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It is of course the president that Yun Ho-chang first aimed for when he entered politics.
It was the dream of all politicians to become the president of the Republic of Korea and lead the government himself.
Yoon Ho-chang, who started his career as an aide to a member of the National Assembly, and then became a mayor of Gunsan after working as a city councilor.
When he first became the mayor of Gunsan, Ho-Chang Yun was overflowing with confidence.
I believe that if I lead the city of Gunsan well and then become a provincial governor or a member of the National Assembly and gradually build up my career, I will be able to become president someday.
But the place of Gunsan Market was the holy grail of poison.
Soon after Yun Ho-chang took office, the KM automobile factory closed, and the situation in Gunsan City began to deteriorate.
Naturally, that resentment can only be poured out on Mayor Yun Ho-chang.
Through such hard years, Ho-Chang Yun had no choice but to give up his dream of becoming a president.
At this rate, he was in a situation where he would quietly disappear from the political world, branded as an incompetent market.
However, it was Han Ji-hyuk’s Seron that appeared at that time.
Ceron quickly filled the void in KM cars, as well as reviving the shipyards, literally starting to feed Gunsan.
Thanks to this, Gunsan, where the population continued to flow out, started to increase as outsiders flowed in, and now it is rather evaluated as having entered a new heyday.
At that time, Yun Ho-chang was confident that he could put his mind to it and continue his political life, but Yun Ho-chang’s dream had long since faded.
Not with the ambition to rise to a higher position, but with the level of satisfaction with where I am now.
It was because of the power of Seron, not his own, that Gunsan-si was revived in the first place.
However, Chairman Han Ji-hyeok of the seron recommends him to be the governor.
“Are you, the governor?”
“Yes, the governor of Jeollabuk-do. It will become the only arena of nine provinces in Korea. I think Mayor Yun Ho-chang has the ability to do that.”
At Han Ji-hyuk’s words, Yun Ho-chang felt like it would come out to the end of his throat that he knew right away, but he resisted it desperately.
I still don’t know what Han Ji-hyuk intended to say to him like this.
“Do I dare to be the governor? The most likely candidate for the current governor is Kim Dae-oh, the current governor and a third-term member of the National Assembly.”
Then Han Ji-hyuk smiled and said.
“What is important now is whether Mayor Yoon has the will to become the governor. I guess I didn’t come all the way to this place without thinking.”
“Do you mean . . . to declare support?”
If Han Ji-hyeok declares support, it is worth doing.
It’s quite high even if you only attract the votes of party members from Gunsan-si and neighboring cities, where Ceron Group and its partners are lined up.
“The declaration of support is a bit like that. To be honest, I’m not really interested in things like the left and the right, and if a business man clumsily takes a side, the opposition party might attack him, right?”
Chaebols just have a lot of money, and since they are ordinary people, there is nothing wrong with declaring support in itself.
However, everyone is spared from the aftermath caused by it.
Because taking one side in the Korean political landscape, in which the two large parties are divided, is talking about turning the other side as an enemy.
“But I can help. For example, by using the skills that persuaded me to attract Ceron headquarters and business partners to Gunsan City.”
Can this be called persuasion?
In fact, it was all about accepting what Seron had suggested.
However, there is no way that Han Ji-hyuk, who knows that fact better than anyone else, would have said that story without any real meaning.
“Did you know that Seron recently signed a contract with Seeway? This time, the contract has been completely concluded, and the site must be selected soon. Originally, I was going to do it in any of the cities near Gunsan-si…”
Yun Ho-chang said while listening to Han Ji-hyuk’s words.
“I might be able to persuade the president to select a site for another city in Jeonbuk, as I became a candidate for the governor’s primary, for the equal development of the region.”
“It is correct.”
Jeonbuk, which is inferior in terms of economic power and population compared to the metropolitan area and Gyeongnam area, was always thirsty to enter large corporations.
But what if he persuades Chairman Han Ji-hyeok to make it look like they are attracting Seeway’s site to another city in Jeonbuk instead of Gunsan?
