Chapter 35 - Press Conference I

The press conference was arranged in the auditorium hall, with five chairs placed on the stage behind the long table which was equipped with mics and water bottles, and tissue boxes.

The reporters were sitting down the stage and there were at least twenty reporters today to capture the end of the most popular and powerful girl group and get an explanation about the recent scandal of Lin Hui with deceased Jiang Yue.

Luo Dan and Jia Wei were clad in black dresses. They were barely wearing any makeup and were not dressed up as they used to be. The reporters captured their dull and pale complexions. They were still not over Jiang Yue's death.

Whereas the youngest member of the group, Hao Mei was sitting beside them, clad in a white dress. She was sitting there, looking all serious and her eyes were red and she looked pale and weak.

Qin Ju entered the hall with the head of the PR Department who will host the conference. Qin Ju took the seat beside Hao Mei, looking indifferent as if he had no relationship with her.

In front of the public, they were still not open about their relationship and were trying to portray a professional employer and employee relationship.

The conference started and the head of the public relations department gave his introductory speech before handing the matters to Qin Ju.

" First of all, I would like to thank all the prestigious reporters who came all the way to be part of this conference. We are holding this conference, to announce not only the disbandment of our most popular girl group 'The Queens' but also to say farewell to our two best artists, Luo Dan and Jia Wei.

It was very unfortunate that Jiang Yue left us leaving everyone helpless and heartbroken. No one can take her place, and to keep her in our remembrance, the group 'The Queens' will be disbanded and will not be continued." His words caused whispers among the reporters. Though they had expected this and there were gossips about this way before, it was still difficult to handle this news.

He pursed his lips and continued, " After long deliberation, and respecting their decisions, Luo Dan and Jia Wei will leave the company earlier than expected. Even though their contract was supposed to end this year, we have decided to let them go early, maintaining our good relations."

Reporters were impressed by the way he spoke. Everyone knows how good QY Entertainment treated their artists, especially The Queens. The girls had made the company what it is now.

" What about Hao Mei? Is she also leaving the company?" A reporter asked when Qin Ju only explained about the two members.

Qin Ju took the mic and responded, " No. After a discussion with each member and knowing their wishes, Hao Mei is not leaving the company and will be with us for some more time. She is the youngest and hasn't seen the world properly yet."

" It's our responsibility to guide her and build her career. That is why she will be making her solo debut as usual. The dates might be shifted forward, but it will be released this year."

The reporters nodded in understanding. She was young and it's useless to throw away their career just because of misfortune.

The other members were not angry at Hao Mei's decision to continue working at the company. It was her life and her decision. However, they were a little upset that she decided to stay at a trash company which was doing nothing to clear the name of Jiang Yue.

However, in the end, it's Hao Mei's own choice and they don't want to interfere in her life and let their friendship be affected because of this.

" Mr. Qin, will you tell us something about the recent scandal about Lin Hui and Jiang Yue?"

" Yes, Mr. Qin. What is your explanation concerning the notice released by the company?"

The reporters bombarded Qin Ju with their questions about the scandal after he explained about the other members and their disbandment.

Qin Ju glanced at Hao Mei carefully, who nodded her head, signaling him to reveal everything.

It was the best opportunity to make their final blow which will ruin Lin Hui's reputation.

" It was not easy to talk about this scandal because the person involved in this matter is no more with us. However, we have investigated it and found that Lin Hui was guilty all along and he had been in a relationship with Jiang Yue aka Ming Yue all this while."

" We are not sure if he had played some tricks while arranging their schedules and did wrong to other members but we can't let such unprofessional ethics continue in the company. A manager and an artist relationship should be pure and professional.".

" However, the pictures that were going on the internet, is their personal affair which was made public. It was the violation of their personal information, so we are going to take a legal approach towards the violator of this rule. And in regards to Lin Hui, we have already fired him."

" We can't say anything about Jiang Yue since she is not between us anymore. However, I regret that I couldn't support my artists well and could not make them comfortable enough to talk about what is going in their life."

" If they had revealed their intentions before that they wanted to be together, the company would have supported them and things would not have turned out like this as it is now." He said with solemn expressions.

Jia Wei who was listening to his words frowned seeing the way how shamelessly he was putting all the blame on Lin Hui and Jiang Yue. They had tried to make him understand that Jiang Yue had nothing going on with Lin Hui but he didn't listen to them.

They can't believe that despite being in a relationship with her for three long years, he does not trust Jiang Yue.

How can he base his so-called judgment after seeing those misleading photographs?

The reporters saw Hao Mei who was silently sobbing and tears were flowing out of her eyes without any stop.

They immediately felt bad seeing her devastating condition. One of the reporters raised her hand and asked, " Hao Mei, what do you think about Jiang Yue's scandal? Have you ever noticed that something was going on between them? Do you think that she was pretending to be nice to the other members and did wrong to you guys in any way?"

The other reporters nodded as they were curious to know about this as well.

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