Chapter 37: The General (Part 1) (Second Update)

  Second update seeking recommendations~

  Thanks for the reward from the speechless and sulky classmate ~

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  The audience was divided into two factions, with the left side holding up posters of "Sorry, I Love You" and the right side holding up posters of "Romantic Full House".

  At this point, anyone can see that the cheering squads of these two dramas must have had a conflict. Otherwise, fans who came to support their idols would not do such things in the live broadcast hall, even if they didn't like other stars.

  Behind the stage, the PD who was adjusting his position looked ugly and slammed down his hat, shouting: "Get someone out, no matter what the reason is, tell them to be honest with me, otherwise get everyone out!"

  It's a live broadcast, not like a recording that can be edited later. Although there is a 10-15 second delay as an emergency measure, if those fans cause trouble, today's live broadcast will become a big joke! And he, as the PD in charge, has to bear the wrath of the TV station, so he can't help but be flustered.

  The staff and assistants immediately rushed to respond, and the live broadcast that was about to start was also suspended for a while.

  Three MCs including Park Seon-yeong who were waiting in the back, were about to go on stage when they suddenly received a notification of suspension. They looked at each other in surprise: "What happened?"

  "Sorry to interrupt, but the cheering squads for 'I'm Sorry I Love You' and 'Full House' are at odds with each other. The PD is handling it, so can you all just wait a bit?"

  Having said that, the staff quickly left, and the hurried back shadow with the exit news was like a stone pressing heavily on the hearts of the three people.

  "There were no signs before, so how did it suddenly start?"

  Park Sun-young shrugged, "Fans are just emotional like that."

  "Speaking of which, Rain and Ahn Jun-hee are the most popular people on site today. Their fan clubs are making a big fuss, I think the TV station is going to have a headache."

  Whether the high-level TV station is a headache or not, no one knows, but everyone can feel the headache of the person in charge of PD. In the next few minutes, the entire live broadcast hall was busy with staff rushing back and forth to communicate with the support teams of the two dramas on stage, asking them not to cause trouble again, otherwise they would be kicked out.

  Unfortunately, the effect was minimal. Through mutual mobile phones and text messages, these fans had already learned about the controversy on the outside network. They would not let their own momentum be overwhelmed by the other side. Some fans even scolded when threatened by staff to drive them away, and the audience was in chaos for a while.

  Many actors and directors looked at this scene with absurdity, completely unable to understand what was going on, their eyes frequently gazing at the crew seats of "Sorry, I Love You" and "Full House".

  Hearing the quarrel from behind getting more and more intense, An Junhe, who had been expressionless all along, finally stood up.

  "What are you doing?" Li Hengmin hastily pulled him and said, "In this situation now, you're not suitable to take the lead, quickly sit down."

  "It's okay, I'll go talk to those fans." An Junhe smiled slightly and walked towards the audience seats on the left.

  Not far from this seat, with neighboring seats Han Ji-a and Song Il-gook, etc., paying attention to the chaos in the back, Kim Tae-hee was surprised to see Ahn Jun-hyuk getting up and walking towards the audience seat, and couldn't help but exclaim: "What is he doing?"

  "It should be trying to control the fans, right?" Zhao Xianzhai guessed, with a faint smile that couldn't tell whether it was disdain or amusement at the naivety of the newcomer: "Still inexperienced, huh? At this time, he went over there, undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire. Later on, when the fan club of 'Romantic Full House' starts cheering together, those fans who came into contact with him and got emotionally excited won't erupt in a frenzy, that's for sure."

  It seems to fulfill his judgment, when An Junhe suddenly came over this way, the cheering squad of "Sorry, I Love You" suddenly emitted a deafening scream. The girls who saw their idols were hysterically releasing their excited emotions, and even the staff who were arguing didn't care, rushing over quickly, wanting to get in close contact with him.

  On the right side, the cheering squad of "Romantic Full House" fell silent for a moment before bursting into waves of boos, with some people chanting slogans: "Ahn Jun-hee, get out! Ahn Jun-hee, get out!"

  The fans of An Junhe, who were excited just now, suddenly became angry. Some girls who had just stood up and wanted to get close to An Junhe turned around and rushed over there, shouting angrily, scolding, and making the air vibrate with their loud noise.

  This sudden outbreak of conflict, as if time had stagnated, the performers on the guest seat were worried, stunned, and sarcastic, with different expressions. In the back stage, the PD in charge, who had been paying attention to this side, was pale, and many staff members in the audience seats were staring blankly, at a loss for what to do.

  As a fierce dispute was about to escalate into physical confrontation, potentially leading to injuries and bloodshed, many onlookers with an attitude of "it's none of my business" were already imagining what headlines the media would use tomorrow, and how the enraged TV station executives would punish the two production teams and actors.

