The full story behind the Tsuyang back-advertising controversy

YouTuber Hong Sound revealed the full story of the ‘August 2020 Champid’s Tzuyang back-advertising incident.’

On the 11th, a video was posted on the YouTube channel 'Hongsound' with the title 'The former CEO who exploited Ms. Tzuyang, now I will tell the truth.'

Hong Sound began by saying, “I will tell you the truth about the former CEO and the behind-the-scenes advertising incident who have been exploiting Ms. Tzuyang like a slave for the past four years.” He said, "At that time, Mr. Tsuyang posted an explanation video saying that he had never done any behind-the-scenes advertising, and the arrow went to Mr. Champidi, who first exposed the behind-the-scenes advertisement, and eventually Mr. Champidi uploaded an apology video and also did a live broadcast of explanation with Mr. Tsuyang." “Many people criticized Mr. Champi for shooting Tzuyang, and Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Champi and his family went through such a painful time that it was difficult to live their daily lives.”

Hongsound then said, “Champidi never directly shot Ziyang.” He said, “So many people asked, ‘Did Tsuyang do a back-end advertisement?’ and I said, ‘Tsu-yang? I’ll talk about her later.’ It was immediately published in the article and spread as ‘Tzuyang did a back-end advertisement.’ That’s why they exploited her. In order to turn public opinion towards Tsuyang, the former CEO wrote a post on the community using Tsuyang’s channel ID and sniped at me, saying, ‘Hongsound also did back-advertising for ramen.’ He also uploaded a video explaining that he did not do back-advertising.” The full story of the incident was revealed.

Hong Sound said, "At the time, the former CEO called Champidi when the negative public opinion about Tsuyang did not change. I did a lot of behind-the-scenes advertising without Tsuyang's knowledge. The companies I worked with at the time contacted me and there was talk of penalties." “I kept thinking about making extreme choices,” he explained. “So Champidi told me to calm down and find a way, and that he would help me as much as I can.”

Hong Sound claimed that Champidi at the time tried to calm the situation by reading the script written by former CEO Tsuyang on the live broadcast and apologizing with the sole thought of saving Tsuyang.

Hong Sound said, “After that, Champidi became the ‘bad guy of the world.’ At that time, there were over 80,000 malicious comments about Champidi.” He said, "There are still malicious comments saying, 'If only it weren't for that guy Champidi' on articles related to Tsuyang. I asked because I couldn't understand why I was unfairly misunderstood. At that time, Champidi said, 'But it's okay because I saved someone's life.' He added, “Because I’m a business person, I can get back on my feet with something else, even if it’s not YouTube.”

At the same time, Hongsound said, "At that time, if Champidi had not made the 'choice to save Tzuyang,' someone might have actually died at that time, and I realized that the sacrifice was not in vain." He added, "I realized the misunderstanding about Champidi. “I wanted to solve it,” he said, explaining how he came to film the video.

At the end of his remarks, Hongsound released a transcript of the phone call between Champidi and Tzuyang during the controversy over Tzuyang's back advertising.

In the released transcript, Tzuyang said, "Producer, are you okay? I'm sorry." Champidi asked back, “I don’t have to worry about anything. Is your health okay?” Next, Champidi said, "What is there to be sorry about? I hope Tsuyang doesn't feel guilty because she has a soft heart. There are fans waiting for her, right? Please broadcast brightly for the fans," and took care of Tsuyang even while she was suffering from malicious comments. .

Previously, the Garosero Research Institute claimed that the so-called 'Recca Alliance', which includes YouTubers Foot-and-Mouth, Caracula, Crocodile, and Jeon Jeon-jin, had been threatening Tzuyang using her past work at a bar as an excuse. In response, Tzuyang came forward and confessed to various cases of damage, including dating violence and revenge porn, that she had received from her ex-boyfriend, Mr. A, causing shock.

Reporter Lee Min-kyung, Ten Asia 2min_ror@tenasia.co.kr