My capital is quite large.

Just as the domestic internet and entertainment fan circles were still buzzing with excitement over the "Chicken Brother" storyline of leading his weak teammates to victory in "Idol Producer," a story of a comeback where everyone advanced, Chicken Brother was the one who truly made it.

Across the ocean, the international entertainment industry was suddenly rocked by a major news story that will go down in global media history.

The BBC suddenly aired a major, in-depth documentary about the dark side of the Japanese entertainment industry during prime time, broadcast globally.

With extremely detailed victim interviews and undercover investigations, the film is the first to expose to the Western world the decades-long cover-up misdeeds of John Kitagawa, the head of the Little Days Entertainment empire.

This near-devastating documentary, once aired, triggered an earthquake comparable to a magnitude 10 earthquake in the international public opinion arena.

Following closely behind, major American media outlets, such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, seemed to have received some tacit instruction, and they all followed up with front-page headlines, publishing extensive reports on the scandal.

Although at this time, most ordinary netizens in China could not quite understand why these mainstream media in Europe and America would suddenly care about the niche entertainment industry ecosystem of Xiao Rijia.

But soon, this earth-shattering news, enough to make everyone's jaws drop, was transmitted back to Dongda University via the internet.

Looking at the absurd and heinous acts of Kitagawa revealed in the exposé:

For several years, using his resources and power, he subjected a large number of young male trainees under the age of 30 to long-term and systematic sexual assault and psychological control in an apartment known as the "co-training center."

While stunned, netizens at the University of Tokyo couldn't help but gasp in disbelief, with the comment section filled with exclamations of utter disbelief that their worldviews had been shattered.

"Holy crap... I thought the domestic entertainment industry was chaotic enough, but compared to 'Little Daily Life,' it's as pure as a kindergarten!"

"Sexual assault of underage male trainees? And over several decades?"

"The privileged class living a life of luxury, they're truly fucking perverted!"

......

Compared to the morbid curiosity of domestic netizens who are almost like spectators watching a spectacle.

At this moment, Tokyo is in the eye of the storm.

The local media in Tokyo initially seemed somewhat unsurprised by the barrage of questions from the BBC and American media.

After all, the Kitagawa sexual assault case has long since become a well-known, lengthy, and tragic drama in the judicial and media circles over the past few decades.

Countless people have filed lawsuits against him, and even the Supreme Court has ruled on the facts in its judgments, but when has it ever truly shaken a hair on this godfather's head?

If we say that Korean entertainment is essentially the private toy of those chaebols and politicians.

Therefore, the rigid class structure of Japanese entertainment often gives those within it the illusion that they are still living in a feudal era.

Here, the top actors are always the same few, and excellent scripts are always allocated according to strict qualifications and agency weight, day in and day out for decades, with very few surprises.

As the godfather who ushered in the golden age of Japanese idols and holds the reins of most of Japan's top male entertainers, Johnny Kitagawa has remained standing for so many years thanks to his monopolistic Johnny's empire.

But this time, the situation developed in an extremely bizarre and abnormal manner.

Surprisingly, the first to flash its anti-water blade was TV Tokyo, which has absolutely no connection with Johnny's.

This fringe channel, which usually only broadcasts anime and low-budget programs, surprisingly aired a 15-minute in-depth report on the Kitagawa sexual assault scandal during its prime-time news broadcast that evening.

Following closely behind is TBS Television, a media giant with an even bigger business.

TBS also produced a half-hour special exposé during its prime-time evening news that same night.

This coordinated media attack from the two major local television stations was so fierce and its rhetoric so harsh that, to the uninitiated, one might have thought that Kitagawa had assassinated the then-President of the Cabinet in the street.

"Could it be... that our own media, when faced with reports from benevolent media outlets like those of the US and the UK, have become so subservient that they've lost even the slightest backbone to resist?!"

Countless viewers, unaware of the situation, watched the two major television stations' righteous condemnation, feeling both confused and a sense of absurd humiliation.

