From A Producer To A Global Superstar-Chapter 308: Table Turns

The livestream ended, and the internet went CRAZZY.

It got louder.

By morning, the story had changed shape. It was no longer only about a "bullying video." It became a bigger question that people could not ignore anymore.

Who made the video?

Who pushed it?

Who benefited from it?

And why it always showed up every time Dayo’s name started moving in the right direction.

Articles started dropping like rain.

Not one. Not two.

Every entertainment site wanted to be the first to explain and break the news of what happened, and every media page wanted to sound like they knew it all along.

The headlines were different, but the meaning was the same.

"JD Label Exposes Manipulated Clip in Live Verification"

"AI Tools Flag Viral Director Dayo’s ’Bullying’ Video as Edited"

"Viewers Notice Familiar Face in Leak Chain: Virex Link?"

"Who Is Dayo Really, and Why Does He Have This Kind of Control?"

"Movie Release Still On Schedule Despite Online Attacks"

"Shock as the Industry Finds Out That Dayo Has Been Bullied"

People clicked. They watched the replay. They argued again. Then they watched again, because the proof was right there on screen.

Screenshots from the livestream spread everywhere.

The fake clip paused at the exact moment it looked worst.

Then the original clip paused on the exact moment it looked normal.

Then the AI check results sat beside both.

That was what made it hard to dismiss.

Some writers tried to stay neutral. They wrote careful sentences, acting like they were not picking sides.

Other writers did not bother pretending.

One article zoomed in on one detail that kept coming up in the comments.

A face.

A man in the chain of the leak. It was the same man people were saying looked like someone they had seen around Virex.

The article didn’t accuse directly. It did not need to.

It quoted what people were already saying.

"Many viewers are claiming the man seen in the leak chain resembles an assistant tied to the Virex CEO. The claim has not been officially confirmed, but the pattern has sparked widespread speculation."

Speculation was a polite word.

People were calling it what it looked like.

A setup.

Another article focused on Dayo instead.

It asked a question that people had been whispering inside the industry for a long time.

Who exactly was Dayo?

Why did he move like someone who had more authority than his title?

Why did he have the entire label roster go live in different locations at the same time?

That was not normal.

Even for a powerful label.

The article talked about Min-Jae, of course. Korea knew Min-Jae. Everybody knew his status.

Then the article talked about Dayo like he was an unknown problem the industry had been avoiding.

He is credited as a music producer in the United States. He also has an international sports background that made him famous in the West. Yet he operates quietly inside the Korean industry with unusual influence."

A lot of readers did not even know Dayo had anything to do with film until the movie news dropped.

And now, the same name was moving through music, film, and a public war with a competitor.

So the attention shifted.

People stopped asking only, "Did he bully someone?"

They started asking, "How deep does his reach go?"

Then came the comments.

The apology comments were everywhere.

Not small apologies.

Full paragraphs.

People sounded embarrassed because they had been loud before and believed the internet without looking for sources.

On the replay of the livestream, the comment section kept refreshing, and the top comments changed every hour.

One comment had thousands of likes:

"I dragged him when the video came out. I’m sorry. That video ruined his name, and I believed it without question."

Another comment:

"So someone edited that clip and pushed it for months? That is wicked."

Another comment:

"The worst part is how it always returns anytime he is trending for something good."

"Yeah, which is weird, and this is where I would be plain and say it outright: the Virex agency knows about this. We need an explanation."

Some people were angry at themselves.

Some were angry at the accounts that pushed the fake clip.

Some were angry at how easy it was for a lie to live online.

A few people still tried to fight it.

They said AI tools could be faked.

They said big labels could buy anything.

They said the livestream was "too clean."

But those comments started getting swallowed.

Swallowed by the minute as positive comments dulled them.

Because more people were watching the replay and seeing the checks with their own eyes.

And another thing kept spreading.

The "Virex assistant face" theory.

It turned into its own fire.

People clipped that moment. They zoomed in. They posted side-by-side pictures. They compared.

Nobody used the official language anymore.

They spoke like regular internet users.

"That’s him. I swear that’s him."

"I’ve seen that man behind the Virex CEO before. I’m not crazy."

"So Virex has been behind this? That’s insane."

People in Korea were already heated.

Then the story crossed fully to the United States.

That was when it became a different kind of problem.

Dayo had fans there who were not casual.

They were loyal in a way that did not feel normal. Some might call them toxic.

They were the type that held grudges and moved like a group of lionesses going to hunt.

A few American sports pages posted it first, framing it like a scandal that finally got corrected.

Then the entertainment pages picked it up.

Then, bigger media accounts started talking about "AI manipulation" and "viral misinformation."

One clip that circulated heavily was the part where the AI checker result appeared live on screen.

