Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Although Yang Ye had been collecting information about Kitagawa a long time ago, he didn't actually want to make such a big deal.

In other words, he didn't want to get involved himself because he himself was not clean.

If he uses this trick to deal with others today, others will use the same trick to deal with him tomorrow.

However, this opportunity is really rare now.

Kitagawa himself gathered so many media to announce the marriage of Kondo Masahiko and Nakamori Akina, giving Yang Ye a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Yang Ye really couldn't help it and went all in.

Some conspiracy theorists say that Johnny's Office is carrying out America's plan to feminize the Japanese, so no one else can get rid of Johnny's or something like that, which is a bit ridiculous.

First of all, Kitagawa molested a boy, which is not a crime unless the target is a girl.

Secondly, in Japan, robbery is a private prosecution crime rather than a public prosecution crime, which means that only the victim can file a lawsuit himself.

The reason why Kitagawa has been able to dominate the Japanese entertainment industry for decades and have such power is actually due to the overall environment of Japanese society.

In fact, Kitagawa lost a lawsuit over this matter in the 1960s and 1970s, but what was the point? He didn't have to go to jail.

And because of Kitagawa's extremely powerful ability to create stars, more victims often choose to endure or even sacrifice themselves voluntarily in order to become famous, and even compete for each other's favor.

Not only boys, but even their parents would take the initiative to send their children to Kitagawa in order to make their children famous and make a lot of money.

In a documentary filmed by Reuters later, some parents openly asked their children to accept Kitagawa.

Many interviewees also openly stated that if having a relationship with Kitagawa could make them famous, they would accept it.

Make money, don’t be shabby!
Maeda So, who joined J-house in 2011, was a member of the "7 MEN Samurai" group. After leaving the company, he exposed Kitagawa's sexual assault on his blog.

But what he got was not support and sympathy, but abuse from fans.

People told him to shut up, saying he was just trying to gain popularity and not to ruin the bright future of "7 MEN Samurai".

In Japan, the distorted X culture also gave Kitagawa reasons to be rampant.

Japan's sex industry and adult industry are extremely developed, and using sex as a tool to exchange money and fame is considered acceptable.

Therefore, although the Reuters documentary caused an uproar later, Kitagawa is still worshipped as a deity in Japan.

Many people believe that the dead are the most important and should not be pursued further.

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Now let's talk about the Japanese media.

In 1999, Japan's Weekly Bunshun published a series of twelve reports revealing the details of Kitagawa's abuse.

This is one of the very few media outlets in decades that has launched a direct attack on Kitagawa.

Johnny's then sued Weekly Bunshun, and the lawsuit lasted until 2003, when Weekly Bunshun won the case.

But...it didn't work.

In this battle, Weekly Bunshun originally thought that their revelations would ruin Kitagawa's career.

But the reality is that they are fighting alone, and the Japanese media's attitude towards this matter is to ignore and remain silent!

Why is this happening?

Because the basic employment system of Japanese companies is the lifetime employment system, under this system, the demerit system is more common than the performance system.

Reporters on Japanese TV and newspapers are more like salaried workers than journalists.

The main goal of an office journalist is not to take risks and throw out scoops, but to do his or her daily job perfectly and in accordance with the wishes of his or her superiors.

In addition, journalists' reporting areas are divided vertically into various departments such as politics, economy, society, culture, sports, etc.

The basic principle is to be responsible for your own part and not disturb other reporters in the department.

In the entertainment field, it is almost impossible for anyone other than the person in charge of Johnny's to interview and write articles about Johnny's.

Then, Johnny's just needs to deal with the people who are responsible for connecting with them. It's very easy!

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In the end, Johnny's almost monopolized the production channels of Japanese male idols.

In a New York Times report that year, an entertainment reporter's statement represented the typical concerns of the silent media:
"If you are a TV station and don't follow Johnny's wishes, then all the popular stars will quit your show, your variety show won't be able to accept any celebrity interviews, and your ratings will plummet. The same situation applies to publications."

As a family-run star-making factory, Johnny's has created a relatively closed industrial environment.

