When I Opened My Eyes I Was a Superstar - Chapter 125
# 125
The End and the Beginning (4)
– Do you know where Seo Kang-jun is now?
“Where are you?”
-I got a room at the club.
“Ah…”
There was no need to say anything to each other.
After briefly talking to reporter Choi Seong-jun, Do-wook checked the portal site.
I searched under Seojun’s name, but there were no new articles posted other than a rebuttal article saying that they were not related to S, who was mentioned in the Joowon University admissions corruption article.
It seemed like Seojun’s accusation of school violence, which was heating up the Internet, would be left alone.
Whether it’s true or not, Ara Entertainment should have made a fuss by saying they would sue the person who wrote the letter for defamation.
That was the original Ara Enter method. If you act more confidently with a negative attitude, you will be divided into pros and cons and die down without a conclusion. As time passed, the untied controversy disappeared more easily.
‘But given the circumstances, I can’t even file a complaint… Because a show like that only works if there are people who believe in it…’
Of course, until it’s revealed, fans say they should listen to Seo Kang-Jun’s position. Although there were many opinions, the public’s arrow was already aimed at Seo Kang-jun.
Even if it was just a little bit off, the arrow could have flew right away and fatally injured Seo Kang-jun.
‘For now, staying still is probably the best option. The more noise is made, the more disadvantaged Seo Kang-Jun becomes. Even as long as the facts of the assault are true.’
Thinking about it, Do-wook passed through the hallway again and grabbed the handle of the room where the members were and opened it.
***
“You called me.”
Seo Kang-jun, who entered General Manager Seo Jung-won’s office, saw his father and became dizzy enough to want to close his eyes for a moment.
Director Seo Joong-won held a golf club in his hand. Before Seo Kang-jun could say anything more, the angry head of the Seo Joong-won’s golf club was swung at Seo Kang-jun.
“evil-!”
Seo Kang-Jun, who was hit on the shin, fell down on the spot with a ‘scream’ sound. A deep pain rose from my feet to my head.
A golf club once again flew over Seo Kang-jun, who collapsed.
Seo Kang-jun instinctively raised his arm to block the flying golf club.
“Ugh!”
This time my shoulder felt hot. It was unbearable pain. Seo Kang-jun pursed his lips.
“Sigh…”
My breathing became rough due to the pain I had experienced for the first time in a long time.
However, Director Seo Joong-won, who rolled up his arms, did not make a single sound of breathing. He just had a disapproving expression on his face, as if he had tried to throw two golf balls far and failed.
As a child, Seo Kang-jun once broke a vase in the living room while playing around the house.
Director Seo Joong-won, who came back after drinking, broke Seo Kang-jun’s calf to the point where Seo Kang-jun couldn’t run for a while.
It wasn’t just when I did something wrong. Director Seo Joong-won’s hand habit of always throwing his fists was not something that could be simply described as a hand habit.
It was clearly domestic violence. Not only Seo Kang-Jun but also his wife would sometimes use handshake and look like a robber rather than the head of a family.
At the same time, he talked about how hard he was working outside for this family and how he was a dog to others. His wife and children urged him to live with gratitude.
Under pressure from his father, Seo Kang-jun couldn’t even breathe properly at home.
But it was different when I went outside. From the outside, Seo Kang-Jun was the main character and could have been a robber. It was okay to do that.
The violence and oppression he suffered at home gave Seo Kang-Jun the legitimacy to behave as he pleases outside. In return for putting up with his father, he was able to exercise power on his back.
Seo Kang-jun imitated his father, who was a violent criminal at home but was kind when he went out.
After doing this, I understood why my father did that. The pleasure of stepping on something weak was truly exhilarating. No matter how much I stepped on it, I couldn’t even wriggle. Everyone was weak. Weak things deserved to be stepped on.
However, this was all just a self-excuse from Seo Kang-jun’s own perspective.
Not everyone in the same situation makes the same choice. It’s just that Seo Kang-Jun was that kind of person.
