Shortly after Mo Xun posted on Weibo, Xu Baichuan called, his voice anxious: “Why did it take so long?”
Mo Xun explained: “BNC’s manager didn’t want me to see them. I contacted Jung Taemin privately and finally met them.”
Xu Baichuan was silent for a moment, frowned, and said: “BNC’s manager is indeed very arrogant… Anyway, it’s good that we got the video. I’ll ask their PR to issue a statement.”
Mo Xun asked with concern: “How are Tang Che and Junwen?”
Xu Baichuan sighed with a headache: “Junwen is still looking for those two paintings. Tang Che wants to sue. I’ll communicate with him. You and Yinnian will return to China tomorrow, and we’ll issue a unified clarification after you come back.”
Mo Xun said: “Okay.”
After hanging up, Mo Xun looked at Fang Yinnian and said softly: “Let’s sleep first. These two days, staying up late with me, you must be exhausted.”
Fang Yinnian smiled: “It’s okay. We’ll sleep in tomorrow.”
They hadn’t slept all night, only dozed off for a few hours on the plane. Now that things were resolved, sleepiness came like a tide, and they didn’t wake up until noon the next day.
Mo Xun and Fang Yinnian took a plane back to Jiangzhou.
After a whole night of public opinion fermentation, Mo Xun’s clarification video was shared wildly across the internet, and Shengyao’s PR team also took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire.
Currently, 80% of online public opinion has turned in Mo Xun’s favor, with only a few stubborn holdouts still making noise.
January 3rd, 2 PM.
KET, the Korean agency representing BNC boy band, suddenly issued a serious statement—
“Recent reports about bullying incidents involving our BNC member Che Changxu during his trainee period are false rumors taken out of context.
BNC is an idol group created by KET Company. From the trainee development stage, members lived and trained together, with relationships as close as family. There has never been any internal bullying within the team.
Mo Xun from China was a trainee at KET Company for four years. During his time in Korea, he had friendly relationships with other trainees.
Although Mo Xun chose not to debut in Korea for personal reasons, KET, as one of the companies that trained him, respects Mo Xun’s choice and hopes he will have better development after returning to China.
Mo Xun did not experience isolation, discrimination, or other unfair treatment during his time in Korea. The Korean trainees at the company were equally friendly to him.
Please carefully verify information sources and do not spread rumors. KET Company reserves the right to pursue legal action.”
This was clearly a PR statement that Xu Baichuan directly requested from KET headquarters.
The statement published in Korean was quickly translated and forwarded domestically, with media outlets eager to join the excitement.
#BNC Boy Band Agency Statement#
The topic climbed to high trending positions.
Meanwhile, numerous related topics appeared on the entertainment charts.
#Mo Xun Bullying Che Changxu Incident Was Actually Acting#
#Mo Xun’s Acting Skills#
#Korean Trainee Bullying Inside Story#
#Mo Xun Was Originally a BNC Candidate Member#
For a moment, both K-pop and C-pop fans were collectively shocked.
That was the Asian supergroup BNC!
It seemed they knew about this internally too. The company’s rush to clarify was obviously worried about other members’ acting bullying scenes with Che Changxu being exposed.
They also clarified that Mo Xun wasn’t isolated or discriminated against in Korea, to avoid hatred and conflicts between fans from both countries.
According to the agency, Mo Xun could have debuted in Korea but chose to return to China?
A large number of casual viewers flooded Weibo.
Those who previously called Mo Xun a “bully” all apologized en masse.
“Sorry Mo Xun, sincere apologies!”
“Giving Mo Xun’s Weibo a like and follow. I also said some harsh words these past two days, sorry!”
The queue of apologetic comments was truly spectacular. Mo Xun was too lazy to look.
Some who had been too vicious initially were hunted down by netizens for accountability and scared into deleting their accounts and fleeing.
Bloggers who had written essays mocking Mo Xun also hurriedly deleted their posts. This slap in the face was too painful. Looking back at their “Say No to Bullying” essays, it was so embarrassing.
Their behavior was the real cyberbullying!
An entertainment forum suddenly had a post: “Veteran K-pop fan here to spill about MX’s time in Korea”
This post perfectly satisfied the curiosity of gossip-hungry masses.
