SM Entertainment and Luhan to discuss contract dispute over court-appointed mediation

[tokyocinema.livejournal.com]

SM Entertainment and EXO-M’s Luhan, who is currently looking to nullify his contract with the agency, will be entering a court-appointed mediation to discuss their situation.

According to the Seoul Central District Court on November 25th, it has already been decided in October the case would go through mediation as appointed by the court. The meeting will have both parties discuss their sides in hopes to come up with a mutual compromise with a mediator present, someone who is of neither side. However, should SM Entertainment and Luhan not come to an agreement, the case will be brought to court.

Luhan has expressed through his lawsuit that the agency has discriminated between the EXO-K and EXO-M, which consists of Korean and Chinese members respectively, in terms of activities.

“The K team was supported by SM Entertainment and was very active, but in comparison, the M team was not very active and suffered from lack of funding. As a result, we had a very hard time,” Luhan commented, further emphasizing his profit sharing from EXO-M’s activities and the excessive intrusion in his personal life that eventually caused his health to deteriorate and create health issues.

SM Entertaiment, however, rebutted and stated, “When you come with the same legal team and try to press the same charges upon us in the same method when there is no apparent reason for a lawsuit, it only appears as if the star [he]  is ignoring all understanding with the company and those effected as soon as one gains fame to better ones own profit and fame.”

Meanwhile, Luhan has been pursuing personal activities in China during his hiatus from EXO-M following his lawsuit to withdraw from SM Entertainment.

Article: [Exclusive] Court decides mediation between Luhan and SM lawsuit... can they reach a compromise?

Source: Sports Donga via Naver

1. [+4,129, -155] After shouting "We are one" all those times...

2. [+3,540, -166] They never really were one were they

3. [+2,554, -111] This is standard lawsuit procedure, nothing exclusive about it

4. [+2,573, -157] Seems Luhan never thought they were one from the start, "we are one" was always just a slogan he was obligated to chant

5. [+486, -38] I really don't get kids who still defend him. They talk as if he's the only one who had it hard in SM.

6. [+449, -20] So why even make the team's slogan "we are one", this is just said now...

7. [+398, -38] Thank you Luhan and Kris, the rest of the kids have longer parts now ㅎ

8. [+350, -16] I really wish Lay and Tao do way better than Luhan

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Source: Nate

1. [+315, -24] I don't even care anymore, just let Kris, Luhan, and Jessica go live and do whatever the fuck they want in China all their lives before dying there too

2. [+260, -23] I wish SM wins this time!

3. [+169, -13] Seems you can't do anything about the difference in ethnicity

4. [+26, -3] What mediation when Luhan violated his contract terms?

5. [+26, -4] I really wish Luhan utter failure.

6. [+24, -4] Fucking delinquent trash

7. [+23, -7] Can't believe his nickname used to be 'deer', he better leave his new nose and jaw behind in Korea where it belongs

8. [+20, -5] Luhan, you better return your eyes, nose, and jaw back to Korea~

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Article: SM "Currently in discussion with several Chinese companies... initial reports of investments are not true"

Source: OSEN via Naver

1. [+71, -3] SM's been on their own all this time but with all this betrayal going on, seems they're aiming to just grab on to a Chinese company. It's a good idea since if anyone else betrays them, they can just block their activities in China too.

2. [+59, -4] IU's agency has pretty much been bought out by China... They're a Chinese company now.. all of the profits go to China ㅋㅋㅋ

3. [+45, -1] Reading the article, it sounds like they are leaning towards receiving Chinese investments...

4. [+40, -2] Seems SM's looking to take in Chinese investments.

5. [+22, -0] Chinese investments are already flowing into the industry. Melon's Loen Entertainment was bought out by Hong Kong investments.

Sources: Koreaboo, MBN TV, NetizenBuzz

Netizens spewing the same xenophobic crap we've heard since Han Geng & Yi Fan. How shocking. /rme
Anyway, it seems like the rumors were true and his health wasn't just the only reason; most likely it was the straw that broke the camel's back?

What do y'all think, Omona?

Comments

[ironicmustache.livejournal.com]

i dont even know why i read netizen comments on luhan/kris anymore. gets me soooo angry.

honestly, it seems like netz are just jealous/angry that they didn't want to stay in their shithole of a market and were able to get out (and potentially do more). surely they realize SM wants that chinese $$$ just as much as they think luhan/kris do ...

[usual-notions.livejournal.com]

i dont even know why i read netizen comments on luhan/kris anymore. gets me soooo angry.

