Will EXO Bian Boxian still post videos this month? Many people may wonder, Bian Boxian did not go to serve in the army, how could he send a video? Yes, he is still serving now, but this idol's mind is not simple, and he is also quite hard for the fans, recording a lot of videos before going to the army, and sending a video on the 17th of every month, so that fans can understand their thoughts!
However, this month he did not post, but also deleted the previous videos, what is going on? It turned out that every time he sent a video like this, Korean netizens smelled a different taste, was Bian Boxian making money? We all know that self-media can make money, if Bian Boxian opens a video to earn, it can still make a lot of money, and South Korea has a rule that serving in the military can not have another salary...
SM Entertainment issued a statement regarding exo's video being removed from its YouTube channel
SM Entertainment issued a statement on the same day explaining the reasons for deleting EXO Bian Boxian's Youtube video. When I first saw this news, did I feel that SM had done something bad? In fact, this time it is really not, they should also delete these videos for the sake of Bian Boxian's good.
On May 6, EXO's Bo Xian became the 6th member of the military service, so his publicity and activities were interrupted for at least 18 months. Since he was in the army, he decided not to let the fans wait. He had already shot a lot of videos before he joined the army, so he could post at least one video a month during his military service.
Since then, SM Entertainment has been sharing these videos to keep fans entertained. But SM Entertainment issued an official statement on November 18 through Bian's personal Youtube channel, saying it would remove videos uploaded after enlistment. SM Entertainment said that in order to avoid misunderstandings, it decided to stop uploading videos during Bo Xian's service.
SM Entertainment: "This is SM Entertainment. We would like to inform you that KyoongTube content will be removed until Bo Xian is discharged from the army. So far, we have released a video every month to repay the love of our fans for Bo Xian. Bo Xian's video was taken before enlistment, and although it is not illegal to publicly take the video before enlistment, in order to prevent misunderstandings that differ from our intentions, we decided to delete all videos uploaded after enlistment, and we hope that fans will understand. ”
SM's decisions and statements are made in accordance with South Korea's current law on the income of active-duty military personnel. Under South Korean law, people serving in the military are not allowed to receive any official salaries other than those serving in the military. As a result, military personnel are not allowed to pursue other occupations.
While Bian's videos don't violate these laws as he filmed them before joining the army in May, SM Entertainment hopes to prevent any misunderstandings from the public and the administration in the future about the legitimacy of his income on Youtube while actively serving! Meanwhile, Bo Xian and his EXO members Suho, Chanyeol and Chen are currently serving in the military.
Actually, I wonder if he'll release these videos after the service is complete. I mean it's good that SM deleted these videos so he doesn't get into legal trouble. Although he filmed this in advance, I think the South Korean government will not let him get any non-military revenue source under any circumstances.
It is not known whether the South Korean military will have reservations about this, no matter how clear it is that this is not really "new" content. It seems that this is really a gray area, whether he is allowed to be in... Profit from this period. However, in sm's case, they seem to be testing this gray area.
SM sells merchandise named after him during his military service and regularly uploads (pre-shot) videos every month, which can be interpreted as some sort of publicity campaign. SM has been testing boundaries with exo and SHINee's latest (JP) album releases to test boundaries.
Personally, apart from these two SM groups and albums released in Japan during their military service, I have never heard of other high-profile artists who can still release new albums during their military service. I guess that's why EXO didn't promote their latest album.
But this rule is really quite strange. How those who enlisted were not allowed to have other sources of income, I'm not sure how accurate this source is, but apparently they only get 450,000-600,000 won per month. For those at the top of the income ladder, that's just over 3,000 yuan. While this doesn't affect Bian Boxian's status at all, considering his income over the years, imagine what it would be like for an ordinary person who needs to take care of his family.
Do entrepreneurs also need to give up any salary during their enlistment? Honestly that would be unfortunate! That's probably why most South Koreans enlist when they're young, with much lower opportunity costs and financial responsibilities.
So, from the perspective of the whole mechanism, in theory all this is equal, and it prevents the possibility of obvious corruption. They can also focus entirely on their duties in this way. Imagine if one person made money by investing in the market and he did the same during his military service, and the others in the same group were super poor, then the rich might replace obligations with money.
Although this is very bad for Bian Boxian and his fans, I believe that fans will definitely understand, after all, this is related to the future and status of the idol, and they only need to wait a while to see the idol again, and they can also communicate face-to-face, which is much more interesting than watching the video! What do you think of this situation? Welcome to discuss!
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