Who Is Jerome Polin, The Young Businessman Owner Of Menantea Who Was 'sprayed' By Sean Gelael Because He Was Considered To Be Underestimating The Progress Of Indonesian Racers

JAKARTA - Indonesian car racer Sean Gelael gives advice to Youtuber Jerome Polin. That was after the two were involved in a commotion on social media due to Polin's tweet on Twitter.

The two were involved in a war of words on social media after Polin was deemed to have underestimated the progress of Indonesian racers on the international stage. In his tweet, Polin questioned the existence of Indonesian riders on the race track.

After the fuss, the two of them were involved in private conversations on Instagram. In the conversation that was leaked to the public, Gelael was seen giving advice to the Youtuber.

Polin, feeling guilty, sent a private message to Gelael to apologize. In addition, he also explained the meaning of the words in his tweets.

"It's safe, bro, I know you didn't mean anything, but God willing, in the future, as a person who is seen by many people and has a large platform, please be more careful," replied Gelael in response to Polin's message.

"I'm really happy that many children of the nation create content to motivate and educate bro. Lo is one of them who connects. Hopefully in the future it will be more solid, yes. For all of us and for the nation's children," continued Gelael.

The commotion of the two began with Polin's tweet responding to news regarding Indonesian racer Mario Suryo Aji who will be competing in Moto3 this year. Unfortunately, the tone of the tweet seemed to discredit the national racer

"GILEE IS SO COOL! Are there any Indonesian racers racing in international races? #IndonesiadiMotoGP," Polin wrote on Twitter commenting on the news link titled "Mario Suryo Aji: Indonesia's next great MotoGP hope".

The upload immediately received a response from Gelael, who this year joined the WRT team in the endurance racing (WEC) event. The 25-year-old racer looks offended by Polin's tweet.

"I guess you can act smart, but obviously they don't teach you respect. People with a voice really need to start thinking more than trying to get views and likes," wrote Sean Gelael on his Instagram stories.

Polin himself has publicly apologized on Twitter. The apology was accompanied by an upload containing a screenshot of his conversation with Gelael.

"Hello everyone, Bang Gelael and I discussed this tweet earlier and I got a lot of advice from him. Thank you to all who have given advice, info2, etc. Im sorry and will learn from this," wrote Polin.

Jerome Polin Sijabat, a YouTuber from Surabaya is not an ordinary young man. Starting from getting an educational scholarship to Japan, a figure who is good at mathematics to opening a culinary business 30. After being successful as a Youtuber with 8.83 million subscribers, he is also exploring the Menantea culinary business which was pioneered with his brother, Jehian Panangian Sijabat.

The tea franchise, which just opened on April 10, 2021, offers a variety of tea and snack flavors. In particular, the two brothers named their food menus with unique names such as MatemaTEAka, pidisjiwi, integral and Mantappu tea.

Who would have thought that this business started as a prank by Jerome who wanted to open a food shop on April 1 and was greeted enthusiastically by a number of his followers. Armed with knowledge and sharing from a number of successful food entrepreneurs in their fields, Jerome and Jehian made preparations for 10 days until the first store officially opened on April 10

To expand their business, Jerome and Jehian offer a franchise business and there are already 144 branch stores throughout Indonesia.

Quoted from Bisnis.com, for the investment value of Menantea, in the standard type the value that needs to be prepared is IDR 125 million. This value does not include machinery and equipment.

Then, if you are interested in the auto pilot type, you need to prepare a fee of IDR 175 million and includes machinery and equipment.

For the cost scheme, Menantea offers its own gross margin including the HPP calculation of 45 percent, and profit/loss including the employee fee scheme, employee bonuses (1 percent), royalties (5 percent) and operations (5 percent).

In less than a year, Menantea has been awarded The Most Innovative Brands of 2021.

"This award is not just for Menantea, but for all NeTeazens who are proud of Mintea1 Mintea2. This is a new spirit for all of us," Jehian wrote in his caption on Instagram.