Peninsula: I created the golden age of girl groups

"These... I found them yesterday."

Seeing Kang Woo-hyuk's increasingly gloomy face, Yuri felt anxious and quickly explained, "Recently, because I needed to contact Oppa, the company didn't take away my phone. Also, after learning that you were going to be in a drama, I specifically searched for related information. I didn't expect... to find this."

Her eyes were full of worry, and her expression grew increasingly anxious.

"Moreover... these posts seem to have suddenly appeared since yesterday, with new discussions or posts appearing almost every so often!"

Jiang Yuhe took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart.

Then he turned to Yuri with gratitude, "Thank you, Yuri!"

"If you hadn't told me in time, I might have taken a while to notice these things."

"So what does Oppa plan to do?" Yuri asked cautiously, her face still filled with worry.

"Don't worry."

Jiang Yuhe gently shook his head. "It's nothing, I'll handle it! Just go back and practice. Don't get distracted by these irrelevant things. Remember, your most important task right now is to prepare for your debut!"

Seeing that Kang Woo-hyuk's expression had returned to normal, Yuri breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, saying, "Yes! Oppa!"

"Okay, I'll head back now. You should head back soon too!"

Jiang Yuhe gave a final word of advice, then turned and left, heading towards the parking lot.

……

Back in the car, Jiang Yuhe did not start the engine immediately.

Instead, he adjusted the back of the driver's seat slightly and closed his eyes to think.

Something's fishy about this.

Although he has successfully landed the role of Chen Xialin, the production team has not yet officially announced it to the public.

Moreover, given MBC's usual promotional practices, they typically wait until the production team officially starts filming or the drama is close to airing before gradually releasing information and building hype.

Therefore, the publicly available information about "Coffee Prince" is currently limited...

It's probably still just vague news like "MBC is preparing a new drama" and "the cast is strong".

As for the cast, there are currently only rumors circulating about the two main leads, Gong Yoo and Yoon Eun-hye.

Although his character Chen Xialin is an important supporting role in the drama and has a significant amount of screen time, it is absolutely impossible for him to attract such a lot of attention or even be smeared!

Could it be a hater?

The thought flashed through Jiang Yuhe's mind instantly.

When it comes to anti-fan culture in the Korean entertainment industry, it's a very popular field of study.

Especially in South Korea, a country with a highly developed idol industry and an extremely advanced fan economy, these cases are truly shocking.

The problem is, as a Gagman, he has always been the most discreet.

He would never deliberately try to outshine or steal the spotlight...

Therefore, he doesn't have any extreme haters at all, and it's even more impossible for him to have such an organized and large-scale smear campaign!

So, how did these messages come about?

Where did the source of this information come from?

What is the purpose?

Jiang Yuhe frowned, his mind racing as he meticulously reviewed everything that had happened recently.

Soon, his brows relaxed, and his eyes began to turn cold.

A name clearly surfaced in his mind.

Gao Canyu.

The senior actor who clearly showed disdain for him at the script reading meeting, and even targeted him at every turn.

He had previously felt that this person's hostility was somewhat inexplicable, and thought that the other party just looked down on Gagman or that it was just his personality, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

Looking back now, if we connect these two things... then the matter becomes somewhat subtle.

Jiang Yuhe was almost certain that Gao Canyu was the one pulling the strings behind the scenes!

The purpose was nothing more than to give him a warning, or...

This would allow public opinion to influence the production team, and consequently... replace him, the newcomer!

But what was his motive? Jiang Yuhe thought about it carefully, but still felt it was somewhat inexplicable!

But these considerations are secondary at the moment. The real question is, how should he deal with this media war that has already begun?

After thinking for a moment, he picked up his phone and dialed Lee Sung-soo's number.

The phone rang a few times before being answered, and Lee Sung-soo's calm voice rang out, "Yo-ho-seo?"

"Brother, it's me, Yuhe."

"Oh, Yuhe."

Lee Sung-soo's voice rose slightly, seemingly surprised that Kang Woo-hyuk would call at this time, and he asked directly, "What is it?"

Jiang Yuhe didn't stand on ceremony and succinctly recounted the events to him.

Upon hearing this, Lee Sung-soo on the other end of the phone paused slightly, then began to chuckle strangely, "Aigoo... Our Woo-hyuk actually has antis now? Not bad! You've really made something of yourself!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuhe rolled his eyes helplessly.

Although he knew Lee Sung-soo was like this and was already used to it, he still felt somewhat speechless at this moment.

"Brother, I know you're probably focused on that bigger project right now, but at least... I'm still considered an artist under Xing Shuo, right? Given this obvious smear campaign, shouldn't the company step in and help handle it?"

"oh……"

Jiang Yuhe drawled out his words, which were full of teasing, "I forgot that Xing Shuo doesn't have a public relations department, otherwise we wouldn't have missed this little bit of news."

Their communication style was always like this, so Lee Sung-soo naturally didn't mind.

"You..."

Lee Sung-soo chuckled lightly, "Alright, leave this to me, hyung!"

"Um."

Kang Woo-hyuk nodded. From the change in Lee Sung-soo's tone, it was clear that he was serious.

"By the way, which platforms are these smear campaigns mainly concentrated on? Naver? DC? Or some other community?" Lee Sung-soo continued.

"Naver Cafe. It seems that most of them are concentrated there at the moment. As for the others, I'm not sure yet," Jiang Yuhe replied.

"Naver... Okay, I got it."

Lee Sung-soo pondered for a moment, "I'll ask the other guys if they have any friends they know, and see if we can find out anything. As for how quickly the news spreads, we need to control it first, and we can't let it fester any longer."

The other guys he mentioned were naturally his close friends.

With their resources, finding out these things would naturally not be difficult.

Whether Gao Canyu is behind this or not, we should have results soon.

"Um."

Jiang Yuhe nodded again, "Then I'll wait for your news, brother."

He didn't feel burdened, since it didn't involve any personal favors.

After all, when StarSpark signed the contract, it was stipulated in the contract that maintaining the artist's image and monitoring public opinion were StarSpark's due obligations.

It is only natural for them to step in and resolve the issue.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Jiang Yuhe hung up the phone and tossed it back onto the passenger seat.

Next, we just have to wait for the results from Lee Sung-soo's side.

As for his own upcoming schedule, he also needs to sort it out and plan it out carefully.

My primary task is still to study and thoroughly understand the script for "Coffee Prince," while I wait for the official notification to join the production team.

The recording of "X-MAN" was rather random.

Semi-regular guests like him are mostly replaced by those who are notified at the last minute, so a certain degree of flexibility is required.

Similarly random was the planning meeting for the new program, which also had to wait for Yoo Jae-suk's notification.

After careful consideration, he estimated that he would be stationed at SM for a long time to come, since many schedules had not yet started, and he would take advantage of this downtime to learn as much as he could.

In short, it is foreseeable that...

He's going to be very busy, extremely busy!