Of course, Eric saw Kim Hee-sun at the dance, and it was Lim Jae-hee who kindly put her hand on his arm, "Miss Seon, my mission is complete, I hope I will have the opportunity to dance with you in the future." ”

Although Kim Hee-sun may not like the gentlemanly demeanor, he has to admit that it is a very good behavior that can arouse the favor and closeness of others, which makes Eric can only thank him. But the next one is lackluster, because Lin Jae-hee is indeed a genius, although his dance with Kim Hee-sun is not as good as Eric in terms of cooperation, but I don't know if it's because of King's shadow, his creative power is far inferior to Eric, who has always followed the composition and line dance performances.

Maybe Kim Hee-sun doesn't mind this, or maybe the current Kim Hee-sun can distinguish himself from the dance floor and reality very well, and there is no difference between Eric and the past, but Eric still feels very uncomfortable, and this mood has been affected for a few days, and then Kim Dong-wan suddenly appeared.

"Did you hear that? When TVXQ debuts next year, the treatment will be better than ours. ”

"Impossible, right?" Eric is far less enthusiastic about treatment than Kim Dong Mandae, "They haven't debuted yet, how can the treatment surpass us?" Dongwan, are you talking about salary or commission? ”

"Salary and commission!" Kim Dongwan raised his voice, "I looked at the planned contract, the salary is 10% higher than ours, and the commission is 25%!" ”

Here I have to talk about the source of income of Korean artists, and the income of Korean artists comes from two aspects - salary and commission. Generally speaking, salary is the minimum source of living for artists, and artists who have just debuted often have to rely on this to live, and as the artist becomes famous, this salary will also increase, but if it is still the main source of income, the artist will be finished, so this promotion is just an affirmation of the artist's status, and it only has symbolic meaning. The core source of income for artists after becoming famous is commission, according to the consistent practice in South Korea, the agency takes the lion's share, and the artist's share is a small part, including 20% of the commission for groups like HOT, fin.k.l and Shinhye, no matter how many members there are in the group, it is 20%.

This way of sharing is very harsh, and the artists have long been dissatisfied, but if it has been the case all these years, there are not many criticisms. However, now the S.M emerging group has exceeded this number, not only that, but the salary of the members of the group who have just debuted is higher than that of the old group of mythology, which is very unreasonable, and even suspected of being slapped in the face. South Korea is a country that pays attention to face, and you can do without money, but you must not lose face.

"Dong Man, maybe there's some special reason for this," Eric still didn't want to do much, "Maybe the president did this to build momentum for them, and it's nothing for us as seniors to occasionally be stepping stones for juniors." ”

Jin Dongwan was about to say something, when Quan Baoer came over there, "Brother Dongwan, Brother Eric, you have a raise, how much have you increased?" ”

"What? Did Boa get a raise too? Kim Dongwan's face immediately darkened, and he asked, "How much?" ”

Kwon is a shy person, but her agent is not, "Miss Boa's salary has increased by 20%, and she has been promoted to partner." ”

"Ahh This time, even Eric was shocked, the status of Korean women is generally lower than that of men, and although it has begun to improve in recent years, it should still be the same in the eyes of old-fashioned people like Lee so-man. If you want to say that the higher treatment given to Dongfang Shenqi is because they hope to improve their status when they debuted, then what is it for Quan Baoer?

"It's not going to work!" Kim Dong Wan was furious, "We have to ask the president to understand." ”

"What do you want to ask me?" Li Xiuman's voice had already appeared on the other side of the aisle, "Bao'er raised her salary and became a partner because she is now a Japanese diva-level singer, and when it is time to renew her contract, of course she will be given a higher salary." TVXQ is another matter, they have not yet debuted, and an advertising agency has come to invite them, and one of the main terms of cooperation with us is that their share ratio cannot be less than 25%. The price of these advertising collaborations is not low, and I have no reason to refuse. ”

Li Xiuman's prestige in S.M. is very heavy, and generally speaking, no one dares to say anything anymore, but this time it is a little different, Kim Dongwan said, "What about us?" Why aren't our salaries adjusted? ”

"Is there any advertising company that offers such conditions?!" Li Xiuman glared at him angrily.

At this time, Eric must stand by his companion's side, "No, but, president, if we talk about strength, we will not be worse than TVXA, they can increase their value because of advertising, and we can also increase our value because of the company." ”

Li Xiuman glanced at him coldly, "It's not wrong to say that the strength of the myth is indeed stronger than that of TVXQ, but how many years has the myth been?" FIN.K.L, your contemporaries, have all been disbanded, do you know? Do you know how much time you have left to prove your strength? Of course, there are, for example, this year, if you can get a big prize, I can also consider increasing your share ratio. ”

"This year?" Kim Dong Wan and Eric are both a little dumbfounded, everyone knows that this year is Lee Hyori's world, even if the myth is a combination, there is no hope this year, "What about next year?" ”

"Don't even think about it next year," Li Xiuman said indignantly, "Next year's S.M will be the main promotion of TVXQ, if Mythology can't win the big award this year, it will definitely not be able to compete with TVXQ next year, this is the company's rule." ”

"In that case, the myth will fall!" Eric was also excited at this time.

Li Xiuman looked at the sky, "There is a time when any group declines, this is the reality we need to accept, the era of mythology.... ”

"It's not over yet!" The indignation in Eric's heart broke out at this time, and this indignation covered not only the issue of face, but also the hesitation about the future, including the general outburst of loss these days, "President! You can't just give up on our myths. ”

Li Xiuman glanced at him indifferently, "I have already decided, you should know very well that what I have decided will usually not change." ”

"Then let's terminate the contract!" Eric gets hysterical! His appearance even scared Kim Dong-wan, who first raised the matter.

"Smack!" He ushered in a slap like a fan from Li Xiuman, "Terminate the contract?!" Hmph, do you want other agencies to go against S.M? Could it be that you have forgotten the myth and signed a contract with the company for how many years? It's ten years! Do you understand? ”

Eric fully understood at this moment what the concept of signing a ten-year contract is, a group's glory period is only five years, so why sign a ten-year contract? The next five years of the group is over.,If there are members who can solo.,Then solo.,Those who can't solo must stay in the company.,Can't make trouble for the company.,If it doesn't matter.,Then what? What if the contract is full? Will the company take care of it? He couldn't help but feel sad. "Slaves, it turns out that we are all slaves!" Eric couldn't suppress the anger in his heart any longer, "So we're all slaves to the company!" ”

"Slaves?" Li Xiuman expressed his dissatisfaction with this term, "What is a slave?" The starting point of a company is definitely to make money, and this is true for all companies. You are all employees of the company, and you also came to the company to make money, and everyone must follow the code when you cooperate, it's as simple as that. And unlike other companies, S.M is a top brokerage company, and it has made you all popular and become household names, and this company is a favor to you. If you use this favor to blackmail the company, then you are really without conscience and a sinner! ”

Li Xiuman didn't have the habit of doing psychological and ideological work with artists, and after saying this, he turned around and left, at this time Jin Dongwan was already cowering, but Eric's anger was completely ignited, "We are all slaves, and the contracts we signed are all slave contracts, and such contracts are illegal!" ”

(In order to promote Kim Hee-sun and Lin Jae-hee, the Kim family started from two directions, the first is to try to get Kim Hee-sun to participate in Lin Jae-hee's movie performance, and the second is to eliminate the hidden danger of Eric, and the best way to eliminate this hidden danger is to make him disappear from the entertainment industry.) ）