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# 34
“Mommy…….”
The mayor of Gunsan City, Yun Ho-chang, was still unhappy when he thought about the incident and could not sleep.
It was the closure of the KM Gunsan plant, which was a representative automobile company in Gunsan.
As a result, even the business partners were closed one after another, and Gunsan City was overflowing with unemployed people.
“Why did I close my business right after I took office?”
The problem is that the closure occurred right after Yun Ho-chang took office.
Therefore, Yun Ho-chang poured various support for KM’s Gunsan plant to be taken over by another company in order to somehow manage it.
In the end, they managed to finally find a takeover of the Gunsan plant, but that was not a solution at all.
The company that took over the Gunsan plant acquired the plant through a joint venture with a Chinese automobile company, but it did not use even a tenth of the site of the Gunsan plant.
It used to be a Gunsan factory that made 300,000 cars a year alone, but after a new owner took over, it fell to the level of producing only 10,000 to 20,000 cars a year. .
“shit.”
His term of office ends in a year from now, and the fear that he might be branded as an incompetent person who could not handle the aftermath of the KM Gunsan factory and quietly disappear from the political world comes over.
But then the extension phone started ringing.
“Yes.”
– Sir, the mayor, a guest has arrived.
“Guest? Didn’t you say you didn’t have an appointment today?”
– That is, he said he forgot to check the feasibility and apologized for the sudden visit.
It’s a mayor that represents a city, but he said that he would come and meet me without making an appointment.
The mayor was rather angry at the secretary for not being able to take care of even one of these things.
“You call that a horse? I don’t know who it is, but it’s polite…”
-Well, that is, CEO Han Ji-hyeok of Ceron, and in this article, I want to talk about attracting partners of Ceron.
“···uh?”
As Yoon Ho-chang, who has always longed for new investment to fill the void of KM’s closure, the contents of the investment collaboration ceremony between Seron and its partners that I saw in the article go through my mind.
10 partners with sales of 800 billion won.
Yun Ho-chang jumped up from his seat and said.
“Tell me to come in! hurry!”
Then, after a while, Han Ji-hyeok entered the mayor’s office with a relaxed expression under the guidance of the secretary.
‘A-class Awoken. And the owner who created a medium-sized company with annual sales of hundreds of billions of won by creating a declining industry. In addition, the possibility of attracting additional investment through partner companies.’
The appearance of a person who does not want anything from the market standpoint.
Of course, since it is a project that uses skeletons, there is a disadvantage that the employment effect for local residents will be very low compared to the investment amount and sales, but Ho-Chang Yun, who lacked a single company, was not in a position to cover hot or cold meals.
Yun Ho-chang said with a bright smile.
“Welcome, Representative Han! I’ve heard a lot about it.”
“haha. is that so?”
“now. Come this way.”
Yoon Ho-chang, who sat down like that, said with a smile.
“Did you come to me in relation to attracting partners?”
“Yes. I think it would be easier to work if I had to be in the same place with my partners.”
You come to see yourself as the mayor of Gunsan with such a business.
Yun Ho-chang said, soothing his overwhelming heart.
“Well, then maybe.”
“Yes. I am thinking of Gunsan City as a strong candidate……”
Han Ji-hyuk said with a smile.
“What are the benefits of coming to Gunsan City? I came here because I was curious.”
*
In response to my question of what benefits I could receive, Ho-Chang Yun started talking about various things.
“First of all, Gunsan City has been selected as a special area to respond to industrial crisis, so it can receive reductions in corporate and local taxes for five years, and also supports special guarantees through credit and technology guarantee funds.”
To put it simply, it will cut taxes and give you guarantees if you don’t have enough investment. The reason for asking companies to come in and save the local economy is the Special Zone for Response to Industrial Crisis.
So far, I’ve been researching everything I’ve come here.
“There are additional subsidies according to the number of employees, as well as various other benefits.”
Yun Ho-chang lists the benefits one after another like that.
I nodded and said.
“okay. But mayor?”
“Yes.”
“Aren’t those benefits available to all other special regions for crisis response in the industry?”
Yun Ho-chang was startled at my words and said.
“That, that.”
In Korea, about five places were selected as industrial crisis areas.
And what these five places have in common is that the representative company that supported local tax revenues was hit hard by the collapse.
Typical examples are automobile factories in Gunsan and shipbuilding companies in Gyeongnam.
“Gunsan is not the only industrial crisis area.”
Then Ho-Chang Yun said in an urgent voice.
“Anyway, taxes are under the jurisdiction of the central government, so other regions will not be able to provide more benefits than this!”
“Of course I do. But the benefits are not necessarily just taxes.”
At first I didn’t even expect that.
The market is just a person who decides how to use the tax collected.
But the market certainly has the power to give me what I want.
“I don’t know if you know, but I run quite a few factories, and this is because there are so many difficulties.”
“Are you talking about a problem?”
