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Even though it was already past midnight and heading toward dawn, light was still leaking out from the KJ Entertainment office.
A man sat at a desk in the content team corner of the office, pounding away at the keyboard with focus.
“Ugh··· what is wrong with these bastards, writing this much fake crap?”
It was none other than content team editor Lee Hyuksu.
-“You traitor, as of today you’re sentenced to managing Lee Sion’s NamuWiki!”
After leaving an order you could easily call workplace bullying if this were a normal company, Team Lead Hakyoon had immediately run off, so Hyuksu was stuck staying late to manage Lee Sion’s NamuWiki.
It all started with Iam’s Marine Corps camp content from a week ago.
It was definitely content that began from a firm determination to make Iam go through the plan at least once, but for some reason, that Marine Corps camp content ended up mutating into a showdown between Iam and the content team, shocking the entire company.
-What the hell··· is this.
Even CEO Kim Sanghyeok, who usually watched the countless videos the content team edited and, unless it was really something, would just let it pass with a short hum, got so flustered when he saw the rough-cut Marine Corps camp video this time.
-Won’t the kids look way too disgusting if this goes out?
-Hmm··· the fans already know the members do disgusting things sometimes, so it might be fine.
-Team Lead Hakyoon, the eyes are rolled back in this.
To the point that Sanghyeok and producer Raon hurriedly held a meeting to discuss whether they should air it or not.
But the biggest problem was that Hyuksu had switched sides to Lee Sion during the Marine Corps camp content and betrayed the content team.
Of course, the content team had also roped in Kurosawa Yuri among the Iam members and planted Yuri as a spy, so it was a filthy fight where neither side could blame the other.
-One day, when are we taking over KJ Entertainment?
-Seriously, Sion, it’s only you.
But the ending of that filthy fight ultimately concluded with Lee Sion and Lee Hakyoon getting forcibly dunked in seawater, and the two of them, betrayed by their teammates, ended up tightly banding together afterward, triggering the worst possible situation.
-Do you have the next Extreme Part-Time Job content picked yet?
-Originally, I was going to make them do a cosmetics shop part-time job, but···
-How about crab fishing? On a Russian deep-sea trawler.
-You lunatic, Lee Sion, are you a genius?
Was this what it looked like when a demon and a demon joined hands?
A demon and the demon of content had formed an alliance and were pressuring Iam’s members and the content team.
And the first sacrifice was Hyuksu.
The scope of what a company had to manage for idols was much broader than you’d think.
They had to patrol communities and social media to make sure rumors or bad talk about the members weren’t spreading, and—
Lately, even NamuWiki was on the agency’s radar.
It made sense. People said, “It’s NamuWiki,” and regardless of whether people dismissed the truthfulness of its contents, the moment someone got curious, the first place they went to look was NamuWiki.
It was the same for people who started becoming interested in idols.
‘They see it on TV or YouTube, get curious, and then look up NamuWiki first.’
So the agency couldn’t not pay attention to NamuWiki.
Of course, if you touched it clumsily, you could get tracked down by the resident “historians” who camped on NamuWiki twenty-three hours a day and end up creating a black-history incident, so managing NamuWiki was more complicated than it sounded.
“Whew··· it’s one person, that’s the problem.”
Usually, idol NamuWiki pages looked calm on the surface.
Because fans and antis would wage a fierce war, then an admin would show up and try to mediate, and whichever side didn’t accept the mediation would get slapped with a ban and it would wrap up.
That was why, early on when the page was first listed, Iam’s fans also fought with everything they had to stop anti-fans from registering controversies and incidents on the page, but—
-I already gave up lol
⤷This already left our hands
⤷Honestly it’s all real so there’s nothing to say
⤷Since all the controversies are real, it’s hard to even argue
⤷If you just look at the NamuWiki page list, you’d freak out and ask how the group hasn’t disbanded yet
⤷The crazier part is that one person caused all of it
By now, even the fans had given up on that a long time ago.
Iam’s NamuWiki page was extremely long for a rookie girl group.
Sure, it had Iam’s group album photo set as the profile and detailed profiles written underneath, just like any other idol page, but—
7. Controversies and Incidents
That section was more detailed and more packed than even girl groups approaching their tenth year.
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But Hyuksu, who’d been put in charge of managing Iam’s NamuWiki, wasn’t even surprised anymore.
With no particular emotion, Hyuksu clicked into Controversies and Incidents, and a detailed page opened up.
1. Overview
A document that records the controversies and incidents of the South Korean girl group IAM. -In fact, one person caused all of it.-
2. Individual
2.1. Lee Sion Agbaek relatives controversy
2.2. Lee Sion fan cafe Sionism (formerly Sionism) naming controversy
2.3. Lee Sion school violence suspicion
2.4. Lee Sion Legend of Valley intentional trolling suspicion
2.5. Myeongdong fan signing event raid incident
‘Huh··· nothing going on.’
