For Lee Jun-hyuk, the real jackpot is finding purpose in his work
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Quick summary- 1TvN's office drama "The Ordinary Jackpot" has a provocative hook: A corporate worker wins the lottery jackpot, but decides to stay at his desk job.
- 2A first-prize lottery winner in South Korea takes home approximately 1.3 billion
- 3The choice is largely rooted in financial reality.
TvN's office drama "The Ordinary Jackpot" has a provocative hook: A corporate worker wins the lottery jackpot, but decides to stay at his desk job. The choice is largely rooted in financial reality. A first-prize lottery winner in South Korea takes home approximately 1.3 billion won ($965,000) post-taxes. It's a handsome payout, but not enough to bankroll an early retirement. Instead of leaning into a dopamine-fueled revenge fantasy of an employee breaking his corporate shackles, "The Ordinary J
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