Former professional golfer Park Se-ri revealed the practical hardships of being responsible for her employees' monthly wages and taxes after retirement. Park Se-ri confessed that the time when salaries are paid on the 1st of every month is the most stressful, and that life after retirement, which involves meeting people directly and engaging in broadcasting activities, is not easy.
In Episode 65 of tvN STORY's 'What Do You Do With What's Left?', broadcast on the 2nd, Lee Young-ja, Park Se-ri, and Kim Chang-ok talked about life and life after retirement while eating seasonal blue crabs.
On this day, Kim Chang-ok tasted the blue crabs and said, "I lived without knowing the taste of the world. I didn't really know what grows in which month," reflecting on her past by adding, "I just worked."
In response, Park Se-ri empathized, saying, "I also just worked, so I didn't know much either." She then revealed, "It seems my thoughts changed a lot around the time of my retirement."
Kim Chang-ok showed interest in the lives of athletes who retire at an earlier age than ordinary office workers.
Kim Chang-ok said, "Ordinary office workers usually retire in their 50s or 60s, but athletes retire early," and asked Park Se-ri what she was thinking as she approached retirement.
Upon this, Park Se-ri revealed that she had been thinking in advance about when to end her playing career.
Park Se-ri said, "I was planning to retire around then," and added, "After retiring, I wanted to devote myself to discovering promising players."
She then recalled the time when she entered the overseas stage in 1998.
Park Se-ri shared, "Even when I went overseas in 1998, it was a personal dream," and revealed, "It was my own dream, but as I pursued it, it became someone else's dream."
As junior players began to nurture their dreams of becoming golfers by looking up to her, her sense of responsibility grew.
Park Se-ri explained the reason she became interested in cultivating promising players after retirement, saying, "I had seniors before, and now I have juniors. I wanted to be a senior who could help my juniors."
Hearing Park Se-ri's story of ending her playing career at age 40, Lee Young-ja expressed admiration while asking a realistic question.
Lee Young-ja said, "That is wonderful. But you have to pay salaries every month," mentioning the employees' wages as one of the reasons Park Se-ri continues her broadcasting activities.
She then asked, "The reason Park Se-ri appears on TV is to pay her employees' salaries. When in the month does it feel suffocating?"
In response, Park Se-ri answered without hesitation, "The first week makes me feel suffocated," prompting laughter.
Park Se-ri said, "Salaries go out on the 1st of every month," revealing the burden of the monthly payday that arrives each month.
She added, "Also, taxes are difficult," conveying the realistic difficulties of running a business.
Hearing this, Kim Chang-ok laughed and said, "That is so realistic."
Kim Chang-ok asked what other difficulties there had been after retirement.
Upon this, Park Se-ri confessed, "Since I was someone who only did sports, it wasn't easy to start something new," and added, "Especially broadcasting was difficult."
She also felt difficulty in meeting people directly and building relationships.
Park Se-ri explained, "Before retirement, I couldn't go out and meet anyone on my own," and noted, "During my playing days, only the matches were important."
She continued, "After retiring, I had to do things on my own and even make requests," revealing, "That was a little difficult at first."
In response, Kim Chang-ok mentioned the commonalities between golf and life, offering advice to Park Se-ri.
Kim Chang-ok said, "I learned a little about golf, and golf is very similar to life," introducing her past experience of giving a lecture on the topic that 'Golf is life.'
Kim Chang-ok explained that human relationships, like golf, do not always flow in the desired direction, saying, "Putting the ball into the hole in the other person's heart seemed like the principle of the world."
She added, "If you try to open the other person's heart too quickly, it seems the hole gets narrower," and said, "If you match each other's tempo, I think sincerity is recognized."
She then emphasized, "It may seem like competing with others, but in the end, it is a competition with oneself."
Kim Chang-ok conveyed that she felt exceptional sincerity even in Park Se-ri's usual behavior.
Kim Chang-ok said, "But there is something that surprised me about Park Se-ri," mentioning how she takes care of the staff.
She added, "(Se-ri) distributes food to the staff with a blank expression and is still making fried rice for us now. The language of actions is the language of the soul. Words are not just what comes out of the mouth."
In particular, Kim Chang-ok praised Park Se-ri's consideration by saying, "Anyway, Se-ri is someone who says everything through her actions."
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