Kidnap a superstar for a romance

Chapter 631 If Line If You Haven't Left Korea 99

When talking about his solo album, Quan Zhilong always felt a little regretful: "Can you really not come to shoot the MV?"

His first solo album, he really wanted her to be a part of it.

"That's not something I can decide." It's not that Xu Yisong doesn't want to, but with her current worth, asking her to participate in the MV shooting will definitely exceed the budget.

More importantly, because YG's current development momentum is too strong, if SM allows Xu Yisong to cooperate with them, the benefits brought to YG will be far greater than what they can get themselves. It is estimated that both companies will not agree to this kind of loss-making business that blocks both ends.

Quan Zhilong sighed again, his tone aggrieved: "Baby, your value has really increased too fast. I will pay for you later."

"Okay." Anyway, she would agree to whatever Quan Zhilong said at this moment.

However, neither of them knew at that time that when they had the opportunity to shoot a MV together in the future, they would not need to pay each other extra appearance fees.

Although he was unable to participate in the filming, Xu Yisong promised Kwon Ji-yong and others that he would definitely visit the set when they were filming the MV.

And even if he didn't participate in the MV, just like Quan Zhilong participated in every one of his songs, Xu Yisong also appeared in every note of his.

This is a collaboration that only the two of them know about.

Different from YG which is thriving because of BIGBANG, the atmosphere in SM can be said to be quite depressing recently. Everyone is living cautiously, fearing that the anger of the upper echelons will affect them.

This is not the first time that an artist has rebelled against the company due to dissatisfaction with the contract. HOT and Shinhwa have done this before, so the company did not take the rebellion of TVXQ members seriously this time.

It is normal for a popular group to be forcibly cut off. If they are not eliminated, how can new groups be cultivated? Moreover, it is not good for the company if the artist becomes too strong. Once the artist becomes strong, he will definitely want to redistribute the benefits with the company.

If the company compromises with the artist, will the company still make money?

Rather than letting the artists take action against the company, it is better to take action before they really grow up. This is the case with TVXQ and the wild card of Super Junior.

So this time TVXQ’s rebellion was not initiated by them. After all, they have endured it for so many years. It makes no sense for them to suddenly cut off their own path and confront the company when they are at the peak of their success.

Their resistance was simply because they were forced into a desperate situation by the company.

When I signed the contract as a trainee, I had already signed a slave contract for more than ten years, and the contract was renewed for thirteen years, and it does not include military service... No one can accept this kind of thing.

What's more, it is a contract that may never get you a fair penny.

According to the contract, the artist's income is linked to the sales of the album, but it is not a direct share with the company based on the sales ratio. Instead, there will be income only when the sales exceed 50,000 copies, and the artist can only get 1% of the income. If it exceeds 100,000 copies, it can get 3%, and if it exceeds 200,000 copies, it can only get 5%, and any more is only 5%.

That is to say, if their album sells for 100,000 yuan, they will only get 1,000 yuan in the end.

In addition, this one thousand yuan refers to the combined income of all members.

In addition, the source of songs and other activities income are completely distributed according to the pure profit ratio. And pure profit can do a lot of tricks.

The financial reports that the company had previously shown to the artists were basically in a loss-making state, which means that the artists may still need to pay money to the company at this time.

That's why top groups like TVXQ still owe money to the company after working hard for five or six years. Not to mention big groups like Super Junior, the debt they have will be even greater.

But how can a top band that is popular all over Asia make the company lose money every year? If it is really losing money, how can the company continue to promote new members?

So it is really hard to say who actually pocketed the invisible money.

The company wants the artists to be popular, but they are also worried that they will get out of control if they become too popular. That is why they always want to suddenly cut off the future of a group when they are at the peak of their popularity.

We can actually see this from the captains SM has chosen now. The departure of HOT and Shinhwa caused SM to change the company's system directly, and the captains chosen now are all "good kids" who will definitely stand on the company's side.

When Lee Soo Man finally agreed to let Heo Yi-song debut as a solo singer, it was obvious that Heo Yi-song was not a "good girl". However, if he allowed her to debut in a group, he would have to fulfill his promise to make her the captain, so he finally gave in and agreed to her solo debut.

So there is no preference at all, it’s all just a consideration of interests.

The five-year curse that many groups cannot escape may not be because they are no longer popular. The fact may be the opposite. It may be because their popularity is too good, and the company feels that their value has been squeezed out and is about to kick them out, so they use scandals or contracts to force members to leave to achieve the purpose of internal disintegration.

However, this time, TVXQ's influence exceeded their expectations, and the determination of the few people who wanted to terminate the contract was too firm, which gave Lee Soo-man a headache.

In addition, the popular Chinese artist in Super Junior is also difficult to deal with. It’s not because of the artist, but because the relationship between Super Junior members is too good.

Even though he had to wear a mask on stage and even had no activities and had to be a dance teacher for Girls' Generation, he persisted. But now he suddenly says he wants to leave.

Of course the company will let them go, but only if they pay a sky-high penalty and complete various unequal treaties before leaving.

But these are exactly what they cannot accept.

If the negotiations fail, the only option left is to go to court.

They had held more than 20 rounds of private talks, but still failed to reach a settlement. As the progress of the negotiations was delayed, Lee Soo-man's face became worse day by day.

During this sensitive period, Xu Yisong also reduced her meetings with them, but even so, she could still hear a lot of gossip from the company.

For example, the members of the group had a fight again today.

Later, there was no need to hear about it, Xu Yisong had encountered it several times. Especially Jin Xiche, Xu Yisong could hear their voices from a long distance.