"What does make a person poor? Why do some people still rent an APT, even after 30 years of employment? Maybe some are destitute because of social injustice or government corruption; nonetheless, shouldn’t we do anything about it? It took 13 months for me to sell my first book; I published my first eBook in Oct 2022; then, the first paperback copy was sold in Nov 2023. Maybe people read less these days. Or maybe I am not a good writer yet. I have been a small business owner, nursing home employee and stock investor – none of these has brought me a significant amount of money. I thought being an author may be different, but it has not, as of yet."– from the prologue in "UnBrokable: Metamorphic" Brad Kong (공덕영) might be the most failed writer in human history – a philosopher, minimalist, vegetarian and investor. However, he must be the luckiest one – a fridge hunter and stoic warrior against his daughter. Brad ("brad") is a celebrity in numerous sites, including dcinside and reddit, obsessed with dental hygiene and sick of being pushed to be successful. The “UnBrokable” means those who cannot be broke financially. Brad walked away from his deca-millionaire parents in Korea, when he was in late 20s. Initially, he had lived poorly and worked for diverse jobs in America for over a decade. Eventually, he managed to finish college, get licenses and was able to buy his 60,000 USD condo in full, when he became 40 (the unit is close to 250,000 USD by 2024). He opened his first stock account and deposited 100 USD in 2011. Surprisingly, his portfolio has grown to 600,000 USD by 2024. "UnBrokable*" shows 80 lessons he has learned along the way and there are three series, as of now: -UnBrokable: Preliminary -UnBrokable* -UnBrokable: Metamorphic And these are the other series. -Story Collections-QuotistBrad is a Gogh in writing — the retired business owner of the video game store, "Cyb Knight." He has won two American certificates of medical coder and pharmacy technician; he received Bachelors of Science from SUNY at Buffalo and Hallym University in Korea. Brad’s writing models are Schopenhauer, Hemingway and Ma (마광수): Translating hard concepts into easy writings; he likes to write simply and clearly. His favorite authors are O. Henry, Dickens and Hugo; he respects them because they had cared about the poor and written masterpieces on them. He lives with his wife and their daughter in the Midwest. "인간이 가난해지는 이유는 무엇인가?"안녕하세요. 저는 미국에 사는 작가 공덕영이라고 합니다. 만나서 반갑습니다. 지금 직장 생활을 하시나요? 열심히 일하지만, 가난하게 사는 사람들은 이유가 뭘까요? 저는 한국에서 군대와 대학을 마친 후, 지금은 미국에서 25년 넘게 거주 중 이구요. 여기서 결혼해, 딸 하나 있습니다. 쌍문동에서 초등학교 마치고, 강남에서 휘문 중, 고, 춘천에서 한림대 유전 공학과를 나왔는데, 그 작은 도시에 대해 좋은 기억이 있네요. 영어 공부도 할 겸 한번 둘러 보세요. Read more about this authorRead less about this author