Chapter 153: King of Jeju
On June 15, a passenger plane slowly landed on the runway of Jeju International Airport, and many construction machines were busy not far from it. The hatch opened, and Ji Mingzhe was already waiting under the gangway.
"Boy, look good!"
"Hey, old Kirk was glad to see you!"
Kirk Kerian walked down the gangway steadily, took off his cowboy hat and fanned it.
"Let's go, I'll show you around. ”
After inviting the old Kirk to get into the car, Zheng Zexun quickly drove the car away from the airport.
"What's going on there?"
Old Kirk asked, pointing to the large swarm of machinery under construction in the distance of the airport.
"The airport is being expanded and there is construction going on in many places. ”
"I know that Jeju Island is starting to enter a major development, and there are reports in the United States. ”
Ji Mingzhe did not find it strange that Jeju Island has become a special autonomous province is no longer a big news, but now it is the projects that are attracting attention, and many large international companies have sent people to Jeju to contact the Jeju International Free City Development Center (JDC), which Ji Myung-cheol has just established, in the hope of getting a piece of the pie. Many Chinese companies also came to inquire in detail, and were taken care of by Ji Mingzhe, and the relevant Jeju Island policy decrees have been formulated and will be implemented soon, and Ji Mingzhe did not interfere too much in it, but only mentioned some construction, and let Jin Jiudao do the rest by himself.
In the evening, Ji Mingzhe held a reception banquet for the old Kirk in the hotel, and Kim Jiudao and other government officials also attended it, and then bargained together for several hours in the conference room, and finally reached an "investment agreement", which was jointly funded by Ji Mingzhe and the old Kirk and the Jeju government to build two large hotels with Bo.Cai functions, which were located in Jeju City and Seogwipo City. He won a 30% share of both hotels, so he was very satisfied. Shortly after Kirk Sr. left Jeju Island to return to the United States, Ji Mingzhe received him again. Samsung, Hanjin, Lotte, CJ, Seonkyung, LG and other major domestic companies and family leaders have collaborated with them on a number of projects, and the Bo Chae Hotel is of course also indispensable, and these initiatives have a great tendency to develop Jeju Island into a gambling paradise. Because there are already more than 20 such hotels waiting to be built on the island.
Subsequently, the Jeju government began to promulgate a new special self-governing provincial ordinance, starting with the establishment of the autonomous police of Jeju Island Autonomous Province, and the merger of the provincial and county-level local governments into two metropolitan administrative cities, and the mayor was appointed by Jeju Provincial Governor Kim Kyu-do. In other words, the government of the Special Self-Governing Province will exert greater authority. Swift and efficient implementation of policies. The Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Government also provides special tax incentives to investment companies to attract investment.
First of all, domestic and foreign enterprises that invest more than $5 million in tourism, culture, medical care, education, information technology, bioengineering, and other fields will be exempted from property tax for 10 years. Foreign-invested enterprises can also enjoy exceptional tax incentives such as full exemption of corporate tax and income tax for five years, 50% reduction for the next two years, and full exemption of local tax for 15 years. Preferential policies such as expanding the opening up of the education, medical and tourism markets, allowing the establishment of self-regulatory schools and international schools that freely adjust their educational curricula, allowing foreign universities to offer educational programs in universities in the Jeju area, reducing the initial investment burden of campus construction, allowing for-profit foreign medical corporations to establish hospitals in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, and allowing foreigners to become civil servants in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province.
Jeju Island's laws and policies have not only caused a stir in Korea, but also attracted a lot of attention from businessmen from many countries. In particular, the visa-free entry policy has led to the booming tourism industry in Jeju, and of course, the visa-free policy will eventually be extended to all countries and regions in the world, except for Iran, Cuba and Macedonia. Suddenly, many Asian tourists flocked to the city, especially tourists from China, ten times more than in previous years, and all the hotels on the island were full and became the norm.
Of course, the "hospitable" people of Jeju, in line with the concept of "being kind to others", have freed up their homes for tourists who have not booked hotel rooms. Soon, guesthouses sprang up all over the island and became a major feature of the island, and they were able to contribute to the development of Jeju Island by taking what they needed from each other. Believe over time. There will be more and more tourists, and Jeju Island will become more and more prosperous.
Ji Myung-cheol eventually wanted to turn Jeju Island into a tourist and duty-free paradise, but he had to take it step by step, first he started construction of William University on Jeju Island, and yes, he shamelessly named the university after himself. And he also co-founded with his alma mater, New York University, and his father's former alma mater, the California Institute of Technology, in order to build this university into a world-class famous school, of course, it still has to come step by step.
