Lee Soon Jae "Family is number one": Both showbiz respects and a series of scandals from superstition to employee abuse

For Korean movie fans, Lee Soon Jae must be a familiar name and face. And it's very easy to explain, Lee Soon Jae is a veteran actor of the land of kimchi with a career age of 60.

From childhood, he has had ups and downs, growing up through two important historical periods of Korea

Lee Soon Jae was born in 1935 in a North Korean province. During the war, he and his family took refuge in North Korea and then returned to Seoul - now South Korea. His family has been a small business for two generations, when Lee Soon Jae's life turned sideways, he became an actor. During the first years of his life, Lee Soon Jae experienced two important periods in Korea's history as a citizen.

As an actor, Lee Soon Jae also witnessed the birth and growth of the most influential industry in the world: the Hallyu Wave. Lee Soon Jae's youth is devoted to building the foundation for the Korean film industry. He and the first generation actors had to tinker with their acting skills and acting skills without any advice and guidance. In an interview on Naver, the actor shared: "In Japan, there is Kabuki art, in China, there are all kinds of things like Peking opera, Xi Bi, etc.. But Korea did not, actors at that time had no movement. It can be said that this is a job without any origin or source. I myself have not received any professional evaluation and suggestions."

Participating in acting since 1966, Lee Soon Jae has been acting since the time when the Korean actor's salary was only about 4 million VND per person, until now, that number has hit the ceiling of more than 1 billion VND/episode. That much is enough to see, Lee Soon Jae is like a "national founding god" for the Korean film industry.

The title "National grandfather" and the prestige of the senior are respected by many young actors

Diligently acting in movies for more than 60 years, Lee Soon Jae holds a fortune including 87 shows, 92 television appearances and 123 film projects. This year, at the age of eight weeks, Lee Soon Jae is still hard at work, no matter how big or small the role is. Perhaps that's why this veteran actor received a lot of respect from junior actors.

As an artist, Mr. Lee Soon Jae does not hesitate to speak out about the scandals of people in the industry. Specifically, in the "Burning Sun" scandal of Seungri - a former member of Big Bang and his group of friends, he frankly criticized when he said that "there are no privileges for celebrities".

"Celebrities are public figures. Their behavior is influential. As an artist, you can't claim to live as freely as you like. You always have to be careful in your actions and need to be independent. high owner," he shared.

Veteran star Lee Soon Jae also directly mentioned Seungri in an interview: "Korea groups have been idolized in an excessive way lately, now is the time to take responsibility for yourself, You also have to be more careful with yourself, someone like Seungri needs to be disciplined and put in effort in singing or acting, of course there are a lot of temptations around but this is something that must be overcome."

He added, "Seungri is 30 years old this year. I believe that there are a lot of temps who want to profit by being close to celebrities. I believe Seungri's case is an example of this. This case proves it. Celebrities need to recognize temptation and control it."

If you don't get into a scandal, that's okay, if you get caught in it, it's all "terrible"

A whole life with acting, Lee Soon Jae is considered an artist with a scandal-free private life. However, many times he had to suffer rumors from "falling from the sky".

Specifically, the "national grandfather" was also rumored to be a member of the "Church of God", even making many important contributions to this association. The actor "Family is number 1" has joined the "Church of God" since 2002. Even Mr. Lee is said to have a close relationship with Ms. Jang Gil Ja - the founder of the association in the year 2002. 1985 and claimed to be God the Mother.

The Kukmin Ilbo newspaper confirmed that Mr. Lee Soon Jae was a great supporter of Ms. Jang and was the patron of the association's organizations. The above article quickly affected the reputation of the actor who was dubbed the "national grandfather". Many people criticized him for being superstitious and spreading heresy.

Facing backlash from public opinion, the "national grandfather" denied it, and emphasized that he did not have any connection with the "Church of God". However, he admitted that he knew Ms. Jang when participating in charity activities to help people in difficult circumstances. In addition, he had never heard of Ms. Jang as the Mother of God, nor had any investment activities for the association. Although it was just a rumor, the incident also affected Lee Soon Jae's reputation more or less.

Scandals exploiting workers

The case that the former manager accused him of treating this person as just a maid in 2020 really became the first scandal in Lee Soon Jae's career. Specifically, on the morning of June 30, 2020, Korean media simultaneously reported on this incident.

The person surnamed Kim, who claims to be Lee Soon Jae's former manager, said that in the two months he worked for the veteran actor, this person had to endure a lot of nonsense. This person was recruited for the management position of Lee Soon Jae through a recruitment website, but when he accepted the new job, it turned out that this job was no different from a maid.

Besides having to support the veteran actor at work, this person also has to do errands at his own home. For example, household chores are taking out the trash, helping with furniture, drying clothes, etc. The actor's wife ordered Kim to be more of a maid than a manager.

Kim was also exploited for labor when she often had to work overtime, plus weekends and holidays, but was only paid a meager salary of only 1.8 million won/month (equivalent to 35 million VND). lower than the general level of this work. And after only 2 months, Kim was fired. The reason is said to come from the fact that he demanded labor rights for himself. During the 2 months of working, this person was not allowed to sign a contract, so he did not pay insurance.

Before the above information, SGway Entertainment, Mr. Lee Soon Jae's management company, confirmed that the news published by the media was distorted and completely wrong with the truth. "We are currently preparing a statement regarding this matter. We will disclose the details through the statement. We believe the above information has greatly damaged Mr. Lee's reputation. Soon Jae and we will take strict legal action in this case," a company representative stated.

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