Those who do not know the details will feel that Ho-Chang Yun is a talented person who will revitalize their local economy.
Just like Gunsan City, which is now in its best heyday.
If Ho-Chang Yun becomes the governor of Jeollabuk-do, other cities can become like Gunsan.
What a good word to use as an election frame.
Yun Ho-chang felt it instinctively.
I’m sure this will work.
“How is it?”
If he fell, there would have been a rumor that he would lose his market seat as well, but Ho-Chang Yun barely endured it.
Because elections are a series of variables, no one can predict the outcome.
But this was certain.
That this opportunity is the only ladder that will lead you to the last higher place you have been given.
Yun Ho-chang, who had been thinking for a while, said.
“What will the president get?”
“You will get good friends.”
An answer with many implications.
However, Yun Ho-Chang accurately recognized the content underlying it.
“I promise. I’m sure we’ll make good friends forever.”
“OK. So what do you do?”
Yun Ho-chang nodded and said.
“Yes. Let’s do it. No, I will.”
*
Jeollabuk-do is an opposition party’s garden, so there is a saying that if you win the primary, you will be automatically elected.
So, everyone sharpened their swords to win the primary, but there were already rumors that there were two seats in Jeonbuk.
That is Gunsan City and the Governor of Jeonbuk Province.
Gunsan City is enjoying its heyday with the growth of Ceron, so support for the existing market was strong, and the governor of Jeollabuk-do was also receiving good reviews because Ceron gradually expanded its territory.
But suddenly something happened.
Someone came out of one of the positions of that owner and challenged another owner.
That’s Ho-Chang Yun.
“Mayor Yoon.”
Jeonbuk Governor Kim Dae-oh said to Yun Ho-chang.
“Why are you doing this all of a sudden? The mayor win is almost certain.”
“If I go to the market, it will be. But I want to do my best in the bigger waters, not the market.”
“ability? What, you almost ruined everything in Gunsan City? Now, thanks to Ceron, Gunsan City has risen, but have you already erased from your memory that the KM factory withdrew from your tenure?”
“It happened exactly one month after I took office. It cannot be said that it is my responsibility.”
“Then did you do it right? In fact, without Ceron, Gunsan City would have been a mess. But what about packaging it with abilities? Mayor Yoon is surprisingly quite brazen, isn’t it?”
In response to Kim Dae-oh’s words, Yun Ho-chang said with a confident expression.
“I was the one who brought that Seron to Gunsan City. I persuaded Chairman Han Ji-hyuk to do that.”
Then Kim Dae-oh said with a smirk.
“This is so crazy that it doesn’t make sense. did you convince me? are you?”
“Yes. I persuaded Chairman Han Ji-hyeok, who was contemplating where to go. And after that, I continued to encourage Seron to contribute to the development of Gunsan City.”
“Have you ever lost your mind?”
Kim Dae-oh looked at Yun Ho-chang and said.
“It’s not too late now. I canceled my plan to participate in the governor’s primary, and I’m satisfied with the mayor.”
“I have no intention of reversing what I once said.”
Then, Dae-oh Kim said, arguing.
“You really want to try this with me? I am Dae-oh Kim!”
“I know.”
“Isn’t there anything you can see that has gained some popularity in Gunsan? great. let’s try it somewhere Let alone the governor, we will lose all of those humble mayor seats.”
As Kim Dae-oh left his seat, Yun Ho-chang, who had been silent for a while, called someone.
“Yes, Chairman. I just left.”
– What did you say?
“He laughed at me.”
– Then show me that you’re never someone to laugh at. I’ll make it all happen as you say.
Words as strong as thousands of thousands of horses.
“of course.”
After finishing the call, Ho-Chang Yun clenched his fists and said.
“You must win. certainly.”
*
There are a total of five candidates running for the Jeonbuk governor primary.
Since three of them were running for candidate titles, in fact, the presidency was conducted in a two-way battle between Kim Dae-oh and Yun Ho-chang.