Hyuksu looked at a section overflowing with incidents that would make an agency lose its mind even if there was just one, and still thought nothing was going on.
But it really was nothing going on.
No, if anything, it was way shorter than before.
In fact, the current controversies and incidents section used to have far more sub-items, but—
-I think Lee Sion using the corporate card without authorization in Iam’s New York content should be listed on this page.
⤷It was not used.
-In Idol Ground 100, during the Battlefield Ground Zero content, Lee Sion distributed notes without authorization to contestants Lee Sion was personally close with, so it should be listed as a controversy···.
⤷Testimony says the notes were distributed even to contestants who couldn’t get on stage regardless of personal closeness. (Eliminated contestant social media post link)
-Lee Sion and the Bang! Bang! Love team leaving the team dorm without authorization harms the fairness of the program···.
⤷This is not an issue to be listed in the Controversies and Incidents document.
After countless debates, what remained—reduced and sifted down—was the current controversies and incidents document.
‘There’s no way we can cut it further from here.’
The company didn’t even want it reduced any more than this. As long as wrong information didn’t get left in, or new content didn’t get added, they were satisfied and fine with it.
Still, Hyuksu was already scared thinking about how much more Lee Sion—who was ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) only three months into activities, no, barely four months in—would stretch this scroll during the rest of the promotion period, after already building “achievements” big enough that you had to scroll for a long time.
Click.
This time, Hyuksu clicked into Lee Sion’s individual page.
For the other Iam members, there wasn’t much need to worry about their individual pages.
Since everyone except Lee Sion had an original agency, those agencies were managing them separately.
So KJ Entertainment only needed to check Lee Sion’s individual page, but that was never easy.
Lee Sion (IAM)
Real Name: Lee Sion
Birth: August 25, 1997 (19 years old)
Haan neighborhood, Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province.
Body: 169 cm, Blood Type AB, 235 mm, right-handed
Family: parents, aunt
Education: Graduated Gwangmyeong High School
Agency: KJ Entertainment
Group: IAM
Position: Lead Vocal, Lead Dancer -second place line-
Debut: May 4, 2016, IAM Single Album Vol. 1
Nickname: See the relevant section for details
The beginning of Lee Sion’s individual page wasn’t any different from other idol members.
Even the profile photo had been changed to the jacket photo from the new album, and it was so pretty that anyone seeing it for the first time would space out just staring.
But if that were all, people in the company wouldn’t be calling Lee Sion’s NamuWiki management a “punishment.”
1. Overview
2. Pre-debut
3. Position
4. Character
5. Individual Activities
6. Miscellaneous
7. Past Profile Photos
Whirr.
No matter how far Hyuksu scrolled down until fingers felt sore, Lee Sion’s individual page still didn’t end.
‘The power of collective intelligence is seriously scary.’
Since it wasn’t one person writing it but many people continuously adding content, the endless growth of the document’s volume was awe-inspiring every time.
Even Hyeryeong’s individual page from G.G, the girl group that once boasted the highest popularity among the previous-generation girl groups, was never this long.
4. Character
4.1. Visual
She is considered one of the representative visuals of third-generation girl groups, and within Iam as well, she is an official visual member.
Many people think she wears colored contacts, but surprisingly, she has had light eyes since birth.
She is famous as a member whose long, straight black hair suits her exceptionally well, but because of the silver hair she showed on the Agbaek final stage, she got the nickname “live-action elf.”
Her height is 169 cm, the second-tallest among the members after Lee Gahyeon, but because her face is unusually small, many people often mistake her as the tallest.
Because of these outstanding visuals, she pulls off a wide range of fashion styling regardless of concept, and she was even picked first place in an idol vote for “the member who stands out most on stage” or “the idol you most look forward to seeing in a pictorial.”
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Just the portion under Visual in the Character section—nothing else—was an enormous volume that could be compared to the entire page length of other idols.
‘In person, it really does make you go speechless.’
In fact, when Hyuksu remembered the first time he met Lee Sion during Agbaek filming, he had been so shocked by her looks that he’d gotten tongue-tied, so he could understand a page stuffed with descriptions of Lee Sion’s appearance.
But having to check this enormous volume line by line to see if there was incorrect information, or if anti-fans had added false stories again, was Hyuksu’s job, so it was enough to make his vision swim.
More than anything, the real monster was—
6. Miscellaneous
The Miscellaneous part, separated into its own standalone document, was the main culprit that gave Hyuksu a headache.
-It has been verified through evidence that she entered a gifted education institute in kindergarten. However, according to someone who knows Lee Sion, a story spread that her college entrance exam scores averaged Level 5, causing controversy. The agency stated it cannot answer questions related to an individual’s private life, so the opinion that it is true is gaining weight.
