Starting with nothing and creating the legend of 200 billion won in annual sales, 'a living legend of Korea's chicken industry' Kim Jae-gon appears on 'The Millionaire Next Door'.
On the 31st, the EBS variety show 'Seo Jang-hoon's The Millionaire Next Door' (abbreviated The Millionaire Next Door) will reveal the dramatic life story of 'whole-chicken tycoon' Kim Jae-gon, through whose operations as many as 100,000 chickens pass each day. Kim Jae-gon currently runs a comprehensive chicken-specialty company that encompasses slaughtering, processing and distribution, and successfully operates a chicken franchise that surpassed 830 franchise stores eight years after its founding, achieving annual sales of 200 billion won. In particular, this broadcast will vividly reveal the interior of the giant chicken factory built on 19,500 pyeong of land and the entire process of how chicken is produced, capturing viewers' attention. Faced with the overwhelming sight, Seo Jang-hoon marveled,
Kim Jae-gon lost both parents at once as a child in a coal briquette gas poisoning accident, and at just 15 he became the head of a household of four siblings and had to enter the workforce. To feed his younger siblings, he started working at a chicken shop run by a sixth cousin and said calmly,
In addition, the broadcast will reveal Kim Jae-gon's ultra-luxurious apartment in Banpo, Seoul, which is considered a symbol of success. The surprising interior that shocked Seo Jang-hoon and Jang Ye-won reveals another side of Kim Jae-gon and leaves a deep impression. It also candidly captures the shocking feelings when his daughter received a terminal diagnosis and how that changed his attitude toward life and his values. From 'the penniless boy head of household' to 'whole-chicken tycoon,' Kim Jae-gon's life reversal drama will air at 9:55 p.m. Wednesday the 31st.
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