Shinhwa revealed the reason on why they split their pay on an equal basis.

On the June 17 broadcast of Mnet's 'Beatles Code 2', the members revealed, "After Eric debuted as an actor, he filmed a solo CF but instead of keeping the income to himself he shared the royalties. He's also filmed a CF originally meant for himself but he got the company to include the rest of the Shinhwa members."

But Eric said, "The first person who shared his CF royalty was Junjin". Junjin then revealed, "To be honest, after I filmed my solo CF, the label asked me, 'Will you share it, or keep it for yourself?' I kind of had to follow the mood and share it.".

Eric also explained, "Right now, SM Entertainment is huge, but back then it wasn't very large and systematic. So even profits from solo photos that were sold at the corner store weren't given per person, but divided equally. Hyesung had the most sold, and at the bottom was Andy and myself."