When I Opened My Eyes I Was a Superstar - Chapter 123
# 123
The end and the beginning (2)
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[Hello.
I am writing this article to shed light on Seo Kang-jun, who is active under the stage name Seo-jun.
I picked up the pen after seeing a comment saying that good Seo-jun couldn’t do that…
Today, an article about Seo Kang-joon appeared and I couldn’t laugh or cry… All day long, all internet sites were plastered with stories about Seo Kang-jun…
I thought Seo Kang-jun and We went to the same high school. (I don’t want to use the friendly term ‘classmate’)
The reason I wanted to laugh was because I was a victim of school violence committed by Seo Kang-jun. The exact same words he spat at me after being cursed… I honestly felt relieved when I saw the comments saying, “If you’re going to live like that, die.”
I know I shouldn’t write such a comment to someone, but… I felt vicarious satisfaction.
On the other hand, the reason I couldn’t laugh… The reason I wanted to cry was because Seo Kang-Jun’s face that appeared in every article… made me shiver just by looking at that face.
Just looking at that name makes my hands shake and tears come to my eyes.
I am the same age as Seo Kang-jun. However, while others are outside chatting with friends, taking classes at university, or working, I am writing this article inside my room.
I know I’m not bragging… I know I’m weak… I’ve already been criticized a lot by others… My family’s tears have already been a dagger to me.
However, due to the violence of Seo Kang-jun and his group, I dropped out of high school and locked myself in my room, unable to go out, becoming a parasite living in the house.
I used to be a timid but average student. Studying? I couldn’t do it… I couldn’t play sports and my family wasn’t rich.
Still, it wasn’t a life so difficult that I wanted to die. Until I met Seo Kang-jun.
At first, he approached me and was friendly. For about two days… Then, I ordered him to buy drinks from the canteen.
It was hard for me to refuse to run errands for Seo Kang-jun, who was rich, handsome, and popular. At first I said it was a favor.
The next request was to bring me cigarettes, alcohol, and if I said no, I got slapped.
One day, he suddenly took out all his cigarettes and stuffed them in his mouth… When Seo Kang-jun had a bad day, he was dragged to the back mountain and beaten until his stomach turned blue.
He said that he should never show off, so he never hurt anyone in a visible place, and if he got hurt somewhere, he showed meticulousness in waiting until it healed.
He treated me with a smile in front of others.
Then, during break time, he took me to the bathroom and made me drink water from a mop. He even told me to clean my blood-stained shoes and lick them with my tongue. If I didn’t do that, he would kick me to the side. .. I wore it without covering my thighs.
The process of strangling him and then releasing him before he suffocated to death continued.
It is difficult to write this as memories from over a year keep coming back to me, but the reason I am writing this is because I also want to overcome this.
Even when I asked the school for help, the school did not provide proper help. It’s probably because of Seo Kang-Jun’s background. Seo Kang-jun stopped beating me when he started his trainee life. But I dropped out.
I was too afraid to meet people. Even though he was smiling at me, I felt like he would stab me if he turned around.
The day I saw Seo Kang-Jun on TV, I tried to harm myself. I wanted to die.
I hated the world.
Who is more monster? Who turned me into a monster?
Thank you for reading my rambling post. In addition, I am attaching a photo taken the day I was last assaulted. I
was younger at the time than I am now. I was unable to properly gather evidence due to fear, so I could not even file a complaint.
I also know that there are people who don’t believe what I write. Still, I wanted to reveal it…]
It was a handwritten letter from Reporter Choi Seong-jun’s younger brother. It was a long letter, spanning three pages.
It appeared that reporter Choi Seong-jun was the one who scanned and uploaded the letter.
In the waiting room of the premiere, Dowook felt something hot rising up in his chest as he read the handwritten letter posted on the community.
The community was in an uproar. In addition to the site where reporter Choi’s younger brother first posted it, the article was also spreading to other communities.
In addition to the handwritten letters, someone also typed them up and organized them so that they were easy to read.
The photos released there were visually very stimulating. Therefore, people’s shock doubled with the contents of the letter.
Originally, even though reporter Choi Seong-jun published an article about Seo-jun’s violence, he would have been treated as a scoundrel and counter-sued for defamation.
Because of this, Dowook changed his strategy. It was aimed at a time when public opinion about Seo Kang-joon was not good. And I chose to appeal emotionally. Dowook also knew that it was a provocative method.
‘But people forget too easily… there was a need to shock them.’
Of course, since the identity was not revealed, a battle for truth could be achieved. However, it will be difficult to erase what has already remained in your mind.
‘If more incidents occur in succession, there will be no way to get rid of them…’
This incident could have been cruel to Reporter Choi Seong-jun’s younger brother, but properly disinfecting and treating the wound was also accompanied by pain.
I was still young. There were many opportunities left to start life again. Do-wook hoped that through this work, he would truly be able to overcome his past.
However, because we could not just blindly push the victim, we consulted with a psychiatrist several times, with Choi Seong-jun’s consent, to see if it would be okay to describe the victim directly.
As Choi Seong-jun’s younger brother, it was the first and last time he showed courage. So, we had to take Seo Kang-Jun down and make sure he could never stand in front of the public again.
In that way, it was meaningful for Choi Seong-jun’s younger brother to write while going through his own wounds.
“Why are you looking like that? “Are you nervous?”
Park Hyo-won, who was waiting together, glanced at Do-wook and asked.
“No… something like this popped up on the Internet…”
Do-wook held out his cell phone towards Park Hyo-won. Park Hyo-won, who was handed the cell phone, opened her eyes wide when she saw the contents.
“What the fuck! If this article is right, isn’t the guy here a total bastard? “Is it true?”