“We use skeletons as workers. So, we can increase our sales even more when we put in the skeleton as much as possible, but the floor area ratio keeps holding us back.”
Just because you bought the land doesn’t mean you can build your own on the land.
There is a floor area ratio for each region, and it is determined that only buildings of this size can be built compared to the land area.
However, the government relaxed the floor area ratio that was set to attract new investment, and at the same time made it possible to diversify according to the circumstances of each local government.
Only then did Yun Ho-chang, who understood what I was saying, said with a firm expression on his face.
“Are you asking to increase the floor area ratio to the maximum?”
“you’re right.”
“It is not an easy decision because there is also an issue of equity with other companies.”
“We don’t have a special situation. And above all…”
I said with a smile.
“That way, we will hire more employees.”
Then, Ho-Chang Yun was startled and said.
“Is the number of employees increasing?”
“It is said that skeletons do the job, but someone who can tune the skeletons and make up for the deficiencies is absolutely necessary. You can’t have skeletons until you do white-collar jobs, right? In short, the more skeletons there are, the more people and staff will be able to manage them.”
Yun Ho-chang’s pupils shake at those words.
“The more skeletons, the more staff we need… What is the percentage?”
“The human-to-skeleton ratio is about 6 percent, including production and office workers.”
A ratio that is possible because it is a labor-intensive industry.
“Six percent? Wait. How many skeleton deployments have we signed with our partners now?”
“About 3,000.”
“Then you mean less than 200?”
Yun Ho-chang said with a look of disappointment.
“I expected it to be less, but this is…”
The reason that local governments are trying to attract companies is because the issue of tax revenue is not only a matter of tax revenue, but the issue of local jobs is more important than anything else.
When there are more jobs, people’s consumer sentiment will revive, and when the consumer sentiment revives, the commercial district will also come alive.
From that point of view, it is true that Ceron and its partners are extremely inefficient compared to other companies in terms of job creation.
KM, which was there before, directly employed 2,000 people, and if you add partners, it reached 10,000.
“So floor area ratio and permits are important. By attaching the skeletons as close to each other as possible, the efficiency increases and the number of management staff can be recruited.”
As the reaction was expected, I took out a list I prepared in advance and presented it to the mayor.
“Let’s see. These are the overseas companies that have been proposing to us and those who wish to make a U-turn to Korea.”
Yun Ho-chang’s pupils, who had received the list like that, shook.
“Hey, you mean so many?”
“Yes. The 10 suppliers that have signed an agreement now are just a few of them.”
I said with a relaxed expression.
“What if, even at 6 percent, there were 100 or more companies instead of 10? Are you going to do less then? And when so many companies come in, there is a limit to the site, so we have to extract the floor area ratio as much as possible to arrange more skeletons and hire more employees.”
In order to increase human jobs, it is necessary to push in more skeletons.
“And not only think about jobs, but also the taxes to be paid in Gunsan City. Now, with 10 partners alone, annual sales of 800 billion won, and the amount of direct investment that will be made for the construction of the factory site is enormous.”
In order to get Yun Ho-Chang’s cooperation, he deliberately explained each and every word, but he had no choice anyway.
Because representative companies and partners were flying away, and the Gunsan Industrial Complex was currently operating at nearly half.
In addition, it is not uncommon for scams to approach local governments that desperately want overseas investment and run away with only the honeydew.
By the way, the 10 partners that Ceron and I have chosen are legitimate companies that have already been verified.
In other words, there is no other reliable company other than our Seron that can fill the void in a short period of time, whether it is tax for tax or job for job.
In the end, Ho-Chang Yun, who had been thinking for a long time, said.
“Can you promise that all new partners will also move into the Gunsan Industrial Complex in the future?”
I said with a bright smile.
“If the mayor does a good deed, I must repay him with good will.”
In the end, Ho-Chang Yun nodded and said.
“All right. I will push you forward.”
*
“…Yurim Electronics’ China plant was a healthy plant with annual sales exceeding 200 billion won. And the factory of Yurim Electronics, which had left their homeland, has returned to Korea!”
read at noblemtl.com
Mayor Yun Ho-chang, who attended the ceremony to celebrate the official move-in of Yurim Electronics, the first partner, to congratulate and promote his achievements, went up to the podium and spoke to local reporters.
“That too in our Gunsan Industrial Complex! In the past, many things have happened in Gunsan-si. The shipyard went out of business, and that wasn’t enough until the car factory closed. This has resulted in many unemployed people and the city’s finances are getting worse and worse. But now I can say it with confidence! That was our bottom and now we only have to climb up!”
Yun Ho-chang shouted loudly.
“Yurim Electronics’ U-turn in Korea is just the beginning! Famous companies such as Jewon Tech and Smart International have moved in soon, including not only Korean companies, but also American and Japanese companies! Can’t you remember something? Overseas investment came to Korea like a wave during the period of high growth. Maybe we are seeing the second part of that great footsteps? Even in our Gunsan!”
good at publicity
“The dream of a crumbling manufacturing powerhouse. We will make that dream come true in Gunsan!”
