Jang Dong-min confessed that he was poor enough to live in a shack when he was young.
Comedian and entrepreneur Jang Dong-min appeared in JTBC's 'Jjandangpo', which aired on the 4th.
Jang Dong-min is a 'representative businessman in the entertainment world' who runs an PC room franchise. “There are about 100 PC rooms nationwide,” he explained. “We also operate a home care service, which cleans and coats the house,” he explained. In addition, he said, "I am doing an eco-friendly business because I have a patent. It is a patent for removing the label of PET bottles."
The MCs were curious, saying, "I know you've been in business for a long time." Jang Dong-min said, "The first thing I did 20 years ago was a business trip car wash called 'That Car'. I didn't lose money. It went well." Regarding the reason for closing the business, he said, "When I quit the business, I think 'It's ruined', but it's similar to Eundong's retirement.
Jang Dong-min, who is active as a poker player, recently won the 'Asian Poker Championship' and received 50 million won in prize money. Jang Dong-min also prepared to participate in another tournament in July, the world's largest poker tournament, the WSOP. He said, "There are 10,000 participants, and if you come in first place, the prize money is 13 billion won. There is a prize money for the top 10% of the participants in the competition." "I commented on poker in the past, and most of my predictions were correct. I thought it would be okay if I played as a player," he said. I'm going to try again," revealing surprise.
The item Jang Dong-min brought that day was the jumper he wore as a child. He showed the jumper and confessed the whole story of the incident left as a scar from his poor childhood. He said, "My parents worked in a factory and I lived with my grandmother. I was very poor. I lived in a shack and it was made of thin plywood, so the wind was weak. When a mouse passed by on the ceiling, the ceiling bent, and the mouse fell and hit me in the face." said. "I didn't have money, so I only wore gym clothes, but my mother bought me a jumper for the first time in elementary school. Coincidentally, a child in the same class came wearing the same clothes, but I lost the jumper while playing in the playground," he said. He confessed, "When I went to school wearing that jumper, the teacher called me and beat me and took off the jumper. I was beaten from the first period until lunchtime. When I lied about picking it up, he said, 'Wouldn't it have been better if I said this from the beginning'. The new jumper was taken away." . It is said that because of this incident, Jang Dong-min even got a psychological trauma.
Jang Dong-min confessed, "From then on, I thought, 'If I wear the same clothes for two days, I'm not a person.'" He continued, "I did that even before I became a comedian. When I was in college, (You) Managing Director and (Yoo) Se-yoon thought I was rich and had a lot of clothes."
Jang Dong-min recalled, "Ever since I was young, I wanted to earn a lot of money. My parents worked from dawn to night without weekends. I promised myself that I would have to rebuild our house." He continued, "Even if you're a celebrity, you can live well, but there are things that your main job can't cover. The reason I work hard in other businesses is to create a better environment."
Reporter Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia bella@tenasia.co.kr