Netflix's 'Super Rich in Korea': 3 hidden money lessons to learn from the series

If it's “hollow”, smart investors would naturally ask, should we be monitoring it? Look at it like this. Be careful not to become like them.

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money can't buy love

The Beatles sang this song a long time ago, but when we see David Yong wearing a Celine jacket and seeing his story unfold before us, we feel sorry for him. He is a Singaporean living in South Korea, and his family runs a timber business in Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries. He started his entertainment business in South Korea (as his Korean dramas are world famous). He lives in the tallest tower in Seoul, has designer clothes on his racks, designer bags in his living room, and, yes, a money-counting machine.

He always knows the price of everything. I almost wish he had left price tags on his clothes, shoes, and everything else. In fact, you'll say, “He drives a Ferrari, and he was turned away at a restaurant because there was no parking!” He asks his butler/driver/dog walker for help, but ends up being late for his date. In a “blind date” scene familiar to viewers of Korean dramas, the two girls laugh at him and talk to his Italian friend Teodoro Marani (another rich man) who clearly knows how to seduce women. (Kaki) only.

Dear Smart Investor, I hope you make countless amounts of money. And wear nice clothes. But you don't have to show a black credit card to buy a house. Spend your money carefully. And what about love? What kind of love and friends will you attract if your display of wealth is conspicuous?

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The golden cage is also a cage

One of the super-wealthy women is married to a Pakistani aristocrat from Sargodha. Their home is stunningly beautiful, with lion and tiger cubs playing on the lawn, they've invited the best qawwali singers and designers to their anniversary party, and their home is guarded by walking security guards with AK47s.

She runs a business that brings Korean cosmetics to Pakistan, and she can fly to Dubai to buy kimchi, but no matter how wealthy her family is, her husband won't give her a visa to Korea. You are sad for her because she is rejected.

Dear Investor, when you have all the money in the world and your movements are restricted, are you any better than a rare caged bird?

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manners make the man

Yu Allen, known as “Korea's Paris Hilton,” is painfully thin and even though she got a front row seat at Paris Fashion Week, Dolce & Gabbana threw her a birthday party What comes with her appearance, having her store closed in order to do so and still showing off everything that's “free,” and two dresses as gifts from a designer friend who didn't show up to her party.

Teodoro Marani is the heir to an Italian fashion and interiors brand and has a tough dinner conversation with his father who wants him to come home. However, he spends his time charming the women who have come to meet his friend David Yong for his marriage, and flirting with a real estate agent when he accompanies David on his house search. It's better to have no friends than to have friends like him!

He also tries to impress the girl by telling her the price of a World War II designer room in his store and a desk by the same designer. He makes risotto for her, but it gives off the impression that it's a “private cooking studio.''

Dear investors, you cannot buy class. So no matter how much money you make, when you live or travel to another country for work, it's important to take the time (and money if necessary) to learn common courtesy. ) must be spent.

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The three hosts Bang Bang, Cho Se Ho, and Mimi laugh at the antics of these ridiculous rich people. But their reverence for the watch, which was “purchased at a private auction,” is quickly shattered when Mimi says, “But you can tell the time on your phone, right?!”

I would like to have my designer togs put up for charity auction. Never say how much everything costs and really value what you have. Just to be clear, services are easily available to common people in India, so don't envy them. Dobi is a housekeeper and a cook!

Manisha Lakhe is a poet, film critic, traveler, founder of the online writers' forum Kafferati, host of Mumbai's oldest open mic, and teaches advertising, film, and communication. You can contact her on Twitter at: @Manishalake.

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Published: May 18, 2024, 10:14 AM IST