Chapter 289
Chapter 289
Upon hearing Kang Jin-hoo’s announcement, Mayor Won Sang-hoon was perplexed.
‘I hope it will come out like this.’
Mayor Won Sang-hoon has long emphasized communication with residents and has built up an image of a mayor who always communicates and listens.
The original plan was to negotiate and persuade Kang Jin-hoo to compromise at an appropriate level. However, Kang Jin-hoo refused to cooperate with the city of Seoul and said that he would continue to build the dormitory. It was as if he had completely ignored his words.
‘No, don’t you have to pretend to listen to what the mayor of Seoul says?’
What kind of entrepreneur could do this to the mayor of Seoul? Im Jin-yong won’t be able to do this either.
However… … .
If you think about it, Kang Jin-hoo was like this to the president as well. There must be no law telling the mayor of Seoul not to do this.
He said he would collect the opinions of the residents, so it’s hard to back down. If you change your mind now, you will face harsh criticism from the ruling party and backlash from landlords and local residents.
Studio owners and residents have already flocked to the city hall to protest Kang Jin-hoo’s remarks, and calls are constantly coming in to the ward office and community centers as well.
Some studio owners have shown extreme anger.
“Then we can no longer work. I will just send all the students out and close the studio as a group!”
“If you die, you die, you can’t afford to build a dormitory!”
“I’d rather set the building on fire and burn myself to death!”
These are all voters with one precious vote.
If you show yourself being pushed by Kang Jin-hoo as it is, there will be a setback in the great power road.
Rather, if he shows a strong leader who can even face the chaebol on this occasion, he will be able to rally his supporters.
Mayor Won Sang-hoon said in a strong tone.
“Housing and land are public goods, not privately owned. The city will not issue a building permit until we come up with a reasonable solution after collecting the opinions of local residents.”
Opposition was further ignited, and Won Sang-hoon’s supporters were outraged.
– Otaku VS Mayor of Seoul?
– Mayor Won Sang-hoon is the next presidential candidate of the New Politics Party.
-I had a fight with the president and arrested him, are you afraid of the mayor?
– Until then, I also cheered for Gangjinhu, but this is not the case.
– This bastard made money and became a conservative.
– What’s wrong with collecting opinions from local residents?
-Ignoring the mayor’s words and building it as you please! What kind of development dictatorship is it now?
– You shouldn’t do it your way because you’re a rich chaebol. The sovereignty of Korea rests with the people, not the chaebol!
-Korea is a democratic republic, not a chaebol republic!
– That’s right! Protect the property rights of ordinary people!
– Mayor Won Sang-hoon, stop the construction!
-Apologize immediately after Kang Jin-hoo!
-Yeah. Next studio.
– Haha, the left-handers are hot.
– Only the opinions of residents are collected, not the opinions of students?
– To be honest, I’m now looking back on Won Sang-hoon’s presidency.
-Anyway, the leftists are civil. Whoever wins, john jam jim jim.
– Crazy haha. Crazy all dolls. Both the left and the right.
Members of the Liberal National Party, who had always been at odds with Mayor Won Sang-hoon, also contributed this time. In particular, lawmakers with constituencies in Seoul ran wild.
Rep. Ma Sang-tae of the Liberal National Party personally visited the constituency and spoke at a meeting with residents.
“It’s a dormitory on that site! That’s absurd. There, you need to enter oriental medicine hospitals to create jobs and improve the health of residents. We will drive out the dormitory and discuss with the Seoul Metropolitan Government to build an oriental medicine hospital there!”
Local residents cheered, but netizens responded that it was absurd.
-No, we’re talking about the dormitory, so why is the oriental medicine hospital popping up here?
– The person who chose that person, get down!
– Don’t do that too much. It is said that he was only able to visit oriental medicine hospitals after being hit by a gangster while fighting a hunger strike in front of the National Assembly a while ago.
– Ttt t t t t t t t s! You should be able to get a single bed.
– Assemblyman Ma Sang-tae is in a coma again. Please calm down.
– Hahaha coma.
