Sika she...... It's a free soul......"

Since the trainee period, the members of Korean idol groups, who usually live in a group dormitory, usually have a hard time going home. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Not to mention S.M., which is known for its strict management and slave contracts, among all Korean entertainment agencies?

If you follow the initial contract signed with the company before Girls' Generation's debut, you don't even have to think about it.

The turning point began on July 31, 2009, when TVXQ members Kim Jae-jung, Park Youcheon, and Kim Jun-so filed a lawsuit against S.M. in the Seoul Central District Court.

Two or three months earlier, the Korea Fair Trade Commission had conducted an investigation into the fairness of the brokerage contracts of 230 artists from 19 entertainment agencies, and concluded that all of them contained more or less "unreasonable" clauses.

Such as "regularly report the specific location of their own location", "the artist must terminate the same career when he voluntarily terminates the contract", "the artist can retire only after the company allows it" and so on.

The most shocking thing is that the length of S.M.'s contract is beyond the imagination of outsiders.

For example, JYP, where Wondergirls works, has a seven-year contract, YG, where Bigbang works, has a five-year contract, and DSP, where SS501 works, has a contract of between five and seven years.

Only S.M. and TVXQ have 13-year contracts, and the members of SuperJunior, Girls' Generation, and SHINEE have a maximum contract of 13 years.

This is the direct reason why the three members of Toshin took S.M. to court.

In the previous investigation by the Public Trade Commission, all the artist contracts were not disclosed, but only the terms and contract terms that were judged to be "unreasonable" were disclosed. After the lawsuit began, the brokerage contract signed by the three was officially made public in court, which caused an uproar in South Korean public opinion for a while.

Less than half a year later, SuperJunior member Han Geng took S.M. to court again, once again pushing S.M. to the cusp. of the storm.

Under pressure, S.M. had to revise the unreasonable part of the contract, and only completed the re-signing with its artists not long ago, and it has been more than a year since Han Geng quit the group......

In the new contract, the first thing is that the maximum period of life has been uniformly reduced to seven years. For example, as the company's much-loved young face Yuna, the contract deadline has been changed from 2020 to 2014, a full six years shorter.

Secondly, the liquidated damages have been reduced, and the original clause that artists cannot refuse the company's arrangement of performing arts activities has also been canceled.

Finally, revenue share has also improved. Of course, there are many specific ways to divide it, take variety shows as an example, singing shows, guest variety shows and fixed variety shows are different. There are also differences between commercials, TV dramas, and overseas events.

On the whole, from the original company, which accounted for about seventy percent of the artists, and three percent of the artists, to about six or four of the companies and artists.

Therefore, after changing the new contract, it is conceivable that S.M. Company's control over its artists has suddenly decreased.

In this context, Jessica's act of going home for the night is quite meaningful.

In fact, she is also testing the company's bottom line by doing so.

Without affecting the itinerary, forcibly requiring artists to live in the dormitory is a bit unkind to say - why are you not allowed to go home when it takes about the same time from your home to the company as it does from the dormitory to the company?

If there is a real uproar, public opinion will definitely attack S.M. Company again.

However, if left unchecked, the younger members, who are relatively well-paid (in the case of the Korean entertainment industry), can now or in the foreseeable short term follow Jessica's example and buy property near Cheongdam-dong, thus making the co-hostel system a virtual reality.

After all, no one is stupid, right?

Buying a house can be regarded as an investment, and it can make your life much easier and more comfortable.

Thinking about a lot of things in a circle like a merry-go-round, Taeyeon only sighed in the end, and said something very subtle like this.

"Taeyeon, that's really your usual style. ”

How could Su-young, who has a high EQ and a high IQ, not guess what Taeyeon can think of when she comes home from Sika for the night?

Hehe sneered, and so-young complained about Taeyeon without being salty.

"What else can I say besides that? Seriously, I envy Sika too, but I can't do it myself. ”

Knowing that Su-young was ridiculing her dull and introverted character and burying everything in her heart, Taeyeon didn't get angry, but sighed faintly.

"Forget it, even if you really want to say something, as long as the subject of the discussion is Sika, you can either swallow the words back in your stomach or just flicker and don't know what to say - can I not understand you?"

Once again, so-young mercilessly punctures Taeyeon's bluff disguise.

"Really? Haha, sorry. ”

Taeyeon smiled noncommittally, trying to put an end to the topic she resisted.

