Newzins held an emergency press conference on the termination of its exclusive contract at 8:30 p.m. today (28th) in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
On this day, the agency, which was in charge of promoting the members of the New Jeans, distributed official documents to reporters two hours before the press conference and suddenly announced the news of the press conference.
Hani said, "The deadline for the correction request we sent ends at 12 o'clock tonight. However, Adore and Hive do not show any room for improvement or willingness to comply with our demands, he said. "I'm leaving for Japan tomorrow, but I don't know what kind of press play Adore will play at the moment, so I wanted to accurately convey our position before leaving the country."
"The current exclusive contract with Adore will be terminated from midnight on the 29th," the Newzins members declared.
Minji explained why she wanted to terminate the contract, saying, "The door we have worked with has changed a lot at the moment, and we cannot accept the argument that we should maintain an exclusive contract at the door that has lost trust with us."
In particular, on the 13th, Newzins sent a proof of content containing a request for correction to Adore, sending a so-called "last notice." In response, Adore responded to some calls for correction, warning Billifrap on the 27th, "Don't take the damage to member Hani lightly." In addition, Adore (Hive) replied to Newzins by e-mail this afternoon (28th) about the proof of content.
However, Newzins said, "It's just a show-off act, and none of our requests for correction have been made. He stressed, "No correction has been made, so we will terminate the exclusive contract after midnight."
Hani said to Adore, "I have an obligation to protect Newgins, who has neither the will nor the ability to protect them. So I think it's a waste of time to stay here and I think the mental pain will continue," he said.
Amid rampant speculation about the penalty for the termination of the exclusive contract, Harin said, "We didn't violate the exclusive contract, and we never violated it, so I don't think there's any reason why we should pay the penalty at all," blaming Odor.
However, in order to terminate the exclusive contract before the expiration of the exclusive contract, legal procedures are usually taken, starting with an application for an injunction to suspend the validity of the exclusive contract, which Newzins did not elaborate on. Minji just said, "I don't think we'll have to make an application for provisional injunction." As the reporters continued to ask related questions, he replied, "I should give you legal stories later, but I'm telling you this because there's never been such a case."
Among them, he also expressed his will to protect the team name of the New Jeans. Hye-in said, "We will try to secure the rights of the name New Jeans fully because it is a name that contains everything from the first time the five of us met."
For the time being, Newzins plans to carry out the schedule promised to Adore. However, in the future, he said, "I will be free to do the activities I really want, free from Dorr."
What is clear is his willingness to accompany former CEO Min Hee-jin. Min-ji said several times, "If possible, I want to work with former CEO Min."
Adore, a label that includes Newzins, has been at odds with its parent company, Hive, since April. Producer Min Hee-jin, who was the CEO of Adore at the time, filed an internal complaint that there was an attempt to copy New Jeans inside Hive, and Hive claimed suspicions such as former CEO Min's breach of trust.
In the meantime, allegations that former CEO Min intentionally delayed Newzins' debut schedule, allegations that the Hive public relations officer reduced Newzins' performance, and allegations that member Hani was told to "ignore" by other group managers in Hive have gradually taken the center of the conflict.
Meanwhile, Newzins has publicly supported former representative Min. After former CEO Min resigned from his position as CEO of Airdore, Newzins members sent proof of content on the 13th to demand Min's return to the leadership. In particular, he warned that he would terminate the exclusive contract if it was not corrected.
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