The entertainment company held a press conference today and told their side of the story regarding their legal dispute with three members ofTVXQ/DBSK. In addition to a statement by Yunho and Changmin, the two members who did not take legal actions against SME, and statements by their fathers, SME's own representatives spoke up as well; Mr. Kim Young Min, the CEO of the company, stated the following.
Back when we first advanced to Japanese market with S.E.S., major entertainment companies in Japan normally asked for contracts in length from 5 to 7 years. As long as the entertainer stayed with the company for the stated amount of time, the company would not cease investment into the entertainer. When we first planned for BoA to work in Japan, we set the length of the contract at 10 years to allow for long-term investment and a partnership with a major Japanese entertainment company. This resulted in SME working with AVEX, the largest entertainment company in Japan. BoA's great success in Japan was a product of such planning. When we first planned for DBSK, we wanted to make them the number one artist in Asia. Five members and their parents shared such vision and agreed to add 3 years to initial 10 year contract. The members and their parents agreed to the contract because they found the vision as the number one artist in Asia, constant support from SM, plans to go abroad and continuous investment into the group very appealing. Everyone thoroughly reviewed the contract and agreed to all clauses. To keep the promise of advancement into Japan, SME invested over $4 mil into DBSK despite poor financial condition that the company was in. After 5 years in Japan, we can finally say that we are successful. It is unfair to focus merely on the number 13 without any background knowledge of how the contract was made and the goals and visions shared between SME and DBSK.
On January 6, 2009, the three members told SM that they were going to China for a vacation; but in fact, they attended a meeting with the beauty product company's Chinese subsidiary to talk about investment into the company. We only realized of the deal after photos of them promoting the company surfaced online. We then learned that the three members are board members of the Chinese subsidiary and that they even carry business cards of the company with their name and position engraved. The three members demanded an increase in their share in profit and we accepted their demands. In April, we had a dinner party after our concert in China. The three members told members of other groups about how much they trusted in SM. Shortly after in May, a Japanese fan asked AVEX's customer service department regarding an event by the beauty product company which claimed that the winner would have dinner with DBSK. SME feared that losses resulting from matters related to the beauty product business would be impossible to recover from. We wanted to review the members' contracts with the beauty product company to protect the members from potential dangers but they refused to share the contract with SME and did not take any actions to relieve SME from our concerns regarding their investment into that company. In June, a major beauty product company contacted us and said that they wanted to use DBSK in their commercials but the three members refused due to their own interest in beauty product business. Shortly after they took legal actions against SME. The truth face of their action is a fraud. A fraud which fooled the entire nation with words such as "human rights" and "slavery". Regarding the recent court ruling; three members are now free to pursue personal projects, however all DBSK-related work must be done through SME. Yunho and Changmin intend to promote DBSK in Korea next spring, and we feel that it should be planned at least six months in
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advance. SME asks the three members to respond to this by November 12th. With allegations against them coming from the two members, their parents and SME, the other three members are sure to defend themselves from these claims.
SERIOUSLY! If this lawsuit is all about the Chinese beauty product company that the 3 members invested in, then WTH? If they invested without the knowledge of their agency, then SO WHAT? They have their rights and their own money, right? If they invested without SME's knowledge, then, for sure, they used the money they had from their own pockets to invest in that company. SME is saying that TVXQ's 3 members are just using the 'slave contract' and 'human rights' and everything else as an excuse to cover up the real reason: which is, again, their investment into that company. COME ON! IF THEY STILL HAVE THIER RIGHTS, THEN WHY DOES SME STILL HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE INVESTING THEIR OWN MONEY ON? THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO INVEST AND START THEIR OWN BUSINESSES ASIDE FROM BEING PART OF TVXQ. Hero JaeJoong, Micky YooChun and Xiah JunSu, together with their parents signed the contract, read it thoroghly and blah blah, they agreed on the 3 year expansion thing. But didn't SME ever think that maybe, just maybe, TVXQ isn't complaining about their years in the company but the hours they have left to still feel human? I mean, they only get to sleep for 3-4 hours A DAY! And they still go through all their practices, dance rehearsals, shoots and blah. They've already made it through 6 years since their debut and I don't see a reason why they'd be complaining about a few more years being TVXQ. All I see is that they want some justice put upon their inhumane schedule. SME is saying that they want TVXQ to be Asia's Number One star. HELLO!!! They don't need to be led to exhaustion just to become Asia's number one star. Come on, they don't need all these things set up for them in just a day. They still have a lot of years ahead of them as TVXQ, just like what the contract and SME said.
Once again, I'll go back to the Chinese thingy. GET OVER IT, SME! TVXQ's 3 members already said they've withdrawn their involvement in that company. It may be true that their investment had something to do with suspension of their own exclusive contracts, but Hero, Micky and Xiah stated that they have asked for SME's approval and everything regarding this company, but SME remained unmoving.
I admit I know so little about what's written in their exclusive contracts, but from what I've seen, heard and read from both sides, TVXQ's Hero, Micky and Xiah, aren't asking for TVXQ to disband. All they're asking for is some little freedom, some little leeway.
I may not know so much regarding this matter, but to hell with it. I'm going to KEEP THE FAITH and wait for TVXQ to have the justice they so rightly deserve.
ALWAYS KEEP THE FAITH~