However, as the television program went deeper into reporting, more and more details and recordings of Kitagawa's sexual abuse of underage boys were made public.

Under increasingly clear and irrefutable evidence and overwhelming global public opinion.

Suddenly, Kitagawa, the entertainment godfather who once held sway over the Japanese entertainment industry, became a street rat that everyone wanted to beat.

Whether they were ordinary bystanders or industry insiders, at this moment, everyone gradually realized one thing:

This old man, who has dominated the Japanese entertainment industry for most of his life, is probably finished this time.

......

Meanwhile, in Conference Room 1 at the Johnny & Associates headquarters.

An internal meeting, imbued with a strong Japanese flavor, is underway to seize power from the rank of the superior.

Seated at the head of the table, Kitagawa, who had initially intended to maintain his absolute authority, looked at his niece Fujishima Keiko, who stood resolutely across the table. A trace of somewhat neurotic fantasy still lingered on his aged face:

"Keiko! What are you doing?!"

"The public's memory is always short! How many drug use and cheating scandals of big-name celebrities are we still holding onto?"

"Release this news right now. As long as we can divert public attention, in less than three months, once the storm has passed, Johnny's will still be Johnny's!"

"Uncle, please wake up!"

Fujishima Keiko looked at the old man, still lost in his beautiful dream, and ruthlessly shattered his illusion:

"This time, it's not just a matter of public opinion."

"To be able to get the BBC and American media to launch simultaneous attacks within a single day, and even have TV Tokyo and TBS risk offending us by jointly boycotting us during prime time..."

"The power behind this targeting Johnny's is far greater than we can imagine!"

"Uncle, think about it carefully."

"Did you offend someone we can't afford to mess with lately?!"

"You bastard! Are you questioning me?!"

Kitagawa slammed his hand on the table, stood up shakily, and roared with a ferocious expression:

"Who do you think you are? How dare you speak to me like that?!"

"This Johnny's is an empire I, Kitagawa, built from scratch!"

"It wasn't you!!"

"You, you, you, and all of you!! You're all just reaping the benefits without working!!"

Just as Kitagawa was in a fit of impotent rage, Higashiyama Noriyuki, a veteran of Johnny's Entertainment, suddenly spoke up, his tone cold and devoid of any warmth:

"Kitagawa-san, you're right, you created this empire."

"But now, you are destroying it with your own hands."

"Let's face reality."

"If you continue to stay in the position of president, you will only hasten the destruction of Johnny's."

"What we need to do now is to cut off an arm to survive."

......

After hours of discussion among the board members and Keiko Fujishima, the final liquidation plan was finalized:

Reorganize the company.

Abandoning the name Johnny & Associates, which has already been stigmatized in the international arena, the company will change its name to Star Entertainment.

"Uncle, my reason for forcing you to abdicate today is definitely not to seize power."

Fujishima Keiko looked at him coldly and revealed her self-preservation cycle:

"After you step down, as a price for the restructuring of Johnny's, I will succeed you as the president of the new company."

"But as a way of answering to the public and international opinion, after taking office, I will publicly bow and apologize to all the victims on behalf of the new company. After that... I will resign and step down from the company's management."

"As for the newly established Startek Entertainment, the board of directors will bring in a professional manager from outside who has no blood ties or business interests with the Kitagawa family or Johnny's to run it, in order to mitigate the impact of this matter on the company." "This is our only chance to survive."

As the board members on both sides of the conference table raised their hands in approval, Kitagawa slumped into his chair, completely dejected.

However, neither this entertainment mogul facing exile from his own empire nor Fujishima Keiko, attempting to sever ties and save herself, will ever understand:

Why was this entertainment empire, which had held a firm grip on Tokyo for decades, suddenly crushed to pieces?

"It can't be... because of that little thing a few days ago when I turned down someone who wanted to buy out Daigo's management contract, can it?"

At the moment the plan was finalized, a ridiculous thought, which even he himself found absurd, suddenly flashed through Kitagawa's mind.