with all the crap...
This should again prove that it is highly unlikely that any sub group will compete.
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companies are praying that they can get some success, but not likely.
I just had this thot reading this thread: -
The companies who signed the members arent getting as much as they think they could from izone tho.
Jump to, think of pd grps as Avengers/Justice League-(it doesnt match perfectly, work with me here). If izone/ioi are the avengers/justice league to members, ie Captain America, Superman, Batman, Iron Man- different individual members enjoy more popularity than others.
If each superhero was actually signed to a different co.(hey i just thot of a perfect match-spiderman, its too complicated to explain.) Sony-ie yuehua n other co. tat match in izone example want to maximise profits for themselves.
Just as Sony eventually will take away their toy/belonging from MCU, so the co. will debut their member in new group/solo under their own agency(unless possibly Spiderman 4 flops, then Sony might go running bk to Marvel for Spidey to join Avengers 2.0-i dont see tat happening with izone tho, much less a long term IOI thing.)
I finally see a parallel where i highly sympathise with u Rand, tho its a thin slice of similarity.(my take is ill nvr stan a produce/temporary grp but spidey is from my childhood/marvel spidey-tom holland isnt the same tho, but similar enuf.)
I hope u understand my comparison n dont think im undervaluing/devaluing izone(just tat im not into them/too many pitfalls to a produce/temporary grp for me to stan{so far}. Still there's redebut(s) ahead{no more Iron Man/Evans Cap/Supes Cavill/Batfleck r unlikely}.(i dint start this post with a clear plan, just idea of company profit n it led me -> here.)