Commissioner Lee Jin-young, who honestly and openly asks for help.
There’s really nothing I can’t help with.
Even if you replace it with a North Korean worker, it is not as good as a skeleton, but because the labor cost is so cheap, you can maintain price competitiveness to some extent.
In addition, the advantage of being able to easily provide jobs thanks to the skeleton means that they can be retrieved at any time.
If a new factory is built and operated in North Korea, a problem arises?
Then, if you close down the North Korean factory and place the skeleton back in South Korea, it will be restored immediately.
Anyway, in such a situation, not all of them, but 25% of them, about 10,000 skeletons, considering their friendship with the Korean government, it was worth doing.
The Korean government has also provided a lot of help to the Seron Group, from mining underwater resources to lending stockpiling facilities during the chicken game with OPEC.
but.
‘I can’t do it with my bare mouth.’
Did the Korean government really help me to have a good tax year?
Absolutely not.
I only actively took part because I saw the tremendous political achievement of Korea’s self-sufficiency in resources, but if it was a project that had a negative political impact on the government, it would have hindered rather than helped.
Just like the politicians attacked me during the long-term rental of skeletons.
In other words, the government and I are not allies who give each other unconditional favors, but a kind of business partners.
Business partners who move only when they benefit each other.
Then I should get paid for helping the Korean government.
‘Well, it’s better for me to do business when North Korea is stabilized.’
Deciding to help in return, I said with a relaxed expression.
“What if I refuse?”
“… If so, we will have no choice but to set up a special zone in North Korea as planned and actively encourage South Korean companies to enter North Korea.”
“With tax benefits and loan guarantees?”
“yes.”
“By the way, didn’t you just say that time is an issue for companies other than Seron? It takes too long to enter North Korea and create jobs. But is it really only time that matters?”
I said with a calm expression.
“No matter how the regime has changed, North Korea is North Korea. How many companies have suffered damage in cooperation projects with North Korea? There are not one or two companies that have invested in North Korea and suffered losses due to the corrupt activities they have done so far, such as the unauthorized closure of the Kaesong Industrial Complex and the suspension of Mt. Kumgang tourism on their own. In such a situation, will companies easily decide to invest in North Korea?”
In order to make a good deal, the first priority is to raise my ransom, so I continue to pinpoint the difficulties and shortcomings of entering North Korea.
“Besides, what can I do if the labor cost is cheap? The government is uneasy. If labor costs were everything, Africa, with its large population and low labor costs, would have become the world’s factory. But it’s not reality. Isn’t the reason obviously lack of infrastructure and political instability?”
I shrugged and said.
“It is just like North Korea. The infrastructure is lacking and the government is unstable. If I were the owner of a business, no matter how cheap the labor cost is and the conversation is easy, I think other companies would go in first and make sure that they are operating normally, and then make investments or whatever.”
As he delved into the shortcomings of advancing into North Korea, Lee Jin-young sighed and said,
“That’s why I asked Chairman Han, hoping that Seron would open up a large-scale business first. at the same time… There was also a calculation that neither North Koreans nor the revolutionary government would be able to do anything against Chairman Han’s company, who is called the strongest awakening.”
Ohh.
If my power is included in the calculation, the ransom price goes up even more.
“Anyway, our ultimate goal is to have companies enter the North Korean special zone at a level that can provide jobs for at least 100,000 to a maximum of 500,000. Among them, I want Saeron to be in charge of one axis.”
“500,000? As far as I know, the Kaesong Industrial Complex was said to have been about 50,000, but that is 10 times?”
“yes. It has to be that much to economically subordinate North Korea to South Korea.”
The government is doing all it can to take advantage of this opportunity to catch North Korea.
However, as the conversation continues, a question arises.
“By the way, isn’t creating 500,000 jobs meant that Korea’s jobs would eventually leak out?”
“you’re right. That’s why you need a seron. If you replace the skeletons of Seron with North Korean workers, you can hire North Korean workers while minimizing the loss of jobs in South Korea.”
uh… wait for a sec.
Isn’t this just a level of work that can be passed on for a small fee?
If I refuse and other companies go over to North Korea, Korean jobs will not decrease that much.
And if the number of jobs in Korea decreases, the balance between skeleton and human jobs, which I have been working so hard to maintain, will collapse.
‘If that happens, the long-term skeleton rental business will suffer?’
If Seron is playing the skeleton alone and a job problem arises, it is enough to retrieve the skeleton and balance it.
