In the midst of the issue of the benefit-sharing system, “Let’s discuss the case of win-win cooperation”
Park Kwang-on, a member of the Democratic Party’s office, calls to Bae Min, Naver, Kakao, etc.
Target companies refused to “have nothing to share”
Sajan = Yonhap News
A’profit-sharing system’ aimed at helping companies affected by companies affected by the new coronavirus infection. In addition, the core of this policy of the Democratic Party is’voluntaryness’. President Moon Jae-in said at a New Year’s press conference on the 18th, “Let’s make a voluntary movement to help those affected by companies that make more money in the corona era.” He made it clear that he would not force companies to twist their arms.
However, when there are no companies that raise their hands as voluntarily as President Moon’s expectations, some of the ruling party are in direct search for companies to participate in the profit-sharing system. On the 22nd, the Democratic Party Secretary General Park Kwang-on invited four platform companies, including Bae-eui Minjok, Naver, Kakao, and Riot Games, and proposed to hold a’policy meeting to share cases of win-win cooperation’. The meeting was to be kept private, and representatives Nak-yeon Lee and Ik-pyo Hong, chairman of the Policy Committee, were supposed to be present.
Park Kwang-on, Secretary General of the Democratic Party. Photo = Yonhap News
However, the meeting was canceled as the companies all expressed their confusion. When asked why they refused to the company officials who were asked to attend, the answer came back, “Isn’t it clear that there will be a request to become the No. 1 company when there is talk about the profit sharing system?” Another company contacted said, “A significant proportion of our sales are being spent on win-win cooperation, and similar proposals are still pouring out from various government ministries, so there is no profit to share.” The words are win-win cooperation, and once you enter the conference hall, you will have no choice but to get involved in the discussion of the ruling party’s core agenda of profit sharing.
An official on the side of President Park, who planned the meeting, explained, “I just wanted to hear an idea about how these companies are doing win-win cooperation,” and “I have never said that it is a discussion about the profit-sharing system, but the companies misunderstood it.”
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It is said that it was a misunderstanding, but the question remains. If we wanted to learn the case of win-win, we could have called large domestic companies such as Samsung, SK, Lotte, and CJ, which have a history of collaborating with partners and larger investment scales. He said, “It was selected because it is a symbolic company of the 4th industrial revolution.”
I asked President Park directly. In a call with a reporter, he returned an unexpected answer: “I had no idea that this contact had been made to companies.” It was the work of the members of the lawmaker’s office and this was the first time I heard it. When asked again whether the event was attended by CEO Nak-yeon Lee, President Park said, “If it is an event that encourages example companies, Lee can attend,” he said. “The benefit-sharing system will give more benefits to participating companies. It’s the core content, so don’t get me wrong.”
In the midst of the issue of the profit-sharing system, how did each company accept a single phone call from the ruling party to study the case of win-win cooperation? “This is the first time that the names of companies beneficiaries of Corona 19 such as Baemin, Kakao, Naver, etc. have been specifically indicated in their passports,” said the official in charge of a company that has dealt with the National Assembly for a long time. “He said.
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