Hyun Bin, “I Raised 3.5M From Saving”

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On the 50th "Savings Day" ceremony on October 29, 2013, Hyun Bin received a President's Award for having saved over 3.5 million dollars for his past 17 years of acting career. In the world of celebrities often tainted stock market investments and illegal gambling, Hyun Bin's diligence is shining like a star.

Hyun Bin recently finished his exemplary military service in the Marine Corps, superseding Jo In Sung and Kang Dong Won and rising as the number one star whose activities after his military service is highly expected. This time, he received a President's Award for having saved over 3.5 million dollars for his past 17 years of acting career. He is a man of good looks, frugality and diligence, and is being recognized as the perfect man. The savings award is being given out by the Finance Committee after receiving recommendations from various banks. The Finance Committee grants awards such as the President's Award and the Prime Minister's Award. Other celebrities who have received the awards with Hyun Bin are actress Han Hye Jin on the President's Award and celebrity Kim Hye Young, professional baseball player Lee Dae Ho, and Goo Ha Ra of the idol girl froup Kara on the Prime Minister's Awards, and singer Lee Suk, singer Lee Moon Sae, and Top of the idol boy group Big Bang on the President of the Finance Committee Awards.

An official spokesman of the Finance Committee explained reasons for granting the President's Award to Hyun Bin.

"The Finance Committee appointed Hyun Bin for the President's Award because Hyun Bin with his innate frugality has been planning and saving his income since his debut as an actor. In addition, last year, he donated the rice wreath that he received from his fans to the Fruit of Love charity organization for the underprivileged children, among his other volunteer and charity works," the official said.

Hyun Bin in 2005 sponsored hospital bills of the boy with a rare disease, and donated his luxury car that he has been using to the charity before joining the military. In addition, he donated a total of about two hundred thousand dollars as a scholarship fund to the school he graduated, continuously donating to his alma maters and charity organizations. In 2001, while he was amassing a lot of popularity from the TV and movie audiences, he voluntarily joined the military, the Marine Corps, completing his duties and responsibilities as a Korean man. All of his dutiful and responsible actions in addition to his continuous and generous charity works have also contributed in Hyun Bin receiving the President's Award. Hyun Bin also received an award from the Secretary of Defense while he was in the marine. When Hyun Bin was asked about his feelings about receiving the President's Award on the national savings day, Hyun Bin felt shy and turned all of the glory from the award to his parents.

"I feel honored to receive this award on this great ceremony," Hyun Bin said. Hyun Bin added, "I'm still single so my parents take care of my finance. I think my father did a great job of saving all of my money, and helping me receive this huge award."

The secret of his success in finance was his diligence. Since Hyun Bin had been in the colorful and at times pompous world of the entertainments and celebrities, there must have been a lot of temptations. However, he was not shaken by the temptations in front of his eyes and has been diligently saving his paychecks.

When asked by a reporter how many savings accounts he has, Hyun Bin said, "I'm not sure how many I had before, but I think I have over 10 now." Hyun Bin added, "As I receive an award like this, I realize the importance of saving money once again and awards like this motivates me to do better from now on. I hope this could become a chance to let the people around me know the meaning of the awards and the importance of saving."

This year, it is said that it was difficult to select the nominees for the savings awards, because a lot of celebrities have rejected the selection as the nominees, since the savings awards could highlight the celebrities' diligence, but they could also harm them by making them seem as high earners and to be subjects of tax audits. The other reason why the celebrities in addition to Hyun Bin were spotlighted for receiving the savings awards was because they were not afraid of such concerns.

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