Chapter 78: A Flood of Negative Reviews

That night, inside the CCM dormitory, a cute girl in a panda pajama set hopped over to朴素妍's side.

"Suyan-ssi... Your face looks so pale, are you feeling unwell?" the cute girl asked with concern.

朴素妍 gritted her teeth and swung her right hand forcefully. In front of the wide-eyed cute girl, a mouse flew through the air in a straight line and then crashed heavily into the corner, shattering into pieces.

"Suyan-ssi... What's wrong with you? Don't scare me!" the cute girl shook朴素妍's body in panic.

朴素妍 took a deep breath and calmed the anger in her heart, "I'm sorry, Jiyean, I scared you. I'm fine!" Just as朴素妍 was speaking, four more girls rushed into the room.

"What's going on?!" 全宝蓝, 李居丽, 含恩静, and 朴孝敏, who shared the dormitory with朴素妍, all ran over upon hearing the commotion.

朴智研 looked at them with a puzzled expression and then pointed to朴素妍. Although they had only been together for a few days,朴素妍's good temper had already left a deep impression. Seeing朴素妍 lose her temper for the first time,朴智研 was still a bit frightened. As the youngest, she could already sense the tension emanating from朴素妍.

"What's happening, Suyan, are you okay?!" 全宝蓝 sat down next to朴素妍 and asked with concern. Seeing that朴素妍 didn't respond and was just staring at the computer screen, she followed朴素妍's gaze. It was better not to look, but after a few glances, 全宝蓝 felt a surge of anger rising in her mind.

"Too much, this is too much!" 全宝蓝 shouted angrily, and 李居丽, 含恩静, 朴孝敏, and 朴智研, who were still confused, gathered around.

On the screen was 李云宰's personal page on MelOn. The page was beautifully designed, but the comments on the message board were completely out of place, making everyone feel a sudden heaviness in their hearts.

"I really want to beat up 李云宰's Chinese teacher and ask him what '老不醒' (old and not awake), '完美放弃' (perfectly give up), '回忆没有皱折' (memories without wrinkles), and '安慰的淘汰' (comforting elimination) mean. The lyrics, with their modifiers, objects, and adverbial phrases all mixed together by 李云宰, are truly unbearable."

"The song '枫' (Maple) has a very gloomy and cliché melody. Especially the MV, which is completely incomprehensible. From the beginning, it seems like the male protagonist falls in love with his friend's fiancée, but in the end, it turns out that the female protagonist has forgotten the male protagonist and is about to marry his friend. The reasons in between are never explained, making it too abrupt and unacceptable... What a lousy album, and I spent 20,000 won on it, what a waste!"

"The song '我应该去爱你' (I Should Love You) has too many mixed musical elements, with electronic, guitar, and rock all mixed together. Who composed this? It's so terrible, it's just torturing my ears. I can't take it anymore, I won't listen to his songs again. What a fake former leader of东方神起 (TVXQ), he must be using his fame from TVXQ to boost his own popularity. As a former leader of TVXQ, he even uses his friend for publicity, how unethical!"

"I have to complain, there's even a song about '同－志' (homosexuals). Can you be any more shocking? I've never seen such an absurd song. Is the singer a gay... It's disgusting!"

"Poor LOEN, to launch such a new artist. It seems that President裴松仁 really doesn't want to stay in this industry anymore. This is destined to be another failure. When will LOEN break the curse of failure?"

The page was filled with a flood of negative reviews, each more harsh than the last, completely trashing 李云宰's mini album.

"Too much... This is too much!" 李居丽 also shouted in anger. As the female lead in the MV of "请不要这样" (Please Don't Do This), she understood the deep meaning behind 李云宰's song. The last scene of the MV was just a playful act by the director to make the fans laugh, but it was being distorted into 李云宰 being a gay, which was completely absurd and malicious.

全宝蓝 frowned deeply and remained silent. As the female lead in the MV of "我应该去爱你" (I Should Love You), she deeply understood that the song was actually encouraging people to love bravely, not to wait, and to cherish the hard-won love when they meet the right person. Time flies, and you might miss the opportunity. If you have a dream, pursue it; if you have someone to love, love them boldly.

