A Tesla plant to be built in Detroit was approved in just one day.
Detroit, already in bankruptcy, was in no position to cover hot and cold meals, and the fact that the governor of Michigan is a Republican politician also helped.
All that remains is to determine the size of the factory.
I wanted to build a very large factory of more than 3,000 acres in my heart, but there was no such land in the downtown area, so I had to scale it down.
“That’s too bad. If the governor had been a little more assertive, it could have been over 3,000 acres.”
As I mumbled while looking at the documents sent by the state government, Elon, who was looking at the same documents, widened his eyes in surprise.
“You’re going to build a 3,000-acre factory in Detroit, not Texas?”
“I thought so, but.”
“oh my god. that’s crazy! It’s fortunate that the governor gave me a normal accident.”
“Some of the original crazy things change the world. Me, Trump, and people like you belong here.”
Elon frowned as much as he could and waved his hands.
“Please remove me from that list. If the comparison is you and Trump, I become a very ordinary person.”
“Why?”
“Are you asking because you really don’t know?”
When I nodded, Elon raised his voice with a flushed face.
“It is absurd that we signed a contract for a multibillion-dollar project like a neighborhood garden, but the construction permit was granted in one day, ignoring the procedures just because the election was just around the corner. Do you think this is a normal situation?”
“A race against time requires bold decisions.”
“Even so, there is a degree. you guys… … It is destroying common sense that I have built up for 40 years.”
Elon leaned against the back of the chair, perhaps confused. Either way, I’ll continue with my words.
“Now that the plant in Detroit has been confirmed, now we have to think about what it will be used for.”
“This is amazing. The order of things had to be reversed.”
“No matter what the order, as long as the results are good. Isn’t it?”
As Trump’s approval rating rises with the announcement of the Detroit revival project, Tesla’s stock price has also soared like crazy.
Knowing that, Elon couldn’t answer any questions and only let out a shallow sigh.
“Texas is an area where pickup trucks and SUVs are strong, so we will build production lines mainly for new SUVs. Detroit will be used as a factory to produce the rest of the exports.”
“Ohh. If it’s focused on exports, can we expand the factory?”
“under… … Daniel, why do you keep trying to grow factories? Frankly, even the planned size is difficult to handle right now.”
Yes, I am doing this because I know how successful Tesla’s electric car will be in the future. Besides, wouldn’t Trump even support this time?
Of course, there were other goals besides that.
“The bigger our factory is, the better the city is. If that happens, many people will come back to Detroit, and there is a greater chance that it will be restored to its former glory.”
“Past glory… … .”
“Detroit is the starting point for America to become great again.”
Elon looked at me with his eyes wide open as if he was surprised.
“You’re not even an American, but you were doing it for America more than anyone else.”
“Korea has defended itself with the support of the United States, and has grown the country with the aid of the United States. So it is only natural that they feel inclined to help.”
“I didn’t expect Koreans to think like that… … I had no idea.”
“Of course, the more fundamental reason is that we bought land in Detroit.”
In an instant, Elon’s expression changes from emotion to surprise.
“Is it land? What do you mean?”
“The land we have secured near our Detroit plant site is just over $2,000 an acre. Even though it is close to the old city center, it is unbelievably cheap.”
If you secured a large amount of such land and later sold it after Detroit developed, you could make a huge profit.
“Did you go ahead with this with that in mind from the beginning?”
“It’s a combination of both sides. It has the effect of three birds with one stone: securing Tesla’s electric car factory, gaining Trump’s support, and gaining investment profits.”
“No, what about bringing Detroit back to glory?”
I forgot because I was talking about another topic.
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“Then, let’s add that up and call it one stone.”
* * *
late afternoon.
There was a guest who came to a hotel in Detroit to meet me.
“What is Jeon Yong-taek doing up to this point?”
“I couldn’t get through to the representative, so I came to see him in person. By any chance, did you change your phone number?”
“I use a different number when traveling abroad.”
“Ah, that’s right.”
We chatted lightly until drinks were served.
However, there was little personal talk on either side, so it soon moved on to a business conversation.
“I heard the news that Tesla is significantly expanding its electric vehicle factory, so we are also looking into electric parts factories these days.”
“You can prepare slowly. It will have to be the end of next year for the electric car factory to go back to work.”
“It’s good to know in advance, though. So… … .”
Jeon Yong-taek looks at me once and starts talking.
“How about if we, Ohsung Electronics, also participate in the Detroit Resurrection Project?”
“I thought you rejected my offer because you haven’t heard from me for a while.”
“You misunderstood. This is because we are a large organization, so there is a delay in making decisions.”
It’s not like that, but because it looks like Trump will be president, he must have flown to the other side of the globe.
I speak while hiding the ridicule that rises on my lips.
