After Cha Eun-Woo's "Eel Restaurant", Lee Ha-nee? "Gomtang restaurant is registered as a branch of the agency" [Straight.]

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It is known that a gomtang restaurant was registered as a branch of actor Lee Ha-nui's one-man agency.

MBC's current affairs and culture program "Straight," which aired on the 8th, was decorated with "One-man agency, or stupid?" to talk about the status of one-man agencies of celebrities such as Cha Eun-woo, Lee Ha-nee, Hwang Jung-eum, and Lee Byung-hun.

On this day, "Straight" visited a restaurant famous for beef and gomtang restaurant located in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. "It is no different from ordinary restaurants, but it is registered as a branch of Hani Co., Ltd., founded by actor Lee Ha-nee," he said. "Currently, the company name has been changed to Hope Project, and her husband, who is a U.S. national, is the CEO and Lee Ha-nee is the executive director."

The building was reportedly purchased by Lee Ha-nee's agency for 6.45 billion won in November 2017 under the name of the corporation. According to "Straight", the amount of collateral security bond debt, which is usually set at 120%, is 4.2 billion won, so it seems that the company has borrowed 3.5 billion won, more than half of the purchase price.

In September last year, Lee Ha-nee and the Hope Project were subject to an irregular tax audit by the Seoul Regional Tax Office and received a tax surcharge of 6 billion won. In response to the suspicion that the building was aimed at reducing taxes and making capital gains after investing in real estate using a single-person agency, Tim Hope, the original agency, explained to "Straight," saying, "The building was intended to be used as the location of the corporate headquarters and complex culture and arts spaces, but the delay in the ownership transfer process caused the existing tenant's lease contract to be maintained."

However, "Straight" said, "It is difficult to understand that the transfer of ownership on the register was completed in 2020, and it has been leased as a restaurant so far."

In response, lawyer and accountant Kim Myung-kyu said, "It can be seen as a means of accumulating assets. It could be a favorable development or an investment aimed at rising land prices.

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