lovenovelstory Chapter 55 Oppa just likes Kim Tae-yeon!
Chapter 55 Oppa just likes Kim Tae-yeon!
The next day, with the arrival of the weekend, an unexpected storm swept through the entire South Korean film industry.
The news that the high-definition original footage of "Haeundae" had been leaked online eventually spread.
However, compared to the worst-case scenario that might have been faced, this crisis was abruptly brought to a halt by a series of unexpected events.
If it weren't for Lee Jong-hoon searching for a movie last night, he would have stumbled upon that newly uploaded link on a pirated website.
If Li Zhixing hadn't acted decisively and woke Yin Jijun up in the middle of the night, this disaster probably wouldn't have fully erupted until Saturday noon, given the normal work schedule of CJ's copyright monitoring department over the weekend.
Thanks to the dozen or so hours that Li Zhixing managed to carve out, CJ Entertainment's legal department was mobilized in the early hours of the morning.
Just before the peak of weekend internet activity, CJ swiftly sent cease and desist orders to several of the largest P2P websites in China, forcibly blocking the initial download sources.
Meanwhile, the National Police Agency's Cyber Investigation Unit also intervened in advance and began to trace the uploader in reverse.
This timely warning, while unable to completely prevent the secondary dissemination of resources in private, successfully suppressed the initial spread of piracy.
This precious buffer time gave CJ's overseas distribution department some breathing room.
Before high-definition piracy spread widely overseas, they urgently contacted Chinese cinemas that had just released the film and sent legal instructions to overseas copyright buyers in advance, barely managing to stabilize the situation and avoid the crisis of being forced to cancel the film without any preparation.
However, in this digital age, some things, once leaked, are absolutely beyond human control.
Even with the authorities cracking down hard, hidden BitTorrent seeds are still circulating everywhere.
In the Yongsan Electronics Market and some remote subway stations, some vendors have even started secretly selling low-quality DVDs with high-definition videos of "Haeundae" on them.
The rampant piracy was only a matter of time.
Although the bulk of the domestic box office revenue has been secured, preventing the production company from losing everything, the momentum to break film history records has been forced to a halt, and the additional copyright and DVD markets are also destined to suffer a severe blow.
Even so, director Yoon Je-kyun felt not only anger and heartache, but also a lingering sense of fear.
He knew better than anyone that if they waited until piracy was rampant and links were everywhere before they realized what was happening, the subsequent rights protection and overseas claims they would face would be an unimaginable nightmare.
In the past few days, the executives of CJ Entertainment and the production team have been working frantically to cooperate with the police in investigating the mole and putting out fires everywhere.
Li Zhixing, who had sounded the whistle, withdrew from the mess early on.
Catching thieves and handling lawsuits are the jobs of the police and the Ministry of Justice.
For him, having done all that he could, the rest was none of his concern.
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9 month 2 day.
LOEN Entertainment Headquarters, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
In a recording studio at the end of the third-floor corridor, Li Zhixing was sitting in front of the mixing console, skillfully pushing and pulling the audio track control keys, and making equipment adjustments before recording.
On the sofa behind him, Lee Ji-eun was sitting cross-legged with her arms crossed, looking sullen.
Today she was wearing an oversized short-sleeved T-shirt, paired with loose athletic shorts, and her hair was casually tied into a slightly messy bun.
"Jie-eun," Lee Ji-hyung said, taking off one of his earphones, "Don't linger here. Go back and practice your new song. Taeyeon-ssi will be here soon."
Lee Ji-eun didn't move; instead, she glared at the back of her oppa's head and said in a sour tone, "Am I in your way here?"
Li Zhixing stopped what he was doing, and with amusement, ruffled her hair, making her bun even more messy.
"What's wrong with you today? Why are you being so sarcastic?"
"snort!"
Lee Ji-eun turned her head away from his hand, finally unable to hold back her frustration and venting all her anger: "Oppa wrote such a good song, and you won't let me sing it! I begged you so much!"
Li Zhixing explained with a wry smile, "Didn't I already tell you? The situation at IRIS is very complicated right now, and there could be a media storm at any time. It's not appropriate to involve you in it."
"Besides," Li Zhixing added, "didn't you already sing the OST for 'Queen Seondeok'? Wasn't that drama even more popular?"
"That's different!"
Lee Ji-eun frowned, continuing to express her strong dissatisfaction: "Oppa's first song wasn't for me! His first OST wasn't for me either! Oppa is so biased!"
Li Zhixing glanced at her sideways: "Didn't you say that my lyrics like 'Let's all laugh together' were childish?"
Lee Ji-eun choked for a moment, her face turning bright red: "That's...that's different, one thing is one thing!"
Her eyes darted around, and she sized Li Zhixing up and down before concluding, "Oppa, stop changing the subject. You just like Kim Tae-yeon and want to hear her sing, right?"
Li Zhixing remained silent for two seconds.
Then, feigning shock, he exclaimed, "Huh? Is it that obvious? You saw right through me?"
"Oppa!"
Lee Ji-eun jumped off the sofa and let out a furious protest.
Just then, a timely knocking sound rang out on the door.
Immediately afterwards, the recording studio door was pushed open, and Kim Tae-yeon poked half her body in.
As soon as she entered, Taeyeon saw Lee Ji-eun standing with her hands on her hips, looking up at Lee Ji-hyung angrily, while Lee Ji-hyung spread his hands, looking completely innocent.
Taeyeon paused, sensing the slightly awkward atmosphere in the room. She gave an embarrassed smile and said, "Um... how about I come in later?"
Lee Ji-haeng turned around, smiled, and waved: "It's okay, come in, Taeyeon-ssi."
Then, he turned to Lee Ji-eun and waved, "Go, go, I have to get back to work. Go back to your practice room."
As he spoke, he reached out and turned Zhi'en around, pushing her towards the door.
Lee Ji-eun glared at him with displeasure, then looked at Kim Tae-yeon, who was still a little confused.
Looking at the leader of Girls' Generation in front of her, Lee Ji-eun subconsciously compared herself to her.
Today, the other person was wearing a fitted white T-shirt and light blue denim overalls, with her hair tied in pigtails and a small hair clip.
Although the two were about the same height and her figure didn't seem to be much better than hers, she looked fair, tender, and cute, exuding a bright and exquisite charm.
Looking down at her loose short-sleeved T-shirt and athletic shorts, Lee Ji-eun pouted and muttered to herself: It's just recording a song, why bother with such a carefully chosen outfit?
Although countless thoughts raced through her mind, Lee Ji-eun still walked up to Kim Tae-yeon and bowed respectfully.
"Hello, Taeyeon sunbaenim."
As Kim Tae-yeon looked at the well-behaved girl greeting her, the photo she had seen on the trending topics that day involuntarily flashed through her mind.
She felt that the brother and sister didn't look alike at all, but she still smiled and bowed in return, saying, "Hello, IUxi."
After saying hello, Lee Ji-eun was about to leave.
However, just before opening the door, she turned back to look at Taeyeon and said earnestly:
"I'm really looking forward to Taeyeon's new song. I'll definitely listen to it carefully when it comes out."
Taeyeon was stunned for a moment, just about to say thank you.
On the other side, Li Zhixing mischievously teased him, "Didn't you just confidently say that you would also record a version and compete with Taeyeon-ssi?"
"Oppa!"
Lee Ji-eun completely broke down this time, stomping her feet in shame and anger, then covering her face and fleeing from the recording studio, leaving behind Lee Ji-hyung with a wicked grin.
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