  Just then, a loud shout of anger echoed through the great hall:

  "Shut up!"

  The scolding was extremely loud, so that the entire hall fell silent for a moment. Whether it was the "Romantic Full House" cheering squad on one side or the angry "Sorry, I Love You" cheering squad on this side, who were ready to teach them a lesson, they all stopped in shock and looked towards where the voice came from.

  Under the bright lights, Ahn Jun-hee still walked slowly towards the left side of the audience seat, his expression cold, and his deep eyes were like a stormy sea, black as ink, calm on the surface but hiding a raging undercurrent that could destroy everything.

  He pointed at those fans who wanted to rush to the right side and take action, coldly scolding: "Look at you, what are you doing? Get back to your seats!"

  Those fans stared in shock as he walked away slowly, his eyes cold as a knife.

  "This kid is done for..." Many onlookers thought this for a moment. They knew fans too well, when you fit their psychological expectations, they could fanatically support and worship you, but the day you hurt their hearts, they would instantly turn into your anti-fans, and this kind of anti-fan was more frenzied and terrifying than others who opposed just for the sake of opposing.

  To the public, An Junhe's behavior of scolding is simply pushing his fans to the opposite side. They can even foresee that after tonight, this newcomer named An Junhe will face betrayal and condemnation, which may make him a shooting star, falling down before he reaches the peak.

  But sometimes facts can be quite beyond one's expectations.

  After a few gasps, the onlookers were stunned to see that the fans who had stared at An Junhe in shock for a while gradually lowered their heads under his gaze and silently returned to their seats with dejected expressions, although they still looked resentful, but no one resisted, completely opposite to their previous enthusiastic performance.

  "...". The crowd stared blankly, speechless and dumbfounded.

  They certainly do not know how much prestige An Junhe has in the fan group, especially among the hardcore fans. The birthplace of the first batch of fans, "Anjia Xiaozhu", that small and still relatively simple community to date, every little change, every bit of popularity growth, all have his and the fans' hard work and sweat in it.

  Many people have witnessed and experienced it personally, from his previous obscurity to his current popularity. They have gone through the criticism and attacks from fans of other celebrities together. On this bumpy road, he has never changed, treating his fans like close friends, taking time out of his busy schedule every day to chat with them online, asking about their well-being.

  Never before has there been a star who, at such close range and in such vivid detail, grew up alongside his fans. As a result, many of his die-hard fans first regarded him as a good friend, and only secondarily as an idol to be worshipped, which is why they have always listened to what he had to say.

  This is something that outsiders cannot understand.

  The sudden conflict also ended with such a sudden result, after scolding, Ahn Jun-hee chatted with those fans for a while, restraining their emotions, and the turmoil that almost became a big event dissipated quietly. In the following time, the fans of "Romantic Full House" did not provoke again for some reason, and the support team of "Sorry, I Love You" would not take the initiative to start trouble against Ahn Jun-hee's words, the atmosphere did not become intense again, and the live broadcast finally started normally after being delayed for more than ten minutes.

  Such a grand prize ceremony held by the TV station is actually just a game of dividing up the cake. The purpose of the TV station itself is simply to reward the dramas that brought them ratings over the past year. A series of awards, except for the Grand Prize, Best Drama and Network Popularity Award, all other awards are shared among several popular dramas. Just by looking at the ratings, you can already guess the outcome of the award ceremony, basically without any suspense.

  As the most popular dramas of mid-year and year-end, "Full House" and "I'm Sorry, I Love You" both received numerous awards, including the Silver Couple Award, Popular Actor/Actress Award, and Excellent Actor Award. In comparison, "I'm Sorry, I Love You" received more awards because Ahn Joon-young and Lim Soo-jung were newcomers who made their debut on screen, and it was no surprise that they won the Newcomer Award along with other actors. Also, since "I'm Sorry, I Love You" aired during the period of the Grand Prize for Acting's online voting, the online popularity award vote showed that the combination of Ahn Joon-young and Lim Soo-jung received a high support rate of 150,000 votes, making it impossible for other actors to compete.

  The next day, the newspapers reported on the award results. The fans of "Sorry, I Love You" and "Full House", who had been arguing online the night before, should have been gloating on one side and disputing on the other, continuing to bicker over the award results, but instead both sides fell silent at the same time.

  It's because fans who attended the ceremony yesterday spread Ahn Jun-hee's wish that they wouldn't cause any more trouble, that things have calmed down.

  On the other hand, the silence from the fans of "Full House" or Rain is due to three photos posted on a portal site.

  One is the audience seats that are noisy and about to fight, one is Rain on the guest seat, staring blankly at the back, seemingly not daring to move, and the last one is Ahn Jun-hee's back directing fans to return to their seats.

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