The latest Korean circle news, a high-profile actor recently announced the end of a one-and-a-half-year contract with his agency, causing quite a stir. For the future, whether to start a business independently or find a new company to work with has become a mystery that has attracted much attention.
The actor, named Lee Jong-suk, started his own agency as early as after leaving YG Entertainment. After a period of solitary struggle, his career ushered in a new transformation. Specifically, in April 2022, Lee Jong-suk's company merged with the company founded by the famous actor Song Joong Ki, which means that the two big names in the Korean circle are officially in the same camp, and the company has other well-known artists, including Kim Ji Won.
However, unlike Song Joong Ki of the same company, Lee Jong-suk has only released three works in the year and a half since joining the new company. These works are the sci-fi action film "Witch 2", the suspense crime drama "Black Lawyer" and the film "Decibel", although these works are of good quality but the output is relatively small.
In contrast, Song Joong-ki, another first-line actor, has steadily risen in his career in recent years and has accumulated rich film and television resources. He has covered many TV series and movies, including "Little Ladies" and "The Little Son of the Plutocracy", as well as "Loki End", "Scourge" and so on. The performance in the past two years shows that there is a clear gap between Song Joong Ki's status in the film and television industry and Lee Jong-suk.
Analyzing the career development of these two actors in the past two years, it is not difficult to see that Lee Jong-suk's popularity and popularity have gradually declined, and it is urgent to plan the future career direction. His decision not to renew the brokerage company was not surprising and triggered discussion and support from many netizens. There is an opinion that such a choice should have been made a long time ago, after all, he is at a disadvantage in the field of Hallyu compared to Song Joong Ki.
Recently, Lee Jong-suk not only has no new works in 2023, but also has become one of the representatives of the "steamed bun face" in the Korean entertainment industry due to his obvious decline in appearance, which has been ridiculed, and his career seems to have stagnated. At the same time, his girlfriend IU's performance in the concert was unprecedentedly wonderful, the new drama also made good progress, and her career flourished.
It is worth mentioning that the new drama "Hard Work" starring IU and Park Bojian also has good news, which will be broadcast on Netflix, and this production that costs up to 50 billion won is expected to meet the audience in the first half of next year.
Looking back to December 31, 2022, the relationship between Lee Jong-suk and IU was exposed, and the two bravely made the relationship public. However, since then, the couple's career gap has gradually widened and become more and more obvious.
Today, Lee Jong-suk's contract with the brokerage company expires and his future is uncertain. However, IU's career is thriving day by day, whether singing or acting, she has shown extraordinary multi-faceted talent in the entertainment industry, becoming a rare film and television song actress in South Korea. In the future, people can't help but wonder about the direction after this obvious "strong woman and weak man" emotion, will the relationship between the two cause problems due to the gap in career?
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