If you bought a building in Seoul, you would have gone over Seo Jang-hoonConfession of Business Failure that Lost 5 Billion Dollars
Sep 01, 2025
|
|
|
The KBS 2TV entertainment show 「The boss's ears are donkey ears」 aired on August 31 showed chef Jung Ho-young visiting Yang Jun-hyuk's defense farm in Pohang for a yellowtail contract.
On this day, Yang Joon-hyuk unveiled a fish farm worth about 3,000 pyeong, saying "It's been 20 years since I started the defense style."
The fish farm, which has annual sales of 3 billion won alone, is recognized for its quality enough to record the highest successful bid price in the Noryangjin Fish Market.
Yang Joon-hyuk surprised everyone by saying that he is working hard to sleep only three hours a day on average, and that the daily feed cost alone reaches 2 million won.
But the business wasn't smooth from the start. He said "Juldom, rockfish, and abalone are all dead. I forgot everything I earned as a player", he confessed of the great loss caused by the mass death.
Then "I put 2 million juldom fish each…"If I had bought a building in Seoul at that time, I would have had a bigger building than Seo Jang-hoon." In fact, he expressed his willingness to make a comeback, saying, `I have to forget 5 billion won and earn 10 billion won now.'
In the past, Yang Joon-hyuk also challenged steak and sashimi restaurants, soybean soup business, and sports pubs, but failed. In particular, sports pubs had to close shortly after opening in the aftermath of COVID-19.
Nevertheless, with the success of yellowtail farming, he is now taking on new challenges by running raw fish restaurants and cafes with his family in Pohang. He also took care of his young daughter and expressed his sincerity to his wife, who runs a cafe with him, saying, `I'm sorry but thank you.'
Meanwhile, on KBS 2TV 'Yeonjung Live', which was broadcast in the past, Seo Jang-hoon was introduced as the richest sports star building with a building worth 70 billion won, drawing attention.
narusi@sportschosun.com
