Chapter 811: Election Campaign Song (2)
The power politicians wielded was immense. Even more so were the political parties made up of those politicians. And to them, celebrities with high name recognition were the easiest prey to exploit and discard.
Whenever a scandal involving a politician broke out, major newspapers published stories about celebrity drug use or violence to redirect public anger. During election season, they dragged stars around for their campaigns.
That was why, before the regression, I always prioritized managing relationships with politicians. If I refused their offers, they found all sorts of ways to retaliate. Especially on a day like today—when Hoop Entertainment's public stock subscription was opening—I had no choice but to tread carefully around them.
For this reason, I had given a campaign song to the relatively better opposition party. Yet it turned out Kim In-Jik, the aide, had secretly planned to use Cherry Blossom's biggest hit for promotion without permission. If not for Everyday, I probably wouldn't have found out until it was too late. Even if I had complained, they would have brushed it off as a 'misunderstanding by the working-level staff.'
However, trying to stop something like this ourselves only invited unnecessary retaliation. So the method I chose was fighting fire with fire. In other words, when dealing with one party, the best tactic was to use the opposition against the ruling party.
'I should just hand the song over to the opposition.'
If the ruling party was secretly trying to use 'Hurry Up!', then giving that song outright to the opposition would do the trick. The opposition would surely use every political tactic available to attack the ruling party for trying to use a song they didn't have rights to.
While I waited for Secretary Choi Yeo-Jin to return from the restroom, I explained the situation to President Kang Gam-Chan.
"But sir, there's something odd about this."
"Something odd?"
"Yes. I heard the ruling party originally wanted 'Hurry Up!', not 'IDOLS'."
"Who said that?"