Yoo Jae-seok, the down payment for the antenna is more than 10 billion won..Money won't move

By Sohee, Kim

Jul 12, 2025

Yoo Jae-seok, the down payment for the antenna is more than 10 billion won..Money won't move



Ji Seok-jin told the behind-the-scenes story of Yoo Jae-seok's transfer to his agency.

On the 12th, a video titled 'Home Vacation is an excuse' was uploaded on the YouTube channel 'Out of the blue'. In the video, the group TWICE Jeongyeon, Sana, Jihyo, and Nayeon appeared as guests, talking variously with Yoo Jae-seok and Ji Seok-jin.

On this day, Yoo Jae-seok praised TWICE for celebrating their 10th anniversary, saying, "It's really great to be together for 10 years." In response, Ji Seok-jin also said, `First of all, the biggest challenge is to renew the contract for seven years. Didn't you get offered elsewhere and shake off all the large down payments?" he nodded.




In response, Jihyo laughed and asked "I didn't have a particular suggestion, what about the other members?" and Jeong Yeon "I didn't come either."

Nayeon says "Do you get a lot of offers by the end of the contract?He wondered, and Yoo Jae-seok replied, "'As I'm working alone, I get a lot of suggestions.'" Nayeon said, "Did you come here a lot?When asked ," Ji Seok-jin said "I know "

Yoo Jae-seok, the down payment for the antenna is more than 10 billion won..Money won't move
Ji Seok-jin once said, `A lot of suggestions came to Yoo Jae-suk. Some people asked me to tell them, saying, `Isn't Yoo Jae-seok's contract about to end, I can give you this much?' and recalled "So I told him, but he didn't take the offer in the end."




In response, Sana said "Did you have any suggestions of better conditions?He asked ," and Ji Seok-jin said "That's not it, Yoo Jae-seok is not a person who moves by money."

Yoo Jae-seok also added "I remember my brother telling me about two places", and Ji Seok-jin said "He didn't talk about my contract" and turned the scene into a sea of laughter.

Meanwhile, Yoo Jae-seok signed an exclusive contract with his agency Antenna, represented by Yoo Hee-yeol, in 2021. At that time, 10 billion in down payment was circulated, and according to the industry, Yoo Jae-seok's down payment was estimated to be between at least 10 billion won and up to 20 billion won, including options.




Yoo Hee-yeol said MBC 'What do you do when you play?Through ' Yoo Jae-seok tried to sign a contract without a down payment, but I objected. He is Korea's best No. 4 hitter, but if he comes in without a down payment, he thought it would be a bad precedent for his juniors", he explained.



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