The following morning, as soon as Kim woke up, he went to the bank to discuss his mortgage. He only had a few months left before owning the whole thing, but he needed to raise funds as soon as possible in these pressing times.
It was the same for Leeteuk and Mi Sun; they also gathered and tallied their assets to pay the incoming penalty. The fee was a whopping one billion won, which roughly came up to a million dollars for each person.
Everyone knew the label contract always favoured the corporation so the artists wouldn't switch when they became famous. The more well-known they were, the heavier the fee was for breaking the contract.
Grace Generation and SK Boys hadn't reached their full potential, so one billion won was a little low by industry standards. Most of them hadn't seen this type of money in their entire life; only Leeteuk and Mi Sun could cough up that much if they sold a substantial amount of their assets.