Director Seo Joong-won asked while looking at Seo Kang-jun, who was lying on the floor and enduring pain.
Director Seo Joong-won said he wanted to do more, but considering Seo Kang-jun’s job, he stopped at two units.
“Explain.”
“What…”
“What?! Didn’t I tell you? “You can do whatever you want, but don’t do anything that might get you caught!”
Seo Kang-jun clenched his molars.
In any case, it turns out that Seo Kang-Jun has never had any accidents. Nevertheless, my father started swinging the golf club without even asking whether it was real or not.
“What are you going to do about illegal admission? “I went to a university that I didn’t need to go to for no reason…”
Seo Joong-won, the head of the division, blurted out in frustration at his son who was glaring at him with a resentful gaze.
“You were the one who said you wanted to push Kang Do-wook out! And since it wasn’t really fraudulent admission, it was a problem that could be resolved quickly. “Even if you didn’t cause any violence.”
“I’m suing you. “There is no evidence anyway.”
“Sue? That’s easy to say. Then, if evidence comes out! “You may win the case, but it is likely to be a self-defeating move.”
“Then…”
Seo Kang-jun looked at Director Seo Joong-won with anxious eyes.
Never before has his position been so precarious. I never thought it would be dangerous.
If there was even a small problem with Seo Kang-jun, the son and product of Director Seo Jung-won, Director Seo Jung-won’s hands and feet stepped in to take care of it. So the sudden crisis drove Seo Kang-Jun crazy.
Even though he was upset when he was pushed out by KK and Kang Do-wook and was unable to take first place, which he naturally deserved, he was confident that one day he would overthrow Kang Do-wook and get to that position.
When he was kicked out of the lead role in a drama he had even filmed, Seo Kang-joon, who had been an empty shell from the beginning, disappeared and felt like he was standing naked in the middle of the city.
“For now, don’t even think about showing your face and just pretend to be self-reflective.”
“Why me! “What did I do wrong?”
“Isn’t it true that you beat the kid?”
“There is no evidence! “If there is no evidence, it doesn’t happen!”
Director Seo Joong-won looked shocked at Seo Kang-jun’s words. At the same time, I shook my head. It was exactly the way he taught.
“Are you sure it’s not real? If you take care of yourself, you will soon forget again. “The public are like dogs and pigs.”
“How long?”
“How do I know that! “You annoying bastard!”
“father! It’s my job! “Please step forward!”
“I am your father, but I am also the general manager here.”
Seo Kang-jun’s eyes wavered like candles in the wind.
“Father, no way…”
It was my son, after all. He was reading his own thoughts faster than anyone else. Director Seo Joong-won made a sad expression.
“Not yet.”
“No way… No, father!”
Seo Kang-Jun stood up from his seat, struggling. He got up and
said, “Why don’t you say no yet!” So, don’t cause any more trouble until it’s all sorted out, stay in your dorm and just breathe!”
Director Seo Jung-won shouted. The fact that it is not yet means that it may happen someday.
‘Abandoned.’
Seo Kang-jun slowly shook his head.
“This isn’t a children’s game; everything is chosen based on value. “There is no difference just because he is a son.”
“father!”
“Go out and have a look.”
Seo Kang-jun said no more. Saying more would only offend Director Seo Joong-won further.
They say there is no difference just because he is a son, but in reality, because he is a son, Seo Kang-jun was a card that could be more easily discarded.
As he gave more full support to him because he was his son, criticism could easily have fallen on Director Seo Jung-won as well.
Director Seo Joong-won was a person who was ready to ‘cut his tail’ at any time.
“Man-to-man doesn’t make as much money as I thought… tsk.”
Director Seo Joong-won clicked his tongue when he saw the door through which Seo Kang-jun left. I thought it would be a goose that lays golden eggs if I raised it because it was smooth, but not only that, it was a pain in the ass. Since he had invested something, he had to do whatever he could to fix it.
He threatened Seo Kang-joon with the hope that he would not go on a rampage and trust only in himself as his father, and with the desire to create celebrities under his company who would listen more obediently to what he said, but Seo Joong-won, the head of the division, was also making his own moves.