Ikr, I lose all faith in knetizens when I read them. Seriously, Luhan's health was so bad, even the slave drivers at SM let him have a break. Smh

[maknaeroli.livejournal.com]

tbh those netizen comments are kind of expected bc they always seem to do this but they piss me off to no end like wishing someone utter failure and calling them a delinquent bc they decided to do something for themselves and leave instead of keep themselves in torture because why because fans wanted him to suffer in silence and let his health deteriorate and continue to be edited out of things and ignored and treated differently

NO

ok that was a rant~!!! I definitely think it was a straw that broke the camel's back and tbh if he's not happy and would be much happier leaving and doing other things like he is now, then who should stop him? no one orz!!! like he looked so happy at his last presscon and media stuff~!!

sorry that was a lot orz

[frankoceans.livejournal.com]

ita

[nekokonneko.livejournal.com]

I really don't get kids who still defend him. They talk as if he's the only one who had it hard in SM.

he's not, which is precisely why sm artists keep leaving/suing more than artists from any other company


the comments are irritating, but i'm not so bothered by the ones wishing luhan failure if only because their rage and bitterness is so impotent. dude is going to be able to make enough from his new ventures to buy out the rest of exo before long

[teahearts.livejournal.com]

"dude is going to be able to make enough from his new ventures to buy out the rest of exo before long"

it'll be super-awesome if that's actually what he's secretly planning to do hahaha - will definitely shut those netizens up forever!

[luvey.livejournal.com]

i'm not even an exo fan, and i saw the difference in how SM treated M vs K.
it is interesting that NOW SM is in talks with partnering with a Chinese company. finally they learned their lesson that if they want to break into a whole different market than they are used to, they need major connections and help.

[rikayla.livejournal.com]

They partnered with both Baidu and Media Asia a while ago tho.

[consequences.livejournal.com]

I wonder what motivated these kids to even try to be in a sm boyband in the first place when they already see how terribly non-koreans are treated... I wonder if Luhan knew he would face discrimination but hoped it "wouldn't be as bad this time around" or something, but it was.

[frankoceans.livejournal.com]

this makes me sad lol

[missingmisnomer.livejournal.com]

The K team was supported by SM Entertainment and was very active, but in comparison, the M team was not very active and suffered from lack of funding. As a result, we had a very hard time”

Yes, glad to see Luhan confirming what M fans picked up a long time ago. I'd love him to spill all the beans on SM's shadiness but there's always time for that. Right now he must continue to recover, promote his movie some more in January, then take over China for the rest of 2015.

Also, did yall know that he just won the Most Valuable Male Star award (http://tofupost.com/2014/11/luhan-wins-valuable-male-star-award-baidu-moments-conference/) at a baidu awards thing? these k-netz would love it if ex-SM artists just dropped off the face of the earth after they leave their company BUT NO THEY KEEP SLAYING!

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

maybe Luhan or Kris will be the first to write a Kpop tell all

[klauses.livejournal.com]

go live and do whatever the fuck they want in China all their lives before dying there too

lol, whoa

such a shame about the M vs K thing, tho. EXO-M was the EXO i fell in love with. they were doing so well during MAMA promotions, and then OT12 happened, and... :(

[purpleglaceon]

Considering how well the mediation went with the Kris case

[msgrottesca.livejournal.com]

I've never seen so many people be so unanimous in willful ignorance just for the sake of justifying their xenophobia. The only way to see anyone other than SM as the bad guy here, is if you bury your head in the sand so you can convince yourself all Chinese people are evil. I'm amazed by how little disagreement I see in the comments of articles about this. There isn't even debate between the people commenting, it's like 99% of the Korean internet wants to side with SM simply because they have preconceived notions about the Chinese.

[agoongprincess.livejournal.com]

+100000

[thariamon.livejournal.com]

Why self, you know it kills you to read netizen comments, why do you keep reading them *throws things*
EXO-M is the main reason I became an EXO fan, I wish Kris and Luhan nothing but the best.
These xenophobic netizens really piss me off.

[darlingwendy5.livejournal.com]

Why self, you know it kills you to read netizen comments, why do you keep reading them *throws things*

preach it. *sigh*

[princetabi.livejournal.com]

am I the only one confused by SM's statement?? I honesty don't understand what their rebuttal means lol

and it was pretty obvious even to exo fans that the activities/promo between the two groups was very K biased so...yeah.

