Seo Jang-hoon also surprised the 100 billion won asset owner, “My fingerprints are worn out from counting money”

TV Jun 11, 2025

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Photo courtesy | EBS
Photo courtesy | EBS

Lim Soon-hyung, a ‘100 billion won asset owner’, boasts an unprecedented scale, even to the point of his ‘fingerprints’ being worn down from counting money.

On EBS and E Channel joint production ‘Seo Jang-hoon’s Millionaire Next Door ‘, which will be aired on the night of the 11th, an episode featuring the godfather of the Korean restaurant industry, Lim Soon-hyung, will be aired with the subtitle’ The business genius who built a 5,000-pyeong palace ‘.

In’ The Millionaire Next Door ‘, Im Soon-hyung’s side as a ‘business genius’ that was extraordinary from the beginning and his ‘super secret’ that has captivated customers ‘taste buds with his 30-year-old hit restaurant will be revealed for the first time.

Lim Soon-hyung’s restaurant, located in Gyeonggi-do, is a palace-like hanok with a beautiful pond where egrets fly and magnificent roof tiles, boasting a total area of 5,000 pyeong.

Im Soon-hyung reveals that the total cost of land purchase and construction exceeded 10 billion won, and expresses pride by saying, “They say it was built better than Gyeongbokgung Palace.” Meanwhile, Seo Jang-hoon discovers a huge 6.39m tall, 47-ton stone monument in the restaurant’s yard and is surprised, asking, “Isn’t that the Gwanggaeto Stele?”

Here, Im Soon-hyung reveals everything related to the Gwanggaeto Stele, from the story of how it came to be erected in the restaurant yard to the process of the Gwanggaeto Stele, which is so large that it doesn’t even fit in a container, being transported across the sea.



Reporter Lee Jeong- annjoy@donga.com

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