The approval ratings surveyed within the party were a whopping 75 percent for Kim Dae-oh and 25 percent for Yun Ho-chang.
At least 25% was brought in because of the overwhelming support in Gunsan, but the gap was huge.
Due to the nature of the short campaign period, this is a situation in which Ho-Chang Yun is almost certain to lose.
However, the situation began to turn around when Yun Ho-chang pulled out his trump card.
“The first Chairman Han Ji-hyuk, no, he was the CEO at the time. When we first met, CEO Han Ji-hyeok was contemplating on selecting a site for the factories of the partners. So I went ahead and convinced him. Gunsan City is the answer you are thinking of. Gunsan is a city with enough potential for Seron to play an active role!”
Yun Ho-chang said to the party members.
“Of course it wasn’t easy. Because CEO Han Ji-hyuk had no connection with Gunsan. CEO Han Ji-hyuk continued to decline because he had in mind Gyeonggi-do, where Ceron shoes were at the time. But I didn’t give up. They kept in touch and showed the vision of Gunsan City. and······.”
Yun Ho-chang shouted loudly.
“Ceron settled in Gunsan City, and now Gunsan City has experienced unprecedented growth. Of course, I don’t think I’ve done all of this on my own! However, I am proud that the effort I made to persuade CEO Han Ji-hyuk is second to none!”
Yoon Ho-chang emphasizes and emphasizes that Seron is not a lucky drink, but the result of his desperate efforts.
“But as Gunsan City grew like that, something else caught my mind. These are cities other than Gunsan. Gunsan City is growing like this, and how frustrating it must have been for the reverse discrimination and regional imbalance that other cities would have felt. So I decided. I decided to become the governor for the whole of Jeollabuk-do, including Gunsan-si, not just the mayor for Gunsan-si!”
Yun Ho-chang shouted with a confident expression.
“In that sense, that Yun Ho-chang! I will persuade Seron to attract the recently talked about Seeway to the Jeonju Industrial Complex instead of Gunsan!”
Seeway, which has been attracting attention as a foreign conglomerate decides to invest in Korea for the first time in decades.
Party members from Jeonju said with a surprised expression when they announced that they would make the Seeway to be hosted in Jeonju, where a third of Jeonbuk’s population resides, and at the same time, Kim Dae-oh’s vegetable garden, where Kim Dae-oh was elected three times as a member of the National Assembly.
“Is that real?”
“Then it’s great?”
To hear that a factory of a large foreign company enters Jeonju, where there are almost no companies that can be called large corporations.
Then a supporter of Dae-oh Kim shook his head and said:
“Originally, when it comes to elections, they make promises that each other will attract factories of some large corporation. However, a few of them have been preserved. If all those promises are kept, maybe there should be dozens of Saseong factories in Korea alone?”
“They say that he persuaded him to bring the seron to Gunsan.”
“How do you believe that? Besides, even if it’s true, isn’t Han Ji-hyuk on the level with the mayor now? I’m sorry, so I’ll do what Yun Ho-chang says.”
Whether or not the party members were gossiping or not, Yun Ho-chang continued his talk.
“I remember what Chairman Han Ji-hyuk said later when he selected Gunsan-si as the final site. It’s the first time I’ve seen a tough person like Mayor Yun Ho-chang. With that mindset at that time, I will definitely demonstrate it for the growth of the whole of Jeollabuk-do! Please make me work for Jeonbuk! If you give me a chance, I will surely succeed!”
After the campaign, Yun Ho-chang left.
“Hmm… if you look at what you said in such detail, it seems to be real…”
“What do you think is real? It was just luck that Han Ji-hyuk chose Gunsan to enter.”
“is it?”
Ho-chang Yoo’s campaign to attract Seway’s Jeonju, which ended in such a long and hysterical way.
But a week later, the news came from them.
The content of the news was that it had been confirmed that Seeway would indeed host Jeonju.
*
“Congratulations.”
Yoo Ho-chang bowed his head at my words and said.