But there’s no way people who rent for a long time will stop using skeletons.
I rented it to make money in the first place.
Of course, a scramble for jobs between skeleton long-term renters and ordinary workers will begin over the shortage of jobs, which will not only deteriorate the image of the city, but also reduce the demand for long-term rentals in the future.
Of course, someday one person will become one skeleton and the labor force in Korea will overflow, so I was considering exporting skeleton labor to overseas advanced countries, but that is the last method to consider after all skeletons are distributed across the country, and now Korea as much as possible The priority is to prove that long-term rental of skeletons never threatens jobs.
In other words, the mid- to long-term plan for the skeleton long-term rental business that I envisioned is disrupted.
‘Long-term rentals are now the top two affiliates in net profit, along with Seron Oil, and Seron Shoes are not at the bottom.’
The importance of the business itself is different.
If so, how?
‘Creating jobs in North Korea while maintaining jobs in South Korea as much as possible.’
It is said that the job balance in South Korea is maintained only when public opinion actively absorbs all the jobs in the special zones created by North Korea and deprives other South Korean companies of opportunities to advance.
In other words, the government’s proposal is advantageous to me as well as to the entire Seron Group.
‘Anyway, it’s only right to give away the less important Seron shoes and maintain the new business that is in full swing.’
Of course, I can’t tell the Korean government straight away.
Right now, when people say regretful things, I have to make the most of it.
“Hmmm.”
After organizing my thoughts like that, I looked at Lee Jin-young and said.
“As you know, advancing into North Korea is a loss for Seron shoes.”
It’s not a lie.
It’s really a loss when you only see one pair of Ceron’s shoes.
Of course, if you look at the entire Seron group, the story is different.
“In addition, since it is a listed company, we need a reasonable reason to minimize investor backlash.”
“I understand.”
“So please give me a gift to make up for the loss of the Seron shoes.”
“Do you want anything?”
“North Korea Development Concession.”
“yes?”
North Korea, which has been reformed and opened, will proceed with various investments in the future, and of course, the most money will be invested in the expansion of outdated infrastructure and city construction.
just like China did.
“The Seron Group doesn’t have a construction company.”
“No. But that’s it, if you make it, that’s it. Or you can take over a construction company.”
The reason why I did not enter the construction business in South Korea in the first place was because I was concerned about the backlash from existing construction companies and construction workers, but North Korea is completely blank, so it doesn’t matter, right?
“I am not asking exclusively from Seron. Because it doesn’t fit the market logic. Just give me the qualifications to develop in North Korea, and I will take care of the rest.”
Since North Korea is still unstable, they will probably allow large construction companies to enter the market while excluding small and medium-sized construction companies.
So, originally, it would not be easy to get the business right if I urgently acquired a suitable construction company, so I took this opportunity to get the business right.
The next step is to win the project through fair bidding, but will other construction companies be able to mobilize skeletons on a large scale and compete with Seron, who is full of money?
It can’t be.
I noticed it in South Korea, but there is no need to be considerate even in North Korea, which is practically a foreign country, so I just leave.
“Instead, the government will create all the jobs of the size desired by the government. You asked to create jobs for 50,000 North Korean workers with 10,000 skeletons, right? will you be able to do that? You can hand over all 40,000 if you want. Then it’s 200,000. On top of that, if you count all the light industries that the Seron Group has entered, such as SR Electronics, it would be staggering?”
Give what you give and bring what you bring.
North Korea needs it, but I give away light industry, which is less important to me, stably operate long-term skeleton rental, and at the same time acquire development rights to enter the construction industry in earnest, which was not possible in Korea.
Also, this is good for me politically, after all, South Korea is doing this to fill the leash to North Korea through economic subordination, right?
However, since that leash is in effect the public opinion itself, I am in a position to shout loudly at both South Korea and North Korea.
At best, the leash was put on, but if the leash doesn’t listen, the Korean government has no way.
“Are you sure?”
“Sure.”
I said with a bright smile.
“How about my proposal?”
* * *
Economic cooperation between South Korea and North Korea, which has begun to flow rapidly after the deal with the government.
After completing behind-the-scenes work, the revolutionary government and the Korean government officially announced the first development plan to designate a new site as a special zone in addition to the Kaesong Industrial Complex to provide quality jobs for up to 100,000 people.
Companies who heard the announcement showed interest in North Korea, coveting cheap labor, but in a situation where most of them were small and medium-sized enterprises, the Seron shoes threw a bomb.