Click rates and reply counts soared.
“MX went to Korea as a trainee 5 years ago. KET Company had a family concert that year where trainees participated in performances. Since MX was the only green card holder in that batch, I paid extra attention.”
“He’s truly talented. After only one year of training, he was already in center position for the family concert performance, dual-center dancing with current BNC leader Jung Taemin, with a solo dance battle section where their skills were evenly matched.”
“KET originally planned to debut 7 members. Fan clubs were already organized, debut date and support colors were set, but when they debuted, it became 5 members, with MX and Park Jung-hwan absent.”
“The company explained they withdrew for personal reasons, but no one knows what specifically happened.”
“Then MX returned to China and became FTM’s captain.”
“Saying he bullied others is complete nonsense. He was very popular in Korea, often hanging out with Jung Taemin and Che Changxu. Fans who followed trainees back then took many photos of them together.”
“Pulling out a 4-year treasured live fancam video. If interested, check out 16-year-old little Mo Xun, super handsome [Bilibili link]”
This poster’s IP was Korea, working in Korea, following K-pop for over ten years, quite knowledgeable about trainee situations at various Korean companies.
She happened to attend the KET family concert that year and filmed 16-year-old trainee Mo Xun’s first stage performance.
Because he was a trainee from China, she paid special attention and filmed Mo Xun throughout the entire show.
Netizens clicked into the video.
16-year-old Mo Xun, face full of youthful innocence, stood at center stage with Jung Taemin. He danced very seriously, and despite his young age, you could see his unique personal style.
Shoulder pops, hip lifts, spins—every movement was crisp and decisive.
When the song reached its climax, Mo Xun and Jung Taemin’s solo dance battle instantly ignited the venue.
A string of “ahhhhh” floated through the bullet comments.
“Damn, 16-year-old Mo Xun was this amazing?”
“Isn’t Jung Taemin called the dance king? Mo Xun’s skills are actually comparable to his? Beyond my imagination”
“I said Mo Xun’s dancing is powerful and especially handsome. He had good foundation from childhood—born to eat this bowl of rice!”
“16-year-old little Mo Xun’s dancing could kill a bunch of traffic idols”
“He was blackened this time because he’s too excellent and aroused hatred?”
“Poor handsome guy, may Mo Xun have a bright future!”
The video was pushed to the homepage trending, and Mo Xun’s followers began surging.
…
At 3 PM, Fang Yinnian and Mo Xun returned to Jiangzhou.
Driver Jiang picked them up at the airport. On the way back, Mo Xun opened Weibo and saw—he had previously lost over 100,000 followers due to the bullying video, but today gained hundreds of thousands in one go.
This wave actually tortured out a batch of die-hard fans. Countless fans felt sorry for Mo Xun being cursed by the entire internet all night.
A notification appeared in the upper right corner of Weibo: “BNC Che Changxu followed you.” Mo Xun clicked in to see this was indeed Changxu’s account with official verification, obviously just registered.
He casually followed back.
This mutual follow left fans confused.
“What’s happening?!”
“BNC’s youngest Che Changxu, the supposed victim of Mo Xun’s bullying, actually followed Mo Xun, hilarious”
“Is he following Mo Xun for revenge? Hahaha!”
“Mo Xun followed back!”
“The online bullying claims are really ridiculous”
Che Changxu used translation software to post: “Hello Chinese netizens, I’m BNC’s Che Changxu. @FTM Mo Xun is our very good friend. Brother Mo Xun even taught us a lot of Chinese.
Regarding the public opinion issues caused by my personal hobby of requesting everyone to act out skits on my birthday that year, I deeply apologize T_T
Hope to have a chance to visit China ^^”
He attached a photo—a group photo from the birthday, with the boys wearing identical black tank tops, smiling brightly at the camera, faces covered with cake. Mo Xun had the least cake because his acting was the best.
16-year-old Mo Xun looked youthfully innocent, arm-in-arm with BNC leader Jung Taemin, looking very close.
Netizens: “…”
Their faces hurt so much!
Che Changxu stepping forward to post on Weibo was very likable, since this was his fault. If he had hidden and played dead, people would think he lacked responsibility.
With the incident’s main character coming out to clarify, the so-called “bullying” claims were like slapping themselves in the face.
