Koreans declined by Pepsi's blank check and 10 billion annual salary

'Faker' refused blank check and 10 billion annual salary

A basketball player with 13 unemployment teams trying to take each other

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“The Middle East team and the Chinese sent blank checks once they were forgotten.”

Park Ji-Sung

Source Chosun DB, Kyobo Library Capture

This is a passage from the autobiography'My Story' by soccer star Park Ji-sung (39). A blank check is a check without a fixed amount. Other than the name and stamp of the person issuing the check, all or part of it has been left blank. It is to spend the amount you want. It symbolizes the best treatment. In addition to Park Ji-sung, we looked at industry leaders who have received a blank check.

◇ Lee Sang-hyuk, a'payer' who refused a blank check and 10 billion annual salary

Pro gamer'Faker' Lee Sang-hyuk (25) appeared on the MBC entertainment program'Radio Star' on January 1st and refused a blank check and an annual salary of 10 billion won and revealed why he remained in Korea. "I've never seen a contract, but it will be," said Lee Sang-hyuk, who asked, "Is it true that I proposed a 10 billion year salary in China and gave a blank check in North America?" In addition, he said, “It is appropriate to live in Korea after leaving the amount of money.” 

'Faker' Lee Sang-hyuk

SourceMBC'Radio Star' capture

Lee Sang-hyuk is called Ronaldo or Messi in the game world. Every domestic and foreign competition is sweeping the championship. Won three rounds in the e-sports competition Rolled Cup, where world pros participate. I won eight times in the domestic league. He is the only player to have crossed 100 international games. The sum of the prize money is over 5 billion won per year. In 2019, Forbes, a world-renowned economic magazine, named him one of the'influential figures in Asia'.

◇Koreans who received a blank check at PepsiCo headquarters

Go Kim Bae-rae (real name Kim Pyeong-ho, died in 2018) is a sound designer who was called'legendary' in the Korean advertising industry and the sound industry. Nongshim'Shrimp Kang' is a sound director who created a CM song. In 1966, he is the protagonist who made the sound of opening a bottle cap in a Pepsi Cola advertisement that filled TVs around the world. 

The coke company asked him to make'a refreshing and pleasant sound when drunk'. He started picking all kinds of bottles. Then it burst out and made a similar sound. I bought a condom while I was looking for anything tougher. The sound was elastic and good. Finally, the condom made the sound of a bottle of coke.

Acoustic Director Kim Bae-rae

Source OBS'Myeongbulhaejeon' capture

Recognized for its ability, the US headquarters of PepsiCo passed a blank check. However, Kim Beol-rae thought that it was a'fake' when he saw a check with nothing written on it. Through an interpreter, I knew lately that it was a blank check. He wrote 985,000 won on a blank check. By now, it was small, but at the time, it was money to buy a house, which was the price of a 60-pyeong house in Hongje-dong Culture Village.

◇“I don't need a blank check” show host Dong Ji Hyun

“You're not saying that you spend 100 billion won on a blank check, right?”

The show host Dong Ji-hyun (49), who decided to change jobs in 2014, said when the company held a blank check and said that she had already decided on the next job at the time, but she was resigned after receiving a blank check offer. 

Show Host Dong Ji Hyun

Source Dong Ji Hyun Instagram Capture

Speaking of blank checks, it seems that it doesn't matter what you write. However, the amount is limited. Spending a high amount doesn't mean everything. The condition is'the balance line of the issued account'. If the check issuer's bank balance is only 1 million won, you can only claim up to 1 million won.

The upper limit is not written on the blank check, but it does not mean there is no upper limit. Even if you write a blank check and write 100 billion won, you cannot get money if the person or organization that issued the check has no money. Then why do you give me a blank check? That's the symbolic meaning of matching everything you want. 

◇The 13th unemployment team scouted'Basketball Queen' Park Chan-suk

Korean women's basketball rarely left the Asian stage. In 1967, the Korean women's national team, led by Park Shin-ja, won the second place in the world championships, but has since failed to achieve great results. The main reason was Korean players'key'. I couldn't beat the tallest Western players. At this time, Park Chan-sook (62), a 190cm tall high school student, appeared. He received attention from Sungui Girls' High School and was selected as the youngest national representative in 1975 when he was 17 years old.

Park Chan Sook

Source MBC'Human Documentary People are Good' capture

Thirteen unemployment teams competed for a scout to bring Park Chan-suk. Park Chan-sook in an interview with Dong-A Ilbo in 2018 said, “I even presented a blank check at Dongbang Life (currently Samsung Life), but said,'Parents are not all about money.' Park Chan-suk chose Pacific Chemicals, received cosmetic dealers and cash in Seongam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, etc. In 1978, Pacific Chemicals joined by Park Chan-suk became known as the'Invincible Fleet'.

◇Former Minister of Information and Communication Jin Dae-je captured by IBM

Former Minister of Information and Communication Jin Dae-je worked at Samsung Electronics from 1985 to 2003 and wrote'Semiconductor Myth'. He graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Seoul National University and received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. In 1983, while working at the IBM Watson Research Institute in the United States, he boldly resigned after two years. IBM handed a blank check saying not to go. However, he refused to "go to Japan" and joined Samsung in 1985. 

Former Minister of Information and Communication

Source Chosun DB

In 2020, he contributed to the development of the semiconductor industry and became a full member of the American Academy of Engineering (NAE). NAE is a group of top scholars in engineering. 15 foreign members were selected this year. 

◇Dr. Kim Gil Jin, the chairman of the Gilcheon Yeo Gachon Gil Foundation

Dr. Seong-Jin Kim is a world leader in cancer. After graduating from the Department of Agricultural Chemistry at Kangwon National University, he studied cancer genome, metastasis, and prevention for 30 years. Since 1994, he has been a senior researcher for life at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States. Lifetime research funds, researchers and research facilities were guaranteed. However, he abandoned this position and took the position of director of the Cancer and Diabetes Research Institute at Gachon University. 

Dr. Seongjin Kim

Source: Korea Economic Daily TV capture

A hotel in Chicago, USA in October 2005. President Gil-Yeo Lee of the Gachon Gil Foundation met Dr. Kim Seong-jin, who worked at NIH. Chairman Lee handed out a piece of paper saying, "I will give you all the research conditions I want." It was a blank check. Dr. Kim promised to support US-level research and delegated the research scout's full power.

Since then, Dr. Kim has served as the researcher of Gil Gil Yeo Cancer Diabetes Research Institute, the director of the cancer research institute at Chaui University of Science and Technology, and the researcher. He is currently the head of the Research Center for Precision Medicine at Seoul National University and is the CEO of Medfacto, an anti-cancer drug development company.

Chung Hong-sun, executive director of global headhunting company Unico Search, said, "It is rare to actually give a blank check and recruit talent." "Giving a blank check means that you really need it, so that's what you want."