"Manager Kim" So Ji-sub gifts gold to fellow actors and staff: "Sell it if times get tough"

" / Photo = Yonhap News Agency, JoongAng Ilbo [Financial News] The SBS Friday-Saturday drama "Manager Kim," starring So Ji-sub, ended on a high note with a 23% viewership rating. News that So Ji-sub had given gold to the cast and crew has since drawn attention.
According to JoongAng Ilbo on the 26th, a post recently appeared on social media saying that So Ji-sub had given gold to his fellow actors and staff. The post included a photo of gold in a special case, along with a message that read, "I felt great emotion and happiness while working on this project together.
I thank all of you who quietly brightened 'Manager Kim' from your respective places. From So Ji-sub of 'Manager Kim.
'" Previously, after finishing filming for the Netflix drama "Square" last year, So Ji-sub also gave one don of gold to every fellow actor and staff member. In an appearance on the YouTube channel "Channel Fullmoon" in June last year, So Ji-sub said, "I used to spend my own money to give out small gifts after filming, but everyone thought they were sponsored.
" He added, "There was no sponsorship for the gold. I gave it as a way of saying they could sell it later and use it if the world gets harder.
" Meanwhile, "Manager Kim," which follows a former North Korean operative who hides his identity and lives as an ordinary family man before suddenly setting out to find his missing daughter, stars So Ji-sub, Yoon Kyung-ho, Choi Dae-hoon, Joo Sang-wook and Son Na-eun. 0% for its final episode aired on the 25th.
"Manager Kim" was also released on Netflix and continued its box-office-like success at home and abroad, ranking No.
1 in the non-English TV category for three consecutive weeks.
That day, So Ji-sub posted behind-the-scenes photos from the filming of "Manager Kim" on his Instagram and wrote, "I was grateful and happy.
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