Well idk abt that. Regarding my answer, Maybe I misunderstood your previous post? I thought you're confused why Shinee renew their contract in 2014 eventho they debuted in 2008, so basically 6 years after debut not 7 years.
Well, it was actually 2 questions I had in my post: usually K-pop fans try to predict contract renewal times based on the time of a group's debut.
But of course, a contract doesn't need to start right at debut, but might start earlier. If SHINee had their contract renewal in 2014, then this'd mean they had a contract that started before 2008 - or they had a shorter contract term.