The Jongwon Baek who met Son Seok-hee reveals the controversy over Yeon Don Volkatsu ('Questions')

Jul 12, 2024

The Jongwon Baek who met Son Seok-hee reveals the controversy over Yeon Don Volkatsu ('Questions')



'Son Seok-hee's Questions' The Jongwon Baek meets with Son Seok-hee and reveals the controversy himself.

- Jongwon Baek, a controversial figure of self-employment, asks him for management and sustainability.

Self-employment, the basis of Korea's domestic economy, has been a crisis since the IMF financial crisis. Although the story of success in business has long become an old saying, the number of people who dream of becoming president has steadily increased, reaching 6 million in Korea. The godfather of the restaurant industry and representative franchise entrepreneur Jongwon Baek Dubon Korea. Ask him the essence of the self-employment crisis theory.



For more than three hours, host Son Suk-hee's questions poured into the representative of Jongwon Baek who participated in the recording of 'Question'. From the recent conflict with some shop owners of the Dubon Korea brand 'Yeon Don Volkatsu', to the controversy over Dubon Korea's multi-brand management.

Why does the representative of Jongwon Baek, a businessman, continue to take a 'good' social step to save the local market and festival? How far is his responsibility to become a powerful public figure? To Son Seok-hee's question, Jongwon Baek gave a more honest answer than ever. The world's criticism and praise for Jongwon Baek, and the fierce talk show between the two begins.



- 'We're all going to be self-employed?'...Predicting the Age of Digital Prophet Song Gil-young

'Self-employed people, adjust to the changes in the world. Song Gil-young, a big data analyst called a digital forecaster, cites 'self-employed' as the most symbolic job of the rapidly changing world. With the 4th Industrial Revolution and the advent of artificial intelligence, an era has arrived in which self-employed people are required to have greater capabilities. Meanwhile, consumers are starting to desire more specifically what they like, and numerous platforms that can buy them cheaply and quickly are also threatening the self-employed…. In this situation, the way for self-employed people to live is to find a concrete answer to 'how to live in this era'. Writer Song Gil-young, a big data expert, seeks a way to find the answer together.



The in-depth questions and best interviews that Son Suk-hee asks the world come to you living today in Korea! MBC's special planned talk show 「Question」 will air every Saturday at 8:40 p.m. starting July 13.



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