I interview the "stuck" people who live a "stuck" life. I'll meet with "stuck" anyone, whether famous or unknown.
It is a banner attached to his store after news that broadcaster Hong Seok-cheon will close the restaurant in Itaewon, Seoul in September 2020. Hong Seok-cheon posted a picture of the banner on Instagram at the time, leaving a feeling that he was "really upset."
A nearby merchant wrote a thank you to Hong Seok-cheon, who is leaving Itaewon anonymously, and wished to return someday. It was also a tribute to 'Itaewon Prince' Hong Seok-cheon. He is the one who led the revitalization of the commercial area here by opening and closing nearly 10 restaurants in Itaewon alone.
Hong Seok-cheon reportedly started sorting out the stores that had reached 13 All states one by one after they passed the rip to die of pulmonary blood in 2018. But he said he tried to keep the last remaining shop in Itaewon to the end.
But Corona’s Pandemic changed the situation, and when the monthly deficit continued to reach 30 million to 40 million won, the company finally broke down with tears and cleared the last store. It was the moment Hong Seok-cheon's "Itaewon myth" took a comma; he confessed that he had had a mentally difficult time with the shock he had received at this time. I was able to adjust my body and mind while preparing body profile and exercising with high intensity.
Hong Seok-cheon met with "Steam Tube" on the 25th of last month and said he was ready to return to Itaewon, saying "it is time for the prince to return." It's not just a restaurant in Itaewon. It will combine all of these with the rich experience accumulated as a restaurant business entrepreneur for nearly 20 years, the know-how that successfully settled the online commerce 'Hong Madam Shop', and the sense that operates the YouTube channel 'Hong Seok-cheon TV'.
Hong Seok-cheon introduced the project's name as 'Itaewon Market'; it will announce its full-scale start at the end of February. If you have a specific product, you can introduce it in pop-up format, shoot online contents, and have events similar to open kitchens. Hong Seok-cheon's idea is to distribute the specialties of All states and milk kits developed by small business owners around this 'Itaewon Market' platform.
Hong Seok-cheon said: "If there is a shop boss at Itaewon, I take YouTube with him, explain the story related to him, and make branding. "If you make a specific product like that, it will let me sell it online," he said. "This is a way to actually help self-employed and small business owners."
"One of the employees who was under me opened a small curry shop. This guy made a milkie. "It was so delicious," he said. "So when we open 'Itaewon Market' at the end of February, we will sell it from that."
Through this 'steam interview', Hong Seok-cheon and his colleagues talked about various topics such as body profile and health care, how to live with self-esteem, and how to become a good adult. But when the story of Itaewon came out, his eyes sparkled with guns. Such eyes that thought was so funny. Can human eyes change like this? I suddenly envied that I could see such eyes when I spoke one topic.
Naturally, I asked him why his eyes changed when he came out of "Itaewon." After closing his last store in 2020, he said, "I did not want to go to Itaewon. "I do not want to see it." "I have a love. I do not hate it completely." "There are happy memories. It is my second hometown."
Hong Seok-cheon said, "I came to Korea at the age of 19 from Cheongyang, Chungbuk. When I was in Hanyang University, I lived in a big sister house. I thought I should be independent after graduation. "When I was in school, I had a Memory that I played in Itaewon. I saw where the cheap place was, and it was in Bokwang-dong or Gyeongri-dong. I started with a deposit of 5 million won, a monthly rent of 320,000 won, and a ring room. "
"I then made some money and went to the second floor. After that, I moved to the first floor." "I moved a few times and then appeared in the sitcom" Three Men and Three Women "in my late 20s. At the age of 28, I was able to buy a 27-pyeong apartment on the side of Bertie Pass.
It was not just a feeling of 'hometown' or 'memories'. It was a matter of connecting with the 'value', which has been fighting for more than 20 years since Hong Seok-cheon did Coming Out, he said, giving it the strength he had for Itaewon as follows:
In fact, Hong Seok-cheon is said to be receiving love calls from several 'hip places' in addition to Itaewon. Given the Hong Seok-cheon' name value, such a place where collaboration ensures success; but his gaze is still at Itaewon. A successful businessman, and a local who has received himself as a minority, his willingness to catch both rabbits was linked to the dream of 'Itaewon Renaissance'.