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Thrills at Europa Park, even on New Year's Eve. Celebrate Korea's Netflix hit KPop Demon Hunters, as Singapore pursues longevity and Jakarta recycles textiles.
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00:00For thousands of years, fireworks have been used to say goodbye to the past year and banish
00:12evil spirits.
00:14In Germany, the last day of December is called Sylvester, after a poke from the fourth century.
00:20And with people around the world now ringing in the new year on that date, fireworks are
00:25in global demand.
00:27Many Asian countries follow a different calendar to Europe, but they likewise have countless
00:32light shows, pyrotechnics and parties on December 31st.
00:36A special place for celebrating New Year's Eve in Germany is Europa Park, an adventure
00:41land for young and old alike.
00:47Also on Made This Week, K-Pop Demon Hunters, the smash Netflix hit from South Korea, Singapore,
00:55a government program for longevity and Jakarta.
00:59Recycled art and sustainable fashion.
01:04There's a friendly mouse, there's the crazy rides, there's twists and turns, there's the
01:22quaint, the classics and the clowns.
01:24There's lots of music and monster rides.
01:32And while roller coasters are most fun on the way down, for years the business of this particular
01:38theme park has only gone up.
01:41This is the economics of Europa Park.
01:47Welcome to Europe, a small but high adrenaline version of it.
01:51On 95 hectares outside the town of Rust in southern Germany, you can find a bit of Spain, a little
01:58Scandinavia, some Greek mythology and of course Switzerland with the Alps.
02:07And while riding this double-decker bus might not satisfy true fans of London, a real visit
02:13to all the countries across Europe would take some time and a big wallet.
02:21Not to mention the geopolitical troubles.
02:26At Europa Park, daily tickets start at 64 euros.
02:31And then there's a few add-ons, there's 10 euros for parking, there's a few hundred euros
02:37if you want to stay overnight at one of the park's six hotels, then there's a few bucks
02:44for your quick food and drinks on the go, and of course there's super upscale dining.
02:53But don't miss the water park.
02:56A family of four can easily spend four digits on a weekend at Europe's most popular amusement
03:02park, and over six million visitors were being welcomed last year.
03:06All bringing the park a total estimated annual revenue in the hundreds of millions of euros.
03:12Exact numbers are not being made available as the park is privately held.
03:17That's a lot of money and it's spreading far beyond the borders of the actual park.
03:25A recent study by the University of St. Gallen found that at least 550 companies are major
03:31suppliers to the Europa Park.
03:33150 of them can be found nearby.
03:36Among them are a local brewery, vineyards, grocery suppliers or the Armbruster Bakery, which
03:42is delivering thousands of bread buns every day, not to mention a hundred cakes for the
03:48park's hotels and restaurants.
03:52The bakery has been doing business with the park for 50 years, and the boss says the park
03:57alone accounts for 20 to 30 jobs.
04:01The Europa Park is our most important regional client, a really big client.
04:09If you have their entire cake business, we're selling a lot of bread and buns.
04:13If you look at daily visitor numbers, maybe 30,000 visitors per day, pretty much a third
04:20of them will have one of our products.
04:29Then there's contractors working behind the scenes like a local construction company.
04:34They've built the park's little Portugal, France, Croatia, Ireland and the water park.
04:40Their current project, a new hotel with 120 rooms.
04:44It's part of the park's western village and will open next season.
04:48The park has certainly played a huge role in the development of our company over the past
04:5420 years.
04:56Even when the construction business was down, the park was always building something.
05:00We have 170 employees now, and without the park it would be 20 or 30 fewer.
05:06They're often good for 20% of our revenue.
05:12There's even jobs at the periphery, with dozens of private hotels and guest rooms benefiting
05:16from the fact that the park is attracting visitors from all over the world for a total of 2.5 million
05:22overnight stays per year.
05:24Within the park or outside, the Swiss study says that the park is directly supporting almost
05:2910,000 jobs.
