From what I heard, he got the Korean community to go in with him.
A whale from the Korean Community is keeping the status quo by supporting 7 original witnesses and the rest with support of TRON witnesses so as to stop a TRON fork at this time. They are making some demands in the post linked below.
https://steemit.com/hive-101145/@sct/proxy-token-proxy-token-witness-voting-policy