Im Chae-moo: "Back in the day when I earned 10 billion won a month... after investing 14 billion won in Duri Land, I became a debtor." [You Quiz on the Block]

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Actor Im Chae-moo revealed the process of taking on debt after investing a huge sum in Duri Land.

On the 29th, tvN's variety program "You Quiz on the Block" released a preview video along with a post on its official SNS titled "Duri Land's big spender Im Chae-moo, who earned an unbelievable amount and invested with a gasp."

In the released video, Yoo Jae-suk said, "I heard that after deciding to invest in Duri Land, he put in 10 billion won at the time and took out an additional loan of 4 billion won."

In response, Im Chae-moo remarked, "Back in the 80s, 10 billion won was an enormous amount of money, unimaginable," recalling his income at the time.

He stated, "After starring in 'Love and Truth' in 1984, I suddenly started earning so much that I lost all sense of the value of money. It was a time when I earned between 80 million won and 10 billion won per month."

He continued, "Back then, a 15-pyeong apartment in Seobu-ichon-dong cost around 2.5 million to 4 million won. If I had bought an apartment back then, the 63rd Building on Yeouido would have been mine," he joked.

However, instead of investing his earnings in real estate, Im Chae-moo put them into Duri Land. Regarding the management situation after Duri Land opened, he frankly admitted, "It has been in the red ever since it opened. That's when I started taking out loans to run it. You can say I've been a debtor since then."

He also revealed the massive maintenance costs. Im Chae-moo explained, "Expenses are high. Electricity bills run into tens of millions of won, and there are salaries and taxes too. The biggest expense is management fees."

Nevertheless, he found meaning in simply being able to continue operating Duri Land. He said, "The fact that our employees' monthly salaries aren't delayed, they don't go hungry, and they're still alive shows that things are going well."

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