Producer Jang Si-won refuted allegations of billions of overcharging for the production of "The Greatest Baseball." JTBC's claim is groundless and criticized that the claim is aimed at robbing the intellectual property rights (IP) of the strongest baseball.토토사이트

Producer Jang said on Instagram on the 11th, "Not only is it a serious distortion of the facts themselves, but it is also raising suspicions that damage the reputation of Studio C1 and myself. Judging that it was JTBC's planned move to rob all intangible assets such as intellectual property rights such as the strongest baseball manager, network through trust with players, copyrights, and know-how in filming and editing, we have secured considerable evidence," adding, "JTBC interfered with C1 production activities based solely on its determination to take over the strongest baseball IP, and today raised suspicions of overcharging or misappropriation of production costs without any grounds. The strongest baseball belongs to viewers and fans."

"JTBC also broadcasts the first episode in two installments, generating advertising revenue per episode. JTBC earns advertising revenue per episode, but it is hard to understand that C1 has to receive production costs per episode. It is also against the common sense that production costs should be organized by game, not by episode. Since the contract between C1 and JTBC is not a condition for post-claiming production costs or actual settlement of accounts, there can be no over-claiming structurally. After prior consultation by season, the company set production costs based on total amount, and C1 paid for additional expenses such as additional filming or cancellation. JTBC requested a total discount and agreed to exclude Jang PD and other expenses during the negotiation process for production cost for the third season (2024). The statement of JBC's position is an absurd argument that goes against the customs and principles of the broadcasting and production industry."

Producer Jang criticized, "JTBC has not distributed profits for two years related to intuitive profit and sales of the strongest baseball league. In season 3, it refuses to provide even information on the total amount of revenue generated by JTBC. The company agreed to allocate profits from the business under mutual consultation on additional projects that require additional cooperation from C1 in the production contract for each season, and distributed profits in the first season (2022), but as the scale of intuitive revenue grew, JTBC refused to settle the accounts on the grounds that there was no explicit distribution ratio in the production contract. It is the epitome of exploitation of outsourced producers by changing words."

"C1 provided all financial information for JTBC's external audit by the end of 2024 after its establishment on February 25, 2022. To prepare JTBC's financial statements, C1's past financial statements, business status and business plans for the next five years were reviewed and confirmed through an external accounting firm (KPMG Samjeong Accounting Firm) by the end of 2023. No issues have been raised, such as the statement of position distributed today. Recently, JTBC notified the main cast of its own production plan and secretly contacted PD, cinematographer, and writers, asking them not to cooperate with filming, and making unacceptable demands such as "Provide contracts with other channels other than JTBC, and submit all accounting books and evidence."

JTBC claimed that Studio C1, led by producer Jang, overcharged the production cost and has not released any evidence. "We discussed with C1, who was in charge of producing the best baseball season 3, but we decided that it would be difficult to recover anymore due to the serious damage to the mutual trust relationship. Season 4 has decided not to produce with C1, he said. "We estimate that C1 overcharged the production cost of hundreds of millions of won to billions of won during the three strongest baseball seasons."

"We informed C1 of the replacement of the production team on April 10. C1 can no longer be involved in producing the strongest baseball team. JTBC has all the strongest baseball IPs, and C1 cannot produce season 4 on its own," C1 said. "C1 tried to proceed with the tryout, and JTBC announced the cancellation to prevent innocent victims including participants, performers, and staff. As C1 pushed ahead with the tryout, confusion continued between the performers and viewers. We are deeply sorry for causing concern to anyone waiting for the strongest baseball team. We will be back with the fourth season."

"Strongest Baseball League" is a program in which the 11th team of the strongest monsters plays a match against strong teams across the country to compete against a professional baseball team. The season 3 ended on April 10 after its debut in 2022. When JTBC announced the cancellation of the tryout on April 25, Chang immediately refuted the claim on Instagram. "The stove league is in full swing," Chang said. "We will proceed as planned with the tryout scheduled in early March. Strongest baseball belongs to viewers and fans. We will do our best to keep our promise."

Afterwards, JTBC said again, "It is right that the tryout was canceled. It is for reorganization," but producer Jang pushed ahead with the tryout. On the 3rd of this month, he posted on SNS, "Thank you for your hard work on all the 2025 tryouts that took place for two days."