"Free souls? yes, if it weren't for Sika's straightforward personality, the position of captain would not have fallen on your shoulders. ”

Xiuying smiled and changed her words, but took the initiative to talk about another very old topic.

However, it's also a topic that Taeyeon tries her best to avoid.

"Long legs, I've said many times, I really don't want to be the captain at all, not at all! Don't you believe me? I always felt that the company's decision was wrong, and the captain should be Sika or you, both of you are much better than me. ”

Taeyeon sat up with a "bang" as if a strong spring had been installed on his back, and said word by word with a straight face.

Of the nine members at the beginning, only Jessica and Suyoung joined S.M. as trainees as early as 2000.

The only difference is that Suyoung went to TV Tokyo in Japan halfway through to participate in the Japan-South Korea duo battle and became one of the two of the 15,000 participating girls in both countries to win the final victory, and formed Routeφ debut.

That year, even according to the Korean algorithm, Xiuying was only thirteen years old.

"It doesn't matter if I believe you or not. To be honest, I was skeptical at the beginning that this arrangement was wise. But from your debut to the present, seeing how hard you have worked in the position of captain, I think that the company's decision is too far-sighted. No one of the other members, including Sika or me, could have done better than you. ”

Ignoring Taeyeon's self-confession at all, so-young made a direct verdict-style conclusion in a firm tone.

"I'm sick of it, I'm sick of it!"

Taeyeon collapsed, cocking her two little short legs in the air, and stomping indiscriminately as if protesting.

"Actually, you're thinking about our experience at the press conference on the 21st from Sika, that's why you're so upset, right?"

Xiuying pondered for a few seconds before suddenly asking.

The unspoken concerns buried in her heart were suddenly exposed by so-young, and Taeyeon trembled, and immediately stopped her hysterical commotion and sat up like a spring again.

"Long legs, how the hell did you guess that, your brain is terrible, isn't it...... It's as if nothing escapes your eyes!"

Blankly grabbing Jessica's pillow against the wall on the bed and holding it in her arms, as if this would give her a little more security, Taeyeon looked at Suyoung in a daze, her eyes full of disbelief, incredulity, and deep fear.

"Don't forget, we've lived in the same room for almost two years! Or the same sentence - can I not know you?" Xiuying chuckled mysteriously, "Speaking of which, how long has it been since we've been lying in the same room like this and talking? ”

Taeyeon pursed her lips and muttered, "It's not a few times before, don't you forget that Yoona also lived with us back then!"

"I don't spend much time in the dormitory, and her schedule has always been the fullest of the nine of us, especially when filming those two TV series. Suyoung retorted nonchalantly, "Also, you're thinking a little too much. Kara isn't us, and I don't know how long we'll be able to stay together, but at least for now, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. After all, it just got a new contract, didn't it?"

Hearing so-young's words completely clear, Taeyeon couldn't help but shiver again and hugged the pillow in her arms tighter.

Just last month, one of Girls' Generation's main competitors in the Japanese market, another famous Korean girl idol five-member group, Kara, broke the news of a contract crisis.

Han Shengyan, Jung Nike and Kang Ji-young, three members, submitted an application for termination through a legal client on the grounds that "the brokerage company insulted their personality". DSP, the brokerage company to which the group belongs, immediately announced the temporary suspension of all activities of Kara, and even the personal activities of the other two members, Park Kyu-ri and Goo Hara, were also affected.

DSP then met internally with representatives of KRA members to negotiate a solution, including shortened deadlines, strengthened brokerage teams, and increased compensation transparency. When the stalemate between the two sides failed, negative news broke out one after another, such as the company was reluctant to spend money to stay in a hotel during the trip to Japan, and Kara was allowed to sleep in a sauna, and Kara's monthly salary was only 10,000 yen.

This contract turmoil shook the entertainment circles of Japan and South Korea. If there is a fire at the city gate, it will inevitably affect the fish in the pond.

Just a few days ago, at the "e-ma" throat lozenge endorsement conference attended by Girls' Generation, a Japanese reporter asked sensitive questions in Korean, such as "how do you feel about the termination of the contract with Kara", "Will Girls' Generation follow in the footsteps of Kara", and "What is your relationship with S.M.".

As a result, when they were young, they had to avoid talking about it and leave the scene in a panic.

This is probably the most embarrassing scene of this trip to Japan when I was young. Although the nine members did not talk about this topic in public or private under the constraints of the company, it inevitably cast a layer of gloom in everyone's heart.

P.S. The second watch is coming.