05:31Add to that up to 5,000 at the park itself, even if some of them are seasonal.
05:38Half a century ago, the park started as an exhibition area for amusement park rides manufactured by
05:44the local Muck family, to date the owners of the park.
05:48Their company, Muck Rides, has long outgrown the home market, designing and building some
05:53of the biggest roller coasters for parks around the world, including in China, Australia, the
05:59United States, the Arab world and of course Europe.
06:03Each of them with an 8-digit price tag and going as high as 50 million euros.
06:08Although the firm doesn't publish exact numbers.
06:11Today customers are coming from all over the world, they're riding these roller coasters,
06:20testing them, they can talk to visitors, inspect the technology.
06:23That's a huge competitive advantage, even in a global market.
06:28Looking at such a big investment, often in the tens of millions, it's easier for clients
06:34to make a purchasing decision after they've actually tested the ride they might want to
06:37buy.
06:40To keep the business going, the park does what every great business does, invest.
06:47We're investing tens of millions of euros every year and we'll keep doing that in future.
06:54A lot of it the customer doesn't even realize.
06:59A company like ours needs infrastructure, cafeterias, restaurants.
07:05We have a corporate fire brigade with 60 firemen and a landscaping department.
07:10And we're constantly building housing for our thousands of employees.
07:17For fans, there's new thrills every year.
07:21Not that recent additions like the record breaking Voltron or the blue fire mega coaster ever go
07:26out of style.
07:28Fortunately for the park and the hundreds of businesses in its billion euro plus value chain,
07:33there's always room for a bit more Europe here.
07:41Series with a cult following and blockbuster films are celebrated as well.
07:47More and more fans follow in the footsteps of their stars, visiting sets and filming locations.
07:54Tour operators offer trips and merchandise.
07:57It's not only Harry Potter fans who get their money's worth.
08:01In South Korea too, the Netflix series K-pop Demon Hunters has become a gigantic hit.
08:09For fans, there's fashion, street food and lots to discover.
08:18The Netflix hit K-pop Demon Hunters is breaking viewer records and driving new demand for all
08:23things Korean.
08:25Samsung Sea and tea resorts Everland, South Korea's largest theme park, opened a K-pop
08:31demon hunters exhibit this fall.
08:33Even the youngest fan can tell you why the film is attracting such interest.
08:37I think people are eating Korean food or like Korean culture, because in the movie they
08:44eat Korean food or know Korean culture more and they want to see in the real place if they're
08:52real or fake.
08:54The Everland Netflix deal follows the film's record breaking summer box office receipts,
08:59which made it the most popular Netflix film of all time.
09:03After working with Netflix on a couple of projects last year, we reached out mid-July and have
09:08coordinated with Netflix Korea and their U.S. headquarters.
09:12We plan to create more K-culture zones or experiential spaces in the future.
09:20Tourism to South Korea has risen more than 20 percent this year, with forecasts pointing
09:24to more than 20 million visits, many inspired by the K-pop demon hunter phenomenon.
09:29I've seen K-pop demon hunters a few times.
09:32Loved it.
09:33It's kind of been fun throughout our trip, being able to spot things throughout the movie,
09:38and it helped us kind of connect to the city and the culture a bit more.
09:42Nakasan Park is one of several real-world historic sites featured in K-pop demon hunters.
09:49Alongside the fashion, food, and music also portrayed in the film, it's part of a wider
09:54cultural package that many fans are experiencing on their own.
09:58I think a lot of K-pop fans actually are first K-pop fans, but then you never stop here.
10:05When you're into K-food, skin care, K-drama, it always builds up, and a lot of people like
10:12me then are like, okay, I want to learn the language, or maybe even study in Korea, or
10:17maybe even work in Korea.
10:19Experts see the success of streaming productions like K-pop demon hunters broadening the country's
10:24cultural appeal.
10:26With the traditional platform that is television network and cable television network, the genres
10:34that could be shown on television were very limited, you know, romance dramas, family
10:41dramas, at best, you know, gang dramas, right?