[tokyocinema.livejournal.com]

basically SM is saying that Luhan came to them with the same legal team that represented either Kris and/or Han Geng and says that he's trying to make off with the newfound fame he wouldn't have if it wasn't for SM, which I personally consider hilarious because they said this and a statement where they said they were "so shocked" and "never saw this coming" when it was reported that Luhan came to them multiple times wanting time off to rest like the doctors had told him and/or better deals for him and the rest of EXO-M (or the chines memebers i can't remember) and when he got no answer or the same recycled rejection, he decided it was time to leave so and his lawyers said either they announce it or he will (and he did~)

It's like they're playing off the fans/netizens' preconceived notions and disdain for China or anyone with any affiliation with China, and it's absolutely working.

[scheisse.livejournal.com]

"I really don't get kids who still defend him. They talk as if he's the only one who had it hard in SM."

But everybody knows that every SM idol has it hard and that's why they celebrate and praise those who are strong enough and brave enough to get out before they fucking die.

[soo-tic.livejournal.com]

SM's been on their own all this time but with all this betrayal going on, seems they're aiming to just grab on to a Chinese company. It's a good idea since if anyone else betrays them, they can just block their activities in China too.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA How small do you think China is?! And really, you think China will pick SM over their own?
All these netizens and their xenophobia. Yes, please pretend JYJ never happened. *flips table*

[tokyocinema.livejournal.com]

How small do you think China is?! And really, you think China will pick SM over their own?

SERIOUSLY.
Like, the Chinese are already wary of SM and Korea in general so, even if they had the power to, SM really can't do anything~

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

I didn't get really get SM's response. Read like a roundabout, poetic phrase and it lost my attention. Don't give a crap about Luhan, but 4 for you Glen Lulu.

[tokyocinema.livejournal.com]

SM was just pulling crap out of their asses, claiming that Luhan is just trying to run off with the fame that he wouldn't have had if it wasn't for all that SM did for him~

[torontok.livejournal.com]

The reason I hated OT12 was because it was the beginning of the end for EXO-M.you'd have to be willfully obtuse to deny that they were given less opportunities.
Kris is doing fine and Lunan will be too if he play's his cards right.

[petecarl.livejournal.com]

In Korea, do people generally join a company for life? Is that why people treat leaving their workplace as betrayal? Do they no have the culture of changing jobs for better terms every few years?

B/c, it's a job. Being an entertainer is a job. If people want to leave it or their company for elsewhere or a different line of work, that's fine. Like, have these people never had to leave a workplace cause it was just so awful?

Also, all of entertainment business is smoke and mirrors. Just b/c performers are smiling on stage doesn't mean they're happy behind the scenes. I want to give the benefit of the doubt and say only kids think like this, but if these are like yahoo comments, they're mostly adults.

[princetabi.livejournal.com]

I think its bc its a culture that values loyalty to your superiors/company above anything else. I'm not 100% sure though.

[dafairyness.livejournal.com]

Dear K-netz,
Get over yourselves.
(http://tinypic.com?ref=343hgub)
seriously.
(http://tinypic.com?ref=igjgpi)

[darlingwendy5.livejournal.com]

A+ gif use.

Oh man, I so need to watch You Are Beautiful again. For Hongki/Jeremy if no other reason haha

[burnbook31.livejournal.com]

2. [+3,540, -166] They never really were one were they

omg they went in

[frankoceans.livejournal.com]

i read the other day that sment has blocked some offers from c-entertainment for victoria, also that she always travels accompanied with a ridiculous big team when she goes to china... very sus...

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

"Stop looking at all the opportunities you could have in the outside world and enjoy your two hours of sleep"

[missingmisnomer.livejournal.com]

I doubt they had this plan to 'get popular with EXO then sue and leave for China' from the beginning. No one wants to ruin a good thing, unless it wasn't even good in the first place

mfte! go in!

some fans act like they wanted to sue their own company from the start. a lawsuit is a big deal and is usually a last resort. maybe they think legal fees are super cheap and leaving everything they've known for years with little to no compensation is easy. it just kills fans to admit that this company is shady as hell but there's definitely something suspicious about two members of the same group suing the same company in the same year. but god forbid certain fans use logic.

[lovelyxbeauty.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't get why netizen comments get posted, most of the time the comments decide to talk about the netizen comments than the actual article.

Anyway I hope this all resolves itself - EXO seem supportive of him as well.