Fang Yinnian praised: “Your friend is quite principled.”
Mo Xun put down his phone and smiled: “My evaluation scores ranked in the top three. If I hadn’t voluntarily withdrawn back then, Changxu would have been eliminated—his scores were at the bottom.”
Fang Yinnian was stunned: “…I see.”
Che Changxu’s successful debut was largely related to Mo Xun’s crucial withdrawal and return to China. He probably remembered this kindness.
The good deed Mo Xun planted back then had now borne good fruit.
Fang Yinnian asked: “Do you regret it? If you hadn’t come back, you’d now be a BNC member, a top idol popular across Asia.”
Mo Xun met Fang Yinnian’s curious questioning gaze.
He had regretted it before.
But now, he was very grateful.
He smiled gently and held Fang Yinnian’s hand: “No regrets.”
Fang Yinnian held his hand back: “Yes, let’s continue working hard in China. We can also become top idols in the future.”
Mo Xun agreed: “Of course.”
***
After returning to the dorm, Fu Fei excitedly hugged Fang Yinnian: “Brother Nian, how did you also go to Thailand! When we woke up yesterday and found you weren’t there, we were confused. Then we saw photos of you and Brother Mo at the airport in the CP super topic.”
Fang Yinnian said: “I was worried about Mo Xun going alone.”
Tan Junwen happened to come in and, hearing this, smiled: “Family accompaniment—Xiao Fei, don’t you understand? No wonder the fans went crazy shipping.”
Fu Fei nodded: “Got it, accompanying him on the trip while doing some marketing business, right? No wonder fans went crazy.”
Fang Yinnian didn’t explain further.
He couldn’t explain why either. At the time, there was just a voice in his heart telling him to accompany Mo Xun. Thinking of Mo Xun being snubbed alone in a foreign country made his heart ache.
…Forget it, couldn’t explain clearly.
Just consider it marketing.
Fang Yinnian changed the subject: “Junwen, did you find your painting?”
Tan Junwen’s hair was messy like a nest of weeds, like a poor stray dog weathered by the elements.
He sighed: “I went back to the ancestral home to search, turned the house upside down before finding it, and got severely scolded by my grandfather. Damn.”
Tan Junwen gritted his teeth: “I’m irreconcilable with that bastard who leaked it—made me get beaten for nothing!”
Mo Xun asked: “Why did your grandfather beat you?”
Tan Junwen guiltily looked away: “Well, the family elders had no idea I became an idol. When they saw the trending topic, my grandparents almost had heart attacks.”
Fang Yinnian: “…”
As expected, Tan Junwen was unreliable. He didn’t tell his parents and secretly ran to Shengyao to sign the contract. His parents were also shocked on the day of his debut stage.
It seems his parents kept it from the elderly, but now the elderly also know.
Tan Junwen sighed: “Fortunately, my grandmother was rushed to the hospital in time and nothing serious happened, otherwise I really couldn’t explain it.”
Mo Xun patted his shoulder: “It’s good that nothing happened.”
After a while, Tang Che and Xu Baichuan entered the dorm one after another. Both had much more relaxed expressions, indicating things went relatively smoothly.
Xu Baichuan waved: “Come, everyone sit.”
Everyone quickly sat down in the living room.
Xu Baichuan cleared his throat and smiled: “The opponents came aggressively, buying the main trending topic #First Big Scandal of the Year# on January 1st, spreading your black history all over the internet.”
A glint of cunning flashed in his eyes: “Then why don’t we use this wave of traffic to continue making this matter go viral?”
They say being in the entertainment industry is like “surviving tribulation.” FTM’s major tribulation was obviously backed by capital wanting to destroy them.
After exhaustive efforts to dig up dirt, they only found this much. Xu Baichuan was actually relieved—it meant the five of them really had no more black material to expose.
Xu Baichuan said: “The opponents played #First Big Scandal of the Year# to attract casual viewers and ruin FTM’s reputation. Then we’ll do a series with the theme #First Reversal Drama of the Year#, continuously releasing clarification statements.”
“Don’t the masses love eating melons? Eating once isn’t fun. Let’s do it in stages, like a serialized drama, letting the whole nation know FTM was slandered and suppressed by dark forces.”