10:45But with Netflix, the boundaries have been totally, you know, opened wide.
10:54And on the business side, commercial tie-ins are expansive.
10:57Some merchandising products are big sellers.
11:00And noodles, K-pop demon hunters Ramayan are often sold out.
11:10Many people make resolutions for the new year.
11:13Maybe to live more healthily, eat better, and exercise more.
11:18Or simply take time to really relax.
11:22But you may want to take a longer term view.
11:27Living life is a goal more and more people share.
11:30And there's now an entire industry for it.
11:34Like in Singapore.
11:43At age 53, Singaporean Tiat Lin has a physique many men half his age would envy.
11:49A traumatic experience 10 years ago triggered a transformation.
11:53Well, I guess it was the wake-up call when my father died of a heart attack in his late
12:0160s.
12:02He didn't make it into 70.
12:04That led Tiat down a road towards heavy lifting and high reps daily.
12:10His purpose, to stay healthy for as long as he can, maximizing what's referred to in medical
12:15circles as your health span.
12:17Most Singaporeans will experience at least 10 years of disease span.
12:20Usually it's the tail end, the last 10 years, the marginal decade of their lives.
12:24Let's say from 70 to 80 for instance.
12:27So first and foremost, I do not want to have any disease span whatsoever.
12:30Nil is the result I'm going for.
12:34If by doing so my lifespan also increases, great.
12:40Dedication to the cause led Tiat to turn this into full-time business.
12:44This isn't just a gym, it's also Tiat's home where he helps other Singaporeans who similarly
12:49aspire to live longer, healthier lives.
12:53But it's not just about looks and staying in shape.
12:56Besides strength conditioning, Tiat takes a scientific approach to what he does, meticulously
13:01measuring what are known as biomarkers like the health of his arteries, kidneys and liver
13:06and weighing them up against people who are much younger, including his younger self, pictured
13:11here as a young officer completing national service.
13:15I would say that that guy could outrun me for sure, right.
13:18But every other metric like strength for instance or endurance, et cetera, right, I would crush
13:22that guy.
13:24So I actually feel that I am 29, you know, biologically speaking.
13:31Tiat, who calls himself the de-aging guru, is part of a booming longevity industry.
13:37Spanning biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, it's a market expected to hit $600
13:42billion this year compared to just $25 billion in 2020.
13:48It's been popularized by the American entrepreneur Brian Johnson, whose pursuit of life extension
13:53has captured global attention.
13:57More recently, Chinese leader Xi Jinping was caught discussing the possibility of living
14:02till 150 with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a grand military parade.
14:07That's also stirred talk about medical and healthcare advances that might make living that long a reality.
14:14Because of all that interest in that space, there are a lot of people now saying that if
14:18you're born in 2025 or, you know, 2020 onwards, living to a hundred is actually going to be
14:24just common, right.
14:26So that's the figure that people are putting out there.
14:29Dr. Feng Chin Yun is the founder of Osla Health, one of a growing number of longevity clinics
14:35in Singapore.
14:36At the heart of its practice is a shift from healthcare into so-called preventative care.
14:42In other words, to prevent diseases associated with aging rather than treating them.
14:47Like Tiat Lin, Osla Health puts an emphasis on measuring biomarkers.
14:52They're used to tailor programs specific to each patient.
14:55So you can get quite granular.
14:58For example, let's start with the lifestyle pillars.
15:01You can actually measure the impact of the amount of alcohol you drink, how you exercise,
15:08how you eat, environmental pollutants, and actually measure that impact on you, on an individual,
15:15based on your genes.
15:17Besides lifestyle interventions to manage things like diet, sleep, and exercise, longevity
15:22healthcare can also include different therapies as well as stem cell treatment.
15:27Still critics of the industry say there's no clear evidence that all of these can improve
15:32long-term outcomes for otherwise healthy people.
