"Boil the pig head yourself." Lee Jang-woo and ♥ Cho Hye-won also promoted the soondae soup restaurant..controversy over receivables [Star Issue]

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The soondae soup restaurant, known to be run by actor Lee Jang-woo, has been embroiled in allegations that it has not settled the payment for tens of millions of won worth of food materials for more than a year.

According to a dispatch report on the 17th, distributor A, who has been supplying pig accessories to the restaurant, has not received more than 40 million won.

According to reports, receivables once swelled to 64 million won. Mr. A said through Dispatch, "I trusted and waited because I was a celebrity. However, I have been delaying (money) for more than a year," he said, claiming that he sent a DM directly asking Lee Jang-woo to resolve it, but did not receive an answer.

As the controversy grew, Tiger, a corporation where Lee Jang-woo is serving as a director, drew a line through Dispatch. An official said, "Lee Jang-woo is not related to the sundae soup restaurant. "My friend B was the representative," he explained, saying that Lee Jang-woo only participated briefly in the early stages of the opening and was not involved in the subsequent operation.

However, it is pointed out that this explanation contradicts Lee Jang-woo's actions on the show. In the past, Lee Jang-woo said on the YouTube channel Life 84, "I'm not going to make a lot of money from this, and I want to give happiness to people who drink," and on the MBN entertainment program Jeon Hyun-moo, "I boiled 100 heads of pigs myself." In a pot of enormous size, he has repeatedly emphasized that it is his store.

In addition, the publicity history of actor Cho Hye-won, Lee Jang-woo's wife, is also being re-examined. In the past, Cho Hye-won publicly supported Lee Jang-woo's restaurant operation by posting a photo of her visit to Hoseok Village on her SNS. Critics say that the explanation that "it is not relevant" is not convincing as it is a place where not only himself but also his wife came forward and promoted it as "Lee Jang-woo's shop."

According to Dispatch, the right to operate the Sundae soup restaurant was recently transferred to Tiger, the corporation to which Lee Jang-woo belongs. Despite identifying the issue of receivables during the acquisition process, Tiger seemed to pass on all responsibilities to CEO Jeon, saying, "My friend B, the former operator, seems to have stolen the material price."

The victim company A pointed out Lee Jang-woo's dual attitude. Mr. A said, "When you boiled the pig's head on the show, is it my store, and when you accumulated the receivables, is it a store run by your friend? I saw Lee Jang-woo and delivered it to Hoseokchon," he said, expressing anger that regardless of the store's internal circumstances, he deceived the supplier who believed in the celebrity's name and traded.

In this regard, Lee Jang-woo's agency Hunus Entertainment told Star News on the same day, "We are checking related reports. Since it is a separate issue from Enter, we are trying to figure out the situation," he said.

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