Lee Soo Man's recent public appearance as a keynote speaker at the annual general meeting of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) on May 30 KST is garnering quite the media attention.

While some reporters were interested in Lee Soo Man's intentions to return to the entertainment industry with his new agency, A20 Entertainment, and others were interested to see if the SM Entertainment founder would comment on the ongoing feud between CEO Min Hee Jin of ADOR and parent company HYBE Labels, others took an interest in something else altogether.

According to some fans, Lee Soo Man was seen wearing one of his "favorite rings" on his right hand during his CISAC meeting attendance. 

This 'Chrome Hearts' ring is also known as Lee Soo Man's version of the "SuperM friendship ring". 

Upon forming his super K-Pop group, SuperM, in 2019, Lee Soo Man gifted the 7 members with "friendship rings". The story goes that the members were asked to choose the design they wanted, and Taemin jokingly asked for the one that Lee Soo Man was wearing. So Lee Soo Man took off his ring and gave it to Taemin, and then bought another one with the same design (a vertical cross rather than a horizontal cross) for himself afterward. 

Although the cross-shaped ring is well-known for being one of the producer's "favorite rings" in general, many K-netizens also wondered if there was any hidden intent behind Lee Soo Man's accessory. 

Some commented,

"He must be so happy with all the money that went straight to his pocket from SuperM."

"He really wanted to be the new member of SuperM lol."

"What is this old geezer thinking now..."

"Well, SuperM was a group of grandpa's favorites."

"I wonder if he considers SuperM his proudest work."

"Why does he look so energetic..? Like he still has about 10 years left in the tank in this industry..?"

"Was he planning on joining SuperM after Lucas..??"

"Even after all these years, grandpa sure knows how to attract attention to himself."

"He's like one of those people who broke up with their ex but they like the gift that their ex gave them too much so they still wear it."

"That geezer was one of SuperM's biggest fans. The only problem was that he was the only one who got anything out of it."

Meanwhile, prior to Lee Soo Man's departure, it was rumored that SuperM would be adding TVXQ's Yunho as a new member to replace Lucas. 

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