FNC's CEO (hypothetically) chooses Yonghwa over Hongki as his successor and pisses off Primadonnas

[tokyocinema.livejournal.com]

CNBLUE‘s Jung Yong Hwa may just become the next CEO of FNC Entertainment and he has the current CEO to thank.

On yesterday’s broadcast of MBC‘s “Radio Star“,CEO Han Seong Ho was asked who will he choose between CNBLUE’s Jung Yong Hwa or FTISLAND‘s Lee Hong Ki as successor of his company. CEO Han chose the CNBLUE leader as his successor for his own company and directly said to him: “you are the only one who can reach higher heights than I have.”

The CEO also explained that Jung Yong Hwa does not create trouble and is very good when it comes to company politics. He further complimented him and pointed out that whenever he has free time, he goes to the company to take care of trainees.

Jung Yong Hwa did not hide his surprise and even joked if what CEO Han said could be considered a verbal agreement. CEO Han continued and stated that the CNBLUE leader is also the type to do everything well, further explaining his choice for the question.

Meanwhile, FNC Entertainment released a statement to enraged fans of FTISLAND which stated: “To CEO Han Seong Ho, both Lee Hong Ki and Jung Yong Hwa are musicians that he treasures dearly. Everything is just for show, since it is a variety show. Every child is dear to his parents. Please do not misunderstand.”

translation: "Oho.. ㅋㅋㅋ I want to go on Radio Star too when I make my comeback ㅋㅋㅋ PD, scriptwriter-nims, please invite me when I have my comeback... ㅋㅋㅋ"


Article: FT Island Lee Hongki, "Invite me to Radio Star too", counter diss to company CEO?

Source: Sunday News via Nate

1. [+363, -17] Isn't FT Island the group that made that company as big as they are now anyway..?

2. [+350, -17] The CEO does indeed put them on the backburner too much when FT Island is the one that funded them in the beginning...

3. [+218, -16] A group's output is dependent on how much support the company gives them... Jung Yonghwa gets drama roles and still gets solo albums even when they don't do well... Meanwhile FT Island fans already know that they won't get any support. The CEO talked down way too much about Lee Hongki on yesterday's broadcast. He could've at least ended his talk with saying Hongki's still a nice kid or something but he didn't.

4. [+23, -6] Try to support Lee Hongki half as much as they support Jung Yonghwa. This group got the company popular and now that they're popular enough to go on shows like this, they sit there talking crap about their own artists?

5. [+20, -1] The CEO thinks CNBLUE never cut at their own image? But I still remember their plagiarism controversy

6. [+14, -0] Han Sung Ho that stupid bastard

7. [+14, -3] Yeah, the CEO pissed me off yesterday too. Can't believe he's even a CEO.

8. [+13, -3] They should talk this out among themselves...

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Article: Han Sung Ho CEO "Lee Hongki and Jung Yonghwa are all musicians I love" (official statement)

Source: TV Report via Naver

FNC Rep, "Both Lee Hongki and Jung Yonghwa are musicians that CEO Han Sung Ho feel preciously of. A variety show is just a variety show. You bite all 10 fingers and there's not one finger that doesn't hurt. We hope there aren't any misunderstandings."

1. [+861, -161] The CEO is so supericial

2. [+659, -84] Only now he says that ㅋㅋㅋ beating him down and then treating him with medicine? ㅋㅋㅋ He was really thoughtless with his words yesterday

3. [+653, -81] Tsk tsk... as a Jung Yonghwa fan, I felt bad for Lee Hongki on yesterday's episode

4. [+476, -74] So many bad rumors surrounding this guy...

5. [+416, -50] How laughable ㅋㅋㅋ

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Sources: Soompi, TV Report via Naver, Sunday News via Nate, Netizenbuzz

Comments

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

I doubt Hongki would want the job tbh
and honestly Yong Hwa is probably a better fit
Just like CL or Panda would be better fit than GD or TOP

That CEO seems like a tool though, always saying unnecessary stuff

[sakuragirl24.livejournal.com]

i wish he'd just shut up seriously i really dislike him. WHat was he doing there in the first place, Yonghwa sure didnt need his "support", he put him in such an uncomfortable situation. He's just making everyone uncomfortable tbh, and Pris didn't need another reason to be pissed blergh i probably don't make sense whatever
In other news ftisland just finished their tour and they apparently had a blast, i hope they keep going on stage drunk to piss him off lol

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

of course CEO wiill pick yongwha ... he was there too, seated right next to him
seems to me this guy just wanted to act cool on tv

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

He'd make a hot CEO tho.

[lilykt7.livejournal.com]

Hongiki is literally a piece of shit tho so I honestly don't curr how he feels. I'm not even a big fan of yongwha but I'd pick him over that masogynistic ass wipe too.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

"masogynistic ass wipe" ?

[lilykt7.livejournal.com]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q9RILCA0sc4

I watched him on mnet scandal when I was younger so this was even before I matured a little and started paying attention to feminist issues, still even at that age I recognized that his behavior was super controlling.

