[Start briefing] "Son, don't work overtime at the academy". Call...Dad, who used his child's resignation,

On Monday, December 2nd, the start briefing will begin.

First of all, it's the Seoul Shimbun.

The first heavy snow in November in 117 years caused damage everywhere. In Gwanak-gu, Seoul, more than 40 centimeters of snow fell. But some alleys were icy roads, while others were clean. This is because the heating wires were installed. Let's take a look at two pictures that are under the same sky in Seoul but are very different. On the left is a hillside with frozen snow, and an alley that looks like you are going to slip and fall while walking. On the other hand, the right side, which is written as hot wire road, looks the same as usual. This is because the heating wire under the road melts the snow. Currently, there are 648 places in Seoul that have road heating. It is evaluated that the heated areas were relatively less damaged during this heavy snow. At first, there were some residents who didn't like it, saying, "How will the electricity bill be charged for heating up?" but now it is said that satisfaction is high. The effect has been proven like this, but money is the problem. The installation cost alone is about 100 million won per 100m, and the maintenance cost is also expensive. But civil safety should come first. Experts advise that road heating should be intensively installed even on hillsides where the vulnerable are traveling. The Seoul Metropolitan Government is also planning to expand the heating line around shaded hill roads. It looks like it needs to be expanded to other areas as well.

This is the next Hankook Ilbo.

Where do a lot of people go to the grocery store these days? In the era of high prices, as more and more people seek large-capacity cost-effectiveness, warehouse-type discount stores are doing well while large discount stores are sluggish. Offline shopping is getting hit by e-commerce, and it's getting hit by high prices that make you close your wallet.The secret to warehouse-type discount stores that overcome this double whammy is mass sales of small items and low prices. There are about 4,000 to 5,000 products sold at warehouse-type discount stores. It's only 5% of a large supermarket selling 100,000 units. It's cheap because there are so many large-capacity and bundled products. E-Mart Traders and Costco, the representatives of warehouse-type discount stores, are both high. Traders sales are up 6% year-over-year. It led to a rebound in E-Mart, which had been sluggish, and now feeds 21% of E-Mart's total sales. Costco's sales have also increased by more than 1 trillion won in three years. The increase in demand for home-cooked meals through COVID-19 is also considered the background of the warehouse-type discount store. The popularity of warehouse-type discount stores is expected to continue as the "High Price Consumption Act," which stores a lot in the refrigerator and takes it out slowly, has settled down.

Next, JoongAng Ilbo.

"Please take out overtime because my son has to go to the academy," "I'll pay for the resignation as my father," and "Please change it to another department because my child is having a hard time." These are episodes that my boss and personnel teams actually experienced. It's an article about 'overrearing' parents, 'new helicopter parents'. Helicopter parents, meaning parents who hover over their adolescent children's heads and interfere in everything. Now, it has been expanded to "new helicopter parents" by intervening in the company life of adult children who are working. Thirty-five percent of the nation's top 100 corporate personnel managers have been contacted by their employees' parents or family members. As for the subjects who contacted them, mothers of employees were the most, accounting for 78.6%. About 80% of the reasons for contacting them were 'inquiries', but the contents varied. There have also been cases in which mothers replaced salary-related inquiries such as allowances and bonuses instead of their embarrassed sons, or asked them to take care of them quickly because their children forgot to return. In some cases, it was reported to the National Labor Relations Commission. He threatened to report him as bullying in the workplace, saying that he works without eating. It is said that parents follow them and try to enter the waiting room together during the recruitment interview for new employees every time they open. It's been a few years since I was asked to do university assignments for me or "withdraw my kid's F". However, now the number of "adult kangaroos" who rely on their parents for important decisions such as work and marriage has increased. The newspaper points out that children who are long in caring will depend on their parents even when they become adults.

Next, let's look at the Dong-A Ilbo.

Fake luxury goods sold out is nothing new. Recently, the number of merchants selling counterfeit luxury goods through SNS or YouTube broadcasts is increasing rapidly. The number of fake luxury goods caught on social media, such as "selling A-class Prada bags for 400,000 won," has tripled in four years. It is said that 60% of online transactions of counterfeit goods are sold through SNS. The number of cases was about 48,000 in 2020 and is on the rise every year, but 123,475 cases have already been detected between January and October this year. Fake sales channel broadcasts mostly take place late at night or early in the morning. We are avoiding crackdowns with a 'floating' operation that deletes broadcast records after sales. Unlike open markets, there is no need to register as a seller, so anyone can sell it on social media. It is also difficult to monitor all fake sales broadcasts with limited manpower. How should we respond to the sale of fake SNS that has dug into the loophole that it is difficult to crack down or monitor? The newspaper also reports experts' points that a system should be established so that online platform operators can actively cooperate in cracking down on illegal actors.

Let's look at the last Hankyoreh newspaper article.

It's about the empty space of Korean movies. Last year, the production was done, but the problem was that "warehouse movies" could not be set for release date, but there is a shortage of movies for theaters from next year. This is a poster of movies that are scheduled to be released next year or later. There is also a new film by director Park Chan-wook, and a new film by director Na Hong-jin featuring top domestic and foreign stars. However, if you combine these other films, there are only more than 10 Korean commercial films that are set to be released next year. The number of theatergoers is still at 60% of the pre-COVID-19 level and the polarization of the box office is severe, so investment distributors are closing their wallets. The most serious thing is CJ ENM, the No. 1 player in the industry. There are only two films preparing to be released next year. There are only two to four distributors such as Lotte Entertainment, Showbox, and New. Only PlusM, which achieved 10 million viewers with "Spring in Seoul," is making bold and aggressive investments. As the number of new works decreases, the craze for re-release of masterpieces is expected to continue next year. However, in order for the entire industry to be revitalized in the long term, it seems that there will need to be an increase in new films that will bring audiences to theaters through word of mouth.

I looked at the newspaper on the morning of December 2nd.

This has been the start briefing.