A Man Who Gave Up Passing the Grade 7 Civil Service Exam After Seeing a Friend's Monthly Sales of 50 Million Won

Currently Managing a Famous Kalguksu Franchise
Yoon Jeong-hyun Appeared on YouTube Channel 'Human Story'

A man who had passed the Grade 7 civil service exam and was waiting for his first appointment suddenly started a business without telling his parents, and the story behind it has been revealed.

In a recent video titled "The Reason I Started a Business Secretly After Passing the Grade 7 Civil Service Exam" uploaded on the YouTube channel 'Human Story,' Yoon Jeong-hyun (38), a supervisor at a famous franchise Kalguksu (hand-cut noodle soup) restaurant, appeared.

Yoon Jeong-hyun, who passed the 7th-grade civil service exam in the past but gave it up to enter the food service industry. YouTube channel 'Human Story'

Yoon said, "I passed the Grade 7 civil service exam on my first try, but I kept it a secret from my mother and started a business secretly. At that time, my mother was very worried, and I dated my wife for 12 years and got married last year. She waited for me a lot," he said.

Yoon boldly chose a different path after seeing a friend running a store. He said, "While waiting after passing the civil service exam, a friend came down from Seoul and said he was running a store. So I went to see it, and the business was doing well. At that time, my friend's sales were about 40 to 50 million KRW, and he took about 7 million KRW in pure profit every month," he said.

Yoon Jeong-hyun, who ventured into the food service industry. YouTube channel 'Human Story'

Currently managing a franchise, Yoon revealed that his goal is to have his own store. The Kalguksu company where Yoon works is a franchise with about 80 locations nationwide. Yoon explained, "When we only had in-store sales without delivery, daily sales were about 2 to 3 million KRW," and added, "The startup cost for a 30-pyeong (approximately 99 square meters) store is in the early 100 million KRW range."

Yoon also gave advice to aspiring business owners. He said, "In the beginning, don't calculate too much with the calculator," and added, "Once sales reach a certain level, reinvest that money, do marketing, or hire more staff to improve the quality of the store. If you start thinking right after opening, 'I make a few hundred won profit per bowl, so how can I make 100 won more here?' then things will keep getting worse."