At the start of November,
CreBeau, the company behind
TVXQ members
Jaejoong,
Junsu and
Yoochun's cosmetics line,
spoke up against SM Entertainment. At that time,
Kang Suk Won, the president of CreBeau's Korean branch
WishopPlus Inc, threatened, "
I will not hesitate to reveal the details of SME’s absurd act to the public and to the court."
It looks like Kang just might follow through with this loaded threat -
a follow-up interview that was released earlier this week has got fans
abuzz once again. The president claimed that SM Entertainment attempted
to cover this whole controversy and paint it as some sort of “national
fraud.”
“SME should stop the media plays and provide concrete evidence behind the harsh yet vague accusations they have been making.” Kang answered some very controversial questions and cleared up much
confusion and misunderstanding about the status of the three DBSK
members in the business.
#1 SME claimed that CreBeau approached the members without consulting the company in advance.
<blockquote>Why should the members’ private financial investments
be regulated by their company? If that’s not intruding upon their basic
rights, then what is? We never attempted to use their fame and status
for advertisement or profit. Jaejoong, Junsu and Yoochun invested in
the business as mere financial investors, as individuals, not as
celebrities. Are the members not allowed to make private investments
for their future?</blockquote>
#2 SME claimed that the members get a 5% royalty of the profit of CreBeau.
<blockquote>This is ridiculous and ungrounded. SME needs to provide
solid evidence to back their claims. We, on the other hand, are ready
to reveal any financial records and contracts to defend our position.
We also plan to press additional charges of slander on SME for this, on
top of the charges of slander regarding SME's claims that the lawsuit
was about CreBeau not the alleged slave contracts.”</blockquote>
#3 Representative
Kim Young Min of SME claimed that the
DBSK members visited China on January 6 of 2009. He said that the
members claimed to visit China as a vacation, but instead they
participated in the CreBeau China Investment Orientation.
<blockquote>SME is bringing this up again, but during January, there
was no investment at all from anyone. Therefore, the members didn’t
have the status of investor at that time. Additionally, it was only by
chance the members were seen there. That orientation was supposed to be
private, but when DBSK appeared there, thousands of people suddenly
gathered. The pictures they took with the CreBeau representatives at
the orientation were spread around on the internet.
We have never used the members in advertisements. We even provided
measures to prevent the pictures from spreading further on the web. In
fact, DBSK’s manager was with them at the orientation. When the members
decided to invest in the business, Kim Young Min approved. And now, his
attitude has changed 180 degrees all of a sudden.</blockquote>
#4 Any further developments in WishopPlus Inc.’s lawsuit with SME?
<blockquote>Because SME spread malicious rumors and sent complaints to
the main branch of CreBeau, CreBeau businesses all over the world have
been damaged in terms of trust with the customers and reputation of the
business. Up to this point, we hadn't revealed much detail about the
lawsuit because it was pending, but SME gives us no choice. We plan to
reveal documentary evidence of what SME sent to the main branch of
CreBeau. After seeing SME’s outrageous press conference, we now have a
solid reason to press additional charges against SME.”</blockquote>
This controversy is getting more complicated... with people having
inherent biases for/against SM Entertainment plus all of these
different parties giving clashing statements, who can we believe?
cr: allkpop source:
http://www.ohmynews.com/nws_web/view/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0001252220