– Leave me alone. You want to build a hospital where you will be admitted.
* * *
Taek-gyu, who was reading articles and comments, said.
“Your cursing is overflowing today. It is said that if you curse a lot, you will live a long life, isn’t that what makes you immortal?”
“… … .”
Even if I swear, I eat, and even if I do not eat, I am full.
In any case, building permits are the authority of the municipality. No matter how much you plan to build according to the law, there is no answer unless you give permission.
“What are you going to do now?”
“Well.”
Actually, the dormitory is not a problem. Nothing will happen if I don’t build this, and I have nothing to lose.
However, this incident showed the problems that Korea had.
It is the collective egoism of the established powers.
Unless otherwise specified, prices are determined by supply and demand. When a new competitor arises, prices are inevitably reduced or sales are inevitably reduced.
No one welcomes a situation in which they lose. Especially if it’s related to livelihood.
So, it is not uncommon for studio owners to object.
“The real bad thing is the politicians who ride on this local selfishness.”
There are even city councilors and district councilors elected on a promise to block the construction of dormitories in the local area. At this point, it seems like the country is going crazy.
The easiest way not to get insulted in Korea is to do nothing.
Because if you do nothing, there will be no problems.
If I hadn’t set up an angle with the government, I wouldn’t have been insulted by the conservatives, and if I hadn’t said that I would build an electric car factory in Korea, I wouldn’t have been insulted by the Eunsung Motor Union and the two major trade unions.
If that was the case, wouldn’t everyone, whether liberal or conservative, like and support me?
It is the same this time. He went out to build a dormitory for nothing, but he is being scorned by local residents and ruling party supporters.
If the existing union opposes it, we cannot create jobs with an annual salary of 40 million won, taxi drivers oppose it, so we can’t share rides and carpooling, and we cannot even build dormitories for students to live in because the studio workers oppose them.
With the existing forces trying to protect their interests and the politicians who are conscious of their votes, all they can do is maintain the status quo.
Rather, if the whole world maintains the status quo, there will be no problem.
If there was no invasion from the outside, the Joseon Dynasty might have gone 500 more years. However, at the time when Joseon had a policy of isolation, Japan was moving toward modernization.
Less than 10 years after the end of the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese invaded with their ships. The Treaty of Ganghwa Island was signed with the defeated Joseon.
If Joseon had made changes 10 years earlier, would the country have passed over so easily?
It is a time of rapid industrial change to such an extent that the word 4th industrial revolution is being coined. You can delay the flow of change for a while, but no one can stop the change itself.
While Korea is preoccupied with maintaining the status quo, other countries are changing at a tremendous pace. Even when it comes to ride-sharing, which taxi drivers are opposed to, developed countries are already moving to driverless cars.
So, should we stop developing driverless cars to make a living for taxi drivers?
This may seem like a very distant future, but it is happening right now. Autonomous driving has already been commercialized, and logistics trucks that only run on fixed roads are about to operate unmanned vehicles.
However, in Korea, there are still ride-sharing and carpooling, so they are fighting over Mani.
Even if you get insulted and lose your vote, it’s the right thing to do and you should do it if it’s necessary. However, the politicians, whether the ruling party or the opposition party, are conscious of public opinion and are only paying attention.
Someone has to break this situation.
And the only person who can do that is me. Because I’m not tied to the existing social system, and I’m used to being insulted.
If you can’t even build dormitories for students because the residents object, what can you do in this country?
* * *
Kang Jin-hoo said that if the Seoul Metropolitan Government does not give permission, he will not hesitate to bring an administrative lawsuit. Now, the dormitory problem seemed to be heading towards an all-out war between the mayor of Seoul and Kang Jin-hoo.
OTK Company sent an official letter to the student council of the university in Seoul. As soon as the permission of the Seoul Metropolitan Government is granted, construction will begin immediately, complete and supply within one year, along with a bird’s eye view and cost of the dormitory to be built. The cost is about 15,000 won per month for a 4 person room. During the vacation period, you can leave the room freely.
When this happened, this time college students stood up.
