Hit Mr. Sugiura directly. Justified the request for a swimsuit photo, saying, “The video is buzzing and not buzzing depending on the costume.”
“For example, is it possible to cancel (article) after paying millions of yen?”
RPG Entertainment (hereinafter referred to as RPG) approached this magazine in a calm manner in response to the direct hit of this magazine.presidentIt is Mr. Kisuke Sugiura (37).
RPG was established in 2014 by Mr. Sugiura, who also works as a street performer “Robot Nozomi”.TikTokIt is an entertainment agency specializing in. The total number of followers of the talents he belongs to is 34 million, including the dance performer “Mr. Uchiyama” who has 8.5 million followers.
RPG also handles performer dispatch business to schools nationwide and TikToker training school. The entrance fee is 100,000 yen and the tuition fee is 900,000 yen a year. In less than 10 years, Mr. Sugiura, who has grown the company to open five branch offices in Japan, tried to erase what “millions of yen”.
“When I offered to Mr. Sugiura to leave the office in April, I was flickered with a penalty claim and a lawsuit saying,’I will bear a large amount of debt’ in a closed room. I am very scared and quit. I couldn’t do it. “
That’s what Tik Toker’s Ako (20’s), who posts a video of playing an instrument, complains. Ako, who is a graduate of a music college and has won a gold medal at a competition sponsored by a newspaper company, joined RPG in September 2021.
“I was introduced by a friend. Mr. Sugiura said,’I get a lot of performance work, so I can earn a stable income,’ and promised to support the continuous increase of followers.” He gave me “(Mr. A)
The exclusive period specified in the contract is 5 years. The share of the guarantee was 60% for Ako and 40% for RPG. However, Ako learns that Sugiura’s solicitation phrase was a “lie” soon after she belonged.
“I belong to dozens of TikTokers, but I have only one manager. I had almost no work. RPG took 40% of the work guarantees I had to take.”
There was no support to increase followers.
“At TikTok, distributors can send” throwing money “gifts to viewers for the purpose of attracting customers. Even if you talk to the office that” throwing money “is self-sufficient and financially burdensome, it does nothing. He didn’t give me any advice. My advice was to increase the number of videos delivered, shorten the video editing time, and switch to another instrument. “
Mr. Sugiura made a surprising proposal to Mr. A, who belonged to RPG but did not grow as many followers as expected.
Mr. Sugiura requested that Ako, a musical instrument player, send a photo of her swimsuit.
( Weekly FLASH May 31, 2022 issue
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