Yoo Jae-seok gave up billions of down payments between antennas. He doesn't move after looking at the money (Pingye High School)

By Sohee, Kim

Jul 13, 2025

Yoo Jae-seok gave up billions of down payments between antennas. He doesn't move after looking at the money (Pingye High School)



Behind the scenes of Ji Seok-jin and Yoo Jae-seok's transfer to the agency was revealed "There were a lot of contract offers, but in the end, they refused"

On the 12th, a video titled 'Home Vacation is an excuse' was uploaded on the YouTube channel 'Excuse'. In the video, Jeongyeon, Sana, Jihyo, and Nayeon of the group TWICE appeared as guests and talked about various things 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 he get offered somewhere else and shake off all the large down payments?" he said.




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

Yoo Jae-seok gave up billions of down payments between antennas. He doesn't move after looking at the money (Pingye High School)
Nayeon says "Do you get a lot of offers by the end of the contract?" and Yoo Jae-seok answered "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 "

Ji Seok-jin once said, `A lot of suggestions came to Yoo Jae-seok. Some people even asked me to tell them directly, saying, 'Isn't Yoo Jae-seok's contract over, I can give you this much?'," he recalled. In the end, however, Yoo Jae-suk said he rejected all of the offers.




Sana said "Was that a better condition?He asked ", and Ji Seok-jin replied "No, Yoo Jae-seok was not a person who moved by looking at the money." Yoo Jae-seok also added "I remember my brother suggesting about two places", and Ji Seok-jin said "He didn't talk about my contract very much", leading the atmosphere to laughter.

Yoo Jae-seok gave up billions of down payments between antennas. He doesn't move after looking at the money (Pingye High School)
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 Jae-seok said at the time, MBC 'What are you doing when you play?It was the first to reveal the behind-the-scenes of signing a contract with the antenna through '. Yoo Jae-seok recalled, "Everyone thinks they have known Yoo Hee-yeol for a long time, but their first relationship began at the Infinite Challenge Song Festival in 2013." "The first time we met was when we greeted each other in the bathroom of KBS at the Entertainment Awards."




After that, his relationship with Yoo Hee-yeol deepened and he had a meeting with the antenna. At the time, Yoo Hee-yeol said "Yoo Jae-seok "Hey, do you want to work with me?" Is he crazy. I thought I was playing a joke. I've never thought about it. There wasn't even a joke. I thought you were making fun of me," he said of the situation at the time.

Then, Yoo Hee-yeol said that the story became more and more concrete, "Hey, I'm working with you." I'll trust you and make a choice. I said something cool"But if I'm upset or offended, should I just buy this company?" he joked, adding laughter.

In particular, in response to rumors that he transferred without a down payment, Yoo Hee-yeol explained that "It was not a situation where he could give a down payment." In response, Yoo Jae-seok said "Don't do this in a complicated way, and let's just work without receiving a down payment, but Yoo Hee-yeol opposed it." Yoo Hee-yeol explained the reason for the opposition, saying, "There are symbolism of a character named Yoo Jae-seok, and there are juniors in entertainment, because good intentions can be distorted and set a bad precedent."



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