Park Hyo-won shouted. As expected, it was something that anyone could not help but be angry about. Park Hyo-won looked disgusted.
“It really… seems like it.”
“Well, if the content is that much, it would be difficult to fake it.”
Park Hyo-won shook his head. Even thinking about it again, it seemed disgusting.
“Anyway, there are a lot of bastards walking around wearing human masks.”
At that time, the door opened and a staff member came in. It was news that the movie screening had ended. Now it was time to go up on stage and greet the reporters.
Director Yoon Seong-ah, who had been away for a while, also returned on time.
“let’s go.”
Do-wook nodded at Park Hyo-won’s words. Just before Do-wook left, reporter Choi Seong-jun exchanged messages.
[Like I said, I think I can catch up from today]
[For now, I’ll just shut myself down and reflect on myself… Will I really get into an accident again?]
[Yes. Because they are beasts, not humans. And it will remain.]
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-What on earth is this…
-Is this article real? I’m so shocked right now
– Take down the post, you crazy bastard, you’re trying to bring down Seojun oppa! Where is the evidence that Seojun oppa did it?
– No matter how I look at it, it looks real… What is this letter? It
makes me cry. – I think they should indicate that there is a photo in the title. I almost
threw up as soon as I saw it. – Are you laughing like that after doing something like this? Trampling on someone else’s life? How can you do something like that? All devils are devils
– The admissions corruption scandal is now like some kind of joke hahaha You did something like that too
– You weren’t the one who got caught?????
-Byeongkgeum -Let
‘s see if you say something like that even after you get hit
-If it’s true, I don’t want to even see Seojun’s face
-I guess I should go to the police instead of the prosecutors, right?
-You have to get hit equally to come to your senses, really XXXX…
-Seojun gets kicked out! Seojun is kicked out! Seojun arrested! Seojun arrested!
-The most corrupt idol of all time ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Assault idol ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Expel Seojun, the assault idol!!!
-You have to make Seojun’s life a good one too.
Director Seo Joong-won’s expression turned scary as he was blocking Joo Won-dae’s article while calling the Internet site shown by Director Cheon, who was like his own limbs.
“What is this again?! “Holy shit!”
In the end, an expletive came out of Director Seo Jung-won’s mouth. The landline phone on the desk in the head office was ringing again. Director Seo Jung-won unplugged the phone cord and threw the phone away.
The phone shattered with a loud cracking sound.
There was even a petition posted on the Internet calling for Seojun to be kicked out. Seojun’s fan site also posted a notice and took the stance that it would be closed until the results were announced.
As it became such a big issue, entertainment reporters also began to secretly publish articles. It was a huge hit.
I was already feeling a pain in the back of my head. Director Seo Jung-won also knew that a prosecutorial investigation had been launched into the admissions irregularities related to Joowon University.
However, the relationship between Joo Won-dae and Ara Enter was nothing worth catching.
There were roughly two types of corruption among professors at Joowon University College of Arts. They used illegal tutoring or received kickbacks to give perfect scores on anonymous practical exams.
In the past, Ara Entertainment had admitted many of its celebrities to Joowon University. It wasn’t just Seo Kang-Jun.
As Ara Entertainment is a large entertainment company, it often takes political stances across various fields. What he meant was that, unlike other places, there are times when it moves in political and social aspects even if it is not profitable.
For this reason, Joo Won University often sent its celebrities to alumni events and commemorative events hosted by Joo Won University. So, it was natural for the university to welcome a celebrity from Ara Entertainment.
Although an official relationship clearly existed, there was no reason for the agency to engage in illegal dealings with the university.
It was the choice of professors, including the department head of Joowon University, to give Seojun a higher score than his ability. Among them, it was the professors’ political choice that caused Do-wook, who was like a thorn in his eyes, to fail after receiving a score lower than his ability.
Since no money was exchanged, Director Seo Jung-won was proud in his own way.
However, as soon as the prosecution investigation began, an article surfaced that the idol group S was involved. If it had been an article from the entertainment department, Director Seo Joong-won would have been able to stop it.
Even Director Seo Jung-won did not have control over the Social Affairs Department. Even if you tried to file a complaint, it was true that an investigation was launched and your name was listed.
If the results had come out without the article being published, there wouldn’t have been any problems for Seojun. However, the problem was that the article broke first.
The illegal admissions scandal was going to be a big incident. The number of cases that Director Seo Joong-won knew about was several. I was thrilled to see Seojun’s face on the front page of the incident.
I had no choice but to hold out as much as possible until the results came out. Then, people will forget and it would be all right if it weren’t for the results.
However, the fact that the broadcasting station turned their backs only gave the public greater confirmation.
Because KVS was a public broadcaster, it was much more conservative than other broadcasting stations. Even if it was unreasonable to do so, they tried not to broadcast celebrities who caused social controversy.
Director Seo Jung-won tried to persuade CP one more time, but the only response was that the director’s mind had already changed.
“How much did it cost me…”
After hanging up the phone with the CP, Director Seo Jung-won gritted his teeth.
But now it wasn’t just a university issue.
“Call Kangjun in right now!”
“yes. All right.”
Director Cheon bowed his head and then turned the call to Seo Kang-jun.
There were veins in Director Seo Joong-won’s eyes.
“Useless child…”
Director Seo Jung-won did not know that Seo Kang-jun’s hobby and specialty throughout middle and high school was bullying and assaulting his classmates.
It was Director Seo Joong-won who advised me not to leave behind evidence if I wanted to become a celebrity later.
Director Seo Joong-won’s eyes caught the sight of a golf bag placed in one corner of the director’s office.
“Ha…”
With a deep sigh, I picked up the golf club.