Actors Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung have clarified their suspicions of investing in Vident and Bucket Studio. These companies have been identified as the beneficial owner of the wealthy man Kang Mo, the former boyfriend of actor Park Min-young, and suspicions have been raised regarding the source of the company’s current acquisition of 23 billion won and the suspicious flow of convertible bonds (CB). All.
On the 29th, Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung’s agency Artist Company said, “The head office and the actors in the company only learned through the media that Kang Mo is the real owner of Vident or Bucket Studio, and so far there has been no contact or contact with the person concerned. There was no one, and there was no one-on-one meeting with Kang Mo, who is being talked about now.”
On the 28th, Dispatch reported on the dating rumors of Park Min-young and focused on her counterpart, Kang. The media claimed that Kang’s business card was written as chairman of Vi Dent, Bucket Studio, Bithumb Live, and In Biogen, and that his sister was the representative, but Kang was in fact the actual owner of these companies. He also raised suspicions about the source of the 23 billion won in acquisition funds of these companies and the suspicious flow of convertible bonds (CB).
Since then, there have been additional reports that Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung have invested a large amount in the Kang business, and the controversy has intensified. Referring to former CEO Kim Jae-wook, Artist Company said, “Actors under the agency hired Jae-wook Kim as the representative of Artist Company when he served as CEO of Phantom Entertainment. Jae-wook Kim was the CEO of Artist Company from 2016 to 2018. etc.,” he said.
He continued, “In October 2017, our actors simply invested in a company called Vident at the recommendation of Kim Jae-wook, who was serving as the representative at the time, and they were introduced to a company that manufactures monitor equipment that actors always encounter at the filming site. “I was not aware of the fact that the company was involved in the blockchain business after that. By recovering the entire investment around 2018, I no longer have any relationship with the above company.”
He also revealed the reason for breaking up with former CEO Kim. Artist Company said, “Jaewook Kim took over Arkham Studio on July 27, 2018, without any discussion with the headquarters or his actors, and then sold 15% of the stake in Artist Company owned by Jaewook Kim to We Arkham Studio, where he had management rights. After doing so, I unilaterally notified the headquarters and the actors involved. As a result, I left the Artist Company.”
He continued, “After that, Kim Jae-wook changed the name of Arkham Studio to Bucket Studio. There is no company,” he said.
He continued, “I am very sorry to monitor that the name of the artist company is frequently mentioned in the stock news of a company called Bucket Studio, and the artist company has absolutely nothing to do with Vident, Bucket Studio, Kim Jae-wook, or Kang Mo.” He drew a line again and again.
On the other hand, Park Min-young admitted that she and Kang were in a relationship and said, “They broke up.
In addition, regarding the fact that Park Min-young’s sister was registered as an outside director at one of the companies suspected of being actually owned by Kang, it was settled, saying, “She has announced her intention to resign.”
Kim Soo-young, reporter at Hankyung.com [email protected]