This could be described as an optimistic and positive song. The rock-style ballad, combined with 李云宰's hoarse voice, sounded particularly moving. If you watched the MV while listening, the feeling was even better. But the message board was filled with baseless slanders. 全宝蓝 even doubted whether they had listened to the song at all.

"How can this be? It shouldn't be like this!" 全宝蓝 muttered to herself. She and朴素妍 had bought the album from a music store early that morning. Besides the already heard "淘汰" (Elimination) and "我应该去爱你" (I Should Love You), the other two songs also felt good, especially when paired with the beautiful and touching MVs.

This album was a rare and enjoyable one. Some songs would make you tired after listening to them ten times, but some songs, even after fifty or a hundred listens, wouldn't make you tired. In 全宝蓝's view, 李云宰's mini album was the latter, a song that you could listen to a hundred times without getting tired.

But why were there so many negative reviews? 全宝蓝 couldn't understand and felt very puzzled. The album had only been on the market for less than 24 hours, yet there were so many malicious comments, as if they were all anti-李云宰. But 李云宰 had just debuted, so there shouldn't be so many anti-fans.

Suddenly, 全宝蓝 said, "Oh no," and took over the laptop, opening other music forums. Indeed, many people were criticizing 李云宰's new album. The vulgar comments were even worse than those on MelOn's message board. Some even claimed to have bought the album and advised others not to buy it.

"These people are so hateful. The four songs are clearly very good, so why are they getting so many negative reviews? Could these people be hired by a rival company to LOEN?" 朴智研 speculated.

朴智研's words reminded朴素妍, 全宝蓝, and the others. The more they thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Someone must not want LOEN to rise and was deliberately hiring people to criticize 李云宰's new album, making fans lose the desire to buy the album. The intentions were malicious, and they were using every possible means.

"Bad... Now Yunjae is the one who stands out..." 李居丽's face changed.

It was easy to imagine that under such negative reviews, who would still buy the album? And this was just the beginning. By tomorrow, there would be even more negative reviews online, which would be disastrous for a new artist.

全宝蓝 sighed inwardly and then comforted朴素妍, "Suyan, don't worry. LOEN won't just sit by and do nothing about this. These baseless slanders and lies will eventually be exposed. As long as fans listen to Yunjae's songs on MelOn, they will naturally be able to judge whether they are good or bad. If the fans recognize them, these negative reviews won't matter at all!"

"That's right, Suyan. Fans aren't blind. As long as Yunjae's songs suit their taste, they will buy the album, even if there are a flood of negative reviews online!" 李居丽 also comforted her.

朴孝敏 said nonchalantly, "Whether the songs are good or not, you have to listen to them to know. Downloading a song online only takes a few minutes, and then the rumors will be debunked on their own..."

Although she said that,朴素妍 still felt uneasy.

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At the same time, inside LOEN, 裴松仁's face was dark as he stared at the screen filled with negative reviews. He didn't get angry, but just watched quietly, the air in the office filled with an unusual silence.

Who did this?

Seeing the organized and planned negative comments, 裴松仁 first thought of S.M. But upon further reflection, 李秀满 shouldn't be so petty. Although 李云宰 came from S.M, it had been four years, and the relationship between 李云宰 and S.M was almost non-existent. There was no need for 李秀满 to go to such lengths, and it didn't fit his style.

As far as 裴松仁 knew, in this industry, 李云宰 only had ties with S.M, but these actions were clearly not from S.M. If it wasn't targeting 李云宰 personally but LOEN, who could it be?

裴松仁 thought of YG, CCM, JYP, Star Empire, and even S.M. But LOEN had no significant conflicts with any of these agencies, and they all got along relatively well. Even if they wanted to oppose LOEN, they would have to consider their own strength and whether they could compete with LOEN's powerful backer, SK-Telecom.

尽管 裴松仁 绞尽脑汁，但仍然想不出这些事情是谁干的。这种用下三滥的手段来打击 LOEN 公司，打击 李云宰 的事情，绝对是有人蓄意而为。

但当务之急不是查出幕后黑手，而是解决这个问题。虽然 裴松仁 对 李云宰 的这张专辑很有信心，但人言可畏，歌迷们很容易听信谣言。

然而让 裴松仁 没想到的是，这仅仅只是个开始，后面还有更让他头疼的事情在等着，蓄势待发。

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