[AKP] Song Joong Ki's 3 million USD worth smartphone CF cancelled in China

[Neural Network]

 

Chinese smartphone company 'Vivo' will no longer be featuring Song Joong Ki in their advertisement.

 

Back in May, 'Vivo' chose Song Joong Ki as their new model following his hit drama 'Descendants of the Sun'. A contract worth 22 million CNÂ¥ (~$3.3 million USD) was signed between the Hallyu star and 'Vivo'; however, he will no longer be found in their ads.

 

Ongoing issues between China and South Korea surrounding THAAD seem to be the main reason for the sudden change in plans, but fortunately, Song Joong Ki will not suffer any financial losses, as 'Vivo' has agreed to still pay their model in full. 'Vivo', however, will be suffering from both financial and marketing losses.

 

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[IAMPEACH]

damn this is for real 

[Krystal Meth]

 

 

 Song Joong Ki will not suffer any financial losses, as 'Vivo' has agreed to still pay their model in full

 

Middle finger up. F u pay me.

 

Damn though that's a lot of money

[jinyoung-halbae-fox]

ouch, at least he still got the money

[Sakurah]

well he gets his money still so its all good. 

[Guest]

Even though he will still get paid but most likely he won't become model for future commercials in China and same for other celebrities. tbh I expected the ban in China to happen sooner or later, I wonder how this will affect Kpop.

[ToriTore]

Damn. It's literally their loss.

 

So he's getting let go because he is Korean, but music groups that have Chinese members can promote still??

[A random user]

Song Joong Ki will not suffer any financial losses, as 'Vivo' has agreed to still pay their model in full

#LOL is this is related the upcoming ban, then, it is not showing promising results.

 

Like, the mentioned company will suffer lost meanwhile the korean actor will still get payed despite the ongoing problems.

 

#mess

[respect]

he should come to america to get another 3 mill usd cf deal

[taebb]

i suspect a lot of lawyers are set to make money from the fallout of thaad

[5201314]

Of course he gets paid, he's not the one who wants to end the contract. Of course this does not bold well for future projects.

[remembering]

Shrugs. He still got paid. He's one of the biggest k-stars in China. Who is next?

[Aeoliuu]

It's not just about the money but also the publicity and future CFs. Sucks that Vivo had to pay $3 mil and didn't get to use him though.

[Guest]

#LOL is this is related the upcoming ban, then, it is not showing promising results.

 

Like, the mentioned company will suffer lost meanwhile the korean actor will still get payed despite the ongoing problems.

 

#mess

 

well There are contracts so they have to find solutions about everything that is currently going on, the thing is that those korean celebrities most likely won't get new jobs/commercials/dramas etc. in China after that. That's when the ban will be real, for now they're applying it little by little...

[ricesongs]

zam he got 3.3 mil for doing nothing

[Catlixle]

come to indo and pls pls pls pls get rid of all the shitty entertainers in indonesia such as raffi ahmad

[5201314]

zam he got 3.3 mil for doing nothing

He's been the spokesperson so he definitely did something, his face just won't appear anymore.

[A random user]

well There are contracts so they have to find solutions about everything that is currently going on, the thing is that those korean celebrities most likely won't get new jobs/commercials/dramas etc. in China after that. That's when the ban will be real, for now they're applying it little by little...

Welp, you got a point there...

[Solitude]

It's not about getting the 3 million still...it's about him missing out on tens of millions of dollars he could be making if this didnt happen

[ricesongs]

He's been the spokesperson so he definitely did something, his face just won't appear anymore.

that hurts for c-fans

all this mess

[Neural Network]

#LOL is this is related the upcoming ban, then, it is not showing promising results.

 

Like, the mentioned company will suffer lost meanwhile the korean actor will still get payed despite the ongoing problems.

 

#mess

it's a lesson to other chinese companies "don't have any business with korean artists in the future or you will suffer financial losses"

[YoonYul's no1 shipper!]

 

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Joanne The Song Joong Ki with the help of China government

[llyx]

I've JUST seen 2 Song Joong Ki banners and 3 Song Joong Ki standees at 5 different places last night! And a couple others while I was on the taxi looking out. There are tons of vivo ads and stores around and I remember thinking how cool but annoying at the same time to see him everywhere in China. 

 

What? 

 

Maybe this is still new and the gazillion stores didn't take him down yet...

 

It'd take a long time to remove Song Joong Ki's face from China because China is huge and there are seriously TRILLIONS of vivo ads of his face EVERYWHERE. 

 

If they are going to remove those huge posters and stuff, it's going to cause more traffic jam.

[Haier]

Middle finger up. F u pay me.

 

Damn though that's a lot of money

Lmao..Queen Lisa iconic line so relatable here