In their very first meeting he critucizes her for wearing revealing clothes. Like legitimately gets upset by it. Then when she comes back for like another date wearing more appropriate clothing he's all like oh I'm happy she listens to me. He also got genuinely upset when she talked on the phone with a guy. . It's just all very old way of thinking. Throughout the whole show he's just so domineering and weird. I felt super uncomfortable because everyone just accepted it so casually. Even now whenever I see him instead of appreciating his outspokenness I see it less as a sign of him being honest and down to earth and more if a sign of him being just acdouche bag.

[lilykt7.livejournal.com]

Pardon me feminist issues was the wrong term. Abuse victims can be male too. Point was his behavior was inappropriate.

[prissma5050.livejournal.com]

that was a scripted show. it's like saying everything in WGM is real. plus, you judge a teenager kid.
but it's your right to hate him.

[lilykt7.livejournal.com]

I don't think age, especially when your 18 or older is an excuse in situations like this. As another commenter said he himself has acknowledged his behavior in the past. Which is fine, hopefully he's changed. Your obviously a fan of his which is also fine. someone asked me to elaborate and I did. I'll probably never like him or be interested in anything he does because that show left such a bad impression on me. But that's reality, that's why people need to be careful of what they say and how they act in situations that are character defining. Like how you treat a significant other. that was literally the first time I've ever seen him on any show. So I understand how as a fan whose seen his better sides that can be frustrating to hear.

[maghishaw.livejournal.com]

can you tell me what he's done? I honestly don't know

[lilykt7.livejournal.com]

See my reply to the above^ some people would argue that he's not as bad as some other artists out there but I would never let a guy treat/speak to me the way he talked to that girl. I would hope I would also stand up for a girl who I saw being treated that way as well.

[fairyland-not.livejournal.com]

not trying to change your mind or anything but i rmb watching it somewhere that hongki himself knows that he was a douche in the past, like being all controlling and stuff and he has changed for the better.

well i mean who knows the real story right. but not many will admit their mistakes so since he did, y'know maybe he did change

[marsinblue.livejournal.com]

As a hardcore CNBLUE fan and a sympathiser/casual fan of FTISLAND, I'm tired of this mess and done with this CEO. Whilst the Radio Star MCs are just doing their job by stirring controversy and picking sensitive issues, the CEO should have done his job by replying in a more politically correct way to a lot of stuff.
tbh this article in particular is not that bad, it's ok to say one person has a more managerial/business-minded mindset than another. The problem is that the entire show the CEO nuanced things the wrong way and at the end it had to be Yonghwa to show appreciation for FTI (lol the irony, indeed Yonghwa did a more CEO-like job at Radiostar than the actual CEO).

The two bands get along well but the fandoms are always in tension. Why does he insist on jeopardising their friendship and making the fandoms be even more at odds?

*end of rant (-.-) *

[hongaerin.livejournal.com]

Same, and I agree with everything you said. I really don't know what the CEO is thinking.

[prissma5050.livejournal.com]

Mr.Han need to stop going on tv. he need to understand this is not about him, it's about his artists.

[angela-derp-otp.livejournal.com]

HongKi and FT need to leave that company tbh

[jesymphony.livejournal.com]

This. I get that there's loyalty whatever but Hongki should just take his boys and go. I reckon they could get resigned to a Japanese label very easily, considering that's where they're doing most of their work now anyway.

[hongaerin.livejournal.com]

WHY does the CEO need to be there ? Can't Yonghwa do well on his own ? Does he need CEO babysitter to be always by his side ?
This is annoying.

[miuratenshi.livejournal.com]

I really do not like this CEO.

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

What's worse about the CEO being an asshole and stirring controversy is that he got to sing a song and Yonghwa couldn't even promote his solo.

The CEO clearly used this opportunity to act like he was a celebrity by leveraging Yonghwa being on the show

[prissma5050.livejournal.com]

he was a failed singer in the early 2000's. his hunger for fame is disgusting.

[donutism.livejournal.com]

This CEO....

I don't care for CN or FT, but justice for AOA. Poor girls.

[magicpineapple.livejournal.com]

If he's like this to the guys, I'd hate to see what he's like to the girls...

[fukkthedumbshyt.livejournal.com]

So what about N.Flying because Kwon Kwangjin has been waiting forever to debut? Stop fucking him over!

puh-lease

[anonymous-loljk.livejournal.com]

but that's an obvious choice though.
if there's anything wrong about this whole thing is why they even need to ask that kind of question. as if the tension between both fandom isn't strained enough already. also, if the CEO is smart he'd find a way not to answer this. he, more than anyone, should know there's already enough uproar about him favoring cn blue over ft island.
enough is enough.

Re: puh-lease

[oystersauce87.livejournal.com]

Lol mte.
I don't see Hongki as an fnc ceo either. His interest is definitely something else. The other members, maybe.

It's the way he is putting down hongki is what irks me.
Appreciate your artists a bit more please.

[jjkk1993.livejournal.com]

I haven't been following along with FNC so can anyone tell me /why/ the company or CEO is putting FT Island on the back burner? Is it just because it's easier to not have to deal with providing the resources/promoting 2 bands at once and have them make the profit they can in Japan...? Just genuinely curious.