People in the US loved that moment because it felt like evidence, not talk.

And once US fans got the confirmation they were waiting for, they went to work.

A fan account posted:

"He was framed. Do not let them bury this again. Share the replay."

Another posted:

"Find the accounts that pushed the fake clip and report them. All of them."

Then the more aggressive ones started moving.

They didn’t stop at reposting.

They started digging into every page that had pushed the clip before.

They started mass-reporting.

They started replying under Korean pages, even though half of them did not speak Korean.

Some of them used translators.

Some did not care.

They posted anyway.

A Korean comment under one trending post said:

"Why are foreign fans here?"

A US fan replied:

"Because y’all tried to ruin Dayo. We’re not watching quietly, and now it’s time those who offended him feel his fans’ anger."

Then the VPN talk started.

It became almost funny, the way they spoke about it like a mission.

"Set VPN to Korea. Find Virex CEO accounts or any account related to Virex. Report. Repeat."

That energy moved fast.

Some Korean fans were shocked by how aggressive US fans could be.

Others were happy to have extra soldiers.

Some called them "crazy."

Some called them "useful."

But either way, it created pressure.

Virex started trending in spaces they were not used to trending in.

Not for their actors or actresses, but for accusations.

For "Are you behind the fake clip?"

For "who is your assistant and why is his face in the leak chain?"

Even people who didn’t care about Dayo started caring, because the pattern looked dirty.

Inside JD Label, the atmosphere felt different.

Not calm.

Not relaxed.

More like a storm had shifted direction.

People were moving with purpose.

Dayo saw most of it from his office.

He wasn’t scrolling like a fan.

He was scanning like someone checking results.

Min-Jae walked in holding his phone like it was heavier than usual.

He didn’t sit immediately.

He stood near Dayo’s desk and stared at the screen in his hand.

"Bro," Min-Jae said, voice low, "your US fans are mad people."

Dayo glanced up. "They were patient for too long."

Min-Jae shook his head slowly. "No, I mean mad. They’re in Korean spaces arguing with full confidence. They’re reporting accounts like it’s a job."

Dayo leaned back slightly with a small smile. "They’ve always been like that."

Min-Jae laughed once, short. Not fully amused. More like disbelief, because to have fans like this was every star’s dream, fans that would stand at your back no matter right or wrong.

"I’ve seen fandoms," Min-Jae said. "I’ve seen crazy fans. Your fans move like they’re doing military training."

Dayo didn’t smile much, but his eyes softened. "They don’t like injustice."

Min-Jae walked closer and dropped into the chair opposite him.

He put his phone on the table, screen facing up.

The trending chart showed Virex’s name climbing again, but not in a good way.

Min-Jae tapped it. "Even people who don’t like you are asking questions now. The face thing is spreading. Everyone is saying the same thing. They’re saying it looks like the Virex CEO’s assistant."

Dayo nodded. "People notice patterns when you stop feeding them confusion."

Min-Jae stared at him. "How did you even think of the dashboard livestream setup? Multiple streams, different rooms, same proof, same timing. It was too clean."

Dayo answered simply. "Because one stream can be dismissed. Ten streams are harder to dismiss. And mind you, it was for the movie. I used them as a sacrificial lamb as he took the bait to spoil my reputation. This was why anytime you asked me for action, I always said just calm down, let them do it, and now this is the result."

Min-Jae exhaled like he was looking at an alien. "You’re sick."

Dayo raised an eyebrow. "In a good way or bad way?"

"In a scary way," Min-Jae said, then smirked. "But I respect it."

Dayo leaned forward a bit. "They pushed the fake clip every time something good happened. The only way to kill it was to force the truth into the same space they used for lies."

Min-Jae nodded slowly. "So that’s why you didn’t mention names."

"Yes," Dayo replied. "If we said Virex, they’d turn it into a war story. People would split into teams and ignore the proof. Let the public notice the face and facts themselves."

Min-Jae stared at him for a moment.

Then he shook his head again, smiling now like he couldn’t help it.

"You’re not normal," he said.

Dayo shrugged. "Neither are they."

Min-Jae leaned back. "And this is only the beginning. The movie release is close. The industry is watching. The internet is watching."

Dayo’s phone vibrated on the desk.

He checked it.

PR updates. Viewer counts. Replay stats. Articles tagged. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

He didn’t look excited.

He looked satisfied that the direction was correct, as he wanted the hype to reach the movie.

Min-Jae spoke again, more serious now.

"I won’t lie," he said. "I’m curious. How do you think they’ll react when they find out you’re dropping an album too?"

Dayo looked at him. "It’s going to be loud."

Min-Jae smiled. "Loud is not even the word. That’s an understatement. They would freak out, man."

Dayo smiled. "Well, time would tell how they would react."