In the meantime, college students have consistently raised their voices about the dormitory problem, but no one listened. But this time it was a little different.
The student council announced that they would fight in solidarity with each other. University students flocked to the city hall to protest.
“Allow building dormitories!”
“The OTK Company is going to build it, so why doesn’t the city of Seoul allow it?”
“Students are not meant to pay rent to studio owners!”
“Seoul Mayor Won Sang-hoon and related politicians who oppose the building of the dormitory will hold a campaign to lose in the next election!”
Mayor Won Sang-hoon was bewildered when the college students took action. What he is aiming for is the presidential election, not the local elections.
No matter how many resident votes compared to college students, it is a number that cannot be ignored when 42 college students gather. Shouldn’t we be thinking about the votes of college students as well as their families?
‘Why the hell did this kid raise his job like this?’
Mayor Won Sang-hoon gently changed his words.
“I think there was a misunderstanding in what I said. It’s not that I’m not going to stop building the dormitory, it’s that the city will provide support so that we can fully gather opinions and engage in dialogue and communication.”
Then the studio workers raised their voices again. Some merchants welcomed it in anticipation of the revitalization of the commercial area, but it was quickly buried by opposition voices.
Studio owners oppose it for fear of a drop in rent and vacancy, but local residents oppose it for all sorts of reasons.
The atmosphere in the neighborhood deteriorates, the children’s education is problematic, the right to sunlight is violated, house prices fall, the educational environment deteriorates, ask for something else to be built, just don’t like it, etc.
Various opinions were raised in the local community.
– If you continue to oppose, will you do anything for me?
-of course. How much money does Jinhoo Kang have?
-If you want to build a dormitory, you have to build convenience facilities for residents.
-Yes. If you want to create a hate facility, you should also make a cultural center or sports center that residents can use.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)
-I wish I could make a Korean medicine hospital in the neighborhood just as Rep. Ma Sang-tae said.
– I have a lot of money, but I can give you that much.
– This is how to breastfeed a crying baby. There is a great deal to be gained by having strong opposition.
-Other regions say they are against it, so let’s do our best and oppose it to the end!
As the problems surrounding the dormitory grew bigger and bigger, Mayor Won Sang-hoon reiterated his position.
“I think we need to solve this problem through dialogue and communication with each other. I propose an open discussion to CEO Jin-hoo Kang. Wouldn’t it be nice to get together and listen to the opinions of the residents and also the opinions of college students?”
* * *
Taek-gyu asked.
“We’re going to have a public discussion over there, what are we going to do?”
I guess the reason I pulled out this card out of the blue is because I don’t think I’m going to be in the debate, right?
Opposition to the establishment of dormitories is the same in all regions. Among them, Seoul has the most candidate sites, and the opposition is the most severe.
If the Seoul Metropolitan Government allows it, other regions will have no choice but to allow it.
“There’s nothing you can’t do.”
I directed the PR team leader.
“Promise that you will respond to the public debate, organize all the opposing arguments and send it to me.”
* * *
Jinhoo Kang is the world’s richest investor.
Therefore, his behavior has always been an issue in foreign countries. He also reported the event in a big way in the media such as CNN, BBC, and NHK. The protests and interviews of residents who wanted to drive out the dormitory were published as they are.
– What’s going on with that?
– Are you against building dormitories for college students?
– I don’t understand. If it’s for students, shouldn’t the government step in and support it?
– The renters are protesting that the rent is going down, so the Seoul Metropolitan Government won’t give you a permit.
– Whoa! Nonsense. Are you kidding me?
– Are you ignoring Korea now? It’s possible in Korea!
-Wow! Amazing Korea!
– What are you doing in that country? If I were Kang Jin-hoo, I’d just say I wouldn’t do it.
-I wish I could emigrate to Germany after the earthquake. If I told you to build a dormitory in Berlin, everyone would welcome it.
– Pack your money and come to Australia!
Interest in public debate grew.
People who saw how Kang Jin-hoo acted toward politicians the other day at the hearing showed great expectations, and the public debate ratings showed signs of a hit.