[tokyocinema.livejournal.com]

I was debating whether or not I should've added them because I myself am not incredibly fond of them,
but eventually I did because there are those people who do want to know what K-Netz think and if people want to ignore the comments, they don't have to click the read more. (omg i didn't mean for that to sound mean btw)

And EXO, from what we've seen, is very supportive of Luhan and idk, that kind of makes me bitter af. Kris and Lu left for the exact same reasons (Health and SM's treatment of EXO-M or at the very least the chinese members) and yet, only the boys seem to support Luhan and completely bash Kris to all hell.

IDK man.

[olive-101.livejournal.com]

i just really hope sm regrets their mistreatment of idols and trainees but that would be assuming those people running the company have a conscience

[kwonsoonyoung.livejournal.com]

i wonder why exo seemed to be okay and supportive with him leaving. and it looks like they're still good friends. the situation was so different with kris lol

[darlingwendy5.livejournal.com]

I think with Kris it was the timing. He left right as they released Overdose and were about to start touring so there was more of a sense of chaos whereas LuHan finished off the tour and then removed himself before the next album began?

Also - and this is total speculation based on watching Showtime and other interviews waaaaay too many times and no actual knowledge - but it seemed like LuHan was a lot closer with the rest of the members than Kris ever was? At least with the K members.

So far the only one who has unfriended LuHan on instagram was Chanyeol and there's no telling with Sehun and Baekhyun because they both follow zero now. You can't even go by Weibo because there's an option to have hidden followers, to my understanding, so they could potentially be friends on Weibo, though I honestly think they're all more likely to text and instant message than keep in contact over social media anyways.

And I've put waaaay too much thought into this so I'mma stop typing now lol

[darlingwendy5.livejournal.com]

Those netizen comments...



Why do I bother reading them? SO much rage



I am a major LuHan stan, so I'm incredibly biased here (especially because LuHan WAS my EXO bias) but I can't believe these comments. I know Netizens don't represent all of Korea and that most who are commenting on LuHangate and EXOdus are teeny boppers but not one voice of dissent amongst the xenophobic onslaught?

EXO-M was hugely popular and doing way better in China than EXO-K was doing in Korea. They didn't truly make it in Korea until 'Growl' and OT-12 and then it really took off, but even though SM pulled M out of China to bail out K - EXO-K were the only ones really reaping the benefit with additional promotions, screen time, and opportunities. They try to promote that M was getting the opportunities as well, but really they were focused on the Korean members, Xiumin and Chen (no hate about that, especially for Minseok. Love the boazi).

Even now as they're trying to say that SM treats them fairly, K is promoting all over the place and M is put on a back shelf waiting. Part of that is because they're trying to sort out the future of M with four - sure - but their schedules aren't changed in terms of the large events like Music Bank from before LuHan's departure. It was always K-biased.

Sorry for the rant, especially to a bunch of posters who totally feel the same, but SM is pissing me off so much.

Plus, LuHan's been turning things down in China and the companies he's turned down have all said he has declined due to his health. He's still recovering months later because he'd deteriorated that badly. His work as an actor was all done when he was part of EXO and SMent and yet I've seen so many articles about how he ran off with his k-pop fame to become an actor but he hasn't done anything professionally since (though there are rumours that he may, possibly, be in talks for a part in a movie but it's all gossip based on the fact that an author followed him on Weibo).

I honestly think that, despite all the ill treatment and inequality, LuHan would still be a part of EXO if his health hadn't gotten so bad. I've been following everything he's been doing with Back to 20's/Missy Granny remake and in the behind the scenes videos he was constantly going over his EXO choreography and making the EXO signs with his hands. He was fully dedicated and the filming was only a month or two before he had to go on rest.

EXO-M was everything.

'scuse me while I go sob in my cornflakes.





I say - you go LuLu. Go get your fame and your health (and your LaoGoa/Cobby!) and I'll be cheering for you



also, dearest LuHan, please grab Tao and Yixing and bring them with you. And Minseok too. And maybe Sehun.

This post has been brought to you courtesy of procrastination fueled ramblings and Lee HongKi

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

Ahhh I felt like watching You're Beautiful back just to see Hongki's part. He is seriously very amusing there. :DD

Do you remember why they're doing that in the last gif? I watched the drama back in 2008 so I dont remember the details anymore..

[rikayla.livejournal.com]

BUT ALIBABA. Is that all that is on Omona about the ALIBABA investment rumours?! The same company that listed a record breaking IPO earlier this year?! The same company who has Hollywood hotshots wooing Jack Ma?!

Alibaba x SM pls. And then Alibaba - SM + ZLY pls.

[tholydraniery.livejournal.com]

i hope alibaba swallows sm whole, just to shut these xenophobic k-netz up.