The claim that singer-actor Rain has modest expenses compared to his wealth is attracting attention on YouTube. Many YouTubers who deal with entertainment news content review the story of Rain 13 years ago, which was told by Kim Tae Woo.
In addition, Lee Jin Ho - a former entertainment journalist - also claimed, "It is true that Rain has a reputation for being stingy." On January 13, Lee Jinho uploaded a video on his official YouTube "President of Entertainment Lee Jinho" entitled, "Rain has earned 80 billion won, but he is a stingy man. Why?"
He said, "It's true that when I asked most of the entertainment staff about how Rain spends his money, Rain does have a reputation for being stingy. Most of them answered that Rain often gave gifts and bought a lot of food compared to his reputation."
Some staff said Rain was reluctant to leave food and was stingy in sharing profits. Lee Jinho said, "There are some staff who say that Rain is stingy. We are careful because the parties are determined when referring to certain cases, but overall, there are claims that Rain is stingy when it comes to sharing things," he said.
Besides Lee Jinho, another YouTuber with 90,000 subscribers also claims that Rain is stingy by highlighting Kim Tae Woo and Rain's past anecdotes. Kim Tae Woo, who is close to Rain, said on a radio show in September 2009, "I went on vacation and went out with Rain, and I paid for the food. Rain earned ten times more than I did, but I paid for my meals with my soldiers' salary. Rain turns out to be a stingy person."
In addition, Rain said directly on the program for the 45th Savings Day in 2008, "I saved unconditionally when I had money from an early age. Even now, I receive an allowance from my father once a month. My monthly allowance is about 500,000 won," he said. In 2010, he also said in a broadcast, "It's an iron rule for me to get food from my brothers."
Rain is known to own real estate worth 100 billion won in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. His wife, actress Kim Tae Hee, also owns a lot of real estate. Rain had sold the Cheongdam-dong building, which he bought for about 16.8 billion won in 2008, for 49.5 billion won, making a profit of 32.7 billion won. (wk/goddess)
