vampire entertainer

Chapter 560 Six: Victory

July [-]st, eight o'clock in the morning.

There was still an hour before the trial of the lawsuit between Han Geng and SM Company, and there was a huge crowd of people at the gate of the Seoul Central Court.

Although both Hot and Shinhwa had sued SM before, it had never been such a sensation as this time.The most important thing is that Han Geng is a Chinese citizen.

Hot and Shinhwa's members are all Koreans, SM company can use drag tactics to drag them to death, wait until their popularity plummets, and then terminate the contract with them, and then carry out a strong suppression.But this trick is not good for Han Geng, he is Chinese, and he is very popular in China. In Korea, the Chinese embassy is protecting him. If SM company dares to do something to obviously suppress Han Geng, the Chinese embassy can use this Protest to the South Korean government about the unfair treatment of Chinese citizens in South Korea, then things will become very troublesome, and SM will be passive instead.

Another point is that the Chinese embassy accepted Han Geng's request for help and asked the Korean Ministry of Culture to treat this matter fairly.All Korean entertainment companies are under the jurisdiction of the Korean Ministry of Culture, and SM is no exception.

Therefore, this time, SM Company confronted Han Geng in such a short period of time, not only after careful consideration, but also received a cryptic warning from the Ministry of Culture.

At [-]:[-], Han Geng, accompanied by his lawyer, appeared at the gate of the court. Immediately, all the reporters rushed to surround him like a swarm, pointing their guns and short cannons at him.

"Han Geng, what are your chances of winning this lawsuit?"

"Han Geng, is it true that you have already negotiated with the domestic management company in China, that's why you are so anxious to leave SM?"

"..."

Facing the reporters' questions, Han Geng, who was wearing sunglasses, didn't speak, and couldn't see what his eyes were like at the moment.His lawyer stood up and said: "My friends from the press. I believe that this lawsuit will have a result today. If you are interested, you can wait here, and you will know the result in due course. Please make room now." , the court is about to start, we are in a hurry!"

Seeing that the lawyer said so, all the reporters gave way one after another. Han Geng passed the reporters' siege and walked towards the Seoul Central Court.

Two minutes later, a Mercedes-Benz drove into the parking lot, and a middle-aged man in a suit got out of the car.The sharp-eyed reporter recognized him at a glance.This middle-aged man is none other than Jin Minying.

Now, Kim Min Young is the president of SM Company and also serves as the legal representative.Han Geng wanted to file a lawsuit against SM, so he naturally had to appear in court to represent SM and sit in the dock.

Appeared here for Kim Min Young.All reporters were surprised.When they came to their senses, Jin Minying had already walked up the steps towards the gate of the court.Everyone secretly said it was a pity.Failed to interview Kim Min Young.

The two giants of sm, Li Xiuman will appear on TV from time to time, accepting media interviews.But the number of appearances of Jin Minying is pitifully small, and he has never been interviewed by the media.It was a pity for the reporters not to be able to interview him in such a good opportunity today.

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At nine o'clock, about Han Geng suing SM Company.The case for termination of the contract was formally heard at the Seoul Central District Court.Kim Min Young represented SM Company and sat in the defendant's seat, while Han Geng sat in the plaintiff's seat as the plaintiff, and the two sat opposite each other.

Han Geng glanced at Kim Minying, and then looked towards the auditorium.At the front of the auditorium, there was a middle-aged man in a black suit with a Chinese flag pinned to his collar. He was specially sent by the Chinese embassy to hear the hearing.If the judge has the slightest bias towards sm and makes an unfair trial, he has the right to protest immediately.

After the trial, Han Geng's lawyer took the lead in presenting the evidence, that is, a formal contract Han Geng signed with SM, and an additional contract signed after his debut.

"As you can see, this is a very unfair contract.

First, the term of the contract is 13 years. If my client is temporarily unable to obey the arrangement of sm company due to illness or other reasons, it needs to be extended to meet the 13-year rule.This is equivalent to a disguised contract of selling oneself.

Second, my client needs to unconditionally obey the arrangement of sm company in performing arts activities, and has no right to modify it.This provision has seriously damaged the human rights of my client and is an illegal provision that violates the spirit of the law.

Third, during the training period, if my client is late or absent, he will be fined. If he fails to contact SM Company for more than one day, SM Company can cancel his contract with him.This one is even more absurd. It is not an exaggeration to call it a Hitler clause. Fascism is not so dictatorial.