After that brief congratulatory speech, the reporters started asking questions.
“How many occupants are anticipated?”
Then Mayor Yun Ho-chang looked at me with a soft expression and said:
“I think it would be better for CEO Han Ji-hyeok of Seron to answer that.”
You want me to show you how close we are?
I looked at the reporters and said.
“I will only say that there are 15 companies that have been confirmed and the companies we are talking about are more. Of course, all of these companies are going to move into the Gunsan Industrial Complex.”
When the first-tier suppliers decided to take root in Gunsan and searched for a factory site, there were only 5 companies that had additional contracts with them, and if you include the companies that are under contract, there are literally dozens of companies.
“Estimated sales of only confirmed companies reach 1.2 trillion won, so I am confident that it will be of great help to the local economy.”
And since each of those companies is a small and medium-sized company with at least tens of billions of dollars in annual sales, the combined sales of those companies are quite impressive.
Of course, not all of those sales lead to Ceron’s net profit, but it was clear that this alone would make Ceron several times larger than it is now.
I said looking at Mayor Yun Ho-chang.
“Anyway, I would like to once again thank Mayor Yun Ho-chang for giving me a lot of advice by taking this opportunity.”
read at noblemtl.com
Me and Yun Ho-chang, who made eye contact like that, smiled slightly and bowed to each other.
Then a reporter said:
“It is sure to be of great help to the development of the local economy. But isn’t it the job that citizens feel the most from the point of view? As far as I know, Seron and its partners have been told that the proportion of workers is extremely low because of the skeleton.”
I said with a relaxed expression.
“It is true that it is low. But doesn’t it mean that it’s low? It’s impossible for anyone to have a skeleton until the office job. Roughly speaking, 6 percent of the skeleton?”
Then the reporter said with a puzzled expression.
“Six percent? Isn’t that too low?”
“Not low.”
I said with a smile.
“It will be enough if the number of skeletons increases enough to employ all the economically active population. I heard that the number of workers who have lost their jobs due to the closure of auto factories is about 10,000, including suppliers.”
“The same is true for workers who have lost their jobs directly, but if you add up the number of employees in the affected commercial districts….”
I interrupted the reporter and said.
“I’m not trying to tell a complicated story. Being indirectly affected means that when 10,000 people return to work, they all go back to where they were.”
“That’s… it is.”
“If you want to hire all 10,000 people, you can deploy about 200,000 skeletons.”
Then the reporter opened his mouth wide and said:
“Two hundred thousand?”
When he mentions a number that goes beyond common sense, it shakes not only reporters but also other people.
I shrugged and said.
“That’s what the word means, the word. That means we’re going to put as much space as we can.”
Reporters and people who put on an expression like that.
Afterwards, if you really put 200,000 each, it would be nice to see the facial expressions, right?
“Anyway, I think this is a win-win between Korea and Seron. Skeletons aren’t taking people’s jobs. Rather, it is to bring back jobs that have been lost abroad. When the number of skeletons increases, more jobs and sales increase at the same time, which increases the finances of Gunsan City as well as the corporate tax paid to the state.”
Isn’t that wrong?
In fact, it will be.
Of course, I would make more money that way.
“Therefore, Ceron promises to make an effort to contribute to the economy of Korea and Gunsan by attracting more foreign companies to Gunsan in the future. thank you.”
When the story ends like that, the questions pouring down to Mayor Yun Ho-chang again.
I looked at him and said in a quiet voice.
“Take a look, I’ll make you say that if you don’t have Ceron later, you’re going to have a lot of trouble.”
If Ceron leads the economy of Gunsan by arranging a bunch of partners, who in Gunsan can say anything to me?
As such, starting with Gunsan, the number of partner companies is gradually increasing, and Ceron’s share in the Korean economy is increasing even more.
If your influence grows like that, you will be able to earn money comfortably without being disturbed by anyone.
At the same time, even after I finish all my work and retire, there will be no one who wants to offend me.
“Whether it’s a partner company or a Gunsan citizen, it’s everything.”
And the same goes for partners.
The key to determining the relationship between A and E is which of the two has more substitutes.
In general, the reason why brands with technology and products are the best is because there are infinite factories that brands can choose from and they want all of them to be selected.
But with Seron, the case is completely different.
As there is no way to replace the ultra-low-cost labor cost of skeletons as shoe makers are trying to secure production by squeezing even a little more guaranteed quantity.
In other words, Ceron’s partner is Eul.
B, who develops and markets products on behalf of Seron.
And as the number of such partners increases, and as the number of companies with overlapping industries among those partners increases, the partners have no choice but to pay attention to Seron.
As soon as the relationship with Seron is broken and the skeleton is retrieved, they will be pushed out of competition with competitors who receive the skeleton.
The perfect way to earn money and prepare for retirement.
I said with a smirk.
“Let’s make Gunsan into Ceron City.”