Chapter 422 - An Explanation

A few of the outraged fans raised their hands while the others kept quiet.

"To those of you who raised your hands, do you all really know them personally?"

Those fans then answered aggressively.

"Of course we do!"

"We have been following that woman's news ever since the day she debuted!"

"We know her better than anyone else!"

"However, we didn't know that she is actually a sl*t!"

"I can't believe that I trusted her my whole life!"

"She lied to everyone! She is a liar! She should never be forgiven!"

"Listen to the question carefully, that's not what we were trying to ask. Let me repeat the question in a different way. Are you all acquaintances or friends with her? Meaning to say, she knows all about you and you know all about her. If you all do, please raise your hands."

No one raised their hands.

Su Hong Shan looked at everyone before he smiled happily.

"Thanks. Next, to all the reporters, do you know how the public view all of you?"

A few reporters scratched their noses as they nodded.

"They are not very good, right?"

The reporters nodded again.

Su Hong Shan smiled once again, "I hope you guys can keep these two questions in mind until the end of today's session. What we are going to say next, is prepared by everyone in Blue Diamond Entertainment, and it also represents what our boss wants to say to all of you."

The reporters and the fans were puzzled as to why they had to keep those questions in mind because they seemed irrelevant to the interview.

Su Hong Shan didn't bother to explain why he wanted them to keep those questions in mind.

"Firstly, thank you all for coming here today, be it the reporters or the ex-fans. Secondly, thank you to all the fans out there who are rooting for your idols whether emotionally or physically. I hope you guys can remain calm and quiet until you listen to whatever I have to say. To all of you, it seems like we owe you an explanation be it for why we kept Ting Ting or Dan Dan in Blue Diamond Entertainment. Or even, the relationship between Ting Ting and Mdm Lu. Or Jin Sheng and Ning Xu. Or any other idols that have a romantic or biological relationship with others. However, I am very sorry to say this, we actually don't owe you an explanation."

The reporters suċkėd in a deep breath when they heard the straightforward sentence.

Meanwhile, some of the fans were pretty shocked and angry because of those words.

"How could you all say that?! We are the ones supporting your idols!"

"You guys definitely owe us an explanation!"

"They have to tell us everything about them and what they do as long as they are still artists!"

Su Hong Shan smiled because they already expected such reactions from the public.

"We have the responsibility to make sure that our artists present their best work because that's our artists' jobs. They do what they like, perform, act, sing, dance, and everything else. They do all those for a living and also to enjoy what they like, and they deliver them to you guys. Without all of you, they wouldn't be able to stand wherever they are. However, this doesn't;t mean that they have to explain every single thing to you. Their interaction with you is restricted to their work areas. Their personal life belongs to them and only to them. Even other people in Blue Diamond Entertainment has no right to know about anything regarding their personal life. Yes, they are public figures, but that doesn't mean that their personal life becomes public just because of that. That's the reason why it is called personal life and not public life. Even though they are idols, they have something called personal life and they deserve to have privacy as well."

Su Hong Shan paused for a moment to see if anyone was going to rebut him, and indeed, there were a few unhappy faces and some spoke a little softly.

"But... But they are supposed to be our role models. If they do something wrong, they should be explaining it to us."

"Since they are public figures, doesn't that already mean that their lives are constantly on the watch?"

"They should let us know what they are doing so that we can learn from them."

"Yes, as public figures, they have the duties of being the role models and teach people what's morally right and what's not. However, that doesn't mean that they have to tell you and explain to you every single thing about their personal life. This is just like how even though some people are not public figures, but they are put up on the internet when they do something wrong. This is what we call the shaming culture. We put people up on the internet because of something they do wrong and let everyone else shame them even though it might be their private affairs that we are talking about. Their lives are constantly on the watch because there are people out there that like to catch other's wrongdoings and then flash to the whole world. Would you all like it if people were to pay close attention to what you do every day? No, right?"

Most of them shook their heads when they heard the question while others remained silent and unmoving.

Su Hong Shan then sighed deeply, "Honestly speaking, none of you have the right to speak ill of anyone in any way. Not even their friends and families have the right to badmouthed them in any way. Yes, their friends and families can advise them and tell them that they did something wrong. However, not even their families and friends have the right to talk bad about them publicly because those are their private matters. This is just like how secrets are no longer secrets if you tell them to another person."