New York University's film school will take root in Jeju Island, attracting the expectations of many Asian students who are interested in the film industry, New York is too far away, Jeju is very close, isn't it? Moreover, the tuition is much cheaper than that of New York, of course, this is also relative, and the California Institute of Technology, as the world's top science and engineering university and William University jointly run a school, also makes many people look forward to it, at least in the future, students who want to travel across the ocean to study have another choice.
After the announcement of preferential policies in Jeju Autonomous Province, many large Korean enterprises and chaebols have set up holding companies on the island, and many of them have also placed all their domestic corporate assets under the holding company, which has achieved the purpose of reasonable tax avoidance, which has also caused dissatisfaction among the domestic tax authorities, and they have quarreled with the Jeju tax authorities, and finally the Blue House decided to "subsidize" some of them every year by Jeju Island to settle the matter.
The whole of Jeju Island is full of life and prosperity, and a better tomorrow beckons to the islanders, and the Jeju government has started to build a large number of high-tech parks, leisure and residential areas, and various mythological and historical theme parks, and the pace of urban construction has also accelerated.
On June 21, Herbert, the president of Tairong Shunchang Real Estate, Chi Mingzhe's humerus veteran, submitted his resignation to the group company at the regular meeting, and he and Chi Mingzhe staged a scene of "farewell to the monarch and minister" in front of everyone Then Jeju Island Governor Kim Jiu-do appointed Herbert as the mayor of Jeju Metropolitan City, which caused an uproar in the country, all of which knew that the new policy allowed foreigners to serve as domestic civil servants, but this was too ugly, and this time he became the mayor, which made many parliamentarians and petty bureaucrats envious and jealous to vomit blood, and at the same time, many smart people also saw hope, and many people expressed their intention to take refuge in Ji Mingzhe through this or that relationship, and finally came to take care of them more or less.
And on June 25th, the news that Kim Jae-yong became the chief of the Jeju Autonomous Provincial Police has brought this kind of surrender to a peak, which is the rhythm of the great heroes, not only some official figures secretly came to express goodwill, but many **** leaders from all over South Korea also came to "meet" as if they had made an appointment , which surprised Ji Mingzhe, and didn't blame them for being so, these people are all human worms, and it can be seen that Jeju Island in the future is the situation where he Chi Mingzhe covers the sky with one hand, hoping to get his protection when he encounters trouble in the country in the future, Ji Mingzhe did not refuse, but he also made some selection, and even viciously let them "merge freely", only the most powerful gangs have the qualifications to join him, don't you see that the local gangs on Jeju Island have no chance to take refuge? So that many leaders are panicked all day.
Sure enough, two days later, Kim Jae-yong, the chief of the Jeju police, under the instructions of Ji Myung-cheol, carried out a "clean-up campaign" on the island, and many local gangsters were dragged away from their homes, yes, or dragged away, no matter how their families begged and wailed, they were dragged by the hair of the vicious autonomous police officers on the ground, and even took a few kicks from time to time. Their incriminating evidence had already been recorded by the local police, and it came in handy at this time, so the trial was also very fast, and all of them were gathered together for unified sentencing, and then they joined the construction army of Jeju Island, "contributing to the construction and development of the entire island". Many Jeju officials with "conscience" have a premonition that the future Jeju Island seems to be included in the "dark rule" by Ji Myung-cheol, the "King of Jeju", and their butts are not clean, so they hate and fear, and the smart ones have already taken refuge, and the rest are about to be eliminated.
And Chi Mingzhe is ready to return to the United States, all these are straightened out, a qiē is going according to the plan, these days he has accompanied the visiting Chinese ambassador to South Korea to visit around the island, and then had a secret meeting, three days later, several Chinese guests were picked up by Chi Mingzhe at Jeju International Airport, one of them is named Li Yanhong, is the founder of China's Baidu company, not long after they returned to China, Chinese and South Korean media have reported that South Korean Naver and China Baidu reached a strategic cooperation agreement, and jointly funded the formation of a video website - Youku, yes, this video site that should have appeared in 06 years was formed in advance at this time, also received technical support from the American YouTube video site, and the two sides also became cooperative enterprises, hell the person in charge of this newly established domestic video site is actually - Gu Yongqiang, which is said to have been poached from China's Sohu company.
At the same time, Chi Mingzhe's Tianji Entertainment branch in China moved its headquarters from Beijing to Shanghai, announcing the establishment of Skyline Entertainment (China) Co., Ltd., which will later open an entertainment product store in all prefecture-level cities across the country, not only specializing in all Korean "Hallyu" products and related peripherals, but also providing a sales platform for all Chinese entertainment companies, and the license they applied for from the cultural department has been received, waiting for the funds to be in place. This is a huge investment, but Chi Mingzhe feels that it is worth it, and from this moment on, he has fully exposed his ambitions for the big market of China.
When things were almost busy, he was ready to leave, and he was looking forward to the surprises that the girls would bring to him when he returned to the United States. (To be continued.) )