“It’s all thanks to Chairman Han.”
Now, Yun Ho-chang treats me with a very polite attitude.
Of course it should be.
In one shot of this announcement, the approval rating increased by 15% from 75 to 25 to 60 to 40.
“I deliberately pushed back the announcement of the site confirmation, so it should have this kind of effect.”
Originally, the announcement of Siway’s site confirmation was scheduled after the primary election.
It would be better to see them keep their promises after the primary.
However, the party members were more immobile than I thought, so I announced the site decision while the primary had not yet finished to give shock therapy.
Of course, in this case, the Seaway card has been used up in advance, so the unselected regions may be dissatisfied, but fortunately, new cards have been in my hands again before that.
“Royal International. It’s a British company, but it’s not as good as Seeway. About five trillion won?”
Royal International, a British company that has recently been negotiating rapidly, has now signed a contract and has only made a final announcement.
It’s a company that makes household goods, but it’s a pretty famous brand in Europe.
“There are three more, and this one is going to be a little weak. It’s a company that doesn’t have 1 trillion won.”
Yoon Ho-chang smiled brightly at my words.
“That is enough.”
“After the contracting companies announce the contract within two days, the site will be distributed to the media as the site is undecided, so make good use of it.”
“Can’t you pick me up and tell me in advance? Because of this, I think I might end up making a promise to attract a region that the president doesn’t like…”
“That would be it. Then, I will pick up a few candidates for each company and let you know, so choose a position that is advantageous to Candidate Yoo from among them and use it for the campaign.”
“Thank you, Chairman.”
“What is it, everyone is asking each other to like each other?”
In the first place, the Gunsan Industrial Complex was full and had to be expanded to the surrounding area.
In other words, from my point of view, this is the level of contemplation that I have to do anyway.
So, if you use this to push Yun Ho-chang and make him the governor, it would be perfect.
The governor has considerable authority only in Jeollabuk-do, such as the right to plan the city and the right to the personnel of the heads of public institutions.
If Ho-Chang Yun is elected as the governor of Jeollabuk-do, he can use his city planning rights to create an industrial complex specialized for Seron and its partners, or select a special area to receive benefits.
“ruler. Now that we have really hosted Seeway in Jeonju, people will also take Candidate Yoo’s promises seriously. Do you know what this means?”
“It means that my words have gained credibility.”
“It is correct.”
It is not at the level of a promise made only by words, but at the level of fulfilling the promise even before winning the election.
Of course, there will be some who think that it is disguised as if they persuaded what was originally planned, but it doesn’t matter.
Because there are probably more people who lean toward Yoo Ho-chang just in case they are like that.
“It just needs to be over 50 percent. I pushed it like this, but it won’t go over 50%, right?”
Yun Ho-chang said with a confident expression.
“of course. I am confident.”
OK.
For now, it seems that this is enough for the important story…
I said with a smirk.
“By the way, did I mention that I’ve never seen a tough person like the mayor?”
Then, Ho-Chang Yun said with an awkward expression.
“I was so excited because I was campaigning, so I didn’t even know…”
Yun Ho-chang spoke realistically as if it had actually happened, even though it wasn’t something that had been told in advance.
“no. Well done. So it seems more real.”
“haha. Thank you for your understanding.”
I thought for a while and said.
“Since it’s come this way, shall we put on a little more weight? Since the site for Seeway has already been confirmed, we are adding to the story of the process. Even if not, I keep getting requests for interviews regarding the site selection for Seeway.”
At my words, Ho-Chang Yun said with his eyes shining.
“If you do, it will be of great help.”
“How can I say it’s plausible?”
Then, after thinking for a while, Yun Ho-chang said:
“Once I emphasized that it was not a site that was never planned, and then . . .”
So Ho-Chang Yun talks about what I will be interviewing.
Politicians are also politicians.
If you just open your mouth, plausible lies come out.
“OK. That way, there will be no controversy over political bias and it won’t be bad.”
“thank you.”
I said with a smirk.
“Then let me do some acting.”