In a recent entertainment program, actress Lee Da Hae shared about her frequent travel between Korea and China.
Lee Da Hae said that she started spending a lot of time in China after the movie "My Girl" starring her attracted attention in this market. After that, the actress continued to participate in some Chinese TV series and promoted activities in the populous country.
Speaking about her time living in China, Lee Da Hae said: "Before getting pregnant, at least about one-third of the time in a year I was there. I had a company and a house there.
The actress also shared about her house in Shanghai. She said that house prices in this city are very high, and revealed that she still cannot afford to buy a house because she does not meet the conditions.
Lee Da Hae explained: "I can't buy it yet. Like Korea has a compulsory social insurance system, China also has social insurance.
Foreigners or Chinese people from other localities, even if they want to buy a house in Shanghai, cannot buy it immediately. They must have lived in Shanghai for a period of time, pay taxes and prove they have resided here to be able to buy a house.
She expects to be eligible to buy a house in Shanghai around 2027.
Speaking about the rented apartment, Lee Da Hae said that the selling price of this real estate is about 5 billion won (about 95 billion VND), and she is renting monthly for 6 million won (about 113 million VND).
She once shared photos of the apartment decoration on social networks, causing some viewers to mistakenly believe that the actress had bought real estate in Shanghai. However, in the program, Lee Da Hae corrected this.
The information that Lee Da Hae cannot afford to buy a house in Shanghai surprised many people. Because the actress is known as an artist with notable real estate investment activities in Korea.
She and her husband - singer Se7en - are said to own 3 commercial buildings in Seoul, concentrated in Gangnam and Mapo. The total value of the couple's real estate is estimated at about 32.5 billion won (about 617 billion VND).
Also in the program, Lee Da Hae shared about once participating in an e-commerce livestream in China. She said she was once invited by a famous influencer as a guest and even sent a private plane to pick her up. In about 30 minutes of her appearance, the livestream session achieved revenue of about 20 billion won.
However, Lee Da Hae emphasized that this figure is not revenue from her direct sales. After she left the program, the influencer continued to achieve additional revenue of about 100-200 billion won.
Lee Da Hae became famous in China after the success of the movie "My Girl" in 2005. After that, she participated in more Chinese movies and learned Chinese. Before getting married, the actress spent a lot of time living in Shanghai and building business operations there.
Lee Da Hae and Se7en publicly dated for 8 years before getting married in 2023. Currently, the actress is pregnant with her first daughter at the age of 42, expected to be born at the end of 2026. Due to pregnancy, she has reduced business trips between Korea and China to stay in Seoul to prepare for childbirth.
