Park Ji-ho’s brain!

Inspiration, this was the first time Park Ji-ho had truly grasped what was called inspiration. It was very sudden and subtle, unlike when he wrote "MR," which was a hit song created with the potential of a hit song. The success of "MR" was partly due to the choreographer, and the "butt dance" was a key factor in its popularity. At that time, the "butt dance" craze swept through Korea, from celebrities to elderly citizens, everyone would do a few moves when they were in the mood!

But today was different. It was a very real inspiration, even though it was just a moment, Park Ji-ho truly captured that moment. The feeling was very magical, making Park Ji-ho almost unable to stop. He finally understood what his teacher often referred to as inspiration!

The night passed like a moment. Park Ji-ho kept composing, just to find that inspiration he had firmly grasped. Around 6 AM, the sound of "GEE, GEE, GEE" finally rang out in Park Ji-ho’s studio!

At that moment, Park Ji-ho, with dark circles under his eyes, silently climbed into bed!

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Park Ji-ho fell asleep, but the Korean entertainment industry began to boil! After the drug scandal involving 2PM’s Nichkhun and Yoochun, JYP Entertainment was once again in the public eye, but this time the person involved was Park Jae-beom!

On September 19, 2009, at 8:20 AM, on the day 2PM celebrated their first anniversary, a sudden blow dealt a devastating blow to 2PM.

The websites "koreaisgay" (Koreans are all gay) and "Ihatekorea" (I hate Korea) exposed two posts made by Park Jae-beom four years ago when he first arrived in Korea on CY. The entertainment industry was immediately shaken!

Koreans were enraged. Their love for their country was incomparable to that of any other nation (possibly because it’s an island nation, and Korea has long been threatened by its neighbors, so the country is very important to them). Suddenly, an artist who was adored by Koreans had once made remarks that insulted Korea. This was something that all Koreans at the time could not understand or forgive!

Soon, more of Park Jae-beom’s insulting remarks about Korea were angrily exposed by Korean netizens!

"I despise Koreans and want to go back to America!"

"Koreans are strange. They say my rap is good even though I think it’s terrible."

"I want to go back to America, but I have to sacrifice a few years here for my lifelong happiness."

"Why are Koreans so strange and impossible to communicate with?"

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And so on, a series of Park Jae-beom’s comments were dug up within two hours of the news breaking! These crazy actions made Zhou Guangke secretly laugh, because he didn’t even need to hire trolls. The crazy actions of Koreans showed that they were thoroughly enraged.

Moreover, the situation developed very quickly. Just 20 minutes after Park Jae-beom’s CY was exposed at 8:20 AM, by 10:00 AM, JYP Entertainment faced a sit-in protest by nearly a hundred Koreans. The situation was very serious. Koreans were really angry!

At 10:20 AM, 2PM’s agency JYP immediately responded, releasing Park Jae-beom’s apology to the media and fans. The content was roughly, "These were comments I made when I first arrived in Korea. Born and raised in the United States, I came to Korea at a young age, not understanding Korean culture, unable to communicate, and even struggling with the food. I didn’t know when I would debut, so it was really hard and I wanted to go back to America and be with my family. But as time passed, I got used to life here and understood the people around me better. I thank the people around me. I apologize to my family, Hottest, 2PM members, and all those who support 2PM for the comments I made back then..."

However, Park Jae-beom’s apology seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel’s back, receiving the most intense backlash from Koreans!

"Go back to your country, America. Korea doesn’t need trash like you!"

"You are a shameless beast. Korea gave you everything, but you attacked the country that gave you everything with the most vicious words. Don’t call yourself human, because you’re not!"

"Is an apology enough? You’ve hurt an entire nation. Stop your hypocritical words and go back to your country!"

"You will pay for your vicious words. I will boycott you, the worst artist."

"Why don’t you just die? You are a beast that must die. Men of the Republic of Korea will not let you off!"

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And so on... These crazy comments began to flood JYP’s official website comment section within ten minutes of the apology being posted. The intensity was overwhelming, but this was just the beginning. Even more severe and fatal actions were yet to come!

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