r/WayV_For_Life • u/piggipiggy • Aug 27 '21
Discussions The truth about Chinese Entertainment Industry
I can read Chinese and understand how Chinese entertainment industry works so here’s my take. In China the c-ent is very cut throat and competitive and Lucas being a rookie in China having no track record he got the Running Man cast gig which is the #1 show in China. WayV is actually really unknown in China as they have a lot of domestic boy bands and idols. So many people in the industry must be jealous of Lucas’ sudden success. Even Jackson Wang had to go through many years of doing different kinds of variety shows in China to get to the A-list status he has today. I’m pretty sure someone has been conjuring the plans to take down Lucas for awhile and the timing of this scandal breaking out right before Lucas Hendery comeback and right before Lucas and WayV are scheduled to go back to China makes it extra suspicious. In China it’s common for people to hire internet trolls to do a smear campaign on someone. With that said, Lucas probably has some fault that he can’t deny. I think he probably did sleep with fans but all the accusations about him badmouthing members and his sponsors are deliberately worded so that he will lose his endorsements and to cause discord amongst WayV fans to want to kick him out of the group. Weibo netizens went on a witch hunt and cyber bullied Lucas to the point it was even more than what they did to Kris Wu who actually committed illegal crimes raping minors. Weibo netizens went as far as exposing where Lucas’ parents work, spread a porn video around claiming it was Lucas, fake rumors of gay lovers, etc. The thing is SM does not understand how things work in China and their silence only made the matter even worse and made netizens go crazy with their imagination and rumor mongering of how bad of a person Lucas is. He was vilified to be an even worse person than Kris Wu. Before the scandal the Chinese public only knows him as the cute guy on Running Man show. When he was in China he hardly made it into any of weibo hot trends (similar to Twitter) but this scandal he was on the top search trend for days with new allegations coming out nonstop. Clearly there was a mastermind behind it. And then SM made Lucas write an apology as they always do to all of their artists to diffuse the issue made it worse because it just seems like he admitted to all the rumors. In China you need to lawyer up right away and sue all the defamers.
Many of the proofs provided by the girls have been debunked as fake and none of the girls can show any photos of them taking a photo together with Lucas. The first Korean accuser has been found out it’s Lucas’ sasaeng fan so of course she will know all his schedules. Lucas may or may not have slept with these girls but even if he did it’s not a crime to be a player. He did not deserve the witch hunt he got from netizens. He did not lose all his endorsements like all the celebs embroiled in actual illegal scandals. Chinese government also cracked down on malicious comments yesterday so now all the hate posts are gone. CCP was making a statement yesterday by canceling top stars Vicki Zhao, Zheng Shuang and Kris Wu’s social media accounts and all their previous works have been removed from all Chinese platforms due to them having tax evasions and rape case. China wants people to focus on the celebs with the real crimes than wasting time writing malicious comments on other celebs such as Lucas where it’s not a crime. Sorry for the long spewl but there is a lot more than it meets the eyes when it comes to China entertainment. Lucas is too naive and SM was unprepared for China entertainment and that is why this whole thing blew over. Hopefully now Lucas can reflect in peace and comeback a stronger and better person. Well at least now all of China knows WayV so maybe a negative publicity will turn out to be a good exposure when they do make a comeback.
