Hook Enter CEO “Lee Seung-gi quarrel, I will take responsibility by disposing of personal property”
By Newsis
Published 2022-11-30 14:43:15
Jinyoung Kwon
Singer and actor Lee Seung-gi and CEO Kwon Jin-young of Hook Entertainment, who are clashing over a profit settlement, have announced that if there is something they need to take responsibility for, they will get dispose of their personal property and take responsibility.
On the 30th, CEO Kwon issued a statement through Hook and said, “I will lower myself to the position of taking full responsibility for the controversy involving Lee Seung-gi, and I will not shirk my responsibility and get rid of my personal property so I can take responsibility.”
CEO Kwon, who has lived as a manager for 25 years, said, “There have been many things, but this is the first time I have experienced something as difficult and difficult as this.” He added, “I think responsibility must be taken at the beginning and end of any quarrel or misunderstanding. I hope there is no harm to Hooken, the company I have built over the last 25 years, or to the celebrities I belong. to now.”
He added, “Once again, I bow my head and express my apologies. I apologize once again to all the staff of Hook Entertainment, who have been hell every day because of the sudden incident, and to everyone who received the news that they do not want see because of this situation.”
Lee Seung-gi, who debuted in 2004 with ‘Because You’re My Woman’, became famous as soon as this song became popular. Recently, he has been focusing on acting as an actor, but he has released popular songs for a while, such as ‘Delete’, ‘Will you marry me’, ‘Return’, and ‘Hard to say’. However, the claim that Lee Seung-gi did not receive a music revenue settlement for 27 albums and 137 songs over the past 18 years recently came from the online entertainment media Dispatch, which led to the spread of Lee Seung-gi’s slavery contract . ‘ online.
Recently, Lee Seung-gi sent Hook a proof of content related to settling the sound source. However, Hook’s team refuted that the ‘settlement of 0 won’ for Lee Seung-gi is not true. Here, Lee Seung-gi’s side refuted again, saying, “I have never received a settlement statement for paying music fees.”
In addition, Lee Seung-gi’s side claims that Hook Entertainment invested 4.7 billion won in the purchase of the building in 2011, but CEO Kwon kept no promise in this regard. This means that a total of 6,706,580,000 earned has been paid, including the principal borrowed last year and the interest of 1,981,570,000 earned on this principal. It was also claimed that Hook Entertainment, which discovered Lee Seung-gi’s investment, sold the building in Cheongdam-dong for 17.7 billion won, earning a market profit of about 8.2 billion won.
In addition, as Dispatch raised the suspicion that CEO Kwon personally used company funds using a corporate card, CEO Kwon is in a very difficult position. Previously, a transcript containing CEO Kwon’s offensive comments about Lee Seung-gi was released online.