He declared that he would build a Saeron shoe factory in the special zone, employ 80,000 North Korean workers, and continue to increase the size in the future.
Of course, the stock price fell quite a lot in the wind, as Ceron shoes themselves declared that they would put down their greatest strengths, but that did not last long.
Seron Construction, which was created by acquiring three mid-tier construction companies, became the first company to acquire development rights in North Korea, and as its entry into North Korea became official, its share price rose again.
Of course, Seron Construction and Seron Shoes are completely different companies, but it is possible because Seron Shoes, which was the only listed company and was classified as a theme stock of Seron Group.
Anyway, as Seron Construction and Seron Shoes made their entry into North Korea official, many large construction companies scrambled to acquire development rights in North Korea. .
The first target is Pyeongsan-gun, which was newly designated among the two special zones.
Unlike Kaesong City, where a city has already been built, Pyeongsan-gun is a planned city that builds the city infrastructure itself from scratch, not to mention the industrial complex. It was an important business site for the revolutionary government.
Of course, as a whole new city was built, a huge amount of development cost was set, so all the Korean construction companies that obtained the development rights jumped in several weeks ago and began to fight fiercely.
“What are the conditions?”
The president of Seron Construction, which acquired and integrated several construction companies this time, said with a groan.
“There are no special conditions other than that the construction must be completed as soon as possible.”
I guess so.
It is because Pyeongsan-gun can boast of its achievements only when it quickly takes shape as a city and companies move in and run around.
I said with a grin.
“great. How much will other builders bid?”
“Because North Korea is completely blank. The conditions itself are all the same, such as heavy equipment having to be airlifted from South Korea and North Korean laborers having to be used, so the bidding price will be similar.”
The fact that the conditions themselves are all the same means, in other words, that it is overwhelmingly advantageous for the construction of Seron.
“The price is similar to ours. Instead, set delivery times twice as fast as other companies.”
“You mean the delivery date?”
“Since the first Seron shoe factory is already in operation in the Kaesong Industrial Complex, there are surplus skeletons.”
The Kaesong Industrial Complex already has existing facilities, so it employs as many as 40,000 out of 50,000 Kaesong workers and starts full-scale production.
Of course, to provide jobs for 40,000 people, 8,000 skeletons stopped producing shoes, and these skeletons were sleeping in my subspace.
“During the day, we will mobilize North Korean laborers for construction, and in the evening, we will release skeletons and operate at full capacity 24 hours a day. Heavy equipment will also be moved to my subspace. In my heart, I want to run only skeletons without the North Korean laborers, but then the revolutionary government won’t like it, so let’s concede to this extent.”
Seron Construction has conditions that are different from other construction companies.
Of course, there was no choice but to have an overwhelming advantage in this North Korean development boom.
“It’s the same price, but the construction is completed twice as fast. How is it. Will I win the bid?”
“… I wondered why the Seron Group hadn’t entered the construction industry, but now I understand. It will definitely be won.”
Of course, I didn’t do it because I was afraid that all the other construction companies would go bankrupt and I would be resentful of the people in the construction industry.
“okay. So, let’s proceed like this… … . ah. Especially here, we must win unconditionally.”
That’s the Pyeongsan Industrial Complex Infrastructure Construction located right next to the city.
“Because Seron shoes are also going to move in here. 10% lower than expected here. Reduce the delivery time by 3 times.”
“You mean three times?”
“We have to complete this quickly and run the 2nd factory for Seron Shoes, so we can take the skeleton from Seron Shoes in Korea and put it into construction.”
Although it started because of the government’s proposal, the situation is very interesting.
To provide North Korea with light industry jobs stolen from Southeast Asia and China by skeletons, and to run the construction industry with those skeletons instead.
“Then, since it’s roughly 16,000 skeletons, the deadline for other projects can be shortened, right?”
“16,000 skeletons… … . Just hearing it gives me goosebumps.”
“What should I do then, if it increases in the future, it will increase more, there is no need to decrease
All Ceron shoe skeletons are put into Ceron construction, and if that is not enough, other light industry affiliates also enter North Korea to secure skeletons.
Based on such an overwhelming labor force, they quickly complete the construction and make money.
North Korea will continue to do numerous construction projects with huge amounts of money borrowed from the United States and South Korea, so there are plenty of opportunities to earn money.
I said with a bright smile.
“Let’s show it, so that you can feel how deadly the skeleton human tactic is, and how considerate it was for me not to do construction work in Korea.”