Well, 3 of them at least.


Here's a 30 second summary of what has happened: Yoochun, Jaejoong and Junsu of DBSK are filing an injunction against their management / talent company, SM Entertainment, because they think that their 13 year contract is too long and that they're not getting paid fairly for their work.

They also mentioned stuff like being overworked and typical boring idol gripes.

So before we move on, all you mental DBSK fangirls (and those fanboys) please go away (non-mental ones can stay). If you can't be realistic about this matter, don't read this post.

[Are they getting paid too little?]

The details are really sketchy regarding how much DBSK is getting in terms of pay. SM Entertainment just released a statement saying that over the last 5 years, DBSK has made roughly 40.28 million USD for the company. And remember that this excludes endorsements and shoots and all that other stuff.

We take away 18 million from this figure because SM needs to pay for expenses on them. That leaves us with 22 million.

Let's just take the most extreme figure, the most favorable one for DBSK. Let's just say they split these profits 1:9 with SM Entertainment taking 90% of the profits.

That leaves us with 2.2 million USD.

Split that by 5 members, we have 440,000 USD.

Over five years, that's 88000 USD per year per member. Which equates to about 7300 USD per month.

How many of you earn 7300 USD or more a month? How many of you have parents which do?

Let's face it, 7300 USD a month in pay is something many of us wish we had but we don't. And here they're complaining that they don't have enough?

And best of all, these people have NOTHING to pay for. Food is taken care of by their company, as are utilities, rent, medical fees, travel, clothing and perhaps the occasional luxury item.

That's 7300 USD lying around monthly for you to spend on ANYTHING you want.

Is that STILL too little?

And this is taking the most extreme figure too. To get a closer figure, we'd have to look at what both sides are saying.

SM Entertainment released a statement saying the profits were split 40:60, with DBSK taking 40%.

Now if you were DBSK, and knew that you were getting say, 20% of the profits, you would come out and say "hell, no, we're getting way less than what they claimed".

But instead, what do they say?


You know what else is too vague? Your fucking statement is what's too vague. Doesn't this sound like a flimsy excuse?

Child: I cleaned my room and did my homework and ate my vegetables and STILL my mom doesn't let me play outside!
Mother: *shows messy room, unfinished homework and plate of uneaten vegetables*
Child: ... Her standards are too high, we cannot trust her.

*slams head against table repeatedly*

But of course, SM Entertainment might be trying to downplay the figures too by making it seem they took a smaller cut of the profits. So let's buffer these figures a bit and say, DBSK took 25% while SM Entertainment took 75%.

That equates to each DBSK member getting 18300 USD per month.

Remember, WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY ANYTHING.

Is that STILL too little? Do they need money to stuff down their underwear to make themselves look bigger? Well, they really should, whiny bunch of girly giants.




(And if SM is telling the truth, it equates to roughly 29000 USD a month in pay for each member. 29000! That's DEFINITELY not little.)

And even if they are getting a 10:90 split, they AGREED to it in the first place by signing that contract. Which brings me to my next point...

[Isn't a 13-year contract unreasonable? They're so tired and overworked!]

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