15:36But data suggest life expectancy is something that can be proactively managed.
15:41Since 1960, lifetime expectancy in Singapore has risen by about 20 years.
15:47Today, the average person here can expect to live till around 86.
15:52And the city-state's been dubbed a blue zone 2.0.
15:56Blue zones refer to regions where a high percentage of people live exceptionally long lives.
16:01According to experts, Singapore stands apart because longevity is the result of government
16:06policy rather than long-established cultural traditions.
16:10Several factors such as high-quality healthcare, promoting healthy diets, and exercise play a part.
16:16But it demonstrates there is science behind anti-aging, and that's enabling the longevity
16:21industry to thrive.
16:29Even if you always do everything right, so you can live as long as a tortoise, sometimes
16:34you can still feel burned out, tired, stressed, and unmotivated.
16:42That can even happen when you're young.
16:46But that's no reason to give up, not even if you've gone bankrupt.
16:50In the next segment, we show you how a very young entrepreneur managed to keep going.
16:55I'm living proof of being able to make great money from a six-hour workday, while also having
17:04enough leisure time to enjoy life.
17:07She was 14 when she started a business degree, and 16 when she founded her first company.
17:13I'm Mona Ghazi, and I started my second company when I was 18.
17:18And had two college degrees by the age of 20.
17:21But then…
17:22I had a burnout.
17:24But remarkably, she founded her third company at age 22.
17:28Being able to study and set up a company at that age was really liberating.
17:36I had the privilege of knowing early on what I wanted to do.
17:41I just couldn't wait to get started.
17:45While her first company flopped, she was able to sell the second at a decent profit, and
17:51then developed an app for lifelong learning and in-company training.
17:55Entrepreneurship, for me, means creating something out of nothing and solving problems for people.
18:09And having that huge freedom, both creatively and how I shape my own life, too.
18:17A truly precocious talent, and one who's already working on her doctorate while running
18:22her own company.
18:25Being a highly talented individual with a very high IQ obviously helps when it comes
18:30to career advancement.
18:36But as with anyone else, working too hard can lead to burnout syndrome.
18:42And I remember feeling to myself that I'm not good enough, I doubted myself.
18:48That experience was the inspiration for a new business idea, providing mental health support
18:54for other entrepreneurs like Lee-Joon Leibold.
18:58A three-month course costs two and a half thousand euros.
19:02But is a 22-year-old really in a position to provide coaching?
19:06Just look at her track record and the fact that she'd already quit at so young an age.
19:12Founding her first company when she was 16 is way ahead of me.
19:17And of course, Gazi's services are available online.
19:22Normally, coaching is one-on-one.
19:27But there are a range of issues where a group approach works really well, too, on that journey.
19:34Taking time out is crucial, but she doesn't feel like networking is really work.
19:40It's great just knowing I belong.
19:45That I've been able to establish myself and be part of this ecosystem.
19:50Mona Gazi knows she's benefited from a lot of luck over the years.
19:55She has supportive parents and investors interested in her work.
19:59She's not a millionaire yet, but she's well on the way.
20:08It's tough to become a millionaire by recycling clothes.
20:12Yet that's actually the most sensible thing you can do with old garments.
20:17And maybe that's exactly the resolution you should make for the new year.
20:22Buy fewer clothes and shop at recycling or second-hand shops to extend the lifespan of textiles.
20:30Intan Angita Pratiwi has not only made a career out of it, but also a statement.
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20:49Jadi pas waktu kecil itu, ibuku memang suka mempermak pakaian.
20:54Tapi selain itu, ternyata nenekku itu membantu perusahaan garment dengan tangannya bikin kerajinan smoke.
21:03.
21:05Then, when I was a kid, I was a kid, I had a lot of makeup makeup.
21:11Where it was makeup makeup from my dad, my dad, my dad, my dad.
21:15So, I thought, oh, sustainable fashion from a kid, I was a kid in my life.