Fourth, in terms of profit distribution, the sj team can only get a [-]% profit commission when the album sales exceed [-]. Can be assigned to team members.My client has to undertake heavy notification arrangements every day. Since his debut, his body has been under excessive pressure for a long time. His stomach and kidneys have suffered from various degrees of disease. However, my client received a far from fair distribution of income.Please see clearly that this contract stipulates that only [-]% of the profit can be obtained if the album sells more than [-] copies, and my client can only get [-]th of the [-]%.

Calculated on the basis of 13 albums, deducting production costs and taxes, the profit from 76 albums is calculated as [-] million won, and [-]% of the [-] million won will be distributed to [-] people. My client can only get [-] million won.

These are just the three items of the contract I listed, and the rest of the content will not be listed here one by one, everyone can take a look!

What's more, in [-], SM Company asked Han Geng to sign two unilateral benefit agreements proposed by SM Company, that is, two subsidiary contracts. The signing of these two contracts means that my client will There is no chance to come up with any treaty in your own favor.

My client is a Chinese citizen. For him, this kind of contract is no different from the Nanjing Treaty, Tianjin Treaty, and Shimonoseki Treaty that China signed with the big powers in the past, humiliating the country!

Under the control of SM company, my client lived a life without any rights and no rights at all. He was oppressed by SM company like a puppet that was manipulated by SM company.Here, I beg the judge to declare all three contracts signed between my client and sm company invalid, and return my client to freedom! "

The judge sat high and looked at the contract carefully, and the jury members also flipped through it one by one.In fact, they are all Koreans. When SM is suing Han Geng, they will always favor SM in their instinctive consciousness, but looking at this contract, even if they want to stand on SM's side and help them, there is nothing they can do, unless they do so in front of them. Many people refer to a deer as a horse.

And pointing a deer into a horse is obviously not enough, not to mention that the representatives of the Chinese embassy are sitting below, and they can't explain it to dozens of media outside.

Moreover, looking at the contract until it was roughly finished, even the judge and jurors felt a little sympathetic to Han Geng.Fortunately, he was able to endure as long as five years under this unequal contract.

"Defendant's lawyer, do you have anything to say?" the judge asked, looking in Jin Minying's direction.

SM's lawyer stood up and said, "Your Excellency, we have nothing to say. We agree with the other party's lawyer's request to annul the three contracts!"

wow~~~

The audience was in an uproar, unexpectedly the always strong SM company would become so talkative at this time, not even saying a word to defend themselves.

Although Jin Minying sat there with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, he was smiling wryly in his heart.It's not that he doesn't want to defend sm, but in front of this slave contract, any excuse is sophistry, and it's useless.Instead of working hard for nothing, it is better to save some saliva.

In the situation where the "dragging tactics" could not be used, Kim Minying had no other choice but to agree to abolish the two-point contract.

The judge and jurors were also taken aback for a moment, but they didn't expect SM to concede defeat within 15 minutes of the trial.Since this is the case, why did you come to the court in the first place? Just do it in private!

"Defendant, do you really have nothing to say and agree to the plaintiff's request?" the judge reiterated.

"Yes!" Jin Minying nodded with a smile, but felt as uncomfortable as eating a cockroach.

Seeing that the two parties had reached a consensus, the judge pronounced the sentence: "Now the verdict is officially pronounced, because the three contracts signed by sm and Han Geng have seriously violated Han Geng's human rights and damaged Han Geng's personal interests. Therefore, I pronounce the judgment between Han Geng and the sm company. The contract is officially void!"

Originally, he thought it would take a long time, but he didn't expect that the sentencing would be over in just half an hour. Han Geng won the victory with a strong attitude, ending his five years of enslavement.

For this verdict, Han Geng was very satisfied, and did not file another lawsuit, demanding financial compensation from SM Company.He has self-knowledge, and he also knows that he will accept it when he sees it, otherwise he will definitely suffer a loss.

After the verdict was pronounced, Jin Minying didn't stay for a moment, but turned around and left.

Soon, the reporters standing outside the Seoul Central District Court got the final verdict, and everyone was shocked—it was unbelievable!

(There should have been five or six SJ members who filed the lawsuit back then, and only Han Geng is mentioned here... and the sentencing time was more than a year earlier than in reality) (to be continued...)