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The production company and Jisoo’s management company, Keyeast, are engaged in a battle while the’Daltegang’ side filed a lawsuit for damages.
Victory Contents, the production company of KBS2’s Monday and Tuesday drama’River of the Moon’ (hereinafter referred to as’Dalte River’), announced in an official position on the afternoon of the 2nd, “The drama that I watched at the time of getting off Jisoo was filming up to 18 out of 20, but at school It was a situation where we had to abandon Jisoo’s filmings and retake them due to the controversy over violence.”
“This led to a decrease in sales as well as the burden of additional production costs that require re-shooting up to 18 episodes as well as a decrease in sales due to the failure to provide dramas up to 6 episodes already broadcast to domestic and overseas customers. In order to compensate for such damages, we had to negotiate with Keyeast to receive settlement money or to file a lawsuit to receive compensation for damages.”
However, in terms of “moral responsibility”, Keyeast said that it would bear “responsibility only for reasonable costs” and argued that “there is a lack of specific evidence” and “there are several restrictions because it is a publicly traded company.”
Victory Contents said, “We cannot determine the additional production cost because the re-shooting has not been completed, and it is difficult to provide detailed data due to the confidentiality clause of the contract unit price with each customer. He explained that it would provide an agreement and urged an agreement. “It has come to be reached,” he angered.
Above all, on Keyeast’s homepage, it is pointed out that Jisoo is still appearing as an actor belonging to Keyeast, and the company said, “It is true that I am wondering whether you are realizing the seriousness of this situation. The mistake was made by the actors belonging to Keyeast, and the back-up and costs are only borne by our company,” he was embarrassed. In addition, “It is difficult to convince Keyeast to consider paying if it tells us that it is a’reasonable cost’ as if it is someone else’s homeless service,” he said. “Not only the loss of the additional production cost above, but also the decrease in viewership ratings, complaints from overseas customers, and expected sales It is expected that the damages caused by the decline and damage to the company’s image are not the only ones.”
In addition, on the 31st of last month, the answer to the agreement sent by Keyeast was attached and emphasized, “In conclusion, the obvious fact of this case is that Keyeast’s actor Jisoo is the perpetrator of the drama.”
Victory Contents said, “All viewers who have the right to watch quality content in a timely manner, along with the company, the cast and staff, are victims of this case.” Is sufficient to assume that the burden of real responsibility and an agreement for settlement of the case cannot proceed, so we will inevitably inform you that we will undertake a procedure to hold legal responsibility for your company.” .
As the controversy continued, Keyeast said, “As a public opinion exhibition through the continuous distribution of press releases with Victory Contents related to the’Dalte River’, there is a concern that it will cause another damage to the drama that is currently being aired with the hard work of numerous production crews, actors, and staff and the support of viewers. He said, “I will try to refrain from responding to the issue through the media as much as possible from the present point until the airing of this drama is over.”
The company said, “We will continue to actively engage in discussions with Victory Contents in a responsible manner for a smooth agreement.”
On the other hand, Victory Contents on the same day revealed that after Jisoo’s abusive controversy, it caused enormous damage to the drama production, and that it tried to reach an agreement with Keyeast to prevent this, so it was uncooperatively raised a lawsuit. In this regard, Jisoo got off, and actor Na In-woo urgently put it in from the 9th episode. Since then, it has been decided to take full re-shooting from episodes 1 to 6.
However, Keyeast countered that it was not true. Our company explained, “We deeply sympathize with the difficult situation that the production company and various production crews suffer from the sudden change of actors, and we have clearly stated that we are willing to take responsibility only for the reasonable cost incurred for the additional filming for the replacement of Jisoo’s actors.”
However, he explained that he politely requested that the actual settlement details be provided because there is not enough concrete grounds to reach a final agreement with the estimated production cost suggested by Victory Contents. At the same time, since the filming is still in progress, it will take more than a month for the final settlement.
Keyeast said, “We have been making sincere efforts to reach an agreement by asking KBS broadcasting companies and drama production associations for objective mediation. Therefore, it is very different from the fact that the agreement was broken due to our non-cooperative response as claimed by Victory Contents.”
▶Hereinafter, the official position of Victory Contents
On April 1, 2021, the Company filed a lawsuit against Keyeast Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Keyeast”) for damages claiming 3 billion won as a partial claim to the Seoul Central District Court (hereinafter referred to as “this case”). .
As you may know, there was a report on the Internet on March 2, 2021, when this drama was broadcasted up to 6 times, that Jisoo committed school violence against Jisoo, and on March 4, 2021, Jisoo said, “Past misconduct committed in the past. There is no excuse for it. It was an unforgivable behavior”, admitted to the past behavior. Furthermore, Keyeast announced through a press release on March 5, 2021 that Kim Ji-soo will immediately cease all planned activities and have a time of intense reflection. There is.