“If you come in now, you will suffer a great loss.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Recently, not one or two companies have expressed their intention to build a plant in Detroit. Most of them are large companies that you can know by name.”
“ah… … .”
“If Ohsung participates now, his name will be listed at the end of those companies.”
Jeon Yong-taek puts on a frustrated expression. Since I kicked the honey barrel of the U.S. president with one misjudgment, I must be twisted because my stomach hurts.
“Do you still want to build a factory in Detroit?”
“that… … .”
I can hear the sound of people rolling their heads over whether to enter at least belatedly, or whether to leave it blank.
“Or maybe I can help you a little.”
“How do you mean?”
“Isn’t the factory built in Oseong a factory for electronic equipment used in automobiles? So, if you package it well as a Tesla-related factory, Oh Seong-do can receive the same level of treatment.”
Jeon Yong-taek thought this was it, and quickly bit the fishing hook.
“Can I really do that?”
“This should be enough. Are we partners?”
“thank you. Really, I will never forget this favor.”
I stopped him from bowing his head and made the best possible impression.
“Oh. However, there is one thing you need to keep in mind.”
“which… … ?”
“When you build a factory, you have to build it next to the Tesla factory. That way, I won’t have a justification when I talk, right?”
“Aww, that’s natural. I will build it by sticking it together so that there is no waste of copper wire.”
If an Ohsung Electronics parts factory is built near the Tesla factory, land prices will skyrocket, no matter how slummed the old city center is.
I reach out my hand to him, suppressing the laughter that tries to escape.
“Let’s work together and do well in the future, Vice President.”
* * *
The United States is still the world’s most powerful country and the world’s largest consumer market. However, Americans did not feel that way.
Deteriorating households, soaring prices, and rising unemployment.
Trump cleverly attributes this to illegal immigrants and corporations building factories abroad to garner public support.
– We will stop illegal immigrants by erecting a barrier on the Mexican border! We will impose punitive tariffs on Chinese products and force them to build factories in the US!
Politicians and economists unanimously called Trump’s promises a fool’s errand against free trade.
The media also reported negatively on Trump’s somewhat radical and unrealistic strategy every day, and I wanted to see if this operation would succeed.
However, with Trump’s next card, public opinion is overturned in an instant.
Detroit Resurrection Project.
It was a common strategy to rebuild Detroit, a world-class automobile manufacturing city, but there was a decisive difference from other strategies.
That is, large manufacturers sympathized with this problem and took off their feet.
Starting with Tesla’s bold investment, American companies such as Ford and GM and foreign companies such as Toyota, Daehyun, and Ohsung also announced plans to build factories in Detroit.
Since the Detroit Revitalization Project, Trump’s approval rating has risen by nearly 6%, and some polls have even surpassed Hillary’s.
When the situation came to this, Hillary’s side came to the debate and launched a full-fledged counterattack.
– Trump is an impostor! The Detroit project is nothing more than a ploy to get votes by putting forward a hasty strategy.
– It’s really noisy. Tesla has already secured a factory site in Detroit.
– That too is a lie! Tesla said it would build a 3,000-acre plant in Texas. But an additional 1,800-acre plant in Detroit?
– I’m building both. I went and checked it myself. It’s going to be a very big and nice factory.
-Where is that money for a company that only sold 50,000 electric cars last year?
-Tesler has an investor that recently became the largest shareholder. I decided to get money from there.
As if Hillary had been waiting for this answer to come out, she quickly shot back.
-You seem to be referring to a suspicious company called WHTS Company.
-It is not a suspicious company, but a company with a very promising technology called cryptocurrency. I understand. Any technology that you don’t know about will look suspicious.
-Do you know where the company is located?
-I am in Korea.
-no. Its headquarters are in Singapore. I checked the address and they said it might be a paper company. Did you just believe that such a company was investing and gave away the land in Detroit?
Throughout the debate, Hillary tried to bring down the Detroit Resurrection Project by biting the WHTS Company.
On the contrary, Trump tried to defend the project that would become his enemy until the end.
Because of this, on the day the debate ended, a special article from the WHTS Company occupied the front page of the newspaper.
“Hey, what should I do with this? It’s embarrassing.”
As soon as I saw the name of our company in the newspaper, a sigh came out first.
I was planning to only make moderate profits during the election process, but somehow the WHTS Company found itself in the middle of a storm called the US presidential election.
‘If I respond aggressively here, it could look like I’m attacking the Democratic Party candidate.’
There was a heaven-and-earth difference in political sensitivity between lining up a candidate and directly attacking an opponent.
However, if we stayed still, WHTS Company had to suffer from various suspicions.
‘Looking at the trend of approval ratings, it seems that Trump will be elected… … Ignore it and wait for the presidential election to end? Or should I coolly run into it?’