They strictly restrict the dissemination of portraits, interviews and other information of artists and staff in the company.

The powerful legal team has made it difficult for passers-by, fans, employees and mainstream media to speak ill of Kitagawa. In the Reuters documentary, the reporter tried to listen to the opinions of J-fans many times, but was rejected.

People are afraid of being sued if they say something wrong.

Kitagawa and Johnny's became two names that could not be criticized casually, and these became the cradle of Kitagawa's crimes.

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So, why did Yang Ye want to get involved in Johnny's?
He is not dealing with Johnny's, but the Japanese entertainment industry.

The Showa era is coming to an end and the Heisei era is about to begin.

Japan's idol culture will usher in a period of extreme prosperity, sweeping across the entire Asia-Pacific region and even entering Europe and the United States.

The artists trained by Johnny's are the backbone of this idol trend.

Yang Ye jumped out at this time and gave Johnny's a hard blow, just to cool down the Japanese pop culture and open up the way for Chinese pop culture.

Although Johnny's is very strong at this time, its development time is still short and it is far from reaching the level of domineering power in later generations. There is still a chance to defeat it.

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Yang Ye collected information about Kitagawa by relying on his plug-in to accurately find the victims, and then used money to pave the way for them to tell the truth.

And using these people's identities, he secretly took a lot of photos as evidence.

Yang Ye originally had no intention of going down in person, but now the opportunity was so good that he couldn't help but jump out and go all in.

At this time, the Japanese were waving checks and shopping crazily in the United States, and the wave of Americans boycotting Japan was at its peak.

Americans will surely go crazy and spread the news about such a shocking scandal.

And since Yang Ye was personally involved, the media in the Asia-Pacific region must have spared no effort in reporting on this matter.

At the scene today, Japan's five major newspapers, six major broadcasters, and many small and medium-sized media witnessed this event together.

Due to the huge pressure from outside, it was impossible for them to pretend to be dead like they did in the original time and space.

Once all media jointly report this matter, a huge trend of against Kitagawa will be formed.

This kind of momentum is incomparable to the original time and space in 1999 when Weekly Bunshun fought alone.

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Yang Ye not only showed the media the disgusting photos of Kitagawa and several well-known idols on the spot, he also called the police.

Because Kitagawa molested children under the age of thirteen, this violated Japan's crime of forced molestation.

The law stipulates that if the victim is a child under the age of 13, the perpetrator will be directly convicted of forced molestation regardless of whether the victim is willing or not.

Shortly after Yang Ye arrived at the scene, the police arrived and took the Kitagawa siblings away. Kondo Masahiko was also taken away for investigation.

The protagonist of this press conference turned into Yang Ye.

As countless reporters frantically took photos, Yang Ye gave a simple speech:

In 1980, with reverence, I wanted to collaborate with Mr. Kitagawa, the godfather of Japanese idols, but I accidentally discovered that he was a demon with a pedophilia!
At that time, I wanted to expose his true identity, but unfortunately I was just a foreigner and no one would believe me if I said anything rashly, so I started to investigate secretly.

Over the past seven years, I have spent billions of yen, searched for countless clues, and collected a large amount of evidence. The results are shocking.

There are probably more than a thousand boys who were hurt by Kitagawa!

I have organized the evidence I collected and handed it over to the Tokyo police.

As well as overseas media such as the Associated Press, Reuters, AFP, Xinhua News Agency, TASS, etc.

Next, I will fully cooperate with the police investigation, and all subsequent information will be subject to the police announcement.

I am very sorry. For the past seven years, I knew that many children were being abused by Kitagawa and that they were living in fear, but I was unable to tell the truth!
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Yang Ye bowed apologetically and followed the police.

The media present looked at Yang Ye's back with extremely complicated feelings.

The photos that Yang Ye showed of people having intimate relations with Kitagawa included super idols such as Kondo Masahiko and Saijo Hideki.

There are also super groups such as the Shisoku Team, the Men's Fighting Team, the Ninja Team, and the Boys' Team.

Half of the Japanese entertainment industry...collapsed! (End of this chapter)