‘Let’s see…’
Director Seo Joong-won was wondering how to get out of this.
***
However, Director Seo Joong-won thought something was wrong.
From the beginning, Seo Kang-joon was a person who could not survive without the support of Director Seo Joong-won. The fear that he might eventually be abandoned by his father shook Seo Kang-Jun to his core.
Of course, Seo Kang-jun did not have the ability to handle such shaking.
It was Seo Kang-jun, who expressed his shriveled ego within the family by using violence outside.
Seo Kang-Jun left Ara Entertainment’s headquarters and headed to a club he frequented that way. Some Sasaeng fans who were following Seo Kang-jun were whispering as they watched him heading to the club.
“Hey, is it okay for Jun to be like that?”
“I know. The article said that he would stop his activities for a while and take a break, but this is what he meant by taking a break.”
“I guess I’m very heartbroken because of the drama. The woman only called me to my dorm. “Is it true that you hit someone?”
“Kids at the same high school said they’ve never seen Jun hit anyone. That handwritten letter must be fake. It’s true that he has one personality. “Could it have been that bad?”
“but. You don’t look big enough to do something like that and appear on TV. “I know you’re upset, but why are you drinking at a time like this?”
“I know. Sometimes, when I look at him, he seems careless. “It’s because the image making is good.”
“Well, sometimes he’s rude to the members too. “He also cursed.”
“They lied so cleverly on broadcast.”
“that’s right.”
Even though they were whispering, the students were busy giggling rather than worrying at the thought that Seojun was the ‘Seojun’ only they knew.
Meanwhile, Seo Kang-jun, who had entered the club, found a room and invited friends he used to hang out with in high school.
They were people I didn’t even keep in touch with after I became an official trainee at Ara Entertainment.
Friends rushed to the celebrity’s call. Among them were those who had also harassed reporter Choi Seong-jun’s younger brother.
“Why did that bastard fall asleep now!”
Seo Kang-Jun swore freely for the first time in a long time and indulged in alcohol. I was hit on the shin by a golf club and it seemed as if a screw had come loose.
It was difficult to endure the constant insults about myself posted on the Internet. It was even more so because I had never been insulted like this before.
“Oh, I liked those times. “When I saw that bastard peeing, it was so funny that I died!”
“So~!”
“Oh shit! Don’t talk dirty. The taste of alcohol is poor! That fucking bird. “I had to break my hands so badly that I couldn’t even hold a pencil.”
Seo Kang-jun said, collecting his saliva and spitting it on the floor.
“But how can you live without contact?”
“So you called me again. “You know what happens if you talk about your old days out loud, right?”
“You know, you know. We never do that. Are you shooting all of this? “Can I order more liquor?”
“Do as you will.”
When Seo Kang-jun staggered and held out his hand, his so-called friends cheered and called a waiter.
And after a while.
The waiter was thrown to the floor. The reason was that it offended Seo Kang-jun. Blood burst out from the corner of the mouth of a waiter who was hit in the face by Seo Kang-jun’s fist.
This was when Seo Kang-jun kicked the waiter in the stomach. Every time I moved my feet, my shins hurt.
The door opened and people screamed. The person who secretly approached and opened the door to reveal the situation inside the room to the outside was reporter Choi Seong-jun, who was secretly watching the situation.
As a family member of a victim of violence, we could no longer watch the waiter being abused.
Reporter Choi Seong-jun took pictures while hiding in the crowd. Even if reporter Choi didn’t film it, too many people’s eyes were already on Seo Kang-jun.
“What…”
“Seojun… You know Seojun?”
“Who are you hitting now?”
“Huh…”
“Didn’t you say you hit someone in high school?”
“I need to call the police!”
“wait a minute! “Please step aside for a moment!”
The club manager, startled, was running through the crowd. I had no idea why the door to the private room was wide open.
Anyway, that wasn’t what mattered now.
Seo Kang-Jun was frozen under the gaze of people who looked at him like an animal.