-She is considered the main culprit behind mass-producing trolls in Legend of Valley. Rift users see Lee Sion as even more malicious because when she plays the ADC position instead of top, she shows a win rate high enough to be suspected of boosting. -Seiker delivered justice by refusing an autograph. Do not forget the Rift’s three evils who threw the Rift into chaos after losing to Lee Sion.-
-She is a huge Three Kingdoms fan. In particular, she practically worships figures from Shu, like the Liu-Guan-Zhang brothers and Zhuge Liang, and accordingly her hatred for Wei and Wu figures is nearly “Liu Bei reincarnation” level. However, despite frequently bringing up Three Kingdoms-related talk in daily life, most of her content is based on Romance, so Three Kingdoms nerds suspect she might not know the official history.
-Her athletic sense and stamina are extremely good. According to her own words and testimony from people around her, despite not learning sports or martial arts separately, she has a record of beating a group of multiple people armed with weapons by herself in a 7-to-1 situation, shocking everyone. Not only that, based on contestants’ testimony that she repeated the same thing throughout the program—practicing until dawn even during Agbaek filming—it seems she’s simply born that way. -A girl idol respected by Kim Hyundong!-
-She appears to have inherited her maternal bloodline. Lee Sion’s mother (A.K.A. Madam Sukja), who was briefly caught on camera at the Agbaek Final Round concert, also had striking beauty, and Lee Sion’s aunt, PD Kim Miyoung, also boasts a celebrity-like appearance, leading to a running joke that “beauty runs in the Deoksu Kim line.”
-For some reason, she is extremely knowledgeable about the military. She uses a lot of military terms, and during Agbaek, in Great Escape, she even showed a ramen combo that soldiers often eat. In addition, she sometimes displays a military officer vibe so real that it could trigger PTSD in people who served, to the point people say, “Did she actually serve in the military?”
Because of this, rumors started from “she has a boyfriend who served” and “is one of her parents a career soldier,” but testimony from friends and the fact that neither parent is military were confirmed, so opinion has leaned toward “she just watched a lot of military-related dramas.” -She would often say that if you haven’t watched Zhuge Liang Three Kingdoms, you’re losing half your life.-
She is a passionate Cristiano Ronaldo fan. So if you wear a Real Madrid uniform when you meet her, it is fine to look forward to good fan service. However, if you wear a Barca uniform or Messi’s uniform, you may be grabbed and taken into a one-on-one interview, so be careful. As a side note, the reason she likes Ronaldo is simply that he looks cool when he plays soccer···.
She is extremely good at making nicknames. -In fact, she just doesn’t call people by their names.- A list of nicknames Lee Sion created.
Ryujin-scrub, Seo No-Fun, Seo Show-Off, Ryu Wuss, Ryu Quiet-No-Answer, Ryu Acts-Like-The-World-Obeys, Hamster, Squirrel, Kim Zhang Fei, Kim Guan Yu, You-Dog, You-Ingrate, D Gahyeon, Pork Cutlet Thief···.
Usually, when she thinks she’s at a disadvantage, she has the trait of calling people by their names.
‘How do they even figure all this out?’
The more he looked, the more he could only be amazed at the volume of information.
The Miscellaneous section on Lee Sion’s page was packed with stories that even Hyuksu, who worked with her, didn’t know, and he couldn’t understand where they found it all.
-Sion, why do you like Ronaldo instead of Messi?
-Because he’s cool. Messi kind of lacks impact. First of all, the celebration···.
Of course, in the past, there had been wrong information written in it too, but thanks to KJ Entertainment employees quietly correcting it over time, now the Miscellaneous section was mostly filled with facts.
‘Ah, right. I should add this now too.’
As Hyuksu checked Lee Sion’s page for a while, he suddenly remembered there was something new that needed to be added.
Even if he left it alone, other NamuWiki “historians” would fill it in anyway, but since he was editing now, he figured it would be better to add it in advance, so he moved to Iam’s document section and checked activity section number 6.
Then Iam’s activity history poured out in a list.
From before debut to after debut, in that short period, the members’ activity record was pretty solid for rookies, and Hyuksu felt an unnecessary swell of pride.
And now it was time to write down what would be proudly added to that record.
8.03 MPlay Three Kingdom
MPlay’s new variety program Three Kingdom, with its first filming next week.
Three Kingdom was already drawing a lot of attention because of the talk that the hottest girl groups of 2016—Iam, LYNX, and VYNNIA—would compete.
‘If it’s our kids, they’ll do well.’
A month ago, Hyuksu would have thought it wasn’t good for them to go up against two giant agencies with bigger fandoms and longer histories built up.
But now it was different.
[Iam activities ended! Achieved three consecutive weeks of first place on music broadcasts and seized the initiative in the first battle of the girl group Three Kingdoms!]
Iam had grown to a level that couldn’t even be compared to a month ago.