At the time of Jisoo’s departure, the drama had been filmed up to 18 out of 20, but due to the controversy over school violence, the filming of Jisoo had to be discarded and retaken. This led to a decrease in sales due to the failure to provide dramas up to 6 episodes already broadcast to domestic and overseas customers, as well as a burden of additional production costs for re-shooting up to 18 episodes. In order to compensate for such damages, we had to negotiate with Keyeast to receive settlement money or to file a lawsuit to receive compensation for damages.
However, in terms of “moral responsibility”, Keyeast will bear “responsibility only for reasonable costs”, but it is saying that “there is a lack of concrete evidence” and “there are several restrictions because it is a listed company.” As the company has not completed the re-shooting, it is not possible to determine the additional production cost, and it is difficult to provide detailed data due to the confidentiality clause of the contract unit price with each customer. I urged an agreement with him. Nevertheless, the Keyeast side consistently came to this lawsuit with an assertive, non-cooperative attitude of sub-acquisition, in the sense that if specific evidence was given, rather than faithfully negotiating, it would take moral responsibility at a reasonable cost.
On the Keyeast website, Jisoo still appears as an actor belonging to Keyeast, but it is true that you are aware of the seriousness of this situation. The mistake was made by the actors belonging to Keyeast, but it is difficult to convince us that the back-up and costs are solely borne by the company, and that Keyeast will consider paying if he informs us of the’reasonable expenses’ as if they were maiming someone else’s house.
In addition, it is expected that the company will not only suffer from damages from the above additional production costs, but also from lower viewership ratings, filing claims from overseas customers, decreases in expected sales, and damage to the company’s image.
Keyeast, who is responsible for all responsibilities arising from this situation, clearly declares that it will take full responsibility for the case as the person in charge of the case if there is a genuine intention to resolve it, and asks you to act in a cooperative manner.
For the broadcasters and viewers around the world who are also seeing this situation, we will end the lawsuit and compensation for damages in this case as quickly as possible, and we will do our best to ensure that you can continue to watch healthy and sound programs.
▶The following is the full text of the April 1st response to Keyeast’s proposal by Victory Contents.
Hello. We are happy to answer your proposed settlement.
1) We do not wish for your moral responsibility in relation to this case, but for the expansion of lawsuits for your legal responsibilities and for a settlement agreement for a number of victims of good faith, such as the company, performers, and filming staff. is. Your answer below is interpreted as a content that you will deliberately verify and verify the additional production cost for re-shooting and additional filming, and compensate for the actual cost, even though your company is not liable for the case. We cannot but express serious concern for our position on and our attitude toward consensus.
2) Your claims about the lack of specific grounds for the estimated amount of additional production costs and the issue of the management’s appointment can only be understood as a time traction, taking into account your own position on this case.
The reason why we presented the estimated amount of additional production cost is to a customer who does not require a separate agreement, in response to a request that the management has difficulty in reporting the content and calculation of the agreement amount due to the lack of basic data on the agreement. This is an additional estimate of the actual production cost for the back. As can be seen from the proof of contents sent by the company last week, this is only considering the increase in our cost (production cost) among the direct and indirect damages subject to agreement, and other tangible and intangible damage caused by the decrease in our sales and internal and external image damage can be said. Despite none, the fact that we only mention the corresponding additional production cost and require specific grounds or verification, etc., we cannot help but question the authenticity of your agreement.
In addition, we do not understand that your company expresses concerns about the decision-making system or procedure as a listed company in relation to the management appointment issue, but as mentioned above, this is only seen as an excuse arising from the misunderstanding of your company’s responsibility to view the status quo. not. Rather, it would be the management’s negation in our view to lay down your responsibility for this case and dismiss the mission of showing an active consensus to prevent further damage and image damage that may occur afterward.
3) In conclusion, the obvious fact of this case is that your company and your actor, Jisoo, are the perpetrators of the drama, and all viewers who have the right to watch quality content in a timely manner, along with the company, the cast and staff, are in this case. Is the victim of Esau. Nevertheless, since the opinion below of your company, which seems to be avoiding responsibility and not being able to state the reality, is sufficient to judge that a genuine burden of responsibility and an agreement for settlement of the case cannot proceed, we inevitably We are notifying you that we will be undertaking a process to hold you accountable.
▶The following is the full text of Keyeast’s official position
Hello? This is Keyeast.
As a public opinion exhibition through continuous distribution of press releases with Victory Contents regarding this’River of the Moon’, the drama that is currently being aired with the support of numerous production crews, actors, and staff and the support of viewers has suffered another damage.
I am concerned about giving it to you.
For that reason, we will try to refrain from responding to the issue through the media from the present point until the end of the airing of this drama.
We will continue to actively engage in discussions with Victory Contents in a responsible manner for amicable agreement.
Thank you.
Reporter Nam-kyung Lee, Ministry of Population and Culture at MBN Star [email protected]