”Earning 600 million won a year”... YouTuber who had ”zero income for six years” talks about his big success story = Korean media

An unknown comedian who spent six years with no income has now been discovered to be earning around 600 million won (about 69 million yen) a year, sparking interest in his story.
On the 20th, unknown comedian Jeon SeungBin appeared on the YouTube channel "Hwang Yerang." He said, "I've been running a comedy channel on YouTube since 2018.
Jeon SeungBin runs the YouTube channel "Gebangjeong," which has 820,000 subscribers.
When asked why he became a YouTuber, he said, "After the 'Comedy Concert' ended, I started to get popular.
I met up with friends who I grew up with in my youth for the first time in a long time. I debuted, but my friends couldn't debut and started YouTube. However, no one noticed me on the street.
"I didn't have any friends, but everyone knew them," he said. "I heard that I could make money on YouTube, so I decided to go on," he said.
Many comedians started on YouTube after 'Comedy Concert' ended in June 2020, but I started on YouTube before 'Comedy Concert' ended."
He said that his current annual salary is around 500 million to 600 million won (US$575,000) on average, which he earns through YouTube ads and his Facebook channel.
"My income varies from month to month, but I save at least 30 million won (US$34,500) a month," said Jung, adding, "Because I'm making more money, I don't spend it recklessly."
"I have more things to do, so I'm spending only 3 million won (US$3,300) to 4 million won (US$4,500) on living expenses and saving the rest," he said.
He continued, "My living expenses are mostly food delivered and going to sports facilities such as martial arts gyms and gyms," and added, "My current assets are about 1.5 billion won (about 172 million yen)."
But Chung also had a difficult time. After joining a theater company in high school, he went six years without receiving a wage. "A few years ago, I was making a lot of money, but now I'm not earning a lot of money," he said.
"But I didn't have as much money left as I thought I would. At the time, I often spent money without thinking," he said, adding, "Now that I'm saving money, I have a lot more leeway than I did back then."
After he became successful, he once bought an expensive sports car, but he said, "I had fantasies before I got one, but the fun didn't last more than a few months. It was a waste."
He also said that the secret to his success is that he must always live with a sense of crisis, and that even if he achieves something, if
"I have to live with the thought that if I stumble, I might fall," he said.
In 2020, he won the Best 2 in the comedy category at the YouTube Korea Hot Channel of the Year Awards.