'Former Chungju man' Kim Seon-tae revealed behind-the-scenes details such as the reactions of those around him when he resigned as a public official and a love call from the Blue House.
On the 27th, the YouTube channel 'Calm Man' released a video titled 'Former Chungju man Kim Seon-tae & Panibottle guest seat.'
The video showed Calm Man inviting Panibottle and Kim Seon-tae to talk. Kim Seon-tae honestly revealed the behind-the-scenes of leaving his public servant position to fully enter YouTube, the difficulties inside the public service, and his feelings immediately after reaching 1 million subscribers.
Kim Seon-tae, who earned the nickname 'Chungju man' by being in charge of producing and operating Chungju City's YouTube content, is credited with leading changes in public institution promotion methods through short-form planning, a distinctive B-grade sensibility, and on-site editing. He retired in February and launched a YouTube channel to challenge the broader YouTube ecosystem.
Kim Seon-tae said about his current situation, "Since I recently started and am doing YouTube, there are many things to take care of, so I hired one employee. I set up a one-person corporation, but I have to take care of the employee so it's twice as hard," and "I thought that after opening the channel it would reach 100,000, 200,000, and in a month or two, three months it would reach 300,000, but it happened too quickly. I was so worried I couldn't sleep."
Kim Seon-tae said that although his channel rose, Chungju City's YouTube fell, "It's fine if only mine does well, but Chungju City's channel temporarily went down. About 200,000 dropped. I hope Chungju City does well. I hope it didn't fail after me."
Recalling his time as a Chungju City public official, Kim Seon-tae said, "I quickly got the head of team position. It's true there was resentment about that," and "In a basic local government, the head of team position feels like graduation or sergeant; if a low-ranking person gets the sergeant position first, who would like that. To others it feels like a special favor," explaining that there was some jealousy and rivalry within the organization.
Regarding his resignation as a public official, Kim Seon-tae said, "Everyone opposed it, all acquaintances and everyone opposed it. Here it's relatively okay. The ones who told me to do it were Panibottle and at least my wife. My wife felt I should do what I want. She was permissive, but my parents, parents-in-law, friends, colleagues, almost everyone opposed it."
Nevertheless, Kim Seon-tae's choice to resign was correct, and he even received a love call from the Blue House. Kim Seon-tae explained, "The Blue House didn't offer a specific position; it was more like asking, 'Are you possibly interested?' There was no prior tampering or anything; after I decided to leave, we had one interview like this."
About his future plans, Kim Seon-tae said, "Honestly I don't know how long I'll do it. Sometimes people say, 'It's not fun,' 'As expected after leaving the public service, it's predictable,' 'It's not great,' and they often say things like that. Then they say, 'This won't last more than a year,' but I consider that a good wish. One year? One year? I didn't even plan for one year, but I'm very touched that they gave me that good wish for my sake."
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