Brilio.net - Many Indonesian celebrities started their careers from zero. Their name is famous not only because they are just aji mumpung. Behind their soaring careers, there is a story of hard work behind their current success.
As experienced by this boy. To be at the point of success, the struggle is not easy. For the sake of his dream of improving economic conditions and raising the status of his family, he is willing to sell fried food.
The boy chose to sell combro and bakwan to meet his school needs. He also sells skin crackers to increase his income.
"I used to sell bakwan and combro before being as successful as I am now," he said.
photo: Instagram/@dennycagur
This figure is Denny Wahyudi , a comedian whose name became known to many people when he played in the comedy group Cagur. This man, who was born on August 29 1977, admitted that he had been doing his job as a fried food maker sincerely and enthusiastically for 20 years.
"For more than 20 years I have been trading bakwan and combro. But I am grateful, maybe this is the beginning of success," explained Denny.
He did this because Denny was born from a very simple family. When he was little, Santy's husband said he had experienced difficult times financially. This happened when Denny was in 5th grade and his family decided to move house.
In grade 5-6 of elementary school, I started experiencing economic difficulties. "Because at that time papa was transferred and we also had to move house," said Denny, quoted by brilio.net from his YouTube channel, Denny Cagur TV.
photo: Instagram/@dennycagur
Denny explained that their father's background was a thug, which forced them to move house. Because the father often received unpleasant treatment that made his family uncomfortable.
Since then, Denny's family has begun to live a life of concern and simplicity. He even stopped going to school for several months because his father lacked funds.
"I didn't go to school for several months because my father didn't have any money. I was also looking for a rented house. The house has about 7 plots," he said.
Denny is also enthusiastic about earning extra money so that he and his siblings can continue going to school. Because one way to change your fate is through education.
Denny himself admits that he has been familiar with the world of comedy since he was in elementary school (SD). When he was in middle school to high school, this Bandung-born artist began studying comedy seriously. He learned by watching videos from legendary comedy groups such as Ngelaba to Bagito.
"Well, starting from middle school, high school, I started watching Ngelaba, I started watching Bagito, I started to know about comedy shows and I kept watching them. I practice it at school," he explained.
photo: Instagram/@dennycagur
While studying at Jakarta State University, Denny began to seriously pursue the world of comedy. In 1997, he then created the comedy group Cagur with Narji and Sapto. However, as time went by, the comedy group began to change personnel, as currently known as Denny, Narji and Wendy.
"There was one Sapto who was hanging out with him too. Sapto left to replace Bedu and finally got his first TV show 'Chatting' "Bedu resigned, met Wendy. Wendy was the one who used to help us build property," explained Denny.
Of course, before being as famous as they are now, the comedy group had gone through many obstacles. Cagur is often paid only with boxes of rice and transport money, which is no more than IDR 80 thousand. But they were not disappointed and kept trying until they finally entered the comedy competition program on a private television station.
photo: Instagram/@dennycagur
However, their efforts bore fruit when they first appeared on the Chatting program in 2001. From there, Cagur's name began to skyrocket.
< p>As their schedules became busier, each member also pursued a solo career as a comedian. Denny also received offers from various television programs as a presenter.Denny was trusted to present a music program which was quite a hit at that time. He even won the award as Favorite Comedian from the 2016 Panasonic Gobel Awards.
photo: Instagram /@dennycagur
With his impressive career, it is not surprising that Denny Cagur is said to be able to earn billions of rupiah per month. Even though he did not explicitly mention the amount, in a chat with Raffi Ahmad, Denny agreed when Raffi revealed that his income reached billions of rupiah.
Having abundant wealth, this 46 year old man can also build house like a palace which is reportedly worth up to Rp. 15 billion. Denny Cagur's house is equipped with an elevator and his electricity bill even reaches IDR 8 million per month.
Not only that, Denny Cagur also collects a number of luxury cars, one of which is a Porsche Cayman whose price is estimated at IDR 2 billion. This can be seen from the vlog of Atta Halilintar who visited the successful comedian.
"This is my favorite car, because yes, this Porsche has been my dream car for a long time," said Denny Cagur, who admitted that it took him 10 years to realize his dream of having a car. this luxury.
photo: YouTube/AH
< p>Even though the path he is taking is not easy, Denny believes in his prayers and efforts. In fact, he considers that his past life is a sweet memory that always makes him humble.(brl/lea)