21:24I'm Anton Anggita Pratiwi from Indonesia.
21:28I'm a designer and sustainable fashion researcher.
21:32Orang-orang bisa mendonasikan pakaian-pakaian yang tidak terpakai untuk aku perpanjang usia pakaian tersebut.
21:41Nanti jadinya bisa jadi ready to wear, ataupun menjadi barang yang sebenarnya itu menjadi ada nilai estetikanya.
21:52Kenapa saya sangat berminat sekali di sustainable fashion?
21:56Karena sebenarnya permasalahan yang terbesar sekarang itu adalah isu sampah.
22:03Bukan cuma masalah diri kita pribadi, dan itu butuh kesadaran kolektif.
22:12Saat tahun 2018 saya memiliki Stali bersama Andin Aisyah,
22:17aku ingin supaya Stali itu menjadi sebuah wadah memperkenalkan sustainable fashion supaya lebih inklusif.
22:25Tidak hanya eksklusif, dan juga bisa merata, dan semua orang juga terjangkau dengan sustainable fashion itu.
22:40Jadi ketika tahun 2022 saya melakukan riset perjalanan dari Jakarta-Sumba, Jakarta,
22:46dan menemukan, ternyata di Indonesia itu root sustainable fashion itu lumayan mengakar.
22:53Ada pewarna alami, ada pembatik, ada penenun,
22:56semuanya itu seniman wasraf bisa menjadi infrastruktur dari sustainable fashion.
23:00Memelakukan semacam pendampingan bersama ibu-ibu penjahit,
23:18kita bekerjasama dengan Dinas Tenaga Kerja Jakarta,
23:21dan juga para penjahit-penjahit permak yang ada di Jakarta Selatan.
23:25Lalu kita mencoba untuk memberikan mereka pekerjaan yang layak,
23:34bekerjasama dengan brand lokal,
23:35bekerjasama dengan bahkan manufacturing fast fashion,
23:41yang punya pra-waist,
23:44yang belum di-post-consume,
23:46itu bisa diolah wascenya sama kita.
23:53Kita juga nggak against fast fashion,
23:55tapi kita memberikan solusi untuk fast fashion,
23:58dan juga kita bisa memberikan pendalaman-pendalaman,
24:02apa sih yang dibutuhkan,
24:03kesejahteraan,
24:05labor seperti apa,
24:06dan juga bagaimana mereka mengelola sampah,
24:09itu bisa kami bantu semuanya.
24:11Untuk lebih meratakan misi setali,
24:26kami membagi menjadi tiga bagian.
24:29Yang pertama adalah edukasi,
24:30jadi kami masuk ke kampus-kampus,
24:32aku menjadi dosen tamu di fakultas-fakultas fashion.
24:37Dan yang kedua itu tuh pameran.
24:46Pameran juga aku pameran di ruang publik,
24:50di mall,
24:51atau di pasar,
24:53atau di taman-taman yang ada di tengah kota,
24:57atau masuk galeri juga.
24:58Dan yang terakhir,
25:04kita punya Fabric Labs,
25:06di mana Fabric Labs itu kita membuat new material
25:09dari residu upcycling sisa-sisa pembuatan daur ulang kami.
25:15Ataupun bisa swap juga sama teman-teman kamu,
25:24terus juga kamu bisa mulai belajar
25:26untuk memperpanjang usia pakaian,
25:28bikin workshop-workshop upcycling bersama teman-teman,
25:32atau ikut setali juga bisa.
25:34Dan yang terakhir,
25:35juga kamu harus berani memulai.
25:38Karena kalau direncanakan,
25:39tidak memulai itu mau kapan lagi.
25:41That was our New Year's edition of Made,
25:49D.W.'s business magazine.
25:50From family fun at Europa Park,
25:53to a Netflix series from South Korea
25:55with a cult following,
25:56to perspectives on a longer life in Singapore,
25:59and finally textile recycling in Jakarta.
26:02Happy New Year.